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witich could be perceived a 'few bun-
dred yards away.
Robert Daman, with kralt brow, wen
begimilug to show impatience. 1 pre-
sorted Rouletabille as anood friend
of mine, but as soon as he learned
that the young roan was ft journalist
he looked at me very reproachfully,
excused bituself under' the pecessit3'
of having to react) Epinay in twenty
minutes, bowed. and witipped up his
borse llut Rouletabine had seized
the bridle and, to nty utter astonish.
merit, stopped tbe carriage with a
vigorous hand Then he gave utters
ance to a seutenee vshiela was utterlY
meaningless 'to me.
nTbe presbytery has lost nothing of
Its ellarna, nor the garden its bright-
ness."
alev words had hardly left the lips
of tiouletabille than I Saw Robert
Donnie quail. Pale an be was, be be.
canto paler. His eyes were fixed on
the yttung man in terror, and he im-
mediately deseended trona the velncle
In an inexpressible state of agitetion.
'ex -come inn' be stammered.
• Then suddenly and witb a sort of
fury be rePeated:
"Ltd us go, monsieur:"
lat.• tweed up by the road he had
corny from the chateau. Rouletabille
still reteleing his bold on the horse's
bridle. I addressed a few words to Al.
Darzne. but he made no answer.. lily'
loo' :.3 questioned- Rouletabille, hut his*
gaze was elsewhere.
CHAPTER VI.
In the Heart of the Oak Grove.
Ereaelled the chateau end, ad
•%ye approached It, saw four
gendarmes pacing In .frent of a
little door /a the ground floor
of -t-be. do -Wpm We soon. learned -that
1.13 this ground floor, tvbieb bad former-
ly served as a prison, M. and Alum.
Bernier, the concierges, were Confined.
M. Robert Darzac' led us into 'the
modern part of the chateau' by,a la,ge
• door, protected by a,projecting awning
-e "marquise" as it is called. Route,
who had resigned the horse and
tine eab to the. care of .tv servant; °never
took Ills eyes off M.-Darzac. 1fon.
kWed his look and. perceived that ft
was directed solely towardthe gloved
bends of tbe. -Sorbonne' professor.
• When see were ,in a' tins; sitting room
titted with ,old fUrniture, M, Darzae
turned. to Itouletabille_lind said .eliarp-
• • "Whet de you. Wailtn" • ,•
The reporter ansWered in. ad equally
sbarp tone: • • ,• • '
"To snake you. by the nand."
• barzee shrank back, • .
"What does that Ineati?".
Evidently be understood, what I also
tn.derstood, that . my friend suspected
i in of the aboniinable attempt on the
ife of Mlle, Stangerson., The !meres-
t ion of the blood stained hand on the
wells of the yellow room was in his
mind. looked at theman closely...
Ills:.haughty fatee,nwIth ,Its e'pression
ordinal rily.. so. stritIghtferwa rd.. was at
Ulla', moment strangelytronbled.Elo
bent out his, right hand and, referring.
to bre. said: . . ' • .
'"As You ere' a friend of M..Sainclaiy, •
'who hos renderedme invaluable. serv-
iced In n just cause, monsieur, I see
reason for refusing you my hand"-
' Roulet:thine did got take the extend -
.en band.. Lying with the. utmost at
n'e
•daws*: be said: • .
- "Monsieur. I have lived several years
In, Hessian where- .1 have ttegnired. the"
liabit•of never taking any but an 'un-
gleved hand." .
I thought that' the Sorbonni- profess-
or.would expresshis anger openly.
but, on the contrary, by a visibly
vio-
letit effort, he valtned himself, took
off • his gloves and allowed his hands,
They were unmnrked by any eica trice.
• ",Are you satisfied?"
"Ne!" replied Itonletabille. "My
dear friend," be .sald; turning to ine,
"I am, obliged to ask, you to leave us'
alone for a moment." •
. I.• bowed and refired. stupefled• by.
what I had seeti heard„ 1 could
not, 'understand' why .M. Robert Par -
zee had net nlready shottat the dot to
nty impertinent, insulting and stupid
friend. I. ivits angry myself h Roule-
.tabille atthat moment for Ills stIs-
ptChnts ,which hail led to.this scene of
the gloves.
