Professional Directory of Wallowa County i e nvsterv THOS. M. DILL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ARTHUR H. RUDD, E. M. U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor Z Irrigation, Townslte and Gener-T al Snrveine- Mlnln? Renorts.f1 H. E. MERRYMAN SURVEYOR AND ENGINEER t U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor, X Mining and Metallurgical Engi- neer Enterprise, Oregon. 4 The Yellow Office first door south of New oom t Kraternal Bldg.. Enterprise. Ore. j ENTERPRISE, OREGON. I of R By GASTON LEROUX HI I J I CHAPTER XVI. Strang Phenomenon of the Dis sociation ol Matter. AM again at the window sill,'' continues Itouletubille, "aud ouce more 1 raise uiy . bead above it. Through uii opeuiug lu the curtaius, the urrauge ment of which has not beeu changed. 1 am ready to look, anxious to note the position lu which 1 uui golug to find the murderer, whether his back will still be turued toward me, whether be Is still seined at the desk writing. But perhaps perhaps he is no longer there. Vet how could be have tied 7 "Was 1 not in possession of his ladder? 1 force myself to be cool. 1 raise uiy bead yet higher. I look he Is still there. 1 see his monstrous back, de formed by the shadow thrown by the candle. He Is no longer writing now, and the candle Is on the parquet, over which he Is bending a position which serves my purpose. "I hold my breath. I mount the lad der. ' 1 am on the uppermost rung of it and with my left hand seize hold of the window sill. In this moment of approaching success I feel my heart beating wildly. I put my revolver be tween my teeth. A quick spring and I shall be on the window ledge. But the ladder! I had been obliged to press on It heavily, and my foot bad scarcely left it when I felt It swaying beneath me. It grated on the wall and fell. But already my knees were touching the window sill, and by a movement quick as lightning I got on to It "But tbe murderer bad been even quicker tban I bad been. lie bad heard tbe grating of tbe ladder on tbe wall, and I saw tbe monstrous back of the man raise Itself. I saw his head. Did I really see it? Tbe candle on tbe parquet lit up his legs only. Above the height of tbe table the cham ber was In darkness. I saw a man with long hair, a full beard, wild look ing eyes, a pale face framed In large whiskers as well as I could distiu-1 guisb and as I think red in color. I did not know the face. That was, In brief, tbe chief sensation I received from that face in the dim half light In which I saw it. I did not know it, or at least I did not recognize it. "Now for quick action. It was In deed time for that, for as I was about to place my legs through tbe window tbe man bad seen me, bad bounded to bis feet, bad sprung, as I foresaw be would, to the door of tbe antechamber, had time to open It and fled. But 1 was already behind blm, revolver in hand, shouting, 'Help!' "Like an arrow I crossed the room, but noticed a letter on tbe table as I rushed. I almost came up with tbe paan In tbe anteroom, for he bad lost time in opening tbe door to the gal lery. I flew on wings and in the gal lery was but a few feet behind him. He had taken, as I supposed he would, the gallery on his right that is to say, tbe road be bad prepared for bis flight. 'Help. Jacques; help, Larson!" 1 cried. He could not escape us. I raised a bout of Joy, of savage victory. Tbe man reached the Intersection of the two galleries hardly two seconds be fore me for the meeting which I had prepared, the fatal shock which must Inevitably take place at that spot We all rushed to the crossing place M. Stangerson and I coming from one end of tbe right gallery, Daddy Jacques coming from the other end of the gal lery and Frederic Larsan coming from the 'off turning' gallery. ''The man was not there! "We looked at each other stupidly and wltb eyes terrified. Tbe man had vanished like a ghost 'Where is he, where is he?" we all asked. "It is Impossible he can have es caped!' I cried, my terror mastered by my anger. "'I touched him!' exclaimed Frederic Larsan. " 'I felt bis breath on my face!' cried Paddy Jacques. " 'Where is he, wbere is he?' we all cried.. "We raced like madmen along tbe two galleries. We visited doors and windows. They were closed hermetic ally closed. Tbey had