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MICHAEL BUGS.
Athens, Ga.
'TAte Answers Thompson-.
Washington, February !”•
(Special.)—Congressman T'te has
sent (Vonel Howard Thompson a
reply io l.is last letter, in which Col
rtiel lti‘iinpii<>n’s friends for the
debate pivhininams ire named.
According io the present arrange
rnnits, therefore, tli" gentlemen t<>
aVrsl'ge the rietSih: • f 'he joint tin bat
ihtftt is to stir up the ninth, are:
For Congressman Tat" —It* ti,
Fen. V, icr: v, of chetoket Hon. M.
L. V. iliord. of Union. and Cap-'n
\V. A. VVdlitishatn, of Habers!.:;.u
For Colonel Thompson— Hot
Gtoorge F-. Ded wyler, of Jackson:
If. n. W. E. Candler, of Union, and
Sam C. Dunlap, of ilall.
Congressman Tate s letter contains
i fiiri! er reference to conditions in
<lif.triot which will be read with
interest by the people thwe. The
feller in till! is as loilows.
‘•House of Representatives United
Slates, Washington. D. C., February
]l isfi9.—Hon. Howard Thompson
Gainesville, Ga- My Hear Sir; Yours
rn reph t<> my letter of January 21st.
in which you state that you have
selected George E- Dedwyler, of
Jackson; W. E- Catidler, of Union,
and Samuel C. Dunlay, of lrall, ~<>
Bet with a similar number of my
friends, in arranging the times, place'
and terms of our joint canvass, would
have been answered earlier but for
my absence from here on account oi
the continued sickness of my little
daughter
( Hon, Ben F. Forty, of Clierokee ;
” M. L. Ledford, of Union;
atul Captain \V\ A. Willingham, of
Hnbersham, have been requested by
me to acj with lion. Georg E. I)ed-.v:
ler, Hon. Yr. E. Candler and your
Wothor-iti law, ex United States Mif
dial Samuel * Dunlap, 'me .•>
~ ... ~ se o; arranging ur
i. .i ■.... place: am.
it t'nis of the Siiirn:.
•I note that vui also make .the f*l
l,,xi,vr matenn-nt tn your letter, town:
I drill feel at liberty to make snob
speeches, at such rim-. and places as
uporttmityi"'" mbs " Having yourself
~u . g!,, joinl canvass and being a—
wire of the fact that t an cottlrii and
here at my post of duty in \vashtng
Urn, von are eertady very unfair in re
serving to y uitself the right to can
vass the district while l ao not able
to he present. Y> tth assurances of
(ctT'.ra, lam pomsindy
V C. TATE.”
VKUY, UNh'AtUl*
[f we hear cries of •uufa , r so earl>
in ihi*- conl-csN wbat may we (
Inter, when the man i. 'Vasliimpoii, j
v no is no food ot work, that he ]oe
fers the easy work in \V -ishingion, to .
the awful hat>l work in - bating with .
his powerful opponent, Hun. Howard
Thompson, nr-d when the time lot a
debate al'rivcsl Shall we heat Hon.
V 0. 'l ate crying that it was unfair
t > run such n sttiart and superior tie
lml.tr ns lion. Ilowmd Thompson
against him, or shall no hoar no mot'
cries ot ‘unfair” lighting by either of
these almost even y matched oppo —
nents?
ha ve ts'ouhles oA
my own,
goodness
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COpy RIGHT. 1897 tSV. R F. FENNO VCO-. .. •_ '
Bcmnrdel,Bn id fho elricT. ‘'During
this time I would leurn a little abort
what kind of a man this is."
