Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-02

remembered. with a deep sigh,
what DE Rilly had told me-that Cath
crime, to prevent the Duke c. Guise
from laying the death OF De Noyard
TO her. would do her utmost to bring
me to punishment.
"1he King looked at De Quclus.
continued Marguerite. THAT gentle
man, seeing how things We're, and.
knowing that the King now wishes
to seem friendly to the Duke, prompt
IL said, This is fortunate. La Tour
noire is now waiting for me in the red
gallery; | suppose he wishes to beg
my intercesxion. His presumption will
be properly punished when the guards
arrest him there"
. turned sick. at this revelation of
treachery This was the gentleman
who owed his life to me, and. in the
FIRST outburst of gratitude. had prom
ised To obtain for me a captaincy!
The King" Marguerite went on,
.at once ordered two of the Scotch
Guards to arrest you. All this time.
I had been standing at the window,
looking out, as il paying no attention.
NY mother stopped the guards to
give them some additional direction.
carelessIy out, and you know what
followed. At the petite levee, learn
ed what was thought of your disap-
pearance-that you had seen the
Duke of Guise enter the Kings apart
ments, had guessed his purpose, ana
had precipitately fled.
l did not dare tell his sister what |
thought of King who would. with
nctIn N
one Of his guards as a sacrifice TO APP
pease that Kings greatest enemy.
And now. monsieur" said Mar
guerite, still seeming to read from
her book, the King and the Queen,
my mother, will make every effort to
have you captured. lest it be thought
that they are secretly protecting the
SLAYER OF NJ. de Noyard. To convince
you that you may rely on me, THOR
oughly, | will confess that II is not
solely gratitude for your service the
other night that induces me to help
you-although my gratitude was
great. / had seen the spy rise out OF
the rnoat and all night | was IL dead
IL fear that he had reached the guard
house and prevented my brothers
flight. or, at least, betrayed me. When
Il
done SO. 1 thanked Heaven for the
unknown cause that had hindered
him. So you may imagine. when my
maid told me that a friend of her
lovers was that unknown cause, how
i felt towards that friend"
Madame" l said with emotion, Il
ought to be content to die. having
had the happiness OF eiiciting your
gratitude"
but / am not content that you
should die, for / wish you to serve
me once more, this time as mes
.enger to my brother, the Duke OF
AnJou, who is at Anglers: to M. Bussy
d'Amboise, who is with him; and to
my husband, the King of Navarro,
who is at Nerac, in GAscony. Thus
il is to my own interest to procure
Your safe escape from Paris. And II
you reach Nerac, monsieur. you can
not do better than to stay there. The
King of Navarro will give you some
post more worthy of you than that OF
a mere soldier, which you hold here
Il enlisted in the French Guards,
! FASTENED to explain, because ! was
unknown. and o Huguenot, and could
expect no higher beginning
For the very reason that you are
Huguenot, you can expect a great deal
from the King of Navarro. His king
dom is little more than a toy king
dom. il is true. and his court is but
the distant echo of the court of France,
but believe me, monsieur, and here
Mareuerite's voice indicated pro-
found conviction-"there is q future
before my husband, the King of Ma
varrei They do not know him More
over, Paris will never be safe place
for YOU as long as the Duke of Guise
lives. He does not forget"
i knew that Marguerite had excel