The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-19
THE CRIME OF
THE BOULEVARD.
By JULES OLARETIE.
copyright. 1897. by r. r. Fenno q Col
nv. CONTINUED -

M. Ginory had proved without doub
that he, like Bernardet, wished to salts
fy his curiosity, and in looking at tn
open eyes of the corpse, although in hi
duties he never allowed himself to b.
influenced by the sentimental or tn,
dramatic, yet it seemed to him tina
those eyes urged him to insist-nay
even duplicated him.
81 know, know" said M. NORM
"what you dream of in your magis
trate's brain is as amusing as a tale OF
Edgar Poe's. But to find in those eyes
the image of the murderer-come,
now, leave that to the inventive genius
of Rudyard Kipling, but do not mix
the impossible with our researches in
medical jurisprudence. Let us not make
romance Let us make, you the exam
nations and the dissection.
The short time in which the professor
had spoken did not exactly please M.
Ginory, who now, little through self
conceit (since he had made the PROPOSE
tion), a little through curiosity, decided
that he would not beat retreat. SIS
there anything to riskP' he asked.
"And it might be one chance in a
thousand. I"
"But there is no chance" quickly
answered M. NORM, "none, none"
Then, relenting a little, he entered
the discussion, explaining why he had
no faith
'It is not I, NJ Ginory, who will de-
ny the possibility of such a result. But
it would be miraculous Do you believe
in miracles? The impressions of heat, of
the blood, of light, on our tissues are
not cataloguable, if l may be allowed
the expression. The impression on the
retina is produced by the refraction
which is called ethereal, phosphores-
cent, and which is almost as difficult to
seize as to weigh the imponderable. To
think to find ON the retina luminous
impression after certain number of
hours and days would be, as Vernois
has very we'll said, to think one can find
in the organs of hearing the last sound
which reverberated through them. Peuhl
Seize the air bubble at the end of tube
and place it in museum as curiosi-
ty. Is there anything left of it but a
drop of water which is burst, while of
the fieeting vision or the passing sound
nothing remains"
The unfortunate Bernardet suffered
keenly when he heard this. He wished
to answer The words came to his lips
All, if he was only in M. Ginory's place
The latter, with bowed head, listened
and seemed to weigh each word as it
dropped from M. Morin's lips
"Let US reason it; but" the profess
or went on, "since the ophthalmoscope
does not show to the oculist on the reti-
ma any of the objects or beings which
sick man sees-you understand, not one
Of them-how can you think that pho
Biography can find that object or being
on the retina Of dead mans eyer"
He waited for objections from the ex-
aiming magistrate, and Bernardet
hoped that M. Ginory would combat
some of the professor arguments He
had only to say: "What of itp Let us
see. Let us experiment. And Bernar-
Diet had longed for just these words from
him, but the magistrate remained ST.
lent, his head still bent. The police
agent felt with despair his chance slip
ping, slipping away from him, and that
never, never again would he find like
opportunity TO test the experiment.
Suddenly the strident tones of DR.. Err
wins voice rang out sharply, like an
electric bell, and Bernardet experienced
a sensation like that of a sudden unex-
pected illumination.
my dear MASTER" he respectfully
began, 81 saw at home in Denmark
poor sevil picked up dying, half de-
voured by wolf, and who, when taken
from the very jaws of the beast, still re-
tanned in the eye very visible image
in which one could see the nose and
teeth of the brute. A visionl Imagina-
ton, perhapsl But the fact struck me
at the time and we made note of it. Z"
"And?" questioned M. NORM in q
tone OF raillery.
Bernardet cooked his ear as dog
does when he hears an unusual sound.
M. Ginory looked at this slender young
man with his long blond hair. his eyes
as blue as the waters of lake, his face
pale and wearing the peculiar look COM
mon to searchers after the mysterious.
The students and the others gathered
about their master, remained motionless
and listened intently as to lecture.
and" DIR. Erwin went ON frigidly,
eff we had found absolutely nothing,
we would at least have kept silent about
an unsuccessful research, ii is useless to
say. Think, then, my dear master, the
exterior objects must have imprinted
themselves on the retina, did they not,
reduced in size, according to the size of
the place wherein they were reflected?
They appeared there; they certainly ap-
peared there. There isl beg your par
don for referring to 1t, but it Is to these
others land DIR. Erwin designated M
Ginory, his registrar, and Bernardet)-
there 10 In the retina q substance Of q
red color. the pourpee xstiniW. very