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The Mystery of
The. Yellow Room
By GASTON LEROUX rj.
. CHAPTER V. (Continued.)
Larsan might be about fifty yenrs of
age. He had a fine head, ills hair
turning gray, a colorless complexion
aud a firm profile. His forehead was
prominent, his chin and cheeks clean
shaven. Ills upper Hp, without mus
tache, was finely chiseled. Ills eyes
were rather small and round, with a
look In them that was at once search
ing and disquieting. lie was of mid
dle height and well built, with a gen
eral bearing elegant and gentlemanly.
Larsan turned his head at the sound
of a vehicle which had come from the
chateau and reached the gate behind
him. We recognized the cab which
had conveyed the examining magis
trate and his registrar from the sta
tion at Eplnay.
"Ah!" Bald Frederic Larsan. "If you
want to speak with SI. Robert Durzae.
he Is here."
The cab was already at the park
pate, and Robert Darzac was begging
Frederic Larsan to open it for him,
explaining that he was pressed for
time to catch the next train leaving
Eplnay for Paris. Then he recognized
me. While Larsan was unlocking the
gate M. Darzac Inquired what had
brought me to the Glandler at such a
tragic moment. I noticed that he was
frightfully palo and that his face was
lined as if from the effects of some ter
rible suffering.
"Is mademoiselle getting better?" I
Immediately asked.
"Yes," he said. "She will be saved
perhaps. She must be saved!"
He did not add "or It will be my
death," but I felt that the phrase trem
bled on his pale lips.
Roulctabille Intervened:
"You are In a hurry, monsieur, but I
must speak with you. I have some
thing of the greatest importance to
tell you."
Frederic Larsan Interrupted:
"May I leave you?" he asked of Rob
ert Darzac. "Have you a key or do
you wish me to give you this one?"
"Thank you. I have a key and will
lock the gate."
Larsan hurried off in the direction
of the chateau, the imposing pile of
which could be perceived a few hun
dred yards away.
Robert Darzac, with knit brow, was
beginning to show Impatience. I pre
sented Uouletabllle as a good friend
of mine, but ns soon as he learned
that the young man was a Journalist
he looked at me very reproachfully,
excused himself under the necessity
of having to reach Eplnay to twenty
minutes, bowed and whipped up bis
horse. But Rouletnbllle had seized
the bridle and, to my utter astonish
ment, stopped the carriage with a
vigorous hand. Then he gave utter
ance to a sentence which was utterly
meaningless to me.
"The ' presbytery has lost nothing of
Its charm, nor the garden its bright
ness," The words bad hardly left the Hps
of Rouletabille than I saw Robert
Durzac tjuall. Pale as he was, he be
came paler. Ills eyes were fixed on
the young man in terror, and he Im
mediately descended from the vehicle
in an Inexpressible state of agitation.
"Come come in!" he stammered.
Then suddenly and with a sort of
fury he repeated:
"Let us go. monsieur."
He turned up by the ror.d he had
come from the chateau, Kouletabille
still retaining his hold on the horse's
bridle. 1 addressed a few words to M.
Darzac, but be mode no answer. My
looks questioned Rouletabille, but bis
gaze was elsewhere.
CHAPTER VI.
In the Heart of (he Oik Grove.
T1TI reacaeu me cunieuu aim, hs
hl I we approached It, saw four
111 gendarmes pacing in front of a
little door in the ground floor
TTl 11 t 1
of the donjon. We soon learned that
In this gronnd floor, which bad former
ly served as a prison, M. and Mme. .
Bernier. the concierges, were confined.
M. Robert Darzac led ns into the
modern part of the chateau by a large
door, protected by a projecting awning
a "marquise" as it is called. Roule
tabille, who bad resigned the horse and
the cab to the care of a servant, never
took his eyes off M. Darzac. I fol
lowed his look and perceived that it
was directed solely toward the gloved
bands of the Sorbonne professor.
When we were in a tiny sitting room
fitted with old fnrnlfurt. M. Darzac
turned to Rouletabille and said shai-p-
ls:
"What do you want?"
The reporter answered in an equally
sharp tone:
"To shake you by the hand."
Darzac shrank back.
"What does that mean?"
Evidently be understood, what I also
understood, that my friend suspected
him of the abominable attempt on the
life of Mile. Btangerson. The Impres
sion of the blood stained hand on the
walls of the yellow room was In his
mind. I looked at the man rosely.
