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CHAPTER XIII. (Continued.) !
Here Rouletabllle Interrupted himself
and asked me if I had brought the re
volvers. I showed him them. Having
examined both, he pronounced them
excellent and banded them back to me.
"Shall we have any use for them?" I
asked.
"No doubt; this evening. We shall
pass the night here if that won't tire
you?"
"On the contrary," I Bald, with an
expression that made Rouletabllle
laugh.
"No, no," he said. "This Is no time
lor laughing. You remember the
phrase which was the 'open sesuine' of
thl3 chateau full of mystery?"
"Yes," I said, "perfectly, 'The pres
bytery has lost nothing of its charm
nor the garden Its brightness.' It was
the phrase which you found on the
half burned piece of paper among the
ashes in the laboratory."
"Yes. At the bottom of the paper,
where the flame had not reached, was
this date, 23d of October. Itemember
this date; it is highly important. I am
now going to tell you about that curi
ous phrase. On the evening before the
crime that is to say, on the 23d M.
and Mile. Stangerson were at a recep
tion at the Elysee. I know that, be
cause I was there on duty, having to
Interview one of the servants of the
Academy of rhlladelphia who was be
ing feted there. I had never before
seen either M. or Mile. Stangerson. I
was seated In the room which precedes
the Salon des Ambassadeurs, and, tired
of being Jostled by so many noble per
sonages, I had fallen into a vague
reverie, when I scented near me the
perfume of the lady In black.
"Do you ask me what is the 'perfume
of the lady In black?' It must suffice
you to know that It is a perfume of
which I am very fond, because It was
that of a lady who had been very kind
to me in my childhood, a lady whom I
dad always seen dressed In black. The
lady who that evpnln? was scented
With the perfume of the lady in black
was dressed In white. She was won
derfully beautiful. I could not help
rising and following her. An old man
gave her bis arm. and as they passed
I heard voices say, Trofesssor Stanger
son and his daughter.' It was in that
way I learned who it was I was fol
lowing, ''They met M. Robert Darzac, whom
I knew by eight. Professor Stanger
son, accosted by Mr. Arthur William
Jtance, one of the American savants,
seated himself in the great gallery,
and M. Robert Darzac led Mile, Stan
gerson Into the conservatory. I fol
lowed. The weather was very mild
that evening. The garden doors were
open. Mile. Stangerson threw a fichu
shawl over her shoulders, and I plain
ly saw that It was she who was beg
ging M, Darzac to go with her Into the
' garden. I continued to follow, Inter
ested by the agitation plainly exhibited
by the bearing of M. Darzac. They
slowly passed along the wall abutting
pn the Avenue Marlgny. I took the
central alley, walking parallel with
them, and then crossed over for the
purpose of getting nearer to them.
The night was dark, and the grass
deadened the sound of my steps. They
had stopped under the vacillating light
at a gas Jet and appeared to be both
pending over a paper held by "Mile.
Btangerson, reading something which
deeply interested them. I stopped In
the darkness and silence.
"Neither of them saw me, and I dis
tinctly heard Mile, Btangerson repeat
M she was refolding the paper, 'The
presbytery has lost nothing of its
charm nor the garden its brightness
It was said In a tone at once mocking
and despairing and was followed by a
tmrst of such nervous laughter that I
think her words will never cease to
sound la my ears. But another phrase
was uttered by M. Robert Darzac,
'Must I commit a crime, then, to win
your He was in an extraordinarily
agitated state. He took the hand of
Mile. Stangerson and held It for o
Ion time to his Hps, and I thought
from the movement of his shoulders
that he was crying. Then they went
away.
"When I returned to the great gal
lery," continued Rouletabllle, "I saw
no more of M. Robert Darzac, and I
was not to see him again until after
the tragedy at the Glandler. Made
moiselle was near Mr. Ranee, who was
talking with much animation, his eyes
during the conversation glowing with
a singular brightness. Mile. Stanger
son, I thought, was not even listening
to what he was saying, her face ex
pressing perfect indifference. HU
face was the red face of a drunkard.
