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By GASTON LEROUX
CHAPTER XX Continued.
Like Larsan. Ranee thought that
Robert Darzac had something to do
with the mutter. He did not mention
him by name, but there was no room to
doubt whom be meant. lie told us he
was aware of the efforts young Roule
tabille was making to unravel the
tangled skein of the yellow room mys
tery. He explained that M. Stangcr
ison had related to him nil that had
taken place In the inexplicable gallery.
He several times expressed his regret
at M. Darzac's absence from the cha
teau on all these occasions and thought
that M. Darzac had douo cleverly in
allying himself with M. Joseph Roule
tabille, who could not fall sooner or
later to discover the murderer. He
spoke the last sentence with uncon
cealed irony. Then he rose, bowed to
us and left the inn.
Rouletabille watched him through
the window. . -
"An odd fish, that!" he Bald.
"Do you think he'll pass the night at
the dandier?" I asked.
To my amazement the young report
er answered that It was a matter of
entlr Indifference to him whether he
did or not.
As to liow we spent our time during
the afternoon, all I need say is that
Rouletabille led me to the grotto of
gninte Genevieve and all the time
talked bi every subject but the one
with which we were most Interested.
Toward evening ) was surprised to
'find Rouletabille making none of the
preparations 1 had expected Uim to
fnake. J spoke to him about it when
night bad come on and we were once
snore in his room. He replied that all
bis arrangements had already been
made, and this, time the murderer
would not get away from him.
I expressed some doubt on this, re
minding him of his disappearance in
the gallery, and suggested that tue
' same phenomenon njjght occur again.
He answered that he hoped it would.
H desired nothing more. I did not
insist, .knowing by experience how use
less that would have been. He told
fH that, with tue help of the eon
tfefges, tbe chateau bad snce early
dawn freeu watched in such a way
that nobody could approach It without
his knowing it and that be had no con
cern for those who wight have left it
and remained without.
It was then C o'clock by bis watch.
Rising, he made a sign to me to follow
hiuj, and, without in the least trying
to conceal bis movements or the sound
of his footsteps, ha Jed pie through the
gallery. We reached the '-'fight" gal
lery and came to the landing place,
which we crossed. We then continued
our way in the gallery of the left wing,
passfng Professor Stangerson's apart
ment. At the far end of the gajlepy, before
coming to the donjon, is the room oc
cupied by Arthur Ranee. We knew
that, because we had seen him at the
Window looking on to the court. The
door of (he room opens on to the end
Of the gallery, exactly facing the east
window, at the extremity of the
"right" gallery, where Rouletabille had
placed Daddy Jacques, and commands
an uninterrupted view of the gallery
from end to end of the chateau.
"That 'off turning gallery," said
Rouletabille, ''I reserve for myself.
When I tell you you'll come and take
your place here."
And be made me enter a lKtle dark,
triangular closet built in a bend of the
wal) to the left pf the door pf Arthur
Ranee's room, From this recess I
could see all that occurred In the gal
lery as well as If I had been standing
In front pf Arthur Ranee's door, and I
could watch that door too. The door
of the closet, which was to be my
place of observation, was fitted with
panels of transparent glass, In the
gallery, where all the lamps had been
lit, was quite light In the closet,
however, (t was quite dark. It was a
splendid place from which to observe
and remain unobserved, .
We returned along the gallery. Qn
reaching the door of Mile. Btangerson's
apartment It opened from a push
given by the steward who was waiting
at the dinner table, (M. Stangerson
bad for the last three days dined
with his daughter in the drawing room
on the first floor.) As the door remain
ed open, we distinctly saw Mile, (Stan,
person, taking advantage of the stew
ard's absence and while her father
was stooping to pick up something he
had let fall, pour the contents of a
rial into M. Btangerson's glass.
CHAPTER . XXI.
On tb Watch.
mHE act, which staggered me.
did not appear to affect Roulo
tabllle much. We returned to
the room. and. without even re
ferring to what we had seen, be gave
me bis final Instructions for the night
First we were to go to dinner. After
dinner I was to take my stand in the
dark closet and wait there as long as
it was necessary to look out for what
tul"ht happen.
