The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-04
CHAPTER FOUR. (Continued.)

1IdIQS.
"Oh, my brain is throbbing as if
it would burst! What does all this
mean9 l have done no wrong.
| knew nothing. 1t was you
who told me this morning.
Could | have suspected? Ny poor
husband and that dear Ed
mond who loved me and
whom | loved! Why should | have
killed them? Tell me that! Why
don't you answer?' she de-
manded. people don't commit
murder without a motive. =
Wells Well? *s* Answer
me, can't you?"
And once more convulsed with
anger, standing in an aggressive
attitude, with her clenched hands
outstretched at the group Of mag
istrates, she screamed:
you're no better than butchers
you have no right to torture
a woman like this. Oh, how
horrible! To accuse me to
arrest me for nothing.
Oh, it's abominablc! What
butchers you all are!" And it's
you in particular" addressing
Perenna, "it's you-yes, / know.
it's you who are the enemy.
"Oh, l understand! You had
your reasons, you were here last
night. Then why don't they
arrest you? Why not you, as you
were here and [ was not and know
nothing, absolutely nothing of
what happened. Why isn't it
youf"
The last words were pronounced
in a hardly ineligible fashion.
She had no strength left. She had
to sit down, with her head bent
over her knees, and she wept once
more, abundantly.
Perenna went up to her and,
raising her forehead and uncover
ing the tear stained face, said:
"The imprints Of teeth in both
apples r absolutely identical.
There is therefore no doubt what
ever but that the first comes from
you as well as the second"
mol" she said.
Eyes," he affirmed. "That is
\ fact which it is materially impos-
sible to deny. But the first i'm
preston may have been left by
you before last night, that is to
say, you may have bitten that
apple yesterday, for instance"
She stammered:
do you think so? Yes, perhaps,
] seem to neutrality-suspicious.
morning"
But the project of police inter
rupted her.
1T is useless, madame; / have
just questioned your servant, Sill
vestre. He bought the fruit him
self at s o'clock last evening.
When NJ. Fauville went to bed,
there were four apples in the dish.
At 8 o'clock this morning there
were only three. Therefore the
one found in the garden is incon-
testably the fourth; and this
fourth apple was marked last
night. And the mark is the mark
Of your teeth"
She stammered
ut was not l it was not
-" that mark is not mine"
But"
That mark is not mine. .
] swear it as | hope to be saved.
80" And | also swear that / shall
die, yes, die. prefer death
20 prison, | shall kill myself.
'"* | shall kill myself"
Her eyes We're staring before
her. She stiffencd her muscles
and made a supreme effort 10 rise
from her chair. But, once on her
feet, she tottercd and fell faint
ing on the floor.
While she was being seen to,
MaZeroux bcckoned to Don Luis
and whispered:
Clear out, chief
"Ah, so the orders are revoked.
I'm free?'
"Chief, take a look at the beg.
gar who came III 10 minutes age
and who's talking to the project
DO you know hing
Hang il ALL said Pcrenna.
after glareing at a large red faced
man who did not take his eyes of
him. Hang it, it's Weber, the
deputy chief"
And he's recognized you
chief! He recognized LMpin al
first sight. There's no fake tina,
he can't see through. lie got the
kracE Ct it. Well, chief, Just
think Of all tbc tricks you'v.
played OH him and AJAX Yourself il
he'll sticS 1t anything to have hi
-vcrg"