Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-03-26

,ion. Iult be appeared I" he quite sure
Of W I:HI he said.
The American must have been 1T
feast f"riy.!i'" wears old. II" spoke III
Il I".rfrrrIy nHinrHI tone in reply +"
K"u"tat'ill"'s question
IT tut If II, return 10 America
when heard rf III" attack on Mile.
Sinug"r~'nl. wanted I" he certain
the lady Lad not been killed. and
shall r,"t 90 away unlil she IS perfectly
rcr"Nrr,I
I.ih" I.ur~nn NaI"" thought that
Robert IarZ!,, Lad something to d"
with 'hr uIartrr II" did not mention
h,tl h., name hul there was no room To
dpuia W ll"lI he meant He told Ms he
MaauN;sr, { IN, efforts young Roulr-
tahil'r Ms making t" uhraEcl the
1on.lrd >hr!I IT tn" l".!"W room myS.
ter, H., .Al,,,iiurd lhHt NJ Stanger
s,.r id related t" him ~! that had
taxa place. liz the iu"Npli' ALL" ga llrry,
He ~rlrr:l, times Expressed His regret
ut VI i.IrH,n 5 absence from the cha
team on lli th,,S" ",,. ;tSiullS and thought
1lnt NJ ltarz.r bad dome rl"vcrly in
AIMING hiuI>"If Win NJ. Joseph Roule-
taIiir wiz, could mot fn, sooner or
, latter To- discover the, murderer. He
/ Nlu.h" the last sentrrr, with uncon-
rcaIrd Irony. Then he rose" bowed to
u> aud left the inn
f I;ull"tnhi.I" watched him through
Nae Wind"W
. AN odd fish. that, h" said
'lnp l"l! think he'll pass ,lc night a,
, the tilnlidirr:" a>kcd
I tn IIl 1llazrmctI Tn" Young report
! or answered thar il MAS Il matter Of
entire Indifference to him W neither he
did or not
4 rs to- bow We spent our time during
! the afternoon. I'll need say is that
Rrulriabillr led lnr to the grotto of
SAiutc Gruev!rvn and All the time
talked Of every subject lM' the one
with which "" were most Interested
Toward evening Was surprised tC
tiud l;"uirtAhillr making none Of the
preparations had expected him to
MAKE" spuk" to him about it when
night had come on and we We're once
more in his room. He replied that all
his Arrangements had already been
mudr. ana This time the murderer
would not get away from him.
I expressed some doubt on this, re
mlnding him Of his disappearance in
the gallery. and suggested that the
same phcnomrmon might occur again.
He answered that he hoped it would.
He desired nothing more. l did not
insist. knowing 10y experience how use
less that would have been. He told
me that. with the help Of the con-
ciergeS the chateau had since early
dawn been watched in such a way
that nobody could approach it without
his knowing it and that he had no con-
Germ for those who might have left it
and remained without.
1t was then 6 o'clock by his watch
Rising he made sign to me to follow
him, and. without in the least trying
to conceal his movements or the sound
of his footsteps, he led me through the
gallery We reached the right gal
lery Gnd came to the landing place.
which we crossed. We then continued
our way in the gallery of the left wing
passing Professor Stangersons apart
ment.
At the far end of the gallery before
coming to the donjon, is the room oc-
cupied by Arthur Rance. We knew
that, because we had seen him at the
window looking on to the court. The
door Of the room opens Oh to the end
of the gallery, exactly facing the east
window, at the extremity of the
right" gallery. where Rouletabille had
placed Daddy jacques, and commands
an uninterrupted view Of the gallery
from end to end of the chateau.
THAT of turning gallery" said
Rouletabille, IT reserve for myself. |
When I tell you you'll come and take
your place here"
And he made me enter little dark,
triangular closet built in a bend of the
wall to the left of the door Of Arthur