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The mans loose body seemed IN
have been packed into his clothing
as though under q pressure. There
was the vague note Of victory IN
his voice.
Monsieur" he said. mo dead
Frenchman has ever been valued TO
JUS at less than fifty thousand
francs. He may have been q
worthless vendor OF roast chest.
nuts before the Madeleine, but e
he died In Stamboul, he was
straightaway worth fifty thousand
francs. You will observe, mon
sleur that your government has
already fixed the price for muir.
DER
The Project of Police looked
across the long, empty room at the
closed door.
"But was this dead man a citizen
OF the Turkish Empire? We seem
to have memory OF him"
The Oriental smiled.
Citizens" he said, "are OF two
classes-your Foreign Office has
laid It down-the citizen which 10
born, and the citizen which Is ac.
CURED. Each are valued to US at
least fifty thousand francs, us your
schedule in the indemniues to tho
Sublime Porte SO clearly set 1t out.
Dernburg Pasha was acquired, mon
sieur. But he Is dead! And the in.
demnity for him, as you have 50
admirably established it, is not su5.
1ect to a discount You came
from the Foreign Office, mon.
sleur!"
The Project Of Police bowed.
He put his hand into the pocket
of his coat as with a casual ges-
ture, his fingers closing over an
article that lay concealed there.
The Envoy went on:
II found the Minister Dellaux
of an unfailing courtesy; II a
subject OF our empire has beea
murdered In Paris, an adequate
indemnity would be paid"
The scene at the Foreign Of
fee, when he had been called in
before the Minister, came up for
an instant to Monsieur Jonquelle.
Tho tall, elegant old man had
been profoundly annoyed. This
murder came at vexatious mo-
ment, at precisely the moment
when the Foreign Office was
pressing for the indemnity on the
French subjects slain in SIAM
boul. The very argument had
been unfortunate. STEAMBOAT
must be made safe, and here was
Paris unsafe! Here was Dern-
burg Pasha dead in the Faubourg
st. German.
Monsieur Jonquelle had made
no reply to the Minister. He had
come down to the house In the
Faubourg st. Germain OF Paris;
he had gone over 1t. he had ex-
amined everything; but he had
made no comment. Either he
had arrived at no conclusion or
else he had a large knowledge OF
the affair, coupled with some de-
finite plan.
It was an old house. maintain
ing In Its essentials a departed
elegance. The floor OF the draw
ing room was Of alternate block
OF black a1d white marble,
laid down like a chess-board.
There was a door at one
end leading into a small-walled
garden. On the other side Of the
drawing-room, directly opposite,
there was another door OF precise
ly the same character leading into
n sort Of lobrary-the room in
which Dernburg had been found
in the morning, dead on the floor.
To the Envoy OF the Turkish
Government in Paris, this assassi-
nation had the aspect of dihlo-
matte flavor. He had gone at oEcc
to the Foreign Office with his &C.
mand for an indemnity, and then
he had come here into this draw
inesrOOm and cot dorx,n hnFo.a Az.