| Show III THE VERNOR OP GUERE i A Chapter from the Hemoirs of a rtinister of France 1I By Stanley J Wojman X Copyright 1S5 S by Stanley 3 WeS We-S man eY1 S My appointment to represent the king at the Assembly of Chatelher I ault had carried me In the month of I < 3vlyf 160 Into Poltou Being there and desirous of learning for myself whether I the arrest of Auvergne had pacified I this country to the extent described bY i the kings agents I determined to take advantage oC a vacation cf the assembly assem-bly and venture as far in that direction r direc-tion as Bucret though Henry fearing lest the xicicontents should make an attempt on my person In revenge for the death of Biron had strJctly charg ed me not to approach within twenty leagues of the Limousin I had with me for escort at Chain 4 herault n hundred horse but these eeemlng to be either too many or too few for the purpose I toola with me only ten picked men with Colet their captain live servants heavily armed i and of my gentlemen Boisruell and La i Font Parahere to whom I opened my mind consented to be my companion I gave out that I was going to spend three days at Preuilly to examine an estate there which I thought of buying I buy-Ing that I might Tiave a residence In my government and having amused the curious with this statement I got I awy at daybreak and by an hour before L be-fore noon was at Touron where I staid for dinner Tat night we lay at a village and the next day dined at Marcel The second afternoon we reached Crozant Here I began to observe those signs tof neglect and disorder which at the close of the war had been common in all pars of France but in the more favored fa-vored districts had been erased by a decade of peace Briars and thorn choked the roads which ran through morasses between fields which the husbandman had resigned to tares and undergrowth Ruined hamlets were common wolves and foxes and all kinds of game abounded But that which roused my Ire to the hottest was the state of the bridges which in this country where the fords are in winter Impassable had been allowed to ian into utter decay On all sides I found the peasants oppressed disheartened disheart-ened and primed with tales of the kings severity which those who had I just cause to dread him had instilled Into them Bands of robbers committed commit-ted daily excesses and in a word no one thing was wanting to give the lie to the rosecolored reports with which Bareilles the governor of Gueret bad amused the council I confess that at sight and thought I < a f these things of tills country so devoured de-voured the kings authority so condemned con-demned ail evils laid at his door all his profits diverted my anger burned to Para within me and I said more Para bere then was perhaps prudent telling him In particular what I designed ngainst Bareilles of whose double dealing I needed no further proof by what means I proposed to lull his suspicions sus-picions for the moment since we must I L lie at Gueret and how I would afterwards i r after-wards on the first occasion have him I r Seized and punished i I forgot while I avowed these things i that one weakness of Paraberes character I char-acter which rendered him unable to believe evil of anyone Even of Bar beleve though the two were the merest acquaintances he could only think indulgently cquaintncs dulgently because forsooth he too Protestant He began to defend was a Protestnt I Mm therefore and seeing how the ground lay alter a time I let the mater mat-er drop CStlll l did not think that he had been serious in his plea and that which happened on the following morning We took me completely by surprise had left Crozant an hour and I was Considering whether the road being bad < we should even now reach Gueret before night when Parabere who had made some excuse to ride forward re tu led to me with sign of embarrassment embar-rassment In his manner My friend he said here is d message mes-sage from Bareilles O How I exclaimed A message IJViT WhnTn For you J he sold the man is tere But how did Bareilles know that I I vas coming I asked was cming aleq Paraberes confusion furnisbed WG before lie spoke Do with the answer I ih said not be angry my friend he do Bareilles a good turn 9 wanted to Baeies I saw w8lted t you were enraged with him and I thought that I could not help i him hatter than by suggesting to him Ito I-to come and meet you in a proper h Bplnt and make the explanations i which I am sure that he lias it i hIs power to make Testerday morning therefore I sent to him 1 terefore is here I said Jrily Parabere admitted with a blush that f He Paabere was aditted messenger had 1 t found Bareilles on the point of start t BreUes inc against a band of plunderer who had ravaged the country for a twelvemonth twelve-month He had sent me the most civil I month therefore but he had not come However he will be at Gueret tomorrow Parahere added cheerfully said Will he I I wilt answer for it he answered In w1 meantime he has done