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r ‘I I- ‘F* I ff I ^ N THE CHARLOTTE NT2WS MAY 2!. 191 I Ir o r b iS li ■r ■e )■» 10 le ra b( sc F O) P io w U oi ti 3- it'll Of THE Oi^ERA 4.‘ - GASTON -LEROUX*^ f ^/iuthoro^ -, a.- 1 The Mysfery o/ The Yel low RoJm CTt 3 * ^ / C«nrri(ht. 1911, The Bobbs-MerriU ConpMjr *i CHAUTER XVII. The Safety-Pin Aagain. Mnnchanrln’s last phrase so clearly wish to enter into details, and Rich ard began to thinK that Moncharmln was treating him in a v«ry insupport able fashion. Monchamiin, I’ve had enough of expro!'■''■'■i th- puppioion in which he thisi" now held hi? partner that it was bound Richard, lAe had too much of it! 1 .• *v.^ “Do von dare to suspect me? . to r.nifip a stormy explanation, at the ‘-yes, of a sillv ioke.’* end of wliirh it was agreed that Rich- “On© doesn't joke with twenty- f’f l i;h Mild yield to all Moncharmln’s thousand francs.” wit''’ the object of helping him That s what I think, declared Mon- . ■ ^ . u tharmin.’ unfolding a newspaper and • . d -r,.v..r th,^ miscreant who was ostentatiously studying its contents, 'i'fin i.’.in ; them. "What are you doing?” asked Rich- T^'- I i*i2s us to the interval after ard. "Are you going to read the pa- • aOrrten Act. with the strange con- per next?" :u‘I '-.h.pt ved bv M. Remy and those 1 • Yes, Richard, until I take you ' ivioup lapse?- from the dignity that | home." ’ • i-■ . xpected of the managers. ! ‘ Like last time?” ' u.T anmsed neiween Richard and. “Yes. like last time.” irmfirs'. ‘h^T Richard I Richard snatched the paper from ronpat the exact inovements j >ioncharmin's hands. Moncharmln " ''h he had made on the night of the stood up. more irritated than ever and ■'f :-appearance of the first twenty-; himself faced by an exasperated rlit us-’.nd francs; and. second- ^bat who, crossing his .M^ hflrniin hho'ild ni-t for an instantjhig chest, said: lo8f of R^cahrd's coat-tail pocket,' ir*o which Mamp Giry was to slip the H. G. LONG CO. Our Next Week’s Progr^ r\f TD CATC* Closed last night and we*extend our hearty ai>preciation to all the patrons and friends of this firm ^ their very liberal response, which OUR SALE ADVERTISING received. Tomorrow and no doubt next week will be needed to get the store back into order. Every department has small broken li nes that were opened up partly sold out during the sale We Invite Dealers From the city and country to buy up the lots of Odds and Ends Women’s Shoes, Furnishings, Clothmg, Hats, etp. of J'len's and Bunched Lot Prices ^n each tomorrow will give choice to every one for lots or single items* H. C. LONG CO. Retail or in Bulk. First Gome-First Served. arms on twenty-thousand francs. M. Richard went and placed him- Mame Glry passed, rubbed up against M. Richard, got rid of he twcnty-ih-'^usand francs in the mana ger's c-'a* tail pocket and disappear ed. . . Or rath«=r she was conjured tway. In accordance ^ith the In structions received from Moncharmln a few minutes earlier. Mercier took the good lady to the acting-manager’s offlce and turned the key on her, thus making it impossible for her to com municate with her ghost. Meanwhile. M. Richard was bend- Inc and bowinx and scraping and walk ing backward, just as if he had that hieh and mighty minister, the under secretary for fine arts, before him. Only, though these marks of polite ness would have created no astonish ment if the under-secretary of itate had n?ally been in front of M. Rich ard. thf-y caused an easily comprehen- flble amazement to the spectators of this very natural but quite inexplica ble scene when M. Richard had no body in front of him. M. Richard bowed ... to no body; bent his back . . . before nobody; and walked backward . . . before nobody. . . . And, a few •teps behind him, M. Moncharmln did the same thfng that he was doing, in addition to pushing away M. Remy and begging M. de La Boderie, the ambassador, and the manager of the Credit Central “not to touch M. le