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The Mystery of The Yellow Room By GASTON LEROUX COPYRIGHT. 1908, BY BRENTANO'S CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER XXIV. The Doable Scent. mi HAD hardly recovered from the surprise Into which this new discovery hnd plunged me rhen Rouletabille touched me on the shoulder nnd asked me to fol low him Into his room to think It over. I confess I was In no condition for doing much thinking. His self control was more than I could explain. Closl ig the door of his room, be motioned me to a chair and, seating himself before ine, took out his pipe. We sat there for Rome time In silence, and then 1 fell asleep. When I awoke it was daylight It was 8 o'clock by my watch. Itouleta bllle was no longer in the room. I rose to go out, when the door opened and my frleud re-entered. He bad evi dently lost no time. "How about Mile. Stangerson?" nsked him. "Her condition, though very alarm lug, is not desperate.' "When did you leave this room?" "Toward dawn." "Have you found out anything?" Two sets of footprints.'! "Have they anything to do with the mystery of the keeper's body?" "Yes; the mystery Is no longer a mystery. This morning, walking round the chateau, I found two distinct sets of footprints made at the same time last night. They were made by two persons walklug side by side. I fol lowed them from the court toward the oak grove. ' Larsan Joined me. They were the same kind of footprints as were made at the time of the assault in . the yellow room. One set was from clumsy boots and the other was mode by neat ones, except that the big toe of one of the sets was of a different size from the one measured In the yellow room incident. "Still following the tracks of the prints, Larsan and I passed out of the oak grove and reached the border of the lake. There they turned off to a little path leading to the highroad to Epinay, where we lost the traces In the- newly, macadamized highway. "We went back to the chateau and parted at the courtyard. We met again, however, In Daddy Jacques' room, to which our separate trains of thinking had led us both. We found the old servant In bed. His clothes on the chair were wet through and his boots very muddy. He certainly did not get Into that state In helping us to carry the body of the keeper. It was not raining then. Then his face showed extreme fatigue, and he looked at us out of terror stricken eyes. "On pressing him he confessed that he had been away from the chateau. He explained his absence by saying that he had a headache and went out into the fresh air, but had gone no farther than the oak grove. When we then described to him the whole route he bad followed he sat up in bed trem bling. 'And you were not alone!' cried larsan. " 'Did you see It, then? gasped Dad dy Jacques. " 'Whatr I asked. ' 'The phantom the black phantom!' "Then he told us that for several ' nights he had seen what be called the black phantom. It came Into the park at the stroke of midnight and gilded stealthily through the trees. It ap peared to him to pass through the trunks of the trees. Twice he had seen it from his window by the light of the moon and had risen and followed the strange apparition. The night before last he had almost overtaken it, but it had vanished at the corner of the donjon. Last night, however, he had not left the chateau, his mind being disturbed .by a presentiment that some new crime would be attempted, baa- denlv be saw the black phantom rush out from somewhere In the middle of the court He followed It to the lake and to the highroad to Epinay, where the Dhantom suddenly disappeared, "Did you see his face? demanded Larsan. " 'No. I saw nothing but black veils. " 'Did you go out after what passed on the gallery? " I could not I was terrified.' " 'Daddy Jacques, I said In a threat ening voice, "you did not follow it Tou and the phantom walked to Epinay to gether, arm In arm.' "'No.' he cried, turning his eyes away: 'I did not It came on to pour, and I turned back. I don't know what became of the black phantom.' "We left him, and when we were outside I turned to Larsan, looking him full in the face, and put my ques tion suddenly to take him off bis guard " 'An accomplice?" ""How can I tell? he replied and left ne. savin? he was off to Epinay, "Well, what do you make of it?" I asked Rouletabille after be bad ended his recltaL "Personally I am utterly In the dark. T can't make anything out of It What do you gather r "Everrthlne. everything," he ex claimed. "But" he said abruptly, "let's And out further about Mile. Stanger son." Rouletabille Knows the Two Halves of the Murderer. LLE. STANGERSON bad been for the second time almost murdered. Unfortunately she was In too weak a state to bear the severer Injuries of this second at tack as well as she bad those of the first. She bad received three wounds In the breast from the murderer's knife, and she lay loug between life and