Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-03-12

which he is hcnding-a position when
serves my purpose
II hold my breath. | mount the lad
der am on the uppermost rung or II
and with my left hand seize hold or
the window sill. In this moment OF
approaching success | feel my heart
beating wildly. | put my revolver be-
tween my teeth. A quick spring ana
| shall be on the window ledge. But
the ladder, | had been obliged to press
Oh il heavily, and my foot had scarcely
left it when ! felt ii swaying beneath
me 1t grated on the wall and fell.
But already my knees were touching
the window sill, and by Il movement
quick rs lightning got on to it.
But the murderer had been even
quicker than had been. He had
! heard he grating of the ladder on the
wall, and | SAW the monstrous back Of
the man RI Use itself. | SAW his head,
did | really see it: The candle on the
paruutl lit up his legs only. Above
the height of he table the cham
Der WAS in darkness. saw man
with long hair, Il full beard. wild look
ing eyes II pale face framed in large
WHISPERS rs we'll as | could distin-
guish and rs | think rcd in color. |
did not Enuw the face. That was, IN
brief the chief sensation ! received
from that face in the dim half light in
which | SAW il | did not know it, or
ut least | did not recognize it.
''Now for quick action. 1t WAS i'll
deed time for thai. for rs WAS about
to place my legs through the window
the man had seen me, had bounded to
his feet, had sprung, as f"rcS:lW he
would, to tn" door OF the antcrhamber,
, had time to open il and fled. lul
was already behind him, revolver in
! hand, shouting. Help"
Like an arrow | crossed the room,
but noticed Il letter on the table as
rushed | almost came up with the
! man in til" alrlrr"unl, for he had lost
time in nl,rnilly the door to the gal
rry. | flew III, Wings and in the gal,
; lrry WAS bul Il few feet behind him.
lie had taken. rs supposed lie would,
the gallery "n his right-that is to say,
the road he HAD prepared for his flight
Help JHruur>: help, Larsan' cried
| He could nN escape us. | raised Il
shout of joy. Of savage victory. The
man reached TN" intersection of the
tN" galleries hardly two seconds be
fore me for the meeting which | had
prepared IT," Fatal shock which must
inevitably take place at that spot. We
all rushed to the crossing lace-M.
StaugrrSon and | coming from one end
of the right gallery. Daddy Jacques
coming from the other end of the gal
l"ry and Frederic I.arsan coming from
Ii" off, turning gallery.
''Th" man was not there.
I'VE looked nj each other stupidity
and with eyes terrified The man had
vanished liz" n ghost. where is he
where is he we all asked.
"'lt is impossible he can have eS
'apcd,' cried. my terror mastered by
my anger.
81 touched him.. exclaimed Frederic
Larsan.
II felt his breath on my face cried
Daddy Jacques.
"'Whcrc is he. where is hep we all
cried
We raced like madmen along the
two galleries We visited doors and
windows. They were closed-hermetic-
ally closed They had not been opened
Besides. the opening of door or win
dow by this man whom we We're hunt
ing without our having perceived it
would have been more inexplicable
than his disappearance.
"Where is he, where is he? He
could not have got away by door or
a window nor by any other way. He
could not have passed through our
bodies.
81 confess that for the moment felt
done for for the gallery was perfect
~ lighted and there was neither, trap
nor secret door in the walls nor any
sort OF hiding place. We moved the
chairs and lifted the pictures. Moth
ing, nothing! We would have looked
into Il fiowerpnt if there had been one
to look into.' 5s
When this mystery. thanks to Roule-
| tabiile. was naturally explained by the
help alone Of his masterful mind we
We're able TO realize that the murderer
had got away neither by Il door, a win,
dow&nor the stairs. Il fact which the
judges would not admit
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