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


breathed.
"'But how TO explain that be wa
not there. thar be had already escaped
IL passes all Imagination Nobody IN
der the bed. nobody behind the furnl
ture. All that we discovered wer,
traces, blood stained marks OF a man,
large hand on the walls and on th,
door. & big handkerchief red witt
bloou without any Initials. an old car
and many fresh footmarks Of a man
On the fi6or-footmarks Of a man with
large feet ghoe bo9t soles had left a
Sort Of sooty impression. How had
this man got away How had he van
lshede Don't forget. monsieur. fiat
there is no chimney 10 the yellow
soom he could not have escaped BY
the door, which Is narrow and on thf
threshold of whicn the concierge stood
with the lamp while her husband and
l searched fav han in every eorner Of
the 1ittle FoJsn where II h impossible for
any one to HIDE dmsesf. TbehooE. whbrh
had been forced open against Etre VII.
eonld not conceal anything BehiHd a
AZ we assured ourselves By the win
dow, still in every way secured. no
flight had been possible. What theng
but we discovered py revolver on
the fo6f-Tes. hy fgRofvef4 Oh. that
brought me back 30 the Eeaiitys The
devil would not have needed to steal
my revolver to XIII mademoiselle. The
man who had been there had hfst
gone Up to my atttc and taken my re-
vOlver from the drawer where kept
IT, we then ascertatned, BY counting
the cartridges, that. the assassin had
hEed two shots. All, 1t was fortunate
for me that M. Stangerson pas-in the
laboratory when the affair took place
and had seen win his own eyes that
was there With him, for otherwise.
with this business Of my revolver, |
don't know where we should have
been-I should now be under lock and
bar"
The editor ofsthe Matin added to this
Interview the following lines: /,
I'VE have.swithout interrupting him,
Slowed Daddy Jacques to recount to |
1s roughly all he knows about the
rhine of the yellow room. We have I
1t in mis- own words, only J
'paEing the reader the continual lamen-
ations with which he garnfshed his I
narrative. We should have liked to 1
ut some further questions to Daddy
acques, but the inquiry Of the exam q
ming magistrate, witch is being car d
led on at the chateau, makes 1t i'm Il
oSsible for as to gain admission at .
40 Chandler, and, as. to the oak wood. O.
. Is guarded by wide circle of police a
len who are tealously. watching all G.
aces that can lead to the pavilion SE
nd that may perhaps lead to the dis D,
very OF the assassin. ltr
"We have also wished to question M
10 concierges, but they are invisible. lbs
nally, we have waited In q roadside in
a. not far from the gate Of the cha m
hu. forsthe departure of Monsieur de
arquet, the magistrate of Corbetl. At I'm,
IL past B we saw him and his clerk IN,
d before he was abas to enter his an
FTiags had an opportunity TO aak m
a the following question: tss
Can yCu, monsieur Do MarQnet wa
Y US any fnformation as 20 tiaa af- he.
r, without incOnvanience 10 the au
IrHe OF pour inQuifyP nms
1t is Impossible for as to do IT.
lied Monsieur de Marquet. I can an
y. say that Il ~ the strangest affair IA
aawe ever known. The more we car
ak we know something, the further lin
are from knowing anythingr an
We asked Mnnsisur Dc MarQuet to Acs
g0ods enough TO explain. his last gRy
'tiz, and this u. what be said, the wul
pTtRnce Of which no one wfli fail to tho
gniSe: b 4
II aothfng b added to the material sdaal
y 90 far esfamished, I fear that the asua
&ery which surrounds the abomina- Amy,
crime Of which Mile. Stangar- pazs
has bDen the vtct1m WIN never MT
trnrsfzt 70 Mght. but II il to be wha
ID, fGr. the sake OF our human rea- w
thai the examination Of the walls, sw~s
OF the ceiling of the yellow room low
which I shall tomor- cnae
intrust to the builder who con- lead
tied the pavilion four years ago. tafn
afford us the proof that. may not me
Surage us. For the problem Ia no
We know by. what way the as os1
n gained admission he entered by ne
door and hid himself under the nss>e
awaiting Mile. Stangerson. But ~ %
did he leave? How did he pears
'e? IL No trap. no secret door, sAtsn
ding place, no opening of any sort -
und; IL the examination Of the
even 10 the demolition of the 80 50.
on-does not reveal. any passage -.
Icabie cot only for human be-
ut for any being whatsoever yo ., J
efling shows no cracks, If the
hides no underground passage. aoeu
rust really believe In the devflr -.
} wanted to know what Daddy .xr.
es meant by the cry of the Bette
On Dteu.' The landlord Of the 80.
n Inn explained to US that It Is
articuiariy sinister cry which is
d sometimes at night by the cat y
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