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By GASTON lEROUX.
Author of "The Mystery
of the Yellow Room"
CHAPTER I-Itobert Darzac
and Mile. Stangerson celebrate
their wedding quietly in a Paris
church on April 6, 1895. Among
the few present is Rouletabille,
the reporter-detective, who has
his doubts about the alleged
death of Larsan, the government
secret service official who is said
to have been lost in the wreck of
La Dordogne. Mile. Stangerson
had married hiin when she was a
mere girl, ignorant that her Jan
Roussel his then name was no
other than the notorious scoundrel
Ballmeyer, now posing as Larsan.
II. Rouletabille and his best
friend, who is relating this story,
d -icide to go to the Castle of Her
cules at Rochers Rouges to visit
the Ranees together with the
newly married Darzacs. Rouleta
bille is revealed as the son of the
now Mme. Darzac and Larsan,
her former husband. Ill Dar
zac describes how his wife re
ceives a severe shock at seeing
the face of Larsan in a inirrow at
a railway compartment. IV, V
and VI Larsan is seen outside
the castle at RocherS Rouges, and
Rouletabille establishes guards
and fortifies the place against
him. VII Old Bob, a professor,
exhibits what he describes as "the
oldest skull in the world". VIII
and IX Roulatabille traces Lar
san and one Brignooles on a mys
terious journey. At a luncheon
Roulatabille and his friend real
ize the presence of Larsan at the
eastle and are horrified. X
Rouletabille calls his friends' at
tention to the haunting odor of
the perfume used by "the Lady
in Black," Mme. Darzac. XI A
mysterious pistol shot is heard in
the night. XII. Darzac and Pere
Bernier, a servant of Ranee's in.
the dead of night are seen to car
ry off a quivering body in a bloody
potato sack. Rouletabille admits
that he believes the body to be
that of Larsan. XIII. Mme.
Darzac tells how Larsan sprang
into the apartment of herself and
her husband from behind a panel
and how after a furious struggle
Darzac killed Larsan. XIV.
Old Bob disappears. A stable
boy appears with a bloody sack in
which the body was carried
away.
CHAPTER XVI.
A Living- Tomb end s Baffling
Murder.
B
It thoughts turned to Eouleta-
bUle. What was he doing now?
Why had he gone away? As I
lujr lucic I' Lii.' u
1 mi.nnmA et .ha a ffn lr T b PJ1 T(l
some one knocking at my door. It was
Pere Bernier, who brought me a brief
note from my friend which had been
handed to Pere Jacques by a little lad
from the village. Rouletabille wrote:
I shall return early In the morning. Get
up as soon as this reachw you and b.
food enough to go fishing for my break
fast and catch some of the fine trout
which are so plentiful among tbe rocks
near the Point of Garibaldi. Do not lose
an instant Thanks and remembrances.
BOULETABILLE.
This communication gave me more
food for thought, for 1 knew by ex
perience that whenever Rouletabille
seemed most occupied with trivial mat
ters his activity was really most thor
oughly engaged with Important sub-
Jec1- , , .
I dressed myself In haste, provided
myself with some old tackle which
was furnished me by Bernier and set
out to obey tbe request of my young
friend. As I went out of the north
gate, having encountered nobody at
that early hour of the morning (It was
about 7 o'clock). I was Joined by Mme.
Edith, to whom I showed what Roule
tabille bad written. The young wom
an was greatly dejected over the un
explained absence of ber uncle, re
marked that the letter was "so queer
that It made ber nervous," snd she in
formed me tbst she intended to follow
me to the trout streams.
, We started to fish for RouIetabUle s
trout Mrs-Banc and I both removed
our shoes, end stockings, but I con
cerned myself more about the dainty
feet of my P, bceteM than
bent my owe. Bb. fT
the pools and crept among the rocks
witliVfrace which enchanted me more
Sin I dared expreas. Ue?'"'
both desisted from our tssk sod prick
ed up our ear. at the asm moment
We beard cries from tb. shore where
the gttoe. are. W. dUUnghed.
little group, the persons In which were
LklnVfe-tore. of sppeaL W. bssd
rushed to tbe beach, snd ii Ml few sec
learned tbst. attracted W
i rTwn bad Jt d
vered lD . cave in the s"-
Seoand Juliet aa mnfortunste bjsman
bXwbo bad fsUe. toto the icb
nnTwho must have bee. there belp
Im fnr several boors.
