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CONTINUED .. ,m last week.)

(Chapter K.-Continued.)
Do Launay. the governor, a. alb
governor. filed his place. He was
seated at a desk. and close to him,
bending over a huge book placed on
another desk, was the clerk whose duty
1t was to enter the name of the pris-
oner. his station in life. his offense and,
what was OF most Importance to the
unfortunate, the remarks of the au-
thorities about him. These secret re-
ports, unseen by the prisoner, unseen
by all but God. h governor and the
clerk, were, in themselves and Of their
own nature. an infamy. BY virtue Of
them a man might be held for ever;
or at east until his death, a prisoner
lost and forgotten. 1t did not matter
In the least that his family were starry
Ing, that his wife and his loved ones
were in despair; the secret report cared
nothing for this.
He might hope against hope. see the
spring cast q brighter beam OF light
on his wall. feel that with the warm
breath Of summe through the bars of
his window release must surely come.
The secret writing in he book
below held him in it's wizard spell.
Very dangerous-to be kept in the
strtctest confinement"
the mans very offense be forgotten,
but through the gloomy days Of winter,
the bright days Of spring. those words
would hold him prisoner still, UNI
Judged and forgotten.
When the Bastile was destroyed men
were found u this, some Of them
tdiotic. Tavernier could not remember
for what he was imprisoned. He had
forgotten himself as completely as the
authorities had forgotten him.
De Lussac watched the fac of Mon
sieur Vitry, who was finishing a letter
on which he was engaged. and who did
1aunay. h governor, but ne mad never
till this met Monsieur Vitry. who was
the type of Monsieur D'Estrelles, and
the prototype Of the modern bureau
-crat.
Monsieur Vitry finished the last line
Of his letter. signed 1t. sanded 1t. and
folded fall with the precision of
observation-disclosures 1t, and PLACED
It in the tray on his desk, struck a bell,
pointed to the letter when q soldier
answered h summons. n ordered
the man to take It to its destination.
1t was q letter relative to some de-
feet In the new uniforms OF the Swiss,
= trtfle. but just as important to Mon
sieur Vitry AZ the fate of De Lussac.
Then he turned his face. pale, mar
row. and seeming even by
reason Of the heavy wig he wore, upon
b newcomers.
He bowed to Beauregard. who re-
uAAASN tAS SdiuS0AlOus 8IhslCSQ Ut D0
Lussac and took a paper from the
table. It was the lettre de cachet
which we have seen the king handing
to De Sartines In blank.
Just before Beauregard accosted de
Lussac he signed to an agent who was
following him. and the agent had
started hotfoot for the Hotel de Sar-
tines. received the lettre de cachet and
conveyed 1t to the Bastile.
It had arrived q few minutes before
the prisoner.
'sYou are the .Comte Armand Jean
de Lussac r. said Vitry.
Yes. Monsieur, that is my name"
Residing In the Rue de Valofs ?'
Eyes, Monsieur"
Good" said Vitry.
He rose from his desk. passed over
to the clerk. bent with him over the
big volume. talked for q moment In an
undertone and then returned to his
desk, where he sat down, striking the
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