The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-12-17
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II i-'.-'.ll To- queen ll'IilF'Ih, VIM y
an exile IN France. TELLING Of the dos
lt"r;,'" straits in which h" is placed 10y
! the troops 81 oliver Cromwell and d.
rnctiug her 10 cutrrat NaZnriu tu grant
f MIN asylum. Henrietta goes 10 plead
I With the cardinal, but is preceded by
Mordaunt. who IS an envoy of Crom-
we'll, bearing from the Puritan leader
the message that ITO receive King
Charles Will be equal to fragrant hostil-
Ties"
The queens petition is accordingly
refused, and she is in great despair;
but De Winter tells her there are four
men who might be able TO save her
husband. OF the four AthoS and Ara
mis- are persuaded 10 make the ven
ture, and they leave for BOulogne Sc
cretly. followed and Spied upon by
Mordaunt, leaving DArtagnan and
PorthoS in the service of MaZarin.
But affairs grow worse in Paris.
The archbishop of the city is ridiculed
at court when he warns the queen not
to provoke civil war. and though the
cardinal tries to asSuage his anger
by gift of gold, he goes forth as
leader of the Frondists and inStructs
his curates to excite inSurrectlon.
Count de RochefOrt commands de-
tachment of soldiers and Able Scar
ron, the Beggar of st. Eustache, dis
plays signal from the tower Of St.
Jacques which summons thousands to
barricade the streets
Every FrOndist wears straw in his
hat. Everywhere there are cries of
'Down with Mazarin"-"Long live
BrousSel" Riot is rampant in all
i. parts of the city and the tumult
swelS TO revolution. The mob
' presses forward to the very gates of
the royal palace, demanding the re
lease of Counsellor Broussel. who has
!. been imprisoned Never" cries the
: queen, hut the gates are stOrmed and
she yields. and Broussel is enthusi-
n astically welcomed by the pOpulace.
J. 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
p an officer who proves to be Mordaunt,
of whom Arams 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 theiI
e old friends Athos and Aramis. Nor
" daunt recognizes them and is, by Crom
" well, allowed to dispose of them as ne
{ will, but they get away before he car
seize them.
The four musketeers meet and re
!" solve to rescue King Charles. The!
get the captain of his guard into
game of cards and make the attempt
, but Mordaunt appears with soldiers
u and they flee to London, disguise them
selves. and attend the trial and exc
O cution of the king. They corner Nor
- daunt in CrOmwel'S house, but he es
: capes from them by secret passage
u and they plan to get back to France
: They engage a vessel to take then
y across the channel. but Mordaunt i
>" ahead of them, hiding in the cabin
There are five barrels of poWde
70 aboard which he intends to explod
= after making his escape in SINAI
y boat. But his diabolical plan is dis
covered and the four friends wit
III their servants cut the small boa
adrift: the vessel blows up and Mol
~ daunt. trying to drown Athos,
- killed.
- The musketeers reach France an
~, :, find the Parisians furious. The queer
, having been asked to retire, had ar
- swered with threat, and the pOpl
ie lace demanded that Mazarin retire
= once from court, and in week fro1
III France. Civil war ensues, and at tn
nc battle of Clarendon Aramis and Atht
learn that D'Artagnan and POrtht
= have been arrested. Athos goes to tn
IN queen to secure their release and
st himself seized and all three are in
prisoned in the pavilion of the 0
angery at Rouel; but they overcon
the guard and seize Mazarin and bes
''e him away to Porthos' chateau, whe1
GU they make him sign treaty with tt
We Frondists, which is afterwards CO.
firmed by the queen.
-. POrthOs obtains his barony ar
~ D'Artagnan is made captain OF II
q. musketeers. The queen returns
"a. Paris. Aramis leaves for Normand
~ accompanied by Madame de Longu
- Vile. Athos retires to his estate
~. Bragelonne, Porthos goes back
- Bracieux.
. D'Artagnan remains in the roy
- service hoping some day to be mar
80 chal of France saying to Madelein
his hostess: "Give me your apal
-, ment on the first floor, now that
,ra am captain in the musketeers
- must make an appearance. Neverth
-" less. still keep my room on the nj
. .ho story for me; one never knows VIII
In. may happen"
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