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The Washington herald., 1913-02-23
CHAPTER VII.
The Genius of Placide

The whole thing had been done with
srch beautiful simplicity and absence
of fuss that the guests perceived moth
ing of the tragedy at the bottom of it.
The woman on whom the tables had
been so completely turned stood by the
man on whom she had brought de-
struction. vet neither of them allowed
their emotions to be seen.
Since De Sartincs had entered the
room that evening. her heart had be-
gun to relent toward him. His broken
and anxious look told her that she had
been avenged for the Sights he had
put on her Dc Lussac was free, she
was victorious. Yet she had decided
TO complete her lesson. to keep him on
tenter-hooks for while before releas-
ing him.
And now the situation had been
swept out of her hands She had
called up a devil and it had appeared.
She instantly recognized that De Maui
peou was absolutely master OF the sit
uation and that Dc Sartines was lost
And not only De Sartines but she her
self was lost. The document of which
De Maupeou was now calmly breaking
the seals would strike every one who
The Washington herald., 1913-02-23
THE MINISTER OF Police @=:: :51;:
By HENRY MOUNTJOY
he saved his master, but he had saved

he saved his master, but he had saved
her.
Monsieur" she said. keep the ring,
not as the gilt of an adIriring woman
to a supreme actor, but as the gift of
friend to friend" Her voice
failed her and her eyes were moist as
she turned to the door.
Rosine had entered the room
Madame said Rosine at the doom
the carriage. has arrived
One moment" said her mistress
She picked up the blank piece of pa
per from the floor. took it to the bu.
reau and wrote something on it; fold
ed it, and addressed it: then leaving
it on the bureau, she came to De Sar.
tines and held out her hand.
"Good-by, Monsieur De Sartine,,
unless you wish to keep me prisoner
Madame" replied De Ssrtines. I
world OF worry off his mind, Il would
much prefer keeping you a friend
"Good-by, Monsieur Placide- You
will find your wages in little parcel
in the top left-hand drawer of my bu-
reau. but you will not find my thanks
there, for such little drawer would
not hold them.
"Good-by, Paris She kissed her
hand to the room around her. turned
with smile to the two men, bowed,
laughed with laugh that had yet q
little catch in it, and vanished like
dream.
Rosine came in and removed the
boxes, They heard the carriage START
ing and De Sartines, walking to the
bureau, saw a paper there with his
name upon it
1t was the paper that had fooled De
Maupeou.
lie picked it up. opened it, and reads
Order of release for Monsieur de
Sartines from the worry of woman;
once his admirer. but now his friend"
He dropped the paper. What did she
mean? Had she-had she, Then he
remembered De Lussac No. it was
impossible. The comte had always been
her lover.
He came to the window, opened it
adm stood looking out. watching the
lights of the lanterns lining the Rue
Coo Heron. and listening to the noise
of the streets. 1t was as though he
were looking for something he had
lost
Then he turned from the window.
"Cordieul" said he. What a
womanr'
The Washington herald., 1913-02-23

had to do with it as thunderbolt
strikes, and more cruelty.
De Sartines, after momentary inn
pulse to draw his sword and attack the
holder of the Kings commission. con-
quered himself and stood unmoved, in
different. as if bored.
De Maupeou, breaking the last seal
of the paper in his hand, flung the en-
veloping wrapper on the floor. and, un-
folding the paper it contained, glanced
| at it.
He was man who possessed tre-
| mcndous command over himself. The
contents of the paper in his hand
| would have caused another man in his
position to rave and storm, to expose
the fact that he had been tricked and
fooled to the gaping onlookers who
would have made him in twenty-four
hours the laughing stock of Paris.
De Maupeou simply bent for the
wrapper. inclosed the folded paper in
it. and, advancing to the baroness,
handed it to her, at the same time tax
ing the order to the king, which she
still held.
