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

them, ana they were rather compro-
missing. That night he took them back
TO the chateau. Perhaps he hoped
that by returning the papers he might
obtain some gratitude from Mile. Stan
gerson. But whatever may have been
his reasons, he took the papers back
and so rid himself Of an incumbrance. -
RouletabiIc roughcd It was evil
dent to me that he was embarrassed
He had arrived at point where he
had to keep back his knowledge of
Larsan's true motive. The explana-
ton he had given had evidently been
unsatisfactory. Rouleta bile was quick
enough to note the bad impression he
had made, for, turning to the presi
dent, he said, "And now we come to
the explanation Of the mystery of the
yellow ROOM" ~
y
A movement Of chairs in the court
with rustling Of dresses and an en-
ergetic whispering Of "Hushv' showed
u.
at seems to me-" said the president.
that the mystery of the yellow room,
Nj. Rouletabille. is wholly explained by
your hypothesis. Frederic Larsan Is
lfthe explanation. We have merely to
| substitute him for NJ Robert Darzac.
Evidently the door of the yellow room
was open at the time NJ Stangerson
~ ha oil
man who was coming out of his daugh-
ter's chamber to pass without arrest
ing him-perhaps at her entreaty to-
avoid all scandal" "A
NO, NJ. President" protested the
young man. You forget that, stunned
by the attack made on her, Mile. Stan.
gerson was not in condition to have
made $, III an appeal. Nor could she
have locked and bolted herself in her
room. You must also remember that
NJ. Stangerson has sworn that the door
was not open" %4& =
That, however, Is the only way in
which 1t can be explained. The vel
low room was as closely shut as an
iron safe To use your own express
sion, it was impossible for the mur-s
derer to make his escape. either natu-5
rally or systematically. When the room
was broken into he was not there He
must, there ore, have escaped" 3$
THAT does not follow" '
What do you mean?'
There VS. no need for him to esq
cape4if he was not there!' #
Not therer'
Evidently not. He could not have
been there i he were not found there"
But what about the evidences OF his
presence q asked the president. 8
THAT, NJ. President is where we
have taken hold OF the wrong end
From the time Mile. Standerson shut
herself in her room TO the time her
door was burst open it was Impossible
for the murderer to escape. He was
not found because he was not there
Curing that time.' s
But the evidences p
They have led us astray. In rea-3E
Bsoning on this mystery we must not
take them to mean what they appar- 4
entity mean. Why do we conclude the
murderer was there? Because he left
his tracks in the room. Goodl But
may he not have been there before
the room was locked Nay; he must.
have been there before Let us look
Into the matter OF these traces and
see if they do not point to my con
3elusion. g.
y fter the publication Of the article
n the Matin and my conversation with
the exa mining magistrate on the jour
ney from Paris TO Epinay sur Orge III
was certain that the yellow room had
been herme tically sealed, so to speak.
and that consequently the murderer
had escaped before Mile. Stangerson
had gong into her chamber at mid.
night
Az the time was much puzzled.
Nile. Ssangerson could not have been
her own murderer, since the evidences
pointed 10 some other person. The al.
sasstn, then, bad come before. IL that
were SO, how was It that snaiemoi.
selle Ind been attacked after, 81. rath.
Ell that she appeared 10 have been at.