Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-06

I tunately. failed and felt herself con-
demned 10 be forever at the mercy of
I this INSCRIPTIONS wretch who was
continually demanding her presence at
clandeStine interviews When he sent
Z her the letter through the pOstoffice
asking her 10 meet him she had re-
fused. The result OF her refusal was
the tragedy Of the yellow room. The
second time he wrote asking for q
meeting. the letter reaching her in her
sick chamber she had avoided him by
( sleeping with her women In that let
Ter the scroundrel had warned her
that. since she was too I'll TO come TO
him. he would come 10 her and that he
would be in her chamber at a par
dcular hour on q particular night.
Knowing that she had everything 10
fear from Bsllmeyer. she had left her
chamber on that night II was then
i that the incident OF the 'inexplicable
{ gallery occurred.
[ The third time she had determined
I 10 keep the appointment He asked
/ for II in the letter he had written in
Z her own room on the night OF the in
I cident in the gallery. which he left on
I her desk. In that letter he threatened
I TO burn her fathers papers If she did
/ not meet him. II was TO rescue these
/ papers that she made up her mind TO
see him. She did not for one moment
/ doubt that the wretch would carry out
his threat if she persisted in avoiding
him md in rhnT Tho 10 f.s,rs - hs,,s
fathers lifetime would be forever lost
Since the meeting was thus inevitable
she resolved TO see her husband and
appeal 10 his better nature. Ii was for
this interview that she had prepared
herself on the night the keeper was
killed. They did meet. and what pass
ed between them may be imagined.
He insisted that she renOunce DarZae.
She, or her part. affirmed her love for
him. He stabbed her in his anger. de-
termined TO convict Darzac of the
crime. AS Larsan he could do IL and
had so managed things that DarZac
could never explain how he had en-
ployed the time OF his absence from
the chateau. Ballmeyer's precautions
were Lubsl CuHulHSlE kGkeI.
Larsan had threatened Darzac as he
mad threatened Mathilde-with the
same weapon and the same threats.
He wrote DarZac urgent letters declar-
ing himself ready to deliver up the let
tiers that had passed between him and
his wife and TO leave them forever
If he would pay him his price. He
asked DarZac TO meet him for the pur-
pose Of arranging the matter, appoint
ing the time when Larsan would be
with Mile. StangersOn. When Darzac
Went TO Epinay. expecting to find Ball
meyer. or I.arsan. there. he was met by
an accomplice Of Larsan's and kept
waiting until such time as the "coinci-
dence" could be established.
IL was all done with Machiavellian
cunning, but Ballmeyer had reckoned
without Joseph Rouletabille.
Now that the mystery Of the yellow
room has been cleared up this is not
the time to tell of Rouletabille's ad-
ventures in America. Knowing the
young reporter as we do. we can un-
derstand with what acumen be had
traced step by step the story Of Ma
Lhllde Stangerson and Jean Roussel.
At Philadelphia he had quickly inform
I'd himself as to Arthur William Rance
There he learned OF RANGES act Of de-
yotion and the reward he thought him.
self entitled To for it. A rumor Of his
marriage with Nile. Stangerson had
once found ITS way into the drawing
rooms of Philadelphia. He also learn
ed of RANGES continued attentions TO
her and his opportunities for her hand.
Ge had taken to drink. he had said, to
drown his grief Ut his unrequited love
IL can now be understood why Roule-
tabille had shown so marked q GOODNESS
OF deneanor toward Rance when they
rlet in the witnesses room on the day
of the trial
The strange Roussel- -Stangerson mys-
terry had now been laid bare. Who
was this Jean RousseI? Rouletabfle
had traced him from Philadelphia to
Cincinnati In Cincinnati he became
acquainted with the old aunt and had
found means to open her mouth. The
story Of Ballmeyer's arrest threw the
right light on the whole story. He
visited the ''presbytery." a small and
pretty dwelling in the old colonial
style, which had indeed 'lost nothing
Of Its charm" Then. abandoning his
pursuit Of traces Of Mile. Stangerson.
he took up those Of Bailmeyer He
followed them from priScn 70 prison.
from crime to crime. Finally as he
was about leaving for Europe he learn
ed in New York that Ballmeyer had
FIVE years before embarked for France
with some valuable papers belonging
to merchant Of New Orleans whom
he had murdered.
And yet the whole of this mystery
has not been revealed Mile. Stanger-
son had child by her husband. a son.
The infant was born in the old aunt's
house. No one knew Of il, so well
had the aunt managed to conceal the
event
What became of that son? That is