New-York tribune., 1907-08-25
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST IS. 1907

put his arm into MauriceS and drew him
away. Maurice offered no resistance, and they
went along together as far as the lake There
Maurice halted. To the right, the illuminated
windows of the house were reelected on the
surface of the dreaming lake. To the lett the
statue huge pale monster IN the gloom OF
night. rose above the somber masses OF the elm
trees, standing sphinxlke IN its eternal attitude
of power.
Maurice started from his meditation d" Did
You see that" he cried
What
a flash in the window Of the statue.
Il fancied | saw something. Emile ad-
mitted Where Is the moon
There isn't a moon. sand Maurice quickly.
d" Some one must DC up there in the statue
DO YOU think 50,
Il don't think. I'm sure. Come along
And Maurice began to run up the slope.
Emile keeping by his side.
We are bound to collar him. whoever II Is.
said Maurice catching his breath
In effect the whole outline OF the statue was
silhouetted clearly against the sky And no
one could issue from It without beng perceived
unless that person came straight down the
avenue. in which case he would be forced to
encounter Maurice AMI Emile.
The Young men arrived at the pllnth and
mounted it The door IN the hem 81 the Itdn-
ess's robe was securely locked Maurice un-
locked the door, and they entered. and turned
on the. lights and thoroughly searched the
lower hall Nothing rewarded them They
went up 10 the banqueting chamber, and
neither there nor in the small service room
ad dioinng it did they come across the talntest
trace of an intruder
They eyed each other questonlngly IN
silence Maurice tapped suSpiclously at the
walls which gave no sound but that OF soid
stone No gol' he said, battled.
You must have deceived yourself, Emile
murnured-
earth. leaving the interior Of the statue IN
darkness And Emile resumed possession OF
Maurice's arm and led him homeward down
the avenue.
As tbev skirted the lake, they saw man
standing motionless by the northern margin
Of the water close 10 the boat house. he
man turned, then ran eastward, and was lost
III the trees.
After hirni" Maurice called. Its Beak-
banei | know his legs
But Emile cltIng to his friend arm. No,
said he Can you not comprehend that 1t
will be better to let him imagine that he has
not been SEEM If we catch him now, would
he not DENY that he had been IN the statue
We should not obtain the secret from him.
Leave him. He will return You Will arrange
to catch him in the statue itself You VIII
arrange TO be ready for him, -,
But the fellow has been trespassing!
What natter Allow him to treSpaSs once
more, when we shall be ready. Besides, we
could not overtake HIM.
Maurice. exhausted by the nervous fatigues
of the day. agreed to tins suggestion Old
man" he said in new and more hopeful ac-
cents. there must be another exit from the
statue-one that we know nothing whatever
about"
YES" said Emile
And that Beakbane knows everything
about"
Yes"
Can't you explain it-you who made the
statue9"
How often shall tell you, Emile inter
r,1pted impatiently, that | was SIMPLY the
sculptor Of the statue? | was not the archi-
tect The architect was a German; there were
in fact, several architects. The statue was
carved from the model which | made. But
there were problems of engineering winch, as
I told your father with franknesS, could not
solve He assumed the responsibility tor them
himself.
Then you can really throw no light on the
business
None.
Tomorrow at dawn we shall examine
everything
And so indeed they did. And the inquiry
the search, the probing, the digging not only
in connection with the statue but IN connec-
tion with the boat house, lasted tor many
hours Their efforts and their ingenuity were
futile. If the statue had secret, 1t succeeded
in keeping that secret. Beakbane was not