not been opened. Besides, the opening of a door or win dow by this man whom we were hunt ing without our having perceived It would have been more inexplicable than his disappearance. "Where Is be. where Is he? He could not have got away by a door or a window nor by any other way. He could not have passed through onr bodies! "I confess that for the moment I felt 'done for.' for the gallery was perfect ly lighted, and there was neither trap nor secret door in the walls nor any nort of hiding place. We moved tbe chairs nd lifted tbe picture. Noth ing, nothing! We would have looked Into a flowerpot If there bad been one to look Into!" When this mystery, thanks to Roule tabllle, was naturally explained by tbe help alone of bis masterful mind we were able to realize that the murderer hnd got away neither by a door, a win dow nor tbe stairs, a fact which tbe Judges would not admit COPYRIGHT. 1908. BY BRENTANO'S CHAPTER XVII. The Inexplicable Gallery. M LLE. STANGERSON appear ed at the door of her ante room," continues Itouleta bille's notebook. "We were near her door in the gallery where this incredible phenomenon had taken place. There are moments when one feels as if one's brain were about to burst. A bullet in the head, a fracture of the skull, the seat of reason shat teredwith only these can 1 compare the sensation which exhausted and left me void of sense. "Happily Mils. Stangerson appeared on the threshold of her anteroom. I saw her, aud that helped to relieve my chaotic state of mind. 1 breathed her; 1 Inhaled tbe perfume of tbe lady In black who had been kind to me in my childhood whom 1 should never see again. I would have given ten years of my life half my life to see once more tbe lady In black. Alas, I no more meet her but from time to time, and yet, and yet, bow tbe mem ory of that perfume, felt by me alone, carries me back to the days of my childhood! It was this sharp reminder from my beloved perfume of the lady In black which made me go to her, dressed wholly in white and so pale, so pale aud so beautiful, on the threshold of the Inexplicable gallery.' Her beau tiful golden hair, gathered Into a knot on the back of her neck, left visible tbe red scar on her temple which bad so nearly been the cause of ber death. When I first got on the right track of the mystery of this case I had imagined that on the night of tbe trag edy in tbe yellow room Mile. Stanger son had worn ber hair in bands. But, then, how could I have imagined other wise when I bad not been in the yel low room? . "But now, since the occurrence of tbe inexplicable gallery, I did not tea son at all. I stood there, stupid, before tbe apparition so pale and so beauti- ful of Mile. Stangerson, Sbe was clad In a dressing gown of dreamy white, One might have taken her to be a ghost a lovely phantom. Her father took ber In bis arms and kissed her passionately, as if be bad recovered her after being long lost to blm. T dared not question ber. He drew ber into tbe room, and we followed tbem for we had to knowl Tbe door of the boudoir was open. Tbe terrified faces of tbe two nurses craned toward us. MUa, Stangerson Inquired the meaning ol all the disturbance. That she was not in ber own room was quite easily explained quite easily. She had a fancy not to sleep that night lu ber chamber, but in the boudoir with her nurses, locking the door on tbem. Since tbe night of the crime sbe bad expert- enced feelings of terror, and fears came over ber that are easily to be compre hended. "But who could Imagine that on that particular night when be was to come sbe would by a mere chance determine to shut herself In with ber women? Who would think that sbe would act contrary- to ber father's wish to sleep in the drawing room? Who could be lieve that the letter wblcb bad so re cently been on tbe table In ber room would no longer be there? He who could understand all this would have to assume that Mile. Stangerson knew that the murderer was coming sbe could not prevent bis coming again- unknown to ber father, unknown to all but to M. Robert Darzac. For he must know It now. Perhaps he bad known (t before! Did be remember that phrase in the Elysee garden, 'Must I commit o crime, then, to win you?" Against whom tbe crime if not against tbe obstacle, against tbe murderer? 