The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-09-21
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ct him with speechless horror.


ut him with speechless horror.
"Yes, wre.ched woman" said NJ. Du-
mont, "the unfortunate M. Germenil b~
been foully murdered this night sp{
then. and prove to us II you can II i
you are not guilty Of this wicked deed
She lifted her hands to her head with
gesture as though she could not quitss
grasp the meaning Of what he said, re-
peating his words In low. horror stricken
tones.
M. Germenil has been murderedr
Then after a pause she seemed to realize
tho position she was In. MY 0odr she
cried in piercing tones. do hear aright'
You accuse me Of numbering him, my
benefactor? Before that God whose
wrath falls thus heavily upon mo
swear 10 you am innocent"
Her looks and tones were 30 full Of
truth and genuine feeling that the listen
ers hesitated, and their conviction Of her
guilt began to waver. Perceiving this
i'll their faces, Remond insidiously inter-
posed to the effect that he was sure IL
was all right, and that madame would
have no difficulty in showing where the
money came from which Pierre had seen
in her possession that morning, and that
point settled there would be no longer
any reason for suspecting her.
Marie eagerly explained that the mon.
ey had been given TO her by NJ. Germe-
nil the previous evening.
"The unfortunate gentleman probably
knew madame previously and took an
| 49, 1. II e..
his giving her purse of gold," said Re
mond.
SIS that so?' demanded the brigadier.
But Marie was obliged to admit that
she had never seen NJ. Germenil till her
arrival at Les Bons Amis the previous
| afternoon.
She felt the web closing around her
and struggled helplessly TO escape.
at is a likely story" said the brigadier.
that any one would give 90 much
money to an utter stranger, as you admit
yourself to have been to M. Germenil.
Let me see," he added, examining the
purse which had been taken from Marie's
pocket, lone two - three--four-fiv
pieces Of gold, and a purse to carry them
in addition. A likely story indeedr'
"Still," said Remond, with well as
sumed sympathy, 1--WE must not forget
that madame has not contradicted her.
self, and that she accounted for the pos
session Of this money in precisely the
same way when Pierre found her this
morning.
EYES," said Pierre, interrupting him,
"when found her trying to escape from
the house before any one was up. That
did not look very like an honest woman"
why" said NJ. Dumont, did you thus
seek to fly from house where you had
been so kindly treated?"
"Yes," said Pierre, land after profnis-
ing M. Germenil, who had been 80 kind
to you, that you would not 90 away till
he had seen you again."
Marie remained silent. She could not
answer these questions without disclos-
ing all which she had sought to conceal
by fight. She looked around her de-
spairingly, and seeing an expression OF
pity on Charles face she appealed to
him not to condemn her without some
further proof
Il know" she said, that appearances
are against me, but indeed--indeed am
innocentr'
Charles had listened in silence to what
had passed, but though appearances were
so much against her he did not feel at
all convinced Of her guilt and now said
50 boldly, reminding those present that
as yet there was nothing proved. and
that mere suspicion. however strong,
could not condemn.
"Be sure" he said, addressing Marie,
that justice will be done. There must
be thorough investigation Of this af.
fair. My father and will see to that
Remond began to think that matters
were not going quite as he wished them,
and observed that himself and his friend
were also interested in the matter being
satisfactorily cleared up, and that there
was one point which ces messieurs had
overlooked, and which might help to
elucidate the mystery. Perhaps his
good friend M. Pierre would tell them II
any Of the rooms adjoining the one In
which the murdered man had slept had
been occupied that night. The number
Of the lamented gentleman's room was,
he understood, No. IS.
"An unlucky number" he added, twas
No. 49,"
"ves,' said Pierre. .she"--pointing to
Marie-'she slept in No. g."
Then" continued Remond. las such
deed could not possibly have been com
mitted without some little noise, ma.
dame doubtless heard something
little disturbance--of which she will tell
US, and which will perhaps give some
clew to the real cnlprit."
Thus, with devilish ingenuity, did this
monster complete the chain of evidence
against his victim.
She of course could not meet this new
suggestion with any sort Of satisfactory
answer. She could only affirm again and
again that she had been so overcome with
fatigue she had slept heavily, not awak-
ing till the sun was up. and that she had
heard nothing, absolutely nothing.
The brigadier listened incredulously--
her story seemed to him quite unworthy
of belief-and he said that there was no
use wasting further time. II was his
duty to arrest her, and having taken
down her statement in writing he and
his men would convey her to the gem
darmie. where she would be detained
till further inquiries were made.
Al this CLEAN Of triumph passed
over Remond's face. He was safe, at
any rate. That was all he cared for.
He felt 10 pity for the creature he
was SO remorselessly sacrificing. No
memory of the love she had borne him.