Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
CHAPTER vIII-contlnued

lilOlt ltht an uIiutI ltkcl = hSSASNoiA
than a police spy. Once he found him
self directly i'm front Of the open doc
Of the lodge and the table where tn
leaves lay covered with signatures
When in the half light of the corridoj
! draped with black, where the bier lay
he saw d man Of about so. pale anc
very sad looking. He had arrived II
his turn In the line at the table, wher
he signed his name. Mime. Moniche
clothed I'm black, with "A white handker'
chief in her hand, although she was no
weeping. found herself side by side witt
Bernardet; in fact their elbows touched
When the man reached the table, com
ing from the semidarkness OF the pas.
sage. and stepped into the light which
fell IN him from the window, the port
ress involuntarily exclaimed: All
she was very much excited and caught
the police officer by the hand n said:
II am afraid"
She spoke in such a low tone that
Bernardet OWNED rather thar heard
what she meant in that stifled cry. he
looked at her from the corner OF his
eye. He saw that she was CHASTITY, and
again she spoke in a low tone, he, he
whom | saw with NJ. Revere before the
open safe
Bernardet gave the man one sweep
ing glance of the eye. He fairly pierced
him through with his sharp look. The
unknown. half bent over the table
whereon lay the papers, showed a wide
forehead. slightly bald, and a pointed
beard. a little gray, which almost
touched the white paper as he wrote his
name.
Suddenly the police officer experienced
q strange sensation. II seemed 10 him
that his face. the shape of the head,
the pointed beard, he had recently seen
somewhere. and that this human sill
D hnHHAfrn ranEl1nH m him u N fypNn ga u.hSnh,
he had recently studied. The percep-
ton Of a possibility OF a proof gave
him a shock. This man who was there
made him think suddenly of that phan-
tom disceTnible in the photographs
taken OF the retina OF the murdered
mans eye.
who is that man."
Bernardet shivered with pleasurable
excitement and insisted upon his own
impression that this unknown strongly
recalled the image obtained and men
tally he compared this living man.
bending over the table, writing his
name, with that specter which had the
air of a trooper which had appeared
I'm the photograph. The contour was
the same, not only Of the face, but the
beard. This man reminded one OF "A
%seigneur of the time OF Henry III, and
Bernardet found In that face something
formidable. The man had signed his
name. He raised his head, n his
face, of a dull white. was turned full
toward the police officer. Their looks
crossed, keen on Bernardet's side. yelled
I'm the unknown. but before the fixtty
OF the officers gaze the strange man
dropped his head for a moment: and
then In his turn he fixed a piercing,
almost menacing, gaze on Bernardet.
Then the latter slowly dropped his eyes
and bowed. The unknown went out
quickly n vas lost in the crowd be-
fore the house.
1T is he; il is he" repeated the por-
tress, who trembled as il she had seen
q ghost.
Scarcely had the unknown disap-
peared than the police officer took but
steps To reach the table. and, bend
ing over il in his turn, he read the
name written by hat man:
jacques Dantin."
The name awakened no remembrance
In Bernardet's mind, and now IT was
a living problem hat he had to solve.
Tell no n that you nave seen that
man. he hastily said to Nine. Moniche.
No n Do you hear?" And he hur-
ried OF into the boulevard. picking his
way through the crowd and watching
out TO find that Jacques Dantin, whom
he wished to follow.
CHAPTER IN.
Jacques Dantin. moreover. was moi
difficult TO find in the crowd. He stood
near the funeral car. His air was very
sad. Bernardet had a fine opportunity
70 examine him at his ease. He was
an elegant looking man, slender. with n
resolute air and frowning eyebrows.
which gave his face a very energetic
look. His head barred to the cold wind.
ne stood like a statue while the bearers
MA n2n mn "a oil al In 81 o. -
and Bernardet noticed the shaking of
the head-a distressed shaking. The
longer the police officer looked at him.
studied him the stronger grew the re-
semblance to the Image i'm the photo
graph. Bernardet would soon know
who this Jacques Dantin was. and even
az this he asked a question or
two OF some of his assistants.
DO you know who that gentleman is
standing near the hearse?'
mo-"
ID you know what jacques Dantin
does? Was he one of Nj. Royere's inti-
mate friends?"
Jacques Dantin?"
Yes. See, there. with the pointed
beard"
Il do not know him."
Bernardet thought that IL he ad-
dressed the question to NJ. Dantin him
self he might learn all he wished TO
know at once, and he approached him
at the moment the procession started
n walked along with him almost to
the cemetery. striving TO enter into con-
yersation with him. He spoke of the
J dead man. sadly lamenting M. Rovere's
sad fate. but he found his neighbor
very silent. Upon the sidewalk of the
boulevard h dense crowd stood in re-
spectful silence and uncovered as the
cortege passed, and the officer noticed
that some loose petals from the flow
ers dropped upon the roadway.
There are q great many flowers" he
remarked to his neighbor. 1T is rather
surprising. as M. Revere seemed t.
J have so few friends"
I He has Lad many" the mar
brusquely remarked. His voice was
hoarse and quivered with emotion. Der.
nardet saw that he was strongly moved
Was 1t sorrow? Was 1t bitterness o.
spirit? Remorse perhaps. The mar
did not seem. moreover. In q very soft.
ened mood. He walked along with hi.
eyes upon the funeral car. his heaf
uncovered In spite of the cold, anC
seemed to be in deep thought. The po
lice officer studied him from a corner O
his eye. His wrinkled face was inteIii
gent n bore an expression of weari
ness, but there was something hard
about the set of the mouth and insoI
ent In the turned up end OF the mus
tache.
AS they approached the cemetery a