The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-06
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BY BRENTANO'S


race and allow oneself to drop from 1t I
into the court of the chateau. Who |
ever had entered by this road had evil !,
IDENTIFY not had a key to the vestibule |
door. But why should be thinking OF |
my previous nights attempt with the
ladder? Because Of the open window.
left open perhaps by the negligence of
a servant? reclosed 1t, smiling at the
ease with which built drama on the
mere suggestion Of an open window.
Again the cry Of the Bette du Bon
Dieu and then silence. The rain ceased
to beat on the window. All In the cha-
teau slept l walked with infinite pre-
caution on the carpet of the gallery.
On reaching the corner of the right
gallery | peered round 1t cautiously.
There was another lamp there with
reflector which quite lit up the several
objects in it, three chairs and some
pictures hanging on the wall. What
was | doing there? Perfect silence
reigned throughout. Everything was
sunk in repose. What was the instinct
that urged me toward Mile. Sanger
sons chamber? Why did voice with.
! in me cry, Go on to the chamber OF
Mile. Stangersonv l cast my eyes
down upon the carpet on which l was
treading and saw that my steps were
| being directed toward Mile. Stanger-
sons chamber by the marks Of steps
that had already been made there.
Yes. on the carpet were traces Of foot
steps stained with mud leading to the
chamber of Mile. Stangerson. Horror.
horror! I recognized in those foot.
prints the impression of the neat boots
of the murderer He had come, then,
from without in this wretched night.
If you could descend from the gallery
by way of the window, by means OF
the terrace, then you could get into the
chateau by the same means.
"The murderer was still in the cha.
teau, for here were marks as of return
ing footsteps. He had entered by the
open window at the extremity of the
off turning gallery; he had passed
Frederic Larsan's door and mine, had
turned to the right and had entered
Mile. Stangerson's room. I am before
I the door of her anteroom. 1t is open
push it without making the leas
noise. Under the door Of the room 1t
self l see q streak of light. I listen
No sound, not even Of breathing. All
if l only knew what was passing IL
the silence that is behind that door!
find the door locked and the key turn
ed on the inner side. And the muir
derer is there perhaps. He must b.
- there Will he escape this time? Al
depends on me. l must be calm, ant
above all ! must make no false steps
I must see into that room. l can ente
:, it by Mile. Stangerson's drawing room
But to do that ] should have to eros
her boudoir, and while am there tn
murderer may escape by the CALLER
door. the door in front of which ar
now standing.
81 am sure that no other crime Is be
ing committed on this night, for ther
= is complete silence in the boudoil
4 where two nurses are taking care Q
Mile. Stangerson until she is restore
!. to health.
~ "As l am almost sure that the mul
% derer is there, why do l not at ono
10 give the alarm? The murderer ma
d perhaps escape. but perhaps may b
able to save Mile. Stangersou's lif
% Suppose the murderer on this Occasio
10 Is not here to murder? The door ha
IN been opened to allow him to enter-b
,f whom? And it has been refastened
,e by whom? Mile. Stangerson shuts he
I'd self up in her apartment with hi
In nurses every night. Who turned IL
Is key of that chamber to allow the mu
er derer to enter? The nurses. two fait
TO full domestics? The old chambermai
e. Sylvia? 1t is very improbable. B
sides, they slept in the boudoir, al
Mile. Stangerson, very nervous ar
careful, NJ. Robert Darzac told IN
sees to her own safety since she hi
been well enough TO move about In b
room, which l have not yet seen b
leave. This nervousness and sudd'
on care on her part, which had stru'
Va, NJ. Darzac, had given me also food +
10 thought. At the time Of the crime
, the yellow room there can be no dou
m. that she expected the murderer, w
of he expected this night? Was 1t g
m herself who had opened her door
no him? Had she some reason for q
nv Ing so? Was she obliged to do
CO Was it a meeting for purposes
lin crime? Certainly 1t was not love
be meeting, for l believe Mile, Stang
te son adores NJ. Darzac.
ut is possible that there was Sol
n reason for the awful silence. My
w. tervention might do more harm tn
,or good. How could 1 tell? How cot
,ed l know / might not any moment cat
th. another crime? II ! could only {
or and know without breaking that
,as lence.
II left the anteroom and descend
rn- the central stairs to the vestibule a
ex. as silently as possible made ny "
all to the little room ON the ground fl
ish where Daddy Jacques had been sle
ich ing since the attack made at the
son vilion.
lch Il found him dressed, his eyes W
eft open, almost haggard. He did
to seem surprised to see me. He t
Ind me that he had got up because he
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