The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-11-01

selves against the wall. LOndque
nodded to two of them. picard and
Megloire, go and sit down at that desk.
I shall want you after the rest are
gone" Saying this, Lomaque handed
certain sealed and docketed papers to
the other men, who received them in
silence, bowed, and went out. lnno-
cent spectators would have theight
them clerks taking bills Of lading from
merchant.
The giving and receiving Of de-
nunciations, arrest orders and death
warrants-the providing of its doomed
human meal for the all devouring gull
lotine-were managed with the u1ruf-
fed calmness of official routine.
"Now," said Lomaque, turning to the
two men at the desk as the door closed,
''haye you got those notes about your
They answered in the affirmative.
picard, you have the first particulars
| of this affair of Trudaine; so make
your report. l have sent in the re-
ports. but we may as well go over the
evidence again from the beginning 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 pos
sible.'
Picard drew some long strips of pa
per from his pocket and began reading
them:
Minutes of evidence collected con-
corning Louis Trudaine, suspected, on
the denuncation of Citizen Superin-
tendent Danville, of hostility to the
sacred cause of liberty and of disaf-
lection to the sovereignty of the peo-
pie. % The suspected person is placed
under secret observation, and these
facts are elected He is twice seen
passing at night from his own house to
a house in the Rue de Clery. On the
first night he carries with him money,
on the second papers. Hereturns with
out either These particulars have been
obtained through a citizen engaged to
help Trudaine in housekeeping, called
! servants in the days of the tyrants.
This man is a good patriot, who can
be trusted to watch Trudaine's actions.
| ~ The inmates of the house in the
Rue de Clery are numerous and in
some cases not so well known to the
! government as could be wished. 1t is
found difficult to gain certain informa-
ton about the person or persons visited
by Trudaine without having recourse
to an arrest. 81 An arrest Is thought
premature at the preliminary stage of
the proceedings, being likely to stop
the development of conspiracy and
give warning to the guilty. Order
thereupon given to watch and wait
for the present. (4) Citizen Superin-
tendent Danville quits Paris for a
short time. The office of watching
Trudaine is then taken out of the
hands of the undersigned and is con-
fided to his comrade, Magloire. Signed,
Picard; eountersigned, Lomaque."
Having read so far, the police agent
placed his papers on the table and, re
ceiving no orders, went out No change
came over the perplexity of Lomaques
face. He still beat 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 similar
to Picards and read from them in the
same rapid, busnesslike tones:
affair of Trudaine. Minutes con-
tinued. Citizen Agent Magloire, hav-
ing been appointed to continue the
surveillance of Trudaine, reports the
discovery of additional facts of i'm
portance. ~ Appearances make it
probable that Trudaine meditates q
third secret visit to the house in the
Rue de Clery. The proper measures
are taken for observing him closely,
and the result is the implication of an
other person discovered to be connect
ed with the supposed conspiracy This
person is the sister of Trudaine and
the wife of Citizen Superintendent
Danville."
Lomaque sighed and shifted uneas-
lily from side to side in his old leathern
armchair. Apparently Magoire was
not accustomed to signs from the usu-
ally imperturbable chief agent. He
looked up from his papers with a stare
Of wonder.
go, on, Magloirer' cried Lomaque
Will an OutDurbt VI lrrlCaDillty. "Wly
don't you go on?"
"All ready, Citizen" returned Ma
gloire submissively, and proceeded:
~ 1t is at Trudaine's house that
the woman Danville's connection with
her brothers secret designs is ascer-
tanned through the vigilance Of the
before mentioned patriot citizen. The
Interview Of the two suspected persons
Is private their conversation is carried
on in whispers. Little can be over
heard, but that little suffices to prove
that Trudaine's sister is aware of his
intention to proceed for the third time
to the house in the Rue de Cery. 1t is
further discovered that she. awaits his
return and that she then goes back
privately to her own house. 90 The
strictest measures are taken for watch
Ing the house in the Rue de Clery. 1t
is discovered that Trudaine's visits are
paid to a man and woman known TO
the landlord and dodgers by the name
of Dubois. They live on the fourth
floor. 1t is impossible at the time of
discovery to enter this room or to see