El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-09

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] holding them az arm-s length. What
do you mean, DOumay, by making
I such remarks about"
ITS the truth-naue OF a name Of
I a name-' TUNED Doumay- Mad
J emoisel1e Is-was-" And when Men
zies-Kerr made another, quickly frus-
Z trated attempt to get at him, Tenant
I pushed him toward the hail door.
Never mind this old nan. Leave
ne alone with DoumEy. You 90 and
I call on Miss Lantzigne."
Cal on herr Cali on herr Dou-
I may broke into peals OF laughter.
! That IS impossible9'
/ Why asked Tenant.
Because Nile. Angelo Lantalgne Is
/ u jan charged with the murder OF
[ II. Anatole Jarvet."
Cod She's innocentr The Scotch
man words we're thick, and the
Frenchman. now thoroughly irate,
Innocent, IS shs7 Mlord knows IT.
Z Milford is sure OF it, Ait appears
I that mil1rd knows a great deal about
! The murder OF A. Anatcle Jarvetl'
And Tenant was Inclined 70 agree
: with him. he remembered what he
had seen earlier in the afternoon;
Aenzies-kerr and Angelo Lantaigne
together in that evil old part OF Paris
which, ironically, takes its name from
sacred saint Sulpice.
There was mystery there, and
drama and the stark figure OF q
And politics. He was sure Of t.
Politics was always back Of mystery
and murder in France.
Two minutes later. Tenant was
punched over the Steering wheel OF
his light American roadster, hasten
ing toward the scene Of the murder.
Paul DoumaT by his side IN and out
Of the traffic he guided the car
Speeding up, taking q corner on two
wheels, shaving a lamp post flashing
word here ana there TO an excited.
gesticulating, white gloved policeman
and causing him 20 stand aside with
respectful salute when he cried
rapidly ITS all right, officer. I'm
Tenant Of the AEence Ducastel-s
he pushed straight into the heart Of
the Latin Quarter
There. not far from the Haunting
Luxembourg Gardens, a spiders web
OF narrow crooked, cohbiestoned
streets and alleys and cul-de-sacs en-
ranglea itself about the ancient
Church o. saint Suipice. Streets
answering to names favored with g
certain quaint, provincial charm. Rue
Palatine, Rue Garauciere, Rue Ferou.
Old sad, silent streets, SO silent that
the mewng Of some dusty ash bin
cat the cWitterinE OF a canary hang
ing in its cage from a kitchen win
dow, or the tinzly bell Of a knife
sharpeners' pushcart strikes your ear
streets detached from the noisy.
whirlings clanking, laughing Latin
Quarter which hens them in on an
sides; streets cllnginE with the
Obstinacy OF the very old TO the dusty,
melancholy centuries that are past
and gone; streets where the houses,
some OF them terraced, stand each
in the center Of its own walled garden
and are shaded By great trees. poplar
and elm and oak and rose pink chest
Streets quiet with the quiet Of
Yet once these same streets had
seen the history Of France In the
making. the unmaking, and the re-
making. For there. during the terror 7
the prescribed arist0crats went in
search Of refuge and asylum There.
in the shadow Of the old Church OF
saint Sulpice. they tried to hide their
powder bass their brocaded coats, /
their lace jabots. their 5eweled snuff
boxes, their simperinE love letters,
and their worn our. feudal ideals.
Thence the ragged wool capped
hangmen OF RobesDierrs ferreted
them out and dragged them forth 20
lamp post and guillotine and the pot
ter's field. and 81 had been with q
certain amount Of truth that one Of
the late n Auatole JarretE political ]
opponents had said that the Bue
ferou, where Jarvet lived, was /
pregnant with the blood stained I
specters Of lust and cruelty and thus I
q peculiarly fit mileau for a man Of I
his ruthless, anarchistic principles"
The night before had heard the I
eliminating cheers Of weeks OF cleo I
tioneering- JarTet had been sent hack |
by an overwhelming majority Of his ]
old ward into the house Of deputies.
though the election posters. sticking /
to fences and houses and kiosks.
proved that the sentiment OF Auatole i
Jarvets opponent, quoted above. was I
echoed by others.
Tenant read line or two as the 1
car Whizzed past They were posters !
used by the candidate Of the Republi- /
cans-the party in the saddle-WhO I
had tried 70 buck the game here, in 4
the very heart OF the apache quarter !
which Tor years had given 20 Jarvet i
admiration, slavish obedience and {
votes.
The posters were trenchant with I
the ferocious personal animosity char
acteristlc Of French elections.
DO not vote for Jarvet, the inter
nationalist screamed one poster.
staring black on brightest orange.
"A vote for Jarvet is a vote for the
enemy. JarTet means unnrepared-
ness, disasteri Jarvet means a pawn
given into the hands Of Germany !
Remember the lost provincesi Re
member Alsacs and Lorrainei Re-
member Sedanr"
Another poster said Euccinctly that
Iarret was the sort OF man who would
ike 20 drench France IN the blood
% her best because the perverted
sensation Of such monstrosity would
amuse him. while a third, beginning
gIibbly and politely with the state
nent that Jarvet was man Of
splendid education and great culture,
3 man OF undoubted genius, OF charm,
81 personality a born leader. went
On TO say
yet the same Jarvet has prosti-
-uted the divine gifts which God has
given him TO strike a blow against
France, the mother. he wants to
see France unprepared. defenseless-
,arrion for the bird OF prey that flaps
its sinister wings beyond the Rhinel
Iarvet has the bowels Of compassion
1f a hyeua and less principles and
lecency than the horned toad. He is
D danger. a danger which should be
crushed under the heel Of the re-
lublic."
And always the refrain was the
same Vote against Jarvet. and
Iarvets own posters seemed mildly
nnocuous In comparison saying