Beruardct had only to cross some cor
ridor and nn.ant a few steps to reach
the g.illery up-on which M. Ciucry’s
room opened. While waiting to ho ad
mitted ho passed up and down. Seated
on benches were a number 'of malefac
tors, toino of whom knew him well,
who were waiting exMninatfoh. Ho was
accustomed to ten this eight daily, uud
without being moved, hfft this time he
was overcome by a Bolt t>f agony, a
siKisni which contracted even his fingers
and left his nerves in as qffivering a
state as does insomnia. Truly in the
present case he was much more concern
ed than in on ordinary man hunt. The
officer experienced the fear which an
inventor feds before the perfection of a
new discovery. Ho had undertaken a
formidable problem, apparently insolu
ble, and ho desired to solve it,. Once or
twioo ho took cut from the pocket of
his rediageto uff 'old Worn case and
looked at tho proofs t " the retluft, Which
ho had pasted on u, card. there could be
no doubt. This figure, a little confused,
had the very look of the mail who had
bent over the grave. M. Gino-y would
bo struck by it when he hud Jacques
Bautin before him, provided the exam
ining magistrate still had the desire
which Bernardet had Incited in him to
push tho matter to the end. Fortunately
M. Giuorr Was very curious. With this
curiosity anything might happen. The
time seemed long. What if this Dxntin,
v, ho (.poke cf leaving Paris, should dis
appear, should escape the examination?
What miserable little affair occupied
M. Ginory? Would ho ever be at liber
ty?
Tho door opened, a mats in a blouso
was ltd out, the registrar appi arid on
the threshold, and Bernardet asked if
ho could not see M. Ginory immediate
ly, as he had an important communica
tion to mako to liito.
“I will not detain hisn long, ” ho said.
Far from appeariffg annoyed, the
magistrate Boomed delighted to see tho
officer. He related to him all ito knew—
how he had eenff tho man at M. Ro
vtre’s funeral; that Almo. Mouicho had
recognized him ns the one Whom she
had surprised standing with M. Rosero
before the open safe; that ho had sign
ed his name end taken first rank in the
funeral cortege, lose by reason of an old
friendship which dated from Childhood
than by that sfcraugo and impulsive sen
timent which compels tho guilty man
to haunt tho scene of his crime, to re
main near his victim, as if the murder,
tho blocd, tho corpse, held fer him a
morbid fascination.
“1 shall soon know," Said M. Ginory.
Ho dictated to the registrar a citation to
appear before him, rung tho bell and
guvo the order to e.rvo the notice on M.
Bautin at the given address and to bring
hittt to the palais.
•‘Do bet toeo Sight of him. " hi ko.I
to Bernardet end began some other >.-.
animations. Bernardet bowed and bis
eyes eboiie like those of a sleuthhound
ou tho scent of his prey.
CHAPTER X.
Between the examining magistrate
who questioned and the man cited to
appear before him who replied it was
a duel, a Close game, rapid and tragic,
in which tssch feint might make a mor
tal Wound, in which each parry and
thrttst might b- decisive, fsoc.no in the
World ! .h tlio power of the man who,
in a word, eon change to n prisoner the
one who enters the giuiuis as a passerby.
Behind this inquisitor of iho law the
prison stands, the tribunal in its red
robes appears, tho t wins of tho scaffold
cast their sinister' shadows, and tho
magistrate's cold chamber already seems
to have tho lugubrious humidity of tho
dungeons where the condemned await
their fate.
Jacques Dautiu arrived at tho palais
in anhwv’f to the ritiv-ioii
with tl r 3 a|“J)Ur(;it a3fccr;y -? a man
who, regretting a friend tragically put
cut of the World, withes to e.id imivaig
ing him. Ho did not hesitate a second,
and Bern'inlet, who saw him enter the
carriage, was struck With tho
eagerness and haste With which ho re
sponded to the tuagi: {rate’s order.
When M. Gibejy Wi's informed that
Jacques Gan l in had arrived, he allowed
Bn involuntary “Ah!” to escape him.
This “Ah 1” scena and t<i cypress tiro satis*
faction of an impatient spectator when
tho signal is given which announces that
the curtain is about to he raised. For
the examining nmgisi rat.o Um drama iu
which lie was Id out to unravel tlm mys
tery was to begin. Ho kept his eyes
lixed upon the door, auribi..ing, cor
rectly, a great importance to tho first
Impression tho comer would make upon
him as ho entered tho room. M. Giuory
found that ho was much excited. This
was to him a novel thing, but by exer
cising his strong will ho succeeded in
mastering the motion, mid his face and
manner showed no trace of it.
