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J r F At the chateau of young 1 Charles Rambert was ivas just finishing I j dressing when IThen n a gentle tap sounded Ion i t ion i on on the door of his room room Continued from Preceding Page Let us have breakfast quickly quickly- she suggested It you like Uke we might walto walk wal k to the station It will warm us up up anyhow Ch Cb Cles lea les Ram rt replied He was only Y li wake c but he sat beside Therese Theres e d dd d justice to the preparations sh she e h Shall Ve fe 4 start the girl asked aske d tb n. n Therese opened the hall hail door and th the e young two p people ople went down the flight High t of or ste steps steps s leading to the garden A Athey As s they passed I the the the- st stables bles th they y came cam e a across across ross a groom who was leisurely gelting getting get gel t ting ng an old brougham out of the coat coach h house house Dont hurry Jean Therese called calle d out as she greeted him We Are going goin g Yg to tp walk to the station and the only Y Important 1 porta thing is 15 that you should b be bethere bethere e there there to bring us ba back k The man touched his cap and t the he two young people passed through the he t park g gate te and fo found nd themselves upon a the the high road I It t must please you awfully to I be going to meet your our father said Mm Mme e d de granddaughter ha half haH it questioningly q It is a long time lime sin since ce you iou you have seen him isn't it Three years ears Charles Rambert a an He is coming home from fro m America now now and before that tat t at he travelled travelled trav trav- v in n Spain a long time Ho He was was 3 travelling the whole time lime m e you ou were were a child chUd wasn't he Yes always When he was In IJ Par Paris is he used to come como to the school and I Ilav saw lav him in the parlor parlor for for a quarter quart er of an hour And nd your mother Oh ph mamma was different flu But t you you know Therese I- I spent all ti the e childhood th that t I can can r i remember member at the school chool But you loved your mother ve very ry much Ohl Oh yes I loved her her Charles Re Rembrant Rem Rem- m brant answered but I 1 hardly kne kneher knew w 1 l her either You see sec Therese now that that th at 1 f I am a man I guess lots of things th thI that at II I could not have had even oven a suspicion o n of then My Iy father and mother d did td I not ot get on well together They we were e both very good but their characters rs' rs I did ld not harm harmonize nize My father was co constantly con con- n I II away whereas mamma manima mamma hard hardly It ever went out When a servant t took g me to the house on Thursdays I w was as as I taken up to say good morning to h hand her er I and I invariably found her lying on a I sofa In her room with the blinds do doand down w n and almost dark Then I was tak taken wen en I I away again because I tired her Was she ill ill then Mamma always has been ill I s spose sup gup- up I a aee pose P se you know Therese that three ee i months ago she was sent to an asylum m J I believe my father had wanted her to I agree to undergo careful reful treatment of of the he kind long before but she would Id 4 not no t. t 4 r Therese Theres was silent for fora a few ml n utes 1 You Y u have not been been very happy the he he said presently i iDay i j Day was breaking now a a. De December ember er j I day with I the light filtering through gh heavy gray clouds I have ha not been very Cry happy etch either her er I said Therese for tor I lost my father when I was tiny t 1 dont don't even remember remember ber him bUn i and mamma must be dead as aa aswell well An ambiguous turning of r the childs child's s phrase p caught Ch Charles Charley rl l Rambert's Rambert interested interested in attention What does that thal mean Therese Dont Dont Don't you know It if your mother U IS dead Yes oh oh yes says so But whenever I 1 ask sk for particulars always changes the sub sub- 1 j I 1 sometimes mes wonder If it some something I ting thing i 1 not hot being going kept back ack some some-I from fromme me me whether whether It is really true that mamma is no moro more In this world T Talking like this Therese and I Charles had bad walked at t a good p pace ce and now they came to the tow few houses built aro around nd Verrl ies Station We are Very early Therese remarked te re marked pointing to the station clock In the di distance Your fathers father's train is due at and it H is only now We will mill have a quarter quart r of ot an hour to wait walt and nd more if the train Is not punctual They went Into the station A. A Apor porter por- por ter appeared Ah Ab Mademoiselle Therese he be said sald I i with the familiar yet perfectly r respect respectful sp fill ful cordi cordiality that thai m marks C country folk talk up already dY Have you come colne to 1 et somebody or are re you going Away No I am not going aw away y Th theresS les replied I have hav t. t R Rahl- Rahl bert who has bas come to meet et his hU t father ther from Paris 13 Is Ingrain s signalled y yet t. t The m man n drew out a watch like Uk a turnip It wont won't be h here r tor for quite another t r twenty minute The Th work on th lh the e tunnel makes it t necessary n nece C t to be care Car