Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-02-25

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kouletaDIlle grunteu ana ser TO WORK
| examining the door, finding that it las
tened itself automatically. He salts
| fed himself that 1t could never remain
open and needed key TO open It
Then we entered the vestibule, q small,
well lit room paved with square red
tiles.
"Ah, this is the window by which
the murderer escapedY' said Roule-
tabil1e.
$50 they keep on saying, monsieur;
SO they keep on saying. But il he had
gone off that way we should have been
sure to have seen him. We are not
blind, neither NJ. stangerson nor nor
the concierges who are In prison. Why
have they not put me In prison, too, on
account OF my revolver"
RouletabiIle had already opened the
window and was examining the shut
tiers.
Were these closed at the time Of the
crimeT'
And fastened with the iron catch
inside" said Daddy Jacques, land !
am quite sure that the murderer did
not get out that way"
"Are there any blood stains?''
s'Yes-on the stones outside-but
blood OF What?''
ssAh," said Rouletabil1e, there are
footmarks visible on the pathl The
ground was very moist. i win look
into that presently
Nonsense" said Daddy jacques.
s"The murderer did not 60 that way"
(Which way did he go, then?''
"HoW do knoW2''
Rouletabille looked at everything,
smelled everything. He went down on
bis knees and rapidly examined every
one Of the paving tiles. Daddy Jacques
went on:
s'Ah, you can't find anything, mon
sieur. Nothing has been found. And
now 1t is all dirty. Too many persons
have tramped over 1t. They wouldn't
let me wash 1t, but on the day OF the
crime I had washed the floor thor
ough1y, and If the murderer had cross
ed 1t with his hobnailed boots I should
not have failed to see where he had
been. He has left marks enough In
mademoiselle's chamber
Rouletabille rose.
@When was the last time you washed
these tilesY' he asked, and he fixed on
Daddy jacques most searching look.
"Why-as / told you-on the day OF
the crime, toward half past 6-While
mademoiselle and her father were tax
ing a little walk before dinner here In
this room. They dfned In the labora-
tory. The next day the examining
magistrate came and saw all the marks
there were on the floor as plainly as II
they had been made with ink on white
paper Well, neither in the laboratory
nor In the vestibule, witch were both
as clean as new pin, were there any
traces OF 9 mans footmarks. Since
they have been found near this VIM
dow outside, he must have made his
way through the ceiling Of the yellow
room into the attic, then cut his way
through the roof and dropped to the
ground outside the vestfbule window.
But there's no hole, neither In the cell
ing OF the yellow room nor IN the root
OF my attic; that's absolutely certain.
So. you see, we know nothlng-noth-
ing. And nothing Will ever be knoWEI
It's a mystery OF the devils own max
ing"
RouletabiIle went down upon bis
knees again almost In front Of Q small
lavatory at the back o. the vestibuls.
In that position he remained 1or about
a minute.
"Well?' T asked him when he got
up.
s'Oh, nothing very important. a drop
of blood" he replied, turning toward
Daddy Jacques as he spoke. while
You were washing the laboratory and
this vestibule was the yestfbule win
dow open7' he asked.
mo, monsieur, 1t was closed. But
after / had done washing the floor
lit some charcoal for monsieur n the
laboratory furnace, and as lit 1t
with old newspapers it smoked, SO !
opened both the windows In the 1abo-
ratory and this one to make q current
OF air Then shut those II the 1abo-
ratory and left this one open when ]
went out. When returned to the
pavilion this window had been closed
and monsieur and mademoisel1e were
already &C work In the laboratory
I'M. or Mile. stangerson had no
doa7laf sha1f tips