His bnushty face, with Its expression
ordinarily so straightforward,, was at
this moment strangely troubled. He
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held out "his right fland and, referring
to me, said:
"As you are a friend of M. Sainclalr,
who has rendered me Invaluable serv
ices In a Just cause, monsieur, I see
no reason for refusing you my hand"
Roulctabille did not take the extend
ed hand. Lying with the utmost au
dacity, he said:
"Monsieur. I have lived several years
in Russia, where I have acquired the
habit of never taking any but an un
gloved hand."
I thought that the Sorbonne profess
or would express his anger openly,
but, on the contrary, by a visibly vio
lent effort, he calmed himself, took
off his gloves and showed his hands.
They were unmarked by any cicatrice.
"Are you satisfied?"
"No!" replied Rouletabille. "My
dear friend," he said, turning to me.
"I am obliged to ask you to leave us
alone for a moment."
I bowed and retired, stupefied by
what I bad seen and heard. I could
not understand why M. Robert Dar
zac had not already shown the door to
my impertinent, insulting and stupid
friend. I was angry myself with Roule
tabille at that momeut for his sus
picions which had led to this scene of
the gloves.
For some twenty minutes I walked
about In front of the chateau, trying
vainly to link together the different
events of the day.
When Rouletabille came out of the
chateau In the company of M. Robert
Darzac, extraordinary to relate, I saw
at a glance that they were the best of
friends.
"We are going to the yellow room.
Come with us." Rouletabille said to
me. "You know, my dear boy, I am
going to keep you with me all day.
We'll breakfast together somewhere
about here"
"You'll breakfast with me here, gen
tlemen" "No, thanks," replied the young man.
"We shall breakfast at the Donjon
inn."
"You'll fare very badly there. You'll
not find anything"
"Do you think so? Well, I hope to
find something there," replied Roule
tabille. "After breakfast we'll set to
work again. I'll write my article, and
If you'll be so good as to take it to the
' oUlee for me"
"Won't you come back with me to
Paris?"
"No; I shall remain here,"
I turned toward Rouletabille. He
spoke quite seriously, and M. Robert
Darzac did not appear to be in the
least degree surprised.
We were passing by the donjon and
beard walling voices. Rouletabille
asked:
"Why have these people been ar
rested?" "It Is a little my fault," said M, Dap,
zac. "I happened to remark to tbo
examining magistrate yesterday that
it was Inexplicable that the concierges
bad had time to hear the revolver
shots, to dress themselves and to cover
so great a distance as that which lies
between their lodge and the pavilion
in the space of two minutes, for not
more than that interval of time bad
elapsed after the firing of the 8hoU
when they were met by Daddy
Jacques,"
"That was suspicious evidently," ac
quiesced Rouletabille. "And were they
dressed?"
"That Is what Is so incredible. They
were dressed completely not one part
of their costumes wanting. The wo
man wore wooden shoes, but the man
had on laced boots. Now they assert
that they went to bed os half past 0.
On arriving this rooming the examine
lug magistrate brought with him from
Paris a revolver of the same caliber as
that found In the room, for be couldn't
use the one held for evidence, and
made his registrar fire two shots in
the yellow room while the doors and
windows were closed. We were with
him in the lodge of the concierges, and
yet we heard nothing not a sound,
The concierges have lied, of that there
can be no doubt They must have been
already waiting not far from the pa
vilion waiting for something! Cer
tainly they are not to be accused of
being the authors of the crime, but
their complicity is not improbable.
That was why M. de Marquet had
them arrested at once."
"If they had been accomplices," said
Rouletabille. "they would not have
been there at all. When people throw
themselves into the arms of Justice
with the proofs of complicity on them,
you can be sure they are not accom
plices. I don't believe there are any
accomplices in this affair."
"Then why were they abroad at mid
night? Why don't they say?"
"They have certainly some reason
for their silence. What that reason is
has to l found out, for. even If they
are not accomplices. It may be of Im
portance. Everything that took place
on such a nlgbt Is Important"
We had crossed an old bridge thrown
over the Douve and were entering the
part of the park called the Oak grove.
The oaks here were centuries old. Au
tumn had already shriveled their
tawny leaves. This place, which made
moiselle found cheerful and in which
she lived in the summer season, ap
peared to ns as sad and funereal now.
