The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-31

All said NJ. emory. you recog
nize it, then?"
1t is my portrait Jacques Dantil
declared. 1T was made a long tim,
ago. Revere kept it in his sailor. HOY
did 1t come here?'
All" again said the magistrate
p that to mel"
M. Ginory seemed to wish to be g
said.
m, lie Juge. / have nothing to ex-
plain 10 you. l understand nothing.
hhoW nothing. Or, rather, I know tina
IN your error-an error which you will
bitterly regret some day or other, I am
sufe-you nave arrested me, shut me
up In Mazas. but that which [ can as
sure you of is that l have had nothing
40 you hear, neutrality-suspicious. to
40 with the murder of my friend, and
L protest with all my powers against
your processes"
coidly replied. "Oh, / understand ali
the disagreeableness of being shut up
Wlthin four walls. But then it is very
simple, In order to go out one has only
70 give TO the n who has a right to
know the explanations which are ask
ca. 10 you still persist in your sys-
,eihI DO you still insist on keeping I
hhow not what secret, Which you will
not reveal to us?"
r.eashaii keep it, monsieur. I have
retiectea,' said Dantin. yes. 1 have
rejected, and in the solitude to wh;cb
you have forced me l have examined
my conscience" He spoke with firm
ness less Violently h at the Palais
ue justice, and Bernardet's penetrating
ilt1'e eyes never left his face; neither
uld the magistrates nor the chiefs.
a. am persuaded" Danttn continued
mat THIS miserable mistake cannot last
Iolls, n you VIII recognize the truth
l shai go out, at least from here, with
out having abused a confidence which
one has placed in me and which r in
tend to preserve"
Yes" said M. Ginory, perfectly.
L Know your system. You viii hold to
II. 1t is well. Now, whose portrait is
1T is mine"
whom do you think it was pos
siole that 1t could have been sold in tha
pric-a-brac shop where it was found ."
l know thin about 1t. Probably
oy the n who found it or stole it from
". iNoVeres apartment and who is
assassin" 1870 us
Ihat seems very simple to you?"
II seems very logical"
that this should be the ~
aee truth, that does not detract from
the presumption which duplicates vom
and from Nine. Moniche's deposition
winch charges you"
Yes, yes, I know-the open safe
the papers spread out, the
WIN Eovere, when the concierge en-
'en .TS .ne room,that signifies nothing"
for you. perhaps. For justice it has
a tragic si~gnifcation. But let us return
TO the portrait. 1t was YOU. T sunnosa
VINO gave it to Rovere?"
es, it was l." Dantin responded
itoVere was an amateur In art; more
over; my intimate friend. I had no fam
liy. L had an old friend, a companion
oi my youth whom I thought would
nlshly prize that painting. It is a fine
one.lt Is by Paul Baudry."
t,osa sad NJ: emory. "P. b
Certainly. After the war, when r
nad zone ny duty like others-I say
lNis Without any intention of defendinp
Baudry was at Bordea1,r
was painting some portraits on
among others. He made mine. 1T is this
one which I gave Royere-the ono va,
hold in your hands,"
The magistrate looked at he small
painting, and M. Leriche put on.
his eyeglasses to examine the r,1a,itm
the painting. A Baudry.
What are these scratches around he
euse as II nails had been drawn across
the piaces?' M. Ginory asked. He held
out ut t tn portrait to Dantin.
! 40 not know. Probably where the
frame was taken off,"
NO. no! They are rough marks. III
see that. The picture has been III
erally torn from the frame. You o1,eb-
70 KNOW how this panel wa framed
Very simply when l gave 1t to Ro-
we're. A narrow gilt frane, nothinp
" AAihs
Had Revere changed the franco"
4 DO not know. / do not remember
Mhen | was at his apartment the last
times, / dot remember to have
seen the Baudry. I have thought of #
out nave no recollection of it,"
lhen you cannot furnish anv in
about the man who sold this
oortrait?" oiu ehis
None whatever"
we might bring you face to face
With that woman" ~
so be it! h certainly would not
.'ecognize me-"
In n case. she will tell us about
ler.'' 10
She might describe him to me aeon
'ately, and ven paint him for me.
said Dantin quickly. she can neithar
that l know him nor prove to
that am his ~accomplice. do not
Snow who he is or from where he
comes. I was even ignorant of his exo
stence myself a quarter of an hour
lgo."
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