Show i II r 1 t r rI 1 I I F 1 T 0 Mi A S I j F A N I r 1 r tSe r. r Second ond Instalment of The Telegrams Telegram's a Great real New ew Mystery Serial eria r. r j By Two F French ren rent h F Fiction ion Masters asters M Marcel A Attain II a in a an and d J i. i Pierre Terre I I J S V mental y yu hou u cah can make a fascinating y game gam out of the successive instalments 6 his unique story You can test on it Is your your mind keener er a an oY the authors authors- Can you f o y-j y mystery before re they choose rv reveal eal it 1 othe the he first Instalment Etienne Ram- Ram ok a slow train from Paris An Anex Ans ex ress s left on the track beside It ar r Beaulieu all trains stopped be- be 5 use LuW a tunnel was waa being repaired J n she went to bed the tho night be beshe be- be care ore she was murdered the Marquise Marquisee c e e bad had in her desk lesk a sheaf shea f lottery tickets one o of which she Bought might have won the capital prize r peso heso ese points may mayor or may not be ber r vial So may others Insignificant lj a tip first sight Be on the lookout You r a afford ford to skip a single line s s v Printed r ted by special ial arrangement I Brentano's New Now NewYork York American 1 s 's of the English translation I t A i YOU T-YOU YOU MISSED IF YOU DID NOT r. r 1 READ THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF AT M. r. r Etienne Rambert a wealthy wealthy h Fl Frenchman of ot 60 whose large interests c t Spain and South SO Ul America keep him himl l' l from home is going down from T aris aristo to the Chateau of ot Beaulieu where ifs his lis son son Charles aged 18 18 is playing as a guest t of the Marquise de an I u. u oI friend On the eve of his arrival the ther 5 r gives a dinner party at which the the guests are young oung Charles Rambert I J 15 Thereso 16 the marquises marquise's granddaughter l the Baronne de V y ItA p. p S l-S k Paris Pro society woman who is ring In the tho neighborhood President Boria Bon Bon- a retired magistrate and the Abbe i the local priest 1 tl IfS l y V ITh The talk centers t about a mysterious EY i i SiV terrifying criminal to whom thel the l nickname l' l has been given In his is I exploits Charles diaries Rambert displays an interest which draws down the i disapproval of his elders After the guests leaves the marquise calls Charles Charlesl l c into into her bedroom for a moment and i r casually speaks of ot a lottery ticket in her J t desk which would be worth a million r 1 francs if It it drew the capital prize S. S Ii y Earl Early next morning l Therese and Charles go to the tho station and meet M. M 5 Ji Rambert's train As they approach the hateau on their return they find it in Old Dollon the steward tells l hem IU em that the marquise has been lost cast pst brutally murdered during the ther r ight M M. de Presles the examining 1 n arrives Both in manner and lve Ive the crime seems inexplicable The m an had no known enemies and ande andre h re r e is no sign of ot robbery robbery- Further- Further e it seems impossible that any ma- ma r can canave have ave entered the chateau yet ii ho ha he persons legitimately inside its t 1 i w t w ls that night were the marquise Kambert Rambert Therese and und two old servants Baffled M. M de Presles c ids ends to Paris for a detective t That hat night In his bedroom Etienne 1 ia alm almost st overcome by emotion emolion enly accuses Charles of having com com- J the murder The boy is pros pros- ros- ros 1 1 q t rated Crated a d with horror at such an accusation accusation r f t omu g from his own father her I if S Simply from the nature of the 1 L wound The breadth and depth abC ab- ab I f ft C prove that it was not made 5 With one stroke the murderer must J l belong l elong ng to a class of individuals who o trill without horror and even without i 5 S Again the wound shows a at the murderer Is n is a strong man eak c men with feeble muscles strike tiger 1 p ei with a a pointed weapon and aim aim- mi jig 1 at a vital avital organ whereas powerful murderers live have a predilection for caws dealt superficially and fo for forr road r a ghastly g wounds wounds' We have llave next to determine the sort pi t weapon with which the murder was I i r f We have not got it bu but it t. t a a point t of capital importance that k Dl mur murder er was committed with a k lf not with a dagger or stiletto 5 and d therefore is a crapulous crime t And what conclusion do you ou draw that fact the tho magistrate in- in S. S K a have been committed by l rI h rles les Rambert Juve answered He Ire has lias been heen well brought wrought up comes o of f J l' l f. f J every ery good stock and his age makes i it t improbable that he can be a profesS t S I. I ional criminal And now let us cont con con- 5 r i l' l 4 the motive or motives Juve Juye s t t. t 11 continued v 2 a i- i Doubtless robbery said gaid the mag- mag 1 dst atc S. S 1 What did he want to steal Juve Juye D it 1 Mme de diamond h rings rings and watch and purse were on t her table in ln full S view in ln the drawers If that had been broken open I found r i other T Jewels over twenty e. e pounds In gold and silver sUver and three three bank bank banle notes in a card case It Is certainly sur sur- sur- sur ho ngo and social position n nand I and personality of r. r Mme de make it very unlikely that