The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-11-21
(cllAPunH overwhelmingly

encc, this: either the smash will
take place in such a way that
your body will not eycn be il
sight. ii any one should dream
Oh cooling here to look for you
or else ii will be partly visible, in
which case I shall al once cut and
destroy the cords with which you
are tied.
What will the lax think then
Simply that Florence Levasseur,
Il Fugitive from justice, hid her
self in Il grotto which fell upon
her and crushed her. That all.
A few prayers FOR the rash crea-
tnrr S soul, and not another word.
AS for meas for me, when
my work is done and my sweet
heart doad--I shall pack my
traps, carefully remove all the
traces of my coming, smooth ev-
cry inch OF The %trampied grass,
l'sinp iuto my motor car, sham
'lcati, for a little while, and then
pat III Il sensational claim for the
hnndred millions"
He COVE a little c~llucklc. took
two OF three puffs al his cigaret,
and added, calmly:
II shall claim the hundred mil
llots and | shall get them. That 5
the prettiest part Of it. [ shall
claim them because I'm entitled
to them and explained to you
Just now, before Master Lupin
came interfering, how, from the
moment that you were dead, I
had the most undcniable legal
right to them. And / shall get
them, because it is physically i'm
possible to bring up the least sort
OF proof against me.
He moved closer.
There's not a charge that can
hurt me. Suspicious, yes, moral
Prescriptions, clues, anything
you like, but not a scrap Of ma
terial evidence. No body knows
me. One person has seen me as
a tall man, another as a short
man. My very name is unknown.
All my murders have been COM
mltted anonymously. All my muir
ders are more like suicides, or can
be explained as suicides.
u tell you the law is power
less. With Lupin dead, and Flor
ence Levasseur dead, there's no
one to bear witness against me.
Even if they arrested me, they
would have to discharge me in the
end for lack Of evidence. / shall
be branded, execrated, hated, and
cursed; my name will stink in
peoples nostrils, as if I were the
greatest of Indicators. But I
shall possess the friendship Of all
decent men!
II tell you again, with Lupin
and you gone,. it's all over.
There nothing left, nothing but
some papers and "a few little
things which I have been weak
enough to keep until now in this
pocketbook here, and which
would be enough and more than
enough to cost me my head, if
I did not intend to burn them in
d few minutes and send the ashes
to the bottom Of the we'll.
so you see, Florence, all my
measures are taken. You need
not hope for compassion from me
nor for help from anywhere else,
since no one knows where / have
brought you, aud Arsene Lupin
is no longer alive. Under these
conditions, Florence, make your
choice. The ending is in your
own hands: either you die,
absolutely and irreyocably, OF
! VOL, accept my love-
There was Q moment Of silence,
then
Answer me yes or no. a
nnsyement Of your head will de
eide your fate. If it's no, you
die. H ii yes, shall release
you. VS. willsgo from here and
later Mhen your innocence il
nrsyed4-andIM see to that-yor
shall become my wife. Is thu
answer yes, Florence?
He put the question to her Will
real anxiety and with d re
strained passion that set his vote,
trembling. His knees dragget
over the flagstones. He begges