what comfort be can for our Ie How I said He bIds us not to attempt the last the to Gueret tonight three leagues road is too ba But to stay at Saury whTS there is a good inn and tomor rowmorning he Tvill meet us there If the brigands have not proved too much for him I said Parabera answered with a Yes paabere wih simplicity almost supernatural Toe To-e sure After thi it was no use to say anything any-thing t him though his ofiiciousnes woufd have justified the keenest reproaches broaches I swallowed my resentment therefore and we went on Amicably enough herefore the valley of the enouh i ifu TTnnpr and wider part TtU U wound through which our road now w offered no objects of n kind to soften I ttere I saw against the governor saw anger g3inst geeror my > enough of ruins of blocked defiles and overgrown roads but of returning oyergown growing crops and the prosperity gwing tel signnot so l kings peace I saw no signot s Ings as one dead robber much About 1 noon we alighted to eat alit wretched tavern by one of the at a tvern innumerable tle wrt fords A solitary travel before us and for a ler wile was here bfore ad and Sme kept aloof wearing a grand time alof coat mysterious manner with a shabby cat mysterous edging hlmselfUp tome moved eging himselup me where I st G little apart eating gentIemen Parabere and my gentemen with sudden and with a 4 Sr he said on wih 1 see that you art the out preface r of this party 1ead tIs dressed than plainly tan ps I was wore 1 w no orders Fambere and had been giving darE r Pondered how he knew but I without any remark Wen answered witout ir and what of tat sir You are in get danger he re I I pled pledI I said Yes sir yoU he answered I c You knOW me kow his shoulders Not I jti e shrugged hi h U lie said but those who speak by me nough that you are in danger From what I asked skeptically Fm companions stared and the while mY complnions stred troopers and servants who were just rOpers within hearing listened openmouthed 1 A onfteyed woman and a oneeyed before Jiouse be answered darkly Then th fore I ctmW frame a question he turned from me a ahruptly he had come and xaounting a sorrel mare that etood let stumbled away through Che ford It required little wit to see that the 0 c D 1 Q 1 3 1 2 I man was an astrologer and one whose predictions if they had not profited his clients more than himself had been ominpus indeed I was inclined therefore there-fore to make sport of him knowing I that the pretenders to that art are to the true men as ten to one But his words and particularly the fact that he had asked for nothing had impressed im-pressed my followers differently so I that they talked of nothing else while we ate and could still be heard dis cussing him In The saddle The wildness wild-ness of the road and the gloomy aspect as-pect of the valley had doubtless some effect on their minds which a thunderstorm thunder-storm that shortly afterwards overtook us and drenched us to the skin aid not tend to lighten I was glad to seethe see-the roofs of Saury before us though on a nearer approach we found all the houses except the inn ruined and ten antless and even that scorched and scarred with the great gale that had once closed its courtyard prostrate in the road before It However in view of the country we had come through and the general desolation des-olation thankful find lat01 we were t fnd things no worse The village stood at the entrance to a gorge with the Cre use here 1 fastrunning stream running run-ning at the back of the inn The latter lat-ter was of good size stoaebuilt and tiled and at first seemed to be empty but the servants presently unearthed a man and then a boy Fires were lit and the horses stabled and a second room with a chimney being foundPara bere and I with Colet and my gentlemen gentle-men took possession of it leaving the kitchen to my following I had had my boots removed and was drying my clothes and expecting supper when Boisrueil who was beside be-side me uttered an exclamation of amazement What is it I said He did not answer and I followed his eyes A woman had just entered the room with a bundle of sticks She had one eye I confess that for an instant this staggered me but a moments thought reminded me that the astrologer had come from this inn to us and I smiled at the credulity which would have built on a coincidence that was no coincidence When the woman had retired again therefore I rallied Bois rueil on his timidity but though he admitted the correctness of my reasoning reason-ing I saw that he was not entirely convinced He started whenever a shutter flapped or the draughts which searched the grim old building through and through threatened to extinguish our lignts He hung cloaks over the windows to obviate the latter inconvenience incon-venience he said and was continually going out and coming back with gloomy looks Parabere joined me in rallying him which we did without mercy but when I had occasion after a while to pass through the outer room