The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-26
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licitv ne was now getting, a hundred paint
ers could not have filled them. l thOughE3
and did not wonder that he declined al
remuneration for his sinister services.
What followed, then, when we arrived At
the grim prison corresponding 20 OuL
TOmbs left me completely dazed. we MSES
ushered into a bare. dismal room filled
with policemen Of various sorts ana a mum
Der Of well dressed men who had a pro
fessiOnal aspect Two .chalrS haG DeSH
| placed facing each other in a cleared space,
and Immediately on our arrival there was
led in a pale and defiant LOOKING yOunS
man who yet bore himself with a SOFT OF
challenging dignity. He was asked pOhtely
IenOugh to be seated in one of the chairs,
when Jacques, with no trace Of lose OF
mannerism or anything that might SUI
lgeSt the charlatan, seated himself dlrectIy
opposite, so closely that their knees
touched.
"WiI you be so obliging, monsieur, as
to look directly into my eyesE" he SaIu.
$50 it is hypnOtism,' muttered ROBERT
IDelmas.
Pardon, monsieur, but it is not" said
Jacques. ION the contrary, the more I9LS
IyOu possess your faculties the more 1 snau
be content. If you are innocent, thaI IacI
will be Immediately apparent to me. II, on
the contrary, you are guilty. OF the muIuSa
Of Monsieur Wharf, not only will you De
unable to conceal your guilt but Will even
reveal to me the manner in which that
crime was committed" He glanced aDOuI
the room. "NO human being, gentlemen;
who is in possession of his sanity Wo1lu
have at such a moment the ability TO Ge-
fleet the tenor Of his thought or to falslIy
it."
There was a subdued 'murmur. Although
accustomed to tense situations, cOul9
feel my heart hammering at my ribs ana
was conscious OF a dryness OF me mouIn' :
He now placed his finely shaped nanuS
lon either side Of Robert Delmas' head ana
looked steadily into the mans tOrmeRSet
eyes. and I will say for the accused tnat
he met the ordeal with fOrtitude, he was
naturally, pale, but he did not shrink.
1 had expected a contest Of wills. struS-
gle for SUPREMACY, but there was nothing
of the sort. Jacques gaze, so Tar as. !
could see, and I was only a few feet as
: tant and watching him en- profile, was nc
more intent than might be that OF any one
who reads ~thOughtfully an interestlng
document. Nor did the scrutiny last more
than thirty seconds.
He then let his hands fall, rose, turned
to a man who appeared to be the comanu'
d ing officer of the inquiry, and said quleL!y
20 Monsieur the mind Of Robert Delmas ten
~ me that he did not actually Kill NJ. wharf
M though it was his intention to. DO so.
" 'Delmas arrived in his small American
d car outside the gates Of the villa. lie stop
= ped, got down, opened the small GOOr d
the side, and entered the property. Through
a vista of the trees, or perhaps from IN
s. lcabane laden with clOcheS. Delmas ais
IN saw Andre Wharf beside the mortar. Bu
Or he failed to see Renee Wharf, who MAJ
a. sought shelter in the little kiosk.
1T was evident to Delmas that NJ. NlDar
was fastening to protect his Lrimeurs rro1
= the storm about TO break. Delmas reasOue'
that NJ. Wharf would return to the capan
4 for a fresh supply of clOches. Acting the
on a sudden impulse, NJ. Delmas went GU
- on to the road and drove on a little 19rL1
er, to where the lane that flanks the Nlul
or Wharf leads off from the big road II
10 turned into this lane, then stopped ana sc
to down, leaving the car at a spot where
AT could not be observed from the h1ghWa
and would not in all probability be pei
- ceived from any other point, since every
body would have taken shelter from u
storm. He ran down the lane behind II
NV wall with which the Wharf property is el
4" closed He believed that only the prOpr
etOr and his nephew were at that mOmel
- on the place. Renee had previously II
. formed him that she was going to'a chrl
tening that afternoon, and M Delmas W.
S sufficiently familiar with the customs
I'D the household to know that it was usu
for the servants to be given congo Tor Sul
day afternoon.
= m. Delmas slipped through the door
- the wall that had not been locked after U
lis, delivery Of a load Of manure. HIS eyes L
in on a steel prOnged fork that had been ie
ial planted in the heap against the WINDOW
rst was already in his thought to STAY NJ. '
ON bart should opportunity Offer ana ne
seemed to be the opportunity, not only
W. committing the murder but OF having |
as crime fastened on a man whom ne nat
red and who now endangered his amDltlOhs 1
wv a fortune and for love.
Ice "But he had not counted on the windC
- being barred. His vague idea mad De
Ludk he MAAng 9AB @AAO164 49,
after NJ. Wharf had gone out with q 10
wv of clOches, and then, on his return IOf
OO; fresh supply, surprise and stay MIN q
Ay. make his escape Undecided IN the ueIu
/" of rain and hail then falling. And the ne
" fitted iron bars, while an UNLOCKED
i-mpediment to his purpose, seemed now
our his state of murderOus emOClOn 70 Ds r.
Vided for in the shaLe OF a manure IOth
IN. DelmaS must then have realIeu
MI necessity for lnflicting a wound u
would be Immediately fatal. a luL
IA E-o--I kh~ nr9ndnW nnn into Tnn n1nEL
NJ. Wharf, preferably from Denlnu. l.
80 would have been rendered possible by,
M Vibart's turning his back ana Dehul
down to gather up the clOcheS InaC w
piled against the back wall. NJ. Wharf v
IPof+ = in the act of doing this when startled
-ors the slamming Of the door by the current
81 air. He turned to set down the clOches
tic order to open it, and in doing so, caul
sight of the manure fork projecting 1nW'
towards him through the window. be g
a cry, lOsed his hold of the cloches, or
bed at the fork and clutched 1t, then ]
a . wrenching the fork from the hands OF 1
mas and dragging it into the ca5ane.
Om- And that is all, messieurs, that 1 b
been able to read Of the criminal agency
10Ta NJ. Delmas in this affair. But his mlnO
= 70 fairly shouting accusations Of another
d: dividual. More than that, it asserts, pc
ana as the actual witness Of what tmmedla'
for followed"
any, He paused, and in the tense silence
grim-faced man who appeared to be
presiding officer asked harshly, And "
- was that, monsieur 2"
laily The mind of n. Delmas,' said Jacq
7rite slowly, accuses Andre Wharf Of the u
ppe- der Of his uncle"
There was a profound hush. Glant
" from face to face, it was plain to me
~ this startling statement had fallen on Il
you present to the in complete surprise,
, 30 that, as their swift intelligence cOnsid'
Knit it, to their incredulity.
lgnL. The deposition with which they had
Jress furnished must have been precisely 1de
cal to that given Jacques and myself,
by the same man. And, according to
clear evidence Of M. Pervier, Andre vi
10 had, in the presence Of cousin Renee
pig hearing the startled cutlery Of his Vi
and rushed into the cabane, then immedia
Iege, rushed out again. There had been no We
reported beyond that fearful and sufiC
one received when NJ. Wharf fell upon
Mont shattered clOches.
W The president of the Interrogation b
the silence. "Then, if the mind Of De
Mont accuses Andre Wharf, why has he not
so before with his lips 2"
Because monsieur" said Jacques, p"
o1d mas mind assures him that there is
evidence enough against himself to sc
many a conviction. Since he did not actl
wound M. Wharf with the fork, and
that unfortunate gentlman has been 4
to have met his death through the 81
ing Of the great vessels Of his neck by