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Twenty Years After/Chapter 72

Grimaud waited till he heard the bolt grind in the lock and when he was satisfied that he was alone he slowly rose from his recumbent posture.

"Ah!" he said, wiping with his sleeve large drops of sweat from his forehead, "how lucky it was that Musqueton was thirsty!"

He made haste to pass out by the opening, still thinking himself in a dream; but the sight of the gunpowder in the tankard proved to him that his dream was a fatal nightmare.

It may be imagined that D'Artagnan listened to these details with increasing interest; before Grimaud had finished he rose without noise and putting his mouth to Aramis's ear, and at the same time touching him on the shoulder to prevent a sudden movement:

"Chevalier," he said, "get up and don't make the least noise."

Aramis awoke. D'Artagnan, pressing his hand, repeated his call. Aramis obeyed.

"Athos is near you," said D'Artagnan; "warn him as I have warned you."

Aramis easily aroused Athos, whose sleep was light, like that of all persons of a finely organized constitution. But there was more difficulty in arousing Porthos. He was beginning to ask full explanation of that breaking in on his sleep, which was very annoying to him, when D'Artagnan, instead of explaining, closed his mouth with his hand.

Then our Gascon, extending his arms, drew to him the heads of his three friends till they almost touched one another.

"Friends," he said, "we must leave this craft at once or we are dead men."

"Bah!" said Athos, "are you still afraid?"

"Do you know who is captain of this vessel?"

"No."

"Captain Groslow."

The shudder of the three musketeers showed to D'Artagnan that his words began to make some impression on them.

"Groslow!" said Aramis; "the devil!

"Who is this Groslow?" asked Porthos. "I don't remember him."

"Groslow is the man who broke Parry's head and is now getting ready to break ours."

"Oh! oh!"

"And do you know who is his lieutenant?"

"His lieutenant? There is none," said Athos. "They don't have lieutenants in a felucca manned by a crew of four."

"Yes, but Monsieur Groslow is not a captain of the ordinary kind; he has a lieutenant, and that lieutenant is Monsieur Mordaunt."

This time the musketeers did more than shudder - they almost cried out. Those invincible men were subject to a mysterious and fatal influence which that name had over them; the mere sound of it filled them with terror.

"What shall we do?" said Athos.

"We must seize the felucca," said Aramis.

"And kill him," said Porthos.

"The felucca is mined," said D'Artagnan. "Those casks which I took for casks of port wine are filled with powder. When Mordaunt finds himself discovered he will destroy all, friends and foes; and on my word he would be bad company in going either to Heaven or to hell."

"You have some plan, then?" asked Athos.

"Yes."

"What is it?"

"Have you confidence in me?"

"Give your orders," said the three musketeers.

"Wry well; come this way."

D'Artagnan went toward a very small, low window, just large enough to let a man through. He turned it gently on its hinges.

"There," he said, "is our road."

"The deuce! it is a very cold one, my dear friend," said Aramis.

"Stay here, if you like, but I warn you 'twill be rather too warm presently."

"But we cannot swim to the shore."

"The longboat is yonder, lashed to the felucca. We will take possession of it and cut the cable. Come, my friends."

"A moment's delay," said Athos; "our servants?"

"Here we are!" they cried.

Meantime the three friends were standing motionless before the awful sight which D'Artagnan, in raising the shutters, had disclosed to them through the narrow opening of the window.

Those who have once beheld such a spectacle know that there is nothing more solemn, more striking, than the raging sea, rolling, with its deafening roar, its dark billows beneath the pale light of a wintry moon.

"Gracious Heaven, we are hesitating!" cried D'Artagnan; "if we hesitate what will the servants do?"

"I do not hesitate, you know," said Grimaud.

"Sir," interposed Blaisois, "I warn you that I can only swim in rivers."

"And I not at all," said Musqueton.

But D'Artagnan had now slipped through the window.

"You have decided, friend?" said Athos.

"Yes," the Gascon answered; "Athos! you, who are a perfect being, bid spirit triumph over body. Do you, Aramis, order the servants. Porthos, kill every one who stands in your way."

And after pressing the hand of Athos, D'Artagnan chose a moment when the ship rolled backward, so that he had only to plunge into the water, which was already up to his waist.

Athos followed him before the felucca rose again on the waves; the cable which tied the boat to the vessel was then seen plainly rising out of the sea.

D'Artagnan swam to it and held it, suspending himself by this rope, his head alone out of water.

In one second Athos joined him.

Then they saw, as the felucca turned, two other heads peeping, those of Aramis and Grimaud.

"I am uneasy about Blaisois," said Athos; "he can, he says, only swim in rivers."

"When people can swim at all they can swim anywhere. To the boat! to the boat!"

"But Porthos, I do not see him."

"Porthos is coming - he swims like Leviathan."

In fact, Porthos did not appear; for a scene, half tragedy and half comedy, had been performed by him with Musqueton and Blaisois, who, frightened by the noise of the sea, by the whistling of the wind, by the sight of that dark water yawning like a gulf beneath them, shrank back instead of going forward.

"Come, come!" said Porthos; "jump in."

"But, monsieur," said Musqueton, "I can't swim; let me stay here."

"And me, too, monsieur," said Blaisois.

"I assure you, I shall be very much in the way in that little boat," said Musqueton.

"And I know I shall drown before reaching it," continued Blaisois.

"Come along! I shall strangle you both if you don't get out," said Porthos at last, seizing Musqueton by the throat. "Forward, Blaisois!"

A groan, stifled by the grasp of Porthos, was all the reply of poor Blaisois, for the giant, taking him neck and heels, plunged him into the water headforemost, pushing him out of the window as if he had been a plank.

"Now, Musqueton," he said, "I hope you don't mean to desert your master?"

"Ah, sir," replied Musqueton, his eyes filling with tears, "why did you re-enter the army? We were all so happy in the Chateau de Pierrefonds!"

And without any other complaint, passive and obedient, either from true devotion to his master or from the example set by Blaisois, Musqueton leaped into the sea headforemost. A sublime action, at all events, for Musqueton looked upon himself as dead. But Porthos was not a man to abandon an old servant, and when Musqueton rose above the water, blind as a new-born puppy, he found he was supported by the large hand of Porthos and that he was thus enabled, without having occasion even to move, to advance toward the cable with the dignity of a very triton.

In a few minutes Porthos had rejoined his companions, who were already in the boat; but when, after they had all got in, it came to his turn, there was great danger that in putting his huge leg over the edge of the boat he would upset the little vessel. Athos was the last to enter.

"Are you all here?" he asked.

"Ah! have you your sword, Athos?" cried D'Artagnan.

"Yes."

"Cut the cable, then."

Athos drew a sharp poniard from his belt and cut the cord. The felucca went on, the boat continued stationary, rocked only by the swashing waves.

"Come, Athos!" said D'Artagnan, giving his hand to the count; "you are going to see something curious," added the Gascon.

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Twenty Years After/Chapter 73

Scarcely had D'Artagnan uttered these words when a ringing and sudden noise was heard resounding through the felucca, which had now become dim in the obscurity of the night.

"That, you may be sure," said the Gascon, "means something."

They then at the same instant perceived a large lantern carried on a pole appear on the deck, defining the forms of shadows behind it.

Suddenly a terrible cry, a cry of despair, was wafted through space; and as if the shrieks of anguish had driven away the clouds, the veil which hid the moon was cleated away and the gray sails and dark shrouds of the felucca were plainly visible beneath the silvery light.

Shadows ran, as if bewildered, to and fro on the vessel, and mournful cries accompanied these delirious walkers. In the midst of these screams they saw Mordaunt upon the poop with a torch in hand.

The agitated figures, apparently wild with terror, consisted of Groslow, who at the hour fixed by Mordaunt had collected his men and the sailors. Mordaunt, after having listened at the door of the cabin to hear if the musketeers were still asleep, had gone down into the cellar, convinced by their silence that they were all in a deep slumber. Then he had run to the train, impetuous as a man who is excited by revenge, and full of confidence, as are those whom God blinds, he had set fire to the wick of nitre.

All this while Groslow and his men were assembled on deck.

"Haul up the cable and draw the boat to us," said Groslow.

One of the sailors got down the side of the ship, seized the cable, and drew it; it came without the least resistance.

"The cable is cut!" he cried, "no boat!"

"How! no boat!" exclaimed Groslow; "it is impossible."

"'Tis true, however," answered the sailor; "there's nothing in the wake of the ship; besides, here's the end of the cable."

"What's the matter?" cried Mordaunt, who, coming up out of the hatchway, rushed to the stern, waving his torch.

"Only that our enemies have escaped; they have cut the cord and gone off with the boat."

Mordaunt bounded with one step to the cabin and kicked open the door.

"Empty!" he exclaimed; "the infernal demons!"

"We must pursue them," said Groslow, "they can't be gone far, and we will sink them, passing over them."

"Yes, but the fire," ejaculated Mordaunt; "I have lighted it."

