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DETECTIVE BOB BRIDGER. 185 Taking the miniatures from the Scotch detective’s hand, Bridger passed them to the coroner. He looked at them carefully, and then passed them to the jurors. _ Between the male portrait and the features of the digni- fied invalid, there was no resemblance whatever. The coronor and the jurors approached the ice-box that they might compare the miniature with the features of the dead. | The Scotch detective led Annette forward toward the body. She stood a moment gazing at the peaceful face, stooped and implanted a kiss upon the dead man’s forehead, and fell back sobbing in the Scotch detective’s arms. Dr. Macy, as she turned aside, drew back the canvas, disclosing the naked breast of the corpse. There, visible to all, was the name in India ink, “ Alfonse Godot.” To it the old doctor pointed with dramatic earnestness. The effect was instantaneous. A hasty consultation between the coroner and the jurors ensued, and the coroner said : ‘Sheriff, our duty will be to consign these prisoners to your keeping.” CHAPTER XLVI. VIDERE IN PRISON. The railway attorney made a vigorous speech protest against a verdict inculpating the prisoners on the evidence. He called to the coroner’s mind that he had been elected to his place by the votes of arailway city, and that the railway officials believed that the dead man had met his death by falling from the train. He demanded the adjournment of the inquest until the day following, that he might be able to present new evi- dence, and the coroner, somewhat cowed, adjourned the inquest until the next day at ten A. M. The sheriff, Bridger, and Hoffman, followed by the crowd on the street, escorted the prisoners to the town jail. Here the railway attorney held along conference with them, then hastened to his office and began dispatching telegrams by the dozen, east and west, in the interest of his clients. 7 Comichboo cS €o