directeur.” Moncharmln, who had his own ideas, did not want Richard to come to him preaently, when the twenty-thousand franca were gone, and say: “Perhaps it was the ambassador ... or the ^manager of the Credit Central ... or Remy.” The more so as. at the time of the first scene, as Richard himself ad mitted. RI. hard had met nobody In that part of the tehater after Mame Olrj’ had brushed up a^inst him. Having begun by walking back ward In order to obw, Richard contin ued to do po from prudence, until he reached the passage leading to the offices o fthe management. In this way, he was constantly watched by Moncharmln from behind and himself kept an eye on any one approaching from the front. Onre more, this novel met’iod of walking behind the scenes, tlonrl Academy uf Music, attracted attention: but the manager^ them- adopted by the managers of our Na- selves thought of nothing but their twenty-thousand francs. On reaching the balf-dark passage, Richard said to Moncharmln, In a low voice: "I am sure that nobody has touched Doe. . . . You had now better keep at some distance from me and watch me till I come to the door of the offloe: it li better not to arouse sus picion and we can lee anj^hin^ that happens.” But Moncharmln replied. "No. Rich ard, no! You walk ahead and I’ll walk Immediately behind you! I won’t leave you by a step I” "But, in that caae,^ exclaimed Rich ard, “they will never steal our twen ty-thousand francsi” “I should hope not, indeed!” declar ed Moncharmln. “Then what we are doing is ab surd ! ” "We are doing exactly what we did last time. . . . Last time. I Join ed you as you were leaving the stage and followed close behind you down this passage.” "That’s truel” sighed Richard, shak ing his head, and passively obeying Moncharmln. Two minutes later, the joint mana gers locked themselves into their of fice. Moncharmln himself put the key in his pocket: "We remained locked up like this, last time,” he aald, "until yoTu left the Opera to go home." "That’a so. No one came and dia- turbed us, I supi>osed?” "No one.” "Then.” eald Richard, who was try ing to collect hia memory, “then I must certainly have been robbed on my way home from the Opera.” "No,” aald Moncharmln In a drier tone than ever, “no, that's impossible. For I dropped you in my cab. The twenty-thouaand francs disappeared at your place: there’s not a shadow of a doubt about that.” “It’s Incredible!” protested Richard. "I am sure of my servants .... and if one of them had done It, he would have disappeared since.” MdAchannin shrugged his should ers, as though to say that he did not "Ix)Ok here. I'm thinking of this I'm thinking of what I might think if like last time, after my spending the evening alone with you. you brought me home and If. at the moment of parting. I perceived that twenty- thousand francs had disappeared from my coat-pocket . . . like last time.” “And what might you think?” ask ed Moncharmln, crimson with rage. "I might think that, as you hadn’t left me by a foot’s breadth and as, by your own wish, you were the only one to approach me, like last time, I might think that, if that twenty-thousand francs was no longer in my pocket, It stood a very good chance of being in yours!” Moncharmln leaped up at the sug gestion. ' , “Oh!” he shouted. “A safety-pin!” “What do you want a safety-pin for?” “To fasten you up with! ... A safety-pin! ... A safety-pin!” “You want to fasten me with a safety-pin?” "Yes, to fasten you to the twen ty-thousand francs! Then, whether it’s here, or on the drive from here to your place, or at your place, you will feel the hand that pulls at your pocket and you will see if It’s mine! Oh, so you’re suspecting me now, are you? A safetj’-pln!” And that was the moment when Moncharmln opened the door on the passage and shouted: “A safety-pin! . . , somebodj' give me a safety-pin!” And we also know how, at the same moment, Remy, who had no safety- pin, was received by Moncharmln, while