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W. tTirifltpnbnry, W husband was kill by the ntomobn of Jeremiah Guff, ot CkAriotte, ou the ?nbUe road In eekletibarjj connt" recently, fll bring t-:tf-r damflgf. Tlltt'S 'I S aw Indigestion Dyspepsia " The By GASTON LEROUX, Author of "The Mystery of the Yellow Room" CHAPTER I Robert 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 haji married him 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. IL . Rouletabille and his best friend, who is relating this story, decide to go to tbe 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 zao describes how his wile re ceives a severe shock at seeing the face of Larsan in a mirrow 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 Jirignooles on a mys terious journey. At a "luncheon Roulatabille and his friend real ize the presence of Larsan at the castle and are horrified. X Rouletabille calls his friends' at tentiou 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. Mine. Darzac tells how Larsan sprang into the apartment of herself and her husband from behind a panel and hdw after a furious struggle Darzac killed Larsan. XIV. Old Bob disappears. A stable bov appears with a bloody sack in which the body was carried away. XV Rouletabille's friend suspects that Darzac is really Larsan in disguise, but Darzac convinces him of being misiaKen by showing him a peculiar birth mark known to mark Darzac. XVI Pere Bernier falls dead near several people with a gaping wound in his breast. As he talis he exclaims "Frederic Larsan I That will be a very easy thing to Dromlse." 1 replied, foolishly limtatea, and I turned my back upon him. But at the same moment the officers coming out of the castle cauea io ns. The Inquest was at an end. There no doubt, in their eyes, aer tne declaration of the doctors, that the af fair had been an accident, and that was the verdict which they felt obUged render. Dariac and HouietaDuie accompanied them to the outer gate. As 1 stood leaning on my eioows at the window I suddenly heara a souna which fell upon the evening air like tbe blow of an Immense gong, and I knpw'that It waa Rouletabille who had ordered the iron gates to be closed. Xnt a single mlnnte passea siier th.f whpn I saw Mme, Edith rush into the room and hurry to me as though 1 were her only refuge. Then I saw Darjae appear, men uoo- letabllle. and leaning on nia arm the Lady in Black. It could now ery easily be seen that she was making a powerful effort to hide the horror which, in spite of all. pierced through her troubled glance and to hide from ns the emotion i feverishly to the arm of her young companion. Dansc. too. had the som ber and resolute mien of a Judge. But that which most of all added to oor surprise and affright was Um -O"" of Pere Jacques. Walter and Uattonl .on.r. tower. All three were armed with muskets and placed them selves in silence berore me u.. - - - ii I. mM. AO they stood witn b""" v while they recelTed from the Hps or BooletabUle the order to tet no pero out from tbe old chateau. Edith a. overwhelmed with terror and Ide r natron! and Walter, both what their presence aign" Utelr weapons threatened; boCto mf Zt srtooishment, tbey returned so mhu vnmsn rosnea answer, xnen vim , .t . .hM rave access to OW arms aeross me the pasesfe. she cried: -T..r are too gotaf 00 Tow do aot mesa to Ml W-T --t- va are rnuR aw J Kn.Terde7 lob. -V that tbe J-d- nU not be b""- going to swear poa i M SmU after bavlof laid dowa eor ererlBlf- ,kamber and fee " . . gross . eoivers sad Tbere we l -u- hnj (I. took tbe ath H. a i'" acted... takes, fera- The oath having ea ais ana, "T te. Inetead cumber Into w. 5saa-.