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"Monsieur is very much engaged with the inquiry he Ins In hand." "A.bl His inquiry, pray believe toe, is absolutely a Matter of Indifference to toe. I am no scavenger of odds and ends," he went on, with infinite contempt in his rawer lip; "I aro a the. atrical reporter, and this evening shall have to give a little account of the play at the Scala." "Get in, sir, please," eald the regis- trar Rouletabille was already In the com- partment. 1 went in after him and seated myself by his side, The regis- trar followed and closed the earriage door. I2. de Marquet looked at him. "Ah, sir," Rouletabille began. "you must not be angry with M. Maielne. It is not with M. de Marquet that I de- sire to have the.honor of speaking, but with M. 'Castigat Rldendo.' Permit me to congratulate you -personally, as well as the writer for the Epoque," And Realetabille, having first introduced me, lutroduced himself, /d. de Alarquet,. with a nervous ges- ture, caressed his beard into a point "The work of the dramatic author may interfere." be said, after a slight Liesitatien, "with thet of the magis- trate, especially ID a province where 'One's labors are little more than rou- tine." • you may rely on my discretion!" cried Rouletabille. The train was iu motion. "We have started!" said the examin- ing magistrate, surprised at seeing us still In the carriage. "Yes, monsieur, truth bas started," said Rouletabille. smiling amiably, "on its way to the Chateau du Glandier. A fine case, Id, de Nlarquet, a fine case!" "An obscure, Incredible, unfathom- able, inexplicable affeirand there is only one thing 1 fear. SI. Rouleta.bille, that the journalists will be trying to esplain It." ..My friend felt thise rap on his kuuckles. he said simply. "that is to be feared. •They meddle in everything, As for my .taterest, monsieur, I Only re- ferred to it by mere chance -the mere chance of finding myself in the same train with you and in the same com- partment of the same carriage." "Where are you going, thee?" asked M. de Marquet "To the Cluiteau du Glandier,".re plied Rouletabille, without turning. "You'll not get In, M. Rouletabiliel" • "Will you prevent me?" • said" my friend, already prepared to light "Not II I like the press and Jour. tutlizts too well to be In any way dis- agreeable to them, but AL Stanger - son bas given orders for his door to be closed against everybody, and it IS well guarded. Not a journalist was able to pass through the gateJof the Glandier yesterday.", AL de Marquet compressed bis lips and seemed ready .to relapse Into. obstinate. silenee. He only relaxed a little when Rouletabille no. longer left him* In ignorance of the fact. that we were going to the Glandier for tbe purpose of shaking hands With an "old and intimate friend." NI. Robert Dar- zac-a man whom Ronletabille had perhaps seen once in his life. "Poor Robert!" continued the young reporter, "this dreadful affair may be his death -be is so deeply in love with Stangenson. It is to be hoped that Mlle. Stangerson's life will be sared," "Let us hope so: Her father told me yesterday that if she does not recover It will not be long before he joins ber in the grave. What nil incalculable loss to science, his death would be!" "The wound on her temple Is serious, is It not?" "Evidently, but by a wonderful chance it haa not proved mortal. • The blow was given with great force." "Then it was tot with the revolver She was Wounded." said -Roulet/thine, glancing at me In triumph. Al. de Marquet appeared greatly em- barrassed, "I didn't say anything, I don't want to say anything. I Will botsay any- thing." be said. And be turned toward his regtstrar as if be no longer knew Us. But rtouletabille was • not to be So easily shaken off: Ile moved nearer to the examining magietrate und, draw- ing n copy of the Matin from his pock- et, he showed it to him and said: "There is one thing,,monsieur, which I may inquire of you without commit- ting an indiscretion. You have, of course, seen the necount given In the Matin? It is Absurd, is it not?" "Not in the slightest, monsieur." "What! The yellow room has but one barred whitlow, the bars of which ha VP not been moved, end only one . door, which had to be broken open, and the aseassin Was not found!" "That's 80, monsieur; that's- so. That's how the matter, stands." Rouletabille said no more, but plueg. ed into thought. A quarter of an hour thus linseed. Coming back to himself again, he said, addressing the magistrate: "lIow did Mlle. Stangerson wear her bair on that evening?" • "I don't know," *plied IL de Mar. quet , I "That'a a very Important point," said Roulet:thine. "Iler heir was done up hi bands, wasn't it? I feel sure that on that °Vetting, the evening of th, crime, she bed her hair arranged la bands." "Then you *re Mistakes M. Route* tabille," replied the magistrate. "Mlle. Stangerson that eVening had her