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By STANLEY J. VVEYWAN.
(Copyright, 1895, by IrvlBg Bscheller).
It wl In ithe spring: of the year 1609
that ait the king's Instance I had a suite
of apartments fitted up for him at the
Arsenal, that he might visit me, when
ever It pleased dim, without putting my
family to Inconvenience; In another
place will be found an account of the
6,000 crown9 a year which he waa so ob
liging as to allow me for this purpose.
IHe honored me by using 'these rooms,
which consisted of a hall, a chamber,
a wardrobe, and a closet, it wo or three
times in the course of that year avail
ing himself of my attendants and cook;
and the free opportunities of compil
ing tne on the Great Undertaking,
Which, this plan afforded, led me to
ihope that notwithstanding the envy
of my detractors, he would continue to
adopt it That he did not do, nor ever
vintted me after the close of that year,
was due not so much to the lamentable
event, soon to be related, which wltMm
a few months deprived FraTce of her
freatesjt sovereign, as to a strange mat
ter that attended hto last stay with me.
I have since had cause to think that
4Ms' did not receive at the time as
much attention as It deserved; and
have even Imagined that had. I groped
a little deeper Into the mystery I might
have found a clue to the future as well
as the past, and averted one more, and
the last, danger from my master. But
- "What Is This 7 ' She Asked.
Providence would not have It so; a
slight Indisposition, trader .which I was
suffering at the itlme rendered tn less
able, both in mind and body; the result
'being that Henry, who was always
averse to the pufcVtoaitlon-of these omin
ous episodes, and held that being Known
they bred the like in mischievous minds,
'had. Ms way, , the ease ending in no
more than the punishment of a careless
rascal.
On the occasion of this last visit
the third, I think, that he paid me
ttle t kins;, r.who had Teen staying at
Ohart tUlyi came to me from Lusarche,
where he lay the Intervening night,,
My coaches went to meet him at the
gate a Hit tie before noon, but he did
not Immediately arrive, , and . being at
leisure arid haVtog assured myself that
the dlim;r of twelve covers, which he
had directed , to-be ready, '; waa In
course of preparation, I went with my
wife to Inspect, the. rooms and satisfy
myself that everything was In order.
They were In charge of 1A Traps,
i of adores ana tatsuigenc, whom
I have had cause to mention more than
once In the course of these memoirs. He
met me at the door and conducted me
through the rooms wl'tih an air of satis
faction; nor could I find the slightest
fault, until my wife, looking about her
with a woman's eye for minute things,
paused by the bed In the chamber and
directed my attention to something on
the floor.
She ttooped over It. "What Is thla?"
she asked. "Has something been
"Upset here?" I eald, looking also.
There waa a little pool of white liquid
on the floor beskle the bed.
La Trape uttered an exclamation of
annoyance, eid explained that he had
not seen It before, that it had not tisen
there five minutes earlier, and that he
did not know how it came to be there
now.
"What Is it?" I said, looking about for
some pitcher tihat might have over
flowed; but finding none. "Is it milk?"
"I don't know, your excellency," he
answered. "But It shall be removed at
onse."
"See that It Is," I said. "Are the
boughs In ithe fire-place fresh ?" For the
wea ther was still warm and we had not
lit a fire.
"Yes, your exesllency: quite fresh."
"WeM, see to that, and remove It," I
raid, pointing to the mess. - "It looks
111."
And with that th4 matter- passed
from my -mlnA? he more completely as
I heard at that moment the sound of
the king's approach,, and went Into the
court yard to receive him. He brought
with him Roquelaure, de Vic, Erard,
the engineer, and soma others, but none
whom he did not know that I should
be glad to receive. He dined well, and
after dinner amused himself with see
ing the young men ride at the ring, and
even rode a course himself with his
usual skill; that being, If I re
member rightly, the- last occasion on
which I ever aw him take a lance.
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Before supper he walked for a time In
the hall, with Slllery, for whom he had
sent; and after supper, pronouncing
himself tired, he dismissed all and re.
tired with me to his chamber. Here we
had some talk on a subject that I greatly
dreaded I mean his Infatuation for
Madame de Conde; but about 11 o'clock
he yawned, and, after thanking me for
a reception which he said was quLte to
his mind, he bade me go to bed. -
I waa half way to the door when he
called me back. "Why, Grandmaster,"
he said, pointing to the llt'Me table by
the head of the bed on which his night
drinks stood, "you might be going to
drown me. Do you expect me to drink
all these In the night?"
"I think that there Is only your pos.
set, sire," I said, "and the lemon-water
which you generally drink."
"And two or three either things?"
"Perhaps they have given your ma
jesty some of the Arbols win that you
were good enought to "
"Jut-tut!" he said, lifting Che cover
of one of the cups. "This 1 not wine.
It may be a milk-posset."
"Yes, sire; very likely," I said drowsi
ly. "But H Is not!" he answered, when he
he had smelled It. "It Is plain milk!
Come, my friend," he continued, look
ing drolly at me, "have you turned
leech, or I babe Iru arms that you put
such strong liquors before me? How
ever, to show you that I have some
childish tastes left, and am not so de
praved as you have been 'trying to make
me out for the last hour I will drink
your health In It. It would serve you
right If I made you pledge me In the
same liquor!"
The cup was at his lips when I sprang
forward -and, heedlets of ceremony
caught his arm. "Pardon, sire!" I cried,
In sudden agitation. "If that Is milk, I
gave no order thlat It should toe placed
here; and I know nothing of Its origin.
I beg that you will not drink It, umtM I
nave made some Inquiry." .
