The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-20

The examining magistrate and NJ. Lar
san are both on the point of believing
in my guilt Larsan tracked me the
last time | went to Paris, and had all
the trouble in the world to get rid of
him..
why do you not tell me the name
of the murderer now If you know itY
| cried.
IN. Darzac appeared extremely trou-
bled by my question and replied to me
in hesitating tone:
"I? | know the name of the muir
derer? Why, how could | know his
name"
II at once replied. From Mile. Stan
gerson.'
HE grew so pale that ! thought he
was about to faint, and | saw that
had hit the right nail on the head
Mademoiselle and he knew the name
of the murderer! When he recovered
himself, he said to me: 4 am going to
leave you. Since you have been here
have appreciated your exceptional in
telligence and your unequaled inge-
nuity. But ! ask this service of you.
Perhaps am wrong to fear an attack
during the coming night. but as
must act with foresight count on you
to Illustrate any attempt that may be
made
"'Have you spoken of all this to M.
Stangersonr
"'No. l do not wish him to ask me,
as you just now did, for the name of
the murderer. | tell you all this. NJ.
Rouletabille, because l have great,
very great, confidence In you. know
that you do not suspect me-
''The poor man spoke In jerks. He
was evidently suffering. pitied him,
the more because | felt sure that he
would rather allow himself to be kill
ed than tell me who the murderer was.
AS for Mile. Stangerson. felt that
she would rather allow herself to be
murdered than denounce the man Of
the yellow room and of the inexplica.
bic gallery. The man must be domi
mating her or both by some inscruta.
BILE power They were d.pading moth
Ing so much rs thr chance OF NJ. sian.
gerson knowing that his daughter was
held by her assallant, | made M.
parZac understand that he had eX.
planned himself sufficiently and that
he might refrain from telling me any
more than he had already told me.
promised him to watch through the
night He insisted that | should es-
tablish an absolutely lmpassable bar
rler about Mile. Stangerson's cham
Der. around the boudoir where the
nurses were sleeping and around the
drawing room where since the affair
Of the inexplicable gallery NJ. Stanger-
son had slept. In short. was to put
q Gordon round the whole apartment.
"From his insistence | gathered that
NJ. DarZac Intended not only to make
1t impossible for the expected man to
reach the chamber Of Mile. Stanger.
son, but to make that impossbility so
pected. he would at once 20 away.
That was how | interpreted his final
words when we parted. You may men
ton your own suspicious Of the expect
ed attack to NJ. Stangerson. to Daddy
Jacques. to Frederic Larsan and to
anybody in the chateau
"When he was gone ! began to think
that should have to use even great.
er cunning than his 80 that II the man
should come that night he might no,
for moment suspect that his coming
had been expected Certainly.
wonld allow him to get In far enough
so that. dead or alive. ] might see his
face clearly. He must he got rid Of
Mile. Stangerson must he freed from
this continual impending danger"
The lindlndy reappearcd at that mo
ment. bringing In the traditional bacor
!. omelet Rouietabllle chaifed her II lit
tie. and she took the chaff with tn,
most charming good humor
''She Is much jolller when Daddy
Matthew is in bed with his rheuma
tism." Rouletabille said to me.
When he had finished his omele
and we were again alone Rouletabill'
continued the tale Of his condolences.
"When sent you my telegram thli
! morning." he said. 81 had only th'
word Of NJ. Darzac that perhaps th'
, assassin would come tonight. cal
: now say that he will certainly come
, I expect him"
"what has made you feel this Ger
: tainty"
IL have been sure since half past 1
o'clock this morning that he woul,