Tb. quick conjecture Jf
Jo both our mind, at
be the right one. It wss Old Bo .who
w'teefi.hed out of the c.
b tad been drawn sp on f Jf
to th. full light of dsfhe rtsJnry
mJented a plttable spertscle His
SnoT Usei cost t- od
Irtth mod. end his white shirt
.V b.."k - ""
.rs and aearly wet Inte
rneTsnTfoond that the
SI" 1:
f looked- If
to die on tbe spot
3
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Perfume
Lady
Copyright,
1809. by
Brentano's
minutes later he was, according to his
own orders, stretched out on his bed
in his room in the square tower. But
could any one believe that he abso
lutely refused to be undressed, even so
far as to have his coat removed, be
fore the arrival of the doctors? Mine.
Edith, more and more nervous. In
stalled herself as ills nurse, but when
the physicians came Old Bob ordered
his niece not only to leave his room,
but to go out of the square tower" al
together. And he Insisted that the
door should be locked after her.
This last precaution was a great sur
prise to us all. We were assembled
in the Court of the Bold, M. und Mme.
Darzac, Arthur Uunce aud myself, as
well as Pere Bernier, who haunted my
footsteps, awaiting the news. When
Mme. Edith quitted the tower after
the arrival of the medical men she
came to us and said:
"Let us hope that his injuries won't
be serious. Old Bob is solid as a rock.
What did 1 tell you about him? I
have made him confess, tbe old sin
ner! He was trying to steal Prince
Galltch's skull, which he believed to be
more ancient than his own just the
jealousy of one savant toward another.
We shall all laugh at blm when he is
cured."
At that moment the door of tbe
equare tower opened, and Walter, Old
Bob's faithful servant, appeared. His
face was pale, and be seemed very
nervous.
"Oh, Mme. Edith," he cried out, "he
is covered with blood! He doesn't
want anything to be said about It, but
he must be saved."
Edith had already rushed into the
square tower. As to us, we dared not
utter a word. Soon the young woman
returned.
"Oh," she sobbed, "it is frightful!
His whole breast Is torn open I"
Rouletabille reached the castle about
an hour after these events. He cut
short my demands for an explanation
and asked me Immediately if I had
made a good catch.
"Oh, yes; a very good catch! I fished
up Old Bob."
He started violently. I shrugged my
shoulders, for I believed that he was
counterfeiting surprise, and 1 went on:
"Oh, you knew very well what kind
of fish I should find when you sent
your message!"
"You certainly must be unaware of
the purport of jour words, my dear j
All THB.EE WEEE AHMED WITH MUSKETS ASD PLACES THEM
SELVES "IB SILE5CE BEFORE THE DOPE.
Sslnclair, or else yoo wool! hare
spared me the trouble of protesting
against such an accusation."
"What accusation V 1 cried.
-That of having left Old Bob In tbe
grotto of Romeo and Juliet, knowing
thst be might be dying there."
"Oh, nonsense!" I cried. "WB, to 5 priae mlth . certain j, 0f
Is far from dying. He has a rainea, taofbtMi- wbich pised me greatly,
foot and a broken collar boo., ana we (b, woold 0 scything possible
m hi. nurnrransi la nenccuj
norr vi -
D1S1U MM m m .
cures that he was trying to steal
prince Gelltch'e aknlt" ' .
-What a tamy Hear exdaiined
Bouletabflle. ' . "" . ,
-Do you believe that story? And
and that Is all? Ko other Injerlesr
-Tee.- I replied. "There le another
injury, hot the doctors declare that tt
la not at ail serious. He has a wound
la tbe breast."
-And bow wee this wound seeder
-We do not know. None of ne has
Ma It He would not erea permit
bis cost to be taken of ta r
. Mma to tbe cbateaa
we eocoMtered hf me. Bdlth, who ap
peared to have bee wetrbieg for vs.
'Ut nscie wosjI have me. neeur
Mm." she said, regarding ecj.bine
wtrh aa sir of anxiety different from
earthing I had ever aotJeed la her be
fore. "It's Incompreheoelbler
-Ah. snadame." he replied. "I eaeare
. m.. uim la the world at hv
eomprebenefbie when ee Is wllne to
take a nttie tronws is rw.
