The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-08
The Mystery OF
The XelloW Room
By GASTONLEROUx oOT1 81 ssE:s i24s;
(continusd)
By GASTONLEROUX c

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1 have only to open the blinds for you
to e sIs~
RouletabiIie went back into the lab
Oraeory, closed the shutters Of the
two windows and the door Of the yes
thule. When we were IN complete
dsexNDss DE- III a wax vesta and asked
- Jacques 20 move 10 the middle
q e chamber With It to the place
wiere the might hght was burning
tnat-night.
Daddy jacques, who was In his
EtsS hgs-he usually left his sabots
% Ahe vestib1e- entered the yellow
fUeta with his bit OF Vesta. We
vaguely distinguished objects over
ktsnrun on enc Aoor, bed In one cor
81 rad In AesnA, e as, To. the iefs the
m OF W0EaRg Grass hanging on
- IN rhsaf 20 the bed.
sarAat win 20. You may now open
vnA anan6s" SAID A6a1eSsDflle.
Asnit coms any earthee," Daddy
xaSSIses bAoepf. "1su rnav make
II with yCtr boots, and nothing
pahsk,be derangad. Its az idea OF the
tfatss. though be has nothing
M DO do here"
he pushed open the shutter.
80 nale daylight entered from with
80 hrowihk d sfniseef light on the
q "a coscSs6 w2Iss. The foor-for
49, the iAaSoessSfy and tale vesd-
a. eere gfssA the xalloW room had
aea.w oe weod-Eas covered with 3
$500 yel1Aw mat which was large
~ - 20 euTex nearly the whole
Ss'ES unde1 tTns led and under the
| dssAa1ne cabs tsh6 enly piece Of furniv
care that remained upright. The cen
tar ronnd tRhlR che sight table ana
kfre haS been overturned. These
did not prevent large stain OF blood
ns9xa visible en- the mat, made, as
go JaeuuaS informed usv By the
bs6Od which had flowed from the
wessnd on.sIlls. stangerscn's forehead.
Besides these stains drops o. blood
| baA fallen in all directions, In line
with the visible traces OF the foot
stem. large and black, Of the murder
Eex. Everything led to the presumption
( that these drops of blood had fallen
| from the wound Of the man who had
for a moment placed his red nand on
the wall. There were other traces OF
i the same hand on. the wall, but much
less distinct.
..Eee-see this blood on the wallV' a
e0ald not help exclaiming "Fhe man
who pressed his hand so heavily upon
! It in the darkness must certainly nave
thought that he was pushing at door
THAT'S why he pressed on 1t 80 hard
Ileavdng on the yellow paper the terri
HE evidence. don't think there are
many hands in the world OF that sort
| II is big and strong. and the fingers
| ere nearly all one as long as the otnsf
The thumb Is wanting, and we navs
| only the mark Of the palm, but Il w
AreiAw the trace OF the hand" b con
timed. 1--WE see that after leaving III
imnr4nt on the wall the touch sought
fhe door. found 1t and then felt for tins
losk."
aEo doubt" interrupted Rouletabilie
chuckling, .only there is no piooe
either on the lock or on the bolt"
aWhat does that proven ! rejofned
| WI, a good sense OF which was
nrond. aHe might have opened tns
- With bis leftshand, which woule
have been quite natural, his right name
being wounded
sVfe didn't open 1t at all" DADDY
JACQUES again exclaimed. I'VE are no
go and there were four OF us whei
we burst open the door"
aWhat a queer hand! Look what
ouaer hand It isr' said. ;.
..ft Il a very natural hand" sac
Ronletabille, "of which the shape ma
beea reformed by its having siippe'
an the wall. The man dried his han'
on The wall. He must be a man apou
ave feet eight in height
"How dc you come at thatr
sRy the height of the marks on TN
wen" ..o,,
Nv friend next occupied himself
Ia the mark of the bullet In tn
wall. II was round hole.
..Th;s hall was fred straight, no
from above, and consequently no
asom below" -
i Rouietabilie went back to the 900
asa aayefully examined the iock an
the Bolt. satisfying himself tnat IN
aoor had certainly been burst ope'
s.om the outside, and, further, tina
| the kay had been found In the LOCK o
sao ~ s.s ~ 4ha chamber. he finall
s an hilnself that with the key !
ths hek the door could not possapl
be- opened from without with =, ano esa,
I, kew Having made sure Of all I'm ines J,
defnffs, he let fall these words, THAT =,
betsert" Then, sitting down on %
ground, he hastily took on nis a uUo'
/ ara n his socks went into the room,
: a. 6rst thing be did was 20 exam =
, ,nss.,r,nntely the overturned furnitur'
: We watched him in silence.
; .Young fellow, you are giving you os
) self great deal of trouble saiu i'"'