careful I e ful l. l and Its It's always late h how wh Therese turned to Charles Chatles Sh Shall ll we go on ori tb to t the platform T Then w we sh shall ll sea feed e the train come in j So the they l loft left ft the sitting room sitting room and b be began i g pan gan 11 to w walk lIt ti Up and tid down ih the who whole e l length ot tit the I platform t trot 11 Ah Att s said ld Charl Charles Rambert alast fit id idl t l last st to J he porters potters who Wh With th the st sta a lion toaster blaster t constituted d the satire entire railway rail rali- w way staff stab at t s came canle bushn d along the platform the life engine slackened slack c ened erred a speed e d slid and fid the heavy train slows slowed cd d down and sto stopped ih The cl class class ss carriages had stopped ed d immediately daleb id tn tram front Of r Charles au arid d arid and d on oh the footboard rd e n Rambert stood to d a tall elderly r y man o of ot t distinguished appearance nce proud be bear bearing r ing and nd en one energetic etc attitude with e extraordinarily ex x I keen eyes and an n un unu i a high and intelligent tor forehead he d. d My boy he excl exclaimed my des dear r bb boy boyl Theresa Therese se had bad dr drawn wn t tactfully aside std e M M. Rambert tt n b held ld his bis son by the shout shoo 1 I d lore dera rs and hd ste stepped p b back a a pace aee the be beter b beU beUter t tIter I Iter ter Id to 11 consider him hitri Why Yd you are and A a. man manO O You ion ate are ju Just st II what bat I h hoped ed you wo would l b be tali a- a alid lid fia strong Yet you U look tired I 1 11 did riot not sleep steep well w Charles ex d x g I ed with a si smile I 1 was 8 stroll afraid I I should not wake woks up up Turning his head it sa as wi d I ThereSo and held out out his hand How do you u do my little Theresa Therese 0 he lid exclaimed d. d 4 tt left a little chit slit or of a achild child and how v t 1 behold a grown grown up up upa young lady Well I. I 1 t must bo bG oft off atar at o onto once co to pay my respects to my d dear dearold de ar arold 1 old aid friend your grandmother All AU tv well elf at th the lid chateau hat eh I MC n th tho rho train had gone on again and now a p porter tt f came up 1 to M M. 1 Rambert Will WUl you tak take your luggage with you ou sir said Th Therso rEo inter rUl ted she alto h o would ld send t for r your to tr heavy I luggage during tho the h Morning and that you Ou could take your Ut Valise VaUse and any thY mall parcels with ua us In the brougham tha that Your has taken the trouble to send her c ctr cai- cai The three had reached the station I yard and stopped In tn surprise Why hows how's that she exclaimed I the carriage is not here And y yet t Jean was as beginning t to get It ready II when we left lert the chateau M. M Etienne Rambert mt wiled railed ed at Therese I He Ile may have lave been delayed delayed dear We can can leave e everything in the cloakroom cloak room and start for the chateau I on foot We Shall Jean fean d an-d meet and can g got get Jt into the I carriage way A few minutes I later all three set ou out outon I on the road to Beaulieu M. M Etienne I Rambert enjoyed the walk in the quiet morning through the peaceful country side Just fancy my coming back here at it sixty years of or age with a great son of eighteen he said with a laugh lauSh It I must be quite forty years since I came this his way and yet et I remember every bit bitof bitof i of of it Isn't It t the fact that we shall see the front of the chateau directly we I have passed this little copse For a few minutes M. M 1 Rambert remained remained re re- silent as if absorbed in somewhat somewhat some some- what melancholy reflections But he soon recovered himself and shook off oft the tender sadness evoked in his mind by memories of the past Why the park Inclosure has been altered he exclaimed Here is a awall awall wall which used not to be here therea there a was only a I ledge Must we wo go o on to the main gate Or has hag y your r grand grand' mamma had bad another gate made We are arc going in by the outbuildings ings the girl answered then we WI shall shan hear bear why way lean Jean did not come COnle to tom m meet et us us She opened a little tHUe door doot h halt H bidden hidden among the moss and ivy y that clothed the wall surrounding the park and making M M. M Rambert and Charles pass In fn before her cried But Jean ha has gone with tho too brougham for the I horses are e not In fn the tho stable How was waa it we did old not meet him t Then she laughed Poor Foot Jean Jeani He lie is so muddle muddle- headed t I woul would 1 not mind wind betting he went t to me meet t us ua at J urY as he tIe does every morning to raring bring tu we me home fr from om church The little com company Rani Rahl bert Theresa and nd Charles w ir were MV- MV ap approaching the chateau u. u Passing beneath be be- n neath eath time Mme de s s Thereso Theroso ca tailed balled ed merrily UP p to them Here we are There Wa was ho bo reply But at the window of an rig room appeared P the figure 61 dt r tho rho a stew steward slew slew- fen ard Dollop Dollon making a a. gesture as M i If asking f for r Silence Therese in adv advance of ot her gUests had proceeded but afew a 11 y yards when Mme lime de es e's old servant