The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-07
1Dze MINISTER
Xl|sS n POLICE
N BY HENRY MONTJOY
E- Nx& cosyasst isla, he Besassetan Company.
HENRY MONTJOY

IA loss2"
Il have lost my monkey. Dear DE
Sartines, / am hungry. and the wit OF
these gentlemen is not satisfying"
Madame, / expect Immediately
Madame de Stenlis."
"Oh, De Stenlisl They a at the
character dance given by Monsieur dc
Duras the other day she could neither
eat nor smile"
'She had lost her heart, then"
No, monsieur: h had remembered
her, character"
Again the door flew open.
MADAME de Stenlis."
IAN i later cried the new ome
Dear Monsieur de Richelieu. forgive
me. Monsieur de Joyeuse, good morn
ing. Monsieur de Sartines you may
kiss my hand IL you will promise not
to bite ii with a compliment Chere
Celestine-" the comtesse arose and
the two ONE embraced. You arr
looking younger than ever
And you too, dearest Marguerite
We were just saying. how well you kept
your years. But Monsieur de Richelieu
is not your host. Monsieur de Sar-
tines 1t is who has sent us invitations
a charming Idea, though / don't know
the meaning OF IL in the least-only
that 1t sounds like e conspiracy"
Madame de Stenlis turned to the
marechal.
Sounds like a conspiracy? Why, II
is one Well Monsieur de Richelieu
now that o have inveigled me hers
to be the guest OF Monsieur de Sar-
tines, what have You to say for your
self?''
only this, madame, that a lady In
vited herself to my house today, and
as / can not receive her / have asked
Monsieur de Sartines to play the par
OF host"
And who Is this lady, pray?'''
Madame la Baronne Linden"
Then, monsieur" declared Madame
de Stenlis. "if that lady Is to be o.
your party today, ! for n shall re.
tire"
Il also" said Madame d'Harlancourt
rising from her chair.
Patience, madame said the mare.
chal. Look at Monsieur de Sartines
De Sartines was smiling.
Pray take your seat again, ma.
dame,p said he. This woman has in
vited herself to the house OF Monsieur
de Richelieu only to be received by tn,
minister OF police, who has her war
rant OF arrest already prepared and u
his pocket"
1oh, ma foil how funnyl" cried Ma,
dame de Stenlis, clapping her hands.
De Joyeuse, who had turned white
| at the name OF the oma who haC
douched him with water the day before
flushed with excitement at De Sartines
words. S&
At that moment a wi enteret
with the announcement that Beaure'
gard had arrived, and De Sartines, ex.
| cusing himself. went out for q moment
| When he returned he found b guest
all grouped around the marechal. chat
1 tering and cross-questioning him
There was an air of hilarity abou
them that might have been the re
hection or the grim satisfaction showi
by the face of De Sartines as he en-,
tered the room.
''The trap lie set" said De Sartines
I'VE only wait now for the mouse, who
by the way, is late. Never mind, w
shall certainly not wait dejeuner." .
A single stroke from the great clocl
in the courtyard announced a pas
1, and the last vibration had scarcely
died away when the great doors dtyid'
ling the reception room from the dinint
room opened wide, disclosing the portly
form of the majordoino, and behinC
him the crystal, snow, and fiowers o
the service, the lackeys rigid behlnt
each char, and h gallery wher'
the musicians sat, with its cary
ings OF oak that so well matched tn
Itapestried walls. With the opening O.
the doors came the murmur Of violini
and the voice of the mRjordomo.
Your excellency, dejeuner is served"
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