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Like Lnrsnn, Ranee thought thot
Robert Darznc had something to do
with the matter. He did not mention
biro by name, but there was no room to
doubt whom be meant He told us he
was awnre of the efforts young Itoulo
tabllle was making to unravel the
tangled skein of the yellow room mys
tery. He explained thnt M. Stanger
son bnd related to blm ull that hnd
taken plnce In the Inexplicable gnllory.
He several times expressed his regret
at M. Darzac's absence from the cha
teau on all these occasions nud thought
that M. Durzac had done cleverly In
allying bliuself with M. Joseph Itonle
tahllle. who could not fall sooner or
later to discover the murderer. He
spoke the lust cntence with uncon
cealed Irony. Then he rose, bowed to
us and left the Inn.
Rouletubllle watched him through
the window.
"An odd fish, that!" be snld.
"Do you think he'll pass the night at
the Glandler?" I asked.
To my amazement the young report
er answered that It was a matter of
entire Indifference to him whether be
did or not.
As to how we spent our time during
the afternoon, all I need say Is that
Rouletabllle led me to the grotto of
Salute Genevieve and Oil the time
talked of every subject but the one
with which we were most Interested.
Toward evening I was surprised to
find Rouletabllle making none of the
preparations I bad expected blm to
make. I spoke to him about It when
night had come 'on and we were once
more In bis room. He replied that all
bis arrangements bad already been
made, and this time the murderer
would not get away from him.
I expressed some doubt on this, re
minding him of bis disappearance in
the gallery, and suggested that the
same phenomenon might occur again.
He answered thnt he hoped it would.
He desired nothing more. I did not
Insist, knowing by experience how use
less that would have been. He told
me that, with the help of the con
cierges, the chateau had since early
dawn been watched in such a way
that uobody could approach it without
bis knowing it and that be bad no con
cern for those who might have left it
and remained without.
It was then G o'clock by his watch.
Rising, be made a sign to me to follow
him, and, without in the least trying
to conceal bis movements or the sound
of his footsteps, be led roe through the
mllery. We reached the "right" gal
lery and came to the landing place,
which we crossed. We then continued
our way In the gallery of the left wing,
passing Professor Stangerson's apart
ment At the far end of the gallery, before
coming to the donjon, is the room oc
cupied by Arthur Ranee. We knew
that, because we bad seen him at the
window looking on to the court. The
door of the room opens on to the end
ef the gallery, exactly facing the east
window, at the extremity of the
"right" gallery, where Rouletabllle had
placed Daddy Jacques, and commands
an uninterrupted view of the gallery
from end to end of the chateau.
"That 'off turning" gallery," said
Rouletabllle, "I reserve for myself.
When I tell you you'll come and take
yonr place here." -
And be made me enter a little dark,
triangular closet built In a bend of the
wall to the left of the door of Arthur
Ranee's room. From this recess I
could see all that occurred in the gal
lery as well as if I bod been standing
to front of Arthur Ranee's door, and I
could watch that door too. Tbe door
of the closet, which was to be my
place of observation, was fitted with
panels of transparent glass. In the
gallery, where all the lamps bad been
lit. It was quite light In the closet,
however. U was quite dark. It was a
splendid place from which to observe
and remain unobserved.
We returned along the gallery. On
reaching the door of Mile. Stangerson's
apartment It opened from a push
given by the steward who was waiting
at the dinner table, (M. Stangerson
had for the last three days dined
with his daughter in the drawing room
on the first floor.) As the door remain
ed open, we distinctly saw Mile. Stan,
gerson, taking advantage of the stew
ard's absence and while her father
was stooping to pick up something be
had let fall, pour the contents of a
rial into M. Stangerson's glass.
CHAPTER XXL
On iht Watch.
mU act, which staggered me,
did not appear to affect Route
tabllle much. We returned to
the room, and, without even re
t erring to what we had seen, he gave
me his final instructions for the night
First we were to go to dinner. After
dinner I was to take my stand In the
dark closet and wait there as long as
It was necessary to look out for what
mleht happen. "
"It jrou see nnytumg before I do,
he explained, "you must let me know.
