The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-18

CUP driven by q coachman wearing
i tricolored c~ockade." lie YVES going to
he prefecture, the Psrlnanence. when
the Rue des Bons-Icnfant. he was
lStinctiNelS attracted to a ahop WIN
ow where rusty old arms tattefed
uniforms. Worn shasos. garments with
out value, smoky pictures. Ne!lowed en-
cravings and chance rare
old copies of books, old ronlances. an
Gent books with eaten bindings. q
mass of dissimilar objeots-ioa. Keys.
belu Buckles. abolished medals. battered
sous-were mixed together in an OBJ
long space as in a SOFT OF tough.
ON either side 0: This shop win
dow hung some soiled Uniforms. a
z%ouave's vest, 81 academician's old
habit. lugubrlous with fits e.sbroider-
leg of green. 81 soilcd costume which
hal been worn by some Pierrot ut the
carnival. 1t was, in all its sad irony,
the Vulgar hand re down that!"
which MAKES one think of that other
morgue where the clothing has been
rejected by the living or abandoned by
the dead.
Bernardet Wax neither of n melsn-
rholN temperament nov a dreamer. and
he did not give much time to the tear
full side of the question. but he was
possessed OF a raNcnous curiosity. and
the sight. however frequent. OF that
shop window always attracted him.
With. moreover. that sort of magnetism
which tho searcllers. great or small,
liltuItl.StN ltci--a toJieGlOI \" MIN
|knacks. discoveries of unknown coun-
tries, bookworrns bent over the Nolumes
at 4 sous apiece, or chemists crouched
over "a retort-Bernardet had been sud
denly attracted by a portrait. exposed
as an object rather than the others, in
the midst OF his detritus of abandoned
luxury or of past military glory.
Yes. among the tobacco boxes. the
belt buckle. the Turkish poniard,
watches With broken cases. common
nlprp Il nana4e n1n3rnpn1S 81 najnttnH.
oval in form. lay therc--a sort OF large
ncdallion without a frame. and at first
sight. by a singular attraction. 1T drew
aud held the attention of the police
officer.
AM" said Bernardet out loud. but
this is singular"
lie leaned forward until his nose
touched the cold glass and peeced fix
large MS ones hand. was the portrait OF
a man. and Belnardet fully believed at
the first look he recognized the person
whom he painter had reproduced.
AS his shadow fell across the window
Bernardet could not distinctly see the
painting. for 1T was not directly in the
| front line of articles displayed. and ne
stepped TO one side TO see if he could
get a better View. As%suredly, there
could be no doubt. the oval painting
was certainly the portrait of Jacques
! Dantin. NOW accused of a crime. There
was the same high forehead. the point
ed beard. of the same color: the black
%redingote. tightly b%uttoned up and
of a whiye linen collar. giving. in re-
sembling a doublet. to this painting,
the air OF q trooper, OF q swordsman.
of q Guisard "a partisan OF the Duke OF
GujSe). OF the time OF rlouet
Something of a connoisseur in paint
Ing. without doubt. in his quality OF
amateur photographer. much accus-
toned to crittcise a portrait II 1T Were
IN this picture a startling resemblance
to Jacques Dantin. 1t was the very
man himself. He appeared there. his
thin face standing out from its green
fish black soynoer back ground; the poise
OF the head displayed the same vigo,
as in III original; the clear cut feat
ures energetic. and the skin had
the same pal}or which was Characters
tic OF Dantin7s complexion. The head
admirably painted. displayed an as
tonishing lifelfke intensity. 1t had beer
lone by n master hand, no doubt O
that. and although in this portrait JAG
uues Dantir looked somewhat Nounge,
for instance. the hair and pointed
beard showed no siivery streaks in
them-the resemblance was SO marvel
Gus that Bernardet Immediately ex-
claimed. 1T is he!"
And most certainly 1t was JACQUES
Dantin himself. The more tho officer
examined 1t the more convinced he be-
came that this was a portrait OF the
man whom he had accompanied to the
cemetery and to prison. But how could
this picture have come into this bric-
a-brac shop, and Of whom could the
dealer have obtained 1T? A reply to
this would probably not be very difi-
cult to obtain. and the police officer
pushed back the door and found HIM
self in the presence of a very large
woman. with a pale. puffy face. which
was surrounded by a lace cap. He,
huge body was c%nveloped in a knitted
WOODEN shawl. She wore spectacles.
(Continued Next Weekly
Too Exalted Tastes.
From the Philadelphia Lelxer.