The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-21

Come with us" R~ouletabiIle said I
me. you know, my dear boy. | al
going TO keep you with me all day
Wen breakfast together somewher
about here
you'll breakfast with me here, gen
tlemen"-
mo, thanks" replied the young man
1--WE shall breakfast at the DOnjol
Inn"
You'll fare very badly there. You'll
not find anything
do you think SO? Well, l hope L
dnd something there" replied RouIe
tabille. After breakfast well set 4
work again. III write my article, an,
IL you'll be SO good as to take II 10 Tho
Office for me
Wont YOU come back with me I,
Paris
NO; | shall remain here"
/ turned toward Rouletabille. IL,
spoke quite seriously, and NJ. Robert
Darzac did not appear to be in the
least degree surprised.
We were passing by the donjon and
heard wailing voices. I;ouletabi.l,
asked
why have these people been ar
rested:'
1T is a little my fault" said NJ. Oar
aac. Il happened 10 remark 10 lA,
examining magistrate yesterday that
it was iueNpiicabie that the concierge
had had time TO hear the revolver
shots. to dress themselves and 10 cover
so great a distance as that which lies
between their lodge and the payi.io.
In the space Of two minutes, for Hot
more than that interval of time bad
elapsed after the firing Of the shots
when they were met by Daddy
Jacques
THAT was suspicious evidently" ac
Quiesced ltou,etabiAe. And were they
dressed
THAT is what is SO incredible. They
were dressed completely-not II part
Of their costumes wanting. The wo-
man wore wooden shoes, but the man
had on laced boots. Now they assert
that they went 10 bed as half past Q.
On arriving this morning the eXamin-
ing magistrate brought with him from
Paris a revolver Of the same caliber as
that found In the room, for be couldn't
use the one held for evidence, and
made his registrar fire two shots in
the yellow room while the doors and
windows were closed. We were with
lin, t., ,I. H., - ~. ..~cs,~- 49,
yet we heard nuthing-not a sound.
The concierges have lied. Of that there
can be 40 Doubt. They must have been
already waiting nor far from the pa
yillon-wa!tinc for something, Ger
tai,ly they are not u he accused Of
being the authors If the crime, but
their completely is not improbable.
That was why NJ. lie Marquet had
hem arrested ak once"
If they had been accomplices." said
Rouletabil'e. they would not have
been there ut all. When people throw
themselves into the arms of justice
with the proofs Of completely on them,
YOU q he sure they are not accom-
plices. | don't believe there are any
accompliceS In this affair"
Then why were they abroad at mid
night? Why don't they say
They have certainly some reason
for their silence. What that reason is
has TO he found ont. for. even if they
are not ac%complices. II may be of IN.
portance. Everything that took place
u such a night Is Important
We had crossed an Old bridge thrown
over the pouve and We're entering the
part of the park called the Oak grove,
The oaks here wee centuries old. .Au.
umn hal already shrivcled their
tawny leaves. This place. which made
moiSelle found cheerful and Ia which
she lived IL the summer season. ap.
peared 10 u rs sad and funeral now
The soil was black and muddy froc
the recent rains and the rottlng of tn,
fallen leaves. The trunks OF the tr"e
were black. ana b. sag above rs W..
now. as II ia mourning. chargel Wiz
great. heavy clouds.
.Anl II WAS IL this so.IHer and desc
hate retreat~ that Ne saw the whit
walls Of the pavilion MS we approach
ed. 1t was a queer locking building
without a window visible on the sill
by which we ieared L.. \ little doc
alone marked the entrance 70 it.
might have pas Ell for a tomb, Il vas
mausoicum in tile midst Of a thi"E. foi
est. AS we ann nearer we We're all
TO make out It's disposition. The bull(
ing obtained all the light it needle
from the south-that is to say, froI
the open country. The little doc
closed on the park. NJ. and Mile. Star
gerson must have found it an ideal S,
clusion for their work ard the,
dreams.
The pavilion had a ground foo
which was reached by a few step
and above ii was an attic, with whic
we need not concern ourselves. III
rooms of the pavilion were as follow
The yellow room, with It's One wi
dow aud Its n door opening into Il
laboratory.
The laboratory. with Its two lar;
barred windows and Its doors, OIL
serving for the vestibule. the 9th,
for the yellow room.
The v~estibule. with It's unbarred wi