Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-07
homeward, leaving him TO drop graz
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homeward. leaving him TO drop graA
ually behind.
by degrees the various members AZ
tue crowd separated from each other,
e.ery one going in his own direction.
On my part l was careful not TO allow
myself to be joined by any chance &C
quaintance, so that ] soon found ny
self walking alone. though I fancied
could hear the cautious footsteps 81
MOntalembert logging me from b.
hind
Carefully refraining from any back
ward glance, ] pursued my way uD .
came to long and rather narrow
street which led directly into the ono
in which my house was situated. AsI
turned into 1t, ! saw something which
caused my heart to beat violently. A.
vancing towards me In the obscurily,
from the far end of the street, was Tho
figure of man. The next moment the
moon penetrated the clouds which had
muffled 1t, and ] perceived that tho
approaching figure was my cripple u
the night of the murder.
"Peering up into my face with tho
one eye which was not hidden by tho
bandage, the fellow commenced to de-
mand money in the usual whine Of his
class. ] affected to hesitate, stoppet.
and put my hand into my pocket AZ
the same moment my intent eaYs
caught Il light swift football on tho
road behind me.
y can hardly describe how tire rest
happened. felt som ething strike mo
Violently in the bach. then came
crash of splintered steel, an oath, and
loud cry in Montalembert's voice an
he came running up from the rear.
Leaving him to deal with the rufiian
behind me, l sprang forward and
clutched the one in front.
las | had anticipated, his lameness
was feint. Instead, l found myself
engaged with an active. powerful man.
who let fall his crutches. and struggled
so desperately in my grasp that it was
all could do to prevent his escape tin
Montalembert came to my assistance.
1.-THE other man, 1t appears, had
been too quick for him. He had taken
to his heels the moment he heard Mon
talembert approaching. and being
good runner, had soon made pursuit
hopeless. Nor did ever find out who
he really was, though imagine hin
to have been mere subordinate in
strument.
With regard to his companion n
RI D~.
we succeeded in securing him and
dragging him into the house a prison
or. There, his bandages torn off and
some false hair removed, his identity
was quickly disclosed. 1t wa TO
chief Of police himself!
II need not repeat the expressions
which ! addressed to him, and which
he received with obstinate silence. But
it did not take me long to realize that
it was useless to talk of Furnishing him
for his crimes. The only advantage 1
could gain from my victory was to OK.
tort confession of the real authors
and motives of this villainy.
"As soon as l had exhausted myself
In reproaches, therefore, said to him.
but 1t is not you with whom ! am
concerned. but those from whom you
received your instructions. Your fate
is in your own hands. Tell me the
whole of the circumstances frankly.
and you shall go unframed; refuse.
and / will take you back to the spot
where you attempted my life aud shoot
you down as might have done at tho
time
He turned pale at this threat. which
he had evidently not expected. These
gentry who undertake to play fast and
loose with the lives of others. always
attach an extraordinary value to their
own miserable existences.
"'M. lie Baron, swear to you that I
am speaking the truth when say that
! know absolutely nothing of this af-
fair beyond the orders which re.
ceived. Those orders were to waylay
M. Starovitch and you. and If either Of
you should be wearing a white thread
on his back. to kill him. You know
yourself that the first time, two nights
ago, let you go, because my agent
failed to see the white thread, and
have been severely blamed for it since,
The thread must have come off,
ayes, took 1t off that night, be-
cause 1t was not convenient to me to
deal with you then l said, seeking 10
impress him with the idea that knew
everything. But now you have not
yet told me from whom you received
these orders you speak Of
Il took out my revolver and laid It
on the table.
"Well, then, if must say it-from
Prince George himself
Thank you. that is enough. Nov
as soon as you have written that down
and signed it in the presence of this
gentleman and myself, you may 70
home
Ten minutes later he had gone.
leaving me in possession of a docu.
ment which regarded as not less val
liable than the papers entrusted to mo
by Door StarOyitch