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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
w. HAMMOND
WOMAN DIES
OF INFLUENZA

Mrs John Reschke aged Is. died %
Influenza today at her home in al
West State street West Hammond.
survived BY her husband and two chill
dren. George and Florence Mrs.
Reschke was sister Of Charles aud
Herman Schultz and Mrs. Hickman.
The funeral will be held Thursday aft
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GARD OF THANKS.

We wish TO express our heartfelt
thanks to Lady Vikings. Rev. Arthur
Johnson. our neighbors and friends who
aided US during the illness and death Of
our beloved wife and mother. Mrs. Olga
DJerf. who was laid to rest at Oak Hill
cemetery yes terday.
Mr.. Oscar D'Jerf and Family.
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IN ErEMoRrASr.

our beloved husband and father whe
passed away five years ago. Jan. !. 1914.
and fond daughter Rosie" who went
to meet him Dec. j. 1914. Gone but not
forgotten.
@. for the touch OF the vanished hand.
And the sound Of your voices still,
smile from your loving faces
That lie on distant hill.
But someday we shall see
The faces We loved so we'll.
Your loving Wife, Mother and
Children. 1881 II
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OBITUARY.

West Hammond Lutheran church at
two o'clock, with burial in Oak Hill
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PERSONAL ~
SOCIAL NEWS.
COMING NraHT.

The executive board OF the Hammond
Woman's Club will meet at three O'Clock
Thursday afternoon at the Masonic
There will Be no meeting OF the
Ladies Aid Society Of the First Presby-
terrain church this week
This weeks meeting Of the Pine
Street Ladies' Aid Society Will be held
At the church Thursday afternoon. The
members Will spend the time quilting.
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The New Year will be ushered in with
the usual social celebrations in Ham
raond this evening, one Of the largest
ana most interesting occurring at the
country Club At the Masonic Temple
the Montague Opera Company will give
Ha entertainment following which there
viii be cards and dancing. A delight
fu1 party will be given BY the Rooster
Clab auxiliary al the club rooms in the
Citizens National Bank building and
other large parties Will be given By the
Indiana Sunfower Club at the home 70
Mrs. Emma Xroer. 2a2 Truman avenue
and by Opal Hive No. 500 l.. o. T. NJ. NJ.
The latter will entertain al Hard Time
dance at the Chamber Of Commerce
Mr. and Mrs. George Zajicek will cele-
brate Mr. Zsjicek's birthday anniversary
ana the hfth anniversary or their mar
rage al Watch Party this evening at
their home, 1915 Ogden street.
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Mrs. Max n Schneider entertained
very pleasantly yesterday afternoon at
her home, 532 Forsythe avenue. in cele-
bration OF the birthday anniversary Of
her daughter Maxine a miniature
Christmas tree decorated the table and
during the afternoon a prettily appoint
ed luncheon was served. There we're
covers for Mrs. William Maginot and
son WiIfred, Mrs. Morris Schneider and
daughter Lorraine, Mrs. Walter Walsh
and daughter Lorraine. AIRS. Paul Ali
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Lake County's work is not done
till she has bought more w. S. S.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31