death. Her strong physique, how ever, saved her; but, though she recov ered physically. It was found that her mind had been affected. The slightest allusion to the terrible incident sent her Into delirium, and the arrest of Robert Darzac, which followed on the day following the tragic death of the keeper, seraied to sink her fine Intelli gence Into complete melancholia. Robert Darzac arrived at the chateau toward half past 0. I saw him hurry ing through the park, his hair and clothes In disorder and his face a dead ly white. Rouletabille and I were look ing out of a window In the gallery file saw us and gave a despairing cry, I'm to late!" Rouletabille answered, "She lives! A minute later Darzac had gone into Mile. Stangerson's room, and through the door we could hear his heartrend ing sobs. There's a fate about this placer groaned Rouletabille. "Some Infernal gods must be watching over the mis fortunes of this family! If I had not been drugged 1 would have saved Mile. Stangerson. I should have Si lenced him forever. And the keeper would not have been killed!" M. Darzac came in to speak with us. His distress was terrible. Rouleta bille told him everything his prepara tions for Mile. Stangerson's safety, his plans for either capturing or for dis posing of the assailant forever and how he would have succeeded nao it not been for the drugging. If only you had trusted met" said the young man in a low tone. "If you had but begged Mile. Stangerson to confldo In mef But, then, everybody here distrusts everybody elBe. The daughter distrusts her father and even her lover. While you ask me to pro tect her, she Is doing all she can to frustrate me. That was why I came on the scene too late!" At M. Robert Darzac's request Roule tabille described the whole scene. Loaning on the wall to prevent him self from falling, he had made his way to Mile. Stangerson's room, while we were running after the supposed mur derer. The anteroom door was open and when he entered he found Mile. Stangerson lying partly thrown over the desk. Her dressing gown was dved with the blood flowing from ir bosom. Still under the influence or Hie druc he felt he wbb walking In a horrible nightmare. He went back to the gallery auto matically, opened a window, shouted his order to fire and then returned to the room. He crossed the deserted boudoir, entered the drawing room and tried to rouse M. Stangerson, who was lvlncr on a sofa. M. Stangerson rose stupidly and let himself be drawn by Rouletabille Into the room, wnere, on seeing his daughter's body, he uttered a heartrending cry. Both united their feeble strength and carried her to her bed On bis way to rejoin us Rouletabille passed by the desk. On the floor, near It, he saw a large packet He knelt down, and, finding the wrapper loose, he examined It and made out an enor mous quantity of papers and photo graphs. On one of the papers be reaa New differential electroscopic con denser. Fundamental properties of sub stance Intermediary between ponder able matter and Imponderable ether." Strantre Irony of fate that the profesi or's precious papers should be restored to him at the very time wnen an at tempt was being made to deprive him of his daughter's life! What are pa pers worth to blm now? The morning following that awful night saw M. de Marquet once more at the chateau with his registrar and gen darmes. Of course we were all ques tioned. Rouletabille and I had already agreed on what to say. I kept back any information as to my being in the dark closet and said nothing about the drugging. We did not wish to suggest In any way that Mile. Stangerson naa been expecting her. nocturnal visitor. Arthur Ranee told everybody In a manner so natural that It astonished me that be had last seen the keeper toward 11 o'clock of that fatal night He had come for his valise, he said, which he was to take for him early next morning to the St Michel station, and hnd been kept out late running after poachers. Arthur Ranee had. in- Professional Du ectory of Wallowa County I THOS. M. DILL ATTORNtY'AT-LAW Office first door south of New t Fraternal Bldg., Enterprise, Ore. $ M.lHjBjK3HtHHS C'C'iJ,'SKS,,!,S"S,4'lSKM'S,'J,,S',i"S BURLEIGH & BOYD f ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Needed Mourning. The Lady I haven't much in the house to give you, my poor man, but would you like a piece of my pie? The Hobo No, lady. But have yer got a old black coat? The Lady Why do you Want a black one? The Hobo De feller yer gave a piece o pie to de odder day was a pal o' mine. Cleveland Leader. without any further delay. TrobaWy It chimed In with the conclusions be had already arrived at as to the keeper and his intrigues with the wife of Mathleu. the landlord of the Donjon Inn. This Mathleu later in the after noon was arrested and taken to Cor bell In spite of his rheumatism. He had been heard to threaten the keeper, and. though no evidence against blm had been found at his