-li Perfume Lady Copyrl(ht, 1909. by Brentino't him to I, nou.' strati 10 the door which afforded entrance to the chamber of "the body too many." and, drawing from His pocket the little spe clal key of which I have spoken, he opened the door. We were all astonished in entering the rooms which had been occupied by M. and Mme. Darzac to see upon M. Darzac's desk the drawing board, the wash drawing upon which our friend had worked at the side of Old Bob in the latter's workshop in tbe Court of the Bold and also the little dish full of red paint and the tiny brush drenched with the palnl. And. lastly, in the middle of the de.sk (here was placed, appearing very much at its ease, upon its bloody Jaws, "the oldest skull of humanity." Rouletabille locked and bolted tbe door and said to us. himself greatly affected, while we listened with stupe faction: "Sit down, If you please, ladies and gentlemen. "You will acknowledge," began Rou ietabille, "that there is here around this table one chair too many and In consequence one person too few to particularize. M. Arthur Itance. for whom we cannot wait much longer." "Perhaps nt this very moment my husband possesses tbe proofs of Old Bob's Innocence," observed Mme. Edith, whom all these preparations had disturbed more than any one else. "I entreat Mme. Darzac to Join me in imploring these gentlemen to do noth ing until Arthur's return." The Lady in Black had no opportu nity to intervene, for before Mme. Edith finished speaking we beard a loud noise outside the door of the cor ridor. A knock came at the door, and we heard the voice of 'Arthur Ranee begging us to open immediately. He cried: "I have brought the pin with the ruby head!" Rouletabille opened the door. "Arthur Ranee, you are come then at last!" he exclaimed. Edith's husband seemed plunged In the deepest melancholy. "What have you to tell me? What has happened? Some new misfortune? Ah, 1 feared so feared that I hnd ar rived too late when I saw the Iron gate closed and heard the prayers for the dead chanted In the tower. Yes, I knew that you had executed Old Bob." Rouletabille, who had closed and bolted the door behind Arthur Ranee, turned to the American and said: "Old Bob Is alive, and Pere Bernier Is dead. Be seated, monsieur." Ranee stared at the speaker iff amazement, then looked In consterna tion at the drawing board, tbe dish of paint and the bloody skull and de manded: "Who killed him?" Then, condescending to notice that bis wife was there, be pressed her hand, but his eyes were fixed upon the Lady in Black. "Before his death Bernier accuseu Frederic Larsan," answered M. Dar- 'Do you mean to say by tnai mat he accused Ola ttonr' imerruiu Ranee indignantly. "1 will not suffer tw I .too. had some doubts in re gard to the personality of our beloved uncle, but I ten yon wai ruby headed pin." CHAPTER XVIII. Larsan Is Now Among- Us I m HAT was Ranee talking about the "little ruby neaaea pinr remembered that Mme. noun had told us that via ova had snatched one from ber hand when " . klm with I she had piaynuiy ---- it on the night of the drama of the square tower. But what rela tion could there be between this, pin and the adventure of Old Bob? Bancs did not wait for us to ask him, but hurried on to tell -as that this lit tle pin had disappeared st the same time as Old Bob and that he bad found it in the polon of -th. I hwman of the sea," fastening a sbeaf of bank notes which the old ancle bad paid Mm on that fated night for bis con,. nllclty and bis silence in baftnf brought him in the flaher boat to the gttoof Borneo and Juliet, and Ranee K. moreover, that TnUto bad with drawn from the spot at dawn, creatljr disquieted at tbe oPPT' Us passenger. Bancs eoocloded Oium- pbantly: -a man who sres a ruby pin t as, otb, man in a boat eanaot beatlbe Z moment tied p la pot- - in tbe square tower . ' Cpoo which Mrs. Banes anhd. -VThst gave yon the idea ot goln to gaa Bemo? Did yoo know that TulBn was to be fosod taerer . -I received en aoooymons letter m formlcc me ot Ws wbereaboots." -tt was 1 wbo sent tt to yon." said Boa lets Mile traaMrallly. and the. tnrn tngto tbe rsatefas.ae said ta fngld "Ladles ssd aoueoaew. --- late myself upon tbe prompt II. Artbar Raoce. At tbe present ato astat there are reunited arocad this table all tbe sueuibers of tbe bonae party of the Cbatea. of Bercoles for Whoa my corporeal dewaos-trattos of tbe posslbUlry eC tbe body toe many saw bare some Interest. I eatrest yon JTgtre me yoar andtTlded etteodoa.