St. Paul and St. Cloud. Mimi.
Miss Ida Mckinney and Mrs. Alice
Mckinney are wintering AT Long Beach,
Cal.
4 party Will be given this evening by
the knights and Ladies Of Security at
their hall in the RiInhach building
Cards and dancing VIII he features Of
entertainment following which refresh
nnents will be served. The party viii
follow the regular lodge session when
there Will be initiation Of a class Of
candidates.
Mrs r. Is. PowIey who has been very
i'll for the past week is reported better
today.
Mrs. william Koch and daughter
Laura of 240 Conkey avenue who have
been i'll with influenza are convalescing
Airs. J. g. Milliken and daughters
have returned from Battle Ground, Ind,
where they spent Christmas.
Mrs J. W Mcconnell has returned
from Blue Island. Ill, where she has
been for a couple Of weeks with her sis
ter who has been very i'll
Boone Richardson left yesterday for
Moline, Ill, 70 be with his father. he
is the grandson Of Mrs. T. w. Preston
Of Conkey avenue.
Mrs Eugene Junk who moved to Chi
cago from Hammond about two years
ago has been critically Ill for months
but is reported TO be little better Mrs.
Frank MCGEE and Mrs. r. ". Preston
visited her yesterday.
Mrs L. r. Minton Of Chicago Is yis-
iting her nephew. r. G. slater md Mrs.
Slater at their home IN Truman avenue.
Their daughter. Mrs. +. 4. Miles and
Mr. Miles returned to Hammond yes
terday from ,Natervlief, n. r, where Mr.
Miles has been stationed at the arsenal
Corporal and Mrs Elliott returned to
their home in Washington. D. G.. yes
terday after spending Christmas with
Mrs EIliott's parents. Mr. and Mrs. G.
G. Ki3EwfIl OF Mason street
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on account Of New Years the meeting
Of the 6. /, a. to the B. of l.. f. will b.
held on Thursday afternoon instead OF
Wednesday this week az the X. and L.
Of ). hall in the Rimbach building In
stallation of officers will take place.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31

the regular meeting Of the Ladies
Society of the b. Of L. T. and E. will
be held at the !. Q. o. F. hail Installa-
tion Of officers will take place.
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News was received in Hammond today
Of the arrival OF a baby daughter az
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Clause.
Culver. Ind. Rev Clouse was a former
pastor Of Monroe street NJ. E. church.
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The Epworth League or the Monroe
Street NJ. +. church will hold business
meeting tomorrow eve. at the home or
Mrs Haney 1900 Monroe street. A so
ciaI session and program viii follow.
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Miss Ruth Greenwald of Doty street
left last evening for Minneapolis where
she viii act as bridesmaid a. the we'd
ding Of Miss sadye Shatiro. She will
SPEND two weeks visiting in Minneapolls
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have charge of the meeting of the
Baptist Woman's Union Thursday at the
church. II will be an all day session
and the members will do Red Cross
work Mrs. n. ]. Austgen arranged the
program which Will include a talk on
Food Conservation by Frank O'Rourke
and a debate Resolved. That the United
States Must Feed the German Nation.
on the affirmative side will be Mrs N.
T. Smith. Mrs. Jacob Buettner and Mrs.
George Adkins and on the negative side
will be Mrs William Myers. Mrs. f. r.
Diokey and Mrs. Dwyer.
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born. Mrs. George Zaj,eek, Mrs. Fred
Lortz. Mrs. Clarence F. King and Mrs.
c. Chandler
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st. Paul and ST. Cloud. MINI.
Miss Ida Mckinney and Mrs. Alice
Mckinney are wintering at Long Beach.
Cal.
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VARUJE PANCERMANY.

Amsterdam. - Pangermani,
kteri snl ziskani uplne hospo
darske neodvislosti zalozenim
stredoevropske ligy, jsou drsne
probouzeni Philipem Heineke-
nem, reditelem Severonemec-
keho Lloydu, v meslcniku Deut
sche Stimmen. Jsou to Bremy,
Hamburk a jine namorni pri-
stavy, kde skrtici pest spojen-
ca bude nejtize pocitena, pravl
Heineken. Autor clanku, jenz
vyslovne upozornuje ma to, re
neposuzuje situaci s uzkeho
hlediska majitele lodi, varuie
pred prehnanymi nadejemi Z
"pozehnaneho slova 'Mittel Eu
ropa', jakozto vseleku pro hos
podarske choroby, jejichz de-
dici stanou sc centralni mocno
sti." Jest popularnim preludem
pravi reditel, domnivati Sc, ze
stredni Europa nahradi ztrace-
ne trhy cizine. Dava pred
most principu prijatemu We Vi
dni v resoluci federativnich ra-
kousko-nemeckych obchodnich
uni, minuleho cervna, kterymz
to principem jest "obnovenl
hospodarskych styku Sc vsemi
narody." Reditel Heineken ci-
tuje radu clslic, vzatych re Sc
znamu predvalecneho dovozu
Nemecka, a poukazuje ma to,
re jediny pohled postaci k pre-
svedceni, re bude V budoucno-
sti nemozno, kryti vsecky tyto
potreby z domacich zdroju. Ra
kousko Uhersko, jez nema "a
morskych osad, pravi Heine-
ken, jest zvlaste zavisle ma do
vozu re zamori. Jest nejvySSi
dulezitosti, soudi Heineken, a.
by centralni mocnosti vratily
sc k individuelnimu podniku.
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SLOVANSTi SILACI.

