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THE 3S1EDF0RD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORP, OREGON, FRIDAY, .TANITARY 7, 1910.
THE PERFUME OF
THE LADY IN BLACK
Ily GASTON IiKUOUX,
I Author of "TJio Mystery of
tbo Yellow Room."
Copyright, 1000, by Bretnno's
CHAPTER VI.
Fortifylna Against a Weird
Foe.
nOFESSOU STANGKKSON
since he h;ul barbed tho cruol
truth hud not for one raolnout
bivn nble to five himself from
tin- thought of It. In truth, tho first
victim of the an air at the Glandler
and the most unfortunate "was this
good old man. tie had lost everything
his faith in science, hla lora of work
and hla belief In his daughter. His
faith In her had been bis religion, joy
and pride. And while ha was thinking
of her almost with reverence ha dis
covered that the reason that hla daugh
ter refused to many vras bec&nao sha
was already the wife of BatUneycr.
Xh day la -wllleii MufhiUa W deck
ed to teU him ttw atocy of aba past,
which must clear up the paaaana irtth
a tragic light to tba at aba pro
fessor, already warned by the myster
ies of the Glandler th day whoa, fail
ing nt his feet, she had told him tho
story of her youth. Professor Stangcr
son had raised the form of hla beloved
child from the ground and had pressed
her to his heart; ba had mingled his
tears with the sobs of her whoso fault
had been bo bitterly expiated and bad
sworn that sho had never been moro
precious than slnco he hod known how
thing which concerned only tho fam
ily. But they were fully nwaro of the
way In which tho secret nervlco ngent
had pursued Mtue. Darrac. Tho crimes
of Lnrsnu were explained In the eye
gardener, Mattonl, nt thnt point, M.
Hance."
1 listened to Itoulctablllo with ad
miration. Mine. Kdlth was right. Ho
had Indeed constituted himself n cap
tain, and ho had not left one Impregua-
of Arthur Hance by n mad passion for i blo spot wIthovU jcrctise.
Matblldc, the Indications of an tnsatu'
and hopeless love. As to Mine. Killth
her thoughts, which I road without
her Buspectlng It, ran about In this
way: "Out what on earth Is thero
about this woman which could Inspire
such an Insano noaslon, lasting for
years and year?. In tho heart of any
man Here Is a woman for whoso
anko n dotectlvo officer becotnea a mur
derer, for whom n tcmpernto man bo-
comes a drunkard and for whom an In
nocent man permits himself to bo pro
nounced guilty of a felony. What
there about her more than there la
about myself, who owo my husband to
Hur&osuii ..Mtt,uau.i i toe ract ina a no rc rosea mm oeroro
K I since he had lwirued tho cruol ho ever eaw met What to tht charm
J I truth hud not for one moment j about her? And ytt even now my hus-
- B Itifcjt Mill.. rt hllMa.lf Ik A . . L II .
nana xorgeu ait. anouc me waue no
looking at her." That Is what 1 read
In 'Edith's eyes as she w&tfcbed bac
husband gating at Mathllde. Ah, thoo
black eyes of gentle Mme. Ed 1th I
Mathlldo asked ma where 1 thought
R6ulctablll had gone. As she left tho
dining room I walked with bar to tho
entrance to the fort. D&raac and
Mme. Edith followed ua. titangeroon
had btddoa as good night. Arthur
1 Lance, who had dtaappaxod for
moment. Joined u while we wra at
the paiwagway. Tbe night w&a clear.
and fc& aooa atko&a brightly. As wo
noaaad baaeaab tba areh we board
nowlataUUe'a vefc.
"Coma on! One more effort f ho
cried, and the voloe which answered
him was husky and panting. Tbo two
portals of tho Immense Iron doors
slammed. They were closed for tho
first tlmo In a hundred years.
Mme. Edith looked astonished at tho
act of her guest and asked what had
happened to the gate, which had al
ways served In place of the doors.
. Cut Arthur Ranco cancht her arm.
she had suffered. But he when sho imnresslne noon hor thnt sho must
left his presence was another man-wi j keep silence.
man alone, all alone. Professor Stan
gerson had lost bis daughter and his
goddess.
He had experienced only Indlffcrenco
In regard to her marriage to Robert
Dnrznc. although the latter had been
the best beloved of his pupils. In vain
Mathllde, with the warmest tender
ness, had endeavored to rekindle the?
old feeling in the heart of her father.