- Bat Art b or Bance baited bia with nick aisiiffitat, -' -mt yea by tkatr -I soeaa." -declared BoaMtaMne, -an tboae amoag wbcai we may nope to tad Laraaa." Tbe Lady as Black, wbo bad as a Ibis time not tiered trembdst to bor feat . -Do yea meaa.- one oreainwi. ejBplth axocrxdarrbeosloa, of the Black In "that Larsan is now among us 7" "I am sure of it," Rouletabille re plied gravely. There was an awful silence, during which none of us dared look at each other. "I am sure of it, and there is no rea son why the Idea should surprise you, madame, since It has not for a mo ment left your own mind. As to tbe (est of us, Is It not true, gentlemen, that the Idea has occurred to each one of us at tbe same moment on the day when we took luncheon-on tbe Terrace of tbe Bold when all onr eyes were bidden by the black glasses? If I except Mrs. Ranee, wbo is there among us that did Dot feel the pres ence of Larsan at that time?' That Is a Question which oucbt to be propounded to Professor Stanger son as well as to tbe rest of us," in terposed Arthur Ranee instantly, 'for from the moment when we begin any course of reasoning along these lines I can see no object In not having tbe professor, who was at tbe table at luncheon with us on that day, here at this time also." "Mr. Ranee!" cried tbe Lady in Black. "Yes, I must repeat it. If yoo Will pardon me," replied Edith's husband haughtily. "M. Rouletabille was wrong to generalize when he said, 'All the members of the house party' "Professor Stangerson is so far from us In spirit that I have no need of bis presence here. Although Pro fessor Stangerson had lived with ns in the chateau, he was not one of ns Id regard to feeling tbe presence, nf Larsan on that day. And Larsan is here among us." But I launched out. and, forgetting that I had promised Mme. Edith to defend Old Bob, I started in to attack him for the pleasure of proving; Boo letabUle in tbe wrong, and, besides, I felt Edith would not bear rancor against me for very long. Old Bob," 1 began, "was also at that luncheon on tbe terrace, and yoo take him entirely out of yonr calcu lations on account of this little toby pin. But of what use to this little pin to prove to us that Old Bob was rowed away by TulUo, who waited for him at tbe orifice df a gallery leading from the abaft to the sea, if we cannot discover bow Old, Bob could, as he said, have gone by way of tbe shaft, which we found closed from above and on the outside?" "Which you found closed, yon mean," returned Rouletabille, Axing bis eyes upon me with a strange ex pression, which somehow embarrassed me. "I. on tbe contrary, found the shaft open. But 1 bad bad time to run to tbe shaft and dnd ont that tt bad been opened." "And to close it again!" I cried. "And why did you close it? Whom f.ld yoo wish to deceiver "You, monsieur." He pronounced these two words with a contempt so crushing that the blood rushed to my face. 1 arose. Every eye was turned upon me, and as 1 re membered tbe rudeness with which Rouletabille bad treated me a Utile while ago before Da rase I bad the horrible feeling that every eys waa suspecting me accusing me. Tea; 1 felt myself entirely wrapped around by tbe atrocious fsncy In the mlad of each and all that 1 migbt be Larsan. It Larsan! ) 1 looked ai each one In turn. "Rouletabille!" I cried madly, feeling my voice almost s root be red In. my throat "You do not. you eanaot suspect"- ' At ibis moment a pistol snot soaad ed outside, very near to the sqeare tower. We all leaped to oor feet re membering tbe order given by tbe re porter to tbe three servants to lire upon any one wbo should attempt to go out of the square tower. Edith ot tered a cry and tried to ran oat of the room, but Kouletabllle. wbo Dad not made so much as s gesture, calmed ber with a word. : "If any one bad drawa open him." be said, "tbe three men would have fired together. That pistol abet was merely s signal- direction for me to begin." Turning to me. be continued: "M. Salocialr. yoo ought to know that 1 never suspect any person or anything without prevtooaly having astisOed myself opoq tbe ground of pore reason.' Larsao is base among as, and tbe power of pure reason it going to show bias to yoo. So be