Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-16

answer luele.
RouletabiIIe drew a piece Of white
folded paper from his pocket and drew
out of it an almost invisible object
which he held between his thumb and
forctinger.
This, Nj. President" he said. sis
hair-a blond hair stained with blood.
1t IS hair from the head Of Mile.
Stangerson found it sticking to one
of the corners of the overturned table.
The corner Of the table was itself
stained with bood-a tiny Stain-hard-
" visible. but it told me that on ris-
ing from her bed Mile. Stangerson had
fallen heavily and had struck her head
on the corner of Us marble top.
IL had still to learn, in addition to
the name of the assassin, which did
later, the time of the original attack.
| learned this from the examination OF
Nile. Stangerson and her father. though
the answers given by the former were
well calculated to deceive the eXamin-
ing magistrate. Mile. Stangerson had
stated very minutely how she had
spent the whole of her time that day.
We established the fact that the muir
derer had introduced himself into the
pavilion between and 6 O'Clock. At
q quarter past 6 the professor and his
daughter had resumed their work. At
5 the professor had been with his
daughter and since the attack took
place in the professors absence from
his daughter l had to find out just
when he left her. The professor had
stated that at the time when he and
the laboratory he was met by the
keeper and held in conversation about
the cutting of some wood and the
poachers Mile. Stangerson was not
with him then. since the professor said.
4 left the keeper and rejoined my
daughter, who was at work in the
laboratory.
1T was during that short interval
time that the tragedy took place. Th
is certain. In my minds eye l saw
Mile. Stangerson re-enter the pavilion,
go to her room to take off her hat and
| find herself faced by the murderer. He
had been in the pavilion for some time
waiting for her. He had arranged to
pass the whole night there. He had
taken off Daddy jacques boots, he
had removed the papers from the cabi-
net and had then slipped under the
bed. Finding the time long, he had
risen, gone again into the laboratory.
then into the vestibule, looked into the
garden and had seen, coming toward
the pavilion, Mile. Stangerson-alone.
He would never have dared to attack
her at that hour If he had not found
her alone His mind was made up.
He would be more at ease alone with
Mile. Stangerson in the pavilion than
he would have been in the middle OF
| the night, with Daddy Jacques sleep.
ing In the attic. So he shut the vesti
bule window. That explains why
/ neither NJ. Stangerson nor the keeper
who were at some distance from the
pavilion, had heard the revolver shot.
''Then he went back to the yellow
d room. Mile. Stangerson came in. What
passed must have taken place very
quickly. Mademoiselle tried to call for
help, but the man had seized her by
the throat. Her hand had sought and
grasped the revolver which she had
been keeping In the drawer Of her
night table. since she had come to fear
the threats Of her pursuer. The muir.
derer was about to strike her on the
head with the mutton bone, terrible
weapon in the hands Of Larsan OF
Ballmeyer, but she fred in time, and
the shot wounded the hand that held
the weapon. The bone fell to the floor
covered with the blood Of the murder
er, who staggered, clutched at the wal
| for support, imprinting on 1t the red
marks, and, fearing another bullet
fed.
"She saw him pass through the labo
ratory and listened. He was long al
4 the window At length he jumped
4 from 1t. She dew to 1t and shut it
The danger past. all her thoughts were
4 of her father. Had he either seen OF
heard? At any cost to herself she
a must keep this from him. Thus wheI
Nj. Stangerson returned he found the
Il door of the yellow room closed and bis
daughter in the laboratory bending
= over her desk at wor,,s Y.
j Turning toward NJ Darzac, Rouleta
billie cried:
You know the truth! Tell us, then
d il that is not how things happened. x
i don't know anything about II IL re
4 piled NJ Darzac.
4 II admire you for your silence, = said
Ronletabille, "but IL Mile. Stangersor
!! knew Of your danger she would release
u you from your oath. She would beg
lot you to tell all she has confded I'd
I. you. She would be here to defend
4 you e
NJ. Darzac made no movement nor
uttered q word. He looked at Rouleta-
4 bile sadly.
/, q However" said the young report
i er, since mademoiselle is not here j
I must do 1t myself. But, believe me,
& NJ. Darzac, the only means to save