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he Mystery
The Yellow
By GASTON LEROUX *
Room
COPYRIGHT, t908,
B7 BlaENTANO'S
assure bim that cies I had to u b the
h t
man was there,
"'That's strange,' be said. .'I thought I
left him 'Oils afternoon in Paris..
"He dressed himself in haste and
armed himself with a revolver. We
stole quietly into the gallery.
"'Where is he?' Larson asked.
"'In Mlle. Stangerson's room.'
"And Mlle. Stangerson?'
"'She is not in there,'
"'Let'sgo in.'
"Don't go there. On the least
alarm the than will escape. He has
four ways by which to do it -the door,
the window. the boudoir or the room
in which the women are sleeping,'
"I'll draw him from below.'
".end if you fail? If you only suc-
ceed in wounding bim he'll escape
again without reckoning that he is
certainly armed. No; let me direct the
expedition, and I'll answer for every-
thing,'
you like,' he replied, with fairly
good grace.
, "Then atter satisfying myself that
the windows ofthe' two galleries
allwi w g e
were thoroughly secure I placed Fred-
eric Larsan at the end of the 'off turn-
ing' gallery, before the window which
I bad found open and had reclosed.
"Under no consideration,' 1 said to
him, 'must you stir from this post till
I call you. The chances'are'even that
the man when he is pursued will re.
turn to. this window and try to save
himself tbat way, for it is by that way
be came in and made a way ready for
bis flight. You bave a dangerous post.'
""What will be yours?' asked Fred.
"'I shall spring -late the room and
knock him over for you.'
"'Take my revolver,' said Fred, 'and
I'll bike,your stick.'
"'Thanks,' I said. 'You are a brave
man.'
"I accepted his offer. .I was going to
be alone with the man in the room
writing and was really thankful to
have the weapon. • •
"I left Fred, having posted him ,at
the window, and, with the greatest
Precaution, went toward M. Stanger -
son's apartment in the left wing of the
.chateau.. I found him with Daddy
Jacques, who bad faithfully obeyed
my directions, confining himself to
asking his master •to .dress as quickly
as possible, In a few words I ex-'
plained to' M. Stangerson what was
passing. He armed himself with a. re.
waver. followed me, and we were all
three speedily in the gallery. .Since. Y'
had seen the murderer seated at the
desk ten • minutes bad elapsed. M.
Stangerson wished to spring upon the
assassin at once and kill bim. I made
him understand that, above all, he
must not miss hila. . • •
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ladder and, replacing it, climbed up,
1 revolver 1* hand:
"It therek any inclined to smile at
my taking so many precautionary
measures I refer them to the inystery
o theyellowroom andto I
hu
1t he
proofs we have of the weird cunning
of the murderer. Further, if there be
some w in
who think my observationsneed-
lessly minute at a moment when they
ought to he completely held by rapidi-
ty of movement and deel'sion of action
1 reply that I bave wished to report
here at length and completely all the
details of a plan of attack conceived
so rapidly that it is only the slowness
oe my pen that gives an appearance
of slowness to the execution. I bave
wished by this slowness and precisiou
to be certain that nothing should be
omitted from the conditions under
,which the strange phenomenon was
produced, which, until some natural
explauation of it Is forthcoming, seems
to me to prove, even better than the
theories of Professor Stangerson, the
of o will dissociation wil even say
t
y
the instantaneous dissociation et mat,
ter."
"When 1 had sworn to him that his
daughter was not In the room and .in
no danger he conquered his impatience
and left me to direct the operations. I
told them that theymust come to _me
the. moment i called to them or .when
I fired my revolver. 1 then sent Dad-
dy Jacques to place himself, before
the window atthe end of the 'right'
gallery. 1 chose .that position for Dad-
dy Jacques because 1 believed that the
murderer, tracked on leaving the room,
would run through ,the. gallery toward
the window which he lad left open
and, . instant's' seeing that . It was
guarded by 'Larsan, would .pursue his
course along the 'right' gallery. 'There
he would encounter Daddy Tacques,
who would 'prevent ,hls springing out
of the window into 'the park. Under
that 'window there was a sort .f but-
tress, While all the other windows in
the .galleries. were at such a height
from the ground thatit was almost
impossible to juinp ft'om theui with,
out breaking one's neck. All the doors
• and .windows, including those of the
lumber room at .the end of .the 'right'
gallery -as I had 'rapidly assured wy
self -were strongly secured.
