The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-12

diction which was reproduced IN
startling manner in the negatives takei
by Bernardet.
"The secret of the crime is In tina
look" thought the police agent. -Thos,
eyes see; those eyes speak. They tel
what they know; they accuse som
one.'
Then while the professor, his asso,
ciates and his students went on Will
the autopsy, exchanging observations
following In the mutilated body theii
researches for the truth, trying to b,
very accurate as to the nature OF tho
wound, the form even of the knife
with which it IA made, Bernardet
softly approached the examining mag
istrate. and in a low one timidly, re
spectfully, he spoke some words, which
were insistent, however, and pressing
urging the magistrate to quickly in
terfere.
"Ah, M. lie Juge, this is the mo-
ment! You who can do everything
The examining magistrate has with
US absolute power. He does whatever
seems to him best, and he wishes tc
do a thing because he wishes to dc
IT. M. emory. curious by nature and
because 1t was his duty. hesitated
oSIdlCilCu Ills tdIt TuuUCu Ills IOSt, DIl
his lips, listened to the supplicating
murmur OF the police officer, but de-
cided not to speak just then and con-
tinued gazing with a fixed stare al
the dead man.
This thought came to him more
over, insistent and imperious-that he
was there to testify in all things In
favor of that truth the discovery OF
which imposed upon him-and sudden
IV hic charm voice fnfnrrtNnfa1 fhA c,,r-
geon's work.
"Messieurs, does not the expression
of the open eyes strike your" g
Yes; they express admirably the
most perfect agony" M. NORM replied.
And does it not seem," asked the
examining magistrate. "as If they were
fixed with that expression on the muir
derer?"
Without doubt. The mouth seems
to curse and the eyes to mence."
And what If the last image seen
In fact, that of the murderer-still re-
ain upon the retina OF the eyes?"
M, NORM looked at the magistrate in
establishment. His air was slightly
hooking and the lips and eyes assumed
a quizzical expression. But Bernardet
was very much surprised when he
heard one remark. DIR. Erwin raised
his head. and while he seemed to APP
prove of that which M. Ginory had
advanced he said: THAT image must
have disappeared from the retina some
time ago"
Who knows?" said M. Ginory.
Bernardet experienced a profound
emotion. He felt that this time the
problem would be officially settled. NJ.
Ginory had not feared ridicule when
he spoke, and a discussion arose there,
In that dissecting room, in the pres
ence of the corpse. What had existed
only in a dream in Bernardet's little
study became here, In the presence of
the examining magistrate, a member
Of h institute, and the young stu
dents, almost full fedged doctors, a
question frankly discussed in all it's
bearings. And it was he standing back,
he, a poor devil of a police officer, who
had urged this examining MAGISTRATE
to question this savant ~
"At the back of the eyes" said the
professor, touching the eyes with his
scalpel, there is nothing, believe me.
1t is elsewhere that o must look
for your proof" f
"But"-and M. Ginory repeated his
who knows?"-"what If we try II
this time? VIII it Inconvenience you.
my dear master?" nj, NORM made a
movement with his lips which meant
"peuh!" and his whole c~ountenance
expressed his scorn. But I see no in
convenience" AT the end of a mo-
ment he said in a sharp tone, ut will
be lost time"
"a little more, a little less" replied
M. Ginory. 1.-THE experiment is worth
the trouble to make it,"
M. Ginory had proved without doubt
that he, like Bernardet, wished to salts
~ his curiosity, and in looking at the
open eyes of the corpse, although in
MS duties he never allowed himself
TO be influenced by the sentimental
or the dramatic, yet it seemed to him
that those EYE urged him to insist
nay, even supplicated him.
II know, l know" said NJ. NORM.
what you dream Of in your magfs-
trate's brain Is as amusing as a tale of
Edgar Poe's. But to find in those ewes
the image of tbs murderer-come, now,
leave That to the In Tentiye genius OF a
Rudyard Kipling, but do not mix the
impossible with our researches in med
tcal Jurisprudence. Let us not make
lonnanco. Let us made, you the exam
nations and l the dissection"
The short time in which the profess
cor had spoken did not exactly please
VI. Glnory. who now, a little through
self conceit (since he had made the
proposition), a little through curiosity,
decided that he would not beat n re-
troat. "Is there anything to risk ?' he
asked, And 1t might be the one chance
in a thousand.
But there is no chance" quickly
answered M. NORM, none, none"
Then, ~relenting a little, he entered
the discussion, explaining why he had
no faith.
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