The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-29
Iv-Continued.

WINCH heavily upon him an
which he share with that other? An,
the other-who was he? Perhaps al
accomplish. Everything she had sal,
belonged to the commiSsary of polio
and to the press. She had told he
story with omissions, with tinorou
looks. with signs Of doubts and use
less gestures. Bernardet listened. not
Ing each word, the Of thi:
portreSs, the melodramatic gossip IL
pertain Information in which he veri.
fec tho pr~ecision-all this was en-
craven on his brain, as earlier in The
lay the expression of the dead mans
tyes had been reflected in the ko-
He tried to distinguish as best he
could h ~undeniable facts in this first
deposition, when a woman of the peo-
pie. ga%rrulous, indiscreet, gossipins
and Jealous. has the joy Of playing a
role. He mentally examined her story
with the Interruptions which her hus-
band made when she accused the in
diyidual. He stopped her with a look
placing his hand on her arm and said
one u wait. One does not know.
de had n appearance of a worthy
man The woman, pointing out with
a grand gesture the body lying upon
the floor, said. ooh, well, and did NOT
M. Revere have the appearance of a
worthy man also, and did it hinder
MIN from coming to that?"
Oye .Bernardet's face a mocking
Httle smile passed.
He always had the appearance Of
q worthy man." he said, looking at
the dead man, and he even seemed
Gals with courage. / am certain
slowly added the officer, that If one
could know the last thought in that
brain which thinks no more, could
see in those unseeing eyes the last
image upon which they looked. one
WOMB falYYl ntlg.fInf ynAI h1 r,N,.
about that individual of whom you
speak and the manner OF his DEATH"
Possibly he killed himself" said
the commissary.
But the hypothesis of suicide was
not possible, as Bernardet remarked to
MIN, much to the great contempt of
the reporters who were covering their
notebooks with a running handwrit-
ing and with hieroglyphics. The wound
was too deep to have been made by
ehe man's own hand. And besides they
would find the weapon with which that
norrlble cash had been made, near at
nann. Ihere was no weapon of any
KIND near the body. The murderer had
either carried 1T away with him in his
flight or he had thrown it away in
some other part of the apartment.
Iney would o know.
Ihey need not even wait for an
autopsy to determine that it was an
assassination That is evident" in
LILY q SolllilllSSdTy. Line An-
1opsy will be made, however"
n with an fnsistence which sur
prlssd n commissary q little Bar
nardet in courteous tones, evidently
haunted by one particular idea, begged
and almost supplicated M. Desbriere
10 send for the attorney for the
public, SO that the corpse could be
taken as soon as possible to the moreue
man." exclaimed Nine. Mo-
'nicne. To the morgue. To the
"a word.
it is necessary. 1t Is the law. oh.
M. ls Commissaire, let us do II
auIckiy-auickly. l will tell you why.
I1n1e Will be agained-I mean to saw
saEed-and the crimina found"
Then while M. Desbriere sent an Of
mcer 70 the telephone office to ask for!
tHe attorney for the republic to come
as Quickly as possible to the Boleyard
&c GIiehy, Mime. Moniche freed her
saiad 70 the reporters In regard to
some philosophical considerations upon
l1hillan destiny. which condemned in
50 Unforeseen, SO odiously brutal al
manner q good lodger as respectable
M. Revere to be laid upon a slab
~ tne inorgue, like a thief or a vaga-
ard who loved his home SO much"
Inc everlasting antithesis of life
tspliea Rodier, who made a note
OF his reflection.
CHAPTER v.
Some time passed before the arrival
~ Ine attorney, and through the closed
croWd collected below could be heard
Inc coInfaissary wrote his report on
the corner OF a table, by the light 81
g single candle. now and then
ashed for some detail OF Bernardet,
seemed very impatient. a haavv
had fallen on the room T,hosa
VINO q short time before had exchanpad
In loud tones since ina
cofnnnissary had finished with NINE
snonlone had dropped their voices and
IN sick room. Suddenly q he'll rarr
senu1ng shrill notes through the 81.
Bernardet remarked thatl
no5doubt the attorney had arrived. He
lopked az his watch, a simple silver
II ssA watch, but which he priced
tnurl11rad:
mere IS yet time" 1t was. in fact.
ne attorney Tor the republic who carr
tns accompanied by the examining mac
saa 1aa1 ST. g. mo whom criminals
them SO hard when he rot hold ~
lnera. NJ Gfnory was IN the attornev,s
prince when h officer had
No. des Audrays. and the
fnsfha sca, nsksd nm 20 a~ccorlpany him
0$sne scene OF p murder. B~ernardef
Knew them both well. He had mnra
man once been associated with NJ. An,
ays He also knew M. Ginory "A j
ss1y 49,, g very good man., although
Ing Tor h truth OF q matter Ia r.
9eryed Judgment OF those whom Ia had
Easlened IN his wise. N. Audrays was
eS1il.e pun man. slender and correct.
$1,000 s#pnISone up Az his redIngote,
shaver wearing e-yeglasses.
Ehe red ribbon III his htffnpn.s.