Professional Directory of Wallowa County
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By GASTON LEROUX &
CHAPTER III.
"A Man His Paated Like a Shadow
Through the Blinda."
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and I were on the platform of
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which was to take us to Epluay-sur
Orge.
On the platform we found M. de
Marquet and his registrar, who repre
sented the Judicial court of Corbell.
M. de Marquet had spent the night in
Paris, assisting In the final rehearsal
at the Scala of a little play of which
he was the unknown author, signing
himself simply "Castlgat Rldendo."
M. Marquet was beginning to be a
"noble old gentleman." Generally ho
was extremely polite and full of gay
humor and In all his life bad had but
one passion that of dramatic art
Because of the mystery which
shrouded it the case of the yellow
room was certain to fascinate so the
atrical a mind.
At the moment of meeting him I
beard M. de Marquet say to the regis
trar with a sigh:
"I hope, my dear M. Malelne, this
builder with his pickax will not de
stroy so fine a mystery."
"Have no fear," replied M. Malelne.
"His pickax may demolish the pavilion
perhaps, but It will leave our case In
tact. I have sounded the walls and
examined the ceiling and floor, and I
know all about it 1 am not to be de
ceived." Having thus reassured his chief, M.
Malelne, with a discreet moement of
the bead, drew M. de Marquet's atten
tion to us. The face of that gentle
man clouded, and as he saw Roule
tabUle approaching, hat In hand, he
sprang into one of the empty carriages.
saying half aloud to his registrar as
be did so, "Above all, no Journalists!"
M. Malelne replied in the same tone,
"I understand," and then tried to pre
vent ' RouletabUle from entering the
same compartment with the examining
magistrate.
"Excuse me, gentlemen, this com
partment Is reserved."
"I am a Journalist, monsieur, engag
ed on the Epoque," said my young
friend, with a great show of gesture
and politeness, "and I have a word or
two to say to M. de Marquet."
"Monsieur Is very much engaged
with the inquiry he has In hand."
"An! His Inquiry, pray believe me,
la absolutely a matter of Indifference
to me. I am no scavenger of odds
and ends," he went on, with infinite
contempt In his lower Up; "I am a the
atrical reporter, and this evening I
hall have to give a little account of
the play at the Scala."
"Get in, sir, please," said the regis
trar. RouletabUle was already in the com
partment I went In after him and
seated myself by his side. The regis
trar followed and closed the carriage
door.
M. de Marquet looked at him.
"Ah, sir," RouletabUle began, "you
must not be angry with M. Malelne.
It is not with M. de Marquet that I de
sire to have the honor of speaking, but
with M. -Castlgat Rldendo.' Permit me
to congratulate you personally, as well
as the writer for the Epoque." And
RouletabUle, having first Introduced
me, Introduced himself.
M. de Marquet, with a nervous ges
ture, caressed his beard into a point
"The work of the dramatic author
may Interfere," he said, after a slight
hesitation, "with that of the magis
trate, aspeclally In a province where
one's labor are little more than rou
tine." .
"Oh, you may rely on my discretion!"
cried RouletabUle.
The train was lu motion.
"We have started!" said the examin
ing magistrate, surprised at seeing us
etUl (n the carriage.
"Yes. monsieur, truth has started,'
said RouletabUle, smiling amiably, "on
Its way to the Chateau du Glandler. A
fine case. M. de Marquet, a fine casei
"An obscure, incredible, unfathom
able. Inexplicable affair, and there la
only one thing I fear, M. Rouietawne.
that the Journalists wiU be trying to
exnlaln It"
Mv friend felt this a rap on his
knuckles.
"Yes," he said simply, "that Is to be
feared. They meddle In everything. As
for my interest monsieur, I only re
ferred to It by mere chance the mere
chance of finding myself In the Bame
train with you and in the same com
nartment of the same carriage."
"Where are you going, then?" asked
M. de Marauet
"To the Chateau du Glandler." re
plied RouletabUle. without turning
"You'll not itet In, M. RouletabUle!"
