Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-11

not there." Dantfn fervently declared.
Then explain" said the magistrate.
Dantin remained silent a moment. as
If frightened. Then he stammered: II
am. dreaming. / am dreaming" And
M. Ginory replied In a calm tone:
Notice that / attribute 10 exaggerat-
ed Importance to these proofs. 1t In not
on them alone that I base the accusa-
ton. But they constitute a strange
witness. very disquieting in its mute
~eloquence. They add to the doubt which
o desire for silence has awakened.
You tell me that o were not near
Revere when he died. These proofs.
sir, REPUTABLE as a fact. seem to prove
at once the contrary Then the day
Revere was assassinated, where We're
your"
Il do not know. At home. without
doubt. / viii have to think IT over. At
what hour was Revere killed."
Nj. Ginory made a gesture OF ignor.
ance and in a tone of raillery said !
That. There are others who know 1t
better than L." And Dantin, irritated,
looked at him.
Yes went on the magistrate with
hooking politeness, 1.-The urgeo Who
can tell the o in which he was
killed" He turned over his papers
The assassination was about an hour
before midday. In Paris I'm broad day
light. at that hour, a murder was com
mitted."
AT that hour" said Jacques Dantin.
Il was just leaving home"
To go where"
For a walk. | had a headache. 7
was going TO walk in the Champs Ely
sees to cure It."
And did you I'm your walk meet n
one whom you knew"
mo one"
Did you go into some shop"
II did not"
In short, you have no alibi?"
The word made Dantin again trem-
BILE. He felt the meshes of the net
closing around him.
An alibi! All, that! Decidedly.
Monsieur, you accuse me OF assassinat-
ing my friend" he violently said.
Il do not accuse. l ask a question"
And M. Ginory in a dry tone which
gradually became cutting and menac-
ing said: II question you. but / warn
you that the interview has taken a bad
turn. You do not answer; you pretend
to keep secret l know not what in
formation which concerns us. You are
not yet exactly accused. But-but-but
-you are going TO be-
The magistrate waited a m az
If TO give the man time TO reflect, and
II In the ink. as an a~uCtioneer holds
his i"orv hammer before bringing II,
down to close a sale. Il am going to
drop the pen" 1t seemed to say. Dam
tir very angry. remained silent. His
look of bravado seemed to say: do
o dare? If you do dare, do IT,"
You refuse to speak?" asked Ginory
for the last time.
Il refuse"
You have willed IL. Dc you persist
in giving no explanation? Do you in
trench yourself behind 1 know not what
scruple OF duty to honor? Do you keep
to your systematic silence? For the last
time. do you still persist in this?'
Il have nothing-nothing-nothing to
tell you" Dantin cried In Il sort OF
"
"Oh, well. Jacques Dantin"--and the
magistrates voice was grave and sud
denly ~solemn-"you are from this mo-
ment arrested" The pen, upiifted TIN
this instant. fell Upon the paper. II
was an order for arrest. The registrar
looked at the man. Jacques Dantin
did not move. His expression seemed
vague, the fixed expression Of a person
who dreams with wide open eyes. NJ.
Ginory touched one OF the electric but
tons above his table and pointed DAN
tin out to the guards, whose shakos
suddenly darkened the doorway. Take
away the prisoner" he said shortly
and mechanically, and, overcome, with
out revolt, Jacques Dantin allowed him
self to be led through the corridors OF
the palais, saying nothing, comprehend
ing nothing, stumbling occasionally
like a. intoxicated man or a
pulist.
(Cortinucd Ncx. WeekN