The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-08
CHAPTER v-(contInued).

Its you, Haoul, VINO say tnat! fou'
an old playfellow of my ownl
friend of my fathers! But you have
changed since those days. What are
you thinking Of? am an honest girl.
NJ. lie vicomte de Chagny. and don't
lock myself up in my dressing-room
with mems voices. II you had opened
the door. you would have seen that
there was nobody In the rooml"
That's true! did open the door.
when you were gone. and ! found no
one In the room"
so you seel -. Well?"
The viscount summoned up all mis-
courage.
We'll, Christine, think that some
body is making game of you"
She gave a cry and ran away. He
ran after her, but, in a tone of fierce
anger. she called out: Leave mel
Leave mel" And she disappeared.
Raoul returned to the inn feeling
very weary, very low-spirited aud
very sad. He was told that Christine
had gone to her bedroom saying that
she would not be down to dinner.
Raoul dined alone, In a very gloomy
mood. Then he went to his room and
tried to read, went to bed and tried
to sleep. There was no sound in the
next room.
The hours passed slowly. 1t was
about half-past eleven when he dis
tinctiy heard some one moving. with
a light, stealthy step, In the room
next to his. Then Christine had not
gone to bed! Without troubling for
a reason. Raoul dressed. taking care
not to make sound. and waited.
Waited for what? How could he tellY
But his heart thumped In his chest
when he heard Christine's door turn
slowly on its hinges. Where could
she be going, at this hour, when every
one was fast asleep at Perrosf Softly
opening the door. he saw Christine's
white form in the moonlight. slipping
along the passage. She went down
the stairs and he leaned over the
baluster above her. Suddenly he
heard two voices in rapid conversa-
ton. He caught one sentence: Don't
lose the key"
1t was the landlady's voice. The
door facing the sea was opened and
locked again. Then all was still
threw back the window. Christine's
white form stood on the deserted
quay.
The first floor OF the Setting Sun
was at no great height and tree
growing against the wall held out its
branches to Raouls impatient arms
and enabled him to climb down un-
known to the iandiady. Her amaze
ment, therefore, was all the greater
when, the next morning, the young
man was brought hack to her half
frozen, more dead than alive, and
when she learned that he had been
found stretched at full length on the
steps of the high altar OF the little
church. She ran at once to tell
Christine, who hurried down and, with
the help of the landlady, did her best
to revive him. He soon opened his
eyes and was not long recovering
when he saw his friends charming
face leaning over him.
A few weeks later. when the trag-
edy at the opera compelled the inter
vention OF the public prosecutor, M
Mifroid. the commissary OF police. ex-
amined the vicomte de Chagny touch
ing the events OF the night at Perros.
! quote the questions and answers as
given In the official report pp. 1b0
ct seq.:
Q. did Mile. Daae not see you
come down from your room by the
curious road which you selected?"
R. NO. monsieur. no. although.
when walking behind her. took no
pains to deaden the sound OF my
footsteps In fact, was anxious that
she should turn round and see me /
realized that / had no excuse for fol-
lowing her and that this way. OF spy
ing on her was unworthy OF me. But
she seemed not to hear me and acted
exactly as though / were not there
She quietly left the quay and then
suddenly walked quickly up the road.
The cburch-clock had struck quar-
ssr to twelve and l thought that this
Eznst have made her hurry. for she