Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-02

% make q man send in his tsatAEnS
.tioni" e
And he pulled q few hairs out Of
his muStache without even knowing
what he was doing. Gf
$50 she :. 30 she disappeared
in the middle Of the performance"
he repeated.
Yes, she was carried on in the
Prison Act, at the moment when she
was invoking the aid OF the angels:
but doubt II she was carried on by
an angel"
"And l am sure that she vast"
Everybody looked round A young
man. pale and trembling with excite
ment, repeated:
II am sure OF it,"
Sure OF what?" asked Mifroid.
THAT Christine Daae was carried
of by an angel, M. lie commissaire,
and | can tell you his name"
AHA, M. lie Vicomte de Chagny!
So you maintain that Christine Daae
was carried of by an angel; an, an
gel Of the opera, no doubt?"
Eyes, monsieur, by an angel OF the
opera; and | will tell you where he
lives when we are alone"
"You are right. monsieur"
And the commissary of police, in
viting Raoul to take a chair, cleared
the room OF all the rest. excepting
the managers.
Then Raoul spoke:
IN. lie commissaire, the angel is
called Erik, he lives in the opera and
he is the Angel OF Music!"
The Angel of Music! Really! That
Is very curious! The Angel
of Music!" And, turning to the man
ayers, M. Mifroid asked, Have you
an Angel of Music on the premises.
gentlemen"
Richard and Moncharmin shook
their heads, without even speaking.
oh" said the viscount, those gen.
tlemen have heard OF the opera
ghost Well, l am in a position to
state that the opera ghost and the
Angel Of Music are one and the same
person; and his real name is Erik
M. Mifroid rose and looked at Raoul
attentively.
II beg your pardon, monsieur, but
is 1t your intention to make fun OF
the law? And, If not, what is all this
about the opera ghost?"
II say that these gentlemen have
heard of him"
Gentlemen, 1t appears that you
know the opera ghost?"
Richard rose, with the remaining
hairs OF his mustache in his hand.
mo, M. Commissary, no, we do
not know him, but we wish that we
did. for this very evening he has
robbed us OF twenty-thousand francs!"
And Richard turned terrible look
on Moncharmin, which seemed to
say:
GIVE me back the twenty-thousand
francs, or I'll tell the whole story"
Moncharmin understood what he
meant, for, with distracted gesture,
he said:
"Oh, tell everything and have done
with it,"
AS for Mifroid. he looked at the
managers and at Raoul by turns and
wondered whether he had strayed In
to a lunatic asylum. He passed his
hand through his hair.
"A ghost" he said, who, on the
same evening, carries of an opera
singer and steals twenty-thousand
francs is a ghost who must have his
hands very full! II you don't mind,
we will take the questions in order.
The singer first, the twenty-thousand
francs after. Come, M. de Chagny.
let us try to talk seriously. You be-
lieve that Mile. Christine Daae has
been carried OF by an individual
called Erik. Do you know this per-
son? Have you seen him?
"Yes." ~"
"Where?"
"In churchyard." y
NJ. Mifroid gave start, began to
scrutinize RaouF again and said:
"Of course! That's where
ghosts usually hang out! And
what were you doing in that church
yard?"
Monsieur" said Raoul, Il can
quite understand how absurd my re-
plies must seem to you. But l beg
you to believe that l am in full pos
session OF my faculties. The safety
of the person dearest to me in the
world is at stake. should like to
convince you in few words, for time
is pressing and every minute is val
liable. Unfortunately, II do not tell
you the strangest story that ever was
from the beginning, you will not be
lieve me. will tell you all know
about the opera ghost, M. Commits
sary. Alas, l do not know much! :"
Never mind, go on, go ON" ex
claimed Richard and Moncharmin
suddenly interested.
Unfortunately for their hopes OF