The Washington times., 1919-02-16
CHAPTER I.

r. I'VE bullets from the pistol of woman who claims
to be his wife ended, January IL, the career
of Jacques Lebaudy-a career so extraordinary that
it has no exact parallel in fact or fiction.
Perhaps the hero of Dumas great novel, The Count
of Monte Csto most nearly approaches the character
which Lebaudy played in real fe Is possible that the
adventures and exploits of Monte Cristo inspired Lee
baudyf If So Lebaudy outdd the count at every point
Lebaudy's most spectacular exploit was his under
taking to establish empire all for himself in Africa
The details of this astonishing enterprise may well be
told at once for his first but by his last
remarkable adventure.
. jacques Lebaudy had inherited huge fortune from
his father known in France the Sugar King" LIE
baudy was called the Rockefeller of France Backed by
his enormous wealth the conquest of Sahara not at
all insane project Eccentric he certainly was but
Lebaudys intimate friends have always declared that he
was not crazy man.
1t is now possible for the first time to tell how and
where Lebaudy got his idea of going Africa and found
ing the Empire of Sahara and installing himself the
Emperor The seeds of the plan for this ambitious under
taking sowed in Lebaudy receptive mind by of
the best known "men about town" in Paris, Jimmy
Langerman.
Langerman of the many unique butterfly fig
ures of the gay French capital having visible
of support but always well supplied with money bon
yiVant and adventurer Nobody knew where he came
FROM and nobody cared He well liked and therefore
welcome everywhere. He was big powerful fellow an
elaborate dresser fine looking and of engaging person
he justified In this for the always seemed to
look after Jimmy in fine shape His utter Indifference
anything of serious nature made hit with the French
and Paris took him to her heart
Such the type of man who got Lebaudy aside one
day in quiet Of secluded cafe Paris and told
him of the wonderful opportunity of owning his EN-
pre in the Sahara Lebaudy had just into hs great
inheritance from the estate of his father the famous multi
millionaire sugar king Langerman knew all about the
country, the people and the opportunities northern
Africa because he had spent three four years in Mo
rocco and while he there he in the position
acquant himself with the possibility of putting his
scheme 1t seemed that he and the Sultan of Morocco be-
came close friends. Langerman had an extremely
gratating way about him. and it not long before he
had charmed the Sultan with his personality that the
Sultan was taking Langemans word for everything
particularly in the matter of spending money
Langerman called his attention the fact that there
were no automobiles in the country. and the Sultan
promptly imported large number of the expensive
French That led naturally and easily to other and
greater extravaganceS and few months the Sultan
became such spendthrift that he thought Of
million dollars than he did of the air in one of his old
1t is significant by the way that a good deal Of the
money spent in this way by the Sultan found It's way
Paris for thing another and after the Sultan
deposed and he had plenty Of time to think things
the idea probably him that Langerman had likely
been profting handsomely the purchases.
At any rate the Sultan and Langerman had the time
of their lives until day Langerman showed up IN
Paris with the SultanS family and crown jewels winch
il became necessary to pawn in order allow the Sultan
to meet certain pressing obligations and his throne
The Jewels were pawned for fabulous and LANCER.