Podivujeme sc casio lidem,
kteri vynikajice mad obycejne
smrtelniky silou, jedi po sve-
te, ably sklizeli penize a po-
tlesk v cirkusech a divadlech.
Mnozi z techto proslavenych
HerkulI, sotva by Sc mohli me-
fit S prostymi jihoslovanskymi
|Junaky z Lity V kdysi Vojenska
Hranici. Licane jsou dnes je-
ste neobycejnymi silaky, ale z
ipredesleho stoleti zachovali Sc
pripady, jez kdyby nebyly ma
prosto zaruceny, molly by byti
pokladany "a neuveritelne.
r. 1904 stavena byla Silja-
nu sypka. Do uhlu budovy by
10 treba zasaditi velky kamen.
Sest muzu namahalo Sc kamen
ma urcene misto dopraviti. Slo
to ztezka a nosici narikali ma
velkou vahu kamene. Hodil Sc
k tomu lila Devcic z Liky.
Small Sc Jim, re nejsou muzi, ny
brz 'kukavice" -. on sam, re
by kamen ma misto dopravil.
"Hod'te kamen ma zem," Wy
bidl je. "Ukazi vam, jak my Ii
cane kameny nosime!"
Nosici poslechli. lila vysoukl
rukavy, plivnul 81 do dlani, pri-
valil kamen ke zdi a pax cho-
piv Sc ob6ma rukama pozvedl
no do vyse til stop a tax no
sam osadil ma miste, kde mel
byti polozen. Balvan ten, jenz
vail bezmala 500 ky. lid po-
sud I'VE "Devcicuv kamen."
Jiny silak, rovnez Jmenem
Devcic, nesl roku 1886 ma ra-
menech TAO kroku cerstve po
razeny dub S vetvemi. Dub
ten die vypoctu, vail vice nez
400 ky.
Treti silacky kousek proved
hranicar Franjo BubaS. Kolem
vojenskeho cviciSte, vozili hra
nicari z Baga ma konich vino.
Jeden z koni sc opozdil a tn
BubaS vsadil Sc druhy, re opo
zdeneho kone i nakladem do
nese do blizke krcmy. Vyzadav
81 dovoleni Cd hejtmana Weile
ra, popadl kone, hodll 81 no ma
rameno a nesl no jako jehne
ke krcme, vzdalene pres 200
kroku.
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UDATNE CINY FRANCOUZU A AME-
RICANU v BITVE MEZI AISNOU
A AMARNOU.