I found that he was not alone in his lears The troopers sat moodily listening or muttering together while the cup passed round in silence When I bade a man go 011 an errand to the stable four went and when I dropped a word to the woman who was tend ing to her pot a dozen heads were stretched out to catch the answer Such a feeling to which in this instance in-stance the murmur of the stream and the steady downpour of rain doubtless added something so contagious that I was not surprised to find Colet and La Font sinking under it Only Par bere in fact rose quite superior to the notion laughing at their < fears and drank to th ir better spirits and making mak-ing the best of the situation as became be-came an old soldier presently engaged me in tales of the warfought again the selge of 1aon and buried men whose bodies had lain for ten years under the oaks at ITontaine Francoise Talk of this kind which we still maintained after we had despatched our suppers w sufficiently engrossing engross-ing to erase Boisrueiis fancies entirely from my mind They were recalled by his sudden entrance with Colet at his elbow the faces of both full of Importance I Im-portance I saw that they had something some-thing to say and asked what it was I uWe have been examining the back gate HL le Marquis Colet said Well man It is barricaded and cannot be opened he answered Well I said again there is nothing noth-ing wonderful In that Anyone can see that there has been rough work here The front gate was stormed I suppose sup-pose and the back one left standing But it is so barricaded that it is not possible to open i he objected And the men have an idea Well I said seeing that he hesitated hesi-tated That this is a oneeyed house Parabere laughed loudly Of course it Is he said That strolling rogue saw the gate as well as the woman and made his profit of them Pardon sir Boisrueil answered bluntly That Is just what he did not I do I Well I said silencing him by I a gesture is that all No he repled1 have tasted the mens wine And is it drugged No tie said On the contrary it is a < great deal too good for the price or the house And you ordered a litre apiece Some have had two and not asked twice for it Ho ho I said staring at him I Are you sure of that 1 Quite he said I was genuinely startled at last but I Parabere still made light of i What he said Are we a pack of nervous women or one poor traveler in a solitary inn that we see shadows and shake at them The inn is solitary enough Bois melt grumbled But we are twenty swords Tsra bere retorted opening his eyes wide Why I have ridden ill day in an enemys country with less Craon And been beaten with more at But man alive that was in a battle bat-tle and by an army Well and there may be a battle and Ian army here Boisrueil answered answer-ed sulkily I i was inclined to laugh at this extravagance ex-travagance but seing that Xia Font and Colet side with Bolsreuil I remembered re-membered that the latter was no coward cow-ard though a great gosaip and I thought better of it Accordingly resolving re-solving to look into the thing myself I bade I > a Font fetch n couple of lanthorns and when he had done so went out with him and Boisrueil as if I had a mind to go around the horses before I retired Parabere declined to accompany me on the ground that he would not be at the pains of it and Colet I left In the kitchen to keep an eyejon the man and woman There wag no moon rain a still falling and the yard crowded with steaming shivering horses was dreary enough where the lanthorn displayed it but accustomed to such a sight I mae without regarding it for the gate which a moments examination exam-ination showed to be barricaded as they fliad described with great beams and stones In this there was nothing beyond the ordinary one entrance to c house being in troublous times better bet-ter than two but Boisrueil bidding me kneel and look lower I founc when I did so that the soil under the beams which did not touch the ground by some inches was wet and I began to understand When he asked me at what hour rain had begun be-gun to fall I answered two in the afternoon and drew at once the inference infer-ence at which he aimed that thebes the-bes had been put there and the gate barricaded at some later hour We reached here at six he said tj was done some time between tw < > 7 0 J 1 and sis my lord therefore today Today he repeated in l low voice and by a dozen men at least FeWei could not move those beams Aad the object tlyO prevent oUr escape But who are they I said looking at him The woman knows he answered We must ask her my lord I assented and we went hack into the house where i would ndt haVe surprised me If we had found the wretches flown and the nest empty But Colet had donfe his work to well They were both there and in a moment mo-ment at a signal from Boisrueil weid secured and pinioned Parabere hearing hear-ing the Bcuflle came out and would have remonstrated but I silenced him I with a sharp word