1.—Frontispiece.—Briquet at the window. 2.—"His face pleases me, and he has white hands and a well-kept beard." 3.—Chicot, on rising, found himself face to face with a soldier. 4.—"An ax!" cried Henri, and with a vigorous arm he struck down wood and iron. 5.—"I said you were a traitor, and as a traitor you shall die." 6.—The prince was cold, stiff, and perfectly inanimate.
THE FORTY-FIVE GUARDSMEN