El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-13
The MAN WITH THE LIMP
BY ACHMED ABDULLAH

. answer: THE German embassy
called up"
Tenants right hand cIutehed the
hard rubber stand Of the desk tele-
phone conyulsively.
The German embassy Its tenn
porary quarters just caross from the
old dwelling in the Impasse Oudinoti
And Allistatr Menzies-kerr was there
he had asked for help-against
Nordegi Allistair, the hard, self
sufficient, uncOnfidinE, tacirurn
Scotchman had asked for helpl Some
thing terrible must have happened
In flash. Tenant remen bered
Guillaume Nordeg as he had seen
him, face to face, that day in the
library OF the murdered Steynard.
the short plump efficient-lOoking
man with the square chin OF q fight
err the ruthless fighter who fights
only to win, who hurdles all obsta-
cles, man-made, and God-made, i'm
patiently, brutally TO achieve what
ne IS AFTER who stops at nothing as
long as he gains his end.
And lord Menzies-Eerr was in this
mans poweri
Inside the German embassy
Tenant steadied himself with a
great effort He was a man Of deep.
lasting affections, and he had always
been fond Of the ScOtchman. in spite
Of the mans eccentric vagaries. His
first impulse had been a natural one:
70 rush over TO the German embassy
70 clamor for admission and, IL de-
MED, TO batter in the carved. massive
bronze doors. But he dismissed the
mad idea almost Immediately. For
what chance was there in il? The
people OF the embassy would make a
lat denial Too. he could not use
force, since foreign embassies were
foreign territory sacrosanct. inViol-
able They were beyond even the
reach OF the countrys law.
What then should he do?
What could he do2
To whom might he turn7
Lantaigne- Lantaigne, familiar
with the muddier side OF interna-
-ional diplomacy, familiar. too, with
me private scandals and vices OF in
ulFldual diplomats, was the one man
with influence enough But he and
ne american had been AT cross pur-
poses straight through; and even
suppose the chief OF the secret politi-
cal policy were willing TO forget mis-
antagonism against Tenant FOR the
sake OF his friendship fur lord Men
<les-Aerr, there still remained the
1acl that he was unwilling 10 do
anything which might cause friction
between France and Germany.
No. l-antalgne was out Of the ques-
ton u would be a waste OF time
and lack Of discretion 10 approach
him
Whatever danger MenzIes % Kerr
was IN It appeared that his best
1rLends lands were tied
But were theyg
Suddenly Tenant smiled. and very
calmly returned 10 his task
I am going TO keep straight on
hunting Tor Marcel" he solilOquized.
Since Nordeg found il worth his
while 70 kidnap Menzies-Kerr, he is
sure 10 Try the same trick on Marcel ,
From a political point OF views an
q N h.
those two are a unit They escaped
logeLher- Yes! 1 am going 20 keep
on Marcels trail. ! shall find our
butcher automatically
The office Of the Etoue. though
"llnin the radius Of the deafenlng
rattle OF the Bastille-Wagram omni-
BUS faced the sleepy old square,
called the Place des Nosges. and was
typical OF that backwater of forgot
zen lie James Tenant. In his re-
Incarnation Of Ernest Lafarge, I
seemed 10 breathe there the fun ia 4
yor OF the seventeenth century - 4
lI eamy' neglected, decayings defect I
And it was detection, too, which
characterized the editorial office OF
me Etoile. The death OF Raoui Stey-
card had nearly done for the Inter
nationalist newspaper. Not from a
-lnanclal point OF view. For the
same foreign money kept on trick
ing into its Golfers. But the ire
nendous, driving human element
was missing.
All this was as nothing in the Pere
-achaises in the coffin OF RaOul Stey-
lard- He had been the whore news
PAPER. Many were there ready TO
step into his shoes, but there was not
me who combined the murdered
EDITORS really great gifts; quick con-
structiFeuessi tremendous vitality
lbility 10 fool himself as well as
others, rather to fool himself so as 70
fool others: the art Of
and the knack not TO