"If you see anything before t do,
be explained, "you must let me know.
IX th man gets into the 'right' gal
Yellow
lery bv any other way ifun the 'oil
turning' gallery you will aee him before
I shall, because you have a view along
the whole Inno-th cit tha riirht milUnf
o- - b--'-Wvu
while I eau ouly command a view of?
the 'off turning' gallery. All you need
do to let me .know is to undo the cord
holding the curtain of the 'right' gal
lery window nearest to the dark clos
et. The curtain will fall of Itself and
Immediately leave a Bquare of shadow
where previously there had been a
square of light To do this you need
but stretch your hand out of the closet
I shall understand your signal per
fectly." "And then?'
"Then you will see me coming round
the corner of the 'off turning' gallery."
"What am I to do then?"
"You will Immediately come toward
me, behind the man, but I shall al
ready be upon him and shall have seen
his face."
I attempted a feeble smile.
"Why do you smile? Well, you may
smile while you have the chance, but
I swear you'll have no time for that
a few hours from now."
"And If the man escapes?"
"So much the better," said Roule
tabille coolly. "I don't want to cap
ture him, lie may take himself off
any way he can. I vlll Jet him go
after I have seen his face. That's all
I want. I shall know afterward what
to do, so that as fur as Mile, Stanger
son Is concerned be shall be dead to
ber even though be continues to live.
If I took- blip alive Mile. Stangerson
and Robert Darsac would perhaps
never forgive "me. And I wlslj t TP
tain their good will and respect . -
'-'Seeing, as I bave just now seen,
Mile. Btangerson pour S narcotic lntq
her father's glass, so that be might
not be awake to Interrupt the conver
sation she is going to have with ber
assailant, you can Imagine she would
not be grateful to roe If I brought the
man of the yellow rooin and the Inex
plicable gallery bound and gagged tq
her father. I realize now that f I
am to save the unhappy lady I must
silence the man and not capture him.
To kill a human being Is no small
thing. Besides, that's not my business
unless the man himself makes It my
business, On the other hand, to rendei
him forever silent without flie fady's
assent and confidence is to act on one's
own initiative and assume a knowledge
of everything with nothing for a basis.
Fortunately, my friend, I have guesspd
no, I have reasoned It all out. All
that I ask of the man who Is coming
tonight is to bring me bis face so that
it may enter"
(Into, the circle?"
"Exactly! And his face won't sur
prise me!"
"But I thought you sajv his face on
the night when you sprang into the
chamber?"
'fpnly Imperfectly,- Toe candja was
on the floor, and his beard"
"Will be wear his beard this even
ing?" "I think I can say for certain that he
will. But the gallery is light and now
I know or at least niy brain knows
and my eyes will see."
"If we are here only to see him and
let him escape, why are we armed?"
"Because, if the man of the yellow
room and - the inexplicable gallery
(mows that-! know, he is capable of
doing anything! We should then have
to defend ourselves."
"And you are sure he will come to
night?" "As sure as that yon are standing
there! This morning, at half past 10
o'clock, Mile. Stangerson, In the clever
est way In the world, arranged to have
no nurses tonight. She gave them
leave of absence for twenty-four hours,
under some plausible pretexts, and did
not desire anybody to be with her but
her father, while they are away. Her
father, who Is to sleep in the boudoir,
has gladly consented to .the . arrange
ment Darzac's departure and what
he told me, as well as the extraor
dinary precautions Mile, stangerson la
taking to be alone tonight leaves me no
room for doubt. She has prepared the
way for the coming of the man whom
Darzac dreads,"
"And what we saw ber do was done
to send her father to sleep?"
"Yes."
" "Then there are but two of us for
tonight's work?"
"Four; the concierge and his wife )
will watch at all hazards. I don t set
much value on them before, but the
concierge may be useful, after, if
there's to be any killing!" '
"Then you think there may be?"
"If he wishes It."
''Why haven't you brought in Daddy
Jacques? Have you made no use of
him today?" ,
"No," replied Rouletabille sharply.
