THIS MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEPFORD, ORIOCION. TtMOSDAV. .TANUAltY 11, 1010.
i THE PERFUME OF
THE LADY IN BLACK
J
--- at mo ion or uorcuioa wmt nor mis-
baml, the brilliant .vounu professor of
La Sorlmnne."
At Nlee. hidden behind the blinds of
buffet. I awaited the arrival of tho
train from Paris b.v which Url:noltes
was uuo io arrive, aim the next uio.
meut 1 saw him nllKhtliiK from a car.
I knew that there must be souio
strntiRo rtason for this Journey of
whlrh he hail not Informed M. bnrzac
beforehand. And I know that the trip
was n secret one when I saw that
UrlRnolles was bonding his head as he
hurried aloug. gliding rapidly as a
pickpocket among the imsengers. Hut
1 was behind hltu. I followed him
These maneuvers seemed to me more
and more nuiblguoua. I'lnnllr ltrl
gnolles" carriage came out upon the
j lload de la Cornlche. and I directed
my coachman to tafce the same way.
The numerous windings of this road.
Its accentuated curves, permlttinl me
to see without being seen. Kinally we
reached the Heaulieu railway station,
where I was astonished to see Hrl
gnollbs carriage stop nnd the man
himself get out. pay the driver und en-
Hy OASTOX LUHOUX,
Author of "Tho Mystery of
the Yellow ltoom."
. Copyright, 1000, by Htvtnno's ;
CHAPTER VIII.
Wonderful rinds - and
Vanishing.
LD UGH took up the frightful
object and huguu to cares.
It. his eyi spttrftllng and his
thick Hps parting ouce more
.. . broad smile. Itouietabiiio ana
I f were unable louger to control our
selves and" nearly split our sides with
iuj."ai -mi iuv iiiuiv uvcnuse MIU UOU I
every few moments would Interrupt
himself in the midst of a peal of mcrri- j
meut to demand of lis what was the
object of our mirth.
Suddenly Old Hob grew serious. lie
lifted the skull in his right hand nnd i
placed the foreQuger of the left hand ,
upon the forehead of bis ancestor.
The old Cast II Ion was no longer In
habited, and for a good reason. Jt had
been entirely ruined destroyed by the
earthquake of 1SS7. What a silence
then was all around me! With a
thousand precautions I searched
through the ruins, contemplating with
horror the depth of tho crevices which
the earthquake had opened In the
rocks.
Had I been the victim of an Illusion 1
I could no longer see my two shadows.
Was also the plaything of my Imagi
nation when I stooped and picked up
from tho road a bit of letter paper
which looked to me singularly like
that which Darznc used at ln Sar
bonnel ;
Upon this hit of paper I deciphered
two syllables which l believed Hrl- ,
guolles had written. These syllnbles :
seemed to be the eud of a word tho '
beginning of which was missing. All I
that It was possible to mnke out was 1
"bonnet."
Two hours later I re-ontored the ,
Fort of Hercules and told my story to
Koutetabllle. who placed the bit of '
I naner In his ixirtfollo and entreated !
ter the waiting room. He wna going ! me to be as silent ns the grave In to-
co iaue me iram. tr wn.it purpose? , card to mv expedition. I
He got Into a oasscnuer coach which: AstiSnisinvi ir hn.-i.,,. ..r..t,.,..i ..... 1
was bound for tho Italian frontier. I dlffereut nu effect from the one which '
realised that all his movemcuts were I had anticipated at the dlscoverv
bringing him nearer to the Fort of j which 1 believed so Importaut. I stared
ncrcules. 1 got In the car behind his. at KoulMnlilllo. n. mrmxt Ma h.vi.i t
Instantaneous Gas Lights
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Urlguollca did not get off until we
reached Mcutone. 1 saw him alight.
