Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-03-18
man who had been hidden there.
Rouletabfle once more was right.
nYes, yes he said 1--WE have to DO
with a thing OF flesh and blood, who

1sps the same means IudL we uO. - ~
all come out on those Ines
Having said this, he asked ne for
the paper pattern Of the footprint
which he had given me to take care
of and applied it to very clear foot
mark behind the thicket. "Ahap' he
said, rising.
I thought he was now going to trace
back the track OF the murderer's foot
marks to the vestibule window, but he
led us instead far to the left, saying
that it was useless ferreting in the
mud and that he was sure now OF the
road taken by the murderer.
sHe went along the wall to the hedge
and dry ditch, over which be jumped
See, just in front Of the little path
leading to the lake, that was his near,
est way to get OUT
''How do you know he went to the
lake?'
Because Frederic Larsan has not
Quilted the borders of it since this
morning. There must be some impor-
tant marks there
A few minutes later we reached the
lake.
It was a little sheet Of marshy wa
ter, surrounded by reeds, on which
foated some dead water lily leaves.
The great Fred may have seen us ap-
preaching, but we probably interested
him very little, for he took hardly any
notice of US and continued to be stir
ring with his cane something which
we could not see.
''Lookr' said Rouletabille. 'Here
again are the footmarks of the escap-
ing man. They skirt the lake here and
finally disappear just before this path,
which leads to the high road to Epi-
nay. The man continued his fight to
Paris"
"What makes you think that?" /
asked, "since these footmarks are not
continued on the path?,'
'What makes me think that? Why,
these footprints, which I expected to
find!'' he cried, pointing to the sharply
outlined imprint Of a neat boot. ''seer'
And he called to Frederic Larsan.
I'm. Fred, these neat footprints seem
to have been made since the discovery
of the crime"
Eyes, young man, yes. They have
been carefully made replied Fred
Withetr IRE e sT6{Pb that 6 6he ana steps Saa
that go back
"And the man had a bicycler' cried
the reporter.
Here, after looking at the marks Of
the bicycle, which followed, going and
coming, the neat footprints, I thought
might intervene.
"The bicycle explains the disappear
ance Of the murderer's big footprints,
said. 1.-THE murderer, with his rough
boots, mounted a bicycle. His accom-
plice, the Wearer Of the neat boots,
had come to wait for him OH the edge
Of the lake with the bicycle. It might
be supposed that the murderer was
working for the other
mo, no." replied Rouletabille. with
a strange smile. II have expected to
find these footmarks from the very
beginning. These are not the foot
marks of the murderer
''Then there were tWo?"
No; there was but one, and he had
no accomplish
Very good! Very good!" cried Fred
eric Larsan.
Lock- continued the young report
er, showing us the ground where it
had been disturbed by big and heavy
heels. THE man seated himself
there and took OF his hobnailed boots
which he had worn only for the nur-
pose of misleading detection, and then
10 doubt, taking them away with him.
le stood up in his own boots and
quietly and slowly regained the high
'oad, holding his bicycle in his hand.
or he could not venture to ride It on
his rough path. That accounts for !
he l1ghtness Of the impression made
y the wheels along it in spite of the
oftness of the ground. Il there had
'een man on the bicycle the wheels
would have sunk deeply into the sol.
70, no; there was but one man there
the murderer on FOOT
Bravo! Brayo!o cried Fred again.
md. coming suddenly toward as and
lanting himself In front OF nj. Rob
It Darzac, he said to him:
II we had q bicycle here we might
the correctness OF the
Dung mans reasoning, NJ. Robert
'arzac. Do you know whether there
one at the chateau n,
No. replied NJ Darzac, esthere IL /
OF. ! took mine four DAYS ago to
arts, the last time I came to the {.
1ateau before fhe crime,
THAT'S pity replied Fred yery
idly. Then, turning to Rouletabille
J said: IF re go on at this rate we.II
'th come to the same conclusion. Have :
~ any idea as to how the murderer !
It away from the yellow roomp, 8
Yes said my young friend. u
I've an idea
so have T. said Fred, and it must
the same as yours. There are no :
% ways OF reasoning in this affair.
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