The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11
The Mystery OF
The Yellow Room
By CASTOR LERoUx cc COPYRIGHT 81 Sss1N1Aso,

saw Il before today. Where did be
fpd ~ It isn't natural that . man
"a no had never before used a walking
stick should the day after the Chamber
crime never move a step without one.
On the day Of orr arrival at the cha
,rau. as soon as ne saw us, he put his
watch IN his pocket and picked up his
cane from the ground a proceeding To
which | was perhaps wrong not TO at.
zach some importance"
We were now out OF the park Roule-
iahi'lc had dropped into silence, His
L"ughts were certainly still occupied
with Frederic Larsan's new cane. |
had proof of that when. a. We anne
near 10 Epinay. he said:
Frederic Larsan arrived at the
chandler before me. He began his in
vIiry before me. He has had time To
hud ont things about which know
nothing Where did he find that cane"
Then lc added: 1T is probable that
Ii~ Sl~picion-more than that. his rea-
touiug has led him to lay his hand on
something tangible. Has this cane
anything to do with 1t? Where the
deuce could he have found it,"
As | had To wait twenty minutes for
The train at Epinay, we entered Il cab
arct. Almost Immediately the door
opened. and Frederic Larsau made his
appearance. hrandishinS his fsmo,is
. cane.
Il found IT," he said laughingiy.
The three OF us seated ourselves ~ a
table. ltouletabille never took his eyes
off the cane. lie was SO absorbed that
lie did not notice a sign Larsau made
10 a railway employee, a young man
with a chin decorated by a tiny blond
and III kept beard. On the sign the
Young man rose, paid for his drink.
bowed and went out. I should not my
self have attached any Importance to
the circumstance If it had not been re
called 10 my mind some months later
10y the temperance Of the mau with
the beard at one Of the most tragic mo-
ments Of this case then learned that
the youth was one Of Larsan's assist.
ants and had been charged by him to
watch the going and coming Of travel,
erS at the station Of Epinay-sur-Orge
IarSan neglected nothing ia any caSe
on which he was engaged.
I turned my eyes again on Rou,etl
billie.
All, VI. Fred" he said, when did
you begin 10 use a walking stick? |
have always seen you walking with
your hands in your pockets"
1T is a present" replied the detec-
tive.
Recent insisted Ro~uietabilie.
"No; 1t was given to me in London"
"Ah, yes, | remember-you have just
come from London. May I look at IT."
"Oh, certainly!'
Fred passed the cane To- Rouletabile.
1t was a large yellow bamboo with a
crutch handle and ornamented with "a
gold ring.
Rouletabille, after examining it M
nutely, returned it TO Larsan. with j
bantering expression on his face. say
ing:
you were given a French zane in
London"
Possibly" said Fred imperturbably.
Read the mark there in tiny let
terS-Cassettc, ga. Opera"
Cannot English people buy canes
in Paris
When iioDlrtabi!e had seen me into
the train hy said:
"Youll "cInember the address,"
"YeS; 'CasSettc, ia. Opera Rely on
me. You shall have word tomorrow
morning"
That evening on reaching Paris /
saw NJ. CasSctte, dealer In wsikinS
sticks and umbrellas. and wrote ~ ny
friend:
A man enthusiastically answering 70 Ire
decriptiou ~ NJ. Robert Darzar-sars
height. slightly STOPPING. putty coIorsd
nI"r'oat, bowler hat-pUrchased Il cara
similar 10 tic ono In which We are inter
ost'd on TN" evening OF the crime abou'
$ o'clock. VI, Cassette had not sold an
other such cane during the last two
years. Fred zane Is new. IT. Is quite
clear that it's tie same cane. Fred di?
not buy il. since ne was In London Like
you. / think that he found IL somewhere
suppose. the murderer was In the yellow
room for five or even six hours and the
crime was not committed until toward
midnight the purchase of this cane proves
an incontestatlc slibi for Darzac-