The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-05-22

The minister of police was a man
who believed in a bold COUP and the
taking of risks. He a no direct evil
dence against De Lussac, but quite
sufficient Indirect evidence to justify
his arrest on suspicion. The affair
had been irritating him for days: he
had broken up the hive of the Society
OF the Midi, but he had not captured
the queen bee; be a not seized i'm
portant documents; he felt that De
Lussac held h key of the position.
He determined on an explosion.
60" said he to Blanc, take an
other agent with you, return to the
Rue Cog Heron. If you think this
woman Is to be trusted, tell her your
plans n promise her five louis If your
search is successful. Somewhere in
that house there are papers hidden Of
the Utmost Importance to us; OF this
L am certain. Ransack all the rooms
without leaving a trace of your work,
but do not touch madame's boudoir.
Leave hat for me. I shall arrive be-
fore 3 o'clock. Should 1t be danger
GUS for me to enter the house you can
give me warning when my carriage
stops al the corner of the Rue Pey-
sette."
Yes, monsieur" replied Blanc, and
taking up his pack he left the room.
ana now for your part Of the bust
ness" said De Sartines, turning to
Beauregard. Here is an order for the
arrest OF Monsieur lie Comte de Lussac.
rake 1t and execute it."
Am l to arrest him in his own
house, monsieur"
No replied De sartines, after a
fuss; take him in. the street"
And should he resist, monsieur?"
'Disarm him"
Beauregard saluted the minister. and
turning on his heel left the room, fold
ing up the order as he went and plac-
ing It IN his belt, while De Sartines,
taking his seat at the bureau and the
lettre de cachet from one of the pig
eonholes, filled up the blank space with
the name of the Comte de Lussac. On
the arrest of the comte, and his i'm
prisonment in the Bastile, Monsieur de
Launay woul notify the minister Of
lettre de cachet would then be for
Warded and all would be in order.
AT 20 minutes to 3, precisely. Mon
sleur de Sartines descended the steps
ieadlng to the courtyard, and entered
his carriage.
h coachman. who had his orders,
whipped up, and the heavy vehicle
passed through the gates M proceed
ed at a rapid pace to it's destination.
AT the corner OF the Rue Peysette it
stopped, Monsieur de Sartines descend
ed, Inc having given some direction
70 the driver, proceeded on foot down
the Rue Coz Heron, walking slowly.
The gate. leading to the COURTYARD
OF No. IL, was ajar. He pushed it
open, entered, passed up the steps to
the front door and rang. Almost i'm
mediately h door was opened by
Blanc. y
"Well?" said the minister of police.
as he proceeded across the hall to the
stairs. followed by the agent, "any
news?" -
THE earch is still going forward.
monsieur. but we have discovered
How many agents have you at
work? asked De Sartines, ascending
the stairs as though the house were
quite familiar to him, as, indeed, it
a -
Three, monsieur"
the door OF the boudoir. .You can 90
n help them, and at the least sign
OF danger give me warning. There is
tell" su
Yes, monsieur, and I have stationed
agent at h end of the Rue Pey-
settle, and both ends of the Rl,e Cor
Heron, to give us news should MAJ
riage."
How are they to give warning Z"
by blast OF q whistle, monsieur
Goods A blast on q whistle, but it
seems to me that the Rue Peysetta IL
long, and the Rue Cog Heron not short.
AT distance"
oh, monsieur" said Blanc, with the
SaIlsned air of a man Who has fore
seen everything, "one Of the top windows
Y open. and at that window I have
placed Valmajour, who has the ears
Of g hound. and who could pick out the
ponce whistles from all the noises in
FarlS, even though they were blown
at twice that distance"
.You have done FOUR business we'll"
SAID De Sartines. as he entered the
poudotr or Madame Linden, while
master who rarely praised; hurried
down stairs to superintend the doings
of his subordinates.
De Sartines, when he entered the
boudoir. stood for a moment ~glancing
about him as though he wished to sur
Prise tS the spirit Of the place. He noted
the bureau In one corne the flowers
IN the vase between the windows, the
ornaments upon the mantel, fan that
nad been cast n forgotten upon the
~fauteutl. He was a past master In the
game OF h-ide-and-seek. and had Mad
ame linden been q man he wo,ild have
directed his search toward carpet
edges; he would have investigated the
curtains, all those places wherega man
might secrete documents OF q COM
promising nature. but he knew the in
stinctS OF woman for a lock and key;
We're papers to be found here they
would be found most probably In some
secret drawer of the bureau, so h e
turned to 1t first. He had all the inn
plements FOR scientic lock picking in
his pocket, but nc use for them, as he
found, to his disgust. that all, the
drawers were open.
There We're four drawers to the bu-
81 Three were empty. and one was
half filled with old letters and docu-
He removed the three empty drawers
FIST, and with the rapidly and science
ofsa skilled cabinet maker examined
them n the spaces he had drawn
them o for secret caches then%he
replaced them without finding what he
sought, and did the same to the fourth
drawer, with d like result. He examined
the pigeonhoies. and with a little tape
which he tookyfromkh his pocket meas
lred their DEPTH contrasting them with
the depth OF the bureau. and ell with
such like ranIiditY that Ia less
than nv minutes he knew the. thing
as well as though he knew the thing
could say with scientifs Gertrude,
There is no secret repository hore, no