The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-22

m6nL awaiting what was 20 com
next.
The minister or police was a mar
who believed in q bold coup and tn,
taking or risks, He had no direct eyi
dence against De Eussac, but quit,
sufficient indirect evidence to justify
his arrest on suspicion. The affail
bad been Irritating him for days: h,
had broken up the hive of the Society
Of the Midi, but he had not captureC
the queen bee; he had not seized i'm.
portant documents; he felt that d.
Lussac held the key of the position
He determined on an explosion. -,
CO." said he to Blanc, take an.
other agent with you, return to the
Rue Coo Heron. II you think this
woman is to be trusted, tell her youi
plans N promise her v louis IL your
search is successful. Somewhere In
that house there are papers hidden OF
the almost Importance to US; Of. this
/ am certain. Ransack all the rooms
without leaving a trace of your work
but do not touch madame's boudoir
Leave that for me. I shall arrive be.
fore g. O'Clock. Should IT be danger.
U Tor me to enter h house you car
give me warning when my carriage
stops at the corner OF the Rus Pey-
settle"
Yes, monsieur" replied Blanc, and
taking up his pack he left the room
And now for your part of che bust
ness" said De S~artines, turning to
Beauregard. Here is an order for the
arrest of Monsieur Ie Comte de Lnssac
Take 1t and execute It," ~
Am l to arrest him In his own
house, MONSIEUR" H.. a.
mo" replied De sartines, after a
moments, thought. '"I don't want a
fuss; take him In the street" r.
And should he resist, monsieur
"Disarm him." uy
Beauregard saluted the minister. and
turning on his heel left the room, fold
ing up the order as he went and pIac-
ing 1t in his belt, while De S~artines,
taking his seat at the bureau and the
lettrel de cachet from n of the pig
eonholes, filled up the blank space with
the name OF the Comte de Lussac. On
Ine arrest O the comte, and his i'm
prisonnent In the Bastile, Monsieur de
Launay would notify the minister OF
police and ask for guarantees, the
lettre de cachet would then be for
Warded n all would be in order. 3.
AT ~ minutes to 3, precisely, Mon
steur de Sartines descended the steps
Leading to the courtyard, and entered
The coachman, Who had his orders,
whipped up, and the heavy vehicle
passed through the gates and proceed
ed at q rapid pace to its destination.
AT the corner OF the Rue Peysette II
stopped, Monsieur dsN Sartines descend
ed, and having given some direction
TO the driver, proceeded on foot down
IN Rue Cog Heron. walking slowly. Z
The gate, leading to the courtyard
OF No. II, was aJar. He pushed II
open, entered. passed up the steps to
the front door and rang. Almost i'm
mediately the door was opened by
Blanc. 81 &4E t| -
"Well?" said the minister of police,
as he proceeded across the hall to the
stairs, followed by the agent, 'any
The search is stil going forward.
monsieur, but we have discovered
nothing yet" -'C -
How many agents have you at
work." asked De Sartines, ascending
the stairs as though the house were
quite familiar to him, rs, indeed. 1t
Three, monsieur"
Good, said De Sartines, opening
the door of the boudoir. You can 20
and help, them, and at the least sign
OF danger give me warning. There a.
tell" 49, 49, @ ~-~
Yes, monsieur, and 1 have stationed
agents at the end OF the Rue Pey-
settle, and both ends of the Rue Goo
Heron, to give as news should ma
riage." s..1p, n
How are they to give warning"
by q blast OF a whistle, monsieur
Good. A blast on a whistle, but IL
seems to me that the Rue Peysette is
long, n the Rue Coo Heron not short.
oh, monsieur" said Blanc, with the
satisfied air OF a man who has fore
seen everything, one OF the top Windows
rs open, and at that window / have
placed Valmajour. who has the ears
or a hound, and who could pick out the
ponce whistles from all the noises in
a.ts, even tnough they were blown
at twice that distance" "
You have done your business well -
said de Sartines, as he entered the
noudoir OF Madame Linden while
Bianc, delighted at this praise from a
master who rarely praised, hurried
down stairs to superintend the doings
Of his subordinateA =
De Sartines, when he entered the
boudoir, stood for @ moment glancinR
about him as though he wished to sur
prise the spirit Of the place. He noted
the bureau In corner, the flowers
In the vase between the windows. the
ornaments upon the mantel. fan that
had been cast n forgotten upon the
Iauteuii. he was a past master In the
game VI uiuG-dUu- seek, ana mad
anne Linden been a man he would have
directed his search toward carpet
edges; he would have Investigated the
curtains, all those places where a man
might secrete documents. Of a com
promising nature; but he knew the In
stinct or woman for a lock and key:
were papers to be found here they
would be found most probably In some
secret drawer OF the bureau, SO he
turned to 1t first. He had ALI the i'm
PIGMENTS for scientific lock picking In
his pocket, but no use for them, as he
found, to his disgust, that all the
drawers were open.
There were four drawers to the bu-
reau. Three were empty, and one was
half filled with old letters and docu-
ments. ...
He removed the three empty drawers
hrst, and with the rapidfty and science
OF a skilled cabinet maker examined
them and the spaces he had drawn
them from for secret caches; then he
replaced them without finding what he
sought. and did the same to the fourth
drawer, with a like result, He examined
the pigeonholes, and with a little tape
which he o from his pocket meas
ured their depth. contrasting them with
the depth OF the bureau, and all with
such lightning like rapidity that in less
thar ny minutes he knew the thinf
as well as though he knew the thinR
could say with scientific gertrude
There Is no secret repository here, nC
| cache for anything bigger than 4