Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-06-06

changed. become another. woman; an
elder sister of herself. He glanced at
the open bureau drawer.
Madame has been robbed?"
Robbed! 1 have been outraged. My
papers have been tempered with, my
letters opened. Oh, mon diu! That
perfumed policeman; that spy In the
coat of a minister; picklock, thief.
Wait! Oh, wait and we shall see! I
will go to the ling. l will apply to
the dauphiness." She flung herself on
the fauteutl and sat, leaning sidewise,
beating the floor with her foot. pale
to the lips, just AZ if anger had picked
her up, flung her there and stunned
her. a.
She, who had always been accus-
toned to mems homage, to be treated
like this by a great noble, a minister
of state. a man whom she had seer at
court n admired for his handsome
face and magnificent presence. That
she should be suspected was nothing,
the fact that a government spy had
tempered with her letters was moth
ing, but the thought that De Sartines
a done this thing in person filled her
with such a fury that for a momen
the power of thought. was destroyed.
P1acide stood watching her, afraid
to move, afraid to speak. Then he saw
the color returning to her cheeks; her
eyes. expressionless and fixed a mo-
ment ago, became bright, the hard
look passed from her face, and the
handkerchief which she had plucked
from her breast, sand which she had
been twisting in her hands, fell on
n parquet Of the floor UNDECIDED.
near him.: she seemed plunged in
thought of an exciting nature; her
lips moved. Then, Suddenly. she looked
up:
"Ah, you are ~there-good. Go to
Rosine and tell her she need not 20
on with the packing of my things. 1
shall not leave Paris Just at present.
Go to Vaudrin and countermand the
horses 1 have ordered for my carriage.
Then come back to. me al once"
But. madame?"
All arrangements have been made
for your Journey. When, then, viii
madame leave?"
Madame Linden laughed.
Il will leave when 1 have settled
my account with Monsieur de Sarti-
nes."
oh. NOR Dieu," said Placide.
When I have brought him on his
knees; when l have made him cry
for pardon. and pay for his infamy;
BEFORE" SAA
The old servant. who knew Paris
Well and the power Of De Sar-
lines' was about to make some remark
when She cut him short and waved
him from the room.
Go. wish for no more words on
the matter. When you have executed
my orders return to me-"
He left the room, and as he closed
the door her eyes fell on the clock
the mantel; 1t indicated Is minutes
past 8. The remembrance of De Lus-
banished from her mind for a
moment. returned only to increase her
eNasperation Had he. too, PLAYED her
.alse: He mind, logical enough in
order which ecomes few
srish n illogical in affairs of the
neaft.N For a moment she almost hated
tne man she loved. His failure to keen
nus appointment seemed to her a d.
corollary< of the insult offered to
her by De Sartines. All. these Paris
.aas - We're .hsy an. then. the same
the outside. lackeys at heart
Even rs she asked herself tho ,
t'on the docrbell sounded, Rosine's
VOICE came from below, another voice
aha ,hen q step on the stairs.
a knock came at the door or the
pouaolr' IL opened and disclosed De
ne was pale. exhausted. disheyeled
n covered with dust: he carried hts
Iiat IN one hand, a riding whin in
ehe other. and as he stood before har
seized with a momentary vertigo he
9ropped the whip and chung To- h
zoo 100. JOE In a moment she had
MIN to the fauteuil. where he sat dow
~ is nothing" he said. Il am late
guy ! Killed a horse on the road. II ia
Mon Dieu!" she cried, "nothing-to
De IN TINS state? Do not move or speak
Till l come back"
she ran from the room and returned
In a moment with some wine and co.
On q tray. Au Aoou
When did you eat last Z"
Inis morning. no-last night
rms morning, no-last night,
why. That is the answer of a
you are a man, and a man without
Is useless as a child. You are a
enid. No. not a word till you have
what is on this tray"
She held it while he ate, watching
the color coming back into his face
and the life into his eyes.
And now" said she. you NAV sneak
table-so." S
She placed it upon the table. and
drawing a chair beside him, sat while
he told his story. He told all that we
know: How he had met the chief Of
the Society OF the Midi: how he had
Journeyed to Versailles to abstract the
DE Sartines document from the house
OF his kinsman, the Due de Richelieu:
how the dog had foiled him, and how.
on awakening that morning, he had felt
such despair at the business in hand
p a the impulse came Of him to throw
himself upon his sword.
However said he, II remembered
that what I was doing was not for my
SELF"
And why" said she. %interruptinx
him, why should you not have done
just the same for yourself? Ma fol, In