Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02

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DIV Jacques came out. Some ten min
utcs went by, during which Rouleta-
billie appeared extremely impatient
The door of the drawing room was
then o,ened, and we heard the magls-
trate calling to the gendarme. VINO ell
tered. Presently he came out mount
cd the stairs and coming back short
" went In to the magistrate and said:
"Mopsieur. NJ Robert Darzac Will
not Gomez
"What, Not GOMEZ" cried NJ. de Mar
Quct.
"uc SAYS he cannot leave Mile. Stan
gerson in her present state.
every we'll" said NJ. de MarQuet
'Then we'll go to him"
NJ de Marqurt and the gendarmes
mounted the stairs He made sign to
Iarsan and the railway employee to
follow. Roulctabille and I went along
too
On reaching the door of Mile. Stan
cerson'S chamber NJ. dc Marquet
knocked. a chambcrmaid appeared. 1t
was sylvia. with her hair all in dlsor-
der and CONSERVATION showing on her
face
as NJ. Stangerson Within" asked the
magistrate
"Ies, monsieur
"Tell him that I wish to speak with
him"
Stangcrson came out. His appear
ance was wretched in the extreme.
what do you want?" he demanded
of the magistrate. May l not be left
| in peace monsieur"
"Monsieur." said the magistrate, sit
is absolutely necessary that | should
see NJ. Darzac at once If you cannot
! induce him to come I shall be COM
PEELED to use the help of the law
The professor made no reply. He
looked at US all like man being led
to execution and then went back into
the roonl
Almost Immediately after NJ. Robert
Darzac came out. He was very pale.
He looked at us, and, his eyes falling
on the railway servant, his features
stiffened, and he could hardly repress
groan.
We were all much moved by the APP
pearance of the man. We felt that
what was about to happen would de-
eide the fate of NJ. Robert Darzac.
Frederic Larsan's face alone was ra-
diant, showing a JOY as Of dog that
had at last got its prey.
Pointing to the railway servant, NJ.
de Marquet said to NJ. Darzac:
DO you recognize this man, mon
sieur?"
Il do" said Nj. Darzac in tone
which he vainly tried to make firm.
"He is an employee at the station at
Epinay sur Orge."
This young man." went on M. de
Marquet, "affirms that he saw you get
off the train at Epinay- Orge"-
THAT night" said M. Darzac, inter
rupting, "at half past 10. 1t is quite
true"
An interval Of silence followed.
IN Darzac," the magistrate went
on in tone of deep emotion-"M. Oar.
FAC, what were you dolngezthat night
at Epinay- Orge-at that timer"
NJ. Darzac remained silent, simply
closing his eyes.
IN. Darzac,' insisted M. de Mar
quet, ''can you tell me how you en-
ployed your time that night?"
NJ. Darzac opened his eyes. He
seemed to have recovered his self con-
troll
mo, monsieur"
Think, monsieur, for If you per-
sist in your strange refusal shall be
under the painful necessity Of keeping
you at my disposition"
II refuse"
"M.' Darzac, in the name of the law
arrest your
The magistrate had no sooner pro-
nounced the words than saw, Roule-
tabille move quickly toward NJ. OAR
FAC. He would certainly have spoken
to him. but Darzac by a gesture held
him off. AS the gendarme approached
his prisoner a despairing cry rang
through the room:
Robert! Robertw
We recognized the voice of Mile.
Stangerson. We all shuddered. Lar
san himself turned pale. M. Darzac
in response to the cry had flown back
into the room.
The magistrate, the gendarme and
Larsan followed closely after Rouleta-
billie and remained on the threshold.
1t was a heartbreaking sight that met
our eyes. Mile. Stangerson, with a
face of deathly pallor, had risen on
her bed In spite of the restraining eff
forts of two doctors and her father.
She was holding out her trembling
arms toward Robert Darzac. on whom
Larsan and the gendarme had laid
hands. Her distended eyes saw she
understood her lips seemed to form a
i word, but nobody made it out, and she
fell back insensible.
M. Darzac was hurried out of the
room and placed in the vestibule to
walt for the vehicle Larsan had gone
to fetch. We were all overcome by
emotion, and even NJ. de Marquet had
4 tears in his eyes. Rouletabille took ad-
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