The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-13
The Crime of srs z :::' =
e. el.! ssa:' the Boulevard
CHAPTER W-continued.

CHAPTER VI-Continued.
We photograph a spurious bank
note. 1t is magnined. and by the alb
sence OF n tiny dot the proof of the al
iteration is found. On account OF the
lack Of q dot the forser is detected.
The savant Helnnholtz was the discoV-
erar of this method of detecting these
faults. Two bank notes. one authentic,
che other q forgery, were placed side
nifying power. when the faults were at
once detected. Helmholtz's experiment
probably seemed fantastic to the forger
condemned by a stereoscope. Oh. we'll,
today ought not a like experiment on
the retina of n dea mans eye give a
like result?
instruments have been highly per
fected since the time when DR.. Bourbon
made his experiments, and if the law
OF human physiology has not changed
the seekers of invisible causes must
have rapidly advanced in their
mysterious pursuits. Who knows
whether at the instant OF the last
that the dying person does
aifc into h %retina. giving a hundred
fold power to hat last supreme look 2"
At this point OF his reflections Ber-
nardet experienced some hesitation.
While he was not thoroughly acquaint-
ed with physiology and philosophy, he
had seen so much. sc many things; had
Known so many strange occurrences
and had studied mary men. He knew
who had been saved from drowning at
The very last possible moment. some of
whom had attempted suicide, others
who had been almost drowned through
accident, and each one had told him
thai his whole life, from his earliest
recollection. had dashed through his
mind in the instant of mortal agony
yes, a whole lifetime in one instant Of
cerebral excitement.
Had savants been able to solve this
existence in ono vibration! Was it pos
sible? Yet-Bernardet still used the
word.
And why, in an analogous sensation.
could not the look of a dying man be
seized in an intensity lasting an in
atant, as memory brought in n single
fash so many diverse remembrances?
II know. since 1t Is the Imagination.
Image On the retina is a fact. a fact
con%tradicted by wiser men than l."
Bernardet thought on these mysteries
until his head began to ache.
II shall make myself Ill over It," he
thought. "And there is something to
be DONE"
Their in his dusty little room, his
brain over excited. he became enthused
with one idea. His surroundings fell
away from him: he saw nothing
everything disappeared-the books, the
papers, the walls. the visible objects.
as did also the objections, the denials,
h demonstrative impossibllities. And
absolute conviction seized. him to the
exclusion OF all e~xtraneous surround
ings. This conviction was absolute.
distinctive, Irresistible, powerful, filling
him with entire fnitfl.
This unknown thing I will find.
What is to be done I will do" he de-
clared to himself.
He threw the pamphlet on the table,
arose from his chair and descended to
the dining room. where his wife and
children were waiting for him. He
rubbed his HANGS with glee, and his
face ooked joyous.
"Didst thou discover the trail?" Nine.
Bernardet asked very simply as n
working wou ask her husband
IL he had had n good day. The eldest
of the little girls rushed toward him.
Papa! My lear little papa!"
My darling!"
The child asked her father in n
sweet voice, Art thou satisfied with
thy crime. papa"
we will not ak about that" Ber-
nardet replied. "To table. After dinner
I will develop h pictures which I
have taken with my Kodak, but let us
amuse ourselves now. 1t Is my fete
day. I wish to forget all about busi-
ness. Let us dine now and be as happy
.as possible"