a boy procured the pin so eager ly longed for. And what happened was this: Moncharmln first locked the door again. Then he knelt down behind Richard’s back. “I hope,” he said, “that the notes are still there?” “The real ones?” asked Moncharmln, resolved not to be “had” this time. “Look for yourself,” said Richard. “I refuse to touch them.” Moncharmln took the envelope from Richard’s pocket and drew out the bank-notes with a trembling hand, for, this time, in order frequently to make sure of the presence of the notes, he had not sealed the envelope nor even fastened It. He felt reassured on find ing that they were all there and quite genuine. He put them back In the tail-pocket and pinned them with great care. Then he sat down behind lUch- ard’s coat-tails and kept his eyes fixed on them, while Richard, sitting at his writing-table, did not stir. "A little patience, Richard,” said Moncharmln. “We have only a few minutes to wait. . . . The clock will soon strike twelve. Last time, We left at the stroke of twelve.” "Oh, I shall have all the patience necessary!” The time passed slow, heavy, myste* rious, stifling. Richard tried to laugh. “I shs.ll end by believing in the om nipotence of the ghost,” he said. “Just now, don’t you find something uncom fortable. disquieting, alarming In the atmosphere of this room?” “You’re quite right,” said Monch'ar- mln, who was really Impressed. "The ghost!” continued Richard, In a low voice, as though fearing lest he should be overheard by invisible ears. “The ghost! Suppose, all the same, it were a ghost who puts the magic en velopes on the table . . . who talks in Box Five . . . who killed Joseph Buquet . . . who unhooked the chandelier , and who robs us! For, after all, after all, there is no one here except you and me, and if the notes disappear and neither you nor I have anything to do with It, well, we shall have to believe In the ghost . . . the ghost.” At that moment, the clock on the mantleplece gave Its warning click and the first stroke of twelve struck. 'The two managers shuddefed. The perspiration streamed from their fore heads. The twelfth stroke sounded strangHn in their ears. When thm clock stopped, they gave a sigh and rose from their chairs. "I think we can go now,” said Mon charmln. "I think so,” Richard agreed. "Before we go, do you mind if I look in your pocket?” “But, of course, Moncharmln. you must! . . . W'ell?” he asked, as Moncharmln was feeling at the pocket. "WAll, I can feel the pin.” "Of course, as you said, we can’t be robbed without noticing it.” But Moncharmln, whose hands were still fumbling bellowed: “I can feel the pin, but I can't feel the notes!” “Come, no joking. Moncharmln! . . . This isn't the time for it.” “Well, feel for yourself." Richard tore off his coat. The two managers turned the pocket inside out. The pocket was empty. And the cu rious thing was that the pin remain ed. stuck In' the same place. Richard and Moncharmln turned pale. There was no longer any doubt about the witchcraft, “The ghost!” muttered Monchar- min. But Richard suddenly sprang upon his partner. “No one but you has touched my pocket! Give me back my tyentwy- thousand francs! . . . Give me back my twenty-thousand francs! “On my soul,” sighed Moncharmln, who was ready to swoon, “on-my soul, I swear that I haven’t got it!” Then somebody knocked at the door. Moncharmln opened it automatically, seemed hardly to recognise Mercier, his business-manager, exchanged a few words with him, without knowing what he saj^ng and, with an un conscious /movement, put the safety- pin, for which he had no further use, into the hands of his bewildered sub ordinate. . . . CHAPTER XVIII. The Commissary, The Viscount The Persian. and The first words of the comlssary of police, on entering the managers’ of fice, were to ask after the missing prlma donna. "Is Christine Daae here?” "Christine Daae here?” echoed Rich ard. “No. Why?” As for Monchau>mln, he had viot the strength left to utter a word. Richard repeated, for the oorals-1 The SOCK that is “None the Worse for Wear” Interwoven Toe and Heel THAT’S what counts when you are talking seeks. IT’S the only known solution for the Wear Problem, when you want a thin, light-weight sock to resist toe-puncture. 