Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

CHAPTER VIIL-TCoHT1sUED.l

alone over the changes and misfortunes
of the past five years. A neighborlng
church clock striking the hour OF seven
aroused him from his meditations. lie |
arranged the confused mass Of papers
before him-lo0ked towards the door |
as if expecting some one to enter-then,
finding himself alone, required to the
one special paper which had first sug-
gesteI his long train of gloomy
thoughts. The few lines it contained
we're signed in cipher and ran thus:
You are aware that your superln-
tendent, Danyille, obtained leave OF ao-
sance, last week, TO attend 10 some al
fairs Of his at Lyons, and that he is not
expected back just yet for a day or two.
While he is away, push On the ahalI VI
Tr,>4e4411r. Collect al the evidence, ana
hold yourself in readiness to act on 1t
at a moments notice. Don't leave the
Office until you have heard from me
again. If you have a copy Of the frI-
yate Instructions respecting DanYllle,
which you wrote for me, send it to my
house. I wish to refresh my memory.
Your original letter is burnt
Here the note abruptly terminated
As he folded it up, and put it IN MS
pocket, Lomaque sighed. This was a
very rare expression of feeling with
him. He leaned back in his chair, and
beat his nails impatiently on the taoIe'
Suddenly there was faint little rap at
the room door, and eight or ten men
evidently familiaYs Of the new French
nquisitiol-quietly entered, ana
ranged themselves against the wall.
Lomaque nodded to two of them.
picard and Magloire, go and sit down
at that desk. l 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-
nunciation, Arrest Orders and Death
Warrarts-the providing Of its doomed
human meal for the all-devourlng gull
lotine-could have been managed sc
coolly and quietly with such unTulIleG
calmness of official routine?
"NoW." said Lomaque, turning to tins
two men at the desk as the door closed
have you got those notes about you?
(Thev answered in the affirmative.
picard. you have the first particular:
Of this affair of Trudaine, so you mus
begin reading. I have sent in the re
ports, but may as well go over the eVl
dence again from the commencement
to make sure that nothing has beer
left out. If any corrections are to D.
made, now is the time to make them
Read, Picard, and lose as little time a
you possibly cam
= Thus admonished, Picard drew som
| long slips Of paper from his pocket an
commenced reading from them as 10!
| lows:
! Minutes of evidence collected cor
| corning Louis Trudaine, suspected, 0
| thu denunciation Of Citizen Superb
! tendent Danville, of hostility to tt
! sacred cause of liberty, and Of dlsa
lection to the sovereignty Of the PEI
| pie. I) The suspected person is place
| oI>-oryo+ipT thGi
: facts are elected: He is twice seen pas
d ing at night from his own house to
I house in Rue de Clery, On the hr
! night he carries with him money,
- the second papers. He returns Witho
Of either. These particulars have be-
1 ra obtained through citizen engaged
ia help Trudaine in housekeeping 70!
nd Of the sort called Servants in the da
81. of the Tyrants). This man is a get
aV patriot, who can be trusted to watt
nc Trudaine's actions. (2) The inmat
, ~. of the house in the Rue de Clery a
No. numerous, and in some cases not so VIZ
~ known to the government as could
y. wished. It is found difficult to ga
50 certain information about the pors
n or persons visited by Trudaine Witho
having recourse to an arrest. (3) !
arrest is thought premature at this pl
liminary stage of the proceedings,
{ ing likely to stop the development
A. conspiracy, and give warning to
- guilty to fly. Order thereupon Civ
G to watch and wait, for the present.
n Citizen Superintendent Danville gu
In. Paris for a short time. The office
TIA watching Trudaine is, then, taken
- of the hands Of the undersigned, a
y confided to his comrade. Magloire
= Signed, Picard. Countersigned,
e. maque."
- Having read so far, the police-ag
IN n. placed his papers on the writing tai
b waited a moment for orders, and
10 ceiving none, went out. No char
ed. came over the sadness and perplex