The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-06-26

IT thought I heard the name of one
of your friends. No matter; let us
return to business. Shall we say 100,-
900 f~rancs?"
De Sartines rose to his feet, paced
the room, pulled down his waistcoat
and suddenly turned to his visitor.
Did you speak, madame
Shall we say 100, 900 francs? That
is the exact worth of my Jewels"
De Sartines laughed. The nobleman
suddenly vanished and the minister OF
police appeared.
"A hundred thousand devils! I have
caught you. madamei Not a word of
our conversation has been lost. All
has been recorded by my secretary,
German. who sits in the adjoining
room. and who, at my direction, has
listened while led you into your own
trap. So you would rob me! Germaini
Ho there. Germain!"
The door opened, and German. pen
in hand, appeared,
You have heard our conversation,
Gernlain?' asked De Sartines, with q
slight grimace that was quite lost on
the secretary.
The baroness broke into a joyous
little laugh. nd De S~artines. sup
pressing his anger with a tremendous
effort, waved German from the room.
! AS he turned again to the baroness,
the face OF this extraordinary man had
completely changed. He was laugh
ing now as If tickled by the joke
against himself.
"Mordieu!" thought the baroness,
what an actor. Let us beware!' Then
TO De Sartines. Wen. monsieur-and
my jewels2"
Upon my word, madame said De
Sartines, your wit seems to nave in
creased the stupidity of my servants
tbs enough to make one call a truce.
The difficulty between us has been
that we "a not been quite frank one
TO the other, have we? 1 admit it On
my part Now, 1 will show my mind to
you"
The baroness laughed. Heaven help
me to meet the sight" murmured she,
casting her eyes up TO the ceiling.
I will show you my heart"
oh. monsieur" cried the baroness.
still laughing, 1T is useless, for l have
left my magnifying glass 1t home"
I viii do, madame, for your wit and
beauty what l would not do for
money"
20. monsieur, beware of promising
the impossible
Il Will explain to You this affair.".
First of all. 1 admit that the police
have visited your house."
"Gernain," cried the baroness. H
there. German! Are you listening?"
De Sartines held up his hand.
Information reached the police that
3 thief was in your house. They went
there in search of him; they arrived
10 late"
why did you not tell me this at
once" asked she, more to gage De
Sartines' capacity for lying than for
any other reason.
Because, madame, it is a rule at
rra hrrFAar nT y1n1ipa tn Nv rnJhir~ of
the %nrk of the office. Had you been
TO assist US, you would have been
aBnrised of the affair. And that re-
me; now that you are here and
given this information, 1 must
ask o for an exact list of all these
you say you have LOST
He watcher her nrrowly as he said
this. blu her face did not alter in the
least.
With pleasure, monsieur; take a
and q pen and I will dictate"
De Sartines. amazed at her aplomb
and GOODNESS, tool his seat at his
desk and a pen.
"A necklace of Al diamonds, set in
two rows of 90 each, each diamond
from its fellows by a double
chain of gold; the hasp formed of a
diamond set in a heavy gold
gold; value at the very least, 40, 600
Forty thousand franes," MUIR
INJURED De Sartines, completing the
Yes, madame; proceed"
She did; rings, bracelets. brooches.
she described all with such minutiae
the unfortunate De Sartines,
h a turned into a %scrivener
more hardly driven than those Of the
palace Of justice, began to ask him.
self If, after all, her tale might not
be true. But only for a second-there
was mtrth In her voice, laughter
scarcely disguised. 1t was no part of
her plan, seemingly. to delude her
enemy whom she was keeping busily
employed with the tale Of her ficti-
tious Jewels.
The avariciousness of De sartines
was we'll known.
Well, madame" said De Sartines
he finished writing, that Is all, and
the total amounts to 120, 900 francs"
Il will forego the 10000 francs,' re-
piled she; and now, monsieur, that
have set the ccoun between us
on a definite footing, may / ask you
one question? Were you of The search
party that visited my house this aft
.ernoon?"
II. madame! /. Count de sartines,
seeking for thieves in person! Ma
dame, do you know to whom you are
speaking?"
Yes. monsieur. to the owner Of this
handkerchief" She took the hand
kerchief from her pocket and held it
toward him.
De sartines clapped his hand to
his pocket.
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