Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05

eyes sparklcd and indicated that h.
idea was no common one
"What is that room thcre?" asked NJ
Ginory, pointing to the half open Ii
brary door
at is tho study of NJ. Rovoro-the
victim'-
Let us 20 in there, " said M. Ginory
In this room no ono could hear them.
They could speak freely. On entering
the examining magistrate mechanically
cast his eye over the books, stopping at
such ard such Il title of rare work,
and, seating himself in low, easy
chair covered with caramanic, he made
u sign to the police officer to speak
Bernardet stood, hat i'll hand, i'll front
of him.
IN. 10 Jugc," Bernardet began, IL
beg your pardon for asking you to grant
me an interview, but allowing for the
difference i'll our positions, which is
very great, am, like you, a scholar
very curious shall never belong to the
institute, and you will'-
go on, Boruardet. "
"And you will belong to it, NJ. Gil
nory but l strive also, III my lower
sphere, to keep myself an courant with
all that is said and with all that is writ
ten. | was IL the service of tho acad-
envy when your beautiful work was
crowned, and when the perpetual sccre-
tary spoke Of those magistrates who
knew how to unite the lovo of letters
with a study of justice | thought that
lower down, much lower down, on the
ladder, III. le .]ugc, he might have also
searched for and found some men who
studied to Learn and to do their best in
doing their duty"
"Ah, | know you, Bornardet! Your
chief has often spoken of you. "
II know that NJ. Leriche is very good
to me, but it is not for me to boast Of
that. l wish only to inspire confidence
in you because what | wish to say 10
you is so strange-so very strange -
Bcrnardet suddenly stopped. 81
know, he began, that if were to say
to u physician what | am about to say
to you he would think | ought to be-
shut up in St Anne, and yet | am not
crazy, beg Of you to believe. No; but
| have searched and searched. 1t seems
to me that there is mass of inventions,
of discoveries, which we police officers
ought II make use of, and, although |
am subinspector
"Go on, go on, said tho magistrate
quickly, with movement of the head
toward the open door of the salon,
where the attorney for the republic was
conducting the investigation, and his
nod seemed to say: "They are at work
il there. Let us make haste"
81 will be as brief rs possible " said
Eonardet, who understood what ho
meant
Monsieur" (and his tone became
rapid, precise, running up and down
like bal), $50 years, or, rather, to b.
exact, 36 years ago some American jour
nails, not political, but scientific, pub
| lished the fact that the daguerrcotypc--
we have made long strides since then in
photoGraphy-had permitted them &c
find in the retina of a murdered mans
eye the image Of tho one who struck
! him"
Eyes, l know" said NJ. Ginory.
''ln 1860 | was too young, and | had
no desire to prove the truth of this dis
covery. l adore photography as ! adore
my profession. Apass my leisure hours
! in taking instantaneous pictures, III de-
veloplng them, printing and finishing
them. The idea Of what ] am about tC
propose to you came to me by chance.
bought upon one Of the quays Il volume
Of the Societo de Medicine Logale OF
1869, III which DR.. Ncrnois gives an ac
count of a communication sent TO the
society by II physician, who also sent
! Photographic proofs thus indorscd
photographs taken of the rotina of ;
woman assassinated the 18th Of June
lS4S.
Yes" again said NJ. Ginory. 81
was communication from DIR. BouriUl
of Darnez."
Precisely"
"And the proof sent by the doctor
showed the instant when, after striking
the mother, the assassin killed the child
while the dog sprang toward tho littl,
carriage in which the little one lay"
Eyes, NJ. Ginory."
"Oh, well, but my poor Bcrnardet
DIR. Nernois, since you have read hi
report
"By chance, monsieur, l found it OF
Il book STALL and it has kept running il
my head ever since, over and over an'
over again.
'Dr. Nernois, my poor fellow, mad
many experiments. At first the proc
sent was so confused, so hazy, that n
one who had not seen what Bourbon ha'
NernCis, who was very scientific man
could find nothing-nothing | repeat
which justified DR.. Rourion's DECLARE
tions, what do you expect that any ON
else could make Of those researches? D.
not talk any more or even think an.
more about it.
II beg your pardon, NJ. Ginory. On
can ard ought to think about it. In an,
case, | am thinking about it. "
A smile of doubt crossed NJ. Ginory'
lips, Bernardet quickly added: "Pho
Biography of the invisible has been PROV
ed Are not the Roentgen rays, the fla
nous Y rays as incredible rs that pho
Biography can find the image of II nun
dercr on the retina of dead person
eye? They invent some foolish things
those Americans, but they often prcsag
the truth. Do they not catch by phOtoG
raphy the last signs Of the dying? ID
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