The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-01

VI SOAblCbdllICt a IlAll $500
carrying a portfolio under his arm had
~oyertaken him. fA-Ls M
walk beside me-" said this person.
land do not show any sign of surprise
at what j say or raise your voice.
am being followed. All is over, at least
for the present. The police have made
a perquisition at the Rue Saint Jac-
ques, Barthelmy and Contains are ar
rested. I as the head center am on the
edge OF arrest, his portfolio Is only a
blind 1t contains nothing OF import
ance, but / have with me a small
names of the committee, their ad-
dresses abroad ami In Paris, and the
seal. I was on my way to your house
to intrust It TO you"
8 II am leaving Paris for Vienna said
De Lussac, shocked at this hand which
the conspiracy had suddenly laid on his
shoulder. .f %.@ VI
Good, will you take IL with you till
we can reconstitute ourselves, but you
must not keep 1t on your person; bury
lit, hide 1t, till you leave, lest you should
be, arrested and 1t be found on you"
* will do so" replied De Lussac.
But that 10 not all, there Is a
counter-stroke. De Sartines. who has
US in his power, Is In I'll power IL we
can only act. You are the person who
must act SO as to free us. You are a
free agent, there Is no evidence against
you and you are SO highly placed that
they dare not arrest you on suspicion as
they have Bartholmy and Contains n
as they will most likely me. Dieu! the
perspiration pours from me when !
think that some hand may be laid on
my shoulder before ] have time to tell
YOU. Listen! The people are starving.
De Sartines, Terray and the king, with
your kinsman. De Richelieu for assist
ant, have bought up all the corn avail
able, using as agent a man, Monsieur
Porcherun, of Vitry. A contract has
II been signed with Porcheron, that con-
tract has De Sartines' name upon 1t.
that contract Ia in the house of your
kinsman, De Richelieu, and that con-
tract. you must secure. Once ii is in
your hands you have De Sartines In
your power, and the release OF Con
fans and Batbelmy follows: we can
then ,reconstitute ourselves and go on
working" " ~ ".'
But how Toes this contract place
DE Sartines in u power?"
Said the stranger, speaking slowly,
patiently. as If explaining to a child:
THE people are starving, the price Of
corn 10 rising day by day. Who Is
raising h price Of corn and bread?
Who, but the co~nspirators of whom
De Sartines is the chief. They have
withdrawn half the corn of France
from the markets to, sell 1t at the
7. highest figure" = "
"Dieui" cried De Lussac, suddenly
comprehending, What a villiany! II
this were proved .,.....
IF 1t were>proved. the people would
tear De Sartines to pieces or hang him
and the king. to save his name. would
give them the rope" .. Vi.
) rs the kings name upon this con-
} tract?"
, There is mo name but the names OF
De S%artines and Porcheron.'
And with this contract in ones
de sartines will b. entirely in your
; power"
Are you sure it is in the possession
of the duc?"
Certain, our agents are never mis-
taken. II Is in his house at Versailles.
Have you dined with Monsieur lie DUO
lately?" fr'' .
No" "
eff you had, you would have been
waited on by a footman OF exception.
ally good mannrs n appearance. He
/ was n OF us-Lamport-a man you
t have v seen; he was there to Sc
I cure this document, but he was arrest.
ed last night. Besides Contains and
Barthelmy, dozen Of smaller men have
I been arrested"
Does the Due de Richeieu suspect
: that Lamport joined his service in or
der to secure the paper?" ~"
; oH, liz, TIC COTH merchants FANCY
themselves secure in their infamy and
rightly, for the thing has been done
in most entire secrecy. 1t was Porch.
l eron's wife who betrayed the matter
to an agent OF ours. Love. my friend
Is very useful In affairs of this kind. .
4 De Lussac s~huddered. E
e But a document OF this sort-how
comes 1t that uch a thing should ex.
D ist?" .F r~E 49,
How comes it? Do you intrust g
= man with millions Of francs to pur.
9 chase millions of sacks of corn through
SO subagents without a written con,
tract, without a receipt, without the
names of the subagents and small
corn factors being mentioned? Al
Q these are in the document with thu
signature De Sartipes' to the state
e ment, This is in order" .
And o wish me to abstract THU
: paper from the house of my cousin
: Monsieur lie DUO de Richelieu?"
Q No, monsieur, l order you to do so.
"Ah, true" De Lussac remembered
e for the first time fully, that he was II
>. the presence Of his chief. He remem
$ bered, for the first time. the terms o
= his oath, Ito help, regardless Of al
things, and at the chance of death
= any brother under arrest or in afhic
d ton" MI
s There was no use in grumbling. Their
q was no use in saying. ITO help thes
men l must. under the guise of friend
ship and klnsmanship, enter the hous
h Of Monsieur le Due de Richelieu an
n commit, or attempt to commit, q petit.
theft" The thing was horrible an,
revolving to his nature, but 1t had t
be done, or attempted. Regardless o
all things" He had sworn to thos
words with his eyes open and Of hi
own free will, He eve imagined tina
e his honor as a gentleman would be re
quired of him.
II will do It," he said, pale to tn
lips, but speaking in a firm voice.
4. The document" said the other, Il
presumably In the eScritolre in the II
brary of Monsieur lie Due. He keep
d there his most important papers. ]
may not be there, but On h chance
/: Lamport, seizing his opportunity, mad
j. a wax impression OF the key. To &c
IL at the key that man had to visit tn
n / dues bed room at the risk of his lift
~ dead of night; to open a.drawer l
which the due places his rings, hi
le watch. and his keys; to al cut q.
10 bunch OF seven keys without the bunc
re- jingHng; to make a wax impression Q
le each key. not knowing which was tn
re key required: TO return the keys to IN
ID drawer In exactly the same place, an
to leave the room without disturbin
IA the light slumber of an old man. TIL
he did and sent the Impressions to us
m the keys were made, but before the
could be sent to him. last night, h
10 was arested.t Think of the fidelity an
couraHa of this man who In now lyin