The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-11-26
CHAPTER vIII-continued.

of the lodge and the table where tn,
caves lay covered with signatures
Wheh IN the mar light OF the corridor
dfaped WIN black, where the bier lay
ne SAW d man OF about 90, pale ant
very SAD ooking. He had arrived il
ms TURN IN the line at the table. where
ne signed MS name. Nine. Moniche
ciotned IN black. with n white handker'
cIiel IN her hand, although she was not
weeping, found herself side by side witt
~Bernardet; in fact their elbows touched
"hen the man reached the table, com
ing from the sem~idarkness of the pas
sage. n stepped into the light which
zen on MN ffon the ndo the port
lsss ihVoiuntarlly exclaimed: "Ah:,
she was very much excited and caught
lie ponce ofilcer BY the hand and said:
am AFRAID.
she spoke IN such a low tone that
Bernafdet win rather than heard
what she meant in that stified cry. He
eye, ne saw that n was CHASTITY. and
again Ehe spoke in q low tone. he, he
Whofn 1 saw with M. Revere before the
open sale.
berlardet gave the man one sweep
ms slahce OF the eye. lie fairly pierced
nun through with his sharp look. The
unknown. half bent over the table
Wilereon lay the papers, showed a wide
toleileau' sllghtly ba!d, and a pointed
peara, a ilttie gray, which almost
f't 80 IL WHY lis
name.
~ouuueiily the ponce off1cer experienced
a strange sensation. 1t seemed to him
that ms race, the shape of the head,
WIG. pointed beard, ne had recently seen
somewhere, that this human sill
houette recalled to him an image which
ne had recently studied. The percep-
ton of Il possibility of a proof gave
MN a shock, This man who was there
macs as ann mink suddenly of that phan-
lOIl ulSCefI1hIp In tho r,-1 " nc
taken OF the retina of the murdered
mans eye
VINO is that man?"
Befhardet shiVered with pleasurable
eXeltement and insisted upon his own
impression that this unknown strongly
recalled the image obtained and men
tally ne compared this living man,
bending over the table, writing his
name, with that specter which had the
ar or a trooper which had appeared
y ine The contour was
the same not only of the face, but the
seigneur Of the time of Henry III, and
fnrn,iaah ia ~, y. .nae race something
nan, ITa - - 'i "a nau sished ms
facn Or a anIi = neaa, ana ms
toward the notice nfti,er "' T rhlHeu luil
crassad ~ poiSe oliceI. lnelr looks
In tha unlanoU,, Deiitaiael SIDE, Eelied
Of the oficar,s 90 n "a peiore the nNity
5ronned Nc 80 'ne stlanse man
then in his t,I.a W. q tnolhent, ana
almost menacing 500 ~ q pislsihs'
Then the latter Slowly dronna5 his we
and hovad nv = ms eyes
oIielIv ,nd - utaloMh Went OUT
fore tba hn,,sa as ose VI ehe ero"a De-
.It is he. II is he
tress who tramhia5 aepea.eu me por-
q ghost. sA A"' seeii
Scarcely had tive ,,n,
peared thar The ,o,,oo ulanoWh dlsap-
two stems 70 raa,h ~ oniceI TOOK pul
ing over # in bis t,,rn ~ oenu-
name written Nv tha turn, ne read the
Tha nam Dan1ln,
in Rerna rdetts 80 ~ renneraprance
q rying rehi : 1iitha. ana now 1t vas
aTau No wa ~. la ne had TO solve.
man" he hasti,v said g9 ~ M nhre seen that
RED omt into tbJ ou hn aear. ana ne hur-
way thro,,ph ~ 49,. aiuna u picking ms
out to find that Iaco,,as pnn Watchllg
he wished to fo1iou. D"ii'ih, whom
CHAPTER TX
JACQUES Dantin. moreover. was not
n nnan y 70 ma IN the crowd. He stood
r .s ene luIeral car. His air was very
beTnardet had a fine opportunity
~ - ena ll MN at his ease. He was
resolute air and frowning eyebrows.
49, saNe ms race a very energetic
ny ,ooh. I5is mead barred to the cold wind,
ne $1,000 IKE a statue while the bearers
a ana .he easket In the funeral car,
t raa hh aa noticed the shaking of
Inc neaa-a distressed shaking. The
loligsr the police officer looked at him.
sanaled him the stronger grew the re-
asnipiahce % the image in the photo
glapn; would soon know
w ms jacques Dantin was, and even
~ .tiis InoIhen. ne asked a question or
Wy u some or his assistants.
20 you Know who h a gentleman is
esa.nlsuIins near the hearse?"
Ne.
,,aa.o you Know what Jacques Da1ltin
Goes! vas ne one of NJ. Rovere's inti-
iiale Irienus!
JACQUES Dantin?"
see, there, with the pointed
90
). 90 not know him"
dressed the question to NJ. Danti, Mn,
sen ne might learn all he wished to
kiioW at once, and he approached him
az the moment the procession started
ana walked along with him almost to
the cemetery. striving to enter into con-
with him. He spoke Of the
dead man, sadly lamenting NJ. Rovere's
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