The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-07-31


remembered last night, and the bar
oness. and how she had locked him out
of the room.
"Well.a he said a last. Speak. Who
has1taken itg.
monsieur de Lussac."
DE Lussact"
Yes, monsieur; he came on that WIS.,
It for no reason. He was alone in this
library. oh, It was he, beyond any
Of doubt. Nc one else hadsac-
cess to the place"
ID Richelieu, calmer now, reflected
on this. He felt sure in his heart that
the woman of the night before was
VOTED at the thought. He preferred to.
think that he had been betrayed by his
kinsman rather han thai he had been
fooled by q woman. Then he rernem-
bered their connection, and the truth,
that perhaps the pair of them had uni
ted to outwit him, began to dawn on
MS mind. An intense anger, amounts
Ing to hatred of this pair of lovers,
arose in his heart. But the conqueror
of Mahon was not q man to be con
quered by his temper.
Return to Versailles said he to
Raffe, and await my instructions.
Place the whole household under sur
~AAS NNpo0i NO. SSSAk
that you have made no mistake"
absolutely. monsieur
Then 60.
The due returned to the reception
room where he had left De Sartines.
He was undecided yet as to what
course he should take: he knew that
the situation as regarded De Sartines
was serious, but when the document
began to speak in strange hands it
would be time enough sor De Richelieu
to discover that he had been robbed Of
1t. He was not a man to max con-
fessionS and explanations.
Well" said De Sartines, land what
had Monsieur Raffe to say"
oh. nothing-household matters
and that reminds me, the urgency of
nay invitation to dejeuner had nothing
to do with De Lussac."
With what, them"
Why, with a most charming
VIII insists upon meeting you"
Aha! And who'll is she, this charm
ing Woman?"
Il will give you 100 guesses and you
VIII be wrong every time"
Then put me out OF my suspense"
Madame la Baronne Sophie Linden.n
De Sartines stared for q moment;
then he broke into a fit of laughter.
Oh, mon Dieu! 0 have invited me
to meet her! This will kill mel
In what way?'
why, my dear due, / have decided
to arrest ner. / would have arrested
her yesterday. only I had not a power
3ful enough case against her. This find
ing of the papers of the Society of Midi
changed all that. True, her name
is not mentioned in them, but she is
a friend and the mistress of De Lus-,
sac, and he wrote to her concerning
them. I shall hold her in prison for a
week, and then bundle her back to
Wanna with y q nNfnH 10 NTo,,cso,,y YNp Il
liene of the Vienna police"
sCordfeuR said the EDUC, and / in
vited her to dejeuner!!"
We'll, my dear De Richelieu, you are
we'll gu of the results fof hat invi-
tation. She is a most dangerous wo-
a Yesterday she tried to extract
LOO, 900 francs from me. She threatened
me, yes"
The Due de Richelieu was silent for
a moment. hen he turned to De Sar-
tines.
She must come acre all the same
What"
IT wish her impertinence punished.
She imposed herself on me; she pro-
posed the dejeuner as a means of meet
ing you n some other people who
are coming n whom she hates; she
hoped to get you all under her tongue,
and she used me as her instrument.
Grand idea! You have not issued the
order of arrest yes~
mo"
well. then, I present you with this
hotel for the day. You are the host,
and when Madame Linden arrives, deal
with her as you please"
ma foil" said De Sartines grimly,
that is not so bad" He %pondered the
idea for a moment. you are in earn
est?"
Absolutely replied the due, who.
from offering insult to the
Woma whom he now hated in his own
house, left perfectly certain that De
S%artines would not hesitate to do so
in a borrowed one.
Very well, then" replied De Sar-
ines. II shall deal with this lady.
Call me a servant"
De Ricelieu did so, and De Sartines
gave his orders.
go at once" said he, ito the Hotel
de S%artines, n ask Monsieur Beaure-
gard to come here
You will arrest her here?' asked the
due.
Ma fol. why not?'
The sound of a carriage entering the
courtyard came family from outside.
Next moment a knock came to the door.
and Monsieur de Joyeuse was an
,nounced. He had been surprised at
the invitation, for he was not on very
friendly terms with the marechal. His
surprise had brought him.
He bowed to the due.
Pay your compliments to Monsieur
de Sartines first" said De Richelieu,
for he is your host, though the in
V1tatlon came in my name"
De Joyeuse, with an impertinence
that was absolutely his. own, turned his
back On the narechal and bowed to De
Sartines.
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