"Will you prevent me?" said my
friend, already prepared to ugut.
"Not I! I like the press and Jour
nalists too weU to be In any way fito
agreeable to them, but M. Stanger
son has given orders for his door to
be closed against everybody, and it is
well suarded. Not a Journalist was
able to pass through the gate of the
Glandler yesterday."
M. de Marquet compressed his lips
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and seemed ready to relapse into
j oueuee. ne oniy remxea a
nine wuen iiuuieiuume do louger ieit
him in lguorunce of the fact that wo
were going to the Glandler for the
purpose of shaking hands with an "old
i and intimate friend." M. Robert Dar-
ZaC7a maD Whm. RouletabUle had
perhaps seen once In his life.
"p. i?..t.i,e ?s
rtjpuiLei, iuis urcuuiui nuuir may do
his death he Is so deeply In love with
Mile. Stangerson. It Is to be hoped
that Mile. Stangerson's life will be
saved."
"Let us hope so. Her father told me
yesterday that If she does not recover
It will not be long before be Joins her
In the grave. What an Incalculable
loss to science his death would be!"
"The wound on her temple Is serious,
Is it not?"
"Evidently, but by a wonderful
chance It has not proved mortal. The
blow was given with great force."
"Then It wns not with the revolver
she was wounded," said RouletabUle,
glancing at me in triumph.
M. de Marquet appeared greatly em
barrassed. "I didn't say anything, I don't want
to say anything, I will not say any.
thing," he said. And he turned toward
his registrar as If he no longer knew
us.
But RouletabUle was not to be so
easily shaken off. He moved nearer to
the examining magistrate and, draw
ing a copy of the Matin from his pock
et, he showed It to him and said:
"There Is one thing, monsieur, which
I may Inquire of you without commit
ting an Indiscretion. You have, of
course, seen the account given lu the
Matin? It Is absurd. Is It not?"
"Not in the slightest, monsieur."
"What! The yellow room has but
one barred window, the bars of which
have not been moved, and only one
door, which had to be broken open,
and the assassin was not found!"
"That's so, monsieur; that's so.
That's how the matter stands."
RouletabUle said no more, but dune-
ed into thought A quarter of an hour '
thus passed.
Coming back to himself again, he
said, addressing the magistrate:
"How did Mile. Stangerson wear her
hair on that evening?"
I don't know," replied M. de Mar
quet.
"That's a very Important point," said
RouletabUle. "Her hair was done up
in bands, wasn't It? I feel sure that
on that evening, the evening of the
crime, she had her hair arranged In
bands."
"Then you are mistaken, M. Roule
tabUle," replied the magistrate. "Mile.
Stangerson that evening had her hair
drawn up In a knot on the top of her
head, her usual way of arranging It,
her forehead comoletely uncovered. 1
can assure you, tor we nave carefully
examined the wound. There was no
blood on the hair, and the arrangement
of It has not been disturbed since the
crime was committed."
"You are sure? You are sure that
on the night of the crime she had not
her huir in bauds?"
'Quite sure," the magistrate contin
ued, smiling, "because I remember the
doctor saying to me while be was ex
amining the wound: 'It Is a great pity
Mile. Stangerson was in the habit of
drawing her hair back from her fore
head. If she had worn it In bands
the blow she received on the temple
would have been weakened.' It seems
strange to me that you should attach
so much Importance to this point."
"Oh, if she had not her hair In bands
I give It up," said RouletabUle, with a
despairing gesture.
"And was the wound on her temple
a bad one?" he asked presently.
"Torrlble."
"With what weapon was It made?
"That Is a secret of the Investiga
tion." "Have you found the weapon what
ever It was?"
The magistrate did not answer.
"And the wound in the throat?"
Here the examining magistrate read
ily confirmed the decision of the doc
tor that, if the murderer had pressed
her throat a few seconds longer, Mile.