I the man gejsjuto the 'rfgUf pl
Icry bv any other way than' the 'ottf
turning" gallery you will see him before
I shall, because you have a view along
the whole length of the "right gallery,
while I can only command a view of
the 'off turning" gallery. All you need
do to let me know Is to undo the cord
holding the curtain of the Tight" gal
lery window nearest to the dark clos
et The curtain will fall of itself and
immediately leave a square of shadow
where, previously there had been a
square of light To do this you need
but stretch your band out of the closet
I shall understand your signal per
fectly." "And thenr
"Then you will see me coming round
the corner of the 'off turning" gallery."
"What am J to do then?"
"You will immediately come toward
me. behind the man, but I shall al
ready be upon him and shall have seen
bis face." '
I attempted a feeble smile.
"Why do you smile? , Well, you may
smile while you have the chance, but
I swear you'll have no time for that
a few hours from now."
"And if the man escapes?"
"So much the better," said Roulc
tabllle coolly. "I don't want to cap
ture him. He may take himself off
any way he can. I will let him go-
after I have seen bis face. That's alt
I want I shall know afterward what
to do, so that as far as Mile. Stanger
son is concerned be shall be dead to
her even though be continues to live.
If I took him alive Mile. Stangerson
and Robert Darzac would perhaps
never forgive me. And I wish to re
tain their good will and respect.
"Seeing, as I have Just now seen,
Mile. Stangerson pour a narcotic Into
her father's glass, so that he might
not be awake to interrupt the conver
sation she is going to have with her
assailant, you can Imagine she would
not be grateful to me if I brought the
man of the yellow room and the inex
plicable gallery bound and gagged to
her father. I realize now that If I
am to save the unhappy lady X most
silence the man and not capture him.
To kill a human being is no small
thing. Besides, that's not my business
unless the man himself makes it my
business. On the other hand, to render
him forever silent without the lady's
assent and confidence Is to act on one's
own Initiative and assume a knowledge
of everything with nothing for a basis.
Fortunately, my friend, I have guessed
no, I have reasons it 8.11 put. All
that I ask of the man who Is ppmlng
tonight is to bring me bis face so that
It may enter" v
"Into the circle?"
"Exactly! And bis face won't sur
prise me!" ,
"But I thought yon saw bis face oq
the night when yon sprang into the
chamber?"
"Only imperfectly. The candle was
on the floor, and bis beard"
"Will he wear bis beard this even
ing?" "I think I can say for certain that he
will. But the gallery is light and now
I know or at least my brain knows
and my eyes will see."
"If we are here only to see him and
let him escape, why are we armed?" .
"Eecause, if the man of the yellow
room and the Inexplicable gallery
knows that I know, be la capable of
doing anything! We should then have
to defend ourselves."
"And you are sure be will come to
night?" "As sure as that you are standing
there! This morning, at half past 10
o'clock, Mile. Stangerson, q the clever
est way In the world, arranged to hare
no nurses tonight She gave them
leave of absence for twenty-four hours,
under some plausible pretexts, and did
not desire anybody to be with her but
her father, while they are away. Her
father, who is to sleep in the boudoir,
has gladly consented to the arrange
ment. Darzac's departure and what
be told me,' as well as the extraor
dinary precautions Mile. Stangerson is
taking to be alone tonight, leaves me no
room for doubt She has prepared the
way for the coming of the Bwn whom
Darzac dreads."
"And what we saw her do was done
to send her father to sleep?"
"Yes."
"Then there are but two of us for
tonight's work?"
"Fours the concierge and bis wife
will watch at all hazards. I don't set
much value on them before, but the
concierge may be useful after, if
there's to be any killing!"
"Then you think there may be?"
"If he wishes it."
"Whv haven't you brought In Daddy
Jacques? Have you made po se ef
him today?"