she was the object of Vengeance vengeance If If she was got I rid of it was was was' very likely that she might be robbed but robbed of what Juve proceeded with the development of his ideas And now suppose we are re face to face with a crime committed without motive as a result of of s some me morbid Impulse In that caso case I should b be In Inclined inClined in- in dined to reconsider my opinion and think It possible that young Rambert could be the culprit We Ve know very little about the young fellow but but It seems that his family is not altogether normal If we regard Charles Rambert Rambert Rambert Ram Ram- bert as a a hysterical subjects subject t wo we can taut associate him with tl the e murder o of the Marquise de Under such Influence nce ho might have have committed I murder with all the fierce brutality o ofa of ofa a giant I But I shall soon be In possession of accurate knowledge as to the muscular I strength of the tho murderer Juve Tuve pro pro- Quite lately M. M pro pro-I in invented invented invented in- in vented a marvelous dynamometer I which which- enables us to ascertain what kind of lever has been used to force a alock a alock lock locle or a piece o of furniture and the exact strength of the individual who used the tools I have hav taken samples of th the wood from the the broken drawer and I shall soon have exact tion For my part he went on oh I find it impossible to suspect the two old maidservants Louise and Marie the tramps whom we have deta detained ned and subsequently released are simple simpleminded minded elementary people eople incapable of the subtle cleverness of the man maul who murdered the marquise marquis Dollon's I alibi removes him fr from m suspicion cion Only M M. Etienne Rambert Is left left the magistrate put put In About 9 o'clock that evening he left the dOrsay station in the the- slow train which reaches at at 6 55 a. a jn n. n and he certainly arrived by that one He could not have a better alibi Not Kot possibly J Juve ve replied Sowe So Sowe So Sowe we need heed only trouble ourselves with Charles Rambert Not the faintest sound was heard therefore the murderer murderer murderer mur- mur derer was in the house he went to the marquises marquise's room and announced his arrival by a cautious tap on the door The marquise was not surprised I to to- see him for she knew him quite well Oh come come M M. de Presles 1 broke in you you ou kno know know- that the bedroom do was door forced The The Thc bolt was wrenched awa away and ami hanging literally lit literally literally lit lit- at qt the end erid of f the screws I I was expecting that sir said sald Juve I should like to show you something rather quaint He lIe led the way across the passage passage Have Ha a good look at attl tl this ls bolt he said to M. M me 1 resles the slide bolt is out as when t the e boltis bolt boltis boltis is fastened but the socket into whit which E the slide bolt slips to fasten the door doo dooris r is intact If the bolt really had been n forced the socket would have been een wrenched away too This is a It mere mer blind bUnd The murderer wished to make mak en e us believe that the door was forced I In n reality It was opened l by the marq marquise ise Therefore the murderer was person personally personal lly Y known to her Now I should like to remind rou of f young Charles Rambert's equivocal be beI behavior behavior be- be havior tl the ilea s evening that preceded the q I crime It struck struck- President Bonnet an and d shocked the priest I also recall his heredity antecedents his mothers mother's insanity insanity insanity in- in sanity and finally Juve unceremoniously unceremoniously dragged the magistrate into Charles Rambert's Rambert bedroom hurried into the dressing room adjoining went down on his knees and laid a finger r on the oilcloth that was as laid over th the e boards What do you see there h he e demanded The magistrate looking at the place plat e indicated saw saw a little black stain he wetted his his' finger rubbed it on the spot and observed that the tip of his finger fing was stained red Blood said Juve I gather gathel from this that the tho story of the bloodstained ined d d towel which M. M Rambert senior found foun d among his sons son's things and the sigh sight t of or which so greatly Impressed Mlle Mlle Therese was not hot n t an invention on that young ladys lady's part but really existed and it forms the most damning evidence evidence evi evi- dence possible ag against the young man The magistrate nodded It Is conclusive he said You have just proved that Charl Charles Charles- s Rambert Rambert Rambert Ram Ram- bert is s the guilty party part There were a couple of seconds of silence and then Juve suddenly said No No he repeated we can adduce arguments t to show that th the murder was committed by some member o or of the household and that Charles R is the only possible culprit We can adduce ad adduce td ad- duce equally logical arguments to show that the tho crime was was committed by some person who got in from outside there Continued on page 5 r T ANTOMAS Continued from page 4 4 Is nothing t to prove that he did not walk into the house louse through the front door It was locked said tho the magistrate nothing said Juve Dont forget torget t that at nowadays all locks can bo ho opened