I kept silence for awhile; then, anx-'
ious to know his thoughts, I asked him j
point blank: -
"Why not tell Arthur Ranee? ne
may be of great assistance to us?" j
"Oh." sail Rouletabille crossly,
"then you want to let everybody into
Mile. Stmgerson's secrets? Come, let
us go to dinner. It is time. This
evening we dine in Frederic Larsan's
room at least if bo is not on the heels
cf Darzac." He sticks to him like a
leech. But anyhow, if he is not there
now I am quite sure be will be to-
I'
aoom
coyru;ht. iso8.
by brentano's
light. He's the one T nui going to
knock over!"
At this moment we heard a, noise in
the room near' us.
"It must be he," said Rouletabille.
"I forgot to ask you." I said, "if we
ore to make any allusion to tonight's
business when we are with this police
man. I take it we are not. Is that
S!r
"Evidently. We are going to operate
slono. on our own personal account"
"So that all the glory will be ours?"
Rouletabille laughed.
We dined with Frederic Larsan In
his room, ne told us he had Jest
come in and invited us to be seated at
table. We ate our dinner In the best
of humors, and I had no difficulty In
appreciating the feelings of certainty
which both Rouletabille and Larsan
felt. Rouletabille told the great Fred
that I had come on a chance visit and
that he had asRcd me to stay and help
him in the heavy batch of writing he
had to get through for the Epoque.
I was going buck to Paris, he said, by
the 11 o'clock train, taking his copy,
which took a story form, recounting
the principal episodes In the mysteries
of the Glandier. Larson smiled at the
explanation like a man who was not
fooled and politely refrained from mak
ing the slightest remark on matters
tf-hlch. dd not concern b.m,
With infinite precautions as to the
words they used and even as to the
tones of their voices. Larsnn rnd
Rouletabille discussed for a long time
Mr.. Arthur RuntVs appearance at the
chateau and his past in America,
about which they expressed a desire
to know more, at any rate' bo far' as
his relations with the Stangersons. Af
one time Larsan, who appeared to me
tq bo unwell, saUl, with an effort:
"I think, M, Rouletabille. thaf we've
not much more to do at the Glandier
and that we shan't sleep hare many
more nights."
i'f tlnk so, too, M. Fred."
"Then you thnk. t!?e conclusion pf
the matter has been reached?" ".
"I think, Indeed, thnt we have noth
ing more to And out," replied Rouleta
bille. . , .
"Have you found your criminal?'
asked Larsan.
"Hqye. you!' .
ffYes." . . -
''So have I," said Rouletabille.
'!Can it be the same mail?" '
" don't know t you have swerved,
from your original Idea," . said the
young reporter. Then he added with
emphasis, "M. Dnrsae is an honest
man"
f'Are you sure of that?" asked Lar
san. "Well, I am sure he is not Sq
it's a fight, then?"
''Yes, It is a fight But shall beat
you, M. Frederic Larsan."
"Youth nevep doubts anything." said
the great Fred laughingly and held out
bis hand to me by way of conclusion.
Rouletabllle's answer came like an
echo:
"Not anything!" -
Suddenly Larsan, who had risen to
wjsn us goca night pressed both his
hands to his chest and staggered. He
was obliged to lean on Rouletabille for
support and to save himself from, fall
ing. "Oh., Ohf he cried. "What Is the
matter with me? Have I been poison
ed?" He looked at us with haggard eyes.
We questioned him vainly.. He did
pot answer us. ne had sunk into an
armchair, and we could not get a
word from him. We were extremely
distressed, both on his account and on
our own, for we had partaken of all
the dishes he had eaten. He seemed
to be out of pain, bqt his heavy head
had fallen on bis. (shoulder and his eye
lids wew tightly closed. Rouletabille
bent over him, listening for the beat
ings of the heart
My friend's face, however, when be
stood up, was as calm as It had been
a moment before agitated.
"Ho Is asleep," he said. .
He led me to bis chamber, after clog,
ing Larsan's room.
"The drug?" I asked. 'tPoes Mile.