Madame" said De Maupeou, this
PdpSi IL d. thS
state of your mind. / leave il with
you, and with it ] take my leave. Mon
sieur de Beautrellis, may l crave again
the use OF your carriage. Adieu, Mad
anne, we shall perhaps meet again"
Magnificent in his defeat. he bowed
to his hostess. bowed to the guests, and
followed by Beautrellis. left the room +;
while the baroness, astounded, scarcely
crediting her senses, with the folded
paper in her hand and wild to get at
the meaning of it all, turned to her
guests
Ladies. ! must crave your permis-
sion for few words alone with Mon
sieur de Sartines. My servants will
offer you refreshment downstairs As
for me, starting, as | am, for Vienna
in less than an hours time, must
here and now take my leave of you"
She bowed to Madame de Stenlis
and Madame d'Harlancourt. whs,
baked in their curiosity, sneering, yet
not daring to cross their tongues with
the woman they instlncGvely feared,
bowed low. and followed by De Joy
euse. gracefully vanished from the
room. Their laughter could be heard
| on the stairs. a safe form of repartee,
and in moment the wheels of their
departing carriages came from the
street outside; they had not waited for
refreshments
The Washington herald., 1913-02-23
THE END.
WORKING IN BED.
Mark Twain Not Only One whose
Idea. Came That Way.

Frun the Youths Companion
| Every one is familiar with the pic
ture showing Mark Twain at work in
1 bed. holding his writing pad upon his
knees and having the things he needed
! for his labor disposed upon tables on
either side. But the idea of working in
! bed was not original with him. Many
eminent men before him did the same
i thing. Indeed, no small part of the
worlds literary treasures has been pro-
duced between the sheets by physically
/ indolent although mentally active men
! of genius.
! One of the best known lines in Eng
( lish poetry came into its authors head
when he was actually asleep While
visiting at Mimic. Thomas Campbell
one evening went to bed early. with
! his mind full of a new poem. About
| o'clock in the morning he suddenly
awakened. repeating. Events 10 come
cast their shadows before" Ringing
/ the bell sharply. he summoned a serv-
ant. The man found Campbell with
one foot in bed and one on the floor.
! Are you i'll, sir" he asked.
Il was never better in my life." said
! the poet. Leave the candle and bring
me a cup OF tea"
! Seizing his pen. he put down the
! happy thought. changing events to
come" into coming events and over
the noninebriatinE cup he finished the
! first draft Of "LochieTs Warming"
Longfellow's Wreck OF the Hes
| perus' came to him as he was sitting
by his fireside the night after violent
| storm. He went TO bed but could not
sIeap: the Hesperus would not be de-
MED: nd he lay the verses flowed
on without let or hindrance until the
poem was completed.
Wordsworth used to go to he'd after
I l.
fasting there dictate the lines he had
composed while walking.
One at least of Rossini's operas was
composed in bed. II was when he was
young. poor. and unknown. and lived
in wretched quarters. After writing
n duet. the composer allowed his manu-
script to slip OFF the sheets and fall un-
der the bed. Rossini was too comfort
able to get out of bed, and. moreover.
he believed it would be unlucky to pick
the sheets up: so he went to work to
rewrite the duet. To his disgust. he
could not remember IL. 1t was. there.
fore. necessary to write a new ona
This he had Just finished when friend
entered.
Try that" said the composer. "and
tell me what you think of it, The
verdict was favorable.
NOW" said Rossini. Took under the
bed. You'll find another duet there.
Try that. too"
The friend did so. and declared that
the or ginal composition was much the
batter. Then both were sung again.
Rossini In bed and his friend sitting on
fhe edge. Both arrived. at the same
conclusion touching the merits Of the
two compositions.
what shall you do with tho other
one?" asked the friend.
"Oh. I shall turn that into q ter
zetto." said Rossini. And he did.
Macaulsy read much in bed. and.
anxious to retain his German. imposed
upon himself the task of perusingi
twenty pages Of Schiller every day be-
fore rising.
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what would you advise as an ending
for my little play, comedy or tragedy
"Oh, ma foip cried the simple
minded Beautrellis, Il prefer to laugh.
