Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-16

not attempted to hide it. It must have
been made during the second phase.
It was to find this out that went to
the yellow room, and obtained my
answer there"
Eouletabille drew piece of white
folded paper from his pocket and drew
out of it an almost Invisible object
which he held between his thumb and
forcfnger.
This NJ. President" he said. sis a
hair--a blond hair stained with blood.
1t IS Il hair from the head Of Mile.
StHngerSOn. found it sticking to one
of he corners of the overturned table.
TIL" corner Of the table was itself
stained with blood-a tiny stain-hard
ly visible hut it told me that OF ris-
ing from her bed Mile. Stangerson had
fallen heavily and had struck her head
on the corner of its marble top.
II had Still 10 learn, in addition to
the name of the assassin which | did
later, the time of the original attack.
| learned this from the examination Of
Mile. Stangerson and her father. though
the answers given by the former were
well calculated to deceive the eXamin-
ing magistrate. Mile. Stangerson had
stated very mnutely how she had
spent the whole of her time that day.
We established the fact that the MUIR
dercr had introduced himself into the
pavilion between and o'clock. At
a quarter past 6 the professor and his
daughter had resumed their work At
the professor had been with his
daughter, and since the attack took
place in the professors absence from
his daughter | had to find out just
when he left her The professor had
stated that at the time when he and
his daughter were about to re-enter
the laboratory he was met by the
keeper and held in conversation about
the cutting of some wood and the
poachers, Mile. Stangerson was not
with him then, since the professor said,
4 left the keeper and rejoined my
daughter, who was at work in the
laboratory
ut was during that short interval
time that the tragedy took place. Tn
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Mile. Stangerson re-enter the pavilion,
go to her room to take off her hat and
find herself faced by the murderer. He
had been in the pavilion for some time
waiting for her. He had arranged to
pass the whole night there He had
taken off Daddy jacques boots, be
had removed the papers from the cabi-
6n1 clt fl,o
bed. Finding the time long, he had
risen, gone again into the labora tory,
then into the vestibule, looked into the
garden and had seen, coming toward
the pavilion, Mile. Stangerson-alone.
He would never have dared to attack
her at that hour If he had not found
her alone. His mind was made up.
He would be more at ease alone with
Mile. Stangerson in the pavilion than
he would have been in the middle of
the night, with Daddy jacques Sleep
ing in the attic. So he shut the vesti-
bule window. That explains why
neither NJ. Stangerson nor the keeper,
who were at some distance from the
pavilion, had heard the revolver shot.
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room. Mile. Stangerson came in. What
passed must have taken place very
quickly. Mademoiselle tried to call for
help, but the man had seized her by
the throat. Her hand had sought and
grasped the revolver which she had
been keeping in the drawer of her
night table. since she had come to fear
a TO Of tar
derer was about to strike her on the
head with the mutton bone, terrible
weapon In the hands of Larsan or
Ballmeyer, but she fred in time, and
the shot wounded the hand that held
the weapon. The bone fell to the floor
covered with the blood of the murder
er, who staggered, clutched at the wall
for support, imprinting on 1t the red
marks, and, fearing another bullet,
fed. t
"She saw him pass through the labo-
ratory and listened He was long at
the window. At length he jumped
from it. She few to it and shut it.
: Eiie danger past, all her thoughts were
of her father. Had he either seen or
heard? At any cost to herself she
must keep this from him. Thus when
NJ. Stangerson returned he found the
door of the yellow room closed and his
daughter in the laboratory bending
over her desk at wol;,,
Turning toward NJ Darzac, Rouleta-
billie cried:
You know the truth! Tell us. ths:s,
II that is not how things happened"
Il don't know anything about II, re
piled M. Darzac.
81 admire you for your silence, !" said
Rouletabille, "but il Mile. stangerson
knew of your danger she would release
you from your oath. She would beg
OF you to tell all she has confided to
you She would be here to defend
you! Y
NJ. Darzac made no movement nor
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