and despatching La Font with a couple of discreet men to keep watch In the court that we might not be surprised I bade one of the servants throw some fire cones on the fire These blazing up filled the squalid room in a moment with a glare I of light which revealed alike the livid faces of the two prisoners and the excited i ex-cited looks and dark countenances of my escort I bade them put the woman forward first and addressed her sternly telling her that I knew all and that sho would do well to confess Inasmuch a if she made a clean breast of the I matter I would grant her her life and if she did not she would be the first to die since I would hang her were a single shot fired against the house The promise found her unmoved but the threat uttered in a tone which showed that I was in earnest proved more effectual With an ugly look under which my men shrank as if her eye had power to scorch them the hag said that she would confess and with impotent rage admitted the ruth of Boisreuils surmises The rearward gate had been barricaded that afternoon by the Great Band who had had notice of our coming and intended to atack us at midnight I asked her how many they mustered A hundred she answered sullenly Very well I said And supposing that we did not wait for them how hall we escape By the road to Gueret Fifty lie in ambush on i I By the road by which we came Across The other the fifty river lie there There is no ford t Then in the village I we seize some other building The village is watched and this house she answered with a sparkle of joy in her eye At that the position began to assume so serious an aspect that I turned to arabere to take his advice We numbered num-bered twenty in all and were well armed but five to one are large odds and we had little ammunitionwhilefor all we knew the house might be fired with ease from the outside The roads north and south being occupied and the river enclosing us on the west there remained only one direction in which escape seemed posible but as we knew nothing of the country and the brigands everything the desperate desper-ate idea of plunging into it blindly at nIght and with pursuers at our heels was dismissed as soon as formed Parabere Interrupted these calcula ions by drawing me aside in the room in which we had supped where after rallying me on the whimsical notion of the grand master of the ordnance ord-nance and governor of the bate being be-ing besieged In a paltry inn he confessed fessed that he had been wrong and that the adventure was likely to prove serious Ten to one this is the very band that Bareilles Is pursuing he saidVery Very likely I answered bluntly but the Question is how are we to evade them Are we to fight or fly Well for fighting he replied coolly cool-ly the front gate lies in the road there are no shutters to half the windows win-dows the door is crazy and there is a thatched penthouse against one wallAnd And no help nearer than Gueret Three leagues he assented And I from that we are cut off Fifty men Iin the gorge might hold it against 500 I Better man the court yard here than that tether the horses in the gateway and light I out Perhaps so I said and we looked at one another hearing through the open door the men muttering and whispering in the kitchen and above their voices the dull murmur of the stream which seemed of < piece with the bleak outside the ruined hamlet and the danger that lurked around us Bitterly repenting the hardihood that had led me to expose myself to such risks in breach of the kings commandment I com-mandment I found it difficult to direct my mind to the immediate question I So many reflections connected with my mission at Chatelherault and other affairs of state would intrude that I seemed to be occupied rather with the results of my death at this juncture and particularly the injury hlch i must inflict on the kings service than with the question how I could I escape However Parabere soon recalled me to the point I is now 10 oclock he said in a placid tone we have two hours Yes I answered then as if my mind had all the time been running in an undercurrent to the desired goal I continued And we must make the most of them We must remove the barricade In the dark and quietly from the rear to the front gate Do you see Then the moment they sound the attack lit front we must slip out at the back make a dash for the road and through the gorge to Gueret GueretGod Parabere assented with the utmost coolness Why not Lotus Lot-us do it We went in and in a moment the orders were given and the men being be-ing charged to be silent and to make I as little noise as possible over the i work we had every hope of accomplishing I I accom-plishing i undetected To go out into in-to the road and raise and replace the I shattered gate would have been too j bold a step We contented ourselves I therefore with removing four great I baulks of timber from the one gate to the other and placing them across the gap In such a manner that being supported