Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20
INTERNATIONAL
CHAPTER vnI.-rCoxTIStUED.i

| lace OF LODldQu6 DIS u0 INV pOnucHS'
alone over the changes and misfortune
of the past Ave years. A neighborint
church clock striking the hour OF sever
aroused him from his meditations. Ill
arranged the confused mass of papers
before him-looked towards the dool
as if expecting some one to enter-then
finding himself alone, required to The
one special paper which had first sug
gested his long train OF gloomy
thoughts. The few lines 1T contained
we're signed in cipher and ran thus:
"You are aware that your superin'
tendent, Danville, obtained leave OF az
sence, last week, to attend to some az"
fairs of his at Lyons, and that he is mol
expected back just yet for a day or two
While he is away, push on the affair oil
Trudaine. Collect all the evidence, and
Jhold yourself in readiness to act on II
at moments notice. Don't leave the
office until you have heard from me
again. If you have a copy of the Pri-
vate Instructions respecting DanYillei
which you wrote for me, send it to my
house. wish to refresh my memory
Your original letter is burnt"
Here the note abruptly terminated.
As he folded it. up, and put it in his
pocket, Lomaque sighed This was 4
very rare expression Of feeling with
him. He leaned back in his chair, and
beat his nails impatiently on the table.
Suddenly there was a faint little rap at
the room door, and eight or ten men -
evidently familiars Of the new French
Inquisition-quietly entered, and
ranged themselves against the wall.
! Lomauue nodded to two of them.
picard and Magloire, go and sit down
at that desk. | shall want you after
the rest are gone" Saying this, Lo-
maque handed certain sealed and dock
eted papers to the other men waiting
in the room, who received them in sill
ence, bowed, and went out. Innocent
spectators might have thought them
clerks taking bills of lading from a
merchant. Who could have imagined
that the giving and receiving OF De-
nuneiation, Arrest Orders and Death
Warrants-the providing Of its doomed
human meal for the all-devOuring gull
lotine-could have been managed so
coolly and quietly with such unruffled
calmness of official routine?
=. Nov said Lomaque, turning to the
two men at the desk as the door closed,
have you got those notes about you?"
(They answered in the afirmative.)
picard, you have the first particulars
OF this affair of Trudalne, SO you must
begin reading. have sent in the re-
ports, but may as we'll go over the evil
dence again from the commencement,
to make sure that nothing has been
left out. If any corrections are to be
made, now is the time to make them.
Read, Picard, and lose as little time as
you possibly can"
Thus admonished, Picard drew some
long slips of paper from his pocket and
commenced reading from them as fol-
lows:
Minutes of evidence collected con-
corning Louis Trudaine, suspected, on
the denunciation of Citizen Superin-
tendent Danville, of hostility to the
sacred cause of liberty, and Of disaf-
lection to the sovereignty OF the peo
pie. a The suspected person is placed
under secret observation, and these
facts are elected: He is twice seen pass
ing at night from his own house to a
house in Rue de Clery. On the first
night he carries with him money, on
the second papers. He returns without
either These particulars have been
obtained through citizen engaged to
help Trudaine in housekeeping Zone
Of the sort called Servants in the days
of the Tyrants). This man is good
patriot, who can be trusted to watch
Trudaine's actions. (2) The inmates
of the house in the Rue de Clery are
numerous, and in some cases not so we'll
known to the government as could be
wished. 1t is found difficult to gain
certain information about the person
or persons visited by Trudaine without
having recourse to an arrest. (9 An
arrest is thought premature at this pre-
liminary stage of the proceedings, be-
ing likely to stop the development of
conspiracy, and give warning to the
guilty to fly. Order thereupon given
to watch and wait, for the present. az
Citizen Superintendent Danville quits
Paris for a short time. The Office of
watching Trudaine is, then, taken out
of the hands of the undersigned, and
confded to his comrade. Magloire--
Signed, Picard. Countersigned, Lo-
maque."
Having read so far, the police-agent
placed his papers on the writing table,
waited moment for orders, and re-
ceiving none, went out No change
came over the sadness and perplexity
OF Lomaque's face, He still. heat his
nails anXiously on the writing table,
and did not even look at the second
agent, as he ordered the man to read
his report. Magloire produced some
slips of paper precisely similar to Pic
ards and read from them in the same
rapid, business-like, unmodulated
tones: ....
Affairs Of Trudaine. Minutes con-