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Synopsis.

Synopsis.
THE MINISTER OF POLICE" by
Henry Mountjoy, is a romance of Paris
Europe was in a condition OF foment and
unrest; when Voltaire was breaking. to
RRl eesssthe :; shaekles Of religion; when hen
Preaching the right to think; and when a
thousand men. some in the gutter. soIae
e near the throne hr We're prep-ing the great
Mauame Linden. an Austrian iauy,
after completing. a simple mission TO the
Ing hrsh the d say iifie lip 9sers. on Be in 5 Rala j sn' tSe
minister Of police, thinks she has some
b Sa1er motive h pleasure IN h esia i
spies t. discover sn i possible. Whether she
Is Cabling in state plots.
De Lussac is a noble of ~exceptonai
character of that period. Handsome, with
III the elegance of q man OF the couiI
there is still about him something thaf
Stamps him as a man apart something u
wit and embroidered brutality. He is, in
fact, STEPPED in the philosophy OF Rous-
into practice through his connection with
2 secret society that is plotting the DOWN
saii OF the state. Before he has gene 1a a.
love with the beautiful Austrian, Wno
persuades him his method Of rtghting the
wrongs OF humanity Is fmpractlcaple' l.luu
her to live. o"'s'is - 90
As he leaves. her house a fellow con;
spirator, his chief, joins him. says severai
trusts the secret articles of the association
70 him. He then explains to De Lus sac
mat their only hope I ,s to intim nj aeeo ane
Ing contract signed BY the minister Of po-
nee and In the possession and safe Keep
ing or de Pinha1io1 To 111CCac'Q CO0Sln.
With this contract in their possession they
can dictate terms to the minister OF Pc
nee, obtain the release, of the members
already imprisoned and be safe them
selves.
De Llssac goes home. buries the papers
ne has Just received, writes Madame LIN,
Tor the society, and also writes an ASSOC
ctate telling him where the papers may
Enters ee lDun Rie IN aene o ho nls a aea'a alm oasn su ne
ceeds In getting the document, but Is sur
y Prised and leaves 1t in. a drawer which he
has unlocked. Before he can make an
other attempt he is arrested and taken to
the Bastile but not before he has told
Madame Linden how nearly he succeeded
IN getting the She, realizing
how desperate her lovers position is, Wis
Its Richelieu's home and succeeds where
her lover has failed.
CHAPTER IX-(Continued.)
The carriage had turned from the
WV y llllo l1IC 4kuC 1aNSSs ~
had passed the Hotel de Lamoignon
and was abreast of the monstrous high
blank wall of the Files Bleues when it
stopped. De Lussac looked u of the
left-hand window n saw approach
Ing them the agent who had driven
them yesterday. He had seer the car
riage approaching and Signaled to 1t to
stop. Without doubt he was aware
Of De Lussac's escape and had stopped
the carriage tc communicate the fact
to Monsieur Beauregard.
This would have been the end of all
things to most men, but this poet and
dreamer SO terrible in action, I'M
daunted, flung the door of the carriage
open and shut it again, turned on the
agent, who was now at his elbow,
felled him with a blow on the point of
the chin, whipped his sword from its
scabbard, and turned on the driver of
the carriage, who, bundling off the
box, fed toward the Rue des Balais,
pursued for 10 yards or SO by the man
with the sword.
Then De Lussac, running back to-
ward the carriage and sheathing his
sword as he ram, sprang on the box,
seized the reins and the whip from its
socket, and started the horses. The
whole affair had happened with the ra-
who had been in the street were now
shouting and running after the car
riage; the coward driver had turned
and was calling on others to fol-
low him. Speed was De Lussac's only
chance, and fortunately for him the
horses were as swift as they were pow
erful. The long stretch Of the Rue
Pavee thai lay before him game him
his chance. He took it at a full gal
lop, turned the wide corner Into the
Rue Bleue and found himself out of
sight of his pursuers. Then, refining
the horses to a swift trot, he headed
for the Rue de la Harpe. fealing that
victory at last was his.
The precaution that he had taken of
closing the carriage door was not the
least part of his victory. With a swing
ing door he would most certainly have
drawn the attention and perhaps pur-
suit of the people in the Rue Bleue.
Ten aminutes later he drew up in the
Rue de la Harpe. ~dismounted from the
box and, leaving the carriage to take
care Of itself, turned Into the Rue
Monis, a narrow street leading directly
into the Rue Plastriere.
A few minutes later he was pulling
at the queasy bell Of the house before
which we saw Madame Linden inter-
viewing Monsieur Rousseau Of Geneva.
CHAPTER x.