Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-10-10

OF England might be known to the chief
guardian OF Windsor.
Indifferent subjects, then De Maupeou
looked at his watch. It pointed to ff-
teen minutes to sever
"Monsieur - waiting for his car
riage?" asked Rappelier.
Why. yes replied De Maupeou,
as I have to be In Paris by half past
eight"
'Oh, then monsieur has still time; It
wantes twenty minutes to seven"
Pardon me. fourteen minutes" re-
piled De Maupeou, pulling out his
watch and looking at It again.
Even as he did so an usher ar.
preached.
SMonsieur's carriage Is at the steps,
De MaupeOu. saying gOOdby to Rap
pelier. turned and. led by the usher,
passed to h entrance where, surely
enough. his carriage was standing in
Like DE Sartines. he glanced at his
watch before placing his foot on the
step, and like De Sartines, he gave the
address OF Number IL, Rue Coo Heron
to the driver.
rattle Of the paving-stones In the
X~courtyard for h even motion OF the
wheels upon the well-kept outer way,
and, entering the Paris road, headed
for the city at q spanking pace.
De Maupeous took from his pocket the
paper he had just received from the
king and glanced at Il.
A few minutes g the thing had
been worthless; now. with that sprawl
ing signature, 1t was priceless-for the
purposes of De Maupeou.
He refolded It. put It back in his poe
ket n folded hts hands.
That De Sartines had committed
some frightful indiscretion or crime he
felt sure: equally sure was he that the
baroness had the evidence OF 1t. He
licked his lips at the thought OF the
p IN his pocket that gave him alb
solute' power over both De Sartines and
the woman, should evidence be forth
coming that either of them was Inn
pltcated, n was on the point OF look
ing at his watch again when the coach
lurched, recovered, seemed to shake St
self, and then turned over ON its side
with q crash.
To the occupant 1t was as though the
world q suddenly upset. Half
stunned, bleeding from q cut on his left
hand. imprisoned like a rat in q trap, he
could only shout for help. while the
horses. with the pole broken and lying
the driver, who freed them by cutting
the traces nnd then, rushing to the
carriage door, freed his master.
"Mordieu!" cried the vice-chancellor,
as he stood at last on the road. what
an escape! But what caused it, I
experienced an upset like this. Did
You run into anything? ?"
Monsieur" said the man, rising
from an examination OF the wreck, the
linch.pins have been tempered with,
n the miracle to me 10 that we have
driven 30 Tar without q breakdown"
How far are we from Yersailles?"
"A mile and a half, monsieur"
DE MaupeOu looked at his watch. Il
had stopped. There was not q soul to
be seen on the road. It was a beauti-
full evening. and not a cloud stained
the sky that stretched in q bow Of
azure from the spires and domes OF
the town and palace OF Versailles to
the domes and spires Of Paris.
A lark was singing above, and the
faint. warm wind Of spring brought
distracted vice chancellor. Nature
seemed hooking him.
Having glanced up and down the
road In: search OF help. he fixed his at
tention on the coachman, who had got
n OF the horses upon it's legs; the
other. severely injured and unable to
rise. would have to be shot.
"Linch-pins!" said De Maupeou.
WITH"
Eyes. monsieur: that I'd swear. Both
ONk w AAOSA0s MI IuO 8CAIuU0S TX II nAOt
hold OF them!"
"Cordieu!" said the vice chancellor,
bending down to examine the wreck.
The thought had come to him that
this was h work Of De Sartines, done
on purpose to delay him. II this were
haste. as the affair must be OF the last
Importance. else he minister Of police
would not have stooped to such 4
means.
"Cordieu!" creid he. Il must be IA
Paris by $3.50. Ny watch 4 stopped.
s ! M knew the time! Stay; what
A pun Of dust from the road a.! It
entered Versailles rose on the wind;
2 vehicle Of some sort was approach.
ing. As 1t drew nearer 4 proved to be.
piled for hire IN Paris and Versailles.
The horse in the shafts was going It
"a good pace. and now Do MauDeOu
could hear the little bells Of the har.
FOOL" said he. thinking Of Do
outright, he must have known that I
vehicle passes along the Paris road,
every few minutes and that the Vice
chancellor Of France. with money IN
his pocket. could not possibly be dee
tanned g by such 9 simple and silly
He used the word again. mentally, AZ
he hailed the cabriolet. which stopped.
He did not know In the least, however.
that the genius OF the piece in which
be was now acting was not De Sar-
tines, but Rappelier. q much more for-
midable antagonist and q person.,
moreover. who thought out aplan to
the minutest detail.
In the cabriOlet was seated q gentIN-
man with q sineularly open, and good
humored face. who was being driven
Ito Paris.