Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-09

commit. or attempt to commit. a petty
theft The thing was horrible and
revolving to his nature, but it had to
be done, or attempted. Regardless Of
all things" He had sworn to those
words with his eyes open and Of his
own free will. He never imagined that
his honor as a gentleman would be ~
quired OF him.
II will do it," he said, pale to the
lips, but speaking in a firm voice.
The document said the other. "is
presumably in the escritoire in the III
brary of Monsieur lie Due. He keeps
there his most important papers. 1t
may not be there. but on the chance,
Lamport. seizing his opportunity. made
a wax impression OF the key. To get
at the key that man had to visit the
dues bed room at the risk of his life.
at dead of night; to open a drawer in
which the due places his rings, his
watch. and his keys; to take out q
bunch of seven keys without the bunch.
jingling; to make a wax impression of
each key. not knowing which was the
Key required; to return the keys to the
drawer in exactly the same place. and
to leave the room without disturbing
the light slumber of an old man. This
he did and sent the impressions to us;
the keys were made, but before they
could be sent to him.. last night, he
was arrested. Think of the fidelity and
courage OF this man who is now lying
a prisoner at Vincennes. We are all in
your hands. I myself may be arrested
at any moment. l suspect hat l am
not already arrested simply because
they are giving me a little freedom so
that they may watch my movements.
Now walk close to me and with your
left hand lake the packet l spoke Of
first and slip 1t into your pocket"
De Lussac did 30.
Now. take the keys
DE Lussac did 30.
Bury the packet somewhere. safely
and so as to De doubly sure, send .
note to Monsieur Blanc, No. 3, Rue
Petit Versailles, stating that you have
buried a packet of the utmost import
ance to us in such M such a place.
SO that, In the event OF your arrest or
death. he may recover it. You have .
servant you can trust?"
They had passed through many
streets. The stranger had let DE Lus-
sac lead the way. 30 e~ngrossed was he
with the conversation, and DE Lussac
had walked wherever chance might
lead him; chance, or instinct, perhaps,
had led him by a maze of streets into
the street where he lived. the Rue de
Valois.
At this period. the Rue de vaiois
was perhaps the most fashionable street
in paris. Here Madame du Barry had
her town house where the Vicomte
Jean du Barry lived when he chose to
v Paris with his presence. tho
Comte de Coigny dwelt here, and the
Comte d'Harlancourt, whose residence
was situated almost opposite to the
Hotel de Lussac.
THAT is ALL" said De Lussac's COM
panton. II will leave you here and
pass on, while you enter your house.
Remember that our fates are all in your
hands and the fate Of France. for. IL
You fail to get De Sartines in your
power, he will stop at nothing, not even
torture. to extract confessions from the
men he has imprisoned. Some one of
them will be sure to confess, giving full
details-and then goodby forever to the
hopes of the people"
He raised his hat and passed on.
Had anyone been. watching, he might
have fancied that, two ,easual .acquain-
tances had parted, v two %conspira-
tors who between them held the future
and the fate OF France.
DE Lussac. when the door opened to
him. passed into a sglassed-in court
yard and between two rows of orange
trees set In green painted tubs to the
doorway of the house..
At this period, 1t raj necessary for
a nobleman who wished to keep close
to affairs. to follow his king and to
possess a mansion within easy distance
OF the kings residence. As his majesty
was constantly changing his residence
from Paris to Versailles, from Yer
satlles to Marty, and SO forth. 1t is easy
to imagine the drain his custom i'm
posed on the resources OF the nobility.
De Lussac, who was Indifferent to GUS
tom, contented himself with a single
residence in Paris and the Chateau de
Lussac. the family house In A~uvergne;
utterly regardless of the sneers of the
titled larvae. the brocaded parasites
of the court who dubbed him the
Auvergnat." So he managed to live the
life he chose to live, t o avoid oppress-
ing his tenantry and to give largely to
the poor-a most admirable figure in a
society cold. glittering, n as indif-
ferent to man as the Jungfrau-with-
out the Jungfrau's purity.
DE Lussac had left the house of the
baroness filled with this kndlier< phil
osophy and outlook on life and 10! half
way dOwrfsthe Rue Peysette the revo-
luton had tapped him on the shoulder.
Now, as he stood in his library, hav-
ing closed the door, he faced his posi-
Philosophy or no philosophy. his
plain course Of duty lay straight be-
fore him. These men were in prison
n his oath compelled him to liberate
at all costs. DE Sartines must be
bound in his own tolls and to do so he,
the Comtc de Lussac, must enter the
house Of his kinsman and play the part
of a petty thief.
He no longer belonged to the Society
OF the Midi in heart. he was about to
divorce himself from 1t and the path
he had taken did not prevent him from
leaving 1t at will, but 1t very explicitly
bound him to the course Of action which
the head center had just laid down for
AS he stood before the writing table
contemplating his position. the sweat
moistened the palms of his hands. He
would have to ransack De Richelieu's