The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-10
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Ginory. After a moment Jacques Dan
tin said in n strong voice, Il swear to
You, monsieur, that nothing Revere
said To me when saw him the last
tNme could assist justice in any way
whatsoever, and l beg of you not TO
question me further about it
VIII you answer?'
7 cannot, monsieur"
The more You hesitate the more
reason You give me to think that the
communication would be grave"
Very grave; but it has nothing to
do with your investigations"
It's not for you To outline the du-
ties of my limits or my rights, Once
more l order You TO reply
i cannot
VIII not
1 cannot, hrusquely said the man
run 10 earth, with an accent of
violence.
The duel was finished.
NJ. emory began to laugh, or rather
there Was a nervous contraction of his
mouth and his sanguine face wore a
scofang !ook, while q mechanical move
ment or his massive jaws made him
resemble a bulldog about 10 bite.
jhen, said he the situation Is a
very simple one n you force me TO
Coine 10 the END OF my task. You IN
aetstand
fsrfeCtI!' said jacques Dantin,
with me impu!stVe anger of a man who
StuInoles over an article which ne has
ieLL there iiHst4I.
sun refuse 70 reply.
L refuse. came mere as a
l nave nothing TO reproach myself with,
especially as / nave nothing to fear.
5ou must 40 "ha'eNer you choose 10
90.
a citation Tor appearance TO a citation
lor retention L Wll ask you once
more
II IS useless, interrupted Dantin.
An ASSASSIN, |! what folly! Rovere's,
~nuroerer: II seems as II were dream
Ing: 1t Is absufd, ABSURD, ABSURD!
Prove to me that 1t Is absurd In
truth; 10 you not WISH 10 repiS
! nave told you all | know
but you nave sara holnihs OF What
L nave OF you.
~ IS MOI my secret
res there is your system. 1t Is
II Is common II is mat OF
all the accused.
Am | ALREADY accused: Dan-
I'm. ironically.
NJ. Ginory was silent q moment; then,
slowly taxing from the drawer of his
desk some paper upon which Dantin
coula discern no writing mis- time. but
some fgures, engraved In black-he
knew not what they were-the magis-
tfate hetd them his fingers so
as to show them. He swung them to
ana FRO, and the papers rustled like
dry leaves. He seemed to attach great
value to these papers, which the regis
trar looked at from a corner of his ~
guessing that they were the photo
graphic proofs which had been taken.
i beg OF you to examine these
proofs. said n magistrate to Dan
tin. He held them out to him. and
Dantin spread them on the table (there
We're four Of them). hen he put on
his eyeglasses IN order to see better.
What is that he asked.
Look carefully, replied the magis-
trate. Dantin bent over the proofs.
examined them one by one, divided
rather tina saw In the picture. which
was a little hazy, the portrait Of a man.
and upon close examination began to
see In the speeter q vague resemblance.
D you not see that this picture
bears a resemblance to you"
This time Dantin seemed the prey of
some nightmare. and his eyes searched
M. Ginory's face with a sort of agony.
The expression struck Ginory. One
would ave said that a ghost had sud
denly appeared to Dantin.
You say that it resembles me?"
Yes. Look carefully. AT first the
portrait is vague. On closer examina-
ton it comes out from the halo which
surrounds it, and the person III APP
pears there bears your air, your fea-
lures, your characteristics
1T is possible" said Dantin. ut
seems to resemble me. 1t seems as if l
We're looking at myself in a pocket
mirror. But what does that signify?"
That signify Oh. / am going to
astonish you. That signiies'-M. Gil
nory turned toward his registrar. .'You
saw the other evening. Favarel, the
experiment in which Dr.. Oudin showed
us the heart and lungs performing their
functions In the thorax of a living man,
made visible by the Roentgen rays.
Well. This is not any more miracu-
lous. These photographs Che turned
now toward Dantinl Were taken of the
retina of the dead mans eye. They
are the reflection, the reproduction Of
the image implanted there, the picture
of the last living being contemplated In
the agony, the last visual sensation
which the unfortunate man expert
enced. The retina has given to us-as
a witness-the image of the living per-
son seen by the dead man for the last
time"
a deep silence fell upon the three
men in that little room, where one of
them alone lost his foothold at this
strange revelation. For-the magistrate
it was a decisive moment. when all
had seen said. when the man, having
been questioned closely, jumps at the
foregone conclusion. AS for the reg
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