Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-26

ton.
"You arc right. / beg your pardon"
The examining magistrate waited a
moment, looking the man full i'll the
face. 1t seemed to him that IL slight
flush passed over his hitherto pnle face.
"Do you suspect any IL as the muir
derer of Roverc?' asked M. Ginory aft
er IA moments reflection.
"No one, - said Dantin. 81 have trieG
to think Of some one"
"Had Revere any enemies?"
81 do not know Of any"
Tho magistrate swung around by n
detour habitual with him to Jacques
Dantin's last visit to the murdered man
and begged him to he precise and asked
him if anything had especially struck
him during that last interview with his
friend.
1.-THE idea of suicide having been i'm
mediately dropped on the simple cXami-
nation of the wound, no doubt exists as
to the cause of death. Revere was as
saSsinated. by whom: In your last in
terview was there any talk between
you Of any unoasincss which he felt in
regard to anything? Was he occupied
with any especial affair? Had he-some-
times one has presentiments-any pre-
sentiment of an impending evil, that
he was running any dangcr:'
NO" Dantin replied. "ROvere made
no allusion to me Of any peril which lie
feared. | have asked myself who could
have any interest in his death. one
might have done the decd for plumber. "
THAT seems very probable to me, !"
said the magistrate, but the examine
ton made in the apartment proves that
not a thing had been touched. Theft
was not the motive"
"Then;'' asked Dantin.
TIE sanguine face of tie magistrate,
that robust visaEe, with its massive
jaws, lighted up with a sort of i|roEiCal
expression.
"Then we are here to search for the
truth and to fnd it" In this response,
made in a hooking tone, the registrar,
who knew every varying shade Of o II
i'll his chiefs voice, raised his head, for
in this tone he detected Il menace.
vii you tell me all that passed in
that last interview"
Nothing whatever which could il
any way put justice on II track Of the
criminal"
"But yet car You, or rather I should
FAY ought you, not 70 relate to me al
that was said or done? The slightes
circumstance might enlighten us"
"Rovere spoke to me Of private af.
fairs" Dantin replied, but quickly add
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"What are insignificant t~hings:'
"RcmcmbrancCs-family matters"
Family things are not insignificant,
above all i'll il case like this. Had Ro.
} we're any family? No relative assisted
at the obsequies."
Jacques Dantin seemed troubled, III
ncrved rather. and this time it wa,
plainly visible. He replied in a shor.
tone, which was almost brusque:
"Uc talked Of the past"
"NVhat past?" asked the judge quick
ly.
COZ his youth-Cf moral debts"
NJ. Ginory turned around in his chair
leaned back and said in a caustic tone
"Truly, monsieur, you certainly ough
to con plctc your information and no
make an enigma Of your deposition.
do not understand this useless reticenc'
and moral debts, to use your words
They are only to gain time. What
then, was NJ. Rovere's past?:"
Dantin hositated 4 moment-nOt very
long. Then he firmly said, THAT, Nj
le Juge, is Il secret C0ntided to me b.,
my friend, and as it has nothing to d'
with this matter | ask you to refrain
from questioning me about it,"
II beg your pardon" the magistrat,
replied. There is not, there nno be
n secret for IN examining magistrate. Il
kOvore's interests, whose memory ough
to have public vindication-ycs, III Iii
interests, and | ought to say also il
your oWn-it is necessary that you
should state explicitly what you hay
Just alluded to. You tell me that ther
is Il secret, | wish to know it,"
at is the confidence Of o dead person
monsieur, Dantin replied in vibrating
, tones.
There are 10 condolences when jus
tico is i'll the balance"
"But it is also the secret Of a livin
person., " said Jacques Dantin.
"Isit yourself of whom you spcak?'
He ga2ed kcenly ut the face, now tor
turcd and contracted.
Dantin replied, "No, l do not spca
of myself, but OF another"
THAT othcr-who is he?'
ut is impossible to tell you"
"Impossible?'
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