"Having indicated to Daddy Jacques
the post he was to occupy and having
seen him'ake up his position, I placed.
M. Stangerson oil the landiug at the
head of thestairs not far. from the
door of his daughter's anteroom.. 'Ev-
erything led me to :suppose that when
I surprised the murderer in the room
he . would run by way of. the . ante-
room rather than the boudoir, where
the women were; and of which the
door must have been locked by Mlle.
Stangerson. herself if, as I thought,
she had taken refuge in the boudoir
for the purpose of avoiding the mur-
derer
ur-
derer whowas coming to see her. In
any case he mush return to the gal -
'cry where my people were awaiting
hlr,3 at every possible issue.
"On coming there be would see on
ads left 111. Stan'gerson. He would turn
SO the right, toward the 'off turning'
gallery. the way be had prearranged
fur flight,ht, where at the intersetrion
of
the two galleries he would see ab
onee, as I have explained, on his left
Frederic Larsan at the end of the 'off
turning' gallery and in front Daddy
Jacques at the end 0f tbe 'right' gal-
lery. M. Stangersoh and myself would
arrive by way of the back of the cha-
teau. Ile I9 ours! He can no longer
escape ns! I'was sure of that.
"The plan I had formed seemed to
me the best, the surest and tbe most
simple. It would, no doubt, have been
simpler still If we had been able to
plate some direetly`behind the door
of mademoiselle's boudoir, which opens
Led nut of her bedchamber. and in that
way had been in a position to' besiege
tbe: two floors 0f the room in which the
man was. But we could not penetrate
the boudoir exeepttby way of the draW-
ing roam, the door of which bad been
locked on the inside by Mlle. Stanger -
5011. slut even if I had hadthe free
disposition of the boudoir 1 should
have held to the plan I bad formed,
because any other plan of attaek would
have separated us At the moment of
the struggle with the man, .while my
plan united us all for the attack at a
spot which I had selected with almost
mathematienl .precision, the intersee-
tion of the tWO galleries.
"Ilaving so placed i people, 1
again' left the chateau, hurried to my
CHAPTER XVI.
Strange Phenomenon of the Dis-
sociation of Matter.
AM . again at the window
sill," coutinues Ilouletabille,
"aud . once . more 1 raise my'
head above. it, Through an
opeuiug in the curtains, the arrange-
went of which has 'not been changed,
I am ready to look; anxious to note the
position in which 1 am going to find
the murderer, whdther his back will
still be turned toward me, whether he
is still seated at the desk writing.
But perhaps-perbaps-he is no longer
there. Yet bow could he have fled?
., s I not in possession of hi • ladder?
Was s
I force myself to be cool. 1 raise my
heed . yet higher.. 1 look -he is still
there. I see has monstrous back, ' de-
formed by the shadow thrown by the
candle. He Is no longer writing now,
and the candle Is on the parquet, over
which lie is beridinb a positionwhich
serves my purpose.
"I hold my breath. I mountthe lad-
der. I amon the uppermost rung of it
and with my left hand seize hold of
the window sill. In this moment Of
approaching success •.1 feel .my heart
beating wildly. I put my revolver be-
tween my teeth. A. quick spring and
I shall be on• the :window ledge. But
the ladder! I had been, obliged to press
on itheavily, and' my'foot had scarcely
i
left t when I felt . it ,swaying beneath
me. It grated on.'tlie , wall and fell:
But already my knees were touching
the window sill, andby a movement
quick as lightning I got on to It.
"But the murderer had been even
quicker than 'I' had been. He had
• beard the grating of the ladder on • the
wall, and I saw the monstrous back of
the man: raise Itself. I saw his head.-
Did I really see it? The candle on the-
parquet
he•parquet lit up his legs only; Above
the • height' of the table • the. cham-
ber -was . in darkness. • I saw a wan
with long hair; .a full beard,: wild look -
Mg eyes, a pale face learned in'large
whiskers ' as well • as I could d'istiu-
guish and as I think red in .color. I '.
did not know the. face. Tbat was, an.
brief; the chief sensation I received
from .that face in the dim half light in•.
which .I 'saw it, I did not know it, or
at least I did not recognize it.
