The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08

seven keys, the exact facsfrniles OF ma
keys Of Monsieur de Richelieu. Each
OF these keys was different in size and
shape from its fellows. 1t was prob
able, therefore, that only one key could
open any drawer in the bureau, and
1t was presumable that the locks were
OF the same caliber. He took the bunch
from his pocket Yes, beyond any doubt
nve or these keys were much too broad
In the barrel and too heavy of make
TO enter the lock holes; one key was
SO small as to be quite out of count
1T evidently belonged to a trinket
case; one remained, seeming of a size
exactly suitable.
With the p~erspiration standing in
oeads on his forehead, De Lussac rose
from his seat, paused before the bu-
reau, hstenin intently. for the slightest
SOUND outside and then, boldly and
with a perfectly steady hand inserted
the Key In the lock Of the top-most
right hand drawer: it turned with the
ease or a perfect mechanism.
De Lussac caught a glimpse of pa
perS In the drawer before pushing 1T
PACK and removing the key. Then.
Eapldly bending, he tried the middle
drawer on the left. The key opened
1t also. This satisfied him. The kew
was the master key Of the bureau, all
the awe opened to it. and placing
the bunch in his pocket, he sat down
again n began slowly to turn over
the pages of Contes de Suzane.
Up till now, he had been working
without a plan. but now as he sat
breathing hard from the excitement OF
tne last rev minutes and turning the
pages or the book, a plan Doth prac-
ucal and simple formed itself In his
Drain He would wait till night, then,
VINE the household was asleep, he
WOuIQ IeAVR his .rnpVN akL
stairs. enter the library and with the
whoie night before him to work in.
nnlsh the vile business at one stroke
~ ala NOT occur to him that there
was anything ominous in the seeming
snlpnclty or all this, or anything
mar as the due should leave his most
nnp9rtant papers so careIessly placed.
ne ala not know the fact that this III
pTary and its contents were guarded
WIN the utmost care, and hat Raffa
%ouId never have left it had he-De
az aT a stranger or any one
at All out a near kinsman Of the dues.
AS ne sat turning the doubtful pages
OF tue Contes de suzanne. a VOICE
soufueu from the hall, the door opened
ana monsieur lie Due, walking with
tne Hght step Of a man OF 20. and
room. "O
"0o SOLIBClIllHR d~SIOnlSnlnK AL
most disturbing in the youthfulness ~
De Richelieu. 1t was almost Impossible
10 oelleVe that this man was the con-
queror OF lMahon, the lover of women
long dead, the boon companion of men
whose very names were half forgotten:
a nan whose ~ had become part Of
and history, still Youthful
brilliant and filed with the ambitions
OF the world.
ftare alone saw the real Richelieu
as ne appeared in the morning before
MS valet ard the excitement of the day
nao transformed him n awakened
TO life that vast fund of energy which
was his chief possession.
An, my dear philosopher" cried
the quo, advancing and embrace
ing De Lussac. What a hannv
nough to come and see me. Raffe
INFORMS me you have come pre-
pared to spend some DAYS. That !.
well. And how is Paris, and thai does
monsieur Rousseau, how is he. as dirty
as ever?' "H"S
oh, Monsieur" replied De I,ussac
10 whom a bright idea had
occurred, there Is nothing dirty about
Monsieur Rousseau except ne 49,
which people fling at him. had not
come to speak to you about him
nave something much more serious
upon my mind"
"A woman" asked the mareehal
taxing his seat on a fauteuil and wav-
ing the other to a chair.
NO. monsieur. u man"
"A MANI
More than a mana conspirator
against the state"
Lei us be clear. You have dis
covered a man who is conspirinS
against the state?"
Precisely, n l wish FOR your adj
vice. he Is a friend OF mine. I have
only to enter the house Of a friend Of
MS, place my hand upon a document
In his possession, hand 1t to the au-
thorities and he Is destroyed
yes, and why do you not do so p"
This friend OF his is a friend OF
mine. monsieur. I would have to en-
ter his house in the guise of a friend.
raEsack his papers, act as a spy. This
does not seem to me an honorable
course of action"
Monsieur" replied the due. If Won
have discovered a man who is con-
spring against the good of France.
there Is no question Of honor; your
duty is clear"
And that duty is"
ITO %denounce him"
But to enter a house under tina
guise OF friendship"
The Is no such thing as friend
hip In politics." replied De Richie
lieu. IF you have discovered this
friend OF yours to be a
actuated by motives against the well
a r OF the state, why, ma fol, Won
nave but n duty. and that duty is to
the state"
II am glad you think so"