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6 THE 3S1EDF0RD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORP, OREGON, FRIDAY, .TANITARY 7, 1910. THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK Ily GASTON IiKUOUX, I Author of "TJio Mystery of tbo Yellow Room." Copyright, 1000, by Bretnno's CHAPTER VI. Fortifylna Against a Weird Foe. nOFESSOU STANGKKSON since he h;ul barbed tho cruol truth hud not for one raolnout bivn nble to five himself from tin- thought of It. In truth, tho first victim of the an air at the Glandler and the most unfortunate "was this good old man. tie had lost everything his faith in science, hla lora of work and hla belief In his daughter. His faith In her had been bis religion, joy and pride. And while ha was thinking of her almost with reverence ha dis covered that the reason that hla daugh ter refused to many vras bec&nao sha was already the wife of BatUneycr. Xh day la -wllleii MufhiUa W deck ed to teU him ttw atocy of aba past, which must clear up the paaaana irtth a tragic light to tba at aba pro fessor, already warned by the myster ies of the Glandler th day whoa, fail ing nt his feet, she had told him tho story of her youth. Professor Stangcr son had raised the form of hla beloved child from the ground and had pressed her to his heart; ba had mingled his tears with the sobs of her whoso fault had been bo bitterly expiated and bad sworn that sho had never been moro precious than slnco he hod known how thing which concerned only tho fam ily. But they were fully nwaro of the way In which tho secret nervlco ngent had pursued Mtue. Darrac. Tho crimes of Lnrsnu were explained In the eye gardener, Mattonl, nt thnt point, M. Hance." 1 listened to Itoulctablllo with ad miration. Mine. Kdlth was right. Ho had Indeed constituted himself n cap tain, and ho had not left one Impregua- of Arthur Hance by n mad passion for i blo spot wIthovU jcrctise. Matblldc, the Indications of an tnsatu' and hopeless love. As to Mine. Killth her thoughts, which I road without her Buspectlng It, ran about In this way: "Out what on earth Is thero about this woman which could Inspire such an Insano noaslon, lasting for years and year?. In tho heart of any man Here Is a woman for whoso anko n dotectlvo officer becotnea a mur derer, for whom n tcmpernto man bo- comes a drunkard and for whom an In nocent man permits himself to bo pro nounced guilty of a felony. What there about her more than there la about myself, who owo my husband to Hur&osuii ..Mtt,uau.i i toe ract ina a no rc rosea mm oeroro K I since he had lwirued tho cruol ho ever eaw met What to tht charm J I truth hud not for one moment j about her? And ytt even now my hus- - B Itifcjt Mill.. rt hllMa.lf Ik A . . L II . nana xorgeu ait. anouc me waue no looking at her." That Is what 1 read In 'Edith's eyes as she w&tfcbed bac husband gating at Mathllde. Ah, thoo black eyes of gentle Mme. Ed 1th I Mathlldo asked ma where 1 thought R6ulctablll had gone. As she left tho dining room I walked with bar to tho entrance to the fort. D&raac and Mme. Edith followed ua. titangeroon had btddoa as good night. Arthur 1 Lance, who had dtaappaxod for moment. Joined u while we wra at the paiwagway. Tbe night w&a clear. and fc& aooa atko&a brightly. As wo noaaad baaeaab tba areh we board nowlataUUe'a vefc. "Coma on! One more effort f ho cried, and the voloe which answered him was husky and panting. Tbo two portals of tho Immense Iron doors slammed. They were closed for tho first tlmo In a hundred years. Mme. Edith looked astonished at tho act of her guest and asked what had happened to the gate, which had al ways served In place of the doors. . Cut Arthur Ranco cancht her arm. she had suffered. But he when sho imnresslne noon hor thnt sho must left his presence was another man-wi j keep silence. man alone, all alone. Professor Stan gerson had lost bis daughter and his goddess. He had experienced only Indlffcrenco In regard to her marriage to Robert Dnrznc. although the latter had been the best beloved of his pupils. In vain Mathllde, with the warmest tender ness, had endeavored to rekindle the? old feeling in the heart of her father. She knew well that he had changed toward her. Tho professor could work no longer. The great secret of the dis solution or matter which bo haa prom ised to reveal to mankind had return ed to the unknown from which for a moment the scientist had drawn It. and men will go on, repeating for centuries to come tho imbecile