Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-18
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CHAPTER Il--~continucd.

II was now night. and the trees by
tho roadside. dimly lighted by a half
moon rising In tho eastern sky. showed
the fields.
~ inc toll gate the carriage did not
stop. hut passed AT full speed and on
tnrouHh the streets OF Paris, sl.ashing
sne passers with mud: Needless of chill
Hret. dogs. pedestrians who wished To
ssoss me way; n perfect representation
Or the government whose minister il
contained. The streets through which
- was now passing We're badly lighted
ny OH amps badly paved, filthy with
reIusc n mud. narrow, and like the
..reets ana passages one passes
s.rouEh In bad dreams. Poverty and
hunHcr walked here In rags. not nx
spectral figures. but figures OF tlcsh and
mood Frightfil faces were to be seen.
.pc'tral faces. pitiablc faces. men I'm
'n,'ers. women IN rags. Infinite suual-
VI IN THESE poor streets all men and
sl women seemed bent. like those trees
sss 81, seq coasts. by II bleak wind
sss. peht n stuntcd by the pressure
OF some heavy and chilling hama
cplashing these with the mud of It's
wuceas drove the carriage OF Monsieur
~ S,.rttnes, It's occupant curlcd, scent
s - u'essen more g~orEeously thar the
NANs EuAiIIk tuTOukn the
wlndows on the people no passed as
LOVE might gaze on mortals.
Ane carriage crossed the poorer nnrt
:. me city, making for the Fauboury
81; Gcrinain. where at the gateway Of
~. "rS" mansion they turned in. crossed
Il was the Hotel de Sartines.
me tootnhan opening the door. tho
minister OF police descended. went nm
.ms steps n passing the %salutinE
sharus at the doorway entered the
1rcet nall, whence he TOOK his way bv
"et s.1n. "I deeply -carpeted stairs to his
official bureau ON the first floor.
This room. still haunted BY tho shnde
O. monsieur ~d'Ombreval. deserves a
OF mention. Here the polire-no-
txtcal nuainess OF the state was CON
quoted: here the Rttainted nobiemen.
~ common forxcr. the suspect. the
suau pe'nK prosecuted. and the man
pursued came face to face with tho
man ia power. From here mon went
20 v~thcenncs or the Rastilc or denth
room was octaxonal. with a pol-
l.ncu parQuct floor; fauteuils stood
soous, Ior Y was used by the minister
= = chamber OF audience IA well mn nm
ot1lcial bureau: It was lighted bv Way
candles burning In silver sccnces. md
opposite h door stood tho famous
OuIe1u with \ hundred compartments
ene secret drawers, once tho property
% nis predecessor a square table, half
49, rs 81. Gy = cloth OF green silk. stood
pSscaes that had just arrived n
Wn!ch De Sarttnes examined whiir
waiting Tor tho agent Ghmssin for
Wnom he had sent.
He WA standing reading. ltke h
appeared. M' asS".
GA0ssin was = big man with ! head
snaS made = think OF the head Of :
uOIoes ne mad 4 long face and only ono
sxpresston, He was loss I man than
ns sarttne. turned. received his ,ub-
rom the small portfolio ne had nlaceS
on the bureau. saids You wrote This =.
Tue cautious GANoDlM N~pproache hss.
xoee committing himself a n Ia ~
Ssosac tho paper. but hts master waved
sapestc! Il il: youre-the rcnor, !,
1edAms q BAronne Linden, ~ as~
ceIore yesterday / said to you. M.
ION tota woman closely. nct into hsr
noueo q car examine her ~ mar.
= eoaslole: and e pUestbte Intercept any
SWsx0 between her and the
THAI ~' soS uone
sllcnsisur.s said 0ausaan. vf,hon.
MOVING = mueclo Of hts face. aimee VIM
~ me q order I have adhered "a
~ u Bnronne like ! plaster-"
49, .9n oy : oaack or : fool.
ss0ilences"
~Xea monsteuf.
have found out nQthiAe-
.S9oneseQr, thete Wl1 nothing TO
Ys1 wants your tnk and paper a
49, llesle tsafllng detail. I said ct
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