Stangerson would have died of stran
gulation, "The affair as reported In the Matin,"
said RouletabUle eagerly, "seems to me
more and more Inexplicable. Can you
tell me, monsieur, how many openings
there are in the pavilion? I mean
doors and windows."
"There are five," replied Monsieur
fle Marquet after having coughed once
or twice, but no longer resisting the
desire he felt to talk of the whole of
the Incredible mystery of the affair he
was Investigating. "There are five, of
which the door of the vestibule Is the
only entrance to the pavilion a door
always automatically closed, which
cannot be opened, either from the out
er or Inside, except with the two spe
cial keys which are never out of the
possession of either Daddy Jacques or
M. Stangerson. Mile. Stangerson had
no need for me, since Daddy Jacques
lodged In the pavilion and be
cause, during the daytime, she never
left her father. When tbey, all four,
rushed Into the yellow room, after
breaking open the door of the labors-
tory, the door in the vestibule re-
malned closed as usual and of the two
Ueys for opening it Daddy Jacques bad
one In his pocket and M. Stangerson
the other. As to the windows of the
pavilion, thero are four, the one win
dow of the yellow room and those of
the laboratory looking out on to the
Country, the window in the vestibule
looking Into the nark "
" that ww that he
ed from the pavilion!" cried Rouleta
bllle.
"How do you know that?"
"How? Oh, the thing Is simple
enough! As soon as he found he could
not escape by the door of the pavilion
his only way out was by the window
In the vestibule, unless he could pass
through a grated window. The win
dow of the yellow room is secured by
iron bars, because it looks out upon
the open country; the two windows of
the laboratory have to be protected In
like manner for the same reason. As
the murderer got away I conceive that
he found a window that was not bar
redthat of the vestibule, which opens
on to the park that is to say, Into the
interior of the estate. There's not
much magic In all that."
"Yes," said M. de Marquet, "but what
you have not guessed Is that this single
window in the vestibule, though It has
no Iron bars, has solid Iron blinds.
Now, these Iron blinds have remained
fastened by their Iron latch, and yet
we have proof that the murderer made
his escape from the pavilion by that
window! Traces of blood on the Inside
wall and on the blinds as well as on
the floor, and footmarks, of which I
have taken the measurements, attest
the fact that the murderer made his
escape that way. But, then, how did
he do It, seeing that the blinds remain
ed fastened on the inside? He passed
through them like a shadow. But
what Is more bewildering than all. Is
that It Is Impossible to form any Idea
as to how the murderer got out of the
yellow room or how he got across the
laboratory to reach the veBtibule!"
"Could that window have been
closed and refastened after the flight
of the assassin?" asked RouletabUle.
"That Is what occurred to me for a
moment, but It would Imply an accom
plice or accomplices, nnd I don't see"
After a short silence he added:
"Ah, If Mile. Stangerson were only
well enough today to allow of her
being questioned!"
RouletabUle,. following up his
thought, asked:
"And tho attic? There must be some
opening to that?"
"Yes; there Is a window or, rather,
skylight In It, which, as It looks out
toward the country, M. Stangerson
has had barred, like the rest of the
windows. These bars, as In the other
windows, have remained Intact, and
the blinds, which naturally open In
ward, have not been unfastened. For
the rest, we have not discovered any
thing to lead us to suspect that the
murderer had passed through the at
tic." "It seems clear to you, then, mon
sieur, tbrtt the murderer escaped no
body knows how by the window in
the vestibule?"
"Everything goes to prove It."
"I think so, too," confessed Rouleta
bUle gravely.
After a brief silence he continued:
"If you have not found any traces
of the murderer In the attic, such as
the dirty footmarks similar to those
i'ti the floor of the yellow room, you
must come to the conclusion that it
was not he who stole Daddy Jacques'
revolver."
"There are no footmarks In the attic
other than those of Daddy Jacques
himself," said the magistrate with a
significant turn of his bead. Then,
after an apparent decision, be added,
"Daddy Jacques was with M. Stanger
son in the laboratory, and It was lucky
for him he was."
