The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-10
there" Dantln ~fervently declared.
..rhen eNnIainn said the magiStrate.

not there" Dantin fervently declared.
Then explain" said the magistrate.
Dantin remained silent a moment, as
II frightened. Their he stamnered: I
am dreaming! ] am dreaming AND
NJ. Ginory replied in q calm tone:
Notice that I attribute no exaggerat-
ed Importance to these proofs. 1t is not
on them alone that l base the
ton. But they constitute a strange
witness. very disquieting in its mute
e~loquence. They add to the DOUBT which
your desire for silence has awakened.
You tell me that you We're 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 were
you2"
Il do not know. At home, without
doubt. I Will have to think It over. At
what hour was Revere killed?'
NJ, Ginory made a gesture of ignor,
anCe and In n tone of raillery said:t
That! There are others who know 1t,
better than l." And Danttn. irritated,'
looked at him. !,
Yes" Went on the magistrate with
mocking politeness. t surgeons who
can tell the hour in which he was
killed" He turned over his papers.
The assassination was about an hour,
before midday In Paris in broad day,
light. at that hour, a murder was COM
mitted!" :,
that hour said jacques Dantin,
Il was just leaving home"
/ go where2"
For a walk. l had 81 headache. I
was going TO walk in the Champs Ely
sees to Cur it,"
And did you in your walk meet any
one whom you knew?'
mo one"
did you go into some shop?"
Il 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 alibt! All, that! Decidedly.
Monsieur. You accuse me of assassinat-
ing my friend" he violently aid
L do not accuse. / ask a question:"
And NJ. Ginory in a dry tone which
gradually became cutting and menac-
ing said: Il question you, but I warn
turn. You do not answer; o 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 bel
h magistrate waited a ome as
If to give the man lime to reflect, and
he held his pen suspended, after dipping
it in the ink, as an auctioneer holds
his i-orv hammer before bringing it,
down to close a sale. 81 am going to
drop the PEN 1t seemed to say. Dan
tin very angry. remained silent. His
look of bravado seemed to say: do
you dare? If you do dare, dc it."
You refuse to speak?" asked Ginory
for the last time.
L refuse."
You have willed it. Do you persist
in giving no explanation? Do you in
trench yourself behind / 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 a sort OF
rag
"Oh, well. Jacques Dantin"-and the
magistrates voice was grave and sud-
denly ~solenin-"you are from his mo-
ment arrested" The pen, uplifted till
this instant, fell upon the paper. It
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. M.
Gtnory touched one of the electric but
tons above his table and pointed Dam
tin out to the guards, whose shakos
suddenly darkened the doorway. Take
away the prisoner" he aid 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
bulist.
NJ