seat ed a gala. If yoo gltsss. aad do wot tabs yonr ayes from me, for 1 am go- lag to begm on lua paper is poreal desaoastrstSea of Um first of all. be Investigated to saaks sore that lbs bolts of tbe door babied aim were closely draws; then, ratnrs mg to tbe-utXe, few took os n eom- 1 bare the tsteotJon of mskaag my fcsaonstratlos.'' be saw. -aoaa isw easte Baas oa wblrb rba body K assay be predocsd kaeif. It wl be thereby ooly lbs Beers irrefutable," Asd wttb bis compass be took epos IL DeraaCs drawing tbe steasore af tbs radios of tbe circle wMei repre seotod tbs space) occupied by tbs Tow er of tbs Beat, so that be was newss dlstoty afterward abas to trace tbs easts circle opes a pases sf watts sa ser wWcb be bad fassaoad with copper srawass; board. ffbao the cireW waa traced BesJeta bffle. sottteg dews bis compass, pick ed op the tiny dhtbr red pen aad asked at- Dartae w bet ber be recos aised tt ss tbe eotoriag oasttsr be bad aacd. M. Daraac replied tbat ts tbs best of bis betlef. tc was tbs east paint vbJcfe be bad eaUsd for bat wmsa drawing. - . A good bait of s saint sea ones op la Je aone w. i bwt. as- eurdlna to the etpfckto . 4- "A ai. isarsac, tne part wucn re ma in ea would upon paper give nearly tbe same tint with which be had "wash ed" the drawing or the peninsula of Hercules. "No one has touched it," said Boule tabllls very gravely, "and nothing baa been added to K save single tear. Besides, you will see that a tear mors or less in tbe paint cup would detract nothing from the value ef my demon stration." Thus saying, be dipped tbe brush in tbe paint and began careruiiT to "wash" all tbe snace eeanted be the circle which -be bad previously traced. When be bad finished he looked at bis watch snd said: "Yoo mar see. ladies and tvntloman tbat tbe coating of paint which cov ers my circle to neither more nor less tnicc than that Wblcb covers tbe cir cle of M. Darsac. it Is almost the same thing tbe same tint" "Undoubtedly." rejoined If. Da rue. 'But what does sll this IralfrT I was certainly In enough of ao HI bw- mor wnen l round the atata it wa in Old Bob had rained my drawing by letting his skull roll over It" "We re taerer pee wp Benleta- bllle eulck aa a Baah. Aad be HftM from the bureau tbe "oldest skull of tns unman race." He turned ft over and shewed tbe crimsoned Jaws to Darsac. Then he arose, holding the skull In the crook of his ana, and wast tntt tbs alcove In tbs wall, lighted by large window and crossed by ban, wblcb bad been a loophole for cannon in ths ancient times and which If. Darsac had nsed aa a dressing room, There be struck a match and lighted a lamp filled wttb spirits of wine which stood upon a little table. Upon this lamp ha set a little pot which he bad previously filled with water. Tbs skull still lay In tbs crook of bis arm. CHAPTER XIX. Two Robert Darzacs. Hlfl more be explained tbs less we understood. 'But now what waa tela dread feeling which cams ever os? Why id ws sll suddenly recoil with, a sin gle movement! Why -were the eyes of M. Darsac wide with a sew tarror? Why did the. Lady In Black Arthur Bance 1 myself otter tne asms syl lable, a name wblcb expired on onr lips-"Larsanr Where bad we seen him? Where had ws discovered bim this time, we wbo were gaaing at Koala tab!! let Ah, tbat profile In tbe red sfeadow sf tbs approaching twilight that brow In tbs background of tbs alcove upon which the sunset rays stream as did tbe dawn on "the morriing ef ths crime! Oh, that stent jaw, bespeaking aa Iron will, wblcb appeared before aa, not as in the light of day, genu though a tittle -bitter, but em and threatening: ( Hew 4e atooMabUls was to Larson! How ba that sasoiint tbe son resembled his father!. It was Larsan's very self. Another liauafurmatteo. At a moaa from bis aietser Reatetabtlle cams ont sf his funereal frame and appeared before os as a bandit and aa as feotv ried toward os be was JtooJstahUw ones mora. Mm. Edith, wbo bad never seen Larsan, could not onde stand. Bba wnJspered to me, "What to going onf. Rouletabille -was tbere before os. wttb bis hot water in the tassercls, a aapkra and Ms .44 ba washed the