"Now for quick action. It was in-
deed tine for:that, ;for. as I was about
to place my legs through the window
the man had seeu me, had bounded to
his feet, bad sprung, as I .foresaw he
would;; to the door of the antechamber,
had time to open it and fled. 'But 1
was already behind him, revolver in -
hand, shouting, 'Iielp!'
"Like an arrow I crossed the room,
but noticed a letter on the table as I
rushed. I almost came up with the
.rata ;•-
,gt
nate and 50 beautiful, en the threshold
of the inexplicable gallery. Her beau'
tiful golden • hair, gathered irate a knot
on the back of her neck, left visible the
red scar on ber temple which bad so
nearly been the arise of her death.
Wheu. I first got on the right track.
Of the mystery of this ease I had
Imagined that on the night of the trig.
edy in the yellow room Mlle. Stanger.
son had worn her hair in hands. But,
then, how could I have imagined other-
wise' when I had not been in the yel,
low room?
"But now, since the occurrence of
the inexplicable gallery, 1 •did notrea-
1 sols at all. 1 stood there, stupid, before
until rtt the anteroom, ror 110 had lost
time in openiug the door to the gal-
lery. I flew on wings and in the gals
lery was but a few feet behind him.
He had taken, as I supposed he would,
the gallery on his right -that is to say,
a prepared for his flight
the road he h d p epa ed g
'Help, Jacques; help, Larson!' I cried.
xeI could not escape us. I, raised a
shdat of ley, of savage Victory. The
man reached the intersection of the
two galleries hardly two seconds be-
fore me for the meeting whit# x had.
prepared, the fatal shock which must
inevitably take place at that spot. We
all rushed to the crossing place -M. !
Stangerson and I coming from one end
of the right gallery,. Daddy Jacques
coming from the other end of the gal- i
lery and Frederic Larson coming from
tbe 'off turning' gallery.
"The man was not there! •
"We looked .at each other stupidly
and with eyes terrified. The man had
vanished like a ghost. *Where is he,
where is be?' we all asked.
"'It is impossible be can bave es-
caped!' I cried, my terror mastered. by'
my anger.
"'I touched him!' exclaimed Frederic
Larson,
"'I felt his breath on my face!' cried
Daddy Jacques.
"'Where is he, where is be?' we all
cried. •
"We raced like madmen along the
two galleries. We visited doors and'.
windows. They were closed -hermetic-
ally closed. They had not been opened.
Besides, the opening of a door or who
dow by this man whom we were bunt.
Ing without our having ' perceived it
would have been more inexplicable
than his disappearance. .
"Where is he, where is . he? He
could not have got away by a door o2
a window nor by any other way. He
could not have passed through our
bodies!
• "I confess tbat for the moment I fell
'done for,' .for the gallery was perfect
ly lighted, and there' was neither trap
nor secret .door in the walls nor any
sort of hiding place. We moved the
chairs and lifted the pictures.. Noth••
ing, nothing! We would have looked
into a flowerpot if there had been one
to look into!"
When this mystery, thanks to Roule.
tabille, was naturally'explained by the•
help alone of his masterful' mind • we
were able to realize that the murderer
had got away neither. by a' door, a win•
dow nor the stairs, a fact which the
judges would not admit.
CHAPTER XVII.
The Inexplicable _Gallery. . •
•* LLE. ' STANGERSON •appear
ed at the door of'her .ante-`
room," • coutinpes'-Rouleta-
tnlle.'s notebook "We were
near' her door in. the gallery where this
incredible phenomenon had taken
place. There are moments when'•one
feels as if one's. brain were about to
burst.. A, ballet in, the bead, a fracture•
of the,skull, the seat of reason :shat=
'tered-with only these can 1'compare
-the sensation which exhausted and left
me void of sense. . •
. "Happily Mlle. Stangerson appeared
on the 'threshold 01 her anteroom. I
saw her, and that helped to relieve my
h:lotic state of Nahid. I breathed her;
I Juba}ea the perfume of the lady in
'Week who hind been kind to. inc in
my ••childhor,1 .-whom 1 should. never
see 'again. : 1 would have given ten
y'
years. of mlife-half . wy • life -to see
once more , the . lady in black. Alas,
I no more meet 'tier but . from time to
time, and .yet. and yet, how the mem-
ory of that perfume, felt by, rue alone,
carries inc back to, the days: of my
childhood! It was. this sharp reminder
from my beloved perfume of the lady
in black which made we go to her,
dressed wholly in wbil'e antI en nota ion
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apparition -so ae and soba ti-
n
ful-of Mille. Stangersou. She was clad
in a dressing gown of dreamy white.
