Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-16

sbiiSS "AkkI In lIlc are OH tHOS0
lower Shelves
He bowed and passed out with his
papers. and De Lussac turned to the
books OF Monsieur de Meneval.
These books of Monsieur de Meneval
were mostly illustrated, and were so
%piquant that h mildest of them would
IN our age be relegated to the highest
and most inaccessible shelves of a GU
rio hunters collection. Indeed, the
whole of Monsieur de Richelieu's liz
orary might have been catalogued UNI
ger three divisions: books like these,
books concerning war, and books rela-
tive to the chase.
De Lussac, taking IA volume entitled
Les Contes de Suzane," written by
a. & e tha named RAPPORT. and bear
1t on the little table left vacant bv
KANE, opened it and sat down be-
fore it. "
The adventures of suzanne. however.
admlrably as they were described by
monsieur RAPPORT. held little interest
LOT de Lussac; in fact. his eyes never
once rested on the book.
The bureau of Monsieur de Richie
lleu a all his attention. held his ewes.
fascinated him. There were six draw.
ers in it. 10"
In his pocket was the bunch OF
seven keys, the exact facsimiles of the
keys OF Monsieur de Richelieu. Each
OF these keys was different in size and
shape from its fellows. 1t was prob
apie. therefore. thai only one key could
open any drawer in the bureau, and
1t was presumable that the locks were
OF the same caliber. He took the bunch
from his pocket. Yes. beyond any doubt
1--WE OF tneSe Keys were much too broad
"a the barrel and too heavy of make
10 enter the lock holes; one key was
1T evidently belonged to a trinket
case; n remained, seeming of a size
exactly suitable.
/, with the perspiration standing in
oeads on his forehead. De Lussac rose
rom ms seat, paused before the bu-
sound outside n then, boldly and
with a perfectly steady hand inserted
the Key In the lock of the top-most
right hand drawer: it turned with the
ease OF a perfect mechanism.
re Iussac caught Il glimpse of pa
Dack and removing the key. Then,
rapidly bending, he tried the middle
drawer on III left. The KEY opened
II also. This satisfied him. The key
was the master key of the bureau, all
the bunch in his pocket, he sat down
again and began slowly to turn over
the pages OF Contes de suzanne.
Up WI now. he had beer working
without a plan, but now as he sat.
IRE hard from the excitement OF
the asst few minute me turning the
9 or the book. "a plan both prac-
ucai and simple formed itself in his
oLaln. re would wait till night. then.
Whiie the household was asleep. he
MouIo cave his room. descend the
s.alIs' enter the library and with the
whole night before him to work In.
nnlsh the vile business at one stroke.
~ did not occur to him that there
was ANYTHING ominous in the seeminv
simplicity of all this, or anything
anahse IN the fact that such an astute
man as the due should leave his most
important papers SO carelessly placed.
re dld not know the fact that this II.
uIary and ITS contents were guarded
VIII the utmost care. and tha Raffe
Mould never have left it had he-Dc
.ussac--been a stranger or anv ona
AT all but a near kinsman of the dnc's.
AN ne sat turning the doubtful pages
OF the Contes de suzanne. a voice
sounded from the hall, the door opened
anu monsieur lie Duo. walking with
dne asht step OF a man of 20. and
room. e"e
mere was something astonishing. al.
naose disturbing In the youthfulness OF
re Richelleu. 1t was almost impossible
70 peiieve that this man was the con-
IueroI OF Mahon. the lover OF women
long dead. the boon companion of man
whose very names were half forgotten.
d man whose figure had become part az
romance and history. still youthful-
pr'liiant and filled with the ambition.
OF the world.
a alone. saw the real Richelieu
as ne appeared in the morninr hafnra
ms Naiet n the excitement of the dav
nad transformed him and awakened
y me ina vast fund of energy which
was MS chief possession. 1865
tho An, my lear philosopher" cried
ing I De LSsvac' sw5 and embrac-
.nought to come and see me. Rafra
INFORMS me you have come nras
pared TO spend some days. That II
Vel. And how is Paris, and that dear
a Mon n.eur rousseau, how is he, as dirty
on. Monsieur replied De Lussac
:" Mnom a bright idea had suddenly
occurred. there is nothing dirty about
monsieur Rousseau except the mud
winch people fling at him. rhad not
nave something much more sarin,.
upon my mind"
"A woman?" asked the m~arechal.
.ak'ng MIS- seat on a fauteuil and wav-
ing the other to a chair.
no. monsieur, a man."
More than a mana conspirato,
against the state"
Let us be clear. You have die.
covered a man who is %conspirine
against the state?"
wee. He is a friend Of mine I have
Y to enter the house OF a friend Of
ms pace my hand upon a document
IN ms possession, hand it to the an.
thor1ties and he is destroyed"
. n why do you not do SOP"
ms friend Of his is a friend OF
NINE. monsieur. I would have to en-
ter his house in the p,isa ~ q fr;oaa