El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-16
A Ripping
Detective Story
Copyright, 1913. BY James A Mccain Co.
All rights reserved

with the correct eight reflections. and
beneath his silk lined Inverness was
! the black and white panoply Of fun
! evening dress and, over the left breast
a magnificent decoration: a cOnven-
tionalized Red Eagle on q starred gold
shield surrounded by brilliants-the
highest decoration Of the German en-
! pire.
Tenants first impulse was TO
strike out with cleuched fist with
every ounce OF punched strength in
Z his body, biindly. brutally: 10 crush
into pulp this plump, rosy skinned,
I POmpous power for evil.
But the impulse vanished as quickly
as it had risen For, quite suddenly,
I he became aware Of the unmistakahle
sensation that somebody was staring
at him fxediy. as II trying TO attract
his attention, but not daring TO speak
A moment later he knew what II was
and whence II came. For directly
I between his feet, below the slippery
! cellar grating which he was strad-
/ ding. he saw a CLEAN OF brown eyes,
and then, indistinct in the dirty gray
light, a Ehostly hand pointing.
Doumayi There was no doubt. And
Tenant Looked in the direction where
[ the hand had pointed he looked
rapidly squirting from under con-
| tracted eyebrows; and in the deep
shadow OF the postern of-the next
Z house he saw, etched black on black.
Z
four-he wasn't sure.
The whole dramatic episode. from
I Nordeg's question 70 Tenants assur-
! ing himself that the man had come
prepared for trouble. had passed in
/ less time than Il take TO tell il: and
/ the Americans answer, given with
out a culver, with lazy, slow
| drawl;
Yes 7 am Lafarge What can I
do for your? had come directly on
] the heel Of the others question
May have a little talk with your"
asked Nordeg.
Tenant yawned-s
sure. Tomorrow. any time, But
not tonight It's late"
Tonight" insisted the other. It's
important business. Tonight unless
you object. NJ Lafarge."
All right. then. Come along IN"
Tenant held the shop door open
After you, monsieur"
Tenant thought that by asking she
other into the shop he would -auto-
natically force his hand For Nor
deg was taking him either TO be what
he gave himself out to be-namely.
Ernest IafarEe-or he had seen
through his disguise and knew that
he was dealing with Tenant the
man whom he doubtless wished to
get INTO his power, as be had got all
the others who might know OF the
whereabouts Of the map
In the former case-if he took him
for Lafarge-there was no reason
why he should not enter the shop
without calling TO the men in the
doorway 70 help him, in which event
the American. once he had Nordeg in
the shop and the door locked. would
be able TO attend to him at his leisure.
IN the latter case. on the other hand
that IS. suppose NordeE knew that
he was masquerading-he would not
dare enter; he would use force imme-
diately.
-
unprepared for the mans next move
For the butcher" while still ad-
dressing him as Lafarge, calmly
owned NJ 70 the presence Of the thTee
men hidden IN the shadow OF The
postern. And he did II in a most
prosaic. matter-of-fact way, neither
ironic nor threatening.
Il have few friends with me" he
said You see. I am bound to take
certain reasonable precautions. Mes