When M. and Mile. Stangerson left he
went to the bar end remained there. I
Joined him and rendered him some lit
tie service in the midst of the press
ing crowd. Ho thanked me and told
me he was returning to America three
days later that is to say, on the 20th,
the day after the crime. I talked with
him about Philadelphia. He told me
be had lived there for Ave and twen
ty years and that It was there he had
met the Illustrious Professor Stanger
son and his daughter. He drank a
great deal of champaigne, and when I
left him he was very nearly drunk.
"Such were my experiences on that
evening, and I leave xou to imagine
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Whnt effect the news ofthe attempted (
muruer 01 ante, stangerson produced
on me with what force those words
pronounced by M. Robert Darzac,
'Must I commit a crime, then, to win
you?' recurred to me. It was not this
phrase, however, that I repeated to
him when we met here at Glandler.
The sentence of the presbytery and the
bright garden sufficed to open the gate
of the chateau. If you ask me If I be
lieve now that M. Darzac is the mur
derer I must say I do not. I do not
think I ever quite thought that. At the
time I could not really think seriously
of anything, I bad so little evidence to
go on, but I needed to have at once the
proof that he bad not been wounded in
the hand.
"When we were alone together I told
him how I had chanced to overhear a
part of his conversation with Mile.
Stangerson In the garden of the Elysee,
and when I repeated to him the words,
'Must I commit a crime, then, to win
you?' he was greatly troubled, though
much less so than he had been by hear
ing me repeat the phrase about the
presbytery. What threw him Into &
state of real consternation was to
learn from me that the day on which
he had gone to meet Mile. Stangerson
at the Elysee was the very day on
which she had gone to the postoffice
for the letter. It was that letter per
haps which ended with the words,
'The presbytery has lost nothing of Its
charm nor the garden Its brightness.'
My surmise was confirmed by my find
ing, if you remember, In the ashes of
the laboratory the fragment of paper
dated Oct. 23. The letter had been
written and withdrawn from the post
office on the same day.
"There can be no doubt that on re
turning from the Elysee that night
Mile. Stangerson had tried to destroy
that compromising paper. It was in
vain that M. Darzac denied that that
letter had anything whatever to do
with the crime. I told him that In an
affair so filled with mystery as this he
bad no right to hide this letter; that I
was persuaded It was of considerable
Importance that (he desperate tone In
which. Mile. Stangerson bad pronounc
ed the phrase; that his own tears and
the threat of a crime which he bad
professed after the letter was read-
all these facts tended to leave no room
for me to doubt. M. Darzac became
more and more agitated, and I deter
mined to take advantage of the effect
I had produced on him. 'You were on
the point of being married, monsieur,'
I said negligently and without looking
at him, 'and suddenly your marriage
becomes Impossible because of the
writer of that letter because as soon
as bis totter was read you spoke of the
necessity for a crime to win Mile
Stangerson. Therefore there is some
one between you and her Borne one
who is preventing your marriage
with her; some one who has at
tempted to kill her so that she
should not be able to marry.' And
I concluded with these words: 'Now,
monsieur, you have only to tell me in
confidence the name of the murderer.'
The words I had uttered must have
struck him ominously, for when I
turned my eyes on him I saw that his
face was haggard, the perspiration
standing on bis forehead and terror
showing in his eyes.
" 'Monsieur,' be said to me, 'I am
going to ask of you something which
may appear insane, but In exchange
for which I place my life in your
hands, Ypu must not tell the magis
trates of what you saw and heard In
the garden of the Elysee; neither to
them nor to anybody. I swear to you
that I am innocent, and I know, I feel,
that you believe me, but I would rath
er be taken for the guilty man than
see justice go astray on that phrase,
"The presbytery has lost nothing of
its charm nor the garden Its bright
cess." The Judges must know noth
ing about that phrase. All this mat
ter Is In your bands. Monsieur, I
leave It there,, but forget the evening
at the Elysee. A hundred other roads
are open to you In your search for
the criminal. I will open them for
you myself. I will help you. Will
you take up your quarters here? You
may remain here to do as you please.
