Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-12-24

VI TtdCutU LOuuous Ahcts
was just time to replace the stolen
studs and return to Paris. which
d'Artagnan reached on the night of the
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 a wine eel
lar, airing his secret sorrow and defy
ing the landlord to eject him. In hi
youth, Athos confessed, he had been
tricked into marriage with a beautiful
fiend, who, he later discovered, carried
on her shoulder the exe~cutioner's
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 al
Meung. Following her from the
church, he saw her talking with an
Englishman, and drawing close he
heard her call this mar her brother
in-law, Lord de Winter.
D'Artagnan fell deeply In love witt
Lady de Winter. but his ardor cooled
when he learned that she was q a
dinalist plotter. By a trick he OBJ
tanned from her a sapphire ring, which
he showed to Athos.
"Where did you get this?" criet
Athos. ut was my mothers"
D~'Artagnan told him.
"Renounce that woman" said Athos
"She is a fatal creature"
That night d'Artagnan accused Lady
de Winter of treachery. She rushec
upon him and in avoiding her blow
he pulled her dress from her shoulder
There was the executioner's brand
the fieur de lys.
AT this time the war between Eng
land and France vas at Its height and
the siege Of la Rochelle was begin.
ming. Richel1eu, learning all thai
d'Artagnan 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
60 to London and there tell Bucking.
ham to order that the English sur
render, warning him that II 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 B~onancieux, who had
thwarted her SO often.
Half an hour later Athos was alone
with the woman.
"The Count de la Fere," she cried,
deathly pale.
Eyes, my lady," said Athos. "You
thought me dead, as / 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 tha
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 disobey, 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
horr in the Bastion of st. Gervais,
w~it;lstanding all assaults. Between at.
tach.s they talked, and as a result they
sent messages to Lord de Winter, ex-
posif g his false sister-in-law and heir
ess, and to an influential friend Of
Aram.s, asking for the name of the
conveat 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.
ercisvng 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 passenger to the duke, he plunged
a dagger into Buckingham's side. De
Winter arrived In London one minute
too lats TO save the duke, but q 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 Jadame de Winter had fled to
France to the convent Of Bethune,
where Madame Bonancieux a Bys
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 q 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 non 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,
absolvlng the bearer.