Stangerson wish to put everybody to
sleep tonight?"
'Terhops," replied Rouletabille. But
I could see he was thinking of some
thing else.
"'But what about us?" 1 exclaimed
"How do we know that we have not
been drugged?"
"Do you feel Indisposed?" Rouleta
bille asked me coolly.
"Not in the least."
"Do yon feel any Inclination to go to
sleep V
"None whatever,"
"Well, then, my friend, smoke this
excellent cigar."
And be handed me a choice Havana,
one M. Darzac had given him, while
be lit his brlerwood his eternal brier
wood. We remained In bis room until about
10 o'clock without a word passing be
tween us. Buried, in an armchair. Roule
tabille sat and smoked steadily, his
brow in thought and a faraway look j
in his even. On the stroke of 10 be '
took off his boots and signed mo to do
the same. Standing in our socks, be
said in so low a tone that I guessed
rather than heard the word:
"Revolver."
I drew my revolver from my Jacket
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' "Cock It," he said.
I did ns he directed.
Then, moving toward the door of his
room, he opened It with Infinite pre
caution; it made no sound. We were
In the "off turning" gallery. Itouleta
bille made another sign to me which
J Understood to mean that I was to
take up my post In the dark closet.
When I was some distance from him
he rejoined me and embraced me, and
then I saw him, with the same precau
tion, return to his room. Astonished
by his embrace and somewhat disquiet
ed by It, I arrived at the "rlfjht" gal
lory without dldlculty, crossing the
landing place and reaching the dark
closet,
Before entering it I examined' the
curtain cord of the window and found
that I had only to release It from Its
fastening with my fingers for the cur
tain to . fall by irs own weight and
hide the square of light from Roulo
tabille, the signal agreed upou. The
sound of a footstep miide me halt be
fore Arthur Ranee's door. lie was not
yet In bed, then! How was It that,
being in the chateau, he had not dined
with M. Stangerson and bis daughter?
t had pot seen him at table with them
t the moment when we looked In.
' 1 retired into the dark, closet 1
ound myself perfectly situated. I
could, sue along the whole length of
the gallery. Nothing, absolutely noth
ing, could pass there without my see
lng It.
1 Waited about an hour, and durlnj
all that time I saw nothing unusual
The rain, which hud begun to com.
down strongly toward 0 o'clock, hat
now ceased. ,
My friend had told me that prob
Ably nothing would occur before mid
night or 1 o'clock lu the morning. Ii
was not more than half past 11, how
ever, when I heard the door of Arthur
Ranee's room open very slowly. Th(
door remained open . for a niluute
which seemed to 1110 a long time. As
It opened into the gallery that 13 tn
say, outward I could not see what
was passing In th.0 room behind thi
door.-
At that moment I noticed a strange
sound, three times repeated, eoinlny
from the park. Ordinarily I should
not have attached any more Impor
tance to it thau I would to the noise
of cats on the roof. But the third
time the mew was so sharp and pene
trating that I remembered what I had
heard about the cry of the Bete du Bon
Dleu. As the cry had accompanied al)
the events at the Glandier I could not
refrain from shuddering nt the thought
Directly afterward I saw a man ap
pear on the outside of the door and
close It after him. At first I could not
recognize him, for his back was to
ward ine. and he was bending over a
rather bulky package. When he had
closed the door and picked up the
package, ho turned toward the dark
closet, and then I saw who ho was.
He wan Ibe forest keeper, the Green
Man. He was wearing the sanio cos
tume that he had worn when I first
saw him on the roud In front of the
Donjon Inn. There was no doubt
about his being the keeper. As the
cry of the Bete du Bon lleu came for
the third tluio Up put down the pack
age and went to the second window,
countlns from the dark 1 lovet. 1 dared
not risk uiukln;; any movement, fear
ing I might betray my rer;i.nco.
ArrHed ut the window, he peere l out
on to the park. The night was now
light, the rioon showing at Intervals.
