Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04
CHAPTER VIIL-[CoNr1NuED. |

church clock striking the hour or seven
aroused him from his meditations. He
arranged the confused mass of papers
before him-looked towards the door
as if expecting some one to enter-tnen,
finding himself alone, required to the
one special paper which had frst sug-
gested his long train of gloomy
thoughts. The few lines it contained
were signed in cipher and ran thus;
You are aware that your superln-
te3dent Danville, obtained leave or az
Sence, last week, to attend to some al
fairs of his at Lyons, and that he is not
expected back just yet for day or two.
While he is away, push on the AFFAIR OF
Trudaine. Collect all the evidence, ana
hold yourself in readiness to act on 1t
al moments notice. Don't leave the
office until you have heard from me
again. If you have a copy of the Prl-
Yate Instructions respecting DanVllIe'
which you wrote for me, send 1t 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 1t IN MS
pocket, Lomaque sighed This was
very rare expression of feeling with
him. He leaned back in his chair, and
beat his nails impatiently on the table.
Suddenly there was faint little rap at
the room door, and eight or ten men
evidently familiars of the new French
II OF u
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-
mauue 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
merchant. Who could have imagined
that the giving and receiving OF De-
nunciation, Arrest Orders and Death
Warrants-the providing of its doomed
human meal for the all-devOuring gull
lotine-cOuld have been managed so
eo0lly and quietly with such unruffled
ealmness of official routine?
NOW" said I4omaque, turning to the
two men at the desk as the door closed,
have you got those notes about you?
(They answered in the atfirmatlve.)
Picard, you have the first particulars
Of this affair of Trudaine, so you must
:, N
ports, but may as we'll go over the evil
dence again from the commencement,
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
you possibly can
Thus admonished, Picard drew some
long slips of paper from his pocket and
commenced reading from them as fol-
lows:
Minutes of evidence collected con-
eerning Louis Trudaine, suspected, on
the denunciation of Citizen Superin-
tendent DanvilIe, of hostility to the
sacred cause of liberty, and of disaf-
lection to the sovereignty Of the peo-
pie. q The suspected person is placed
under secret observation, and these
facts are ELECTED: He is twice seen pass
ing at night from his own house to
house in Rue de Clery. On the first
night he carries with him money, on
the second papers. He returns without
either. These particulars have been
oft
help Trudaine in housekeeping Zone
of the sort called Servants in the days
of the TyrantsJ. This man is good
patriot, who can be trusted to watch
Trudaine's actions. (2) The inmates
of the house in the Rue de Clery are
numerous. and in some cases not so we'll
known to the government as could be
wished. 1t is found difficult to gain
certain information about the person
or persons visited by Trudaine without
having recourse to an arrest. (3) An
arrest is thought premature at this pre-
Hminary stage of the proceedings, be
ing likely to stop the development OF
conspiracy. and give warning to the
guilty to fly. Order thereupOn given
to watch and wait, for the present. "a
Citizen Superintendent Danville quits
Paris for a short time. The office OF
watching Trudaine is, then, taken out
Of the hands of the undersigned, and
conided to his comrade. Magloire.-
Signed, Picard. Countersigned, Lo-
maque."
Having read so far, the police-agent
placed his papers on the writing table,
waited a moment for orders, and re-
eeiving none, went out. No change
came over the sadness and 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 precisely similar to Pic
ards and read from them in the same
rapid, business-like, unmodulated
tones:
affairs of Trudaine. Minutes con
tinued. Citizen Magloire having been
appointed to continue the surveillance
of Trudaine, reports the discovery oil
additional facts of Importance. a. APP
pearances make it probable that Trn-
dame meditates a third secret visit tc
the house in the Rue de Clery. The
proper measures are taken for observ-
ing him closely, and the result is the
implication of another person discov-
cred to be connected with the supposed
conspiracy. This person is the sister
of Trudaine, and the wife of Citizen Su
perintendent Danville."
Poor, lost creature!-ah, poor, los
creaturew muttered Lomaque to him
self, signing again, and shifting IN
aaciIv from eide +o cida in hic NANCY