"Ten thousand devils!" cried Groslow, rushing to the hatchway; "perhaps there is still time to save us."

Mordaunt answered only by a terrible laugh, threw his torch into the sea and plunged in after it. The instant Groslow put his foot upon the hatchway steps the ship opened like the crater of a volcano. A burst of flame rose toward the skies with an explosion like that of a hundred cannon; the air burned, ignited by flaming embers, then the frightful lightning disappeared, the brands sank, one after another, into the abyss, where they were extinguished, and save for a slight vibration in the air, after a few minutes had elapsed one would have thought that nothing had happened.

Only - the felucca had disappeared from the surface of the sea and Groslow and his three sailors were consumed.

The four friends saw all this - not a single detail of this fearful scene escaped them. At one moment, bathed as they were in a flood of brilliant light, which illumined the sea for the space of a league, they might each be seen, each by his own peculiar attitude and manner expressing the awe which, even in their hearts of bronze, they could not help experiencing. Soon a torrent of vivid sparks fell around them - then, at last, the volcano was extinguished - then all was dark and still - the floating bark and heaving ocean.

They sat silent and dejected.

"By Heaven!" at last said Athos, the first to speak, "by this time, I think, all must be over."

"Here, my lords! save me! help!" cried a voice, whose mournful accents, reaching the four friends, seemed to proceed from some phantom of the ocean.

All looked around; Athos himself stared.

"'Tis he! it is his voice!"

All still remained silent, the eyes of all were turned in the direction where the vessel had disappeared, endeavoring in vain to penetrate the darkness. After a minute or two they were able to distinguish a man, who approached them, swimming vigorously.

Athos extended his arm toward him, pointing him out to his companions.

"Yes, yes, I see him well enough," said D'Artagnan.

"He - again!" cried Porthos, who was breathing like a blacksmith's bellows; "why, he is made of iron."

"Oh, my God!" muttered Athos.

Aramis and D'Artagnan whispered to each other.

Mordaunt made several strokes more, and raising his arm in sign of distress above the waves: "Pity, pity on me, gentlemen, in Heaven's name! my strength is failing me; I am dying."

The voice that implored aid was so piteous that it awakened pity in the heart of Athos.

"Poor fellow!" he exclaimed.

"Indeed!" said D'Artagnan, "monsters have only to complain to gain your sympathy. I believe he's swimming toward us. Does he think we are going to take him in? Row, Porthos, row." And setting the example he plowed his oar into the sea; two strokes took the bark on twenty fathoms further.

"Oh! you will not abandon me! You will not leave me to perish! You will not be pitiless!" cried Mordaunt.

"Ah! ah!" said Porthos to Mordaunt, "I think we have you now, my hero! and there are no doors by which you can escape this time but those of hell."

"Oh! Porthos!" murmured the Comte de la Fere.

"Oh, pray, for mercy's sake, don't fly from me. For pity's sake!" cried the young man, whose agony-drawn breath at times, when his head went under water, under the wave, exhaled and made the icy waters bubble.

D'Artagnan, however, who had consulted with Aramis, spoke to the poor wretch. "Go away," he said; "your repentance is too recent to inspire confidence. See! the vessel in which you wished to fry us is still smoking; and the situation in which you are is a bed of roses compared to that in which you wished to place us and in which you have placed Monsieur Groslow and his companions."

"Sir!" replied Mordaunt, in a tone of deep despair, "my penitence is sincere. Gentlemen, I am young, scarcely twenty-three years old. I was drawn on by a very natural resentment to avenge my mother. You would have done what I did."

Mordaunt wanted now only two or three fathoms to reach the boat, for the approach of death seemed to give him supernatural strength.

"Alas!" he said, "I am then to die? You are going to kill the son, as you killed the mother! Surely, if I am culpable and if I ask for pardon, I ought to be forgiven."

Then, as if his strength failed him, he seemed unable to sustain himself above the water and a wave passed over his head, which drowned his voice.

"Oh! this is torture to me," cried Athos.

Mordaunt reappeared.

"For my part," said D'Artagnan, "I say this must come to an end; murderer, as you were, of your uncle! executioner, as you were, of King Charles! incendiary! I recommend you to sink forthwith to the bottom of the sea; and if you come another fathom nearer, I'll stave your wicked head in with this oar."

"D'Artagnan! D'Artagnan!" cried Athos, "my son, I entreat you; the wretch is dying, and it is horrible to let a man die without extending a hand to save him. I cannot resist doing so; he must live."

"Zounds!" replied D'Artagnan, "why don't you give yourself up directly, feet and hands bound, to that wretch? Ah! Comte de la Fere, you wish to perish by his hands! I, your son, as you call me - I will not let you!"

'Twas the first time D'Artagnan had ever refused a request from Athos.

Aramis calmly drew his sword, which he had carried between his teeth as he swam.

"If he lays his hand on the boat's edge I will cut it off, regicide that he is."

"And I," said Porthos. "Wait."

"What are you going to do?" asked Aramis.

"Throw myself in the water and strangle him."

"Oh, gentlemen!" cried Athos, "be men! be Christians! See! death is depicted on his face! Ah! do not bring on me the horrors of remorse! Grant me this poor wretch's life. I will bless you - I - - "

"I am dying!" cried Mordaunt, "come to me! come to me!"

D'Artagnan began to be touched. The boat at this moment turned around, and the dying man was by that turn brought nearer Athos.

"Monsieur the Comte de la Fere," he cried, "I supplicate you! pity me! I call on you - where are you? I see you no longer - I am dying - help me! help me!"

"Here I am, sir!" said Athos, leaning and stretching out his arm to Mordaunt with that air of dignity and nobility of soul habitual to him; "here I am, take my hand and jump into our boat."

Mordaunt made a last effort - rose - seized the hand thus extended to him and grasped it with the vehemence of despair.

"That's right," said Athos; "put your other hand here. "And he offered him his shoulder as another stay and support, so that his head almost touched that of Mordaunt; and these two mortal enemies were in as close an embrace as if they had been brothers.

"Now, sir," said the count, "you are safe - calm yourself."

"Ah! my mother," cried Mordaunt, with eyes on fire with a look of hate impossible to paint, "I can only offer thee one victim, but it shall at any rate be the one thou wouldst thyself have chosen!"

And whilst D'Artagnan uttered a cry, Porthos raised the oar, and Aramis sought a place to strike, a frightful shake given to the boat precipitated Athos into the sea; whilst Mordaunt, with a shout of triumph, grasped the neck of his victim, and in order to paralyze his movements, twined arms and legs around the musketeer. For an instant, without an exclamation, without a cry for help, Athos tried to sustain himself on the surface of the waters, but the weight dragged him down; he disappeared by degrees; soon nothing was to be seen except his long, floating hair; then both men disappeared and the bubbling of the water, which, in its turn, was soon effaced, alone indicated the spot where these two had sunk.

Mute with horror, the three friends had remained open-mouthed, their eyes dilated, their arms extended like statues, and, motionless as they were, the beating of their hearts was audible. Porthos was the first who came to himself. He tore his hair.

"Oh!" he cried, "Athos! Athos! thou man of noble heart; woe is me! I have let thee perish!"

At this instant, in the midst of the silver circle illumined by the light of the moon the same whirlpool which had been made by the sinking men was again obvious, and first were seen, rising above the waves, a wisp of hair, then a pale face with open eyes, yet, nevertheless, the eyes of death; then a body, which, after rising of itself even to the waist above the sea, turned gently on its back, according to the caprice of the waves, and floated.

In the bosom of this corpse was plunged a poniard, the gold hilt of which shone in the moonbeams.

"Mordaunt! Mordaunt!" cried the three friends; "'tis Mordaunt!"

"But Athos!" exclaimed D'Artagnan.

Suddenly the boat leaned on one side beneath a new and unexpected weight and Grimaud uttered a shout of joy; every one turned around and beheld Athos, livid, his eyes dim and his hands trembling, supporting himself on the edge of the boat. Eight vigorous arms lifted him up immediately and laid him in the boat, where directly Athos was warmed and reanimated, reviving with the caresses and cares of his friends, who were intoxicated with joy.

"You are not hurt?" asked D'Artagnan.

"No," replied Athos; "and he - - "

"Oh, he! now we may say at last, thank Heaven! he is really dead. Look!" and D'Artagnan, obliging Athos to look in the direction he pointed, showed him the body of Mordaunt floating on its back, which, sometimes submerged, sometimes rising, seemed still to pursue the four friends with looks of insult and mortal hatred.

At last he sank. Athos had followed him with a glance in which the deepest melancholy and pity were expressed.

"Bravo! Athos!" cried Aramis, with an emotion very rare in him.

"A capital blow you gave!" cried Porthos.

"I have a son. I wished to live," said Athos.

"In short," said D'Artagnan, "this has been the will of God."

"It was not I who killed him," said Athos in a soft, low tone, "'twas destiny."

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Twenty Years After/Chapter 74

A deep silence reigned for a long time in the boat after the fearful scene described.

