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The Mystery The By GASTON LEROUX efc. CHAPTER XXIII. The Double Scent. EHAD hardly recovered from the surprise Into which this new discovery bnd plunged me when Itouletabllle touched me on the shoulder and asked me to fol low him Into his room to tMnk It over. I confess I was In no condition for doing much thinking. His self rnntrol was more than I could explain. Closl ig the dour of his room, he motioned me to a chair and, seating himself before me, took out his pipe. We sut then for some time In silence, and then 1 fell asleep. When I awoke It was daylight. It waa 8 o'clock by my watch. Kouletu blDe was no longer In the room. I rose to go out, when the door opened and my friend re-entered. He had evi dently lost no time." "How about Mile. Stangerson?" if, asked him. "Her condition, though very alarm tag. is not desperate." "When did you leave this room?" "Toward dawn." "Have you found out anything?" "Two sets of footprints." "Have they anything to do with the .mystery of the keeper's body?" ( "Yes; the mystery Is no longer a njystery. This morning, walking round th chateau, I found two distinct sets of footprints made at the same time last night. They were made by two persons walking side by side, I fol lowed them from the court toward the oak grove. Larsan joined me. They were the same kind of footprints as were made at the time of the assault in the yellow room. One set was from clumsy boots and the otlwr was Wilde by .neat ones, except that the fclg toe of one of the seta was of a different size from the one measured (n the yellow room incident. "Still following the tracks of the prints, Larsan and I passed out of the oak grove and readied the border of lie lake. There they turned off to little path leading to the highroad to Epinay, where we lost the .truces in the newly macadamized highway. "We went back to the chateau and parted at the courtyard. We met Again, however. In Daddy Jacques' room, to which our separate trains of thinking ha4 Jed us both. We found the old servant u tied. His clothes on the chair were wet through and his boots very muddy. He certainly did ot get Into that state In helping us (to carry the body of the keeper. It was not raining then. Then his face elwwed extreme fatigue, and he looked at m out of terror stricken eyes. 'a pressing him he confessed that be had Jjsen away from the chateau, n explained bis absence by saying that he had a tieadache aud went out Into the fresh air, but had gone no farther than the oak grove. When we then described to him the whole route he had followed he sat up in bed trem bling. "'And you were not alone!' cried Larsan. " 'Did you see It. then? gasped Dad dy Jacques. " 'What? I asked. " The phantom the black phantom!' Then he told us that for several nights he bad seen what he called the black phantom. Jt came Into the park at the stroke of midnight and gilded stealthily through the trees. It ap peared to him to pass through the trunks of the trees. Twice he had seen It from his window by the light of the moon and had risen and followed the strange apparition. The night before last he. had almost overtaken it, but It hod vanished at the corner of the donjon. Last night, however, he had not left the chatenu, his mind being disturbed by a presentiment that some new crime would be Attempted. Sud denly he saw the black phantom rush cut from somewhere in the middle of the court He followed It to the lake and to the highroad to Epinay, where the phantom suddenly disappeared. " 'Did you see bis face?" demanded Larsan. " 'No. I saw nothing but black veils.' " 'Did you go out after what passed on the gallery? "'I could not. I was terrified. " 'Daddy Jacques,' I said In a threat ening voice, you fllJ not follow It. You and the phantom walked to Epinay to gether, arm In arm.' "'No, he cried, turning his eyes way; I did not. It came on to pour, id I turned back. I don't know what became of the black phantom. "We left him, and when we were outside I turned to Larsan. looking nlm full in the face, and put my ques tion suddenly to take him off his guard! An accomplice?" "'How can I tell?" he replied and left toe. saying be was off to Epinay." "Well, what do yon make of it?" I Raked Rouletabllle after be had ended his recital. "Personally I am utterly In the dark. I can't make anything out of It- What do you gather?"' "Everything, everything." he er claimed. "But." be said abruptly, "let's And ont further about Mile. Stangept ton." Yellow CHAPTER XXIV. Rouletabille Knows the Two Halves of the Murderer. i- si Arsut-itsu-N baa been (VI I for the second time almost JM murdered. Unfortunately she i was in too weaK a state to bear the severer Injuries of this second at tack as well as she had those of the