She knew well that he had changed
toward her. Tho professor could work
no longer. The great secret of the dis
solution or matter which bo haa prom
ised to reveal to mankind had return
ed to the unknown from which for a
moment the scientist had drawn It. and
men will go on, repeating for centuries
to come tho imbecile phrase, "Crora
nothing, nothing."
Evidently she was Instinctively
Roulctabllle announced that If any
of us bad any desire to make a trip to
the village we. mast glvo It up, for tho
order had gone forth, and no ono
could leave tho chateau or enter It.
Fere Jacques was charged with tho
carrying out of the commnnd. and
every one knew that It was Impossible
to bribe tho faithful old servitor.
Pero Jacqur. wbOm I had known so
well at the Glandler, had accompanied
Professor Stangerson as his valet.
That night he was sleeping In a tiny
closet lu "la Louve," near his mas
ter's bedroom, but Roulotablllo had
changed that, and It was Pere Jacques
who took the place of the concierges
In the tower marked A.
"But whor are the Bernlora?" cried
Mme. Edith.
"They are Installed In the square
tower In the room on the left, near
drawn toward Rouletabllle by all the ( the entrance. They are to act as cure-
mystcrlous forces of maternal affec
tion. In splto of the fact that she had
every reason to belpve that her child
had died yleoKTBeiore'.'
. She showed for her husband the
most charming solicitude. Sho was at
tentive to him at every moment, serv
ing him herself, nnd smiling gently at
him as she did so.
Jt the design of .Larson b showing
hiTbseif had been, to deal a frightful
blow, to a happiness which bad yet
scarcely begun, be had completely suc
ceeded. Mathllde had given Darrac
at once to understand thnt sho did not
repird herself as his wife, slnco the
Willi to whom she bad pledged herself
lu her early girlhood was still living.
I liave said that Mathllde Stangerson
had been brought up In a very re
ligious manner, not by her father, who
cared little for such things, but by her
female relatives, especially her old aunt
In Cincinnati. I might have passed
over these religious beliefs of Mathllde
In silence If they had not had so strong
an lufluonco on the resolution which
she had taken In regard to her second
husband when sho discovered that her
first husband was still alive. It bad
seemed to her that Larsan's death had
been proved beyond the slightest doubt,
and she had gone to her new husband
as a widow with the approval of her
confessor. And now she learned that
In tho sight of heaven she was not a
widow, but a bigamist!
Leaving the Daren ch, my eyes wan
dered to tbo neighbor of Mme. Darzac,
M. Arthur William Ranee, when they
wero suddenly arrested by tho butler's
coming to say that Dernier, the con
cierge, requested to speak to Roulo
tablllo. My friend left the room.
"What!" I cried. "Tho Be micro are
no longer at tbo Glandler?"
Readers ofTho Mystery of tho Yel
low Room." will recall that these Ber
nlers the man and his wife were tho
concierges of M. Stangerson at 8to.
Generlove des Bo Is. 1 bavo told bow
Roulctabllle bad had them sot at 11b
,orty when they were accused. Roulo
tablllo had Iven ever since the object
of their devotion. As the Ranees had
need of concierges for tho Fort of
Hercules, the professor had been glad
to send tbem his faithful domestics, of
whom he had never had reason to com
plain except for ono slight Infraction
of tbo game lows, which had turned
out most unfortunately for tbem. Now
they wero lodged In ono of tho towers
of tho postern, whero they kept tho
gate.
Tho unexpected exit of Rouletabllle
sent n chill to my heart and seemed to
spread a general sensation of alarm
throughout the company. Mme. Dar
zac was very restless. And because
Mathlldo (showed herself to be dis
turbed and nervous I fancied that Ar
thur Itanco thought that It behooved
lilni to display some little nnxlpty.
Arthur Raucc and his wife were not
awarb of tho whole of tho unfortunate
Htory. It had peunied useless to Inform
tliom of the fact of Muthllde'H secret
marriage to Joan Itoiissol, afterword
Luov.a us Larson. Tlwt was soi:'.e
takers of the square tower," replied
HgnjetaDllle.
But the" squarp tower doesn't need
any caretakers," exclaimed Edith.
"That, madame." returned tho young
reporter, "Is what we cannot ba sure
of."
Ha made no further- explanations,
but ho took Arthur Itanco to ono sldo
and Informed him that be ought to
tell bis wife about the reappearance of
Larsaht If there was to be the slight
est chanco of hiding the truth from
Stangerson It could scarcely bo ac
complished without the aid and Intel
ligence of Mme. Edith. And. then,
too. It would be as well henceforward
for all of those In the Fort of Her
cules to bo prepared for ovorythlng
and surprised at nothing.
