The Arvada enterprise., 1913-10-23
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CONSERVATION is caused on the last
night that the Opera is managed by De-
oienne and Poligny because OF the ap-
pearance of q ghost, said to have been
IN evidence on several previous occasions.
christine Daae. member of the opera
company is called upon to fill very
important part and scores great sue
cess. Count de Chagny and his brother
faoul are among those who applaud the
singer Raoul tries to see Christine in
the dressing room. but is unable to do so
and later discovers that some one is maxi
Ing love to her: She emerges alone. and
upon entering the room he finds 1t empty.
While the farewell ceremony for the re-
firing managers is going on. the Opera
Ghost appears and informs the new man
Box No. is sold with disastrous results.
The managers receive a letter from the
Opera Ghost calling attention to the err
ror Christine Daas writes Raoul that
she has gone to visit the grave of her
father. He goes also. and in the night
follows her to the church. Wonderful
graveyard. Raoul is found next morning
almost frozen. Moncharmin and Richard
Investigate Box No; and decide to see
seats Of that box Carlotta, who sings
the leading part in Faust" is warned to
give the part to Christine. Carlotta.
refusing, loses her voice In the middle
OF song and the msin chandelier
crashes down, killing a woman and
wounding many. Raoul searches for
Christine. who has disappeared. He sees
her at last. but does not speak. and later
note Is received from her making an
appointment for masked ball. Raoul
meets Christine at the ball He sees
person in the disguise of Red Death.
He hears her conversing with some one
Gh9 she and css brk b. visits ss
name of the unseen man whom she calls
the Angel of Music. Christine and Raoul
become secretly engaged prior to polar
eNpeQitiOp that RapIil is q mako Chris
tine relates a strange adventure with the
unseen Erik and promises to run away
ton Of marrying Christine. which dis
pleases Philippe. In the midst of a per-
formance the stage Is enveloped in dark
OF her Is found. Moncharmin and Rich
ard behave strangely. Raoul searches
madly for the missing singer. The Opera
allowance; and when 1t Is left at an ap-
pointed place the sum mysteriously dis
appears Raoui goes in search of Chris,
known as the Persian. The Persian plans
to aid Raou in locating Christine and
they gain access to secret chamber.
which they expect will lead to where
Christine has undoubtedly been carried
by Erik. The Persian knows Erik to
have been one Of the contractors who
built the Opera. Also that while the work
was in progress there was built a secret
torture chamber beneath the structure.
CHAPTER Xxl.-(Contlnued.)
knew my Erik too well to feel at
all comfortable on jumping into his
house | knew what he had made OF
a certain palace at Mazenderan. From
being the most honest building con-
ceivable, he soon turned 1t into a
house of the very devil. where you
could not utter word but 1t was over
heard or repeated by an echo. With
his trap-doors the monster was re-
sponsible for endless tragedies of all
kinds. He hit upon astonishing In
ventions. or these the most curious,
horrible and dangerous was the So
called torturs-chamber. Except in
special casep. when the little sultana
amused herself by innicting suffering
upon some unoffenhing citizen, no
one was let into It but wretches con-
demasd to death. And. even then.
when these had had enough" they
were always at liberty to put an end
TO themselves with a Punjab lasso or
bow-string. left for their use at the
foot OF an iron tree.
My alarm, therefore. was great
when ! saw that the room into which
NJ le Vicomte de Chagny and | had
dropped was an exact copy OF the
torture-chamber OF the rosy hours OF
MsZenderan. At our feet, found the
Punjab lasso which | had been dread
ing all the evening. | was convinced
that this rope had already done duty
for Joseph Buquet. who, like myself.
mus have caught Erik one evening
working the stone in the third cellar.
lie probably tried 1t in his turn, fell
into the torturechamber and only
left 1t hanged. l can well imagine
Erik dragging the body, in order TO
get rid OF It. to the scene from the
Roi de Lahore, and hanging 1t there
as an example. or to increase the su-
perstitious terror that was to help
him in guarding the approaches to his
lair! Then, upon reflection. Erik
went back to fetch the Punjab lasso.
which is very curiously made out OF
catgut, and which might have set an
examining magistrate thinking. This
explains the disappearance OF the
rope.
And now | discovered the iasso. at
our feet. in the torture-chamber! &.
j am no coward. but cold sweat GOV.
cred my forehead as | moved the lit
tie red disk of my. lantern over the
walls.
NJ de Chagny noticed 1t and asked:
What is the matter. sir?"
made him a violent sign to be
silent.
CHAPTER XXI.