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The PHANTOM of the OPERA ELBERT COUNTY TRIBUNE. nin»-- your cer- known to FRIENDS SAID risk life for her! You "It’s not turning! . , , a Mcret paa«*«. lon* MY must And U“* tainly Christine, alone and contrlYed at bate Erik!" sir, Christine?" aolf u»e ( Could Never Get Well “No, sir,” the sadly, said coldly: of the Commune to allow said Persian Tbe Persian Paris ®° their P rl ner to Peruna I am Well. "I do not hate him. If I hated him, "We shall do ail that It Is humanly to convey Thanks Jailers that naa he would long ago have ceased doing possible to straight to the dungeons In the cel- barm." stop us at the first step! ... constructed for them He been occupied "Has begone you harm?" commands tbe walls, the doors and lars; for tbe Federates had after the "I have forgiven him the barm the trap-doors. In my country, he was the opera-house immediately The PHANTOM which he has done me." known a and had made a by name which means the eighteenth of March " or "I not you. You ‘trap-door starting-place right at the top do understand lover.' car- treat him as a monster, you or “But why do walla their Mongolfler balloons, which speak tbe6e obey him to his crime, he has done you barm and alone? He did not build them!” ried their incendiary proclamations prison 1 find In you the same Inexplicable “Yes, sir, that Is Just what he did!" the departments, and a state OF OPERA pity that drove me to despair when i Raoul looked at him in amazement; right at the bottom. THE and saw It In Christine!" but the Persian a sign to to The Persian went on his knees made him He by The Persian did not reply. He be silent and pointed to the glass. put his lantern on the ground Gaston Leroux floor; fetched a stool and set It aghlnst the There was a sort of shivering seemed to be working at the -rlutfior- O light. wall facing the great mirror that reflection. Their Image was troubled and suddenly he turned off his • • and • • filled the whole of the wall-space op- as In a rippling sheet of water and Raoul heard a faint click TME MY9TCRY OP THE YELLOW Then square in ROOM- posite. Then be climbed on the stool, then all became stationary again. saw a very pale luminous ancA Trtt-PERPUME-OP-TttE-LADY- IN-E>LACK- and, with hla nose to the wall-paper, "You see. sir, tbat It is not turn- the floor of the passage It was as seemed to be looking for something. ing! Let us take another road!" though a window had opened on the Miss Clara Lohr, 21 North Gold 8t- tj » & ‘Tonight, there Is no were still lit. Rapids, Mich.: IJ1 u on Jby Af-G fioittingt- "Ah,” he said, after long search. other!” de- opera cellars, which Grand “Doctors said “I have It!” clared the Persian, in a singularly Raoul no longer saw the Persian, but I had consumption. Weighed only Copy/-/ <yAit /g// Ay 7Aie £o£>&s Aferr/ZA Company pounds. taking And, raising his finger above hla mournful voice. “And now. look out! he suddenly felt him by his side and 90 Commenced Pani- na. Now weigh 135 pounds. I bead, he pressed against a corner in And be ready to fire." heard him whisper: am so thankful for what Peruna haa done U the pattern of the paper. Then he He himself raised hla pistol oppo- ‘ Follow me and do all that 1 do." ft site the glass. Raoul imitated for me.” ping and listening to the distant turned round and jumped off the his Raoul turned to the luminous aper- SYNOPSIS. Those who object to liquid stool. movement. With bis free arm, the ture. Then he saw the Persian, who sounds of the theater. "We must not clnes can now procure Peruna Tab- last “In half a he said, “we Persian drew the young man to his was still on his knees, hang by hla Consternation la caused on tha mention that name here. Let ns say minute.” lets. Mffth that tha Opera la managed by De- shall be on hla road!” and crossing chest and, suddenly, the mirror of opening, Manna and Poligny because ’he’ and ‘him’; then there will be leas bands from the rim the of the ap- length of dressing turned, in a blinding daze of cross- teeth, and H»rance of a gho«t. said to have been danger of attracting his attention." the whole the with bis pistol between his tn evidence on occasions. room one re- . AS ALL THAT aevaral previous "Do you he great lights; It turned like of those cellar below. NOT AS BAD W opera think he is