The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1889-08-02

You are named Frederick Bouscal.
are you not, monsieur?" he demanded
presently. addressing his visitor.
"ies. M. lc Chef, Frederick Bous-
cal.
your age"
II ifty-eight years, M. lie Chef.
"Ium-m-m." M. Theodore rapidly
tWirled the sheets beside him; .27
years! nc murmured, as II thinking
aloud. ''so it was not you then, who
was imprisoned two years ago, and
condemned for contumacy and the theft
OF thousand horins?'
A sudden flush empurpled the coun-
tenance OF the visitor
"No; monsieur" he responded with
effort, in dull voice; mo, it was not
lit was-my SON.
IAN employe of the Credit Agricole,
was he not? And--you are ignorant
Of what has become Of himo"
absolutely. 1t is fifteen months
that his mother and | have been with
out news of him. That child. M. le
Chef, that child has been our sorrow
and our shame. He has broken our
hearts, dishonored our name-n
His voice was choked, he was silent,
unable, evidently, to 90 on.
Pardon me, monsieur" said the
chef de surete. II have reopened
painful wound, butt listen to you
you were saying?"
The man passed his hand across his
brow and eyes to clear his vision, then
resumed:
81 was saying, NJ. le Chef, that in
the case which occupies us now the
reconstitution Of the assassin's por-
trait should be entirely possible. The
victim was struck in tho face, the di-
rection of the blow and the form Of
the wound indicates it plainly. More
than this, it must have been light
enough to see the murderer, and with
sufficient clearness to have stamped
his likeness upon the retinal screen,
for the papers assert that even in
death her eyes were fixed IN . wide
and frightened stare. Thus. monsieur,
we find ourselves in the presence Of
halt-certainty; it is probable, if not
sure, that the eye of the corpse lying
now upon the slab at the morgue con-
tains the exact production OF the fea-
lures of the one you seek. With your
permission | will draw it from them"
Draw it; but how?a
"By photographs is my business.
M. le Chef Aud this matter, this
subject speak of, have studied it
long and almost with passion, for |
L. Il - -, h, If n
the most useful and beautiful appllca-
tions of modern science. | know 1t
can be done | have myself expert
mented, and In one instance have re-
produced the lineaments OF the physl-
clan who had leaned above the bed ot
the dying.
The man spoke with animation and
while speaking his voice yibrated, his
ewes burned, his whole countenance
was ilumined, irradiated with the
light of a legitimate pride. NJ. Iheo-
dore regarded him, vsiby moved hlm-
self by this ardent conviction.
And YOU conclude2' he questioned.
after moments thought.
IL eonclule-but authorize me to
attempt the experiment on the woman
assassinated Yesterday and will tell
YOU what I conclude. IL succeed IL
will be for rs NJ wife and me-a 1T
tie glory, and also little moneys
| raw Of hope in our misery; II i 1all,-
well, no mattcr-we are used 20 mis-
fortune. A deception. more or less
need not be counted. In any event,
Nj. lie Chef. you lose nothing IN the ad.
| venture but the chance OF an unhopeu
for success.
.Then. so be it. monsieur agreed
the chef de surete. Take your IN
strument to tho morgue tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock. viii see that
tho clerk IS instructed. Later on l
shall myself DO there. nave 'ne
honor, monsieur, to wish you goou
N the obscure nook at the morgue
where he had inclosed himself IN ac-
cordance with the arrangement mace
At tho .tlice of the surete Frederick
Ranscal his body bent, his face drawn.
watched anaiouslv the result OF ms
last washing. The plate was there oe-
fore him in its bath ofquicksllvcr, INTO
which he had dropped It awhile ago
with such fear and minnie preeau-
tions. :. !, a. 1oost
Sensiliyizedp Vitalized? AT le"st
# should be. and if the conditions OF
,he crime were such as he supposed
them and the victim before dying had
really seen her murderer's lace, 'ne
nortrait of the assassin would De Ihero
hinder the bed OF gelatine en- traine
to melt away. ~, -
Ion, the operator held himseil t,'l ,.m
movable. hearing only with palniu.
I;stinctness the gurgle Of the water as
i, dripped upon the faces OF the ,e aeaa ~
in tho adjoining chamber; 1he plunso
Of his blood as it throbbed ana nam. =.
,,ara1l through the arteries q nls