Eat, sleep here, watch my actions, the
actions of all here. You shall be mas
ter of the Glandler, monsieur, but for
get the evening at the Elysee.' "
Rouletabllle here paused to take
breath. I now understood what had
appeared so unexplalnable In the de
meanor of M. Robert Darsac toward
my friend And the facility with which
the young reporter had been able to
Install himself on the scene of the
crime.
"Everything seems to be pointing
against him," continued my friend,
"and the situation Is becoming ex
ceedingly grave. M. Darzac appears
not to mind it much, but in that he is
wrong. I was Interested only In the
health of Mile. Stangerson, which was
dally improving, wbed something oc
curred that is even more mysterious
than than the mystery of the yellow
room."
"Impossible!" I cried. "What could
be more mysterious than that?"
"Let ns first go back to M. Robert
Darzac." said Rouletabllle. calming
me. "I have said that everything
seems to be pointing against him. The
o
Room
marks of the neat' Boots found by
Frederic Larsan appear to be really
the footprints of Mile. Stangersou's
fiance. The marks made by the bicycle
may have been made by bis bicycle.
He had usually left it at the chateau.
Why did he take It to Paris on that
particular occasion? Was it because
he was not going to return again to the
chateau? Was it because, owing to the
breaking off of bis marriage, bis rela
tions with the Stangersons were to
cease? All who are interested In the
matter affirm that those relations were
to continue unchanged.
"Frederic I.arsnn, however, believes
that all intercourse was at an end.
From the day when M. Darzac accom
panied Mile. Stangerson to the depart
ment store until the day after the
crime he bad not been at the Glandler.
Remember that Mile. Stangerson lost
her reticule containing the key with
the brass head while she was in his
company. From that day to the even
ing at the Elysee the Sarbonne pro
fessor and Mile. Stangerson did not
see one another, but they may have
written to each other. Mile. Stanger
son went to the postoffice to get a let
ter which Larsan says was written by
Robert Darzac, for, knowing nothing
o what bad passed at the Elysee, Lar
san believes that It was M. Darzac
himself who stole the reticule and the
key with the design of forcing her con
Bent by getting possession of the pre
cious papers of her father papers
which he would have restored to him
on condition that the marriage engage- I
ment was to be fulfilled.
"All that would have been a very
doubtful and almost absurd hypothe
sis, as Larsan admitted to me, but for
another and much graver circum
stance. In the first place, here is
something which I have not been able
to explain M. Darzac bad himself on !
the 24th gone to the postoffice to ask !
for the letter which mademoiselle had '
called for and received on the prevl-1
ous evening. The description of the
man who made application tallies in
every respect with the appearance of i
M. Darzac, who in answer to the
questions put to him by the examining '
magistrate denies that be went to the
tlli t A fTl i n Vnnr nirnn nilntlHIni, V . I
the letter was written by him, which
I do not believe, he knew that Mile,
Stangerson had received it since he
had seen it In her hands in the garden
at the Elysee. It could not have been
he, then, who had gone to the post
office the day after the 24th to ask
for a letter which be knew was no
longer there.
"To me it appears clear that some
body strongly resembling him stole
Mile. Stangersou's reticule and In that
letter had demanded of her something
which she bad not sent him. He must
have been surprised at the failure of
his demand; hence his application at
the postoffice, to learn whether bis let
ter had been delivered to the person
to whom It had been addressed. Find
ing that It had been claimed, be had
become furious. What had he de
manded? Nobody but Mile. Stanger
son knows. Then on the day follow
ing It Is reported that she has been
attacked during the night, and the
uext day I discovered that the pro
fessor had at the same time been rob
bed by means of the key referred to
In the poste restante letter. It would
seem, then, that tp? man who went
to the postoffice to Inquire for the let
ter must have been the murderer. All
these arguments Larsan applies as
against M. Darzac. You may be sure
that the examining magistrate, Lar
san and myself have done our best to
et from the postoffice precise details
relative to the singular personage who
applied there on the 24th of October,
But nothing has been learned. We
don't know where he came from or
where he went. Beyond the descrip
tion which makes htm resemble M.
Darzac we know nothing.