"They have all been tasted?" he
asked, still holding the cup In his hand
with the Hd raised, but looking at It
gravely.
"They should have heart!" I answered.
"But Ui Trape, whom I made answer
able for that, Is outside. I will go and
question him. If you will wait, aire, a
moment "
"No," Henry said. "Have Mm here."
I gave the order to the pages who
were watting outside, and in a moment
I Trape appeared, looking startled
and uncomfortable. .Naturally, his
first glance waa given to the King, who
had taken his seat on the edge of the
bed, but still held the cup in his hand.
After asking the King's permission. I
said: "What drinks did you icdace on
the table, here, sirrah?"
He looked more uncomfortable at
this, but he answered 'boldly' enough
that he had served a posset, Him lemon
water, and some milk.
"But orders were given onlv for the
lemon-waller and the posset," I said.
irue, your excellency." he answered.
"But when I went to the pantry hatch,
to see the under butler carry up the
tray, I found that the mltk wu on the
tray; md I supposed that you had
given another order."
"Ploiitlbly Madame ls Sully he
King said, looking at me. "gave the or
der to add It?"
"She would not presume to do so.
ire," I answered, sternly. "Nor do I
in the least understand the matter.
But at one thing we can easily arrive.
You tatted all of these, man?"
La Trape said he had.
"You drank a quantity, a substantial
quantity of each according to the or
ders given to you?" I persisted.
"Yes, your excellency."
But I caught a guilty look In his eyes.
and In a gust of rage I crted out that he
lied. "The truth!" I thundered. In a
terrible voice. "The truth, you villain;
you did not taste all?"
"I did, your excellency; s God Is
a'bove, I did!" he answered. But he had
grown pale, and he looked at the King
In a terrified way.
"You did?"
"Yes!"
Yet I did ir,ot believe him, and I was
about to give him the He again, when
the King Intervened, "Quite o," he
said to La Trape, with a smile. "You
drank, my good fellow, of ithe posft
and the lemon water, and you tatel
the milk, but you did not drlnklof It.
Is not that the whole truth?"
"Yes, sire," he whimpered, 'breaking
down. "But I I gave some to a cat."
"And the cat is no worse?"
"No, sire."
"There, Grandmaster." ithe King
paid, turning ito me, that Is the truth,
I think. What do you eay to It?"
"That the reft Is simple," I answered,
grimly. "He did not drink It before;
but he will drink It now, sire,"
The king, sitting on the bed, laughed
and looked at La Trape; as if his good
nature almost led him to Interpose. Hut
after a moment's hesitation he thought
better of It, and handed me the cup.
"Very well," he said; "he Is your man.
Have your way with him. After all, he
should have drunk It."
"He shall! drink It now, or be broken
on the wheel!" I said. "Do you hear,
you?" I continued, turning to him In a
white heat of rage at the thought of his
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negligence, and the price It might have
cost me. "Take it, and bewar? that
you do not drop or spill it. For I swear
that that shall not save you!"
He took the cup with a pale face, and
hands that shook so much that he need
ed both to support the vessel. He hesi
tated, too, so long that, had I not pos
sessed thp best of reasons for believelng
In his fidelity, I should have suspected
him of more than negligence. The
shadow of his tall figure seemed to
waveron the tapestry behind him; and
with a little Imagination I might have
.nought that the lights in the room
lis Hesitated.
had sunk. The soft whispering of the
pages outside could be heard, and a
stifled laugh; but Inside there was not a
sound. He carried the cup to his Hps;
then he lowered It again.
I took a step forward.
He recoiled a pace, his face ghastly.
"Patience, excellency," he said, hoarse
ly. "I shall drink It. But I want to
speak first."
"Speak!" the king answered.
"If there Is death In It, I take Ood to
witness that I know nothing, and knew
nothing! There Is some witch's work
here It Is not the first time that I have
come across this devil's milk today! But
I take Ood to witness I know nothing!
Now, It Is here I will drink It, and "
He did not finish the sentence, but
drawing a deep breath raised the cup
to his lips. I saw the apple In his
throat rise and fall with the effort he
made to swallow, but he drank so slow
ly that It seemed to me that he would
never drain the cup. Nor did he, for
when he had swallowed, as far as I
could judge from the tilting of the cup,
about half of the milk, Henry rose sud
denly and .seising It, took It from him
with his own hand.
"That will do," the king said. "Do
you feel ill?"
La Trape drew a 'trembling hand
across his brow, on which the sweat
stood In beads; but Instead of answer
ing he remained silent, gaslng fixedly
before him. We waited and watched,
and at length, .when I should think
three minutes had elapsed, he changed
his position for one of greater ease, and
I saw his face relax. The unnatural
pallor faded, and the open lips closed.
A moment later he spoke. "I feel noth
ing, aire," he aald. '
The king looked at me drolly. "Then
take five minutes more," he said. "Go,
and stare at Judith there, cutting off
the head of Holofernes" for that was
the story of the tapestry "and come
When I call you." ' ",
La Trape went to the other end of the
chamber., "Well," the king said. Invit
ing me by a sign to alt down beside Mm,
Is It a comedy or a tragedy, my
friend? Or, tell me, what was It he
meant when he said that about the
other mllkT"
I explained, the matter seeming ao
trlval now that I came to tell It though
it had doubtless contributed much to La
Trape's fright that I had to apologize.
"Still it is odd." the king said. "These
'rinks were not here, at that time, of
ourse?"
"No, sire; they have been brought up
.vlthln the hour." '
"Well, your tutler must explain it."
And with that he raised his voice and
ailed La Trape back; who came, look
ing red and sheepish.
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