hair drawn up itt a 1010 en the bap Of bet head, her niMal way of arranging It. her forehead coMpletely Uncovered. CIM MOM you, for we have caretully examined the wound. There Wal,it no blood on the hair, and the arrangement ot It has not been disturbed since the erirae was committed." • "Xou are sure? You are sure that on the night of the crime she bad not her hair in bands?" • "Quite sore," the magistrate contin- ued, smiling, "because 1 remeraber the doctor saying to me while he was ex- amining the wound: 'It is a great pity Mlle. Stangerson was in the habit of drawing her hair back from her fore- head. If she had worn it in hands the blow she reeeived on the tenapie would have been weakened.' It seems strange to me that you should attach so much importance to this point." ..ob, tt she had not her hair in bands I give it up," said Rouletabille, with a despairing gesture, "And was the wound ma her temple a bad one?" he asked presently. "Terrible." "With what weapon was it made?' "That is a seeret of the Investiga- tion." "Have you found the weapon -what- ever It was?" The magistrate did not answer. • "And the wound in the throat?" • Here the examining magistrate read- ily confirmed the decision of the doe. tor that, if the murderer had pressed her throat a few seconds longer, Mlle. Stangerson would have died of stran- gulation,. • "Tbe affair as reported in the Matin," paid Itouletabille eagerly, "seems to me. more and more inexplicable. Can you tell me, rnonnieur, how many openings there are in the pavilion? •1 mean doors and windows." , "There are five," replied Monsieir de Marquet, after having coughed once or twice, but no longer resisting the desire he felt to talk of the whole of the Incredible mystery of the affair he was investigating, "There are five, of whicb the door of the vestibule is the only entrance to the pavilion -a door always automatically closed, •'which cannot be Opened, either from the out- er or inside. except with the two Rie- del keys Which are never out of the . possession Of either Daddy Jacques or SI. Stangerson: Mlle. Stangerson had nit need for we, since Daddy Jacques • lodged in the pavilion and be- cause, during ;the daytime, she never • left her. father. When they, all Our, 'stilled into. the yellow 'room, after breaking open the doer of the labora- tory, the door in the vestibule re- mained closed as usual and of the two keys for opening it Daddy .Jactities had one: In his 'pocket and. M. Stangerson the other.' ' As tit the windows Of the pavilion, there are four, the one dove' of the yellow mom and those ot the • laboratorylooking' out on to the country, ,the window in the veStibule looking into the park." -. "It is by that window that he escap- ed from the payllion!" cried ROuieta- b Ile. • "How do you know that?". 'flow? Oh, the : thing Is • simple enough! As soon as be found he could not eseape by the • door of the pavilion his only • way' out was by: the .window In •the vestibule. unless he could' pass through a• grated window. The wjn- dow of the yellow rocitn Is, secured by iron bars, •because It looks out upon the open conntryt the two windows of tbe laboratory have to* he protected in like manner for the sante reason. As the murnerer got away 1 conceive that he found a window' that was not' bar- red-that - redthat of the vestibule, which opens on to the park -that Is to say, into the interior of the estate. There's net pouch magic in all that." •"Yes," said M. de Marquet, "hut what you have not gamed is Mit this single window iu the vestibule, thoegh It has no iron bars, has solid iron hlitids. Now, these iron hfinds have remained fastened by their iron latch, end .yet We have proof that the •murderer made his eseape from the Pavilloo by that window! Traces .of blood on the inside wall and on the' blinds as well as on the floor, and footmarks, of which' I have taken the measurements, attest the fact that the .murderer tnade. his escape that Way. But, -then, how ;41d he do it,,seeing that the blinds remain- ed fastened on the inside? He passed through them like it .shadoW. But what is more bewildering than all, is that It is Impossible to form any idea as to how the murderer.got out. of the yellow room or hon' he got across the laboratory to math the vestibule!" "Could that window have been closed and refastened after the flight. of the assassin?" asked Thauletabille. "TWA is what oecurred,to me fora Moment, but it would imply an aCCOM- pike or accomplices) and. 1 don't see" - After a short siltlfwe be added; "Ah, if Mlle. Stangerson were only well enough today to allow of her being questioned!" Rouletabille, following tap his thought, asked: "And the attic? Tbere must be some opening to that?" "Yes; there is a windew or, rather, takyliglit in it, which, aa it looks out toward the •eountry, M. Stahgerson bas had barred, like the rest of the windows. These bars, as in the other windows, have