The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-26


do this for a selfish reason of my own
a reason connected with my married
life, which had not been a happy one.
j had not succeeded in gaining my hus-
bands affection, and was not treated
kindly by him. My brother, who has al
ways loved me far more dearly l am
afraid than / have ever deserved; my
brother increased his kindness to me,
seeing me treated unkindly by my hus-
band. This made ill-blood between
them. My thought, when l asked my
brother to do this for me what l have
said, was, that If we two in secret saved
my husbands mother, without danger
to him, from imperiling herself and her
son, we should, when the time came
for speaking Of what we had done, ap-
pear to my husband in a new and bet
ter light. ! should have shown now we'll
| deserved his love, and Louis would
have shown how we'll he deserved his
brother-in-law's gratitude; and so we
should have made home happy at last,
and all three have lived together al
fe~ctionately. This was my thought;
and when l told it to my brother, and
asked him If there would be much risk,
out Of his kindness and Indulgence to-
ward me he said Mo- He had so used
me to accept sacrifices for my happi-
ness. that | let him endanger himself to
help me in my little household plan.
l repent this bitterly now; I ask his
pardon with my whole heart. If he is
acquitted, l will try to show myself
worthier of his love. II he is found
guilty, l too will go to the scaffold, and
die with my brother, who risked his life
for my sake"
She ceased as quietly as she had be-
gun, and turned once more to her broth
er.
AS she looked away from the court
and looked at him, a few tears came
into her eyes, and something of the old
softness of form and g%entleness Of ex-
preston seemed to return to her face.
He let her take his hand. but he seemed
%purposely to avoid meeting the anxious
gaze she fixed on him. His head sunk
ON his breast; he drew his breath heav-
lily; his countenance darkened and grew
distorted, as If he were suffering some
sharp pang of physical pain. He bent
down a little, and, leaning his elbow on
the rail before him, covered his face
with his hand; and so quelled the ris-
ing agony, so forced back the scalding
tears to his heart. The audience had
heard Rose in silence, and they pre-
served the same tranquility when she
had done. This was a rare tribute to a
prisoner from the people of the Reign
of Terror.
The president looked round at his
colleagues, and shook his head suspi-
ciously.
This statement Of the female prison.
er complexities the matter very seri-
ously," said he. rs there anybody in
the court" he added, looking at the per-
SOM behind his chair, who knows
where the mother Of Superintendent
Danville and the servant are now?"
Lomaque came forward at the appeal,
and placed himself by the table.
"Why, citizen agent" continued the
president, looking hard at him, "are
you overcome by the heat, too?"
THE fit seemed to take him, citizen
president, when the female prisoner
had made an end of her statement"
explained Magloire, pressing forward
o%fiiciously.
Lomaque gave his subordinate a look
which sent the man back directly to the
shelter of the official group; then said,
in lower tones than were customary
with him:
IL have received information relative
to the mother of Superintendent Dan
vile and the servant, and am ready to
answer any questions that may be put
to me-"
Where are they now?" asked the
president.
"She and the servant are known to
have crossed the frontier, and are sup
posed to be OF their way to Cologne.
But since they have entered Germany,
their whereabouts is necessarily a mat
ter of uncertainty to the republican au-
thorities."
Have you any information relative
to the conduct of the old servant while
he was in PARISH"
81 nave information enough to prove
that he was not al object for political
suspicion. He seems to have been sim
ply animated by servile zeal for the
woman's interests; to have performed
for her all the mental Offices of a SER
want in private; and to have misled the
neighbors by affected equality with her
in public"
"Have you any reason to believe that
Superintendent Danville was privy to
his mothers first attempt at escaping
from France?"
II infer it from what the female pris-
oner has said. and for other reasons
which 1t would be irregular to detail
before the tribunal. The proofs can no
doubt be obtained, If I am allowed to
communicate with the authorities at
Lyons and Marseilles."
CHAPTER XIV.
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