with a key ke If I had found an old fashioned catch lock on the door made years years ago I should have said nobody got in because the tho only way to get through is to break the door down But a key docs does not exist of which one cannot get an im int- Impression impression on and there Is not an Impression impression sion lion from which one cannot manufacture 1 ture a false key The murderer could easily have got into the house with a duplicate key The magistrate raised a further ob ob- ob I If he got In he would woul Inevitably have left some traces round about the tho chateau There arent aren't ans- ans any I Yes there are Juve reported First Til st this piece of an ordnance map I which I found yesterday between tho the thoI I chateau and the embankment lIeI lie I took it from his pocket as he spoken spoke I n It shows the neighborhood ne of the I chate chateau lu of Beaulieu That doesn't prove anything said I the magistrate To find a a apiece piece of f fI map of our district in our om district is I the tho most natural thing possible Now If It you were to discover the tho rest test of ot this map in anybody's possession then then I J shall try to do so so said Juve gently But this is not the only argument ment This morning near the embankment embankment embankment embank embank- ment I found some very suspicious suspicious' footprints There Thero are any number of footprints ne- ne near ner r the 1 end of the tunnel where the are at i work But at the other end where I there thero is no occasion for an any one to I pass b by I 1 found that the earth which was crisp crIsI with frost had been disturbed disturbed dis dis- dis- dis I Th The Tho tips of ot shoes had been I driven into th the tho earth arth and I I F could I Isee see I distinctly where feet had been placed I Someone climbed up the embankment making for the railway And pray what conclusion do you think ought to be drawn from that 1 the magistrate Inquired Combine the two hypotheses Into one The murderer was in the chateau before the crime and aud left directly It was accomplished What should you ou say of a criminal completing his deed hurrying over the couple of or miles that separate Beaulieu from the railway and cat catching a passing train and on his way climbing the embankment at atthe atthe atthe the spot where I found the footprints I mentioned y J i You cant can't jump into a moving g I train tram the magistrate replied as as you vou youcan youcan can into a passing passing tram and at night I none but express trains run between I Brives and Cahors I All AIl right said Juve but hut owing to I the work on on the line all trains have I I stopped at the beginning of the tunnel for the last tw two o months I The magistrate submitted yet jet another another another an an- other objection I We have not found foun any traces round roundabout roundabout about the chateau Strictly speaking no no Juve Juye ad admitted admitted admitted ad- ad but suppose the murderer walked on the grass during the night before the morning dew When the dew rises in n the early morning grass that has been bent down stands up again again If the murderer did walk on the lawn when he was getting away nobody could tell that he lie had done so NevErtheless Nevertheless Nevertheless Never Never- on the lawn In front of ot the window n ow of ot l the room oom where where the the murder murder was committed I have observed not I exactly footprints but signs that the earth has been disturbed and smoothed I 1 should like to ha e have a look 1001 at that said M l de I Presles The two men hurried out of the ho house se Just by the side of the grass gras which the tho inspector said had been made up a large rhubarb plant outspread outspread outspread out out- spread its thick leaves al almost almost almost al- al most parallel with tho the soil Juve glanced casually at the nearest leaf and uttered an exclamation of surprise and gratification lie He drew tIle the magistrates magistrate's attention to some little s of earth with which the plant was pepper peppered d. d What Is that inquired M M. de e Presles Earth said Juve who wh t had swept the top of 01 the leaf leat with the palm of his hand ordinary earth like the rest ten Inches below on the grass What about it 1 said the magis magis- i that Well said Juve I I imagine earth has no power to Jump up ten Inches Into the air and settle on the top of a leaf This earth was brought here Somebody jumped on to the grass th there re lie removed the marks of his fe feet t bv Ly the earth It soiled soled his hands ands and anti he rubbed one against the other ether quite mechanically the tho earth on op his hands fell tell off oft in little balls on to on on to the rhubarb leaf So even if the tha murderer did not get In from outside he lie did at any rate take to flight after the crime Rambert after So So It cant can't be Charles all said the magistrate It It ought to be Charles Charlos Rambert was Juve Juves s 's s baffling reply I am anxious not to be ba led away by any preconceived preconceived preconceived pre pre- conceived opinion I put the hypothesis that so and so Is guilty and examine all the arguments then I submit that the tho crime waS was committed by somebody else and proceed in the same way My method confronts every argument with witha vitha a diametrically |