The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-18
ole MINISTER
IS n POLICE
By HENRY MoNTJOY
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HENRY MONTJOY

me exactly confirms what logical rea-
soning has made me suspect, and now,
to be brief again, I do not knew MOI
do I want to know, what act OF Mon
sieur de Sartines has placed him In
your bad graces, but this / must know;
am ! invited to your house tonight 10
my official capacity or simply as Mon
sieur de Maupeou?"
I'm your official capacity. Mon
sieur.'
'sTo meet"
"A criminal who has conspired
against the welfare OF the state"
Madame, this is a serious matter,
and I warn you IL / come to your house
tonight, I shall come armed with terri
BILE powers"
Come armed as You please, Mon
sieur, only I warn you OF this: II you
display your power before b right
moment arrives you will spoil all"
Madame" replied he, rising TO go.
II leave the matter in your hands, as
sured as I am that your aim 10 the
same al mine-justice. / shall be with
you tonight"
He took his leave. entered his car
riage, and gave his coachman the or
His hatred OF De Sartines had been
o growth OF years, one of those hatredE
complex as q mechanism and cold as
ice, despite the fire that keeps It alive.
He knew much against DE SRrtlnes,
but he had never been able to make use
OF hfs knowledge, Instinct told him
now that this woman was probably the
instrument he had been long searching
for. That she had the lieutenant gem
eral of police In her grip was self-evi-
dent. s
"a criminal who has ~conspired
against the welfare of the state" He
kept mumbling the words over as
though they pleased him. The Grim
inal could be none other than De Sar-
tines. What crime haG he committed
out Of the many possible crimes that
he might commit? De Maupeou could
not tell, nor did he care so long as the
crime was big enough. u2 .a.
An hour and a half after leaving
Paris, that Is to say, at about 20 min
utes past 4, De Maupeou's carriage en-
tered the courtyard of Versailles. We
have said that at this period the din
that of the king 5. From this 1t fol-
lowed that from 4 to s o'clock there was
an emptying Of the ante-rooms and
corridors adjoining the kings apart
ments. One might have fancied that
the dinner hour would have emptied
them entirely, but this was not SO. A
number Of courtiers always chung on In
III hope OF q glance or word from the
king as he passed to the dining room
or b private apartments Of Madame
du Barry. #M
Nothing is more extraordinary than
this obsession of the courtjers of the
kings OF France which caused them to
cling to the presence Of the monarch as
bees to their queen. Marked in the
time of Louis XIII, it became acute In
the reign Of the grand monarch, and
still more SO In the time Of Louis XIV.
From the Duchesse de Gramont to the
Marchioness de Mirepoix, from Mon
sieur de Choiseul to the Prince de Sou
bise, there was not one Of these people
who did not feel half stifled when con
demned to breathe air other than the
air OF the court.
So, though It was past the dinner
hour, Monsieur de Maupeuu as he
passed w the stairway of the ambassa-
doris encountered several Of his &C
quaintances, and more In the Hall of
Mirrors.
But 1t was nJt to the king that Mon
sieur de Maupeou had come to pay his
court, and disregarding the people
whom he met and who made attempts
to hold him In talk, he turned his steps
toward that wing of the chateau once
occupied by the Princess Adelaide and
now occupied by Madame du Barry
when that lady was not in residence
at Luciennes. , #uE,.
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