The moon, which had shone for a short time, disappeared behind the clouds; every object was again plunged in the obscurity that is so awful in the deserts and still more so in that liquid desert, the ocean, and nothing was heard save the whistling of the west wind driving along the tops of the crested billows.

Porthos was the first to speak.

"I have seen," he said, "many dreadful things, but nothing that ever agitated me so much as what I have just witnessed. Nevertheless, even in my present state of perturbation, I protest that I feel happy. I have a hundred pounds' weight less upon my chest. I breathe more freely." In fact, Porthos breathed so loud as to do credit to the free play of his powerful lungs.

"For my part," observed Aramis, "I cannot say the same as you do, Porthos. I am still terrified to such a degree that I scarcely believe my eyes. I look around the boat, expecting every moment to see that poor wretch holding between his hands the poniard plunged into his heart."

"Oh! I feel easy," replied Porthos. "The poniard was pointed at the sixth rib and buried up to the hilt in his body. I do not reproach you, Athos, for what you have done. On the contrary, when one aims a blow that is the regulation way to strike. So now, I breathe again - I am happy!"

"Don't be in haste to celebrate a victory, Porthos," interposed D'Artagnan; "never have we incurred a greater danger than we are now encountering. Men may subdue men - they cannot overcome the elements. We are now on the sea, at night, without any pilot, in a frail bark; should a blast of wind upset the boat we are lost."

Musqueton heaved a deep sigh.

"You are ungrateful, D'Artagnan," said Athos; "yes, ungrateful to Providence, to whom we owe our safety in the most miraculous manner. Let us sail before the wind, and unless it changes we shall be drifted either to Calais or Boulogne. Should our bark be upset we are five of us good swimmers, able enough to turn it over again, or if not, to hold on by it. Now we are on the very road which all the vessels between Dover and Calais take, 'tis impossible but that we should meet with a fisherman who will pick us up."

"But should we not find any fisherman and should the wind shift to the north?"

"That," said Athos, "would be quite another thing; and we should nevermore see land until we were upon the other side of the Atlantic."

"Which implies that we may die of hunger," said Aramis.

"'Tis more than possible," answered the Comte de la Fere.

Musqueton sighed again, more deeply than before.

"What is the matter? what ails you?" asked Porthos.

"I am cold, sir," said Musqueton.

"Impossible! your body is covered with a coating of fat which preserves it from the cold air."

"Ah! sir, 'tis this very coating of fat that makes me shiver."

"How is that, Musqueton?

"Alas! your honor, in the library of the Chateau of Bracieux there are a lot of books of travels."

"What then?"

"Amongst them the voyages of Jean Mocquet in the time of Henry IV."

"Well?"

"In these books, your honor, 'tis told how hungry voyagers, drifting out to sea, have a bad habit of eating each other and beginning with - - "

"The fattest among them!" cried D'Artagnan, unable in spite of the gravity of the occasion to help laughing.

"Yes, sir," answered Musqueton; "but permit me to say I see nothing laughable in it. However," he added, turning to Porthos, "I should not regret dying, sir, were I sure that by doing so I might still be useful to you."

"Mouston," replied Porthos, much affected, "should we ever see my castle of Pierrefonds again you shall have as your own and for your descendants the vineyard that surrounds the farm."

"And you should call it `Devotion,'" added Aramis; "the vineyard of self-sacrifice, to transmit to latest ages the recollection of your devotion to your master."

"Chevalier," said D'Artagnan, laughing, "you could eat a piece of Mouston, couldn't you, especially after two or three days of fasting?"

"Oh, no," replied Aramis, "I should much prefer Blaisois; we haven't known him so long."

One may readily conceive that during these jokes which were intended chiefly to divert Athos from the scene which had just taken place, the servants, with the exception of Grimaud, were not silent. Suddenly Musqueton uttered a cry of delight, taking from beneath one of the benches a bottle of wine; and on looking more closely in the same place he discovered a dozen similar bottles, bread, and a monster junk of salted beef.

"Oh, sir!" he cried, passing the bottle to Porthos, "we are saved - the bark is supplied with provisions."

This intelligence restored every one save Athos to gayety.

"Zounds!" exclaimed Porthos, "'tis astonishing how empty violent agitation makes the stomach."

And he drank off half a bottle at a draught and bit great mouthfuls of the bread and meat.

"Now," said Athos, "sleep, or try to sleep, my friends, and I will watch."

In a few moments, notwithstanding their wet clothes, the icy blast that blew and the previous scene of terror, these hardy adventurers, with their iron frames, inured to every hardship, threw themselves down, intending to profit by the advice of Athos, who sat at the helm, pensively wakeful, guiding the little bark the way it was to go, his eyes fixed on the heavens, as if he sought to verify not only the road to France, but the benign aspect of protecting Providence. After some hours of repose the sleepers were aroused by Athos.

Dawn was shedding its pallid, placid glimmer on the purple ocean, when at the distance of a musket shot from them was seen a dark gray mass, above which gleamed a triangular sail; then masters and servants joined in a fervent cry to the crew of that vessel to hear them and to save.

"A bark!" all cried together.

It was, in fact, a small craft from Dunkirk bound for Boulogne.

A quarter of an hour afterward the rowboat of this craft took them all aboard. Grimaud tendered twenty guineas to the captain, and at nine o'clock in the morning, having a fair wind, our Frenchmen set foot on their native land.

"Egad! how strong one feels here!" said Porthos, almost burying his large feet in the sands. "Zounds! I could defy a nation!"

"Be quiet, Porthos," said D'Artagnan, "we are observed."

"We are admired, i'faith," answered Porthos.

"These people who are looking at us are only merchants," said Athos, "and are looking more at the cargo than at us."

"I shall not trust to that," said the lieutenant, "and I shall make for the Dunes* as soon as possible."

 * Sandy hills about Dunkirk, from which it derives its name.

The party followed him and soon disappeared with him behind the hillocks of sand unobserved. Here, after a short conference, they proposed to separate.

"And why separate?" asked Athos.

"Because," answered the Gascon, "we were sent, Porthos and I, by Cardinal Mazarin to fight for Cromwell; instead of fighting for Cromwell we have served Charles I. - not the same thing by any means. In returning with the Comte de la Fere and Monsieur d'Herblay our crime would be confirmed. We have circumvented Cromwell, Mordaunt, and the sea, but we shall find a certain difficulty in circumventing Mazarin."

"You forget," replied Athos, "that we consider ourselves your prisoners and not free from the engagement we entered into."

"Truly, Athos," interrupted D'Artagnan, "I am vexed that such a man as you are should talk nonsense which schoolboys would be ashamed of. Chevalier," he continued, addressing Aramis, who, leaning proudly on his sword, seemed to agree with his companion, "Chevalier, Porthos and I run no risk; besides, should any ill-luck happen to two of us, will it not be much better that the other two should be spared to assist those who may be apprehended? Besides, who knows whether, divided, we may not obtain a pardon - you from the queen, we from Mazarin - which, were we all four together, would never be granted. Come, Athos and Aramis, go to the right; Porthos, come with me to the left; these gentlemen should file off into Normandy, whilst we, by the nearest road, reach Paris."

He then gave his friends minute directions as to their route.

"Ah! my dear friend," exclaimed Athos, "how I should admire the resources of your mind did I not stop to adore those of your heart."

And he gave him his hand.

"Isn't this fox a genius, Athos?" asked the Gascon. "No! he knows how to crunch fowls, to dodge the huntsman and to find his way home by day or by night, that's all. Well, is all said?"

"All."

"Then let's count our money and divide it. Ah! hurrah! there's the sun! A merry morning to you, Sunshine. 'Tis a long time since I saw thee!"

"Come, come, D'Artagnan," said Athos, "do not affect to be strong-minded; there are tears in your eyes. Let us be open with each other and sincere."

"What!" cried the Gascon, "do you think, Athos, we can take leave, calmly, of two friends at a time not free from danger to you and Aramis?"

"No," answered Athos; "embrace me, my son."

"Zounds!" said Porthos, sobbing, "I believe I'm crying; but how foolish all this is!"

Then they embraced. At that moment their fraternal bond of union was closer than ever, and when they parted, each to take the route agreed on, they turned back to utter affectionate expressions, which the echoes of the Dunes repeated. At last they lost sight of each other.

"Sacrebleu! D'Artagnan," said Porthos, "I must out with it at once, for I can't keep to myself anything I have against you; I haven't been able to recognize you in this matter."

"Why not?" said D'Artagnan, with his wise smile.

"Because if, as you say, Athos and Aramis are in real danger, this is not the time to abandon them. For my part, I confess to you that I was all ready to follow them and am still ready to rejoin them, in spite of all the Mazarins in the world."

"You would be right, Porthos, but for one thing, which may change the current of your ideas; and that is, that it is not those gentlemen who are in the greatest danger, it is ourselves; it is not to abandon them that we have separated, but to avoid compromising them."

