The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14

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tAO right my friend walt q mo-
nsoa3 ana he placed his hand o IA one
81 tae gates ana half opened II as the
e-Arss9aN&aat came RAINING from the
/ NsaSa has orders sti1 Ia his hand.
Hold Hatard}" ne cried to the sen
try. y wish to see this gentleman,
The mar paused, stu holding the safe
Aa{s open.
LET me see" he continued, holding
! the paper up 10 the light and scanning
II Closely. About 2o~-gray suit-graS
clna&-ltSht mustache-isht hair
mounted on black horse he looked At
| me for q moment keenly. You cannot
PASS monsieur he said. 1T seems to
me that you are Monsieur de Brancas'
whom l have jast received an order to
arrest and hold at al hazard, Close
the gate, Satard,"
Rnt I had understood before he I'm
! fsned. drove my spurs deep into the
horses tanks, and with n bound up
| set the fellow who was still holding the
half-opened gate. AT the same m
| slant the horse struck h gate, the
| force OF the shock swinging 1t stu
farther open. We We're through the
opening before the guards had time to
realize that l was escaping II plunged
/ into the darkness without the walls.
| For the third time that night l knew
that ! should receive a Holley IN the
rear, and I bent low In my saddle as
the shots rang out behind me, Luckily,
the rascalS were too astonished to ann
accurately, n the bullets whistied
| harnleSsly over me. But there might
be a pursuit, and I did not allow my
| horse to slacken his pace until the BAR
rier was far behind,
As | rode I reflected upo this new
perfdy of the duchess. for that she had
furnished Herault the description
which had been sent to the Versailles
-, a 7 Ala mot Sn,hf and wa amazed
anew at the daring and ingenuity OF
This woman, who knew how to use even
| her enmies in accomplishing her ends.
| At last, believing myself safe from pur-
| suit. l drew up n looked about me.
1t was lighter here than in the narrow
streets of the city. and the moon was
;ust peepins over the horizon, but still
l could see little. I had been delayed
| not less than half an hour at the bar
rier and knew that 1 had no time to
lose, so l put spurs to my horse again
| and continued rapidly inward. In a
the road forked. Which was the road
| to Versailles, the right or the left? I
| did not know, n seeing no way Of
finding out, chose the left at a hazard
md continued on. 1 had not ridden far
when l saw at the side of the road
| ahead OF me a dim light. AS l drew
| nearer I perceived that it came from
1 liz AlAooN " u wv SAiN W Aie&S'
Here, perhaps, l might be able to gain
the information I sought. I rod my
horse up TO the door, and, drawing a
pistol from the holster, raped with it's
butt.
There was silence for a moment
within the house, and the door slowly
opened. AS it did so I was astonished
to see that the candle which had been
burning q monen before had been ex-
tinguished.
What is it. monsieur" asked a voice
from the darkness within.
is this the o to Versailles? ?" !
questioned.
No, monsieur" answered the voice,
without hesitation; you doubtless tool
the wrong road at the forks a mile
back. Return there, monsieur, and a k
the right hand road. Follow it straight
ahead and it will lead you to Yer
s~ailles."
Many thanks" 1 answered, and
turned my horses head. AS I did so,
1 heard the click Of a pistol within the
room.
who goes to Versailles at this hour
and for what?" cried another voice,
which 1 seemed to recognize and yet
could not place. Hold. monsieur" it
continued; tdo not move. I have you
covered with my pistol and I new
miss
There was a note Of braggartry in
the voice which refreshed my memo
~.
"Ah. it is Cartouche." I said. II wish
you good evening, monsieur"
And who may you be?' he asked
You have the best of me monsieur?'
Doubtless I laughed. You NEE,
so many people, and usually in the
dark. But you may, perhaps, remem.
Der an encounter some nights bach
with q man who was lost in Paris, ant
who was saved from you rascals only
by the timely arrival of the Due dt
Richelieu."
by my soul, yes" he answered. ''
have cause to remember it, since l los
three sturdy rogues. Are you tina
MANI
Il am he" and I snz led down a
the invisible form within the doorway
for l could imagine the expression
which must be upon his face, "and
am glad of the opportunity of a wor,
with you o do not know, perhaps
that Richelieu is a prisoner in the Bas
tile and that his head Is in great dar,
ger?"
No. I did not know it."
1T is so, nevertheless. He told m
that he did o a service once and tina
you a not forgotten it."
THAT is so, monsieur" said Car
touche.
Perhaps you will now have oppor
tunity to repay that Kindness"
Perhaps" he assented. IF the wors
comes to the worst a rescue In tn
Place de Greve is not impossible.
has been dom before"
And may be done again" I crie5
IF you can muster so rogues who ar
not afraid of steel"
II Continued Nar yg1ekS