The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19

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Copyright: 1894: By RAFAEL sABAT1N1
(PART THREE
That shook him up. His good
humored, plebeian face showed a
deepening agitation. For if unlike his
brother, he was straight and tall, also
unlike his brother, his features, framed
the high-bred beauty of Condos.
IF the King should die, as they say,
madame" he began impetuously,
and then broke off, suddenly remem-
bering that he spoke to the Kings
mother.
Her calm seemed to him unnatural.
1.-The King will die. Very soon. Per-
haps tomorrow or the next day. But
that will not profit either you or your
brother if the Duke of Guise remains
where he is"
HE will not, madame" His Majesty
of Navarro was confident. 1.-THE Estates
must uphold my right TO- the regency
during the minority of King Charles.
They cannot help themselves. 1t is the
law"
She smiled slowly, sadly. She spoke
in the same dull, level tones.
Don't you see what would happen to
the regency of a declared Huguenot in
these days of religious bitterness? Your
appointment would supply the Guises
with the very opportunity they'll need.
They would raise the country against
you. That is if they did not take the
shorter road of having you assassinat-
3D."
His eyes betrayed his quaking spirit.
He stammered as he spoke.
"But If not II or Conde-who then?
FThnVa &c ~ Nkha~ Dni~1@ ~ &I.@ pI@4I
Certainly not this L%orrainer."
There is myself" she answered
gravely. yours may be the legal right.
But a mother possesses a natural right
to guide her son during his minority.
The Estates could be brought to recog-
nize it."
"But could the Duke of Guise2" He
was derisive.
HE would be glad to do so since
he cannot hold the office himself and
rather than see you in it."
That turned him thoughtful. He
fingered his struggling beard.
II see," he said at last. II see. You
are asking me to forgo my rights in
and that of Monsieur de Condo. It is
the one sure way to saw your brother"
He wrung his hands in his agitation.
! But are We not reckoning without the
host, madame? Decision rests with the
Estates. Would they agree to my re-
nunication in your favor?"
Gould they oppose it when it is the
certain way to avoid a civil war? For
what I have in mind amounts to an
alliance between the two hostile parties
in the State. This will make it clear
to you She took up a folded paper
from the table at her elbow. I'm my
conviction that good sense will guide
you I have prepared a document which,
if you see fit to sign it, the Chancellor
de lHopital will present to the Estates
as No. as it may have pleased God
to end the sufferings of my son Fran
ciS."
Taken aback, he hesitated a moment,
frowning, before accepting the paper
that she proffered.. But when he had
read it his expression changed and it
required little persuasion from her
thereafter to bring him to call for a
pen.
Francis II died three days later, on
the 18th of December, in the forenoon.
BY then the uncle of the Bourbon
Princes, the old Constable de Mont
morency, secretly summoned by Cath
crime, was in Orleans with 600 men,
and Immediately, in the exercise of his
office, had appointed the guards at
the Bailliage and elsewhere.
On the morrow of the Kings death
the Estates met to take order for the
government of the realm during the