El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-09

3 wore; and. just as doubtless. an im-
I portaut figure in his sinister profes-
! sion Tor ne had Travelled consider
] ably. He was even familiar with
[ American slang and American humor
Steynard. too. had certainly been a
{ German He had professed 10 be an
{ Alsatian- But Tenant knew that this
I was an ordinary subterfuge OF Ger
man spies. since the German. though
quick at languages. never really loses
] his accent. and since this accent is
the same as that Of the Alsatian and
. the swiss. Nordeg had been close
intimate OF STEWARD and OF IarTet.
Angelo had seen the butcher and Jar-
I vet leaning over what she had
Z thought 10 be an automobile map. and
which had been I'm reality the map Of
. Ind0-China The reason for this was
clear the Tnternationalist party. the
I peace at all costs party was i'm the
pay OF Germany As were the peace
parties OF Holland. Of England. of
America, and the rest OF the world.
with Few exceptions
But what about the third category
q elements, the ones which puzzled
him2
What were theye
First Of all. what had been the mo-
tive Of the double MURDER
Had it been the crime OF an en-
ragged natriotl That seemed to be
borne out by the agents cabled state
menr that Charles Huard, alias
Aristide Rod. alias Marcel LantaiEne.
had been Interested I'm foreign poIf-
tics and by the fact that both Jar
vet and STEWARD had been traitors 20
France But why. then, mad the muir
derer. who had looked carefully over
the contents Of the two safes. not
taken along the map. the most in
eliminating bit Of evidencee
Had he intended 10 avenee his sis
ter's honor, The theft Of the com
promising love letters pointed that
way. On the other hand. the murder
Of Steynard disprored 1t. since the
editor had had nothing 90 do with
Angelo beyond the hostile ovation in
the Theater Alexandra.
Nor had the motive been robbery.
Tor since his father shielded him. he
doubtless also supported him. and SO
there was no need for robbery. and
the taking Of the two murdered mems
valuables had been ouy a stall"
Finally. what was the connection
between the trio composed Of the two
Lautaignes and lord lIenzies- Kerr
with Nordeg, as representing Ger
many There was some connection.
For not only had Iarvet asked Angelo
to set him MeuZies-kerr's help with
latter had leased from the police
chief and Of which Marcel was jaui-
tor. was Just across from the German
emoassy's temporary quarters and
Nordeg had key TO IT,
Nordee was familiar with IL. and ii
was surely the latrer-aud not
Aenzies-kerr nor Marcel-who had
criminal record Of James smith. con-
Wet For the very instinct OF self
preservation would keep the Scotch
man from fooling with such danger
Gus documents.
OF course. there was the possibility
that JarVct and Steynard had known
an about the escape Of the two men.
nad tried TO use this knowledge as
leVer-a lever for what2 And NordeE-
too, was familiar with the story of
the escape. as evidenced by the dis
coFery OF the criminal records. why, {
then. did not the latter use this
knoWledge2 And how could he use
~ Nordeg's motive was not revenge.
y was something much bigger, from I
his bigoted, national. German point Of
view. Nordeg wanted the map.
what, then, was the answer
remnant pondered. He pondered for !
hours, walking up and down. smok- I
ing
FINALLY he made Up his mind.
He looked again at the little picture .
which De had found in MarceFs trunk. Z
The name OF the Photographer was /
not on IT, should he call on Angelo J
ana ask her If she knew when the I
picture had been taken-for this was
The first thing he must know.
He couldn't do that he did not I
want to worry the girl whom he loved /
With all his heart There was a bet
Ter way Of finding cut Just around
me corner was a small millinery shop.
md nearly every day the stout. good
laturet prOprietress and ne ex-
managed greetings. remarks about the