The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-08-14
Ole MINISTER
x||6 q POLICE
81 HENRY MoNTJ0Y
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BY HENRY MONTJOY

i&S4p%n 500 lWSEGfSs EIESHFE2 SENS7E.
Madame Linden has explained her-
self to me; she has q power which will
enable her to be OF service to the state
of FranceEand you insult her. You!l
Dteu de Dieui what am / minister of
police for IL I do not know what you
fancy hidden? Shall speak, madame9
Shall I speak?"
"Cease!" cried Madame d'Harlan-'
court, who had become white and
whose eyes were fixed on the man. be-
fore her. h had treated a few steps
and was brought to q halt by q chair,
whose back she seized.
Nc n laughed or smiled now; an
atmosphere OF terror filed the room,
for the rage of De Sartines chilled the
heart; no one could tell what might
not happen next. De Joyeuse glanced
at the door. Madame de Stenlis pressed
her handkerchief to her lips. Only De
Richelieu was calm, and the baroness.
Make her go on her knees, De Sar-
tines"
'Neveri" cried the unfortunate
woman. shaking, white, terrified. yet
dignity.
De Sartines took one step toward
her; his eyes were blazing and his
fist clenched.
Annihilated, mesmerized by his
glance and appalled, at his fury. she
sank weeping on her knees.
De Joyeuse skunk toward the door.
Monsieur de Joyeuse, come back"
said the baroness.
Madame, I have an engagement
elsewhere replied the fashion plate,
his hand on the door handle.
Monsieur de Sartines," said she,
II must ask you to recall Monsieur de
Joyeuse, who also insulted me"
De sartines, when Madame d'Har-
lancourt obeyed him, had brfdled his
r2 era HaE1ar1rhad OrfrnJv 1F Pei
That is but just. Monsieur de
Joyeuse come back"
Monsieur de Joyeuse came back.
Now" said the baroness to de
Joyeuse. "on your knees beside that
woman"
.Never!"
Monsieur de Sartines, perhaps you
will give the order?"
De Sartines looked at De Joyeuse,
and without a word pointed to the
floor beside the comtesse, who, with
hands twisting her lace handkerchief,
De Joyeuse for half a moment
seemed on the point of rebellion, then
with a laugh took his place beside t
comtesse.
Madame de Stenlis was no fool; she
recognized that her turn was coming,
under the numb of De Sartines, who
for some reason was entirely under
the thumb of the baroness. She
tripped across to where De Joyeuse
kneeling. and knelt beside him..
with a laugh that almost turned the
tables on her tormentor.
Come, De Sartines," said she,
7knell beside me and let us pray for
soul of n dead to society,""
Madame dHarlancourt picked UP at
this and folded her hands. and De
Joyeuse assumed an afr Of devotion.
~ tSIlnno m n n n !, n rofo, ~ -4,,1 ~
the aComte d'Ys? asked the baroness
in a a voice.
At this remark, which showed such
a destructive knowledge of the past
of Madame de Stenlis, De Sartines
started back, De Richelieu almost ex-
the floor wilted.
And YOU, Monsieur de J%oyeuse,"
on the pitifess one, "for whom
are you about to. pray? The Waterman
Laverolles killed. by accident, no
doubt. but still killed,
Madame" cut in De Sartines, ter
rified himself by her knowledge of
things, a knowledge which she had
acquired from no higher an authority
than Rosine. Madame, that is
enough"
Monsieur" she replied, Il only in
tended to say that L~averolles, though
an honest man who never used cogged
dice. betrayed women, drank to excess
or was known as a maquereau, living
on the money of a m old enough
to be his mother only intended to
say that this man, though honest, was
de Joyeuse's time would be
wasted in praying for 1t. On your
knees!"
De Joyeuse, CHASTITY with anger and
sweating. was preparing to rise.
"On your knees!"
~. Do TNxrax,~1 ,,1I1~ 49,.
pressed on him like a hand, was sink
ing back on his knees, when like a
thunderclap came an incident that
struck the actors and spectators Of III
little comedy motionless as people Of
stone.
voice announced, Monsieur de Maui
The vice chancellor Of France stood
for a staring at the extraor-
binary scene before him. He was a
individual, and his great
wig n sober attire did not detract
from the expression Of his face.
Why cried the baroness, who had
met him once at a reception, "tis Mon
sieu de- NIaupeou! Pray, monsieur, do
not think us mad; we are only re-
hearsing a little comedy. Do no
move. to h trio on the floor; Mon
seur de Maupeou will not mind our
finishing the rehearsal. Monsieur de
Sartines is our stage Mon
sieur de Sarttnes, Madame d'Harlan-
court is shifting her position"
De Sartines turned his back on De
Maupeou after having bowed to him.
n faced the actors.
His glance was quite enough to keep
them as they were, even If their. amour
had not urged them to keep up
before De Maupeou the pretense of a
rehearsal.
They smiled.
And this play?" said De Maupeou,
taking his seat on the fauteuil indi-
Gated by De Richelieu.
"Tis called The Rat, the Cat, and
the Corn. I am the miller's wife,
and these are the rats and the
cats. Monsieur de Sartines is the
stage manager. Monsieur de Richelieu
possessed the manuscript, but he has
Q 1t, so we are ~rehearsing from
memory"
Madame" said De S~artines In a
NIB voice. shall we not put of our
little rehearsal till a mor favorable
opportunity?
Why, yes, monsieur, after the rat
and h cats have said nee more their
little piece. Now, attention. Place
your hands together SC, and say after
me once again the line: