The Washington times., 1910-12-22

Now IIsten. Barton. It's evidently
useless 10 try 10 talk 10 you oou
think you arc in your right mind II
simply impossible 10 count upon a man
who gets a crazy notion into his head.
Is IflS story about the interview tndI
you have just told me all true OF an
wrOng2 Well. never mind which II IS.
-Four hours ago 1 put another man on
this story co TO the cashier and tell
him TO give you three months salaEy-
We shant need you any longer
NV dear sir, YOU OverWhelm me with
your kindness, I was Just about TO nand
in my resignation You grant my re-
quest before I even express II IN d4-
ditiOn, yOu give me three months sal
ary As a matter Of fact, 1 am not
feeling very vel / am worn Out anu
nervous / need a rest In a Few weeks
when am better l VIII come IN alld - -
you I'm going now don know JuSs
where, and 10 tell the truth. / don care
much Paris is getting on my nerves
That's rather a sudden decision 90
served the city editor You were II
sPIendi- spirits yesterday Now you re
too i'll 20 work III retract what JUST
said. Forget all about II 60 70 your
desk and write your article N sure
that you have a good story up your
sItev and that you can give as SoIae-
thing as good. if not better, than any
thing the afternoon papers have print
ed
But Barton shook his head
NO, Tn going / must go ,here Is
no other way out Of IL for me
Are you going 10 play US scuIVy
trick2 are you leaving Us FOR some
other .pa per, now that you have 2 sen
satiou like this on our hands, II you
want IN increase in salary. say So
L want no increase and Pm not go
ing over to another paper wan -
be free for a while, perhaps PerHla-
nentIv ] can't tell Just yet giye
you my word OF honor that VIII do
nothing 70 inJUre the Planet II any
way. and that this step Is not 10 DC re-
4 -r=r~H
friends I have a favor - ask OF you
If I may. Since I am going away LOT
a rest need absolute quiet / want
TO live far from the noise OF rams
ana FAR from nv friends and acquaint-
snces / don't want 70 be bOJhered oS
letters and by sympathetic lhqlAlLes- vi
the other hand, don't want people u
think I've run away Please noIa az
nv letters for me Don't place them
in nv box They VIII attract too Inucl
attention there and every BODY VII Won
have them forwarded ) VIII get them
a. You "a. are determined, then. 10 leave
us2-
Il don't ask YOU where you are GO
inE but I think YOU might tell Us "heH
you expect to leave Paris
This very evening
Barton shrugged MS shoulders
He shook the city EDITORS hand and
left the room. As he plunged N lle
. +T~orrr Of the streets and wound his
way in the endless procession OF c'1u5'
carriages, and wagons he heaTeo q sign
Of relief IN a few short minutes ne
had fmpuIsiveIy formed his plan Of ac-
tiru When he entered the newspaper
office he was preoccupied and asllaJeq-
since the previous night events had Ioi-
loved one another with such raplalts
that he had not found the time 20 col
leCt his thoughts nor 70 determine ]l-St
what uOSfrfou le should assume his
T1urUOSe was t. lead the police aStfeSr
6r af least to battle them for a time
ther 10 lead them on impeTcsptloiz''
and finally 20 euEeudeT In their minds
the belief that he vas the man lHes
were looking ToT-
To carry out that plan absolute fee
dom was clearly necessary de Colla
not afford to Ee held back by IIle oul-6s
of reporter He must be able 20 .i.s act
as necessity OF caprice might olcJale-
II ne retained his position on Jne
Planet he could not publish what ne
really knew without UpsettinS rs Wnoie
scheme II he did publish the truth
his article would rebound more 70 tne
P18nst's credit than his own More
over was Il right for a man charged
with the commission Of a murder 10
become the historian OF the murder
He wanted TO be more than a mere
chrOnicler Of events \ thTllllnE expo
sure of police methods and keen
pSvCh Geological study OF a hunted crlllli-
nails emotions were more fitting sub
5ects for his journalistic pen
II was possible that the case would
not be settled fc- months 9tarll-1S z--,-ll1S
on a false scent the police would
/ biunder on, find nothing to bear out
the chiefs foolish theories, and finally
. drop The case altogether as q hopeless
rrob7ern- To faSteu suspicion upon him
self r, would have to act suspiciously-
The first step was to resign his position;
the second 70 disappear The lively
juagi ration Of the chief OF police would
sJIDn-v whatever additional suspicious
3 factors might be necessary HIS inter
pretation Of the Boulevard Lannes
crime was proof OF that
Barton hesitated whether he should
return 10 his room before dropping
ont Of sight He decided not TO 90 home
[ He had enough money TO last him for
several weeks thanks to the Planets
generosity. Besides. his living expenses
would be small He would rent a fur
nisNed room IN some remote part Of
town and would a kP his meals in CheaD
restaurants Naturally. he would 20 out
but little and avoid the cafes nd ths-
7ters- where he would he likely to meet
/ friends
In spite Of his explanation TO the
I city editor tlfat he was not running
away. his sudden departure would sure
/ y be regarded as q hastv fight The
with the discovery Of the crime. ,lro-
vtde1 that they made some use Of The
sleeve Ink and the torn en-ef De which
ne had left behind him at Boulevard
I Lannes-
/ At about 70 O'Clock It occurred 10 him
7 that It was tiT7s to seek a lodging for
I the wight 1Ontuartre suggested itself
I In that svarrninc hotbed of artists
/ thieves, and swindlers he could come
and 60 unObseT-ed and rnaslzpd- T5-Fs
and daY. On the other hand There
was ALWAYS the possibility Of e7co-.7-
{ CerinC a newspaper friend. for thu C15a--
{ ter provided the sensational dafIies with
/ their liveliest news la ViTIetta and
I Reileviie TheL occurred II him Their
I shifting population offered a cloak ~
! concea -uent- Unfortunately. the uoIi~e
/ frequently descended uD0n both sr7Ta--
! terS, and he had no desire To have him
3 self arrested before the time vvas rf-,fs
His mind driCted hack 10 the 5svs
( when Ike a thousand other z-ofI-7a- me-
1 Of literary tastes, his one ambition IS
Z 20 taste the lie Of the Latin Quarter "a
I wildly and attracJiveIy painfed nv
/ Murger- he had lived once in a moor
! little room, furnished only with an iron
! bedStead. q table which served as =
/ combined washstand and writing deslr
and trunk in which ne E-pnf T7fS
T clothes and on which he sat FOR zvar-
+ Of a chair i might be pleasant in a
& way to return TO the quarter and 70
I live over again the life he had led when
/ he hrst came 10 Paris, his head eidd--
/ with Illusions Of literary. conGuests falir
I heart leaping with enthusiasm. The
/ quarter was favorabIy situated Cor his