The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-21
The Mystery OF
The Yellow Room
By CASTOR LEROUX IL BY BRENTANos
COPYRIGHT. 1908.
BY BRENTANO'S
By CASTOR LEROUX

ing IN to The door OF the paVllloi
Rouletabille stopped and asked VI
Darzac point blank:
what was the motive FOR tn
crimeT'
speaking for myself, monsieur, there
can be no doubt on h matter sale
Mile. Stangerson's hance, greatly DIS
tressed. "The marks OF the fingers
the deep scratches on h chest and
throat Of Mile. Stangerson. show tha'
| the wretch who attacked her attempt
| ed to commit a frightful crime. Tho
medical experts who examined these
traces yesterday affirm that they Were
made by the same hand as that which
left its red imprint on the wall-an
enormous hand. monsieur. much toe
large to go into my gloves he added
! with an indefinabie smile.
could not that blood stained hard.
I interrupted. have been the hand o.
Mile. StangerSon, who. in the momcn'
If falling. had pressed 1t against the
wall and. in slipping, enlarged the in
pression:'
There was not a drop of blood o'
either Of her hands when she was
lifted up" replied NJ. Darzac.
1--WE are now sure" said |. that il
was Mile. Stan&crSon who was armed
with Daddy Jacques revolver, since
she wounded the hand of the murder
er. She was in fear. then, of some
body or something's
"probably."
DO YOU suspect a~nybOdy:'
NO replied NJ. narzac, looking at
Rouletablllc.
Rouletabille then said TO me:
"You must know, my friend. that the
inquiry is n little more advanced than
NJ. de Marquet has chosen to tell us,
He not only knows that Mile. Stanger-
son defended herself with the re-
yolyer, but he knows what the weapon
was that was used to attack her. NJ,
Darzac tells me it was a mutton bone
Why is NJ. de Marquet surrounding
this mutton bone with so much mys-
terry? No doubt for the purpose Of
facilitating the inquiries Of the agents
Of the police. He imagines perhaps
that the oWner Of this Instrument of
crime, the most terrible invented, i
going to be found among those who
are we'll known in the slums of Paris
who use it.
HAS a mutton bone been found il
the yellow ROOM" l asked him.
"Yes, monsieur" said Robert DarZac.
"at the foot Of the bed, but l beg of
you not TO sag anything about It," Il
made a gesture Of ASSENT 1T was m
enormous mutton bone. the top Of which
or. rather. the Joint, was still red
with The blood Of the frightful wound.
1t was an Old bone, which may, ar-
cordiuc Ia appearances. have served i.
other crimes. That's what II. dc NJ
quet thinks. who has had 1t sent to tAr
municipal laboratory at Paris TO h>
Analysed. In fact, he thinks lie hl>
detected on it not only The blood OF
The last victim. but other stains oi
dried blood. evidences If previous
crimes"
a mutton bone in the hand of Il
skilled assassin is a frightful weapon
said Rouletabille. IA more certain
weapon than ii heavy hammer"
The ~scoundrel has proved 1t to bC
So" said NJ. Robert Darzac sadly
The joint IF the bone found exactly
fits the wound inflicted. My belief
is that the wound would have beer
pnnrtaI ~ +bn v,ur1aror'c How, bod moi
been arrested in the act by Mile. Stan
.erson's revolver. Wounded In the
hand. he dropped the mutton bone ant
fed. Unfortunately the blow ha(
been already given. and mademoiscllt
was stunned after having been nearly
s~tran@lcl If she had succeeded II
woundin@ the man with the first sho'
Of the revolver. she would doubles,
have escaped lie hlow with the bone
But she had certainly employed her re
volyer too late. The first Shot deyi
9tcd and lodged III the ceiling. II was
the second ouly that took effect"
Having SAID this. NJ. IarHac knockel
st the door Of Tie pavilion. mus
confess to feeling Il strong inpatienct
10 reach the spot where The crime hat
been committed. It was some time be
fore the door was opened by A MAJ
whom | AZ once recognized as Dadd,
Jacques.
lie appeared 10 tr well over sixty
years Of age He had a long whit,
beard and white hair. on which b.
Wore a fiat Basque cap. He was dress
ed III n complete suit of chestnut col
ored ~velveteen, worn at the sides; sa
bots were on his feet. He had rattle
Il waspish looking face, the expression
of which lightened. however, as 500
as he saw Nj. DarZac.
Friends" said our guide. "Nobod,
in the pavilion, Daddy Jacquesy"
Il ought lot to allow anybody to en-
ter. NJ. Robert, but Of course the orde
does not apply to you. These gentle
men Of justice have seen everythin
there Is to I've seer and made enoug
drawings and drawn up enough r.
ports
Excuse me, NJ. Jacques, one que.
ton before anything else," said Rouls
tabille.
what is 1t, young mani II ca
nuowu~~ as,