The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-04-14

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IDENTIFY gone wrong with my lord.
Have you heard. Celeste, of Yvard?"
he inquired, dropping into a seat.
Ny ears quickene6 at the familiar
name.
Well. what of him?"
III has lost the Louisiana dis
patches, and / know not what they con-
tanned"
What" exclaimed the woman. as If
genuinely alarmed, and learning the
bad news at first hand.
Yes. the cursed fool lost them in
some drunken brawi in the city. We
haze had the place thoroughly searched
but he finished the sentence with a
shrug to express his failure.
What If they should reach Orieans?"
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 t%repidation.
We'll. make yourself comfort, my
lord, ] took the responsibility to de-
tain Ward in Paris"
'.You2" he sprang from his chair in
establishment. You? Why? How?"
A SoA sohSLy y
Ny lord is too generous, too confiding,"
she threw toward him a glance Of con-
Germ oor de Valence would have peril
ed his soul to win. You see. when we
e~.trusted him with this business, it
was 81 delicate a mission, / set a
watch upon him-some of my own peo-
PIE OF Anjou-and when he acted negli-
gently they reported to me. He began
drinking, too. n freely. so 1 feared
ItrE TfeN,.afiD Az q =, ~,,4 -.
safe in Paris. What would my lord
with him?"
Du Maine fixed his cold eyes upon her
for a short space. then,
II sould be prudent to put him
quietly out of the way he suggested,
the thin lips closing cruelty. mo, hold
him. we ma have further need for his
sword. But have q care that he talks
to no one."
Madame had raised no objection to
the dukes cool command that an end
credit to suppose 1t was because she
well knew she might do as she liked,
and he be none the wiser.
He now settled himself upon a diyan
near Madame, with all the complacency
of a man whose own foresight has
saved him a serious trouble, and said
after mature deliberaticn, gazing
thoughtfuily at the sportive cherubs on
the ceiling:
Well. it could not have been SO bad
after all, for I observed the caution to
prepare q warning for our friends
across the frontier. and had arranged
for a friend OF ours to be entrapped by
Orleans, betraying misleading dis
patches to him. A fine plan. think you?
Menezes YOU know is devoted to me,
and / have promised him a patent.
Who did your grace say was to be
his friend?"
"Menezes."
why Menezes?"
i have done much for the fellow;
he Is not over clever: clever enough
Tor the purpose, you know, but"
Does my lord not remember
Menezes is a brother Of the Perrault
whom you had hanged some years agoP
| fear you have been badly advised"
No! / do not recall him"
The rogue who cast a stone at your
horse?"
"Ah, I bring him to mind. Short,
thtck-set fellow. who whined some
thing about hunger, children, and the
cold. Ugh! What concern have I with
the rabble But how do you know this,
Celeste?"
Il have long inisdoubted him, and had
the rascal overlooked. He is of Picardy
n his father was attached to st.
andre who ikes not his grace, the
Duke Of Maine"
NO, by my faith, he hates me. All,
l see it all. Celeste, you should have
been a man, a mans wit almost YOU
have. Really, so much brain is wasted
In that pretty head OF yours. Madame
VIII come to comprehend she does not
know 1t all--yet she torments me till
l give IN. / think | shall take firmer
hoid, n manage my own affairs to
better advantage than she. Ugh!
What a scrape she wa like to get
me in"
He gradually regained the express
sion of complete satisfaction with HIM
self. and prepared now to show the
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: egadl 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 that he could not
throw the blame on 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. twenty-three-here is some
mistake. Let us go over it again. Yes,
here 1t is. This is not your accounting.
The misery Lombard would cozen you
OF your honor IL he could but sell 1t
again. Here is an error OF near 10000
Hyres; let me correct 1t for you.s'
And while he stared at her she deftly
copied the correct amounts from the
slip h held concealed In her hand.
She knew the figures were his own, but
gave no token.
Il doubt not you would have looked
over II more carefully before you
signed Il, and these matters would
have beenssdetected by your own eyes,
Yes yes he replied n~erypusly.
reaching out his hand for the ID lest
she obserFe--Wbat her quick eyes had
Ias hTst sssn--thRt the cofttfacfsalready
h9Te 1ais signature asiad aeAas she gave
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