The fJreon Man r.ibcd lb arms twl'-e,
making r!;;ns wlileli I did not under
stand; then, leavi.-'.g the window, ho
again took up his package and moved
along the gallery toward the lauding
place.
Routetablllc bad Instructed me to
undo the curtalu cord when I saw any
thing. Wns Rouletabille expecting
this? It was not my business to ques
tion. AH I bad to do wim oln-y instruc
tions. I unfastened the window cord,
my heart beating the while as if it
would burst The man reached the
landing pla"e, but, to my utter sur
prise I had expeted to see him con
tinue to pass along the gallery I saw
him descend the stairs leading to the
vestibule.
What was I to do? I looked stupidly
at the heavy curtain which had shut
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the light from the window. The Igna'
had been given, and I did not see KuiiU
tabille appear at the corner of the "off
turning" pallery. Nobody nppeare 1. I
was exceedingly perplexed. Half an
hour passed, an ago to me. What w:u
I to do now, even If I s-nv something'
The signal once given. I could not glvi
It a second time. To venture Into the
gallery might upset all Rou!et:il:i:ie'r
plans. After all, I had notliln;: to re
proach myself with, and If something
had happened that my friend had not
expected be could only blame himself
Unable to bo of any further assist a ii"e
to him by means of a signal, I left the
dark closet and, still In my seeks,
picked my steps and made my way to
the "off turning" pallery.
There was no one there. I went to
fhe door of Rouletabllle's room nrd lis
tened. I could hear nothing. I knock
ed gently. There was 110 answer. 1
turned the door handle and the door
opened. I entered. Rouletabille lay
extended at full length on tho floor.
CHAPTER XXII.
The Incredible Body.
DBEXT In great anxiety over the
body of the reporter and had.
the Joy to find that he was
deeply sleeping, the same un
healthy sleep that I had seen fall upon
Frederic Larsan. He b-id succumbed
to the Influence of the t.aine drug that
had been mixed with our food. How
was It, then, that I also had not been
overcome by it? I relict-tod that the
drug must havo been put into out
wine, because that would explain my
condition. I never drink when eating.
Naturally Inclined to obesity, I am re
stricted to a dry diet I shook Roulo
tabille, but could not succeed In wak
ing him. This, no doubt, was tho
work of Mile. Stangerson.
She had certainly thought it neces
sary to guard herself against this
young man as well as her father. I
recalled that the steward In serving
us had recommended nn excellent
Chablls which, no doubt, had come
from the professor's table.
More than a quarter of an hour
passed. I resolved under the pressing
circumstances to report to extreme
measures. I threw u pitcher of cold
water over Rouletabllle's head. Ho
opened his eyes. I beat his face and
raised him up. I felt hltu stlffeu In
my arms and heard him murmur, "Go
on, go on, but don't make any noise."
I pinched him and shook him until he
was able to stand up. 'We were saved!
"They sent me to sleep," ho said.
"Ah. I passed an nwful quarter of on
hour before giving way. But It is
over now. Don't leave me."
Ho had no sootier uttered those won'l
than we were thrilled by a frightful
try that rang through tho chateau, s
veritable death cry.
"Malheur!" roared Rouletabille. "Wo
(hall be too late!"
He tried to rush to tho door, but bo
was' too dazed and fell against the
wall. I wan already in the gallery, re
volver In hand, rushing like a mad
man toward Mile. Ktangeison's room.
Tho moment 1 arrived at the intersec
tion of the "off turning" gallery and tho
"right" gallery I saw a figure leaving
her apartment, which la a few strides
had reached the landing place.
I was not master of myself. I fired.
The report from the revolver made a
deafening noise, but tho man continued
his flight down the stairs. I ran be
hind him, shouting: "Stop! Stop, or I
will kill you!" As I rushed after him
down tho stairs 1 came face to face
with Arthur Ranee coming from the
left wing of the chatenu, yelling:
"What is it? What Is It?" We ar
rived almost at the same time ut the
foot of the staircase. The window of
the vestibule was open. We distinctly
saw the form of a mail running away.
