Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-09

! aSSlSluuCe. DIduN JiClucS lOOh ply
on her and accompanied her through
the oak grove out of the park, pass
the border of the lake to the road tt
Epinay. From there it was but very
short distance to her home.
DADDY Jacques returned to the cha
teau, and, seeing how important it was
for Nine. Matthew's presence at the
chateau to remain unknown, he had
done all be could to hide it, | appeal
to VI l.arsan, who saw me next mOru
ing examine The two sets Of foot
prints"
Here Rouictabille. turning toward
Nine. Mathicu, with Il bow, said
"The footprints Of madame bear a
strange resemblance to the neat foot
prints Of the murderer"
Nine. Matthew trembled and looked
at him with wide eyes as in wonder at
what he would say next.
MADAME has a shapely foot. long
and rather large for woman. The
Imprint. with its pointed toe. is very
like that of the lnurdcrrrs"
y movement in the court was re-
pressed by RoulctablIe He held their
| attention at once.
Il hasten to add" he went on, that
| ! attach no Importance To- this. Out
ward signs like these are often liable
to lead us into error if we do not rea-
son rightly. NJ Robert Darzac's foot
prints are also like the murderer's, and
yet he is not the murderer,,'
The president. turning to Nine. Ma
thicu, asked:
us that in accordance with what you
know occurrcd:"
'NeS, Nj. President" she replied; at
is as if NJ. Rouletabille had been be-
hind us"
Did YOU see the murderer running
toward the end of the right wing?"
Yes, as clearly as | saw them after
ward carrying the keepers body"
"What became of the murderer? You
were in the court and could easily have
seem"
~ saw nothing of him, NJ. President
1t became quite dark just then"
"Then NJ. Rouletabile," said the
president, must explain how the muir
derer made his escape"
Rouletabille continued:
1T was impossible for the murderer
to escape by the way he had entered
the court without our seeing him. or If
we couldn't see him we must certainly
nave felt him. since the court is a very
narrow one, inclosed in high iron rail.
ings."
Then if the man was hemmed in
that narrow square how is it you did
not find him? | have been asking YOU
that for the last half hour"
IN. President" replied RouletabiJle.
i cannot answer that question before
half past G!'
The president had certainly been i'm
pressed by Rouletabille's explanation
OF Nine. Matthews part. FIR
swell. M. sRouletabille," he said. "as
you say. But don't let us see any
more of you before half past G." y
Rouletabille bowed to the president
and made his way to the door of the
Witness room. e5.
lquietly made my way through the
crowd and left the court almost at the
same time as. Rculetabille. He greeted
me heartily and looked happy.
It'll not ask you. my dear fellow"
said, smiling, 'what you've; been doing
in America, because rye no doubt
you'll say you can't tell me until after
half past g."
''No, my dear Sainclair. I'll tell you
right now why l went to America.
went In search of the name Of the 9TH
err half Of the murderer Is
The name Of the other half?"
Exactly! When we last left the
Chandler l knew there were two
halves TO the murderer and the name
of only one of them. went to Amer
lea for the name of the other half"
I was too puzzled to answer. Just
then we entered the witness room,
and Rouletabille was Immediately sur
rounded. He showed himself very
friendly to all except Arthur Rance,
to whom he exhibited marked cold
ness Of manner. Frederic Larsan
came in also. Rouletabflle went MP
and shook him heartily by the hand.
His manner toward the detective
showed that he had got the better of
the policeman. Larsan smiled and
asked him what he had been doing in
America. Rouletabille began by tell
ing him some anecdotes Of his voyage.
They then turned aside together, APP
parently with the object of speaking
confdentially.
On the stroke of half past 6 Joseph
Rouletabille was again brought in 1t
is impossible for me TO picture the
tense excitement which appeared on
every face as he made his way to the
bar. Darzac rose to his feet, frightful-
" pale. ;5 81
The president, addressing Rouleta-
bile, said graYely:
Il will not ask you to take the oath,
because you have not been regularly
summoned, but 4 trust there Is no need
to urge upon you the gravity of the
statement you are about to make,
RouIetabtlle looked the president
quite calmly and steadily in the face
and replied: