Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-11

self when | heard that, as II h1d
heard the devil"
| looked AT the keeper when ne
put the last question. ard am much
mistaken II ! did not detect an cvll
smile on his lips. At that moment the
noise Of loud quarreling raa he'd us.
We even thourht we heard u dun
sound of blows. as lf some one was
being beate,J The Green Man quickly
rose and hurried to the door hy the
side of the fireplace, but II was opened
by the landlord, who appeared and
said to the keeper:
Don't alarm yourself. monsieur II
is my wife. She has the tootha"he."
And he laughed. Here. Mother Ange-
noux; here are some scraps for your
cat"
He held out packet to the old wo-
man, who took It eagerly and went
out of the door. closely followed by
her cat
"'rhen you won't serve mer asked
the Green Man.
Daddy Matthews face was placid
and no longer retained Its expression
Of hatred.
"I've nothing for you-nothlng for
you. Take yourself Off"
The Green Man quietly refllled his
pipe, lit 1t, bowed to us and went out.
No sooner was he over the threshold
than Daddy Matthew slammed the
door after him. and. turning toward
us, with eyes blood hot md frothing
at the mouth, he Kissed to us, shaking
his clinched fist at the door he had
just shut on the man he evidently
hated:
II don't know who you are who tell
me We shall have to eat red meat
now,' but II 1t will interest you to
know it-that man Is the murderer
With which words Daddy Matthew
immediately left us. Rouletabille re-
turned toward the fireplace and said
Now Wen grill our steak. How do
you like the cider? It's little tart.
but | like It,"
We saw no more of Daddy Matthew
that day, and absolute silence reigned
In the inn when we left It after plac-
Ing 8 francs on the table In payment
for our feast.
Rouletabllle at once set off on q
three mile walk around Professor
Stangersons estate. He halted for
some ten minutes at the corner of a
narrow road black with SCOT near to
some charcoal burners huts In the
forest OF St. Genevieve. which touches
on the road from Epinay to Cor
+ N hn trHa
had certainly passed that way before
entering the grounds and concealing
himself in the little clump of trees
You don't think then, that the
keeper knows anything OF it?' asked.
"We shall see that later" he replied.
"FOr the present I'm not interested In
what the lnGiord said about the elan.
TIE laLGiurd hates him. didn't take
! you 70 breakfast at the Donjon Inn
Tor tie sake OF the Green Man"
Thea Rouletabille, with great pre-
caution. gllled. followed by me, to-
ward The li,tle building which. stand
Ing near the park gate, served for the
! home Of the cOncierges who had been
! arrcs el tlidr L.orning With the skill
OF al Il rrbat be got into the lodge by
an u.ger widow whi Ii had been left
! open and returned ten minutes later.
| He said only ".Ahr' a word which In
his mouth slgniiied many things.
We were about to take the road lead
Ing to the chateau when a considerable
stir at the park gate attracted our at
tenticn. \ carriage had arrived. and
some PEOPLE had come from the cha
teau TO meet IT. Rouletabille pointed
out to me gentleman who descended
FROM Il.
That's the chief Of the Paris po-
lice" he said Now we shall see
what Frederic Larsan has up his
sleeve and whether he Is so much clev-
erer than anybody else"
The carriage Of the chief was follow
ed by three other vehicles containing
reporters. who were also desirous of
entering the park. But two gendarmes
stationed at the gate had evidently
received orders to refuse admission to
anybody The chief of police calmed
their tmpatience by undertaking to
furnish to the press that evening all
the information he could give that
would not interfere with the judicial
inquiry.