The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-06-17


y chateau and for the four years it hal
, been built she kaa never filled b
bike up heT tDdging there in the spring
With the return Of winter mademoi
peile returns - the chateau. for Their,
no fireplace In the yellow roors.
ave were staying in the paval
ION then-M. Stangersou and L W,
matte no noise He was seated at BIZ
desk. AS for me-, I was sitting on {
Chair. having finished my work and
hooking at him, said to myself
WHAT a mahi What intelligence
What knowledgev' / attach impor
lance to the fact that we ma1e nc
noise; foz because of that, the assassin
certainly thought that we had left the
place. And, suddenly, wf31S the cuckoo
was sounding the half after midnight,
a desperate cIamor broke out In the
yellow rooR. 1t was the voice Of
. mademoiselle, crying "Murder-mur
der-help!' Immediately afterward
revolver shots rang outSand there was
q great noiSs Oh tables and furniture
beiag thrown 10 the ground, as If in
the course Of struggle, and again the
voice of mademoiseRe calling, Muir
der-help-papa-papar'-
"'You may be sure that we quickly
sprang up and that M. Stangerson
and threw ourselves upon the door
But, alas. 1t was locked, fast locked,
on the inside by the care Of mademoi-
seile, as have told you, with key and
bolt. We tried to force 1t open, but It
remained firm. M Stangerson was like
madman, and, truly, It was enough !
DO make him one, for we heard made |
moiselfe still calling Help, helpT' M !
Stangerson showered terrible blows on
the door ana wept with rage and Sob
bed with despair and heIplessness.
at was then that l had an Inspire
ton The assassin must have ems
tered by the window!" cried. 'I viii
20 to the wtndowi'' and rushed from
the pavilion and ran like one out Of
his mind.
The inspiration was that the win.
low Of the yellow room looks out in
'uch a. way that the park wall, which
butts on the pavilion. prevented my at
NICE reaching the window. To get np
Q 1t one has first to go out of the I
ark. I ran toward the gate and on =,
ny way met Bernier and his wife. the !
ate keepers, wIas had been attracted !
y the pistol repnrts and by our cries. :
q few words / told them what had b
appened and directed ktke cmacaer@e
join. NJ, StangeTson with all speed, q
lille, his wife came with me to open 4
10 park gate. Five minutes later she !
nd were before the wanAOw of the
allow room.
/" The moon was SHINING Ngagntay. =,
nd, I saw clearly that no cne had
uehed the window. Net omax wane n
e bars that protact It intact, but the N
tnds inside Of them were drawn. an.
had myself drawn thsm eGx4y IA the m
snfng, IN did every Gay, though y,
adsmoaBei1e. knowing Cat was IN
ed from the iseavy woxk I Ind besn ~
ting. had bagDnd ma. NOT to trouhae
Eseif. but se@Fs has 90 Do a. and they IN
ne Just as had iset thsm, fastened ~,
th an iron catch On the inside. The, "a.
aRasan, therefore. could not have NJ
ssed either I'm Or out that way, bat ba
thar could I ggt In. hc,
Tt was unfortupRfe - enough 30 M,
q One's hra4n4 Ths door Of the An,
IN locked ON TIA iuside ana the an
1ds on the ouly window aino east. ros
d on the inside, and mademcaseYie ctr
calling for heipt Ma. she had wal
sed to caiii She wNs dead per dYn
D. But I stfn heard her father. In tht,
pavilion, trying 30 Nreak down the sas
s. the
With the concierge I hurried back bed
he pavilium. The door, In spite of how
furious attempts OF NJ. Htangerson escs
Bern1ar TO burst It open, was still no
ling firm. but at length 1t gave IL
before our united efforts, and wal
! what sight met our eyest / pay
lid tell you that behind US, the pras
tsrge held the laboratory lamp ing,
owerfui lamp that lit the whole the
nber. fiool
| must, also tall ron, monsieur. one
the yellow room Is very small "v
!. Mademofselle had furnished 1t Jacc
a fairly large iron bsdstead, a du
table q dressing table and two Don,
.. ny the light Of the big lamp the
aw all at q glance. Mademoisells, utter
ar nightdreas. was lying. on the of a,
In the midst Of the greatest dis as 81
. Tables and chairs had been er A
brown, showing that there had lives
a violent struggle. Mademotseile not Z
certainly been dragged from her We've
She was covered with blood and In
errible marks of finger nails on same
1roat, the flesh Of her neck hav- OF tn,
'een almost torn by the nails. the (,
a wound on the right temple who
n OF blood had run down and AFFAIR
little pool on the floor. When imme
.anGerson saw his daughter In
state he threw himself on his