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IKiME OF THB|
COpyRIGMT. 1897 CSV. RT. PCMNO V-CO-...- ' .
Image which the cl.l Dane's eye held ot
the wolf’s nose ud teeth, and—Wiro
knows?—perhaps it is possiblo to ask ot
dead rutin’s eye the secret, of What it
w when living. ”
This was put la snore scientific terms
by the young Danish doctor, the s*b
stance < f whst Dun .tdet believed pos
sible. The Toeing tnnn h*4 listen**! with
the tttrractivo sympathy Which is rfin
played when anything novel is expiate
ed. Rigid upon the warble slub, the
Victim' seemed to wait for tile result of
til® discussion, doaf to nil the confused
sounds about him, his eye fivctl upos
the infinite, upon the unknowable
which he now kaew.
It vaa, however, this insensibht body
which had caused tlw discussion of
what we? an enigma to savants. Wbut
Was the secret of his end, tire last word
of his ftgony? Who made that Wound
which had ended his life? And, like a
statue lying on its stows vouch, the
murdered iua seemed to Wait. What
they knew not he knew. What, they
wilted to know he still kUow perhaps.
This doubt alone, rooted deep in M.
Ginory'a mind, was enough to urge him
to have the experiment tried, and ex
cusing himself for his infatuation he
begged M. Mcrfu to grant peraieeion
to try the expert man t, which some of
the doctors hod thought would be woe
restful.
“Wo bU be relieved even if wo do
toot succeed, and wo can but add out
defeat to the others.”
M. Morin’s face still boro it* skeptic
al enrile. Rut, after ill!, the examining
magistrate was master of the situation,
and since young Dr. Erwin brought the
result of the Denmark
contribution new in those researches-*-
to add weight to the matter Hie pro
fessor requested that he should not bo
asked to lend himself to a experiment
which lie declared its advance wcnld be
6 perfectly useless one.
Thera was a photographic apparatus
tt the mos-gow, a* at the prefetiutv,
\ used for anthropometry. Bernardet,
1 moreover, had l’.is kodak in his hand.
Duo could photograph tbo retina n
soon as the membrane was separated
from tllo eye by the autopsy and when,
like tlio Wing of a butterfly, it bad be. it
fastened to a piece of cork. And, while
Bernardet was accustomed to ail tho
j horrors of crime, yet ho felt his heart.
; beat almost to suffocation during this
operation.
He notioed that M. Ginory became
very pale and that he bit his lipa, east
ing occasional pitying glances toward
tho dead man. On the contrary, the
young men bent over tfc* body and
studied it with tho admiral ion aud joy
*f noasurv motors digging in a mine.
Each human liber (waned to reveal to
them some now troth. They wore like
jewelers before, a casket full of gems,
r.ud what they studied, weighed, exam
ined, was n human corpse and those
eyes, living, terrible, 'accusing, when
they were removed, leaving behind them
two empty orbits. The professor sudden
ly spoko With marvelous eloquence,
flowing and picturesque, as if he were
speaking of works of art. And it was.
!u truth, a Work of art, this wonderful
mechanism whicll in! explained to his
students, who listened eagerly to eaeli
Word. It was a work of art, this eye,
with its sclerotic, us tr^i-yewrit cornea,
Its aqueous and vitreous humor, its
crystalline loos r.ad the retina, like a
photographio plate in that Hack cham
ber in which the iuniiuiicr rays reflect,
1 reversed, tllo objects seen. And M.
1 Morin, holding between his fr.igrts the
object which he was dauortMltntm!?,
spoke of the membrane formed of d's-:if3
had cf tho terminal element-, of tho
optio hen e as a professor of painting
rr of roulpturo speaks cf n gem chitted
by a Benvenuto.
“Tito human tody Da marvel, "cried
M. Morin, “a marvel, lucssKur*!" And
bo held forth for sev. r.tl min ufe* upon
!i?a wonderful construction of this mttf*
Vel. Ills enthusiasm was shared, mere
over, by the young men and Dr. Erwin,
who listened intently. IJrVuurdct, ig
norant and respectful, felt tronldo in
the presence <:f this renowned physiolo
gist :md congratulated himself that it
Was ho who had Insisted on this experi
ment and caused a member of the insti
tute to hold forth thus. As for Al. Gi
nory, ho left the room a moment, feel
ing the need of air. The operation,
Which tho enrgeens prolonged with joy.