"Really?" said Porthos, opening his eyes in astonishment.

"Yes, no doubt. If they are arrested they will only be put in the Bastile; if we are arrested it is a matter of the Place de Greve."

"Oh! oh!" said Porthos, "there is quite a gap between that fate and the baronial coronet you promised me, D'Artagnan."

"Bah! perhaps not so great as you think, Porthos; you know the proverb, `All roads lead to Rome.'"

"But how is it that we are incurring greater risks than Athos and Aramis?" asked Porthos.

"Because they have but fulfilled the mission confided to them by Queen Henrietta and we have betrayed that confided to us by Mazarin; because, going hence as emissaries to Cromwell, we became partisans of King Charles; because, instead of helping cut off the royal head condemned by those fellows called Mazarin, Cromwell, Joyce, Bridge, Fairfax, etc., we very nearly succeeded in saving it."

"Upon my word that is true," said Porthos; "but how can you suppose, my dear friend, that in the midst of his great preoccupations General Cromwell has had time to think - - "

"Cromwell thinks of everything; Cromwell has time for everything; and believe me, dear friend, we ought not to lose our time - it is precious. We shall not be safe till we have seen Mazarin, and then - - "

"The devil!" said Porthos; "what can we say to Mazarin?"

"Leave that to me - I have my plan. He laughs best who laughs last. Cromwell is mighty, Mazarin is tricky, but I would rather have to do with them than with the late Monsieur Mordaunt."

"Ah!" said Porthos, "it is very pleasant to be able to say `the late Monsieur Mordaunt.'"

"My faith, yes," said D'Artagnan. "But we must be going."

The two immediately started across country toward the road to Paris, followed by Musqueton, who, after being too cold all night, at the end of a quarter of an hour found himself too warm.

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During the six weeks that Athos and Aramis had been absent from France, the Parisians, finding themselves one morning without either queen or king, were greatly annoyed at being thus deserted, and the absence of Mazarin, a thing so long desired, did not compensate for that of the two august fugitives.

The first feeling that pervaded Paris on hearing of the flight to Saint Germain, was that sort of affright which seizes children when they awake in the night and find themselves alone. A deputation was therefore sent to the queen to entreat her to return to Paris; but she not only declined to receive the deputies, but sent an intimation by Chancellor Seguier, implying that if the parliament did not humble itself before her majesty by negativing all the questions that had been the cause of the quarrel, Paris would be besieged the very next day.

This threatening answer, unluckily for the court, produced quite a different effect to that which was intended. It wounded the pride of the parliament, which, supported by the citizens, replied by declaring that Cardinal Mazarin was the cause of all the discontent; denounced him as the enemy both of the king and the state, and ordered him to retire from the court that same day and from France within a week afterward; enjoining, in case of disobedience on his part, all the subjects of the king to pursue and take him.

Mazarin being thus placed beyond the pale of the protection of the law, preparations on both sides were commenced - by the queen, to attack Paris, by the citizens, to defend it. The latter were occupied in breaking up the pavement and stretching chains across the streets, when, headed by the coadjutor, appeared the Prince de Conti (the brother of the Prince de Conde) and the Duc de Longueville, his brother-in-law. This unexpected band of auxiliaries arrived in Paris on the tenth of January and the Prince of Conti was named, but not until after a stormy discussion, generalissimo of the army of the king, out of Paris.

As for the Duc de Beaufort, he arrived from Vendome, according to the annals of the day, bringing with him his high bearing and his long and beautiful hair, qualifications which gained him the sovereignty of the marketplaces.

The Parisian army had organized with the promptness characteristic of the bourgeois whenever they are moved by any sentiment whatever to disguise themselves as soldiers. On the nineteenth the impromptu army had attempted a sortie, more to assure itself and others of its actual existence than with any more serious intention. They carried a banner, on which could be read this strange device: "We are seeking our king."

The next following days were occupied in trivial movements which resulted only in the carrying off of a few herds of cattle and the burning of two or three houses.

That was still the situation of affairs up to the early days of February. On the first day of that month our four companions had landed at Boulogne, and, in two parties, had set out for Paris. Toward the end of the fourth day of the journey Athos and Aramis reached Nanterre, which place they cautiously passed by on the outskirts, fearing that they might encounter some troop from the queen's army.

It was against his will that Athos took these precautions, but Aramis had very judiciously reminded him that they had no right to be imprudent, that they had been charged by King Charles with a supreme and sacred mission, which, received at the foot of the scaffold, could be accomplished only at the feet of Queen Henrietta. Upon that, Athos yielded.

On reaching the capital Athos and Aramis found it in arms. The sentinel at the gate refused even to let them pass, and called his sergeant.

The sergeant, with the air of importance which such people assume when they are clad with military dignity, said:

"Who are you, gentlemen?"

"Two gentlemen."

"And where do you come from?"

"From London."

"And what are you going to do in Paris?"

"We are going with a mission to Her Majesty, the Queen of England."

"Ah, every one seems to be going to see the queen of England. We have already at the station three gentlemen whose passports are under examination, who are on their way to her majesty. Where are your passports?"

"We have none; we left England, ignorant of the state of politics here, having left Paris before the departure of the king."

"Ah!" said the sergeant, with a cunning smile, "you are Mazarinists, who are sent as spies."

"My dear friend," here Athos spoke, "rest assured, if we were Mazarinists we should come well prepared with every sort of passport. In your situation distrust those who are well provided with every formality."

"Enter the guardroom," said the sergeant; "we will lay your case before the commandant of the post."

The guardroom was filled with citizens and common people, some playing, some drinking, some talking. In a corner, almost hidden from view, were three gentlemen, who had preceded Athos and Aramis, and an officer was examining their passports. The first impulse of these three, and of those who last entered, was to cast an inquiring glance at each other. The first arrivals wore long cloaks, in whose drapery they were carefully enveloped; one of them, shorter than the rest, remained pertinaciously in the background.

When the sergeant on entering the room announced that in all probability he was bringing in two Mazarinists, it appeared to be the unanimous opinion of the officers on guard that they ought not to pass.

"Be it so," said Athos; "yet it is probable, on the contrary, that we shall enter, because we seem to have to do with sensible people. There seems to be only one thing to do, which is, to send our names to Her Majesty the Queen of England, and if she engages to answer for us I presume we shall be allowed to enter."

On hearing these words the shortest of the other three men seemed more attentive than ever to what was going on, wrapping his cloak around him more carefully than before.

"Merciful goodness!" whispered Aramis to Athos, "did you see?"

"What?" asked Athos.

"The face of the shortest of those three gentlemen?"

"No."

"He looked to me - but 'tis impossible."

At this instant the sergeant, who had been for his orders, returned, and pointing to the three gentlemen in cloaks, said:

"The passports are in order; let these three gentlemen pass."

The three gentlemen bowed and hastened to take advantage of this permission.

Aramis looked after them, and as the last of them passed close to him he pressed the hand of Athos.

"What is the matter with you, my friend?" asked the latter.

"I have - doubtless I am dreaming; tell me, sir," he said to the sergeant, "do you know those three gentlemen who are just gone out?"

"Only by their passports; they are three Frondists, who are gone to rejoin the Duc de Longueville."

"'Tis strange," said Aramis, almost involuntarily; "I fancied that I recognized Mazarin himself."

The sergeant burst into a fit of laughter.

"He!" he cried; "he venture himself amongst us, to be hung! Not so foolish as all that."

"Ah!" muttered Athos, "I may be mistaken, I haven't the unerring eye of D'Artagnan."

"Who is speaking of Monsieur D'Artagnan?" asked an officer who appeared at that moment upon the threshold of the room.

"What!" cried Aramis and Athos, "what! Planchet!"

"Planchet," added Grimaud; "Planchet, with a gorget, indeed!"

"Ah, gentlemen!" cried Planchet, "so you are back again in Paris. Oh, how happy you make us! no doubt you come to join the princes!"

"As thou seest, Planchet," said Aramis, whilst Athos smiled on seeing what important rank was held in the city militia by the former comrade of Musqueton, Bazin and Grimaud.

"And Monsieur d'Artagnan, of whom you spoke just now, Monsieur d'Herblay; may I ask if you have any news of him?"

"We parted from him four days ago and we have reason to believe that he has reached Paris before us."

"No, sir; I am sure he hasn't yet arrived. But then he may have stopped at Saint Germain."

"I don't think so; we appointed to meet at La Chevrette."

"I was there this very day."

"And had the pretty Madeleine no news?" asked Aramis, smiling.

"No, sir, and it must be admitted that she seemed very anxious."

"In fact," said Aramis, "there is no time lost and we made our journey quickly. Permit me, then, my dear Athos, without inquiring further about our friend, to pay my respects to M. Planchet."

"Ah, monsieur le chevalier," said Planchet, bowing.

"Lieutenant?" asked Aramis.

"Lieutenant, with a promise of becoming captain."

"'Tis capital; and pray, how did you acquire all these honors?"