remained intact, and the blinds. Which naturally open in. Ward, hare not been 'Unfastened. For the Peat we have not discovered any. thing to lead us to sespeet that the Murderee had linseed through the at. tie." "It Seems tient to yon, then, mon. sieur, that the murderer eseaped-no- body knows how -by the window 10 the vestibule?" • "Everything goes tO prove it." "I think sO, toe," eonfeesed ROuletit4 hill* gravely. After n briet silenee he Continued: "If yea hilve not found any trace' of.the murderer in the attic, such SR the dirty footmarks Similar to these on the 9Oor Of the yelloW room, yen Meet =tie 18 the 0011011161On that It was not be who stole Daddy Jacques' • revolver." "There are no footmarks in the attic Other than those of Daddy Jaequee binaself," wild the magistrate with a signiOcatit turn of his bead. Then, after an apparent deelsion, be added, "Daddy Jacques was with M. Stanger, son in the laboratory, and it was lucky for him he was." "Then what part did his revolver play in the tragedy? It seems very clear that this weapon did less harm to mile. Reimer:ion than it Oki ha the • murderer." The naagistrate made no reply to this question, which doubtless embar- rassed him. Stangerson," be said, "tells us that the two bullets have been !eland in the yellow room, one embedded t.n the wail stained with the impression of a red hand -a man's large hand -and the other in the ceil- ing." "Oh, oh, in the ceiling!" muttered Rouletabilla "In the ceiling! That's very curious! In the ceiling!" He puffed awhile in silence at hls • pipe, enreloping himself in the smoke. When we reached Spinny-sur-Orge I bad to tap him on the shoulder to arouse him from his dream and come out on to the platform of the station. There the magistrate and his regis- trar bowed to us and, by rapidly get- ting into a cab that was awaiting them, made us understand that they had seen enough of us, "flow long will it take to walk to the Chateau du Glandler?" Rouleta- • bine asked one of the railway porters. "An hour end u half or an hour and three -quarters -easy walking," the man replied. Itouletaoille looked up at the sky and, no doubt ending its appearance satisfactory,. took my arm and said: "Come on! I need a walk. It was a bit of luck our falling in with that examining magistrate and his registrar, eh? What did 1 tell you about that revolver?" His head was bent down, he had his bands in his pockets, and he was whistling. After awhile .I heard hint murmur: "Poor woman!" "Is it Mlle. Stangerson you are pity - Ing?" • "Yes,. She's n noble womanand worthy of being pitied -a woman of a great, a very great. character, I imagine -I imagine." "You know her, then?" "Not at all. I have never seen her. but once," - • "Why. then, do you say that she is a woman of great character?" "Because she bravely faced the mur- derer, 'because she courageously de- fended herself, 'and, above all, because of the bullet in the ceiling." CHAPTER Iv "In the Bosom of Wild Nature." HE Chateau du Glandier. is' one 'of theoldest chateaux in the • Ile de France,- where so many building -remains of the feudal period are still standing, 13ullt origin-. ally in the heart of the forest 10 the. reign of Philip, le Bel, it now could be seen a few hundred yards' from the road leading from the Village of Senate - Genevieve to Monthery. A mass of inharmonious stnictures, It is dominat- ed by a donjon. . . It was in this place, seemingly be- loriging entirely to the past, -that ..Pro- fessor Stangerson and his:daughter in- stalled themselves to lay the founda- tions for the science of the future. •. When Al, Stangerson bought the es- tate, fifteen 'years before the tragedy with whleh we are engaged occurred, the. Chateau du °lonelier had fora' hang time been unoccupied. Anotber old ehateau in the neighborhood, built In, the fourteenth ceotury by jean de Belmont, Wt1S also abandoned, so that that part of the country was very lit- tle inhabited- Some small houses on the side of the road:leading te. Corbel], an Inn, called the Auberge du Don- jon, which offered passing hospitality to wagoners -these were about all to represent civilization in this out of the Way part of the count*, but a few leagues from the capital. But this deserted condition of tbe place lind been the determining reason for the 'choice made by Id. Stangerson and his daughter. Itt,Stangerson was already celebritted. lie . had returned from A.therica, where his works had made is great stir. The bock whieh he had published at Philadelphle, on the, "Dissociation of Matter . by Electric Action," had aroused • opposition throughout the wh,ole s.cientitle world. .M. Stangerson was a Frenchman, but of American origin. Important mat- ters relating to is legacy had kept him for several years in the United States, where he had continned the work be- gun by him in Frame, whither he bad returned in possession of a large for- tsne. MUe.Stangerson