The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-05-01

mot already arrested simply because
they are giving me q little freedom 80
lnat they may watch my movements.
Now walk close to me. and with your
|left hand take the packet I spoke Of
nrsts and slip It into you pocket.
De Lussac did SO.
Now, take the keys
DE Lussac did SO.
Bury the packet somewhere safely,
and SO as to bessdoubly sure. send 1
note to Monsieur Blanc, No. 3, Rua
sPett Versailles, stating that you have
Ieur1ed q packet of the utmost fmport&
|ance us In such ii such q place.
50 that.ttn the went of you arrest q
death. he may recover 1t You nave q
servant you can trust?"
They had passed through many
streets. The stranger had let De Lus-
sac lead the way, sc ~engrossed was he
Win the conversation. and De Lussac
nad walked wherever chance might
lead him; chance. or instinct, perhaps.
mad led him by a maze OF streets into
the street where he lived. the Rue de
Valois.
AT this period, the Rue de Valois
was perhaps the most fashionable street
~ paris. Here Madame du Barry had
her wv house where the Vicomte
Jean du Barry lived when he chose to
favor Paris with his presence, the
Gomte de Coigny dwelt here. and the
Comte d'Harlancourt, whose residence
was situated almost opposite to the
Hotel de Lussac.
THAT is all" said De Lussac's COM
panion, Il will leave you here and
pass on, while you enter FOUR house.
Remember that u fates are all In your
hands and the fate OF France, for, II
you fail to get De Sartines in your
power, he will stop at nothing, not even
torture, to extract confessions from the
men he has imprisoned. Some one Of
them will be sure to confess, giving full
details-and then goodby forever to the
hopes of the people,"
He raised his hat and passed on.
Had anyon e watching, he might
have fancied that two casual acQuain-
tances had parted, never two conspira-
tors who between them held the future
and the fate Of France.
De Lussac, when h door opened to
him, passed into q glassed-i in court
yard and between two rows of orange
trees set In green painted tubs to the
doorway Of h house.
AT this period, 1t was necessary for
q nobleman who wished to keep close
to affairs. to follow his king and to
possess a mansion within easy distance
of the kings residence. As his majesty
was constantly changing his residence
" 4 dllS u fSISdlll0S, lTOIIl NSI-l
sailles to Marty, hi SO forth, 1t is easy
to Imagine the drain this custom i'm
posed on the Of tho nobility.
De Lussac, who was Indifferent to us
tom, c~ontented himself with a single
residence in Paris and the Chateau de
Lussac, the family house in Auvergne;
utterly regardless of the sneers of the
titled larvae, the brocaded parasites
of the court who dubbed him the
Auvergnat." So he managed to live the
life he chose to live, to avoid .oppress-
ing his tenantry and to give largely tc
the poor-a most admirable figure int
society cold. glittering, and as indif.-
out the Jungfrau's purity.
De Lussac had left the house of tic
baroness filled with this kindlier phil
osophy and outlook or life and loi half
way down the Rue Peysette the revo-
luton had tapped him on the shoulder,
Now, as he stood in his library, hay-
ing closed the door, he faced his posi-
ton.
Philosophy or no philosophy, his
plain course Of duty lay straight be-
fore him. These men were in prison
and his oath compelled him to liberate
them at all costs. De Sartines must be
bound in his own tolls and to do 50 he.
the Comte de .Lussac. must enter the
house of his kinsman and play the part
of a petty thief.
He no longer belonged to the Society
of the Midi in heart, he was about to
divorce himself from it and the oath
he had taken did not prevent him from
leaving it at will, Tut 1t very explicitly
bound hin to the course Of action which
the head center had just laid down for
him.
AS he stood before the writing table
contemplating his position, the sweat
moistened the palms of his hands. He
would have to ransack De Richelieu's
bureau like a common robber, open
ing the drawers with duplicate keys:
he would have to lie, and deceive, and
act deception under the garb of friend
mess and kinsmanship.
For a moment, despair at the trap
he found himself in filled his heart.
Then came the thought, You are doing
this for whom? Not yourself. The
more repugnant to you the greater the
sacrifice. Be firm"
He sat down to the writing table and
taking a sheet of writing paper from a
Spanish cedar wood box, he dipped a
pen in ink and wrote with a firm hand:
To-day l am burrying in the earth
of the first orange tree tub o n the right
as you enter my courtyard, a packet
of vital Importance to the S.. de M.
should / be arrested or should I die
show this letter to Jasmin, my valet.
He is entirely to be trusted. Unearth
the packet and make use of it as your
wisdom sees fit.
(Signed) Armand de Lussac."
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