El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-17

ering the ramshackle house next
door. hulked like gray. ghostly
shadow Il seemed lifeless. discour-
Somehow it struck Tenant as Pc
culiar.
Looks deserted" he said casually.
and NordeE laughed
1t is deserted That old fireeater
of q prince could not stand the close
proximity Of the German embassy any
/ longer and so he left yesterday for
his estates in Normandy. lock. stock
and barrel He didn't leave as much
as a cat behind He said he would
. rot return until the German embas-
sy had moved away Again he
laughed The embassy people will
move away sooner-and farther
( than the prince imagines."
When the first ammunition Gals
son rumbles out OF Berlin
Yes" came the deep voiced. SOL
cmn answer w hen war Is de-
clared, In a way" he went on. 7
am glad that the old prince and his
silly. lettering old servants flew the
coop IL was all right TO use the old
dungeon Nobody in the princes
household knows Of its existence
But when / had TO slip away in a
hurry I had 70 90 through the palace
itself and out OF the front dOor-aud
that was rather risky. Wei, it's
nearly over; / am through playing
smiled. they plugged my hole
What do you mean"
Il mean that by moving away. the
prince made 1t Impossible for me to
make quick getaway
How so2"
Lock herer Nordeg stepped up
to the main entrance of the palace
and lit a match The door was barred
from top 10 bottom with an i'm
mense, massive slab Of steel bound
oak same in back-and with the
windows. continued NordeE. NO
way OF getting out from the inside.
W ell, he repeated. ITS nearly over.
Tonight We make our last stab for
the map and the key Of the map. And
II we do not ucceed-well. IL must
be the northern way, via Belgium.
But we must succeedi' he wound up:
and il is your turn. n Lafarget
You must make those stubborn pigs
taik-down there. pointing in the
direction OF the cellar
Yes. yes shall succeed. all
right the American said automatic
ally, while his thoughts flew of on
tangent
For. again fear had rushed upon
him, full armed. and he braced HIM
self TO meet the shock Of IL
He looked at the barred gate. the
shattered windows Here was a con-
tingency which he had not fOreseeu
and which spoiled am his plans. For 4
the message which he had hidden in 4
DOumay's bed had told the subagent r
TO come TO his rescue with a few
picked men. Ducastel himself, JAG
ques Esternaux. and one or two 9TH B
ers OF the agence who could be
thoroughly relied upon for pluck,
quickness. and absolute discretion;
and he had slipped the key 70 the
Rohan-Chabot palace which the old i,
prince had given him into the en-
And now? How were they TO en-
gineer the rescue2 How were they
going 70 set in? They could batter
down the barred door, OF coursel D
l.ul the time il would take-and the
noiset His nerves tingied with ap-
By this time Nordeg had led the
way 70 the ramshackle house and
was inserting the key in the lock
W hat was he 70 do2 What could he
Square his shoulder. bunch his
bend his neck, aud make a
run for il, football tackle fashion?
Impossible The odds were against
him Doubtless the Germans were
armed. And back there. in the bow
els Of thar ancient stone pile. were
the father and brother OF the girl
whom he loved and his best friend
he would try one more bluff
Wait" he said. IS NOrdeg turned
The key we have forgotten some
thing"
"Tennantl The American deteo-
What about himy'
should We not try and get him,
Is you got the OthersZ
But why, Gott i'm Himmel2-
Because" said the American.
perhaps It is a waste of time 70
those men down there
Perhaps they simply don't know.
Perhaps TenHant is the one who
Knows where the map Is hidden"
Noroeg shook his head
M Lafarge." he replied. Tenant .
s a coward and a buffer be slipped
he map to the chief Of the Sc
ret political police. He said so
OH asked the American. You
mean the advertisement"
Did you read Il. too2'
i did but I did not believe a word
4 it." {
That's where you were wrong. /
Remnant spoke the truth All he ,
AIRED about was TO save his own pre- {
ious skin He knew his life was in
.anger as long as he had the map ia {
lis possession, and So
He passed the buck TO old Ian
aiEneE .
Exactly. Lantaigns has II in his
afe. Just as Tenant said in his .
advertisement And Lord Menzies- .
Kerr knows the final key. Come :
Hong. monsieur. as the door swung
pen
Nordeg was the first to enter. He
vas closely followed by Baron Won
BIZ The Noted