first She had received three wounds in the breast from the murderer's knife, and she lay long between life and death, ner strong physique, how ever, saved her; but though she recov ered physically, it was found that her mind had been affected. The slightest allusion to the terrible incident sent hor Into delirium, and the arrest of Robert Darzac. which followed on the day following' the tragic death of the keeper, se'-med to sink her fine Intelli gence Into complete melancholia. Robert Darzac arrived at the chatean toward half past 0. I saw him hurry ing through the park, his hair and Clothes in disorder and his face a dead ly1 white. Roujetabille and I were look ing out of a window In the gallery. Sle saw lie and gara a despairing cry. "I'm tgo late!" ' Rouletabille answered, "She lives!" A minute later Darzac had gone Into Mile. Stangerson's room, and through the door we epuJd bear bis heartrend ing sobs, . There's a fate obout this placer groaned Rouletabllle. "Some Infernal gds must be watching over the mis fortunes of this family! If I had not been drugged I would have saved Mile. Stangerson. I should bare si lenced him forever. Aud the keeper would not have been killed!" 1 11. Parzaccnrue in to speak with as. Ills distress was terrible. Rouleta bille told him everything bs prepara tions for Mile, Stangerspn'g safety, his plans for either capturing OF tor djsr posing of the assullant forever and how he would have succeeded bad It not been for the drugging. "If only you had trusted me!" said the young man iu a low toue. ""If you had buc begged Mile. Stangerson to confute )n irie! But then, everybody here distrusts everybody else. The daughter distrusts her father and even her lover. While you ask me to pro tect her, she Is doing all she can to frustrate me. That was why J came on the scene too later At M. Robert Darzac's request Roule tabllle described the whole scene. Leaning on the wall to prevent him self from falling, he had made his way to Mile. Stangerson's room, while we were running after the supposed mur derer., The anteroom door was open, and whon he entered he found Mile. Stangerson lying partly throwu over the desk. Her dressing gown was dyed with the blood flowing from her bosom. Still under the Influence of the'drug, he felt he was walking in a horrible nightmare. He -went back to the gallery auto matically, opened a window, shouted his order to fire and then returned to the room. He crossed the deserted boudoir, entered the drawing room and tried to rouse M. Stangerson, who was lying on a sofa. M- Stangerson rose stupidly and let nlmself be drawn by Rouletabllle into the room, where, on seeing his daughter's body, he uttered a heartrending cry. Both united their feeble strength and carried her to her bed. On his way to reJop us Rouletabllle passed by the desk. On the floor, near It, he saw a large packet He knelt down, and. finding the wrapper loose, he examined It and made out an enor mous quantity pf papers and photo graphs. On' one of the papers pe read! "New differentia! ejectroscoplc ton denser. Fundamental properties of sub stance intermediary between ponder able matter and imponderable ether." Strange irony of fate that the profess or's precious papers should be restored, to him at the very time when an at tempt was being made to deprive him of his daughter's life! What are pa pers worth to him now? t f The morning following that awful night saw M. de Marquet once more at the chateau with his registrar and gen; darmes. Of course we were ail qua tlonetl. Rouletabflle and I had already agreed on what to say. I kept back any Information as to my being In the dark closet and said nothing about the drugging. We did not wish to suggest In any way that Mile. Stangerson Ud been expecting ber nocturnal visitor. Arthur Ranee told everybody In a manner so natural tba,t It astonished me that he had Jast seen the keeper toward 11 o'clock of that fatal night He had come for his valise, he ga'd., which lie was to take fop him early pext morning to the St. MJchel station, and bnd been kept out late running after poachers. Arthur Ranee had. In; deed, lutended to leave the chateau and, according to his habit to walk to the station. M. Stangerson confirmed what Ranee had suid. adding tint V.9 bad. Rt Mk.cfl .of Kooisi COPYRIGHT. 