The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-22

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front OF the forest keeper and strucl
the door with her stick.
Il don't know anything about It.
she said 'But shah tell you some
thing? There are no two cats in tn
world that cry Ike that Well. on tn
night Of the murder ! also heard tn,
cry OF the Bette du Bon Dieu outside
and yet she was on my knees and die
not new once. swear. I crossed my
self when / heard that. as II had
heard the devil"
looked at the keeper when hi
put the last question. and am much
mistaken II l did not detect an evil
smile on his lips At that moment the
noise Of loud quarreling reached us
We even thought we heard a dull
sound Of blows, as II some one was
being beaten. The Green Man quickly
rose and hurried to the door by the
j side Of the fireplace, but 1t was opened
by the landlord. who appeared and
said to the keeper:
''Don't alarm yourself. monsieur. 1t
Is my wife She has the toothache."
And he laughed. Here. Mother Ange-
noux; here are some scraps for your
cat"
He held out packet to the old wo-
man, who took 1t eagerly and went
out Of the door. closely followed by
her cat
'Then you won't serve meY' asked
the Green Man.
Daddy Matthews face was placid
and no longer retained its expression
of hatred.
I've nothing for you-nothing for
you. Take yourself of"
The Green Man quietly reflled hts
pipe, lit it, bowed to us and went out.
No sooner was he over the threshold
than Daddy Matthew slammed the
door after him, and, turning toward
US, with eyes bloodshot and frothing
at the mouth, he Kissed to US, shaking
his clinched fist at the door he had
just shut on the man he evidently
hated:
Il don't know who you are who tell
me We shall have to eat red meat |
now but If it VIII interest you to
know it--that man is the murderer
With which words Daddy Matthew
left us. Rouletabille re-
turned toward the fireplace and said:
Now Wen grill our steak How do
you like the cider? It's little tart /
but like it,"
We saw no more of Daddy Matthew
that day, and absolute silence reigned
In the inn when we left 1t after plac-
ing francs on the table in payment
FOR our feast.
Rouletabille at once set of on a
.hree mile walk around Professor
estate He halted for
iome ten minutes at the corner of
narrow road black with SCOT near to
ome charcoal burners huts in the !
crest of St. Genevieve, which touches
N the road from Epinay to Cor ,
'eil, to tell me that the murderer J
Iad certainly passed that way before '
ntering the grounds and concealing '
imself In the little clump of trees. &
You don't think. then, that the
eeper knows anything of it?' asked. /
1--WE shall see that later" he replied. I
For the present I'm not interested In | t
that the landlord said about the man.
he landlord hates him. / didn't take J
on to breakfast at the Donjon inn c
n the sake of the Green Man. d
Then Rouletabille, with great pre- s.
aution glided, followed by me, to- Il
ard the little building which, stand b
g near the park gate, served for the b
ome Of the concierges who had been d
rested that morning With the skill CT
an acrobat he got into the lodge by ty
, upper window which had been left pl
zen and returned ten minutes later.
e said only "Ahv' a word which In Il
8 mouth signified many things ii
We were about to take the road lead -
G to the chateau when a considerable d.
lr at the park gate attracted our at W
ntion. A carriage had arrived, and
me people had come from the cha
au to meet it. Rouletabille pointed he
{ to me gentleman who descended m
)m it.. dc
That's the chief Of the Paris po-
e." he. said. Now we shall see W
lat Frederic Larsan has up his In
eve and whether he Is SO much clev- W.
r than anybody else" tic
rhe carriage Of the chief was follow
by three. other vehicles containing !.
,orters who were also DESTROYS Of =,
.ering the park But two gendarmes -
TONED at the gate had evidently :.
eived orders to refuse admission to Ga,
vbody. The chief Of police Gained -
ir impotence by undertaking to -.
nish to the press that evening all -
!. information he could give that ~
uld not Interfere with the judicial ~
~ the