The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-24

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And a%fter?" asked De Riehelieu
She laughed.
II always pay my debts. And this
is for earnest" She held out her lips
and he kissed her.
Her extraordinary frankness, her
golden voice, her beauty and personal
magnetism had completely bound this
old libertine in their 'p~entagram; the
thought that he was getting the better
or De LlSsac, a man so much his Jun
Tor, did not lessen his satisfaction.
And now, monsieur, I must go. To-
morrow at 1890, expect me.
He Followed her as she passed into
the corridor and then across the great
hall, where they parted. ON the steps
before which her carriage was drawn
up, who should be waiting for her but
Plaeide! X &
What" cried she. You herel''
Yes, madame. Rosine told me THAI
you. had come here, and / took a ca
some very important information for
your ear #|g .+ ~ n
And your information"
Madame, what 4 have to say has to
do with Monsieur de Lussac."
Then get into the carriage with me
and you can tell me as we drive"
She made him get in and take the
AA0AAN oS0Ns LBCtl LIIS SdIIldSS EICQ.
All the way from Paris Placide had
been racking his head for an excuse
for having followed her. .
Well" said she. when they had
cleared the avenue gates, your infor-
Just this madame said the old EEL
low bluffly. II am not blind"
so you posted all the way from Par
Is to tell me about the state of your
eyes! Well, then, monsieur Placide,
you shall pay your expenses for
the journey, and you can, now that you
have relieved yourself OF your inforrna-
ton, get out and sit beside the coach
Placide noted her, gaiety and ANNA
tion; more than ever he felt certain
that whatever business had brought
her to De R~ichelieu's, it was. of q mos
important nature and that she had
been successful in it. He had come
with the idea Of trying to pick up news
from the m~aJordomo, but at the last
moment he determined to adhere ia
the baroness. " q +'EAE
Madame" he went on, quite III :
moved, I am not blind and it has been
easy for me to see that you are not
disinterested in anything concerning
the welfare Of Monsieur de Lussac."
All, Monsieur de Lussac!"
Yes, madame. He has been i'm
prisoned. / heard the news this eve
ming from the ~footman Of Monsieur
de Duras."N
And you came after me to Yer
sailles to inform me Of this!" The lit
tie lamp that lighted the interior, of
the carriage showed him that her eve
were moist. His fidelity had evidently
moved her to the heart; he had not
|reckoned on this. #
"Oh, madame, that was nothing. Just
q GNNNF M ar anNnofVas re I.tr.A - .
MY good Placide," she replied, "fdel-
ity is a great deal in this world, where
all men are u%nfaithful. But you have
been a grumbling servant, you have
set Rosine by the ears, and I doubt
even If o have been satisfied with
your mistress. In short, my good
Placide, you are an intolerable servant,
and as a reconpense for your fidelity
TINS evening I now discharge you from
my service a@ =
What now? ?" thought Placide, at this
unexpected turn. IT, q
II discharge you as a servant and re-
engage you as q friend, a salaried
friend. Well, what do o say to that.
grumblerP" M#.
Placide said nothing for a moment.
One might have fancied that she had
touched the old scamp's heart.
"Mordieu! madame" grumbled he. at
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nothing. am just you servant"
And my friend" ~.
All the way to Paris behind ma
danes triumphant gaiety was the fear
Of pursuit. If Richelieu opened that
fatal drawer before she had put suf-
fieient distance between them to make
pursuit impossible, he would pursue
her. 1t was, therefore, with a sigh OF
relief that she passed the toll gate
and the gates of Paris, and heard the
familiar grinding Of the wheels on the
pavement OF the city. 49,. G.
1t was long after midnight and the
deserted streets lay under the moon.
The hungry city slept, guarded by the
bastile standing like a mailed giant
in the moonlight. N-7
At the house in the Rue Coo Heron
the carriage stopped. Placide descend
ed and helped his mistress to alight.
AS he did so his hand, brushing her
dress, felt something in her pocket; the
folded parchment Of the document
could be distinctly felt through the
brocade. His hounds instinct told
him that here lay, the secret OF the
journey to De RicheIieu.
He followed her into the house.
where she bade him good night and
went to her room. ~. r&'
Having locked the door, she took
the precious document from her pocket
and read 1T carefully, from the first
word to the last. Yes, this was the
infamous contract, in very truth, a
weapon against De Sartines more for
midable than a dagger. She went to
the little bureau in the corner of the
room and, taking a sheet of paper
and a pen, sat down and began to
make a fair copy of the document,
word for word. When this was ac-
.complished, she locked the two papers
away and went to bed. #ss
She awoke an hour after dawn,
dressed without calling Rosine, and
taking from the bureau the original
document, folded 1t in a sheet of paper,
making "a little parcel Of it which she
scaled. Then, placing the parcel In
her pocket, she left the house.
She had put on her plainest dress
and a veil which almost hid her fea-
lures, SO that she might pass I'M
noticed through the early morning
streets, Her plan OF campaign was
now quite clearly mapped out before
her, and though h had no friend in
place her trust. her genius had dis
man whom she could trust n more
the king and De Sartines.
She had left now the broader streets
and inQuiring her way as she went.
found at last the Rue Plastriere, a
street rather gone TO decay. Some OF
the houses In the street were of great
antiquity, gabled and weathercocked,