El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-20
The MAN With The Limp
BY ACHAIED ABDULLAH

leading toward the cellars. properly
speaking, Of the Rohan-Chabot palace
Most likely IL would lead straight up
against another trick wall, but he
had no doubt that the latter would
work on the same PRINCIPLES as that
which connected with the cellar OF the
ramshackle house next door
At all events. once beyond this
room he and the others would be
able 20 get away safely and 20 break
through the barred outer door. and
IL Norleg and his men took 10 into
their heads to follow them before
they had a chance to break down the
street door. they could play hide-aud-
seek with them i'm the princes palace
"a huge, rambling old barrack Of a
place.
But he had dismissed the plan. OBJ
Vious and clear though 90 was. all
most immediately
It was right that he should rescue
the men, or course But there was
a greater. finer. bigger duty
His duty toward France and. by
the same token. toward America
he bad gone originally into the
Jarvet-- -eynard affair as regular.
though interesting and puzZlinE. part
OF his everyday Job as a detective
But the double crime had grown and
bloated into a maze Of secret diplO-
macy into gigantic chess game
where Iarvet and STEWARD had been
but naWns. and whose directing
energy was the national mind. dis
eased with mad ambitions. Of inn
perial Germany.
On the chess board Nordee played
the part Of the knight rortuous.
slippery jumping right and left and
across. as his fancy and shire wdness
dictated. and il was up TO Tenant
TO ger him. He must make him
harmless lie did not want TO Kin
him. nor did he want him TO escape
and carry on his intriEues. Alive. and
a prisoner. he would be q IRENE b.
ously valuable asset in the hands Of
the French government-chie1y now
that war was near.
He looked down at the PROSTATE
figure There was triclle Of blood
reddeninE forehead and cheek where
the pistol butt had crashed. But even
so. and I'm its Unconscious reuose. the
face had all the Characteristic Of
the man the unscrupu lousuess. the
shreWdness- the fighting spirit. the
hard, unwavering devotion to an
ideal-mistaken though 10 was Well
be had him where h. wanted him. tied
gagged scotched-a snake with its
fangs drawn.
Bnt what about the others: Baron
Won Blrdelebeu. Herr voon kirChWeE.
and the third whose name he did not
know
A dozen questions. dozen doubt S..
dozen nameless fears leaped 20
Tenants brain
What could he dol
And how
Those three outside were not AS
dangerous as NordeE- But they too.
were picked men, fearless and clever.
or they would not be playing the
same OF secret diplomacy. There were
three, and doubtless they were armed.
He himself had the pistol which AM
gele had slipped into his hands That
was all Lantaigue, father and son.
and the Scotchman were worn out
with suffering He looked at them
speculativelv; their haEgard. suuken
cheeks. their black-ridged ewes, their
lips slightly recedins from their
teeth
Foul air. harsh treatment terrible
mental anguish had not broken the
spirit OF these men who had kept 20
their resolution Of silence. but ply
sicallv. they were wrecks. And un-
armed What chance had they against
3 the three well-fed, Well-armed Ger
manse
He might open the door suddenly
and fire