The next act of Rouletablllo was to
make us walk across the court and
placo ourselves at tho postern which
commanded the entrance to the Inner
court, but at that point the moat bad
been filled up. Rouletabllle declared
that ho Intended to bavo the moat dug
out and to replaco the drawbridge.
At the newly fortified postern Rou
letablllo had stationed no one; for he
reserved that place that night for
himself. From thero bo could obtain a
completo view of both ,tbo. Inner and
outer courts., One could reach tbo
apartment of tho Darzncs only after
passing by Pero Jacques In A, by Rou
letablllo at H and by tho Bcrnlers,
who guarded tho square tower at tho
door marked E.. The young man had
decided that It would bo better for
those on guard not to retire that
night As we passed by tho oubli
ette I saw that some one bad dis
placed the circular board which cov
ered It I saw also on the margin a
flask attached to a cord. Rouletablllo
explained to me that be had wished to
know if this old oubliette, which was
really nothing but a well, correspond
ed with tA sea and that bo had
found that the water was clear and
sweet, a proof that It bad nothing to
do with the Mediterranean.
Ho walked for a few steps with
Mme. Darzac. who Immediately took
leave of us and entered the squaro
tower. Darzac and Arthur Ranee, at
tho request of Rouletabllle, remained
with us. Boroo words of excuse ad
dressed to Mme. Edith made ber un
derstand that she was being politely
asked to retire, and she bade us good
night with a nonchalant grace. Rohle
tabllle beckoned us the men toward
the postern Into the little room of tho
gardener, a dark, low celled apart
ment. There Arthur Ranee, Robert
Darzac, Rouletablllo and myself with
out even lighting a lamp held our first
council of war.
"Wo may make our plans hero in
tranquillity," begun Rouletabllle, "No
one can hear us, and wo shall not be
surprised by nny one. If any person
should attempt to pass tho first gate,
which Jacques Is guarding, without
the old man seeing him wo shall be
immediately warned by tho sentinel
whom I have stationed In tho very
middlo of the court, hidden in the ruins
of tho chapel. 1 havo placed your
Rouletablllo lit his pipe, took three
or four puffs and said:
"Woll. hero we are. Can we hopo
that Larson, art or having so insolent
ly flaunted himself toforo us, nt our
very doors. In order to defy us, will
conflno himself to such n plntonlc
manifestation T And, content" with
what ho has done, will he go away?
I hardly think so, first, becauso such
a thing would bo foreign to his char
acter, for ho lovea a flghtand la never
satisfied with a partial success, and,
second, becauso no one of us haa the
power to drive him off. We bava, of
course, 'no hop of any help from oat
side. And he knows It welL That la
what makes him to bold and auda
cious. Whom can we call to oar a Id 7"
"Tho author! tl os," augxvetod Arthur
Ranee.
Tho .reeacjr lee-ked at bte boat with
aa afar oCptty which was not entirety
froo from reproach. And he said la a
chilly tone, which ahowad plainly to
Arthur Ranco how little velno thero
was In hla proposition:
"Tou ought to understand, monsieur,
that I did not save Larson from
French Juatlco at Yereailles to deliver
him over to Italian Justice at Rocbers
Rouges."
M. Dftrnac aafd:
This man must disappear, but tn
aUcBce, whether we move him by our
entree tie or bribe blm or kill biro.
But tho first condition of his disap
pearance W to keep tba fact that ho
haa reappeared at all a eacret. Abova
all anil I am apaa'klng of tho heartfelt
wish of Mme. Darzac aa well aa my
own M. Stahgorson must never know
that wo are mopaced by tho blows of
this monster."
Mmo. Darzac'a wishes are com
mands," replied Rouletablllo. M.
Stangerson shall know nothing." ,
morrow we Htmll draw up n ot or noxlolto who ontorliiK tho oonlOHty
rules for our little garrison, u lint of o HlroiiKth ami Hklll nt Soiittlo nml
tho trustworthy domestics upon whom i Vancouver. St. Louis pout two tnon
wo may depend with security. I to tho A. A. U. moot ut Bonttlo tltin
iou win or mg i.oro to this cell all ' yenr, but liotlt fulled to nooro a point
nVii2S. ?v" fm K"1t,,,L;r-r flM in tho oonests. Tlioy doolnrcd nftor
$!&X. Tl r -oro Kivon n "raw de(
o'clock every ulght tho Iron doors wilt y tlu,."1luu 1 boum1- n(1,lin
bo closed. Tomorrow morning M. Ar- ,,mt w,, ,u ovo" uroal "ly would,
thur Ranco will send for' hulMcrs. ' nvo tnuiio a Dotlor showing. Tho
bcnttlo men InuRh nt tlto ohnrgeH,
saying it ta widely known that ovory
contestant was on an equal footing
MARSHALL DYING, RESULT
OF A DRUNKEN CAROUSAL
ADT1UHN, Wash., Jan. 7.City
Marshall Attaint Hoothl is dyltiK to
dny and two youths, Howard Wil
liams and C. Ilildorth, of Stunnur,
aro under arrest for tho Hhooting,
as tho result of a drunken carousal
horo last night. Williams mid I lit -
droth woro urrestod in Sumner nt 7
o'clock this morning by a posso of
deputies nftor n chaso lasting since
midnight,
lloth lads flod to their homes af
ter Williams fired tho shot which will
probably cost tho lifo of tho nmrshnl.
