Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-28
oIf necessary"

IF necessary"
The decisive moment had come, for
just then there shot around the corner
from the Avenue Montaigne a large
red automobile which crossed the
Champs Elysees slowly, turning into
the Avenue Gabrielle, and stopped un-
der the chestnut trees, Like n flash it
came into the detectives mind that
the same automobile had passed them
once before some streets back. On the
front seat were two men, strong look
ing fellows. accompllces. no doubt
81 ask because" began M. Paul
with his Indifferent drawl; then, swift
~ drawing his whistle, he sounded "a
danger call The stranger sprang
away. but Coquenil was on him in a
bound. The bearded man. with a great
heave Of his shoulders. broke the de-
tectives grip then suddenlyshe attack
! ed. shifting for the neck with tho open
hand held sideways In the treacherous
cleaving blow that the Japanese use.
CoqueIsl ducked forward "He struck
with his right. thought NJ. Paul
At the same moment he felt his nd
versary's hand close on his throat and
rejoiced. for he knew the deadly jitsu
reply TO this Hardening his neck mus
cIes until they covered the delicate
parts beneath like bands of steel, the
detective seized his enemy's extend
ed arm In his two hands. one at the
wrist, one at the elbow, and as his
trained fingers sought the painful pres
| I,
resistless torslon movement on the
captured arm. There is no escape from
this movement, no enduring its excru-
ciatlng pain. Slowly the stranger felt
the tendons stretching, the bones crack
ing, In this helpless right arm. A few
seconds more and the end would come,
few seconds more and--then q crash
ing. shatterlng pain drove through Co
queniPs lower heart region, and he
sank weakly to the ground. His en-
envy had done an extraordinary thing
had delivered n blow not provided for
In Iitsu tactics. In spite of the torsion
torture he had swung his free arm un-
der the detectives lifted guard. not IN
Yokohama style but In the best man
ner Of the old English prize ring, his
clinched fist falling full on the I'M
guarded solar plexus nerves. And Co
! quenil dropped with this thought; "Ie
was the left that spoke then
AS he sank 70 the ground NJ. Paul
tried TO save himself. ana. selling his
opponent by the leg, he held him des-
perately, but the spasms OF pain over
came him, and be felt the clutched leg
slipping from his grasp, Then as con-
sciousness fllded he rallied In a last
fierce effort. and he bit the man deeply
under the knee.
When Coquenil came TO himself he
was lying on the ground and several
policemen We're bending over him. He
lifted his head weakly and locked
about him. The stranger was gone:
the automobile was gone. And sud
denly It flashed through his mind that
he had been outwitted from the FIRST;
that the mans purpose had not been az
all what It seemed to be; that hand
to hand conflict was precisely what
the stranger had sought and planned
for, becausa-because-- In feYerish
haste Coquelln felt IN his breast pocket
for the envelope with the precious
leather fragments 1t was not there.
Then quickly he searched his other
pockets. II was not there Tho en-
velope containing the woman's name
and address was gone.
(To be Contlnued,)