"No,'' replied Rouletabllle sharply,
I kept silence for awhile: then, anx
ious to know his thoughts, I asked blm
oolnt blank:
. "Why not tell Arthur Ranee T He,
mnv im of irreat assistance to ub?" -J
"Oh,", said Rouletabllle crossly,?
"then you want to let everybody Into
Mile. Stangerson's secrets? Come, let
us go to dinner. It is time. This
(enliig we dine In Frederic Larsan's
room at least if he Is not on the heels
of Dnrzac. He sticks to him like a
leech. But, anyhow, t he Is not there
now I qui quite sure he will be to-
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night. He's" the one I am going to
knock over!"
At this moment we heard a noise in
the room near us.
"It must be be," said Rouletabllle.
"I forgot to ask yon," I snld, "If we
are to make any allusion to tonight's
business when we are with this police
man. I take It we are not Is that
r
"Evidently. "We are going to operate
lone, on our own personal account."
"So that all the glory will be ours?"
Rouletabllle laughed. .
We dined with Frederic Larflan in
his room. He told us he had Jrjrt
come in and Invited us to be seated at
table. We ate our. dinner in the best
of humors, and I had no difficulty in
appreciating the feelings of certainty
which both Rouletabllle and Larsan
felt Rouletabllle told the great Fred
that I hnd come on a chance visit and
-hat he had asked me to stay and help
him In the heavy batch of writing be
had to get through for the Epoque.
I Was going back to Tarls, he Baid, by
the 11 o'.clock train, taking his copy,
which took a story form, recounting
the prlucipal episodes in the mysteries
of the Glandler. Larsan smiled at the
explanation like a man who was not
fooled and politely refrained from mak
ing the slightest, remark on matters
which did not concern him.
With infinite, precautions as to the
Words they psed and even as to the
tones of their voices, Larsan nnd
Rouletabllle discussed for a long time
Mr. Arthur Ranee's appearance at the
chateau and his past In America,
about which they expressed a desire
to know more, at any rate , so far as
his relations with the Stangersons. At
one time Larsan, who appeared to me
to be unwell, said, with an effort)
"I think, M, Rouletabllle, that we've
not much more to do at the Glandler
and that we shan't sleep here many
more nights."
"I think so, too, M. Fred."
"Then you think the conclusion of
the matter has been reached?"
"I think, indeed, that we have noth
ing topre to find out," replied Rouleta
bllle. "Have you found your criminal?"
asked Larsan.
"Have your
"Yes."
"So have I," said Rouletabllle.
"Can It be the same, man?" . .-.
"I don't know if you have swerved
from your original idea," said the
young reporter. Then he added with
emphasis, "M. Darsac Is an honest
man!"
"Xtp you sure of that?" asked Lar
san. 'Vell, I am pure he is pot. So
It's a fight, then?"
"Yes, It is a fight But I shall beat
you, M. Frederio Larsan,"
"Youth never doubts anything." said
the Brest Fred laughingly and held out
bis band to me by way of conclusion.
Rppletabliie's . answer came like an
eeboi
"Not anything I"
Suddenly Larsan, who bad risen to
wish' us good night,, pressed both his
hands to his chest and staggered. He
was obliged to lean on Rouletabllle for
support and to save himself from fall
ing. "Oh, oh!" he cried. "What is the
matter with me? Have I been poison
ed?" He looked at us with haggard eyes.
We questioned hm vainly. Re djfl
not answer us. He had sunk into an
armchair, and we could not get a
word from him. We were extremely
distressed, both on his account and on
our own, for we had partaken of all
the dishes he had eaten. He seemed
to be out pf pain, but bis. beavy beafl
had fallen on his shoulder ana his eye
lids were tightly closed. Rouletabllle
bent over him, listening for the beat
ings of the heart
My friend's face, however, when he
Stood up, was as calm as it had beeq
a moment before fife'ltfited, -
"He is asleep," be said.
He led me to hl3 chamber, after clos
ing Larsan's room.
"The drug?" I asked. "Does Mile.
