Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-09
Synopsis.

Henry Mountjoy. is a romance of Paris
during the Louis Nv reign. a period
when Europe was in a condition of TO
ment and unrest: when Voltaire was
to pieces the shackles of re-
lleaon; when Rousseau at the Cafe de
Eeeenance was preaching the right to
tnlnk; and when a thousand men. some in
tne gutter. some near the throne, were
preparing the great explosion Of the revo-
luton.
aaaoame Linden, an Austrian lady,
e!ter 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
otner motive than pleasure in delaying
her departure and surrounds her with
spies to discover. IL possible. whether she
- dabbling in state plots.
De Lussac is' a noble of exceptional
character of that period. Handsome.
With all the elegance of a mar OF the
court, there is still about him something
tnat stamps HIM as a man apart, some
tnan9 OF the visionary, the enthusiast and
the poet. rare In that g of animal lust,
ch1Iiing wit and embroidered brutality. He
~ IN 1act. stepped in the philosophy of
Rousseau and is trying to put this phil
osophy into practice through his connec-
uon with .aNsecret society that is plotting
the downfall of the state. Before he has
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1aNs In love with the beautiful Austrian,
who p%ersuades him his method of Fighting
the wrongs of humanity is impracticable,
and ends by promising to go to Vienna
with her to live.
As leaves her house a fellow CON
spirator. his chief. joins him. says several
or their members. are arrested, and en-
trusts the secret articles of the association
to him. He then explains to De Lussac
Yh@f their nnVy homo 10 to i~%{yofl4<1 kl,-
minister of police. This can be accom-
pltshed 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 member already
imprisoned n he safe themselves.
De Lussac goes home Duries the papers
he has just received. writes Madame Lin
den that he is attempting one last mission
Tor the society, and also writes an ASSOC
ctate telling him where the papers may
DO found in case of his death. Then he
enters Richelieu's hom and almost sue
Deeds in getting the document, but is sur
pfised and leaves it in a drawer 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 fer lovers position is. Wis
1ts Richelieu's home and succeeds where
hcr lover has filled.
Meantime the police have secured strong
evidence against her, since De Lussac adj
dressed the letter he intended for his fell
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.
1f made public, will disgrace the minister
Of police. she prevents her own arrest by
1ntimidating the minister of police. De
Lussac escapes from the bastilc and goes
them.