'Ah, I wpuld kill blm wltb my own hand!' Aud I replied, 'You have not answered my question.' That was tbe very truth. In truth. In truth, M. Dar zac knew the murderer so well that while wishing to kill him himself, be was afraid I should find bim. There could be but two reasons why be bad assisted me In my investigation. First, because I have forced him to do It, and, second, because she would be the better protected. "I am in the chamber her room, look at her, also at the place wbere tbe letter bad Just now been. Sbe has pos sessed herself of It; It was evidently Intended for her evidently. How she trembles! Trembles at tbe strange story ber father Is telling ber, of tbe presence of tbe murderer in her cham ber and of tbe pursuit But It Is plain' ly to be Been that she Is not wholly satisfied by tbe assurance given ber until sbe hnd been told that the- murderer by some incomprehensible means bad leen able to elude us. "Then followed a silence. What silence! We are all there looking at ber her father. Larsan, Daddy Jacques and L What were we all thinking of ln the silence? After tbe events of that night of the mystery of tbe Inex plicable gallery, of tbe prodigious fact of tbe presence of tbe murderer In her room. It seemed to me that all onr thoughts might have been translated Into tbe words wblcb were addressed to ber, 'Yea wbo know of this mra tery, explain It io Si4 shall oer- v.?5 tit able to suvr you.' How l longed to save her from herself and from the other! It brought the tear to my eyes. "Who can tell that, should we learn the secret of ber mystery, It would not precipitate a tragedy more terrlbl than that which bad already been en acted here? Who can tell If It might not mean her death? Yet It had brought her close to death, and we still knew nothing, or, rather, there are some of us wbo know nothing. But I if 1 knew who. 1 should know all. Who? Who? Not knowing who. must remaiu silent out of pity for her. For fiere is no doubt that she knows how he escaped from the yellow room. When 1 know wbo 1 will speak to him to him! "She looked at us now, with a fa; away look in her eyes, as If we were not In the chamber. M. Stnngerson broke the silence. He declared that, henceforth, he would no more absent himself from his daughter's apart ments. She tried to oppose him ln vain. He adhered firmly to his pur pose. He would Install himself there this very night he said. Solely con cerned for the health of his daughter, he reproached ber for having left her bed. Then be suddenly began talking to ber as If she were a little child. He smiled at her and seemed not to know either what he said or what he did. The Illustrious professor bad "ost bis- head. Mile. Stangerson In a tone of tender distress said, 'Father, father!' Daddy Jacques blows bis nose, and Frederic Larsan Ignself is obliged to turn away to hide his emotion. For myself, I am able neither to think or feel. I felt a contempt for myself. It was the first time that Frederic Larsan, like myself, found himself face to face with Mile. Stangerson since tho attack in the yellow room. Like me, he had Insisted on being al lowed to question the unhappy lady, but he bad not, any more tban had 1, been permitted. To him, as to me. the same answer had always been given: Mile. Stangerson was too weak to re ceive us. The questionings of the ex amining magistrate had overfatigued her. It was evidently intended not to give us any assistance in our re searches. I was not surprised, but Frederic Larson had always resented this conduct. It Is true that be and I had a totally different theory of tbe crime. I still catch myself repeating from tbe depths of my heart: 'Save her! Save her without his speaking!' Who Is he the murderer? Take him and shut bis mouth. But M. Darzac made It clear that In order to shut bis mouth be must be killed. Have I the right to kill Mile. Stangerson's mur derer? No, I bad not. But let him only give me the chance! Let me find out whether he Is really a creature of flesh and blood! Let me see bis dead body, since It cannot be taken olive. "If I could but make this woman, wbo does not even look at us, under stand! She Is absorbed by ber fears and by ber father's distress of mind. And I can do nothing to save her. Yes, I will go to work once more and ac complish wonders. "I move toward her. 1 would speak to her. I would entreat ber to have confidence In me. I would. In a word, make ber understand sbe alone that I know bow tbe murderer escaped from the yellow room, that I have guessed the motives for ber secrecy, and that I pity her with all my heart. But by her gestures she begged us to leave her alone, expressing weariness and tbe need for Immediate rest M. Stangerson asked us to go back to our rooms and thanked us. Frederic Lar san and I bowed to blm, aud, followed by Daddy Jacques, we regained th gallery. 