Stangerson wish to put everybody to
sleep tonight?"
"Perhaps," replied Rouletabllle. But
I could see he was -thinking .of some
thing else.
"But what about us?" I exclaimed.
"How do we know that we have not
been drugged?"
"Do you feel indisposed?" Rouleta
bllle asked me coolly.
"Not in the least."
"Do you feel any inclination to go to
sleep r
"None whatever."
"Well, then, my friend, smoke this
excellent cigar."
And he handed me a choice Havana,
one M, Darzac h4d given him, while
be IK bis brlerwood bis eternal brier
wood. . '
We remained in bis room until about
10 o'clock without a word passing be
tween us. Burled In an armchair. Roule
tabilie sat and smoked steadily, his
brow In thought and a faraway look
In his eyes. On the stroke of 10 he
took off his boots and signed me to do
the same. Standing in our socks, he
said in so low a tone that I guessed
rather than heard the word:
"Revolver."
I drew my revolver from my Jacket
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"Cock It." he said.
I did as he directed. '
Then, moving toward the door of his
room, he opened it with Infinite pre
caution; it made no sound. We were
in the "off turning" gallery. Rouleta- i
bllle made another sign to me which
I understood to mean that I was to
take up my post in the dark closet. j
When I was some distance from him '
be rejoined uie and embraced me, and
then I saw him, with the same precau
tion, return to his room. Astonished
by his embrace and somewhat disquiet
ed by It, I arrived at the "right" gal
lery Without difficulty, crossing the
landing place and reaching the dark
closet
Before entering It I examined the
curtain cord of the window and found
that I had only to release It from its
fastening with my fingers for the cur
tain to fall by Its own weight and
hide the square of light from Roule
tabllle, the signal agreed upon. The
sound of a footstep made me bait be
fore Arthur Ranee's door. He was not
yet in bed, then) How was It that.
being in the chateau, be bad not dined
with M. Btangerson and his daughter?
I hnd not seen him at table with them
St the moment when we looked In.
I retired Into the dark closet. 1 '
ound myself perfectly situated. 1 1
could see along the whole length of '
the gallery. Nothing, absolutely totb
Ing, could pass there without my see
Ing It.
' I waited about an hour, and diiruu
all that time I saw nothing unusual
The rain, which had begun to coim
down strongly toward 9 o'clock, bao
qow ceased,
My friend bad told me that prob
ably nptlting would occur before mid
night or 1 o'clock lu the morning. It
was not more than half past 11, how
ever, when I heard the door of Arthui
Ranee's room opeq very slowly. Tht
floor remained open for a minute
whKU seemed, to we a long time. At
It opened Into the gallery that Is to
say, outward I could not see what
was passing In the room behind the
door.
At that moment I noticed a strange
sound, three times repeated, coming
from the park. Ordinarily I should
not have attached any more Impor
tance to it than I would to the noise
of cats on the roof. But the third
tme the BIPW was so sharp and pene
trating that I remembered what 1 bad
heard about the cry of the Bete du Bon
Dieu. As the cry bad accompanied all
tho events at the Glandler I could not
refrain from shuddering at the thought
Directly afterward I saw a man ap
pear PH the outside of the door and
close it after him. At first I could not
recognize him, for his back was to
ward me, and he was bending over a
rather bulky package. When be had
closed the door and picked up the
package, he, tur-PPd toward the dark
fiostjt, and then I saw who he was.
He was the forest keeper, the Green
Man. lie was wearing the same cos
tume that he had woru when I first
saw blm on the road lu front of the
Donjon Inn. There was no doubt
about bis being the keeper. As the
cry of the Bete du Bon Dieu came for
the third time he put down the pack
age and went to the second window,
counting from the dark closet I dared
not risk making any movement, fear
ing l ml:-'ht betray my presence.
Arrived nt the window, lie peered out
on to the park. The night was now
li;;ht. tho noon showing at intervals.
