The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-10
CHAPTER x.-(continued.)

SeS, NJ. lie JUICE.
Very we'll"
Jacques Dantin remembered the 1T
lie man with whom he had talked in
the journey from the house of death
10 the tomb. where he nae heard some
one call ~'Bernardet." He did not nov
at the time, but the name had struck
him Why did his presence seem so
much Importance to this examining
magistrate2 And he looked in his turn
Mt NJ. Ginory, who, a little nearsighted,
was bending his head, with it's sandy
hair, it's bald forehead. on which the
notes, which a been brought to him;
Interesting notes, important, without
doubt. for, visihly satisfied, NJ. Ginory
allowed a word OF TWO TO escape him:
'Gooa!. Yes-yea-fine! All. all! Very
goodi' Then suddenly Dantin sax
Ginorv raise his head and look at him,
Rs the saying is, in the white of the
eyes. He waited a moment before
speaking and suddenly put this ques-
ton, thrust at Dantin like a knife
blow.
Arc you a gambler, as I fiud?'
The question made Jacques Dantin
fairly bound from his chair. y
gambler! WHY did this man ask him
II he was a gambler? What q his
habits. his customs. his vices even,
10 do with this cause FOR which he
had been cited-to dc with Rovere's
murder?
You are q gambler" continued
the examining magistrate, casting from
time to time a keen glance toward his
notes. "One of the inspectors of garnb-
ling dens saw you lose at the Cercle
des Publicistes $4,000 francs In one
night"
1T is possible. The only important
point is that l paid them" The re-
sponse was short, crisp, showing a lit
tie irritation and s~tupefaction.
"Assuredly," aid the judge. But
you have no fortune. You have re-
Gently borrowed n considerable sum
from tho Insurers in order TO pay for
aome losses at the Bourse."
Dantin became very pale, his lips
QuiYered and his hands trembled.
These signs of emotion did not es-
cap the eyes of Nj. Ginory nor the reg
1stiar'S.
TT it from your little notes that you
have learned oil that?' he demanded.
Certainly" M. Ginory replied. I'VE
have been seeking for some hours for
accurate information concerning you:
started a sort of diary or rough draft
OF your biography. You are fond of
pleasure. You are seen, in spite of your
age--I pray you to pardon me; there
Is no malice in the remark: | am older
than you-everywhere where is found
the famous Tout Paris which anluses
itself. The easy life is the most diff
cult for those who have no fortune.
And, according to these notes-I refer
TO them again-of fortune you have
none.'
That Is to say" Interrupted Dantln
brusquely. lit would be very possible
that, In order to obtain money for my
needs, In order to steal the funds in his
iron safe, / would assassinate my
friend.
M. Ginory did not allow himself to
display any emotion at the insolent
tone of these words, which had burst
forth almost like a cry. He looked
panttn full in the face, and with his
hands crossed upon his notes he said:
Monsieur, in a matter of criminal
investigation a magistrate eager for
the truth ought to adInit that anything
Us possible, even probable, but in this
case 1 ought to recognize the fact that
sou have not helped me in my task.
A witness finds you tete-a-tete with
the victim and surprises your trouble
at the moment when you are exanin-
ang Royere's papers. l ask what ii
was that happened between you. You
seply that that is your secret, and for
EXPLANATION you give me your word Of
nelior that 1t had nothing whatever to
dc With the murder. You would your
self think that l was very foolish If
l Insisted any longer. True there was
NO trace of any violence in the apart
ment, whatever subtraction may have
been made from the safe. 1t appears
that O are in a position to know
the combination. 1t appears also that
you are certainly in need of money, as
clearly known as Ii is possible to learn
In a hurried Inquiry such as has been
made while you have been here. I
question you, | let you know what
you@onght to know, and you fly INTO a
passion. And, note well. 1t is you your
self. In FOUR anger and your violence,
who speak first the word of which I
have not pronounced n syllable. 1t is
o who have jumped straight to a
logical conclusion of the suggestions,
which are still defective, without doubt.
but are not the less superstitious. Yes,
1t Is YOU who say that with a little
logic II a certainly accuse you OF
the murder of the n whom you called
your friend"
Each word brought to Dantin's face
an angry or a frightened expression,
n the more slowly M. Ginory spoke
the more measured his words, empha-
sizing his verbs with a sort of pro-
fessional habit, as a & touches a
wound with a steel instrument, the
questioned man, put through a sharp
cross examination, experienced a
frightful anger. a strong internal
struggle, which made the blood rush
to his ears and ferocious l%ightnings
dart through his eyes.
1T Is easy, moreover" continued M.
Aiiap3J = q PAlGi iEd aSStGt, IOT you TO
reduce to n~othingness all these sup
positions. and the smallest expression
In regard to your last interview with
Revere would put everything right
"Ah. must we so back to that"
Certainly. we must go back tc
that. The whole question lies there
You come to an examining magistrate
and tell him that there is a secret;
you speak OF q third person. Of recol-
l~ect.ons OF youth, Of moral debts, AMI
you are astontshed that the judge
strives to wrest the truth from your
IL have told 1t"
whole truth?"
ut has nothing to do with Revere
murder. and At would injure some on,
who knows nothing about 1t. / hav,
told you SO. I repeat it"
Yes" said M. sGinory, you holt
to your enigma. Oh, we'll, i, the magis
trate, demand that you reveal the trutl
to me- 4 command o to tell IT."
The registrars per ran over the pa
per and trefnbled as liz 1t scented
storm. The psychological moment ap
proacf1edI The registrar knew 1t vel
tha~tsfnofacllt, and the word which tn
magistrate would soon pronoune
would be decisive.
sort OF struggle began In Dantin'
mind. One saw his face grow haggar,
hseyeS change their expression. IA