"I have announced In the leading
Journals that a handsome reward will
be given to a driver of any public con
veyance who drove a fare to 40. Post
office, about 10 o'clock on the morning
of the 24th of October. Information to
be addressed to 'M. VL.' at the office of
the Epoque, but no answer has result
ed. The man may have walked, but as
be was most likely in a hurry there
was a chance that he might have gone
in a cab. Who, I keep asking myself
night and day, is the man who so
strongly resembles M. Robert Darzac
and who is also known to have bought
the cane which has fallen Into Lar
san's hands?
"The most serious fact Is that M.
Darzac was at the very same time
that bis double presented himself at
the postoffice down for a lecture at the
Sorbonne. He bad not delivered that
lecture, and one of bis friends took his
place.- When I questioned him as to
how he bad employed the time he told
me that he had gone for a stroll In the
Bols de Boulogne. What do you think
of a professor who Instead of giving
his lecture obtains a substitute to go
for a stroll In the Bols de Boulogne?
When Frederic Larsan asked him for
information on this point be quietly
replied that It was no business of his
how he spent his time In Paris, on
which Fred swore aloud that be would
find out without anybody's help.
"All this seems to fit in .with Fred's
hypothesis namely, that M. Stanger-
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hypothesis namely, that M. Stanger
son allowed the murderer to escape In
order to avoid a scandal. The hypothe
sis Is further substantiated by the fact
that Darzac was in the yellow room
and was permitted to get away. That
hypothesis I believe to be a false one.
Larson is being misled by it, though
that would not displease me did it not
affect an innocent person. Now, does
that hypothesis really mislead Frederic
Larsan? Thnt is the question that Is
the question."
"Perhap3 he Is right," I cried. Inter
rupting Rouletnbllle. "Are you sure
that M. Darzac Is Innocent? It seems
to me that these are extraordinary coin
cidences" "Coincidences," replied my friend,
"are the worst enemies to truth."
"What does the examining magis
trate think now of the matter?"
"M. de Marquet hesitates to accuse
M. Darzap In the absence of absolute
proofs. Not only would be have public
opinion wholly against him. to say
nothing of the Sorbonne, but M. and
Mile. Staugersoq. She adores M. Rob
ert Darzac. Indistinctly as she saw
the murderer. It would be hard to
make the public believe that she could
not have recognized hlra if Darzac hud
been the criminal. No doubt the yel
low room was very dimly lit, but a
night light, however small, gives some
light. HeTe, my boy, is bow things
stood when three days, or, rather, three
nights, ago an extraordinarily strange
Incident occurred."
CHAPTER XIV.
"I Expect the Ausssin This
Evening."
1
MUST take you," sold Roule
tabllle, "so as to enable you
to understand, to the various
scenes. I myself believe that
I have discovered what everybody else
Is searching for namely, how the mur
derer escaped from the yellow room
without any accomplice and without
Mile. Stangerson having bad anything
to do with it. But so long as I am not
sure of the real murderer I cannot !
state the theory on which I am work-'
Imr f pnn nnlv snv Hint 1 Io1Iiia It- in '
be correct and In any case a quite nut
urn 1 and simple one. As to what hap
pened In this place throe nights ago, I
must say It kept me wondering for a
whole day and night. It passes all be
lief. The theory I have formed from
the Incident is so absurd that 1 would
rather matters remained as yet unex
plained." Saying which, the young reporter In
vited me to go and make the tour of
the chateau with him. The ouly sound
to be heard was the crunching of the
dead leaves beueutb our feet. The si
lence was so Intense that one might
have thought the chateau hud been
abandoned. The old stones, the stag
nant water of the ditch surrounding
the donjon, the bleak ground strewn
with the dead leaves, the durk. skele-tou-Uke
outlines of the trees all con
tributed to give to the desolate place,
now filled with lis awful mystery, au
aspect tho most fuuereuL As we pass
ed round the donjou we met the Green
Man. the forest keeper, who did not
greet us, but walked by as If we had
not existed. He was looking Just as I
had formerly seen him through the
window of the Donjon Inn. He hud
still his fowling piece slung ut his
back, his pipe was lu Ills mouth and
bis eyeglasses on his uof.c.
