El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-15
4 Ripping
DetectiUe Story
Copyright. 1913. BY james A. Mccain Co
All rights reserved

. STEWARD. you know. the editor OF the
I Etoile"
4 know. Filthy anarchist sheet.
and RaOul Steynard is the biggest
I hlackguard who ever came out OF
I Alsace and said farewell 20 the Ger
man eagle 70 make his fortune IN
/ long suffering Paris"
D Possibly So But the Etolle IS the
7 party organ OF the Internatloualists
and STEWARD was the close chum and
associate Of the late II Jarvet Well
( this same Steyuard tells me in that
I wretched Alsatian accent Of his that
[ for today-the day following the mur-
! pected by his party % deliver a
I speech In the house OF deputies which
would have blown the government
sky high. and--Ducaster voice rose
and he Eesticulated violently-"the
government knew IL. my boyi Ian
taigne had warned the government
How did he know
ASK him; and he won't tell you.
It's his business He IS the head Of
the secret political police. At all
events. he knew. and"
~WeuT'
-Jarvet Is assassinatsdt A danger
70 the state IS providentiaIly re-
movedr
Proving what according to your
According % my opinion7" snorted
the older Dan in disguest Accord
Ing 20 the opinion OF every thinking
mar except obstinate Americana It
proves that Angelo Lantalgue mur-
dered Jarvet with her fathers fun
knowledge. Perhaps he supervised
the crime himself You yourself told
me that he was at the Cafe des
Reines. three doors from the JarVet
house. Al the time OF the MURDER
Coincidence" suggested Tenant
and the other picked Up the word Ike
a battle gage
Coincidence IS the argument OF
poor theologians. and Of foolsln
Not always, II. Ducastel Tester-
day I was told that Nile Lantalgne
murdered Jarvet to get possession OF
some letters she had written 70 him
and now I hear that she killed him
so as 70 eliminate a danger 10 the
republic A little slip there some
where. isn't it7'
Not a bit OF It She IS emotional.
high strung, romantic Jarvet had
loved her. and deceived her. she
meets Menzies-Kerr. falls in love with
him, is afraid that Jarvet-for he had
done the same thing Ia the past-Will
blaclrmal her with the help OF her in
discreet letters. She asks for their
return He refuses She decides to
XIII him. All right Somehow. her
father learns Of her intention Does
he dissuade herr Mo- He encourages
her. He helps her. He knows that.
by removing her former lover. she
viii also remove an enemy OF the re-
pubncr'
Tenant did not reply. He stared
modify in front OF him What Du-
castel said seemed TO dovetan; and.
even suppose he was wrong In so Tar
that 70 was not she who had done the
actual killing. but that
He was afraid 20 complete the
thought But he could not forget
the cryptic letter marked on Jarvet's
blotter. nor LantaiEne's strange e.
fusal 70 tell him II Menzies-Kerr had
been with him every minute OF the
time between and 6-the afternoon Z
OF the murder.
But the next moment he rsmem-
bered some other things-and they Z
gave him back his good humor and (
his confidence. He could not be mis- d
AIKEN OF course. there were some
missing links in the chain OF events 4
as he had thought them out. but fun ]
damentally he was right He was
convinced OF It; and presently he
would solve the whole wretched mys- ]
terry.
He turned to Ducastel. who was
quietly smiling 70 himself. pleased ]
with the thought that his old brains I
were still In working order. and that.
for once. he had got the better OF his /
young American Investigator.
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