The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-05


lie would ave doubted the virtue Q,
4 saint If she had happened to be his
Wife. lie am TO Paris TO water
her
.Who was the man he suspectedf
ass,eS M2cllWotSh.
Englishnlan. | will not mentor
h'S name, added Fletfo al'er q sec
otl, itsitaSioa'
wen. .. y.
iecelNen Matgo 10 q htlsttu' ~
MAO 10 lhoneE ato ! islil n,iL solic' IS
SS'Ntu W. stts, VI - %
lusace 4 sot ht,H q ptsee i.sr,e -
lEa OF nlS aoueNt'is, sain3nie't' WIZ
an ainaSins ar OF Patronass.
a. t\H9 Yo ne a ! J y.ns IN nt Paris"
.iEnnn ala yn', ]eovao" ;,onired
A. al, a,n,.h
.'The first week in June"
why did you leave Paris"
pictro shrugged his shoulders and
| looked shrewdiy. nj his o1esticanr.
..ynr 600 7 Ma ,,aan ,i,e.a FOR years"
no answered ANA | md nosed as a
| model 70 ali the er,,eat artists ,,ntij 7
was tired or seeing mvsalfl for, eyer on
No n.ails or tbo 8, Ion vear ofter year
ana in the picture shops. L had been
Narcissus. and Romeo, n Mercury,
and David. and ~1carus, -andsfPcrseus,
and Leander, and St. johns a monk, a
dFNad, a martyr, an, Aran,,a bandit, ey,
er%thlng and every one. Then I thought
~ myself would Try LONDON. MY
friends, they old me artists did not
iSnow how to paint here, but mat they
~ i,5''ueis ven w so, % | hne"
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Stl1hSS'
the WORDS carlo had
SPOKEN. NackWorth counted 'f@fhis eS-
p~sanat.oLi OF fietro,s departure rom
taF}S was correct; put, as az present
IL seemed 10 nave no bearing on the
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p,,is ." - -~@ "'1' 80 40
~, ,uo, ,,.
les A4en tAFouSn dnnH ne losl
Sle o!NSe j na4 SOY Iof hlIA' ana ne
could set no other"
Was he in the habit of d~rinking?'
YES, he hadvbecorne a drunkard,"
Now" said MaclWQrth, rising slowly
from his chair and approaching the
model. :" was it While you weSe.in Paris
that Mez2a, on attempting to draw his
knife, was knocked down in the Rue
taJaS by the man of whom he Was
jealous"
Pietro's eyes met those of his cues
toner in a steady glare, but without
expressing surprise or fear.
AN" Ia ~s.id az n,a,,o ~,
come TO- question mo ' ab65l+ h 5gn AZ t5a
I'm oil h Tho W. ts ,s inodt . III he
ro1dad bis bnaG kno3vi ~ ~ n0
u have"
49,
AN = VII naNe Notlcen' slShor'
l nave avg spoken 70 you openly"
c,,astin, m"'e ~ 'iiS"eieu my last
St'o =.
""o ~ ~ aii9 wien IL !iap-
l'SAASu, L q itSiC- L thtl pLONe HI
, ous ! unt piGne eneLytnllls say.
.o - Aiueh '"e pe''ei' fep4leo Mack
""llH'
men Sou are what IS called
= ~detectlte; yes
After you had said you We're not an
artist began to suspect you We're a
policeman in disguise, and I was right
said Pietro, admiring his w shrewd-
ness:
Very well. You must now tell me
everything you,knoW about Mezza, and
be sure OF your statements, for you will
probably be called to repeat them at his
You have but to ask, Twill tell YOU
all know" answered. ietro.
What time did Mezza-come here?"
1T was in July, toward the end.
NNhen one Venlng l had come back
from ST. Johns Wood; wher 1 had
been posing, all day, l found him here
"altlhS me-
Did YOU expect him
No"
Why did he come to London"
Il will tell YOU answered Pietro
after a slight pause.
The truth
The truth, signor. He missed the
Engllshmal from Paris and he came
here in search OF him.
with he intention nf ]l<illinp hin, o.,
Il will mo- say SC much; but,the Eng
he had struck Mezza and
Knocked him down. and Marco said he
have
"And he had" suggested Mackworth.
Ihat i don't know, signor,' replied
with a serious air.
He remained here with you while
was in London"
He did
"Then you saw him the night David
was killed"
NO, no. no. answered Pietro ex-
little while. He went away to Paris in
August
Are you sure?'
That l will swear
And when did you see him again."
i nave not seen him since"
Mackworth frowned and looked at
the model s~earchingly.
DO you mean to say that Mezza was
not mere IN September?" ha asked