"An odd kind of fish." Rouletabllle
said to me lu a low tore.
"Have you spoken to bltn?" I asked.
"Yes. but 1 could get nothing out of
him. Ills only answers are grunts
and shrugs of the. shoulders. He gen
erally lives on the first floor of the
donjon a big room that once served
for an oratory, ne lives like a bear,
never goes out without his gun and Is
only pleasant with the girls. Tho
women for twelve miles round are all
setting their caps for him. For the
present he Is paying nttentlon to Mine.
Muthlcu, whoso husband Is keeping a
lynx eye upon her In consequence."
After paining the donjon, which U
situated at the extreme end of the
left wing, we went to the back of the
chateau. Rouletabllle, pointing to a
wlndo- which I recognized as the
An Eccentric Russian Doctor.
The famous Russian, the late Dr.
Zahurlu, was noted for his eccentric
methods. When summoned to attend
Czar Alexander III. in his lust illness,
Dr- Zahurln required the same prep-
nratlou for his visit to the palace as
t0 u,ly of uis Il!ltlt,"ts, houses. That is
to say, all dogs hud to be kept out of
the way, all clocks stopped and every
door thrown wide open. He left his
furs in the hull, his overcoat In the
next room, his galoches iu the third,
and, continuing, arrived at the bedside
in ordinary Indoor costume. He sat
down after walking every few yards
and every eight steps lu going up
stairs. From the patient's relatives
and every one else In the bouse he re
quired absolute silence until he spoke
to them, when his questions had to be
answered by "Yes" or "No" and noth
ing more.
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son's apartment, said to me:
' If you had been here two nights
servant at the top of a ladder about
ago you would have seen your humble
only one belonging to Mile. Stanger
to enter tile chateau by that window."
As I expressed some surprise at this
pJace of nocturnal gymnastics, he beg-
d me to notice carefully the exterior
disposition of the i -bateau. We then
went back Into the building.
"I must now show you the first floor
of the chateau, where 1 am living,"
said my friend. He motioned me to
follow him up a magnificent flight of
stairs ending In n landing on the first
floor. From this landing one could
pnss to the right or left wing of the
chateau by a gallery opening from it.
This gallery, high and wide, extended
along the whole length of the building
and was lit from the front of the cha
teau facing the north. The rooms, the
windows of which looked to the south,
opened out of the gallery. Professor
Stangerson Inhabited the left wing of
the building. Mile. Stangerson had her
apartment In the right wing.
I We entered the gallery to the right,
j A narrow carpet laid on the waxed
oaken Boor, which shone .like glass,
dendened the sound of our footsteps.
I Rouletabllle nsked me lu a low tone to
I walk carefully as we were passing the
I door of Mile. Stangcrson's apartment.
I This consisted of a bedroom, an ante
room, a small bathroom, a boudoir and
a drawing room. One could pass from
one to another of these rooms without
having to go by way of the gallery.
The gallery continued straight to the
western end of the building, where It
was lit by n high window. At about
two-thirds of Its length this gallery at
a right angle Joined another gallery
following the course of the right wing.
The better to follow this narrative
we shall call the gallery leading from
the stairs to the eastern window the
"right" gallery und the gallery quit
ting It at a right angle the "off turn
ing" gallery. It was at the meeting
point of the two galleries that Rouleta
bllle bad his chamber, adjoining thut
of Frederic Larsan, the door of each
opening on to the "off turning" gal
lery, while the doors of Mile. Stuu
gcrson's apartment opened Into the
"right" gallery.
Rouletabllle opened the door of his
room nnd after we had passed In care-
! fully drew the bolt.
I had not had
time to glunce around tho place lu
which be hnd been Installed when he
uttered a cry of surprise and pointed
to a pair of eyeglasses on a side table.
"What are these doing here?" be
asked.
I should have been puzzled to an
swer bitn.
"I wonder," he said "I wonder If
this Is what I have been searching for.
I wonder If these are the eyeglasses
from the presbytery."