For some twenty' minutes I walked,
about it,' front of the chateau. trying
vainly to link together- •the different
events of the day. • •
. When Itonletabille clime out of the
chafe:m.1n the.cotnpany of M. Robert
Darzac, extreorninary to relate, 1 saw'.
itt a glanc8 that'they were the best of
friends. •
. "We are going to the., yellow room.
Come with its," Rouletabille said to
me.. "You know. my dear bey, I. nes
going to keep you . with me all day.
Weill breakfast together somewhere
about here"-
"You'll brealifast with me here, gen.
tlemen"--
"No, thanks." replied the young man.
"We shall breakfast at the Donjon
Inn."
"Ybu'll are very badly there. You'll
not find' anything" •
-
"Do you think so?. Well, I hope tG
find something there," replied Route.
tabille, "After breakfast we'll set to
work aignin, write,itty erticle, and
if you'll be so good as to take It to the
office for tne"-a
"Won't you come baelr' with inc to
Paris?"
"No; 1 shall remain here."
1 turbot] toward ttouletablile. I/6
spoke quite seriously, and M. Robert
Darzac did not appear to be in the
least degree surprised'.
We were passing by the donjon end
herald wailing voices, Itouletabille
asked:
"Why have these people been at.
rested?" .
nit is u IlLtJt uty fault," said
zee. "I laappened to remark te the
examining magistrate yesterday' that
It was luexplicnble that the concierges
had bed time to hear the revolver
shots, to dress themselves and to cover
so great a distance as that wIlleh Iles
between their lodge and .the PAY11100
the space of two minutes, for not
more than that interval of time had
elapsed after the tiring of the shots
when they were met by Daddy
Jacques."
• hwas suspicious evidently.," ac-
quiesced Rouletabtile. "And were they
dressed?'
'That is what Is so incredible. They
were dressed completely -not one part
of their costumes wanting, The wo-
man wore wooden shoes, but the man
had on laced beets. Now they assert
Drat they went to bed es bait past tr.
• On arriving this wonting the examin-
ing magistrate brought with him from
Parte u revolver of tbe same caliber as
that found in the rooni, for he couldn't
-use the tate held for evidence, and
made his registrar tire two shots In
tbe yellow room while the doors and
windows were closed. We were with
nitre in tbe lodge of tbe eoncierges, and
yet we beard nothing -not a sound.
The.concierges bave lied, of that there
Can be no doubt, Tbey must Imre been
*Iready waiting not far from. the pa-
eillon-walting ,for somethingl (1er.
tainly they- are not to be accused of
. being' the authors of the crime, but
theln complicity is not Improbable.
•U'llat• was why M. de Marquet had
thein Arrested at once." -
"If they had been accomplices," said
Rouletabille. "they would not have
been there at ell. When people throw
themselves into. the arms* or justice
with the proofs of complicity on' them,
you cal. be stare they are not accono
plices. I don't believe there are any
Recce/apneas in this affair."- "
a -"Then- why were -they abroadot mid-
night? Why don't they say?"
"They have certainty some .reasoe
.for-thelr. silence. What that. reason is
has to be found out, for, even if they.
are not"accomplices, it may be of.im-
portance. Everything thet took place.
on Rich -a night Is Importaut." '
WQ had Crossed an old bridge thrown
over tbe Douee and were entering the
part of the perk called the Onk grove.