25, 35 AND 50e. GIBSON-WOOM^Y CO. sary and the compact crowd which had followed him Into the office observed an impressive silence. “Why do you ask if Christine Daae is here, M. le commissaire?’ "Because she has to be found,” de clared the commissary of police sol emnly. \ “What do you mean, ^e has to be found? Has she disappeared?” “In the middle of the performance . "In the middle of the performance? This is extraordinary! “Isn’t it? And what Is quite as ex traordinary Is that you should first learn it from me!” “Yes,” said Richard, taking his head in his hands and muttering. “What Is this new business? Oh, it’s enough to make a man send in his resigna tion. ! ” And he pulled a few hiirs out of his mustache without even knowing what he was doing. “So she ... so she disappeared In the middle of the performance?” he repeated. "Yes, she was carried off In the Prison Act, at the moment when she was Invoking the aid of the angels; but I doubt If she was carried off by an angel.” “And I am sure that she was! Everybody looked round. A young man, pale and trembling with excite ment, repeated: “I am sure of It!” “Sure of what?” asked Mifroid That Christine Daae was carried off by an angel, M. ^e conunlssaire, and I can tell you his name.” “Aha, M. le Vlcomte de Chagny! Sb you maintain that Christine Daae was carried off by an angel: an angel of the Opera, no doubt?” “Yes, monsieur, by an angel of the Opera; and I will tell you where he lives . . . when we are alone.” "You are right, monsieur.” And the commissary of police, invit ing Raoul to take a chair, cleared the room of all the rest, excepting the managers. Then Raoul spoke: 1®. commissaire, the angel is called Erik, he lives in the Opera and he is the Angel of Music!” "The Angel of Music! Really’ That • • • The Angel of Music. And, turning to the mana gers, M. Mifroid asked, "Have you an Angel of Music on the premises, gentlemen?” Richard and Moncharmln ^ Speaking. viscount, “those gen Jhf L“ ? PO>l»lon to lUt. that the Opera ghost and the Angel of Mu sic are one and the same person; and his real name Is Erik.” KtUnUvllP.^ rose and looked at Raoul iR It vfSfr pardon, monsieur, but iSSut tt""bwra Ms* “ ‘“■ h.jra“ot “GenUemen, It appears that you know the Opera ghost?” Richard rose, with the remalnlne naustache l|i his head. Conamissi^, no, we do not Si Tvvi ’ that we did, Si. evening he has robbed * 1 ^enty-thousand francs!” And lUchard turned a terrible look fram!r o? ru twenty-thousand rr*ncs, or I ii tell the whole storv ” Moncharmln understood what ‘ he he said “Oh. tell everything and have don6 with it!” As for Mifroid. he looked at the manager and at Raoul by turns and wondered whether he had strayed into a luntatic asylum. He passed his hand through his hair, “A ghost.” he said, “who. on the same evening carries off an opera- singer and steals twenty-thousand francs is a ghost who must have his hands very full! If you don’t mind, we w^lll take the questions In order. The singer first, twenty-thousand francs after. Come* M. de Chagny, let us try to talk seriously. You believe that Mile. Christine Daae has been carlred off by the individual call ed Erik. Do you know this person? Have you seen him?” ‘Tes.” "Where?” “In a churchyard.” M. Mifroid gave a start, began to scrutinize R^xml again and said: "Of course! . . . That’s where ghosts usually hang out! . . . And what were you doing in that church yard ?” “Monsier,” said Raoul, "I can quite understand how absurd my replies must seem to you. But I beg you to believe that I am In full possession of my faculties. The safety of the person dearest to me In the world Is at stake. I should like