El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-17
The MAN With The Limp
By ACHAIED ABDULLAH


American into the little salon which
Z opened on the garden.
. T." he began, but at once Ten
uant whirled on him
And youz" he said why did you
I let Roux make such a biunderl
D Couldn't you phone me or Ducasel'
What have you got 20 say for your
/ selfTf
Doumay smiled
Monsieur Tenant" he said
I shortly after you came from America
and entered the Agence Ducastel. you
were kind enough 10 tell me it Is a
good idea IN criminal cases TO give a
man all the rope he wauts-if you
can get hold OF the rope afterward.
Do you remember
1es; something Of the sort" Ten
nant said, puzzled What's that got
. TO do with Steyuardz"
You remember also that before Z
became a private detective. I was
A craftsman, believe"
Yes But not always. one does
not become craftsman in q day nor
a week nor year. One starts lower
down The smiled reminisceutlv-
I went through the whole gamut
OF crimes. enfin. When I was very
small was an expert pickpocket-
the best in Paris" he added with a
peculiar mixture OF pride and shame.
And" impatiently from Tenant.
I allowed n Raoul STEWARD to
search the premises. He Searched
and searched and searched. The
library, the down stairs salon. the
dining room-everyWhe 1t was
warm in the house and he took OF
ms QFercoat and. searchad some more
uld not watch him I did not want
nm 70 suspect But afterWard. when
ne returned TO the hail where he had
len his coat. after he had found what
ne was after, being a Frenchman
ana OF maners most EXQUISITE
helped him on with his coat. and"
get your. broke IN Tenant. with
ringing laugh You went through
ms pockets while you did the polite
act Doumay, my boy, 81 I were a
rr-ncnman 1 would plant a smack or
your noble forehead Being an Amerf-
can III content myself with telling
You that you are all to the mustard.
sAne now nand over what you sWiped
from friend Steynardl-
Here. monsieur" and the subarent
gave Tenant a small pacFa-e
wrapped in oil paper
remnant opened IL, spread IL out.
slnooLled the creases, and looked Al
Ilrsl ne was disappointed. for the
important document OF NJ STEWARD
was nothing but printed small scale
map Or the FAR eastern French colony
Of Indo-China
Looking at IL more closely. he
noticed that certain portions Of the
map had been underlined in red ink
ana all In the southern part Of the
colony. Cambodia and Cochin-China.
Ihen he saw the double red lines
marked certain rivers. such as the
lower Mekong, the Prek TIE, and the .
waco; while number Of towns. for
instance kampot. Camau. and Bac
Lieu. were accentuated by small red
crosses Finally he noticed that a
-ine network OF red lines ran from
ne southwest. near KamT ala toward 7
the northeast, In the direction Of me /
Of AMMAN.
What do you make Of it," he asked F.
Doumay Il mean what do YOU make /
pr II taken in connection with the /
TACT tnat very evidently STEWARD i
considered this map most Important 3
don't know" unused the other. B
or course. Jarvet was the head OF 4
me lnternationalist party. and stew
nara was his chum and associate. and I
pit the world knows that the Inter I
lallonahsts are opposed to colonies.
% Imperialism Monsieur" he went 4
m thefe have been rumOrs before
MS that some OF the native rebel
ions out there were financed right i
lere' In Paris. by the Information
ilists- Perhaps these"-he pointed
II the red cr0sses-"mark hfdd-o ann
lunition depots. and thin lines are
meant for lines Of attack and com
ton"