1 beard Larsan murmur: 'Strange! Strange!' He made a sign to me to go wltb htm Into bis room. On tbe threshold be turned toward Daddy Jacques. '"Did you see blm distinctly? be asked. " 'Who?" " 'The man.' " 'Saw blm! Why. he had a big red beard and red hair.' . "That's bow he appeared to me,' I said. " 'And to me,' said Larran. 'The great Fred dud I were alone In his chamber now to talk over this thing. We talked for an hour, turn ing tbe matter over and viewing It from every side. From tbe questions put by blm, from tbe explanation which be gives me, It Is clear to mm that In spite of all our senses be la persuaded tbe man disappeared by some secret passage in the chateau known to him alone. - " 'He knows tbe chateau,' be said to me; 'he knows it well.' "'He is a rather tall man, well built' I suggested. " 'He Is as tall as he wants to be,' murmured Fred. 'I understand,' I said. 'But how do j yoa account for his red balr and beardT "Too much beard, too much hair false.' says Fred. "That's easily said. You are al ways thinking of Robert Darzac. Too can't get rid of that Ideal I am cer tain that be la Innocent' "So much the better. I hope so, bat everything condeccrr him. Did I BURLEIGH ROYF) t f iT-rnnveve it i in X ATTORNEYS-ARAW Practice in all State Courts and f ! Interior Department. Careful at- ten Uon to all business. MH8Hi$KM38' ! : I I D. W. SHEAHAN LAWYER ENTERPRISE I Practice In State and Federal f Courts and Interior Department. A V.. A. 1 X, il . J, -J PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON J Office upstairs in Bank Build- ing. Ind. Home phone in office and residence. you notice the marks on the carpet? Come and look at them.' "'I have seen them. They are the marks of tbe neat boots the same os those we saw on the border of the lake.' " 'Can you deny that they belong to Robert Darzac?' " 'Of course nni mnv to mlutnUnn " 'Have you noticed that those foot- i prints only go ln one direction, that ' there are no return marks? When the man came from tbe chamber, pursued ! by all of us. his footsteps left no traces i behind them.' " 'He had nerhnns been In th nhnm. I ber for hours. The mud from his honta had dried, aud he moved with such rapidity on the points of his toes. We saw him running, but we did not hear his steps.' "I suddenly put an end to this idle chatter, void of any logic, and made a sign to Larsan to listen. - xuere, oeiow, some one is snuttug aoor. "1 rise. Larsan follows me. We descend to the ground floor of the chateau. 1 leud him to the little semi circular room under tbe terrace be neath tbe window of the 'off turning' gf.llery. I point to the door, now closed, open a short time before, under which a shaft of light Is visible. " 'The forest keeper!' snys Fred. " 'Come on!' I whisper. "Prepared, I know not why, to be lieve that the keeper Is the guilty niau I go to tbe door and rap smartly on It. "Some might think that we were rather late In thinking of the keeper, since our first business, after having found that the murderer had escaped us In the gallery, ought to have leen to search everywhere else around the chateau, ln the park "Had this criticism been mode at the time we could only have answered that the assassin had disappeared from the gallery In such a way that we thought he was 110 longer anywhere! . He had eluded us when we all had our hands stretched out ready to seize him when we were almost touching him. We hnd no longer any ground for hop ing that we could clear up the mys tery of that night "As soon as I rapped at the door It was opened, and the keeper asked us quietly what we wanted. lie was un dressed and preparing to go to bed. The bed hod not yet been disturbed. "We entered and I affected surprise. " 'Not gone to bed yet?" " 'No,' he replied roughly. 