Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-29
| Ole MINIS
| & q POLICE
M By HENRY MoNTJoY
Xl1 ca.s-a,
By HENRY MONTJOY

toned to mems homage, to be treated
like this by great noble, a minister
of state. g man whom she had seen at
court and admired for his handsome
face and magnificent presence. That
she should be suspected was nothing,
the fact that a government spy had
tempered with her letters was moth
Ing. but the thought that De Sartines
had done this thing in person filled her
with such fury that for moment
the power Of thought was destroyed.
Placide stood watching her, afraid
to move, afraid to speak. Then he saw
the color returning to her cheeks; her
eyes, expressionless and fixed mos
ment ago. became bright. the hard
look passed from her face, and the
handkerchief which she had plucked
from her breast, and which she had
been twisting in her hands. fell on
the parQuet Of the floor unheeded.
Placide coughed, but she did not
near him: she seemed plunged In
thought of an exciting nature: her
lips moved. Then, suddenly, she looked
up.
..Ah, you are there-xood. Go to
Rosine and tell her she need not 20
on with the packing OF my things. L
shall not leave Paris Just at present.
Go to Vaudrin and countermand the
horses have ordered for my carriage.
Then come back to me at once.
But, madalne?"
Yes"
All arrangements have been made
Tor your Journey. When, then, will
Madame Linden laughed.
Will leave when ] have settled
my account with Monsieur de Sarti-
mes.
."oh, mon DieA" said Placide.
When have brought him on his
vo 10 hi
Tor pardon, and pay for his infamy;
then I shall leave, and not an hour.
before" :
The old servant, who knew Paris
SO Well and the power of De Sar-
tines, was about to make some remark
him from the room.
GO ! wish for no more words on
the matter When you have executed
my orders return to me-
he left the room, and as he closed
the door her eyes fell on the clock
on the martel; It indicated Is minutes
past 3. The remembrance Of De I1is-
sac, banished from her mind for a
moment. returned only to tncrease her
evaporation. Had he, too. PLAYED her
false3 Her mind. logical enough IN
the anairs of the head, was Of that
INA ginative order which becomes few
erlsn ana illogical in affairs Of the
the man she loved. His failure to keen
his appointment seemed to her a di-
rect coroilary of the insult offered "a
her by De Sartines All, these Paris
lan ms We're they all, then, the same
nna tterers, false gentlemen, mobiles on
elig OUTSIDE. lackeys at heart?
Even as she asked herself the oues-
tlon the doorbell sounded, Rosine'.
voice came from below, another voice
ana tnen step on the stairs. % u
a. knock came at the door Of +ha
poudolr; 1t opened and disclosed Da
He was pale. exhausted. disheve,ad
and covered with dust: he carried li..
.ia. IN one hand, q riding whip in
lhe other, and as he stood before ha,
! seized With a momentary vertigo he
cropped the whip and clung T., +ha
door Tor support. In a moment she had
hi,.s nm. and supporting him. led
~ is nothing" he said. II am late
put Killed horse on the road. III -
nothing - is
Mon Dieu!" she cried. nothing 3
pc ne IN this state? Do not move or Speak
TIL come back" - Z. - =
She ran from the room and ret,,rno,
IN moment with some wine and food
on a tray A Aoou
When did you eat last?"
.Inis morning, no-last night
ms morning, no-last night,
Why, that is the answer of woman.
and you are man, and a man without
FOOD is useless as child. You are n
pig child. No, not word till you have
finished what Is on this tray"
She held It while he ate, watching
the color coming back into his face
and the life into his eyes.
And now" said she, you may speak.
Walt till l place this tray upon the
She placed 1t upon the table. and
drawing chair beside him. sat while
he told his story. He told all that we
Know How he had met the CHIEF OF
the Society Of the Midi; how he had