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Professional Directory of Wallowa County i a ittii ...... ......... . The Mystery of The Yellow IRoom THOS. M. DILL ARTHUR H. RUDD, E. M ..Mh,- ATTORNEY-AUAW Office first door south of New Fraternal Bldg, Enterprise, Ore. I'. S. Deputy Mineral Sorreyor Irrigation Towniilta ani Carter. W. C. KETCHUM DENTIST - ENTERPRISE if lie' Berland Building. Home Independent Phone.- al Surveying. Mining Reports.! ENTERPRISE. OREGON. t By GASTON LEROUX rfc. CHAPTER XVI. Strang Pkenomenon of (be Oil socialion !j"ltter. m AM again At the window sill," 0011 tiu lies Kouletubiile. "and ouce more 1 raise my bend above iu Through uu ojieiiiug iu the curtulus, tlie arrange meiit of which bus not been changed, I am ready to look, anxious to uote the pu&itluu iu which 1 am going to tiud tbe murderer, whether his buck will skill be turned toward nie. whether he la still seated at the desk writing. Dut perhaps perhaps he is no longer there, .Vet how could he hare Cod 7 Vus I not in possession of his ladder? I force 'myself to be tool. I raise my head yet higher. I look be Is still there. 1 see his monstrous back, de formed by the shadow thrown by the candle, lie Is ub longer writing now, and the caudle is on the parquet, over which lie is bending a position which serves my purpose. "I bold my breath. I mount the lad der. I am on tbe uppermost rung of it and with my left hand seize bold of the wiudow sill. In this moment of approaching success I feel my heart beating wildly. I put my revolver be tween my teeth. A quick spring and I shall be on the window ledge. But the ladder! I bad been obliged to press on It heavily, and my foot bad scarcely left it when I felt It swaying beneath me. It grated on tbe wall and fell. But already my knees we're touching tbe window sill, and by a movement quick, as lightning I got on to it "But tbe. murderer bad been even quicker than I bad been. lie bad heard the grating of the ladder on the trail, and I saw the monstrous back of the man raise itself. 1 saw his bend. Did I really see it? The candle on the parquet lit up bis legs only. Above the height of the table the cham ber was in darkness. 1 saw a man with, long hah-, a full beard, wild look ing eyes, a pale face framed lu large whiskers as well as I could listin gulsh and as I think red in color.. I did not know the face. That was. In brief, tbe chief sensation I received from that face in the dim half light In which I saw It I did not know it, or at least I did not recognize it "Now for quick action. It was in deed time for that, for as I was about to place my legs through' the window the man bad seen me, bad bounded to bis feet, bad sprung, as 1 foresaw be would, to tbe door of the antechamber, had time to open it and fled. But 1 was already behind talni, revolver in band, shouting, 'Help!' "Like an arrow I crossed the room, but noticed a letter on the table as I rushed. I almost came up with tbe man in tbe anteroom, for be had lost time in opening the door to tbe gal lery. I flew on wings and in the gal lery was but a few feet behind blm. lie bad taken, as I supposed be would, tbe gallery on his, right that Is to say, the road be bad prepared for his flight 'Help. Jacques; help, Larsau!' I cried. Be could not escape us. I raised a shout of Joy, of savage victory. The man reached tbe intersection of the two galleries hardly two seconds be fore me for the meeting which I bad prepared, the fatal shock which must Inevitably take place at that spot We all rushed to the crossing place M. Stangerson and I coming from one end tf the right gallery. Daddy Jacques coming from the other end of tbe gal lery and Frederic Larsau coming from the 'oil turning' gallery. "The man was not there! We looked, at each other stupidly and with eyes terrified. The man bad vanished like a ghost 'Where is be. where is be? we ajl asked. "'It Is Impossible be can have es caped T I cried, my terror mastered by my anger. "l touched him!' exclaimed Frederic Larsan. " 'I felt his breath on my facer cried Daddy Jacques. " 'Where is he, where U he?" we all cried. . "We raced like madmen along the two galleries. We visited doors and windows. They were closed hermetic ally closed. They had not been opened. Besides, the opening of a door or win dow by this man whom we were bunt ing without our having perceived it would have been more inexplicable than his disappearance. "Where is he. where, is he? He could not have got away by a door or a window nor by any other way. He could not bave passed through bur bodies! "J confessihat for the moment I felt 'done for.' for the gallery was perfect ly lighted, and there was neither trap nor secret door in tbe walls nor any wt of hiding place. We moved tbe chairs -and lifted the pictures.' Noth ing, nothing! We would bave looked into a flowerpot if there bad been one to look into!" When this mystery, thanks to Roule tabllle, was naturally explained by tbe help alone of his masterful mind we were able to realize that the murderer bad got away neither by a door, a win dow nor the stairs, a fact which the Judges would not admit CHAPTER XVII. Tbe Inexplicit)! Gallery. MLLE. STANGERSON appear ed at the door of her ante room," continues Rouieta J bille's notebook. "We were near ber door in tbe gallery where this incredible phenomenon had taken place. There are moments when one feels as if one's brain were about to burst. A bullet in the bead, a fracture of. the skull, the seat of reason shat teredwith only these cau I compare the sensation which exhausted and left me void of sense. . "Happily Mile. Stangerson appeared on the threshold of her anteroom. I saw her, and that helped to relieve my chaotic state of mind. I breathed her; I inhaled the perfume of tbe lady In black who had been kind to me in my childhood whom I should never see again. 