Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-03-12

| Nile. StangerSOn, very nervous and
careful, NJ. Robert DarZac told me,
| sees tn her own safety since SIZE has
/ iHeen wei enough to move ;,uv.it IN her
room, which | have not yet seen her
| leave. This nervousness and sudden
| care on her part, which had struck
| NJ. DarZac. had given me also food for
| thought. AT the time Of The crime in
| the yellow room there can be no doubt
that she expected the murderer. Was
| he expected this night? Was 1t she
| herself who had opened her door to
| him? Had she som" reason fOl do
Ing so? Was sh" obliged t" do it:
Was it a meeting for purposes Of
crime? Certainty II was not lovers
meeting. for | believe Mile StAngcr
son adores NJ i'arzac.
1T Is poSSibf" that there was some
! reason for the awful silence. My i'll
tervcntion might do more harm than
good. How could | tell! How could
| know might not any moment cause
another crime: If could only see
and know without breaking thai 81
lence.
~ left the antcrUOLu ana descended
the central stairs to the NrStibul" and
as silently us possible made my way
to the little room On the ground tlnnr
where Daddy jacques had been sleep
ing since the attack mad" at the pa
viliun
Il found him dressed. his eyes wide
open. almost hagsArd He did not
seem surprised to see u"- He told
me that he had got up bc"alISc he had
heard the cry of the Bette du Bon Dieu
and because he had heard footsteps in
the park close TO his window, out Of
which he had looked ana just then
had seen Il black shadow pass by. |
asked hini whether he had iir"Arm
Of any kind. No, lie no longer KEPT
one Since the examining magistrate
had taken his revolver from him We
went ont together by Il little back
door into the park and stole along the
chateau to The point which is just be
low Mile. S,LnGcrsou'S window
Il placed Daddy jacques against
the wall, ordering him not 10 stir
tagc of Il moment when the moon was
hidden by a cloud, moved IT, the front
OF !hc window out of the patch Of
light which came from it, for the win.
dow was half open. If | could only
know what was passing in that silent
chamber. ! returned TO Daddy jacques
and whispered the word ladder in his
car. At first had thought of the
tree which week ago served me for
IN observatory, but | Immediately saw
that from tn" way the window was
half opened | should not be able 70 see
from that point of view anything that
was passing in the room, and want
ed not only to see. but to hear, and to
act
"Grcatly Hgitated, almost trembling,
Daddy Jacques disappeared for, a mo
ment and returned without the ladder
but making signs to me with his arms
as signals to me to come quickly to
him. When | got near him he gnsped
Conner
He ned me round the chateau, past
the donjon. Arrived there, he: said:
81 went to the donton In search of
my ladder, and IN the lower part OF the
donion which serves me and the gar
dcner fer "a lumber room found the
door open and the ladder gone. On
coming out that's what I caught sight
OF by the light of the moon
and he pointed to the farther end
OF the chateau, where ladder stood
resting against the stone brackets sup
porting the terrace. under the window
which had found open The proiec-
ton of the terrace had prevented my
seeing 1t. Thanks to that ladder, it
was quite easy to get into the off turn
Ing gallery Of the first floor. and had
no doubt Of It having been the road
taken by the unknown.
"We ran to the ladder, but at the
moment OF reaching it Daddy Jacques
drew my attention to the half open
door of the little semicircular room
situated under the terrace at the ex-
tremity of the right wing of the cha
teau, having the terrace for its roof
Daddy jacques pushed the door open a
little farther and looked ill.,
He's not there. he whispered.
"Who Is not thereT zs,...
"The forest keeper
"With his lips once more to my ear
he added:
- DO yon know that he has slept In
the upper room of the donjon ever
since 1t was restored? And with the
same gesture he pointed to the half
open door. the ladder. the terrace and
the window in the off turning gal
lery, which a little while before had
Treclosed
"What We're my thoughts then?
had no time to think. felt more than
| thought. l,
Evidently ! felt If the forest keeper
Is up there in the chamber CT say If
because at this moment, apart from
the presence of the ladder and his va
cant room, there are no evidences
which permit me even to suspect him.
if he is there lie has been Obliged to
pass by the ladder, and the rooms
which lie behind his in his new lodg-