"In the first place, gentlemen, you know that I was the means of Monsieur de Rochefort's escape; well, I was very near being hung by Mazarin and that made me more popular than ever."

"So, owing to your popularity - - "

"No; thanks to something better. You know, gentlemen, that I served the Piedmont regiment and had the honor of being a sergeant?"

"Yes."

"Well, one day when no one could drill a mob of citizens, who began to march, some with the right foot, others with the left, I succeeded, I did, in making them all begin with the same foot, and I was made lieutenant on the spot."

"So I presume," said Athos, "that you have a large number of the nobles with you?"

"Certainly. There are the Prince de Conti, the Duc de Longueville, the Duc de Beaufort, the Duc de Bouillon, the Marechal de la Mothe, the Marquis de Sevigne, and I don't know who, for my part."

"And the Vicomte Raoul de Bragelonne?" inquired Athos, in a tremulous voice. "D'Artagnan told me that he had recommended him to your care, in parting."

"Yes, count; nor have I lost sight of him for a single instant since."

"Then," said Athos in a tone of delight, "he is well? no accident has happened to him?"

"None, sir."

"And he lives?"

"Still at the Hotel of the Great Charlemagne."

"And passes his time?"

"Sometimes with the queen of England, sometimes with Madame de Chevreuse. He and the Count de Guiche are like each other's shadows."

"Thanks, Planchet, thanks!" cried Athos, extending his hand to the lieutenant.

"Oh, sir!" Planchet only touched the tips of the count's fingers.

"Well, what are you doing, count - to a former lackey?

"My friend," said Athos, "he has given me news of Raoul."

"And now, gentlemen," said Planchet, who had not heard what they were saying, "what do you intend to do?"

"Re-enter Paris, if you will let us, my good Planchet."

"Let you. sir? Now, as ever, I am nothing but your servant." Then turning to his men:

"Allow these gentlemen to pass," he said; "they are friends of the Duc de Beaufort."

"Long live the Duc de Beaufort!" cried the sentinels.

The sergeant drew near to Planchet.

"What! without passports?" he murmured.

"Without passports," said Planchet.

"Take notice, captain," he continued, giving Planchet his expected title, "take notice that one of the three men who just now went out from here told me privately to distrust these gentlemen."

"And I," said Planchet, with dignity, "I know them and I answer for them."

As he said this, he pressed Grimaud's hand, who seemed honored by the distinction.

"Farewell till we meet again," said Aramis, as they took leave of Planchet; "if anything happens to us we shall blame you for it."

"Sir," said Planchet, "I am in all things at your service."

"That fellow is no fool," said Aramis, as he got on his horse.

"How should he be?" replied Athos, whilst mounting also, "seeing he was used so long to brush your hats."

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The two friends rode rapidly down the declivity of the Faubourg, but on arriving at the bottom were surprised to find that the streets of Paris had become rivers, and the open places lakes; after the great rains which fell in January the Seine had overflowed its banks and the river inundated half the capital. The two gentlemen were obliged, therefore, to get off their horses and take a boat; and in that strange manner they approached the Louvre.

Night had closed in, and Paris, seen thus, by the light of lanterns flickering on the pools of water, crowded with ferry-boats of every kind, including those that glittered with the armed patrols, with the watchword, passing from post to post - Paris presented such an aspect as to strongly seize the senses of Aramis, a man most susceptible to warlike impressions.

They reached the queen's apartments, but were compelled to stop in the ante-chamber, since her majesty was at that moment giving audience to gentlemen bringing her news from England.

"We? too?" said Athos, to the footman who had given him that answer, "not only bring news from England, but have just come from there."

"What? then, are your names, gentlemen?"

"The Comte de la Fere and the Chevalier d'Herblay," said Aramis.

"Ah! in that case, gentlemen," said the footman, on hearing the names which the queen had so often pronounced with hope, "in that case it is another thing, and I think her majesty will pardon me for not keeping you here a moment. Please follow me," and he went on before, followed by Athos and Aramis.

On arriving at the door of the room where the queen was receiving he made a sign for them to wait and opening the door:

"Madame," he said, "I hope your majesty will forgive me for disobeying your orders, when you learn that the gentlemen I have come to announce are the Comte de la Fere and the Chevalier d'Herblay."

On hearing those two names the queen uttered a cry of joy, which the two gentlemen heard.

"Poor queen!" murmured Athos.

"Oh, let them come in! let them come in," cried the young princess, bounding to the door.

The poor child was constant in her attendance on her mother and sought by her filial attentions to make her forget the absence of her two sons and her other daughter.

"Come in, gentlemen," repeated the princess, opening the door herself.

The queen was seated on a fauteuil and before her were standing two or three gentlemen, and among them the Duc de Chatillon, the brother of the nobleman killed eight or nine years previously in a duel on account of Madame de Longueville, on the Place Royale. All these gentlemen had been noticed by Athos and Aramis in the guardhouse, and when the two friends were announced they started and exchanged some words in a low tone. "Well, sirs!" cried the queen, on perceiving the two friends, "you have come, faithful friends! But the royal couriers have been more expeditious than you, and here are Monsieur de Flamarens and Monsieur de Chatillon, who bring me from Her Majesty the Queen Anne of Austria, the very latest intelligence."

Aramis and Athos were astounded by the calmness, even the gayety of the queen's manner.

"Go on with your recital, sirs," said the queen, turning to the Duc de Chatillon. "You said that His Majesty, King Charles, my august consort, had been condemned to death by a majority of his subjects!"

"Yes, madame," Chatillon stammered out.

Athos and Aramis were more and more astonished.

"And that being conducted to the scaffold," resumed the queen - "oh, my lord! oh, my king! - and that being led to the scaffold he had been saved by an indignant people."

"Just so madame," replied Chatillon, in so low a voice that though the two friends were listening eagerly they could hardly hear this affirmation.

The queen clasped her hands in enthusiastic gratitude, whilst her daughter threw her arms around her mother's neck and kissed her - her own eyes streaming with tears.

"Now, madame, nothing remains to me except to proffer my respectful homage," said Chatillon, who felt confused and ashamed beneath the stern gaze of Athos.

"One moment, yes," answered the queen. "One moment - I beg - for here are the Chevalier d'Herblay and the Comte de la Fere, just arrived from London, and they can give you, as eye-witnesses, such details as you can convey to the queen, my royal sister. Speak, gentlemen, speak - I am listening; conceal nothing, gloss over nothing. Since his majesty still lives, since the honor of the throne is safe, everything else is a matter of indifference to me."

Athos turned pale and laid his hand on his heart.

"Well!" exclaimed the queen, who remarked this movement and his paleness. "Speak, sir! I beg you to do so."

"I beg you to excuse me, madame; I wish to add nothing to the recital of these gentlemen until they perceive themselves that they have perhaps been mistaken."

"Mistaken!" cried the queen, almost suffocated by emotion; "mistaken! what has happened, then?"

"Sir," interposed Monsieur de Flamarens to Athos, "if we are mistaken the error has originated with the queen. I do not suppose you will have the presumption to set it to rights - that would be to accuse Her Majesty, Queen Anne, of falsehood."

"With the queen, sir?" replied Athos, in his calm, vibrating voice.

"Yes," murmured Flamarens, lowering his eyes.

Athos sighed deeply.

"Or rather, sir," said Aramis, with his peculiar irritating politeness, "the error of the person who was with you when we met you in the guardroom; for if the Comte de la Fere and I are not mistaken, we saw you in the company of a third gentleman."

Chatillon and Flamarens started.

"Explain yourself, count!" cried the queen, whose anxiety grew greater every moment. "On your brow I read despair - your lips falter ere you announce some terrible tidings - your hands tremble. Oh, my God! my God! what has happened?"

"Lord!" ejaculated the young princess, falling on her knees, "have mercy on us!"

"Sir," said Chatillon, "if you bring bad tidings it will be cruel in you to announce them to the queen."

Aramis went so close to Chatillon as almost to touch him.

"Sir," said he, with compressed lips and flashing eyes, "you have not the presumption to instruct the Comte de la Fere and myself what we ought to say here?"

During this brief altercation Athos, with his hands on his heart, his head bent low, approached the queen and in a voice of deepest sorrow said:

"Madame, princes - who by nature are above other men - receive from Heaven courage to support greater misfortunes than those of lower rank, for their hearts are elevated as their fortunes. We ought not, therefore, I think, to act toward a queen so illustrious as your majesty as we should act toward a woman of our lowlier condition. Queen, destined as you are to endure every sorrow on this earth, hear the result of our unhappy mission."

Athos, kneeling down before the queen, trembling and very cold, drew from his bosom, inclosed in the same case, the order set in diamonds which the queen had given to Lord de Winter and the wedding ring which Charles I. before his death had placed in the hands of Aramis. Since the moment he had first received these two mementoes Athos had never parted with them.

He opened the case and offered them to the queen with deep and silent anguish.