1 would have given ten years of my life half my life to see once more the lady In black. Alas, I no more meet her but from time to time, and yet. and yet, how the mem ory of that perfume, felt by me alone, carries me back to the days of my childhood! It was this sharp reminder from my beloved perfume of the lady in black which made me go to ber, dressed wholly In white and so pale, so pole and so beautiful, on the threshold of tbe Inexplicable gallery. Her beau tiful golden hair, gathered into a knot on tbe back of ber neck, left visible the red scar on ber temple which had so nearly been the cause of ber death. When I first got on the right track of the mystery of this case 1 had imagined that on the nigbt of the trag edy in tbe yellow room Mile. Stanger son bod worn ber hair in bands. But, then, bow could I have imagined other wise when I bad not been In tbe yel low room? "But now, since the occurrence of the inexplicable gallery, I did not rea son at all. I stood there, stupid, before the apparitionso pale and so beauti fulof Mile. Stangerson. She was clad In a dressiug gown of dreamy white. One might bare taken her to be a ghost a lovely phantom. Her father took ber in his arms and kissed ber passionately, as If he had recovered her after being long lost to blm. I dared not question her. He drew her Into the room, and we followed them for we had to know! The door of tbe boudoir was open. The terrified faces of tbe two nurses craned toward us. Mile. Stangerson inquired the meaning oi all the disturbance. That she was not in her own room was quite easily explained quite easily. She bad a iancy uot to sleep that night iu her chamber, but in the boudoir with her nurses, locking tbe door on them. Since the night of the crime she had experi enced feelings of terror, and fears came over her that are easily to be compre hended. "But who could Imagine that on that particular nigbt when he was to come she would by a mere chance determine to shut herself iu vith her women? Who would think that she would act contrary to her father's wish to sleep lu the drawing room? Who could be lieve that the letter which had so re cently been , on the table in her room would no longer be there? He who could understand all this would have to assume that Mile. Stangerson knew that the murderer was coming she could not prevent his coming again unknown to her father, unknown to all but to M. Robert Darzae. For be inust know it now. Perhaps be had known it before! -Did be remember that phrase lu the Elysee garden, 'Must I commit a crime. then, to win you?" Against whom the crime if not against the obstacle, against the murderer? 'Ah, I wjuid kill blm with my own hand! And 1 replied, 'You have not answered my question.' That was the very truth. In truth. In truth. M. Dar zae knew tlie murderer so well that, while wishing to Uil ilia) himself, be was afraid I should find blm. There could be but two reasons why he ha J assisted me in my investigation. First, because I have forced him to do it, and, second, because she would be the better protected. "I am In the chamber her room. I look at ber. also at tbe place where the letter had just now been. She has pos sessed herself of It; It was evidently Intended for her evidently. How she trembles! Trembles at tbe strange story her father is telling her. of the presence of the murderer In her cham ber and of the pursuit. But it is plain ly, to be seen thnt she is not wholly satisfied by tbe assurance given her until she bad been told that the murderer by some incomprehensible means bad been able to elude us. "Then followed a ellpnce. What a silence! We ore all there looking at her ber father. Lnrsan. Daddy Jacques and L What were we all thinking of In the silence? After the events of that night, of the mystery of tbe inex plicable gallery, of the prodigious fact of the presence of the murderer in ber room, it seemed to roe thnt all our thoughts might have been translated Into tbe words which were addressed to her. 'T'ju who know of this mys tery, explain' it to nuzzZ. shall per- COPYRIGHT. 190S. BY BRENTANO'S y.