Comedy, Madame, by all means. One
leaves the theater with better taste in
the mouth and able to eat ones sup
per-"
Monsieur de Sartines, what do you
sayr
Madame" said De Sartines, who
began to see eleam of light. in my
mind Monsieur de Beaurelis is right.
He bowed profoundly.
Madame de Stenlis? Madame
d'Harlancourt?"
Tragedy cried the two women,
laughing.
The baroness, ignoring De Maupeou
and De Joyeuse, turned to Behrens.
Monsieur Behrens, you who dress
the actresses of the Coincide Franchise,
give me your opinion. Could | act
tragedy under that hat of pearl-gray
which you are holding for me to try
on?"
'1f Madame is desirous of running
the effect of the hat and the play, why.
YES, iCpliCu DSiifClo- L uClI, Jul StuiS
out: Heavens, Madamel no, a thou
sand times mol But if madame requires
for her play a hat of tragcdy-why,
here is tragedy itself" He held up
the black hat on the point of his fin
ger. and as he did so a knock came to
the door. 1t opened, disclosing Pla-
eide
"Ah. Placide," said the baroness. $50
you have returned. Have you got
what / sent you for?"
"Yes. Madame" replied Placide,
producing a paper.
Good" said the baroness. putting on
the gray hat. Monsieur Behrens. put
tragedy away. pack it with the others.
| will travel in this. Monsieur de Sar-
tines, the play of which l spoke to you
shall have a happy ending. retain
the manuscript. however. Placide,
bring me that parcel"
But before Placide could move, De
Maupeou, who had been whispering to
Monsieur de Beautrcllis. took a paper
from his pocket and presented it to
the baroness. Monsieur de Beautrellis
took up his position by the door. and
the vice chancellor. calmly walking up
TO Placide, took the paper from his
hand.
Madame Linden glanced at the paper
that had been handed to her. De Sar-
tines, who was by her side, glanced at
it, too.
1t was the order of the king.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-23
CHAPTER vi.
Comedy or Tragedy

The vice chancellor. seated in the
guard room of the tollgate, beside the
sleeping Gaillard, had been released by
! miracle Monsieur de Beautrellis,
the captain of the guards, making a
| tour of the tollgates of Paris that
evening and going into the guard room
to sign his report, had instantly recog-
nized and released him. Furious, like
hawk held from his prey and sud-
denly set free; sure, now. from the
trick that had been played him that
the game was desperate and that to
seize the man he hated and break him
he had only to close his hand, De
carriage of Capt. Beutrellis. but the
services of the captain himself.
Grim, yellow, commanding himself to
appear calm. the vice chancellor bowed
to Madame Ia Baronne and the the
guests.
Then he turned slightly, disclosing
form behind him.
Madame / have taken the liberty
of bringing friend with me-" said De
Maupeou. Monsieur de Beautrellis of
the Guards, Madame Ia Baronne Lin
den"
Beautrellis, a magnificent man of the
type of Monsieur Beauregard, looked
around him, saw De Sartines and
bowed.
He did not know in the least what
was going to happen. De Maupeou
had told him something conspiracy.
If SO. where were the conspirators p
for all these people were of the court.
He saw Madame de Stenlis, and
bowed: he had danced with her only
two nights ago. What in the name Of
wonder was she doing here? He bowed
to Madame d'Harlancourt, nodded to
De Joyeuse, and then turned his eyes to
his hostess
''Rosinc," said the baroness to the
maid, who had not yet left the room,
has Placide returned yet?'
No, Madame"
The baroness glanced at the clock ;
it was after nine. De Maupeou no.
ticed her anxiety and guessed that Pla-
cide-whoever he might be-was a
handspring in her design. He forced
himself to be patient, and, drawing up
TO Madame de Stenlis began to talk on
Indifferent topics, while Madame Lin
den turned her attention again to Beh-
rens, speaking also to Monsieur de
Beautrellis and Monsieur de Sartines,
who were standing near BY.
