Professional Bit ectory of Wallowa County
The Mystery of -
The Yellow Room
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By GASTON LEROUX
CHAPTER XXVII.
In Which II It Froved That Ons
Does Not Always Think of Every,
thin.
IREAT excitement prevailed
when Rouletabllle bad finished.
The courtroom became agitat
ed with the murmurtngs of
suppressed applause. Maltre Henri
Bobert called for an adjournment of
the trial and was supported In his mo
tion by the public prosecutor himself.
The case was adjourned. The next
day M. Robert Darzac was released ou
ball, while Daddy Jacques received
the Immediate benefit of "a no cause
or action." Search was everywhere
made for Frederic Larsan, but In vain.
31. Darzac finally escaped the awful
calamity which at one time had threat
ened him. After a visit to Mile. Stan
gerson he was led to hope that she
might by careful nursing one day re
cover her reason.
Ronletabllle and I left Versailles to
gether, after having dined at The
Dog That Smokes. In the train I put
m number of questions to him.
. 'My friend," I Bald, "I am still In
the dark as to your reason for going
to America. When you left the dan
dier you had found out. If I rightly un
derstand, all about Frederic Larsan.
You bad discovered the exact way be
bad attempted the murder?"
"Quite so. And you," he said, turn
ing the conversation, "did you suspect
nothing?"
"I don't see how I .could have sus
pected anything. You took great pains
to conceal your - thoughts from me.
Had you already suspected Larsan
when you sent for me to bring the re
volvers?" "Yes! I bad come to that conclusion
through the Incident of the 'Inexplica
ble gallery.' Larsan'a return to Mile,
fctangerson's room, however, had not
then been cleared up by the eyeglasses.
My suspicions were the outcome of my
reasoning nly, and the Idea of Larsan
being the murderer seemed so extraor
dinary that I resolved to wait for
actual evidence before venturing to
act Nevertheless the suspicion wor
ried me. and I sometimes spoke to the
detective In way that ought to have
opened your eyes. I spoke disparag
ingly of bis methods. But until
found the eyeglasses I could but look
upon my suspicion of him In the light
ot an absurd hypothesis only. You
can Imagine my elation after I bad ex
plained Larsan'a movements, I re
member welT rushing Into my room
Ikt a madman and crying to you: 'E'll
get the better of the great Fred! I'll
get the better of him In a wny that
will make a sensation!'
"But one important point escaped as
both. It was one which ought to have
opened our eyes to Larsan. Do you re
- member the bamboo cane? I was sur
prised to find Larsan had made no use
of that evidence against Robert Dar
sac. Had it not been purchased by a
man whose description tallied exactly
with teat of Darzac? Well, just be
fore I saw him off at the train, after
the recess during the trial I asked him
why be hadn't used the cane evidence.
He told me he bad never bad any in
tentlon of doing so; that our discov
ery of it in the little inn at Episay
bad - much embarrassed him. If you
will remember, be told us then that
the cane bad been given blra In Lon
don. Why . did we not Immediately
ay to ourselves: 'Fred is lying; he
could not have bad this cane In Lon
don; be was not hi London; be bought
It- in Paris? Then you found out on
Inquiry at Cassette's that the cane had
. been bought by a person dressed very
like Robert Darzac, though, as we
learned later from Darzac himself. It
was not be who bad made the pur
chase. Couple this with the fact we
already knew from the letter at the
poste restante that there was actually
a man In Paris wbo was passing as
Robert Darzac. Why did we not im
mediately Ox on Fred himself?
"Of course bis position was against
us, but when we saw the evident
eagerness on bis part to find convict
ing evidence against Darzac nay, even
the passion be displayed In bis pur
suit of the man the lie about the cane
should have bad a new meaning for
us. If you ask why Larsan bought the
cane if be bad no Intention of manu
facturing evidence against Darzac by
means of It, the answer la quite sim
ple. He bad been wounded in the
band by Mile. Stangeraon, so that the
cane was nseful to enable him to close
bis band In carrying It Yon remem
ber I noticed that be always car
ried it
"All these details came back to my
mind when I had once fixed on Larsan
as the criminal. But they were too
late then to be of any use to me. On
the evening when be pretended to be
drugged I looked at bis band and saw
a thin silk bandage covering the signs
of a slight healing wound. Had we
taken a quicker Initiative at the time
Larsan told us that He about the cane.
I am certain be would have gone off
to avoid suspicion. All the same, we
worried Larsan, or BaUmeyer, without
y
COPYRIGHT. 1908.
BY BRENTANO'S
I "But," I interrupted, "if Larson had
I
no intention or using The cane as evl-1
deuce against Darzac, why had be
made himself up to look like the man
when he went In to buy it?"