phrase, "Crora nothing, nothing." Evidently she was Instinctively Roulctabllle announced that If any of us bad any desire to make a trip to the village we. mast glvo It up, for tho order had gone forth, and no ono could leave tho chateau or enter It. Fere Jacques was charged with tho carrying out of the commnnd. and every one knew that It was Impossible to bribe tho faithful old servitor. Pero Jacqur. wbOm I had known so well at the Glandler, had accompanied Professor Stangerson as his valet. That night he was sleeping In a tiny closet lu "la Louve," near his mas ter's bedroom, but Roulotablllo had changed that, and It was Pere Jacques who took the place of the concierges In the tower marked A. "But whor are the Bernlora?" cried Mme. Edith. "They are Installed In the square tower In the room on the left, near drawn toward Rouletabllle by all the ( the entrance. They are to act as cure- mystcrlous forces of maternal affec tion. In splto of the fact that she had every reason to belpve that her child had died yleoKTBeiore'.' . She showed for her husband the most charming solicitude. Sho was at tentive to him at every moment, serv ing him herself, nnd smiling gently at him as she did so. Jt the design of .Larson b showing hiTbseif had been, to deal a frightful blow, to a happiness which bad yet scarcely begun, be had completely suc ceeded. Mathllde had given Darrac at once to understand thnt sho did not repird herself as his wife, slnco the Willi to whom she bad pledged herself lu her early girlhood was still living. I liave said that Mathllde Stangerson had been brought up In a very re ligious manner, not by her father, who cared little for such things, but by her female relatives, especially her old aunt In Cincinnati. I might have passed over these religious beliefs of Mathllde In silence If they had not had so strong an lufluonco on the resolution which she had taken In regard to her second husband when sho discovered that her first husband was still alive. It bad seemed to her that Larsan's death had been proved beyond the slightest doubt, and she had gone to her new husband as a widow with the approval of her confessor. And now she learned that In tho sight of heaven she was not a widow, but a bigamist! Leaving the Daren ch, my eyes wan dered to tbo neighbor of Mme. Darzac, M. Arthur William Ranee, when they wero suddenly arrested by tho butler's coming to say that Dernier, the con cierge, requested to speak to Roulo tablllo. My friend left the room. "What!" I cried. "Tho Be micro are no longer at tbo Glandler?" Readers ofTho Mystery of tho Yel low Room." will recall that these Ber nlers the man and his wife were tho concierges of M. Stangerson at 8to. Generlove des Bo Is. 1 bavo told bow Roulctabllle bad had them sot at 11b ,orty when they were accused. Roulo tablllo had Iven ever since the object of their devotion. As the Ranees had need of concierges for tho Fort of Hercules, the professor had been glad to send tbem his faithful domestics, of whom he had never had reason to com plain except for ono slight Infraction of tbo game lows, which had turned out most unfortunately for tbem. Now they wero lodged In ono of tho towers of tho postern, whero they kept tho gate. Tho unexpected exit of Rouletabllle sent n chill to my heart and seemed to spread a general sensation of alarm throughout the company. Mme. Dar zac was very restless. And because Mathlldo (showed herself to be dis turbed and nervous I fancied that Ar thur Itanco thought that It behooved lilni to display some little nnxlpty. Arthur Raucc and his wife were not awarb of tho whole of tho unfortunate Htory. It had peunied useless to Inform tliom of the fact of Muthllde'H secret marriage to Joan Itoiissol, afterword Luov.a us Larson. Tlwt was soi:'.e takers of the square tower," replied HgnjetaDllle. But the" squarp tower doesn't need any caretakers," exclaimed Edith. "That, madame." returned tho young reporter, "Is what we cannot ba sure of." Ha made no further- explanations, but ho took Arthur Itanco to ono sldo and Informed him that be ought to tell bis wife about the reappearance of Larsaht If there was to be the slight est chanco of hiding the truth from Stangerson It could scarcely bo ac complished without the aid and Intel ligence of Mme. Edith. And. then, too. It would be as well henceforward for all of those In the Fort of Her cules to bo prepared for ovorythlng and surprised at nothing. The next act of Rouletablllo was to make us walk across the court and placo ourselves at tho postern which commanded the entrance to the Inner court, but at that point the moat bad been filled up. Rouletabllle declared that ho Intended to bavo the moat dug out and to replaco the drawbridge. At the newly fortified postern Rou letablllo had stationed no one; for he reserved that place that night for himself. From thero bo could obtain a completo view of both ,tbo. Inner and outer courts., One could reach tbo apartment of tho Darzncs only after passing by Pero Jacques In A, by Rou letablllo at H and by tho Bcrnlers, who guarded tho square tower at tho door marked E.. The young man had decided that It would bo better for those on guard not to retire that night As we passed by tho oubli ette I saw that some one bad dis placed the circular board which cov ered It I saw also on the margin a flask attached to a cord. Rouletablllo explained to me that be had wished to know if this old oubliette, which was really nothing but a well, correspond ed with tA sea and that bo had found that the water was clear and sweet, a proof that It bad nothing to do with the Mediterranean. Ho walked for a few steps with Mme. Darzac. who Immediately took leave of us and entered the squaro tower. Darzac and Arthur Ranee, at tho request of Rouletabllle, remained with us. Boroo words of excuse ad dressed to Mme. Edith made ber un derstand that she was being politely asked to retire, and she bade us good night with a nonchalant grace. Rohle tabllle beckoned us the men toward the postern Into the little room of tho gardener, a dark, low celled apart ment. There Arthur Ranee, Robert Darzac, Rouletablllo and myself with out even lighting a lamp held our first council of war. "Wo may make our plans hero in tranquillity," begun Rouletabllle, "No one can hear us, and wo shall not be surprised by nny one. If any person should attempt to pass tho first gate, which Jacques Is guarding, without the old man seeing him wo shall be immediately warned by tho sentinel whom I have stationed In tho very middlo of the court, hidden in the ruins of tho chapel. 1 havo placed your Rouletablllo lit his pipe, took three or four puffs and said: "Woll. hero we are. Can we hopo that Larson, art or having so insolent ly flaunted himself toforo us, nt our very doors. In order to defy us, will conflno himself to such n plntonlc manifestation T And, content" with what ho has done, will he go away? I hardly think so, first, becauso such a thing would bo foreign to his char acter, for ho lovea a flghtand la never satisfied with a partial success, and, second, becauso no one of us haa the power to drive him off. We bava, of course, 'no hop of any help from oat side. And he knows It welL That la what makes him to bold and auda cious. Whom can we call to oar a Id 7" "Tho author! tl os," augxvetod Arthur Ranee. Tho .reeacjr lee-ked at bte boat with aa afar oCptty which was not entirety froo from reproach. And he said la a chilly tone, which ahowad plainly to Arthur Ranco how little velno thero was In hla proposition: "Tou ought to understand, monsieur, that I did not save Larson from French Juatlco at Yereailles to deliver him over to Italian Justice at Rocbers Rouges." M. Dftrnac aafd: This man must disappear, but tn aUcBce, whether we move him by our entree tie or bribe blm or kill biro. But tho first condition of his disap pearance W to keep tba fact that ho haa reappeared at all a eacret. Abova all anil I am apaa'klng of tho heartfelt wish of Mme. Darzac aa well aa my own M. Stahgorson must never know that wo are mopaced by tho blows of this monster." Mmo. Darzac'a wishes are com mands," replied Rouletablllo. M. Stangerson shall know nothing." , morrow we Htmll draw up n ot or noxlolto who ontorliiK tho oonlOHty rules for our little garrison, u lint of o HlroiiKth ami Hklll nt Soiittlo nml tho trustworthy domestics upon whom i Vancouver. St. Louis pout two tnon wo may depend with security. I to tho A. A. U. moot ut Bonttlo tltin iou win or mg i.oro to this cell all ' yenr, but liotlt fulled to nooro a point nVii2S. ?v" fm K"1t,,,L;r-r flM in tho oonests. Tlioy doolnrcd nftor $!