The Green Man raised lib arms twice,
making sijens which I did not under
stand; then. leaving the window, he
again took up his package and moved
along the gallery toward tho laud'g
place. -
Rouletabllle had Instructed me to
undo the curtain cord when I saw any
1 thing. Was Rouletabllle expecting
this? - It was not my business to ques
tlon. All I bad to do was obey Instruc
tions. I unfastened the window cord,
my heart beatlp? the while as If it
would burst. The man reached the
landing place, but, to my utter sur
prise I bad .expected to see him con
tinue to pass along the gallery I saw
him descend the stairs leading s the .
vestibule. "
' What was I to do? I looked stupidly
at the heavy curtain .which .had sbutl
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tllb light from the window. The signal
had been given, and I did not see Roule
tabllle appear at the corner of the "off
turning" gallery. Nobody appeared. 1
was exceedingly perplexed. Half an
hour passed, an age to me. What was
I to do now, even if I saw something?
The signal once given, I could not give
It a second time. To venture Into the
gallery might upset all Rouletabllle's
plans. After all, I bad nothing to re
proach myself with, and If something
bad happened that my friend bad not
expected be could only blame himself.
Unable to be of any further assistance
to blm by means of a signal, I left the
dark closet and. still In my socks,
picked my steps and made my way to
the "off turning" gallery.
There was no one there. I went to
the door of Rouletabllle's room and lis
tened. 1 could hear nothing. . I knock
ed gently. There was no. answer. I
turned the door handle and. the door
opened. I entered, Rouletabllle lay
extended at full length on the floor.
CHAPTER XXII.
The lacredible Body.
mBENT In great anxiety over the
body of the reporter and bad
the Joy to find that be was
deeply sleeping, the same un
healthy sleep that I bad seen fall upon
Frederic Larsan. lie hnd succqmbed
to the Influence of the same drug that
had been mixed with our food. How
was it, then, that I also had not been
overcome by it? I reflected that the
drug must have been put Into out
wine, because that would explain my
condition. . I never drink when eating.
Naturally Inclined to obesity, 1 am re
stricted to a dry diet 1 shook Roule
tabllle, but could not succeed In wak
ing him. This, no doubt, was the
work of Mile. Btangerson. ..
She bad certainly thought It neces
sary to guard herself against this
young man as well as her father. I
recalled that the steward la serving
us had recommended ; an excellent
Chablls which, no doubt, bad come
from the professor's table,
. More than a quarter of an hour
passed. I resolved under the pressing
circumstances to resort to extreme
measures, I threw a pitcher of cold
water over Rouletabllle's head. Be
opened his eyes. I beat his face and
raised him up. I felt blm 'stiffen in
my arms and heard blm murmur, "Go
on, go on, but don't make any noise."
I pinched blm and shook blm until he
was able to stand up. We were saved!
"They sent me to sleep," be said.
"Ah, I passed an awful quarter of an
hour before giving way.. But It la
over now. Dont leave me."
He had no sooner uttered those words
than we were thrilled by frightful
rry that rang through' the chatasa, a
veritable death cry.
"Malheur!" roared Rouletabllle. "We
I hall be too late!"
He tried to rusb to the door, bat ke
was too dazed and fell against the
wall. I was already In the gallery, re
volver in band, rushing like a mad
man toward Mile. Stangerson's room.
The moment I arrived at the Intersec
tion of the "off turning" gallery and the
"right" gallery 1 saw a figure leaving
ber apartment, which In a few strides
bad reached the landing place.
I was not master of myself, I flred.
The report from the revolver made a
deafening noise, but the man continued
bin flight down the cUirs. Z ran be
hind bim, shouting: "8top( Stop, or I
will kill you!" As I rushed after blm
down the stairs I came face to face
with Arthur Ranee coming from the
left wing of the chateau, yelling:
"What is It? What Is Itr We ar
rived almost at tbe same time at the
foot of the staircase. Tbe window of
tbe vestibule was open, ,We distinctly
saw the form of a man running away.
