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me answered, quickly. You can be Of
great service TO me if you will, NJ. de
Erancas. n arrest of Richelieu takes
a cog out of the wheel. and in order
.hal the machine may move with per-
feet certainty and smoothness | wish
you to replace that cog. In a word.
monsieur, what / desire is a personal
representative at %Isayonne, a man
whom 1 can trust and in whose courage
l have faith. o are that man, M. de
bowed at the compliment3'
and 1 ask you to represent me atS
Bayonne."
I Will go with the greatest pleasure.
madame, 1 answered: only will the
good people OF Bayonle have in me in
the same faith which you haveo"
You will take papers with you which
VIII inspire them with fear. monsieur"
she answered.. and / believe that after
they have known you a few days even
the papers will be unnecessary. They
VIII be handed to you presently. for 1
wish you to set out tonight. At 10
O'Clock a horse will be waiting for you
Just without the little gate at the back
OF the Tuileries. which you already
know, as you passed through it the
other day with Mile. de Launay. Here
Is a Key to the gate. At 10 o'clock we
VIII give you the papers: you will go
out at the back of the palace without
attracting attention. You will open
NV SoSC 0AAO luck IL oIIeT YOU. AL the
other side you will find your horse. You
VIII mount the horse and set off for
Bayonne. You will find changes of
horses awaiting you at Orleans. Tours,
Poltiers. ~Angouleme. Bordeaux and
zion. Where. in detail, you are to look
Tor these horses will be specified in
the written instructions which will be
gwen You. since you might forget If
were merely to tell you. And / beg of
you. do not spare the horses. Upon
reaching Bayonne. you will go at once
10 ehe address which you will find in
be opened and read in your presence,
ana you will see that the Instructions
contained In them are carried out. Do
you understand. monsieur?"
Perfectly" 1 answered.
And you agree?"
Yes. madame"
~ thank you. monsieur" and she
gave me her hand very prettily. II
knew that / should not call upon YOU
IN vain. Adieu, monsieur. When we
meet again l hope TO be in a position
TO advance your fortunes"
II wanted but half an hour of 10
o'clock when 1 returned to the outer
room. was apparently the last one
TO whom the duchess had Instructions
10 give, Tor she soon followed me, ac-
companied by her maid. The room was
S.ill crowded. and no one showed any
" ISdNS. me KNOWLEDGE
that the time for action was not far
distant charged the air with excite
ment. n men looked at men with set
lips and shining eyes. There was no
mistaking the determination to strike
the regency a blow from which it could
Gan to be really confident of success.
Where is st. Aulaire 2" l heard Mile.
de Launay inquire.
Il did not invite him his evening""
answered the duchess. He knows
nothing of our plans"
Ills not 1 k him TO await an In
Walton, however," observed the girl.
"Brigaut is also still missing, is he
not?'
He has doubtless been detained. He
has much to do"
h turned to the courtiers who were
crowding around her, when there came
a little tumult at the door. and 1 saw
a thin. old man pushing his way
through the crowd. At a glance /
recognized st. Aulaire.
"Ah. madame" he cried. as he neared
the duchess, the most astonishing
things have been happening in Paris
this evening. Three or four hours ago,
Herault n his men arrested a fellow
called Able Bri-Bri-I forget the
name. Does anyone here happen to
know the name of a certain a%dventurer
which begins with Bri?' he continued,
i oPRCoAl4A6 W lLlc sTOuQ AUOuI the OuCno
eSS.
silence as Of death had fallen upon
the room. Nearly every man within
sound of ST. Aulaire's voice knew tina
the Able Brigaut' was interested in the
conspiracy and was. indeed, one of the
most trusted of Madame du Names
agents in Paris. III not one of them
uttered a word. st. Aulaire found him.
self looking into faces Of stone.
But OF course you do not" he rat.
tied on. after a moment mo one here
would know him.. Nevertheless. 1t is a
most amusing story. 1t seems that this
able has a secretary, n this 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 excuses. and told the girl that his
master had kept him awake all night
preparing a lot Of papers which were
to be sent to Spain.
At that word a shiver ran through the
listeners. and the duchess became liyid.
By q supreme effort she smiled.
"Ah. we'll. monsieur" she said. Com
tinue. We find the story very inter.
esting."
Well" continued st. Aulaire, who did
not often find SO attentive an audience
n VINO needed no encouragement to
proceed. the girl. Of course. was an
agent of Herault. All girls Of tnat
class are. 1t is the price they pay for
the protection OF the police. So she told
q about the Able Brigauts
correspondence with Spain. The pen-
darme old HerauIt, Herault odd Du-
bois, Dubois told the regent, and there
you are. A few hours later q
OF guards surrounded the house of this
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