Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-25
CHAPTER XII.

80 do not know thought Bernardo
ans lc returned home. What one knows
very we'll indeed, what one cannot DENY.
oh. that would be impossible, Ia that
ON the retina OF the dead mans eye. re-
fIectcd there OF the supreme m of
the agony2 Is there found the image Of
this Dantin. his face. his features-this
man, IN a word, denounced By this wit
ness which Is worth all other witnesses
IN thc world? This assassiuated man
cast a last look upon his murderer as nc
called for aida last cry for help in
the death rattle. And this man SAYS. i
do not know But the dead man knew.
ard the kodak knows also. IL has no
passion. no anger. without hate, because
II registers what passes. fixes that
which is fleeting,"
I}ernardet was obstinate i'm his con
victoa. He was PERFECTLY rooted in il.
What II he had not persisted in be-
licVing that photography would reveal
the truth2 What weighty reason, what
sven acceptable one, was there which
Obliged Dantin to remain silent i'm the
presence of the examining magistrate
and his registrar--in the secret Inter-
view Of an examination-when in order
10 escape a prison, an accusation. he
had only to speak two words? But II
Dantin said nothing was IT because he
had nothing TO say? II he had given
NO explanation. was II because he had
none 10 give? An innocent man does
moi remain silent. III at the instant
when NJ. Ginory pressed the ivory but
ton the other day the man had been
able to defend himself, would he not
have Tor it, one knew the secret rea-
son of criminals for keeping silent.
Their best reason Is their guilt,
only IL seemed now certain that DAN
sin. although guilty, had an accomplish
aAra. .y5NIA,.N 1A.kA H.. $50 .-kt a.
ssonebrero. the seller of the portrait,
Where could he now be i'm hiding?
mot easy" Rernardet repeated the
words. Not easy; no, not cas- at all
80 run him out OF his rabbit hutch"
THE woman In black, the visitor,
would be another important clew. ON
this side the situation seemed a simple
one. Or was this woman also an ac-
,compiice, and would she remain silent.
B,id Zen in the province? Or would the
death of Revere draw her to Paris,
where she might be recognized and be-
come 81 Witness for justice2
r;t the days passed. What vas called
slhe mystery of the Boulevard de Clichy
,ca,ntlnued to interest and excite the
public. Violent and perplexing parlia-
sneata;y discussions could not distract
attention from a crime committed In
broad daylight, almost. as one might
say. In the street, and which made one
doubt the security of the city. the eff
cheney OF the police. The fall OF a min
SstTy. predicted each morning and am
tictpafed In advance, could not thrust
aside morbid interest in this murder.
The death Of the ex-counsel was a
grand actually.
Jacques Dantin thus became a dra-
matte parsonage The reporters created
legends about him. Son declared him
guilty and brought up i'm support OF
their conviction some anecdotes. some
tales from the clubs. given as proofs.
others asked il the suggestions were
sufficiently well based To accuse a man
In advance of trial. and these latter
ardently took up his defense, Paul Ro-
slicr had even. with much deNterity and
eloquence. automatically written two
articles. one on either side OF the ques-
tion.
at Is" he said to himself. "the sure
way OF having told the truth on one
side of the other
Bernardet did not renounce for an
instant the hope OF finding the ma who
had sold the picture. 1T was not the
first time that he had picked the needle
from q cartful of hay. Paris is large.
hEsa this human sea has its particular
currents, as the ocean has special tides,
and the police officer knew It we'll.
Here or there some day he would meet
tiFS HAdll, cast UP uy tue forrest like a
waif.
First of all. the man was probably a
stranger from come foreign land. Wear
ing a hat like a ~Spaniard. he had not
had time 10 change the style of dress Of
the country from which he had como
I'm search of adventures. Bernardet
haunted the hotels, searched the regis
tcrs, made conversation with the lodg-
esrs- fie found poor persons who had
from foreign countries. but whose
motives for coming 20 Paris We're all
fright. Rernardet never stopped seareh-
Ing a moment. He went everywhere.
and prying, and Ii pleased him.
when he found q leisure evening, tn so
t0 some Of the strange wineshops or
alehouses (called ~carbetSl To find sub-
SeefS for observation. These carabets
are very numerous on the outskirts 90
Montmarte. Ia the streets and boule-
wards ar the foot OF the Butte, bizarre
inventions, original and disagreeabie
where the ingenuity uf the
en8erprIsers sometimes made them
hideous la order to attract. TO cater 10
the Idle and to hold the ~loungers from
am n the higher classes: cai'abets
OF the need for novelty which
might stimulate h blase. the demand
<or something eccentric almost % NOR