"Then what part did his revolver
play In the tragedy? It seems very
clear that this weapon did less barm
to Mile. Stangerson than It did to the
murderer."
The magistrate made no reply to
this question, which doubtless embar
rassed him. "M. Stangerson," he said,
"tells us that the two bullets have
been found In the yellow room, one
embedded In the wall stained with tho
Impression of a red hand a man's
large hand and the other in the cell
ing." "Oh. oh. In the ceiling!" muttered
RouletabUle. "In the celling! That's
very curious! In the celling!"
He puffed awhile in silence at his
pipe, enveloping himself In the smoke.
When we reached Epluay-sur-Orge I
had to tap him on the shoulder to
arouse him from bis dream and come
out on to the platform of the station.
There the magistrate and his regis
trar bowed to us and, by rapidly get
ting Into a cab that was awaiting
them, made us understand that they
had seen enough of us.
"How long will it take to walk to
the Chateau du Glandler?" Rouleta
bUle asked one of the railway porters.
"An hour and a half or an hour
and three-quarters easy walking," the
man replied.
RouletabUle looked op at the sky
. and. no doubt finding its appearance
satisfactory, took my arm and said:
"Come on! I need a walk. It was a
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bit of luck our fulling in with tint
examining magistrate and his registrar,
eh? What did I tell you about that
revolver?"
His head was bent down, he hud his?
bands in his pockets, and he was
whistling. After awhile I heard him
murmur:
"Poor woman!"
"Is It Mile. Stangerson you arc pity
ing?" "Yes. She's a noble woman and
worthy of bclT.x pitied a woman of
a great, a very great, character, 1
Imagine I imagine."
"You know her, then?"
"Not at all. I have never seen her
but once."
"Why, then, do you say that she Is a
woman of great character?"
"Because she bravely faced the mur
derer, because she courageously de
fended herself, nnd, above all, because
of the bullet In the celling."
to dk continued.)
THROUGH TO MEXICO CITY
Harrlinan's Extensions in Mexico Will
Make Unbroken 3500-Mile Trip.
Chicago, Jan. 11. Within a very
short time it will be possible to travel
In a Pullman sleeper without change
from Portland to Seattle to Mexico
City through Sacramento, San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, Mazatlan and
Guadalajara, a distance of 3500
miles. This remarkable Journey will
be made possible by the extensive
railroad construction which E. 11.
Harriman is rapidly prosecuting to a
completion in Old Mexico.
When the main line of this work Is
completed, Mr. Harriman will have
the longest north and south railroad
In the entire world. Its important
greatly enhanced by the semi-official
announcement that he is to con
struct a road from a point east of
El Paso through the new oil fields
of the state of Chihuahua, and then
on to a connection with this north
and south line on the west coast Tho
new north and south line through
Old Mexico Joins the Southern Pa
cific at Tucson, Arizona, and within
a short time, probably less than a
month, through sleeping-car service
will be established between that city
and Mazatlan, a distance of 900
miles.
LABOR HEN, GATHER
Cases of Leaders Before Federation
Council in Washington
Washington, Jan. 11 One of the
most important assemblages In the
history of union labor In the United
States is the meeting today of the
executive council of the American
Federation of Labor, called to con
sider the sentencing of three leaders
of union men to jail for contempt
of court.
Just what action the federation
will take in the cases of Samuel (Jum
pers, its president; Frank Morrison,
its secretary, and John Mitchell, its
second vice-president, is not definite
ly known. It Is safe to say, however,
that a vigorous protest will be made
against the Impostlon of the jail sen
tence pronounced by Judge Wright
of the District of Columbia supimo
court.
Fines Harvester Trust
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 11 The Kan
sas supreme court, in decision hand
ed down Saturday, affirmed the ver
dict and fine of the district court for
Shawnee county against the In'erna
tlonal Harvester Company. The com
pany must pay a fine of $12, GOO on
42 counts, each count being a viola
tion of the criminal section of the
Kansas anti-trust laws.