Gentlemen, You must excuse the
presence of so many hats. but a COM
edy ill-dressed is a comedy ill-acted
Monsieur de ALaupeou." raising her
voice. ARE YOU judge of hats"
mo. Madame replied De Maupeou,
breaking off his conversation with
Madame de Stenlis. My business in
life is to judge men,"
Your business is a tragedy, not a
comedy. then. Well. at all events. YOU
can give an opinion of an actress
qualification for the tragic role. |
told you this morning l was about to
stage little play of mine. and upon
my heart, Monsieur de Maupeou, |
have not yet fixed in my mind whether
it will have a comic or a tragic end
ing That sounds as though l were
an indifferent playwright. I am, and
it seems TO me that nowadays it is the
indifferent playwrights who please.
They study their public. not their art.
SO do |. Monsieur de Beautrells,
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De Sartines. your opinion on the con.
fection of Monsieur Behrens.' ...
Before De Sartines could reply, Z
a silvery laugh sounded from the door
way. They turned; it was Madame
d'Harlancourt, who had just entered
the room. and who had broken into Z
! laugh before Rosine could announc,
her.
MA fol, Monsieur de Sartines," CRIED
the comtesse. almost ignoring hel
her hostess. you have changed youl
trade. them"
"How so, Madamc?"
From buying conscienccs to selling
bonnets." She glanced around at three
hats which Behrens had taken from
their boxes and deposited, one on the
chair, all waiting to be tried on. "OI
are they for exhibition"
Exhibition" cut in Madame ds
Stenlis. Here is oee, and it asks youl
criticism" She indicated the baroness
who, beautiful and statuesque. The
hifhest compliment to Behrens' art
stood almost needless of what they
were saving, her whole mind engaged
in watching De Sartines and the deer
anxiety evident in his face and man.
! ner.
Madame" said Madame d'Harlan
court, turning TO the baroness and bow
ing. my compliments"
And your criticism. Madame" re
piled the other.
Monsieur de Sartines," said Mad
anne d'Harlancourt, your criticism
first"
1T leaves me dumb" said de Sar.
tines. looking at the hat
1T has that effect. Monsieur: it has
that effect" put in the delighted Beh-
rens. walking round the baroness SC
as to view her from all sides. Dumb
yes, it has that effect"
Then | shall always wear it in the
presence of FOOLS" laughed she We'll
Madame d'Harlancourt, now that Mon,
sicur de Sartines has given his opinion
what have you to say!"
Nothing. Madame"
Monsieur Behrens.'
"Madame?"
You were right"
1T renders them dumb"
De Sartines, sure that all this was !
prelude to a tragedy. and feeling as q
man might feel who is being murdered
amid millinery. drew close to the beau
tiful poison-tongued creature who was
now gazing at herself in the glass, and
murmured. "A truce"
She turned from him withou. q
word to Behrens, who was offering an
other hat for inspection; before shs
could take it. however, Rosine's voice
came from the doorway: Monsieur de
Joyeuse"
"Rosine," said the baroness as she
bowed to the newcomer, "has Placadt
arrived yet from that business or
which I sent him."
Not yet, Madame"
well, inform me when he does
Monster de Joyeuse, ! am trying on a
hat Your criticism on it. please?"
Madame" said De Joyeuse gravely
1T could not rest there
And why, Monsieur" :.
1T would be so anxious to get a,
your face"
"Behrens," said madame, removing
the structure from her head
"Madame?"
"My hat has lost its magic; it nc
longer makes them dumb
She glanced at the clock as she
spoke; it pointed to a quarter of nine
The others. who felt sure that some,
thing was going forward behind the
scenes, that some mystery lay behind
this foolerv. stood by watching De
Ssrtines and the woman who was play.
ing this curious game
She was standing opposite to Bch-
rens. who was holding now in hi.
right hand plumed and funereaI
The Washington herald., 1913-02-23
New Arctic Cruise.
From the Chic@go DAILY Journal.

