Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-03-04
The Mystery OF
The Yellow Room
By CASTOR LERoUx 4 '0P1s'''1s .s ssznrAnox

grunt OF satlsfactlon anu declared,
tNoW | am at ease.'
"Well, do you believe that the poor
dear young lady was shut up when
she was being murdered-When she
cried out for help?" walled Daddy
Jacques.
YES" said the young reporter, dry
ing his forehead; "the yellow room
was as tightly shit as an iron SAFE"
1.-THE Bette du Bon -Dieu,'' muttered
Daddy jacques the Bette du Bon Dieu
herself, il she had committed the
crime, could not have escaped. Lis
tent Do you hear it, .Hush!''
Daddy Jacques made us a sign to
keep quiet and, stretching his arm to-
ward the wall nearest the forest, lis
tened to. something which we could
not hear
.tIt's answering" he said at length
u must kill it. It is too wicked, but
it's the Bette du Bon Dieu, and every
night it goes to pray on the tomb Of
st. Genevieve, and nobody dares to
touch her for fear that Mother An
genoux should cast an evil spell on
them
ssHoW big is the Bette du Bon Dieu?"
Nearly as big as a small retriever
monster. tell you. All, | have asked
myself more than once whether 1t was
not she that took our poor made
moiseIle by the throat with her claws.
But the Bette du Bon Dieu does not
wear hobnailed boots, nor fire revolv-
ers, nor has she hand like thatp e1-
claimed Daddy jacques, again point
ing out to US the red mark on the wall.
Besides, we should have seen her as
well as we would have seen a man."
Evidently" | said. Before we had
seen this yellow room had also asked
myself whether the cat OF Mother An
genoux''-
ssYou alsor' cried Rouletabille
Didn't your" / asked.
s.Not for a moment. After reading
the article in the Matin I knew that
a cat had nothing to do with the mat
ter. But 7 swear now that frightful
tragedy has been enacted here. You
say nothing about the Basque cap or
the handkerchief found here, Daddy
jacques"
"Of course the magistrate has taken
them" the old man answered hesi-
tatingly.
81 haven't seen either the handker-
chief or the cap, yet can tell you
how they are made the reporter said
TO him grayely.
ooh, you are very clever" said Dad
dy jacques, coughing and embar-
raised.
'eThe handkerchief is a large one,
blue with red stripes, and the cap is
an old Basque cap, like the one you
are wearing now"
.sYou are a wizardp' said Daddy
Jacques, trying to laugh and not quite
succeeding. How do you know that
the handkerchief is blue with red
stripes ~
Because IL it had not seen blue
with red stripes 1t would not have
been found at aIl''
Without giving any further atten-
ton to Daddy Jacques my friend took
piece Of paper from his pocket and.
taking out pair of scissors, bent
over the footprints. Placing the pa
per over one Of them, he began to
cut. In a short time he had made q
perfect pattern, which he handed to
me, begging me not to lose it.
He then returned to the window
and, pointing TO the figure of Fred
eric Iarsan, who had not quilted the
side Of the lake, asked Daddy Jacques
whether the detective had, like him
self, been working in the yellow room.
No, replied Robert Darzac, who
since Reuletabille had handed him the
piece Of scorched paper had not ut
tered a word. He pretends that he
does not need to examine the yellow
room. He says that the murderer
made his escape from It In quite nat
ura1 way and that he win this evening
explain how he did it,
Is he listened to what NJ. Darzac
lad to say Rouletabille turned pale. |
Has Frederic Iarsan found out the
truth, which can only guess att" he
murmured. He is very cleyer-very
cleveland admire him. Yet I have
discovered many things
Moral or materiaI9' I asked.
Several moral, one material. This.
for example
And rapidly he drew from his waist I
coat pocket q piece Of paper in which
ne had placed light coIored hair from
. Woman's head.