Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-25
gNe MINISTER
XR q POLICE
By HENRY MONTJOY
NxHG cep,dsh. 1919. 1s BsM.Aerzn Company

cred from the disability under which
you are laboring 1 wish to ask you a
question"
And that, madame?" cried Behrens.
casting the roll of silk on the floor at
the feet OF Madame de Stenlis. witch
that she might see the lights and
shades, bowling to Madame Linden as
though h were the dauphiness, smil-
Ing. all at the same time; a wonder
full man milliner. And that. madame?"
Ma fol! Monsieur Behrens. you do
SO many things at the same time that
you have made me forget my question.
Dear Madame de Stenlis. do not let me
interfere with your decision on hat
exquisite silk, unless. indeed, you ask
me for my opinion Of It,"
And your opinion, madame?"
rs that it would suit you admirably,
both In Its exquisite color and superb
texture"
Madame de Stenlis turned this COM
pliment over in her mind. mumbled 1t
as q fish mumbles a bait to see II
there is a hook in 1t, and. finding one,
SILK anew by way Of finding safety.
At this moment, at the same door
way by which Madame Linden had en-
tered. appeared the form Of a young
man.
It was the Comte de Lussac.
However deeply this gentleman may
nave been stepped in the philosophy Of
Rousseau, he did not at all events imi-
tate thai master in his dress, which
was superb. and standing between the
crimson silk curtains Of the doorway
ne made a picture worthy of the brush
OF Monsieur Drouais. Handsome. with
all the elegance Of q man Of the court,
thefe was yet about him something
tnat stamped him az a nan apart,
something Of the visionary, the en-
thusiast and the poet, rare in that
age OF animal lust. chilling wit and
embroidered brutality.
The Comte de Lussac bowed to the
ladies', glanced with amusement at
6ehrens, and advanced to the side Of
the Baroness Linden, who was still
standing opposite Madame de Stenlis.
monsieur de Lussac," said the bar
oness your opinion on this sill? 2"
replied the young man
with g little laugh, II can only liken
It to the poetry OF silk worms, unhappy
IN the fate that deprives them OF the
ayes which would enable them to SEQ
the majestic form Of Monsieur Behrens
the publisher Of their work"
An. ma foil" cried the delighted
Hehrens. ut 10 easy to see that Mon
sieur le Comte Is himself q poet."
De Lussac bowed.
"Enrtching all that he touches. ba
9 Blk worms. men"
Oh women" put In Madame de Joy-
euse. with q glance at Madame L. Bar
onne Linden.
De Lussac flushed: he was about to
make some reply. when the Baroness
Systerman and Madame la Comtesse
o,Hariancourt entered the room. pre-
coded by q female assistant carrying
9 huge hat.
h hat vas being conveyed before
ladies' into the dress department:
seeing De Lussac ana his companions.
however, they turned. bowed to the
seated ladies n passed on, Madame
d.Harlancourt casting q venomous
glance upon De Lussac and ignoring
utterly b woman who was standing
beside him.
Madame de Stenlis and Madame de
Joyeuse laughed. Madame linden
paled Tor q moment ct the insult. then
s s,, g n turning to Behrens:
ina reminds me, Monsieur Behrons.
o. the question I wished to ask you.
= there not q robe Of green among the
dresses ! am ordering from you to take
to Vienna?"
why, -. madame. the robe to be
worn with 8tha& hat Of half-blown ap-
pie blossoms Il Of au bord dc riviere
green"
Then / conntermand il. OF il already
made. send Z with my compliments to
Madame la COmtesse d'HarlAncourt.''
.But why, madame?' cried the aoton-
ished Behren0. Only the other day
you were IN rAptures with the cogtume
aatDketched BY mo TOR your imagination
70 dwell upon. And { the Comtesoe
d'Har1Ancourt! But why, madaane7e'
sBecausesuiy dear Monsieur Behrens,
IshAve just remembered that green Il
the color of arsenic."