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

place. There are moments when one
feels as IL ones brain were about TO
burst. A bullet in The head, IL fracture
of the skull, the seat of reason shat
tered-with only these ram compare
the sensation which exhausted and left
me void of sense.
Happily Mile. StangcrSOn appeared
on the threshold OF her anlcrpun
saw her. ana that helped to relieve my
chaotic state of mind | Dirathcd her;
! Mhalcd the perfume Of The lady in
black who had been Kind To- IN" in
my childhood whom | should never
see again, l. would have given ten
years of my llfc--hnlf my life to see
once more the lady in black Mas,
l no more meet her but from time To
time, and yet, and yet. how the mem.
DRY OF that perfume. felt by me alone
carries me back to the days Of my
childhood! 1t WAS this sharp reminder
from my beloved perfume of the lady
In black which mnde me go to her,
dressed wholly in white and 50 pale so
pale and so beautiful, on the threshold
OF the inexpicable gallery. Her beau
tKul golden hair, gathered into a knot
on the back of her neck, left visible the
red scar on her temple which had 50
nearly been the cause OF her death.
When first got on the right track
Of the mystery of this case | had
imagined that on the night of the trag-
edy In the yellow room Mile Stanger-
AeR had worn her hair In bands. But,
then, how could | have imagined other
wise when | had not been in the yell
( low room? ,.
But now, since the occurrence OF
the inexplicable gallery. | did not rea-
son at all. stood there stupid, before
the apparition-so pale and so beauti-
fui--of Mile. Stangerson. She was clad
In dressing gown of dreamy white
One might have taken her TO be a
.ghost-a lovely phantom. Her father
took her in his arms and kissed her.
passionately. as IL he had. recovered
her after being long lost to him. I
dared not question her. He drew her
hinto the room, and we followed them
flor we had to know! The door of the
Eb0udoir was open. The terrified faces
bct the two nurses craned toward us.
MILE. Stangerson inquired the meaning
epf all the disturbance. That she was
eHot III her own room was quite easily
explained quite easily. She had
fancy not to sleep that night In her
5ehamber. but In the boudolr with her
anprses, locking the door on them. Since
lthe night of the crime she had expert
tsrced feelings Of terror, and fears came
over her that are easily to be compre-
tAended. 81 -....
Il But who could imagine that on that
particular night when he was to come
ssSe would by n mere chance determine
ttQs shut herself III with her women?
Who would think that she would act
eontrary to her fathers wish to sleep
Eans the drawing room? Who could be-
l1iege that the letter which had SO re-
tscntlS been on the table In her room
would no longer be there? He who
9Quid understand all this would have
Sfos assume that NJ he. Stangerson knew;
that the murderer was coDling--she
seaald not prevent his coming again
islnknown TO her ather. unknown5to all
lbpt to NJ. Robert Daraac. For he must
sknow 1t now. Perhaps he had known
ut before! Did be remember that
phrase lin the Elssee garden, Must
sommit a crime. then, to win your
against whom the crime Ii not against
the obstacle, against the murderer?
u "A. would Kill him with my own
hand And replied, ST GU have not
wered my question That was the
very trnth, In truth, III truth, M. Oar
sxac knew the murderer SO well that.
while wishing to XIII him himself, he
MAS afraid should find him, There
eonld be but two reasons why he had
assisted me In my investigation. First,
because / have forced him to do Ii,
and. SECOND. because she would be the
better protected.
~ am In the cha mber-her room. 4
lock at her. also at the place where the
letter had Just now been. she has nos
sessed herself Of It; it was evidently
intended for her-evi Violently. How she
remblest Trembles at the strange
stpry her father IL telling her, of che
presence OF the murderer ID her cham
ber and Of the pursuit, But ii Is plain
Wi to be seen that she ii not. wholly
satisfied BY the assurance given her:
NSffl she had been told that the
SAnraerer by some incomprehensIble
- ~ had been able to elpde us.
Zen followed silence What q
HaApncel We are all there looking al
t 49, hAr n fhav IL !, go M n, < s,. Z.