' The soil was black and muddy frnm
the recent rains and the rotting of the
fallen leaves. The trunks of the trees
were black, and the sky above us was
now, as If In mourning, charged with
great, heavy clouds.
And it was lu this somber and deso
late retreat thot we saw the white
walls of the pavilion as we approach
ed. It was a queer looking building,
without a window visible on the side
by which we neared It A little door
alone marked the entrance to It. It
might have passed for a tomb, a vast
mausoleum In the midst of a thick for
est As we came nearer we were able
to make out its disposition. The build
ing obtained all the light It needed
from the south that Is to say, from
the open country. The little door
closed on the park. M. and Mile. Stan
gerson must have found it an ideal se
clusion for their work and thelt
dreams.
The pavilion had a ground flooi
which was reached by a few steps,
and above it was nn attic, with which
we nbd not concern ourselves. The
rooms of the pavilion were as follows.
The yellow room, with Its one win
dow and Its one door opening Into the
laboratory.
The laboratory, with Its two large
barred windows and Its doors, one
serving for the vestibule, the othei
for the yellow room.
The vestibule, with its unbarred win
dow and door opening Into the park.
The lavatory, between the vestibule
and the yellow room.
Besides these chambers there was a
flight of stairs leading to the attic.
The only chimney was the large one In
the laboratory.
Before mounting the three steps lead
ing up to the door of the pavilion
Rouletabille stopped and asked M.
Darzac polut blank:
"What was the motive for the
crime?"
"Speaking for myself, monsieur, there
can be no doubt on the matter," said
Mile. Stangerson's fiance, greatly dis
tressed. "The marks of the fingers,
the deep scratches on the chest and
throat of Mile. Stangerson, show that
-.he wretch who attacked her attempt
ed to commit a frightful crime. The
medical experts who examined these
traces yesterday affirm that they were
made by the same hand as that which
left Its red Imprint on the wall an
enormous hand, monsieur, much too
large to go Into my gloves," be added,
with an Indefinable smile.
"Could not that blood stained hand,"
I interrupted, "have been the hand ol
Mile. Stangerson, who, In the moment
of falling, had pressed it against the
wall and, In slipping, enlarged the im
pression?" "There was not a drop of blood on
either of her hands when she was
lifted up." replied M. Darzac.
"We are now sure," said I, "that It
was Mile. Stangerson who was armed
with Daddy Jacques' revolver, since
she wounded the hand of the murder
er. She was in fear, then, of some
body or something."
"Probably."
"Do you suspect anybody?"
"No," replied M. Darzac, looking al
Rouletabille.
Rouletabille then said to me:
"You must know, my friend, that the
Inquiry is a little more advanced than
M. de Marquet has chosen to tell us,
He not only knows that Mile. Stanger
son defended herself with the re
volvcr, but he knows what the weapon
was that was used to attack her. M.
Darzac tells me It was a mutton bone.
Why Is M. de Marquet surrounding
this mutton bone with so much mys
tery? No doubt for the purpose of
facilitating the Inquiries of the agents
of the police. He Imagines perhaps
that the owner of this Instrument of
crime, the most terrible Invented, Is
going to be found among those who
are well known in the slums of Paris
who use it"
"Has a mutton bone been found lu
tbo yellow room?" I asked him.
"Yes, monsieur," said Robert Darzac,
"at the foot of the bed, but I beg of
you not to say anything about It." (I
made a gesture of assent.) "It was an
enormous mutton bone, the top of which,
or, rather, the Joint, was still red
with the blood of the frightful wound.
It was an old bone, which may, ac
cording to appearances, have served In
other crimes. That's what M. de Mar
quet thinks, who has had It sent to the
municipal laboratory at Paris to be
annlyzed. In fact, he thinks be has
detected on It not only the blood of
the last victim, but other stains of
dried blood, evidences of previous
crimes."
"A mutton bone In the hand of a
skilled assassin Is a frightful weapon,"
said Rouletabille, "a more certain
weapon than a heavy hammer."
"The scoundrel has proved It to be
so," said M. Robert Darzac sadly.
"The Joint of the bone found exactly
flu the wound inflicted. My belief
Is that the wound would have been
mortal If the murderer's blow bad not
been arrested In the act by Mile. Stan
gerson's revolver. Wounded In the
hand, he dropped the mutton bone and
fled. Unfortunately the blow bad
been already given, and mademoiselle
was stunned after having been nearly
strangled. If she had succeeded in
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wounding the man with the first shot
of the revolver, she would doubtless
have escaped the blow with the bone.
