Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30

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The next few days passed in comparative
naction. j went to see Gabrielle Dunaine.
found her very calm, like Raoul; but one
ould easily see how severely she had been
ried by that cruel ordeal Of theinquiry. All
Yer yivacity was gone; her checks werc pale
YER movements languid; her dark eyes had
eased TO shine. It would have wrung the.
| cart Of any man TO see her with her mother.
dme. Dumaine had evidently no hope Of
iaours innocence ever being eStablihed; /
elieve that, in her heart, she even doubted
whether he were innocent. Yet, for Ga
rielle's sake, she had to feign tho most per
ect confidence that all would 60 well.
"And you will save him, NJ. Marsalr Ga
rielle said to me with trembling eagerness as
took my leave. Remember, trust in you'll
cave me a word Of comfort-ten me that
nay hopel"
'Mademoiselle,n / said, "assuredly you
nay hope. honestly believe that the right
lew will yet be found-thet Raoufs inno-
ence win be put beyond all doubt" And in
his said no more than I really thought.
A few days after my interview with Sapin-
nd, I received from him copy Of the evi-
lence taken at the inquiry. At once l shut
myself up In my room, and set myself to study
as l had never studied anything before.
| ] shall not go into the details of all my
eading, weighing, comparing and theorizng;
or three days did not leave the room, and
mt for Pierre, would almost have forgotten
o take food. The knowledge that Raouls
ife might be hanging on the result Of my
fforts seemed to lend me new powers
4 mind-or, at any rate, powers that l
lad never pefore susPecVeo "ysen oi poS,
essing. IL was Us IL We,e, ,on'niu'ston y, VI
nat ouei peeween nysen anu Sie yuuse =.
nseruc1ioii, ol "non Ino AZ 1o pl.oses nau o.on
Hcnangeo az 'ne ,nquy. s':.n u " =. enSe, n.;e.
nto tne PersonaiIy VI .aon :" i.ne ~ ~ seo
Ia glance 'ne slgnncan' . polhS VI eaon s;m sSs
henc' t,ounu iu'U " eNp.'n s:...: ,y e-n
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ram was ior Cne uine aDno. 10y ..eo. aa
cuvei IL was stao1 VI iuen'l ,a..S.S snn %n
au u las1eu' nnsno n". u a.1 az e.'neI -
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assa'ioh. .,..
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rom .ne conliaiy assunption, Una'v. 80. ~ S
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Hu Oh compici'y ~ .no u nu. lloi anu 's..e
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estmony age,ns' nnil ouO w pomo ou. ~. .nvse .a
was no' enoueh' ~ "". neoes'a .naI w. .ne
a'else circumstance eviuenee asansy nil.i
noulo pe overoorne Wy encuIs'tiu'iaA e'l
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Soru; snce onuu was noo 'ne aSs"sSu -
'osepn meiesnei, saao ossosall .Aas' ~ ~ iHN
wy 70 nsv pio NJ vas; mas :" 80 ,oS.;o, a no tho
child Sophie Mouton, daughter of the janitor.
From her found out even more than I had
expected. Then went to a certain wine shop
n the Rue st. Andre, which, as Sophie in.
.ormed me, the janitor Mouton frequented
more than was for his good. There found
lim, drinking with several Of his friends, and
recounting, no doubt for the hundredth time
his share in the events of Meissner's murder.
had no difficulty in beginning converse
ion with the janitor, and soon found out
from him, over glass Of milk punch, all that
wanted to know.
'But it is singular" said Mouton, 'Tnese
1uestions that Monsieur has asked; they are
precisely the same questions asked by the
little man with the sharp nose and the gray
,oat!"
"What man do you nneanF'
"By Jovel that cannot tell you. But he
was here two nights ago, sitting in the very
,ame place where Monsieur is sitting now,
and he asked the very same questions as Mon
ieurl He also accompanied me home, and
took away the key Of M. Meissner's door.
He produced on ne the effect of an agent of
police. Is it not so, NJ. Bastoulr
M. BastouE said that it was SO. I left the
wine-shop, wondering WHO the little man
Qua e: anu iol MnaO ,!, PURPOSE LII was ''sA-
'lS ques.lohs eAaouy nAe lny o"n
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