-z le able to save you.' now 1 longed to save ber from herself and from the other! It brought the tear to my eyes. "Who can tell that should we learn the secret of ber mystery, It would not precipitate a tragedy more terrible than that which bad already been en acted bere? Who can tell If It might not mean her death? Yet It had brought her close to death, and we still knew nothing, or, rather, there are some of ns who know nothing. But I if I knew who, I should know all. Who? Who? Xot knowing who. I must renin Iu silent out of pity for her. For tiere is no doubt that she knows how he escaped from the yellow room. When I know who I will speak to him to him! "She looked at us now. with a far away look In ber eyes, as if we were not in tbe chamber. M. Stangerson broke the silence. He declared that henceforth, he would no more absent himself from his daughter's apart ments. She tried to oppose him In vain, ne adhered firmly to his pur pose. He would Install himself there this very night be said. Solely con cerned for tbe health of his daughter, he reproached her for having 'left her bed. Then he suddenly began talking to ber as if she were a little child. He smiled at her and seemed not to know either what he said or what be did. The illustrious professor had 'ost his bead. Mile. Stangerson Jn a tone of tender distress said. 'Father, 'father!" Daddy Jacques blows his nose, and Frederic Larsan la uself Is obliged to turn away to hide bis emotion. For myself, I am able neither to think or feel. 1 felt a contempt for myself. "It was the first time that Frederic Larsan, like myself, found himself fuce Jo face with Mile. Stangerson since the attack in the yellow room. Like me. he bad Insisted on being al lowed to question tbe unhappy lady, but he had not, any more than had I, been permitted. To blm, as to me, the same answer had always been given: Mile. Stangerson was too weak to re ceive us. The questionings of tbe ex amining magistrate had overfatlgued ber. It was evidently intended not to give us any assistance In our re searches. I was not surprised,, but Frederic Larson bad always resented this conduct It Is true that he and I had a totally different theory of tbe crime. I still catch myself repeating from the depths of my heart: 'Save ber! Save ber without bis speaking T Who is be the murderer? Take blm and shut his mouth. But M. Darzae made it clear that In order to shut bis mouth be must be killed. Have I the right to kill Mile. Stangerson's mur derer? No, I had not But let him only give me tbe chance! Let me find out whether he is really a creature of flesh and bicod! Let me see bis dead body, since It cannot be taken alive. "If I could but make this woman, who does not even look at us, under stand! She is absorbed by her fears and by ber father's distress of mind. And I can do nothing to save her. Yea, I will go to work once more and ac complish wonders. "I move toward ber. I would speak to ber. I would entreat ber to bave confidence in me. 1 would, in a word, make ber understand she alone that I know how the murderer escaped from the yellow room, that 1 bave guessed tbe motives for ber secrecy, and that I pity ber with all my heart But by her gestures she begged us to leave ber alone, expressing weariness and tbe need for Immediate rest M. Stangerson asked us to go back to our r4onis and thanked us. Frederic Lar san and I bowed to him, and, followed by Daddy Jacques, we regained the gallery. I beard Larsan murmur: 'Strange! Stranger He made a sign to me to go with blm into bis room. On the threshold be turned toward Daddy Jacques. "'Did you see blm distinctly?' be asked. "'Who? The man,' "'Saw blm! Why. he bad a big red beard and red hair.' "That's bow be appeared to me,' I said. " 'And to me,' said Larraa. "Tbe great Fred and I were alone in his chamber now to talk over this thing. We talked for an hour, turn ing the matter over and viewing it from every side. From tbe questions put by blm, from the explanation which he gives me, it is clear to me that In spite of all our senses be is persuaded tbe man dumppeared by some secret passage in the chateau kaown to him alone. - " 'He knows tbe chateau,' be said to me; 'he knows it well. " 'He is a rather tall man, well built' I suggested. " 'He is as tall as be wants to be,' murmured Fred. " 'I understand,' I said. 'But bow do you account for bis red hair and beard? "Too much beard, too much hair false. says Fred. "That's easily said. You are al ways thinking of Robert Darzae Yoa can't get rid of that ideal I am cer tain that be is innocent.' " 'So much tbe better. I hope so, but everything condemn blm. Did BURLEIGH ft BOYD ATTORNEYS-ARAW T Practice In all State Courts and i Interior Department Carerul at- teution to all business. ? S D. W. SHEAHAN . i LAWYER - ENTERPRISE Practlc In St a r a - on1 Tfkil ars 1 w u WWW IHIU A UUWll Courts and Interior Department. 1 C. T. HOCKETT. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SU (GEON t Office upstairs in Bank Build- f X lug. Ind. Home phone in office X J and residence. you notice the marks on the carpet? Come and look at them. " 'I bave seen tbem. They are the . marks of the neat boots the same as those we saw on the border of the ' lake.' j " 'Can you deny that they belong to Robert Darzae T i " Of course one may be mistaken.' ! " 'Have you noticed that those foot-! prints only go In one direction, that : there are no return marks? When the man came from the chamber, pursued by all of us. his footsteps left no traces behind them.' ! " 'He had perhaps been In the cham ber for hours. The mud from his boots had dried, and he moved with such rapidity on the points of his toes. We saw him running, but we did not hear his steps.' "I suddenly put an end to this Idle chatter, void of any logic, and made a sign to Larsan to listen. " There, below, some one is shutting a door.' "1 rise. Larsan follows me. We descend to the ground floor of the chateau. I lead blm to the little semi circular room under the terrace be neath the window of tbe 'off turning' gallery. I point to tbe door, now closed, open a short time before, under which a shaft of light is visible. "The forest keeper!' says Fred. " Come on!' I whisper. "Prepared, I know not why, to be lieve that the keeper Is the guilty man I go to tbe door and rap smartly on it . "Some might think that we were rather late In thinking of tbe keeper, since our first business, after having found that the murderer bad escaped us In the gallery, ought to have been to search everywhere else around the chateau. In the park "Had this criticism been made at tbe time we could only have answered that the assassin had disappeared from tbe gallery In such a way that we thought he was no longer anywhere! He had eluded us when we all bad our hands stretched out ready to seize him when we were almost touching him. We had no longer any ground for hop ing that we could clear up tbe niys lery of that night "As soon as I rapped at the door It was opened, and the keeper asked us quietly what we wanted. He was un dressed and preparing to go to bed. The bed had not yet been disturbed. "We entered and I affected surprise. " 'Xot gone to bed yet?' "'No.' he replied roughly. 'I have been making a round of tbe park and In tbe woods. I am only just back end sleepy. Good night!' " 'Listen.' I said. 'An hour ago there was a ladder close by your window.' "'What ladder? I did not see any ladder. Good night! "And he simply put us out of the room. When we were outside I looked at Larsan. His face was impenetra ble." CHAPTER. XVIII. R-ouletib 1 1 Has Draw a Circle Between (be Two Bumps on Bis Forehead. TlTl "eparaiea on we inresnoms lAll ot our roomg wltn nielan- 1 1 1 cboly shake of the baud. i I Larsau's was an original brain, very Intelligent but without method. I did not go to bed. I await ed the coming of daylight, and then went down to the front of the chateau and made u detour, examining every trace of footsteps coming toward It or going from It These, however, were so mixed and confusing that ' I could make nothing of them. Here I may make a remark I am not accustomed to attach an exaggerated Importance to exterior signs left in the track of a crime. 'The method which traces the crim inal by means of tbe tracks of bis foot steps Is altogether primitive. So many footprints are identical. However, In the disturbed state of my mind I did go Into tbe deserted court and did look at all tbe footprints I could find tbero, seeking for some indication as a basis for reasoning. 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Like the U'-.v. t I . . geut of detectives I went on blln.ll, over the traces of footprints which toM me Just no more than they could. "I came to tho conclusion that I win a fool, lower lu the scale of intelligence than even tho police of the modern ro niuncer. Novelists build mountains of stupidity out of a footprint on the sand or from an impression of a bund on the wall. That's the way Innocent men are brought to prison. It inlghl convince an examining magistrate or the bead of a detective department, hot it's not proof. You writers forget that what the senses furnish Is not proof. If I am taking cognizance of what l offered me by my senses I do so but to bring the results within tbe circle of my reasou. That circle may be tin most circumscribed, but. If It la. It has this advantage It holds nothing but the truth! Yes, I swear that I have never used the evidence of tbe seiisei2 but as servants to my renson. I have never permitted them to become my master. They hare not made of me that monstrous thing worse than n blind man a man who sees falsely. And that Is why I chu triumph orer your error and your merely animal In telligence, Frederic Larsan. "Be of good courage, then, Friend Rouletabillo. It is impossible that the incident of the inexplicable gallery should be outside the circle of your reason. You know that! Then bave faith and take thought with yourself and forget not that you took bold of tho right end when you drew that cir cle In your brain within which to un rayel this mysterious play of circum stance. "To' It, once again! Go back to tbe gallery. Take your stand on your reason and rest there as Frederic Lar son rests on his cane. You will then soon prove that the great Fred Is noth ing but a fool. 30th October. Noon. "JOSEPH ROULETABILLE." "I acted as I planned. 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