"He had not specially 'made up' as
Darzac to buy the cane; he had come
straight to Cassette's Immediately aft
er be bad attacked Mile. Stangeraon.'
CHAPTER XXVIII.
UUING the days that followed I
hud several opportunities to
question Rouletabllle as to his
reason for his voyage to Amer
ica, but I obtained no more precise an
swers than he had given me on the
evening of the adjournment of the
trial, when we were on the train for
Paris. One day, however, on- my still
pressing him, he said:
"Can't you understand that I bad to
know Larsan'a true personality?"
"No doubt," I said, "but why did
you go to America to find that out?"
He sat smoking his pipe and made
no further reply. I began to see tbat
I "was touching on the secret that con
cerned Mile. Stangeraon. Rouletabllle
evidently had found It necessary to go
to America to find out what the mys
terious tie was that bound her to Lar
san by so strange and terrible a bond-
In America he had learned who La-
Sfin was and had obtained information
which closed bis mouth. He bad been
to Philadelphia.
And now what was tbls mystery
which held Mile. Stangeraon and M.
Robert Darzac In so Inexplicable a si
lence? After so many years and the
publicity given the case by a curious
and- shameless press, now (hat M.
Stangerson knows all and has forgiven
All, all may be told. In every .phase
of this remarkable story Mile. Stan
gcrson had always been the sufferer.
The beginning dates from the time
when, 08 a young girl, she was living
with her father In Philadelphia. A
visitor at the bouse, a Frenchman, bad
succeeded by bis wit, grace and per
sistent attention In gaining her affecr
tlons. He was said to be rich and bad
asked her of her father. M. Stanger
aon, on making inquiries as to M
Jean Roussel, found that the man was
a swindler and An adventurer. Jean
Roussel was but another of the many
names under which tr-t notorious Pall-
neyer, a fugitive from France, tried
lo hide himself. M. Stangerson did
not know of his identity with BaU
meyer. He learned that the man was
simply -undesirable for his daughter.
Ee not only refused to give bis consent
to the marriage, but denied him ad
mission into the house. . Mathilda
Stangerson, however, had fallen in
love. To her Jean Roussel was every
thing that her love painted him. She
was Indignant at ber father's attitude
and did not conceal her feelings. Her
father sent ber to stay with an aunt
In Clnclnuntl. There she was joined
by Jean Roussel and. lu spite of the
reverence she felt for her father, ran
away with him to get married.
They went to Louisville and lived
there for some time. One morning, how-
ever, a knock came at the door of the
house In which they were, and the po-
'Jen entered to arrest Jean Roussel. - It
was then that Mathllde Stangerson, or
Roussel. learned tbat ber husband was
no other than the notorious Ballmeyer!
The young woman in tier despair
tried to commit suicide. She failed In
this, and was forced to rejoin ber aunt
at Ciucinnatl. The old lady was over-
Joyed to see ber again. She bad been
anxiously searching for her and had
not dared to tell M. Stangerson of her
disappearance. Mathllde swore ber to
secrecy, so that ber father should not
know she bad been away. A montb
later Mile. Stangerson returned to bei
father, repentant, ber heart dead with
In ber. hoping only one thing tbat she
would never again see ber husband.
the horrible Ballmeyer. A report was
spread a few weeks later that be was
dead, and sbe now determined to atone
for ber disobedience by a life of labor
and devotion for ber father. And she
kept her word.
All tbls she bad confessed to Robert
Darzac, and. believing Ballmeyer dead,
had given berself to the joy of a nnlon
with him. But fate bad resuscitated
Jean Roussel. the BaUmeyer of ber
youth. He had taken steps to let her
know that be would never allow ber to
marry Darzac that he still loved ber.
Mile. Stangerson never for one mo
ment hesitated to confide in M. Darzac.
Sbe showed him the letter In wblc'o
Jean Roussel asked ber to recall the
first hours of their union In their bean
tlful and charming Louisville home.
"The presbytery has lost nothing of its
charm nor the garden its brightness.
be had written. The scoundrel pre
tended to be rich and claimed the right
of taking ber back to Louisville. Sbe
bad told Darzac tbat if ber father
should know of ber dishonor sbe would
kill berself. M. Darzac had sworn to
silence ber persecutor, even if be bad
to kill blm. ne was outwitted and
would have succumbed bad it not been
for the genius of Rouletabllle.
The Mystery of Mademoiselle Stangeraon.
Mile,
loss ir
Stangersoa was herself help
less in the hands of such a villain.