The Oaks here were centuries old. Ap7
tumn bed: already shriveled- their'
• tawny leave. Thin placenwhich Made-
moiselle, found .eheerrul and In which
she lived In the summer season. air
• peared•to 'uS. as sad and funereal now.
theson was black, nod mudda front
he recentroins and the rotting of the
alien leaves. The trunks of tire trees
Nero blacknand the any above us was
tow, as if in mourning...charged • with
mint, bettvy lends. •• • • •
And it VMS lir this Outlier and detso- .
ate retreat that we sew the white
• seine of the pavilion as -we approach,
•al. It was it queer. looking
Without a window t'isible on the' nide
wineh we neared it. A little door
'lobe marked the entrance to ,It.
night have passed for.a: tomb, a vest
natisoleutil'ita the midst of anthick for -
:net. AS we: cattle nearer. We were able •
xi make Mit RS disposition.. The build -
ng .obtained til• the lignit it needed
!rom the South -drat is to say. froin -
• the. open..cotintry; 'The little' • door
nosed ou the'park... M. and Mite, Sfen-
eerstan must have found it an_ ideal se -
Or • their ,work ond their
Ireamn.
The. pavilion bad a ',!round floor%
which was reached . by a few: steps
and above it was an attic, with .which
•ive need not concern ourselves. '1'110
!earns of the pavilion were as follows:
The yellow' room. with its one • win.
low -and its one door opening into the
aletratory.. •
The laboratory, with its • two largo
aarred • windows a its doors, 'one
revving for the vestibule. the .o.thet
!or the yellow room,. • ••
•The vesiilmle, with its ubbarred
low and door opening -into the peek.
• The lavatory, aettveen the Vestibole
tnd the yellow room.
Besities these chambers there was a
light of stairs leading to the attic.
Fbe.only chltnney %Vas the anis. one in
;he laboratory. .
.13i.fore mounting the three steps lead.
mg up to the door of the paVilion
Rouletabille stopped • tincl 'asked ..51.
Damt . point bla»k: ••
• .• "What was • the Motive for • the
:rime?" . •. • •• .
"SPeaking for tnyself, monsieur. there
:an be no doubt • on the matter," ..said
Mlle. Ste ngersoe's tin nee, greatly dis-
:Tossed. '"Fhe tnerks- of the angers,
:he deep scratches on the eitest and
:hront of Mlle. StangerSon, show that
be wretch who attacked her attetnet.
to commit e frightful erinie.. • The
medieel experts who: examined these
:races yesterday affirtn • that they were
made by the seine hand as that which
sett its nerd imprint on the wall -nn
?Mentions hand, • monsieur, menet 'too
.arge to .go into my gloves," he added,
with an Indefinable smile. •
"Could not that blood et:tined hand,"
I interrupted, "have been the hand of
Mlle. Stangemon, who, In the motnent
al' falling, had pressed it agalpst the
wall and, in slippingenlarged the ittn.
presslon?"
"'I'llere tens not a drop at blood on
either of her handswhen she Was
lifted up." replied NI, Darn°.
"We are now sure," satd "that It
was nine. St:mermen who was merited
with Daddy Jaeque8' revolver, since
she wouuded the hand of the nuirder-
en She was in fear, then, of some-
bodn or goinething."
"Probebly." .
"Do you suspect anybody?"
' "No," 'replied M. Derzec, looking at
Roulatabille. •
1ou1et:11)111e then said to met
"You must know, my friend, that the
inquiry is a little more advanced than
M. de Marquet has chosen to toll us.
Ile not only knows that Mlle. Stengel.*
ten defended 'herself with the re4
votrorbut be knowwhat the Wil.a.tioa
was fhat was usiKI to •attack 'ben af.
Duane tells me It was a mutton bone.
Why Is M. de Martinet surrounding
this mutton bone with so notch rum
tery? No doubt for the purpose of
fnenitating the inquiries of the agents
of the police. He imagines perhaps
that tbe owner of this Instrument ot
(Time, the most •terrinie Invented, Is
• golug to be found among those who
• are well known In the stunts of Paris
who use it." .
• "ties a mutton boue .been found itt
tbe yelloworoova?" I asked hint.
"Yes, monsieur," stIld Robert Damao,
"at the foot of the tied, •but I beg of
yon not to say -anything about it." (I
made a gesture of assent.) "It was Ina
enormous mutton bone, 41)e top of which,
or. rather, the Joint, wan still .red
With the blood of the frightful wound.
