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


M Of our rooms with a melan
V1 chnly shake of the hands.
l.arSAns was an original
BRAIN. very intelligent, but without
method did not go to bed. | await
cd the coming of daylight and then
went down to the front Of the chateau
and made II dctour, examining every
,rA'c of footsteps coming toward 1t or
going from It, These. however, were
so mixed and confusing that I could
make nothing of them. Here | may
make 4 remark | am moi: accustomed
to attach an exaggerated Importance
10 exterior signs left in the track of Il
Grim"
The method which traces the Grim
ina by means of the tracks of his foot
steps is altogether primitive. SO many
footprints are identical. However, in
the disturbed state of my mind did
90 into the deserted court and did look
at all the footprints could find there.
seeking for some indication as basis
for reasoning.
+ IF could but find Il right starting
point, In despair seated myself on a
stone For over an hour | busted my
self with the common, ordinary work
! of policeman Like the least intelli-
! gent OF detectives | went on blindly
over the traces of footprints which told
me just no more than they could
| II came to the conclusion that l was
al IN, fh, Ia ,f sr,tn
than even the police of the modern TO
mancer. Novelists build mountains of
stupidity out Of a footprint on the
sand or from an impression Of hand
on the wall That's the way innocent
men are brought to prison. 1t might
convince an examining magistrate or
the head of detective department, but
it's not proof. You writer's forget that
what the senses furnish Is not proof
II am taking cognizance of what is
offered me by my senses l do so but
to bring the results within the circle
Of my reason. That circle may be the
most clrcumscrlbed, but, If it is, it has
this advantage-it holds nothing but
the truth! Yes, I swear that I have
never used the evidence of the senses
but as servants to my reason. | have
never permitted them to become my
master. They have not made of me
i that monstrous thing-worse than a
blind mana man who sees falsely.
And that is why l can triumph over
your error and your merely animal In
telliQence Frederic Tarsan
BE of good courage, then, Friend
Rouleta billie. 1t is impossible that the
incident of the inexplicable gallery
should be outside the circle of your
reason. You know that! Then have
faith and take thought with yourself
and forget not that you took hold Of
the right end when you drew that cir
Gle in your brain within which to un-
ravel this mysterious play of circum
stance
ITO it. once again! Go back to the
gallery. Take your stand on your
reason and rest there as Frederic Lar
san rests on his cane. You will then
soon prove hat the great Fred is moth
Ing but fool.-30th October. Noon,
| JOSEPH ROULETABILLE."
- = =
~ acted as planned. With head on
Ore, retraced my way to the gallery,
and without having found anything
more than I had seen on the previous
night. the right hold ! had taken Of my
reason drew me to something so impor-
tant that ] was obliged to cling to It to
saye myself from falling - d, ss> h,
Now for the strength and patience
to find sensible traces to at in with
my thinking these must come
within the circle have drawn be
tween the two bumps ON my forehead.
-30th October. Midnight.
JOSEPH ,RoUIETABILLE."
CH A nITEn WV