&X. Tl r -oro Kivon n "raw de( o'clock every ulght tho Iron doors wilt y tlu,."1luu 1 boum1- n(1,lin bo closed. Tomorrow morning M. Ar- ,,mt w,, ,u ovo" uroal "ly would, thur Ranco will send for' hulMcrs. ' nvo tnuiio a Dotlor showing. Tho bcnttlo men InuRh nt tlto ohnrgeH, saying it ta widely known that ovory contestant was on an equal footing MARSHALL DYING, RESULT OF A DRUNKEN CAROUSAL ADT1UHN, Wash., Jan. 7.City Marshall Attaint Hoothl is dyltiK to dny and two youths, Howard Wil liams and C. Ilildorth, of Stunnur, aro under arrest for tho Hhooting, as tho result of a drunken carousal horo last night. Williams mid I lit - droth woro urrestod in Sumner nt 7 o'clock this morning by a posso of deputies nftor n chaso lasting since midnight, lloth lads flod to their homes af ter Williams fired tho shot which will probably cost tho lifo of tho nmrshnl. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 7. Six Badly frightened, thoy woro onsily fast boxers and wrestlers, represent- captured nfter tho posso had trailed ing tho St, Louis Athlotio olub, nro them. Thoy nro now in tho Auburn coming to Spokane noxt February in in'd nnl will bo takon to Seattla lo an effort to disprove tho clnim thnt Un t0 arraigned. Every person on tho placo will bo couuted and no ono allowed to pass the door of tho second court. Before 7 o'clock In tho evening every ono will bo counted again and the work peopto allowed to go out. In ono day tho men must finish their work. After that I shall be tranquil, and. Mme. Darcac. who Is forbidden to leave tho chateau under tho new order, huvlntf been placed In security, I may attempt a sortie and enter seriously Into tho search for tho camp of Lomau. Come, M. Ranee, to arms! Bring mo somo weapons to pass around this croulng. 1 havo lent my own revolver to Peru Bender, who Is keeping guard before me uoor or Mme. Dantac'a apart monts." (To be continuod.) ST. LOUIS ATHLETES WILL INVADE THE NORTHWEST Northwcstom amateurs nro superior to thoso in tho middlo etntos. Cisco Bullivnnt, of tho Spokano Amateur1 Athletic Club, has been advised that tho St. Louis club will sond ono 125 pound and ono 153-pound boxer, two others and a pair of its best wrost lers on n tour of tho Northwest, tho Roethl ennnot recover, nccordinc to tho physicians attending him. CLEOPATRA SAID TO LIE BURfEO IN PARIS PARIS, Jan. 7.Cloopntrn, tho "Serpent of Old Nile," is buried in TAXIDERMIST AND FURRIER Sond your trophies to mo for mount ing. Big game hondH, flnh, bird and mammals mounted true to nature by Improved methods. I do tanning, mn! iivr rugs, make, remodel and elent. ' fur garments. FiXttress and mntl or. dors promptly atlondod to. C. M. HARRIS. 408 WnshlnRton Stroot, Portland, Or. Telephone Main 11(100. Paris, a fow hundred yards from tho marks tho spot whom Cleopatra li Hourso, tho Parisian Wall stroot. burlod, which lit dlvldod by merely This is tho arohaolo'gioal botiibsholl an Iron railing from tho busy Kuo dropped among tho savants by an Vlvlonnc, loudlng to tho Paris Stock anonymous writor who assorts that Kxohaiigo. tho groat Kgyptlan quoon now lies In U , ., .. i a gloomy lit do garden attunhod to tho national library. Ills story Is that Cloopntra'ri mum my wns burlod tlioro -10 years ago by tho library officials, who did not know, what olso to do with it. It had boon brought to Paris from Hgypt enclosed in a sarcophagus, whloh Is still on viow In tho library. But aftor somo months it boonmo Iniposslhlo to koop tho mummy itself within tho building, so It was seoretly burlod In tho littlo garden outsldo tho library wnllo. No stone, tnhlot. or oven mound" WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU CAN DEAT TH Thirty-two aoros in this trnot, f n fruit land, about two mllos from n shipping point. Tho bulldlui'' consist of n fivo-room box house, good-sired barn, eto. Thero are 12 acres of fi and (1-yenr-old ap pies, mostly Nowtowns, with com inornlnl peachos planted botwec. ns fillers, Also three acres of .voting pear trees and Homo family orchard. Four acres In alfalfa. Hix or eight acre of timber, most ly onk and laurel. Thero is a pumping plant on tho place which supplies wnter for the gardou and alfalfa, equipped with gasnllno engine. About 40 mdH from a good school. Has rural mail de livery and telephono. Price $10,000. Tonus. W. T. YORK & CO. I Rouletabllle aroso and exchanged through tho window a signal with Dernier, who wns standing erect upon the threshold of the square tower. Then ho enmo back to us and sat down again. Larsan probably Is not far off." ho raid. "Bernlcr Is. on tbo most friendly terms with theso worthv doodIc. and I am going with blm to talk to thorn. Tho Italian customs otllcer speaks only Italian, but the French otllcer' speaks both languages ns well as the patois of the country, and It U this man. whom Oorntcr tells me Is