The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-08-14
CHAPTER vI-(continued.)

"Well, Monsieur, by doing so you will
inevitably ruin yourself. The original of
that document is in the hands of a friend
Of mine; I have arranged to inform him
every day at a certain hour that I am
alive and free. Shcaid he not hear
from me, say, tomorrow, he is in
strncted to place that document in the
hands of Monsieur de Maupeou, the
vice-chancellor. 1 leave you to guess
the result
1t was at this moment that De sar-
tines perceived quite clearly that he
was lost, unless he could propitiate or
circumvent this subtle intelligence
against whom he had pitted himself.
Madame" said he, this document
was IN the keeping of Monsieur de
NRichelfeu."
Indeed? Well, it is in his keeping
no longer. Oh, believe me, monsieur,
the game is now in my hands; I can
break you like a china figure at any
moment like. And now, do you know
what YOU are thinkingR You are think
ing: When this woman leaves here I
shall have her followed by my agents
and I shall find out with whom she has
placed the weapon; I shall arrest him
and search his house. Well, monsieur,
II, when I leave here, I find out that
I am being followed, I shall take a very
drastic course. 7 shall leave Paris for
three days and let things take their
way"
"Mondieu!" said De sartines, upon
whose face the sweat was standing,
all this is beside the point"
which point, MONSIEUR"
Why, ma fol! that you are consider
Ing me In the light of an enemy. l.,
at all. All, madame, o late I have
perceived your genius. Even now an
alliance"
can alliance with you! Come, mon
sieur, we are wasting valuable time,
and I have my monkeys to attend to-"
She turned and re-entered the room
where the others were all standing.
De Sartines, behind her, filled with
fury and CONSERVATION, still wore an
appearance of
And now, monsieur" said the bar
oness, "that we have finished business,
let us have some pleasure. I am hun
cry"
IF madame will join us at table"
"Sit at table with those! No, mon
sieur. Besides, I am only hungry for
my dessert"
Madame de stenlis turned from De
Joyeuse, with whom h had been
speaking, to the Comtesse d'Harlan-
court, and laughed.
Madame" said the baroness, "Mon-
sieur de Sartines' power is limitless,
and I am the master of Monsieur de
Sartines."
Surely, madame, his mistress2" put
In the comtesse.
Monsieur de sartines, you will kind
ly reply to the comtesse, who,has twice
insulted me-"
Now, for the comtesse, Madame de
.Stenlis and De Joyeuse, the minister Of
police had hat contempt which the po-
lice official had for all those In his
power. In that bureau Of his where
we have seen him writing, he had their
yuhn1n hiSfnrioS md r. yro tho Pofa ~
these u~nfortunates that their histories
were in themselves accusations. D'Har-
lancourt had not poisoned her first
husband, according to popular report,
but she had ruined three men and was
infamous. De Joyeuse was a cheat who
had used cogged dice, betrayed women,
beaten the town for three years and
these. Madame de Stenlis was a neu-
rotic unprintable. One may fancy the
rage Of De Sartines at being jockeyed
before all these whom with one sweep
of his hand he could have sequestsred
in La Force OF Btcetre; more especially
as he perceived that they We're covert
iy laughing at him..
well, madame" cried he, turning on
Madame d'Harlancourt with a face
that ~astonished her, what now? I am
the host here today. Must my guests
be insulted?""
"Corbleu!" cut in the baroness. shat
Is not the way to speak to a woman OF
spoke to me-r take the oonse-
At this threat so optnly made Ma
dame de StenIis Uttered. It vas the
last straw. Furious. unable to attack
the strong woman who had him, liter
ally, in her power, he attacked the
weak.