1908. BY BRENTANO'S without any further delay. ProbaMy It chimed In with the conclusion be had already arrived at as to the keeper and his Intrigues with the wife of Mnthleu. the landlord of the Donjon inn. This Mathleu later in the after noon was arrested and token to Cor bell In spite of bis rheumatism. He had been heard to threaten the keeper, and, though no evidence against him had been found at his Inn, the evi dence of carters, who had heard the threats, was enough to Justify his re tention. The examination had proceeded thus far when, to our surprise, Frederic Larsan returned to the chateau. He was uccompanled by one of the' em ployees of the railway. At that mo ment Ranee and I were In the vesti bule discussing Mathleu'8 guilt or in nocence, while Rouletabllle stood apart burled apparently In thought. The examining magistrate and his reg istrar were In the little green drawing room, while Darzac was with the doc tor and Stangerson In the lady's cham ber. As Frederic Larsan entered the vestibule with the railway employee Rouletabllle and I at once recognized him by the small blond beard. We ex changed meaning glances. Larsan hnd himself announced to the examining magistrate by the gendarme and en tered with the railway servant as Dad dy Jacques came out Some ten min utes went by, during whclj Rouleta bllle appeared' extremely Impatient. The door of the drawing room was then opened, and we heard the magis trate calling to the gendarme, who en tered. Tresently he came out, mount ed the stairs and, coming bark short -t y. went In to the magistrate and said: "Monsieur, M. Robert Papzac will not come!" "What! Not cornel" cried M. de Mar fluet "He says he cannot leave Mile. Stan gerson In her present state." "Very well," said M. de Marquet. "Then we'll go to him." M. de Marquet and the gendarmes mounted the stairs. He made a sign to Larsan and the railway employee to follow- Rouletabllle and I went along too, u ranching the door of Mile, ptau gerson's chamber M- de Marquet knocked. A chambermaid appeared. It was Sylvia, with her hair all In, disor der and consternation showing on ber face. "Is M. Stangerson within?" asked the magistrate. "Yes, monsieur." , . J'Tell him that I wish to speak with him." gtapgerson cume put His appear ance was wrotcbed In te extreme. "What do you want?" he demanded of the magistrate. "May I not be left In peace, monsieur?" 'Monsieur,' said the magistrate, "It s absolutely necessary that I should pee M. Darzac at once. If you cannot Induce bm to come I shall be com pelled to use the help of the law." The professor, made no reply. He (poked at us all like a man being led to execution and then went back Into the room. ' . Almost Immediately after M. Robert Darzac came out He was very pale. He looked at us, aud. his eyes falling en the railway servant, hs features stiffened, and he could hardly repress Ranee to dine 'with him because his friend had taken ' his final leave of them both earlier In the evening. M. Ranee bad had tea served him In his poom because he had complained of a Slight Indisposition. -. .. Rernier testified, instructed by Roule tabllle, that the, keeper had ordered him to meet him at a spot near the oo.U grove for the purpose of looking out for poachers. Finding that the keeper did not keep his appointment, he, Bor nler, had gone id search of him. He hnd almost arrived at the donjon when he saw a figure running swiftly In a direction ppporlte to blm. toward the right wing cf the chateau. He, heard revolver. shots from behind the figure and saw RouletnM'.lc nt one of the gal lery windows Ho henrd Rouletabllle pall out to him to fir?v and be had tired. He believed he hud killed the man un til be learned, after Rouletabllle had uncovered the body, that the man had died from a knife thrust Who had .given It he could not Imagine. "Nobody could have been near the spot wlthoif my seeing him." When the examining magistrate reminded him that the spot Where the body was found was very dark and that he himself had not been able to recognize the keeper before firing. Daddy Bernler replied that net ther had they seen the other body, nor bad they found it. In the narrow court where five people were standing. It would have been strange If the other body, had It been there, could have escaped. The only door that opened Into the court was that of the keeper's room, and that door was clos ed, and the key. of t was found In the keeper's pocket. However thut might be, the examin ing magistrate did not pursue his In quiry further In this direction. He was evidently convinced that we h.ACJ missed the man we were chasing and we had come .upon the keeper's body In our chase. This mntter of the keep er was another matter entirely. He wanted to satisfy himself about that Professional Ditectory of Wallowa County &43M: liwkAituSolC. A A J. A - & -l"i4441h THOS. M. DILL ' ATTORNEY-ARAW - J Office first door south of New Fraternal Lildg, Enterprise, Ore. f BURLEIGH BOYD Practice lu a'l SUte Courts and ?; j interior Department. Careful at- $ f teat ion to ail business. l D. W. SHEAHAN I LAWYER - ENTERPRISE Practice In State and Federal ? Courts and Interior Department. 