Professional Directory of Wallowa County The Mystery Of THOS. M. DILL ? i ! ARTHUR H. RUDD, E. M. i U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor I Irrigation, Townsite and Gener- al Surveying. Mining Reports.? ENTERPRISE, OREGON. f W. C. KETCHUM I DENTIST - ENTERPRISE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW The Yellow Office first door south of New 1 1 Fraternal lildg.. Enterprise, Ore. I oom 1 e Rerland Building. Independent Phone. Home T By GASTON LEROUX CHAPTER XIX Houletabille Invites Me to Break fast at the Donjon Inn. mT was not until later thnt Roulc tabllle sent me the notebook In which he had written nt length the story of the phe nomenon of the Inexplicable gallery. On the day I arrived at the dandier and joined hlra In his room he recount ed to me, with the greatest detail, all that I have related, telling me also how he had spent several hours In Paris, where he had learned nothing that could be of any help to him. The event of the Inexplicable gal lery had occurred on the night between the 29th and 30th of October-thut Is to say, three days before my return to the chateau. It was on the 2d of November, then, that I went back to the Glandler, summoned there by my friend's telegram and taking the re volvers with me. I am now In Rouletabllle's room, and be has finished bis recital. While be had been telling me the Btory I noticed him continually rubbing the glass of the eyeglasses he had found on the side table. From the evi dent-pleasure he was taking in han dling them I felt they must be one of those sensible evidences destined to en ter what he bad called the circle of the right end of his reason. When he bad finished his recital he asked me what I thought of it I re plied that I was much puzzled by bis question. Then be begged me to try, In my turn, to take my reason in band "by the right end." "Very well," I said. "It seems to me that the point of departure of my rea son would be this there can be no doubt that the murderer you pursued was In the gallery." I paused.. "After making so good a start, you ought not to stop so soon," be exclaim ed. "Come, make another effort." "I'll try. Since he disappeared from the galiery without passing through any door or window, he must have es caped by some other opening." Rouletabllle looked at me pityingly, smiled carelessly and remarked that I was reasoning like a postman or like Frederic Larsan. Rouletabllle bad alternate fits of ad miration and disdain for the great Fred. It all depended as to whether Larsan's discoveries tallied with Roule tabllle's reasoning or not. When they did he would exclaim. "He is really great!" When they did not, he would grunt and mutter, "What an ass!" It was a petty side of the noble character of this strange youth. We had risen, and be led me Into the park. When we reached the court and were making toward the gate, the sound of blinds thrown back against tbe wall made us turn our beads, and we saw at a window on tbe first floor of the chateau the ruddy and clean shaven face of a person I did not rec ognize. "Hello!" muttered Itouletabllle. "Ar thur Ranee!" He lowered bis head, quickened bis pace, and I heard him ask himself between bis teeth: "Was be In the chateau that night? What Is he doing here?" We bad gone some distance from the chateau when I asked him wbo this Arthur Ranee was and bow be bad come to know him. He referred to his story of that morning, and I remem bered that Mr. Arthur W. Ranee was the American from Philadelphia with whom be bad bad so many drinks at the Elysee reception. "But was he not to have left France almost Immediately?" I asked. "No doubt: that's why I am sur prised to find blm here still and not only In France, bnt above all, at the Glandler. He did not arrive this morning, and be did not get bere last night He must have got here before dinner, then. Why didn't the con clerges tell me?" I reminded my friend, apropos of the concierges, that be bad not yet told me what bad led blm to get them set at liberty. We were close to tbelr lodge. ' M. and Mme. Bernler saw us coming. A frank mile lit up their happy faces. They seemed to harbor no ill feeling because of tbelr detention. My young friend asked tbem at what hour Mr. Arthur Ranee bad arrived. Tbey answered that they did not know be was at tbe cha tean. He must have come during the evening of the previous night bnt tbey bad not bad to open tbe gate for hlra. because, being a great walker and not wishing that a carriage should be sent to meet blm. be wan accustomed to get off at the little bamlet of Saint Michel. from wblcb be came to tbe chateau by fray of. tbe forest He reached the park by the grotto of Salnte Gene vieve, over tbe little gate of which, giving on to the park, he climbed. As the concierges spoke I saw Roule tabllle's face cloud over and exhibit dis appointment a disappointment no doubt with himself. Evidently he was little vexed, after having worked so much on tbe spot with so minute a tody of tbe people and events at the Glandler. that be had to learn now that Arthur Ranee was accustomed to Tlslt the chateau. COPYRIGtTT. 