Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-23

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him he would come to her and that he
would be In her cha mber III a par
ticular hour on n particular night.
Knowing that she had everything to
Fear from Rallmeyer, she had Ieft her
chamber on that night. II was then
that the Incident Of the ''inexp licakle
gallery occurred
The third time she had determined
to Keep the appo tment ne asked
for 1t In the letter he had written In
her own room on the night Of the sin-
cident in the gallery, which he left on
her desk. Iii that letter he threatened
to burn her father's papers II she did
not meet him. 1t was to rescue these
papers that she made up her mind to
see him. She did not for one moment
doubt that the wretch would carry out
his threat If she persisted in avoiding
him, and In that case the lahors OF her
fathers lifetime would be forever lost:
Since the meeting was thus Inevitable
she resolved to see her husband and
appeal to his better ma tnre. 1t was for
this Interview that she had prepared
herself on the night the keeper was
killed. They did meet. and what pass
ed between them may be Imagined.
He insisted TINT she renounce Darzac.
She, on her part, affirmed her love for
him. He stabbed her In his anger, de-
termined to convict Darzac OF the
crime AS Larsan he could do it and
had SO managed things that Darzac
could never explain how he had en-
sployed the time of his absence from
the chateau Ballmeyer's precautions
were most cunningly taken.
@ Larsan had threatened Dar2ac as he
had threatened Mathild e with the
same weapon and the same threats.
He wrote Darzac urgent letters declar-
ing himself ready to deliver up the let
tiers that had passed between him and
his wife and to leave them forever
II he would pay him his price. He
asked Darzac to meet him for the pur-
pose Of arranging the matter, appoint
ing the time when Larsan would be
with Mile. Stangerson When Darzac
went to Epinay. expecting to find Ball
meyer, or Larsan, there, he was met by
an accomplice Of Larsan's and kept
waiting until such time as the "coinci-
dence' could be established
1T was all done with Machiayellian
cunning. but Ballmeyer had reckoned
without Joseph Rouleta billie.
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Now that the mystery Of the yellow
room has been cleared up this is not
the time to tell of Rouletabille's adj
ventures in America. Knowing the
young reporter as we do, we can I'M
derstand with what acumen he had
traced step by step the story Of Ma
thilde Stangerson and Jean Roussel
At Philadelphia be had quickly inform
ed himself as to Arthur William Rance
There he learned Of RANGES act OF de-
votion and the reward he thought him
self entitled to for It. A rumor Of his
marriage with Mile. Stangerson had
once found Its way into the drawing
rooms Of Philadelphia. He also learn
ed Of RANGES continued attentions to
her and his opportunities for her hand.
He had taken to drink, he had said, to
drown his grief at his unrequited love
It can now be nderstood why Roule-
tabille had shown SO marked a GOODNESS
Of demeanor toward Rance when they
met In the witnesses room on the day
Of the trial e Fax
The strange Roussel- Stangerson mys-
terry had now been laid bare. Who
was this Jean Roussel? Rouletabille
had traced him from Philadelphia to
Cincinnati. In Cincinnati he became
acquainted with the old aunt and had
found means to open her mouth. The
story Of Ballmeyer's arrest threw the
right light on the whole story. He
visited the "presbytery, small and
pretty dwelling in the old colonial
style, which had indeed ..iost nothing
of its charm" Then, abandoning his
pursuit Of traces ct Mile. stangerson
he took up those Of Ballmeyer. He
followed them from prison to prison
from crime to crime. Finally as he
was about leaving for Europe he learn
ed in New York that Ballmeyer had
five years before embarked for France
with some valuable papers belonging
TO merchant Of New Orleans whom
he had murdered
And yet the whole of this mysaery
has not been revealed Mile. Stanger-
son had a child by her husband, son.
The infant was born In the old aunts
house. No one knew Of 1t, so well
had the aunt managed to conceal the
event.
What became OF that son That Is
another story, which 50 far am not
permitted to relate
KIT THE END.