ADMIRAL SPERRY AT NAPLES
Commander of Atlantic Fl-H Ar.
rives in Itullan Harbor.
Naples, Jan. 11 The United States
battleship Connecticut arrived here
Saturday. Her sister ships of the
special squadron sent to the relief
of the earthquake sufferers, the Ver
mont, -Kansas and Minnesota, accom-,
RESULT OF MILL MEETING.
From Flora Journal.
At the meating of the stockholders
of the Flora Milling Co., Monday af
ternoon, the following officers were
elected: F. S. Johnson, president;
L. Austin, manager; W. H. Baker,
treasurer; T. M. GUmore, secretary;
J. Doran, director. The Milling com
pany so far in erecting the mill have
been to the expense of $9000. The
building is number one and the ma
chinery is as good as new. The ar
rangement In building could not be
better. Everything Is lovely and in
a week will be making flour.
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panted the Connecticut to Messina,
but did not come to Naples. They
proceeded to Villefranche, where
they arrived today. Owing to the
fact that the whole country Is In
mourning, no salutes were fired. The
sailors manned the sides of the Con
necticut and the flags were dipped.
Ambassador Griscom was on board.
The Italian port officers visited the
Connecticut to pay their respects to
Rear-Admiral Sperry and express ap
preciation for American, sympathy
and aid.
Tuft Puts lild on Secrets.
Augusta, Ga.,., Jan. 10. Beyond
the reiteration of the announcement
that P. C. Knox will be secretary of
state and Frank H. Hitchcock, postmaster-general,
President-elect Taft
has determined that no other cabinet
appointments shall be made known
until March 4. To make this deter
mination effective, he will deny all
cabinet rumors, predictions or an
nouncements from any source or
quarters whatever. In the statement
attention was directed to the an
nouncement of the Knox appointment
made on the day Mr. Knox arrived
In Augusta, and to the statement by
the Associated Press from Hot
Springs, Va., of the selection of Mr.
Hitchcock aB postmaster - general
both of which were pronounced cor
rect by Mr. Taft.
Pantor Gets Thief's Coat.
Seattle, Jan. 10. Rev. William
LaMott's Comedy Co.
One of the best sho ,vs of its size traveling. Once
seen never forgotten. We play under a guarantee
if not satisfied your money refunded. This is a
CLEAN, REFINED
Vaudeville Show
Consisting of Acrobats, Contortionists, Barrel
Jumping, Singing, Dancing, Black Face and
Irish Comedy.
We cater strictly to ladies and gentlemen
and our show has the' same merits
Change of Program Nightly
EVERYTHING NEW THIS YEAR
ENTERPRISE OPERA HOUSE
Monday and Tuesday Nights
January 18 and 19
Admission: 25 cts., 35 cts. and 50 cts.
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Park, of the Asbury Methodist Epis
copal church, chased a burglar from
his residence last night, fell during
the chase and badly sprained his
knee. Then he had to call for help
from the members of his congrega
tion, assembled In the church nearby.
The churph was quickly emptied and
the men took up the chase.
Spurred on by the belief that the
burglar was running away with his
only overcoat, Rev. Mr. Park at
tempted to get up three times after
he had fallen. Through his persist
ent efforts Mr. Park forced the burg
lar to drop the coat.
When the garment was taken into
the minister's house it was found to
be the property of the burglar and
not the pastor.
12-Yenr-Old Boy Speaks From Pulpit
New York, Jan. 11 Michael Ruc
cl, a boy of 12 years, is perhaps the
youngest preacher In the city. He
delivered a sermon IaB-t night In an
East Side Catholic church, taking for
his text, "Behold, I Bring You Tid
ings of Great Joy." The child com
posed the sermon himself and was
well received.
"You know, dear," cooed a young
married woman, "you promised to let
me have nil the plu money 1 wanted."
"Yea, love, and you shall have It."
"Oh, you dear thing! Well, 1 saw a
plu today, with diamonds and pearls In
It, and I do want It so!" London Ex-
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