1908. BY BRENT ANO'S "You say that M. Arthur Ranee Is accustomed to come to the chateau. When did he come here last?" "We can't tell you exactly." replied Mme. Bernler. "We couldn't know while they were keeping us In prison. Besides, as tbe gentleman comes to the chateau without passing through our gate he goes away by the way he comes." "Do you know when he came the first time?" "Oh, yes. monsieur! Nine years ago." "He was In France nine years ago, then," said Rouletabllle, "and since that lime, as far as you know, bow many times hat he been at the Gfaa flier?" "Three times." "When did he come tbe last time, as far as you know?" "A week before tbe attempt In the yellow room." Rouletabllle put another question, this time addressing himself particular ly to the woman: "In the grove of the parquet?" "In tbe grove of the parquet" she replied. "Thanks!" said Rouletabllle. "Be ready for me this evening." He spoke the last words with a finger on his Hps as If to command silence and discretion. We left the park and took tbe way to the Donjon Inn. "Do you often eat here?" "Sometimes." "But you also take your meals at the chateau?" Yes, Larsan and I are sometimes served In one of our rooms." Hasn't M. Stangerson ever Invited you to his own table?" Never." Does your presence at the chateau displease him?' I don't know; but in any case, he does not make us feel that we are in bis way." "Doesn't he question you?" "Never. He Is in the same state of mind as he was In at the door of the yellow room when bis daughter was being murdered and when be broke open tbe door and did not find tbe murderer. He Is persuaded since be could discover nothing that there's no reason why we should be able to dis cover more than be did. But be baa made It his duty since Larsan ex pressed his theory not to oppose us." Rouletabllle burled himself In thought again for some time. He aroused him self later to tell me of bow he came to set tbe two concierges free. "I went lately to see M. Stangerson and took with me a piece of paper on which was written, '1 promise, what ever others may say. to keep In my service my two faithful servants, Ber nler and his wife.' 1 explained to him that by signing that document he would enable me to compel those two people to speak out, and I ' declared my own assurance of tbelr Innocence of any part In the crime. Tbat was also his opinion. The examining mag' lstrate after It was signed presented the document to the Bernlers, wbo then did speak. Tbey said wbat I was certain tbey would say as soon as tbey were sure tbey would not lose tbelr places. "Tbey confessed to poaching' on M Stangerson's estates, and It was while they weie poaching, on tbe night of tbe crime, that they were found not far from the pavilion at the moment when the outrage was being committed. Some rabbits tbey caught In that way were sold by them to tbe landlord of the Donjon Inn, who served tbem to his customers or sent them to Paris. Tbat was the truth, as I bad guessed from the first Do you remember what I said ou entering the Donjon inn? We shall have to eat red meat now ! I had beard the words on the same morning when we arrived at the park gate. You beard tbem also, but you did not attach any Importance to tbem. You recollect when we reached tbe park gate that we stopped to look at a man wbo was running by tbe side of tbe wall, looking every minute at bis watch. That was Larsan. Well, be hind us the landlord of the Donjon Inn standing on his doorstep, said to some one Inside, 'We shall have to eat red meat now.' "Why that 'now? When you are. as I am. In search of some bidden secret you can't afford to bave anything es cape you. You've got to know the meaning of everything. We bad come Into a rather out of tbe way part of the country which bad been turned topsy turvy by a crime, and my reason led me to suspect every phrase that could bear upon tbe event of tbe day. Now.' I took to mean, "since tbe out rage.' In tbe course of my Inquiry therefore. I sought to find a relation between tbnt phrase and tbe tragedy We went to tbe Donjon inn for break fast I repeated tbe phrase and saw by tbe surprise and trouble ou Daddy Mathleu's face tbat I bad not exagger ated its importance so far as be was concerned. "I bad Just learned that the con cierges bad been arrested. Daddy Mathleu spoke of them as of dear friends people for whom one is sorry. That was a reckless conjunction of Ideas. I said to myself. 