El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-15


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No. A newspaper boy found IL nut-
/ tering in the street. he picked II up.
I me-
Where did he find it? Wait.
y Wait-' He snapped his fingers i'm
] patiently HE found il in the I'm
: passe Oudinot OF course. Isn't
yes. dear she said wonderingIy.
Tenant walked up and down the
/ length Of the room, puzzled. musiuE
he said 70 himself that NOrdeE was
behind It, NordeE, who had KEY 70
I the ramshackle old dwelling in the
] lmpasse OuclnOt. and who had a way
D or secret egresS. But why. since
Z Lantaigne had managed to scrlbble
the Few lines and throw them out Of
I the window. had he not addressed
I them TO the police2
A moment later Tenant knew the
] answer TO his question He said to
himself that Lantaigue could NOT at
FORD TO let the police into his secret
Z since this woIld mean The arrest and
sending up for life Of his son. as
wei as his own disgrace and ruin,
and dountless Grillauute Nordeg was
aware OF these facts
For It was the latter who had had
IN his possession the torn. charred
criminal record OF James smith. New
Californian convict while his friend.
] j T.
10 blackmail Lantaigne with the help
OF the same knowledge. as proved not
only by the traces on the blOtting
paper Of the letter giving warning
about the man with the limp" which
l-anlaigne Ldd not received. but also
by those OF Jarvet's letters which the
chief OF the secret political police
must have received
For there was the one written BY
Lantaigne which had fallen from the
n . t. aar=1 -
and OF which Tenant had read a few
lines. Finally there had been the
oIter OF Jarvet to return 70 Angelo
I her compromising love letters II she
succeeded In securing for him lord
Menzies-kerr's help about Indo-Chiua-
That was the stake. the map OF
/ lndo-China. printed in Germany The
map which had been stolen and re-
stolen, which had left a trail Of drama
and mystery behind.
James dear" came Angeles soft
voice; but the American shook his
head.
wait a moment, darling" he said.
am trying to get at the root OF
tnis and erimly, silently he buckled
MS task IL was the old tale all over
again. The fact Of the crime-rhe
tact that the three men had been kid
naped-Was clear, as Il had been in
the case OF the two murders
Only-what had been Nordee's mo-
tive2
CAuQemAN remnant smiled OF
course NOrdeg must have figured out
that only four people could know
where the map was hidden at pres
ent. Lord MeuZies-Eerr the two Ian
taignes. and he. Tenant. NordeE
had kidnapped the first three was
his turn to come neXt2
Well, he had been warned. Not only
BY Lantaigne's message, but also BY
the Scotchman's frantic appeal for
help over the wire.
But-Tennant .wrinkled his fore
head-Was there not something
strange about those telephone calls2 /
He turned the question over in his
mind, stopping at the window and
looking out into the dark. which was
soft and still and odorous. like the
henedlctiOn OF spring night on spring
day, like hush of folded flowers and [
grasses.
Let's see" he mumbled under his
breath.
What exactly had ha7pened2
Menzies-kerr had telephoned to him. /
week ago saturday. had been IN /
terrupted: had then called I'D d. Ian !
taigne. But why had Nfenzies-Serr