And he offered her hie eoesverelerjosa.
apoa having had her ancle festered e
barat the p. meet when she wss ready
to despair of ever erring him -
Here we were Joined by Prtace Ce
ntra. He bad come to ask for sew
Of his old friend Bob, of wbooo eale-
W "
of the
In Black
fortune he had learned. Mme. naitn
reassured blm as to her uncle's condi
tion and entreated the prince td par
don her relative for his too excessive
devotion to the "oldest skulls in the
history of humanity." The prince
smiled graciously and with tbe utmost
kindliness when he was told that Old
Bob had been attempting to steal his
, skull.
The prluce asked for the details. He
seemed very curious about tbe affair,
and Mme. Edith told bow ber uncle
had acknowledged to ber that he had;
quitted the Fort of Hercules by way
of tbe air shaft which communicated
with tbe sea. As soon as she said
this I recalled the experience of Rou
letabille with the flash of water and
also tbe close Iron bars, and the false
hoods which Old Bob had uttered as
sumed gigantic proportions In my
mind, and I was sure that the rest of
the party must hold the same opinion
as myself. Mme. Edith told us that
Tulllo had been waiting with his boat
at the opening of the gallery abutting
on tbe shaft to row the old savant to
tbe bank In front of tbe grotto of Ro
meo and Juliet.
"Why so many twists and turnings
when it was so simple to go out by tbe
gate?" I could not restrain myself
from exclaiming.
Mme. Edith looked at me reproach
fully, and I regretted having even
seemed to have taken part against ber
in any way.
"And this is stranger yet" said the
prince. "Day before yesterday the
'hangman of the sea' came to bid me
adieu, saying that he was going to
leave tbe country, and I am sure that
be took the train for Venice, his na
tive city, at 5 o'clock In tbe afternoon.
How then could be have conveyed
your uncle in his boat late that night T
In tbe first place, be was noTht this
part of the world; in tbe second, be
had sold bis boat. He told me so, add
Ing that be would never return to this
country."
There was a dead silence, and
Prince Oalltch continued:
"All this is of little Importance, pro
Tided that your uncle, madams, recov
ers speedily from his injuries and
again," be added, with another smile
more charming than those which bad
preceded it, "If you will aid me In re
gaining a poor piece of flint which has
disappeared from tbe grotto and of
which I will give you the description.
It Is a sharp piece of flint twenty-five
centimeters lung ssd shaped at one
end to tbe form of a dagger la brief,
tbe oldest dagger of tbe bomao race.
1 Valoe It greatly, and perhaps yon may
be able to I ears, ma da roe. through yoer
TJncle Boh whet has beceme of tt"
Mme. Edith at once gave ber
. . . , . .
te obtala for hiss aewa of so precious
mm ohWt Th aflara laft T4S. Wboa
we bed flnlebed returning hie pertlsg
salatee we saw Be ere before aa. Be
seemed very thoughtful. Be had his
Ivory beaded cane hi hie bead and
wee whistling, accord lag to his habit,
and he looked at Miry Edits with a
strange expression.
-t know exactly what yen are fbJok
mc air," she said, "sad pea may keep
aa thinking fee engirt I cere."
She stepped near BoaletabtBe.
-At all events," she eselelssed, "yen
ess never explain te ase hew abas be
was oetside the eenere (ewer- be
could bare bidden babied that paaei,"
-MadaBM." eaid BeeJeUblOe lav
preesrrely. looking at her as tbossrb he
were trying be hypnotise ber. If God
h? with mm. before stent I she! exptasa
tayae sD the ye wteb te knew."
A BtUe later I foand saysetf la the
lower parlor ef ha Leave, btte-e-tett
wttb Mae. Cdltb, I
Bet abe
thee la ber baada, aad ber treta-
bUng- hps aiiewed the toafeeetea of
her fears te escape these.
-Let aa go ewt sate tbe air," aba
said bBpoUeafly. "I eaat breathe la
this place." Wo entered the garden.
It was appeeswbtag tbe hoar of neosv
Ode. end tbe court wae a dream ef
perfeaird beeaty.
