The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-02-18
The Crime Of s'';;;s :: !
e. a.! s : the Boulevard

ing her veil, she went away, and Dam
tin, standing near the grey tomb, saw
her disappear at the end OF In al
ley.
The martyr, e~xpiating near the old
crippled man a fault OF which she was
innocent, went back to him who was
without suspicion, to him who adored
her and to whom she was in their poor
apartment In Blois his saint and his
daughter.
She would watch. she would lose her
youth, near that old soldier whose ro-
bust constitution would endure many.
many long years. She would pay her
lead mothers debt: she would pay II
by devoting every hour OF her life to
this man whose name she bore--an IL
lustrious name, a name belonging to
the victories. to- the struggles, to the
history of yesterday. She would be the
hostage. the e~xpiatory victim.
With all her life would she redeem
the fault OF that other.
And who knows. my poor Revere
said Jacques Dantin, ''thy daughter.
proud of her sacrifice. is perhaps hap
pier in doing this"
In his turn he left the tomb. He
went out OF the cemetery. He wished
to walk to his lodging I'm the Rue Rich
eiieu. He had only taken a Few steps
along the boulevard, where 1t seemed
but yesterday he had followed, talking
with Bernardet. behind Rovere's tuner
al carriage, when he nearly ran into
q little man who was hurrying along
the pavement The police officer sa-
luted him, with a shaking OF the head
which had in It regret, a little con-
fusion, some excuses.
"Ah, M. Dantin, what a grudge you
must haye against me"
Not at ALL" said Dantin. "You
thought that you were doing your
duty, and It did not displease me to
have you try SO quickly to avenge
my poor Revere"
"Avenge him, yes, he will be
avenged! I would not give four sous
for Charles Prades' head tomorrow
when he is tried. We shall see each
other In court. Au revoir, M. Dantin,
and all my excuses"
.Au reyoir. N: Bernardet. and all
my compliments"
The two men separated. Bernardet
was on his way home to breakfast. He
was late. Nine. Bernaldet would be
waiting and q little red and breathless
he hurried along. He stopped on hear
ing a newsboy announce the last num-
Der OF Lutece.
Ask for the account OF the trial to-,
morrow, the inquest by Paul Rodier on
h crime OF the Boulevard de
Clichy.''
The newsboy saIuted Bernardet.
whom he knew very well.
Give me a paper" said the police
officer. The boy pulled out a
from the package he was carrying and
waved 1t over his head like a flag.
"Ah, I understand; that interests,
you, M. Bernardet."
And while the little man looked for,
the heading Lutece in capital letters
the title which Paul Rodier had given
to a series Of interviews with cele-,
brated physicians, the newsboy, giving
Bernardet his change, said:
Tomorrow is the trial. But there Is
40 doubt, is there. AZ. Bernardet?
Prades Is condemned in advance"
III a confessed; 1t is an accom-
plished fact" Bernardet replied. pock-
citing his change.
Eau revoir and thanks, M. Bernar-
Diet"
And the newsboy. going on his way,
ASK for Lutece-the Revere trial.
The affair tomorrow. Paul Rodier's IN
quest on the eye OF the dead man His
voice was at last drowned In the noise
OF tramways and cabs.
M. Bernardo hurried on. The little
mes would have become impatient,
yes, yes, waiting for him and asking
for him around the table at home. He
looked at the paper which he had
bought. Paul Rodier, In regard to the
question which he, Bernardet, had
raised, had interviewed savants, phys
biologists, psychologists, and In good
journalistic style had published the
evening before the trial the result Of
his inquest.
M. Bernardet read as he FASTENED
along the long titles in capitals in large
headlines:
"a scientific problem apropos of the
Revere affair"
Questions of medical Jurisprudence"
"The y OF the dead man"
Interviews and opinions OF MN.
les Drs. Brouardel, Roux, Duclaux,
Pean, Robin, Pozzi, Blum, Vidal,
GILES de la Tourette-'
Bernardet turned the leaves. The In
terviews filled two pages at least In
solid columns.
$50 much the better. So much the
better" said the police officer, enchant-
ed. And Fastening along even faster
he said to himself:
IT am going to read all that to the
c~hildren--yes, all that. It will amuse
them. Life is a a like any other,
incredible than any other. And
these questions-the unknown, the In
all these problems--how inter
they arel And the mystery-so
THE END.
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