The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-07

is . KEY to the gate. At 10 o'clock we
viii give you the papers: you will go
| out AT the hack of the palace without
attracting attention. You will open
tho gate and lecls IL after you. At the
| other side you WI and yoar horse. You
wiil mount the horse and set OF for
Bayonne. You VIII find changes OF
horses awaiting YOU at Orleans, Tours.
Poltiers, Angouleme, E~ordcauS and
Rion, Where, In detail. you axe TO look
for these horses Will be specified in
the written instructions which Will be
given you since YOU might forget II |
were merely TO tell you. And beg OF
you. do not spare the horses. Upon
reaching Bayonne. YOU will SO at once
10 the address which you viii find in
the papers. All of the papers will then
be opened and req in your presence,
and you will see that the instructions
| contained in them are carried out. DO
you understand, monsieur"
Perfectly" answered.
And o agree?"
Yes, madame"
Il thank you. monsieur" and she
save me her hand very prettily. Il
knew that l should not call upon you
IN vain. Adieu, monsieur. When we
meet again l hope to be in u position
to advance your fortunes"
II wanted but half an hour OF 10
| o'clock when I returned to the outer
room. l was apparently the last ono
70 whom the duchess had Instructions
10 give, fer she soon followed me, &c
companied by her maid. The room was
still crowded, and no one showed any
disposition TO leave. The knowledge
that the time for action was not far
distant charged the air with excite
ment, and men locked at men with set
lips II shining eyes. There was no
~mistaltng the determination to strike
the regency a blow from which 1t could
not recover and for the first time 1 be-
gan to be really confident OF success.
Where Is st. Aulaire?" heard Mile.
de Launay inquire.
II liz not invite him this evening""
answered the duchess. He knows
nothing OF u plans"
TITS not like him to await an IN
vitation, however," observed the girl.
"Brigaut is also still missing. is he
not?"
lie has doubtless been detained, He
has much TO do"
She turned TO he ourtiers who were
/ crowding round her. when there came
3 little tumult at the door, and L saw
q thin. old man pushing his way
through the crowd. At a glance 1
recognized St. Aulaire.
"Ah, madame" he cried, as he neared
the duchess. the most astonishing
things have been happening in Paris
rhis evening. Three or four hours ago,
Eorault and his men arrested a fellow
called Able Bri-Bri| forget the
name. Does anyone here happen to
know the name of 3 certain adventurer
which begins with Bri?" he continued,
appealing to the group about the duch-
eSs.
A silence as Of death had fallen upon
the room, Nearly every man within
sound OF ST. Aulaire's voice knew that
the Able Brigaut was interested in the
conspiracy and was, indeed, OF the
most trusted of Madame du Names
agents in Paris, but not one of them
uttered q word. st. Aulaire found HIM
self looking into faces of stone.
But of course o do not he rat
tied on. after a moment NO one here
would now him. Nevertheless, it is a
most amusing story. 1t seems that this
able has g. secretary, and his secre-
tary, of course, has a mistress. Last
night he had an appointment with his
mistress, which, It appears, he did not
keep-in which he was greatly to
blame This morning he called to make
his Xcuses and told the girl that his
master had kept him awake all night
preparing a lot Of papers which were
TO be SEM 10 Spain.
At that word a shiver ran through the
listeners. and the duchess became ltvid.
BY a supreme effort she smiled.
"Ah. well, monsieur" she said, CON
tinue. We find the story very inter-
esting."
We'll" continued ST. Aulaire. who did
not often !and So attentive an audience
and who needed no encouragement to
proceed, "the girl, Of course, was an
agent of Herault. All girls of that
class are. 1t is the price they pay for
the protection of the police. Sc she told
a gendarHe about the Able Brigaut's
! correspondence with Suain Tho oep.
darme told Herault, Herault told Du-
bofs, Dubois told the regent, and there
you are. A few ours later a
Of guards surrounded the house of this
abbe-who. it seems, is not really an
able. after all-and took him to the
Bastille, where he is now comfortably
lodged. His papers, of course, were
carefully gathered up and handed over
10 Dubois
And is that ail?" asked the duchess.
who had bitten her lips until they were
red with blood in the effort to retain
her composure.
NO, that is only the beginning"
cried st. Aulatre, enjoying immensely
the sensation he was creating and little
compromising how profound It was.
1T seems that Dubois and the regent
found much to interest them in he
abbe's papers. 1t is said at the Palais
Royal. where ! was but a ago.
that they discovered proofs of some
ridiculous Spanish plot, I know not
what; but, at any rate, they sent He
rault to arrest the Spanish minister,
Prince Cellamare himself. There is big
game for you! They tell me that he
was completely surprised-trust He
rault for that-and made no resist.
ance-"
Continued Next week.)