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

where previously lnti' lliu p'tll :"
square Of light. 70 do this YOU need
Int stretch your hand out Of the closet.
] shall understand Your signal per
fcctly"
".\ud thcl:''
"Ihrn vnu will see Inc coming round
the corner Of the of turning gallery
What am to do them
You viii Immediately come toward
me. h'hiud the man but | shall al
rr;.dy hr upon him and shah have seen
his fnrc
attempted Il feeble smile.
"Wiy Gn You smile: Well. You may
>"4l" While YOU have the chance, but
I ~W"nr you'll have II" tin.e for that
Il few hours from new
Md if the man escapes"
$50 much The better. said Roulc
,alIlir r""Ily. Il dent want TO cap
,ur" him. He may take himself off
al.l Way he can. will let him GO
after | have seen bis face. That's all
| want. | shall know aftrrward what
70 do. thar as far as Mile. Stranger
SON is concerned he shall hc dead t"
icy even though he continues to live.
II look him alive Mile. StangerSon
and Robert D,.--ar would perhaps
url ~ forgive me. And | wish to re
tain their Gou,. will and respect.
Seeing rs have just now seen.
NIL" StHngrrSun pour a narcotic into
her fathers glass 81 that he might
not he awake to interrupt the CONVEX
sati"n she is going to have with her
aS>ailant, you can imagine she would
not Ne grateful TO me If | brought the
man If the yellow room and the mex
plirab!e gallery bound and gagged to
her father realize now that if
am /" save the unhappy lady | must
silence the man and not capture him
T" Kill a human being is no small
thing Besides. that's not my business
unless the man himself makes it my
business. On the other hand. to render
him forever silent without the lady's
assent and confidence is to act on ones
own initiative and assume a knowledge
Of everything with nothing for basis
Fortunately, my friend, l have guessed
DO, | have reasoned it all out. All
that l ask of the man who is coming
tonight is to bring me his face so that
1t may enter
Unto he circle:''
Exactly. And his face won't sur
prise me-
But | thought you saw his face on
the night when you sprang into the
chambcr?"
Only imperfectly. The candle was
on he floor, and his beard
"Will he wear his beard this even
ing"
II think l can say for certain that he
will. But the gallery is light and now
l know-or at least my brain knows
and my eyes will see
IF we are here only to see him and
let him escape. why are we armed?'
Because, if the man of the yellow
room and the ineXplicable gallery
knows that l know, he is capable of
doing anything! We should then have
to defend ourselves"
And you are sure he will come to-
night?'
Gas sure as that you are standing
there! This morning at half past 10
o'clock, Mile. Stangerson, In the clever
est way in the world, arranged to have
no nurses tonight. She gave them
leave of absence for twenty-four hours,
under some plausible pretexts, and did
not desire anybody to be with her but
her father, while they are away. Her
father, who is to sleep in the boudoir,
has gladly consented to the arrange
ment. Darzac's departure and what
he told me, as well as the extraor-
binary precautions Mile. Stangerson is
taking to be alone tonight, leaves me no
room for doubt. She has prepared the
way for the. coming of the man whom
DarZac breads" ....
"And what we saw her do was done
to send her father to sleep?"
ayes"
"Then there are but two Of us for
tonight's work." 81
=''Four: the concierge and his wife
will watch at all hazards. I don't set
much value on them before, but the,
concierge may be useful after, II
there's 10 DE any AlllnR!,#F 4j,
s Then you think there may be?''
IF he wishes it, $&
why haven't you brought in Daddy
Jacques? Have you made no use Of
him today ~
No replied Rouletabille sharply
kept silence for awhile; then, an1-
ious to know his thoughts, l asked him
point blank: "a. Il 45yj
why not tell Arthur Rance? He
may be of great assistance to us
oh, /" said Rouletabille Grossly,
then you want to let everybody into
Mile. Stangerson's secrets? Come, let
us go to dinner. It Is time. This
evening we dine In Frederic Larsan's
room at least If he is not on the heels
Of Darzac. He sticks to him like a.
leech. But anyhow, II he is not there.
now I am quite sure he will be to-
night. He's the one am going to
knock oyerl'
55 t this moment we heard a nniro IN