1 C. T. HOCKETT. M. D. f I PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON I f Office upstairs In Bank Build- 5 ing. Ind. Home phone In office i f and residence. ? A a gronn. We were all much moved by theap pearonce of the man. We felt that what was about to happen would de cide the fate of M. Robert Darzac. Frederic Larsan's face alone was ra diant showing a Joy as of a dog that had at lost got its prey. Pointing to the railway servant M. de Marquet said to M. Darzac: "Do yoq recognize thj8 man, mon sieur?" . "1 do.", sr.id M. Dr.rzac in a tone which he vainly tried to make firm. "He is (in employee at the station at Ej;'liiay-sur-Orge." "This young man," went on M. de Marquet, "afllrms that he saw you get off the train at Eplnay-sur-Orge" 'That Bight." said M. Darzac. Inter rupting, "at half past 10. It Is quite true." An interval of silence followed. "M. Darzac," the magistrate wenl on In 0 tone of deep emotion "M. Par kuc, what were you doing that night at Eplnny-sur-Orge at thut time?" M. Darzac remained silent simply closing hjs eyes. - "M. Darzac," insisted M. de Mar quet, "can you tell me how you em ployed ypur time that ulght?" M. I'urzac ppoped bis eyes. He seemed to have recovered his self con tl'cl, . ' - "No, monsieur." "Think, teinonsleur, for If you per slst In your strange refusal I shall be under the painful necessity of keeping you at my disposition." "1 refuse." "M. Darzuc, In the name of the lew I arrest you!" The magistrate hod no sooner pro nounced the words than L saw Roule tubllle move quickly toward M. Dar zac. He would certainly have spokeq to him, but Dnrzac by a gesture held him off. As the gendarme approached his prisoner a despairing cry rang through the room; "Robert! Robert;1' We reeognlced the voice of Mile, ftangerson. We all shuddered. Lar son himself turned pale. - M. Darzac In response to the cry had flown back Into the room. - The magistrate, the gendarme and Larsau followed closely after. Rouleta bllle and I remained on the threshold. It was a heartbreaking sight that me, our ej es. Mile. Stangerson, with a face of deathly pallor, had risen ot her bad in spite of the restraining ef forts of two doctors and her father. She was holding out her trembllnR arms toward Robert Darzac, on whom Larsan and the gendp.rme hud laid bunds. Ilrr distended eyes saw she understood her Hps seemed to form a word, but nobody made It out, and the fell back Insensible. M. Darzuc was hurried out of the room aud placed In the vestibule to wait for the vehicle Mrsuu had gone to fetch- We were ull overcome by emotion, and even M. de Marquet bad tears In bis eyes. Rouletubille took ad vantage of the opportuulty to say to M. Durzac: "Are you going to put lu any de fense?" , . "No," replied the firbouer. "Very well. then. I will, monsieur." "You cannot do it," said the "uuuap py umu. with a falut smile. "'I can do U, M. Robert Darzac, be cause I know more than you do!" "Come! Comer murmured Durzac, almost angrily. "Have no fear. I ehull know only what will benefit you "You nuit kaow nothing, youn mnn. If yvn want tne lo be grateful." ' Rcu'ciut.H'.e shook h! head. Klng elcso up to Darzac. i ' "Listen to what 1 tun about to say." he said In a low tone, "and let It give you confidence. You do pot know the name of the murderer. Mtle. Stanger son knows it, but only half of It But I know bis two halves. 1 know the whole vnun!" Robert Darzac opened his eyea wtth a look that showed he had not under stood a word of what Rouletabtlle had said to blm. At that moment the con veyance arrived, driven by Frederic Larsan. Darzac and the gendarme en tered it. Larsan remaining on the driv er's seat The prisoner was taken to Corbell. That same evening Rouletabllle and I left the Glaudicr, We were very Nooded Mourning. 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Burnaugh & May field. glad to get away, and there was noth ing more to keep us there. 1 declared my Intention fo give up the whole mat ter. It had been too much for me Rouletabllle, with a friendly tap on ray shoulder, confessed that be had noth Ing more to learn at the dandier: he bad learned all I hnd to tell him. We reached Paris about 8 o'clock, dined and then, tired out we separated agreeing to meet the next morning nt my rooms. Rouletabllle arrived next day at the hour agreed on. He was dressed In n suit of English tweed, with an ulster on his arm and a valise In bis band Evidently be bad prepared himself for a Journey. . "How long shall you be' a way T" 1 asked. "A month or two." bs aatd. "It all depends." I asked blm no more questions. "Do you know." he asked, "what the word was that Mile. Stangerson tried to say before she fainted?" "No. Nobody heard It." "I heard It." replied Rouletabllle. "She said 'Speak!" "Do you think Darzac will speak?" "Never." 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