El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-01
The HeraId's
Daily Shert Story

but at the same time barred all acces:
TO the door through which our CHIEF
made his escape
! As I no longer asked my father fol
money, the honest man thought I fa6
reformed, and one day he said to me
II have a piece of good news fol-
you. Fernand. Your brother Victor
who has been abroad for 10 years. Is
coming back to France You will &c
and meet him at Havre. and asNI have
never told him anything about your
crop Of wild oats. there IS no reason
whyeyou should not meet as the best
Of friends"
victor's arrival unfortunately coin
cided with one Of our expeditions. and
it was arranged that the gang should
go with me. We had no luck, howev-
er, and found no dupe. I hurried from
the train to meet the steamer thar
was to bring back my brother, but
found that 1t had been delayed oy an
accident and might not arrive for an
other week, my informant forgetting
TO tell me that many of the passen-
gers had arrived on an earlier steam
err I spent the afternoon together
with the gang and at nine we sill
boarded the train for Paris.
We soon found one. but were rather
annoyed when a big. sunburnt fellow
entered our compartment and thought
our game spoiled. but he fell asleep
Immediately and did not trouble us at
all The dupe a man from Argentine,
took to the bait Immediately and be-
fore we had reached Yvetot he had
lost 1900 francs and was pale as a
ghost We let him cool his anger
and despair in the side-corridor. and
had just settled down to take nap,
when the fellow who had slept in the
corner entered into the game. He took
hold of Juies's collar and told him to
return the money Immediately. We in
terfered and said that we, too, had
lost considerable amounts. but he re-
fused to listen.
you are all crooks he said, "and
you were all working together to rob
that poor fool"
We followed our usual tactics and
crowded around him while Jules
tried to escape to another eompart-
ment, but the game did not work.
With the strength Of giant the man
knocked two of US down and raised
his left hand to pull the emergency
brake.
We must get rid Of this intruder.
understood this better than anyone
and when one of the others had low
cred the window, 1t was I who seized
the stranger by the legs and threw
him out.
We sat down again. The man from
Argentine also came in but did not
seem to notice the absence of Jules
and the stranger. I was still under
the influence of the champagne we
had drunk at Havre, and it was only
when I saw my father waiting On the
platform IN Paris. that began To feel
uneasy, but I managed to appear un-
concerned when 1 told him that Vic
tor had been delayed.
Impossible" said my father, Ct had
a telegram from him a few hours ago.
He came on this train. but you Prob
ably did not recognize him. You were
nothing but boy when he LEFT"
strange presentiment clutched
my heart and prevented me from NOV
ing hand or foot, but my father
dragged me with him A conductor
who saw we were looking FOR soIne-
thing brought US a small satchel
marked V. NJ. which had been forgot
ten in eompa rtment I made him
show me where he had found IT. 1t
was the compartment I had travelled
in.
The man I had murdered was my
own brother.