Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-30

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holding She object too clos He might
see. perhaps ulr or two fuints With un-
usual ciearness, but III 81 4oing he neces
sarily lost sight of the matter as whole.
Thus there Is such thing as being too
profound Truth is not always in well;
In fact, as regards the more important
knowledge. do believe that she Is
Invariably superficial The depth lies
in the valleys where we seek her, and
not upon the mountain top where
she Is found The modes and sources of
this kind Of error are well typifed in the
contemplation of the heavenly bodies. To
look at a star by glances-to view it in a
sidelong way by turning toward it the ex-
terror portions of the retina (more suscep-
tible of feeble impressions of light than
the interior), is to behold the star dis
tinctly-is to have the best appreciation
of its luster-a luster which grows dim
just In proportion as we turn our vision
fully upon it. A greater number of rays
actually fell upon the eye in the latter
case, but in the former there is the more
refined capacity for comprehension. BY
undue profundity we perplex and enfeeble
thought; and it is possible to make even
Venus herself vanish from the armament
by scrutiny too sustained, too concen-
trated. or too direct.
LAS for these murders, let us enter into
some examinations for ourselves before we
make up an opinion respecting them. An
inquiry will afford us amusement" RI
thought this an odd term, SO applied, and
said nothingl, land, besides, LIE Bon once
rendered me service for which am not
ungrateful We will go and see the
premises with our own eyes, know c.,
the project Of police, and shall have no
difficulty in obtaining the necessary per-
mission"
The permission was obtained, and we
proceeded at once to the Rue Morgue.
| This is one of those miserable thorough
fares which intervene between the Rue
Richelieu and the Rue st. Roch. 1t was
late in the afternoon when we reached it,
as this quarter is at a great distance from
that in which we resided. The house was
readily found, for there were still many
persons gazing up at the closed shutters,
with an obiectless curiosity. from the op-
posite side of the way. 1t was an ordi-
nary Partisan house, with a gateway, on
one side Of which was q glazed watch
box, with sliding panel in the window,
indicating n ,oge de concierge Before
going i'll we walked up the street, turned
down an alley, and then, again turning,
passed in the rear Of the building, Dupin
meanwhile examining the whole neigh
borhood, as well as the house, with
minuteness of attention for which could
see no possible object.
Retracing our steps, we came again to
the front Of tie dwelling, rang, and, hav-
ing shown our credentials, We're admitted
by the agents in charge. We went up
stairs-into the chamber where the body
of Mile. L'Espanaye had been found, and
where both the deceased still lay. The
disorders of the room had, as usual been
suffered to exist. | saw nothing beyond
what had been stated in The Gazette des
TribunauX. Dupin scrutinized every
thing, excepting the bodies of the VIC
tins. We then went into the other rooms
and into the yard, a gendarme accompa-
nying us throughout. The examination
occupied us until dark, when we took our
departure. On our way home my COM
panon stepped in for moment at the
Office of one of the daily papers.
have said that the whims of my friend
were manifold, and that Je les menagais-
for this phrase there is no English equiva-
lent. 1t was his humor, now, to decline
all conversation on the subject of the
murder until about noon the next day
He then asked me suddenly if had OBJ
served anything peculiar at the scene of
the atrocity.
There was something in his manner of
emphasizing the word peculiar, which
caused me to shudder without knowing
why.
mo, nothing peculiar" I said; moth
ing more, at least, than we both saw
stated in the paper.
The Gazette" he replied, has not en-
tered, fear, into the unusual horror of
the thing. But dismiss the idle opinions
Of this print. 1t appears to me that this
mystery is considered insoluble, for the
reason which should cause it to be re-
garded as easy of solution-I mean for
the outre character of its features. The
police are confounded by the seeming alb
sence of motive, not for the murder
itself, but for the atrocity of the MUIR
der. They are puzzled, too, by the
seeming impossibility of reconciling tho
voices heard in contention with the
facts that no one was discovered upstairs
but the assassinated Mile L'Espanaye,
and that there were no means of egress
without the notice of the party ascend
ing. The wild disorder of the room;
the corpse thrust, with the head down.
ward, up the chimney; the frightful
mutilation of the body of the old lady;
these considerations. with those just men
toned and others which l need not NEIL
ton, have sutiiced to paralyze the powers
by putting completely at fault the boosted
acumen of the government agents. They
have fallen into the gross but common
error of confounding the unusual with the
abstruse. But it is by these deviations
from the plane of the ordinary that reason
feels its way. if at ALL in its search for the
true. In investigations such as we are
now pursuing it should not be SO much
asked What has occurredT as What has
occurred that has never occurred before"
In fact, the facility with which shall ar
rive or have arrived at the solution of
this mystery is In the direct ratio of its
apparent insolubility in the eyes of the
police"
stared at the speaker in mute astonish-
ment.
Il am now awaiting" continued he,
looking toward the door of our apartment
IL am now awaiting person who, al
though perhaps not the perpetrator of
these butcheries, must have been in some
measure implicated in their preparation.
OF the worst portion of the crimes COM