The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-05-29

the door: end 4 had to open drawer
after drawer to its full extent, examine
each paper they contained, and replace
them. I ave never felt afraid before,
Dat while carrying out this business i
was filled with terror n stupefaction.
worked mechanically, and like a man
tered I should have run my sword
through his heart, replaced the papers.
hidden my disgrace, and then destroyed
myself. 1t was this thought that gave
me courage
And among all these papers there
was not a sign OF the document; 1t was
by h merest accident I found9 it at
last
You found it.r
"Wait-yes. Z found 1t, behind a Sc
cret panel of the top right hand drawer,
a panel the existence Of which ! dis
raculous.
The thing ought to belong to Thu
history Of the world, so that men might
see the depth Of infamy that mai can
descend to.
1T contains the names OF Sc corn
brokers, the amount of corn each of
these has delivered, the amount OF
money paid him. The receipt for the
corn is signed by De S~artines, the re-
ceipt for the money by the master
broker.
"All this corr has been bought, to be
sold at thrice Its purchased price to q
starved market and a starving people,"
But Monsieur de Richelieu-why did
he hold the document9'
He is the king"
THE king?'
THE kings Intermediary; half of the
money for the purchase of the corn has
been supplied by the king. De Richie
lieu is the kings business man in the
affair; his watch dog over the rapac-
ity of De Sartines and Terray. who
was the inventor of the scheme"
Mon DieL! and this document
Wait. I was seated with the open
drawer before me. the in
my hand, amazed by my success.
amazed by the infamy Of these men,
when, outside, suddenly sounded sharp
and clear the voice of my cousin, De
Richelieu. In a fash / folded the docu-
in the drawer, closed the drawer, I'M
able to, lock 1t because. ! had taken
the key from the lock, and. rising, was
in the act of taking a book from one
of the shelves when the door opened
and the due entered, folloWed by Ralfe,
bearing q pile OF books and papers. De
Choiseul, it seems, had been away from
home: can you conceive such bad
lucko The due seemed still in splendid
humor. and, evidently, he suspected
nothing; he rallied me for staying in
the house when the weather was so
the shelves, book in hand, he passed
to the bureau and sat down before it.
while Raffe spread its top with the
books and papers.
These are my half yearly ac-
counts said the due. 'Raffe n I are
it will take us till supper time. A
weary business, and / e we shall
disturb you in your reading
"At that my eye fell on the clock,
which stands on a little table near the
window, and I saw that it marked
appointment with you. ! had for
gotten 1t for a moment. I told my
kinsman that 1 would cave him to his
accounts, Went to the stable, borrowed
a horse and killed him half a league
from Paris. l ran the half league. I
cuse is hat / did not myself"
And you have left this document
lying upon the other documents in the
right hand top drawer of Monsieur de
Richelieu's bureau?'
why did you not thrust it into your
pocket?"
For answer, De Lussac turned and
showed her the pockets Of his coat,
pockets with heavily embroidered
flaps, making it a work of difficulty
even to insert ne' hand.
The drawer was open before me-"
said he; nothing was easier than to
place the paper in 1t and close it,
And you nave left the drawer UNI
locked?"
Yes; I had no time to lock it,
And Monsieur lie Due is sitting there
now doing his accounts and at any mo-
ment he may require some paper or
other, take his keys from his pocket,
insert one in the lock and find that the
drawer is already unlocked. That will
Precisely. But the chances are
One must sometimes trust to chance"
True said Madame Linden, "and
you came all the way Jack to see me,
killed a horse, nearly killed your
self"
Yes; and l would have come twice
the distance and killed two horses for
one glance from your eyes"
He drew her to him and their lips
met.
And now" said she. you are going
back?"
Yes. MY work is easy now. If
Monsieur de Richelieu has discovered
nothing, l shall simply have to wait
for a moment alone in the library,
open the drawer. take from it the
document, and close the drawer again.
Then you may be sure that with it in
my possession, l will not be long in
returning to Paris, and then"
And them"
Continued lex week.