The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-24
Uze MINISTER
% o. POLICE
A By HENRY MONTJOY
I XM capyrsh. 1917. m B0M.Maiu Company
By HENRY MONTJOY

wright. 1912. Tbs Bohhss Merrln Company.
face. or, more probably, smacked 1t,
taking the statement as a piece of
cynicism- But De Lussac did not make
a statement; he enunciated a fact, he
spoke with all the fervor OF a a
who knows; with the conviction of
surety. 1t was MISUNDERSTANDING
as waking up on a December morning,
opening ones window and finding May
day. Madame Linden was not. how
ever, q woman to temporize with pleas
ant tictions. With the pleasure one
feels in destroying a fair thing, once
ours but taken from us by fraud, she
turned to her defender.
Monsieur" said she, II have already
& o u lovers"
And what, madame" replied the dis
ciple, OF e Jacques. have those
lovers to do with me-? Do YOU for a
order of men whose philosophy debars
the needs of life and the consideration
OF the human heart? When I ask you
to give yourself to me-, 1 ask for you
future, not for your past. Love is the
water Of life. Zoe sent you into the
world with a full pitcher to find me;
that you have on the way given drink
to four thirsty men, Is that a eason
for my finding the water less sweet?
But this 1 will swear, you have never
given Of that gift but for generous
reasons"
Monsieur" replied she, confused by
this extraordinary speech, almost on
the verge OF tears, your philosophy
c%onfounds me-"
oh, madame. I am only the mouth
piece of a philosopher, the priest OF a
religion, the imitator of a nan divine
because Of his humanity. What love
/ have for my fellow men and whatever
broadness OF view, was first taught
and given to me by him-Jean Jacques
Rousseau"
IAN before such a priest" replied
the baroness, "a confession is useless
that is a half confession. What / have
said to you, monsieur, is but the begin
ming. Well. then, listen. The woman
you would marry despite the fact l
have told you is a woman weak in
things of the world-of dress, of gaiety,
of pleasure-she is spiteful very often
to other women, n she has a passion
for matching what brains she has
against the brains OF men, often in very
petty ways; she is a woman who does
not brook contradiction. The man who
marries her must be content with her
love; her mind she retains as her own
property, settled upon her before mar
riage. Well, monsieur, what do you
say of such a Woman?"
Only this" said De Lussac, sinking
on his knees beside her and taking her
hand. only this: l love her"
he raised the white tapering fingers
to his lips and kissed them; then pass
ing his arm roundh her waist and draw
ing her toward him. their lips met,
chung together; they breathed each
other In a men and at that magic
touch, the passion for him that had
been slowly gathering in her heart be-
came yividly alive; his youth, the dawn
of his life, he pringtime of his man
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her aright-the heart that no mar had
touched fully till now had awakened.
The woman OF the world was no longer
there. The world itself was forgotten
for a moment.
Listen to me-" she said, holding him
away from her as though she wished to
gaze at him and touch him at the
same time. you have made me love
you; you a spoken to me Of love
as a priest might speak Of religion;
are-would that we could always re-
main eve as we are. like people on a
height gazing at a fair country! Tell
me, have you ever cared for another %
For a De Lussac was silent.
You do not answer me ?"
Il do not answer you, because / am
thking how strange 1t is that before
met you 1 care for another woman, and
that your image entering my mind
shattered her image, destroyed it as a
% destroys a
Who was it?"
you have seen her today"
All! Madame d'Harlancourt? You do
not care for her still"
For me, she is not in the world"
He sprang to his feet and Madame
Linden, turning with a little cry. found
that Flacide had entered the room.
why did you not knock?" cried the
baroness angrily. rs that the man
ner for a servant to enter a room ?'
Madame" replied Placide, Il did
knock, but 0 were so preoccupied-''
Hold your tongue!"
Yes, Madame
Go. But stay-why did you come?
1 Gid not ring"
II came, madame, to ask you at what
time you required the carriage to take
you to Compiegne."
AT 2 O'Clock. Have everything
ready. You know you are to accom-
pany me?'
Yes, madame
He went out and the baroness turned
to her lover.
Fortunately, it was only Placide. One
never minds him. And now, my
friend, sit down beside me here on the
fauteuil, for | hav something serious
to say-no, do not take my hand until
have finished speaking; then take it.
and keep it forever, or forever leave it.
Listen: you say you love me-"
Il love you"
you would give up everything for
me?"
Il would give up my soul"
II ask you for a gift of far less value.
I ask you to give up your ambition
Never, for my only ambition is to
possess YOU"
Nov you are talking ike a lover,
that is, a person more and yet less than
a man. BY you ambition, l mean the
tntrigues against the state in which
you are engaged and which will bring
you to ruin. You wish for me, and /
am yours but only on the condition. that
you leave Paris when / leave 1t, Join
me in Vienna, and forever
these plots and conspiracies which will
end in the ruin of France and will in
clude your own inevitable ruin"
What you ask from me now is my
soul,' replied the young man, rising and
pacing the floor.
Have it SO. l ask for your soul, but
for no bad purpose. / know you in
timateiy. as only a woman can know
the man she loves. / know your am
bition, and I honor you for it. 1 came
here from Vienna to study the state of
France; | see all the elements of dis
aster and ruin; l see AZ mouse about to