El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-23

10000 and $4,000 square feet OF glass
In II greenhouses This year the
Potter greenhouses produced between
shrugged his expressive shoulders h,
went on.
NO use playing poker with me
/ Poker isn't a logical game. rs q
psychological game And while ]
grant that you, being a Frenchman.
can beat me in that Latin invention
called logic, I can do you brown
When 10 comes 70 pOker-and
psychology. Ny niger nanny
taught ne the first and Harvard the
second
The cards. which shah put on the
table are official cards. Lantaigne
replied with a smile. The minister
Tor foreign affairs, speaking for the
government, told me that he does
not want the Jarvet murder case in
I vestigated any farther. He told me
that he does not mind the police nor
-sharply--t Agence Ducastel 20
ing through the gestures OF investi-
cation. To save your faces with
press and public you can even arrest
a stool pigeon or an agent provo
] cateur-I shall supply that latter IL
you wish-clap him IN Jail and re-
lease him a few months later, with
J couple OF thousand francs hush
money. when the boulevards have for
gotten this present sensation ana
have passed on TO the next But-nO
] more than that, monsieur The Jar
vet murder mystery must rcmsin q
] sealed book"
| You don't call that putting your
! cards on the tahle?' asked Tenant
! You've got TO give me reasons: and
I his demand was echoed by Ducastel,
] who had heard every word through
/ the thin board partition which sep
Z arated his room from that Of the
i American, and who came bobbinE in,
/ eyes glistening, HIS white hair ruf-
/ fled, looking for all the world like
an excited jackrabbit-
Reasons. please, LantaiEne" re-
peated- 1Here"-he waved a sheet OF
fOolscap with an official-looking blue
seal In the left corner--here IS a
letter I received this very morning
from the Chef de Surete. your re-
spected colleague Of the metropolitan
police"
a hopeless fdiott" remarked Ian
taigne, and Ducastel agreed 20 the
terse Characterization
Exactly But he IS the Chef de
Surete- Re Is employed by the muni-
cipality OF Paris He has nothing 70
do with you, nor with the minister
for foreign affairs. Well, he writes
me this letter. demanding in an in
sultingly sarcastic manner why we,
the famous Agence Ducastel have not
yet discovered the assassin Of Anatole
JarVeL- And now YOU come here
dressed VI like a festive undertaken
OF the days under the empire, and
you have the nerve 90 tell me to
TO squash the investigation; quite
so"
N Lantaigne." he said you are
the secret police 7 know But the
I Jarvet murder is beyond your juris-
diction You have no right 70 inter
[ fere with ordinary civil or criminal
] procedure That's Up TO the munich
pal police, the prosecutor and the
I assize court"
he spoke without haste without
l excitement II Lantaigne wanted TO
play poker. all right he himself had
I a good hand, and he was going TO
stand pat
But he was not prepared for the
I others next move-tOr Lantaigne
suddenly leaned over. asked II the
room was sound proof. and, Being as
sured that IL was separated By double
. steel walls from the outside offices,
rose with q great deal OF dignity, but
his hand on the crimson ribbon in his
butt0nhole. and said that he had re-
ceived it for serving France, with
I every last cell OF my brain, with
! every ounce Of my strength. with
. every fiber Of my being Through
/ thick and thin Regardless OF what
press and public thought OF me. Neg
lgent Of my own conscience And
dramatic gesture, YOU would also
serve France. would you not?'
''Mais oui-assurement-' cried Du-
I castel, giving his white mustache a
martial twist while Tenant smiled
Z oddly. remembering that just a few
days ago he had used the same argu-
ment with Bib le Farceur, the vic
. ious. wiZened apache who had died,
I doubtless because OF H. He had said
] he was an American, "and that means
a pretty good Frenchman, when II
I comes to a show down.
Lantaigne bowed his appreciation
OF the gracious sentiment
''The reasons for my strange re-
quest are political, gentlemen ne
I said. They are of the very gravvest
] political nature" He coughed- Doubt
I less you know that the house Of dep
/ uties was called into secret session
l the day after the Jarvet murder TO
/ deliberate about certain-enfin' he
| smiled eprecatingly-'y know
call a spade a spade" Tenant cut
] in. Don't give US any or your Sc
! cret diplomacy It's the most damn
able thing in the world It has
caused war and misery in the past,
and it's going to do the same in the
I future. IL is
] Necessary. monsieur doomed
| Lantaigne. This is Europe. not
] America. We know nothing about
| your Yankee methods. your shirt
I sleeve diplomacy and dollar diplom-
acy."
Better an honest dollar than an
/ ocean Of blood Better a plain Amer
I leans shirt sleeve than lying. forg-
l ing. cheating European diplomats
gold encrusted court uniform Call
| a spade a spade he repeated, III
/ you want TO talk with me. The house
/ Of deputies has gone into secret ses-
/ sion TO see what can be done-and
done In hurry-about military
preparations against Germany"
Defensive; strictly defensive mon
sieur."
"You said a true word there. But
military preparations just the same,
! and small blame to France. Prepare
| tons against Germany which recent
/ ly increased the peace strength Of her
| army by a number Of divisions.
which held her last maneuvers near
I Sarrelouis on the French frontier and
near Krefeld on the Belgian; which,
/ while the emperor stalks about call
I ing himself an apostle Of peace, has
offered 100000 francs 70 Fraulein
Bertha Krupp TO make a howitzer