| Show n besden BENDER E der ber considered HE GIVES wat WAY TO DEJECTION it is a theory that the prevailing sentiments of an individual whether wh ether organic or cultivated show their impress on the countenance if the bad had passions be temporarily aroused the impress of anger 0 hate is plainly written on the face and it ib is assumed that chronic moroseness or other quality will leave an imprint there that can only be removed by a restraint of the bad qualities and a cultivation of the noble side silde of human nature hence the counte nances bances of people have been known to change either for better or for worse acc abc according to the conduct oft ort of the lie lle individual virtuous as well as criminal crim inal inai deeds leave their impress on the individual and their manifestations are opposite it is also assumed that most men have resemblances to some types of the lower animals animal sj and some to a number combined and that accordia according to the strength of the resemblance the similarity in the manifestations of characteristics of choso animals in the Jil individual will wiil be correspondingly pon marked without asserting 1 or giving the negative to this assumption let us glance at old man bender the face is strikingly peculiar the for forehead chead I 1 is s square bulging outwards outward a over the eyes and retreating backwards to the hair and there is a habitual scowl particularly marked over the left eye the eyes are somewhat hat bat piercing ng and tha eyebrows slant siant downwards at thaou the outer ter corne sig ng are peculiar to the tiger species while the slanting sh antin look from the yes eyes is decidedly dec foxy it Ifa ita a person exam examining iding the portrait of this m man an will co cover the whole of the faco facy face with a sheet of paper from under the eyes downward these peculiarities apart from the other features will appear most strongly marked in tile the forehead and eyes the traits of the fox are also evident in the long and rather pointed anted nose and also by the width of tho face at the cheek bones and the somewhat sudden inward sloping to the chin tile the mouth is large coarse and ferocious looking and would appear more so if it were not hidden by a profusion of grizzly hair the features make the worst imp impression when he shoots his lips outward in the act of speaking his attitude is crouching and his gait and movements although slouchy are sweeping measured stealthy and noiseless when lie he speaks the qualities indicated indicate d seem to be C ou entreated ent rated in his voice which is brux and discordant aej and its tone nas has almost as much of the growl of ef tilo tiie tiger in it as the cadences of the human voice divine all these marks of character may not bo be powerfully apparent to any but the close observer but were the bad passions of that man aroused his appearance would be absolutely appalling the present prevailing sentiments of his mind are fear and despondency and therefore the apparent evidences of the character of the man are only the traces remaining and aud placed on his countenance byn bya by a succession of horrible crimes which have fed and cultivated the worst side of his character let a man of clear conscience and correspondingly placid and benignant countenance be placed immediately alongside alon aion galde gaide of bender and the impression produced by the contrast would bovery bevery be very strong he is despondent since lie he was identified yesterday by mr hir kitchen lie he has appeared adly sadly dejected and has been observed serve d even to shed tears he was visited this morning by prof karl U Maeser who endeavored to draw him into conversation but he was very reticent and could scarcely be induced to talk at all prof maeser finally said to him hinl in german mr bender if you are really an innocent man many you would do well to give some clue by which it may be made plain it is probable that you will be taken back to kansas and ano an d it would be a terrible thing thin if you were innocent to run the risk of falling into the hands of the P people eople there and they suppose you to be the real bender for they might tear you to pieces bender when thus addressed did not speak but a couple of epars tears sprang into his eyes he bent his bis head and drew the sleeve of his coat across his face he is now the very picture of hopelessness and dejection it Is not improbable that ho he will make a confession |
