The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-14

the order of the registrar. NJ. Ginory
signed 1t, saying to Favarel:
The description must be left blank.
They will fill it out after the measure
ments arc tuken.'
Then Prades, stupcticd till now, not
seeming to realize half that was pass
ing around him. gave a sudden, violent
start. A cry burst from him.
Arrested! Have o arrested me?"
M. emory eaned over the table. He
wa; calm and held his pen, with which
ne:had signed the order, suspended in
the air. The young man rushed for
ward wild with anger, and if the
guards had not held him back he
would have seized NJ. Ginory's fat neck
with both hands. The guards held
Prades back. while the examining mag
istrate, carelessly pricking the table
with his pen. gently said. with a smile:
All tho same, more than one male
factor has betrayed himself In a fit OF
anger. I have often thought that it
would take very little to get myself
assassinated when 1 had before me an
accused person whom I felt was guilty
and who would not confess. Take
away the man."
While they were pushing Prades
toward the corridor he shouted, Ca
n%ailles!" M. Girory ordered tina Dan
tin should lie left alone with him.
Alone" he said to Bernadet, whose
look was a little uneasy. The registrar
half rose from his chair. picking up his
papers II pushing them into the
pocket OF his much worn paper case.
No. You may remain, Favored"
Well" said the magistrate in a ia
mil.ar tone when he found himself face
to a with Jacques Dantin. have you
1e hected::"
! jacques Dantin, his lips pressed
closely together. did not reply.
1t is a counsnlor-a counselor of an
especial kind-thc cell. He who in
vented it,
Yes" Dantin brusquely interrupted.
The brain suffers between those walls.
l have not slept since l went there. not
slept at all. Insomnia is killing me. 1t
seems as IL l should go crazy"
Them" asked NJ. Ginory.
Then
Jacques Dantin looked fercely at the
registrar, who sat waiting, his pen over
his ear, his elbows ON the table, his
chin on his hands.
Then. OH, well! Then, here 1T is. I
wish to tell you all-all. But to you
to your
ITO me alonew
Yes" sale Dantin, With the same
fierce expression.
My dear Favorcl'-the magistrate
began.
The registrar had already risen. He
slowly bowed and went out.
Now" said the magistrate to
jacques Dantin, you can speak"
The nan still hesitated. &.
Monsieur" he asked. will any word
said here be repeated-ought it or must
it be repeated-in a courtroom at the
assizesII know not where-anywhere
before the pubiic?"
THAT depends" said NJ. Ginory.
but what you know you owe to jus
tice. whether it be a revelation, an ac-
cusation or a confession. 1 ask it OF
you"
Still Dantin hesitated. Then the
magistrate spoke these words: Il de-
mand it,"
With a violent effort, the prisoner
began: $50 be it. But it is to a man
OF honor rather than to q magistrate
to whom l address these words. II I
have hesitated to speak, il l nave al
lowed myself to be suspected and to
be accused. it is because it seemed to
me impossible, absolutely impossible,
that this same truth should not be re-
vealedI do not know in what way
that it would become known to you
without compelling me to disclose a
secret which was not mine"
ITO an examining magistrate one
ma tell everything" said M. Ginory.
We have listened to confessions in our
offices which are as inviolable as those
OF the confessional made to a priest"
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