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CHAPTER VIII.
cOpIfeioHT. 1897 Gy r F. FENrlo Eco...


The police officer did not follow tie
autopsical operations closely. He was
eager to know; he was impatient for the
moment when, having taken the pic
ture, he might develop tho negatives
aNd study them to see if he could dis
Cover anything, could decipher any
image. He bad used photography in the
service Of anthrOpomctry he had taken
tho pictures at the morguo with his ku.
dak, and now, at home in his little
room, which he was able to darken com
pletely, he was developing his plates
Nine. Bernardct and the children
were much struck with the expression
Of his face. 1t was not troubled, but pre-
occupied and Us if he were completely
absorbed. lie was very quiet, eating
very little, and seemed thoughtful His
wife asked him, art thou ill.," He re.
sponded, "No, think not, And his
little girls said to each other in low
tones, Papa is on trail "
He was in truth. The hunting dog
smelied the scent. The pictures which
he had taken of the retina and had de
velopcd showed a result sufficiently
clear for Bcrnardet to feel confident
enough TO tell his chief that he dis.
tlnctly saw viSage the face of man.
confused, no doubt, but clear enough t.
recognize not only type but distinc;
type. AS from the depths of a cloud il
q sort of whito halo, human face ap.
peared whose features could be distinct.
~ seen with magnifying glass-the
face Of man with a pointed black
beard. the forehead a little bald, and
blackish spots which indicated the eyes.
1t was only phantom evidently, and
the photographer at the prefecture
seemed more moved than Bernardet by
the proofs obtained. Clearer than in
spirit photographs, which so many cred
ulous people believe in, the image
showed plainly, and in studying it one
could distinctly follow tho contours. 4
specter, perhaps but the specter of Il
man who was still young and resem-
bled, with his pointed beard some
trooper Of the sixteenth century, phan-
tom of some Seigneur Clouet.
For example, " said the official pho
tographer, "if one could discover a muir
derer by photographing dead mans
eyes, this would be miraculous. 1t is
incrcdiblep'
Not more Incredible" Bernardct
replied, than what the papers publish
Edison Is experimenting on making the
blind see by using the Roentgen rays
There is miracle. "
Then Bernardet took his proofs to NJ.
Ginory. The police officer felt that the
magistrate, the sovereign power in
criminal researches, ought, above every
thing, to collaboratc with him, to con-
sent to these experiments which 50
many others had declared useless and
absurd Tho taste for researches, which
was with NJ. Ginory matter of tenn
permanent as well as a duty to his pro-
fession, was fortunately keen on this
scent Criminals call in their argot the
Judges "the pricr>." Curiosity in this
man was combined with a knowledge Of
profound researches
Wl~n Bernardet spread ont on NJ.
Ginory's desk the four photographs
which no had brought with him, the
first remark which the examining mag
istrate made was, But | see nothing
n cloud mist and then aftcr:' Bcr-
nardet drew magnifving glass from
his pocket and pointed ont, as he would
have explained an enigmatical design.
the lineamentS, moving his finger over
the contour of the face which his nail
outlined, that human face which he had
seen and studied in his little room in
the Passage Of the Elyspo DIES Beaux
Arts. lie made him sce-after some mo.
ments of minute eZaminatiun-he made |
HIM see that face. "It is true-thcrc is |
an image there, exclaimed VI. Ginorv |
He added; is it plain enough for me |
to see 1t so that | can from it imagine |
living being? | see the form, OWNED !
1t at first, saw il clearly defined after
ward. At first it seemed very vague |
but find 1t sufficiently well defined Sc
that can see each feature, but withoW |
any special character Oh" continue |
NJ. Ginory excitedly, rubbing his plum |
little hands, 'if it was only possible !
T it was only possiblel What mar |
Eel !"
1T is possible, NJ. lie Juge. Have
'aith, " Bernardet replied. Il swear t. |
Tou that it is possible. " This enthusi
ISM gained over the examining magis |
rate. Bernardet had found a fellow |
Eympathizor III his fantastic ideas. NJ
H'nory was now-if only to try the ey
periment-resolved to direct tho inves