The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-26

|capture the loathsome brute in his
Hair
M. Desmalions did not reply
After a brief moment he took
Weber aside and talked to him
for some minutes. M. Desmalions
did not seem very favourably dis
posed toward Don Luis s request
But Weber was heard to say.
"You need have no fear, Mon
siem lie Prefet. We run no risk.
And NJ. Desmalions yielded.
A few moments later Don Luis
Perenna and Florence Levasseur
took their seats in motor car
with Weber and two inspectors
Another car, filled with detec-
tives, followed.
The hospital was literally in
vested by the police force and
Weber neglected none of the pre-
cautions of regular siege.
The Project OF, Police, who ar
rived in his own car, was shown
by the man servant into the wait
lug room and then into the par
Tor, where the mother superior
came to him at once. Without
delay or preamble of any sort
he put his questions to her, in the
presence of Don Luis, Weber, and
Florence:
Reverend mother" he said,
f. 4 have a letter here which was
brought to me at headquarters
and which tells me of the exist
ence of certain documents con
corning legacy. According to
my information, this letter, which
is unsigned and which is in a dis
gulsed hand, was written by you.
Is that so?''
The mother superior, a woman
with a powerful face and de-
termlned air, replied, without en-
barrassment:
s'That is so, Monsieur lie Prefet.
AS | had the honor to tell you in
my letters, | would have pre-
ferred, for obvious reasons, that
my name should not be men
toned. Besides, the delivery of
the documents was all that mat
tered. However, since You know
that | am prepared to answer
your questions.
M. Desmalions continued. with
La glance at Florence:
Il will first ask you, Reverend
Mother, if you know this young
lady?'
Yes, Monsieur lie Prefet. Flor
ence was with us for six months
as nurse, few years ago. She
gave such satisfaction that [ was
glad to take her back this day
fortnight. As | had read her story
IN the papers, | simply asked her
to change her name. We had a
new staff at the hospital, and it
was heretofore a safe refuge for
her..
But, as you have read the pa
pers, you must be aware Of the
accusations against her?'
Those accuse tons have no
weight, Monsieur lie Prefet, with
any one who knows Florence. She
has one of the noblest characters
and one of the strictest con
sciences that | have ever met
with. .
The Project continued:
Let us speak of the documents,
Reverend Mother. Where do they
come 'front.'
! Yesterday, Monsieur lie Prefet.
| found in my room a communities
ton in which the writer proposed
to send me some papers that in
terested Florence Levasseur--'s'
How did any one know that
she was here?'' asked NJ. Desma-
lions, interrupting her.
II can't tell you. The letter
simply said that the papers would
be at Versailles, at the poste
restante, in my name, on GER
tain day--that is to say this
morning. | was also asked not to
mention them to anybody and to
hand them at 8 o'clock this
afternoon to Florence Leyasseur,
with instructions to take them. to
the Project of Police at once. I
was also requested to have a letter
conveyed to Sergeant Mazeroux. (
70 Sergeant Mazeroux! That
|is odd.
That letter appeared to have
to do with the same business
Now, ! am very fond Of Florence
So sent the letter, and this morn
ing Went to Versailles and found
tine papers there as stated. When
Il fkSsn.r ~ I<>s.