The evening world., 1914-02-13
CHAPTER XIX.
Besjeeed!

CHAPTER XIX.
Besjeeed!
- HIS was the article that sGnt .
all the journalists Of IL
capital dyinG to the prsfec9
OF police. only 10 learn that
N. Mathicu Dsaafoase, the
project. whom the sdvent 70
power Of an tra-radical-socsaii nm
lstry had triumphanuy relieved Of HE
disgrace, was at the Piaes Bsaavea2
where the minister Of to interior -
called an urgent meeting Of the Cab.
met.
cannot do better than publish ~
oniciai statement dictated after tho
Cabinet Council to all the Journalists
present;
The project OF police made Q stats. 4
ment yesterday to the ministers aDsm1
bled In Cabinet Council. He esciar0
a. present:
IA man Of whom I had never
heard. NJ. Coriolis Boussao eaint.Aus
bin. sent In his card to me. rsoussting
mo to see him NJ once. I esut 70 as,g
his busaness. but he replied that 10
would only speak In my presence. and
that there must be no delay. because is
was = question Of life and death. {
had him shown In.
"'He nd not strike me - mad.
Before l had time to speak he saS1
IN n rlear dslihOrsta s,~A >~.>><ssA~s-
sorrowful voice: fH
q wretched man. ! have come to g1vo
myself up to the police. I, a. I
alone. am guilty OF the crimes which
ar" horrffytnS fasas. md ter w05d& e
would b vain to prosecute . poor Qruo-
ture to whom have not succoed01 = Z
tmparting . sense OF responslhllitv. Z
have been hidsously punished for my
pride and folly. God 10 chastislns ne
In my heart and In my brain. - ~
child OF my flesh and the work q ~
1T was I that made the mysteraouo
acrobat who walks IN the trssa No.
him out Of On animal : hstre1 :
never bc fruitful.' nv range vliSor
continued. and the ~ kse 10 the llroe
vhctim. ! an wYDhsd nan ard n
unhappy man. I've lost ny daugh.
ter. who may b Head BY now. herself
kidnapped w my pupil. And. N try-
ing 70 turn an inferior being into =
civilized being. I have only Succes0ed
In inventtng . monster. the horror and
terror OF mankind. 3.
Yea Mons1sr 10 prseet a. po,1eo.
have done that. have made IN
ape talki ] have made an ape tan
like . man: but. for all my s1oroA 4
have not succeeded In giving him .
human conscience. Therefore. ] have
not made . man: therefore. coDv1ot
me. sentence me. imprison me. tortuuD
ment! tsNL u
"'I am accurst!-God Aas am1ttea
me ~ I dsservsd!-I wanted 70 r.
form or to accelerate His work. -
accelerate the work Of God u the pet1o
and the crime OF men; and &c haD
caused my downfall. Ny scalpel -
cutting nerve and allowing NJ y
bring another close 70 II. unAss ~
tongue. fosestalied the WORK e -
sand years: but. not poseesg1na ~
requisite instruments. ee-sl1 ~ -.
ply the hundred thousand yeASU g
consciou- ness necessary 70 saAh1o ~
pithecauthropo 70 move a0o0g -
without danger-without danger q -
committing uneoosc1ouo os1meo; -.
~ regards the others. monslsuP -
prefst Dc po,ice. mea - = thatls
After these woedA which WEE -
Of despair. the project Of polIoo - .
series OF direct questions - - q
rolls 0aint-Auhtn. who rsp,lsd b ~
. way a. to leave no room for 6oVbt
regarding the nature OF the monGkoe
with whom We have to d.
IN these csndlt1ons 10 has hoen -.
cided that every measure shan ~
taken to capture the moastaG - -
costs. dead or alive: and the instruc.
tons on this point sive fan pswsee -
the project Of police. AZ the same 49,
We may msntiou the desire sxprescG5
by both the Minister Of Pubic n
struction and the Minister Of AgriGul.
ture that the monster should, II -.
sible. be taken alive. a. they coo61oe I
the study OF this phenomenon to b. q
the highest value 20 universal scisnoA.
but tho prime minister's orders were
formal:
"Thsrs arc too many mothsss
shedding tears. Tho capital must .
rid Of the monster at the earliest pos
sibie moment by any and every
means"
The town. pending the discovery e
the mysterious hiding place where thO
new minotaur had secreted his oolloo.
ton Of girls-the town. ! say. lived
moro than ever with its nose In tho
air. The monster was tracked Over
the roofs Of the Hotel de Vile b. he
journalists. the fremen. the clerks 80
also by the members Of the central -
visions of police - the strong an
squad--who were called into reQulal.
ton because Of their well-known phys
teal strength. their brord chests 0o1
their powerful wrists. The police NJ
instructions to capture the monster
alive: and for a moment they thought
that they had him.
As matter OF fact. the chase vus
conducted with an energy that partooIk
OF both anger and despair. He wos
driven from garrett window 10 garrett
window. from chimney to chimney, 70
:hc roof OF little clubhouse oppoGoto
the Caserne Lobenu. ~
The central police. equipped WITH
ropes and lassoes that seemed v0gy
much In their way were ready q
spring upon him when Professor Co.
-.c!!: himself -s; brought cut On Us
gutter and perceived that. In spite 0e
the horror of that tragic struggle the
monster had retained little Of the
veneer OF civilization which he knA