The queen stretched out her hand, seized the ring, pressed it convulsively to her lips - and without being able to breathe a sigh, to give vent to a sob, she extended her arms, became deadly pale, and fell senseless in the arms of her attendants and her daughter.

Athos kissed the hem of the robe of the widowed queen and rising, with a dignity that made a deep impression on those around:

"I, the Comte de la Fere, a gentleman who has never deceived any human being, swear before God and before this unhappy queen, that all that was possible to save the king of England was done whilst we were on English ground. Now, chevalier," he added, turning to Aramis, "let us go. Our duty is fulfilled."

"Not yet." said Aramis; "we have still a word to say to these gentlemen."

And turning to Chatillon: "Sir, be so good as not to go away without giving me an opportunity to tell you something I cannot say before the queen."

Chatillon bowed in token of assent and they all went out, stopping at the window of a gallery on the ground floor.

"Sir," said Aramis, "you allowed yourself just now to treat us in a most extraordinary manner. That would not be endurable in any case, and is still less so on the part of those who came to bring the queen the message of a liar."

"Sir!" cried De Chatillon.

"What have you done with Monsieur de Bruy? Has he by any possibility gone to change his face which was too like that of Monsieur de Mazarin? There is an abundance of Italian masks at the Palais Royal, from harlequin even to pantaloon."

"Chevalier! chevalier!" said Athos.

"Leave me alone," said Aramis impatiently. "You know well that I don't like to leave things half finished."

"Conclude, then, sir," answered De Chatillon, with as much hauteur as Aramis.

"Gentlemen," resumed Aramis, "any one but the Comte de la Fere and myself would have had you arrested - for we have friends in Paris - but we are contented with another course. Come and converse with us for just five minutes, sword in hand, upon this deserted terrace."

"One moment, gentlemen," cried Flamarens. "I know well that the proposition is tempting, but at present it is impossible to accept it."

"And why not?" said Aramis, in his tone of raillery. "Is it Mazarin's proximity that makes you so prudent?"

"Oh, you hear that, Flamarens!" said Chatillon. "Not to reply would be a blot on my name and my honor."

"That is my opinion," said Aramis.

"You will not reply, however, and these gentlemen, I am sure, will presently be of my opinion."

Aramis shook his head with a motion of indescribable insolence.

Chatillon saw the motion and put his hand to his sword.

"Willingly," replied De Chatillon.

"Duke," said Flamarens, "you forget that to-morrow you are to command an expedition of the greatest importance, projected by the prince, assented to by the queen. Until to-morrow evening you are not at your own disposal."

"Let it be then the day after to-morrow," said Aramis.

"To-morrow, rather," said De Chatillon, "if you will take the trouble of coming so far as the gates of Charenton."

"How can you doubt it, sir? For the pleasure of a meeting with you I would go to the end of the world."

"Very well, to-morrow, sir."

"I shall rely on it. Are you going to rejoin your cardinal? Swear first, on your honor, not to inform him of our return."

"Conditions?"

"Why not?"

"Because it is for victors to make conditions, and you are not yet victors, gentlemen."

"Then let us draw on the spot. It is all one to us - to us who do not command to-morrow's expedition."

Chatillon and Flamarens looked at each other. There was such irony in the words and in the bearing of Aramis that the duke had great difficulty in bridling his anger, but at a word from Flamarens he restrained himself and contented himself with saying:

"You promise, sir - that's agreed - that I shall find you to-morrow at Charenton?"

"Oh, don't be afraid, sir," replied Aramis; and the two gentlemen shortly afterward left the Louvre.

"For what reason is all this fume and fury?" asked Athos. "What have they done to you?"

"They - did you not see what they did?"

"No."

"They laughed when we swore that we had done our duty in England. Now, if they believed us, they laughed in order to insult us; if they did not believe it they insulted us all the more. However, I'm glad not to fight them until to-morrow. I hope we shall have something better to do to-night than to draw the sword."

"What have we to do?"

"Egad! to take Mazarin."

Athos curled his lip with disdain.

"These undertakings do not suit me, as you know, Aramis."

"Why?"

"Because it is taking people unawares."

"Really, Athos, you would make a singular general. You would fight only by broad daylight, warn your foe before an attack, and never attempt anything by night lest you should be accused of taking advantage of the darkness."

Athos smiled.

"You know one cannot change his nature," he said. "Besides, do you know what is our situation, and whether Mazarin's arrest wouldn't be rather an encumbrance than an advantage?"

"Say at once you disapprove of my proposal."

"I think you ought to do nothing, since you exacted a promise from these gentlemen not to let Mazarin know that we were in France."

"I have entered into no engagement and consider myself quite free. Come, come."

"Where?"

"Either to seek the Duc de Beaufort or the Duc de Bouillon, and to tell them about this."

"Yes, but on one condition - that we begin by the coadjutor. He is a priest, learned in cases of conscience, and we will tell him ours."

It was then agreed that they were to go first to Monsieur de Bouillon, as his house came first; but first of all Athos begged that he might go to the Hotel du Grand Charlemagne, to see Raoul.

They re-entered the boat which had brought them to the Louvre and thence proceeded to the Halles; and taking up Grimaud and Blaisois, they went on foot to the Rue Guenegaud.

But Raoul was not at the Hotel du Grand Charlemagne. He had received a message from the prince, to whom he had hastened with Olivain the instant he had received it.

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 vi LIST OF PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. c. A. Chitwood. An Act For the relief of C. A. Chitwood. June 24, 1930______________ _ Seth J. Harris. An Act For the relief of Seth J. Harrb. June 24,1930________________ _ B. Frank SheUer. An Act F'or the relief of B. Fran1c Shetter. June 24,1930____________ _ J. W. Zornes. An Act For therclief of J. W. Zornes. June 24,1930____________. ______ _ Ruban W. Riley. An Act For the relief of Ruban W. lUley. June 24, 1930_____________ _ P. F. Connelly Paving Company. An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain land in the lJot Springs National Park, Arkansas, to the P. F. Connelly Paving Company. June 25, 1930 ______________________________________________________________ _ Stephen W. Douglass. An Act For the relief of Stephen W. Douglass, chief pharmacist, United States Navv, retired. June 25, 1930___________________________________ _ A. R. Johns/on. An Act 'For the relief of A. R. Juhnston. June 25, 1930 _______________ _ Charles W. Byers. An Act For the relief of Charles W. Byers. June 25, 1930 ___________ _ George W. Burgess. An Act For the relief of George W. Burgess. June 26, 1930 ________ _ Buford E. Ellis. An Act For the relief of Buford E. Ellis.•Tune 26,1930______________ _ Mary Elizabeth Council. An Act For the relief of Mary Eliza.beth Council. June 26, 1930_ Vida T. Layman. An Act For the relief of Vida. T. Layman. June 26, 1930____________ _ August Mohr. An Act For the relief of August Mohr. June 26, 1930 __________________ _ Charles E. Anderson. An Act For the relief of Charles E. Anderson. Juno 26,1930_____ _ Gilbert Peterson. An Act For t.he relief of Gilbert Peterson. J U:1e 26, 1930_____________ _ I. B. Krinsky Estate (/ncorporateil), etc. An Act For the relief of the I. B. Krinsky E8tate (Incorporated) and the Fidelity and Dellosit CompallY of Maryland. June 26, 1930_ E. M. Davis. An Act For the relief of E. M. Da.vis. June 2'!t JQ30 ___________________ _ Gulf Refining Company. An Act For the relief of tbe Gulf .ttefining Company. June 27, 193o_____________________________________ ., __ __ _ __ __ __ _ __ __ __ _ __ __ __ _ __ __ __ _ National Surety Company. An Act For the relief of the National Surety Company. June 27, 1930 __________________________________________________________________ _ John Wilcox, jr. An Act For the relief of John Wilcox, junior. June 27, 1930__________ _ T. B. Cowper. An Act For the relief of T. B. Cowper. June 27,1930_________________ _ Parke, Davi:! and Company. An Act For the relief of Parke, Davis and C<O'T pany. JUlle 27, 1930. __________________________________________________________________ _ J. H. Muus. An Act For the relief of J. H. Muus. June 27,1930_____________________ _ Angelo Cerri. An Act For the relief of Angelo Cern. June 27,1930___________________ _ C. F. Beach. An Act For the relief of C. F. Beach. June 27,1930 ____________________ _ S. A. Jones. An Act For the relief of S. A. Jones. June 27, 1930 _____________________ _ Sarah E. Edge. An Act For the relie~ of Sarah E. Edge. June 27, 1930 ________________ _ Gustav J. Braun. An Act For the relief of Gustav J. Braun. June 27, 1930 ____________ _ Property losses, etc. An Act For the relief of certain officers and employees of the Foreign Service of the United States, and of Elise Steiniger, housekeepel' for Consul R. A. Wallace Treat at the Smyrna consulate, who, wbile in the CClurse of their respective duties, suffered losses of Government funds and/or personal property by reason of theft, warlike conditions, catastrophes of nature, shipwreck, or other causes. June 27, 1930___________________________________________________________________ _ II Antilles" transport. An Aet For the relief of members of the crew of the transport Antilles. June 27, 1930_______________________________________________________________ _ Maddux Air Lines (Incorporated). An Act For the relief of the Maddux Air Hnes (Incor- porated). june 27, 1930__________________________________________________ . ' __ Anna Faceina. An Act For the relief of Anna Faceina. June 27,1930_________________ _ Cullen D. and Lettie A. 0' Bryan. An Act For the relief of Cullen D. O'Bryan and Lettie A. O'Bryan. June 27, 1930 ____________________________________________________ _ DeWitt and Shobe. An Act For the relief of DeWitt and Shobe. June 27,1930_________ _ Huck Creek Oil Company. An Act For the relief of The Buck Creek Oil Company. June 27, 1930 ______________________________________________________________________ _ H. F. Frick, etc. An Act For the relief of H. F. Frick and others. June 27, 1930________ _ James R. Sheffield. An Act For reimbursement of James R. Sheffield, formerly American ambassador to Mexico City. June 27,1930__________________________. __ __ __ __ _ II Charles Runyon," steam tug. An Act For the relief of the owner of the Amerin].u steam tug Charles Runyon. June 27, 193tL ____________________________________________ _ Maude L. Duborg. An Act For the relief of Maude L. Dubor&. June 27,1930 _________ _ Arthur H. Thiel. An Act FOt' the relief of Arthur H. Thiel. June 27,1930 _____________ _ A. N. Worstell. An Act For the relief of A. N. Worstell. June 27, 1930 ________________ _ William H. Johns. An Act For the relief of William H. Johns. June 27,1930 __________ _ W. P. Thompson. An Act For the relief of W. P . Thomp80n. June 27, 1930 _______ - James McCann. An Art AuthOrizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay certain moneys to James McCann. June 27,1930___________________________________________ _ M. L. Willis. An Act For the relief of M. L . Willis. June 27,1930___________________ _ Marijune Cron. An Act For the relief of Marijune Cron. June 27,1930_______________ _ Thomas T. Gn:msley. An Act For the relief of Thomas T. Grimsley. June 27,1930_____ _ Clifford J. 'Turner. An Act For the relief of Clifford J. Turner. June 27,1930__________ _ Bryan Sparks ana L. V. Hahn. An Act For the relief of Bryan Sparks and L. V. Ha.hn. June 27, 1930 ______________________________________________________________ _ Palmer Fish Company. An Act For the relief of the Palmer Fish Company. JUlie 27,1930__ Margaret Stepp Bown. An Act For the relief of :Margaret Stepp Bown. June 27, 1930 ___ _ Robert lV. Vail. An Act To extend the measure of relief provided in the E,mployecs' Com- pensation Act of September 7,1916, to Robert W. Vail. June 27, lu30 ___________ _ Michael J. Bauman. An Act For the relief of Michael J. Bll-uman. June 27, 1930 _______ _ Page. 1913 1914 1914 1914 1914 1915 1915 1915 1916 1916 1916 1916 1917 1917 1917 1918 1918 1918 1919 1919 1919 1919 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1921 1921 1921 1928 1928 1928 1929 1929 1929 1930 1930 1930 1931 1931 1932 1932 1932 1932 1933 1933 1933 1933 1934 19S-1 1934 1935 1935