JIG to jednoho dustojnika
vyssi hodnosti, byl poslan "a
trancouzskou frontu zaroveii
kofisti.
Iakove episodky, jakych je
spousta, ukazuji nejlepe sllu
trancouzsko-americke offensi-
w a deOrganisaci radach ne
pfitele. Jizda umoznila spojen
cum, re mohli vyuziti sveho vi
tczstvl do nejvyssi miry drive
nez dopraveny byly ma bojiste
Hlndenburgovy reservy.
Jiny correspondent oznamu-
Je Z francouzske fronty:
Obdivuhodny pripad je pri-
pad serzanta Browna, 0 nemz
unes vsedu Sc mluvi.
Brown stal ma posici oddi-
lem IL vojaku, kdyz Nemci Sc
plihnali. Byli skryti v dobrem
Ikrytu pred silnym bombardo-
vanim a nechali Nemce preji-
Jlti. Ma to pfipravili 81 strojni
rusku, ably mohli strileti Jim do
zad. Hned ma to byla tu druha
vlna Nemcu. Brown dal rozkaz
k rozptyleni Sc. Ze sveho ukry-
ia lese videi, re jeho strojni
piiska padla do moci Nemcu.
Ma to bral Sc smerem k Mar
ne a "a nedlouho setkal Sc Sc
setnikem, ktery byl rovnez sa-
moten. Nemohli Sc dostati ke
Sym pro palbu del. Proto Sc
Ustanovili pobiti tolik Nemcu,
koijk jen bude mono a prodati
draze svoje zivoty. Zmocnil sc
pax jedne strojni pusky, ale ka
pitan pri tom prisel zivot. -
Pax potkal Brown jineho desat
nlka, ktetry rovnez byl ukryt v
lcse a pOmoci jeho dobyl dru
he strojni pusky. Strelba prila-
kala asi tucet americkych voja
XII. Brown postavil Sc Jim v &c
10 zaujai mimi posici, KITE
re ovladali zakopy, jez Nemci
obsadili. Techto trinact Ameri-
canu provedlo neuveriteTny Gin,
Spustili do Nemcu palbu re "a
du, byvse roEestaveni dalekC
cd sebe, tax re to vypadalo, ia
kcby strilela celia setnina. Mem.
CT vzdali Sc, domnivajice Sc, re
mali V zadech presilu. Vydali
Sc ma cestu lesem do americke-
ho tabora cestou zajali jeSte
mensi nepratelske oddly. Les
je chranil, tax re nepratele ne
1tdeli, kolik je jich We skutecno
sti. Ma jednom miste musili pre-
jiti nemeckOu delostfeleckOu
palbou, ale ami jaden American
nebyl zranen. konecne dostali
sc do tabra Americana, kde
bylo napocteno, ze zajali 154
N3mcu.
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hOrreSpOnucll w alter Du-
ranty odesila tuto depesi pod
datem 10. cervence Z francouz
skehO hlavniho stanu:
Poprve cd bitvy ma Marne
hrala dnes francouzska jizda
svoji slavnou cast pri postupu.
V zari roku 1915, kdy byla "a
hajena ofensiva V Champaign,
j.zdni hlidky byly sice Ma boji-
sti, ale jejich Operace byly ma
reny ostanatym dratem pred
zakopy. Pri Hindenburgove u
stupu vykonala jizda cenne
sluzby.
Vcera prisla opet ke svemu
pravemu vyznamu, ne jako ope
sale vojsko, v kterezto forme
|vykonala znamenite sluzby v
kazde bitve cd brezna a to Ii
kclech, prikazanych obycejne
jlzde, We vyzvedach a hlidkach.
o pul sedme system posic ma
bojisti cd Alsny k Ourcqu byl
TAX dukladne ovladnut, re sila
jizdy byla to vyraziti ku pre-
du "a jasotu pesich vojaku, kite
re mijela. Jezdci klusali podel
udoli, bezicich na vychod cd lie
sa Villers Cotteretskeho. Kdyz
bylo dosazeno meze postupu,
rozjeli Sc do vejirovych forma-
ci, ktere Sc ritily ku predu ne
zadrzitelne.
Jedna patrola 20 mulch
pod velenlm jednoho porucika,
dopadla jako blesk ma ustupuji
ci baterii. Prekvapenl Nemci
nekladli odporu a "a nekolik
okamziku ukoristena della pohy
hovala Sc zpet k liniim fran
Couzskym.
Vsude ma bojisti byly takto
zaiimany baterie, voziky mu
nici a polni kuchyne, jakoz i j.
ny MATERIAL
Ma jednom mist6 tfi nepratel
ske skupiny kazda asi 0 SO mu
zich, mely V moci jednu vesnici
lined ma ne podnikla jizda Il.
tok z fronty a obou stran. Stroj'
nj puska, umistana pred koste,
| lem ma okamzik zastavila prvn
naraz, kdyz prvnl oddil jizdy
vrikl do vesnice, ale V teze do.
be vnikly Skadrony, utOcici sc
stran, do vesnice a vyhnali l.
hned Nemce z jejich posic. Pr.
chali silenym dprkem.
Strazmistr francouzske jiZ.
dy hnal kone pres naves plnym
tryskem, prepadl cetu u strojnt
pusky, zabil jednou ranou voj5
ks, ktery ridil palbu a ostatnt
rozehnal na vsechny strany
Tim byla obrana vsi skoncena
Velky pocet zajatcu, pocita'
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V&rna laska
aneb BOZ o MILIONY.
Roman Napsal Julius Mary
aneb BOZ O MILIONY
Napsal julius Mary
Byl to tedy Bertara.

