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Professional Directory of Wallowa County
The Mystery of
Coyote S:alp Bounty.
Pro3cut coyota scalps to W. F.
Savage, at W, J. Funk & Cos store,
Enterprise, who Is authorized to
take affidavits and give warrants
for same on behalf of the Wallowa
County Wwalgrowers association.
33b4 THOS. MORGAN, Secretary.
THOS. M. DILL f
I ATTOKNEY'AT-LAW j
I Office first door south of New
Fraternal Blclg., Enterprise, Ore.
W. C. KETCHUM
DENTIST - ENTERPRISE
The Yellow
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norland Building.
Independent Phone.
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By GASTON LEROUX tfc
A movement of chairs in the court,
wiii) a rustling of dresses and an en
ergetic whispering of "Hush!" showed
the curiosity that bad been aroused.
"It seems to me." said the president
"that the mystery of the yellow room.
M. Kouletabllle. is wholly explained by
your, hypothesis. Frederic Larsan is
the explanation. We have merely to
substitute him for M. Robert Dnrznc
Evidently the door of the yellow room
was open at the time M. Btaneerson
was alone and that he allowed (he
man who was coming out of his dnugb-
ter's chamber to pass without arrest
ing him perhaps at her entreaty to
avoid all scandal."
"No, M. rresldent." protested the
young man. "You forget that, stunned
by the attack made on her. Mile. Stan
gerson was not in a condition to have
made such au appeal Nor could she
have locked and bolted herself In her
room. You must also remember that
M. Stangerson has sworn that the door
" was not open."
"That, however. Is the only way in
which It can be explained. The yel
low room was as closely shut as an
iron safe. To use your own expres
sion. It was Impossible for the mur
derer to make his escape either natu
rally or supernaturally. When the room
was broken Into he was not therel He
must therefore, have escaped."
"That does not follow."
"What do you mean?"
"There was no need for him to es-cape-rlf
he was not there!"
"Not there r
"Evidently not He could not have
been there If he were not found there."
"But what about the evidences of his
presence?" asked the president
'That. M. President, is where we
liave taken hold of the wrong end.
ft ran the time Mile. Standerson shut
fcerself In her room to the time her
' door was burst open It was impossible
for the murderer to escape. He was
not found because he was not there
during that time."
"But the evidences?"
"They have led us astray. In rea
soning on this mystery we must not
take them to mean what they appar
ently mean. Why do we conclude the
murderer was there? Because be left
' Ills tracks In the room! Good! But
may be not have been there before
the room was locked?, Nay; he must
have been there before. Let us look
Into the matter of these traces and
ee If they do not point to my con
clusion. "After the publication of the article
In the Matin and my conversation with
the examining magistrate on the jour
ney from Paris to Eplnay-sur-Orge I
was certain that the yellow room bad
been hermetically sealed, so to speak,
and that consequently the murderer
bad escaped before Mile. Stangerson
bad gone into her chamber at mid
night
"At the time I was much puzzled
Mile. Stangerson could not have been
ber own murderer, since the evidences
pointed to some other person. The as
sassln, then, bad come before. If that
were so, bow was it that mademoi
selle bad been attacked after, or. rath
er, that Bhe. appeared to have been at
tacked after? It was necessary for
me to reconstruct the occurrence and
make of It two phases, each separated
from the other In time by the space
. of several hours one phase In which
. Mile. Stangerson bad really been at
tacked, the other phase in which those
who beard her cries thought she was
being attacked. 1 bad not then exam
ined the yellow room. What were the
marks on Mile. Stangerson? There
were marks of strangulation and the
' wound from a bard blow on the tern
- pie. The marka of strangulation did
not Interest me much. Tbey might
nave been made before, and Mile.
Stangerson could have concealed them
by a collaret or any similar article
f apparel. 1 bad to suppose this the
moment I was compelled to recon
struct tbe occurrence by two phases.