One might have taken ber to be a
ghost -a lovely pbantom. Eier father
took her in bis arms and kissed her
as if he hadrecovered
'passionately,
her after being Ioug lost to him. I
dared nof ques ion her. Iledrew her
into the room, and we followed them—
for we had to know! The door of the
boudoir was open. The terrified faces
of the two nurses craned toward us,
Mile. Stangersou inquired the meaning
oe. all the .disturbance. That she was
not lu ber own room' trasquite easily
explained -quite easily. She bad a
fancy not to sleep that night in her
chamber, but in the boudoir with ber
nurses, locking the door ea: them. Since
tbe night of the crane she had experi-•
eneed feelings of terror, and fears came,
over her that are easily to be compre-
hended,
''But who could imagine that on that
particular night when he was to come
she would bya mere chance determine
to sbut herself in with ' her women?
\Who would think that she would act
contrary to ber father's wish to sleep
In the drawiug: room? Who could be-
lieve that tbe letter which had so re-
cently been on the table in her room
would no longer be • there? He who
could understand all this would have
to assume that. Mlle. Stangerson knew
that the murderer was coming—she
could notprevent his coming am
ain—
unknown to her father, unknown to all
but to M. Robert Darzac. For he must
know it now. Perhaps he bad -known
it before!` Did be remember that
phrase in the Elysee garden, 'Must i
commit a crime; then, to ' win .you?'
Against whom the crime if not against
the obstacle, against the murderer?
'Alt, I would 1111 hjm with my own
hand!' And. I replied, 'You have not
answered my question' That was the
very ey truth.
In truth,t in truth; M. Dar-
zac knew the murderer so well that,
while wishing to kill . him himself, be
was afraid I should find him. There
could be but two reasons why hehad
assisted me In my investigation. First,
because I have . forced him .to do it, -
'aud, second, hecause she, would be the
better protected..
"I am iu the chamber -bet" room. 1 -
look at her: also at the place Where the.
letter had just now .beim, She bas pos
sessed herself of its it was evidently
intended.. for ber-evidently. How she
.trembles: Trembles . at the strange
story her father Is telling her, of' the
• presence of the murderer in her c"ham-
ber and of the pursuit. But it is plain-
ly to be seen that she is. not wholly
satisfied by theassurance given her
until she had been told that the
murderer . by some incomprehensible
means bad been able to elude us.
• "Then followed• a silence. What a
silence! all
Weilrr ot
her -her father, Larsan, Daddy Jacques
and.1. What were we all thinking' of
in the silence? After the events of
that night, of the mystery of the inex-
plicable gallery, of the prodigious fact -
of the presence of .the murderer in her
room, It seemed to me that.'•all our
thoughts alight have been translated
into ,he words .which were addressed,
to. btr, `You who know of this. mys-
tery.. y
tory. explain it to us and we shall per
haps be able to 'save you.' How ,•T
longed to save her -from herself and
from the other! . It brought the tears
to my eyes
"Who can tell that, should 'we learn
the Secret of her mystery. it Would not
precipitate a tragedy more terrible .
than that which had already been en-
acted here? Who can tell if It might
not mean her death? Yet it bade
brought her close to death, and we.
still knew nothing, or, .rather, there
are some *of us who •know nothing:
But I -if 1 knew who, I• should 'know
all. •:Wbo? Who? Not knowtg Who.
I must remain silent out of pity for
her. For there is no doubt that she
.knows how' he escaped from the yellow
room. When 1'kno' who I. will speaks
to him -to him'!, , '
"She looked at us now, with a ,far-
away .look
far-awaylook in her eyes, as if we were
not in the chamber. M. Stangerson .
broke the silence. Ile declared that,
henceforth, be would no more absent
himself from itis daughter's• apart-•
ments. She tried to oppose him In
vain. He adhered firmly to, hie pur-
pose. He would install himself there
this very night, he said. Solely con-
cerned for the health of his daughter,
he reproached her for having left her
bed. Then he suddenly began talking
to her as if she were a little Child. Tie
smiled at her and seemed not to know
either what he said or what he did.
The illustrious professor bad lost his
head. Mlle. Stangerson in a tone of
tender distress said, 'Father, father:'
Daddy Jacques blows his nose, and
Frederic Larsan himself is obliged to.
turn away to hide his emotion. For
myself, I am able neither to think or
feel. I felt a contempt for myself.
