Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-13

lea, in the colonies, one knows no
where
"A bad facet" said Moniche. M
Revere received him, however, anc
! gave him aid, | remember. If the young
man had come often, l should thinf
that he struck the blow, and also,
ought to add, il there was not the
other"
Yes, but there Is the other" his wife
replied. There is the one whom / saw
standing in front of the coupons and
IN was looking at those other papers
with flashing eyes. | give my word.
There is that one, Moniche, and / am
willing to put my hand into the fire
and yours, too, Moniche, if it is not
he"
IF he is the one. he will be found."
oh. blu if he has disappeared? one
disappears very quickly in these days.
we shall see; we shall see. Justice
reigns, and we are here" He said
that " are here" as a grenadier OF
the guard before an important engage
ment.
They had taken the body to the
morgue. At the hour fixed for the
autopsy Bernardet arrived. He seemed
much excited and asked NJ. Ginory if
since their conversation in NJ. Rovere's
library he had reflected and decided to
Nf'AA' " q TIE tADtIltIltll--
the famous experiment reported for so
many years as useless, absurd, almost
ridiculous.
With any one but NJ. Ginory 7
should not dare to hope" thought the
police officer, but he does not sheer
at strange discoveries
lie had brought his Photographic ap-
paratus, that kodak which he declared
was more dangerous to the criminal
IMAM n loaded weapon. He had devel-
oped the negatives which he had taken
and Of the three two had come out in
good condition. The face of the muir
dered man appeared with a ~clearnegs
which In proofs rendered it formidable
as IN the reality, and the eyes. those
tragic, living eyes, retained their ter
rlbie. accusing expression which the SUI
preme agony had left in them. The
light had struck full on the eyes. and
they spoke. Bernardet showed the
proofs to NJ. Ginory. They examined
them with a magnifying glass, but they
showed only the emotion, the agony.
the anger, of that last moment. Ber-
nardet hoped to convince NJ. Ginory
that Bourion's experiment was not a
Eleven o'clock was the hour named
for the autopsy. Twenty minutes be-
fore Bernardet was at the morgue. He
restlessly about outside among
spectators. Some were women.
young girls, students and children who
lowering about the place hoping
some chance would permit them
TO satisfy their morbid curiosity and
to enter and gaze on those slabs where
On lay-swollen, livid, disfigured-the
Never perhaps in his life a the po-
lice officer been so strongly moved
a desire to succeed. He brought
to his tragic task all the ardor Of an
apostle. 1t was not the idea of success,
the or the possibility OF ad-
which urged him on. 1t
the joy, the glory, of aiding prog
ress. Of attaching his name to a new
discovery. He worked for art and the
of art. AS he wandered about his
sole thought was of his desire to test
Dr.. Bourion's experiment. of the real
OF his dream. "Ah, If NJ. Gin
Try will only permit" he thought.
AS he formulated hat hope in his
mind he saw NJ. Ginory descend from
he fiacre. He hurried up to him and
him respectfully. Seeing Ber-
so moved and the first one on
he spot. he could not repress a smile.
Il see you are still enthused."
Il have thought of nothing else all
light, NJ. Ginory."
We'll, but" said NJ. Ginory In a tone
which seemed to Bernardet to imply
lope, no idea must be rejected, and
do not see why We should not try the
/ have reflected upon it.
Where is the unsuitableness?"
All, M. lie JUICE" cried the agent,
If you permit it, who knows but we
revolutionize medical jurispru-
"RevoIutionize! Revolutionize," he
,ried. Would the examining magis-
rate yet find it an idiotic idea?
Nj. Ginory passed around the build
and entered al a small door open-
on the Seine. The registrar fol-
owed him, and behind him came the |
'olice agent. Bernardet wished to wait
Until the doctors delegated to perform
he autopsy should arrive, and the head
Keeper of the morgue advised him to
possess himself with patience and
vhile ne was waiting to look around
see the latest cadavers which had
'een brought there.
w have had in eight days a larger
of women than men. which is
are. and these women were nearly all
of the public halls and race
And how can you tell that?"
Because they have pretty feet"
Professor NORM arrived with a con-
'rere, a young Pasteurian doctor. with
| singular mind, broad and receptive
who passed among his companions
or a mar fond of chimeras, a little re-
lrlng, however. and given over to max
ng experiments and to vague dreams.
Vi. NORM saluted NJ. Ginory and pre-
'ented to him the young doctor. Erwin
name. and said to the magistrate
hat the house students had probably
begun the autopsy to gain time.
The body. stripped of its clothing.
ay upon the dissecting table. and
young men with velvet skull
with aprons tied about their
were standing about the corpse.
They had already begun the autopsy.
rhe mortal wound looked redder than
In the whiteness Of the naked
Bernardet glided into the room,
TO keep out of sight, listening |
looking, and above everything no
osing sight Of NJ. Ginory's face-a face
n which the look was keen, penetrat- |
ng. sharp as a knife, as he bent over
he pale face of the murdered man,
1t as searchingly as the sur
5eons' scalpels were searching the
wound and the flesh. Among those
men In their black clothes, some with
pared heads in order to work better, |
,thers with hats on, the stretched out
corpse seemed like a wax figure upon
, marble slab. Bernardet thought OF
hose images which he had seen copied
rom ~Rembrandt's pictures--the poet