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not? The door OF my house is like my
heart for you"
"How?" asked he, her hands in his.
1t Is open day and night"
CHAPTER x.
A MAN WITH FOUR IDEAS.
He left her house and, turning to the
right, passed down the street, walking
hurriedly, and needless Of the people
about him.
AS a matter OF fact. in leaving the
house of his kinsman and %journeying
to Paris to meet the woman he loved,
he had committed a grave error. 1t is
true that while De Richelieu was in
his library nothing could be done, and
that the due, engaged on the heavy
h~alf-yearly accounts of his estates.
would be there, perhaps, till the eve-
ming; still he should not have left such
a desperate business to develop unat-
tended. He felt now as he thought OF
the fl leagues separating him from
Versailles, n he walked swiftly, maxi
ing by the shortest cut for the Rue de
Valois.
His plan was to return home, take
the swiftest horse from his stables
and ride back to Versailles. He would
have to account for the horse he had
killed; this would be an easy matter;
he could say, simply that he had left
it in Paris. as it was unfit for the re-
turn Journey. Walking swiftly. and en-
gagged in these thoughts. he did not no.
tice that he was being followed till q
voice from behind made him start and
turn.
Good day, Monsieur lie Comte."
1t was Monsieur Beauregard, Mon
sieur de Sartines' lieutenant.
Monsieur Beauregard was a nan of
hat magnificent type which seems to
have been left to the Latin races. as a
legacy by the Roman consuls. Aqui-
line-nosed, heavy jawed. imperious, his
face, but for the mustache and imper-
ial, might have been copied by nature
it was a full blooded face and kindly
withal; the face of a man who eats
and sleeps well, and il successful in
life and love. He was a terrible lady
killer, this Monsieur Beauregard.
"Ah, good day. Monsieur Beaure-
gard"
De Lussac, though a very brave man.
tenant of Monsieur de Sartines', felt
his lips suddenly become Dry as pun
ice-stone. and unconsciously exhibited
that fatal sign which betrays h ner-
vous and the guflty-he moistened
them.
VIVA WcAlNef. Sa1O 6eduroBarUs II
might be June"
De Lussac assented, and they walked
on together.
Are you walking far?"
"Only to my house." replied De Lus-
sac. land YOU"
"Oh. ma fol-" said Beauregard, ut
seems 1 am walking with you. going in
the same direction. 1t is good to walk
through Paris on such a pleasant e
ming as this"
A cold hand seemed to have fallen
on the heart of De Lussac. Was this
an arrest? He knew that against a
mar of his rank no common police
agent would be used; he knew hat the
gallant Beauregard was most nice In
his methods. He knew the character
of Beauregard-a perfect gentlemen. a
good hearted soldier; a man with o u
-ideas-women. duty. wine and food
and all the more terrible just because
of this simplicity.
1T is strange" said De Lussac. that
I should meet you accidentally like
this. and that Jour ways should lie to-
gether."
"Oh. ma fol. not so strange replied
the other. for, as a matter of fact, my
dear Monsieur De Lussac, l have been
looking for you"
Looking for me?"
Yes, and delighted to find o look :
ing SO well. This is the Rue de Va
lois: why, tits but a step from the Rue
Coo Heron; and there, as l live, is my
carriage"
Not far from the house of De Lussac,
drawn up by the pavement. stood 4
closed carriage heavily built, dark-cOl-
ored and without crest or coat of arms
on the door panels. Two powerful
Mecklenburg horses were in the traces.
and upon the box sat a coachman in a
plain livery.
"Ah," said De ~I1ussac, you drive in a
closed carriage on such a fine evening
asst this. Well, Monsieur, I can not
commend your choice"
II am not following my choice. but
my duty. Monsieur" replied Beuare
gard, and though my carriage is a
closed one, and the evening is fine. I
that, too. is my duty"
De Lussac stopped and faced his
companion.
Monsieur Beauregard,' said he. let
us drop discrimination. You arrest me?
you have said the word, Monsieur
de, LuSsac, not l."
by whose order, ma / inquire, has
this thing beer done?"
Monsieur replied Beauregard, all
this falls under the orders of the day.
1t is not my duty to give explanations,
but, speaking unoficially, as Monsieur
B~eauragard to Monsieur de LuSSac, l
may say that one man only, ave his
majesty, has power to give me orders,
and thai man is Monsieur de Sartines."
"And If / resist?"
Resistance would be useless. Mon
sieur; besides you have noticed that
on my part 1 have said nothing of a
disagreeable nature; I have not even
shown you the warrant which I hold in
belt. Dealing with a common nan
I u,or11d hovo c1anppd him IN tho Shn11l.
der, and he would have resisted, no
doubt, but I have treated you as a gem
tleman, and gentlemen do not create
vulgar brawls."