The Washington times., 1910-10-02
L'HOMME SANS FIGURE
(ZIHE NAN WITHOUT FACE
Copyright, The Frank 4. AIunsey Co

and that beard you might be taken Tor
an Englishman, he said. What a
strange individual YOU are. 7 should
never have imagined YOU TO be q re-
nowned lawyer. You seem to have
YOURS to 20 80 far from the center Of
Paris You are at the end Of the world
at AuteuiI"-
his manager now changed suddenly
You viii excuse me for receiving you
with 50 little ceremony he said, cOur-
teOusIy. Il have only two East Indians
In my service here. I call them BAN
lou and jim. They. are devoted to ne
By the BY. would you like 70 see Made
nlOlselle Wel2'
Would II not be better I interpOsed,
hastily. FOR rs 70 dine alone2 Then you
can tell ne all the details OF the case"
Good Her dinner can be served Ia
ner room, and YOU can see Ter later.
she Is extremely pretty; in fact. she il
beautiful. but that Is no reason
The Indian appeared at this moment
70 announce that the dinner was serN ed,
and We DaS sed into the dining room.
We'll, said my host, after We were
seated, this is how 1t stands NV son,
the celebrated alienist, is mad-yes,
mean il, mad he is crazy with love for
TINS g1Tl, who has no fortune, no posi-
ton He wants TO marry her, but I Will
prevent il It is bad enough for him 10
prefer the stupid life Of a servant 10 a
partnership in my business He seems
10 have q contempt for my place in the
business world
he tossed off at a gulp his glass Of
Graves By the time the second course
was brought on I had learned that in
order 10 Illustrate . marriage between
his son and lIademOiSeIIe I.uCfe Well he
had kidnapped the girl and shut her up
IN this lone1S house in Neuilly-
I did not doubt for a moment that
with Q man who preferred Iucie Well
q little milliner, to an inheritance OF
millions the struggle between father
and son would not be without excite
nlent- But at the same time wonder
ca Why the millionaire should seek
La"s>er Marcadian's advice IN the mat
, IF your son is as determined as YOU
are 1 said, and II MademoiselIe
shows the same determination. I do not
20 NilaL you can 90 We are in France,
Monsieur. where there are laws and
justice
The millionaire burst out laughing.
Laws JUSTICE Bah The one thing
We need not count Is the little milliueT.
1 nave some convincing arguments IN
reserve for her The thing is that I
must prevent my son, by fair means or
IOul, from taking this foolish step, and
II Is about that that I wish TO consult
you As for your judicial science and
your lawyers GneSse, I don't care that -
ne SAID swapping his fingers. What
DO / care for your laws and your JUS
uceE What I want to ask YOU IS this.
among your clients Or acquaintance. do
you happen to know an individual with
out SCrupleS who would be willing. pro-
vidlng he was well paid Of course paid
largely 70 777sr-y- afs5er--,7seI1s yS-,iT -
once -
I shook my head stupidity
You do not know a man, a ScOuudrel
no hardly that-JuSI q raECaI-tO
whom We might be Of great service?-'
looked at the American with omen
mouth a buzZing filed nv ears. Did
this man come 20 me IN my terrible
emergency representinR a tuteIary
providence Vas = possible that I had
met my fate2
I looked at him with fixed ewes.
he got I'D from the table and took
from a desk al the other side of the
room bundle Of papers which he placed
before ne.
Look ne said I have everything
necessary for an undertaking Of this
kind. These papers belonged to one Of
my friends. Charles Douglass. who was
accidentally killed some years ago He
came from Boston ! am the only one
who knows the story OF his life, and
may tel II 20 YOU later. Have YOU the
subject we'll in hanG2 Nov. there Is
100000 for you and 10000 for the
mani
I bit my lips and replied as II I had
been effectively Lawyer Marcadiau-
You ask me 10 be an accomplish in