to con vince you in a few words, for time is pressing and every minute is valua ble. Unfortunately, if I do not tell you the strangest story that ever was from the beginning to the end you will not believe me. I will tell you all I know about the Opera gTiost, M. Commissary. Alas, I do not know much! ...” "Never mind, go on, go on!” ex claimed Richard and Moncharmln, suddenly greatly interested. Unfortunately for their hopes of EXCUSE ME / Drawn bv MYER learning some detail that could put them on the track of their • hoaxer, they were soon compelled to accept the fact that M. Raoul de Chagny had completely lost his head. All that story about Perros-Gulrec, death’s heads and enchanted violins, could on ly have taken birth in the disordered brain of a youth mad with love. It was evident, also, that Mr. Commis sary Mifroid shared their view; and the magistrate would certainly have cut short the incoherent narrative if circumstdbces had not taken it upon themselves to interrupt it. 4'he door opened and a man entered, curiously dressed in an enormous frock-coat and a tall hat, at once shab by and shiny, that came down to his ears. He went up to the commissary and spoke to him in a whisper. It was doubtless a detective to deliver an Important communication. During this conversation, M. Mi froid did not take his eyes off Raoul. At last, addressing him, he said: "Monsieur, we have talked enough about the ghost. We will now talk about yourself a little, if you have jio objection: you were to carry off Mile. Christine Daae tonight?” “Yes, M. le commissaire.” “After the performance?” “Yes, M. le commissaire.” "All your arrangements were made?” “Yes, M. le commissaire.” “The carriage that brought you was to take yoHi both away. . ^ . There were fresh horses in readiness at ev ery stage ” "That Is true, M. le commissaire.” "And nevertheless your carriage is still outside the Rotunda awaiting your orders, is it not?” “Yes, M. le commissaire.” “Did you know that there were three other carriages there, in addition to yours?” "I did not pay the least attention.” “They were the carriages of Mile. Sorelli, which could not find room in the Cour de 1’Administration; of Car- lotta; and of your brother, M. le Comte de Chagny. . . “Very likely. . . ” “What is certain is that, though your carriage and Sorelli’s and Carlot ta’s are still there, by the Rotunda pavement, M. le Comte de Chagny’s carriage is gone.” “This has nothihg to say to . . •’ "I beg your pai*don. Was not M le Cdtnte opposed to your marriage with Mile. Daae?” “That is a matter that only concerns the family.” You have answered my question: he was opposed to It . . . and that was why you Were carrying Chris tine Daae out of your brother’s reach. . Well, M. de Chagny, allow me to Inform you that your brother has been smarter than you! It Is he' who ha* carlred off Cbnstlne Daae!” Oh, Impossible!” moaned Raoul, pressing his hand to his heart. "Are you sure?” - Immediately after the artist’s dis appearance v^hlch was procured by means we have still to ascertain, he flung into his carriage, which drove right across Paris at a furious pace.” "Across Paris?” asked poor Raoul, In a hoarse voice. "What, do you mean by across Paris?” “Across Paris and out of Paris . *. by the Brussels road.” Oh,” cried the young man, “I shall catch them!” And he rushed out of the olfice. , , And bring her back to us!” cried me.M. for, with a dl,tracted iStuM • Ah. sesiure, that s a trick worth two of the Angel shook PRDFBSSeHMSTNflMEIS ^ JH5.HOPKINS SQUEEZE ftNDiWflhrrwroTRflCE MY POLKTS BRCK TO H THE ORIfilNftL SQUEEZE I HCR^S RMRN WHO RDVEKTlSCSTHflT HE CAN TRACE ^UR fAMILY Wi^ BACK AND SUPfLYWUVflTH ft FAMILY TREE FiOR«5» ITHINKIUTRY HIM'W NEVER ICMEWHBCil fl&OUTMY OH'- FINCJ: ALWAYS WANTEDA =AHILYTREE 0 A. YES-YES-fiOON!J t THE ORIGINAL S^OcEZE WAS n RICH PLUM3ER during THE RnlGM OF l&NRTZ-THE-CHICKEN HEfiKTED-'' H£ S£EH5 '0 BE the only WISE FAi^[LY.j RETURRINA MONTH AND VLL HAY&YOUa FAMOYTlCEE flLLWSROY!? W FOLKS ORIGINALLY CAME FROK lemon COUNTY P0RK5HJRE STOPJ^' CERSE!?