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 LIST OF PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. J. N. Lewis. An Act Fl)r the relief of J. N. Lewis. June 27, 1930____________. ______ ___ _ Joseph K. Munhall. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the relief of Joseph K. Mun- hall. June 27, 1930________________________________________________________ _ Central tn;~rTarmstroBot (talk):2¥~fK30_~_~ t_ :_0:_TarmstroBot (talk) TarmstroBot (talk)i _0:_TarmstroBot (talk) TarmstroBot (talk) 14:19, 18 January 2013 (UTC)r~ _~f_ _oTarmstroBot (talk) 14:19, 18 January 2013 (UTC) _14:19, 18 January 2013 (UTC)~ TarmstroBot (talk)_- Santa Barbara National Forest, Calij;J,jorestjires. An Act For the relief of Topa TQPa Ranch Company, Gle!lcoe Ranch \.)ompany, Arthur J. Koenigstein, and H. Fukasawa. June 27, 1930 ______________________________________________________________ _ Antl-ony Marcum. An Act For the relief of Anthony Marcum. June 27, 1930 __________ _ Samuel F. Tait. An Act For the relief of Samuel F. Tait. June 27, 193o _______________ _ Lowell Oakland Company. An Act For the relief of the Lowell Oakland Company. June 27, 1930 ______________________________________________________________________ _ Wyoming, m1:neralleases. An Act For the relief of certain lessees of public lands in the State of Wyoming under the Act of February 25, 1920, as amended. June 27, 1930_____ _ Katherine Ander8Jn. An Act For the relief of Katherine Anderson. June 27, 1930______ _ Earl D. Barkly. An Act For the relief of Earl D. Barkly. June 27, 1930 _______________ _ Mrs. W . M. Kittle. An Act For the relief of Mrs. W . M. Kittle. June 27, 1930 _________ _ .l. A. Miller. An Act For the relief of J. A. Miller. June 27,1931) ____________________ _ Margaret Lemley. An Act For the relief of Margaret Lemley. June 27,1930 ___________ _ William Meyer. An Act For the relief of William Meyer. June 27, 1930 _______________ _ Beaver Valley Milling Company. Act Ac~ For the relief of the Beaver Valley Milling Com- pany. June 28, 1930 _______________________________________________________ _ Haskins and Sells. An Act For the relief of Haskins and Sells. June 28, 1930 __________ _ Joseph A. McEvoy. An Act For the relief of Joseph A. McEvoy. June 28,1930 ________ _ Luther W. Guerin. An Act For the relief of Luther W. Guerin. June 28, 1930 __________ _ Guy E. Tuttle. An Act For the relief of Guy E. Tuttle. June 28, 1930 _________________ _ Jesse A. Frost. An Act For the relief of Jesse A. Frost. June 28, 1930 _________________ _ Jacob S. Steloff. An Act For the relief o)f Jacob S. Stelofl'. June 28,1930 ______________ _ Thomas Seltze,'. An Act For the relief of Thomas Seltzer. June 28, 193o _______________ _ Lieutenant T?:mothy J. Mulcahy. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Timothy J. Mulcahy, Supply Corps, United States Navy. Jun~ 281,..1930 ______________________ .. ______ _ Jacob GU8sin. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Jacob Gussin. June 2S, 1930 ________ _ F. G. Baum. An Act :For the relief of F. G. Bailm. June 28,1930_____________________ _ Rose Lea Comstock. An Act For the relief of Rose Lea. Comstock. June 28,1930 _______ _ Addie Belle Smith. An Act For the relief of Addie Belle Smith. June 28, 1930 __________ _ Paul A. Hoda'Rp, An Act For the relief of Paul A. Hodapp. June 28, 1930 ____________ _ Homer Elmer Cox. An Act For the relief of Homer Elmer Cox. June 28,1930 __________ _ Doctor Charles F. Dewitz. An Act For the relief of Doctor Charles F. Dewitz. June 28,1930_ Peterson-Colwell (Incorporated). An _\ .ct For the relief of Peterson-Colwell (Incorporated). June 28, 1930 _______________________________________________ - -- _____ - - -_ Fernando Montilla. An Act For the relief of Fernando Montilla. June 28, 1930 _________ _ Sylvester J. Easlick. An Act For the relief of Sylvester J. Easlick. June 28, 1930 __ -- ___ _ Fred S. Thompson. An Act For the relief of Fred S. Thompson. June 28, 1930 _________ _ Ray Wilson. An Act For the relief of Ray Wilbon. June 28, 1930 _____________________ _ R. E. Marshall. An Act For the relief vf R. E. Marshall. June 28, 1930 _______________ _ Dalton G. Miller. An Act For the relief of Dalton G. Miller. June 28,1930 ____________ _ A. E. Bickley. An Act For the relief of A. E. Bickley. June 28, 1930 __________________ _ Thomas J. Parker. An Act For the relief of Thomas J. Parker. June 28, 1930 __________ _ Charles G. Mettler. An Act To authorize the Court of Claims to correct an error in the claim of Charles G. Mettler. June 28, 1930_ - __ .. _______ - __ - _____ -

