Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
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! anu WHO Hdu QuGSltOIleu HILL
1T Is because j have a great interes
in at once commencing my researches,
said Rernardet, measuring his word
in order 10 note the effect which the!
would produce on this unknown man
Il am a police detective
OH This time Bernardet saw Dantir
shiver. There was no doubt of IL. Thi!
close contact with a police officer trou
hled him. and he turned pale and &
quick spasm passed over his face. His
anxious eyes searched Bernardet's face
but. content with stealing an ocCasiona
glance Of examination toward his
neighbor, the little man walked along
with eyes cast toward the ground. HI
studied Jacques Dantin in sudden
quick turns OF the eye.
The car advanced slowly, turned the
corner OF the boulevard m passed into
the narrow avenue which led to Gods
Acre. The arch of the iron bridge led
TO the Campo Santo, like a viaduct OF
living beings Owe to the land of sleep
for il vas packed with a curious crowd
Ii was a scene for q melodrama, the
cortege and the funeral car covered
with wreaths. ~Bernardet, still walking
by Dantin's side, continued 10 question
him. The agent noticed that these ques-
tons seemed TO embarras NJ. Rovere's
pretended friend.
rs IL q long time since NJ. Revere
ard Jacques Dantin have known each
other?'
We have beer friends since child
hood"
And did you see him often?"
NO. Life had separated us"
Had you seen him recently? Nine.
Moniche said that o had"
who is Nine. Moniche?"
The concierge OF the house and a
sort OF h~ousekeeper for NJ. Revere"
All, Yes!" said jacques Dantin, as
IL he had Just remembered some for
gotten sight. Bernardet, by instinct,
read this mans thoughts, saw again
with him also the tragic scene when
the FORTRESS, suddenly entering NJ. Ro-
vere's apartments, had seen him stand
ing face TO face with Dantin in front
OF the open safe, with a great quantity
OF papers spread out
DO you believe that he a many
enemies ?" asked the police agent, with
deliberate calculation.
No" Dantin sharply replied with
out hesitation. Bernardet waited a mo-
ment. Then in a firm voice he said,
NJ. Ginory will no doubt count a good
deal on o in order TO bring about the
arrest OF the assassin"
M. Ginory?"
The examining magistrate"
Then he will have TO make haste
with his investigation" Jacques Dam
tin replied. Il shall soon be obliged to
leave Paris" This reply astonished
Bernardet. This departure, of which
the motive was probably a simple one,
seemed to him strange under the tragic
circumstances. NJ. Dantin, moreover,
did not hesitate to give him, without
his asking for Ii, his address,. adding
hat he would hold himself in readiness
from his return from the cemetery at
the disposition of the examining mag
istrata.
The misfortune is hat L can tell
nothing, as / know nothing. I do not
eve suspect who could have any in
terest IN killing that unfortunate man.
A professional criminal, without
doubt"
Il do not believe So"
The Cortege had now reached one of
the side A white fog envel-
Cped everything. and the marble tombs
shone ghostly through It,. The spot
chosen by NJ. Revere himself was at
The car slowly rolled toward the open
grave. Mime. Moniche, overcome with
grief. staggered as she walked along,
but her husband, the tailor, seemed TO
De equal to the occasion and to his
role. They both assumed different ex-
pressions behind their dead, and Paul
Rodier walked along just In front of
IntIfl, nOleDOOk III mana.
promised himself to keep close watch
of Dantin and see In what manner he
carried himself at the tomb A pressure
of the crowd separated them for a
moment. but the officer was perfectly
satisfied. Standing on the other side
of the grave, face TO face with him, was
Dantin. A row of the most curious
had pushed I'm ahead of B~ernardet, but
In this way he could better see Dantin's
fanp and mot miss the niIfvar of "a mllG-
Gle. He stood on tiptoe and peered this
way and that between the heads and
could thus scrutinize n analyze with
ont being perceived himself.
Dantin was standing on the very
edge OF the grave. He held himself
very upright, in a tense, almost ag-
gressive way and looked from time to
time into the grave with an expression
Of anger and almost defiance. OF what
was he thinking? In that attitude,
| which seemed to be a revolt against
| the destiny which had come to his
| friend, Bernardet read q kind of hard
ening of the will against an emotion
which might become excessive and tell
tale. He was not as yet persuaded to
| the outlines Of this man, but he did
not find in that expression of defiance
the tenderness which ought to be shown
for a friend-a lifelong friend, as DAN
tin had said that Revere was-and,
then, the more he examined him-there,
for example. seein- his dark silhouette
| clearly defined in front of the dense
white of a neighboring column--the
more the aspect of his man cores
pended with that of the vision trans
fixed in the e man's eye.
Yes, II was the same profile of a
trooper, his and upon his hip, as If
resting upon a rapier. Bernardet blink
ed his eyes IN order to better see that
man. He perceived a man who strong
ly recalled the vague form found In
that retina, and his conviction came to
the aid OF his instinct, gradually in
creased and became, little by little, in
vincible, irresistible. He repeated the
address which this man had given him
Jacques Dantin, Rue de Richelieu
ia" He would make haste to give
that name to NJ. Ginory and have a ci-
tation served upon him. Why should
| this Dantin leave Paris? What were
the passions, the vices Of the mar
standing there with the austere mier
of a Hugucnot in front of the oper
gravef
Bernardet saw that despite his strons
will and his wish TO stand there impas
siye Jacques Dantin was troubled when
with a heavy sound. the casket glidet
over the cords down into the grave. III
bit the ends of his mustache and hi
gloved hand made several irresistibl
a nervous movements. And the look cas-
into that oravat The loDk ga gf at tina