I' " "" ii;.;i.i;i'.n.i'.iw..ij..ij'J'liil!.MmWJMM.W''J,
I looked at Mme, BdUh, Beads of
perspiration stood out . on her fore
head, and her face was as pale aa
aeatn. Edith led the way toward
the postern gate. The vault of this
postern formed a black arch in th
light, and at tbe extremity of this tun
nel we perceived, facing us. Rouleta
bille and Darsac, who were standing
at tne eage of the lunar court tike two
white statues. Rouletabille was hold
ing In his hand Arthur Ranee's ivory
headed cane. Motioning with the cane,
be ahowed Darsac aooethlag op the
summit of the vault which we could
not see, and then he pointed us out
in the eame way. We could not hear
what he said, The two talked togeth
er for a iew momenta with their llpe
scarcely moving, ike two accomplices
m some dark secret Mme. Edith
paused, but aVrnJetebttle beckoned to
he repeating the signal with hl
cane. ,
We went on nttt are- rase bed the
vault and the otheea watched na with.
out making a movemanx to meet us. ,- -
We had come up close to them by
this time. and they bads us turn
around with our bank toward tbe
court so thst-we eoetd ase what they
were looking at. There was en top
of - the ascb, sv stone, aow loooa,. which
seemed In Imminent dahger of falling
and crushing the heads of the passers
by. Rouletabille asked Mme.. Kdlthi if.
she hsd any objections to its belbg
pulled down until it could be replaced
moreseUdly.
, "A good idea," she answered.
Rouletabille banded the Ivory head
ed cane toHUarzac, asking him to per
form the feat of dislodging the stone,
which was part of a carved escutcheon,
tbe shield of the Mortals.
"You are tiller than I."' he went on.
"See if you can reach It."
Darzac seized the stick. He stretch
ed upward and struck with great vigor
at the object, which clattered to the
ground. .
Suddenly behind me I heard the cry
of a man in bis dylug agony. .
We turned with one Impulse, utter
ing as exclamation of horror.
We all stood there, ealrering, oar
eyes wide with horror. Who wae
dead? What expiring breath bad emit
ted that terrible soendl
Rouletabille wss the moot terrified
of us all.
MattonL who was ecarlBg through
the garden and- who had aeso. heard
tbe cry, rushed up. He harried behind
him.
When we .bad passed the shade of
the . eucalyptus we foand tbe cause.
Tbe cry bad come. Indeed, fross a soul
passing, into tbe unknown. It was)
Bernier Bernier, - hi whose throat'
sounded tbe death rattle, who was
trying la vain to rise and who wae at
tbe last gasp of his life. It wss Bee.
nier ' from whose breast flowed a
stream of blood and who. wit boa. last
fearful struggle, summoned strength
enough to atter the two weeda "fred
erlc Larsaar '..
Then his bead fell back, and be waa
dead. Larsan always forever. Here
yet again was his mark a dead body
and no one anywhere near who could
bare committed tbe murder by any
possibility of human ressoo. '
We rushed into me square rower,
tbe door of which stilt stood open.
We entered la a body the bedroom ef
Old- Bob, passing through tbe empty
sitting room. The Injured man was
lying quietly on his bed within, aad
him a wwman was wattwogr-
Mere Bernier. Both were as calm aad
still as the day Itself, but when, the)
wife of the 4emd concierge aaw ear
facee she uttered a ery of affright, as
thong sntffi by fs hwtodge- at
soosoi oalsmlte, da, had- heaed aottv
Ing; she knew nothlosv Bat she tasa
ed Into tbe atr She a streak of kgUs-
te the piece, where the. body was-sy.
It wws bar groami- Odt
tbs atr wades ab
ef the . Midi swat the
torpee.
We tore tbe shirt from tsjeH
D'rbreaet aasT tesras? a sxptas-
We looked for the weepoa every
where aritboo flndlng.lt Taa ejasi
who kaoT strode the blow' bad earrled
tbe knife away. When was the masr?
Wbs wes tot Wbatdid set icoow
Bares ar bad tsJowj eesave be
aad tt waa sarBapa beeanee at
knowledge that hts life bad bee fbe-
fsited. -, -rnderler Lareanr Wa re-
pasted the- leer worao of tbe dyflnt
ems la fsar and trembling. '
Suddenly ea the threshold ef thb
postern .we saw- Prlaee Oeilsch, a
newspaper fa his Band. Be wss reasV
tag a be came toward ast HTs- air
waa Jovial, aad: his face- wore m
But Mme.- Edith rushed aa te
snatched the paper from aJa hands.
petated te the corpse end cried out?
for the poller
The prince turned away fross the
body, stating that hw'wweja send for
the autnortttoa.