--- - -- - Myrtle M. Hitzing. .h .n Act For the relief of Myrtle M. Hitzing. ,June 28, 1930 _________ _ Prentice 0' Rear. An Aut For the relief of Prentice O'Rear. June 28. 1930 ______________ _ A.C.Elmore. AnActForthereliefofA.C.Elmore. June28,1930_______ .___________ _ B. C. Glover. An Act For the relief of B. C. Glovtlr. June 28, 1930 ____________________ _ Howard Perry. An Act For the relief of Howard Perry. June 28, 1930_ Fanor Flores. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Fanor Flores and Pedro Flores. June 28, 1930_ Paul Franz. An Act For the relief of Paul Franz, torpedoman, third class, United States Navy. J'une- 28, 1930________________--- Fred Schwarz, ir. An Act For the relief of Fred Schwar~z.junior. June 28t 1930_ - - -- M. L. Flow. An Act To authorize payment of fees to M. L. Flow, Unite<1 States commis- sioner, of Monroe, North Carolina, for services rendered after his commission expired and before a new commission was issued for reappointment.. June 28,1930_______ _ Lieutenant ColoneZ Frank J. Killilea. An Act To reimburse Lieutenant Colonel Frank J. Killilea. June 28, 1930_____________- Thomas Griffith. An Act For the refund of money erroneously collected from Thomas Griffith, cf Peach Creek, West Virginia. June 21930 _________________________ _ Kremer and Hog. An Act For the relief of Kremer and .t1~g, a partnership. June ~O, 193~_ Oreflon Short Line Railroad Company. An Act For tht> relief of the Oregon Short LlDe RaIl- road Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. June 30,1930 __________________________ _ Charles W. Martin. An Act For the relief of Charles W. Martin. June 30J 1930 ________ _ Juan Anorbe and others. An Act For the relicf of Juan Anorbe, Charles C. J. Wirz, Rudolph Pone~acs, Frank Guelfi, Steadman Martin, Athanasios Metaxiotis, and Olaf Nelson Willia~uT:lr~;::~hi;.- - A~ -A~t -F~r -the- r~l-i~i -of-Willi -T~ll- o-pp~I~hiTarmstroBot (talk).- -j -e"' 30~ 1930 __________________________________________________ -- .. - -- - -- - - -- - - -- - -- - Vll Page. 1935 1935 1936 1936 1936 1937 1937 1937 1938 1938 1931} 1939 1939 1939 194.0 1940 1940 1940 1941 1941 1941 1942 1942 1942 ]943 1943 1943 1943 1944 1944 1944 1944 1945 1945 194u 1945 1946 1946 1946 1946 1947 1947 1947 1947 1948 1948 1948 1949 1949 1949 194!1 1950 1950 1950 1950 1951


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 viii LIST OF PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. Christopher S. Long. An Act Authorizing the President to place Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Christopher S. Long, Chaplain Corps, United States Navy, upon the retired list of the N a v y. June 30, 1930 ______________________________________________________ _ Catherine White. An Act For the relief of Catherine White. June 30, 1930 _____________ _ Belle Clopton. An Act For the relief of Belle Clopton. June 30, 1930 __________________ _ Alice Hipkins. An Act For the relie! of Alice Hipkins. Jun::l 30, 1930 _________________ _ Evelyn Harris. An Act For the relief of Evelyn Harris. June 30, 1930 _________________ _ Warren C. Vesta. An Act For the relief of heirs of Warren C. Vesta. June 30, 1930 _____ _ I. L. Kleinman. An Act For the relief of the heirs of 1. L. Kleinman. June 30, 1930____ _ Flossie R. Blair. An Act For the relief of Flossie R. Blair. June isO, 1930 ______________ _ Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Sargent. An Act To reimburse Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Sargent. J uue 30, 1930 ____________________________________________________ _ John Arbuckle. An Act For the relief of Christina Arbuckle, administratrix of the estate of . Tohn Arbuckle, deceased. July 1, 1930 _______________________________________ _ Wyoming, slock raising entries. An Act For the relief of certain homestead entrymen in the State of Wyoming. July 1, 1930 ____________________________________________ _ Yuma reclamation project, Calif. An Act For the payment of damages to certain citizens of California and other owners of property damaged by the flood, caused by reason of artificial obstructions to the natural flow of water being placed in the Picacllo and No-name Washes by an agency nf the United States. July 1, 1930 ______________ _ Kate Canniff. An Act For the relief of Kate Canniff. July 1,1930____________________ _ D. B. Traxler. An Act Fo:.. the relief of D. B. Traxler. July 1, 1930 ___________________ _ Katherine Frances Lamb and daughter. An Act For the relief of Katherine Frances Lamb and Elinor Frances Lamb. July 1,1930__________________________________________ _ Clarence C. Cadell. An Act For the relief of Clarence C. Cadell. July 1, 1~30 __________ _ C. B. Smith. An Act For iha relief of C. B. Smith. July 1, 1930______________________ _ John and Rose Panza. An Act For the relief of John Panza and Rose Panza. .Tuly 1, 1930_ Catharine Kearney. An Act For the relief of the father of Catharine Kearney. July 1, 1930_ Clyde Cornish. An Act For the relief of Clyde Cornish. .July 1, 1930 __________________ _ Rachel Levy. An Act For the relief of Rachel Levy. J~!ly 1, 1930 _____________________ _ Samuel Gettinger and Harry Pomerantz. An Act For the relief of Samuel Gettinger and Harry Pomerantz. .July 2, 1930___________________________________________________ _ Matthew Edward Murphy. An Act For the relief of Matthew Edward Murphy. July 2, 1033 ____________________________________________________ . _________________ _ Allegheny River, damages. An Act For the rplief of certain persons of Schenl<,y, Pennsylvania, who suffered damage to their property as a result of erosion of a dam on tile Allegheny River. July 2, 1930________________________________________________________ _ Delaware and Hudson Company. An Act Fer the relief of the Delaware and Hudson Com- pany, of New York City. July 2,1930 _______________________________________ _ Charles H. Young. An Act For the relief of Charles H. Young July 2,1930 ___________ _ Albert A. Inman. An Act For the relief of Albert A. Inman. .T uly 2, 1930 _____________ _ Harry Martin. An Act For the relief of Harry Martin. July 2,1930 __________________ _ Louis Nebel and Son. An Act For the relief of Louis Nebel and Son. July 2, 1930 ______ _ MajDr Benjamin L. Jacobson. An Act To credit the accounts of Major Benjamin L. Jacobson Finance Department, United States Army. July 2,1930 _______________________ _ Isaac Fink. An Act For the relief of Isaac Fink. July 2,1930 ________________________ _ Gilbert Grocery Company. Au Act For the relief of Gilbert Grocery Company, Lynchburg, Virginia. July 2, 1930 _____________________________________________________ _ John Magee. An Act For the relief of John Magee. July 2, 1930________________ .__ __ _ _ P. lIf. Nigro. An Act For the relief of P. M. Nigro. July 2, 1930 _____________________ _ J. W. Nix. An Act For the relief of J. W. Nix. July 2,1930_________________________ _ J. 'T. Bonner. An Act For the relief of J. T. Bonner.•July 2,1930____________________ _ Ralph Rhees. An Act For the relief of Ralph Rhees. July 2,1930 _____________________ _ Henry A. Knott and Company. An Act For l'elief of Henry A. Knott and Company. J Illy 2, 1930______________________________________________________________________ _ Samuel S. Michaelson. An Act For the relief of Samuel S. Michaelson. J tlly 2, 1930 ____ _ Frank M. Grover. An Act For the relief of Frank M. Grover. July 2,1930 _____________ _ Jerry Esposito. An Act For the relief of Jerry Esposito. July 2,1930 _________________ _ Barzilla William Bramble. An Act For the relief of Barzilla William Bramble. July 3, 1930_ Doctor Charles W. Reed. An Act For the relief of Doctor Charles W. Reed. July 3, 1930_ E. J. Kerlee. An Act For the relief of E. J. Kerlt:e. July 3, 1930 __________________ - --- Brewster Agee. An Act For the relief of Brew8ter Agee. July 3, 1930 ______________ - - - -- Josefa T. Philips. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Josefa T. Philips. July 3, 1930_______________________________________________________________________ _ Sidney J. Lock. An Act For the relief of Sidney J. Leek. July 3,1930________________ _ Clara E. Nichols. An Act For the relief of Clara E. Nichols. July 8, 1930___--- Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. An Act For 4:.he relief of Mary S. Howard, Gertrude M. Caton, Nellie B. Reed, Gertrude Pierce, Katie Pensel, Josephine Pryor, Mary ~. McCormick, Mrs. James Blanchfield, Sadie T. Nicoll, Katie Lloyd, Mrs. Ben~am~n Warner, Eva K. Pensel, Margaret Y. Kirk, C. Albert George, Earl Wroldsen, BenJamm Carpenter Nathan Benson, Paul Kirk, Townsend Walters, George Freet, James B. Jefferson, Frank Ellison, Emil Kulchycky, Harold S. Stubbs, and the Bethel Cemetery Conlpany. July 8, 1930______________________________ - - - - -- -- - - --- -- Page. 1951 1951 1951 1952 1952 1952 1952 1953 1953 1953 1954 1954 1955 1955 1955 1956 1956 Ig56 1957 1957 1957 1958 1958 1958 1959 1959 1959 1960 1961 1961 1961 1962 1962 1962 1963 1963 1963 1963 1964 1964 1964 1965 1965 1965 1965 1966 1966 1966 1966