Show F AN OMAS t 0 Second Instalment of Th The Telegrams Telegram's Great New Mystery Serial By Two French F Fiction Ma Masters lers MarceLA Marcel Attain f and or J Pierre P leTTe J 0 r rIe Are you trying to anticipate to-anticipate o a Det Detec- Detec Juve in the solution of this baffling baft t t fling mystery f Among other things things things' h he has these points to remember k l i Etienne Rambert chose a slow train from Paris In preference to an express train leaving five fhe minutes e earlier on the next track Charles Rambert knew the Marquise l de Lan rune the night of her death had lottery tickets in her desk Did an any one else know It A trace of blood was found In Charles Rambert's room and between the chateau and the railroad a fragment torn from a large map of the district Th The e door door- of the marquises marquise's bedroom was s not forced showing she opened it to some som one sh she knew and did not f fear ar Some one one jumped from a window In inthe the cha chateau eau during the night Yet all all the the occupants of It are accounted for 4 3 t Printed ti-Printed Printed by special arrangement nt with with Brentano's New York American publishers of the English translation 5 Synopsis of Preceding I Instalments ments of F antomas' antomas M M M. Etienne Rambert a wealthy Frenchman of 60 whose large Interests In Spain and South America keep him much from home is going going- down from Paris to the Chateau of ot Beaulieu where r his son lion Charles aged 18 18 Is staying as a guest of ot the Marquise de an anold anold anold old friend On the eve of or his hill arrival the marquise gives a dinner party part at which the guests are young Charles Rambert Therese 16 the marquises marquise's granddaughter the Baronne de V a aParis Paris Paris' society woman who is Ing in the neighborhood President Bonnet Bonnet Bon Bon- Bonnet net a retired magistrate and the Abbe th the local priest The talk centers about a a. mysterious and terrifying criminal to whom the nickname has been given In his exploits exploit Charles Rambert displays art an excited interest which draws down the disapproval of his elders After the guests leaves leave the marquise calls Charles Into her bedroom for a moment and casually speaks of a lottery ticket in her desk lesk which would be worth a mUll million on francs frames If it it drew the capital prize Early next morning Therese and Charles go to the station and meet M. M Rambert's train As they approach the chateau on their return they find it in confusion Old Dollon the steward tells them that the marquise has been most brutally murdered during the night M M. de Presles the examining magistrate arrives Both in manner and motive the crime seems inexplicable The marquise had no known enemies and there is no sign of robbe robbery Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- more It seems impossible that any marauder marauder marauder ma ma- can have bave entered the chateau yet the only persons legitimately Inside its Wills walls that night were ere the marquise Charles Rambert Therese and two old women servants Baffled 1 M M. de I Presles resles sends fiends to Paris for a detective That night In his bedroom Etienne Rambert almost overcome by emotion suddenly ac accuses ulSe Charles of having committed com com committed the murder The boy Is Js prostrated prostrated prostrated pros pros- with horror at such an accusation coming from his own father Th The elder Rambert In a dramatic scene Immediately on his bis arrival at the chateau reveals an Insanity taint in the mother r of his son lion Charles Charlesi whom he privately privately accuses of at the crime notwithstanding notwithstanding standing ngo the young mans man's passionate protest protest pro pro- test of at Innocence Then for a moment i suspicion strangely veers viers toward Mile Th Therese erase i is the fhe dread name that now rises In every ones one's thoughts as Inspector In- In Juve JUe Is suddenly called back to Paris to Investigate the disappearance of ot Lord Juves Juve's first discovery is a a. ghastly one that one that of a corpse packed i In a a. trunk about to be shipped from the apartments of a certain elusive Monsieur Gum Yo CHAPTER IX I f. f All AIh for Honor H nor v Society had mustered in force at the Cahors law courts where the assizes i Vere were about to be be held held The trial w was causing using Immense The Thet t principal figure in It it well known as a. a friend of one of the oldest families I r Xin tin in those parts was not merely a wit wit- ness ess but actually the defendant although although although al- al though he had bad been admitted to bail bailin in In the interval by order of the court This courtroom at Cahors was small but It was filled by a considerable and most select crowd There There- was an an air of melancholy about every person present and andI I It was obvious they were drawn by no noi i mere curiosity but by legitimate interest interest interest inter inter- est In the development of drama One of ot the leading heroines was I 1 pointed out with particular r thy Therese in the first row rowl The president of the court gave her that seat the officer who took the card of admission over to toI told me me so so I where Mme de lives Isn't it 1 Yes Yea She is sitting next to Therese Therese