The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-15

NAAS NgNgN~ eAhAS ETET
the night. He turned from the window
and drew the curtain. The immense
bedroom was hung with a tapestry
representing Somnus and his Thousand
dreams--dragons, beautiful Women,
chariots, warriors, all touched vaguely
great bed with it's plume -decked canopy
stood u%ninviting as a tomb.
De Lussac took his seat by the dress
ing-table, crossed his legs, folded ms
arms, and fell Int a reYerie. He would
not star. on his expedition to h
library till l o'clock, sc he had ffty-ive
AS ne sat like this, reviewing the
business on hand, a sound from the
corridor outside brought him suddenly
to his feet. It was a .footstep, and the
footstep was followed by a knock at the
door. . ..F.% ~s &4
Almost before he could answer the.
summons, the door opened, and his
host, attired in a robe de ,chan1bre of
Chinese silk and bearing a silver can
die stick in his hand, entered.
You have not, retired--gOod! / had
something to say to you down stairs,
and De Maupeou with his long winded
conversation drove 1t out of my head.
That man has the art of making one
forget everything but the fact that n
Is bored" ,@m.. %t#~
Monsieur de Richelieu placed his
~candlestick on the table and, asking
permission, took a chair. y
What ] had to say to Q was about
the Austrian" "a
The Austrian" p -.'H t--.
) Madame de Linden, yes, the charm
ing baroness from nowhere. People are
coupling your names; have they any
recso to do SOP" .s Ta -. ..
Monsieur" began De Lassac. with
some temper; he checked himself, and
before he could resume the marechal
TT Is impertinent OF me to ask such
a question. / apologize. There are az
fairs that no man has a right to inter-
fere in, but l must tell you hat the
D'Harlancourt Is spiteful about the
matter n nothingi would please her
better than TO do you an injury. So
you see I came tonight Into your bed
room to warn you, not to bore you with
a lecture" -,,.,H "a
Il thank you. Monsieur"
Madame la Baronne Linden con-
tinued the old fellow, drawing his robe
about him and laughing in q spitefuI
manner has set all these women in
arms against her. Why. Mordieu.
who can tell q wornan's reason? She
Is different from them for one thing,
she is a beautiful woman for another
thing, and she has a tongue like a pol
n sword for another" %-
A poisoned sword. oh. Monsieur"
laughed De Lussac. TT is very easy
to see that you are speaking from
hearsay. not from knowledge"
Monsieur" replied De Richelieu,
before you were born. I had lived nifty,
years in the world. and in those fifty
years / learned never to speak from
hearsay. 1 speak from knowledge.
Have you ver heard this lady kfrom
Vienna lighting a duel with her
tongue ?'f
No, Monsieur, 1 have not"
Il have n.y." w.. I'D ~
And her anita gonist% ?" Aa.
antagonists, you mean. They were
the Princess de Guemenee. the Com
tcsse dc Coigny, and Chiffe." D.
The Princess Nictoire!"
Yes. they tried conclusions with
her and she left>them binding up their
wounds. A wonderful woman, but
SCARCELY a Wise Cneg' Il. Pr
Ma fol, how? Look at the results!
Instead OF making friends, she is all
ready being banned! They call her the
adventures; they have alienated the
dauphiness from her; they have set
rumors going about her; they are max
ing Paris too hot for her." ~
Cats" said De Lussac. mot n OF
them Is her equal in worth" 't
"Or wit, and that Is where the trou-
BILE lies. Women can forgive brains or
beauty in another woman. but not the
combination. The empty skull hates
the full one. Well. there you are, and
| only say, be careful; for l tell you
quite frankly, my dear cousin, that an
armour with a lady so beautiful. SO
witty and so-shall I say--unplaced In
the social world is thing to be am
barked on with caution. ! am so much
your elder that you win permit me to
say be OF you guard" E.a
AE"Against Madame Linden?"f VI
NO, Monsieur, against your own
heart You are a man with opinions
OF your own n very self-willed, for
which quality l admire you. What l
dread for you is a marriage which may
do you infinite social harm"
II thank you for your interest in my
affairs" replied De Lussac.
AS he spoke the words, the howl of
"a dog came from the night outside.
1T is Marechal Turenne." said De
Richelieu, rising to go. He guards
the house outside, while Mahon mounts
guard within" B. ..rA 1&
"Marechal Turenne-what is hep"
"A wolf hound, twin brother to- Ma
hon. Unjust introduce you to them In
the morning. Good night, my dear
Armand. and pleasant Dreams"
The old gentleman departed, leaving
his guest standing staring at the clos
ing door. -
while Mahon mounts guard with
in = -
The words were ringing in his
ears, and as II to give them en-
phasis, again from the night outside
came the deep-throated voice Of Mare
chal Turenne baying the moon. d
SO there was somewhere In the
mouse, wandering loose, perhaps, a wolf
hound.
This was a complication he had not
thought of. He was armed, as far as
the rapier al his side went, but he was
thinking less of his personal safety
than OF the fact that an encounter with
the animal would raise the house.
For a moment he stood baked, as q
man stands before some insuperable
obstacle. Then his knowledge OF dogs
and their ways came to his mind. Ma
hon would already know OF his pres
ence In the house, would have smelt his
traces, would, on seeing him fully
dressed with a candle in his hand. know
him quite well to be a guest, and would
q hundred to one, greet him as a friend
not an enemy: IL he were an honest
mar respecting dog all would be right
IL he were a rogue, and among dogs
you find rogues who, Ioutwardly re-
spectacle, will while mounting guart
over their masters property. on thai
pretext kill a man for the pure pleasure
OF killing a man; then everything
would be wrong.
He knew quite well, too. that he mus
| descend the stairs with sword undrawn