Inn, the evi dence of carters, who had heard the threats, was enough to justify his re tention. The examination had proceeded thus far when, to our surprise, Frederic Larsan returned to the chateau. lie was accompanied by one of the em ployees of the railway. At that mo ment Ranee nnd I were in the vesti bule discussing Mathleu's guilt or in nocence, while Rouletabille stood apart, burled apparently in thought. The examining magistrate and his reg istrar were in the little green drawing room, while Darzac was with the doc tor and Stangerson In the lady's cham ber. As Frederic Larsan entered the vestibule with the railway employee Rouletabille and I at once recognized him by the small blond beard. We ex changed meaning glances. Larsan had himself announced to the examining magistrate by the gendarme and en tered with the railway servant as Dad dy Jacques came out. Some ten min utes went by, during which Rouleta bille appeared extremely Impatient The door of the drawing room was then opened, nnd we heard the magis trate calling to the gendarme, who en tered. Presently he came out, mount ed the stairs and, coming back short iv went in to the magistrate and said: Monsieur, M. Robert uarzuc win not come!" "What! Not come!" cried M. de Mar quet. "He says he cannot leave nine, jmuh- gerson in her present state." "Very well," saitt m. ae niarquei. "Then we'll go to him." M. de Marquet aud the gendarmes mounted the stairs. He made a sign to Larsan and the railway employee to follow. Rouletabille and I went along too. On reaching the door of Mile. Stan gerson's chamber M. de Marquet knocked. A chambermaia appeareu. n was Svlvla. with her hair all In disor der and consternation showing on ber face. "Is M. Stangerson within?" asked the magistrate. "Yes, monsieur." "Tell him that I wish to speak with him." Stangerson came out His appear ance was wretched In the extreme. "What do vou want?" he demanded of the magistrate. "May I not be lert in neace. monsieur?" "Monsieur," said the magistrate, "it is absolutely necessary that I should see M. Darzac at once. If you cannot Induce him to come I shall be com nelled to use the help of the law." The nrofessor made no reply, no looked at us all like a man being led to execution and then went back Into the room. Almost immediately after M. Robert Darzac came out He was very pale. He looked at us, and, bis eyes falling on the railway servant, his features stiffened, and he could hardly repress Ranee to dine "with him because his friend had taken his final leave of them both earlier In the evening. M. Ranee bad had tea served him In his room because he had complained of a slight Indisposition. Bernler testified, Instructed by Roule tabille, that the keeper bad ordered him to meet blm at a spot near the oak prove for the purpose of looking out for poachers. Finding that the keeper did not keep his appointment, he, Ber liter, had gone In search of him. He had almost arrived at the donjon when he saw a figure running swiftly In a direction opposite to him, toward the right wing of the chateau, ne heard revolver shots from behind the figure and saw Rouletabille at cne of the gal lery windows. He Leaid Rouletabille call out to blm to fire, and he bad fired. He believed be had killed the man un til be learned, after Rouletabille had uncovered the body, that the man had died from a knife thrust Who had given It he could not Imagine. "Nobody could have been near the spot without my seeing him." When the examining magistrate reminded him that the spot where the body was found was very dark and that he himself had not been able to recognize the keeper before firing, Daddy Bernler replied that nei ther had they seen the other body, nor bad they found it In the narrow court, where five people were standing, it would have been strange if the other body, had It been there, could A Convenience. Curate And so, Mrs. Howard, you i , come to i-mi ix-u every ounaay r mrs. i-ractice in an State courts ana ; Howard-Yes. Mr. Priestly. We're interior apartment Careful at. f h 8tranEers m town yet tnat we teiiuou to all business. v ; . 0m . , . Life. 'H,'ik&'MHJS5"VS4 I D. W. 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Til T A PJTlRRSl I PJ M TV PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON calls attended to. uay or nigm. r Home phone. Enterprise, Ore. j. 4KMjMHHgHtK I'I'I',S"M,'S''S' Tin P A ATII.T PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office In Bank Building. i Home phone residence. MhMhM4!' both office and : hsve escaped. The only door that I opened into the court was that of the keeper's room, and that door was clos-1 ed, and the key . of It was found In the keeper's pocket However that might be, the examin ing magistrate did not pursue his In-1 qulry further In this direction. He . was evidently convinced that we had deed. Intended to leave the chateau' m'81 tn mnn we wore chasing and tpred , Urf,nn rPmanlng on the driv