Show I THE THE H JUSE Of THE Y OlF liv 11 T J J. J JIAN g f Author of Under hr lied nelt di M 1 Imi Ini Rotha The Tue Night NightA A A of if Tl The In Etc Kir CHAPTER XII I C KI VI-n. VI Slowly tho the full sense ot of his words came carno horn homo to me Slowly not riot In Its I lou full completeness Indeed until I heard Louis In broken phrases clI phrases g half huH proud and half lt humble thanking him for tOl his generosity Evon then thou I al almost nl- nl most lost tho the truo true and nd wondrous meanIng mennIng mean menn- Ing of ot the to thing whon I heard his an an- For Por ho he cut PI annc short abort with bitter r caustic lheR spurned his hilt proffered prof with Insults and anti r ro- ro plied to hl his hilt acknowledgements emonts with threats Gol gol s ho continued d to cry vio I Slave Have 1 brought you so 80 fur far safely Unit that you will vIll cheat client mu of my mv en vengeance at fit tho the 1 last hast 11 1 t and k mo me to 10 kill you Away Awu und auth tako take times blind puppies with you ou Reckon mo mt monn nn as much your our enemy now at as over ever And If It I meet you ou bo lie sure suro you ou will moot a 6 tool foe M. M ii do 10 bo- bo gone Gono I Out But Jr r. r dc iho Louis Loul persisted hear bear mo me it Jt taken altos two to to before we wo ut do one another r a i t mischief cried l tho VI- VI damn daino furiously word you ou any atty in that strain str Is an on Injury to mo It robs me of ot my mr vengeance Go InGoll's in Gods God's name I And wo we went for there thero was no change chango no promise of ot softening in his hi malignant asp aspect cl as ho he spoke nor any as he stood and watched us UK draw off ort slowly from him We c went OliO oio by one each lingering after tho other striving out of ot a natural desire to thank him to break through that thai stern reserve o But grim and anti a u picture of ot scorn to tho tito last ic lC saw us liS go KO My latest memory momo of or that strange arrange man still man still tre fresh h after a 11 lapse vi tW two and arid firt fifty yearn Is years la of a 0 huge turin form towering in lii the gloom below tho the canopy Canoll tho tue sunlight which poured d In through h tho the windows and Hooded ua us falling short of ot him of ot w it pair pall of fierce cross crone ee eyes that t seemed to glow as tho they covered co us of ot a 0 lip curled as ae In tho the enjoyment of some somo cruel Jest jost And so I L I and I think each of at ofus ofus us tau four tour saw sn I saw the la last t. t of ot I I do Mar ilar do 10 in mo no Up lid was a man whom wo Wl cannot Judge o by hy today's stun standard for tor ho was such an n ono in isis hit vices and ht his virtues virtues virtues vir vir- vir- vir tues as tho ho present day does not know one ono who In tn his time did Immense evil ovil- ovil and If It his friends bo be believed little lIlUe good But nut tho the evil is forgotten and tho good lives And Anti It If ull nil that good Sf savo ono act were ero burled buried with hiim him ono act alone tho the act of ot ft a French gentleman would bo ho told of or him hint hint- aye lyol ayob and will bo ho told told told-ns as long lone an as tho kingdom oan of Franco France and ond the gracious memory of ot the tte hate lato Iato I S SI 1 g shall endure I II I see Bee again b by the tho wimple simple process of or shutting m my eyes this tho little party part of five for for Jean our servant ervant had rejoined re- re joined us who us-who who on em that summer day rode rodo over tho hills to Caylus threading tho the mazes of ot tho the oaks holm-oaks and ga galloping gal gal- 1 loping down the tho rides rilles and the time hare liars from train her form torm but never pursuing pur pur- suing snig her arousing the tho nestling farmhouses farm hou houses from their sleepy stillness farm I. by joyous shout and ond laugh and anti sniffing as we wo climbed the hillside again time tho I scent of oC tho the ferns that died crushed under our horses' horses hoofs hoofs died died only that they ml might ht add ono one plea pleasure more moreo I Ito to o the happiness Go Gout God l had hod given Ivon ufa- ufa I flare Haro and sweet Indeed are aro those tow few ow days in life lite when it seems that all 1 cr creation atlon lives U only that we may muy have ha pleasure plea In iii It find anti thank God for OT It 11 itis it its i Is s well wen that wo should mako tho the most of or them as We wo surely Burey did of or that day I It was nl nightfall when we reached the edge ede of ot the uplands and ond looked clown lown on Ca Caylus lus The rho last Jast rays ra of time the sun Hun lingered with us but the valley valloy was dark darle BO o dark cianic that even ther the tho r rock c about ut which 1 our homes clustered tl would h have havo vo boen invisible save for Cor time the hc t lights that U to twinkle Into being on Its Hs summit I IA A V silence fell feU upon us as wo We slowly wended our wa way down the well known