The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-20

Judges. They had become important
personages. Perhaps their pictures
would be published IN the papers They
dressed themselves as for q fete. Nine.
Moniche in her Sunday best strove to
do honor to NJ. Revere She said to
Moniche in all sincerity, Our duty is to
avenge him."
While sitting on n bench In one OF
the long, cold corridors the porter and
his wife saw pass before them prison.
ers led by their %jailers. Some looked
menacing. while others had a cringing
air and seemed to try 10 escape notice.
These two persons felt that they were
playing roles as important as those in
Il melodrama at the Ambigu. The time
seemed long to them, and M. Ginory
DID not call them as soon as they
wished that he would. They thought
of their home, which While they We're
detained there woa1a be invaded by The
curious, the gossips and reporters.
How slow these judges are!"
growled Moniche.
When he was conducted into the pres
ence of M. Ginory and his registrar and
seated upon a chair. he was much con-
fused and less bitter. He felt a vague
terror of all the paraphernalia of Justice
which surrounded him. He felt that he
was running some great danger. and to
The judges questions he replied with ex-
IRENE prudence. Thanks to him and his
wife NJ. Ginory found out a great deal
about M. Rovere's private life. He
penetrated into hat apparently hidden
discover among the people who
had visited the old %ex-consul the
one anon all others who might have
committed the deed.
You never saw the woman who WIS.,
tied Rovere""
Yes; the yelled lady, the woman i'm
black, but l do not know her. No one
knew her"
The story toll by the FORTRESS about
the time when she surprised the strang-
err and Revere with the papers in his
hand in front of the open safe made
quite an impression on the examining
magistrate.
do you know the name of the visit
orr"
No monsieur" the FORTRESS replied.
But III o should see him again
would you recognize him."
Certainly. l see his face there be-
fore me-
She made haste to return to her home
so that she might relate her Impressions
to her ellow gossips. The worthy
couple left the court puffed up with self
esteem because of the role which they
had been called upon to play. The OBJ
sequies were to be held the next day,
and the prospect of a dramatic day in
which M. and Nine. Moniche would,
still play this important role created in
them an agony which was almost joy
Gus. The crowd around the house of the
crime was always large. Some few pass
ersby stopped-stopped before the stone
facade behind which a murder had been
committed. The reporters returned
again and again for news, and the
a paper without seeing their names
printed in large letters. One journal
had that morning eve published an
especial article, Interviews With NJ.
and Nine. Moniche."
The crowd buzzed about the ledge
like a swarm of flies. NJ. Rovere's body
had been brought back from the NOR
que. The o%bsequies would naturally at
tract an enormous crowd. all the more
as The mystery was still as deep as
ever. Among his papers had been found
q receipt for a tomb in the cemetery
year before. In another paper. not
dated, We're found directions as to how
his funeral was to be conducted. NJ.
Revere. after having passed Il wan
dering life. wished to rest in his native
country. But no other indications OF
his wishes. nothing about his relatives,
had been found. 1t seemed as il he was
a man without a family, without any
place in society or any claim on any
II to bury him.. And this distressing
lSoiitIol AuOeu 10 lNe MORBID curiosity
which was attached to the house, now
all drapped in black. With the letter
standing out in white against its
silver e~scutcheon.
Who would be chief NJ.
Revere had appointed no one. He had
asked i'm that paper that a short notice
should be inserted in the paper giving
the hour I'M date of the service and
giving him h simple title ex-consrl.
II hope" went on the writer, Ito be
taken to the cemetery quietly and fol-
lowed by intimate friends. II any re-
main.
Intimate friends were scarce in that
crowd. without doubt. but the dead
mans wish could hardl- be carried out.
Those o%bsequies which he had wished
to be quiet became r. sort OF fete fune-
real n noisy. where the thousands Of
people crowding the boulevard crushed
each other in their desire to see, and
pressed almost upon the draped funeral
n which the neighbors had covered
with flowers.
Everything is a spectacle for Part
slams. The guardians of the peace
strove to keep back the crowds: some
the trees. The bier had peer placed
at the foot OF the staircase in the mar
row corridor %opening upon the street.
Nine. Moniche a placed upon a table
in the lodge some loose leaves. where
Rovere's friends could write
their names.
tContinued Next Weekly
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