The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-30
CHAPTEE IN--cont.nued.

IN Ltie ueuG maj possess z Sccre
which weighed heavily upon him an
>sptcll he shared with shat other: An
the other-Nvho was lec Perhaps q
a~cconnplice. Everything size had sal
to the commissary of polio
aud to the press. She had told he
story with omissions, with tiinorou
looks. with sighE OF doubts and use
less gestures. Bernnrdet listened, not
IRE each word, tue purposes of thi
FORTRESS. the nelodramatic gossip fl
certain information i'll which he veri
ned the professionally this was ell
craven on his brain, as earlier IN TIL
day tle expression OF the dead man
eyes a been reflected in the no
dnk. d
He tried to distinguish as best h,
could the ~unden:able facts in this frs
deposition. when a orna of the PEG
pie: g%nrrulous., indiscreet. gossipint
and Jealous, fhas the JOY OF playing /:
role. He mentally examined her story
with the Interruptions which her hus.
band made when she accused the in.
t%livldHal. He stopped her with Il look
placing his hand OF her arm and said
Z One must wait, One does nut know
lie had the appearance OF a worth,
nan b woman, pointing out with
q grand gesture the body lying upor
the floor. said. ooh. well. and did no,
~, Aovere have the appearance OF
worthy man also. n did 1t hinder
him from coming to that??"
Over sEcrnardet'3 face a mockins
little smile passed.
He always had the appearance OF
q worthy man. he said, looking al
the dead a and he even seemed
like {, worthy mar who looked at ras-
Gals with ourage l am certain
slowly added the officer, that il one
could know the last thought in that
hrath which thinks no more, could
zee IN those unseeins eyes the last
4iiFnatRge, upon which they looked, one
would learn ali that need be known
about that individual OF whom YOU
spelk n the OF his DEATH"
Possibly he killed himself" said
the coininisyary
But the hypothesis of suicide was
not possible. as Bernardet remarked to
him, much to the great contempt Of
the reporters who were covering their
ing and with hterogiyphics. The wound
was too deep to have been made by
the mans wi hand. And besides they
would f,id the Weapon will, which that
horrible cash bad been made, near at
nand. Ihcre was ITO weapon OF any
KIND ncnr the body The murderer had
either carried 1t away with him i'm his
flight or. he a thrown i. away in
some other part OF the apartment.
They would soon know.
Ihey need not even wait for an
autopsy to determine that 1t was an
: terrupted the commissary. .1lle u
topsy Will be made. however,,
And with an insistcnce which sur
prlsed u colntaissary a little Bar
l,ardet IN courteous tones. evidently
aunte by n particular idea. begged
asid almost supplicated NJ. Desbrierc
TO- send tor the attorney for the
lubilc, SO tina the corpse could be
taken as soon as possible t the morEue.
.Poor man." exclaimed Mime. Mo-
niche. To the noreue. TO the
morgue.' Bernardet Gained her with
u word.
1T ~ necessary. 1t lie the law. Oh,
NJ. les Commissalre. let us do ii
quickly---quickly. I will tell you why.
Time will be gained- mean to say
sawed-and thn criminal found"
sEllent while n. Dcsbriere sent an Of
nsers g the telephone othce to ask for
the attortley Tor the republic to come
as quickly 10 possible Ia the Bolcvard
de Cltahy. Mmc. Moniche freed her
mtnd to the reporters in regard to
eohie phi!osopaicais considerations upon
human destiny. which condemned in
GO. Unforeseen soa odiously brutal a
manner n good ledger as respectnble
asM. Rovere to he laid upon a slab
atsthe morgue. like a Thief or a 2
0ond-he who went out but seldom.
and who loved his home SO much"
Ihe everlasting antithesis OF life."
repleu Paul Rodier. who mad a note
OF his reflection.
CHAPTER v.
Some time passed bcfore the .r,,,,,,
Of THE attorney. and through the closed
81 veaatiDti:.. blinds the InurInurs of tho
crowd collected below could be henrd
TIE iconamtssary wrote his report on
the corner l OF q tahle., by the light Of
q single candle. and now and then
Z Tor some detail of Bernardet.
VINO seemed very impatient. A heavy
silence lad fallen on the room. Tlf,.e
wfao q short time before had exchanges
observations In loud tones since the
cotnnaissary had finished with Nine.
Moniche had dropped thee .oices and
SPOKE IN 5husiled tones. as il they were
intn sick room. Suddenly a bell rang,
sendtng shsiil notes through the 81"
lent room. Rcrnardet remarked that
no d0Nof the attorney had arrived. He
booked at his watch, a. simple silver
Geneva watch. but which, lie priced
n naS- present from his wire--and
There is yet time" 1t. was. In ,,c,
.ne attorney for The republic who came
IN, accompanied by the examining mas
istrate. NJ. GinorW. whom, criminal.
calied the wise" because lie pressed
snisiNs 50 itAIu &SWheii he cot hold of
them. A. Ginory was ia tho attorne,..a
otHce wlhen the officer had t%elephoncd
20 M.aSacquelin des A!udrnys. and the
latter. had asked him to him
70 the scene or the murder. Bcrnardet
knew them both well. He mad more
than once hem associated with M. AmS
drays. He also knew NJ. tsinory as n
very Just. q very good man. althonrh
he was much feared. for while search.
1ns for the truth OF a matter he re-
served judGlment Of those whom he had
fastened in his wise. NJ. Audravs was
etlN q young a slender and correct,
~ yhtly bMttoned mp lii his redingote'
MOO shaven, Wearing eyeglaSses. =
The red ribbon In his buttonhole
seemed Little too large. like a rosette
worn, there through eoquetry, M. CT
nur%s. on the contrary, wore clothes too
large for him: his liecktie was tied az
If II was q black cord; his hat was
lia!f brushed: he was short, stout and
sanguine. with his little snub nose, and
his mouth, with its heavy laws. He
seemed beside the worldly magistrate
like y Q : OF professor or savant or
collector. who. with a leather bag
stuffed with books, seemed more fitted
10 pore over some brochures or preci-
Gus old volumes than to spend his time
OYER musty law documents. Robust
AID active, with his 81 years. he en-
tered that house ~ sprtr,, no on ox,ort