'I have been making a round of the park and ln the woods. I am only Just back and sleepy. Good night!' " 'Listen,' I said. 'An hour ago there was a ladder close by your window.' "'What ladder? I did not see any ladder. Good night!' "And he simply put us out of the room. When we were outside I looked at Larsan. Ills face was Impenetra ble." CHAPTER. XVIII. R.ouletib''s Has Drawn a Circle Between the Two Bumps on Hia Forehead. iW E separated on tbe thresholds of our rooms with a melan choly shake of the hands. Larsan's was an original braln. method, very Intelligent, but without , I did not go to bed. I awult- ed the coming of daylight and then went down to the front of the chateau and made o detour, examining every trace of footsteps coming toward It or going from It. These, however, were i so mixed nnd confusing that I could i make nothing of them Here I may -make a remark I am not accustomed ; to attach an exaggerated Importance ' to exterior signs left ln the track of a crime. "Tbe method which trnces the crlm- ; lnal bv means of tbe tracks of his foot- , steps Is altogether primitive. So many footprints are Identical. However, In the disturbed state of my mind I did go Into the deserted court and did look at all the footprints I could Ond there, seeking for some Indication as a basU for reasoning. "If I could but find a right starting point! In despair I seated myself on a tone, fox over an hour Ijmulcd my- A Drawing Card. "I see sixteen years elapse between acts 2 and 3," said tbe manager, "Gives me an Idea." "What's that?" inquired the author. "I'll have the gowns that the heroine wears during those sixteen years on exhlultIon ln the lolbv- Tnnt owebt to draw the women In droves." Louis ville Courier-Journal. Cruel. Leading Tragic Man Did you see how I paralyzed the audience ln the death scene? They were crying all over the house! Stage Manager Yes; they knew you weren't really dead. London Tit-Kits. .5. ira r A a tu t PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON X Office In Bank Building. Home phone both office and jj residence. J self with the common, ordinal', of a policeman. Like the lenrt I gent of detectives I went on liliiiiil. over the traces of footprints which told me just no more than they could. "I came to the conclusion that I wax a fool, lower In the scale of Intelligence than even the police of the modern ro mancer. Novelists build mountains of Bt"nIlllty oat of a footprint 0.1 the saud or frow au 'PresBion of n ban.! on tlle wall Tu,,t'B tl,e wny lllotc'" me" "re bl-0"K!lt t0 l,8- might couvlnce nn examining magistrate or tlie 'un(l of n detective department, but lt's not l)l0Hf- Yo" "l iters forget thai wllut tho BellRPS '""HnIi is not proof If I am taking cognizance of what I offered me by my senses 1 do so but to bring the results within tho circle ( of my reason. That circle may be the aiost circumscribed, but. If It Is, It hits this advantage it holds nothing but the truth! Yes, I swear that I have lipvor ilMml tlm aviflrttlf-o nt tlin (mucin. but ns Bm.nnts t0 my rouson. , uave never permitted them t9 become m muster. They hove not made of uie that monstrous tblug worse than n blind man n man who sees falsely. And that Is why I can triumph over your error and your merely animal In telligence, Frederic Larsnu. "Bo of good courage, then, Friend Ilouletablllu. It is Impossible that the Incident of the inexplicable gallery should bo outside the circle of your rensou. You know that! Then have faith and take thought with yourself and forget not that you took hold of the right end when you drew that cir cle In your brain within which to un ravel this mysterious ploy of circum stance. "To It, once again! Go bock to the gallery. Take your stand ou your reason and rest there as Frederic Lar son rests on his cone. You will then soon prove that the great Fred Is noth ing but n fool. :50th October. Noon. "JOSEPH KOULETABILLE." "I acted ns I planned. With bend on fire, I retraced my way to the gallery, and without having found anything more than I hnd seen on the previous night, the right hold I hod taken of my reason drew me to something so Impor tant that 1 was obliged to cling to It to save myself from falling. 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