The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-20
CHAPTER WILL

autopsical operations closely. He was
eager to know: he was impatient for
the moment when. having taken the
picture. he might develop the negatives
and study them to sec it he could dis
V anything. could decipher any
image. He had uscd photography in
the service of hnthroponetry: he had
taken the pictures ut the morgue with
MS Kodak. and now. at home in his
darl1en completely. he was developing
his plates.
Nine. Bernardet and the children
We're much struck with the expression
of his face. 1t was not troubled, but
~preoccupied and as tf he were con
eating very little. and seemed thought
full. His wife asked him. Art thou
iH?' He responded. NC. l think not"
And his little girls said to each other
In low tones. Papa is on a trail"
He was In truth. The hunting dog
he had taken of the rctina and had de-
ysioped showed = result sufficiently
clear for Bernardet TO feel confident
enough to tell his chief that he dis
tinctly saw e yisage. the face of a
man, confused. no doubt. but clear
but a distinct type. AZ from the
depths OF a cloud. in a sort
OF white halo. a human face APP
peared whose features could be distinct
1y seen with q magnifytng glass-the
face OF a man. with y. pointed black
heard. the forehead a. little bald, and
blacktsh spots which indicated the eyes.
1t was only q phantom evidently, and
the photographers ut the prefecture
seemed more moved chan Bernardet by
the proofs obtained. Clearer than in
spirit photographs. which so many cred
lIn1Hs nQnnYn hnY1nVyn in th1 49,
showed plainly. end I'm studying it one
could distinctly follow the contours. A
specter. perhaps. but the specter Of q
man who was still young and resem-
bled. with his pointed beard. some
trooper OF the 10Th century. a phantom
of some Seigneur Clouet,
For example," q the official pho
tographer. "tf one could discover a muir
derer by phOtographing a dead mans
eyes. this would lie miraculous. 1t is
incredible!"
Not more in%credible." Bernardet
replied. than what the papers publish.
Edison is experimenting on making the
blind see by using. the Roentgen rays.
There is q miracle"
Then Bernardet took the proofs to M.
Gtnory. The police officer felt that the
magistrate. the sovereign power in
criminal researches. ought. above every
thing, to collaborate with him, to CON
sent to these experiments which 40
many others had declared useless and
absurd. The taste for researches. which
was with M. Ginory a matter Of tenn
permanent as we'll as ~ duty to his pro-
fession. was fortunately keen. on this
scent. CrlminalS- call ihftheir arrot the
Judges '4he aprlers." Curiosity IN this
was combined with a KNOWLEDGE Of
profound researches.
Ginory's desk the four photoTranh.
which he had brought with him. the
first remark which the examining mag
istrate made was: But I see nothing
"a cloud. a mist and then after?" BeI.
nardet drew g magnifying glass from
his pocket and pointed out as he would
have explained an cnigmatical design,
the Mneaments. moving his finger over
the contour of the face which his nail
outlined. that human face which he had
seen and studied in his little room in
the passage OF the Elysee des Beaux
5ments OF minute eKalnination-he made
him see tina face. 1T Is true-there is
an Image there explained NJ. Ginory.
He added: 1T is plain enough for me
TO see 1t 80 that l can from it Imagine a
living being? l see the form. OWNED
1t at first. saw 1t clearly defined after
ward. At first it seemed very vague.
but I see It sufficiently well defined SO
that 1 can see each feature. but without
any special character. Oh" continued
NJ. Ginory excitedly. rubbing his plump
little hands,. III 1t was only -ossible,
II It .5as only possible! What a mar
veil"
1T IL possible. M. lie Juge. Have
faith" Bernardet replied. Il swear to
you that 1t Is possible" This enthusi-
asn gained over the examining magis-
trate. Bernardet had found a fellow
syrnpathizer In his fantastic Ideas, NJ,
Ginory was now-if only to try the ex-
periuent-resolved to direct the inyes-
tigation on this plan. He was anxious
to first show the proofs to those who
would be apt to recognize in them q
person whom they might have ono
Seen n the flesh. ITO Moniche fsyst and
then to his wife," a Bernardet,
'.Who Is Moniche3"
1.-THE concierge In the Boulevard de
Clichy."
Ordered to come to the court. NJ. and
Nine A0nicli. were nuerioyod N,ho.