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The Phantom
ot the Opera
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illt.-oW, carefully wiping 'HE" eyV ; Readj-uur
glasses. j tlmt/s It! ,
No, not uo very long ago. , . . j of your oye ;
Wait a bit!
It was the night j ing a duel and v.-at:ir. ,- :
irni . '. . Lor/ , . . j { - Eoit felt hat. . . .
. . Hurd at l!»o level I It raoved.-away, drawing Its feet
os though you rue lh - - against the v ails and sometimes glv-
tition7" Near them, a small staircase
led to a little room in which the com
missary appeared to be walking up
and down, askiug questions. The
faint light was Just enough to enable
Raoul to distinguish tho shape of
things around him. And ho could not
restrain a dull cry: there were three
corpses there.
The first lay on the narrow landing
of the little staircase; the two others
had rolled to the bottom of the stair
case. Raoul could have touched ono
of the two poor wretches by passing
his fingers through the partition.
“Silence!" whispered the Persian.
He too had seen the bodies mid ho • tllfcV
gave one word in explanation:
“He!"
The commissary's voice was now ,
heard more distinctly, lie was ask- j
Ing for Information about the system j
of lighting, which the stage-manager
aupplied. The commissary theretoro j
must be in the “organ" or its liniue-;
dlate neighborhood.
Contrary to what one might think,
especially in connection with, an op- (
era-house, the "organ” is not a mu- j
sical instrument. At that time, elec- j
triclty was employed only for a vi-iy
few scenic effects and for the bells, i
The immense building and the stage
itself were still lit by gas; hydrogen
was used to regulate'and modify tho
lighting of a scene; and this was .
done by means of a special apparatus j
which, because of the multiplicity of j
its pipes, was known as the ''organ.' j
A box beside the prompter's l-"X v.
reserved for tho chief gas man, w:
from there gave bis orders to hu
sistants and saw that they v.ere c
ecuted. Mauclair stayed in this tn
during all the performances.
But now Mauclair was not in hi
box and his assistants not in their
places.
“Mauclair! Mauclair!"
The stage-manager's voice echoed
through the cellars. But Maude
did not reply.
I have suid that a door opened on
little staircase that led to the socorni
cellar. The commissary pushed it,
but it resisted.
"I say," he said to tho stage-man
ager, “I can’t open this door; is it
always so difficult?”
The stage-manager forced it oper
With his shoulder, He saw that, at
the same time, he was pushing a hu
man body and ho could not keep back
an exclamation, for he recognized
the body at once.
"Mauclair! Poor devil 1 ]
dead!"
But Mr. Commissary Mifroid, whom
nothing jmfprlBg<L was stooping over
that big body.
"No,” ho said, “ho is doad-druek*.
which is not quite tho same thin;
“It’s the first time, if so," said the
■tage-manager.
‘Then some one lias given him
narcotic. That is quite possible.”
Mifroid went down a few steps ai
said;
“Look!"
By the light of a little red lanter
at the foot of the stairs, they sa
two other bodies. The stage-manag<
recognized Mauclair’s assistant
Mifroid went down and listened
their breathing.
'They are sound asleep,” he said.
"Very curious business! Some per
son unknown must have interfered
with the gas-man and his staff
and that person unknown w;
Viously working on behalf of tho kid
napper. . . . But what a funny
idea to kidnap a performer c
stage! . . . Send for the doctor
of the theater, please." And Mifroid
repeated, “Curious, decidedly curious
business!"
Then he turned to the little room,
addressing the people whom Raoul
and the Persian were uuame to
from wh?re they lay.
“What do you say to all this, gen
tlemen? You are the only ones
have not given your views. And yet
you roust have Rn opinion of some
sort."
Thereupon, Raoul and the Persian
saw the startled faces of the joint
managers appear , above the lauding
and they heard Moncharmln’s excited
voice:
"There are things happening here,
. . , of course, yes ... it
was ibo night when Caiiotta—-you
know, Mr. Commissary—gave her
famous ‘co-ack!’"
“Really? The night when Carlotta
gave her famous ‘co-ack?’“
" And M. Mifroid, replacing his
gleaming glasses on his ujbo, fixed
the stage-manager with a coutem-
pJative stare.
"Bo Mauclair lakes snuff, does he?'
he asked carelessly.
yo. r pif' i
ora e alar \
eye! Quca-
Mr. Commissary. . . Look, J nltt.-'.v 1
Is his snuff-box on that little j Ilr.i.u!, r
. . . Oil, lie's a great snuff-' m-e,
to fire! ; . . Oil.
in your pocket.' Quhk,'
downstairs. Level of yo
tion of life or death! . , . lies
this way, these stairs!" They re
the fifth cellar. ‘Ob, what du
sir, what a due;!"