It was an old bone. which may, ac-
eording tO appettranees, have served In
. other crimes. 'nut's tvhat M. de Mar -
cruet thinks, who tuts had It sent to the
munleipal laboratory at Paris to be
analyzed. In fttet, be thluks he bas
detected on it not only the blood of
• the last vietion but other steins of
dried leood, . evidences oti prevkaus
mimes."
"A• mutton bone la, the band of a
skilled asse4sin is a frightful weapon."
said Itoule,abille, "it • more certain
.weniton than a heavy hammer." .
-"The seottialrel luta proved It to be
so," said M Robert Dariav . sadly.
"The ioint of the bone found exactly
• tite the, wouun inflicted. My 'belief
• Is tlint • the wound would have .b,eea
appeal if the murderer's blow had not
been arrested in the net by 'Mlle. Stan-
gerson's revolver. Wonncled in the
hand, he dropped the ntutton bene and
tied,. Cu fortune tely the blow bad
been already given, and mademoiselle
• tens ntittined- after having been nearly• .
nantegled. If she hod succeeded in
woutuling the man with • the 'first shot
--of life-revolves,---nlie- wotild -doubtless
have .eseeped the blow with the bone.
But she had nertainly employed her re-
• volver too hate.The first shot devi-
ated' and lodged In the ceiling. It was.
the second Only that took effect."
Raving said this, M. Darnae knocked.
at • the door of .the I must
Confess to feeling it strong impatience
to reach tae spot where the crtnae had
been committed.. It was•somenithe. be-
fore ' the: door wasopened. by a man
whotra I at once. recognized as Daddy
lacques.•
.
• He appeared. to. be well over sixty
years orage. He' had tt long white
heard and white hair on *bleb. he
dINIA • •••••••41.••••
'wore irilat Basque cap. • tie was drese-
' ea In a complete suit of chestnut col -
caned velveteen; worg.at the siden; sa-
• bots were on hin feet. lae bad rather
waspish looking face,. the enpression
• of .whieh lightened,' however, nssoou
• as he saw M. Darzac. • .• •
• "Friends," said our. guide. "Nobody
In the paviliou, •Daddy Jacques?"• ,
"I ougbt not to anew anybody to elk,
tet;-, nl. 'Robert, but of course the order
• cloed net apply to you. These gentle-
metof justice have seen everything
drawings and drawn up enough fen
pthoerrtse,,..._is .be s•eee and mede enaulall
"Excuse tne, M. Jacques, 000 cues
than before abythingnelse,' said lthule-
ta,134‘1,1eb.11'•t. •i;*,
15 You'ng 'man? • In I. an -
answer it"- • •
'Tint, your mistress wear her hair.in
bends that ereniug? You knety.:What
mean -over bee forebead?" •. •
"Nin.young titan. My mistress never
wore her hair, in the way You suggest,
neither on that day nor on any other.'
She had her •hair. drawn up'. as- usual..
• 50 that her beautiful fotobead could be
seen pure as. that Of en unborn eland V'
grunted,aod.set to work
examining the door, findiug that It fas-
tened itSelf 'automatically. Ile sails -
'.fled himself that it could never remain
epee :and needed a key to open it.
Then'we entered tlie vestibule, •a sthall,:
well.' lit. room payed with &mere red.
tiles... • ' .
"Ah, this is the window by which
the murderer eseaped!" said !ionic-
tabille. •
• "So they keep on snying, monsieur;
so they keep on saying. • nut if he had
.gone off that Wny ive should Lia -re beett .
sure to linve seen hint. We are not
'blind, neither M Stangerson 'nor I nor
the concierges who are in prison. Why
bane they not ,put me in prison, too, on•
account; of, uty revolver?" -
Rouletabille had already opened the
window and woos examining the shut-
ters.
"Were these closed ot the time.of the
crime?"
