The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
Synopaia.

Synopsis.
THE MINISTER OF POLICE by
Henry Mount1oy, Is a romano Of Paris
hurmg n Louis XIV reign, q period
When Europe was In a condition OF TO
ment ana unrest; when Voltaire was
breaking to pieces the shackles OF re-
nsion; when Rousseau at the Cafe de
was preaching the right TO
LINK; n when q thousand men, some In
the gutter, some near the throne, we're
preparing the great explosion Of the rsvo-
Madam Linden. an Austrian lady,
FMLter completing q simple mission to the
sTencn count. fingers on in Paris, enjoy
ing the gay life there. De S~artines, the
minister OF police. thinks she has some
otner motive than pleasure in delaying
nef departure and surrounds her with
spaes 70 discover, II possible, whether she
10 In state plots.
DC %Ltlssac 10 a noble of exceptional
character or that period. Handsome,
w1tn all b elegance Of q mar Of the
court there 10 still about him something
that stamps HAM az a man apart. some
thing OF b visionary, the enthusiast and
the poet, rare In that age Of animal lust.
chiling wit and embroidered brutality. He
a. In fact. stepped in the philosophy of
Housseau and Ia trying to put this phil
oeophy n practice through his onnec
uon with q secret society that 10 plotting
the OF the state. Before he has
gone Tar enough to incriminate himself he
falls In love with the beautiful Austrian,
vino persuaces him his method OF Fighting
tne wrongs OF humanity 10 impracticable,
ana ends by promiAing TO so to Vienna
with her to live.
AZ he leaves hey house q fellow con-
spdrator, his chief, joins him, says several
or their members are arrested, and en-
trusts the secret articles Of the association
70 him. He then explains to De Lussac
that their only hope 10 to tntimidate the
minister of police. This can be accom-
ptshed only by obtaining an discriminating
contract signed by the minister of police
and In the possession and safe keeping OF
De Richeleu, De Lussac's cousin. With
this contract In their possession they Q
dictate terms to the minister Of police, obs
tain the release Of the members already
imprisoned and be safe themselves.
De Lussac goes home, buries the papers
he has Just received. writes Madame Lin
DEN that he Is attempting one last mission
for the Eoctety. and also writes an asso-
ciats telling him where he papers may
be found in case of his death. Then he
enters Richelieu's home and almost sue
ceeds In getting the document, but 10 sur
prised and leaves Il in q drawer which he
has unlocked. Before he can make an
other attempt he Is arrested IND taken to
the BaStile but not before he has told
Madame Linden how nearly he succeeded
in getting the document. She, realizing
how desperate her lovers position Is, WIS.,
it's Richelieu's home n succeeds where
her lover has failed.
Meantime the police have secured strong
evidence against her, since De Lussac adj
DRESSED the letter he intended for his fell
low conspiratoF to her by mistake. h
letter the police intercepted and at once
identified her with the society. However.
with a document in her possession, which.
II made public, will disgrace the minister
of police, she prevents her own arrest by
intimidating the minister Of police. De
Lussac escapes from the bastile and goes
with her to Vienna where the story leaves
them.