The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-11
ole MINISTER
9S o. POLICE
A By HENRY MoNTJOY
XS@ cssasA. 1917 Tn. sa4.MaHn Company

Synopsis. & d
THE MINISTER OF POLICE py
Henry MountJoy, Is q romance OF Paris
Europe was In a condition Of foment and
unrest: when Voltaire was breaking to
pieces the shackles of religion; when
preaching the right to think: and when q
thousand men. some In the gutter, SONS
near the. throne. We're probing the great
Madame Linden. an Austrian lady,
after completing a simple mission 20 Lne
French county. fingers on In Paris, enjoy
minister stts s u p nds ene thinks she has some
other. motive than pleasure In deiaylntSS
her departure and surrounds nsr w
e dabSiinE ii state ppIots. :.
De Iussac IL a. 3 OF exceptional
character of that period. Handsome, VIII
s az shs ei sHi sso Of z him, man ao% 81 that
stamps him as q nan apart sometnlns q
the visionary, the enthusiast and the R9et,
rare IN that ags Of animal S1 ! ,asti He Is, IN
fact, STEPPED In the philosophy OK hoSSr
beau and y trying to put this pnnos1p IN
into practice through his connecuona o w1
fall OF the state. Before he has gone far
enough to incriminate himself he fails IN
love with the beautiful Austrian, VINO
wrongs OF humanity Is impracticaole' anSp
ends by promising to go TO vienna win
her TO live.
AS he leaves her house = fellow con;
BpiratoR, his chief, joins him, says several
Of their members are arrested, n en-
trusts the secret articles OF the assoclauon
that their only hope Is to intimidate the
minister Of police. This Dc aeGo
plished only by obtaining an m
1InI gs contract snd iD ,S Stsn neas BY tns a Tinis ssfe * Keep ep-
ing Of De Richelleu, De Lussac's, cousin:
With this contract in their possession they
can dictate terms TO the minister OF p 1s
already imprisoned and be SAFE tnem-
d. Lussac goes home. buries the papers
den that he Is attempting one last mission
for the society, and also writes an assoc
ciate telling him where the papers may
enters Richelieu's home and almost sue
ceeds In getting the document, but - sur
prised and leaves It In q drawer which he
has unlocked. Before he can make an
other attempt he is arrested and taken to
the Bastile but not before he has TOLD
Madame Linden how nearly he succeeded
IN ms getting the document DO Sdns ne Sseii pe isl Viss
its Richelieu's home n succeeds where
her lover has failed.
CHAPTER IX-(Continued.)
The carriage had turned from the
Rue des Balais into the Rue Pavee, it
Udu pdSSGu the I1OIc1 u0 LtdAlOAohOA
and was abreast of the monstrous high
blank wall of the Files Bleues when 1t
stopped. De ' Lssac looked out OF the
left-hand window and saw approach
ing them the agent who had driven
them yesterday. He had seen h car
riage approaching and signaled to 1t to
stop. Without doubt he was aware
the carriage to communicate the tact
to Monsieur Beauregard.
This would have been the end Of all
things to most men, but this poet and
dreamer so terrible in action, I'M
daunted, flung the door Of the carriage
open and shut 1t again, turned on the
agent, who was now at his elbow,
feIled him with a blow on the point OF
the chin, whipped his sword from It's
scabbard, and turned on the driver OF
the carriage, who, bundltng ON the
box, fed toward the Rue des Balais,
pursued for 10 yards or so by the man
with the sword.
Then De Lussac, running back to-
ward the carriage and sheathing his
A sword as he ran, sprang on the box,
A seized the reins and the whip from Its
socket, and started the horses. The
whole affair had happened with the ra-
\ pidity of lightning, but Eeveral people
who had been in the street were now
shouting and running after the car
rage; the coward driver had turned
and was calling on others to fol-
low him. Speed was De Lussac's only
chance, and fortunately for him the
horses were as swift as they were pow
erful. The long stretch Of the Rue
Pavee that lay before him game him
his chance. He took 1t at a full gal
lop, turned the wide r. into the
Rue Bleue and found himself out of
sight OF his pursuers. Then, refining
the horses to a swift trot, he headed
for the Rue de la Harpe, feeling that
victory at last was his.
The precaution that he had taken OF
closing the carriage door was not the
least part Of his victory. With a swing
ing door he would most certainly have
drawn the attention and perhaps pur-
suit Of the people in the Rue Bleue.
Ten minutes later he drew up In the
Rue de la Harpe. dismounted from the
box and, leaving the carriage to take
care- of itself. turned into the Rue
Monis, a narrow street leading directly
into the Rue ,Plastriere.
A few minutes later he was pulling
t the queasy bell Of the house before
which we saw Madame Linden inter
Viewing Monsieur Rousseau Of Geneva
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