"And fastened with the iron catch'
inside," said, Daddy Jacques. "and
am quite. sure Hatt the murderer did
not get out that way." •
"Are there Arty blood stains?"
"Yes -oh the • stones outside --but
blood of wbat?"
. "Ah," said RouletabIlle, "there • are
footmarks visible on the path( The
ground was very moist. 1 Will •look
into tbat presently.°
"Nonsense!" said Daddy Jacques.
"The murderer did no go that way."
"Whieh way did he go, then?"
' "How do I knew?" -
Rouletnbille Perked at everything,
smelled everything% lie went.down on
hiss knees end rapidly examined every
one of the paving tiles. Daddy Jacques
went on:
"Ah, you cee't find anything, Mon.
Mow, Nothittp; has been fonnd. And
now it Is all dirty. Too niany persons
Wive tramped over lb They wouldn't
let me wash it, but oft the day of the
erime ,1 had washed the door thor-
oughly, and if the murderer bad cross.
ed with his hobnailed boots ribould
hot have faded to see where he had
been. Ile has left marks enough 10
mademoiselle's elm m bet"
Roulet:thine rose.
"When WAS the last time you washed
those tiles?" he asked, and he fixed on
Diu* Jaequen a most searching look.
"Whv-as 1 told von -on the day of
tliterbute, towatril' half past 5-w1111
lundeinniselle anti JUT father were tak
lug a little walk before lifenve twee II
this poem. They elned In the labera
fury. The nest day she examinim
magistrate en 100 tied sawn!! the mark
there were on the their ne plainly as i
they bed: been made with ink on with
paper ;Veil, neither in the lahorateri
eor In the vestibule. wide!) were bet
GS OMR as a new pin. were Otero an
tl'ilePS of n mates footmarks. Sine
they have been fontel near this win
dow ollIside. he must hasp itindp tit
way through toe. veiling of the yentot
room into the not.. then on his %vat
throne') the roof and dropped to tin
gromel outekle tbe vestibule window
Rut there's no hole. neither In the veil
Mg of tbe yellow room um. In the root
of tity.attle; that's Igtolutvix ('ert:iln
o. you BPS. We know nothing-noth
log. And nothing will ever be known
It's a mystery of the devil's own mak.
Ing."
Roulet:thine went down upon hit
knees again almost in front of a satall
levatory ot the back of the vestibule
In that- position he temained for about
a minute. •
"Well?". I asked blrn wizen be goi
up.
"Oh. nothing very implrtaat. A.dror
of Wood," he replied, turning toware
Datddy .lacques as he upoke, "Wline
you were wasbing the Inboratorn nue
this vestibule wars the est itmle win
(bow open?" be asked.
"No, monsieur. It was (nosed But
after I had -dour woshing the noor
lit tame charcoal for monsieur lu tin
laboratory furnaee, und ns 1 :it 0
jwith old newspapers it smoked. so 1
opened both -the wIndown in the In bo
tatory and this one to melte a czarren
of ela Then I shut those in the haw
ratory and left this one open when I
went odt. When 1 tetnrnea to tin
pit VII ion this window had been closed
and monsieur end mademoleelle wert
already at- wort: bit thialniniratonv."
"M. or Mlle. Stangerson had tic
doubt shut it?"
"No doubt."
• "You did not ask them?"
•
In vo tory and of tlw ste irease lending
enon.
•
After a 'Mose seriitiny the Mtn
tip to thp 11 0tIC nonletaialh,'--to whoa
W'(' .seetned 110 longer.to:ex 1St —en fere(
the lalairatory. folloWed hbnt. I
was, I (.049) foss, III ft state of great ex
• cltement. Risher's. Darztte lost none 01
nty friend's movements; • As for .me
my eyes were dra wit at once to • tht
floc't• or the yellow roorn. -it wa4 close(
tu1rceattr4.7- isalr4r.".1Y- •
shattered/Ind out of commissiou.
My friend, who Went about' bis work
nnethedicAlly, silently studied the room •
In which wevere. It was large and
well lighted. Two• big windows -al-
most .baye-were protected' by strong
iron bars and looked out:upon. a wide
extent of .country.
