El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
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IT was on his way back TO his apart
/ meut 20 dress for the theater
after his visit with Nile. Lantaigne
at Tenant ran across the wizer
apache OF the Saint-Sulpice ganE
who had told him a day OF two ear
Her that Guulaume Nordeg. The
butcher. had ways Of earning money
with which the late lamented Joan
OF Arc would have been decidedly
unfamiliar"
The meeting was rather violent
For Tenant. thinking deeply with
puckered eyes searcsing the ground
as II for the master-key TO the Jarvet
mystery, bumped smartly against the
apache who came shufning along
from the opposite direction
"Coff- calculated the American Is
ne bumped against the human OBJ
stacle, and theu came a flood Of foul
invective on the part Of the apache, a
savage inquiry 81 the hlanEety-b blank
aristocrat thought that the streets OF
Paris were specially made so that he
could promenade his blaukety- blank
arisu0cratic pateut-leathers across
the d6teuceless bodies Of honest
vrorkmen. q o invitation 10 Tenant TO
pick out his slab in the moTgue rlEht
then and there. and an instructive.
feline reaching for the ever-ready
dagger In the folds OF the crimson
shawl which was around his wasp
ish waist
But Tenant was the happy posses
sor Of two valuable qualities a
splendid memory for faces ana the
circumstances under which he had
seen them first, and never-lailing
polireness which he sc0tched only
when brought into contact with the
professional. self-satisfied stupidity
Of the metropolitan police
Add 20 these two characteristics a
keen presence Of mind, boyish
SMILE, and a soft voice. and there was
small wonder that the apache
dropped the handle Of his dagger and
screwed his features into sem
blance Of amiability when he heard
the American eXclaim-
Il beg your pardonl No bones
broken. 7 hope I had no idea you
were ever IN this neiEhborhood- Quite
a ways from your regular beat OF
Saint-Sulpice. aren't your
The next instant the apache recoe-
'.Ahsi The citizen who took such
great interest in our friend, the
butcher. And What brings you here.
Perhaps" he ETinked Wicksdly and
blew a kiss IN the air.
Tenant held out his ciEaret case
the calumet Of Latin lands
-Just EeinE home he replied.
while the other took a ciEaret and
lit it, then. since K was the apache
who had first mentioned the butcher,
he thought it safe TO pursue the sub
ject gently and continued with the
smooth, ready lie. 7 thought OF go
ing up to the Rue Ferou and buying
about threu yards OF those sympa-
thetic little pork sausages I saw in
window"
The apache laughed
-Tou'u have 70 curb your appetite
or buy your supper somewhere else I
citizen Gufllaums Nordeg has left
the neighborhood- he drove away
yesterday in a taLicab like a bloated .
capitalist His shop Is closed"
~What2 He has leftz Where did I
be Eo7"
The apache stuck his pointed chin I
forward rruculently and snarled that !
monsieur the aristocrst was taking 4
altogether too great an interest in 4
the affairs Of the quarter OF Saint
GO baek 70 your own part Of town. 3
,iueu," he wound up GO back 20 =
your siIlz-hatted gentlemen and your 4
painted. yelloW-hsired-" Here came /
an obscenity in vicious, metallic 4
slang. Back yonder to- I
ward the lacy spires Of Saint-Sulpice 0
they do not like types OF your kid I
hey. Back yonder they'll tickle your .
-iEs with five inches OF forged steel.