Show 2 bmw iga CONDENSED CLASSICS THE THREE musketeers i K y by ALEXANDRE DUMAS Y condensation by capt andre moriza moraza him hl alexandre dumas duman had bud all the beed t leir irresponsibility of a reckless hoy bo y lie he did not indulge in reveries reverie about the pant or dreams of th the e I 1 future ture lie ile lived spectacularly to in tile he it ill vram trail most ampha mixed nt at liln its pal palatial a bial homet home monte dillont cristo where him hi love for splendor and its ilia prodigality plunged him tato into debt mont bloat of his hi visitors tl lor who came oat axlen e for un an hour and remained for days were penniless men and women who were glad find enough to 0 o flad a vince place where oh cre they could lle live luxuriously for nothing ayaay of theme thriftless folk made monte n te arinto their home duman had not the heart to turn urn I 1 them item awny he be evIn en indented Invented tanks no BO they would not 1 feel rl unhappy about abou t one home lebin e as vagabond nen boad who had a sense ene of bhame vrna n n it penned by belne abeln told t to 10 note mit down ench each day what the the thermometer it Is 1 most important for me to be well informed on this ebli point it dumar assured him wort worst of nil were the noreme nc reme A A of them came anti and went aeh it rulin the boune while ahe remained in in d nod and nil her friends to revel with lier her Nonie timex dumas in deia lr r ever him went away but the he hangers on remained charging food and wine to dumas account at a nearby hotel botel 46 ik A LL for ono one and ono one tor for all I 1 tilts tills was tile the oath of the four comrades of dartagnon the young guardsman and of athos porthos and ana Ara arainty ints the three mus alus h ketelers ke only three months had dartagnan dArta Knan been in paris yet already lie was as the chosen companion of tile noblest three in al to do Tre villes picked company conigan y of musketeers in the service of 1 outs louis XIII A true gascon fiercely proud ready to light fight at a word ord the eighteen year sear old provincial lad had find won the respect of the lie glorious plo ilous three hy by challenging them and their friendship by helping them to drive off tile the cardinals guards who would have arrested them for dueling indeed tills this latter ex hall had won for foi I Artagnan more than a glance front the lie king himself abo was not displeased to see imcoe cieus lleus men worsted hy by his own at meiling even een before reaching parts parl dartagnan had hat biad nn an lionor honorable encounter ills his adversary being a tall commanding stranger of olivine complexion and scarred on oil the cheek A beautiful woman had accompanied tills man both their faces were camped tamped on memory before hp he could be admitted to the musketeers dartagnan was to serve probation as a guardsman but already lie ho was a musketeer lit in spirit and ills his comrades longed as keenly as lie for the day when lie he would be allowed to join their company athos porthos and aramos were mere alike only in soldierly qualities athos was of noble bearing and when lie was drunk lie would talk of n secret sorro iv tv porthos was it n great lover loer of tattles ladles and declared that ills his conquests would bring his downfall aramis who had friends in tho the church and a sweet helart at court pretended I 1 lint lie he was only total temporarily ora rily a musketeer and would willingly change ills plumed hat for a monks monk s rowl when the time came ono one day landlord don bon anc leux but burst into the room loom with news that badamo a pretty seamstress in the service of the queen had just bren been abducted from the landlords description dartagnan recognized tho the abductor as ills his man of meung and was anxious to help tile more so when lie learned that the object of the abduction was to force tile the lady to tell fell what she blie knew of the love affair litween the queen lind and george villiers dulce duke of buckingham who was coming secretly to paris it was in their resolve to protect madame Bonan clour the impressionable in able mangnan dAn dArt gnan had find suddenly lenly conc conceived elved en undying affection that the four came together in their oath remember member Ite said Ara aramli arainty ints Ili henceforth wo we are arc at issue with tho the cardinal aided by dartagnan who off the Cardin cardinals officers the lady contrived to 10 escape lie ile declared lit his love for tier lier but slie she would promise prom prot alse lse nothing next time lie he s saw aw tier her site was conducting the duke of buckingham disguised tilled as a toward the royal palace if dArta dartagnan gunn had followed lie would have learned that tit the queen did lit indeed lovo love buckingham hut but was loyal to the king As i a token site bhe gave Buckin glinin twelve diamond studs studa the lie king had find ten her A spy reported tills this to richelieu Illch ellou who saw in it nit an opportunity to attack the king the lh queen tind tilt the duke nit nil nf once first asked ik ing to give v q ballet for tin thi queen unit and to ask tier lier to wear tile the diamond studs 1 then lie sent a mossad to avdy ter in london tolling telling tier her to steal balla MI of tile tho studs from bucking liam ham learning of oils ins plot through me Bonan cloux cleur dartagnan resolved eato to serve both ills lady and his aw en by recovering the jewels for london the four comrades set out ont beset by the cardinals men on the road three were wounded mill ard only oaly dartagnan rc readied achaa london there was just time to replace the stolen studs nud return to paris which dartagnan reached on oil the night of