The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-03-22

that | should keep it in freAproof safe,
and take the greatest care of it.
Heavens it was hardly necessary to re-
quest me to do that"
The photograph answered to the brief
description which Monk had already
given Of it. 1t was three or four inches
in height, but very narrow, so much so
sthat little was to be seen but the girlish
figure in front of the open cupboard
with the shelves. These shelves were
filled with all sorts of curiosities, which
appeared most distinctly on the plate.
On the whole, the photograph was I'M
usually clear and distinct.
Look at the girls left hand" said
Monk.
held the magnifying glass over the
photograph. Eyes, see, she has ring
on the ring finger"
Eyes; and the finger is quite normal
mot at all deformed."
No, it is quite we'll shaped"
''You see the little elephant on the
shelf over the cupboard, and the clock
in its forehead? What time does it
shown"
LET me seel 1t is twenty-one min
utes to six. The figures are not easy to
distinguish, but the position of the hands
is plain enough"
eyes, although the elephant is scarce
ly three inches high, that and the other
small things on the shelf over the cup
board are the masterpieces of an ivory
carver in Naples. Do you see, for ex-
ample, little copy of Venus de Milo at
the side of it?"
"Yes, l see it. But tell me, Monk,
who does the girl in the photograph re-
semble, Miss Prick or Evelina? 7"
ooh, Evelina! ! was, of course, ac-
customed to see Sigrid in that costume
the braided jacket and the little hat
with the birds wing on it-so at first
glance | might have doubted but after
a more careful inspection l should never
have hesitated in saying it was Eyelina.
she and no one else, if only this ques-
ton of the finger hadn't cropped up"
sThe photograph was examined, was
MT ita"
IF any photograph IN this world has
been examined, this is the one AS you
may remember, the photographer Rodin
and another expert gave their opinion
upon it at the first trial. Later on it was
examined at the physical laboratory of
the university. All were of one mind
in saying that no attempt had been made
either to tamper with or to make any
alteration in it,-neither by retouching
nor by any other means"
While I continued to converse with
Monk, Clara took possession of the pic.
ture. l handed her the magnifying
glass, but she pushed it aside, and con
tinued studying the photograph without
once looking up.
"You must be quite tired" / said to
Monk, with all our questioning, but if
it will not be too tedious to you to an
swer me, / should like to examine you
little"
"On the contrary, would prefer moth
ing better than listening to your re-
marks. What wish is to get out of this
vicious circle in which my thoughts have
run during the last six years"
Have you any guarantee that this
photograph was taken that afternoon
the 10th Of May-between FIVE and half
past seven!s !.
eyes, only too positive proof; but the
report in the Morsssssg Nss0s is perhaps
not sufficiently clear. The facts are
these: The snapshot apparatus used by
Mr.. Howell had roll of prepared paper
sufficient to take ten photographs | sup
pose you have seen these apparatus.
For every new picture you want to
take you turn little screw outside,
which is connected with the roller, until
a new, number appears on the indicator.
When all the paper on the roll has been
used, it is taken out, in order to get the
pictures developed. and new roll is in
serted On the back of this photograph
you will find number ten printed Num-
Der nine, which was also produced in
court, was group which Mr. Howell
had taken in the museum before Jurgens
left. The next, that is to say, number
ten, must therefore have been taken in
the interval before the roll was handed
over to the photographer other
words, between FIVE and seven o'clock.
You will at once see that even if Mr..
Howell had wanted to- deceive US, it
would not have been possible"
Eyes. fear, it is only too true. /
have now nothing else to ask, except
whether the hands of the watch in the
elephants forehead might not have been
moved backward, or forward, by some
one, either accidentally or purposely?"
"You ask the same question which
have been asking myself for many years
What we do know is that the watch was
right at FIVE o'clock, and again at half
past seven. 1t is impossible that it
could have been altered in the meantime
1t appears that the glass which covers
the dial is not movable If the watch
has to be regulated, the whole of the
clockwork must be exposed by removing
small metal plate under the stomach
of the elephant On examining the ele-
plant, two days after Evelina's acquit-.
tai, it was found that there were no