The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-18

every one has been bringing me rneir
insults. Read that.
R She handed MIN the paper which was
still between her fingers. and De Maui
.peou, taking X, read: F
"Pourquoi ce brilliant vis-a-vis?
Est-ce le char d'ure deesse
Gu de quelque jeune Princesse7"" x
Secriait un badaud surpris.
Non" de la foule curieuse,
Lui repond un caustique, mon: +
C'est lie char de la blanchisseuse +
De set Reconsideration" .
De Maupeou read this elegant pro-
duction without moving a muscle OF
his face.
He knew the history OF the magnif-
cent carriage which the Due dtAiguil-
Ion had presented To Madame du Bar
Try; q carriage which goes down
ever built, costing in its construction
lat least $4,000 livres. r.
He had good cause to know the his
tory of this carriage, as when he Due
kdAiguillon had been accused OF OPP
pressing the people. OF Brittany, DE
Maupeou II was who had moved the
EComtesse du Barry to induce the king
Ito pardon D,Aiguillon. The carriage
had been an acknowledgment of this
TACT and the acknowledgment had
brought Down on the unfortunate COM
tesse q shower of lampoons n bal
ladies' Of a nature to drive an ordinary
| woman to distraction.
De Sartines could have easily seized
these ballad mongers, but he held his
hand simply because De Maupeou, be-
ing at h bottom of the gift of h
| carriage, De Sartnes was determined
Ito make that gift as bitter as possible
to Madame du Barry.
Il . IA - Att
story, and Ii Is also interesting, to ex-
fpose a few Of those hidden springs and
wheels Tin the forms of motives and
4 acts) which made up the everyday
story of Versailles. I...sr I'll
Madame" said De Maupeou, "the
writer OF this rubbish is to be pitied
for his poverty of pocket and mind,
the man who allowed this to be writ
ten has committed an objectionable
| act" ~. -. . - "
"AhI" cried she, the vision Of the
pretty carriage in which she could
never now drive trundling off into in
visibility, If / but had him ] would
| show him how far it is safe to insult
are more, the same, and worse"
Il say again, Madame, that the man
who wrote these things Is only the pen;
1T is the nj who allows them to be
circulated who deserves punishment"
And that mann"
Who punished Rochas for his pamphlet
| against the m~onarchy2 Who punished
kTherrey for his ballad of Versailles:
7 Who"
"Ah," said madame. you mean Mon
sieur de Sartines?"
Precisely"
but, my leaf friend, Monsieur de
4 Ga kf~An hsraaA1A knII 49, khnt kAnta.h
the things were printed in Paris, the
printers had escaped to Holland and
were beyond pursuit"
''Oh, did he? Well, Madame, I must
ask you a question: when was the first
Of these ballads sent to your"
"Ten days ago, and I have received a
ballad a day since"
"When did you reply to Monsieur de
Sartines2"
Five days ago"
$50 that five ballads have been print
\ ed since, and you will receive another
tomorrow. No, Madame, the printers
have not escaped to Holland, nor do
they wish to escape there; they are
quite satisfied to remain In Paris I'M
der the protection and in the pay Of"
He paused as IL he had rome further
than he wished.
You mean to say Monsieur de Sar-
tines Is the instigator Of these villain
ies9"
81 mean to say nothing, Madame"
replied De Maupeou coldly.
"You hint,
Madame, I only give you food for
I reflection"
TT must be. The things have been
published daily since / spoke, and he
vas to have seen me today about them,
and he has not called. All, De Sartines,
De Sartines, Is that how you recon-
pense YOU friends!"
De Maupeou smiled; but he said
nothing for q moment. fixing his eyes
on the carved manteI emblazoned with
| the Du Barry arms and the motto:
"Boutez En- Avant."
In his carriage, which contained
among other things materials for cor
respondence, he had occupied himself
during the journey to Versailles in the
preparation Of a document. which he
| now drew from his pocket.
Madame" said he. for every bane
there is an antidote. and strangely
enough, for the drugs OF the prisoner
who ~persecutes you 1 have brought the
antidote." He handed the order to her
and she read;
For our vice chancellor, Monsieur dc
Maupeou, to hold this day In inquiry
at the house known as No. IL, Rue Coz
\ Heron into the conduct of certain per-
son under suspicion as enemies to the
state. Giving the said Monsieur de
Maupeou full power to seize all docu-
ments that may cast light on the con
duct Of the persons indicted. with pow
er to arrest and detain for further ex-
animation any person or persons con
corning whom, in his judgment, the
evidence may direct itself.
(Slgned)
"At Our Palace Of Versailles"
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