The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-06-20
bic adversary.
Come on" he saidsto himself.

Come on" he saideto himself.
1.-THE fellows score is settled
and so is his young lady's. They
can choose between the bullets in
my revolver and the handouts Of
the police
He had ceased to think Of his
motor standing ready below. He
no longer dreamed Of flight with
Florence. Il he did not kill the
two Of them, the law would lay it's
hand upon them, the hand that
does not let go. And perhaps it
was better SO, that society itself
should punish the two criminals
whom he was about to hand over
Ito it.
he shut the door, pushed the
bolt, faced his two prisoners again
and, taking a chair, said to Sauve-
rand:
.Let us talk"
Owing to the narrow dimen-
sions Of the room they were all
so close together that Lon Luis
felt as if he were almost touching
the man whom he loathed from
the very bottom Of his heart.
Their two chairs were hardly a
yard asunder. A long table,
covered with books, stood be-
tween them and the windows,
which, followed out of the very
wall, formed a recess, as is usual
in old houses.
Florence had turned her chair
away from the light, and Don
Luis could not see her face clearly.
But he looked straight into Gas
ton Sauverand' face and watched
it with eager curiosity; and his
anger was heightened by the
sight Of the still youthful feat
ures, the expressive mouth, and
the intelligent eyes,, which were
fine in spite Of their hardness.
Well? Speak," said Don Luis,
in a commanding tone. 81 have
agreed to a truce, bat a momen-
tary truce, just long enough to
say what is necessary. Are you
afraid now that the time has ar
riyed9 Do you regret the step
which you have taken2'
The man smiled calmly and
said:
am afraid of nothing, and I
do not regret coming, for i have
q very strong intuition that we
can, that we are bound to, come
to an understanding
An understandings ~ protest
ed Don Luis with a start.
Why mott"
"A compact An alliance be-
tween you and me'
Why mott It is q thought
which I had already entertained
more than once, which took a
more precise shape in the magis-
trates corridor, and which finally
decided me when I read the an
nouncement which you caused to
be made in the special edition Of
this paper: Sensational declara-
ton by Don Luis Perenna. Nine.
Fauville is innocent!
CASTOR Sauverand half rose
from his chair and, carefully
picking his words, emphasizing
them with sharp gestures, he
whispered:
Everything lies, monsieur, in
those four words. Do those four
words which you have written,
which you have uttered publicly
and solemnly- Mime. F'afuyiiiiie is
innocent do they express your
real mindf Do you now abso-
lutely believe in Marie Fauville S
innocencef
Don Luis shrugged his shoul-
ders.
Nine. GauriIle innocence has
nothing to do with the q It is
a question not Of her, but Of You,
Of you two and myself. So come
straight TO the point and as
quickly as you can. It IS to your
interest even more than to mine.
Ito our mterest3
forget the third heading
70 the article, cried Don Luis.
did more than proclaim Marie
FalTille Innocence. also an
nonnced-read foryourself-The
imminent arrest Of the Grim
mails.
Sauveraud and Florence rose
together, with the samegnnguard
IA movement.