The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-06
v--continued.

700 great intelligence to say TO yourself
that there is nothing In this world
ciasae. that every matter can be taken
up again. The idea has come to me &c
try the experiment II ] am permitted.
Yes. monsieur. those eyes. did you see
~fhefn--the eyes OF the dead man. They
seemed to speak. they seemed to see,
Their expression IL of lifeiikc intensity.
They see. l tell you they see. They
perceive something which we cannot
see and which is frightful. They bear
-nnd no one can convince me to the
contrary-they bear on the retina the
reflection of the last being whom the
murdered man saw before he died. They
keep 1t still: they still retain that
image. They are going to hold an
autopsy. They will tel! US that the
throat Is cut. En-. parbleu! We know
Ut well. We sec II for ourselves. Moniche.
the porter. knows II as wei, as any doc
tor. but when one questions those eyes.
when one searches In that black cham
Der where the Image appears AZ on a
plate. when one demands of those eyes
their secret. 1 am convinced that one
will find IT."
You are obstinate. Bernardo"
Yes. very obstinate. M. Gtnory. and
very patient. The pictures which 1 took
with my kodak viii give us the express
sion, the interior. 80 to speak. Those
would reveal to us the secret OF the
agony. And morevore, unless ] deceive
myself, what danger attends such an
experiment? One opens the poor eyes,
and that is sinister certainly. but when
one holds an autopsy at the morgue.
when n enlarges the cash in the
throat in order to study 1T, when one
dissects the body. is 1t any more re-
spectful or proper? All. monsieur. IL I
mad but your power
N. Ginory seemed quite struck with
ali that the police officer had said to
him. but while he still held to his con
vtctions he did not seem quite avcrse to
trying the experiment. Who can say
20 science. "Halt!" and impose upon
It limits which cannot be passed? No
one.
We will see. Bernardet."
Ard in that I'VE will See there was
already a half promise.
"Ah. II you only VIII. and what
would 1t cost your added Bernardet.
still urgent indeed almost suppliant.
Let us finish this now. They are
waiting for me-" said the examining
magistrate.
As he left NJ. Rovere's study he in
stinctively cast n glance at the rare
n he re-entered the salon where NJ.
Jacruelin des Audrays had. without
doubt. finished his examination.
CHAPTER vi.
The attorneys for the republic called
In the examining magistrate. Nothing
more was to be done. The magistrate
a studied the position OF the corpse,
examined the wound, and now, having
Told M. Ginory his Impressions, he did
not hide from him his belief that the
crime had been committed by a profess
Sional, as the o OF the knife across
the throat had been given neatly, scien-
tiffcally. according to all the established
rules.
One might we'll take 1t for the work
OF a professional butcher"
Yes. without doubt. NJ. Ginory. but
one does not know. Brute force-a
strong blow-can produce exactly what
science can"
More agitated than he wished to APP
pear by the strange conversation be-
tween the agent OF Surete and himself,
the examining magistrate stood at the
loot OF the corpse and gazed, with a
hxity almost fierce, not at the gaping
wound OF which NJ. %Jacquelin des Au-
brays had spoken to him. but at those
eyes. those fixed eyes. those eyes which
no opacity had yet invaded, which,
open. frightful, seemingly burning with
some sort n animated with ven
geance. CAV him q look, immoyable.
most powerful.
1t is true: 1t was true. They lived;
those eyes spoke. They cried to him for
Justice. They retained the expression
- ~ DIV Vic SAJIc
OF. violent rage. They menaced some
one. Whom? If the picture Of some one
was craven there. was 1t not the last
image reflected on the little mirror of
the retina? What II a face was re-
Elected there? What IL 1t was still re-
tanned in the depths of those vide open
eyes? That strange creature, Bernar-
Diet. half crazy, enthused with new
ideas. with h mysteries which ira
rerse chimerical brains. troubled him.
emory. q man OF statistics n OF facts.
But truly those dead eyes seemed to
appeal. to speak. to designate some one.
What more eloquent, what more ter
rible witness. could there be than the
dead man himself. IL 1t were possible
for his eyes to speak? II that organ
preserved. the secret of deathi Bernar-
Oct. whose eyes never left the magis-
trate's face, ought to have beer con-
tent. for 1t plainly expressed doubt. a
hesitation, and the police officer heard
him ciirsing under his breath.
Folly. stupidity! Bah. we shall sect"
Bernardet was filled with hope. NJ.
Ginory. the examining magistrate. was
moreover convinced that for the pres
eAt. and the sooner the better, the
corpse should be Gent to the morgue.
There only could n thorough and scien-
tifc examination be made. The re-
porter listened intently to the conyersa-
ton. and Nine. Moniche clasped her
hands. more and more agonized by that
word morgue.j which among the people
produces the same terror that that 9TH
;er word-which however. care
FIJI attendance. scientific treatment and
sn fety-hospital, does.
Nothing was now to be done except
TO question some of the n%eighbors and
to take a sketch of the salon. Bernar-
1et said to the magistrate: my photo
grrph will give you that" While some
n e out to get a hearse the magis-
'tTates went away. The police officer
placed a small guard In, front of the
house. The crowd was constantly in
creasing and becoming more and more
curious. violently excited and eager to
see the spectacle-the murdered mar
borne from his home.
Bernardet did not allow M. Ginory
10 go away without asking respectfully
IL he would be allowed to photograph
the dead mans eyes. Without giving
him a formal answer NJ. emory simply
told him to be present at the autopsy al
the morgu Evidently If the magis-
trate had not been already full of doubt
his reply would rave been different
Why did that inferior officer have the
audacity to give his opinion on the sub
5ect of conducting a judicial investiga-