• The whole of one side of the 'above.
tory was taken up "with at large china -
nest, crucibles; ovens .and stitch inaple-
merits as are- needed• for chenneal, ex.
periments; tables loaded with vials,
• papers, reports, an electriCal Maclaine
n -an apparatus,ds M. Dame lenortned
me,.employen' by Professor Stongerson
to demonstratethe disdoclation of mat-
ter' undee the aetion 43f solar light -
and other scientific imPleinente.
• Along the walls were cabinets, plain
or glass fronted, through which were
visible microscopes, special': photo
graphic apparatus and a large squand.
ty of erystal& • • •
• Ileuletnbille, who ;Was 'ferreting in
the chimney; put his fingers into one
of the .erucibles. • . Suddenly be drew
himself -up and held Up a piece of half
consumed -paper In his hand. He step-
ped up to where we Were talking by
oneof the Windows.
"Keen :that for :us, M. Darnan,"
it11(11,7efi'i solVer'. the plece• of ,seerelled •
•
ptaper which Nt, Derr.de fix* from the:
band of•• RonIetabille and -read •dls-
tinetly tbeonby words that reMithied
legible': . •
-Presbytery - lost eothieg - charm,
npr the -or -its' brightness.' " • • •
Twiee sincethe morning these smile
meaningless Words hnd struck. nte; and
for, the second time 0 Saw that they
prodneed oii the Sorbonne profeseor:
the• some parttlyzing effect. M. Dar -
zees first, nnxIety Blamed ItsCif when
bo Wetted his eyes .10,the direction of .
dnadny naeques. But, occupied es he
.1M at another window, he. had seen
nothing. Then, tremblingly • opening
his pocketb.ook.ho put the piece of. ino
•ner into 10, sighing, "My God!" •
During thin time Itouletabille had
mounted. Into the opening' of the lire -
grate -that Is to 'say, •he bad got upon -
the bricks .of a furtnice-and was et-
tentively exemining the chimney,
which gee* narrower tented the top,
the outlet front It being closed with
Sheets of Iron fastenednnto the brick.
• Work, throng's • which passed three
small chimneys, •
"Impossible to get out that way," he
said, jninping back Into the laboratory.
"Besides. even if he. had tried • to do It,
he would . have brenght alt flint iron-
work down to the ground. No, no; it is
not on that slat me bave to search,"
Itouletabille next eXamined the 'fur-
niture and opened the &era of the
cabinets. Then 'he came to the Wiw
thaws, through whieh, be declared, no
one could possibly ,ffiananaseed, At the
wend window he found Daddy •
Jacques izi contemplation. • •
. "Well, Daddy jaenues," he saki,
"what ere yOu looking tit?"
• "That polleetnah who is always go-
ing round end round the hike, Another
of those fellows who think they can
nee bott•er than ankle* else!"
"Yon (Relit know Frederie Lersatt,
Dadtle Jana -tees, or yrre wouldn't speak
of 11110 In that way." said Inouletabille
In a melaneholy fette. "If there Is nny
one W110 Will tine the nmederer it will
be he." Aud Rottletabille heaved a
deep sigh. •
Ing nefOre 5110 wenf fo bed. I 'was
sort of elettitheruntid, you must nu-
. derstand, When the evening came. The
real chambermaid did uGt come hero
nmell before the morning. Made -
o moteelle welted late -far into the
night"
"Whore did the table with the tut -ht
light stet:ad-tar frmn the bear
7 "Sonar way from the bed."
"Cttu you light the burner now?"
'File lamp Is bronen and the oil that
s was In It was spilled wizen the table
was upset. All the rest of the tbinge
In the room remain just SS they were,
1 have only to open the blinds for you
to see."
"Walt."
Rouletabille weut baek into tbe
=torn.. (dosed the abutters of the
two windows and the door of the res,.
Mule. Wben we were In complete
darkness be lit a wax vesta and netted •
Daddy jacgoes to move to the middle
of the chamber with It to Me place
where the night light was burning
that night. .
