The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-08-22
Nothing now could prevent the
fulfilment Of his wishes. At IL

tue COuISc VI tut udy, Am1tdtiuS
Sauverandss handwriting, he had
sent letter-one of those letters
which are always torn up at once,
in which Sauverand entreated the
poor woman to grant him an in
terview at the Ranelagh-Mme.
Fauville would leave the opera,
and, before going to Nine. DER
singers party, would spend an
hour not far from the house.
con the other hand, Sauverand
would be performing his usual
Wednesday pilgrimage less than
half mile away, in the opposite
direction. During this time the
crime would be committed.
Both Of them would come I'M
der the notice Of the police, either
by M. Fauville' s illusions or by
the incident at the Cafe du Pont-
Neuf; both Of them, moreover,
would be incapable either of prov
ing an alibi or Of explaining their
presence so near the house; were
not both Of them bound to be &C
cused and convicted Of the crilne7
80 In the most unlikely event
that some chance should project
them, there was an undeniable
proof lying ready to hand i'll tie
shape of the apple containing the
very marks Of Marie FauyAle's
teeth! And then, few weeks
letter, the last and decisive trick,
the mysterious arrival at intervals
Of 10 days. cf the letters denounc-
ing the pair. So everything was
settled.
"The smallest details were fore
seen with internal clearness. You
remember, Monster lie Prefet, that
turquorise which dropped out of
my ring and was found IN the
Isafe7 There we're only four per
sons who could have seen it anl
picked it up. M. Fauville was one
Of them. Well, he was just the
Eone, whom we all excepted; aid
yet it was he who, to cast susp;-
eion upon me and to forestall an
Interference which he felt would
be dangerous, seized the oppor-
tunity and placed the turquoise in
the safel -
1'This time the work was com
pleted. Fate was about to tie full
filled. Between the 'hater' and
his victims there was but the dis.
tancc Of one act. The act was per
formed. M. Fauvil]e died.
Don Luis ceased. His words
were followed by a long silence;
and he felt certain that the ex-
traordinary story which he had
just finished telling met with the
absolute approval Of his hearers.
They did not discuss, they be-
ieved. And yet it was the most
incredible truth that he was ask
ing them to believe.
M. Desmalions asked one last
question.
"You were in that passage with
Sergeant Mazeroux. There were
detectives outside the house. Ad-
uniting that M. Fauvillc knew
that he was to be killed that might
a:ld at that very hour Of the night
who can have killed him and who
can have killed his SOM There
was no one within these four
walls :.
There was M. Fauville. -
A sudden clamor cf protests
arose. The veil was promptly
torn; and the spectacle revealed
By Don Luis provoked, in addition
to horror, an unforeseen ontburst
of increduulity and sort Of revolt
against the too kindly attention
which had been accorded to those
explanations. The project Of po.
I lice expressed the general feeling
by exclaiming:
Enough Of words! Enough Of
theories However logical they
may seem, they lead to absurd
CONCLUSIONS. =
L ~ ~ ~ :. y l.
Absurd in appearance, Mon
sieur le Prefet; but how do we
know that M. Fauville's unheard
lof conduct is not explained by
very natural reasons7 Of course,
Inc one dies with light heart for
the mere pleasure Of revenge. But
how do we know that M. Fauville,
whose extreme emaciation and
pallor you must have noted as /
did, was not stricken by some
! mortal illness and that, knowing
himself doomed !"
'tI repeat, enough Of words r.
cried the project. You 60 only
Thy suggestions. What I want is
prOofs. a proof. only one. And