I sup-ported by large stones they formed a pretty high barrier To these at I I Boisrueiis suggestion were added three doors which we forced from I their hinges In the house and behind the whole to cover our retreat the better we tethered six sumpter horses In two lines I remained only to unbar the reir gate and see that it opened easily This being done 01 we had dno all the rest stealthily and in darkness and by men who dared not iTeak above a whi < par I gave the word to hang the male prisoner ind gag anl bind the warn in Colt nmiei took these duties and with a grim humor of his own mug the rascally host on the threshold yhere the brigands must run against him when they entered Then I directed every man to saddle and bridle his nag and stand by it and so we waited with what patience we might for the denouement I seemed very long In coming yet when it did what with the restless movements of the horses and the melancholy mel-ancholy murmur of the stream it well nigh took us by surprise 1 was Bois rueil who touched my sleeve and made me aware of a low trampling on the road outside a sound that had scarcely become clearly audible before it ceased I judged that the moment was come and passed the word in a whisper to I open the gates Unfortunately they creaked and I feared for a moment I that I had been premature but before I they were more than ajar a harsh I whistle startled the silence a flare blazed up the road and a voice cried to charge On the instant the ground shook un der the assailants rush but the barricade barri-cade which doubtless took the rogues by surprise brought them to a sudden stop and gave us time to file o t The heavy rain which was falling served to cover our movements almost as well as the baggage horses which we had post < I ed far the purpose while we ran the less risk Inasmuch as the fare they idd kindled lit up the upper part of the house but left the courtyard in perfect darlhesK 1 Naturally ohce outside we didtnot i linger to see what happened but filing in a line and iike ghosts up the bank of the stream were glad to hit > 6fl tha road 150 paces away where It entered the gorge Here where it was its dark as pitch we whipped our horsea into a canter and made a good pace for half a league then drawing rein let our horses trot until the league was out By that time we were through the gorge and I gave the ward to pull up that we might listen and learn whether we were pursued Before the order had quite brought us to a standstill however two figures on a sudden rose out of the darkness before us and barred the way I was riding In the front rank abreast of Parabere and La Font and I had Just time to lay my hand on a pistol when one of the figures spoke Well M le Capitaine what luck he cried advancing and drawing rein to turn with us I saw his mistake and raising my hand to check those behind muttered itt my beard that all had gone well I You got the manes 1 man-es I said peering at him through the darkness Good he answered Then now I for Bar les supper and a full purse and afterwards for me the quietest I corner ot France The king will make I a flpe outcry and I do not trust one I I gov In a flash Parabere had him by the throat and dragged him in a grip o iron on to the withers of his horse Still he managed to utter n cry and I the other rascal taking the alarm whipped his horse round and in d second sec-ond got a start of twenty paces Colet a light man and well mounted was a j ter him in a trice and we heard them go dingdong dingdong through the darkness for a mile or soas I seemed to us Then a sharp scream came faintly faint-ly down the wind Good Parabere said l cheerfully Let us be jogging Ke had tied his prisoner neck and knees over the saddle sad-dle before him You heard what he said I muttered mut-tered as we moved on Perfectly he answered in the same PerfectJ le answered tone v toneAnd you think 1 I think grand master he replied drily that the sooner you are out of La Marche and Bareilles government the longer you are likely to live that opinion myself I was quite of thnt mysel having drawn the same inferences from the words the prisoner had uttered ut-tered But for the moment I had no alternative but to go on and put a bold face on the matter and accordingly according-ly I led the way forward at as fast apace a-pace as the darkness and the jaded state of our horses permitted Colet presently joined us and half an hour later a bunch of lights which appeared on the side of 3 hill in front proclaimed Prom I Gueret ed that we were nearing I this point half a league across a rushy bottom and through a ford brought us to the sate which opened before we summoned it I had taken care to call to the van end of my men one who knew the town and he guIded us quickly no one challenging mi through a number of foul narrow streets and under dark archways among which a stranger must have gone astray We reached at last a goodsized square on one side of which though the rest of the town lay