El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-17
4 Ripping DetectiUe Story

te-s. and inside OF Is minues. even
before NordeE and his three follow
ers would have had time 10 return
be in the Impasse Oudinot andr force
their way into the abandoned dun
Eeou cf the Rohan-Chabot palace.
They would release the two Ian
taiEuas and Aeuzies-kerr-
In q way II was his duty to do Il,
and he remembered Angeles words
You dutyi Your honori I would
not want you to sully your honor be-
cause of your love I couldn't love
YOU II YOU did, On the other hand.
he had promised her that he would
not bring ruin and disgrace upon her
father and brother and tEar was the
very thing which would happen If he
called in the metropolitan police
No, II was up to him 10 do the
was up to him TO go with NordeE 20
the Impasse OudincL
And what them
He'd cross that bridge when he
Qpme 70 IL Fight throuEh-or bluff
then he colsi dered with a grim smile
that after all IL was one and the
sa me thing Bluff TOO, meant fight
"a fight OF wit against wit and cum
ming against cunning
Again. momentariiy. he felt him
self Overtaken by a vague, vast sense
what Il Nordeg had been playing
with him right along2 What If he
knew that Ernest LafarEe vas only
nom de guerre for James Oliver
Tenant and this was only a clever
way Of kidnapping him, without fuss
or fight. without attracting the at
tention OF the ueiEhb0rhood2
All right. He would have 10 run
the risk And as socn as he had
decided the sense Of terror Cimin-
ished- then disappeared completely.
It had always been so with HIM first
then cold. hard courage, like the
golden pellet on the bottom Of Q
blackened crucible.
Then he thought Of Douuay.
waiting and Watching beneath the
cellar grating, and he drew pencil
and an old enEeiOpe from his pocket.
wrote a few hurried lines on IL,
slipped a small. hard object into the
envelope, and hid the lot in the sub
agents bed.
Not a moment too soon; for Nor
deg was calling from the front
Hurry Up. monsieur, We must
finish our little work before the
Time presses
why hurryT" asked Tenant quite
casually Our three friends down
IN the old dungeon won't escape US
vet awhile" and the next second ne
with him, was really taking him for
enc OF the German emperor's most
trusted coufidanrs in America
Monsieur" said Nordeg rather
solemnly, I shall tell you You are
1ne OF rs; highly placed. highly hon
ored, ana IL is your right 70 know
He lowered his voice we are on
the eve of war
. +Yes; y ges my. mqsrmured Tenant
DER Tari The day. went on
Nordeg. 1T is nearl Beyond the
Rhine everything IS ready-ready 10 ]
he last cartridge, the last war can f,
.eens the last supply truck, the last I
'air OF boots. Only one little thing I
s missing-the map OF Indo-ChinR Z
the map OF the southern approach I
70 the French fortifications- And /.
Paris is the heart OF France-which /
We must pierce
Ills round. china blue eyes lit up /
with a strange hard fanaticism-
"Of course. there is another way. ]
Through Belgium For this. too, we /
way. The Belgians are stupid cattle I
-yesi-hut they are stubborn They ]
nay fight and delay our advance a /.
lay, G week, a month And a little I
ielay may speH catastrophe TO US, /
or speed is our greatest ally
so the southern way is the better I
way. through Switzerland. up 70 I
Paris. II means Immediate victory I
AAe-AA .NH A-4eL a-4Al4 IA LUX u i
UP colors. our propaganda. our 4
chools, and our GOLD have done mar
-els there Yes. through SWirZer-
and. up 10 Parisi And victory and I
world dominion viii be ours before
hese pigs Of English and Americans
lave begun 10 rub the sleep from
heir eyes. And so, We must not only
ind the map, but We must force
Ienzies- Kerr 10 solve It; 10 give US
he kevl Norn-artsF
He led the way out of the shop and
.ailed a passing taxicab. while Ten
ant was wondering what he may
ave meant by his last words that
Ienzi es- Kerr had the key 10 the
Quite suddenly. as the taxieab
7hIrred away toward the Impasset
Dudinot, the thought OF Angelo came
Good Lord! He had promised to
all for her.
Would she waltz
Would she become nervous, fright
nedt Would she come TO the I'm
asEe Oudinot by herself
What would she dO2 she was a
eadstrong. obstinate girl
He felt q tremOr ran over him. He
lenched his fists and punched his
muscles.
He was in for it.
The Impasse OudinoL was deserted
single ray OF light from a top win
ow OF the German emhassy's tenn
orary headquarters. evilly piercing
he trailing black shadows OF night.
he Rohan-Chabot palace, overflow
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