El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-22
The MAN With The Limp
By ACHMED ABDULLAH


Canaan and Bac Lieu which were &C
centuated by tiny red. crosses and
at the fine network OF red lines ex-
tending from the southwest near
kampsala, toward the northeast, in
the direction Of the province Of An
nam.
7 want you 10 move these lines
and crosses; not enough 10 create
suspicion, yet sufficiently 70 make
this map useless. suppOsing' he
lowered his voice--su pposing il had
let US say, strategic or military i'm
portance- For instance. move the
cross from Kampot a little 10 the
right Here. to Hatiem- The Bac
Lieu cross over here TO Ira Vinh. and
so forth Use your own judgment
And please hurry" He looked at
his watch You have less than an
hour"
Have you drawing boardg'
No Use the table Cot thumb
tacksz All right III smoke a pipe
In the next room Go 10 it. cher"
and he stepped into the little salon
while Ducastel bent over his work.
smiling 20 himself and murmuring
something about "Ah. these sacres
Americansr'
Patiently. steadily, rapidly. HIS
high veined. crinkled old hands
whisked over the tight stretched
paper his old eyes peered and meas
ured and compared He worked with
his body, his heart. his brain. like an
aged craftsman come into his own
again. taking pride in the art which
he had nearly forgotten; and an hour
had not yet elapsed when he called
70 Tenant that the work was fin
ished.
see. my friend he said as the
American came back into the room
and held out the two maps 70 him
which is which2 Which Is the
original and which Is the fake2 Good.
is i not2 I still have the brains. the
skin. the fine hand. eh1"
Tenant marveled. But FOR the
slight changes. in the thin red lines
and crosses the two maps were iden-
teal Every spot. every thumb mark
was the same
Thanks. Bully work. He put
the original map back into the safe
and the forged one into his pocket
I'm Off"
Wait What is It all aboutg'
Tenant smiled He told Ducastel
from Jarvet's house and that Dou-
may. in his turn. had taken It from
STEWARD. and that now he was going
70 return II. altered here and there.
To Steyuardg" cut in Ducastel
II don't know I wish ] did Per
haps TO Steynard. Perhaps TO a Ger
tain butcher Perhans to the man
higher up Perhaps to"
Scrognieugnfeur Numbered Du-
casteL 7 wish you would not annoy
me with these mysterious illusions
OF yours. I wish you'd come straight /
out and tell me"
Remember what I told you when ,
we were up at Jarvets house,"
You said some foolish triviality-
wished for the finger
prints OF the apache who gave that
cry- Down with the ARMY Are .
you looking for him with that map /
No Again the American smiled. I
Doumay is looking for him"
Il thought Doumay was looking I
for Nordeg. the butcher"
sure; one and the same fellow /
Didn't You know" asked Tenant in
nocently, and when the other only [.
his disgust he continued: NO. ]
What I want you to remember IS /
that. as I told you that day in Jar
7et's library. I've darned near solved !
the mystery Now I'm going to catch I
Up with a few OF the missing links I
He put on his ulster.
Perhaps you'n catch a Tartar in /
stead" came the ironic reply.
or an Alsatian, or"
What's directly east Of AIsace.
Prussia"
hight you are. SO long" as he
walked to the door. "Got TO hurry up" I
Where you are going2"
TO exchange this forged map T
,gainst 100000 in sound American /.
sreenbacAs"
But Where-where2
ITO a certain dive called Au
,aveau in the Rue des Innocents."
The CaVeau2" Ducastel rose, I
ather excited. honest apprehension in
lis eyes. 1T Is not a very safe place
ny boy Not even for as great
elective as you are. You'll have no