Made hint ill, and he felt very faint.
IXa quickly recovered, however, and re
turned to the dissecting room so us w 4
to lose any of tho explanation which M.
Morin was giving as he stood with the
eye iu his hand. And iU that eye air
image remained perhups. He was atu
lotw to search for it, to find It.
"I will take It upon myself, ” Iloruaf
det said.
CHAPTER Via
The police officer did not follow the
eatopsicol operation* closely. He was
eager to know; he was impatient for the
moment when, paving taken the pie
tore, be might develop h negatived
and stndy them to nee If Ins cocld dis
cover anything, could decipher an?
image, lie had used photography In tbs
service of anthropometry; he hurl taken
the picture* at the raergne with his ko
dak, and now, at home in his little
Worn, which ha war able to darken com*
plete.lv, he was developing his plates.
| Mnie. Bemardet and the children
were ranch struck with the expression
of his far?. If w*r net ponhled. but nrs-
IIOMEII. GA*, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17 , 1898.
occupied and as if he Were complotel'
absorbed. He wa very quiet. eating
very little, and seemed thoughtful. Hi*
wife naked him, "Art thou ill?” He re
sponded, ”No. 1 think not.” And his
llttia girls mid to each Other in low
tones, “Pupa is on a trail. ”
Ho wes in truth. The hunting dog
smelled tho scent The pictures which
ho had ’.iken of tho retiun and had de
veloped showed a result sufficiently
clear tJr Berirardftt to feel con Mont
enough to tell his chief that he dis
tinctly saw ft visage, the face of a man,
confused, no doubt, but clcftf enough to
recognise not only a type, but a distinct
typo. As from tlie depths of a cloud, in
• sort of white halo, a hitman face ap
peared whose feature* could bo fUst'fict
ly soon with a magnifying glass—the
face of a man with a pointed black
beard, tho forehead a little Wild, and
blackish spots which indicated tlie eyes.
It was only a phantom evidently, and
the photographer at the prefecture
seamed more moved than Bernardet by
the proofs obtained. Olentvr than in
spirit photographs, which so many cred
ulous people believe in, tho imago
showed plainly, and in studying it one
oonld distinctly follow the contours. A
specter, perhaps, but the specter of n
man who was Still young and resem
bled, with his pointed beard, some
trooper of the sixteenth century, a phan
tom of some Seigneur Clouet.
‘‘For example,” said the official pho
tographer, “If one could di*yrYer a mur
derer by photographing a dead man’s
eyes, this would be miraculous. It is
Incredible!”
“Not mom incredible,” Bernardet
replied, “than what the papers publish.
Ediion is experimenting m making-the
blind see by using the R'.-ntgen rays
There is a miracle. ”
Then Bernardet took his proofs to M
Giuory. The poliwe officer felt that the
magistrate, the sovereign power in
criminal rvsenj-chw, ought, above every
thing. to Collaborate With him, to cm
sent to these expert mottle which a-..
many others. deviated u-:. ’:.'- 1 . ami
s:ani The t - etc far research'. 1 !! which
v.-. b ..itfi M. Giuory mutter of torn
perumclit as well as a duty to bis pro
fe.iou, was fortunately keen ou thia
scout. Criminals call In their argot the
judges “the priers. ” Curiosity in this
man was combined with ft knowledge of
profound researches.
When Bernardet spread out on M.
Ginory’s desk the four photographs
which he had brought with him, the
first remark which tho examining mag
istrate made was, "But I see nothing—
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ft cloud, a mist and then after?’' ii*u
toardet drew a magnifying glass from
his pocket and pointed out, ns he would
have explained an enigmatical design,
the lineaments, moving Ills finger over
tho contour of the face which his nail
outlinod, that human face which ho had
seen *nd studied in his littls room in
the passage of the Kly.ce dcs Beaux
Arts. He made him see—after some mo
ments of minute examination—ho made
him see that face. “It is true—there is
*n imago there., ’' exclaimed M. Giuory
He added: "Is it plain enough for me
to soe it so that I cau from it imagine tt
living being? I see tho form, divined
it at first, saw it clearly defined after
ward. At first it seemed very vague
but I find it sufficiently well defined so
that I can see each feature, but without
any special character. Oh," continued
M. Ginory excitedly, rubbing his plump
little hands, "if it was only possible,
if it was only possible! What a mar
vel I”
“It In possible, M. la Jr.go. Have
faith,” Bernardet replied. "I swear to
you that it is possible. ” This ontum.i
amn gained over the examining magis
trate. Bernardet had found a fellow
sympathizer in his fantastic ideas. M.