burled bur-led in darkness large building which I Judged to be Bareilles residence resi-dence exposed a dozen lighted windows win-dows to the street Two or three figures fig-ures lounged hilt seen on the wide stone steps which led up to the entrance en-trance and the rattle of dice with the murmur of voices came from the windows win-dows Without a moments hesitation I dismounted at the foot of the steps and bidding La Font and Boisrueil attend at-tend me with three o the servants 1 directed Colet to withdraw with the rest and the horses to the farther end of the square t Dreading nothing so much as that i might lose the advantage of surprise I put aside two of the men on the steps who would have qtiestioncd me and strode boldly across the stone landing at the head of the flight Here I found two doors facing me and foresaw the possibility of error hut I was relieved from the burden of choosing by the sudden appearance at one of them of Baveilles himself The place was lit onlY bY an oil lamp und for a reason best known tp tumself he did pot look directly at me out stood with his head half turned as he said Well Martinis Martin-is it done I heard the dicers hold their hands to catch the answer and in the silence a bottle in some unsteady hand clinked the halfopen against a glass Through door behind him It was possible to see a long able laid and glittering with steel and plate and all seemed to wait Parabere broke the spell We are late he said in a ringing voice which startled the governor as if I had been the voice of doom But we could not have found you better prepared i late as seems Do you always sup as this thisFor a moment the villain could not speak but leaned against the doorpost I door-post with his cheeks gone white and I his jaw1 fallen the most pitiable spectacle spec-tacle to be conceived I affected to see nothing however but went by him easily and Into a room drawing off my gauntlets as I entered The dicers from their seats beside a table on the hearth gazed at me turned to stone I took up a glass filled it and drank it off Now I am better I said But warmest of welcomes this is not the irmest M de Bareilles He muttered something looking fearfully fear-fully from one tb another of us and1 his hand shaking filled a glass and I abUtted me The wine gave him cour age and impudence he began to speak and though his hurried sentences and excited manner must have betrayed him to the least suspicious we pretended pre-tended to see nothing but rather to congratulate ourselves on his late hours and timely preparations And certainly nothing could have seemed more cheerful in comparison with the squalid inn and miry road from which we came than this smiling feast if death had not seemed to my eyes to lurk behind it I thought i likely that you would smile lie at Saury he said with a ghastly smie smileAnd And yet made this preparation for us I answered politely yet letting a I little of my real mind be seen Well as a fact M de Bareilles save for one thing we should have lain there And that thing he asked his tongue almost failing him as he put the question Queston The fact that you have a villain in your company I < answered What he stammered A villain M le Capitaine MartinI Martin-I continued sternly You sent him out this morning against the Great Band instead he took It upon him to lay a plot for me from which I have only narrowly escaped Martin Yes M de Bareilles Martin I answered an-swered roundly fixing him with fxing wih my eyes while Parabere went quietly to the door and stood by it I I am not mistaken I hear him at this moment mo-ment dismounting below Let us understand un-derstand one another therefore I propose to sup with you but I shall not sit down until he hangs I would be useless for one to attempt at-tempt to paint the mixture of horror perplexity and shame which distorted Baretlles countenance as I spoke these words While Paraberes attitude and my demeanor gave him clearly to un gve derstand that we suspected the truth i we did not know I our coolness and the very nature of my demand imposed upon his fears and led him to believe that we had a regiment at our call He knew too that that which might be done In a ruined hamlet might not be done in the square at Gueret and his knees trembled under him He muttered that he did not understand What evidence I that we must be mistaken I dence had we The best I answered grimly I you wish to hear It I will Send for i But witnesses have sometimes loose tongues 11 Bareilles and he may not stop at the Capitaine Martin He started and glared at me From me his eyes passed to Parabere then he shuddered and looked down at the table As he leaned against i I heard the glasses tinkling softly At last he muttered that the man must have a trial I shrugged my shoulders and would have answered that that was his business bus-iness but at the moment a heavy step rang on the stone step the door was flung hastily open and a darkcom plexioned man came in with his hat on