El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-22


, chance there IL somebody should
enfin. it is an evil place The be-
ginnings OF many unsavOry things
have been brewed IN that dive; things
which men do not speak OF except in
whispers behind closed doors: things
which are not mentioned IN police re-
ports nor in diplomatic archives.
. Don't 60 alone"
I've got TO. chief"
Are you armedt'
WHATS the good OF asking ne
that, chief You know 4 never carry
a gun"
@Oh. yes Ducastel spoke with
biting sarcasm Your weapon is
psychology. 7 believe"
sure And it's good enough
weapon IL hasn't missed fire very
often Au revoiri Make yourself at
home. call George II you want
drink and he walked out Of the
room.
lie walked along at a good clip.
He was eLpectant. eager. enthusiastic
But his racial American Eayety
seemed % have gone suddenly out
OF his enthusiasm The yellow lights
In the houses that lined the square
were Ike evil winkinE eyes. ana
the shadows seemed 20 wag at him
with mockihg fingers
Turning 10 the left, through the
hue de IurbiEo, IL was as II some
memory OF the past were speaking 20
him from the ancient streets and
alleys For more than all the rest
Of Paris, not excepting even the Bas-
tile and the Quarter OF Saint An
tome, are these streets tainted wiki
blood stained "reminiscences
II was there. in the Rue de Ia Fer
ronnerie, that the hiEot madman
Ravaillac assassinated Henri the
Fourth, best and wisest OF kings. and
~
Rue de Ia Lingerie. that during the
callous middle ages Paris dumped
the bodies OF the poor who had died
unsnriven Into underground vaults
But James Tenant shook himself
free from the tragic associations.
asked himself. he, the modern son OF
the new worlde He turned into the
Rue des InnOcents which. IN memory
or the daily street market. was still
Uttered with cabbage leaves and
orange peels and crushed snail shells.
stil pungent with the odors OF count
less rounds OF cheese stored IN the
adjoining market sheds.
He stopped In front OF No. IS. He
looked al the siEn board which was
moving laZily in the wind Au
Caveau vas painted on It in Gothic
letters.
He pushed open thu age eangrened
trance hall, which was almost com
pleteiy filled BY an enormous tin .
counter, presided over BY a green
aproned harman who gave him the Z
customary salutation Of that locality. Z
Bon soir. sout' neurr"
Tenant acknowledged the greet D
ing in similarly ribald manner and i
passed through the hall and down f.
the narrow. low staircase which led 4
to the Caveau. properly speaking. ]
without asking directions OF the I
aproned, mustached Ganymede. For
suddenly he recognized the place and I
remmbered having been there. years I
ago. I'm search OF thrills, when he had f.
still been a member Of the inuuisitive T.
genus tourist, since the Caveau IS. Z
after ALL one Of the more grimy
show places OF Paris.
once 10 was row Of cells occupied I
by, let us hope. sanity monks. but I
following the days when the democ-
racy OF France brushed away the cob E
webs and dry rot Of Bourbon and t
Rome, an enterprising wine merchant i
bought the place turned the low.
vaulted cells into boxes and drinking T.
1ens, and commenced to collect toll Z
from the less reputable ingredients Of I
society
Ito BE Continued.)