skua. It eras ssos seats, Xne paint disappeared. Bs made os beat witness to tbe Tact. Ha stood tn sruts eontsmptarJos before hie owa drawing for tea asinotsa, dsrhas; wjbieb be) bad by a alga srdissd as s bass sueno Suddenly be Bossed the skoU hi bk right hand and tosses tt aboat as that tt Toned over the) arsrtsg. The bs fbcwod ws tbs sfcori snd baSs as BS Ocs rhsrtt bore so traes sfrsd pabM. Booiseastlls draw est sis Walsb ages. 1 . "Tbe palm ass dried epsa tbs sfcaa, he said. "It has tabes a eoartar ef aa boor to dry: Caoe tbs nth sf AprS w aaw at a o'clock to fbe aitsrassa 1 fjaraoa-aaisraiaT tbs oomiag fsom sat sf after having sntssod ths and after having tutsans behind him ths beets of bis eer, 1 had not anas sot seals to fetch blm after a o'clock. As to Old Bob, ws bad sssa htm enter tbs square to war at o'clock, aad tbere was aa saint 00 this skull teas. "How was this saint, which has tab es only a quarter ef ao boar to dry a poo this plaa, fresh eseogb stlU more tbns as boor after Dai at 1 bad left tt-4s stais Old BeVa skaS wbes tbs ssvasc. wttb a siarsmn odasasa, threw K Sews eo tbs pkea aa as sn eered tbs rooad tower? Tbers fa asry os sxplBBscios sf tbJe, aad I sfy ye to Sad another, aad tbat at that tbe Bebert Daraae who estered tbs sqoars tower at t sTclock aad mat the aaaae aa I he paint to fbs rooad tower before tab arnval af Old Hob st a whom we feaasd an tt souar Man oHbsol enter there sad with oat Is ewe word, as waa sot tbs aa the at. Daraae here pres sm. Tbe iitlstssr sf aorw tfaat taws sr raw par- Darsac. Bks aS ths rest sf as. ths spsfl sf ta mt tbe yessg ws were aS divided sstwesa a asw rer asd a "It to eotor the sooar t goiss which my very issara. It was tbss to as s way SBysetf Wbes I st) tbr BoT Bold, where 1 toft ary dwwtog. bow sswi tobimr Bebert poissi " Asd BssletoblHs tsroed ass ayes fS apes lbs ataa ehsse ssats be bad - tared: boandlasi aAartraOo. Bars agabi ws fwemdtbe saarkM sMae. tefllgeses. -Daraae crfead Bwt: tower satser a ha made aim olthtst swb tbat be in Black lo both bis own as tbougn bs wished to give her courage, "be must have believed tbat It was yonr self." "That' then, explains the fact tbat when 1 reached my door I had only to posh it open. Pere Bernier believed that 1 was within." "Exactly. Tbat Is good reasoulug." declared Rouletabille, "and i'ere Ber nier, who bad opened to Dartae No. 1, had not troubled himself about No. 2 sine he did not see blm sny more than yourself. Tou certainly reacbed the square tower at the moment tbat Sal nc lair and myself called Bernier to tbe parapet to see whether be could help os in understanding tbe strauge gesticulations of Old Bob, talking at the threshold Of tbe Barma Grande to Mrs. Bance and Prince Galttcb." "But Mere Bernier ! cried M. Dar aae, "She bad gone into her lodge. Was ah not astonished to see M. Dar aae -asms In n second time when she bad aot Been him go out?" "Let as suppose," replied tbe young reporter, with a sad smile "let ns sup pose, M, Darsac, tbat Mors Bernier at that moment, tbe moment when yon passed into your apartments that is to say, wbsa tbs second apparition of Darsac passed in was occupied in picking np soma of tbs potatoes spilled open the floor, snd we shall suppose lbs troth" "Well, then, I can congratulate my self so the fact that 1 am still upon earth," "Congratulats yourself. If. Darsac I Congratulate yourself!" "When I remember tbat aa soon as I entered my room 1 drew the bolts aa I bare told you tbat I did, that I be gan to work and tbat this wretch waa hidden behind my back. Why. bs might have killed me without hin drance!" fieuletabnie stepped close to Dar aae and fixed his eyes anon aim wttb a look that seemed to read his soul. Why did be not kill yon, then?" bs asked. . You know very wen tbat bs was wsltlng for seme one alee," replied Darsac turning bin face sorrowruuy toward ths Lady la Black. BooletabUle waa now so close to Daraae tbat their shadows 00 tbs floor looked like tbat of one strangely form ed being. The tad put bbJ two hands vs tbe older man's aboaJdera. "M. Daraae." be said, hat votes aaata clear and strong. "I bars a