The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-08-15
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Continued,

thanking me, Monsieur lie Prefet,'
said Don luis, "and that is to
allow me to carry out my task to
Che end"
Your task?"
Yes, Monsieur lie Prefet. My
action of last night is only the be-
ginning. The conclusion is the re-
1ease of Marie Fauville and CASTOR
&auverand."
ID Desmalions smiled.
"Oh!"
Am I asking too march, Mon
sieur lie Prefet7"
Zone can always ask, but the
<eqnest should be reasonable. And
the innocence Of those people does
mot depend on me-"
No; but it depends ON you,
Monsieur lie Prefet, to let them
&naw If | prove their innocence to
yuu-"
"Yes, ! agree, if you prove it
beyond dispute"
ssJust So"
LION Luis calm assurance I'M
pressed M. Desmalicns in spite of
everything and even more than on
Che former occasions and he sug-
sgested:
The results Of the hasty in
xpection which we have made will
perhaps help you. For instance,
ere are certain that the bomb was
placed by the entrance Of the pass
,rge and probably under the
boards Of the floor"
"Please do not trouble, Mon
Sleur lie Prefet. These are only
secondary details. The great thing
now is that you should know the
whole truth, and that not only
through words"
The project had come closer.
The magistrate and detectives
were standing round Don luis,
watching his lips and movements
with feverish impatience. Was it
possible that that truth, as yet SO
remote and vague, in spite of all
the Importance which they at
tached to the arrests already af-
fected,swas known at last7
It was a solemn moment. Every
one was on tenterhooks. The
manner in which Don Luis had
foTetold the explosion lent the
value of an accomplished fact to
his predictions and the men
whom he had saved from the ter
ribie catastrophe were almost
ready to accept as certainties the
most improbable statements which
. man Of his stamp might make.
Monsieur lie Prefet," he said,
s1you waited in vain last night for
the fourth letter to make It's ap-
pearance. We shall now be able,
by an unexpected mircle Of
chance, to be present at the de-
livery of the letter. You will then
know that it was the same hand
that committed all the crimes
&nd you will know whose hand.
shat was.
And, turning to Mazeroux:
Sergeant, will you please make
Che room IS dark as you cant The
sshntters i gone; bnt you might
draw the curtains across the win
sdnsys and close the doors. Mon
sietIr le Prefet, is it by accident
that the electric light is onf
Yes, by accident. We will
have il turned out
One moment. Have any Of you
gentlemen a pocket lantern about
you7 Or, no, it. doesn't matter.
ThisswiH do"
There was q candle in d sco1rce.
He took it and lit it.
Then he switched OFF the cleo
tric light.
There was a half darkness, amid
which the flame Of the candle
eickered III the draught from the
NindoW5s. Don Lnis protected the
QAmc with his hand and moved tol
The table.
do not think that we shall be
kept waiting long, he said. { AS
foresee IL, there will BE only a
eeW seconds before the facts speak
for themselves and better than I
eould
Those few seconds, during
Ushiehno one broke the silence.
Wnnforgettable Nj. Desnla.
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