The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-17
Copyright. 1897. By
K. y, renno
a Co.

But what for? We have the guilty
man. II Is 100 to ! that the assassin Is
behind tube bars. The woman might be
an accomplish"
Then Bernardet filed with passion for
his profession. rather than vanIty-thls
artist IN a police sense, this lover of
art FOR arts sake-rubbed his hands
and silently ~applauded himself, because
he had Insisted. and. as IL were, COM
PEELED M, Ginory and the doctors TO
adopt his idea. lie. the humble, un-
known sub-oficer, standing back and
simply striving to do his duty, had in
huenced distinguished persons as DOW
erful as magistrates and members OF
the academy. They had obeyed his sug-
gestlon. The little Bernardet felt that
he had done a glorious deed. He had
experienced q strong conviction, which
would not be denied. He had proved
that what had been considered only n
chimera was a reality. He had accom-
plished a seeming impossibillty. He had
evoked the dead mans secret wen
from the tomb.
And M. Ginory thinks thai Il will
not help his .candldature at h acad-
emy! He viii wear the green robe. and
he Wal W it to me, There are others
who W me something too
with his faculty for believing in his
dreams, Of seeing his visions appear,
realized and living-a faculty which In
such a man seemed II the strange
hallucination Of a poet-6ernardet did
not doubt for a moment the reality of
this phantom which had appeared in
the retina OF the eye. 1t was moth
Ing nlo-e. that eye removed by the sur
geon's scalpcl, than Al ~avenging. mir
ror. 1t accused; 1t overwhelmed.
jacques Dantin vas found there in all
the atrocity Of his crime.
when / think, when ! think that
they did not wish to try the expert
ment! 1t Is made now" thought Ber-
lardet. n.
NJ. Ginory had strongly recommended
that all that part OF the examination
should not be made public. Absolute ST.
ience was necessary. IL the press could
have obtained the slightest information.
every detail OF the experiment would
have become public property, and the
account would have been cmbellished
and made AZ fantastic as possible. This
would have been q deep mine for Edgar
A. Poe, who would have worked that
lode well and made the Parisians SUI
fer. How the Ink would have been
mixed with Rovere's blood! 1t was well
understood that IL the suspected man
would in the end confess his guilt the
result OF the singular scientifically In
credible experiment should be made
known. but until then ABSOLUTE silence.
Everything which had been said and
done around the dissecting table at the
rnofgue or In the examining magis-
trate's room would remain a secret.
But would Darttn confess?
The next day after NJ. Ginory had
put him under arrest Bernardet had
gone 10 the paiais for news. He wished
TO consult his chief about the woman
In black" to ask hir. what he thought
OF the article which had been published
In the paper by Paul Rodier. NJ.
Leriche attached no great Importance
to 1t. ~
"A reporters information. Very
vague. There is always a woman, par
bleu. In the life OF every man. But did
this one know Dantin? She seems to
me simply an old. abandoned friend,
and who came occasionally to ask aid
of the old boy .
The noticed by Moniche is
young" said Bernardet.
Abandoned friends are often young"
NJ. Lerlche replied. visibly enchanted
with his observation.
AS for Dantin, he still maintained his
obstinate silence. He persisted in ind
ing Ubiquitous an arrest for which there
was no motive. and he kept the
naughty, almost provoking attitude of
those whom the chief called the great
est culprits.
"Murderers In redIngnotes believe
that they have sprung from Jupiter's
thigh n will not admit that anyone
should be arrested except those who
wear smocks and peaked hats. They
believe I'm an ~aristocracy and its priv
Heges and threaten 10 have us re-
moved. You know that very we'll, Ber-
nardet. Then, as time passes, they be-
come, In a measure, calm and meek as
little lambs; then they whimper and
confess. Dantin will do as all the 9TH
ers have done. For the moment he
bowls about his innocence and will
threaten us, you win see. with a sum
mons from the chamber. That is Of
no Importance"
The chief then gave The officer some
instructions. He need not trouble him
self any more just now about the Dan
tin affair, but attend to another mat
ter of less Importance, a trivial AFFAIR.
After the murder II his experiences at
h morgue this matter seemed a low
one to Bernardet. But each duty has
Its antithesls. The police officer put
into this petty AFFAIR OF a theft the
same zeal. the same sharp attention.
with which he had investigated the
crime OF the Boulevard de Clichy. 1t
was his profession.
Bernardet started out on his Quest.
1t was near the Halles (markets) thet
he had to work this time. The suspect
ed man was probably one of the ras-
Gals WHO prOWl ABOUT Gay ana night
living On adventures. and without any
home; sleeping under bridges or I'm n
Of the novels on the outskirts OF the
Rue de Venise, where vice, distress and
crime lourished.
Bernardet first questioned the owner
of the stolen property, obtained all the
information which he could about the
suspected man, and. with his keen
scent for a crimlna aroused. he glanced
at anything-men. things, objects that
would ave escapeda less practiced eye.
He was walking slowly along toward
the Permanence, looking keenly al the
passersby, the articles I'm the shops, the
various movements in the streets, TO
see If lie could get a hint upon which
to work.
1t was his habit to thus make use OF
his walks. In a promenade he had more
than once met q client. past or future.
The boys fed before his piercing eyes,
before this fat, jolly little man with
the hooking smile which showed under
his red mustache. This fright which
he inspired made him laugh inwardly.
He knew that he was respected, that he
was feared. Among all these passersby
who jostled him without knowing that