ser rushed down the stone steno night light of ot st steps s in Iii front of the tho chateau aU toward td M. M R Rambert Dollon DoHon seem seemed d t distraught Usually t so res respectful and so deferential in tn manner he riots liow i w seized M. M R Rambert byth bythe by bythe the the- arm armr and hd imperiously waving g Therese and nd Charles Chatles away array drew aside It tt Is awful sir he e exclaimed horrible a a fearful thing has hap hat We W h have v j lust just st found Min Mme Mine l la laI a Marquise I dead dead- dead murdered dead murdered murdered- ered iti 1 i room r- r It tI ILL in The Hunt for fuh the tiro fun When M. M d de dc Presles t Jes th the examining 1 g magistrate ift iii oh charge of ot th the Court urt o of or f I s. s arrived at th the Chateau ch t au of dI f Bea Beaulieu Beau Beau- lle lieu lied he first of all 11 made inquiry as t to o j who was in iii the house hoUse at the time From the information given him im li lie e I was as satisfied that It was unnecessary y i ito to subject t other either r Therese or Of Ch Charts Charles tes s to immediate exan examination I It tt W tots tots' s also clear cler cle r that M r. R Rambert nb rt t senior who had lied only onty arrived lifter after th the the- e crime could not furnish any intel Interest InterestIng st- st j I Ing information Uon Tell m ma me exa exactly Uy how y you disco v ered the ered-the the crime M. M t. t Bollon ol Oti he said a pale pate arid and it enabling t in lh e stew steward td a ac accompanied ac- ac companied nied him along th the corridor t d the lire scene of- of the murder fhi Tia morning Horning as UsUal sir th the e steward replied t lOt 1 knocked JUi at her door loo r as I always did but brit g got t no answer voi I d dont don't ht know tt t b by I ripened beetled the door i istead Instead In n stead of or going away vay p perhaps I l ha had d soma hind tit of Pt presentiment Ht I f s saw w ni my y boor r deaf dear mistress lying lead dead at th the e toot loot of ot lier her bed steeped in hI blood an and d with ith such uch a horrible gash in rt h hei- hei r throat at that hat for a moment 1 j tb thought her hen head d I was vas s severed vered from the trunk The police sergeant corroborated ted th tb the stewards steward's st story ty v The J murder c certainly ft was C committed d with pe peculiarly rt borr horrible vot violence sir nc he remarked Tho Th wounds are shock shock- k ing The Tho tn magistrate folio followed tollo wed the ste V ste steward War d Into the room where when o Dollon bohon had tak taken take n I care re that nothing was touched Mine de 1 s room vas ryas was l Urge r a e. e and quietly furnished with Uh old oid press presses presse s I armchairs chairs and ald old fashioned tables The whole of one sido silo was filled by by- bytho bythe the tho Marquises Marquise's bed large raised upon a kind a-kind kind of dais At the tho foot loot of the bed on the right was a large largo window I fastened halt half open despite the keen I cold In the middle of the room was wasa wasa a a round mahogany table and a lIt little le further away was a small es half halt op open n with It Ua its drawers g gaping and papers scattered on the floor There Theta worn only onty two 1 ways Witts a of at Ingress In press gress Otto one by the the- door through which the tho magistrate te entered d which opened on oh to the math main lb corridor on n tha tM first floor nd and ind the other ther by a door door r com cam communicating With tho tiro l I Marquises Marquise's s dress dress' l room ing-room this dressing room dressing room Wad V S lighted by lay a large window which tv wa s a s shut shat The of corps of the l Marquise lse was lySing lyS ing on ott Its back oil on the thet boor r with the head toward the facet bed the h f feet el toward th the window A A gash ran almost tight right across crosa the tM throat and on one the tits C carpet I round tho rho body a wide stain t ln was still sUn slowly spreading M. M de Presley t 1 ef yer the dead m woman n. n i Wi What at ah an h appalling P hs hemut Nothing has b been In Inthe Inthe n the 10 robin UI eh t Nothing sIr sir The magistrate pointed to to the Sere Sere- e Loire With Its open pen drawers r w t That has baa n not t been t No sir I fl sU 1 ose th that t. t is where Mme d de e k kept pt her het aiu Valuables bl s the steward shook his bis head The Marquise bad had in hi th the ho house se a afew few lew hundred francs sj perhaps for dally dal y expenses S. S but c certainly no more I So you d do not t think robbe robbery y was s i ithe the motive motive of at the crime I The steward shrugged his sho I Tile The magistrate w walked slowly y I round U the e room This window w h he aSked The rhe M Marquise always left sett It Ii lik like e that ha t she all the all the fresh fres air air sh she e could get tight Might ight not nut the thi murderer h have ve go got t in that v way y The sl steward ward sh k his head It un Is most niost st unlikely sir air Ir s SeX eel e th the the e windows are flood fitted outside util e with a ft kin kind d of grating pt pointing ng outward rd and t d downward downward down ward and 1 that Would proven prevent nt t any one from climbing in M. M 1 de Pr Presles c came me to th the d door ot which opened on to the Corridor |