The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-21
sYnonaia.

lduring the Louis XIV reign. a period when
unrest: when Voitaire waS breaking to
pieces the shackles OF religion; when
Rousseau at the Cafe de Regenance was
Thousand men. some IN the gutter. some
near the throne, were prep~+fng the greaS
Explosion Of the revolution.
Madame Linden an Austrian laoy,
after completing a simple mission 60 the
French county. fingers on In Paris, enjoy
ing the gay life there. De sartines. the
other motive i 4 pleasure in delaying
aer departure and surrounds her W.
spies 70 discover, II possible. whether she
DE Lussac is a noble OF exceptional
Icharacter OF that period. Handsome. MI
Al the elegance or q man or the ~
there Is still about him something Lnas
stamps him as q man apart, sornething q
the visionary, the enthusiast and the R9sL
rare In that age OF animal Inst, cnilinE
fact. stepped In the philosophy Of Rous-
into practice aae IL tt tSrosssS ggis eonneetions With
fail Of the state. Before he has 9 faI
enough to incriminate himself ne 1ans ~
love with the beautiful Austrian, Who
wrongs Of humanity Is irnpractlcable, and
ENDS by promising to go 70 Vienna WIZ
"a M leaves her house a fellow con.
spirator. hts chief. joins him, says seyeral
Of their members are arrested, ana en-.
trusts the secret articles OF the assoclauoE
that their only hope is to intlmidate the
minister of police. This can pc -acSoaH
plished only by obtaining an incrlmlnat
i ias c sns rs tS Slgn Sos. sy tns and safe keep.
ling OF De Riche.ieu, De Lussac,s. COUSIN
With this contract in their possession they
lice, obtain the release OF the members
already imprisoned and be SAFE them
49, 49, - A. nanars
he has Just received, writes Madame Lin
den that he is attempting one last misslon
for the. society, and also writes an asso-
S g sou telIip ps i him y ere d ses paP Then m e
enters Richelieu's home and almost sue
Iceeds In getting the document put ~ SUI.
lPrised and leaves y in 2 drawsr m whach a 2:
other attempt he Ii arrested and taken e
1.-THE Bastile but not before he has tolc
Madame Linden how nearly he succeedeo
In getting the document She, realiztnG
how desperate her lovers position Is, Wis
It's RichelieTs home and succeeds where
her lover has failed. Is
CHAPTER VI-Continued. Z
t'There is one thing said he. "Thii
visit must be private; 10 one mus,
know tina / have made 1t. i refuse &c
be implicated further In this AFFAIR. Tc
have IL said that Monsieur de Richelier
visited his kinsman in the basttle; tc
have it said that"
"'Set your mind at rest" replied De
s~artines. II will give you an order
Iarmed with which you win be admitted
liwithout question, or examinations yOu
can manage with the brim of your hat
and your cloak held to your eyes thai
no 2 will see your face. You con
sent?"
ma fail" replied Richelieu, yes. But
Zone thing troubles me"
What Is that2" III
"De Maupeou's arrival here today
HE Is your enemy"
StHe is"
"Well, he came to speak to me about
some law business. That was only q
Ipretext; ne had nothing important &c
say. Besides all Paris thinks that ]
am at Versailles. No. am sure thai
woman sent him q secret hint to come
here, that he would see something thai
would interest him. &
Possibly" @l
|'She has invited him to her house
4 this evening, comte:, this means mis-.
chief, and IL I were you, I should
tfYes?" & HE
'sBuy her or imprison her.
De Sartines made no reply. He could
not explain nat he had attempted tc
buy her and that imprisonment was
totally ouI of the question.
CHAPTER VII
II " - .,.E ~
THE SPIRIT OF THE BAsTILE.
De Lussac, after that glance which
showed him the battlemented wall and
the silhouette OF the passing sentry
sat for a while, his face buried In hte
hands. One might be tempted to say
that despair does not exist except in a
mind diseased, unless perhaps as a
passing phase, al 10 in the case o1
lDe Lussac. De Lussac for a moment
felt and measured despair. For q mo-
ment only. and then his mind returned
to him.
What brought him back to balance
was chiefly the thought that his posi-
tion was of his own making, and that
there vas q certain justice in his i'm
prisonment. He had matched himself
against society as represented by De
Sartines, and the game had gone
against him. 1t was useless to pule
and complain: 1t was unmanly. Their
youth, that giant came to his assist.
ance. Courage" said youth; "tht
Igame Is not lost yet. Men have escaped
from prisons worse than this. al hun.
dred things nay happen. Be prepared
He rose to his feet and paced the
floor OF his cell. The light was nov
so dim that he could scarcely .distin-
guish the table. the chair. and the bed;
but he did not think OF this. Prison
Hess, his mind was wandering far and
wide like a bird seeking a resting.
Iplace, some point OF hope.
He Remembered, now. that Madame
Linden was In full possession Of the
facts OF his cases. though she knew
nothing OF his Imprisonment she knew
OF his danger; she was in possession
Of De Sartines, secret and she would
certainly use that knowledge to helr
~him-only, perhaps. to bring about hel
own ruin!
This thought made him forget al
things else, even his own position. All.
liz she were to fall into the trap, be.
Icome entangled In the wheels OF this
linferanal machine that held him! And
he would never know. II his imprison-
ment were to last till his death, hs
would never know. gr
Maddened by this thought, he broke
out. cursing himself, cursing De Fleury
the men he had sought to rescue, DE-
Sartines and the world. Then he be,
came calm again: his mind refused Il
dwell on SO frightful an idea. HI
would escape; other men had escaped
from prisons worse than this.
He began to form plans wild enough
and senseless enough. He would brib,
the turnkey. forgetting that to feav,
the bastile he would have to pass tn,
guard at the main door, the guard a.
the inner gate, and the guard at tn.
III drawbridge. He would break the bar.