Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23

first floor, closed the door, lighted the
candles upon the dressing table and
glanced at his own reflection in the
great cheval glass that swung in its
bronze frame supported by two bronze
cherubs, n trampling upon a tortoise.
the other upon an asp.
h window was wide open and the
warm night air entered, bringing with
it a faint perfume of lilac. As he turned
from the mirror, there came on the
wind from the night outside III stroke
OF a clock.
1t was the first stroke of IL from the
great clock OF the palace of Versailles.
He went to the window and, push
ing aside the curtain, looked out.
The moonlight was broad upon the
lilac boughs and the branches of bios
som still but half opened from the bud;
he counted the strokes of h clock,
they ceased. n complete silence took
the night. He turned from the window
and drew the curtain. The immense
bedroom was hung with a tapestry
representing Somnus and his thousand
dreams-dragons, beautiful women,
chariots. warriors. all touched vaguely
by the light of the candles, while the
great bed with its plume decked canopy
stood uninviting az a tomb.
De Lussac took his seat by the dress
ing-table, crossed his legs, folded his
arms, n fels into a ~reverie. He would
not starr on his expedition to the
library till ] o'clock, so he had fifty five
minutes to wait.
AS he sat like this. reviewing the
business on hand, a sound from the
corridor outside brought him suddenly
Ito his feet. 1t was a fOOtstep, and the
fOotstep was followed by a knock at the
door.
Almost before he could answer the
summons. the door opened, and his
host, attired in a robe de chambre Of
Chinese silk and bearing a silNer al
dle-stick in his hand, entered.
You AVE not retired-goOd! / had
something to a to you down stairs.
and De Maupeou with his long winded
conversation drove 1t out of my head
That man has the art of making one
forget everything but the fact h one
is bored"
Monsieur de Richelieu placed his
candlestick on the table and, asking
permission, took a chair.
What ! had to say to you was about
the Austrian"
The Austrian"
Madame de Linden, yes, the charm
ing baroness from nowhere. People are
coupling your names; have they any
reason to do so?.
Monsieur" began De Lassac, with
some temper: he checked himself. and.
before he could resume the marechal
went on.
1T is impertinent Of me to ask such
q question. l apologize. There are at
fairs that no man has a right to inter-
fere in. but / must tell you that the
D'Harlancourt is spiteful about the
better h a to do you an injury. So
you see I came tonight into your bed
room to warn you, not to bore you with
a lecture"
Il thank you, Monsieur"
Madame la Baronne Linden, con-
about him and laughing in a spitefUi
manner. has set all these women in
ARMS against her. Why? Mordieu,,
who can tell q woman's reason? She
10 different from them for one thing,
she 10 q beautiful woman for another
thing, and she has a, tongue like a pol
s0ned sword for another"
"A poisoned sword, oh, Monsieur
laughed De Lussac. 1T is very easy
to see that you are speaking from
khearsay, not from knowledge"
Monsieur" replied De Richeiieu.
before you were born, I had lived fifty
years In the world, and In those nifty
years ] learned w to speak from.
hearsay. speak from knowledge.
Have you YER heard this lady from
Vienna i1ghting q duel with her
No. Monsieur. l have mott
II have"
And her antagonjst?"
.Antagontsts. you mean. They were
the Prfncees de Guemenee, the Conn
teoD0 de COlGny, and ChifHe."
Princess Victoire!"ss
"Ye0. They tried conclusions with
her and b left them binding up their
scarcely 4 Wise one"
YAo how"