The Washington times., 1922-08-27

obscure little cafe in the Rue du
Mail, where he drank q ''demi-
blonde" and had a chat and
joke with Emile, the thin. white
aproned waiter. Afteyward he
spent 10 francs on flowers. and
returning, he decorated the table
for the benefit of his victim.
Landru's pretended passion wss
for birds and flowers. He posed ~
a lover Of nature, but at heart had
no concern with It. His one and
sole sordid object was money. and
nothing prevented him from OBJ
tanning it-eyen the sacrifice of
human life itself. r.+,"..
He held all women In supreme
contempt and laughed at their
sighs Of love. His own kisses were.
indeed. too often the seal Of doom.
GAVE ORDERS TO COOK.
At $50 o'clock the old widow
Ameiot. who cooked for him and
kept his rooms tidy. arrived. as
she did each evening. carrying
with her what she had bought for
the evening meal. rsE.
7 have a lady coming 20
dinner" he told her. 1T must be
nice. i leave It to you to get some
extras" "a. .>a
Tres bIen. m'sieur." replied the
bent old dame, her head wrapped
In a black woollen- shawl. for her
master had many lady friends at
his loye-nest. and she knew from
experience how to provide for
them. So she set to work and
cooked quite nice little dinner.
When the young war.widow ar.
rived, she found q well.laid table
for two, with spring flowers, spot
less linen. and shining silver.
HerNnewly-found friend welcomed
her, and kissed her ardentiy a.
soon as the door was closed.
. "Ah! my darling Gabrsiiie," he
sighed. This Is indeed most de-
lightful! We shall spend happy
evening together. After dinner we
will 60 somewhere-to the new
revue at the Casino de Paris--if
you like. j hear It 10 excellent"
NO" replied the fascinated
widow. II would far rather spend
the time here quietly with you 20
talk things over and arrange mat.
ters. Unless, of course. you want
to 60 out--eh?" ... w..
Your every wish, my dearest,
is q command" was the scoun-
dreis gallant response. as he lit
cigarette and sazed at his vic.
tim through the blue. curling
smoke. -. ..',...-..
They, sat down to dinper+-just
clear soup, fish and an entree, ~
Is served In every middle-class
household In Paris. The young
war.widow drank only water. Had
she drank wine, Landru's expert
ment would have been so much
easier. .ys -, y'e,' 80.
SEIZED WITH REMoRsE.
They sat facing each other, and
as she used that spoon to take
her soup, the arch,fiend was seissd
with sudden remorse--but only
for q few moments, He had set
himself deliberately to kin her by
such insidious and diaboiicai
means that even he--the poisoner
Of Nine. cuchet- and her son An.
dre--now hesitated. " ~ 4 g..
He knew quite well the conse.
quence Of taking soup with thar
spoon, and he also knew that she
liked grapes. II she took any,
then death was Inevitable, death
by means which could never be
traced to, his hand--causes that
nobody In the world could charge
him with having produced-fot
she would succumb TO q natural
and fatal nalady. ~ ..
: Already the pretty young wom-
an was, doomed. she had taken
her soup with the spoon which,
with his devilish ingenuity. he had
rendered deadly, and now no medi.
cal assistance would avail to save
her from the disease. me fufni.
ture IN hsr handsome fiat would
be his, for hae she not siready