The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-21
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me1.- ana. followed hr the nurse. he
left the room,
Very ven, then" said d.Anee aBd
again taking my hand Proce Win
your questions. de
First l said, after a moments
pause 70 ensble me TO maTsnal "a. y.
thoughts in some Kind OF order' Is
the regent ssser
Quite safe" and d'Aucenis smiled
| more h ever. That night rue OF
yeurs. my friend. cid not deserve 10 De
heard the regent tell the story a dozen
times. lie and his party heard nrst tile
rapid beat OF horses boots, 4heE
paused TO listen, when from the "0no
IN front OF them came s rmer, caIlgALS
70 his horses neck and fired q pistol
into the sip. There was e volley OF
Shots behind him and he vas seen 70
real and almost fall. He caught mIhseA
by : supreme effort. elung TO the SAD
ale unll 10 PAGES from the regent,
cried 70 him 10 save hlnSeLf' anu
droppe6 senseless from his horse ana
rolled 10 the side of the road, 1t was over
in = moment. the scoundrels VINO had
shot him remaining concealed in the
shelter Of the trees. The regent, Sus-
psctj-S some L~raaCheTy, nnmeQlalety
drew his pistols. as did the gentlemen
with hina,aId ~TetreateG until some as
lance 4-NL44 lie "OpA, 81 IE-NsN 49, 80
was impossible. Then a courier from
Paris. who had reached him 2 lew mo
ments before, vas sent back haIf q
league 70 st. Cloud for re-en1orcements.
As soon as these arrived the Wood was
entered, but no one was found. Inc
regent examined the body by the road
and at once recognized you. my Irlenu,
He knew not what to make OF 1t, but
ordered you picked up and brought
! back TO Paris. There he heard from the
commandment Of the Versailles Gate how
yca had got through. A little later,
he learned from me how you had es-
capped from the hall and OF the efforts
you for she was not so circumspect IN
this affair as is usual with her, and
betrayed herself completely. The re-
gent can put two and two together as
we'll as any q and he was not long
in arriving at q conclusion. rms con-
clusIon became q certainty when a con-
fession was secured from one of Car
touches rogues. who attempted 70 re
enter Paris the next morning and was
, CAPTURED. He told all of the details OF
the ambuseade, and how Car
touche himself, with his com,
Panions, was to nave attached
the regent should he get past the wood
alive. Cartouche has left Paris and is
| across the frontier b this time. Real
ly. de Brancas," and d'Ancenis paused
a momen to look at me, you are a
devil OF : fellow. This was quite in
line with your escape from the Bas-
tile.
And Richelieu? ?" I asked.
is still in prison, and likely to re-
| main there for some time to come, to
say no worse. His offense is nothing
less than treason, monsieur, and the
regent has sworn to have his head"
1 groancd aloud.
=" It's what I feared" I said. ri must
set up" and I raised myself on n
elbow.
Gently, gently, de B~rancas," and
d'Ancenis pushed me back again. nor
did l resist him greatly, for I
vas weaker h l had thought
DO you think one mar, al
ready half dead. would be able to rb-
crate Richelieu? You propose to take
handed and alone. 1 should not be sur
| prised to see o undertake such an
exploit
I remained for a m silent.
Tell me the rest" 1 seid, finally.
Madame du Maine. Cellamara, Mile,
de Launay.-what mas happened to
then?"
Paris and started for Spain under a
strong escort the morning after his ar
rest" answered d'Ancenis. II pro-
tested. Of curse. but 1t was Of no use.
The papers which were found IN his
possession exposed all the details Of the
plot, which was marvellously well ar
ranged, and which almost AXE one
admire the duchess. Madame du
Maine submitted very quietly until she
found she was to be taken to the cit
| adel Of Dijon, when she fought like a
tigress, but it was to no avail, and she
was safely lodged in the dungeon, VOW
ing a hundred kinds of vengeance
against her ~jailers. Mile. du Launay
wished to accompany her mistress, but
the regent was afraid to allow those
two women to remain together, SO
mademoiselle was given a cell in the
Bastille, as were all the other prison
ers arrested 1t the Tuileries. We found
Polignac lying senseless on the floor,
and he was quite hysterical for a time,
protesting his innocence. De Mesmes
did the same, but both We're silenced
when they were confronted by their
own statements Of their share in the
conspiracy. The Duo du Maine was
also arrested"
The Due du Maine?' I cried; but
he knew nothing about 1t. I have new
err even seen him"
CONTINUED Next Week.)