The stranger was splashed to the chin and his face wore an expression of savage annoyance but this gave place the Instant he saw us to one of intense surprise while the words he had had on his lips died away and he stood nonplussed I turned to M de Bareilles Who is this 1 I said harshly I One of my lieutenants he answered I an-swered In a stifled tone M le Capitaine Martin The same he answered Very well I replied You have heard my terms He stood clutching the table and in the bright light of the candles that burned on It his face was horrible Still he managed to speak M le Capitaine call four men he muttered mut-tered f teredMonsieur Monsieur the captain answered Call four menfour of your men I Bareilles repeated with an effort The captain turned and went downstairs I down-stairs in amazement returning immediately immed-iately after with four troopers at his heels Bareilles face was ghastly Take M le Capltalnes sword he said to them The captains jaw fell and stepping back 3 pace he looked from one to another But all were silent he found every eye upon him and doubtful and taken by surprise he unbuckled his sword and flung it with an oath upon the floor To the garden with him Bareilles continued hoarsely Quick Take him I will send you your orders They laid hands on the man mech anically and unnerved by the sunuen ness of the affair the siletiie and the presence of so many strangers ignorant ignor-ant too what was doing ov what was meant he went unresioting They marched hin out heavily tho door closed behind tl m we stood wiitln7 The glittering table the lights the at rested dicers all the trivial prepara tions for a carouse that at another time must have given a cheerful as fleet to the room nroduced instead the most somber impression I waited but seeing that Bareilles did not move I struck the table with my gauntlet The order I said sharply the order or-der fie slunk to a table in a corner where there was ink and scrawled i I took i from his hand and giving it to Boisrueil Take it I said and the three men on the landing and seethe see-the order carried out When it is over come and tell me He took the order and disappeared La Font after him I remained in the afe1 room with Parabere Bareilles and the dicers The minutes passed slowly no one speaking Bareilles standing with his head sunk on his breast and a look of utter despair on his countenance counten-ance At length Boisreuil and La Font returned The former nodded Very well I said Then let us sup gentlemen Come M de Bareil les your place Is at the head of the table Parabpre sit here Gentlemen I have not the honor of knowing you but here are places And we supped but not all with the same appetite Bareilles silent despairing de-spairing a prey to the bitterest remorse I re-morse sat low in his chair and if I had his face aright had no thought I but of vengeance But assured that by forcing him to that which must forever for-ever render him odiousand particularly particu-larly among his inferiors had sapped sap-ped his authority at the root I took care only that he should not leave us I directed Colet to unsaddle and bivouac bivo-uac in the garden and myself lay all I night with Parabere and Bareilles in the room in which we had supped Boisreuil and La Font taking turns to keep the door To have betrayed too much haste to be gone might have proved as dangerous danger-ous as a long delay and our horses needed rest But an hour before noon the next day I gave the order and we sve mounted In the square in the presence of a mixed mob of soldiers and townsfolk towns-folk whom it needed but a spark to kindle I took care that that spark should not be wanting however and to that end I compelled Bareilles to mount and ride with us as far as Saury Here where I found the Inn burned and the woman murdered I should have done no more than justice jus-tice had I hung him as well and I think that he half expected it But reflecting that he had a score of relations rela-tions in Poitu who might give trouble and besides that his position called for some degree of consideration I parted with him gravely and hastened to put as many leagues between us a possible pos-sible That night we slept at Crozant and the next at St Gaultier I was chiefly in consequence of the observations I made during this journey jour-ney that Henry in the following October Oc-tober marched into the Limousin with a considerable force and received the submission of the governors The details de-tails of that expedition in the ourse of which he put to death ten or twelve of the more disorderly will be found in another place It remains for me only to add here that Bareilles was not one of them lie escaped a fate he richly deserved by flying betimes with Bassignac to Sedan Of his ultimate fate I know nothing but a week after my return to the arsenal a man called on me who turned out to be the astrologer astrol-oger I gave him 50 crowns Captlal 20CGQO Surplus 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