The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18

agrily, IF we let this opportunity
slip shall we ever find another?"
Easily. He's going home. I'll
inform the commissary of police.
He will telephone to headquarters !;
and tomorrow morning
And suppose the bird has
flowng'
have no warrant.
do You want me to sign you
one, IDIOT"
But Don Luis mastered his rage.
lie felt that all his arguments
would be shattered to pieces
against the sergeant's obstinacy,
and that, if necessary, Mazeroux
would go to the length of defend
ing the enemy against him. He
simply said IN sententious tone
One ass and you make pair
Of asses; and there are as many
asses as there are people who try
to do police work with bits of pa
per, signatures, warrants, and
other CANNON. Police work, my
lad, in done with one s fists. When
you come upon the enemy, hit him.
Otherwise, you stand chaince of
hitting the air. With that, good
night. I'm going to bed. Tele-
phone to me when the job is
done. /"
He went home, furious, sick of
an adventure in which he had not
had elbow room, and in which he
had had to submit to the will, or,
rather, to the. weakness Of others.
But the next morning when he
woke up his longing to see the po-
lice lay hold Of the man with the
ebony stick, and especially the
feeling that his assistance would
be of use, impelled him to dress as
quickly as he could.
Ii don't come to the rescue,
he thought, they III let themselves
be done iii the eye. They re not
equal to a contest of this kind. =
just then Mazeroux rang up and
asked to speak to him. He rushed
to a little telephone box which his
predecessor had fitted up on the
first floor, in a dark recess that
communicated only with his study.
and switched on the electric light.
Is that you, Alexandre9 q,
Yes, chief. ! IN speaking from
q vine shop near the house on the
Boulevard Richard Wallace.
What about our man9'
The bird $ still in the nest.
Bnt we're only just in time.
Really9
es. he $ packed his trunk.
lie $ going away this morning.
How do they knowf
Through the woman who man
ages for him. She's just come to
the house and will let us III. =
Does he live alonea'
les, the woman cooks his
meals and goes away in the eve
ming. No one ever calls except a
yelled lady who has paid him three
visits since he's been here. The
house keeper was not able I'd see
what she was like. As for him, she
says he s a scholar. who spends his
time reading and working. & n
And have yon warrant? Z
es, we re going to use it.
II come at once. y A
You cant! We've got Weber
at our head. Oh, BY the way have
you heard the news about Nine.
FauvilIe?
About Nine. Fauyille I 4
Yes, she tried to commit SUI
eide last night
What! Tried to commit sui
lcide |!
Perenna had uttered ali excla-
nation Of astonisllnicnt and was
Very much surprised to hear, az
most at the same time, another cry,
like an echo, at his elbow Without
letting go the receiver, he turned
lround and saw that Mile. Iaayes-
senr was in the stud i few yards
AWAY from him, standing with d
distorted and livid face Their
eyes met. He was III HE point 81
speaking to her, hut size moved
ava yxit iaout aving the room,
However.
& IN hat The devil was she listen.
sfDr ! Don Luis WOnde
nd why that look of tlisma y 4 i
Meanwhile azeronx continI
|Sued
She saie YOU ixiaow that slie
wonldn try iii Kill herself. hut
have b ken 1 goodish