The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-22

AT this moment Bernardet, standing
on the threshold OF tho library adjotn-
ing the salon. looked s~eRrchingly about
the room In which N. Revere ordin-
arfly spent his time. and which he had
probably left to meet his late. His
a was as quick to hear as his eye
to see and as he heard h question
he softly approached p listened for
the answer,
.VVha gentleman and what did he
do?" asked the@commissary q little
~brusquely, for he noticed q hesitation
to reply In both Monfche and his wife.
We'll, and what does this meant n
"Oh. well, NJ. lie Commissaire. 1T Is
this-perhapS 1t means nothingt" And
the concierge yer on to tell how. n
evening, q very fine gentleman, and
very polished, moreover. had ON to
the u n asked to see M. Revere.
He a gone to his apartment and had
remained a long time. 1t was. he
and Mime. Moniche, who had gone up
stairs to light the gas, met the mar as
he was coming out OF NJ. Rovere's
rooms and had noticed at the first
glance the troubled air OF the indlvid-
ual-Moniche already called the
gentleman the .individual"-who was
very pale n whose eyes We're red.
Then, at some time or other, the
individual. had mad another visit to
I'M. Revere. More than once the por-
ATesS ndd tfIeu 10 learn his name. Up
to this momlen she had o succeeded.
One day h asked M. Revere who it
was, and he very shortly. asked her
what business 1t was of hers. She did
not insist, but she watched the indi-
Vidual with a vague doubt.
Instinct, monsieur; my instinct told
| me-"
Enough interrupted M. Desbriere.
IF we had only instinct to guide us,
we should make some famous
"Oh, it was not only by instinct,
monsieur"
.Ah, ah! Let us. hear it..
Bernardet. with his eyes fastened
upon Nine. Moniche, did not lose a
syllable OF her story, which her hus-
rect or to complete a statement or to
add some detail. The corpse, with
mouth open n fiery, ferocious eyes,
seemed also to listen.
Nine. Moniche, as we already know.
entered nj. Royere's apartment when
ever h wished. She was his land
lady, his reader. his friend. Revere
was brusque, but he was good. So 1t
was nothing strange when the woman.
urged by curiosity, suddenly appeared
IN his rooms, for him to say: "Ah, you
here? Is that you? / did not call YOU
An electric bell connected the rooms
with the concierge lodge. Usually she
would reply, II thought I heard the
bell" And h would profit by the oc-
casion to fix up the fire, which M. Ro-
vere. busy with his reading or writ
ing, had forgotten to attend to. She
was much attached to him. She did not
wish to have him suffer from the cold
and recently had entered as often as
possible, under one preteXt or another,
knowing that he was i'll. and desiring
to be at hand in case of need. When
one evening about eight days before
she had entered the room, while the
visitor. whom Monfche called the in
diyidual, was there, the FORTRESS had
been astonished to see the two men
standing before Royere's iron safe
the door wide open and both looking
at some paper spread out on the
desk.
Revere, with his saIlow, thin face
was holding some papers in his hand,
and the other was bent over, looking
with eager eyes Anime. Monfche
had seen them wholesome rent rolls
bills n deeds. Perceiving Nine
Moniche, who stood h%esitatinE on the
threshold, M. Revere frowned and me-
cnan1cally made a move as if to gather
up the scattered papers. But the por.
tress said, Pardon" and quickly with.
drew. Only-ah, only-she had time
to see, to see plainly the iron safe
the heavy doors standing open. the
Keys hanging from the lock, and M
Revere in his dressing gown, the Of
fetal papers yellow and blue, Others
bearing seals and a ribbon, lying there
before him. He seemed in a bad humor
but said nothing. Not a word.
And the other one?"
The other man was as pale as M
Revere. He resembled him, moreover
He was, perhaps, a relative. Mime
Monfche had noticed the expression
with which he contemplated those pa
pers and the fierce glance which he
cast at her when she pushed open the
door without knowing what sigh
awaited her. She had gone down stairs
but she did not at once tell her nus.
band about what she had seen. It wa.
some time afterward. The Individual
had come again. He remained closetei
with M. Revere for some hours. Tht
sick man was lying on the lounge
The Fortress a heard them through
the door talking in low tones, She
did not know what they said. She
could hear only a murmur, and She
had very good ears, too, but sht
heard. only confused sounds, no one
plain word. When, however, the yisi.
tor was going away she heard Revere
say to him: Il must tell all sooner O,
later"
Continued Next Week.)
Mr.. HoweIis as Pegasus.
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