- , SUFFICIENT RYE OTHER ANCESTORS WERE JRILED AS &RAfTER.S-SEVEN OTHER SERVED TERMS FOR. VARIOUS OFFENCES-THREEWERE CANNED OFF THE POLICE FORCE —3 AND YOUR GREAT- GRAND FATHER WAS KNOWN AS LEON-THE- LOONV-BND* EXCUSE ME- WELL-tJRMES ARE YOU GOIN& TO HflVE FI PICTjRij 5rtllEaV FOR.YOUR. | RMCE5TC.(^SlNTrtaT j MEW HOUSE You're ! BUILDINGr of Music’s!” And, turning to his audience, M. Mifroid delivered a little lecture on police methods. “I don’t know for a moment wheth er M. le Comte de Chagny has really carried Christine Daae off or not. . . but I want to know and I believe that, at this moment, no one is more anx ious to inform us than his grother. . . . And now he is flying in pur suit of him! He Is iny chief auxiliary! This, gentlemen, is the art of the r»o- llce, which is believed to be so com plicated and which, nevertheless, ap pears so simple as soon as you see that it consists in getting your work done by people who have nothing to! do with the police.” fiut M. le Commissaire de Police Mi froid would not have been quite so sat isfied with himself if he had known that the rush of his rapid emissary was stopped at the entrance to the very first corridor. A tall figure' blocked Raoul’s way. j “Where are you going so fast, M., de Chagny?” asked a voice. ( Raoul Impatiently raised his eyes and recognized the astrakhan cap of an hour ago. He jtopped: » “It’s you!” he cried, in a feverish! voice. “You who know Erik’s se- f crets and don’t want me to speak of j them. Who are you?” - • ( “You know who I am! ... I am ' the Persian!” Job Dept Phone / Auto Tires REPAIRED, VULCANIZED RECOVERED Inner Tubes Vulcanized. We guarantee they will never leak where we vulcainize them. puncture 50 cents, S^ond puncture — 25 cents. Third puncture 25 cents. All sizes new tires carried In stock. Relay Mfg Co 2*1 «ni 288 t. Tryon St. How Do \ ou Open Your Fruit and Vegetable Cans ? Do you break a 25 or 50-cent kitchen knife when you can opener with a combination bottle opener and cork scre^’- for 10 cents. U is economy to buy a can opener. pre-’eD* Fix up your China Closet with brass hooks—they orassB cup , ng breakage of china cups. It Is also economy to use the cup Now let us talk about that pestiferous and disease sect commonty called a FLY. It is a dangerous ;"ermina- exterminated. The medical fraternity' recommend.s Its tion. Now help the good work on by supplying yourself^ Screen Wire. Fly Killers, Ply Traps and Sticky Fly ^ ^ vanized Garbage Cans, all of which can be found m our Do not tear your clothes by hanging them on a nail dm wall or door. You can buy a dozen nice coppered hooks for 15 cents. 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' With an Inco :-%e compelled t Innes needed i Jistration. The j!to come from 1 iporation trix l£ ^toward running tnry, postolflce, I ^ents. And wh [is added, the ' will be more t Advocates ol -that the impor /They say pilUions tliu. .pie of mode* er food and ^ .just this argm ^he various s f«recorded their -pending amen iment. Its frien' ••prevailed with The campai! sthe Income tax over more ^flrBt necessary fCf congress p rthe amendmen /Tesolution v.ai ,prolonged figl ^as passed, ai |0f state forw j^ovemors of «»nsideration At first the ^hey had in jJJnlted States flng an incoin I under the pret : many this see in itself again I there was st I amending the ed States. To people, the p Is sufficient fo ment. Regardless fifter another approval on tl Arkansas, Ca ^a Idaho, lliii tucky, Montar Jand, ilaine, MIbsouH, Ni ^onh Dakota i South J) ; Tennessee, '] ^ave raiificcl in all ;,hcr ®-ct. Twenty-n: approved of it f^efore the Pr amendm( pass nn j A number o ®ent before ' measure i lavorablv bv I f In tV,; I in favor of i 1 ^at'flcatioir-; Six=y- * 'he nie elgi and WaL', saleI Op V ^inebi Trade /
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