The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-11-17

emu W queen Henrietta, who is
an exile In France. telling OF The dos.
perate straits In which he is nlocod hn
the troops Of Oliver Cromwell ma a..
recting her to entreat MazarIn IN gron.
him asylum. Henrietta goes 20 nIead
win the cardinal, but is preceded INV
Mordaunt, who is an envoy OF Crom.
wei, bearing from the Puritan leader
the message that ITO receive KING
Charles Will be equal to fragrant bostII.
tiles" "' 'i0"'i''
Inc queens petition is accordingly
refused and she is In great despair.
but De Winter tells her there are fou,
men who might be able to save ber
husband. OF the four Athos and Ara.
mis- are persuaded to make the Won.
ture, and they leave for Boulopne 60.
cretiy, followed and spled upon by
Mordaunt, leaving D'Artagnan and
POrthos In the service Of Mazarin.
But affairs grow worse I'm ParIs
The archbishop Of the city is ridlculed
at court when he warns the queen mot
to provoke civil war, and though the
cardinal tries to assuage his anger
by a gift OF gold. he goes forth ma a
leader OF the Frondlsts and Instructs
his curates to excite insurrectIon
Count de Rochefort commands n de.
tachment OF soldiers, and Able Scar.
ron, tho Beggar Of st. Eustache, dis.
plays q signal from the tower OF 81.
Jacques which summons thousands 70
barricade tho streets.
Every Frondlst wears a straw IN h,s
nat. Everywhere there are cries OF
Down with Mazarin"-'Long live
Broussel." Riot is rampant In all
parts OF the city and the tumult
swells to a revolution. The mob
presses forward to the very gates of
the royal palace, demanding the rea
lease of Counsellor Broussel, who has
been imprisoned. "Neverl" cries the
queen, but the gates are stormed and
she yields, and Broussel Is enthusl.
astically welcomed by the populace.
Affairs are now so serious that the
queen resolves to leave Paris. Dart.
agnan and Porthos effect her escape
and that of Mazarin, and the court Is
established at st. German; after
which the two cavaliers are sent to
England with message from Mazarin
to Cromwell. They are ordered to obey
an officer who proves to be Mordaunt
OF whom Aramls has by letter warned
them to beware. They make their way
to the royalist camp at Newcastle,
where Mordaunt brides the Scotch
Highlanders to desert their king, and
when Charles attempts to escape, an
engagement takes place, during which
D'Artagnan and Porthos take two
prisoners, who turn out to be their
old friends Athos and Aramls. Nor.
daunt recognizes them and is, by Crom.
well, allowed to dispose OF them as he
will, but they get away before he can
seize them.
The four musketeers meet and re.
solve to rescue King Charles. They
get the captain Of his guard into a
game Of cards and make the attempt,
but Mordaunt appears with soldiers
and they flee to London, disguise them.
selves, and attend the trial and exc
cutIon of the king. They corner Nor.
daunt In Cromwell's house, but he es-
capes from them by a secret passage,
and they plan to get back to France.
They engage a vessel to take them
across the channel, but Mordaunt is
ahead Of them, hiding in the cabin.
There are FIVE barrels OF powder
aboard which he intends to explode
after making his escape in a small
boat. But his dlabollcal plan is dis
covered, and the four friends with
their servants cut the small boat
adrift; the vessel blows up and Nor
daunt, trying to drown Athos, is
killed.
The musketeers Yeach France and
find the Parislans furious. The queen,
having been asked 60 retire, had an
swered with a threat, and the popu-
lace demanded that Mazarin retire AT
once from court, and in a week from
France. Civil war ensues, and at the
battle OF CharentOn Aramis and Athos
learn that D'Artagnan and Porthos
have been arrested. Athos goes to the
queen to secure their release and is
himself seized and all three are I'm
prlsoned in the pavilion Of the or
angery at ROuel; but they overcome
the guard and seize Mazarln and bear
him away to Porthos' chateau, where
they make him sign treaty with the
Frondlsts, which is afterwards con
hrmed by the queen.
PorthOs obtains his barony ano
DArtagnan is made captain OF inc
musketeers. The queen returns 10
Paris. Aramls leaves for Normandy
accompanied by Madame de Tongue
Vile. Athos retires to his estate at
BrageIonne, Porthos goes back to
Bracieux.
D'Artagnan remains in the royal
service hoping some day 10 be mare
chal Of France, saying to Madeleine
his hostess: "Give me your apart
ment on the first floor, now that
am a captain in the musketeers
must make an appearance. Neyefthe
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