Mile. Stangerson bad. no doubt ber
own reasons for so doing, since she
bad told ber father nothing of It and
bad made It understood to the examin-
lng magistrate that tbe attack bad
taken place In tbe night during tbe
second phase. She was forced to say
that: otherwise ber father would have
Questioned her as to ber reason for
having said nothing about It
"But I could not explain tbe blow on
tbe temple. I understood it even less
when I learned that tbe mutton bone
bad been found In ber room. Ebe could
not bide tbe fact that she bad been
struck on the head, and yet that
wound appeared evidently to have
been Inflicted during tbe first phase,
since It required the presence of tbe
murderer! I thought Mile Stangerson
bad hidden tbe wound by arranging
ber batr In bands on ber forehead.
"As to tbe mark of tbe band on tbe
wall, that bad evidently been made
during tbe first phase when tbe mur-
- derer was really there. AU tbe traces
of his presence bad naturally been left
durlnx tbe first phase tbe mutton
bone, tbe black footprints, tbe Basque
rap. the handkerchief, tbe blood on tbe
walL on tbe door and on tbe floor, if
those traces were still all there tbey
bowed that Mile. Stangerson. who de-
1rwl that nothing. shnnWI be known
COPYRIGHT. 1908.
BY BRENT ANO'S
had not yet haa time to clear them
away. This led me to the conclusion
that tbe two phases bad taken pluce
one shortly after tbe other. She had
not had the opportunity, after leaving
ber room aud going back to tbe labo
ratory to her father, to get back again
to her room and put it in order. Her
father was all the time with her, work
ing. So that after the first phase she
did not re-enter her chamber till mid
night Daddy Jacques was there at 10
o'clock, as he was every night, but he
went lu merely to close the blinds and
light the night light Owing to ber
disturbed state of mind she bad forgot
ten that Daddy Jacques would go into
her room and bad begged bim not to
trouble blmsclf. All this was set forth
in the article in tbe Matin. Daddy
Jacques did go, however, and in the
dim light of the room saw nothing.
- "Mile. Stangerson must have lived
some anxious moments while Daddy
Jacques was absent, but I think she
was not aware that so many evidences
had been left After she bad been at
tacked she bad only time to bide tbe
traces of tbe man's fingers on ber neck
and to hurry to tbe laboratory. Had
she known of tbe bone, the cap and
the handkerchief she would have made
nway with them after she bad gone
back to her chamber at midnight She
did not see them and undressed by the
uncertain glimmer of the night light
She went to bed wornout by anxiety
and fear a fear that bad made her re
main in tbe laboratory as late as pos
sible.
My reasoning bad thus brought pie
to the second phase of the tragedy
when Mile. Stangerson was alone in
the room. I had now to explain the
revolver shots fired during the second
phnse. Cries of "Help! Murder! had
been beard. How to explain these?
As to the cries, I was in no difficulty
since she was alone in her room these
could result from nightmare only. My
explanation of tbe struggle and noise
that were heard is simply that in ber
nightmare she was haunted by the ter
rible experience she had passed through
in tbe afternoon. In her dream she
sees the murderer about to spring upon
her. and she cries. 'Help! Murder!'
ner hand wildly seeks the revolver she
had placed within her reach on the
nlfrht table by the side of her bed, but
her hand, striking the table, overturns
it. and the revolver, falling to the floor.
diachnrres Itself, the bullet nidging In
the celling. I knew from the first that
the bullet in tbe celling must have re
sulted from an accident. Its very posi
tton suggested an accident to my mind
and so fell In with my theory of a
nightmare. I no longer doubted that
the attack had taken place before
mademoiselle had retired for the night
After wakening from her frightful
dream and crying aloud for help she
had fainted.
My theory, based on the evidence
of the shots that were heard at mid
night, demanded two shots one which
wounded the murderer at the time of
his attack and one fired at the time
of the nlstitinnre. The evidence given
bv the rentiers before the examining
magistrate was to the effect that only
one shot had been beard. M. Stan
gerson testified to hearing a dull sound
first, followed by a sharp ringing sound.
