The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29
.~enAprER lF-continued.

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the pther--who was he Perhaps q
a~ccsmplice. Everything she had sal
belonged to the cornmissary OF polio
and to the press. She had told he
story with omissions, with timorou
looks with signs of doubts and use
less gestures. Bernardet listened. not
ing each word. the purposes of TIL
FORTRESS. the melodramatic gossip 1
certain information in which he VERT
fied the professionally this was en-
graNen on his Drain. as earlier in tn
day the expression of the dead man
eyes had been reflected In h ko
DALI ~"
&c tried to distinguish as best h
could the unbeatable facts In this frs
deposition. when O woman OF the PEG
ple& ~garrulous. indiscreet, gossipint
and jealous. has the Joy OF playing
role.S He mentally examined her story
with the Interruptions which her hus'
band made when h accused the in
divldnai. He stopped her with a look
placing his hand on her arm n said
One must wait. One does not know
lie had the appearance of a worthy
man, The woman, pointing out Will
u grand gesture the body lying upor
the hocr, said. "Oh. well, and did. mo-
WORTHY nan also. and did ii hinder
hirp from coming to that?"
over Bernardet's face a mocking
little smile passed.
HE always had the appearance OF
y worthy man" he said, looking al
tilS dead man. and he even seemed
ilspsa worthy man who looked at ras-
SLOWLY added the officer, that II one
colld know the last thought I'm that
hrAih which thinks no more, could
see lin those un5eeing yes the last
bnlAge upon which they looked, one
would learn an that need be known
ebplt that individual of whom you
spsak and the manner of his death"
Possibly he Killed himself" said
the coInmissary. 5I
But the hypothesis OF suicide was
NOV possible. as Bernardet remarked to
hitn, mach to the great contempt OF
the reporters who were covering their
~ndtebooks with a running handwrit-
Ing and with hierpgIyphics. The wound
was too deep TO have been made by
tip mans own hand And besidesa they
wPuld find the weapon with which that
hdfftble cash had been made. near at
hand There was no weapon of n
kind near the body Tho murderer had
eifher carried II away with him in his
hight Or he had thrown It away in
sqnie other part of the apartment.
They would soon know.
They e not eve wait for an
Autopsy 20 determine that 1t was an
s4sUsstnation. THAT Is evident" in
~tc9ruptedf the commissary. The au-'
Edpsy will be made, however, y
And with an insistence which sur
pytSed the commissary II little Bar
nArdct in courteous tones. evidently
haunted by one particular idea, begged
npdi almost supplicated M. Desbriere
Cd send for the attorney for the
pnhijc. 80 that the corpse could be
taken az soon as possible TO the morgue.
g,Poor man" exclaimed Nine. Mo-
bia,he. ITO the morgue. To the
ir.orgue Bernardet Gained her with
y. word.
ut is necessary. 1t IL the law. oh.
~ te Commissaire. let us DO Il
ahicKiy--iulckiy, / will tell you why.
tame viii be gained-I mean to say
s1yed-and the criminal found"
Then while M. Desbriere sent an or
t1fer 20 the telephone office 60 ask for
tAQ attorney Tor the republic ,toyeome
90 quickly as possible Go the BoIevard
~ Chchy. Nine. Moniche freed her,
Sstnd 70 che reporters In regard TO-
some philosophical considerations upon
nnnan destiny which condemned IN
~ u~nfaresecn SO 5odiously% brutal o.
M good Iodger Ia resbectable
~ NJ Revere to be laid upon a slab
q the morgue. like O thief or a yapa-
~Qpnd--he who went out but seldom
and who loved his home so much"
The everlasting antithesis of rife."
repi.ed Pau Rodier. who made a note
Of hts reelection.
CHAPTER "
Some time passed before the arrival
venetian blinds the nurnnurs Of fSe
crowd Collected below could be heard
Hhe coinmissary wrote his renort IN
the corner OF a table. by the iight Of
p single candle, and now and then
Rskcd for some detail OF Bernardet
WHO seemed very impatient. A heavy
siicnce had fallen on the room. Those
VINO y Snort time before had exchanged
prescriptions in Aloud tones since the
Somrntssary had finished with Nine
Alonnehe had dropped thor voices and
Bpoke IN hushed tones, az isAbey Svera
g SICK room, Suddenly d bell rang
SenqtHge Shril 1otes through the ST.
vent Toeng 8Berhardet remarked that
no doubt the attorney had arrived. He
iooSed az his watch. n simple silver
1890 watch, but which he priced
msnayu present from fits wtre-and
There is yet time" It was, in fact,
me attorney for the republic who came
pa accommodated blythe examintno rnago
istraLe. ~ Ginory, whom criminals
called the wise" because he pressed
thcni 30 hard when he got hold Of
thentF M. Ginory was inlthe ~attornev,syl
ofhce when the officer had teIenhoned
60 ~ ~5ocqueiin des Audrays. and the
tatter had asked him to accompanv Mn 4
20 "a scene OF the murder. Berna rdat
knew them both well. He had more
than once been associated with I'M. Az
drays. He also kneW M. GinoFy AZ q |
very Inst. a verxtgdod man. alfhonoh |
ne wa much feared FOR while search
iIsg for the truth of d matter he re-
served Judgment OF thbse whom he had |
Fastened ~ his wise. NJ. Audrays was
sui = youEg 4asg. slender and Correct
tightly bgtto@sd uhyytWy IRIS redibeote
srpQolh %lalrSn, kRaallhg eyegIasses
Th%~tsdh hbbnn ia Fbisg Ss~gttnnno,e
seemed a little too large. like q rosette
thefq through coquetry. Al Gio
tdkEfHSEH tGNoltrarsg wore clothe1tooj
large for ftiin; his necktie was tied az
ut was black cord. his hat twas
hatf brushed he vas short; stout and
siingnine, With his little snub nose. and !
his mopths with its heavy laws. He
scetnetsfbe9tde the worldly MAGISTRATES
like at sort OF professor or saVant or
collector swho. with a leather bag
styhlkd NTH books, Seemed more fitted |
90 pore oyer some brochures or, precI-
Gus old %ofufnes than to spend hts time