El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-12
a6x you seem to be in a hurry,
monsieur GambaFd: Won't
BY Tristan Bernard.

s6x you seem to be in a hurry
monsieur Gambard. Won't
= you sit down a moment"
NO. 1t is almost 10 o'clock, mon
sieur Moutier."
''Oh, that does NOT matter the sale
won't be over till noon, so you will
have plenty of time to get there"
! True enough, monsieur Moutier
! but I have made a date to meet my
wife at the remnant counter"
"Oh, so long as she is near that
counter she won't miss lou L would
not like to let you go without seeing
my SON.
.'Oh, that is so. Your boy has come
back from Paris. 1 bet you are
happy, now that he mas finished his
studies"
Yes. he is a doctor of laws now.
His mother is so proud of him, but
I find him just a little bit Partisan
He met so many artists there and
now he talks about so many things
1 do not understand. He lectures on
honesty, propriety and justice. Yes
terday at dinner I would have left
the table If anybody else had said
what my son said. and my finger just
itched to box his ears. Besides ne
spends entirely too much money. ]
give him plenty, but he is always after
his mother to have her ask me for
more He goes to bed very late and
it Is almost impossible to get him up
in the morning. There is no sense
in living like that, and if he wants to
succeed as a lawyer, he will have to
change his ways entirely
81 thought you wanted to make him
a Judge
He does not want that at present,
though we had hoped he would choose
that career"
BY the way, do you know that
young Megnin has been appointed
judge here2"
Yes, X now, he is a friend of my
SON. He seems to be a steady and
earnest young man."
"A1egninr' Yes, L should say so. He
would send up his own father 1t
would never do to try to make him
did last year. But, good Lord, mon
sieur Moutier, it is g quarter past 10
now; really 1 must go. What a Deau-
tiful collection of arms you have"
Not bad at all. but the one 1 have
below in the reception room is much
better I will go downstairs with
you and show it to you. I want to
show you my Malayan dagger, which
I have only had two days. 1 will tell
you how I got It. The day before yes
terday a sailor, from God knows what
country, came in here with a lot OF
curios from strange countries.
bought a weapon that he called a
Malayan dagger. 1 don't know if Al
is, but anyway it is a very curious
weapon. I had read about it in some
books, but did not know that such a
thing really existed. When you have
stabbed some one with it and 1t is
still buried in your victims ne9h, 0o1
press a spring, the blade parts in four
pieces, and when you draw it out il
leaves a wound that looks like a cross
Go down and I will show it to you
Mind the last steps, the room is sc
dark, but the panoply is near the win
dow. But. merciful heavens"
What is it?'
MY Malayan dagger is gone, Who
can have taken it? I must find that
out"
Perhaps it is on the floor. The nail
holding it may have fallen.
NO, the nail is still there and there
Is nothing on the floor"
Well I will have to leave you"
'Au revoir monsieur Gambard. JUS
tine! Justine! Oh. it is you Clemence
Where is Justine?'
Justine is not here. she is down
at the other end of the garden with
madame Moutier I come from the
market"
But what is the matter with you
CIemence? You are all upset"
That is not SO strange, monsieur