near us?" felt the mirror. slide into the Christine Daae, a member of the “No, It Is yielding volving which lately been company, la called upon to fill a very "It Is quite possible, sir, if he Is not yet,” he mut doors have Curiously enough, the viscount had important part and scores a great suc- tered. fixed to the entrances of most res- Persian, Judge Resents Attitude of "Funny not, at this moment, with his victim, absolute confidence in the M«a. Count d*» Chagny and hla brother “Oh, it Raoul Men" as to Present Tendenoy Raoul are among those who applaud the In the on the lake.” are we going out by the mlr taurants, turned, carrying though be knew nothing about him. Unger. house In Dress. Raoul tries to see Christine In ror?” asked Raoul. “Like Christine and the Persian with It and suddenly Bpeaklng of the creasing "Ah, so you know that house, too7” ills emotion when me room, but Is unable to do so Daae.” hurling rrora the full light into sincere; M>d later discovers that some one Is mak- "If ho Is not there, he may be them "monster" struck him as ing love to her. 8he emorges alone, and “So you knew that Christine Daae the deepest darkness. any Judge Ralph S. Latshaw squelched entering It empty. hero, in this wall. In this floor, In and. if the Persian had cherished JjPon the room ho finds went out by that mirror?" him, would in Kansas City the other day an In- While the farewell ceremony for the re- this celling! . Come!” sinister designs against he tiring managers Is going on, the Opera did so before my eyes, sir! 1 CHAPTER XX. his own clpient against the clos- And the Persian, asking Raoul to “She not have armed him with movement Ohost appears and Informs the new man- was hidden behind the curtain of tbe fitting skirt with a slash. agers tnat Ro* No. 5 Is reserved for him. deaden the sound of his footsteps, led hands. Besides, Raoul must reach Box No. 5 Is sold with disastrous results. inner room and I saw her vanish not In the Cellars of the Opera. all He therefore “Narrow skirts don’t mean Immoral. The managers receive letter from him down passages which Raoul bad Christine at costs. a the by the glass, but in the glass!" "Your hand high, ready to fire!” from Ity,” Judge Latshaw. “One of tha Opera Ohost calling attention to the er- never soon before, even at the time went on his knees also and hung said ror. “And what did you repeated companion quickly. vicious epochs was when hoop Chriatlne Daae writes Raoul that when Christine to him for do?” Raoul’s the trap with both hands. most has gone to visit the grave of her used take thought was an of The having N ather. goes also, through that labyrinth. “1 it aberration wall, behind them, “Let go!" said a voice. skirts were worn. the He and In the night walks my senses, follows her to the church. Wonderful a mad dream. completed the circle which It de- dropped Into the arms of “Why, I remember when It was con-#, music Is visits a “If only Darius has come!" said the And he rlolln heard. Raoul * “Or some new fancy of the upon Itself, closed again; and for a woman to fraveyard. Is found next morning Persian. scribed the Persian, who told hl’i to lie down sidered immodest Raoul , ghost’s!” chuckled the a show almost frozen. Moncharmln and Richard "Who is Darius?’’ the Persian. “Ah. two men stood motionless for flat, closed the trapdoor above him range her coiffure so as to her Investigate Box No. H and decide to see M de Chagny,” he continued, still moment, holding their breath. * the performance of •’Faust" from front "Darius? My servant." and down beside him. Raoul ears. We have advanced. Carlotta, sings with his hand on the mirror, “would At ’last, the Persian decided to grouched we Mata of that box. who They were now In the center of a tried to ask a question, but the Per- “We have advanced, but haven’t Ihe leading part In "Faust.' Is warned to that we had to do with a ghost! We a movement; and heard the and part to real square, an Immense make Raoul sian’s band was on his mouth and advanced as far as Jokesmitbs five the Christine. Carlotta. deserted could then our pistols In slip on refusing, loses her voice In the middle apartment by a small lamp. The leave thetr him his knees and feel for he heard a voice which he recog- cartoonists would pretend.
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