The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-02

Z 5rAAEA III HAtE "a MAN ANAAAr~
Hasn't a. Saneerson ever invited
you 10 bis own tableT@
Never
Does your presence at the chateau
dispIease himy
4 don't know: bur. IN any case. be
does not make Us feel that we are IN
his way"
Doesn't he question your
.sNever. He is In the same state OF
mind as be was in at the door OF the
yellow room when his daughter was
being murdered and when be broke
open the door and did not find the
murderer. He IS persuaded since be
could discover nothing that there's no
reason why we should be able TO dis
cover more than he did But be has
made II his duty since Larsan ex-
pressed his theory not to oppose u.s."
RouletabilIe buried himself In thought
again for some time BE aroused him
self later to tell me of how he came to
set the two concierges free.
Il went lately to see NJ Stangerson
and took with me a piece Of paper on
which was written, I promise. what
ever others may say. TO keep in my
service my two faithful servants, Ber-
Eier and his wife | explained to him
that by signing that document he
people to speak out, and declared
my own assurance of their innocence
OF any part in the crime That was
also his opinion. The examining mag
istrate after 1t was signed presented
the document to the Berniers. who
then did speak They said what was
certain they would say as soon as they
were sure they would not lose their I
places
'They confessed to poaching on NJ. /
Stangerson's estates, and II was while /
they were poaching ON the night Of /
the crime, that they were found not far
from the pavilion at the moment when
the outrage was being committed
Some rabbits they caught in that way
were sold by them to the landlord of
the DontOn inn. who served them to
his customers or sent them to Paris.
That was the truth, as ! had guessed
from the first Do you remember what
l said on entering the Donjon inn?
we shall have to eat red meat-nowp
had heard the words on the same
when we arrived at the park
gate You heard them also. but you
did not attach any Importance to them.
You recollect when we reached the
park gate that we stopped to look at
man who was running by the side of
the wall, looking every minute at his
watch That was Larsan. Well, be-
hind us the landlord of the Donjon inn.
standing on his doorstep. said to some
)ne inside. we shall have to eat red
neat-now.'
"Why that 'nowT When you are,s as
am, in search of some hidden secret,
7ou can't afford to have anything es-
ape you You've got to know the
meaning of everything We had come
INTO a rather out of the way part of
he country which hads been turned
opsy turvy by a crime. and my reason
ed me to suspect every phrase that
ould bear upon the event of the day.
Now. | took to mean, since the out
age In the course Of my inquiry.
therefore, | sought to End relation
etween that phrase and the tragedy.
We went to the Donjon inn for break
asst | repeated the phrase and saw
Y the surprise and trouble on Daddy
face that had not exagger
ted its Importance so far as he was
Il bad just learned that the con-
erges had been arrested Daddy
Lathieu spoke of them as of dear
for whom one is sorry
hat was reckless conjunction of
Ieas. | said TO myself Now, that
le concierges are arrested. we shall
ave to eat red meat No more con
erges, no more game! The hatred ex
-essed by Daddy Matthew for NJ
forest keeper-a hatred
, pretended was shared by the con-
me easily to think of
)aching. Now, as all the evidence
lowed the concierges had not been in
d at the time of the tragedy, why
ere they abroad that night? AS par
,ipants in the crime? was not dis
,sed to think SO had already ar
we'd at the conclusion. by steps Of
hich will tell you later-that the as
ssin had had no accomplice and that
e tragedy held mystery between
lie. Stangerson and the murderer,
ystery with which the concierges
d nothing to do
Ito be continued.)