The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-26
The Crime of ''sz1:is. =: :
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II Is DtCduSS Il nave q great INTEREST
in at once commencing my researches
said Bernardet. measuring his words
In rider to note the effect which they
would produce on his unknown man
Il am q police detective"
Oh! This time Bernardet saw Dantin
shiver. There was no doubt of 1t. This
close contact with a police officer .trou-
hled him, n he turned pale and q
quick spasm passed oyer his face. His
anxious eyes searched Bernardet's face
but, content with stealing an occasional
glance OF examination toward his
neighbor, the little man walked along
with eyes cast toward the ground. He
studied Jacques iDantin in sudden,
quick turns of the eye.
The car advanced slowly, turned the
corner of the boulevard and passed into
the narrow venue which led to Gods
/ Acre. The arch OF the iron bridge led
to the Campo Santo, like n viaduct of
living beings over to the land OF sleep,
for 1t was packed with a curious crowd.
1t was n scene for a meIodrama, the
cortege and the funeral car covered
with wreaths. ,Bernardet, stil walking
by Dantin's side, continued to question
him.. The agent noticed hat these ques-
tons seemed TO embarras M. Rovere's
pretended friend. Z
rs 1t a long time since M. Revere
and jacques Dantin have known each
other?"
We have been friends since child
hood"
And did you see him often?"
mo. Life had separated as"
Had you seen him recently? Nine.
Moniche said that you had"
Who is Nine. Moniche? ?"
THE concierge or the house and a
sort of housekeeper for NJ. Revere
"AE.! Yes!" said jacques Dantin, as
if .hR had inst rpnon11oharnl Cnn,n 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 had 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,
M. Ginory will no doubt count a good
deal on you in order to bring about the
arrest of the assassin"
m. Ginory?" T.
"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. M. Dantin, moreover,
did not hesitate to give him, without
his asking for It. his address. adding
that he would hold himself in readiness
from his return from the cemetery at
the disposition of the examining mag
istrate. wy, his
THE misfortune is that I can tell
nothing, as 1 know nothing. I do not
even suspect who could have any in.
terest in killing that unfortunate man.
A professional criminal, without
doubt" ".., ,f.. NJ "
II do not believe So
The corteEe had now reached one OF
the side avenues. A white fog envel-
oped everything. and the marble tombs
shone ghostly through it. The spot
chosen by NJ. Revere himself was at
the end of the Avenue de la Cloche.
The a slowly rolled toward the open
grave. Nine. Moniche. overcome with
grief. staggered as she walked along,
but her husband, the tailor, seemed to
be 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
them, notebook In hand. Bernardet
promised himself to keep close watch
of Dantin and see in what 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 In ahead of Bernardet, but
in this way he could better see Dantin's
face and not miss the culver of a mus
Gle. He stood on tiptoe and peered this
VA and that hatIVnpT fhn hna1u nnl
could thus scrutinize and analyze with
cut being perceived himself.
Dantin was standing on. the very
edge of the grave, He held himself
very upright, I'm a tense, almost ag-
gresslve 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 a 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
mott 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, seeinT his dark silhouette
clearly defined in front Of the dense
white of a neighboring column-the
more the aspect Of this man cores
pended with that of the vision trans
fixed in the dead mans eye.
Yes. 1t was the same profile Of a
trooper, his hand upon his hip, as IL
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.
114."" He would make haste to give
that name 10 NJ, Ginory and have a ci-
tation served upon hin. Why should
this Dantin leave Paris? What were
the passions, the vices of the man
standing there with the austere mien
of a Huguenot In front of the open
grave? 81 ...
Bernardet saw that despite his strong
win and his wish to stand there impas-
siYe Jacques Dantin was troubled when,
with a heavy sound. the casket glided
over the cords down into the grave, He