in the open door M. Jacques Dantin
appeared. The first view, for the magis
trate, was favorable. The man was tall,
well built; he bowed with grace, and
looked straight ./store him. But at the
same time M. Ginory was struck by
tho strange i- veniblanco of this haughty
face to that imago obtained by means of
llernardet's kodak. It seemed to him
that this imago bad the same stature,
the samo form as that man surrounded
by the hazy, clouds. Upon a 6ecmnl ex
amination it seemed to the magi-'rate
HOMER, GAm THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2+ , 1898.
that the foe* betrayed a restrained vio
lence, a latent brutality. Tho eyes were
stern, under Their liriitling brows, the
pointed beard, quite thin on the cheeks,
showed the heavy jaws, and under the
gray mustache tho under lip protruded
like the lips of certain Spanish cavaliers
painted by Velasquez.
‘'Prognathous," thought M. Ginory,
as he noticed this characteristic. With
a gesture he motioned M. Baht,iff to a
chair. The man was there befoi'to the
judge, who, with crossed hands, his cl
bows leaning on his papers, seemed
ready to talk of insignificant things.
While tire registrar's bald head was bant
over his block table as he rapidly took
notes. Tim interview took on a gravo
tone, but fts between twe m'eff who,
meeting in a salon, speak of tho morn
ing or of tho premiere of the tokening
beforo, and M. Ginory asked M. Bautin
for some iufohmfttiou in regard bo M.
Rovere.
“Bid you kno -v him In limitt-aiy?”
“Yes, M. ItvJtigto. ”
“For how many years?"
“1 r more than 40. We ‘wt'o com
rades at a school in Bordeaux."
"Y'on at" a Bord- lais?"
“l.ike Sovcre, yes," Boutin replied
“Of Iftfa have j.i. ►vifl IA. Rovere
frequently?”
“I beg yout pardon. M lo Jug©, bet
what do yotl ine&j by of late?”
M. GlnorV Vs iievcd ibat ho had dis
covered in this question put by a man
who was himself being interrogated—
a tactic—-a means of finding before re
plying time for reflection. He was no
customed to these maneuvers of the ac
cused.
“ When 1 Ely of late, ” he repliutb "I
mean during tin past few weeks br lays
which preceded tho murder—if that
suits yet. ”
"I saw him often-—in fact, even of
tcuer than formerly.”
“Why/” _
His report to the chief, M. Morel,
was soon made. He listened to hint with
attention, tor he bed absolute confidence
in the police officer. ‘‘Never any gaff
with Bernardet, ” M. Jibhel was Wont
to say. He, like Bernardet, soot* fs.lt
convinced that this man was probably
the murderer of the ex-consul.
“As to the motive which led to the
crime, we shall know it later. "
Ho wished, above everythilm ci. \ to
havo strict inquiries madh into Ba; ; B.
past life ni>d in regard to his present ex
istence, anti tho inquiries Would bo com
pared with his answers to tho questions
wH ;h M. GiffOPy Would Ask ,'U when
ho had been cited as a withs„.
"Go nt once to M. Ginory's room.
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Jacques Bautin seemed to hesitate.
“I do not know—ebanco. In Paris one
■M. Gin or)/ wsfced M. Drntin )nr same in
for malt-on in t'cynnf Ui M. Hover*.
bus iutimffte frieffds; one doe's not see
them f r some mouths, and stiddeniy
one secs them ngaiu and one meets them
more frequently."
“Havo yon ever had nny reason for
the interruptions in your relations with
M. Rovere when you oasised to ko him,
fts you say?"
"None whatever.”
"Was there between you any sort of
rivalry, any motive for coldness?”
“Any motive, any rivalry? What do
you mean?"
“Ido not know,"said tho 'great man;
“I ask you. I am questioning yon."
The registrar’s pen ran rapidly and
Noiselessly over tho paper with the
tpecd of a bird on the wing.
These words, “I am questioning you, ”
seemed to make an unexpected, disa
greeable itnpttoseioa tofi Dautln, and bo
fro w‘:c<A.
” Wrn'n did you Visit Rovere the last
Hint-?"
"Tho last time?”
“Y’es. Strive to remember.”
“Two or three days before the rr.ur
tder.”