"It was the first time that Frederic
Larsan. like myself, found himself
face to face with Mille. Stangerson
since the attack, in the yellow room.
Like tae, he had insisted on being al-
lowed to question, the unhappy lady.
but be had not, any more than had 1,
been permitted. To hitn, as to me, the
same answer had•afways been given:
Mlle. Stangerson was' too weak to re-
eeive iUS. The questionings of the ext
atnining magistrate bad overfatigued
her. It was evidently intended not to
in or're-
ace u
anyassistance �'
a
give tis 'gist
S
searches, 1 was not surprised, but
Frederic Larson bad always resented
this conduct. It is true' that he and I
had a totally different theory of the
crime. 1 still catch myself repeating
front the depths of my heart; 'Save
het! Save her without his slneakingl'
Who is he -the murderer? Take him
and shut his mouth. •gut 113, DarZad
made It clear that In order 'to shut bis
mouth he must be killed. 'lave I the
right t4 kill Mlle. atena0MAl)n'e sant-
•
't':
if ' 1
"AND NOW WE DOME 'ro THE EXPLANATION OF THE MYSTERY
. OF THE YELLOW noon "
•
corer: No, I had not. But let lavw
only give me the ebancel Let me fled
out whether be is really a creature e>r
flesh: and blood! Let me see bis dead
body, since it cannot be taken alive.
"1f I could but make this woman„
who does not even look at us, under
stand! She Is absorbed by her fears
and by her father's distress of iniad.
And I can do nothing to save her. Yes,
I will go to work ouee more and ac-
complish wonders.
"1 more toward her. 1 would speak
to her.. I would entreat her to have
confidence In .me, I would, in a word,
make ber understand -she alone-tbat
I know how the murderer escaped
from the yellow rot that I have
room,
guessed the motives for her secrecy,
and that I pity her with an my heart.,
13nt by her gestures she begged us to
leave her alone, expressing weariness
and the need for_ immediate rest. M:
Stangerson asked us to go back to our
rooms and thanked us. Frederic Lar-
sen and I bowed to i m, and. followed
ea
by Daddy Jacques, we regained the
gallery. 1 heard. Larson murmur;
'Strange! Strange!' Re made a sign.
to we to go with Mm into his room.
On the threshold he turned toward•
Daddy Jacques.
"'Did. you see him distinctly?' be
asked.
"'Who?'
",The man.'
" `Saw him! Why, he had a big red
beard and red hair.'
""That's how he appeared to me,' 1
said.
"'And to Inc.' said Larson.
"The grout i•'retl and 1 were alone
in his chamber now to talk over this
thing, We talked for an hour, turn -
Ing the matter over and viewing it
from every side. From the questions
put by him, from the explanation
which be gives me, itisclear to me
that in smite of all our reuses he is
persuaded the mail disappeared by
soiue secret passage to the chateau
known to Wes alone,
lie knows the chateau,' he said to.
me; 'lie knows it well.'
"'He is a rather tall than, well
built,' I suggested.
"'Ile is as tall as he wants to be,
,nurmured Fred.
"'1 understand,: 1 said. 'But bow do
you account for Itis red hair and
beard $'
"Too much beard, too witch hair --
false,' says ,Fred, . -
"'That's easily said. You are al.
war's thinking of Robert Darzac. You.
can't, get rid ofthat ideal- I amcer-
tain that lie is innocent' -
"'So much the better. I hope so.
but everything condemns him. Did
you notice the marks on the carpet?
Come and lookat them.' •
"'I have seen them. • They. are the .
marks of the neat boots the same. as -
those we saw on the. border of' the
lake.'
"'Can you deny that they Belo
Robert 'Darzac?' -
"'Of course one maybe mistaken'`,
" "xave you noticed' that those f,�.
prints only go in one direction,. that •
there are uo return marks? When the
man came fromthe chamber; pursued.
by all of us, his footsteps left no traces
bebind them.
"'He had: perhaps beers Inthe chats-
` ber• for hours.' The mud froin;his'. boots+.
had . dried, . and- he moved with each
rapidity on the points of his toes. We
saw him running, but• we did not .hear
his steps.' • •
"'I suddenly put an end to this idle...
chatter, void of any logic, and made *.
Sign to Larsan to listen. -
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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