The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-04
The Mystery OF
The Yellow Room
By CASTOR LEROUX 4, ~ BY sRENrANos
COPYRIGHT, 1908.
BY BRENTANO'S
By CASTOR LEROUX

boots. the murderer carried them IN
his hand and placed them by the side
Of the parcel he bad made. BY that
time the robbery had been accomplish
ed. The man then returned 70 the
yellow room and slipped under the
bed. where the mark OF his body Is
perfectly visible on the floor and even
on the mat. which has been slightly
moved from It's place and creased.
Fragments OF straw also recently
torn bear witness 10 the murderer's
movements under the bed"
Eyes. yes. We know all about that"
said NJ. de Marquet.
1.-The robber had another motive for
returning TO hide under the bed" on
tinued the astonishing boy journalist.
You might think that he was trying
TO hide himself quickly on seeing,
through the vestibule window, NJ. and
pavilion. 1t would have been much
easier for him TO have climbed up to
the attic and hidden there, waiting
for an opportunity to get away. II his
purpose had been only fight. No. no.
He had to be in the yellow room"
Here the chief interviewed.
That's not at all bad, young man.
I compliment you. II we do 0 know
vet how the murderer succeeded in
getting away we can at any rate see
how he came in and committed the
robbery. But what did he steal!'
Something very valuable" replied
the young reporter.
At that momen we heard a cry from
the laboratory. We rushed in and
found NJ. Stangerson. his eyes bag
gard, his limbs trembling. pointing to
a sort OF bookcase which he had open
ed and which we saw was empty. At
| the same instant he sank into the
large armchair that was placed before
the desk and groaned. the tears rolling
down his checks: IL have been robbed
again, For Gods sake. do not say a
word of This to my daughter. She
would be more panied than | am" He
heaved a deep sigh and added. In a
tone ] shall never forget. After all.
what does ii uatter-so long as she
lives
she will live" said NJ. Darzac in n
voice strangely touching.
And we will find the stolen arti.
cles," said NJ. OAK. But what was in
the cabinett'
Twenty years OF my life" replied
the illustrious professor sadly, ''or,
rather. of our lives-the lives of myself
and my daughter. Yes, our most pre-
cious documents. the records Of on.
secret experiments and our labors Of
twenty years. were in that cabinet. II
Is an irreparable loss 10 us and. ! ven
ture to say, To science. All the proc.
esses by which ! had been able to
arrive at the precious proof Of the de
structibility OF matter were there all.
The man who came wished TO take all
from me-my daughter and my work
my heart and my soul"
And the great scientist wept Ike Ii
child.
Rouletabille entered into explana-
t!onS for which there was no need as
10 why he had been led to believe that
a robbery had been committed, which
included the simultaneous discovery
he had made In the ~lavatory and the
empty precious cabinet IN the labora.
tory.
The first thing that had struck
him, he said, was the unusual form
Of that piece Of furniture. 1t was very
strongly built Of fire proof iron, clearly
showing that It was intended for the
keeping Of most valuable objects.
Their he noticed that the key had been
left In the lock. Zone does not ordi-
narily have a safe and leave 1t OPEN"
he had said to himself.
This little key, with its brass head
and complicated wards, had strongly
attracted limits presence had sug.
gested robbery.
You will do we'll. NJ. de Marquet, to
ask NJ. S%tangerson who usually kept
that key" said R~oulctabille.
My daughter" replied NJ. Stanger.
son. she was never without it."
All, then that changes the aspect OF
things which no longer corresponds
with NJ. liouletabille's IDEAS cried
NJ. de Marquet. If that kew never
left Mile. Stangerson the murderer
must have waited for her in her room
Tor the purpose Of stealing 1t. and the
robbery could not have beer commit
Ted anti after the attack had been
made on her. But after the attack
TOUR persons were in the laboratory.
can't make ii OUT"
The robbery" said the reporter,
could only have been committed be-
lore the attack upon Mile. Stangerson
In her room. When the murderer en-
tered the pavilion he already possessed
the brass headed key"
THAT Is impossible" said NJ. Stan.
gerson In a low voice.
1T Is quite possible. monsieur. as
this proves
And the young man drew a copy Of
the EpOque from his pocket dated the
2lst Of October Il recall the fact that
the crime was committed on the night
between the oath and 25th) and, show.
Ing us an advertisement, he read:
Yesterday a black satin r, 'cule
was lost In the Louvre department
store. 1t contained. among other
| things. a small kew with q brass head