"When one looks at the skull from f He had turued up the collar of his
above one. notices very clearly u pen
tagonal formation which Is due to the
notable development of the parietal
bumps nnd the Jutting out of the shell
of the occlpltals. The great breadth
overcoat and pulled his bat down over
his eyes. He cast a stealthy glance I
around the quay and then mingled !
with tho other passengers. Once out- '
side the train shed ho got into a shab
of the face comes from the exaggerat-1 by old stage which wus standing by
ed development of the rygomatlc pro- tho sidewalk. I Inquired of an em-
unions, wnnt in mo neau or ino trog- j
lodytes of thj ikousst-na.oiissg
do wo and?' r
- 1 ncre: know wnat 11 was that
CMd Bob found In the head of the
troglodytes, for 1 did not listen to
ui, but I looked at, him. And 1 had
no further Inclination for laughter.
Old Dob seemed to mo terrifying, hor
rible, ns false as the father of lies,
with his counterfeit gayety and his
scientific Jargon, ity eyes remained
fixed upon him ns If they were fas
cinated. It seemed to me that I could
see bis hair move. Just as a wig might
do. One thought the thought of Lar
can. which never left me completely
seemed to expand uutll It filled my en
tire brain. 1 felt as If I must speak
it out when all at once I felt an arm
locked In mine, and I saw Roulctablllc
looking nt me with an expression
which I did not know how to read.
He drew me away from the table,
and we walked toward tho west boule
vard. After he had looked closely on
every side and made sure that no one
was near us be said:
"You are In the right In seeing him
everywhere around us. If he were
not there a little while ago he Is per
haps there now. Ah. be Is stronger
than the stones! He Is stronger than
anything else In the world. 1 fear him
less within than without, for, Saln
clalr. I feel that ho Is here."
V said to' RouletabHIe, scarcely dar
ing to put Into words what was In my
mind: ,fl ,
01d Bobr " " -.
He did not answer. At the end of a
few moments be said:
"Hold your left hand In your right
for live minutes and then ask yourself.
Is it you. Larsan ? And when you
have replied to yourself do not feel too
pure, for be may perhaps have lied to
you. and he may bo in your own akin
.without your kuowlng It."
I With tbeso words Itouletablllo left
taSe alone In the west boulevard. It
was there that Cere Jacques came to
look for me. He brought mo a tele
gram. 1 was not in much of a hurry to
open the dispatch which Pero Jacques
had brought me. and in this 1 was
wrong, for as soon as I cast my eyes
"over tho word3 which It contained 1
realized that It was of the deepest Im
portance. My friend at Paris, whom 1
bad requested to keep an eye upon
Iirlguolles. sent' me word that the
said Brlgnolles .had left Paris the
evening before for tho Midi. Ho bad
taken the 105 'train. My friend In
formed me that ,bo had reason to be
lieve that Brlgnolles had taken a tick
et' for Nice.
".What should Brlgnolles be doing in
Nice? I kept Brlgnolles to myself all
ajouo nnd bo well that when, assuming
my most Indifferent ah. I rejoined
RouletabHIe lu the Court of Charles
away. His eyes were Oiled with tears.
"ltouletabllle!" 1 exclaimed.
But again he inotloucd me not to
speak.
They had waited dinner for me. It ;
was late. We scarcely attempted to j
hide the deep anxiety which froze our i
hearts. One would have said that
each one of us was resigned to the i
blow which was threatening. At 10 j
I COULD PEBCEIVE TWO F0EMS THAT HASTENED.
cur-
the Bold 1 never mentioned the sub- Larsan.
ployee, who told me, that that
riage was tho stage to Sospel.
Sospel Is a picturesque little city lost
between the last counterforts of the
Alps, two hours and a half from Men
tone by coach. No railroad passes
through there. It Is one of the most
retired and quietest corners of France,
the most dreaded by revenue officers
and by the Alpine hunters. Why was
Brlgnolles going to Sospel? 1 must
find out. 1 hired a carriage from the
station, and In a few moments i, too,
was climbing over the rocks to the
valley of Carol. How I regretted not
having spoken of my telegram to
RouletabHIe! The strnngo behavior of
Brlgnolles would havo given blm Ideas,
useful and reasonable, while for my
part I bad not the slightest Idea of
how to reason. 1 only knew bow to
follow this Brlgnolles as a dog fol
lows his master. 1 reached Castillon
ten minutes later than Brlgnolles. Cas
tillon Is at the highest point of tho
road between Mcntono and Sospel. I
descended from the carriage, aud at
the entrance of a tunnel through
which It was necessary to pass to
reach the onnoslto turn of the moun
tain I bebt-ld Brlgnolles and Frederic
Ject.