the ballet allet foiling plot lie he now set out to find its his comrades porthos lie he found lit in bed at nil inn arainty disputing with doctors of theology and athos drunk in a wine eel 1 tar lar airing tits his secret sorrow and defy 1 ing the hie landlord to eject hint him in iii lit hi youth athos confessed lie had been tricked into marriage with a beautiful lend flond who he later discovered carried on tier shoulder the executioner execution erE brand the flour fleur to de lys horror stricken lie he bad slain tier her in church next day eye was caught by a very beautiful lady whom lie he recognized as the one who had been with the stranger at al meung following tier her from tit church lio lie saw tier her talking with tit nn ei englishman and drawing close lit lieura heard her call tills this man tier brother inlaw in law lord do ao winter dartagnan fell deeply in love will lady tie de winter but his ardor cooled when lie learned that she was a car dinall st plotter by a n trick lie he ob talked from tier her a sapphire ring chiel lie he showed to athos where did you get tills this caw athos it was my illy mothers datagnan DAn DAr agnan fagnan told toi him gitil renounce that woman said bald athos she Is a fatal creature that night accused lada do winter of treachery she rushed upon him tind in avoiding tier lier blow lie pulled her dress from tier her shoulder there was the executioners execution execute loners ers brand tile the fleur do lys at this time the war between england bugland and france was at its height and tile siege of la a Hix helle was begin ning richelieu learning all that tha danagian dAn agnan had lone done tried to buy litia into ills his own service dartagnan ro fused knowing that refusal might cost him lits hla life die three musketeer set out now to discover the alie cardi cardinal nalo next move 1 eavesdropping laves droPPIng they heard ItI richelieu chelleu instruct lady do de winter to go to london and there tell fell buckin buckingham to order that the english SUP sun render warning him that if the war continued would expose tile the queen if buckingham refused lie was to fa be assassinated for tier her parts part the laity lady asked for the death of dartagnan who cvito knew tier her secret and of madame who liao had thwarted tier glicr so often half an hour later inter athos was alone with tile hie woman the count de la a fore fere sho she cried deathly pale yes my lady said athos you thought me dead ns its I 1 thought you devid dead and the alie name of athos concealed the count to de la a fore fere as tile the name of lady do winter concealed anne do Bre bretall till 11 athos took from ills false wife ille arte blanche passport had given tier lier and sent tier her to the coast where a boat waited to take tier her to england she could not disobey knowing that athos could expose tier lier back to the siege the four comrades then went all and in order to be together to discuss their plans they spent tin an lour in the bastion of st Ger gervaas vals withstanding all assaults between at they talked and as a result they sent messages to lord de winter exposing tits his false sister in law and heiress and to an influential friend of ft asking for the name of the cna nt where madaros was tito on tier lier arrival in england lady to de winter was seized and imprisoned 1 in ftp brother ln in laws castle but c ex X tier her wiles upon tier her young ja jailer 1 I lahe he contrived to escape and so poisoned ned the jailers ears against that lie ho was ready to do tier her condly work sent by do de winter as n to tile the duke lie he plunged a dagger into buckinghamm Bucking hams liams side de winter arrived in london one minute too laly to io save the duke but a messenger front from paris was just in time to dell dellfera t er to buckingham tile the queens pie pledge ago of love lie he died with the queens name on ills his lips now alt dame do winter had fled to france to the convent of bethune where madame was by poison she he accomplished tier her purpose nod and mait n I Artagnan and his comrades w a rived at the convent they found alv body of the pretty seamstress they hey set out in pursuit of tho the mur murderers murdene dere and when they found tier her they hold held it a formal trial and till con embed tier to death an executioner was wag found tin the very man who had put tho the brand upon her shoulder years before the tiny day dartagnan was nr arrested annl taken before the cardinal ills captor iel liebi none other than ills man of siding who now called himself alio Clie valler de rochefort dartagnon told the cardinal of the crimes of lady de winter and finally produced the cardinals own passport absolving the lie bearer overcame anger in fit tile the cardinal instead of ordering cartag nans imprisonment lie wrote out there and then a lieutenants commission lit in the lie musketeers DArt dartagnan agran 0 offered arfer oil tile commission to his three f friends tit in turn all three refused it prom protesting sting they did not deserve if do bo stiles sides aramis annuls announced lint atiat tie ho was about to enter the church and porthos said he was about to be married athos allies thereupon wrote upon the lie blank commission the llie name of dartagnan As for rochefort dartagnan fought him ninny many time 8 but at last they decided that they were both too good I 1 to dle die and they became friend copyright 1319 1919 by the post Publia publishing hing co the milton post copyright in the tha united kingdom tho the Domin dominions tons its col onles onlea and dependencies under the copyright act by the pot post publish publishing ng co maw U B S A all rights right ro carved amed |