The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-06-05

that the due. engaged on the heavy
nalf,yearly accounts of his estates,
would be there, perhaps, till the eve,
nlng; still he should not have left such
a desperate business to develop unaI-
tended. He felt now as he thought OF
the hve leagues separating him from
Versailles, and he walked swiftly, maxi
ing by the shortest cut for the Rue de
Valois.
His plan was to return home, take
the swiftest horse from his stables
and ride back to Versailles. He would
nave to account for the horse he had
Killed; this would be an easy matter;
he could say, simply that he had left
It in Paris, as 1t was unfit for the re-
turn journey. Walking swiftly, and en-
gagged In these thoughts, he did not no.
tice that he was being followed till a
voice from behind made him start and
turn.
Good, day, Monsieur lie Comte."
1t was Monsieur Beauregard, Mon
sieur de Sartines' lieutenant.
Monsieur Beauregard was a man of
fthat magnificent type which seems to
have been left to the Latin races as a
legacy by h Roman consuls. Aqui-
line-nosed, heavy jawed. imperious, his
face, but for the mustache and imper-
ial, might have been copied by nature
from some coin Of the Caesars. Yet,
it was a full blooded face and kindly
withal; the face of a man who eats
and sleeps wen, and is successful in
life and love. He was a terrible lady
killer, this Monsieur Beauregard.
"Ah, good day. Monsieur Beaure-
gard"
De Lussac, though q very brave man,
face to face with this charming lieu
tenant Of Monsieur de Sartines', felt
his lips suddenly become dry as pun
ice-stone, and unconsciously exhibited
that fatal sign which betrays the ner-
vous and the guilty-he moistened
them.
What weather." said Beauregard. TT
might be June"
De Lussac assented. M they walked
on together.
Are you walking far?"
only to my house." replied De Lus-.
sac, and your"
"Oh, ma fol-" said B~eauregard, st
seems I am walking with you, going in
the same direction. 1t Is good to walk
through Paris on such a pleasant eve,
ming as this"
A cold hand seemed to have fallen
on the heart of De Lussac.- Was this
an arrest? He knew that against a
man of his rank no common police
agent would be used; he knew that the
gallant Beauregard was most nice in
his methods. He knew the character
OIL b~GduIeSdIQ-d pSIlSSl SC11L1SlASAi, a
good hearted soldier; a man with four
ideas-women, duty, wine and food
and all the more terrible just because
of this simplicity.
1T is strange" said De Lussac.
/ should meet o accidentally like
this, and hat U ways should lie to-
gether."
oh, ma fol, not SO strange" replied
the other, for, as a matter of fact, my
dear Monsieur De Lussac, | have been
looking for
Looking for me?"
Yes, and delighted to find o look
ing SO well. This is the Rue de Va
lois. why, It's but a step from the Rue
COD Heron; and there, as / live, is my
carriage"
Not far from the house Of De Lussac,
drawn up by the pavement, stood 4
closed carriage heavily built, dark-col-
ored and without crest or coat Of arms
on the door panels. Two powerful
tMecklenburg horses were in the traces,
upon the box sat a coachman in a
plain livery.
All" said De Lussac, you drive in a
closed carriage on such a fine evening
asst this. Well, Monsieur, l can not
commend your choice"
Il am not following my choice, but
my duty, Monsieur" replied Beuare
gard. and though my carriage is a
- 4a1o d,;,,o ,r;+h 40.
must ASK you ~ any q NV "t'' nv
that, 100. IS my uu.y. 80 IT.,
De Iussac sloppeu y iaeeu nus
y s,;a ~ 90.
monsieur beauiesalu sanu ne, g.
US drop alssihluati ~ y tvs -,
You nave sa1d lhe "oi" moiiieui
de Lussac, hot -
= whose oraer, may l INQUIRE mas
TINS thlng peen zone!
monsieur repLea 5eautesaLu al
this fails unoer lhe oraers OF me Gay
1t IS not my duty 70 give eApialatlons
put, speaking un~oIlciaiiy' as nloisieuI
B~eauragard 10 monsieur oe Lussac, l
may say that one man oniy, save ms
majesty, a power 70 give ne oruers,
and thai mar is monsieur de SarInes.
.And II ! resist,
Resistance Would oe useless MOI
sieur; besides you nave notleed tnat
on my part nave sald nothlng pr
disagreeable nature; l nave not even
shown Q the Warrant Wnlcn l hold IN
my belt. Deallng with a onmon maj
I would have clapped MIN on the shoul-
der, and ne would nave resisted, no
doubt, but L nave treated Q as a gen
tleman, and gentlemen 90 not create
vulgar braWls."