'Now.' that the concierges are arrested, 'we shall have to eat red meat No" more con cierges, no more game! Tbe hatred ex pressed by Daddy Mathleu for M. Stangerson's forest keeper a hatred he pretended was shared by the con verges led me easily to think of poaching. Now. as- all the evidence howed tbe concierges had not been In bed at the time of the tragedy, why were tbey abroad that night? As par ticipants In the crime? I was not dis posed to think so. I bad already ar rived at tbe conclusion, by steps of which I will tell you later that the as sassin had bad no accomplice and that the tragedy held a mystery between Mile. Stangerson and the murderer, a mystery with which the concierges bad nothing to do. With that theory In my mind. 1 searched for proof in their lodge, which, as you know, I entered. I found there under tbelr bed some springs and brass wire. 'Ah,' I thought, 'these things explain why they were out In the park at night! I was not surprised at the dogged si lence tbey maintained before the ex amining magistrate, even under tbe ac cusation so grave as tbat of being ac complices In tbe crime. Poaching would cave them from the assize court but It would lose them tbelr places, and as tbey were perfectly sure of their Innocence of the crime they hoped It would soon.be established, and then tbelr poaching might go ou as usual. They could always confess later. I, however, hastened tbelr con fession by means of tbe document M. Stangerson signed. Tbey gave all the necessary 'proofs,' were set at liberty and have now a lively gratitude for me. Why did 1 not get them released sooner? Because 1 was not sure that nothing more than poaching was against tbem. I wanted to study the ground. As tbe days went by, my con viction became more and more certain. The days after the events of tbe inex plicable gallery I bad need of help I could rely ou, so I resolved to bave tbem released at once." We reached tbe Donjon Inn and en tered It This time we did not see the land lord, but were received with a pleas ant smile by tbe charming hostess. "How's Daddy Mathleu?" asked Rouletabllle. "Not much better, not much better. He Is still confined to his bed." "His rheumatism still sticks to blm. then?" "Yes. Last night I was again obliged to give blm morphine, the only drug that gives blm any relief." She spoke In a soft voice. Every thing about her expressed gentleness. She -was. Indeed, a beautiful woman, somewhat with an air of Indolence, with great eyes seemingly black and blue, amorous eyes. Was she happy with her crabbed, rheumatic husband? The scene nt which we bad once been present did not lead us to believe that she was. Yet there was something lu her bearing that was not suggestive of defcpalr. She disappeared Into the kitchen to prepare our repast, leaving on tbe table a bottle of excellent cider. Rouletabllle filled our earthenware mugs, loaded his pipe and quietly ex plained to me his reason for asking me to come to tbe Glandler with re volvers. "Yes," be said contemplatively, look ing at the clouds of smoke be was puffing out "yes, my dear boy, I ex pect tbe assassin tonight." A brief silence followed, wblcb I took care not to Interrupt and then he went on: "Last night Just as I was going to bed M. Robert Darzac knocked at my room. When be came in be confided to me that be was compelled to go to Paris the next day that is, this morn ing. The reason wblcb made this jour ney necessary was at once peremptory and mysterious. It was not possible for blm to explain Its object to me. 'I go, and yet' be added. 'I would give my life not to leave Mile. Stangerson words when we parted, 'You may men at this moment' He did not try to j tlon your own auspicious of the expect blde tbat he believed ber to be once ed attack to M. Stangerson, to Daddy more In danger. 