called Michael, to whom 1 look to bo of the greatest use to us. Through his means we bare already learned that the two revenue posts are much Interested In tbo maneuvers of the boat belong ing to Tnlllo, tho fisherman, whom they - call 'tho hangman of the sea.' Old Tulllo is an acquaintance of tbo cus-. toras men the most skillful of smug glers. Ho had with him this ovenlng, In his boat an Individual whom the revenue officers had never seen. Tho boat. Tulllo and the passenger all dis appeared at the i'olnte de (lartbajdl. I have been there and found nothing. However, Larsan roust have landed. I am sure that Tulllo'a little boat Is an chored near tho Folnte de Garibaldi." "Larsan certainly landed," repeated M. Darsac. "Ho Is at Rocbers Rouges." In any case. If the boat has been left at Rochers Rouges, he haa not cdmo back here," exclaimed Roule tabllle. "The two revenue posts are placed la. such a manner that no one can pass by, whether by day or by night, without being seen, Tbo senti nel passes between the rocks and the sea. Tbo rocks aro steep and form a terraco sixty meters high." That la true." said Arthur Ranee. It is not cosy to scale tho rocks." "no will bavo bidden himself in the grottoes," . said Darzac. "Thero aro somo deep pockets In tbo terrace." "I thought of that." said Rouletabllle. and I wont back alono to Roclicrs Rouges after I left Pero Hornier. 1 had somo things to say to Larsan which I did not wish a third party to bear. Well, 1 went back to Rocbers Rouges and called Larsan's namo through all, the caves. But, whether It was that be beard mo and saw my white flag or not, be did not answer." "Perhaps ho was not thero," I sug gested. "Perhaps not I don't know. But I beard a noise In tho grotto." And you did not enter?' demanded Arthur Ranee. No." replied Rouletablllo quietly. But you do not think that it was be cause I was afraid of him, do you?" "Let us runt" we all cried in one breath, rising at the same moment Let us go and finish up the business Immadlately." "I don't think that .wo shall ever bava a battar chance of meeting Lar san," said Arthur Ranee. "We can do what we Ilka with blm at the bot tom of Rochers Rouges." "Doubtless." replied Rouletabllle, my promenaae to uocners uouges produced no result because 1 was ail alone, but if we all go I can assure, you that we shall find some results on our return." "On our return?" echoed Darzac, who did not understand. "Yes," replied Roulotablllo, "on our rotuni to tbo chateau, whero wo bavo left Mme. Darzac nil alono and whero perhaps wo may not find ber. Ob, of course," ho added as a general sllenco fell upon his companions, "It Is only a hypothesis. But at this tlmo we bavo no other means of reasoning than by hypothesis." Wo looked at each other, and this hypothesis overwhelmed us. Roulotablllo continued; "You seo, tonight thero Is nothing 1 that wo can do excent to barrlcado 1 ourselves, it Is only n temporary bar-1 rlcndc, for I want tho placo put In an , absolutely unassallublo stato tompr-1 row. Tho vigil will ho Imrd tonight becauso wo aro not yet organized. To-! Baker's vs. Home Made Bread "WV have home-made bread. "Which would you rather eat, home-made or baker? A foolish question to ask, for most people would be willing to pay twice the price for home-made bread they pay for baker's, but you can buy tho good old-fashioned home made bread at the Rex Grocery for tho same price as baker's. Large, well browned loaves, both nourishing and palatable, and baked from the best flour in the city. "Yakima Best," Take a loaf homo with you and be con vinced. Rex Grocery Co. I Best Groceries At Prices Strictly in Keeping with the Quality of Our Stock which is Unexcelled A Trial will Convince You i Allen Reagan The Square Deal Grocers l. O. Hanson. Tom M off at Wo make any kind and stylo of windows. Wo carry Klaes of any sizo on hand. Medford Sash & Door Go. THE ROGUE RiVEI LAN COMPANY NO. 11 WORTH OIMTEAL AY1VUX Offers an especially good foothill orchard for a low price and on good terms. In these days of advancing prices, it will pay to look into this. It pays to deal with tho "Man Who Knows." "WIioh tho Koguo River Land Company sold tho Tronson & Guthrio orchard at Eaglo Point to tho prir.o winning owners, four years ago, tho salesman, W. M. Holmes, assured tho purchasors thoso Spitzenbcrgtroes would produce the world's host apples, and subsequent ovonts provo tho soundness of his judgment. 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