Is. Nva;gM@N0M@x@s3@aEi@ @aEi@ asvxsaX@x
Byl to tedy Bertara.
Mimo to nalezeny naprsni
kapse jeho kabatu nektere pa
riry, jez dokazovaly, re to ne
mohl byti nikdo jiny nez muz
pohresovany. Taktez nalezena
pri mrtvole tobolka s pencil a
We vestove kapse zlate hodin-
ky, ma jichz vikach vyryty "a
catecni pismeny jeho jmena
- dar to, kterymz jej pred tre
ma mes!ci jeho dcera obmysli-
la. Toto posledni seznani nado
bro dokazovalo, re tn co ciniti
S mrtvolou Bertarovou.
Lekar prohledl dokonale mr.
tvolu zjistil, re nevykazuje
zadnych znamek nasilnych; =
znetvoreni obliceje spdsobeno
teprve We vode kdyby bylo by
valo zpusobeno "a viva, acko-
liv by bylo strasne a nanejvys
bclestne, nebylo by prece byva-
10 smrtelne.
Markyz naridil, ably mrtvola
Rcrtarova byla prevezena z u
mrlci komory do Auteuilu, kde
starec bydlel.
Zde Gabriela otce sveho "a
Sc spatrila.
Pani Donatova zakryla zne-
tvoreny oblicej rouskou. Mar
kyza chtela naposledy pohed
nouti v oblicej mileho otce sve-
he - nadzvedla rousku a Wy
kriknuvSi sklesla v mdlobach
k zemi.
Eyvsi privedena k vedomi,
zustala v hlavach luzka, mo-
die Sc, az mrtvola vlozena do
rakve a pax provazela pozu-
statky otcovy k poslednimu cd
pocinku.
Norbert jel, jak toho slusnost
predpisovaIa, v jednom voze S
! nj.
Pc neustalem placi nemela
markyza jiz zadnych slzi -
oci jeji byly cervene, oblicej
Gadurily; zarmutek jeji byl
srdcervouci.
Ia jizdy cd letohradku az
ku hrbitovu pozoroval Norbert
mycky svou zenu. z jejiho po-
hledu vyzirala neobycejna ne
znost. Casteji sklonil Sc k nj a
rty jeho Sc pohnuly jako by
chtel mluviti. PAX objevil Sc o.
kolo jeho rtu usmev, jenz nj
kterak nebyl souhlasu Sc smu
tnym obradem, prave vykona-
nym. Jsa jiz nekolikrate hOtov
prcmluviti, vzdy Ease Sc vzpa-
matoval, pohodil hlavou jako
by chtel rici.:
! 'Pozdeji - jeste nenadesla
vhodna chvile."
Ma hrbitove ocekaval Rou-
guin markyze. Spatriv jej, Nor
bert Sc zachvel, ale bro Ease
Sc vzpamatoval.
V okamziku, kdyz pan z Ar
gentalu chtel vstoupiti opet do
. kOcaru, priblizil Sc k nemu Rou
guin.
"Vse v poradku = jsem va
nj spokojen!" poseptal mu.
Norbert Sc cd neho odvratil,
aniz by mu byl odpovedel.
KAPITOLA Xxx.
Nlinulost Rouguinova.
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KAPITOLA Xxx.
Miinulost Rouguinova.

