Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-15
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Anu DRIeN the Et-ti was dAlitIltu "
the order OF the registrar. NJ Ginory
signed 1t, saying to Favarel:
THE description must be left blank.
They will fiji II out after the measure
ments are taken"
Then Prades, stupefed till now, not
seeming to realize half that was pass
ing around him. a y a sudden, violent
start. A cry burst from him.
Arrested! Have you arrested me?"
NJ. emory leaned over the table. He
was calm and held his pen, with which
he 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. Glnory's fat neck
with both hands. The guards held
Pradcs back, while the examining mag
~istrate, carelessly pricking the table
with his pen, gently said. with a smile:
"All the same, more than one male
factor has betrayed himself in a fit Of
anger. l have often thought that it
would take very little to get myself
assassinated when / had before me an
accused person whom / felt was guilty
and who would not confess. Take
away the mani"
While they were pushing Prades
toward the corridor he shouted. Ca
naillcs." NJ. Ginory ordered that Dan
tin should be 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 and pushing them into the
pocket of his much worn paper case.
No. You may remain, Favored"
Well" said the magistrate in a ia
miliar one when he found himself face
to face with Jacques Dantin, have you
re fieCted?"
Jacques Dantin, his lips pressed
closely together. did not reply.
1t is a counselor-a counselor of an
especial kind-the cell. He who in
vented it.
Yes" Dantin ~brusquely interrupted.
The brain suffers between those walls.
l have not slept since l yer there, not
slept ct all. Insomnia Is killing me. 1t
seems rs if I should go crazy
Them" asked Nj. Ginory.
Then
Jacques Dantin looked tiercely 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 IL is. l
wish TO tell o all-alL. But to you
to you
Yes" said Dantin, with the same
fierce expression.
MY dear Favorep'-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 man still hesitated.
Monsieur" he asked, will any word
said here be repeated-ought il or must
il be repeated-in a courtroom at the
assizes-I know not where-anywhere
before the public"
THAT depends said M. emory.
what you know you owe to JUS
tice, whether it be a revelation, an ac-
cusatiou or "a confession. / ask il OF
YOU
Still DantiR hesitated. Then the
magistrate spoke these words: Il de-
mand it."
With Il violent effort, the prisoner
so be II. But II is to a man
OF honor rather than to a magistrate
to whom / address these words. If I
hesitated 10 speak, II L nave al
lowed myself to De suspected and to
accused. II is because ii seemed to
me impossible, absolutely impossible,
this same truth should not be re-
vealed-I do not know in what way
that il would become known to you
without compelling me to disclose a
secret which was not mine
"To an examining magistrate one
tell everything" said M. Ginory.
offices which are as inviolable as those
OF the confessional made to a priest
tCcntinue6 Next Week.)