The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-10-19

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The laughing suddenly ceased, and
they looked at one another in consterna-
ton.
| All at once another cry was heard. a
piercing shrek coming through the still
ness of the night 1t appeared TO ema-
nate from Miss Hawthorne's chamber
There was rush for her apartment.
and the English lady was found stand
ing in the middle of the room. with
frightened eyes
! There. therer' she cried. pointing
TO the window. "A man! He escaped,
bus recognized him.
Who was it:''
DIR Cornabuc."
The doctor again! This time nobody
laughed Coruabuc was looked for
among the persons who had been at
tracred by the excitement. but he was
not there. He was the only occupant of
the chateau who was missing
Come, let Us go TO the doctors
/ room, said the marquis, knitting his
/ brows He will doubtless solve the
/ mystery for Us.
All followed Kendall, the men half
/ dressed, the women in their white night
| robes, all carrying candles-a weird
| procession. Upon the entrance Of the
crowd, the doctor hurriedly wrapped
| himself in the bedclothes. his wrinkled
| counrenance alone being visible over
| the top, and this convulsed by anger in.
TO comical grimace. The candle light
was reflected from his bald pate, which
shone like old ivory
| is this some i'll timed joke?" he
| stormed. What is going on: Is the
| chateau on fire? heard terrible out
cry and wa, about TO inquire into it, "
You must come and Join Us, doc
tor, said kerdal.
And how shall | do it," cried the
doctor furiously. Some rascal has run
of with my clothing, and in exchange
has left me this, and he savagely hurl-
ed W hite object into the middle Of the
room.
My corsets." murmured Miss Haw
thorne, mode>tly lowering her eyes
And this continued the doctor.
wildly brandishing another article
My hat' cried Mime. de Lartigues
This railery passes all bounds, .
howled the doctor, whose shining head,
with one final grimace, ducked beneath
the bedclothlng. like the clown going
through trapdoor in the marionette
thearer
They knew not what to think. The
mystery was growing more complicated
lt certainly looked as though q robber
had entered the chateau - perhaps a
whole band Of burglars and assassins,
Nine. de Lartigues imagined a troop o!
: brigands armed to the teeth
Let Us hope they have no guns, -
said the marquis, TO raise the hopes Of
MS guests.
There was no echo to the pleasantly
Suddenly strange sound was heard
coming from the ground floor. 1t wa,
certainly the piano in the reception
salon, but it was surely being played by
goblin fingers, and so furiously that il
seemed as though the keys must be bro
ken.
: This is too muchr' cried the mar
: quis, rushing toward the staircase, with
all the crowd, except DR. Cornabuc,
close behind him.
! l
was empty. The mysterious visitor wa:
gone, but he could not be far away The
crash Of china and glass announced hi.
presence in the dining room. Every body
, rushed thither, and the marquis, who
! was in the lead. dimly saw a form es
Gaping through the window into tn,
, garden.
This time we've got him." he cried
the men seized guns and knives from
Admitting rack in the vestibule and start
ed across the garden and park in Dur
. suit Of the fugitive, while the womer
barrlcaded themselves in the salon and
anNlously awaited the result Of ,ht
chase. 1t was about an hour later, in
the uncertain light which precedes tbs
rising Of the sun, that a servant discov
. cred the mysterious stranger ensconced
| am ong the branches Of large oak Al
his call the marquis and his guests has
tened to the spot
Come down.! commanded ~ dc
herdall, but the bandit only settled
himself deeper among the foliage ant
made no response.
Come down, or will shoot"
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