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Pedro Christofferson, a rich Norwegian.
living in Buenos Ayres, whose contribu>
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Of the expedition which discovered thA
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in June, 1919. with supplies for five years,
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IL the previous expeditions No special
effort will he made to seek the pole, but
the expedition will make number Of
Investigations and observations whiaA
may be Of great valua
The Washington herald., 1913-02-23

Madame, SAID Behrcns, DOWlnt
again. as Rosine and the assistant
having deposited their burdens on thu
floor, left the room, my compliments.
And my hats, it seems" replied
| she with a faint tinge of mockery il
| the bow which she returned him. M;
fol. Monsieur Behrens, your boxes art
so beautiful that one might wear then
for hats"
They are of my own design, Mad
ame." replied the delighted Behrens.
Your own design? Why, Monsieur
Behrens. it seems to me that had yot
but devoted yourself to canvas insteac
of chiffon you might have been Mon
| sicur Boucher or Monsieur Fragon
ard"
"Oh, Madamer' cried Behrens. OF
whom fattery acted as a powerful
light, making him blind to ridicule
Monsieur Fragonard! Where woulc
he be without my creations? And Mon
sicur Boucher, who dresses the shep
herdesses he copies? |. l alone. And
do l copy? No, Madame, I create"
AT this moment Rosine appeared Al
the door.
Madame de Stenlis."
Madame dc Stenlis, wonderful in Z
robe of lavender and all her diamonds
entered, bowed to Madame Linden ano
then to Behrens
Il though | was early" said Mad
anne de Stenlis, but | find Monsieur
Behrens is before me"
"On the contrary, Madame" replied
the baroness, you are late, the Mon.
Il Il. he,
hind you as a very faithful tradeSman
not as a guest Come. Madame, you
arc the first critic in Paris. l leave
for Vienna in two hours time, and ]
am taking with me some creations oi
Monsieur BehrenS' which you may like
like to give your opinion upon. Mon
sieur Behrensr
Madame"
Let us see what those boxes con-
tain"
Bchrens, pressing his forefnger or
his lips, stood for a moment contcnl.
plating the boxes, then making UP his
mind which of them he should open
first, he produced hat of Lavender
with white ostrich feather plumes.
He stood for a moment looking al
it and shaking his head.
I'm this light, Madame. this hat is
almost impossible; however, to get the
effect OF contour" He handed it to
her. and she put it on.
Tilted slightly more to the left
Madame
''So:" asked the baroness.
Perfectly" replied the hat-artist
'and with the mouth closed, pleased
1t is not hat of conversation, but de-
signed for occasions of formality when
the wearer is isolated. as when driv-
ing alone. Madame de Stenlis will per-
haps give her opinion?"
But before Madame de Stenlis could
speak, Rosine appeared at the doorway
Monsieur de Sartines"
De Sartines had been delayed by ar
agent who had stopped his carriage a,
the gates OF Paris and given him the
news of De Lussac's escape from the
Bastile, the loss of the papers of the
Society of the Midi, and the fact that
Beauregard had been all but slain in
duel with De Luskac
The news was terrible blow to De
SartineS. With the loss of the papers
of the Society of the Midi he had now
no hold on Madame Linden. and
scarcely any on De Lussac He came
to the house in the Rue Coo Heron
without arms, knowing his antagonis,
was triply armed. but without the leas,
knowledge of how she was going to
use her power.
He entered the arena and found her
engaged in trying on hat
All. cried Madame dc Stenlis as
De, Sartines bowed to his hostess
here is a better criticism than mine
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structure, a nocturne, to use his own
expression, in his left hand delicate
creation in pearl-gray. ..r
She seemed undecided as to whicl,
she should try on, nor had she made
up her mind when, like thunderclap
to De Sartincs, came the announce
ment from the doorway: Monsieur dc
MauDeou"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-23
CHAPTER VIII.
The End of the Play.

~ EHRENS, who had been en-
X gagged in cording the last of the
- boxes, advanced, bowed low,
and took his departure, PIacide only
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