Therese The The- rese now That pretty woman in gray Since Mme de death she has kept the child with her President Bonnet temporary guardian of Therese Therese The The- rese 1580 Is that tall thin man talking man talking to the steward Dollon President Bonnet had been exI ext exI ex- ex I t I changing bows with every ervery one In the I f courtroom whom he considered it flattering flat flat- to himself to know now he disI displayed displayed dis- dis I played his special knowledge by pointIng point point- Ing log out to Therese where the clerk sat and the public prosecutor and the jury all much to the interest of the people near him with one exception A man dressed in black his head buried In the I huge collar of a traveling ulster and dark glasses over his eyes appeared to toI toi I f i be vastly bored Juve Juve-It Juve it was he he- knew too much about legal procedure to require explanations Suddenly a thrill ran through the roo room M. M Etienne Rambert had just walked down the gangway to the seat reserved for him in front of the witness box and close to a kind of rostrum In which Maitre an old member of the Cahors bar immediately took his place M. M Rambert was very pale but by no means overwhelmed by bythe bythe bythe the fatality overhanging him He was wasa a fine figure as he took his seat and passed his hand through his long white white- curls raising his head In defiance dei de- de i fiance of the crowd Almost Immediately after he had taken his seat a door was thrown open i the jury filed med In and a 0 black gowned Usher shrilly called for silence Stand up Hats off please The Ther r court f t 4 6 The judges proceeded to their seats the president formally declared the court open and the clerk rose to read 1 the indictment The clerk was a most excellent man but modesty was his characteristic He had few occasions to read an Indictment Indictment indictment Indict indict- ment as tragic as this present one with the result that he lacked d d. d dence ne le- le lerea rea read in a a. y voice l so sot G that I. I Z nobody in the body of the court could hear a word and even the Jury were obliged to make trumpets of f their I hands hand Etienne Rambert was only a few feet away he did not miss a word and amI It was evident that some passages In Inthe inthe inthe the indictment hit him very hard In In- In deed When the clerk finished he sat still his forehead resting in his hands The sharp thin voice of the president snapped the chain of ot his thoughts Stand up sir Pale as death Etienne Rambert rose roseand roseand roseand and answered the preliminary questions ques ques- His Isis name was Herve Paul Etienne Rambert age 59 occupation merchant owning and working rubber plantations in South America Had he hard and understood the indictment which had Just been een read I I followed it all 1111 11 sir sir-he he replied I I protest against some of the allegations and the suggestion that I have failed in my duty as a man of honor and a a father Excuse me I do not intend to permit I you to extend the tIie pleadings indefinite indefinite- ly The unfeeling eling rudeness provoked no comment from the defendant and the president proceeded ded You have heard the indictment It charges you first with having aided and abetted the escape of your son whom an Inquiry had implicated in the murder of the Marquise de and it c charges arg s you secondly with having killed your son 0 whose body has Deen recovered fro In from the Dordogne In order that you might escape the penalty of public obloquy At this brutal statement Etienne Rambert made a proud gesture of In Indignation In- In there different different differ differ- Sir he exclaimed are ent ways of putting things I do not 1101 deny the purport of the indictment but butI I object to the summary th that thai t you ou pre pre- sent No one has ever dared to contend that I killed my son eon in order to escape public obloquy What the indictment I I is intended to allege is that tha I wrought rought I justice upon a criminal who ought to have filled me with horror but whom I nevertheless nevertheless' ought fought I not to have handed I over to the public executioner This time It was was' the judges judge's turn to tobe tobe tobe be astonished We Ve will discuss your right to take take- the law into your own hands presently present present- ly he said but that is not the question question question ques ques- tion now Explain to the jury why you obstinately declined to to speak t to the ex examining examining examining ex- ex magistrate I had no answer to make male to the ex examining examining examining ex- ex ma magistrate istrate Etienne Rambert answered because in my my opinion he had no nr questions to put to me mel The Indictment charges me mA with having killed my my son because I bell believed ved him to tobe tobe tobe be guilty of the murder of Mme de and would not hand him over him over overto overto to the gallows I have hav never confessed to that murder sir and nothing will willever willever willever ever make me medo do so I would not reply to the examining magistrate because since the dreadful tragedy in my private private private vate life was exposed to public opinion I desired that I J. J sh should uld be judged by hy public opinion which is not represented by you who are a 0 professional