cooJsssloo to make to yoo. When I began to aa- dsrstasd bow tbs "body toe many1 bad effected an entrance and when I bad discovered that yon did nothing to un deceive us in regard to the hour of 0 o'clock, at which we bad beileved-t which every one. rather, except my self bellsved-tbst yoo had entered the square tower, I felt tbat 1 bad tbe right to suspect tbat ths asofdsrer was aot the man who at o'clock entered the square tower under the form of DO rase. I thought 00 tne contrary, tbat Daraae Bight be ths tree Dar sac and yoo might bs the false on. Ah, my dear Daraae, now 1 bar sus pected yoaP "Tbat waa mawssa,- cneo vorsac "If 1 did aot tell yoo tbe exact hour at wblcb I entered tbe square tower tt was because tbe Um waa somewhat sjTo Is my owe mlad aad I dad aot attach any Imports aoe to it" "In such a manner. M. Daraae,' con- tinned BooJetablll wit boot paying any attention ts tbe, mtemrptloos of bis Interlocutor, tbe emotion of tbe Lady ta Black and oar attitude, more than wttb terror "In each a manner as that yoo could bar stolen away the true Darsac when he cam from sototde and by yonr own eareruj- and ths too faithful neip of the .Lady Is Black soald have taken his place aad have been perfectly now to defy dstsrttoo of yonr audacious so tarpnsa. Thai was ary InaaguarJon ooly say hnaglnatlon, Daraae Dont 1st It disturb yoo. Bat In such a man. asr as this 1 bad thought that, yoo whs was -pot to ths seek was Daraae Ah. tbs fancies that I bare bad and tbs useless suspV sjsasr "Baaf fosaiiodid MatbOdss bos- band gloomily. "We are an suspicions herel-' Booletabtne began speaking again. ' -loo 'sea, Darsac, there at twe BMnlfaats flows ef Bobsrt Darsac. To know which was tbs tree on and Which was tbs so wblcb formed a say doty. Dsraae that wblcb tbs power sf pur reesos showed me was to examine without sr reproach both sf these manl- sa sl tmparttaJtty. Thus I with fsa Dai sat" Xarsave repUed: "It Sobs sot antttsr since yoo soa- Bot ya most ted Is Larsan. I Insist apoa tt-l demand ttr "Ws aa deWMTBd tt-end at sseer W sB eTtsa, torneng opes both sf MathlMs rasbed op ts bar ebfld aad pieced herself to free sf B ts protect aim. we felt tbs pa the sf bar attttads. bwt tbs seess beyond the limits ef psthmc. If be knows whs b) Larsao let htm sot sod oath sa ssd sf tbhir sty ariad tbat I bad heard the er soger ana ismsnisr at tbs coott sf se ates ths deer f tbs soaare tower, sad we were oB ss seised wttb eee itwa tbat sor aagor fan sway is ry disagrees hta. be gesfly re- serf frost the rJssp sf tbs Lady to Black, wbes walked toward tbs Tea aeo, ary friends, to so aralr bs tats It dees set 4 to osgtort soy ttoss of Robert Daraae which estered tbs soaare tower. There were two whsrh cams est sod to te - TSat to Aad a meesest asd ws ft ssd ssrsetves sot tofoatoatag BeoletabOla. bwt estreat bat atai as pot aa and as sees sa pos sBtto ts thai total ars has sttosdes. As sssa aa tbs saessd shot was beard tbs tea a tea ace sf Bewastabfllo ehamgod eaoapietety. Km face ssesasd liisnfiiais. ssd has whets betag ss peasad to vlbeate wttb a osvogs s srgy. Lsyfag aaobf fbs bah? oootertog oaaa asr wrotrb as asd seed twwasd aL Done and wbseb ws bad sB fesstd THE ONLY BAKING POWDER MADa FBOM ROYAL CRAPE CREAM OF TARTAR where one loses oneself. And even now I do not wlsb to make any mis take. Will Daraae. here present per mit m to sa that- bad a hundred excuses for suspecting blm?" Then I thought to myself: "How un lucky that be did not mention his sus picions to me! I would have told bim aboot tbs map of Australia." Darsac strode serosa tbe room and planted himself In front of tbe young reporter and said to a tons nearly inaudible from anger: "What excuses? I ssk yoo what ex cuses?" "Too will soon understand, my friend." said tbe reporter, with tbs ut most calmness. "The first thing that I said to myself while I was examin ing tbe conditions surrounding foar manifestatJon of Larsan waa this: Nonsense! If be were Larsan, would not Professor Stangerson's daughter have perceived Itr That Is self evi dent the common Bens of that thought w It not? Bat when I tried to look into the mind of tbe lady wbo ban become Mme. Darzac I discovered beyond a doubt monsieur, tbat an the while she could not free herself from Just this fear the. fear that yon migbt he Larsan r Mathilda, wbo had fallen half faint ing Into a chair, gathered strength enough to start op and to protest against ths wod with a frightened, despairing gesture. As for M. Dlrxac, his face waa a picture of hope less anguish. CHAPTER XX. 