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Show CHARACTERS IN THREE MUSKETEERS. MUSKE-TEERS. To discover just how much historical histori-cal truth and how much iomance there are In Dumas" famous novel, "The Thrco Musketeers," has hecn the object of the French hlsOrlan Do Jaursain, who has Just published the result of his lahors. It appears that the real name ef Dumas' hero, D'Artagnnn, was Charles de Uatz-Castelmore. and he was of noble Basque descent. He was horn In lC-'-l at Lnplao. His assumed name was derived from his mother, who was a Montcsquleu-D'ArtnRnitn. When he was 17 he set out for Paris i to seek adventure, mounted on a mis-! mis-! i rable nap, and In his doublet pocket ! he carried ten ducats and a lette-r of Introduction to M. de Trolsvllb.s, commandant of ltils XIM's Muske-tt-er Cuaid. The hoy fell anions thieves, but luckily on his arrival in Paris he found in the musketeer commandant's com-mandant's ante-chamber his fellow-countrman. fellow-countrman. Porthos, who gave hlni a warm welcome. Porthos' real name was Isaac de . Portan of Pan. in the Pyrenees. He was a man of bumble birth and no record of any descendants can he traced. Otherwise It was with Athos. I or. to Rive hini his proper name, Ar-' Ar-' mand de SillcMie, who wa killed In a duel. The SiUemie family still exists ami has given France many a brave soldier. Aramls, DeArtafrnans third brother In arms, was never a Bishop or a Duke nor a General of tho Jesuits. He was Henry d'Aramltz, lay abbot of Aramltz near Oloron. H joined De Trolsvllle s Musketoer Ouard at the panic time as D Artapnan, but be-I be-I yond the fact ,nat bl married a lady of the house of Bearn-Bouas.se little is known of him. EVA if agnail, on the other band, made a, brilliant career. On the very 'day of his enlistment, he, with his three Companions, foticht am overcame over-came four of Cardinal Klcheieu's hlrellnKS, whereupon Louis XIII pave the boy a special audience and pr-(vr-nled him with n ducats and a cad-et'g cad-et'g commission. From thou bin nd ance was rapid. He retained LouU" friendship and pained that ,,f cardinal car-dinal Mazarlu. H married Mme. de j St. Croix, widow of M. de Dumas and I fell as Field .Mnih.-i ;u tho hf.c(. ,,r I Maastrir'.ii b'' the r Couiitile in i Yurk Sua. |