was at the time when her father returned from Amer - lea and bought the Glandier estate twenty years of age. She was es- teedingly •pretty, having at once the Parlainn graee of her mother, who had died in &ring her birth, and all the splendor, all tbe riebes of the young American blood of ber parental grand- father, William Stangerson. A. citizen Of Philadelphia, Wlilutttn Stangerson had been obliged to become natural. ired in obedience to family exigeneleS et the time ot his 'marriage with a French lady. • Twenty years of age, a charming blond, 'with blue eyes, milli White eomplexion and radiant with divine health: MathIlde Stangerson was oile- d the MOSt beautiful Marriageable girls in either the old or the new World. It Was her father's duty, in Spite of the inevitable pain which a separation from her would cause him, to think of her marrhige, and he Was fully pret pared for it Nevertheless he buried himself and hie eltIld in tile tilatitliel at the eminent viten itls friends were expeeting blot to bring her 4 itt IMO 80 elety. Questioned by ber friends, tile young, girl replied calmly, "Where could we work better then in this solitude?" For Mile Stangerson bad already Lie• glail to eollaborate with ber father Itt his work. It could not at the time be Imagined that her peselon for **nee would lead her so Inc as to refuse all the suitors who presented themselres to bey for over fifteen years. The young girl's extreme reserve did not at first discourage suitors, but at the end ot a few years they tired of their quest One alone persisted with tender te- • nacity and deserved tbe name of "eter- nal Mince." a name be accepted with melancholy resignation; that was XL Robert Darzac, Mlle. Stangerson was now no longer young, andit seemed that, having found Po reason for mar. rying at five and thirty, she would Rev- er fine one. Suddenly some weeks before the eveuts with which we are occupied a report -to which nobody attached any Importance, so incredible did it sound -was spread about Paris that Mile, Stangerson had at last contiented to "crown" the inextinguishable flame of M. Robert Darzaci It needed that M. Robert Darzac himself sbouR1 not deny this matrimonial rumor to give it an appearance of truth. so unlikely did it seem to be well founded. One day, however, M. Stangerson, as be was leaving tbe Academy of Seience, an- nounced that the marriage of his ,daughter and M. Robert Darzae would be celebrated in the privacy of the Chateau du Glandier as soon as be and his daughter had put the finishing touches to their report summing up their labors on the "Dissociation of Matter." The new honsehold „would in- stall itself in the Glandier, and tbe son- in-law would lend his assistance in the work to which the father and daughter bad dedicated their lives. The scientific World bad barely had time to recover from the effect of this news when it learned of the attempted assaesination of mademoiselle. ' CHAPTER V. • In Which Joseph Rouletahille Makes b. Remark to M. Robert Darzac • Which Produces Its Little Effect. OULETABILLE and I had been wailing for several minutes by the side .01 a long 'wall bound- ing the trust Property, of M. Stangerson and bad already come within sight of the entrance gate when our attention was 'drawnto an indi- vidual who, belt'heat to the ground, • seemed to be so -completely absorbed • itt. what he :waS doiog as not to have seen as coming toward him. • At one • time he stooped so low' as • almost to touch the ground., anotber he drew himself up and attentively examined • the wall. Theo • be looked 'tato •tbe palm of one of his bands aud walked away with rapid strides. • Finally he set oft running, still looking into the palm of his hand. Rouletabille • had brought me to a standstill by a ges-. it'uletabille had a great admiration us disturb him!" .• • • Frederic Larsan is at workl for thecelebrated detective. I had never before seen him, but I knew him well by reputation. At that time, be- fore. Rouletabille 'had given proof ' of • his unique talent.Lersain was reputed • as the most shillful unraveler of' the most.. mysterious and • complicated prime's. •His reputation wan world- wide, and the pollee of London and eren of. 