The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-15

eye and uncertain gestures to betray
his uneasiness. Something had evil
IDENTIFY gone wrong with my lord,
Have o heard, Celeste. of Yvard?"
he inquired, dropping into n seat.
My ears Quickened at the familiar
name.
Well. what Of him?"
He has lost the Louisiana dis
patches. and I know not what they con-
tanned" az
What" exclaimed the woman. as IL
genuinely alarmed. and learning the
bad news at first hand
Yes. the cursed fool lost them in
some drunken brawl in the city. We
have had the place thoroughly searched
shrug to express his failure.
What il they should reach Orleans?"
he continued evenly. My men fear
he has gone to him anyway, hoping to
play in with both for pardon. I'd feel
much safer could we only lay our
hands upon him. He Is the one man
beside ourselves here who knows-who
knows, anything" the duke went on
with growing ~trepidation.
We'll, make yourself comfort. my
lord. I took the responsibility to de-
tain Ward in Paris"
YOU" he sprang from his chair in
astonishment. You? Why? How"
II thought your safety demanded it.
My lord is too generous, too confiding,"
h threw toward him a glance Of con-
poor de Valence would have peril
ed his soul to win. !" You see, when we
entrusted him with his business, 1t
was SO delicate a mission, I set a
watch upon him-some of my own peo-
MIA IF hniOtJ-on6 uyhon ho ooto1 rnr1{-
gently they reported to me. He began
drinking. too, and freely, SO I feared
his discretion. I now have the man
safe in Paris. What would my lord
with him?"
Du Maine fixed his cold eyes upon her
for a short space, then.
1t would be prudent to put him
quietly out of the way" he suggested,
the thin lips closing cruelty. mo, hold
sword. But have a care hat he talks
to no one"
Madame had raised no objection to
the dukes cool command that an end
be made of Ward, yet I did her the
credit to suppose it was because she
we'll knew She might do as she liked,
n he De non the wiser.
He now settled himself upon q divan
near Madame. with all the scomplacency
VI d LAaA WINS 0Nu 4O1SSlklll has
saved him a serious trouble, and said
after mature elaboration, gazing
thoughtfully at the sportive cherubs on
the ceiling:
Well. it could not have been so bad
after all. for 1 observed the caution to
prepare a warning for our friends
cross the frontier. and had arranged
for q friend OF ours to be entrapped by
Orleans. betraying misleading dis
nofrhac ~ him A Rp1 o1,~ <Lf~1x uo,,0
Menezes you know Is devoted to me,
and ! have promised him a patent.
Who did your say was to be
his friend?"
"Menezes."
why Menezes?"
81 have lone much for the fellow;
he Is not over clever: clever enough
for the purpose, you know, but
Does my lord not remember
Menezes is a brother Of the Perrault
whom you had hanged some years ago?
I fear you have been badly advised"
mo! / do not recall him."
1.-THE rogue who cast a stone at your
horse?"
"Ah. / bring him to mind. Short,
thtck-set fellow. who whined some-
thing about hunger. children, and the
cold. Ugh! What concern have l with
h rabb1e2 But how do you know this.
Celeste?"
II have long misdoubted him, and had
b rascal overlooked. He is of Picardy
and his father was attached to st.
Andre. who likes not his grace, the
Duke Of Maine"
.No. by my faith, he hates me. All,
I see it all. Celeste, you should have
been a man, a mans wit almost you
have. Really, sc much brain is wasted
in that pretty head Of yours. Madame
will r0t,n n. oor1 nra1 r[o l@1o 49,
know it all-yet h torrents me till
l give in. I think I shall axe tirmer
hold, and manage my own affairs to
better advantage than she. Ugh!
What a scrape she was like to get
me In"
He gradually regained the express
sion Of complete satisfaction with him
self, and prepared now to show tho
masterpiece OF his work, the contract
with Antonio Of Modena, the money
lender.
Here are our financial plans; the
usury Is high, but there Is great risk.
SO thinks Antonio: egad! perhaps he is
right, though it is possible we may pay
him. Altogether a most excellent plan,
my own WORK."
Madame interrupted him, thinking
perhaps 1t was wise that she should not
be committed too far hat he could not
throw the blame IN other shoulders.
She took advantage of a pause to ex-
anime the document with apparent
care.
Yes. excellent. but let us
see. Three, seven, twelve,
fourteen, Mountaineering is some
mistake. Let US go e it again. Yes,
here it is. This is lot your accounting.
The misery Lombard would cozen you
of your honor Ii he could but sell 1t
again. Here is ar error OF near 1000
lives; let me correct 1t for you"
And while he stared at her she deity
copied the correct amounts from the
slip she held concealed in hel hand.
She knew the figures were his own. but
gave no token.
II doubt not o would have looked
over 1t more carefully before you
signed 1t, and these matters would
have been detected by your own eyes,
Yes. yes" he replied nervously,
reaching out his hand for the paper lest
she observe-what her quick eyes had
at first seen-that the contract already
bore his signature and seal. She gave
1t him and he replaced 1t carefully in
his breast.
IT will give those careless secretaries
a lesson they sorely need" ant n this
disturbed condition of mind he bus
tered out of the apartment, forgetting
his usual ,allantries, which madame SO
automatically put aside without Civ