Boeletsbtno was e-rsaslntnt tbe frea
bars aad heary Ddi
sbaftr bat hie
aad
te hat hsstaes. beeald ta-Che
"Aad what -will yew sett i
when they get barer v
-Tvoiythlngr
Mrs, Baaee thirty aaasawl
word bsfassr bar. tastk, .
assbingv are. He
wasted be
tower, tbe Tewar ed tbe Bold, the
eastle, aO tbe detnaassrlss ed the
fort from which aa eae eeeid kerre
tho
eta be
Tbe
bead dreaiflr
be ef ae wae.
Ifcaew-saiy bee wafl
tbat say e-reb seeeJ be as eam- ae.
aet I bad learned that
easeaed eftarty es
aad vsaqesrbsc It. uareas
there was ae ass
ke teekhkg far larsawnrtt aasraefwa,
Ta ase ey jr ai 1 1 sksr
Asd wws heea-arbbsjres
bisfaeCeaaa, Be eased eseet aa tbeagb
be bed threw esT a waiglst. - He
etiarbed hta aet aad ranted te see oaf
tbe himii.
He threw bJameetf . ea the aiiast,
eraaptac ee bis beads aad kneaai hts
aa. te tbe earth. Bke a hies I aaOow-
tng the ecest, goens -i
poor"BTOler and around Mors Bernief,
around the shaft, around each of aa,
Hs moved about like a pig aoelag its
nourishment out of the mire, and we
ail stood tm, looking at him cnrlotasv
ly and bait la alarm. Baddealy be
started to bis feet almost white with
dust, and uttered a shout of triumph
as though be hsd found Larsan him
self la U. gravel What new victory
did he fa.1 that be bad achieved over
the mystery?
"It's all right monsieur! Nothing
toahaagedr
Attracted by the sound of voices, we
looked around and saw Pere Jacqses
approaching, followed by two gen
darmes, it wss tbe brigadier of La
Mortola. who. summoned by Prince
Oalltch, had hurried to the scene of
theesi-aa.
What did Rouletabille mean by his
"Nothing la changed" If not that do
pita the fanrfoental murder of Bernier
everything which we dreaded, which
made as shudder and which ws Had
ao understanding of. continued just as
beforer
The gaadsrmss ware busy examin
ing the body and chart sring over It In
their tncomprebenslble Jargon. The
delegate would bare power to begin
t h ss vastljra tlou, which would be coo
tlnued when the esamlnlng magistrbto
had been notified. -
. The deiegato attired. It was easily
te be teen that be waa enchanted,
erea though be had not bad tbe time
te finish bis repast. A crime.actually
a crime, sod In tbe Chateau of Her
cules! He was fairly radiant His eyes
shone. Tbe deiegato examined the
wound and said In very good English:
"That wss a magnificent stroke!"
-Aad aow bow did all this happen?"
be asked encouragingly, smacking his
lips aa though In ths snOclpatlon of
bearing a story of thrilling Interest
"It la terrible." he added-Hterrlble!
In the Ove years that' 1 have been
deiegato we nave never had a murder.
Monsieur, tbe examining magistrate"
here ha checked himself, but we knew
well what he hsd been on tbe point of
saying 'monsieur, the examining mag
istrate wnl be very much pleased." He
wiped the perspiration frodl bis fore
head and repeated. "It is torribieF
At the request of ths deiegato ere
all entered , the square tower. We
took ear places in Old Bob's sitting
room where the- avjoeer was to be
held aad where- each ef aa B) tan
recounted whet- be bad -, seen end
d. Mere Bernier wae drat quee-
tioaed, but little r nothing could be
gained from- ber testimony. She de
eured that she knew nothing about
anything.
Aa- sxclamatloa from, tne oeiegato
struct upon ear ears. The farther
the erMure of the witnesses pro
sed the greater became the
smaseaaeat of tre commissioner and
the ntsre aad atore taezptleabM be
foand tbeertsssv He waa oa tbepobrt
ef aadtae; It hasssslkle that abeold
hara, been commirted at all whee It
ssme Hum Edith's torn to be m terro
rs ted. . . .