The dull sound I explained by tbe
falling of the marble topped table: the
ringing sound was the shot from the
revolver. I was now convinced I was
rlbt. The shot that had wounded the
hand or the murtlerer nnu naa causea
It to bleed so thnt be left the bloody
Imprint on the wall was fired by
mademoiselle In self defense before
the second phase, when she h-id been
reallv attacked. The shot In the cell
lng which the Benders heard was the
accidental shot during the nightmare.
had now to explain tbe wound on
the temple. It was not severe enough
to have been made by means of the
mutton boue. and mademoiselle had
not attempted to hide It It must have
been made during the second phase,
It was to find this out that I went to
the yellow room, and I obtained my
answer there."
Kouletabllle drew a piece of white
folded paier from bis pocket and drew
out of it an almost Invisible object
which be held between bis thumb and
forefinger.
This. M. rresldent be said, "is
hair a blond hair stained with blood
It Is a balr from tbe bead of Mile.
Stangerson. I found It sticking to one
of the corners of the overturned table.
The corner of tbe table was itself
stained with blood a tiny stain bard
ly visible, but It told me that on ris
ing from her bed Mile. Stangerson bad
fallen heavily and bad struck ber bead
on the corner of Its marble top.
"I bad still to learn, in addition to
tbe name of tbe assassin, which I did
later, the time of tbe original attack.
I learned this from the examination of
Mile. Stangerson and her father, though
the answers given by tbe former were
well calculated to deceive tbe examin
ing magistrate. Mile. Stangerson bad
tn ted verr minutely bow she had
spent tbe whole of ber time that day.
We established tbe fact that tbe mur
derer had introduced himself Into tbe
oavilion between 5 and 6 o'clock. At
a quarter past 6 the professor and bla
dauebter bad resumed their work. At
r. Ho nmfpMir had Wq With til
J
daughter, and since. the attain toou
place In the professor's absence from
bis daughter 1 had to Bud out jusi
when he left ber. The professor had
stated that at the time when he and
his daughter were about to re-enter
the laboratory he was met by tne
keeper and held lu conversation about
the cutting of some wood and the
nnarliers. Mile. Ktnncerson was not
with him then, since the professor said.
'1 left the keeper and rejoined my
daughter, who was at work In the
laboratory.'
It was during that short interval of
time that the tragedy took place. That
Is certain. In my mind's eye I saw
Mile. Stangerson re-enter the pavilion.
go to her room to take off her hat and
find herself faced by the murderer, lie
had been in tbe pavilion for some time
waiting for ber. He had arranged to
pass the whole night there. He had
taken off Daddy Jacques' boots, be
had removed the papers from the cabi
net and had then , slipped under the
bed. Finding the time long, he bad
risen, gone again into the laboratory,
then into the vestibule, looked into the
garden and had seen, coming toward
the pavilion. Mile. Stangerson-aione.
IIo would never have dared to attack
her at that hour If he had not found
her alone. Ills mind wns made up.
He would be more at ease nlone with
Mile. Stangerson In the pavilion than
he would have been lu tbe middle of
the night, with Daddy Jacques sleep
ing In the attic. So he shut the vesti
bule window. Thut explains why
neither M. Stangerson nor the keeper,
who were nt some distance from the
pavilion, bad heard the revolver shot.
"Then he went back to the yellow
room. Mile. Stangerson came in. What
passed must have taken place very
quickly. Mademoiselle tried to call for
help, but the mnn had seized her by
the throat Her hand had sought and
grasped the revolver which she bad
been keeping in the drawer of her j
night table, since she hncj come to fear
tbe threats of her pursuer. The mur- I
derer was about to strike her on the
i
neaa witn me inurion none, n lernuiu
weapon In the hands of a Larsan or
tfallmeyer, but she fired In time, and
tbe shot wounded the baud that held
the weapon. The boue fell to the floor
covered with the blood of the murder
er, who staggered, clutched nt the wall
for support Imprinting on It the red
mnrUs, and, fearing another bullet
fled.
She saw bm pass through the labo
ratory nnd listened, ne was long nt
the window. At length he Jumped
from It. She flew to It and shut It.
The danger past, all her thoughts were
of her father. Hnd he either seen or
beard? At any cost to herself she
must keep this from him. Thus when
M. Stangerson returned he found the
door of the yellow room closed and his
daughter In tbe laboratory bending
over her desk nt work!"
