The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-10-16
r. ole MINISTER
rs q POLICE
l1g8|N By HENRY MONTJY
Xe@ cspyash. 1912, Te Bbas Mern comp.as
SYnopsis.
HENRY MONTJOY

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THE MINISTER OF POLICE" by
Henry Mounttoy, Is a romance of Paris
during the Louis XIV reign. a period when
unrest; when Voltaire was breaking. to
pieces the shackles Of religions; when
rousseau at the Cafe de Was
nhousand men. some In the gutter, some
near the throne. were prep ing the great
explosion of the revolution; ,aav
madame Linden, an Austrian lauy.
after completing a simple mission 60 inc
french county, fingers on In Paris, enJ9 tba
minister nj say say p 1Je ene thinks Sc she has some
pther motive than pleasure IN oeiaglHtSS
her departure and surrounds her ~
Spies to discover, If possible. Wheenei sho
IS cabling in state plots. ,.,
Re Lussac IS q noble OF excepu ,2,th
CHARACTER of that period. HanSsp ON co,,rt
there is still about him something ina
stamps him as a man apart, sonletniils -
the visionary. the enthusiast ana tn cSfpliin
rare In that age of animal lust, a -
wit and embroidered brutality. re j., -
fact, stepped in the philosophy oh iosonhy
into p and q Is trying ty j to PPi q c snis With
2 secret society that is plotting tle sar
Iail of the state. Before he has s3 nns IN IN
enough to incriminate himself ne daii ghn
love with the beautiful Austrian. Who
~persuades him his method of rlghShs lIS
wrongs of humanity is mpracIlcaole .a3tbh
her to live.
AS he leaves her house a fellow con
spirator, his chief. joins him, says S sd an-
OF their members are arrested, s ~ ton
trusts the secret articles of the associa !.
to him. He then explains to Pc Lus fbe
that their only hope is to tntirnidate TIE
minister of police. This can De acCoLii-
pllshed only by obtaining an incrltalnas-
ing contract signed by the minister OF po-
lice and in the possession and saIe Keep
Ing of De Richelieu, De Lussacs COUSIN.
With this contract in their possession tiss
can dictate terms to the minister o. po-
ice, obtain the release of the lneIlperS
already imprisoned and be SAFE theih-
selves.
Do L1ssac goes home, buries the papers
ne has Just received, writes Madame LIN
den that he is attempting one last mission
for the society, and also writes an assoc
ciate telling him where the papers may
be found in case OF his death, Ihen ne
ceedS in getting The document. but is sur
prised ard leaves 1t IN a drawer when ne
has unlocked. Before he can make an
other attempt he is arrested and taken 70
the Bastile but not before he mas eoid
Madame Linden how nearly he succeeded
how desperate her lovers position is, VS.
Its Rfchelieu'S home and succeeds wnere
her lover has failed.
Meantime the police have secured strong
evidence against her. since De Lussac ad-
dressed the letter he Intended for his fei-
low conspirator to her by mistake. This
letter the police intercepted and at once
Identified her with the society. However.
with a document In her possession, which,,
IL made public, will disgrace the minister
of police, she prevents her own arrest by
intimidating the minister of police. De
Lussac escapes. from the bastiie and goes
with her to Vienna where the story leaves
them.