The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-08-05
The Mystery Of
The Yellow Room
By GASTONLEROUX copT 81 srEs .sos;
CoOn.inusA)

nrst moment. when NJ. stangerson
and Daddy Jacques were close to the
door ready to bar the way. There was
the second moment, during which
Daddy Jacques was absent and N.
6tangerson was left alone before the
oOoR. These was q third moment,
when n. stanserson was Joined By the
concierge. There was q fourth mo-
ment during which N. Stangerson.
the concierge and bis wife and Daddy
Jacques were before the door. There
was q nm mouBnt, during which the
door was burst open and thu yellow
poom entered. The moment at which
the iight Is explainahle n tie vazy mo-
ment when there was the least number
Ct persons before ths door. TheEs was
one moment vhsn there was but one
person-M. etangerBon. Unless q COM
placity Of silence on the part OF Daddy
Jacques Is admitted-in which do not
beiieve-the door was opened In the
presence Of II. Stangerson alone, and
the man escaped
Here we must admit that NJ stan
wenBOn had powerful reasons for not
arresttng or not causing the arrest OF
the murderer, since be allowed him TO
reach the window n the vestEbule and
closed it altar him. That done, Nile.
St2neerson. though horribly wounded,
had stiIl strength enough, and no doubt
In obedience to tha entreattes Of her
father, to refasten the door Of her
chamber with bob the bolt and the
lock before Sinking on the nocC. We
do not know who committed the crime;
we do not know Of what wretch NJ
and Mile. Stangerson are ths victims.
but there e &c doust t1.sat they both
know! The secret must be terrible
ona. for the fatoer had not hesftated
TO leave his daughter to die behind the
door which she had shut upon herself
terrible for him to have allowed the
assassin to escape. For there is no
other way in the world 10 explain the
murderer's night from the yellow
ROOM
The silence which followed this ORA
matte and lucid explanation was APP
palling. We all of us felt grieved for
the illustrious professor, so driven into
a corner by the pitiless logic Of Fred
eric Larsan, so forced to confess the
whole truth of his martyrdom or to
keep silent and thus make yet more (,
terrible admission The man himself. !
a veritable statue of sorrow. raised |
his hand with gesture so solemn that !
we bowed our heads to 1t as before
something sacred. He then pronounc
I'd these words in voice so loud that
t seemed to exhaust him:
81 swear by the head Of my suffering {
.hild | never for an instant left the
ioor Of her chamber after hearing her
.ries for help; that that door was not
opened while was alone in the labo-
'atory, and that, finally. when we en-
cred the yellow room. my three do
nestics and |, the murderer was no
onger there! swear ! do not know
he murderer"
Must say 1t, In spite Of the solem-
ity Of NJ Stangerson's words we did
ot believe In his denial? Frederic
.arsan had shown us the truth. and
was not so easily given up.
NJ de Marquet announced that the
was at an end, and as we
7ere about to leave the laboratory Jo- /.
eph Rouletabille approached M. Stan !
erson. took him by the hand with
reatest respect, and heard him say:
II believe you, monsieur"
l here close the citation which have :
fought it my duty to make from NJ. !.
[aleine's narrative. | need not tell
lie reader that all that passed In the
boratory was Immediately and faith
lily reported to me by Rouletabille.
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