'It will not greatly astonish tne If something happens to morrow night' be avowed, 'and yet I must be absent I cannot be back at tbe Glandler before tbe morning of the day after tomorrow.' "I asked him to explain himself, and this Is all be would tell me. His antici pation of coming danger bad come to blm solely from the coincidence that Mile. Stangerson bad been twice at tacked, and both times when he bad been absent Now a man so moved wbo should still go away must be act ing under compulsion must be obey ing a will stronger than bis own. That was bow I reasoned, and I told blm so. He replied 'Perhaps.' I asked blm if Mile. Stangerson was compelling blm. He protested that she was not His de termination to go to Paris bad been taken without any conference with Mile Stangerson. "To cut the story short be repeated that bis belief In the possibility of a fresh attack was founded entirely on the extraordinary coincidence. 'If any - thing hannens to Mile. Stangerson.' he Id, 'It would be terrible for both of us for ber, because ber life would be In danger; for me, because I could nei ther defend ber from tbe attack nor tell of where I bad been. I am perfect ly aware of the suspicions cast on me. I BURLEIGH & BOYD f ' I ATTORNEYS-ARAW $ Practice lu all State Courts and Interior Department. Careful at- ; teniion to all business. f 4 D. W. SHEAHAN I I LAWYER ENTERPRISE f Practice in State and Federal Courts and Interior Department. J C. T. HOCKETT, M. D. f PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON I Office upstairs in Bank Build- j; "is. iiiu. nuuie yuuiiu in oiucu ,4, and residence. 5j4,,,j,5,51jjMj,MjKj,1)lj I The examining magistrate and M. Lar- san are both on the point of believing j in my guilt Larsan tracked nie 'the last time I went to Paris, and I had all tbe trouble In the world to get rid of him.' " 'Why do you not tell me the name of the murderer now If you know It?' 1 cried. "M. Darzac appeared extremely tron bled by my question and replied to me . In a hesitating tone: "'I? I know the name of the mur derer? Why, how could I know bis name?' "I at once replied, 'From Mile. Stan gerson.' "He grew so pale that I thought he was about to faint, and I saw tbat I had hit the right nail on the head, j Mademoiselle and he knew the namo of the murderer! When he recovered himself, be said to me: 'I am going to leave you. Since you have been here I have appreciated your exceptional in telligence and your unequnled Inge nuity. But I ask this service of you. Perhaps I am wrong to fear an attack during the coming night, but as I tlle lBtu'r u'ft 011 llpr ,nljle tlle must act with foresight I count on you n,Knt of tlw Inexplicable gallery nf to frustrate any attempt thnt may be falr-the letter that disappeared Into macle- the pocket of Mile. Stangerson. Why " 'Have you spoken of all this to M. sll,ul,l 11 "t bave been a summons to Stangerson? ' a meeting? Might he not, as soon as " 'No. I do not wish blm to ask me, 1 he was RUro of Dnrzae's absence, ap us you Just now did. for the name of ; Polnt itDe wieetlng for the coming tbe murderer. 1 tell vou all this. M. 1 night?" Rouletabllle, because I hnve great. very great, confidence lu you. I know that you do not suspect mo.' "The poor man spoke In Jerks. He was evidently suffering. 1 pitied blm, the more because 1 felt sure that be would rather allow himself to be kill ed than tel! me who the murderer was. As for Mile. Stangerson, I felt that she would rather allow herself to be murdered than denounce the man ff the yellow room nnd of the Inexplica ble gallery. The man must be doml natlng her or both by some Inscruta ble power They were dialling noth ing so much as th chance of M. Stan gerson kuowlng that his daughter was 'held' by ber assailant. 1 made M. Darzac understand that he had ex plained himself sulUcicutly and that he might refrain from telling nie any more than he had already told me. 1 promised blm to watch through the night. He Insisted that 1 should es tablish an absolutely Impassable bar rier about Mile. Staugerson's cham ber, around the boudoir where tbe nurses were sleeping arid around tbe drawing room where since the affair of tbe Inexplicable gallery M. Stauger son bad slept. In short. 