The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-08
nnnG MYTH A Story Of the
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TILT ~ Conspiracy by
i LIZ T. ~ L Burton Egbert
Copyright by --J. B. 1ppncot Company Stevenson
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Ivance upon Paris. And two regiment
are not 10 be laughed at"
Mile. de launaS opened s. third pa.
per.
This is a statement OF do Mesrae<
president OF parliament" she said "Gt
has gained to our interests q majority
of the members. and so 500 as wt
strike a blow the parliament VIII de-
clare for us and viii instruct the ctu-
zen soldiery OF Paris TO take up arms
In our behalf
An, ah!" and cellamare's eyes wsrs
shall be able to strike the regency
right at its heart"
The girl doubtless felt the enthusiasm
OF the ~Spaniard. but she preserved At
admirable ~conposure. AS for ME. !
Judged it best 10 use my ears and not
my tongue.
This is a statement, from Cardinal
de Pol!gnac," she continued. opeu!ns
yet another paper. 1T vas he, you
may remember. who IN 1897 caused the
Prince de Cont 20 be chosen king OF
Poland, although, unfortunately, Re
never assembled the throne. Still. the
Poles tdolized him and they remember
PolIgnac- Five thousand iances are as
sembling at the frontier and will be
ready to follow him into France in s
weeks time. They are concentrating
at two points, Arion and Landau"
Nothing could be better." cried
Celiamare, and as for myself, I confess
that l felt slipping from me one by one
the doubts 1 had entertained as to the
success OF he conspiracy.
The other papers are OF less I'm
p~ortance,' she concluded, though I'm
portant enough in themselves. These,
for instance, are pledges OF support
from the Marquis de Pornpadour and
the Marquis de Laval. who will bring
US the united strength OF the Mont
morencies. Here are some papers from
the Able Bridaut, who Ia attended 70
much OF the correspondence for US, as
sisted by the ChevaIier de Menil. and
who assures US that half the remaining
nobility Of the kingdom, who have been
tnsulted by the regent, Will be with US.
And here are a dozen others OF the
same kind"
All OF which would have made in
teresting reading for the regent" I re-
marked. dryly, and Cellamare nodded
t~houghtfully.
And now, VI. lie Prince. what nave
you done?" demanded the girl, with
blazing eyes. Madame du Maine
wishes ME to urge haste above every
thing. Today's affair shows we have no
time 10 LOSE"
Il received a letter this morning from
Cardinal Alberoni, prime minister of
Spain" answered Cellanare, "and he
assures me that the armies of Spain
will be ready TO cross the frontiers OF
France in a weeks time
We shall, then, send out instructions
10 ali our allies to strike the first blow
one week from today. Do you agree %
one week from today let it be" said
Cellamare, his hands trembling with
emotion.
This is the 18th of December One
week from today viii be the 22nd. At
seven in the morning, then, let Philip
OF Spain be proclaimed regent of
Do you o u part, NJ. lie
Prince, and Madame du Maine will do
hers swear she was the coolest of
the three.
1T is agreed" and Cellamare bowed.
Come, monsieur" said mademoiselIe
to me, let us hasten pack and inform
the duchess OF our decision.'
But what of u wounded friend
in the room there?" I asked.
mare. "and see that he is KEEP in a
place where he ear do no harm"
All is arranged then: come" and
Mile. de Launay hurried from the room
and down the stairs.
The clocks were striking three as we
reached the street. The sky had
and the sun was shining b1t
the rainfall had been very heavy. The
streets were filled with water almost
to the houses, and the wide cutters in |
middle had been converted INTO
great turgid streams. Across these
planks were thrown here and there.
rude bridges for the accom-
of pedestrians. We picked
our way along the slippery tones near
houses, my companion choosing a
route which finally brought
US again to the Rue des Frondeurs and
along 1T to the Rue st. Honore. Here
floods of water from the neighbor-
Ing streets had ~concentnred into a
perfect river, through wh1,h a con
tinuous stream OF carriages splashed.
making 1T impossible to keen the
bridges in position.
oh, what shall we do?r she cried
as we stopped at the edge OF this tor
We must not remain here. HOW
are we to CROSSE"
Il see only n way, mademo,seIlenl
answered, and before she could pro-
test, | caught her up in my arms and |
splashing through the muddy
water. Just as 1 reached the middle Of
It a passing carriage barred nv pro-I
sress. An irresistible attraction drew
my eyes to the window. and / saw
there the face of Louise Dacour. She
was looking into my eyes, a disdatnfuI
smile just curving her lips. l bowed
10 her, but n made no sign of recog-
milton. and in an instant had disap-