The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-28

was thinking of the unheard O
condolences, the accumulation o.
1 facts that bore down on Nine. Eau
/ vile from every side. And the de
cisive proof which would join al
these different facts together anc
give to the accusation the grounds
which it still lacked was one which
| Perenna was able to supply. This
was the marks of the teeth in the
apple hidden among the shrubs in
the garden. To the police these
would be as good as any finger
print, all the more as they could
compare the marks with those on
the cake Of chocolate.
Nevertheless, he hesitated; and,
concentrating his anxious atten-
ton, he watched, with mingled
feelings Of pity and repulsion, that
woman who, to all seeming, had
killed her husband and her hus-
band s son. Was he to give her
the finishing strolze2 Had he the
right to play the part Of judge
And supposing he were wrong?
Meantime, M. Desmalions had
walked up to him and, while pre-
tending to speak to Mazeroux,
was really asking Perenna:
"What do you think of it,"
Mazeroux shook his head. Per
emma replied:
Il think, Monsieur lie Prefet.
that, if this woman is guilty, she
is defending herself, for all her
cleverness, with inconceivable
lack of skill"
Meaning? ~
Meaning that she was doubt
less only tool in the hands of an
accomplish
" An accomplish
Remember, Monsieur lie Prefet,
her husbands exclamation in your
office yesterday: 'Oh, the scoun-
drels the scoundrels There is,
therefore, at least one accomplice,
who perhaps is the same as the
man who was present, as Sergeant
Mazeroux must have told you, in
the Cafe du Pont-Neuf when In
spector Verot was last there:
man with reddish brown beard.
carrying an ebony walking stick
with silver handle. So that
so that, !" said NJ. Desmalions,
completing the sentence, "by ar
resting Nine. Fauville today, mere
~ on suspicion, we have a chance
OF laying our hands on the accom-
plice."
Perenna did not reply. The pre-
feet continued, thoughtfully:
Arrest her y = arrest her
: = : We should need proof for
that. : y Did you receive no
clue?''
None at all, Monsieur lie Pre-
fet. True, my search was only
But ours was most minute. We
have been through every corner of
the ROOM
And the garden, Monsieur le
Prefete''
1.-THE garden also
With the same caree"
Perhaps not. But Il
| think, on the contrary, Mon
sieur lie Prefet, that, as the muir
derers passed through the garden
in coming and going, there might
be a chance -
Mazeroux, = said NJ. Desma-
lions, go outside and make al
more thorough inspection
The sergeant went out. Per
emma, who was once more standing
at one side, heard the project Of
police repeating TO the examining
magistrate:
All, il we only had proof,
just one! The woman is evidently
guilty. The presumption against
her is too great! = - And then
there are Cosno Mornington' g
millions. : But, on the other
hand, look at her : : look at
all the honesty in that pretty face
Of hers, look at all the sincerity Of
her grief
She was still crying, with fitful.
sobs and starts Of indignant pro-
test that made her clench her.
fists. AT one moment she took
her ear soaked handkerchief, bit it
with her teeth and tore it, after
the manner OF certain actresses.
Perenna saw those beautiful
white teeth, little wide, moist
and cleaning, rending the dainty