The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-11-17

Q'Artagnan reacneO on the night Oh tne
ballet, foiling Richelieu's plot.
He now set out to find his comrades.
POrthOs he found In bed at an Inn,
Aramis disputing with doctors Of the
ology, and Athos drunk In wine Gel
lar, airing his secret sorrow and defy
Ing the landlord to eject him. In his
youth, Athos confessed, he had been
tricked into marriage with a beautiful
fiend. who. he later discovered, carried
on her shoulder the executiOners
brand. the fieur de lys. Horror strick-
en-. he had slain her.
In church next day d'Artagnan's
eye was caught by a very beautiful
lady whom he recognized as the one
who had been with the stranger at
Meung. Following her from the
church, he saw her talking with an
Englishman, and drawing close he
heard her call this man her brother
in-law, Lord de Winter.
D'Artagnan fell deeply in love with
Lady de Winter, but his ardor cooled
when he learned that she was car
dinalist plotter. BY trick he OBJ
tanned from her sapphire ring, which
he showed to Athos.
"Where did you get this?" cried
AthOs. 1T was my mothers"
D'Artagnan told him.
"Renounce that woman" said Athos.
"She Is fatal creature"
That night dArtagnan accused Lady
de Winter Of treachery. She rushed
upon him and In avoiding her blow
he pulled her dress from her shoulder.
There was the executioner's brand
the fleur de lys.
At this time the war between Eng
land and France was at Its height and
the siege of la Rochelle was begin
ming. Richelieu, learning all that
d'Artapan had done. tried to buy him
into his own service. D'Artagnan re-
fused, knowing that refusal might cost
him his life. The Three Musketeers
set out now to discover the cardinals
next move. Eavesdropping, they heard
Richelieu instruct Lady de Winter to
go to London and there tell Bucking-
ham to order that the English sur
render, warning him that IL the war
continued Richelieu would expose the
queen. If Buckingham refused, he was
to be assassinated. For her part, the
lady asked Richelieu for the death
of d'Artagnan, who knew her secret,
and Of Madame Bonancieux, who had
thwarted her so often.
Half an hour later Athos was alone
with the woman.
1.-THE Count de la Fere," she cried,
deathly pale.
Eyes, my lady," said Athos. "You
thought me dead, as I thought you
dead, and the name of Athos concealed
the Count de la Fere. as the name Of
Lady de Winter concealed Anne de
Breuil."
Athos took from his false wife the
carte blanche passport Richelieu had
given her and sent her to the coast,
where a boat waited to take her to
England. She could not dsobey. know
ing that Athos could expose her.
Back TO the siege the four comrades
then went, and, in order to be together
to discuss their plans, they spent an
hour in the Bastion Of st. Gervais,
withstanding all assaults. Between at
tacks they talked, and as a result they
sent messages to Lord de Winter, ex-
posing his false sister-in-law and heir
ess, and to an influential friend Of
Aramis, asking for the name Of the
convent where Madame Bonancieux
was confined.
Thus on her arrival in England Lady
de Winter was seized and imprisoned
in her brother-in-law's castle; but, ex-
ercising her wiles upon her young jail
er, she contrived to escape, and so
poisoned the jailer's ears against
Buckingham that he was ready to do
her deadly work. Sent by de Winter
as a messenger to the duke he plunged
dagger into Buckingham's side. De
Winter arrived In London one minute
too late TO save the duke, but mes
senger from Paris was just in time
to deliver to Buckingham the queens
pledge Of love. He died with the
queens name on his lips.
Now Madame de Winter had fled to
France-to the convent Of Bethune,
where Madame Bonancieux was. BY
poison she accomplished her purpose,
and when d'Artagnan and his COM
rades arrived at the convent they
found the body Of the pretty seam
stress. They set out In pursuit of the
murderess, and when they found her
they held formal trial and con, emned
her to death. An executioner was
found-the very man who had put the
brand upon her shoulder years be-
fore.
The next day d'Artagnan was ar
rested and taken before the cardinal,
his captor being none other than his
imam Of Meung," who now called him.
self the Chevalier de Rochefort.
D'Artagnan told the cardinal Of the
crimes Of Lady de Winter, and finally
produced the cardinals own passport,