Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-25

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MHat can you not guess. madcmo-
sella ?" a trembling with JOY
and apprehension. a trembling winch
she must have felt. for She %quickcnoa
her pace.
Let us postpone tho riddle. NJ. DC
~Hrancas,'' she said. . lis time Tor as
10 be at the l%ountain.r and We ttir1oa
our steps thither.
dared say nothinls further. for |
couiu not guess what was in her heart
ana Had not the courage to risk q re
buff The sauntering couples had
grown less numerous rs the night grew
colder. All, had they held i'm Their
hearts he flame of a love like mine no
stress OF weather could have driven
thcin apart, AS we approached the
fountain ] saw a proud figure standing
stnnt.
""Tis he l said. aud VIC hastened
forward.
In faith. had almost given you up.
de Brai,cas." cried Richelieu, gayly, as
he wrung my hand and bowed to my
companion. How did you get out Of
that devil OF q p~rison?"
VERY easily" L answered, since the
regcn, was kind enough to open the
doors for nc"
THAT was thoughtful of him. ana j
envy you he oMr you have passed
with this fai, lady,
on. NJ. de Due" cried Mile. Dacopr.
our conversation has been most sober.
and concerned mostly with your af-
fairs"
u Brancas.' exclaimed the duke.
"your friendship goes too far. Forset
me. | beg of YOU, when you are with
Nile. Dncour. | should never forgive
myself IL thought that my petty con
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more appropriate and more interesting
things"
But how did You escape. monsieur
Inquired. The regent sent a sqtlaG-
r0n OF horse with you, did he not?"
on. yes" answered Richelieu, airlv.
hut they do not know how to ride.
Last night We stopped at Charities.
This morning we set off again al a
snaii's pace. and by noon reached
orleans where we stopped for dinner.
Was ashamed OF the IN
which ! found myself and determined
% l.ave 1t. so when The guards we're
IN a half ~son-nolent state. digesting
,helr dinner like so MANI pigs, /
Knocked q couple OF them out of the
way. mounted my hol So II rode leis-
ureiv back to Paris by way of Etampes
ana Lirncurs. Twas toe easily done TO
mention further"
But the guards are doubtless on
Your track. IL they have not already
reached Paris" j exclaimed.
suppose so" said Richelieu, care
lssly but how can they suspect that
! am here in the gardens of the Palais
ROYAL talking to Mile. Dacour ard
Yourself. and that | am presently to
soc Mile. de Nalois again. Is 1t not so.
mademoiselle?' he asked. turning to
Louise.
oh. yes. NJ. lie Due" she answered.
u 'Nffp She ic a x-n;t;,,<r ,A,,
While I have been idling here,"
cried Richelieu, and sprang orward
And II" j asked.
Come also. NJ. de Brancas,' she said.
smiling over hey shoulder. 1--WE have
seen that you know how to be of SER
wee ana that o are discreet"
needed no second bidding.
~ bank of clouds obscured the moon.
put Mule. Dacour advanced without hes
!talloii and led the way as | had expect
towards the right wing of the palace
with the little garden in front. a gate
I'm n low surrounding wall yielded to
her touch. but instead of advancing
forward across the garden she
kept to the right in the shadow OF the
buildings where suddenly she stopped.
! looked about to discover the reason
for this. for there was an apparently
solid wall beside us. when saw her
her hand slowly over it. and In
a momen a section of the masonry
swung back. operated by a spring She
had pressed.
What wonder is this?" asked Richie
lieu.
N wonder at ALL replied the girl.
simply n of the devices arranged
years ago by Cardinal Mazarin
for the purposes of his own. There are
many such IN the building. If one only
knows how to find them. Enter. mes
sieurs.''
We bowed u heads and entered.
Mile. Dacour following US and closing
the hidden door after her. There was q
lighted lantern standing In one corner
OF the mall room in which we found
ourselves. and she picked it up and mo-
passage led to the right. and after
traversing this we came to a small
spiral staircase. Up this we mounted.
and found that 1t ended apparently IN
q blank wooden wall. Along this Mile.
Dacour felt with n hand and as I
watched her closely. a section of the
wall swung outward. We passed
through and 1t closed after us. I saw
with establishment that the wall
through which we had come was COW
cred with shelving. filled with lars
OF various preserved fruits, glasses Of
Jelly. and boxes Of sweetmeats. At
that instant Mile. Dacour held TN q
Warnimg ringer and blew out the light.
1T is. indeed. an unexpected honor"
nea q voice say. which I recognized
as that OF the princess. ITO what han
py chance do I owe It. monsieur"
Who can It BET: heard Louise
murn,ur. for we seemed to have eravi-
tated together In the dark, and the fact
that he did not resent my encirclinr
arm filled me with unreasonable low
q made me bless the circumstance
which held us prisoner here.
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