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

Tor the present. But I have an idea as
10 the revolver. The murderer did not
use a."
Good heavensi By whom. then.
was IL usedF~
+ why. h- Nile. Stangerson
Il don't understand. OF. rather. I have
never understood" I said.
Rouletabille shrugged his shoulders.
"Is there nothing IN this article In
NE Matin by which you were particu-
arIy struck
Nothing. / have found the whole Of
the story It tells equally strange"
We'll. but-the locked door-wtth
the key on the lnsideT'
'Thats the only perfectly natural
thing in the whole article" !
Really! Aud~the boltY
''The boft?"
Yes, the bot, ais. inside the room, a
Sttn further protection against entry
Mile staneersoh took quite extraor-
binary prosecutions. 1t is clear TO me
that she feared some one. That was
why she took such precautions-e :
PADDY jacques revolver without tell
ing him Of it. No doubt she didn't
wish To aATm anybody and. least Of
all Der father. What she dreaded a
hook place, and she defended herself
There was a struggle and she used q
he revolver skillfully enough to wound
he assassin in the hand, which ex-
'iafns the impression on the wall and {
" the door OF the large. blood stained u
land Of the man who was searching 8
or means Of exit from the, chamber. c.
But she didnt fire sOon enough to
void the terrible blow on the right q,
emple" =,
Then the wound on the temple was
ct done with the revolverr'
Che paper doesn't say 1t was, and
don't think IT was. because logically :.
appears to me that the revolver was ~
sed By Mile. Stangerson against the 81,
ssassin. Now, what weapon did the a.
IurdeTer use7 The blow ON the tenn -,
e seems to show that the murderer ~ ~
ished to stun Mile. Stangerson after do
had dnsuceessfully' tried to strangle
u. BE must have known that the
nc was inhabited by Daddy Jacques "
ID that was one of the reasons, I
ink, why he must have used a quiet
eaDon-a life preserver or q ham,
sr.''
AL that doesn't explain how the
Enlerer got out Of the yellow room" &C
observed.
Evidently" replied Rouleta billie. ris-
!, "and that is what has to be ex-
.ined. am going to the Chateau
Chandler and have come to see
ether you will go with me-" sui
IT las;
Yea my boy, l want you. The dis,
oque has definitely intrusted this w.
e to me, and / must clear 1t up as +ba
ckly as possible"
But in what way can / be Of any wv
to your Fris
4. Robert Darzac is at the Chateau sent
Chandler" Itrod
That's true. His despair must be vest
ndAess.''
must have talk with him" ~
knew M Robert Darxac from hav- :.
bean Of great service to him I'm a nA
action while was acting az sec Deal
~ TO Ma1tre Barbet Delatour. M. I'll
ext Darzac, who was at chat time Mar
It forty years OF age, was pro- TO Ii
" Of physics at the SoYbunne. Ha ..o,
Intimately acquainted with TIN :.
gHrsonB and after an am1tkuonB "
. years ccurtShip Of the daugh- eneet
rad been ON the point Of marrying one
In spite Of. ths fact that she had to C,
me, as the phrase gees. - person tate
certain age" she was gttlI ra- sala
m, : - s..s recto
etabille, who was impatisntiy ano
mn about nv sitting roam. of tn
ave you any idea an to the muir ton
% station IN iifeT' $50 G.
y ne replied think II he to col
: nan N society' ne u at ieast ~ On tn
belonging to the upper cfas1 But -
again. is only an impression"
hat has led you to form TIP
ELL the greasy cap. the common
Zerchief and the marks OF. the Are A
boots on the floor" he replied. Thous
said. "Murderers and !,
leave traces behind them which -
e truth" e0u
shall maka so,na.h,r~ o,,4 ~ tempo
st, my dear Sainclair." concluded aging
tabiIle. medici
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ITO be continued.) lsSoIvr,