The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-01-15
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Nothing. have found the whole OF
the story 1t tells equally strange"
"Well, but-the locked door-with
che key on the inside"
That's the only perfectly natural
thing in the whole article"
Really! And the boltT'
1.-THE boltY'
Eyes. the bolt, also inside the room, n
still further protection against entry.
Mile. Stangerson took quite extraor-
binary precautions. 1t is clear to me
that she feared some one. That was
why she took such precautions-even
Daddy Jacques revolver-without tell
Ing him Of 1t. No doubt she didn't
wish to alarm anybody and. least of
all, her father What she dreaded
took place, and she defended herself
There was struggle, and she used
the revolver xillfully enough to wound
the assassin In the hand, which ex-
plains the impression on the wall and
on the door OF the large. blood stained
hand Of the man who was searching
for a means Of exit from the chamber
But she didn't fire soon enough to
avoid the terrible blow on the right
temple"
"Then the won I'd on the temple was
not done with the revolverr
"The paper doesn't say 1t was, and
don't think 1t was, because logically
1t appears to me that the revolver was
used by Mile. Stangerson against the
assassin. Now. what weapon did the
murderer use? The blow on the tenn
pie seems to show that the murderer
wished to stun Mile. Stangerson after
he had unsuccessfully tried to strangle
her. He must have known that the
attic was inhabited by Daddy Jacques
and that was one Of the reasons,
think. why he must have used quiet
weapon-a life preserver or a ham,
mer."
"All that doesn't explain how the
murderer got out Of the yellow ROOM"
l observed
Evidently" replied Rouletabille, ris-
ing, land that is what has to be ex-
planned. / am going to the Chateau
du Chandler and have come to see
whether you will go with me-"
az"
"Yes. my boy, / want you. The
Epoque has definitely intrusted this
case to me. and l must clear it up as
quickly as possible
But In what way can i be Of any
use to you?"
IN. Robert Darzac is at the Chateau
du Chandler"
That's true. His despair must be
boundless."
81 must have talk with him."
/ knew NJ. Robert DarZac from hav-
ing been Of great service to him in
civil action while was acting as sec
rotary to Maitre Barbet Delatour. NJ
Robert DarZac, who was Mt that time
about forty years Of age. was a pro-
fessor Of physics at the Sorbonne. He
was intimately acquainted with the
Stangersons and after an assiduous
seven years courtship of the daugh-
ter had been on the point Of marrying
her. In spite Of the fact that she had
become, as the phrase goes, "a person
of certain age" she was still re-
markably good looking.
While I was dressing I called out to
Rouleiabille. who was impatiently
moving about my sitting room:
"Have you any idea as to the MUIR
derers station In life?"
EYES," he replied 81 think If he
isn't man in society, he Is at least
man belonging to the upper class. But
that, again, is only an impression"
what has led you to form itT'
"Wcll, the greasy cap. the common
and the marks of the
rough boots on the floor" he replied.
II understand" | said. "Murderers
don't leave traces behind them which
tell the truth"
eve shall make something out of
you yet. my dear Sainclair," concluded