But she had certainly employed her re
volver too late. The first shot devi
ated and lodged In the celling. It was
the. second only that took effect."
to be continued.
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I A mysterious at
ttmpt 13 maie at midnight to mur
der Mile. Stangerson, daughter and
assistant of Prof. Stangerson, who is
at work on his theory of the dlssocl
a'ion of matter in a pavilion near his
chateau. Pistol shots and the young
woman's crie3 for help are heard
behind the locked and bolted door of
her chamber, the yellow room. The
cries are answered by Professor Stan
.ersou and Daddy Jacques, an aged
servant. Aided by the concierges,
Bernier and his wife, they break open
the door and find Mile. Stangerson
swooning and half strangled, with a
wound In her temple, but find no
trace of her assailant. The only
possible outlet from the yellow room
is the doari The weird cry of the
"tete du bon Dieu," a cat belonging
to -Mother Angenoux, a recluse, Is
heard Just before Mile. Stangerson's
cries. H-Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter-detective,
is Introduced to the
reader by M. Sainclalr, the narrator
of the story. Rouletabille declares
the revolver was fired by Mile. Stan
gerson, wounding her assailant in
the hand. Sainclalr is to use his
friendship with M. Darzac, Mile. Stan
gerson's lover, to Introduce Rouleta
tllle into the chateau. Ill Rouleta
bille induces M. de Marquet, the ex
amining magistrate, and M. de Ma
lelne, his registrar, to talk about the
case. The only poslsble point of
egress from the pavilion for the
murderer has been the window of the
pavilion's vestibule,, near which blood
stains have been found. The win
da w, however, .was found latched af
ter the assassin's escape. A bullet
hole Is found in the celling of the
yellow room.
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Mr. J. P. Klote of Edlna, Mo., Bays:
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For sale by Burnaugh & Mayfleld.
PUBLIC LAND SALE.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Or
egon, December 8th, 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that, as di
rected by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, under provis
ions of Act of Congress approved
June 27, 1900 (34 Stats, 517), we
will offer at public sale, to the high
est bidder, at 10 o'clock a. m., on
the 28th day of January, at this of
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Any persons claiming adversely the
above-described land are advised to
file their claims, or objections, on
or before the time designated for
sale.
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A. A. ROBERTS, Receiver.
GAME LAWS.
Any person knowing of any viola
tion of the game or fish laws of the
state, or of persons not proporlj
keeping screens over lrrigatloi
ditches, are requested to notify
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Girls' Feet.
"Yes, miss," the shoemaker admit
ted, "you have rather large feet now,
but they'll get smaller. How old are
you? About sixteen, aren't you?"
"Yes; Just. And will my feet really
and truly get smaller? Oh, I'm so
glad!"
"Young girls of your age." said the
shoemaker, "have feet one or even two
sizes bigger thun they have when they
are quite grown up are twenty or
twenty-one, say. The feet at sixteen
are fat and puffy. You might say they
aren't shaped yet. They're like the
waist. But they soon get trim and
firm. They keep so till the ago of for
ty. Then they swell again. Bigger aud
bigger, latter nod softer they get till
the owner dies."
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'arm mauling, umierpries.
Srand Juries Will Inquire Into
the Panama Canal
Scandal,
NO RIVER AND HARBOR BILL
Muny Senutors Oppose Higher Pay
for President, Vice-President
and Speaker.
Washington, Jan. 18. Six Wash
ington correspondents of out-of-town
papers and a local news bureau have
been subpenaed to appear before the
federal grand Jury and testify, pre
sumably in connection with state
ments appearing in their publications
bearing on the Panama canal pur
chase. In his special message to congress
of December 15, regarding charges
of corruption, the President an
nounced that the attorney-general
had under his consideration the form
In which proceedlnus for libel nualnst
Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New i
York World, should be brought. j
Nowhere In the government annals
has such an action been taken na
the government suing for criminal
libel. The President in his message
was most emphatic In saying that
it should not be left to a private citi
zen to enter stilt, and was particular
to state that he did not believe "we
should concern ourselves with the
particular Individuals who wrote the
lying and libelous editorials, articles
from correspondents or articles In
the news columns. The real offender
Is Joseph Pulitzer, editor and pro
prietor of the New York World."
