Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-03-11
me g moment TO ask me 20 accompany
him on an urgent tour OF inspection IN
\ part of the woods which had de-


next day and begged him as he was
going by the chateau to tell the stew
ard that we should dine in the lab
oratory. He left me to execute the
errand, and I rejoined my daughter
who was already at work.
80 At what hour, mademoiselle, did
you go to your chamber while your
father continued to work there? A. Al
midnight
40. Did Daddy Jacques enter the
yellow room in the course Of the even
ing? A. To shut the blinds and light
the night light.
20. He saw nothing suspicious? A.
He would have told us il he had seen.
Daddy Jacques is an honest man and
greatly attached to me.
20. You affirm, NJ Stangerson, that
Daddy Jacques remained with you all
the time you were in the laboratory?
IN. Stangerson-I am sure of it. |
have no doubt of that
%. When you entered your cham
Der, mademoise1le, you Immediately
shut the door and locked and bolted
it? Was not that taking unusual pre-
cautions, knowing that your father
and your servant were there? We're
you in fear of something? A. Ny IA
Their would be returning TO the cha
teau, and Daddy Jacques would be go
ing to his bed. And, In fact, / did
ear something.
20. You were SO much in fear Of
something that you borrowed Daddy.
Jacques revolver without telling him
you had done SO? A. That is true. I
did not wish to alarm anybody, the
more because my fears might have
proved TO have been foolish.
20. What was 1t you feared? A. I
hardly know how to tell you. For
several nights I seemed to hear, both
in the park and out Of the park.
around the pavilion, unusual sounds,
sometimes footsteps, at other times
the cracking Of branches. The night
before the attack on me, when I did
not get to BED before 3 o'clock in the
morning, on our return from the Ely
see / stood for moment before my
window, and I felt sure I saw shad-
oWs.
20. How many? 4. Two. They
moved round the lake. Then the moon
became clouded, and | lost sight OF
them. At this time Of the season every
year | have generally returned to my
apartment in the chateau for the win
ter, but this year said to myself that
would not quit the pavilion before
my father had finished the resume Of
his works on the Dissertation of Mat
ter, for the academy. I did not wish
that that important work, which was
to have been finished In the course of
few days, should be delayed by
change in our daily habit. You can
well understand that I did not wish to
speak OF my childish fears to my IA
Eher, nor did say anything to Daddy
Jacques, who, knew, would not have
been able to hold his tongue. Know
ng that he had revolver In his room, |
took advantage OF his absence and |
borrowed 1t, placing It In the drawer
II my night table.
%. You know OF no enemies Won
ave? A. None.
%. You understand, mademoiselle,
hat these precautions are calculated
o cause surprise?
M. stangerson-Evidently, my child,
ueh precautions are very surprising.
A. No, because have told you that
had been uneasy for two nights.
m. Stangerson-You ought to have
old me Of that. This misfortune would
ave been avoided.
20. The door OF the yellow room
ocked, did you go to bed? A. Yes. and.
'eing very tired, / at once went to
leep.
% The night light was still burn
ng? A. Yes, but 1t gave very feeble
ght.
70. Then, mademoiselle, tell us what
appened. A. ! do not know whether i
ad been long asleep, but suddenly I
woke and uttered loud cry.
M. Stangerson-Yes, horrible cry.
durder. It still rings In my ears.
u. You uttered loud cry? Al. "A
IAN was in my chamber. He sprang
me and tried to strangle me.
as nearly stifed when suddenly I
as able to reach the drawer OF NV
lght table and grasp the revolver 6
'hieh had placed In 1t. At that mo-
ent the man had forced me to the
,ot Of my bed and brandished over ,
y head sort Of mace. But + had
ed. He Immediately struck a terri
e blow at my head. All that. mon.
eur, passed more rapidly than I can $
II It, and I know nothing more. \
%. Nothing? Have you no idea az
how the assassin could escape from 4
,ur chamber A. None whatever.
low nothing more. One does noc
low what Is passing around one 9
hen one is unconscious. :
20. Was the man you saw tall or =
ort, little or big? A. / saw only q q
adoW which appeared to me formId-
lie.
g. You cannot give US any indIca-
nj A. ! know nothing more, mon :