Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-15

has commissioned M to raise.
II thank you, monsieur, he replied.
II will now 90 to bed, and will come to
YOU MS soon as am sober,
He was of great use to me in enlisting
/ the company. He secured the country
daily, and brought me recruits. When
the roll was complete. | was ordered to
remain at Nerac for time. Subse-
quen, ly, | was sent TO garrison different
towns, ono after another, not only IN
Gascony and parts of Guienne but also
in Henris principality of Bearn and his
little Kingdom of Navarro.
am proud TO have had a share IN the
constant efforts made by Henri OF
Nevarre. while the world thought HIM
given over entirely TO gallantry Mt his
small but agreeable court, % increase his
.erritory and his resources against the
time when he was to strike the great
blows that no one yet dreamed he was
meditating. Thanks TO the unwilingness
or inability of the King of France 10 put
him in actual possession of his governor
ship of Guienne, we had the pleasant task,
now and then, of wrestling some town
from TIE troops of the League or OF
Henri III. Our Henri had TO take by
force the places ceded TO him by the King
OF France as Marquerite's dover, but
still withheld from him. One of these was
Cahors, in the taking of which fought
| for DAYS in the streets, always near our
Henri. where the heart of the fighting
was. 1t was there that Blaise Tripault
covered himself with glory and the blood
Of the enemy, and was openly praised
by the King.
But my life in the south had other
pleasures besides those of fighting. As
Hearts was a miniature kingdom, so
was his court, at cheerful Nerac or
sombre Pau,a miniature court; yet il had
its pretty women and gallant gentlemen
Gaiety visited us, too. from the greater
world When the King of France aud
the Queen-mother thought il to their
interest to seem friendly TO our Henri,
they ordered Marguerite 20 Nerac.
Catherine herself came with her, bring
iag the Flying Squadron, that Henri and
his Huguenofs might be seduced into the
onesided treaties desired by her. Cath
crime was one Of the few, | think, who
foresaw Henri's, possible future. Her
astrologer, Cosmo Ruggieri, had pre-
dlcted that he would succeed her three
sons TO the throne of France, and |
SNpptSS Sht tbufO ihtA tttt tAftuNlA
OF this. Better Guise than Bourbon,
the son of Jeanne d'Albret. But our
Henri might be useful to her as an instru-
ment 10 check the Duke OF Guise in any
attempted usurpation during the life of
her son. Therefore, Henri was TO be
cajoled while he was being restrained
But he was not fooled into disadvan-
tageous compacts or concessions All
that he lost was single town. which
Catherine caused TO be attacked while
he was at fete: hut he learned of this at
the fete, and retaliated by taking town
OF the French King on the same night
was presented 10 Catherine while she
was al Nerac No allusior was made 10
the circumstances which had caused my
Sight from Paris, or, indeed, to my
having ever been in Paris. Yet, from
her scrutiny of my features, knew that
she recalled those circumstances with my
aame. But Nerac cwas not the place where
4 would serve her to concern herself
about me ! learned, from one OF
GATHERINGS gentlemen that Mile d Aren-
cy, who had not come with her 10 Nerac,
had welded the Marquis de Prillaume.
who was jealous and kept her on his
estate IN Dauphiny, away from the
court | wished him JOY OF her.
TO be continued