The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29
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4 ~istrate understood what lie meant.
4 "Ah, Is 1t you, Bernardet? You wis
5 to speak TO me?' E
: Yes, M. Ginory. / beg Of you to ge
] the body to the dissecting room for tn
autopsy az soon as possible He haI
! quietly n almost i~mperceptibi
Drawn the magistrate away toward
window, away from the reporters, VIII
wished to hear every word that wa
uttered, where he had him quite b.
himself In a corner OF the room Snea
the library door.
There is an experiment which mus
be tri,d, monsieur, and 1t ought Z,
tempt a man like you" he said.
y Bernardet knew very well that pains
taking even to a fault. taken with an!
new Scientific discoveries, with q re,
ceptive mind, eager to study and L
learn, M. emory would not refuse hin
any help which would aid justice. Had
not the Acadamy Of Moral and Politica
Sciences crowned the yea before M
Magistrate to the Discoveries of Sci.
The word experiment" was not said
in order to brighten NJ. Ginory.
What do you by that, Ber-
nardet?" the magistrate asked. Der
nardet shook his head as II to intimate
that h explanation was too long tc
BlN0 mn LLlSEe. lIl0y were nOI alOne
Some n might hear them. And IL q
journal should publish the strange
proposition which he wished to-
All, ali" exclaimed the examining
magistrate, "then 1t is something
strange, you experiment."
ANY magistrate but you would think
1t wild. unreasonable or ridiculous,
which Is worse But you--oh, 1 do not
say 1t to fiatter you. monsieur" quick
ily added h police officer. seeing that
this praise troAhled,thls man, who all
ways shrahksfubtnsit II speak thus be-
cause it is the very truth, and anyone
else would treat me as crack Drained.
But you--no."
M. Ginory looked c~urionsly at the
little man, whose attitude vas humble
and even supplicating and seemed to
seek a favorable response, and whose
eyes sparkled and indicated that his
Idea was nc common one
What Is that room there" asked
M. Ginory, pointing to the half open
library door. .. Az. X
TT is the study OF M. Rovere-the
victim" ...|
Let us go In there said M. Ginory.
In this room nc one could hear them.
They could speak freely. On entering
IN examining magistrate mechani-
cally 8 his eye over the books, stop
ping at such and such a title Of q rare
work, and, seating himself in q low,
easy chair covered with caramanie, he
made a sign to the police officer to
"Bernardet stood. hat in hand,
in front of him.
IN. le jude" Bernardet began, IT
beg your pardon for asking you to
grant me an interview, but allowing
for the difference in our positions,
which is very great, I am. like you, a
scholar-very curious. I shall never
belong to the institute, and you
Go on, B~ernardet."
And you will belong to 1t, M. Gil
nory, but i strive also, in my lower
sphere, to keep myself au courant with
all that Is said and with all that is
written. was In the service OF the
academy when your beautiful work
was crowned, and when the perpetual
secretary spoke Of those magistrates
letters with a study Of justice I
thought that lower down, much lower
down, on the ladder, M. lie Juge, he
might have also searched for and
found some men who studied to learn
and to do their best In doing their
duty" t@ '
'Ah, I know you, Bernardet. Your
chief has often spoken Of you"
Il know that M. Leriche is very
good to me, but It is not for me to
boast of that. 1 wish only to inspire
in you because what I wish
to say to you is so strange--so very
strange
Bernardet suddenly stopped. 'Ii
he began, that IL / were to say
to a physician what I am about to say
to you he would think / ought to be
up In st. Anne, and yet / am not
crazy, | beg Of o to believe. No; but
| ave searched n searched. 1t seems
to me that there Is a mass Of inyen-
tons, OF discoveries, which we police
ought to make use of, and,
although | am a sub-lnspector-'
GO on, go on" said the magistrate
quickly, with a movement Of the head
the open door of the salon,
where the attorney for the republic was
the investigation, and his
nod seemed to say: They are at work
in there. Let us make haste"
I will be as brief as possible" said
Bernardet, who understood what he
Monsieur" (and his o became
rapid, precise, running Up and down
like a ball), 40 years, or, rather, to be
exact, SO years ago some American
journals, no political, but scientific,
published the fact hat the daguerreo-
type-we have made long strides
since then in photography--had per-
illlIel lHcIn 10 unQ IN the feJna or q
mans y the image of the
one who struck him."
Yes, ! know" said M. Ginory.
In 1850 / was too young, and I had
no desire to prove the truth OF this
discovery. / adore photography as I
adore my profession. I pass my leisure
in taking instantaneous pictures,
In developing them, printing and fn-
them. The idea of what I am
about to propose to you came to me by
chance. ! bought upon one Of the
quays 4 volume Of the Soeiete de Medi-
cine Legale of 1869, in-which DR.. Yer
nois gives an accoun OF a communi-
sent to the society by a physi-
clan, who. also sent Photographic proofs
thus Endorsed, rPhotographs taken Of
the retina Of q woman a~ssassinated the
OF June. 1S4S.'"
Yes" again said NJ. Ginory. 1T was
9 communication from, Dr.. Bourbon. OF
Darnezn@&&28 wv haSV
Precisely" r. l
And the proof sent by the doctor
showed the instant when, after strik-
the mother. the assassin killed the
child, while the dog sprang toward the
little carriage in which the little one
Yes, M. emory"
oh, well, but my poor Bernardet. DR..
since Won have read his re-