Giucry was how —if only to try tho ex
periment*—.resolved to direct tho saves-
"It is f tut — there fs anUnntp: there,” cr
claimed M. Gintrfy.
tigaiion on this plan. He was anxious
to first show the proofs to those who
Would be apt to recognize in them a
person whom they might liuvoonco seen
la tho flesh. “To Monicbo first and thou
to his wife.” said Bernardet.
"Who i* Mealebe?"
"The concierge in the Boulevard de
Clicby. ”
Ordered to come to tho court. SI. and
Mine Motile he were cvcnoycd. Thuv
Were MUttutoned to {.p-awr before tils
judge-.. Tfe< y hud l>-.tr:i;e' iicte.vtstit
personages. Perhaps their pirtufes
would be publislied in tho [wjwrs. They
dressed thetescl :cs us for a fete. M:ue.
Mtiuiohe in her tSrmdav U---t strove to do
honor to M. Rovere. .“ha said to Mouiehe
in all sincerity, "Our duty is to avenge
him. ’’
While sitting on a bench in one of
tho long, cold corridors tlift porter and
bis wife saw pass before them prisoners
led by their jailers. Some looked men
acing, while others had a cringing air
and seemed to try to escape notice
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Lar-a- s'oek .-, uvif'-SV shades all klO'aS.
plsyiuft rolcs as important as those in a
melodrama at the Ambigu. The tiuio
seemed long to them, nnd M. Giuory
did not call them as soon as they wished
that he would. They thought of tliolf
homo, which while they were detained
there Would be invaded by the curious,
the gossips and reporters.
"How slow these judges are!"
growled Moutebe.
When he was condnctod into the
presence of M. Giuory and life registrar
ftnd seated upon a chair, be was much
confused and less bitter. He felt a
Vague terror of all the paraphernalia of
justice which surrounded him. He felt
that ho was running some great danger,
and to the judge's questions he replied
with extreme prudence. Thanks to him
and his wife M. Ginory found out a
great deal about M. Rovere’* privote
life. He penetrated into that apparently
! hidden existemxs; he searched to soe if
he could discover among the people
! who had visited the old ex-cousnl the
tins among all others Who might have
! eommittod the deed.
“Yon never saw the woman who vis
ited lit Wove?"
j "Yes; tho veiled lady, the Women in
black, but Ido not know her. No cue
knew her.”
The story told by the portress a hour
the time when she surprised the :-tra:i
ger and Rovere with the papers in his
hand in front v.f the open safe made
quite an impression on the examining
magistrate.
“Do yon know the came of the visit
or?”
“No, monstettt, ” tho portress replied.
“But if yihi should see him again
Would y.ru recognize him?”
“Certainly. I see his face there be
fore me.”
She made haste to return to her home
so that she might relate her impression*
to her fellow gossips. Tho worthy cou
ple left tho court puffed up with sei!
esteem because •ot tho role which the.y
had been called npoh to plaV. The Ob
sequies were to be hold tiie next day,
and tho prospect of a dramatic day in
which M. and Mine. Moniehe would
still play this important rolo created irt
them iui agony which wuh almost joy
ous. Tho Crowd rtioatnl tho house of the
crime was always large. Some few pass-
CTsby stopped—stopped before tho Eton*
facade behind which a murder had been
committed. The reporters returned
again and agnin fer news, and the cou
ple, groedy for glory, could not ojwn a
paper without seeing their nantes print
ed in large letters. Ouu journal list!
that morning even published an eatie
cial article, "Interviews With 51. and
Mme. Mouiehe. ”
The crowd buzzed about the lodge
liko a swarm of fiiee. M.. liovero’s body
had been brought buck froul tho m<*gue.
The obsequies would naturally attract
an enormous crowd, all the more a-s the
mystery was still as deep as ever
Amot% his p.ipers had been found a re
ceipt fer a tomb in tho cemetery at
Montmartre, bought by him about a
year before. In another paper, not
dated, wero found directions as to tow
his funeral was to be conducted. M.
BoVehe, after having passed a wander
ing life, wished to rest in his native
country. But no other indications of his
wishes, nothing about Uift relatives, had
Continueon fourth j>a;e.
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