Her Hps opened to answer tne urst
ajasetloa . whoa ' IsoaleulaTle'a voice
was beard:
"Look at the end of the shadow of
r,4tba enoatyptas.
"What la It?" asked the oetegsta
"The weapon with which the crime
was eommtttedr
. Keatetabilh) yawped7 Into Jbe eotrrt
aad picked up from the bloody atone
a abarpv shining piece of flint It waa
"tbe oldest dagger of the human
CHAPTER XVIL
. Ttaa Retitrsvor Arthur Ranee.
HB weepoa belonged to Prtoee
Oatitch, hot there was no doubt
"m the mind of 'any ana of as
that K bad bean otolen by Old
bob, trad ww couid" aot forget that
wstbls-mtssbrseth Bernier had ac
swaedV Lataaa sf bams; Ma asaasata.
Korea bed the lssege of Old Bab snd
that ef Laraaa- been ae taextricably
eonJounded la ear restless spirits aa
stnee RooleUbOle had foand "the old
eat dagger known td the human race"
nrTpptDtr wttlT the bmod of Bernier.
brass, Edith bad at eaea realised tbat
hianftrth the fatawf Otd Bob lay ta
tba baeds ed BouletabtUey Aad tbare
fore Mam Edlthv whe ta ber flUal af
fecoss bad not eeaeed ta believe that
the man who lay ea his bed la tbe
square tower waa really ber ancle,
had began to Imagine, thanks to the
bloody weepoa,- that the tnvbrtbk Ls
saa had wet en eotreag a web ef chf
cametantlal erldeaee aroaad Old Bob
that tt could scarcely be broken with
tho design dootKiessf making the old
saaa suffer the' paalsbeseat fee tba
wretch's ewa crimes sad sleo the
dsAgereas weight ef hie personality.
Maw MtB-trampled for Otd Bob sad
Aad tba Incriminating fact re-named
that there bad beea nothing anywhere
around tha corpse ef Bernier but the
ateae knife which Old Bob sad stelsal
be read the certainty ef this cea
vletloa la the eras aad la tbe saaa sar
of aasdernbtoe and ef Daraae. Bat
aa eooa as tha yeang
thst be eeetaaa
ta etew tana te
Otd Beb.thses'the'eaapietoas af
tb eetberttlaa. -
ftoaistsbUla la-grrtog bis evldaece
proved anrb a- logleel aecaracy that
siwabslmsd the exs mining megla
trsts aad pleased the deiegato Iota
I thw deed could eary beve
br tbe-dead
Tbe fear persona at
posters gate aad the fwa
tea at tbe
atght ef each ether wbOe aoese eaa
was ktmng arsner a few etepa away,
aa- tt waa -tasiissslli ta betlevw that
tbe- kSUng. rassd baew beea daae bp
any ethsr than tba sictasa,-
Ta this the exaettag asagsstrata,
paeOy bitsrssted. reptlsd by bsoahv
kag wbatW-aay af ws bad reasea to
af Berasasv to wbseb stoalstobtrie
that the bbiibiibiisb at eat-
be laid- sabto aad
fikat.ef ssctflaat aaaeeitwtod ssr- tt.
The ateasv wbieb aright have ansae!
at hie etteafloa by Ms strange ferns,
aright beve beea picked ap by Fere
Pa.lai. and hf be bed bar pee ad to
efjtpd .MjwhUe hokCas tt ta hie
0
t lit, Si;
a,
Di. at.
aMsas.-c aaa
P
and save money
ana neaitu
hand everything would be explained,
and very simply.' Pere Bernier un
doubtedly must hare thus unfortu
nately fallen upon this triangular flint,
Which had pierced his heart
One of the physicians summoned to
care for Old Bob was called, and be
decided that BernlerM fatal wound
waa caused by tbe flint - '
Aa to Mme. Edith and myself, after
tome futile and useless questions, ask
ed while the doctors were at tbe bed-.
side of Old Bob, we were allowed to
leave the room, and we went to sit In
tbe tittle psrlor Just outside tbe bed
room and were there when the magis
trates were ready to depart
Edith suddenly seised ms by the
hand and cried out:
"Do aot leave met I beg of you
don't leave met I hare, only you left.
