Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-07-22
she saw him pass through the IaDo-

s'She saw him pass through the IaDO-
ratory and listened. He was long at
the window. At length he jumped
from 1t. She few to It and shut 1t.
The 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
M. Stangerson returned he found the
door of the yellow room closed and his
daughter in the laboratory bending
over her desk at work.
Turning toward NJ. Darzac, Rouleta-
bile cried:
ssYou know the truth! Tell us, then,
II that is not how things happened
Il don't know anything about It," re-
piled M. DarZac.
81 admire you for your silence said
Rouletabille, "but if Mile. stangerson
knew Of your danger she would release
you from your oath. She would beg
Of you to tell all she has eonfded to
you. She would be here to defend
your
M. Darzac made no movement nor
uttered word. He looked at Rouleta-
| bile sadly.
However" said the young report
er, "since mademoiselle is not here I
must do it myself. But, believe me,
M. Darzac, the only means to save
Mile. Stangerson and restore her to
| her reason is to secure your acquittal."
"What is this secret motive that
compels Mile. stangefson to hide her
knowledge from her father?" asked
the president.
.'That, monsielr, do not know"
said Rouletabille. "It is no business
Of mine.'
The president, turning to M. Darzac,
endeayored to induce him to tell what
he knew.
''Do you still refuse, monsieur, to tell
us how you employed your time during
the attempts on the life of Mile. Stan
gerson?"
81 cannot tell you anything, mon
sfeur''
The president turned to Rouletabille
as if appealing for an explanation.
"We must assume, M. President, that
M. Robert Darzac's absences are close
" connected with Mile stangerson's
secret and that M. Darzac feels him
self in honor bound to remain silent.
1t may be that Larsan, who since his
three attempts has had everything In
training to cast suspicion on NJ. OAR
FAC, had fixed on just those occasions
for a meeting with M. Darzac at q
spot most compromising. Larsan is
cunning enough to have done that"
The president seemed partly con-
v1nced; but, still curious, he asked:
"But what Is this secret of Mile.
Stangerson?
THAT cannot tell you," said Roule-
tabille Il think, however, you know
enough now to acquit NJ. Robert OAR
FAC, unless Larsan should return, and
don't think he WILL" he added, with a
laugh.
"One question more,'' said the presi-
dent Admitting your explanation.
we know that Larsan wished to turn
suspicion on NJ. Robert Darzac. but
~ - oAo01A Lag tAIOW SUSPICION on
Daddy Jacques also?'
''There came in the professional de-
tective, monsieur, who proves himself
an unraveler Of mysteries, by annihi-
Iatfng the very proofs he had accumu-
lated. He's very cunning man. and
a similar trick had often enabled him
to turn suspicion from himself. He
proved the innocence Of one before ac-
cusing the other. You can easily be-
l1eVe, monsieur, that so complicated q
scheme as this must have been long
and carefully thought out in advance
by Larsan. He found the opportunity |
to rob Daddy jacques Of a pair Of old
boots and a castof Basque cap, which
the servant had tied up in a handkes-
chief with the intention of carving
them to friend, charcoal burner on
the road to Epinay. When the crime
was discovered Daddy Jacques had
Immediately recognized these objects
as his. They were extremely COM
promising, which explains his distress
at the time when we spoke to him
about them. Larsan confessed it All to
me-" - =