The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-15
CHAPTER V1--Conttnued.)

II am pleased that you should think
my advice worth asking. Is 1t to TINS
that I owe the pleasure OF your Visit
Partly replied De Lussac, glanclng
seward the bureau, land partly TO y
what ! seek"
And that o. -#a. - ,.N
els rest for a few days"
"a You viii find il here. The house 1s
ut your disposal, and this gentleman
whose conspiracies you wish to un-
earth. ..
II will tell you his name when my
plans have been successful"
rAnd / will tell o that his ma
Sesty will not be Indifferent to your
services. Have you informed De Sar>
tines n, Z. 'r-
"Oh. h 9 monsieur. L wish to work in
This matter quite alone and not share
the honor of my discovery with Nom
sieur de Sartines." -. .
De Richelieu laughed. I
"Mordieu, ii Is droll," said he, FOR
mark you--this Is between ourselves
our dear De Sartines-hum--hum-"
Eyes monsieur" l...
"onIy this. his majesty said to me
this morning. Tell your young cousin
De Lussac that Monsieur de Sartines
Is quite concerned about his health
You know the way his majesty has OF
saying things" 81.
So you Think
II think nothing. Il Just tell YOU
what I heard. Also, as / was leaving
the palace yesterday evening, ! Tst our
friend De Sartines. You see, you lead
your own lffeJand mix yourself up with
these philosophers and people. / a
nothing about hat. II IL amuses got
TO dabble in these matters 1t Is moth
Ing To me, so long as you exclude
yourselves from the hole and corner
revolutionaries, those half-starved Sc
dition mongers; ballad makers, ca
4 naille of the Rue du Truand who hang
on the skirts of the philosophers. Only
II IL funny TO think that De S~artines
is disturbed about you while you all
h time~-as i gather from your words
are preparing to expose one OF those
same revolutionaries."
YES replied De Lussac, smiling
and with his eye cast on the. bureau.
ut Is strange, and / am certain Of one
thing: II my plans are successful I
can promise Monsieur de Sartlnes a
very great surprise" ~ ...5 H.
He spoke with spirit and animation
and as though a weight had been
taken from his mind. 'stf
The mercilessness Of the marechal
and his chilly advice a removed his
scruples. II ever men deserved the
title of conspirators against the good
OF O state, surely it was these men
who. for the sake of personal gain,
We're robbing a hungry nation Of their
4 food. ~
Honor" The word had ND meaning
IN relation to them; they had placed
themselves beyond the pale.
fri CHAPTER VII.
WHILE MAHON MOUNTS GUARD.
Monsieur de Richelieu. when In resi-
dance at Versailles, received largely az
q rule, but Of late, or at least during
a# AhA IL NJ Pam NHgAALa h. La1 49, -
quiet, receiving few friends, visiting
fewer, but constant IN his attention al
n functions OF the court, and never
missing from the big and little recep-
lions, the leyees Of Versailles n card
parties Of Luciennes. ,
At this moment in fact, things
seemed coming TO a crisis. The storm
which on Christmas eve seven months
later would sweep Monsieur de Choiseul
and Monsieur de Braslin into exile
seemed about to break. and at such a
ONE a mar could not be too cautI-
q especially when that man was the
DUO de Richelieu.
however, he had quite a large party tc
supper, the last OF whom, no less q
person than de Maupeou, the vice
chancellor, did not depart till close on
b stroke OF IL.
De Lussac, bidding his host good
might. proceeded to his room on the
first floor, closed the door, lighted the
candles upon the dressing table and
glanced at his own reflection in the
great cheval glass that swung In its
bronze frame supported by two bronze
cherubs, one Ltrampling upon a tortoise
h other upon an asp. ~
The window was wide open and the
warm night air entered, bringing with
Il ri faint perfume of lilac. AS he turned
from the mirror, there came on rho
wind from the night outside the stroll.
of a clock. a w .
II was the first stroke OF IL from tht
great clock OF the palace Of Versailles
He went To the window and, push.
ing aside h curtain. looked out.
The moonlight was broad upon thu