The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01

III ! spring into The room al thlS
moment be viii escape by the right
hand door opening into The boudoir, ~
crossing The drawing room, he Wi!
reach the gallery and ! shah lose him
have him now, and Ia five minutes
more hen lc safer han " J had him
In y cage. what is he doing there,
alone IN Nile. StangFrson's room
What is he writing J descend ana
place the ladder on The ground Dad
dy jacques follows me We re-ent"r
the chateau. send Daddy ja"ques
to wake NJ. Siangcrson and instruct
him TO await nay coming IN Mile.
Stangerson's room aild to say nothing
definite to him before my arrival. !
wig go and awaken Frederic larSau
Its q bore to have to do II, fox /
should have liked to work done and
10 have carried Of All the honors ~
this AFFAIR myself right under the vera
nose ~ the sleeping detective. But
Daddy Jacques ana NJ. Stangerson are
old men. and am not vet fully de
veloped. might not he strong
enough. Larsan IS used to wrestling
and putting on the handouts, He
opened his eyes. swollen with sleep,
ready TO send me flying without IN the
lenst believing IN my reporters fan
cies. | had to assure him that the
man was there.
THAT'S strange. he sand. 4 thought |
left him this afternoon in Paris
lie dressed himself in haste and
armed himself with II revolver. We
stole quietly into The gallery.
Where Is he:' Larsan asked.
ain Mile. Stangerson's room
"'And Mile. Stangcrson:'
"'She is moi in there
Lets go in
"'Don't go there. On the least
alarm The man will escape. He has
four ways by which TO do 1.-THE door,
the window, the boudoir or the room
In which the women are sleeping
I'm draw him from below
"'And II YOU fail? II you only sue
ceed in wounding him he'll escape
again without reckoning that he is
certainly armed. No: let me direct the
| expedition, and IN answer for every
thing
LAS you like he replied, with fairly
good grace.
Then after satisfying myself that
all the windows OF the two galleries
were thoroughly secure ] placed Fred
erie I.arsan at the end of the off turn
Dg' gallery. before the window which
I had found open and had reclosed.
Under no consideration | said to
him, must you stir from this post till
/ call YOU. The chances are even that
the man when he Is pursued will re-
turn TO this window and try to save
himself that way. for It Is by that way
he came in nd made a way ready for
his flight, lou have Il dangerous post
"'Wlat will he yours!' asked Fred.
81 shall spring into the room and
knock him over for YOU
Take my revolver said Fred, and
I'll take your stick
"~"Thanks.' | said. 'You are a brave
man
Il accepted his offer. | WAS going to
be alone with the man IN the room
writing and was really thankful Ia
have the weapon.
II left Fed, having posted him 1T
the window, and, with the greatest
p%recaution. went toward NJ. Stanger-
sons apartment In the left wing Of the
chateau. found him with Daddy
Jacques, who had faithfully obeyed
my directions. ~conhping himself 10
asking his master to dress AS quickly
as possible. In a few words ! ex-
planned to VI Stangerson what WAS
passing. He armed himself with a re,
volver, followed me-, and We were all
three speed in the gallery. Sine"
had seen the murderer seated at the
desk ten minutes had elapsed NJ
S%tangerSon wished To- spring upon the
assassin ut once and Kill him. | made
him understand that, above all, h"
must not miss him,
when | had Swern to him that his
daughter W q not in the room and In
no danger he conquered his impatience
and left me to direct the operations, |
lOlu llitll 'ldl NitA iuhSl btit W hh'
| the monlcnt | called to them or when
| fred my ,Nolver. | then sen Dad
dy Jacques 10 place himself before
the window at the end of the right
gallery. | chose that position for Dad
dy Jacques because | believed that the
murderer, tracked on leaving the room,
would run through the gallery toward
the window which he had left open
and. instantly seeing that IL was
guarded by I.arsan, would pursue his
course along the right gallery. There
he would encounter Daddy Jacques.
who would prevent his %springing gu,
Of the window into the park. Under
that window there was u sort Of but
tresS, while All the other windows in
the galleries We're at such a height
from the ground that IL was almost
impossible TO jump from them with,
out breaking one's neck All the doors
and windows. Including those Of the
lumber room ri the end OF the right
gallery l had rapidly assured my
seif-were, strongly. secured.