The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-04-03
The Mystery of
The Yellow Room



and his intrigues with the wife of
Matthew. the landlord of the Donjon
inn This Matthew later in the after
noon was arrested and taken to Cor
bell in spite of his rheumatism. He |
had been heard to threaten the keeper, !
and. though no evidence against him
| had been found at his inn, the evil |
| dence of carriers, who had heard the |
threats, was enough to justify his re-
| tention. |
The examination had proceeded thus
| far when, to our surprise, Frederic |
Larsan returned to the chateau. He |
was accompanied by one of the en-
| ployees of the railway. At that mo- |
ment Rance and were in the vesti-
bule discussing Matthews guilt or in
nocence. while Rouletabille stood
apart, buried apparently in thought
The examining magistrate and his reg
istrar were in the little green drawing
room, while DarZac was with the doc
tor and Stangerson in the lady's cham
ber. AS Frederic Larsan entered the
yestibule with the railway employee
Rouletabille and I at once recognized
him by the small blond beard. We ex-
changed meaning glances. Larsan had
himself announced to the examining
magistrate by the gendarme and en-
tered with the railway servant as Dad
dy Jacques came out. Some ten min
utes went by, during which Roueta-
billie appeared extremely impatient.
The door of the drawing room was
then opened, and we heard the magis-
trate calling to the gendarme. who en-
tered. Presently he came out, mount
ed the stairs and coming back short
ly, went In to the magistrate and SAID:
monsieur. NJ. Robert Darzac Will
not come!
"What! Not comew cried NJ. de Mar
quet.
r "He says he cannot leave Mile. Stan
gerson in her present state"
every WELL" said NJ. de Marquet.
"Then we'll go to him."
: M. de Marquet and the gendarmes
: mounted the stairs. He made sign to
8 Larsan and the railway employee to
j. follow. Rouletabille and l went along
too.
+ On reaching the door Of Mile. STAN
gerson's chamber NJ. de Marquet
a knocked. A chambermaid appeared. 1t
Il was Sylvia, with her hair all In disor-
n der and CONSERVATION showing on her
v face.
g "Is M. Stangerson withinT asked the
n magistrate.
J. "Yes, monsieur"
n. L. "
e him."
Stangerson came out. His appear
g. ance was wretched in the extreme.
e. "What do you want? he demanded
J. of the magistrate. "May / not be lef
v In peace, MONSIEUR"
q "Monsieur," said the magistrate, ii
r is absolutely necessary that shoulc
n. see NJ. Darzac at once. If you canno
a induce him to come l shall be com
ar PEELED to use the help of the law"
,s The professor made no reply. HI
,r looked at us all like a man being LEI
II TO execution and then went back int
A the room.
Almost Immediately after Nj. Rober
n Darzac came out. He was very pale
nj He looked at us, and, his eyes falling
m on the railway servant his feature
"a stiffened, and he could hardly repres
i'd Rance to dine with him because hi
as friend had taken his final leave o
Sc them both earlier in the evening. NJ
Dy Rance had had tea served him In hi
ON room because he had complained Of
ed slight indisposition.
,ir Bernier testified instructed by Roult
er tabille, that the keeper had ordere
him to meet him at spot near the GA
lie grove for the purpose Of looking ou
ar for poachers. Finding that the keepe
cit did not keep his appointment, he, Be
se, nier, had gone in search Of him. II
,r. had almost arrived at the donjon whe
to- he saw figure running swiftly In
ID: direction opposite to him, toward til
IN right wing Of the chateau. He hear
lb- revolver shots from behind the figul
err and saw Rouletabille at one Of the ga
r." lery windows. He heard Rouletabil
S. call out to him to fire and he had fire.
ed He believed he had killed the man III
at. til he learned. after Rouletabille ha
i'm uncovered the body, that the man hs
pa died from q knife thrust. Who ha
given it he could not imagine. "Nobod
> could have been near the spot withol
I'm, my seeing him." When the examinir
at magistrate reminded him that the sp
on. where the body was found was vel
90 dark and that he himself had not bet
DIV able to recognize the keeper befo
,ci firing, Daddy Bernier replied that M
tho ther had they seen the other body, n
the had they found 1t. In the narro
est court, where five people were standin
,ad It would have been strange If Il
other body. had 1t been there. cou
n have escaped. The only door tn
nod opened into the court was that of {
nor keepers room. and that door was clC
,bt ed. and the key Of 1t was found in t
id keepers pocket.
rlv However that might be. the exami
lon ing magistrate did not pursue his
inc quiry further I'm this direction.
in was evidently convinced that we h
eau missed the man we were chasing Al
, 10 we had come upon the keepers bo'
in our chase. This matter Of the4ket
nee er was another matter entirely.
ked wanted to satisfy himself about th