Instinctively we Bred our revolvers In
his direction. He was not more than
ten paces in front ' of us. He stag
gered, and we thought be was going to
fall. We had sprung out of the win
dow, but tbe man dashed off with re
newed vigor. I was in my socks, and
the American was barefooted. There
being no hope of overtaking him, we
flred our last cartridges at bim. Bat
be still kept on running, going along
the right side. of the court toward fa
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end of the right wing of the chateau,
which had no other outlet than the
door of the little chamber occupied by
the forest keeper.
The man, though he was evidently
wounded by our bullets, was now
twenty yards ahead of us. Sudden!?,
behind us, and above our beads, a win
dow In the gallery opened and we
heard the voice of Rouletabllle crying
out desperately:
"Fire, Bernlerl Fire!"
At. that moment the clear tminllght -night
was further lit by a bro.id flash.
By Its light we saw Daddy Horn It
with bis gun on the threshold of the
donjon door.
He bad taken good aim. Tbe nhadow
fell But as It bad reached the cud of
the right wing of the chateau. It ell
on the other side of the angle of thi
building that is to say, we saw It
about to fall, but not the actual sink
ing to tbe ground. Bernler, Arthur
Ranee and myself reached the other
side twenty seconds later. Tbe shadow
was lying desd at our feet.
Aroused from his lethnrgy by tbe
cries and reports. Larsan opened the
window of his chamber and called out
to us. Rouletabllle, quite awake now,
joined us at the same moment, and I
cried out to him:
"He Is dead-Is dead r
"So much the better." he snld. "Take
blm into the vestibule of the chateau."
Then as If on second thought, be said:
"No not Let ns put blm In bis own
room."
Rouletabllle knocked nt the door.
Nobody answered. Naturally, this did
not surprise me.
"He is evidently not there, otherwise
he would have come out," said tbe re
porter. "Let ns carry blm to tbe-vestibule
then."
Since reaching tbe dead shadow, a
thick cloud bad covered the moon nnd
darkened the night, so thst we were
unable to make out the features. Dad
dy Jacques, who had now Joined us,
helped us to carry tbe body Into the
vestibule, where we laid It down on
the lower step of the stairs. On the
way, I had felt my bands wet from
the wsrm blood flowing from the
wounds.
Daddy Jacques flew to tbe kitchen
and returned with a lantern. He held
it close to the face of the dead shad
ow, and we recognized the keeper, the
man called by the landlord of tbe
Donjon inn the Green Man, whom au
hour earlier I bad seen come out of
Arthur Ranee's chamber carrying a
parcel. But what I bad seen 1 could
only tell Rouletabllle later when we
were alone.
,
Rouletabllle and Frederic Larsan ex
perienced a cruel dissppolntmeut at tbe
result of tbe night's adventure. They
could only look In consternation and
stupefuction at tbe body of the Green
Man.
Daddy Jacques showed a stupidly
sorrowful face and with silly lamenta
tions kept repeating that we were mis
takenthe keeper could not be tbe as
sailant We were obliged to compel
him to be quiet, lie could not have
shown greater grief had the body been
that of his own son. I noticed, while
all the rest of us were more or less un
dressed snd barefooted, that be was
fully clothed.
Rouletabllle bad not left the body.
Kneeling on the flagstones by tbe light
of Daddy Jacques' lantern, he removed
the clothes from tbe body and laid
bare Its breast Then, snatching the.
lantern from Daddy Jacques, be held
it over tbe corpse and saw a gaping
wound. Rising suddenly, be exclaimed
In a voice filled with savage irony:
"The man you believe to have been
shot was killed by tbe stab of a knife
In bis heart!"
I thought Rouletabllle bad gone mad.
but, bending over tbe body. I quickly
satisfied myself thst Rouletabllle was
right Not a sign of a bullet anywhere.
The wound, evidently made by a sharp
blade, bad penetrated the heart
(Continued next week.)
A. B. Conaway. O. M. Corklns.
CONAWAY ft CORKINS,
LAWYERS
Enterprise, Oregon. -