Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-03-07

would be. ANA I was shown into her
presence. AS usual, Mile. de Launay
was with her.
Have you heard of the arrest of NJ.
de Ricllclieu. madaHeo" l inquired, as
soon as we had exchanged greetings.
lis the duke, then. arrested again.
and for what??" She asked, quickly and
With visible u-ncasiness.
"For nothing connected with yoGr
plan. madame. but merely for being in
Paris against the orders of the regent"
l saw that she breathed again.
And when was he in Paris?' she
asked. Il thought him at ~Bayonne.'
He was in Paris last night, ma
dame"
And what was he doing in Paris %
she questioned sharply.
lie came upon some private bust
ness. madame. He was surprised by a
company of guards and taken to the
Bastille."
"Some love affair. 1 do not doubt
she said, bitterly. "Richelieu hould
wait when they interfere with mat
ters OF greater moment, as he must
have known they woul do In this
case"
L glanced at the duchess in sur
prise. for this was the first Indication
VI ScIliSIlllts-S L udu OclcCtcQ III IlCI.-
HE expressly charged me to tell you,
madame l said, a little stiff1y, that
his arrest would make no difference to
our plans so far as Bayonne is con-
cerned. The regiment and the town
council are ready and understand per-
fectly what is expected of Them
''Then all is WE'LL" cried the duchess.
Pardon me, madame" 1 objected,
but all is not we'll. M. de Richelieu
is in the Bastille."
well, he will not remain there long.
In a week we shall have control of
Paris, n the doors will be opened for
him."
But If the conspiracy fails, ma
dame?"
duchess. haughtily, I'VE shall none of
us be in better case than is Nj. de
Richelieu at this moment. But who
talks of failure? We shall not fail.
We cannot fail" and I thought as I
locke at her that with a few more
leaders such as she failure would in
deed be impossible. But one woman
against all France was heavy odds.
Believe me, M. de Brancas." she
continued, in a gentler tone, II can at
this time do nothing for u friend. I
have no influence with the regent, and
more harm than good"
/ recognized h business of her
words. and said as much.
Anything 1 can do shall be done,
rest assured of that" she added. by
the a monsieur. I shall look for
o at my sa!on tonight. We have need
that all our friends should gather to
U.S."
I promised to be there, and withdrew
with a heavy heart. 1 paused to con-
slider what next to do. If 1 were to
go to the Bastille. 1 reflected, 1 might
have opportunity to see the prisoner
and exchange a word of comfort with
him. Any thing was better than do
ing nothing, SO 1 set off towards the
dismal old prison. l reached it in the
course of half ar hour and asked the
sentry at the outer gate If I might see
NJ. de Maison-Rouge.
What name, monsieur?' he inquired.
[ gave him my name. and he sum
moned a messenger, who returned in a
few moments saying I was to enter.
The gate, opened and 1 IA again in
the outer court yard.
"I know the way" I said to the mes
nge who started to me.
Nevertheless 1 must go with you,
monsieur" he replied. ut is the rule
I made no further objection, and he
led me to the presence of the gov
ernor.
"Ah, NJ. de 13rancas," and he smiled
as I entered, you are early. but / was
expecting YOU"
Doubtless" 1 answered. dryly. But
tell me. may I see Richelieu?"
II regret to say that you may not,
monsieur. The regent has sent me a
special order to allow tine luke to see
no one and to hold communication with
no one"
A chill ran through me at this new
evidence of the regents purpose.
And what inference do you draw
from this order. monsieur?" 1 inquired,
after a moment't gloomy thought.
Maison-Rouge shrugged his should
ers.
1T is not for me to draw inferences.'
tioning."
And how does he take his impris>
onment 2"
H seems to be in good spirits"
and Maison-Rouge smiled. I'm fact, I
have never seen him otherwise, and he
younger. 1 use him as kindly as the
regulations permit. He has his old
room, which he seems to prefer, and I
have allowed him to SEND to his hotel
for some additional clothing and fur
niture. I a do nothing more. mon
sieur, even were I SO inclined. There
are many in the Bastille who are not
SO Fortunate
There was nothing more to be said,
and l left the place, the messenger.
who was waiting outside the door, ac-
companying me to the gate. AS I
passed through it, 1 reflected that I
might perhaps be Il to catch a
dow. and l turned to the right along
the lofty outer wall and the deep ditch
which rendered approach to it more
difficult. The great prison had an in
describably threatening and gloomy air
even under the rays of the MONDAY
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