The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-01
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THE MINISTER OF POLICE" by
Henry MountJoy. Is a romance OF Paris
during the Louis XIV reign, a period
when Europe was In a condition Of To-
ment and unrest; when Voltaire was
breaking to pieces the shackles or re-
Hgion; when Rousseau at the Cafe de
Regenance was preaching the right 70
think and when a Thousand men. some In
the gutter. some near the throne, were
preparing the great explosion OF the revo-
luton.
Madame Linden, an Austrian lady,
after completing a simple mission to the
French count. fingers on In Paris, enjoy
Ing the gay life there. De Sartines, the
minister of police, thinks she has some
other motive than pleasure In delaying
her departure and SURROUNDS her with
spies to discover, If possible, whether she
IL dabbling in state plots, 8
De Lussac lie a mobiles of exceptional
character of that period. Handsome,
with all the elegance of a man Of the
court, there Is still about him something
that stamps HIN as a man apart, some
thing OF the visionary, the enthusiast and
the poet, rare in that age OF animal lust.
chilling wit and embroidered brutality. He
Is, In fact, STEPPED In the philosophy Of
Rousseau and Is trying to put this phil
osophy into practice through his connec-
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the downfall OF the state. Before he has
gone far enough to incriminate himself he
| falls in love with the beautiful Austrian,
who persuades him his method OF righting
the wrongs of humanity is inpracticable,
n ends by promising TO go to Vienna
with her to live y. H.z. (
AS he leave her house a fellow con-
spirator. his chief, joins him, says several
of their members are arrested and en-
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to him. He then explains to De Lussac
hat their only hope is to intimtdate the
minister OF police. This can be accom-
plished only by obtaining an discriminating
contract signed by the minister OF police
and in the possession and safe keeping OF
De Richelieu, De Lussac's cousin. With
this contract in their possession they can
dictate terms to the minister OF police, OBJ
tain the release of the members already
imprisoned and be safe themselves.
De Lussac goes home, buries the papers
he has just received. write3 Madame Lin
den, that he Is attempting n last mission
/ for the society, and also writes an asso-
ciAte telling him where the paper may
be found in case of his death. Then he
enters Richelieu's home and almost sue
ceeds In getting the document, but Is sur
prtsed and leaves II in q drawe which he
has unlocked. Before he can make an
other attempt he is arrested and taken to
the Bastile but not before he has told
Madame Linden how nearly he succeeded
in getting the document, She. realizing
how desperate her lovers position is. Wis
its Richelieu's home and succeeds where
her lover has failed. Ii
Meantime the police have secured strons
evidence against her, since De Lussac ad'
dressed the letter he intended for his fel'
low conspirator to ner by mistake. This
letter the police intercepted and at once
identified her with the society, However
with a document in her possession. which
tf made public. will disgrace the minister
of police. she prevents her own arrest BY
intimidating the minister OF police. Dt
Lussac escapes from the bastile and goes
with her to Vienna where the story leaves
them.