Judge but by the Jury jun here who will shortly say whether I am really a criminal wretch by the jury many of whom are fathers tather themselves and when they I think of their own sons dons will wonder what appalling visions m must st have passed through my mind when I was forced to believe that my own son had committed a cowardly murder What sort of tragedy will the they think that must mURt have been for a a. man like me I wl with h sixty yea years of honor honor arid and o of honor honor honor hon hon- or able life behind him The outburst ended on on a sob and the whole court was moved with sympathy sympathy sympathy thy even the jury striving to conceal once tl the emotion that stirred them The judge Ju addressed the defendant again So that is why you stood mute during during during dur dur- ing the inquiry was it I admire the interpretation you place upon your duty It is quaint is-quaint quaint I am quite sure sir Eteinne Rambert Rambert Rambert Ram Ram- bert interrupted that there are plenty plenty plenty plen- plen plen plen- ty of people here who will understand and nd indorse wHat I did The declaration declaration was as so so pointedly per personal onal that the judge judg took it up And I am sure that people of ot principle principle prin prin- i I ciple will understand me when I have shown them your condict as it really I was You have a predilection for heroics it will not be without Interest to brings things to the point The moment moment mo mo- mo-I mo ment you OU believed your son was the i murderer the moment you discovered I Ithe the blood stained towel which furnished furnished furnished fur fur- I circumstantial evidence of his guilt you you the the man of honor never honor never I th of handing over the culprit to I the police poUce but only of securing his escape es es- es escape cape and helping him to get away II You accompanied him In his flight and so became in a L sense his acc accomplice I suppose you do not deny that I Etienne Rambert answered in ringing tones tone I that was was complicity on my part I will not deny dehy it Yop You forget sir that when I first believed my son was the culprit i culprit was not his accomplice then I suppose there suppose there was a bond between him and me that I 1 could not possibly brea break Th The duty of a father can never entail his giving up his son A fresh fresl murmur of through the court annoyed the judge who shrugged his shoulders Let us leave leave leav em empty ty rhetoric alone he lie said It will be more advantageous to clear up the facts a little Will vm you please tell me whether your son confessed to having murdered Mme de either cither during that night when you OU persuaded him to run away or afterwards Yes or no please I 1 cant can't answer sir My son son was mad There was absolutely no motive to too prompt him 1111 to the deed an and his mother Is Is In an ah asylum If It he com committed com com- committed murder murder it it was in a fit of temporary temporary temporary tem tem- Insanity H He is dead I refuse to cover cover his memory with th the stain of Rambert In other wards Charles dl clid confess confess' but you dont don't want to say so so I r r rdo do not say he the he did confess You le leave e it to be inferred Etienne Rambert made no reply reply and the iu judge e passed on to to another point What exactly did you do after atter you left the chateau What any on one does when he runs awa away We wandered miserably about through fields and woods I accusing him and he defending himself We Ve avoided th the villages and walked walled quickly quick quick- ly wishing wishing- to get as as' far away as pos pos- sible We e spent the most frightful time it Is s possible to conceive How long was all this I was with my son for four days So It was on the fourth day that you ou killed him Have Haye pity I did not kill my son It was a m murderer that I had with me a murderer for Cor whom whom- the police pollee were I hunting and for whom the guillotine was waiting I II I A A murderer If Ir you prefer It so so said the judge e. e but you had no right to assume assume- the the functions functions o of e executioner Come you admit you did you did kill him I fOr do not admit it v Do you deny that you killed him I did what my duty told me to do Still the same story said the Judge angrily drumming his fingers on the desk lesk to answer But even In your own interests you must lu have ove the courage to adopt some definite definite definite nite theory Well would you have been glad if if your son son had taken his own life May I I entreat you to remember that my son Is dead Etienne Rambert Rambert Rambert Ram Ram- bert said sald once more I cant can't say that I desired his death I dont don't even know now If it he was guilty I I can only re remember remember remember re- re member now that Charles was not In his right ight mind an and that he was the son of my loins Again a tremor of emotion passed through the court c urt and again the judge made an angry gesture ordering silence So you decline to answer any of the principal points of tho indictment Well can you let us know any of the advice you gave your son If you had 0 no of killing him what did you want Oblivion said Etienne Rambert more moro calmly this time I implored him to think of the life that 0 was be |