'Amerlea often called him to their eld when their ociu. national inipecteta and detectives.'found them- selves nt tbe end .of their .wits and re- sources. -NO one was -astonished. then, that - the bead of • tbeParis police bad at the outset of the mystery of the yel- low room telegraphed his precious subordinate -in London.vvhere he had Poen sent on a hig.case of stolen 'se- eurities. to return with all baste- Fred- eric. had made all speed, dembtless knowing by experienee‘ that if he was interrupted in what be was doing .it was because .his services were urgent- ly needed in another direction, so. as Rouletabille said, be was that morning altendy •"at work." We nom) found out'in what it connisted. Whnt. he was continually looking at the .palra of his -right hand was nothing but his watch, the • rnieute • hand cif whieb he -appeared to be not• Ing intentili. Then be turned .back. 8till running, stopping only when he reached the park gate, where he again eenstited bis watch and then' put It • • nud through the bars perceived us. followed. Frederic tarsal? waited for tainy bit', pocket,' shrheginr.. his shr,olders with n gestare of discourage- tnent. He pushed open. the park gate, reeinsed et -d tocked•it, raised his. head Rouletabille rushed after idol, and I • "M. , Fred ," .satO flOttic tn Wile, raising hie but and showing the profotind reapoct, beset) on admiration,which the young reporter felt for the cele- brated detectice, "cm) you tell me . Whether M. Roneit Darzne 15 nt the ' chntenti nt Unit Motncnt? Here is one of his friends of the Pari5 bar, vvhe desires to Stletlk With hilt." ."1 really 'don't know, -Si, Replete - Mlle," replied Fred, s_baking bands with my friend. whom he hnd several times Met In the course of his difficialt investigations.. "I bare not seen him." • "The concierges will be able to in- form Ini, nO Said' !lenient pointing to the lodge, the door and windows of which were close shut. "The cottelerges will not be able to give vou tiny information, M. Roulet* bine." "Why not?" - "Because they were arrested half an 136."11Arraregs6t'ed 1" cried Itonletabille. "Then they are the murderers!" • Frederic Larsen shrugged his aluml- tiers. "When you can't arrest the reui mur- derar,"'be Odd, With titenir of supreme irony,. "you can always indulge In the luxury of discovering accomplices." "I)Id you have them arrested, hi Fred?" "Not II I haven't bad them arrest- ed. In the first place, I am pretty sure that thew have not had aurthlite, 1 to do with the affair and then be. ".U"Bsee:a—use of what?" asked Roulet** bille eagerly. "Becauseakis bo jean:thing," sahl Larsen, • sh ' "Because there were no acetate - 'dices!" Said Rouletehilla "Abe! You have an idea. then, about this matter?"seid Larsan, loohing at Douletabille intently. "yet you have seen nothing, young man -you have not yet gained admission here?' "1 shall get admission." ' "I doubt It. The orders are striet" "I shall gain admission If you let me see M. Robert Darzaa Do that for me. You know we are old friends. I beg of you, hl. Fred, Do yen re, member the article I wrote about you on the gold bar eatter Larsen might be about lifty years of age. He had a One head, hls hair turning gray, n colorless complexion and a Orm profile. His forehead was prominent. his ehin and cheeks elean sbaven. His upper lip, wIthont mus- tache, was finely chiseled. His eyes were rather small and round, with a loinogkainnd thdeisinqutiheatitogwasnaet volaus.e ostean3rewh: dle height and well built. with a gen. eral bearing elegant and gentlemanly. Larson turned his bead at' the sound of a vehicle which had tome from the chateau and reached the gate behind him. We recognized the cab which had conveyed the examining Ennis, trate and ills registrar from the sta. • tion at Epinny., "Ah!" Mt id Frederic Larsen, "If you want to speak with al. Robert Darzac, be Is b:aret;" Vt. Tlae si a already at the Park gate, and Robert Darzne was begging Frederic Larson to open It foe him, explainIng that he was pressed for time to catch the next train leaving Epinay for Paris. Then he reeognized • me. While Larsan was unlocking the gate 111. Darzac inquired what had brought me to the Glandier at such a tragie moment. I noticed that he was "frightfully pale and that his face was lined as if from the effects of some ters rible suffering, "Is Mademoiselle getting better?" I ImEnecTiatetY asked. • "Yes," he said. "She will be saved perimps. She must be saved!" He did not add "or it will be my death," but 1 telt that the phrase trenn bled on his pale lips. ' Rouletabille intervened: "You are In a hurry, monsieur, but 1 must speak with you. I have some - thin, of the greatest importance to rel ,en." • • Frederic Larson Interrupted: "May.I leave you?" he asked of Rob. ert Darzac. "Have you a key or do you wish me to give you this one?" "Thank you. 1 have a key and wM lock the gate." Larsen hurried off in the direction of the chateau, the imposing pile a (TO BE CONTINUED.) CURED OF CONSTIPATON • Mr. Andrews praises Dr. -1111orse's Indian Roat Pills. wrMiters.:George Andrews of Halifax, 1%.T.S., "For maey years I have been troubled ' • with chronic Constipntion. This ail- ment never comes tingle -handed, and I have been a vktim to the many illnesses that constipation brings .in jts train. " Medicine after medicine I have taken in order to find relief, but one and all left me in the same hopeless condition. It seemed that nothing would expel from • me the one ailment that caused so much • trouble, yet at last I read about these Indian Root Pills. . 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