The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-07
CHAPTER uI-(Continued,.
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.The Duke of Orleans is quite in
,fferent to me-" I answered. readily
nough. Il have heard little about
i'm. and none of that was to his
redit."
well spoken" -, cried a,f :. R yi1s ,,s
nome, l will trust you with secret.
Inf first permit me to give you little
esson in politics. You say you know
lille about. the regent. Let me tell
ou something about him."
Now, / was not quite SO Ignorant OF
assing events as Richelieu seemed to
bink. vet deemed 1t wise to keep my
ouncii and to hear these things as
or the first time.
"Philip. Duke of Orleans" continued
Richelieu, lis not rightfully regent OF
france. Louis the Greats will pro-
,ided explicitly that there should be
rouncii of regency during the kings
ninority, In which Orleans should
ave only one vote. The real power
vas given to Louis son, the Duke du
Maine, but he stood idly by and per-
nitted Orleans to take UP the regency
almost unchallenged."
voluntarily.
aRight. The more fool he. But 1t is
NOT for him we are going to fight. AT
least. not directly. He is busy making
collection of snuffboxes at Sceaux,
nnd does not even know there is any
Thing afoot. 1t is for the Duchess du
Maine. All, there is woman! Not
hra,tiful, perhaps, but charming. and
what a spirit! Orleans has not only
nssumed the regency. he has also de-
nriyed the Duke due Maine of his
gight to succeed to the throne. Again
you say. that Is his anair. true, pu.
iet us not forget the duchess. Do you
know what she did when she heard of
that decree? She was compelled to
give I'D one of her apartments In the
Tuilerfes in consequences but before
leaving she smashed every article OF
furniture In the room. ana mao 10 De
carried away like wounded general
from a battlefield where he had won
great victory. Mile. de Launay told
me il was magnificent. In addition to
all this, most of us have some little
priyatc quarrel to settle with the
Tegent. and will welcome this oppor-
tunity to abase him. Well, what we
propose to do is to take the regency
away from Philip of Orleans and to
give It to Philip of Spain"
philip of Spain!" cried.
yves, I'hilip Of Spain. Who has q
better r,shtf He is the kings uncle.
the next In succession to the throne.
And what is Orleans? He allows Du-
bois to manage the state while he
spends his time with his mistresses at
the back of the louvre, there" and
RichelIeu paused from sheer lack OF
breath.
"That may be-" managed to say,
'but what chance or success can there
be2"
n ing from his chair and pacing excited
Iy I'D and down the room. "All Brit
tany Is with us, and will rise to our
support so soon as we choose to give
arH 1olf
n kingdom, whom Orleans has neglected
n NO opportunity to insult, Is with us
81 Alberoni, Philips prime minister, has
collected troops. They Will soon bt
at the frontier ready to invade France
and depose the monstrous thing that
governs it. Cellamare, SPANS am
bassador at Versailles, has all the
ID threads in his fingers and is almos,
ready to strike. The train Is laid anc
ali that awaits is to apply the match
81 That will soon be done, and you viii
see Orleans tottering from the throne.
"But does he not suspect" l asked
"Ah, that is the only thing" anc
the light suddenly left Richelieus face
Sometimes / think he does. sometimes
/ believes he does not. 1t Is not OF
leans himself l fear. He pays little
heed to what is going on. But Dubois
and Herault-that is another story
They have the police well organized
W There are spies everywhere, and once
or twice recently have fancied l wal
followed, but that may have been To-
another reason. Indeed, the regen
has no cause to love me-"
"And what Is your part in tins con
spiracy, monsieur" / questioned, TO
] felt that there was still somethin,
left untold.
7 "Ah, my part" said Richelieu, hi
brow clouding still more. We'll.
will tell you. as this evening toll
Madame due Maine. MY part is Z
set that my regiment does not resis
the Spanish army, but surrenders ant
opens to 1t the gates OF Bayonne, tn
CITY where 1t is stationed, just at tn
foot Of the Pyrenees."
But that is treason! l cried, as
founded at this disclosure.
Treason to the regent, perhaps, an
swered the duke. calmly. "but not t
the king"
So this was the victory the duches
had won! Well she had reason to b
proud of it. And as / sat. too bewild
cred to say more, there do came ara a tap "a a
opened it,
"Ah, Jacques" he said, to the ma
who stood bowling on the threshold, an
who permitted none Of his astonish
ment at seeing me to appear in nj
face. what is it?"
"A note. M. lie Due. delivered but
M moment ago" and he held out tin
All missive. Richelieu seized 1t, eagerl
scanned the address. and tore 1t ope
with hand trembling with excitement
He read its contents at glance, an
his eyes were dancing with joy as h
raised them to mine.
"You may go, Jacques" he said
the iacquey; 81 shall not forget you
premptness5" and then turning to m
as the door closed. "Do you know wha
this means, de Brancas? 1t mean
success in another affair dearer to m
heart than this conspiracy of Celia
mare. All, the work that have don
to secure this one little note,-the serv
ants I have bribed. the women I hav
cajoled, the DISCUSSES I have assumed
And here at last Is victory. for thi
says. BE at the dryad fountain in tn
Palais Royal gardens at 10 o'clock to
morrow night"
"A rendezvous?' I asked.
Yes, g rendezvous. But you coul
not guess with whom were you I
guess forever. Who do you think wi
be at the dryad fountain waiting fo
me at 10 o'clock tomorrow evening
Who but Charlotte d'Orleans. Mile. d
Valois!'
Mile. de vaIois!" I gasped. 9TH
daughter of the regent! Why, maj
ysu must be mad" and I gazed in as
tonishment at this youth of % VIII
while plotting against the father dare
make love to the daughter.
IF you but saw her, de Brancas,
cried the duke. you would say ! wa
far from mad. fell in love with he
the first time her ewes met mine ThE