Ills brow was dripping with per
spiration; his arms were bared, his col
lar thrown off; a heavy hammer was In
bis hand. It seemed to me that be
was devoting considerable time and
energy to a comparatively simple task,
and. like a fool who does not seo be
yond the end of his owu nose. I could
no't refrain from telling him so. But, no!
J was only able to understand that,
half an hour later, when I came upon
him lying beside the ruins of tho
chapel, murmuring In his dreams the
one word which betrayed the sorrow
of hls heart "mother." Rouletablllo
was drojmlug of the Lady in Black!
After having relieved bis overcharged
heart with that one word he left noth
ing more to be beard except his heavy
breathing. He wus completely ex
hausted. I believe that It was the first
time ho had really slept since we had
come from Paris.
I left the chateau unseen, and soon,
my dispatch In my pocket, I took tho
trnlu for Nice. On the way I chanced
to read this Item on the first page of
the Petit NIcois: "Professor Stanger
son has arrived at Garavau. where he
will spend a few weeks with M. Ar
thur Rancc. the recent purchaser of
tho - Fort of Hercules, who, nlded by
tho, beautiful Mme. Arthur Rancc, will
dlspouso hospltqllty to his friends In
thlg mediaeval stronghold. Professor
8trnngcraon's daughter, whose mar
riage to M. Robert Darzae has Just
taken pjace in JL'urls has also arrived
I stood staring at them, my feet as
helpless as though they had taken root
In the soil. I could not utter n sound
nor make a gesture. 1 bad been the
only one to guess that the companion
ship of this devil of a Brlgnolles had
been of the gravest danger to Oarzac.
If they would have listened to me be
would have got rid of the creature's
presence long ago. Brlgnolles, the
tool of Larsan, the accomplice of Lar
san what u discovery! Why, I had
known oil along that those accidents
In the laboratory had not happened by
chance! They would believe me now,
I bad seen with my own eyes Larsan
and Brlgnolles talking and consulting
together ut the entrance of tho, Cas
tillon tunnel. I bad seen them. But
where were they gone uowl For I
saw them uo longer. They must be
lu the tunnel, 1 hastened my steps,
leaving iny coachman behind me, und
reached the tuuuel In a few moments,
drawing ray revolver from my pocket.
My state of mind was beyond descrip
tion. But where were they? I walked
through the dark tunnel. No Lursan,
uo Brlgnolles: Not a living creature!
But upon my left, toward ancient Cas
tillon, It seemed to ine that I could
perceive two forms that hnstonol.
They disappeared. 1 ran after them.
I arrived at the ruins. 1 stopped.
Who could say that those two figures
were not lylhg In wult for mo behind
a .wall 7
o'clock I went to take up my station
nt the tower of the gardener. While
I was In the little room where we bad
consulted together the night before the
Lady In Black and RouletabHIe passed
beneath the arch. The glimmer of the
lantern fell on their faces. Mme. bar
zac was greatly excited. She was urg
lng RouletabHIe to something which 1
could not hear. The conversation be
tween them looked like an argument,
and 1 caught only one word of Roule
tablllo's, "Thief!"
The two entered the Court ot the
Bold. The Lady In Black stretched
her arm toward the young man. but
be did not see It, for he left her Imme
diately and went toward his own
room. She remained standing alone
for a moment In tho court, leaning
against the trunk of tho eucalyptus
tree In an attltudo of unutterable sad
ness; then, with slow steps, sbo enter
ed the square tower.
It was now tho 10th of April. The
attack of the square tower occurred
on tho night between the lltb and
12th.
(To be continued.)
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Mrs. Bingo (severely) 1 unou'd 11 to
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Dingo Well, If ttio truth must be
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ley, and. my dear, ttie lunt game I bot
bjin a new bonnet for you against a1
nmv bonnet for bis wife.
Mrs. illngo YeB, my dear, and who
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A Hindrance.
Nursemaid I'm going to leave next
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Mistress Why. what's tho matter?
Don't you liko tho baby?
Nursemaid Yes'm. but ho la so
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The ReiulL
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