The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-20
The Crime of .x:;::= By
e. 5s':' the Boulevard
CHAPTER v11-Continued

CHAPTER v1I-Continued
It is not I. ". Ginory. who will deny
the possibility OF such a result. Blu
~ would be miraculous. do you believe
N InlraclesH The Impressions of heat.
OF the blood. OF light, on our tissues are
not cataloguable. IL 1 may be allowed
the expression. Tho. impression ON the
retina Is produced by the ~refraction
Whlch IS called ethereal phosphorescent,
as to weigh the inponderable. To
.hink 70 Inc on the retina n luminous
Impression after a.certnin number OF
hours and days would be. as Vernols
very Well said. to think one can
md IN the organs OF hearing the last
sound which reverberated through
theE1. euh! Seize the air bubble. at the
emu OF q tube md place 1t Is a museum
es e curiosity. Is there anything left
on !. but q drop of water. which is
he: passing sound nothing remalns!,
y unfortunate Bernardet suffered
keenly when he heard this. He wished
60 answer. h words came to his lips.
An. " ne was My III NJ. Ginory's place!
The latter, with bowed head. listened
seemed to weigh each word as it
p from NJ. Morfn's lips.
Let US reason 1t: but" the professor
wentson. since tleiopthal,noscope does
not-,show to the ocuiist on the retina
nyAol.ih objects or beings which a
SICK rnan ~sees--you understand, not one
OF .them-how can o think that pho
biography can find that object or being
on-thee retina of a dead mans eye?'
He,, waited for objections from the
s1hinifing MAGISTRATE, and Bernardet
hoped that M. Giaory. would combat
soHnexof the professors arguments. He
only to say: What of ifY Let us
see Let us experiment" And Bernar-
aet shad longed for. just three. words
from him., sbu the magistrate remained
silent. his head. still bent. The police
agent felt with despair his chance slip
PING. slipping away from him. ana that
never. never again would he find n Hike
opportunity to test the experiment.
suddenly the strident tones of DR.. Err
electric bell. n Beri.ardet experienced
2 sensation like that. of q sudden UNI
expected illumination.
MY dear master" he respectfully
9 y SO wat home In Denmark a
Ayoured by a wolf. and who, when taken
from the very jaws OF the beast, still
retained In the eye n very visible
image IN which one could see the nose
ana teeth OF the brute. A vision! Im-
ssnnation,. perhaps! But the fact
struck me at the time and we made
. tlOtc of it,
"And?" questioned NJ. NORM in a
tone OF raillery.
Rerrardet cooked mis- ear as a dog
does when he hears an unusual sound
N. Ginory looked at this slender yorns
man with his long blond hair, his eyes
as blue as the waters of q lake. his
saw at home In Denmark "a
Iac pale and wearing the peculiar look
sOnnion % searchers after the mys-
The students and the others
about their master, remained
and listened intently as to a
s. Md" DIR. Irwin went OH friEIdly.
" we q found absolutely nothing.
we. would at least have kept silent
SCOUT, an unsuccessful research. 1t is
useless to say. Think, then. nv dear
master h exterior objects must have
Imprinted themselves on the retina,a did
neylno In size. according to
she size OF the place wherein they We're
redected. They appeared there: they
certainly appeared there. There is-I
t!bes your pardon for referring to II, but
y y to these others (and DIR. Erwin
nes'gnated M, emory, hts registrar.
9 sainstalsee Of red color. the pourpre
very. sensitive to the fight.
Upon h deep red OF this membrane
objects are seen white. and one can iix
g inaEe.SsM. Edmond Perrier. profess
'eor In the Museum of Natural History.
reports (you know 1t better than /, my
Gear MASTERY. I n a work on animal AMI
etomy and physiology which our stu.
lent nrcS all familiar with. '4hat he
snade an e~xperiment. After removing
Yes: science d cruel-he. placed 1t in a
dark room. no that he could obtain
N7on the retfna the image OF some OH
s5ect. q window. for instance. ana
!unge Y Immediately into a solution
of alum, and prevented the decomposi-
'Aionsof, the. pourpre %retinien. and the
window could plainly be seen. fixed ON
the eye. In that black chamber which
We have under our eyebrows. in the
o5bit. y q %storehouse. a s%torehouse
inaaKKs which the old Danes eye held
Of the o nose and teeth. nd-wh
neutrality-suspicious. It Is possible to ask
dead mans eye the secret OF what
lt saw when living ~
This swaS put In more scienfihc
terms by the young Danish doctor. the
substaice Of what Bernardet believed
posaADle The young ma had listened
With the attractive sympathy which is
DISPLAYED when anything novel is ex-
the victim seemed TO walt for. the re-.
suit Of the discussion. deaf e ali the
confused rounds about him. his eve
IKE upon the infinlte. upon the II
ENJOYABLE which he now knew.
II q however. this insensible body
Wn4cn nao caused the discussion OF
was h secret Of his end. the last word
Of his agony? Who made thar wouni
which hat ended his life? And, like a
statue lying on its stone couch. the
murdered man seemed to wait. What
they knew not he knew. What they
wished to know he still knew perhaps.
This doubt alone. rooted deep in M.
Gihory's mind. RAJ enough 30 urge him
toshave the experiment tried. and ex-
cusing himself for his infatuation lie
to try the experiment, which some Of
the doctors had thought would be sue
cessful.
1--WE shall be relieved even IL We do
not succeed. and we can out add our
defeat to the others"
Al. Morin's face still bore It's s,ep-
teal smile. But. after all, the cxatlin.
ing magistrate was master OF the Sit
uation. and since young DIR. Erwin