Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-12
The Crime of '''' 80 e: :
e.! gss. the Boulevard

the chrysanthemums lay: then. lower
ing her veil. she went way, and Dan
tin, standing near the grey tomb, saw
her disappear at the end of an al
ley. :
The martyr, ~expiating near the old,
,rippled 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
laughter.
She would watch, she would lose her,
youth, near that old soldier whose ro-
bust constitution would endure many,
many long years. She would IA her
lead mothers debt: she would IA 1t
by devoting every hour of her life to
this man whose name she bore-an IL,
lustrious name, "A name belonging 70,
the victories, to the struggles, to the,
history of yesterday. She would be the,
hostage, the expiatory 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 put of the cemetery. He wished
to walk to his lodging in the Rue Rich.
ellen. He had only taken a few steps,
dttAAE NiAG " \ "a u ~ u
but yesterday he had followed. talking
| with Bernardet. behind Rovere's funer-,
al carriage, when he nearly ran into
a 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 :
"Ah, NJ. Dantin, what a grudge you
must hav against me-"
Not at ALL said Dantin. You
thought that you were doing your
duty, and 1T did not displease me ta
have you try so quickly TO avenge
my poor Revere"
avenged. l would not give four sous
for Charles Prades' head tomorrow
when he is tried. We shall see each
other in court. Au revoir, NJ. Dantin,'
and all my excuses" :
"Au revoir. M. Bernardet, and all
my compliments"
The two men separated. Bernardet
was on his way home TO breakfast. He
was late. Nine. Bernardet would be
waiting and a little red and breathless
he hurried along. He stopped on hear,
| ing a newsboy %nnoun the last num-'
Der of Lutece.
'Ask for the account of the trial to-.
morrow, the inquest by Paul Rodier on
the crime Of the Boulevard de
Clichy."
The newsboy saluted Bernardet.'
whom he knew very well.
Give me q paper" said the police
officer. The boy pulled out a paper
from the package he was carrying n
waved it over his head like a flag.
"Ah, / understand that interests
you, NJ. Be~rnardet."
And while the little man looked for
| the heading Lutece in capital letters
| the title which 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 ia
no doubt, is there. M. Bernardet?
Prades is condemned In advance"
He has confessed: 1t is an accom-
plished fact" Bernardet replied, peck :
citing his change.
'Au revoir md thanks, NJ. Bernar-
det."
And the newsboy. going on his way.
cried out:
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.
NJ. Bernardo hurried on. The little
ones would have become impatient,
yes. yes, waiting for him and asking
for him around the table at home. He
looked at the paper which ne had
bought. Paul Rodier, in regard to the
question which he, Bernardet, had
raised. had interviewed ~savants, phys
~iologists, 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 eve 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.
80 much the better. SO much the
better" said the police officer. enchant-
ed. And fastening along ever faster
he said to himself:
Il am going to read all that to the
children-yes, all that. 1t will amust
them. Life is a roman like any other
more incredible than any other. Ant
these ~questions-the unknown, he in
visible. all these problems-how inter
esting they are! And the mystery-sc
amusing"
THE END.
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Luncheon or Lunch.