El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-16


girl and great acJres2 On the othei
hand, had not the late n Anatole
JarTet been a hyena in human form
who-to quote the Petit Canard
Quotidien-had ~fattened his obese
and nasty body by feeding on the
regulations Of the women whom. first
he had loved. then abandoned, and
finally blackmailedF'
But the real sensation doomed
along when the aperitif hour emp
tied the offices and counting houses
and filled the boulevard cafes with
men eager for various-c0lOred drinks
70 sluice the office dust from their
threats. more eager for spiced talk
70 clear the cobwebs Of ledger and
catalogue from the corners Of their
vivaci0us Gallo minds.
Il was then that for the first time
the whisper ran from mouth 70
mouth customer to Nine. Ia Pat
rome, from her 10 aproned, hustliug
waiter. and back again TO the Iatss.
silk-hatted arrival-that perhaps the
government knew more about the
JarTer affair than appeared on the
surface-talk peppered with husheu
illusions 10 former political mysteries.
with such names as Dreyfus. Ester
hazy. Beranger, Deroulede. and Felix
Faure.
And it was then that Tenant.
walking down the Boulevard des
Italiens in search Of Menzies-Eerr.
who usually strolled as far as the
Madeleine as a before dinner consri-
tutional. realized that the SNOWFALL
Of gossip and rumor and scandal was
about 10 assume threatening proper
tons
BE had no doubt that. IL he wanted
20, he would be able 10 trace the be-
ginning of the rumOr 10 the office
CT the Etoile, the organ Of the Inter
o..
ll1lio Ilatl 8, eeisea by JaEf e. s friend,
Raoul Steynard- he saw him. a
short squat hook-nosed. black
bearded man, al the entrance 10 the
Cafe Richie surrounded by a group
OF admirers The man was talking
and gesticulating violently. and Ten
nant caught few words; Just what
he had expected 10 hear.
The government, they did fl. my
friends"
He walked on. looking to right and
left FOR his friend Steadily the
sroWds were becoming thicker
Steadily the undercurrent OF rumor
and gossip grew and bloated: and
when a stream OF ragged newspaper
boys careened into the boulevards
from a side street, crying their
wares, il was like oil on flames.
LII Patrier
Ia Presser
Deputy accuses the government
Of murder"
An excited crowd was asking and
answering questions. Papers were
snatehed. read, commented upon
1T appears that the government
gave orders 10 have Jarvet assassin I
atedr'
'lanii.lgne turned the trickl
Shamel This is worthy Of Rus
"Ah-our little republican czarsr I
~ a
the echo Of the cries which he had I
heard the e-ening before near
Saint Sulpice. Already il had swept f.
across the bridges; already 10 was /
WhirIing down the great boulevards I
Another hour and il would drift into /
the salons OF the Faubourg where I
politics were made. into the embas- 1
sizes OF the foreign powers. the offices I
1f foreign newspaper correspondents ]
70 be flashed around the globe. Evil 4
IDENTIFY something very grave had I
happened in the House Of Deputies 70 I
give substance to It.
He bought paper, and read that
I deputy Of the InternatiOnalist 1
aaarty had halted the secret delibera-
ions OF the house by accusing the
government point-blank Of having
ordered the assassination OF Jarvet-
md he had adedd that n. LautaiEne
lad been the instrument Of the gov
lrnment-
The minister Of the interior had
lenied the charge Indignantly. had
declared his supreme faith in the
,hief Of the secret political police
md had demanded a vote OF conf
lence, and the result Of the vote ]
hOugh favorable to the administra-
ion. had been obtained by a danger
lusly close margin
Tenant felt curiously III at ease
Sor was IL because OF his friend, I
ord Menzies-Kerr. He knew that
whatever the latter's connection with
he whole affair. and though if
night cause him a lot OF trouble ard
lgly suspicion, his motives would
inally be proved TO have been en-
irely honorable, though perhaps
uiNOtic. Menzies-Kerr would be
feared IN the end Tenant knew Il.
lot because his friendship for the
nan forced his brain 70 believe as
lis heart would like him to. but be-
ause his sixth sense-his detective
ense-told him so.
Continued tomorroyT.)
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