Z do not know where Prince Oalltch
la I do not koow anything about my
husband. That Is whst makes this so
horrible. -Arthur aent me a message
saying tbat ns waa going in search of
TulUa Ha does not know even yet
that' Bernier bat been murdered. ' Has
he found the 'hangman of the sear
la It from this man from Tulllo now
that I expect the truth! And not a
word has cornel It Is horrible!"
As the took my hand so confidingly
and held It for a moment In her own
I felt that I was for Mme. Edith wttb
all my heart and soul, and I assured
her that abe might rely upon my devo
tion. Rotdctabllte never failed to cast a
glance la our direction every time he
had ths opportunity.
"Ah, he Is watching us!" exclaimed
Mme. Edith.
"Ton ought to be grateful to Rou
letabille." I ventured to remind her.
"for bis Intervention and bis silence
relative to tbe 'oldest knifs knows to
tba human race.' If ths others had
learned that this stone dagger be
longed to your uncle Bob, what could
have hindered them from placing blm
ander arrest r
"Ohl" sbe cried bitterly. "Tour
Mend has ss in: ' good reasons to
keep silence as I hit re, and 1 dread
only one thing, M. Snlnclalr I dread
only one thing."
"And what is that?"
"I fear lest hs bas saved my uncle
from the suthorltles only to ruin "blm
more completely. At sll events. It is
necessary to be ready for anything,
aad I know bow to defend blm so long
aa t draw breath." And She showed
me a tiny revolver which waa hidden
la her gown.
T tr aptnal truth -that TOO are
ready to defend me 7" she demanded.
turning ber beautiful eyes zuu upon
my own,
"I am reedy."
"Against your friend even!"
-tr ahanul ba necessary." I aa-
swered. with a sign, pssslng my hand
across my forehead.
vr wall: 1 be I lev. you." she an
swered, "la that esse 1 will leave
yon here for a few mlnntes. I on will
guard this door for me."
And sbe pointed to tne floor oeuina
which Old Bob was resting. Then aba
mi ac tha room. Where was she
going? Sbe confessed to me later.
She was going to mob tor rnncjj u
lltch. Oh. woman, woman!
. She bad scarcely disappeared under
the arch when RooleUbOle and M.
Darsac entered tbe room. They had
beard all that bad passed. Rouletabille
advanced to my aids and told me
quietly that he was aware that X bad
betrayed him.
-Tea are using a largs word, Boole
Mhiiur l exclaimed. "Ton know that
I am aot la tbe habit ef betraying any
oa Mese. Edith at really Tory meca
to be pitied, and yoa do aot pity her
oaougb, my friend."
"Ah, wsd. yoa pity her too much."
I arartaS ta saaka some reply, but
RoeletaMIe cat abort my words with
a dry gesture. -
-I aafc warn aata aaa thing- OUlV One.
yea BBtiistoed.- It la that, ao matter
what may happen no matter wnai
aaa harman-voa shell not address OBO
word te either M. Dsrsae or to my
self.-
uusiisuan.1
nuaMD'aalf their lives
to amkhag premises aad tha other half
Ja breaaiag them. .
Making a Pee,
Before It tt completed a common pea
pssaea through the baada af a score
of worker. -The
Haealea Army,
la the Bassiaa army the death rats
oaeh year hi almost equalled by tbe
aamber af deeertloaa. -
They AM Charts.
Mrs. Yeangteve-Ob, dear! Such Is
Bfal Before we got married George
wae taggmg aroaad after me an the
time. 1 couldn't get away from him
tor a ariauta. That was a year ago.
Her Dearest rrlsod Poor chBdt
What baa the wretch eoaet
"He eaid last night thst he thought
we'd Bseve next mouth ta some pises
where be can have a den eo as to get
by himeeif once to swhOe."
rArrr.
hot fcisccii,
?5W "... ta a : Wvt in i i :
? lessen eu in cezi
J and lncrecscS
In qnallty c5
ivholesoineness,
by
a mJHijt . t. y
- c iwu cat untmSS y j
State Treasater P. E. Lacy has
appointed A. JX.Aningtoa in
stitutional clerk to aacceed tha late
II. M. Beece and he will assume
his new duties March 11. Afring
ton held this position in the State j
Treasury when he was appointed i
private secretary, to Gov. Glenn.
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