Sue bad tried to kill him when he had
first threatened and then attacked ber
in the yellow room. She bad, unfor
tunately, failed and felt berself con
demned to be forever at the mercy of
this unscrupulous wretch who was
continually demanding her presence at
clandestine interviews. When he sent
her the letter through the postoffice
asking her to meet him she had re
fused. The result of her refusal was
the tragedy of the yellow room. The
second time he wrote asking for a
meeting, the letter reaching her In ber
sick chamber, she bad avoided blm by
sleepkig with her women. In tbat let
ter the scroundrel bad warned ber
that, since sbe was too ill to come to
him, he would come to her and that be
would be In her chamber at a par
ticular hour on a particular night
Knowing tbat she bad everything to
fear from Ballmeyer, she had left ber
chamber on that night It was then
that the Incident of the "inexplicable
gallery" occurred.
The third time she bad determined
to keep the appointment He asked
for It in the letter he bad written in
her own room on the night of the in
cident In the gallery, which be left on
her desk. In that letter he threatened
to bum her father's papers if she did
not meet blm. It was to rescue these
papers that she made up ber mind to
see blm. She did not for one moment
doubt that the wretch would carry out
his threat If she persisted in avoiding
him, und in that case the labors of her
father's lifetime would be forever lost.
Since the meeting was thus Inevitable
she resolved to see her husband and
appeal to bis better nature. It was for
this Interview that she bad prepared
herself ou the i night the keeper WAS
killed. They did meet, and what pass
ed between them may be Imagined.
He Insisted that she renounce Darzac.
Sho, on her part, affirmed hPF love for
him: He stabbed her in his anger, de
termlned to convict Darzac of the
crime. As Larsan be could do it and
bad bo managed things that Darzao
could never explain how bo bad em
ployed the time of bis absence from
the chateau. Ballmcyer's precaution
were most cunningly taken.
Larsan had threatened Darsao aa nv
bad threatened Mathllde with the
same weapon and. the same threats.
He wrote Darzac urgent letters declar
ing himself ready to deliver np the let
ters that bad passed between him and
hs wife and to leave them forever
if he would pay blm bla price.- no
asked Darzac to meet blm for the pur
pose of arranging the matter, appoint
ing the time when Larsan would be
with Mile.' Stangeraon. When Darzac
went to Eplnay, expecting to find Ball
meyer, or Larsan, there, he was met by
nn accomplice of Larsan'a and kept
waiting until such time as the "coinci
dence" could be established.
It was all done with Machiavellian
cunnlug, but Ballmeyer bad reckoned
without Joseph Rouletabllle.
Now that tb mystery of tbe yellow
room has been eleareJ up tbls is not
tbe time to tell of Rouletabille's ad
ventures In America. Knowing tbe
young reporter as we do, we can un
derstand with what acumen be bad
traced step by step tbe story of Ma
thllde Stangerson and Jean Roussel.
At Philadelphia be had quickly inform
ed himself as to Arthur William Ranee.
There be learned of Ranee's net of de
votion and the reward be thought him
self entitled to for It A rumor of bis
marriage with Mile. Stangerson bad
once found Its way Into the drawing
rooms of Philadelphia, ne also learn
ed of Ranco's continued attentions to
her and bis iniportuultles for her hand,
tie had taken to drink, be bad said, to
drown his grief at bis unrequited love.
It can now be understood why Roule
tabllle bad shown so marked a coolness
of demeanor toward Ranee when they
met in the witnesses' room on tbe day
of tbe trial
The strange Roussel-Stangerson mys
tery bad now been laid bare. Wbo
was this Jean Roussel? RouletabCle
bad traced blm from Philadelphia to
Cincinnati. In Cincinnati be became
acquainted with tbe old aunt and bad
found means to open ber mouth. Tbe
story of Ballmeyer's arrest threw the
right light on the whole story. He
visited the "presbytery," a small and
pretty dwelling in tbe old colonial
style. Which had indeed "lost nothing
of its charm." Then, abandoning his
pursuit of traces of Mile. Stangerson,
be took np those of Ballmeyer. He
followed them from prison to prison,
from crime to crime. Finally as be
was about leaving for Europe be learn
ed in New York tbat Ballmeyer bad
five years before embarked for France
with some valuable papers belonging
to a merchant of New Orleans whom
be bad murdered.
And yet tbe whole of this mystery
has not been revealed. Mile. Stanger
son bad a child by ber husband, a son.
Tbe Infant was born in tbe old aunt's
bouse. ' No one knew of It o well
bad tbe auut managed to conceal tbe
event
What became of that son? Tbat U
another story, which so far I am not
permitted to relate.
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