Daddy Jacques, who was in bus
stockings -he usually left Ins sabots
M the vestibule -entered the yellow
room with his bit of it testa. Wo
reguely-' dietinguishea objeets fiver.
throwta .on the floor, a bed in one eop
ner and in front of us to the left the
gleam of it looking glass hanging on
the wall near to the bed. -
"That will -do. You may now open
the blinda," said Roulet:11;11Jc.
"Don't come any farther." Daddy
Jacques begged. "You may make
marks with your boots, and nothing
must be deraeged. It's an idea of the
magistrate -'8, though he has nothing
more to do here."
And he pusbed open tbe shutter.
The pale daylight entered from with.
out, throwing a sinister light on the
saffron colored walls. The floor -for '
though the laboratory and the vesti.
larle were tiled the yellow roomhad a
,(7.0 13E, CONTINUED.) s
CHAPTER., VII.
In 'Which Roulefebille Sets Out OD
an Ennedition Under the lied.
OULETABILT.E, halving pushed
rape» the door of the yellow
room, paused ota the threshold.
Tbe ehamber,was dark, Dad-
dy Jacques was about to open the
blinds when itouletabille stopped him.
"Did not the tragedy take place in
eamplete darknes0" he esked.
"No, young man:. 1 don't think so,
Mademoiselle always had a night light
on her table, ,and 1 lit it evert. Prue-
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-TWO I N. LAST STAGIE:
•
•
Morris end Mortimer Will. Shoot Few
• the Silver Medal.
•
Ilkley Camp, July 1G. -The officio/
fist of the final Stage of the King's
Prize places S.ergt, Morris of Boo- .
snanville in sixth place, end Lieut.,
G. Mortimer,'Quebec, in place,
pach thereby • winning $75. .
•• Three ha(1 scores. of 200. thret. olf
1911, . fire cd 198, eiiht..of 197. titelve
of• 190, sixteen Of 195, twenty-one of '
194. •rind thirty-one of. /92, • ' .
• Those with :scores. of 200 will nntoesi
off for the silver medal, and 'llorrla
eiel 'Mortimer -are •aftiong •the num-
• .Pour Canadians .. were anton,x •the
prize winners in the competition tor •
• the- St. George's, Challenge Vesen liana
stage, winning '110 apiece; MitArli.
140th:• Clifford; 157t1i; Morris, ilt•Ist, -
mat Freeborn, 212th.:
• Three 'Canadians •artieee,
front the Birniinglunn Metnl. Muni.
flans Co.: Bayles, 15th ;- Steele, .tticti;
King, 20th.'' •
th'e shooting for Thc silver cap.
and prizes donated by John McQueen
&Po., three Canadians won $0 apiece;
Bayles, 12th; Freeborn, 14th; Steele,
31st.
In the Armorers' Company einnpe- •
tition Bayles repeated. coming .10th
and again -winning $5. Along with bint
were Richardson in Oth place, and
Steck in 21st plod% silt° won similar
amounts. . •
• In the Alexander Martin Match, .
Freeborn, 5.th, wort $10; 13ttyles,•21et.;
won $5; Eastwood, '28th, won $5.
In the competition for the challenge
rep put up. by J. H. Steward, the
Canadians who won aro: Bayles., 10011,
$10t Steele, 16th, $5; ICing, 92nd, $5;
Sharpe, 27th, $5; Freeborn, 4Ist, $5;
Crime, 45th, $5.
In the shoot 'off forfirst. place ire
the grand aggregate,- Steele "came.
second. • • •
-. In the St. 'George's, at 600 yards,
the Camidiane won the following
places and. prizes: Mitchell 4th, Rich.-
, .dson Iltin Steele 16th, MaKie 17th,
Steele 18th, • Stuart 22nd, Eastwood
17th, each won $5. At the 500 yards'
range: Richardson. 7th, McKie and
Steck llth, Eastwood 22nd, each snort
er.5
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