The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09
The Mystery Of
The Yellow Room
By GASTONLEROUX coPTsIGaT go sos
(cOnunu~)

He grew 50 pale that ! thought b.
was about to faint. and I saw that
had hit the right nail On the head
Mademoiselle and he knew the nam,
Of the murdererl When be recovered
himself. be said to me: I am going t.
leave you. Since you have been herr
have appreciated your exceptional In
telligence and your unequaled inge
! nuity. But I ask this service of you
Perhaps am wrong to fear an attack
during the coming night. but as
must act with foresight count on you
to Illustrate any attempt that may be
made
"'Have you spoken of all this to NJ.
StangersonT
".Eo. do not wish him to ask me,
as you just now did, for the name of
the murderer. / tell you all this, M.
RouletabIlle, because have great.
very great, confidence in you. know
that you do not suspect me-
1.-The poor man spoke In jerks He
was evidently suffering. pitied him.
the more because felt sure that he
would rather allow himself to be kill
ed than tell me who the murderer was
As for Mile. Stangerson, | felt that
she would rather allow herself to be
murdered than denounce the man of
the yellow room and of the inexplica-
BILE gallery. The man must be domi-
mating her or both by some inscruta.
bic power They were dreading moth
ing so much ~ the chance Of n. stan
gerson knowing that his daughter was
held by her assailant. | made n.
Darzac understand that be had ex-
planned himself sufficiently and that
he might refrain from telling me any
more than he had already told me. I
promised him to watch through the
night He insisted that should es-
tablish an absolutely impossible bar
Fier about Mile. .6tangersonss cham
Der, around the boudoir where the
nurses were sleeping and around the
drawing room where since the affair
Of the inexplicable gallery M. StangeR-
son had slept. In short, | was to put
q Gordon round the whole apartment.
From his insistence gathered that
III. Darzac intended not only to make
it impossible for the expected man to
reach the chamber of Mile. StaRger-
son, but to make that impossibility so
visibly clear that. seeing himself ex-
pected, he would at once go away.
That was how | interpreted his final
words when we parted, You may mem
ton your own suspicious of the expect
ed attack to NJ Stangerson, to Daddy
Jacques, to Frederic LaFsan and to
In the chateau
"When he was gone began to think
that should have to use even great
er cunning than his SO that II the man
should come that night he might not
for a moment suspect that his coming
had been expected Certainly. /
would allow him to get In far enough,
70 that, dead or alive, might see his
face clearly, He must be got rid of.
Mile. Stangerson must be freed from
his continual impending danger"
The landlady reappeared at that mo-
ment, bringing In the traditional bacon
,melet. Rouletabille chaffed her lit
lie. and she took the chaff with the
most charming good humor.
"She is much jollier when Daddy |
Matthew is in bed with his rheuma-
ISM" Rouletabille said to me-
When he had finished bis omelet
ind we were again alone Rouletabille
continued the tale of his condolences.
"When sent you my telegram this
he said. II had only the
word of NJ Darzac that perhaps the
assassin would come tonight. ] can
low say that he will certainly come.
expect him"
"What has made you feel this Ger.
aintyT'
II have been sure since half past 10
'clock this morning that he would
ONE. I knew that before we saw
Irthur Rance at the window in the
curt"
"Ahr' | said but, again. what
nade YOU so sure? And why since
alf past 10 this morning.
Because ut half past 10 had proof
hat Mile. Stangerson was making as
lany efforts to permit of the murder
RS entrance as NJ Robert Darzac had
AIKEN precautions against 1t" +
SIS that possibleW | cried Haven't
GU told me that Mile. Stangerson
ives NJ. Robert Darzac"
al told you so because 1t Is the
nth"
.'Then do you see nothing strange
.Everything In this business Is ,
range. my friend; but take my word :
,r II. the strangeness you now feel Is
othing to the strangeness that's to
,mer'