nnd, according to his habit to walk to( the station. M. Stangerson confirmed what Ranee a groan. We were all much moved by the ap pearance of the man. We felt that what was about to happen would de-1 cide the fate of M. Robert Darzac. Frederic Larsan's face alone was ra diant, showing a Joy as of a dog that had at last got its prey. Pointing to the railway servant M. de Marquet said to M. Darzac: "Do you recognize this man, mon sieur?" '1 do," said M. Darzac in a tone which he vainly tried to make firm, "lie is an employee at the station at Ei.Iiiay-sur-Orge." "This young man," went on M. de Marquet, "affirms that he saw you get off the train at Epluay-sur-Orge" "That night," said M. Darzac, Inter ruptlng, "at half past 10. It is quite true." An interval of silence followed. "M. Darzac," the magistrate went on In a tone of deep emotion "M. Dar zac, what were you doing that night at EpInay-sur-Orge at that time?" M. Darzac remained silent, simply closing his eyes. "M. Darzac," insisted M. de Mar quet, "can you tell me how you em ployed your time that night?" M. Darzac opened his eyes. He seemed to have recovered his self con trol. "No, monsieur." "Think, monsieur, for if you per sist iu your strange refusal I shall be under the painful necessity of keeping you at my disposition." "I refuse." "M. Darzac, In the name of the law I arrest you!" The magistrate had no sooner pro nounced the words than I saw Roule tabille move quickly toward M. Dar zac. He would certainly have spoken to him, but Darzac by a gesture held him off. As the gendarme approached his prisoner a despairing cry rang through the room: "Robert! Robert!" We recognized the voice of Mile, .f.tangerson. We all shuddered. Lar hoii himself turned pale. M. Darzac In response to the cry had flown back Into the room. The magistrate, the gendarme and Larsan followed closely after. Rouleta bille and I remained on the threshold. It was n heartbreaking sight that mei our eyes. Mile. Stangerson, with a face of deathly pallor, hnd risen on her bed in splto of the restraining ef forts of two doctors and her father. She was holding out her trembling arms toward Robert Darzac. on whom Lnrsan and the gendarme had laid hands. Ilrr distended eyes saw ohe understood her lips seemed to form a word, but nobody made It out, and she fell back Insensible. M. Darzac was hurried out of the room and placed in the vestibule to wait for the vehicle Larsaii hud gone to fetch. We were oil overcome by emotion, and even M. de Marquet hod tears In his eyes. Rouletabille took nd vantage of the opportunity to soy to M. Darzac "Are vou coins to put In any de fense?" ' "No," replied the prisoner. "Very well, then, I will, monsieur, "You cannot do It." said the unhap nv niau. with a faint smile, "I ran do It. M. Robert Darzac. be cause I know more than you do!" "Come! Come!" murmured Darzac. almost angrily. "Have no fear. I shall know only what will benefit you." "You must know nothing, young mnn. If you want nie to be grateful." Rouletabilie sln:oU his head, going close up to Darzac. "Listen to what I am about to say." he said In a low tone, "unci lei It give you confidence. You do not know the "name of the murderer. Mile. Stanger- arm Iftiniri II lillt nlllv half of it. Bllt I know his two halves. 1 know the whole man!" Robert Darzac opened bis eyes with a look that showed he had not under stood a word of what Rouletabille had said to him. At that moment the con veyance arrived, driven by Frederic Larsan. Darzac and the genaarme en- glad to get away, and there was noth ing more to keep us there. 1 declared my Intention to give up the whole mat ter. It hnd been too much for me Rouletabille. with a friendly tap on my shoulder, confessed that he had noth lug more to learn at the Glandlcr; ho had learned all I had to tell him. We reached Paris about 8 o'clock, dined and then, tired out. we separated agreeing to meet the next morning ai my rooms. Rouletabille arrived next day at the hour agreed on. He was dressed In n suit of English tweed, with an ulster on his arm and a valise In his hand Evidently he had prepared himself for a Journey. "How long shall you be away?" 1 asked. "A month or two." be said, "it all depends." I asked him no more questions. "Do you know," he nsked, "what the word was that Mile. Stangerson tried to say before she fainted?" "No. Nobody heard it." "I heard It," replied Rouletabille. "She said 'Speak! " "Do you think Darzac will speak?" "Never." I was about to make some further observations, but be wrung my hand warmly aud wished me goodby. I had only time to ask blm one question be fore he left "Are you not afraid that other at tempts may be made while you re away?" 'No; not now that Darzac Is in pris on?" he answered. With this strange remark he left. 1 was not to see him again until the day of Darzac's trial at the court when he appeared to explain the inexplicable. 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