The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-10

not therel' Dantin f%ervently declared.
Then explain," said the MAGISTRATE.
Dantin remained silent a moment, as
e frightened. Then he stammered: II
am dreaming! I am dreaming!" And
nj emory replied In q calm tone:
Notice that / attribute no exaggerat-
ed Importance to these prbofs. 1t is not
on them alone that j base the accusa-
ton. But they constitute a strange
witness, very disquieting In its mute
e~loquence. They add to the doubt which
your desire for silence a awakened.
You tell me that YOU 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 assassinhted, where were
your" T. .
II do not know. At home, without
doubt. / VIII nave to think 1t over. At
what hour was Revere killed."
nj. Ginory made a gesture of Ignor-
ance n In o. tone oS raiIlery said.
That! There are others who know It
better than II And Dantin, irritated,
looked at him.
Yes" went on the magistrate with
hooking politeness, 'the surgeons who
al 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
mitted!"
AT that hour" said Jacques Dantin,
II was just leaving home" !;
TIC go where?" .'. .0.
For a walk. I had a headache. T
was going o.walk in the Champs Ely
sees to cure It," -
And did you in your walk meet INV
one whom you knew :,
mo one"
Did you go into some shop?"
. Il did not. " -. - .... 90 .
I'm short, you have no alibi?' =
The word made Dantin again trem-
Bile. lie felt the meshes OF the net
closing around him. -!
alibil All, that. Decidedly,
Monsieur, o accuse me of assassinat-
ing my friend" he violently said.
Il do not accuse. I ask q question"
And M. Ginory in a dry tone which
gradually became cutting and menac-
Ing said: II question you, but I warn
you that the interview has taken a bad
turn. You do not answer: you pretend
70 Keep secret l know not what in
which concerns us. You are
yet exactly accused. But-but-but
are going to be-
The magistrate waited a as
II to give the man time to reflect, and
held his pen suspended, after dipping
1t in the ink, as an auctioneer holds
q - AAsbiAlliICl pGIOIe pTlIlElIHk III
to close a sale. II am going to
drop the pen" itNseemed to say. Dam
very angry, remained silent. His
of bravado seemed to say! do
you. dare? If you do dare, do it."
You refuse. to speak" asked Ginory
for the last time.
II refuse"
You have willed It. Do you persist
in giving no explanation? Do you in
trench yourself behind / know not what
of duty to honor? Do you keep
10 your systematic silence? For the last
time, do you still persist In this?".
Il have Observation-Disclosures to
,en you," Dantin cried in a sort of
"Oh, well, jacques Dantin"-and the
magistrates voice was grave and sud
ienly solemn-"you are from this mo- I
nent arrested" The pen, uplifted till
his instant, fell upon the paper. It
vas an order for arrest. The registrar
ooked at the man. Jacques Dantin
lid not move. His expression seemed
the fixed expression OF q person
Who dreams with wide open eyes. M.
iinory touched one OF the electric out
,ons above his table and pointed Dam
In out to the guards, whose shakos
suddenly darkened the doorway, Take
the prisoner" he said shortly
mechanically, and, overcome. with
nut revolt, jacques Dantin allowed him
Ielf to be led through the corridors of
he palais, saying nothing, comprehend
ng nothing, stumbling occasionally
Ike an intoxicated man or q somnam- /
,ulist. ~
tContinued Next Weekl