Opust'me nyni markyze z
Argentalu a Gabrielu a nasle-
dujme Ease Roguina, jehoz ko
car u vchodu hrbitovniho jej 0
cckaval. Roguin nevratil Sc ny
nj primo DO Parize = zdalo
sc, re ma v toto dopoledne do
sti casu, nebot' rozkazal kocl-
mu, aby jel k bulonskemu lesl-
kU.
Titro bylo prekrasne.
Rouguin Opel Sc daleko ma
zad do sveho kocaru a zapalil
81 doutnika jsa 81 Norbertem
jist, uzival prijemnosti teto Wy
jlzd'ky, pohlizeje do budou-
cnosti nejvetsimi nadejemi a
shledavaje pritomnost dosti phi
jemnou.
Vycitek svedon,i Rouguin ne
znal.
Hra tohoto muze poclna n.y.
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Roman

Markyza v nemem bolu 81 IT,
skla ruce k celu - pax sklesla
jako zdrcena, k zemi. Padla
do mdlob.
PAM Donatova, ktera by
la skoro stejne dojata a slaba
jako mlada zena, potreboval'a
znacne casu, nez il vzkrisila.
Konecne nabyla markyza o.
pet vedomi a kdyz pochopila,
&C Sc j prihodilo, plakala USE
dave. Plac zjednal il ulevu.
ODE zeny vratily Sc do Au-
teuilu.
Neodebraly Sc ma 1oze -
ztravily placky celou noe.
Druhy den rano vratily Sc j.
hned "a svitanl Ease k rece,
kdez Sc presvedcily, re Sc pred
chazejici vecer nemylily. Ma
zlute, lehke pude bylo videti
stopy sklouznuti Bertarova a
dale dole stopy jeho rukou a o.
tisky jeho loktu. Ukazovaly,
jak velice Sc nestastnik mama
hal, ably Sc v padu SVEN zadr-
Eel.
Jiste utonul - tom nebylo
mozno. dele pochybovati. Uci-
memo ornament ma policejnim
komisarstvi, avsak vsechno pa
trani zustalo bezvysledne.
Nalezlo Sc dosti lidl, kteri
Bertaru znali jej denne ryby
chytati vldali. PrihlasiJI Sc ta-
ke lide, kteri jej videli v den
snrti jeho 0 ctvrte hodine od-
poledni ryby chytati - nikdo
vsak nemohl podati zpravu ur-
cit6jSl.
Smrt tato zdala Sc byti di-
lem nahody a vzniklo-li v du-
chnu mlade zeny vubec neja
Ike podezreni, muscle lined u
stoupiti skutecnostem.
Markyza sama podala man
zeli svemu zpravu O tomto ne
stesti. Norbert zdal Sc byti Ear
nloucen a prekvapen a snazil
SC j upokojiti. Tri dny uplynu
ly Gabrielle v samem placi.
Patrani zustavalo marne -
mrtvola uboheho starce memo
lila byti nalezena.
Konecne v treti den u vecer
doslo markyze z Argentalu z
policejni prefektury uvedome-
nj, re v Sekvane We vzdaleno-
stj dvou kilometru cd mlsta,
kde Bertara ryby chytaval, ma
lezena mrtvola. Mrtvola byla
Gopravena do umrlci komory.
Srovnavala Sc popisem, jaky
markyz policii byl dal pre-
fektura zadala NOrberta, ably
prisel do umrlci komory mr.
tvOlu ztotozniti.
Norbert nesdeGl tom sve
manzelce niceho, nybrz ode
bral sc bez odkladu do umrlci
komory.
Tam prohlednuv pozustatky,
prohlasil, re poznava v mrtvo-
lie Bertaru.
T6lo starcOvo - tax pravi
la uredni lekarska zprava -
dcstalo Sc We vod6 mezi spodky
lodi a uskali a nasledkem toho
bvl jeho oblicej uplne znetvo
rem. Nebyio mono poznati ami
jedineho rysu, poDGvadz ami o.
ci, ami nos, ani usta nezustaly
uSetfeny.
Prohlaseni markyzovo bylo
ucjneno beze svedku - bylo
vsak dotvrzeno ma speech povo
lancu pani Donatovou.
Stara hospodyn6 vsak po neko-
lika minutach ucinila podivne
seznani - tvrdila totiz: "Muj
pan nebyi tax silny = dobry
ten muz nebyl tax ramenaty."
Markyz naproti tomu uji-
st'oval, place a vzdychaje, re o
totoznosti nelze pochybovati.
Ostatne nevenoval nikdo W.
krikum pani Donatove pozor-
nosti - vec byla jasna - vse-
.l-. xrLxoc% x,xy1orSoro
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-23