'You Ars Larsan I OULETABILLE, still mere 11 ess, continued: "When I recall all tbs acts ef Mme. Darzac after your re turn from San Bemo 1 can see now in each on of them an expression of tbe terror wblcb sbs experienced from ber fear tbat aba anould allow the secret to escape her. Everything must be said, everything must be explained, here and Bow if tbere h to be peace in tbe fn taret We are about to clear op tbs stt oation, Tbere waa nothing natural or happy u Mile. Stangerson a behavior. Ths very eagerness with wblcb sbe as sented to your desire to hasten tbe marriage ceremony proved the longing sbe felt to definitely banish tbe tor ment of her sou! "From the moment of yonr return from tbe sooth until tbe apparition at the railroad station, monsieur, sbe Uved to the most utter misery. Sbe waa al ready crying for help-for help against herself, against her thoughts snd per haps even against yoo. But sbs dared not reveal ber thought to any person, becsoas sbs dreaded that any confl flant migbt say to ber"- And Bouletabllle leaned over and said to If. Darxac's ear, not so low tbat I could not bear, but so softly that ths words did not reach Mathilda. "Are yoo going mad again?" r Then, lifting bis bead again, he eon- "You ought to onderstond every thing better sow. my deer If. Darzac, both the strange coldness with which yoo were treated occasionally and also tbe fits of remorseful tenderness which to ths doobt wblcb filled ber brain weald Impel Mme. Darzac to surround yoo wttb every evidence of attention aad affectloB, I have fancied tbat yoo mast bar discovered that whenever lima. Darzac looked at yoo aha could not Is spite of herself chase from her mind tbe image of Larsan, aad conss qoeotiy It was net tbe beitef tbat sbe .weald have knowa tt which removed 'my swapVlooa. store In spits of aer aett sbe entertained tbe fear all the who tbat yos and Laraaa wets oa. Bo, a: ary suspicions were removed by another eaaee." -Taef nttgnt have beeo moovwfl," aetalmad M. Da rue at sc trooJcally and deaah-togty--tbey might hove bee removed by tbe simple coarse of toasooing tbat If I bad bees Laraaa. having ber for my wife. I would have bad every cense for making ber believe to Lares a S death. And I would have awver its ssl Hi ted myjrlf. Was tt not spos tbs day that Laraaa returned to Berth that I loot stsfbDder Tardoo, SMoeteor. pardoor replied BoeJetaMfia, wboee face bad grew aa wh!to aa s sheet. -To ere abandon ing sew. if I may say so. tbe directions st pare reases. The facts which ye ijoUiioia shew as Jest the eootrary sf that which yos believe we should sse, rer my part tt seems to m tbat wbes ee has a wife wb believe er who cense very Bear to betbrrtaa that sate to Laraaa one has every totereat ta showing has last Laraaa exists oot sanoof ooitiirr As BooJetabftJe ottered theas words ths Lady bs Black, sovporttag herself by groping wttb her ha ads against tbs wall aa ah walked, came otnm bBngty to tbs side of Bouletabllle and km tk race at fousftaa.1 SCO1 ! Absolutely Puro lion. Richmond Pearson, ex Congressman and ex-minister to Persia, is willing to accept the Republican congreseignal nomina tion in the ninth district. . -AGENTS WANTED: Van. or Women to work in Alamance eonm tv' Can easilymake $15 to f 25 par week. Address "V," Drawer "A," Raleigh, N. 0. PROFESSIONAL CASDS r, WILLS. JR. ... . ........ ,. lit DENTIST . . - J Grsbseo, . . . - WsrUt Caewttoei , OFFICE n SIMMONS. BDTLDI5Q fAOOB A. IXMHL ' - t. aXatXB IOBO. 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The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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March 31, 1910, edition 1
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