Evening star., 1922-02-26

| ~ to notice in Paris. One the
come to notice in Paris One-the
famed Yeyette-is doing fifteen years
hard labor for burglary and gun work.
The police know all about the other
| two, yet cannot nail them. 1t Ia ex-
tremely difficult to make a holding
case against a queen of Apaches.
Yeyette threw herself away for crazy
love of Degory.
! "All for Desory" she cried at the
trial: For Degory. would go around
the world! would shoot ten police
men for Degory"
That's no way for queen to talk!'
says slim" Jones (not his real name).
A. w. o. L. since December, 1918, and
regrettably mixed up with this world,
socially. in France. !.
But, the queen Is also woman. 1t
| is her one drawback amid overwhelm-
| ing virtues. There is more TO say
! about 1t.
.Yeyette shot down the first police
man who touched Degory. as will be
seem but not fatally. But it prevent
| ed. absolutely. her acquittaf. She goes
to the penal colony with lie Nee. Tim
l
| loved Degory.
CHE has strange confidence that she
- and Degory will be aided to es-
I cape. Back In the shadow is the
"fourgue"-vague. looming figure who
proposition. And explains the queen
| herself.
81 do not want our 'fourgue' to fall"
she had written in a captured letter.
III we are broke we can always have
| du peze (money). the best tools. plans.
! warnings, every aid. He buys all we
take-no. trouble with the goods; and
we can count on him to the last. He
is a good 'fourgue.' -.
She refers to the unknown man.
ager, the rich hacker, who must never
be betrayed. And the "fourgue"
counts on the stubborn faithful streak
In women. He deals only with the
queen. The men OF the Apache band
l, do not know him.
Without this, the adventure (Which
like the outcome of reckless joy
it was quite. otherwise.
The five young fellows and Yeyette
UHenriette Minonne BARRIERS
daughter. educated to be a stenog-
, rapher) ran off with car standing
in the Boulevard Maillot. All this
happened around Neuilly, where 1
live. ] was going for taxi when the
final fight occurred.
They went joy-riding. beyond. to-
ward Versailles. but on strict busi-
ness. Yeyette had brought them the
entire scenario. Going round the
, block twice at Suresnes, LIE Nee sud
denly stopped the car in front of Du-
walls jewelry store.
/ Arnould smashed the plate glass
window with the cars Jack" Teller
and Timpermann lifted three. trays of
valuable diamonds, etc. and passed
them to Degory in the car. While
Degory dumped them into their small
vaTise. YeyetA. the Apache queen. her
eyes on the watch everywhere. cried:'
THE top tray-grab-bring it swift
ly. Alerte.. Jump in" She took the
tray from Teller. just as Nine. Du-
val. the jewels wife, grabbed his coat,
while crying Thief" To hold him.
Let her have it," cried Yeyette. and
Teller did not hesitate. With his au-
tomato pistol he shot down the jewel
er's lady badly wounded in two
places. -.
They dashed OFF in the car and aban-
doned it at Colombes. TRANQUILITY TAX
ing the train back. they divided up
he
rooms in Courbeveie: but it remained
in the satchel. The next day the
queen took il. to turn it into money,
the crowd following separately, dis
creetly. But they waited outaide.
+ * X :.
THE stolen jewelry was worth -, :.
500 francs by the Duvals' esti-
ing to Yeyette. The boys made her a
present of numerous handsome pins.
rings. etc. The rest was sold for
19.50o francs. but Of which the band
received only $500 on account.
These are the little queens book
keeping. The remainder was never
paid: but it is good she says. as good.
as money in the bank-but she does
not say for whom.
II happened thus. Some five days
later word came to her from the man
higher up that they must all take
cover. The police were after Degory.
who had foolishly sneaker certain
pieces of jewelry and disposed of them
on the SLY to 4 fence" who actually
worked. with the police.
This treason of the man she loved
so frightened Yeyette fest the COM
rades knife him. that she lost two
days In desperately keeping them
apart. The getaway meeting (staged
to be short and hurried) was in
cafe of Neuilly She had locked De-
CORY in his room and explained his
absence to the others by the natural
the railroad station, to go off in safe
ty together.
All were precautions wasted-the
comrades suspected nothing and she
was Just handing them over some eX-
ira money. when Degory. like fool,
turned up, suspicious and accusing.
He had followed her to Neuilly..
And the police were following De-
cory!
None knew why the little queen
was SO excited. She dared not tell
that. they were all in danger by De-
gory-they would ak why? Yet these
poor boys trusted her. Quick, sepa-
rate! Bah, there's no hurry! They
were joking her, outside, as they
sought separate taxis at the station.