pravovani a zda Sc nam byti ma
case podati podrobne vylicenl
tohoto muze, jejz jsme tax
dlouho nechavaM v poZadi to-
hCto dramatu, ackoliv po cely
ten cas- byla "a kulisami velmi
cinnym.
Rouguin nemel prazadnych
zasad; jsa chladny a odvazny,
byl schopen kazdeho zlocinu a
temne jeho ciny privadely jej
k cily.
Podle zevnejsku mohl byti
pOvazovan "a osobnost magi-
stratni; byl pri vycouhlem, hu-
benem SVEN zjevu nesmirne
svezim.
Odhodlanost a smelost toho-
to muze casio zmarila vSechno
ramahani policejni prefektury
a X tomu dopomahalo mu obrov
ske jmeni, jez rozmnozil ruzny
mi spekulacemi, jak pro ne pra
We Pariz jest p1dou nejvhod-
nejsi.
Rouguin byl zenat a skrze
Zenu svou nabyl zakladu jme-
nj. Manzelstvi jeho bylo bez-
detne, jako by Sc byla priroda
stitila siriti ohavne to pleme.
Jako syn smirciho soudce
studoval Rouguin prava a ma
byl hodnosti doktorske. Rodi-
na jeho prinesla velkych obeti,
aby mohl studia sva dokonciti.
Rouguin mel vsak oskliYost
vuci zivotu ma venkove a vrhl
Sc opravdovou naruzivosti v
zivot dobrodruha, jenz zabiha
v kruhy hracu a konciva ma po
iicii pred porotnim soudcem.
V techto podivnych a pc
strych kruzich kde neni zrovna
vzacnOstl setkatl Sc take nekdy
S lldmi s4usnymi, seznamil Sc
Kouguin S italskym bankerem
Corcelli, jenz Sc mu brzo stal
r@jduvernejslm pritelem a jej
take do sve rodiny uvedi.
PO sesti mesiclch byl Rou-
guin milencem prltelovy man.
zelky.
Jsa obdafen znacnOu kra-
sou, byl Rouguin obdaren tim
umenlm, re nest astnOu tn zenu
dovedl tax omamiti, re k nemu
vzplanula takfka silenou WASN'T,
ktera il ucinlla uplnou otroky-
nj tohoto muze.
Kdyz sc Rougui stal mistrem
Zeny te, vznikl pojednou du
chnu jeho divoky plan.
Lydia Foricelli byla velmi
hohata a nemela zadnych d.
TEX. Ona mela Sc zbaviti ban
keie jsouc jej sprostena, me
la Sc stati zenou Rouguinovou.
Z pocatku hrozila sc Lydie "a
meru toho - odmitaAa no S O.
Sklivosti. Rouguin vSak, MAZE
vliv na vasen teto zeny, pouzil
ysech tech lsti, uskoku spadu,
jez mu jeho d'abelska schytra
lost vnuknula, ably dosahl sve-
no cile.
Lydia jeste vzdorovala -
Rouguin il opustil.
O mesic pozdeji zaklepala
pani Floricelli, polomrtva, We
slavu nanejvyse zbedovanem,
ma dvere milencOva bytu.
"Otravila jsem ho!" zvolala.
"Ceho jeste ode mne zadas?"
Nest astna zena nelhala -
Foricelli byl mrtev.
Jmeni jeji bylo nyni jeho via
stnim, are laska mlade zeny ne
rretrvala jeji zlocin = Lydia
nyni nenavidela Rouguina -
iekala Sc sebe samotne a zivot
j byl peklem.
Lydia lila v pine odlouceno
sti - jen zfldka kdy vidala
sveho manzela. Ten il nemilo-
val nyni prave tax jako il nemi
loval drive - ledove srdce je-
ho nebylo tvoreno pro naklon-
nosti.
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