El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-16

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-esd,- 10 register the faintest inlIee-
tion. the faintest snaaine o. 80
I T9rft the question had been cutie SIN
Me NordeE had meant It Insre Va
] neither trap nor sarcasm 1eIiis-i-' ;
ives monsieur. You are-'-he forced
hushed enthusiasm into MS NoiSe-
Z ssvou are the great master SPY.
sSiIence. fool!'' thundered the
butcher while his three followers
ave a rr.mbiing chorus The Wora
] is never used-by u.s.. he adueos ~.
nificautly: and he added, more gent
! ": NV good friend. n Perquel' tne
editor Of the Ftoile, who succeeded
] the ianented Reoul STEWARD. SPOKE
{ IN me OF YOU He said you were
detective; an enemy Of Tenant
~He also said that you were a
Z member OF our party
II am" replied Tenant
FOR a moment Tenant was Ut
terlv taken abaek. Was there some
signal among the members OF our
J psrty"-sou1e catchWordZ
ne remembered the list OF sub
scribers 10 the various International
Z fst and peace-at-All-COst asSocla-
tons which he had found IN haoui
/ Steynard's library. spilled IN front q
1.-THE rffled safe. Too. he remembered
{ things he had heard in New YORK: the
many conversations he had overheard
{ when. in the course OF duty, he had
sipoed his beer OF vine IN certain
restaurants labeled Bierhallen or
! Rathskeller or sommer TerraEsen or
/ Weiustuben-
At IRE time. he had considered the
strange political sentiments and views
there the result Of Indigestion follow
7 ing a too grimiy Teutonic diet since
he had been caught IN the web OF the
----s r-l---- - = 49, So r.F ~aenw-
sidered He knew now that the bla-
tant meEalomania called Fan-Ger-
nanism was not a matter OF magma
ton, not only mad irresponsible talk,
but q real. live issue. controled by
such men as were confronting him to-
night. At all events. he remembered
what he had heard and read. and the
reply he gave to the other did not
lack in Iuency or ampieness-
"Kultur. efficiency. superman- Ger
man law and order. model cities. free-
dom OF the seas" The words fairly
rolled from his tongue: 50 much 50
that something like animation came
over the three men grouped against
the back Of the shop
CAM riehtigl"
"Grossartigi"
Der Kerl hat sein Herr auf dem
rechten Flecke." came their rum
bling Teutonic chorus Of assent; and
it was only Hordeg who was the ny
.sehiagTorteI Catch wordsr' He
used the German term All very
we'll Sound and inspiring. I grant
you. But not enough
But" Tenant was about 10
launch on another profession OF
faith. another paean TO the glory Of
the central European self-elected SUI
permen-hegging forgiveness in his
heart OF his ancestors who had
Hessians-when Nordeg cut him short
with an impatient gesture.
Yes, yes Anybody can learn
few catch words. The question Is:
Can you prove that you are one OF u.s.
Monsieur" he added warningly.
These are parlous times. Mine is a
parlous career. I must make safe
every step OF the way Either you
are one OF US, or you are not In the
former case. you don't know enough.
IN the latter, you know too much"
He shrugged his shoulders and waved
deprecating hand
It was then that Tenant decided
TO push his whole Pile on the table
and 10 make the biggest bluff OF his
life. For q while he had felt fear. and
had hated himself for feeling It. Now,
suddenly. the emotion was dead in
him. He was ready to act with all
the fine. clean strength OF his soul.
with all the cunning OF his mind he
felt master OF himself. confident 81
premely capable OF anything.
His voice, when he spoke. was suave
and calm He was dignified, meeting
the other as equal MEETS equal
Monsieur" he said, I have heard
OF you. And Il appears that you have
not heard OF me. That Is not my
fault. You see. the organization back
home in America has somewhat
changed since you left"
"4Ou-you know that have been
In American" came Nordeg's excited
question; and Tenant mentally
turned trick down IN his favor.
Very evidently" he smiled ~Our
master''-he pointed at the resplen-
dent decoration on the others breast
Our imperial master; welr'-he
shrugged his shouIder@'he decides
suddenly. He makes up his mind on
the spur OF the moment. He"
Yes" rumbled one OF the three
our imperial master does change fire.
quently. He raises people suddenly.
70 drop them as suddenly. He IS too
impulsive."
Baron von Bardeleben." came Nor
dogs sibilant voice. your sentiments
are-ah-hardly correctt"
Tenant decided that he owed the
baron 4 debt Of gratitude for his
timely, involuntary 9 support and
went on serenely:
7 quite approve OF your decision 70
make absolutely safe. NJ Nordeg. In
our line OF work one can not be too
cautious and"-he sliled-'1t shall
give me great pleasure to set an your
doubts at rest The ~ffaF -