Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-27
8OOKMARK AND BIBLE.

DUN VI y nN u DlDIE.
"There is no doubt, Herr Justizrath,"
said the privy councillor to the public prose
cutor of the district, who was just con
Guiding Il social call, that you have given
US in the management of this case new
proof of tn ose powers of induction and de-
duction which are such essential gifts for
a man in your position. If that apparent.
ly insignificant detail had escaped your
penetrating mind, no doubt the guilty one
would have escaped discovery. That re-
minds me of another incident of a similar
nature perhaps even more strikngy alb.
normal, and which dates back to the early
years of my career AS an officer of the law
1t was my luck then to unearth muir
derer by means of IA clew 50 tenuous and
so fortuitously thrown in my way that |
sometimes think the whole affair little less
than miraculous. do not mention it as
proof of my whilom cleverness, but simply
as IA startling example of what hazard
providence, you may call it--can do to fur
ther the ends of Justice
This preamble" said the prosecutor
''excites my curiosity to the highest de-
gree. ] do hope, Herr Gehemrath, that
you will find it convenient to give me all
the facts in this sururisinp case -
Indeed | Will, Herr Justizrath," was
the courteous answer: "but to do 81 at
once we shall have TO transfer our quarters
to my library. You are fond of rare books
| know, and am not without few inter
esting and valuable specimens of the print
er's art. Yoa will quickly find out that
this visit to my belov.d sbelva. has mot
taken lis away from the subject have
i,.! introduced. Outhe contrary il win
lend MS TO If ,,uite naturallv"
81 AN, AT vuur ORDER. Herr Cebeirnratb >,
The two important diunitarie. then with
drew to the next APARTMENT. A lofty room
lined with ponderous works by standard
authors up to the beams of the oakeu CELL
ing
Every collector of bonis or curio. rims
into some favorite groove or hobby. privv
Councillor Otto Grotius' specinl mania
WIS the collecting of Bibles and ba I,d
been able To satisfy il to sucb nm .vt.ut
that his treasure Inclined many rare obi
tions missing from the sheIvr. of rho
world famed university library of GOT.
tingen. He displayed his rare yolluu,.. for
the prosecutor to uroperIv a,,,,trp th4,u
one bv one. After the veu.rull4 Rihla
with IMAGES issued in list from tine uress,s
OF tTutpIlpl'.t and FauSi ctlnp he first obi.
tion of Luiner's Bible. the uoIv,,lnt Bihla
printed by Plautin. of Antwerp IN. RIM
of Aldus N,uutius and MANY nth her. If M
mean merit or rarity tiullly,be urivv
councilor. noticing a look Of nYI,te in,n1.
thence in ms compnuion's eyes .ei1nd n
connie of Volumes of a very modem and
shabby ASPECT. and said with a merry
twinkle in his eyes.
.sNy dear Iustizrath I re-erved tbis ON.
of the gems of my library for tb, cIir.v
of my dpscrintive exhiIition y
..Wbntl his S.veut.rnth cen,ur,. ra
nrint of No earthly ha,utv md y,l,. ono
of th, GEMS of vour lii,rnrv,,,
"Indeed il ia my friend and thara t.
double reason for il First mis- wor, ,r.S
given ~ INV father nv rho yraat Erndaric
himself The pru..ian hero had ,j,,,,nad
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