An amendment In the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill Increasing the salary of the Pres
ident to $100,000, of the Vice-President
and speaker of the house of rep
resentatives to $20,000 with $5000
additional allowance for carriages
and coachmen for the Vice-president
and speaker, and Increases for the
Judiciary aggregating $328,500, pre
cipitated a lively discussion In the
senate.
Borah, of Idaho, made a point of
order against these increases on the
ground that they involved general
legislation which, according to the
rules of the senate, cannot be placed
on an appropriation bill In face of a
single objection.
, A treaty providing for extradition
has been signed with Honduras by
Secretary Root. The state depart
ment has declined to say wnether or
not the treaty Is retroactive, but if
it Is the last haven of refuse for
fugitive prisoners In the Western
Hemisphere has disappeared.
Among the criminals liable to be
brought back under the new treaty Is
John Hipllnger, ex-con: roller of Se
attle, who abnconded with some $60,
000 of that city's funds. He Is now
living in security In Honduras.
The house committee on appro
priations have included In the ur
gency deficiency appropriation bill, a
bill of $30,000 for the maintenance
of automobiles for the White House
It was explained that Mr. Taft ha
Intimated that he would use automo
biles during his Incumbency of the
White House, and In order that he
might have the machines at the be
ginning of his administration, the
Item was included In this hill.
The senate committee on agricul
ture has authorized a favorable re
port of the McCumber bill providing
for the Inspection and grading of
grains. Under this bill national In
spection and grading of grains Is pro
vided for and the department of ag-
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J. j i unit) imoue. iimerprise, ure. ,i,
rlculture is authorized o fix definite
grades. In addition to the present
laboratories, others are to be estab
lished at Seattle, Taconia and San
Francisco and other pqlnts.
The house committee on rivers
and harbors voted against a general
appropriation bill for river and har
bor improvements. The committee
will report a bill providing for car
rying on Important work already be
gun, for surveys of urgent projects
proposed and for any emergencies
which may arise.
Attorney-General Bonaparte will
be Invited to appear before the spe
cial committee of the senate, which
Is considering the Culberson resolu
tion calling for the opinion of the
Judiciary committee as to the au
thority of the President lu permit
ting absorption of the Tennessee
Coal & Iron Company by the United
States Steel Corporation. ,
With the signing of an arbitration
treaty between the United States and
AuBtro-Hungary, at the state depart
ment, conventions of that character
with more than 20 nations of the
world have been agreed to. The
treaty now goes to the Benate for rat
ification. The house committee on naval af
fairs has fixed the amount needed for
the maintenance of the naval service
during the fiscal year 1910 at $135,
662,888, as compared with $122,
662,485, the present appropriation.
China Will Not Change Policy.
Pekin, Jan. 18. Prince Ching,
president of the board of forolgn
affairs, has assured the American and
British ministers that the dismissal
of Yuan Shi Kal means no change In
Chinese policy, but bitterness has
arisen between the British and Jap
anese representatives here on account
of Japan's refusal to join Great Brit
ain in her representations to Prince
Ching. The British position Is that
Japan acts In bad faith, while the
Japanese legation explains that It
agreed to concur in the opinion of
the majority and that a majority of
the ministers favored the taking of
no action In this direction.
Wunt Votes in New York.
New York, Jan. 18. Imitating to
some extent their strenuous English
sisters, the woman suffragists of New
York Btate began tonight ut Yonkers
a vigorous two weeks' campaign,
covering the state as far up as Al
bany. The movement will wind up
In two large meetings In the state
capital Intended to Impress the state
legislators with the strength of the
movement. They will be held Janu
ary 25 and 26.
Wreck Kills 21; Injures ..
Glenwood Springs, Col., Jan. 18
Twenty-one persons were killed and
30 injured, many of them seriously.
In a head-on collision between a
westbound passenger and an eaBt
bound freight on the Denver & RIo
Grande railroad, between Dotsero
and Spruce Creek, 22 miles from
Glenwood Springs, at 9:30 o'clock;
Friday night.
Thornton Mains Held Not Guilty.
Flushing, L. I Jan. 18. After
deliberating for 22 hours and tak
ing 15 ballots, the Jury acquitted
Thornton Jenkins Halns of the mur
der of William E. Annls, who was
shot dead by Halns' brother, Cap
tain Peter C. Halns. The first ballot
stood eight to four far acquittal.
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