Once in t! - itfth tho Pcrd
drev; i-’. :Mu. 1; : •- ■ led to . rty ;
! rather greater sen eff ft
j lie had displayed when :
1 stopped in the third; hut be. nev
eiDbc:
• the
be i
"Ho am I ” said Mifroid and put the v 1
snuff-box in his pocket. j ; i.o' !d l---
Raoul ar.d the Persian, themselves { ret> -: n :
unobserved, watched the removal of intend o
the three bodies by a number of scene j j; u .
shifters, a ho were followed by the : *
coiumi*-- >'} and aii the people with j -
him. ■ ;r M--ps were hoard for a.,.;
i:’.:o stage above. When j i ■ . ; i:,
lui.ti tiie Persian made a \ . -'
ign to Raoul to ^wiid up. Raoul did j ; . c.i. "W
o; b'.it, as lie did not lift his hand ! , of t>
n front of bis eyes, ready to fire, the ■ v ^ tbc V
'cd’sian told him to resume that at- j The t- -*
ituJo toul to continue it, whatever • j on gr-r. i
Ing a kick into a corner. ,.
“Whew!" said the Persian. “Wo'vo
had a narrow escape; that shade
knows me and has twice taken me to
the manager's office.”
“Ik it some ono belonging to the
theater police?” asked Raoul.
(To Bo Continued.)
H iff OrpiUfi’or. e.Ci*.-
- ii p. Apply lid
■* $1.00 per
< ilice.
rc-s tho hand unneces-
. < red ltuoul. “If I do
be sure of my aim.”
. your pistol to the other
Persian.
hand.' 1
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jUr, TfnnmtfiiUTi which wc aro nnahto
Andth, two tacs disappeared.
■ 'Thank m (or tho InlormaUon,
g«nUem»n/’ said liltroid, with a loir.
But tho otOfO-mMotor, holding his
chin In tho hollow of his fight hud,
which* Is tbs attitude it profound
thought, Ktd;
•'It Is not tha flrst time that Maw
! nlalr has fallen asleep in (ho theater.
S
•■iia - u ot h (jtUAtion of looting |
ik the right hand or .the left; it's J
question of holding one of your j
uds as though you were going to i
!i the- :r!gg. r of a pistol niili your j
in bent. Vs lor the pi.-iol itseli, j
o collars ot the opera i
; and they are fi/e in
1 followed tho Pcrsi*-:i i
l wh.if h-. would hi.v< •'.(
his
thiu
They
(Unary lab
The third cellar; and their progress
was stiff lit by some distant lamp.
Ike lower they went, the more pre-
ui:ons tho Persian seemed to take.
turning to Raoul to see it
bo was holding his arm properly,
Lowing him now he himself carried
bis band as if always ready to fire,
* bough the pistol was in his pocket.
Suddenly, a loud voicj* made them
‘ Ai! the door-shutters on the stage!
1 ae commissary of police wants
H were heard and shadows glid-
.-•1 thro'i.-.h the darkness. The Per
sian «i:vv Raoul behind set piece
Tbey saw passing before and above
Uit-ui old men .bent by age and the
past burden of opera-scenery. Some
could hardly drag themselves along;
Others, from habit, with stooping
the I J cn... !
The tv.
They -
touch tit. ;.s.
They felt t
guldh the alt:
that it wore i
at
Ball’s
I IT
v facers
is baskets -
>i outstretched 1
to shut,
ere the door-:
, looked
old, '
a bo
iup to bottom ol the In:
ring the doors; and the
called "The draft-expe-ffe.
at that time, for I have
that by now they are all <
vole.
The Persian and Raoul welcomed
lids.incident, which relieved them of
inconvenient witnesses, for some of
Those door-shutters, having nothing
else to do or nowhere to lay their
heads, stayed at the opera, from idie :
ness or r ;lty, and r; nr the night
i’h.-
; t hav
and.
* ; Filiations,
old’s Inquiry
tcIi nnpleas-
bled over them, w
provoking a reque.
For the moment. :>
saved them from
ant encounter?.
But they wero not left to enjoy
their solitude for long, other shades
now came down by the camo way by
which tho door-shutters hud gone up.
Each of these shades earned a little
lantern and moved it about, above,
below and all around, as though look
ing for something or somebody.
“Hang itl" muttered tho Persian.
“I don’t know what they are looking
for, but they might easily find ua. .
Let us get away, quick 1 . . . Your
band up t slr t ready to fire! . . .
In
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