Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-07
EVENING Edition

Iof .sanr1,rriv followed the attve
rhicS Svinds around TO the froHkpors
aT,a mont door Id not q nfqd
!. .h.S yiila. which faces thssroaa W.
y ~ hack. When I care theSM8
anan snace where the carrtaEea Z n,@
49, sr 4SstSthA house was in4co4lete
s-asi,nsss There were woode1lat-
800 anrrs IA the long wtndoa o.
~ -n,snd 8 d and these kere
closed. i tried one 70 IN
and found the fastenlngs
other windows upon Is
suffered. No light
Wnele. sorncthinr Queer
~ then left the garden, closirEh
rate behind me. I g PcK
Strike the hour q few minute sdsFy
ward. 60 that I can be SURE ~
tirne. It was now eleven o.cloa Va
cana round 4 third time an ho0ff IL
A.. ana 10 my astontshnnents
the gate once more OPEN
e. closed and the house shut IN "
dark. Now it stood open!
~ looked up to the wtndoWfn
8 saw that IN a. rooln on the sAnd
Aoor. close beneath the root, a1Ehta
uas burning brightly. That pra
|had been dark an hour befoH I
stood and watched the light tor dewa
minutes, thinking that ! shouldFess
Il suddenly 60 out. But It didPt;f
II burned quite steadily. This Pit,
and the gate opened and re-orted
, aroused my suspicious.
~ went again into the gardenAuts
this time with greater cauhonllt
was q Clear night, land, alth@h
there was nc moon, / could see
ont the aid Of my lantern. ! lie
quietly along the drive. When ! efAe
round to the front door, I noticedh-
mediately that the shutters of .onpf
the ground floor windows were svfg
back, and that the inside glass
dow which descended to the grad
stood open. The sight gave ~
shock.
had been opened. / felt the bid
turn to ice In. my veins and a al
| crept along my spine. Ithoughbf
that solitary light burning steaty
under the roof. / was convinced. ut.
something terrible had happened
Investigating.
Eyes, yes. Quite So" said Hand
go N, my friend"
1.-THE Interior Of the room gah-
black" Perrichet resumed. II crt
up to the window at the side ofse,
wall and flashed my lantern intosdAe
room. The window, however, wash
A&recess which opened into the rob:
through an arch. and at each sideE
the arch curtains were draped. A
curtains were not closed, but "
tween them / could sci nothing u
a strip Of the room. I stepped caA;
fully in, taking heed not to walk
the patch OF grass before the windol
THE light Of my lantern showl
me. a chair overturned upon Il
floor, and to my right, belowfthe rrdIl
die one Of the three windows In II
right-hand4 side wall, a wornan lyir
|Ehuddled upon the floor. It was Mn,
lDauvrAy. She was dressed. The.
was a little mudSupon her shoes
Though she had walked after the "a
had ceased. Monsieur will retaerab
that two heavy showers fell last ev
ming between sir and eight
Eyes" said Hanaud, nodding. h
approval.
; aashe was quite dead. Her face ~
terribly swollen and Slack, and
t piece Of thin strong cord was knott
so tightly about her neck and h;
, sunk SO deeply into her flesh that
> first I did not see It For Mn
Dauvray vas stout
AL ut the House.
Then what did you do,y ask
! Hanaud.
!, ri went to the telephone which "
in the hall and rang up the poll
Then i .crept5 upstairs. very cautio,
lys trying the DOORS 1 came upon
lone until 7 reached the room unt
the roof where the light wcs burni1
there ! found Helene Vauauier, I
!. maid, snoring in bed in a terril
fashion
The four men turned a bend IN I
road. a few PAGES away a knot
people stood before a gate which
sergeant de-ville guarded.
Continued In tomorrow
! EveninR's. Herald.