The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-06
we can be alone. How long have you
been in ParisY

been in Paris?"
About six months
During which time"
During which time l have been work
ing-for whom do you think?"
II don't know. You have got into
business, perhaps for yourself-or you
would if you had sufficient capital. If
good friend-if l, for instance, showed
you how you could make some money 1t
would suit you, would it notY'
NO, have pretty good berth, thank
you"
1T is a perfect gold mine for you;
if you will only hold your tongue"
The small man only smiled significantly.
The two walked on side by side until
the brokers' office was reached.
Come in," said the broker, in coax
ing voice, 'and tell me what you want.
The small man passed in through the
open door and went into the brokers'
Office.
"See that under no circumstances am
disturbed" was the instruction Herr Max
gave to his clerk. II have important
business with this gentleman"
Four o'clock came, and Herr Gold
stein came out and sent the clerk home.
| 1t was an hour earlier than usual, but
the clerk was glad to get away. He lived
| in a small fat and had a wife and four
children to support. He could take his
time now and walk home instead of pay
| ing for seat in an omnibus. The hours
/ y,iIninht uyhan the
two men came out of the inner Office and
into the street.
II live on the other side. Student
| quarters" said Goldstein. Come with
me- I'll put you up for the night We
must cross by the Pont Neuf."
You must make it fifty thousand :
said the small man, as they went along
That's cheap enough. Old friends
shouldn't be hard on each other"
A fearful expression came over the
others face as they neared the bridge
Fifty thousand francs. An enormous
sum. And if he paid it-what them
He had but this fellows word that ht
would keep silence.
They stopped for a moment in thu
center of the bridge and sat down un
| btedully Oh Ouc VI tut co.
was two o'clock. The lights flashed
along the river. Behind and in front O
them arose the dull roar of Paris whicl
ceases not by night nor by day. Looking
over the low parapet they could see tn
dark waters of the river as they swirle'
below.
you will make it fifty thousand, will
you not?" urged the small man.
He uttered no cry as the hand OF tn
broker closed upon his throat with a.
iron grasp; but for a moment or tw
he struggled desperately as he realize
the others purpose. But the broke
seemed to have become. suddenly sobel
I The small man was like a child in hi
terrible clutches. He raised him to tn
!: top of the low parapet mad whispere
hoarsely:,
II will send you where you won't nee
the money"
Then he flung the blackmailer from hil
with the force of catapult. The water
received the detective and closed owe
his head. He had not time to utter
2 cry.
The broker passed quickly from ii
r bridge and, plunging into a narrow stre'
a which diverged from the main thorough
. fare, soon gained his apartments. Arri
a ed there, he threw himself, dressed as
0 was, upon the sofa, and slept soundly tt
daylight.
: Three days passed some workmen on
: brick barge drew from the black al
s Shiny river the body of a man whic
: bore upon it's throat the marks of finger
e At the morgue Victor Lablanche, Il
t prefect of police, recognized in the mu
: dered man the detective he had put {
d the track of NJ. Chabot.
e Poor fellow!" he exclaimed, as he e
e amined the finger marks at his throa
s "A tiger must have seized him. He w,
:. first strangled and then thrown into Il
d river"
g And the sole clue he had was thi,
: The murderer must have had enormol
b hands.
n Ito be continued.)