path i All All 11 day long wo we had rl ridden don in great gleat JOY loy If yet Innocent I If selfish h yet ct thankful and antI always blithely with a a. great grent exultation and I relief ellef at heart a It great rejoicing for tOI Kits our own sakes sakeR and for Now with the tho nightfall and tho tIme darkness darkness darkness dark dark- ness now when we were near our home lome and on tho the eve evo of or giving Joy to another wo we grew silent There Thero arose other thought thoughts thOught thoughts of ot all that land lad happened we wo had bad lust last ascended ascend ascend- ed that t track noel and so our minds turned naturallY back to him to whom we owed our om happiness happiness to to tho the giant left leet Behind In his hi pride and power and hl his loneliness The others could think of or him ilm with full fuU hearts yet et without shame hame But I 1 reddened reflecting how howIt It t would have h been en with us If It I had h had my way If It I hall had ad resorted In iii my 81 hort to ono one last violent cowardly deed and killed him as I lad haul twice wished to do ao would then have havo been beon lost lost lost- almost certainly Only the 11 hs ia powerful troop wo troop wo never nover know kno whether ho he had gathered them for that or merely with an e eye e to his government-could government could have hams saved sl him bin And Anti few men however or po powerful powerful her per per- In III Paris Paris Paris- halll japs only of ot all aU men would have dared to 10 snatch him from the ho mob when once it had him I dwell on this now tint that my grandchildren grand children may nifty take warping warning by It It H. though hough never will tho they se Be see such lays days as I ha have havo vo seen And Anti so 80 we clattered up the tho steep Bleep le p street of at Caylus with a n plea pleasant ant melancholy melancholy mel mel- upon us and 1 passed not without out a 1 more serious thought tho the gloomy frownIng portals till nil barred and shuttered of or the tho House of ot the tho lie Wolf 01 and under tho timo very vary window Bomber somber and vacant from which had Incited tho time rabble In their attack on courier r. r We Ve 13 had gone Rono b by da day and we ca came caine ne back b by night But nut we had pone gone trembling and wo we camo caine back ack ck In Jo Joy Wa We 13 did dill not need to rinK ring the time great bell Jeans Jean's Cr cry cn Ito Hoi Onto Gate there therol Op Open n for tor In my may lords hal hail scarcely passed his lips before we wore admit admit- let ted ed And ore ere we could mount the time ramp one Iler person on outran those who came camo I forth orth to see Bee what the matter was one outran Madame Claude Claudo outran old Gil outran the hurrying servants and tho the welcome of or the house I saw a slender Il figure uro all In Iii white brook break away from the he little crowd and dart durl towards u UtI us disclosing as It IL reached mo me a 0 taco faco that seemed still till whiter than lt its robes and yet yot ot a fact that seemed all nil e eye eyes eyes-eyes J eyes that hat asked tho question tho to lip lips hips could not frame I stoOl stood aside with a n low Jow boy my ray hat lat In my hand and said simply ll it It was vas the great effect of ot m my life life life- Volla olin Monsieur And Anil then I saw baw tho the sun rise In a a. a wo wo- lOR melts melt's race face Tho The Idume do Bezera ezers died as he bud He lie was still sUll governor go of ot Cahors when Henry the Great attacked It on ho tho nl night ht of ot the of ot June 1580 Taken by surprIse and wounded In tho tIme first rat confusion lon of ot tho the assault ho still defended himself and his charge with despera to coura courage e lighting from non street stroet to o street and house to house Se for tor live five While he lie nights and aa as man many days hived Ivd d Henrys Henry's destiny and und tho the fate rate of Franco France trembled In the time balance But Dut ho 10 fell tell at length his hla brain pierced l by hy bythe ho tho ball of ot f an and died lied an nn hour lour before sunset on the tho t of fC June une The TIme garrison immediately Marie and I 1 wore were present In this tic ac- lion lon on the time si sido do of ot tho the King of ot N Navarre NH- NH varre and ond at ot the request of or that prince hastened to 10 PU pay such honors to th the thu boil bod jody of ot the as were wore due lue to hl hi his renown and might servo ser to evince our gratitude A 1 year ear later loter hla hili remains I removed from Cahors and laid where they thoy now rest relit In hl hits hla own Abbey Church of ot Dozers Beyers un under er a 0 which ver very briefly tells of ot his hit stormy life ife and amid his hia alor valor No o matter Ho Hohas Hohma Holas has las small need of ot a monument whoso name amo lives U in tho the history of Qt his countr country coun- coun tr try ry whoso epitaph Is la written in the time lives yes of oC men Tomorrow Morning |