Turning toward M. Darzuc, Rouleta
bllle cried:
"You know the truth! Tell us, then.
If thnt is not bow things happened."
"1 don't know an; thing about It" re
plied M Darzac.
"I admire you for your silence, hU
Kouletabllle, "but if Mile. Stangerson
knew of your danger she would release
you from your oath. She would beg
of you to tell all she has confided to
you. She would be here to defeud
you!"
M. Darzac made no movement nor
Uttered a word. He looked at Rouleta
bllle sadly.
"However," said the young report
er, "since mademoiselle Is not here I
must do It myself. But, believe me,
U. Darzac. tbe only means to save
Mile. Ktni'geriion and restore her to
her reason is to secure your acquittal."
What Is this secret motive that
compels Mile. Stangerson to bide her
knowledge from her father f asked
the president.
That, monsieur. 1 do not know,"
said RouletuUIIIe. "It is no business
of mine."
The president, turning to M. Darzac,
endeavored to luduce hi:u to tell what
be knew.
Do you still refuse, monsieur, to tell
us bow you employed your time during
the attempts on the life of Mile. Stan
gerson?" I cannot tell you anything, mon
sieur."
The president turned to Rouletabllle
aa if apjieuliug for an explanation.
We must assume, M. President, that
M. Robert Da rzac's absences are close
ly connected with Mllo. Stangersou's
secret and that M. Darzac feels him
self In honor bound to remain silent
It may be that Larsan, wbo since his
three attempts has had everything in
training to cast suspicion on M. Dar
zac, bad fixed on Just those occasions
for a meeting with M. Darzac at a
spot most compromising. Larsan Is
cunning enough to bare done that"
Tbe president seemed partly con
vinced; but, still curious, be asked:
"But what is this secret of Mile.
Stangerson?"
"That 1 cannot tell you," said Roule
tabllle. "I think, however, you know
enough now to acquit M. Robert Dar
zac, unless Larsan should return, and
1 don't think be will;" be added, with a
laugh.
"une question more." said tb waul.
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ueui. ' -AQiiiiniag your explanation,
we know that Lursan wished to turn
suspicion ou M. Robert Darznc, but
why should he throw suspicion on
Daddy Jacques also?"
"There came In the professional de
tective, monsieur, who proves himself
an unraveler of mysteries. I.y annihi
lating the very proofs he had accumu
lated. He's n very cunning man. nnd
a similar trick had often enabled him
to turn suspicion from himself. He
proved the Innocence of one before ac
cusing the other. You can easily be
lieve, monsieur, that so complicated n
scheme ns this must have been long
nnd carefully thought out In advance
by Lnrsan. He found the opportunity
to rob Dnddy Jacques of n pair of old
boots and a enstoff Basque cap. wh!"h
the servant had tied up In a handker
chief with the Intention of enrrjins
them to a friend, a charcoal burner on
Ibo road to Eplnny. When the crime
was discovered Daddy Jacques had
immediately recognized these objects
( Tbey were extremely corn-
promising, which explalus his distress
nt tho time when we spoke to him
about thein. Larsan confessed it all to
mo."
(Continued next week.)
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"Your son has Consumption. His
case Is hopeless." These appalling
words were spoken to Geo. E. Blev
ens, a leidlng merchant of Spring
field, N. C by two expert doctors
one a lung specialist. Then was
shown the wont'erful power of Dr.
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Even things In the rural wilds
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"This stove," said the clerk to his
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The Belated Valentine.
Just look at me, my dear, and aee
An object for your charily!
lMst ntglit I dipped my pen In ink
And sat and mued and strove to link
My heart with yours In poetry.
But not one rhyme would come to me,
Although I fumed till half past three
What! Bleep? I didn't get a wink.
Just look at met
What dainty valentine could be
Wore eloquent of love than he
Who thus would muse and brood and
think
Till he's completely on the blink T
Say, If you doubt my constancy,
JuBt look at me!
T. A. Daly in Catholic Standard and
Times.
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