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 7. Six Badly frightened, thoy woro onsily
fast boxers and wrestlers, represent- captured nfter tho posso had trailed
ing tho St, Louis Athlotio olub, nro them. Thoy nro now in tho Auburn
coming to Spokane noxt February in in'd nnl will bo takon to Seattla lo
an effort to disprove tho clnim thnt Un t0 arraigned.
Every person on tho placo will bo
couuted and no ono allowed to pass
the door of tho second court. Before 7
o'clock In tho evening every ono will
bo counted again and the work peopto
allowed to go out. In ono day tho men
must finish their work. After that I
shall be tranquil, and. Mme. Darcac.
who Is forbidden to leave tho chateau
under tho new order, huvlntf been
placed In security, I may attempt a
sortie and enter seriously Into tho
search for tho camp of Lomau. Come,
M. Ranee, to arms! Bring mo somo
weapons to pass around this croulng.
1 havo lent my own revolver to Peru
Bender, who Is keeping guard before
me uoor or Mme. Dantac'a apart
monts."
(To be continuod.)
ST. LOUIS ATHLETES WILL
INVADE THE NORTHWEST
Northwcstom amateurs nro superior
to thoso in tho middlo etntos. Cisco
Bullivnnt, of tho Spokano Amateur1
Athletic Club, has been advised that
tho St. Louis club will sond ono 125
pound and ono 153-pound boxer, two
others and a pair of its best wrost
lers on n tour of tho Northwest, tho
Roethl ennnot recover, nccordinc
to tho physicians attending him.
CLEOPATRA SAID TO
LIE BURfEO IN PARIS
PARIS, Jan. 7.Cloopntrn, tho
"Serpent of Old Nile," is buried in
TAXIDERMIST AND FURRIER
Sond your trophies to mo for mount
ing. Big game hondH, flnh, bird and
mammals mounted true to nature by
Improved methods. I do tanning, mn!
iivr rugs, make, remodel and elent. '
fur garments. FiXttress and mntl or.
dors promptly atlondod to.
C. M. HARRIS.
408 WnshlnRton Stroot, Portland, Or.
Telephone Main 11(100.
Paris, a fow hundred yards from tho marks tho spot whom Cleopatra li
Hourso, tho Parisian Wall stroot. burlod, which lit dlvldod by merely
This is tho arohaolo'gioal botiibsholl an Iron railing from tho busy Kuo
dropped among tho savants by an Vlvlonnc, loudlng to tho Paris Stock
anonymous writor who assorts that Kxohaiigo.
tho groat Kgyptlan quoon now lies In U , ., .. i
a gloomy lit do garden attunhod to
tho national library.
Ills story Is that Cloopntra'ri mum
my wns burlod tlioro -10 years ago by
tho library officials, who did not
know, what olso to do with it. It had
boon brought to Paris from Hgypt
enclosed in a sarcophagus, whloh Is
still on viow In tho library. But aftor
somo months it boonmo Iniposslhlo to
koop tho mummy itself within tho
building, so It was seoretly burlod In
tho littlo garden outsldo tho library
wnllo.
No stone, tnhlot. or oven mound"
WE DON'T BELIEVE
YOU CAN DEAT TH
Thirty-two aoros in this trnot, f n
fruit land, about two mllos from
n shipping point. Tho bulldlui''
consist of n fivo-room box house,
good-sired barn, eto. Thero are
12 acres of fi and (1-yenr-old ap
pies, mostly Nowtowns, with com
inornlnl peachos planted botwec.
ns fillers, Also three acres of
.voting pear trees and Homo family
orchard. Four acres In alfalfa.