"It Was not two or throe days; it was
two days exactly beforo the assassina
tion. ”
I "Yon are right. I beg your panic a.”
The examining magistrate waited a
1 moment-, looking tho man full in tho
1 facet. It seemed to him that a Right
; Slush passed over his hitherto pale facc.
"Bo you suspect atiy one ns the mur
derer of Rovere?” asked M. Ginory aft
er a moment’s reflection.
“Noone,"said Bautin. “Ihavotried
to think of someone. ”
“Had Rovere any enemies?”
“I do not know of any. ”
Tho magistrate swung around by a
detour habitual with him to Jacques
Dan tin’s last visit to tho murdered hmn
and begged him to be precise and asked
him if anything hail especially struck
him ‘drttlng IhiU last interview with his
friend.
“The tdes of suicido having been im
mediately dropped on the simple exami
nation of tho wound, no doubt exists as
to the Cause of death. Rovere was as
sassinated. By whom? In your last in
terview Was there any talk between
you of ft'uy uneasiness which lie felt in
regard to anything? Was he occupied
with any especial affair? Had Ito—some
times one has presentiments—any pre
sentiment of nff impending evil, that
he was running piny (Be, -.•?”
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fto allusion to me of any peril which lift
feared. I havo asked myself who could
have any interest in his death. Onto
might have done tho deed for plunder."
“That Boems very probable to me,”
aaid the magistrate, “but the examina
tion inado lu the apartment proves that
not a thing had boon touched. Theft
Vas not tho motive. ”
“Then?" asked Bautin.
The sangnino face of tiro magistrate,
that robust visage, with its massive
jaws, lighted Up With a sort of ironical
expression.
“Then wc are hero to search for the
truth and to find it.” In this response,
made in a mocking tone, tho registrar,
who know every varying shade of tone
in his chief’s voice, raised his bead, for
in this tone ho detected a menace.
I “ Will you tell me all that passod in
| that last interview?"
“Nothing whatever which could lu
any way put justice on the track of the
’ 'criminal. ”
i “Bnt yet can yon, or rather I should
say ought you, hot to relate ko me all
that was said or doue? Tho slightest
circumstance blight euiighieu os.”
“Revere spoke to mo of private of
falfff, ” Bantin replied, but quickly add
ed, “They were insignificant things. 1 ’
“What rare insignificant things?”
“Remen-.hraucd!—family matters. ”
“Family things are not insignificant,
above all in a case like this. Had Ro
vere any family? NO relative assisted
at the obsequies. ”
Jacques Bantin seemed troubled, un
herved rather, aitd this time it was
plainly visible. He replied in a short
tone, which wns almost brusque:
“Ho talked of the past. ”
“What past?” /.aired the judge quiek
!y-
--"Of his j-offth—of moral debts. ”
M. Ginory turned around ill his Chair,
leaned back and Said in a eatostito tone:
“Truly, monsieur, you certaitlly ought
to complete your information and not
mako an enigma of your 'deposition, i
do not understand this useless reticence
nd moral debts, to Cso your words.
They ere only to gain t::no. What,
then, was M. Rovfro’s past?"
Bautin hesitateil a moment'-—-not Very
long. Then he firmly said, "That, M.
io Jugo, is to secrot 'confided to me by
my friend, and ns it has nothing to dd
with this matter I ask you to refrain
from questioning me about it”
“I beg your pardon,” the magistrate
replied. ‘‘There is not, there cannot bo,
a secret for an examining iiiagi; trata lu
Rovere’s interests, whose memory ought
to have public viudicfttiob-—yes, in his
interests, and I Ought tx> say also ia
your own—it is n'edessary that you
should state explicitly wliat yeu havo
just alluded to. Yoa tell mo that there
is a secret. I wish to know it. ”
“It is the confidence of a dead person,
monsieur, ” Bantin rapliod in vibrating
tones.
“There aro no confidences when jus
tice is in tho balance.”
“But it is also the secret t>f a living
person,” said Jacques Bantin.
“Is it yourself of whom you speak?"
He gazed keenly at the face, now tor
tured end contracted.
Bantin replied, “No, I do not speak
of mvsclf, but of another.”
"That other—who ia h??*’
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