The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-10-02
PART III.
CHAPTER III-(continued.

Il-(Contlnued).
He felt himself isolated by his maj
testy's displeasure, as indeed he was.
n Comtesse de Coigny, to whom he
xnonosyllables and he Able Fremont
was entirely engaged with his fish,
while De Maupeou, as II drawing life
from the position of his enemy, be-
came less like parchment and almost
brilliant in his conversation.
To be frank, some OF the CONVERSE
stion was a shade too daring for re-
production IN print. That friStd ett-
.quet which at the table of the Grand
Monarch imposed silence on all the
quests till the king should speak and
condemned them to eat only when his
majesty set the example, was entirely
absent from this dinner-table, where
with the first glass of champagne wit
took the dullness of license n mod
esty the wings of wit.
The last course was about to ap-
pear when a pause came in the sery-
ice, which had hitherto been conducted
with the precision and ease of a per-
feet mechanism. One might have
thought that some frightful culinary
accident had occurred but for the faces
OF the servants, perfectly unmoved,
and the fact that they drew away from
their positions behind the chairs of
the guests and ranged themselves along
the walls of the room.
SGdTSSly iilu they uOto So WHEN Lie
blast of q trumpet sounded from the
outside the door flew open and a fig
ure entered, back as ebony, foul feet
In height, dressed In crimson brocade
n having q wand in its hand. It
was Zaniore, governor of L~uciennes.
Behind h little negro in his absurd
dress came a ervant bearing an enor-
NOUS pie.
Madame du Barry clapped her hands,
h guests followed suit, and the king
looked amused,
.Ah, the pie,a said his majesty;
forgotten the pie which the comtesse
promised us?'
NO. sire, replied the vice chancellor
in a sprightly voice. nc the promise
OF Madame la Comtesse as to It's con-
tents,
Then, Monsieur" said the favorite,
sin reward for your remembrance you
shall have the honor of cutting 1t. Ia
more, place the pie before Monsieur
de Maupeou."
The vlce-chancellcr OF France, laugh
dng as though at a secret known only
to himself, the king, and Madame du
Barry, stood up to the business.
Place the knife beneath the edge of
III crust. end raise the crust in one
piece, commanded the comtesse.
The vice chancellor, knife In hand,
bowed to his hostess, the crust tumbled
off like a lid and out burst a whirline
swarm Of c~ockcIlafers.
The women shrieked and sprang from
th table. a cockchafer hit De Sar-
tines in the eye half binding him II
reality for ii moment. The kin lolI.
Ing back In his chair, the picture OF {
fool, laughed till he had to hold hi.
sides. while Zamore, mad with excite.
ment, chased the insects hither ans
thither. Needless where he went ant
rcheckedSby nothing, not even the skirt.
zSn ~ Sfh~aftvnn,nn M HE
But the hero OF the day was De Mau
ecu The Insects rewarded their de
4 5iye-er BY sWarming OF his great wi.
till he presented such an extraordinar.
~Epectacle that even Zamore forgot TIL
chase and clapped his hands.
@ The vice 4chancellor. delightfully."- sol
N5ln under the buzzling swarm, clappe,
This hand to his wig. seized one of tn
insects. glanced at 1t. and let 1t escape
sNfordfeuta said he. sFor the mo
n1ent 4 thought + was beset by philoso
pherss advanced to a windos
3hatshad beeTlsfIung open. too off hi
yrfa. and bcak creatures from IL
The servants and the guests, arme
with napkins, attacked b remainder
md in minute NOT e re
BIZ SarffnAs looked it his watch an
& tne flaecid fads 81 the king. II
An ESe utter hopefess1ess of any at
@fAY4frf b SERIOUS business with him. h
Knew that De Maupeou had h d
BareNosl his side and would succee
Hill tateHer gcfIslrae heNsnad on foo
1T ss1 n1s1sf dspaff 81 once.
snnsajeaty WI excaLe me. sal
=* s4Ss-sszseaas am torn away ~ naost I'm
a5ortanx bssaInns
safoflszeur.you are excused. reptile
xisHnasty Aand tell Monsieur hons