Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-16
The Mystery
Of
TheYeIIOW Room
BY CASTOR LEROUx
Copyright. 1908. by Brsntano's
IcoNTrNUED.l
CHAPTER XXI.
On be walek.

Herring to what we had seen. he gave
5me his final instructions for the night
First we were to go to dinner. After
thinner 1 was to take my stand in the
mark closet and wait there as long as
h was necessary--to look out for what
might happen.
'If you see anything before do"
,he explained, you must let me know.
If the man gets into the right gal
ilery by any other way than the of
turning gallery you will see him before
] shall, because you have q view along
the whole length Of the right gallery,
.while 1 can only command a view Of
the off turning gallery. All you need
do to let me know is to undo the cord
holding the curtain of the right gal
1ery window nearest to the dark clos
ct. The curtain will fall Of itself and
Immediately leave a square Of shadow
lwhere previously there had been a
square Of light To do this you need
but stretch your hand out Of the closet
I shall understand your signal per
fectly."
"And then?"
"Then you will see me coming round
the corner Of the off turning gallery"
"What am 1 tc do then?"
''You will Immediately come toward
me, behind the man. but l shall al
ready be upon him and shall have seen
his face
/ attempted a feeble smile.
''Why do you smile? Well, you may
smile while you have the chance, but
] swear youll have no time for that
a few hours from now"
'And if the man escapesY
$50 much the better" said Roule-
tabille coolly. Il don't want to cap
ture him. He may take himself off
any way he can. l will let him 60
after have seen his face. That's all
I want I shall know afterward what
to do, so that as far as Mile Stanger-
son is concerned he shall be dead to
her even though he continues to live.
If I took him alive Nile. Stangerson
and Robert Darzac would perhaps
never forgive me. And / wish to re-
tain their good will and respect.
Seeing, as I have just now seen.
Mile StangersOn pour a narcotic into
her fathers glass, SO that he might
not be awake to interrupt the CONVEX
satlOn she is going to have with her
assailant. you can imagine she would
not be grateful to me if I brought the
man of the yellow room and the mex
plicabe gallery bound and gagged to
her father / realize now that If /
am to save the unhappy lady l must
silence the man and not capture him.
To 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 ladys
assent and confidence is to act on ones
own initiative and assume knowledge
of everything with nothing for a basis
Fortunately, my friend, have guessed
no, / have reasoned it all out. All
that l ask Of the man who is coming
tonight is to bring me his face so that
it may enter
into the circle?"
Exactly! And his face won't sur
prise me!'
"But l thought you saw his face on
the night when you sprang into the
chamber"
"Only imperfecuy. The candle was
on the floor, and his beard
"Will he wear his beard this even
ing?"
81 think I can say for certain that he
will But the gallery is light and now
! know-Or at least my brain knows
and my eyes viii see"
IF we are here only to see him and
let him escape, why are we armedT
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 viii come to-
night?"
GAS sure as that you are standing
there This morning, at half past 10
O'clock, Mlle. 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 10 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 sleepy
Eyes"
'sThen there are but two of US for
tonights work.
-Four; the concierge and his wife
Will watch at all hazards. ! don't set
much value on them before. but the
concierge may be useful after, II
there's to be any kllllngP'
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