He seized them eagerly, his Augers
caressing the glasses. Then looking at
me, with an expression of terror on
bis face, he murmured, "Oh, oh!"
He repeuted the exclamation again
and aguln. as If his thoughts had sud
denly turned his brain.
He rose and, putting his hand on my
shoulder, laughed like one demented us
bo suld:
"Those glasses will drive me Billy.
Mathematically speaking, the thing Is
possible, but humanly speaking it is
Impossible, or ufterwurd, or after
ward" Two light knocks struck the door.
Rouletabllle opened It. A figure en
tered. 1 recognized the concierge
whom I hud seen when she wns beltig
taken to the pavilion for examination.
I wns surprised, thinking she was still
under lock nnd key. This woman said
In u very low tone:
"In the grove of the parquet."
Rouletabllle replied. "Thanks." The
woman then left. He aguln turned to
me. his look haggard, after having
carefully refastened the door, tnutter
lpg some Incomprehensible phrases.
"If the thing Is rnutliematlcully pos
sible why should It not be humanly?
And If It Is humanly posslblo the mut
ter Is simply awful."
I Interrupted him In bis soliloquy.
"Have they set the concierges ut lib
erty, then?" I asked.
"Yes," he replied, "1 had them liber
ated. I needed people I could trust
Tho woman Is thoroughly devoted to
; me, and. her husbaud would luy down
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his life for me."
"Oho!" I sr. id. "Wbeu will he have
occasion to do U?"
"This evening, fcr this evening I ex
pect the murderer."
"You expect the murderer this even
ing? Theu you know him?"
"I shall l;now him, but I rhould be
mad to affirm tutegorlcully at this mo
ment thnt I C ) know him. The mathe
matical Idea 1 have of the murderer
gives results so frightful, so mon
strous, that I hope It Is F'.lll possible
that I am mistaken. I hope so with all
my heart."
"Five minutes ago you did not know
the murderer. How cau you say that
you expect him this evening?"
"Becnuse I know that ho must
come."
Rouletnbllle very slowly tilled his
pipe and lit it. Thnt meant nn Interest
ing story. At that moment we heard
some one wnlklng In the gallery ond
passing before our door. Roulctablllo
listened. The sound of the footstep
died away In the dlstauce.
"Is Frederic Lnrsnn In his room?" I
asked, pointing to the pnrtltlon.
"No," my friend answered. "Tie went
to Tnrls this mornlnr. still on the s ent
of Darzac who nlso lvft for Tarls.
That matt'-r will turn out bud!y. I ex
pect that M. Darzac will be arrested In
the course of the next week. The worst
of It Is that everything reenis to be
in league against him circumstances,
things, people. Not an hour pimses
Without bringing some new evidence
(Continued next week.)
Watch the label on your paper.
Before buying a piano o.
see Ashley. He has the
for almost any make and wi -nil
them on easy terms.
Nature Provk
but one
Californs
It is the natural winu
homo of many thousand
of the world'sbeFt n-. ,i
Under the gentle in:lu. n. .
of its mild winterclinmu-.
every amusement
recreation uboumt.-i. i-m-l.
bathinff, boating, fiuhin
driving; such picnics, , .
ties und "jollifications.'
GO TO
Los Angeles, Paso Robles
Hot Springs, Hotel e'e
Monte, Santa Iiibuiii,
Venice, Long Betich Sunt
Cruz, orascoreofsimilur
resorts and you will find
health, congenial sur
roundings, hospitiil-1
associates, fuullless ;tc
commodutions und num
berless attractions and
conveniences.
The O. R. & N. Co.
Connecting with
The Southern Pacific Co.
Make inexpensive round trip
excursion rates to California
A six months stopover
ticket Wallowa to Los
Angeles and return is
$76 80
Corresponding rates tire ii. el'
''ect to other points.
Wo have some very distinctive
literature covering California's
winter resorts, and will take
pleasure in giving yon all of the
information and assistance at
our command.
For tickets, sleeping car reservations,
etc., call on, telegraph or write
E. T. Campion, Agent, Wallowa.
Or
WM. McMURRY, cen pas r-vT.
Portland, Oregon.