The evening world., 1911-04-15

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the mirrors hat produced II. These
mirrors were broken In parts. Yes, they
were marked and scratched; they had
been starred" In spits of their solldity;
and this proved to me that the torture
chamber In which We now we're had al
ready served n purpose.
Yes. some wretch. whose feet we're
not bare like those OF the victims OF
the rosy hours Of M~szcnderan. had cer-
tainly fallen into this mortal Illusion
and. mad with rage, had kicked against
those mirrors which, nevertheless con-
tlnued To- reflect his agony. Ana tho
| branch of the tree on which he had put
an end 10 his own sunerings was ar
ranged In such "A way that. before dy-
Ing, he had seen. for his last c%onsola-
tion. u thousand men writhing In his
company.
Yes. Joseph Ruduet had undoubtedly
been through all this Were We 10 die
az he had donc' | did not think so.
FOR | knew that we had a few hours
before IA and that | could employ them
to better purpose than Joseph Buduet
was able to do. After all, | was
thoroughly acquainted with most "
Erik's tricks and nov or never was
the time to- turn my knowledge TO ac-
count.
To begin with, I nave up every idea
OF returning TO he passage thdt had
uIouEnt wv W '"a' a''u'r'u
| did not trouble about the possibility or
working the inside stone that closed the
passage; and this for the simple reason
that to do 80 was out OF tho question.
We had dropped troh 700 fr'"s
height INTO the torturc-chthocI W..
was no furniture TO he'p US re''n I'm,
passage; not even inc oranc" ~ 49,
ron Tree not even en'" u"
shoulders were OF any avail.
There was only one possible outlet. nat
opening mo the Louis,. "nppe -
IN which Erik and Chtist,nc paao VIZ
hut' thoush th's ou,,et .voN." ~ q,
q" nary door on ,nr,sUno' ', 49,,
, was absolutely lhVis'ole 10 Us W "
. therefore try 10 open II "i'"'"' '''
I knowing where IL was
When ! wa quite sure That there was
. no hope for us from Christine paaer
: side. when ! heard the monster draxsins
a the poor girl from tho Lou1s-f'hh'pp
room lest she should interfere Win our
u fortunes. / resolved to set 10 work wlth-
out delay.
But l had FIRST to calm NJ. de Chagny
who was already walking about like a
mailman. uttering incoherent cries. The
snatches of conversation which he had
caught between Christine and tho mon
a ster had contributed not q little to drive
- him bss.de himself: add to that tn
lie shock OF the magic forest and thu
he scorching heat when was beginning Il
make the pcrspiration stream down hli
temples and YOU will have no dificult,
RI In understanding his state OF mind. III
,e shouted Christmas name, brandishe,
no his pistol. knocked his forehead agains
the glass in his e%ndeavors to run dow
We the glsdes OF the Elusive forest. II
g. short. the torture was beginning 20 worl
va lts spell mon a brain unprepared for A
tn 1 did my best to induce the poor Wis
~ count to listen to REASON. made hin
~ touch the nArrors and the iron tree an,
I'd the branches and explained to him. b,
optical laws, ali the luminous imaxer.
~ by which We were surrounded and o
n which we need not allow ourselves {
n be the victims. like ordinary. ignoran
he people.
to " are In a room. q little room tina
is what you must keep saying to your
r. self. And we shall leave the room a
IN soon as We have found the door"
T. And ] promised him that II he let m
act without disturbing me by shoutln
40 and walking up and down ! would dis
cover the trick OF the door In less tina
: an hours time.
~ Then he lay nat on the floor, ms on
does in a wood, and declared that h
-, would wait until I found the door OF IN
no forest. az there was nothing better I
hs do! Ana he added that from. where h
~ was the view was s%plcndid!' Tho tot
- ture was working In spite of all tina
:. mad said.
" Myself. forgetting the forest, I tackle
y" a glass panel and began to finger Il
w. every direction, hunting for the wea
's point on which to press In order 10 tur
IT. the door In accordance with E.rik's syi
tenn OF p!vots. This weak point might /
or A mere speck on the glass, no larg.
- than a pea. under which the spring la
-. hidden. hunted and hunted. I felt q
' hixl "A my hands could reach. t.rl