1 was to put a cordon round the whole apartment "From bis Insistence I gathered that M. Darzac luteudod not only to make It Impossible for the expected man to reach the chamber of Mile. Stanger son. but to make that Impossibility so visibly clear that, seeing himself ex pected, he would ut once go away. i That was bow 1 Interpreted his final Jacques, to Frederic Larsan and to anybody In the chateau.' "When he was gone I began to think that I should have to use even a great er cunning than his so that If the man should come that night he might not for a moment suspect that his coming had been expected. dfrrtiiluly! I would allow him to get In far enough, so that, dead or alive. I might see his far clearly. He mtu't be got r!d of. Mile. Stangerson must be freed from thin continual Impending dinger" The landlady reappeared Ht that mo - ment. bringing lu the traditional bneon omelet. Itouletabllle chaffed In-r h lit tle, nnd she took the chuff with the most charming good humor. "She Is much Jollier when Paddy Mathleu Is In bed with Ills rlieuma- i tlsm," Rouletabllle said to nie. ! When he had finished his omelet and we were again alone Rouletabllle j continued the tale of his confidences, i "When I sent you my telegram this ' morning." be said. "1 bad only the 1 ord of M. Darxac that 'perhaps' the assassin would rjme tonight. 1 can now say that be will certainly come. I expect hlra." "What has made you feel this cer tainty?" "I hnve hen aure since half nast 10 o'clock this morning that be would . A Prophecy. A certain college president in In diana, a clergyman, when addressing the students In the chapel nt the be ginning of the college year observed that It was "a mutter of congratula tion to all the friends of the college that the year had opened with the largest freshman class In its history." Then, without any pause, the good man turned to the lesson for the day, the Third Psalm, and began to rend In a voice of thunder: "Lord, how are they increased that trouble nie!" Detroit NewsrTrlbuue. Simple Remedy for La Grippe. La gripfe coughs are dangerous as they frequently develop into pneu mon'a. Fo ey's Honey and Tar not only stops the cough but heals and s rensthein the lungs so that no se rious results need be feared. The geuiine Fo'ey's Honey and Tar con tains no harmful drug3 and Is In a yellow package. Burnaugh & May- field come. I knew thsf before we saw I Arthur Ranee at the window In the court." "Ah!" I said. "But. again, what made you so sure? And why since half past 10 this niorulng?" "Because at half past 10 1 hnd proof that Mile. Stangerson was making as many efforts to permit of the murder er's entrance as M. Robert Darzac had taken precautions against it." "Is thnt possible!" I cried. "Haven't you told me that Mile. Stangerson loves M. Robert Darzac?" "I told you so because It Is the truth." "Then do you see nothing strange" "Everything In this business Is strange, my friend; but take my word for tllc strangeness you now feel Is 1 nothing to the strangeness that's to come!" "It must be admitted, then," 1 said, "that Mile. Stangerson nnd her mur derer are In communication at any I rate in writing?" I "Admit it. my friend; ndmlt it! You don,t rlsk anything! 1 told you about Ami my menu inugnea stientiy. my There are moments when 1 ask myself If he Is not Inugliliig at me. ' The door of the Inn opened. Roule tabllle was on his feet so suddenly that one might have thought be bad received an electric shock. "Mr. Arthur Ranee!" he cried. Mr. Arthur Rauce stood before us calmly bowing. CHAPTER XX. An Act of Mile. Stangerson. OU remember me. monsieur?" asked Rouletabllle. Tbe American extended his hand, and Rouletabllle, relaxing bis frown, shook It and Introduced Mr. Arthur Ranee to me. He Invited blm to share our meal. "No, thanks. I breakfasted with M. Stangerson." Arthur Ranee spoke French perfect ly, almost without an accent "I did not expect to bave tbe pleas ure of seeing you again, monsieur. I thought you were to bave left France the day after tbe reception at tbe Elysee." Rouletabllle and 1, outwardly Indif ferent, listened most Intently for every word tbe American would any. Tho man's purplish red face, his heavy eyelids, the nervous twltchlngs, all spoke of bis addiction to drink. How came It tbat so sorry a specimen of a man should be so Intimate with M. Stangerson? Some days later I learned from Fred eric Larsan who. like ourselves, was surprised and mystified by Ranee's appearance and reception at the cha teauthat Mr. Itance had been an In ebriate for about fifteen yenrs only that It Is to say, sjnee the prufessoi and his daughter left Philadelphia. During the time the Stangersons lived In America they were very Intimate with Arthur Ranee, who was one of the most distinguished phrenologists of the new world. Owing to new experi ments he had made enormous strides beyond the science of Gall and Lava- j er. 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