The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-01-14
The Crime OF '''Ei;;:: = \
: II. the boulevard

A - 49, 49, NAA III ~ W ~ -"
he was going through these streets, fill
ed with carriages. with men and women
who were free-gave him q desperate,
q nervous sense OF Irritation.
The afr which they breathed he
breathed and felt fan his brow, but
through q grating. They arrived at the
palats, n jacques Dantin recognized
their staircases which he had previous
ly mounted that led to the examining
magistrates room. He entered the mar
row room where NJ. Ginory awaited him.
Dantin saluted the magistrate with a
gesture which. Though courteous, SEEM
ed to have q little bfavado in IT, as a
salutation with a sword before a duel.
Then he glanced around, aston};;Sed to
see between two guards a ma-sS'hom
he did not recognize.
M. Ginory studied them. II he knew
this Prades. who also curiously re-
turned his look Jacques Dantin was a
great comedian, because no indication,
not the slightest involuntary ~shudder,
not the faintest trace of IN expression
OF having seen him before. Generally
prisoners would unconsciously permit
a gesture, a glance. q something to es-
cape them when they were brusQuely
confronted unexpectedly with some ac-
complice. This time not a muscle OF
Dantin's face moved, not an eyelash
quivered.
M. Ginory motioned Jacques Dantin
70 a seat directly In front of him, where
the light would fall upon his face.
POINTING out Prades, he asked:
DO you recognize his manT"
Piled: "
mo- Me-, / : never seen him"
4 believe not. He is unknown to
And you, Prades. have you ever.seen
Jacques Dantin? %
Never" said Prades, in his turn.
His voice seemed hoarse compared with
tho brief, clear response mad by Dam
He is, however, the original Of the
portrait which you sold to Nine. CO.
lard =
"The portrait?"
Look sharply at Dantin. Look at
him well" repeated M. Ginory. You
must recognize that he is the original
OF the portrait in question"
Yes" Prades replied His eyes we're
liked upon h prisoner,
"Ahi" the magistrate joyously ex-
claimed. asking, And how, tell me, did
you recognize the original or the por-
trait which you saw only an instant in
II do not know" stammered Prades,
not comprehending the gravity Of a
question put In an insinuating, almost
amiable, tone
"Oh, we'll" continued M. Ginory. still
In conciliating tone. II am going to
explain to you. 1t is certain that you
recognize these features because you
had a long time In which to contem-
plate them; because you had ii a long
time IN your hands when you were
trying to pull Off the frame"
THE frame? What frame ?'' asked the
young man. Supplied, not taking his
eyes from the magistrates face. which
seemed to him endowed with some oc-
cult power. NJ. Ginory went on:
THE frame which you had trouble
in removing. since the scratches show
in the wood. And what IL, after taking
the portrait to Nine. Colard's shop, we
should find the frame in question at an
other place, at some other shop? That
would not be very difficult And M.
Ginory smiled at Bernardet. what IL
we could d another new annosas~n
TO that of Nine. corland's? Yes, s-nat
II TO that clear. decisive deposition we
could add another-what would you
have to say?"
Silence! Prades turned his head
around; his eyes wandered about, as IL
searching to find an outlet or a sup
port, gasping like a man who has been
injured.
Jacques Dantin looked at him at the
same when the magistrate,
with a glance keener, more piercing
than ever. seemed to search his very
soul. The young man was now paIlid
and unnamed.
AT length Prades pronounced some
words. What did he want of hIrn?
What frame was he talking OF and
who was this other dealer of whom the
magistrate spoke and whom he had
called q second time? Where was this
witness with the new deposition? ?"
''One Is enough" he said, casting a
ferocious look at Nine, Colard. who, on
a sign from M. Ginory, had entered.
pale and full of fear.
He added In q menacing tone:
"One Is ven too much"
The fingers OF hls right hand con-
tracted. as IL around a knife handle.
At this moment Bernardet, who was
studying each gesture which the man
made, was convinced that the murderer
of Revere was there. He saw that
hand rme with the knife, the one
which had been found I'm his pocket.
striking his victim, gashing the ex-
%consurs throat.
But, then, Dantin? An accomplice.
without doubt; the head of which the
~adyenturer was the arm. Because Ia
the dead mans eye Dantin's image ap-
peared, reflected as clear proof. like an
accusation, showing the person who
was last seen In Rovere's supreme ag
ony. Jacques Dantin was there. The
eye spoke.
Nine. Colard's testimony no longer
permitted M. Ginory to doubt. This
Charles Prades was certainly the man
who sold the portrait.
Nothing could be proved except that
the two men had never met. No sign
OF emotion showed that Dantin had
ever seen the young ma before. The
latter alone betrayed himself when he
was going to Mazas with the original
Of the portrait painted by Baudry.
But, however, as the magistrate un-
derlined II with precision, the fact
alone of recognizing Dantin constituted
against Prades a new charge. Added
TO the testimony, to the formal affirma-
ton OF the s~hopkeeper, this charge be-
came grave.
Colby NJ. Ginory said to the regis
trar, IAN order!"
Then, when Favorel had taken a
paper engraved 1t the top, which
Prades tried to decipher. the magis-
trate began TO question him, and as M.
Ginory spoke slowly Fayore filled in