The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-11

you. monsieur. that nothing Revere
said TO me when : saw him the last
whatsoever. and l beg of you not to
question. me further about it"
VIII! YOU answer"
II cannon. monsieur"
"rhe more you hesitate the more
reason @ give mo to think that the
communication would be ave
Very grave; but 1t has nothing to
do With Your Investigations"
It's not TOR you to outline the du-
ties of my limits or my rights. Once
more l order you to reply"
II annot
You Will not"
Il cannot" b%rusquely said the man
run TO earth, With an accent of
The duel was finished.
NJ. GlnotY began TO laugh, or rather
there Was u nervous contraction of his
mouth and his sanguine face wore q
soothing look, while a mechanical move
ment of his massive Jaws made him
resemble q bulldog about TO bite.
"Tilcn.' said ne. the situation is a
very simple one. and you force me to
come to The end of my task You un-
~derStand2"
Perfectly" SAID jacques Dantin,
With the iInpulsive anger of a man who
stumbles over an article which he has
left there himself.
You sttll refuse to replyo"
II refuse. l came here as q witness.
l have nothing to reproach myself with.
especially as I have nothing TO fear.
You must DO whatever o choose to
do"
II can" said the M agistrate. "change
a citation for appearance to Il citation
for retention. l will ask you once
more
TT is useless" interrupted Dantin.
murderer: IL seems as if | We're dream
ing. Ii is absurd. absurd. absurd"
prove to me that 1t is absurd in
truth. do you not wish to reply"
Il have told YOU all I Know"
Blu you have said nothing of what
l have demanded of you" "
1T is rot my secret"
Yes: there is your system. II Is
frequent, it is common. 1t is that of
all the accused
Am i already accused?" asked DAN
TIM. ironically.
NJ. Ginory was silent u moment; then,
slowly taking from the drawer of his
desk some paper upon which Dantin
could discern no writing this time. but
some figures. engraved in black-he
! knew not what they were-the magis-
trate held them between his fingers SO
as TO show them. He swung them to
dry leaves. He seemed to attach great
value TO these papers, which the regis
trar looked at from a corner Of his eye.
guessing that they We're the photo
81 pIIIS PIOoLS 0lllSll ldu DSSu ldkeI.
Il beg Of you TO examine these
; proofs" said the magistrate to Dam
tin. He held them out to him. and
Dantin spread them on the table uhere
, We're four of them). Then he put on
. his eyeglasses in order TO see better.
{ What is that?" he asked.
4 Look carefully" replied the masis-
5 %'rate. Dan5tn bent over the proofs,
; examined them one by one. divided
\ rather than saw in the picture. which
! was q little Navy, the portrait Of a man.
. and upon close examination began to
; see in the specter d vague resemblance.
I TO you not see that this picture
bears q resemblance TO YOU
J This time Dantin seemed the prey OF
e some nightmare. and his eyes searched
: NJ. Ginor.f's face With Il sort of agony.
! The expression struck Ginofy. One
u would have aid that a ghost had sud
! denly appeared to Dantin.
1 You say that 1t resembles me-"
o Yes. Look carefully. AT first the
portrait is On closer e3.amina-
I ton it comes out from the halo which
pears there bears your air, Your fea-
E lures. Your characteristics
5 1T is possible" said Dantin. 1T
; mirror. Flu what does that signify 2"
n THAT signify ON. =! arr going to
y astcnish YOU. That signifes"-M. Gil
! nory turned toward his registrar. You
Il lilS oNiiS SN1tlIlS, EiHdIe!. III
a experiment In which DR.. oudi showed
: us the heart and lungs performing their
!, functions in the thoraN of a living man,
| made visible by the Roentsen ray
> Wen. This is not any more miracu-
a lous. These Photographs Che turned
no" oward Dantln) were taken OF the
retina of the dead mans eye. They
are the reflection. the reproduction OF
the image implanted there. the picture
I of the last living being contemplated in
the agony, the last visual sensation
which the unfortunate man expert
e enced. The retina has given TO us-as
L a witIless-tlle image OF the living per-
e son seen by tie dead man for the last
1iEle.'
A deep silence fell upon the three
a men in that little room. where one of
e them alone lost his foothold at this
p strange revelation. For the magistrate
a it wns a decisive moment, when all
u had been said. when the man, having
n been questioned closely, jumps at the
s foregone conclusion. As for the reg
istrai, however blase he may have be-
come by these daily experiences, it was
o the decisive moment. the moment when
: the line drawn from the water the fish
y is landed. writing on the hook.
Jacques Dantin. with an instructive
movement. had rejected, pushed back
on the table those photographs which
o burned his fingers. like the cards in
:. which some fortune teller has de-
e ciphered the signs OF death.
+, n"I. dSiNed VI. sIiElOCS.
Well repeated Dantin in q siran-
q gled tone. either not compromising or
c coiaprehending too much. struggling as
= if under the oppression of n nightmare.
How do You explain how your face,
Your shade If YOU prefer. was found
s reflected i'll Rovere's eyes. and that in
e his agony this was probably what he
e saM-Nes, saw bending over him."
Daitin cast a frightened glance
around The room and asked himself II
= he was not shut NO in Il maDidc'S cell
h if the question was real, il the voice
he heard was nor the voice of a dream.
"ilow can 1 explain? But l cannot
a explain, do not understand, l do not
: know-lt is madness. 1t is frightful, Il
is foolish!"
But yet" insisted NJ. Ginory. this
. folly. as you call it. must have some
explaaation."
g What do YOU wish to have me say?
I do not understand; l repeat. l do not
unaerstand."