Hix or eight acre of timber, most
ly onk and laurel. Thero is a
pumping plant on tho place which
supplies wnter for the gardou and
alfalfa, equipped with gasnllno
engine. About 40 mdH from a
good school. Has rural mail de
livery and telephono. Price
$10,000. Tonus.
W. T. YORK & CO.
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Rouletabllle aroso and exchanged
through tho window a signal with
Dernier, who wns standing erect upon
the threshold of the square tower.
Then ho enmo back to us and sat
down again.
Larsan probably Is not far off." ho
raid. "Bernlcr Is. on tbo most friendly
terms with theso worthv doodIc. and I
am going with blm to talk to thorn.
Tho Italian customs otllcer speaks
only Italian, but the French otllcer'
speaks both languages ns well as the
patois of the country, and It U this
man. whom Oorntcr tells me Is called
Michael, to whom 1 look to bo of the
greatest use to us. Through his means
we bare already learned that the two
revenue posts are much Interested In
tbo maneuvers of the boat belong
ing to Tnlllo, tho fisherman, whom they -
call 'tho hangman of the sea.' Old
Tulllo is an acquaintance of tbo cus-.
toras men the most skillful of smug
glers. Ho had with him this ovenlng,
In his boat an Individual whom the
revenue officers had never seen. Tho
boat. Tulllo and the passenger all dis
appeared at the i'olnte de (lartbajdl.
I have been there and found nothing.
However, Larsan roust have landed. I
am sure that Tulllo'a little boat Is an
chored near tho Folnte de Garibaldi."
"Larsan certainly landed," repeated
M. Darsac. "Ho Is at Rocbers Rouges."
In any case. If the boat has been
left at Rochers Rouges, he haa not
cdmo back here," exclaimed Roule
tabllle. "The two revenue posts are
placed la. such a manner that no one
can pass by, whether by day or by
night, without being seen, Tbo senti
nel passes between the rocks and the
sea. Tbo rocks aro steep and form a
terraco sixty meters high."
That la true." said Arthur Ranee.
It is not cosy to scale tho rocks."
"no will bavo bidden himself in the
grottoes," . said Darzac. "Thero aro
somo deep pockets In tbo terrace."
"I thought of that." said Rouletabllle.
and I wont back alono to Roclicrs
Rouges after I left Pero Hornier. 1
had somo things to say to Larsan
which I did not wish a third party to
bear. Well, 1 went back to Rocbers
Rouges and called Larsan's namo
through all, the caves. But, whether
It was that be beard mo and saw my
white flag or not, be did not answer."
"Perhaps ho was not thero," I sug
gested.
"Perhaps not I don't know. But I
beard a noise In tho grotto."
And you did not enter?' demanded
Arthur Ranee.
No." replied Rouletablllo quietly.
But you do not think that it was be
cause I was afraid of him, do you?"
"Let us runt" we all cried in one
breath, rising at the same moment
Let us go and finish up the business
Immadlately."
"I don't think that .wo shall ever
bava a battar chance of meeting Lar
san," said Arthur Ranee. "We can
do what we Ilka with blm at the bot
tom of Rochers Rouges."
"Doubtless." replied Rouletabllle,
my promenaae to uocners uouges
produced no result because 1 was ail
alone, but if we all go I can assure,
you that we shall find some results on
our return."
"On our return?" echoed Darzac,
who did not understand.
"Yes," replied Roulotablllo, "on our
rotuni to tbo chateau, whero wo bavo
left Mme. Darzac nil alono and whero
perhaps wo may not find ber. Ob, of
course," ho added as a general sllenco
fell upon his companions, "It Is only a
hypothesis. But at this tlmo we bavo
no other means of reasoning than by
hypothesis."
Wo looked at each other, and this
hypothesis overwhelmed us.
Roulotablllo continued;
"You seo, tonight thero Is nothing 1
that wo can do excent to barrlcado 1
ourselves, it Is only n temporary bar-1
rlcndc, for I want tho placo put In an ,
absolutely unassallublo stato tompr-1
row. Tho vigil will ho Imrd tonight
becauso wo aro not yet organized. To-!
Baker's
vs.
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"WV have home-made bread. "Which would
you rather eat, home-made or baker? A
foolish question to ask, for most people
would be willing to pay twice the price for
home-made bread they pay for baker's, but
you can buy tho good old-fashioned home
made bread at the Rex Grocery for tho same
price as baker's. Large, well browned
loaves, both nourishing and palatable, and
baked from the best flour in the city.
"Yakima Best,"
Take a loaf homo with you and be con
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I
Best Groceries
At Prices Strictly in
Keeping with the
Quality of Our
Stock which is
Unexcelled
A Trial will Convince You
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