The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-29

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On roacbiuc the door OF Mile. Stan
rerson's chamber NJ. de Marquet
knocked. 4 chambermaid appeared. IL
wos SYLVIA. with her hair all In disor-
der and CONSERVATION showing on her
face. .
"Is NJ. %Stangerson within" asked IN"
magistrate.
Eyes, monsieur"
..T,ll him that I wish to speak with
him
Staucerson came ont. His appear
snce WAS wretchcd I'm the extreme.
what do YOU want he demanded
Of the magistrate. MAY | not he left
In peace. monsieur
monsieur" said the magistrate, 1T
is absolutely necessary that | should
see NJ. parzac ut once. II you cannot
| induce him 10 come | shall be com
pelled ia use the help OF h law
The professor made no reply. He
looked Mt us all like a man being led
TO execution and then went back INTO
the room.
Almost Immediately after NJ. Robert
DarZac came out. He was very pale.
He looked at us, and, his eyes railing
on the railway servant. his features
stiffened. and he could hardly repress
a groan.
We were all much moved 10y the ap-
pearance Of the man. We felt mat
what was about to happen would de-
eide the fate OF NJ. Robert DarZac.
Frederic I.arsan's face alone was ra-
diant. showing a JOY as OF a dog that
had at last got it's prey.
Pointing to the railway servant, NJ.
de Marquet said to VI. Darzac:
do you recognize this man, mon
sieur:"
II do said VI. Darzac in a tone
which lie vainly tried to make firm.
lie is an employee at the station at
Epinay-sur1Orgc."
This young man. went on NJ. de
Marquct. "attirms that he saw you get
of the train nj Epinay-sur-Orge'-
That night" said NJ. Darzac. inter
rupting, at half past 10. 1t Is quite
true"
An interval OF silence followed.
M. DarZac." the magistrate went
on in n one Of deep emotion-'M. Oar
FAC, what were YOU doing that night
at Epinay-sur-Orge-at that timeT'
NJ. Darzac remained silent, simply
closing his eyes.
M. Darzac," insisted NJ. de Mar
quet, car you tell me how you en-
.Iox.,l ,.D,,- tfn,a thot ttnhts'
NJ. Darzac opened his eyes. He
seemed TO have recovered his self con
troll.
mo. monsieur
Think. monsieur, for II you per-
sist I'm 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 YOU
The magistrate had no sooner pro-
nounced the words than | saw Roule-
tabille move quickly toward NJ. Oar.
Zac. He would certainly have spoken
10 him, but Darzac by a gesture held
him off. AS the gendarme approached
his prisoner 4 despairing cry rang
through the room:
Robert Robert"
We recognized the voice of Mile.
Stangerson. We all shuddered. Lar
san himself turned pale. NJ. Darzac
In response TO the cry had flown back
into the room.
The magistrate. the gendarme and
Larsan followed closely after. Rouleta-
bile and | remained on the threshold
II was a hearthreaking sight that met
our eyes. Mile. Stangersou. with a
face of dcathly 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
I.afsan and the gendarme had laid
hands, Her distended eyes saw-she
understood her lips seemed TO form a
word, but nobody made it out, and she
fell back insensible.
NJ. Darzac was hurried out Of the
room and placed in the vestibule to
wait for the vehicle Larsan had gone
10 leltn. we were all overcome by
emotion, and even NJ. de Marquet had
tears in his eyes. Rouletabille took ad-
vantage Of the opportunity to say to
NJ. DarZac:
Are you going to put in any de-
Tense"
NO" replied the prisoner.
Very we'll, then. | will. monsieur"
"Iou cannot do it," said the unhap-
py man, with Il faint smile.
II can do II. NJ. Robert Darzac. be-
cause | know more than you do"
Come! Gomez murmured DarZac.
almost angrily.
"Have no fear. l shall know only
what will benefit you"
"You must know nothing, young
man, If you want me to be grateful"
R~ouletabille shook his head. going
close up TO Darzac.
Listen to what | am about to say"
he said in n low tone. land let 1t give
you confidence. You do not know the
name of the murderer. Mile. Stanger-
son knows 1t. but only half Of It. But
| know his two halves. l know the
whole man."
Rohart n.rvae onened his eves with