The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-10-05
THE
BrangWyn Mystery

WIS laughing ans chatting. &uG once
he broke inso Ny;,esaus Ndaala8G
tltHs wi;A = voeal sm,ssian ~ sAe ssG
pipes You'll have smother Nreas
down after thts Il y0u ,;ont ;sNe care
You're always III extremes e9tRoT
agony ~ ecStacy | should ;'1inS
You're the most uercuyiS, Nessay IL
the world
y d&ve say All. said AisNis, wita
sudden soh7iety. X doat thiaN
most then feel The stas of yaia IS I
dc, Or feel such o>uAeTaat JOY IL
pleasure, My cup Ngins ever, a'ways
loaihe suffering ana love Joy,
He broke into s rather NSstscoUs
French student sovs. With 4 rellicSiuS
burden q "Nve Eaeohus & Nive
!amour." aud B,llsyy lay back and
laughed at him un5il lie oould laugh
no lonSer, The more Blievy laughed.
the aosurter Alexis became, and Al
last his uirll, was bordering on hyS,
terra But either suo>eeie& ii leash
ing himself. or the serious III which
so often follows on ;norGina;e .niTtG
had fallen on him, in any case, be
went suddenly quiet IS they nearsd
the little rustic station for which they
were bound He had wired for a fly
to be in readiness. and there It was
awaiting them A three-rlile drive
brought them to their destination, and
there Truscott, who had just dined,
was amazed to see them.
Its at my suggestion that we CAME
down here" said Billery. Mr.. ALEXIS
Branswyn has brought ME very strik-
ing news, which proves to my satisfac-
ton that you were right this after,
noon and that was wrong. l thought
that, since 1t was l who carried the
suspicious to you, it was my duty 10
withdraw them"
Alexis told his story, and Truscott
listened with great interest. THAT
fits my reading like glove" he said,
when it was over. MIR. Brangwyn,
your cousin seems to me to have suf
fered an unmerited martyrdom, and
shall not lose post in letting him
know that l regret profoundly the
share which Mr. Billery and l had in
infiicting it. Most unfortunately, it's
not thing that can be talked about
There's no public vindication open to
him"
"None," said Alexis. None, He
has had knowledge of facts which ii
was his duty as a citizen to reveal,
and in the eye of the law he is parti-
ceps cri1ninis. But it sometimes hap
pens in life that there are duties
which transcend the law, and here
there is one of them
"In spite of the charge suggested
against him." Truscott said, 81 have
felt sort of curious attraction toward
your cousin"
"As for me-" said Billery, II feel
ike a brute. He never liked me-poor
old Aloysius-and, in my own mean
mind, nursed bitter grudge against
him. Why should he like me? 1t
Isn't crime not to like me, l sup
pose? Seems to me I'm not partic-
llarly likeable sort OF person"
ooh, you shut up!" said Truscott;
you're all right"
And there the interview came prac-
,ically to an end. Truscott had
guests to whom he was bound to re-
urn, and neither Billery nor Brang-
wyn cared to accept his invitation to
Join them. Alexis was very quiet on
The return journey, and at the close of
t the two shook hands and parted.
81 will send Grimaud to you to-mor-
row." said Alexis, as he got into a
hanson at the terminus, and on the
sure enough, Grimaud made
his appearance in Billery's poor apart
ment. He was very iauntily attired,
and very assured and even patronizing
in his manner, so that Billery resented
him.
81 received visit from NJ Aloysius
yesterday" he began HE was SO
as to bestow upon me
his confidence. Regarding me in my
double capacity of old servant and
story which M. Alexis has already
outlined to monsieur. In coming here
/ am only obeying the instructions OF
M. Aloysius, but Of M. Alexis, who is
passionately DESTROYS that the position
of monsieur and his cousin should be
made clear. 1t Is my duty to inform
monsieur that not the slightest doubt
attaches to the question. The real
criminal is now revealed. He is al
lowed to escape the penalty of his
crime for reasons which are not to be
over-estimated. That is the message
was instructed to deliver
WELL" said Billery, Il knew all that
before"
Grimaud bowed, looked supercili-
ously at the meager furniture, an.
nounced that he had the honor to bid
monsieur good day. and so withdrew,
leaving his momentary host with a
tingling inclination to kick him down
the stairs.
1t was like Billery all over, when he
was once convinced that he had been
guilty of an injustice, to make COM
plete volte-face with regard to Alloy
sius, who on sudden became to him
a person worthy Of the devoutest
worship. There was nothing he de.
sired more earnestly than to prove
his contrition and his sincerity in his
present faith, and this mood lad-as