Ii.-itlnctlvcly we fired our revolvers in
hli direction. He wus pot more than
ten paces In front of us. lie stag-p'-rcd,
and we thought he was going to
j fall. We had sprung out of the win
dow, but the man dashed off with re
' neweJ vigor. I was in my socks, and
I tho American was barefooted. There
1 being 110 hope of overtaking him, wo
fired our last cartridges ut lilm. But
ho still kept on running, going along
f the right sldg of thejtouit towanJlUe
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ena or tne right wing of the cnaveau,
which had no other outlet than the
door of the little chamber occupied by
the forest keeper.
The man, though he was evidently
wounded by our bullets, was now
twenty yards ahead of us. Suddenly,
behind us, and above our heads, a win
dow In the gallery opened and we
hoard tho voice of Rouletabille crying
out desperately:
"Fire. Rentier! Fire!"
At that moment the clear moonlight
night was further lit by a broad flash.
By Its U.rht we saw Daddy Bnrnler
with his gun on the threshold of the
donjon door.
Ho had taken good aim. The shadow
fell. But as It bad reached the end of
tho right wing of tho chateau, It f -11
on tho other side of the angle of the
building that Is to say, we saw It
about to fall, but not the actual sink
ing to the ground. Bernler, Arthur
Bunco and myself reached the other
side twenty seconds Inter. The shadow
was lying dead at our feet.
Aroused from his' lethargy by tho
cries and reports, Larsan opened tho
window of his chamber and called out
to us. Rouletabille. quite uwake now,
Joined us at the same moment, and I
cried out to him:
"Ho Is dead-is dead!"
"So much the better," ho said. "Take
him Into the vestibule of the chateau."
Then lis If on second thought, he said:
"No no! Let us put him In his own
room."
Itouletnbllle knocked at the dorr.
Nobody nnswered. Naturally, this IId
not surprise mo.
"Ho Is evidently not there, otherwise
he would have come out," said the re
porter. "Let us carry him to the ves
tibule then."
Since reaching the dead shadow, a
thick cloud had covered tho moon nnd
darkened the night, so that we wore
unable to make out the features. Dad
dy Jacques, who hud now Joined us.
helped us to carry tho body Into the
vestibule, where we laid It down on
tho lower step of tho stairs. On the
way, I bad felt my bunds wet from
the warm blood flowing from the
wounds.
Daddy Jacques flew to the kitchen
and returned with a lautcrn. Ho held
it close to the face of tho dead shad
ow, and we recognized the keeper, the
mail called by the landlord of the
Donjon inn the Green Man, whom an
hour earlier I had seen come out of
Arthur Ranee's chamber carrying a
parcel. But what I hud seen I couIJ
unly tell Rouletabillo later when we
were alone.
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Rouletabille and Frederic Larsan ex
p. . tela d a cruel disappointment at the
res.. It of tho night's adventure. They
oul,; ouly look lu consternation and
fcii'iief.atlon at the body of tho Green
Man.
Daddy Jacques showed a stupidly
sorrowful face and wllh silly lamenta
tions kept repeating that we were mis
taken the keeper could not be the as
sailant. We wiro obliged to compel
him to be quiet. lie could not have
shown greater grief had the body been
that of his own son. I noticed, while
all the rest of us were more or less un
dressed ui:d barefooted, that ho was
fully clothed.
Rouletabille bad not left the body.
Kneeling on the flagstones by the light
of Daddy Jacques' lantern, be removed
the clothes from the body and laid
bare lis breast. Then, snatching the
lantern from Daddy Jacques, he held
It over tho corpse and ssw a gaping
wound. Rising suddenly, he exclaimed
In n voice filled with savage Irony:
"The man you believe to have been
shot was killed by tho stab of a knife
In his heart!"
I thought Rouletabille had gone mad.
but. bending over tho body. I quickly
satisfied myself that Rouletabille was
right. Not n sign of n bullet ihiywhere.
The wound, evidently mode by a sharp
blade, he.d penetrated the heart
( null ire.l next W3'
A. B. Conaway. O. M. Corklns.
COMA WAY & CORKINS,
LAWYFRS
Enterprise, Oregon.
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