Evening journal., 1922-12-09

have been packed into his clothlhs
as though under a pressure. There
was the vague note OF victory in his
voice.
"Monsieur." he said. mo dead
Frenchman has ever been valued to
ns at less than fifty thousand francs.
lie may have been a worthless ven
dor Of roast chestnuts before the
Madeleine. but il he died in STAN
boul. he was straightway worth fifty
thousand francs. You will observe
inonsieur, that your government has
&lready fixed the price for murder"
The Prefect of Police looked across
the long, empty room at the closed
door.
rBut was this dead man citizen
OF the Turkish Empire? We seem
10 have memory Of him."
The Oriental smiled.
"citizens." he said, ARE OF two
eiasses--your Foreign Office has laid
II down-the citizen which is born
and the citizen which is acquired.
Each are valued TO US at least fifty
thousand francs, as your schedule in
the indemnitles to the Sublime Porte
SO clearly set it out. Dernburg
pasha was acquired monsieur. But
he Is deadl And the indemnity for
him. as you have so admirably estab-
ushed it. is not subject to a discount
You came from the Foreign
Office, monsieurl" q
The Prefect of Police bowed. He
nut his hand into the pocket Of his
coat as with a casual gesture, his
fingers closing over an article that
lay concealed there.
The Envoy went on;
r'I found the Minister Deliaux lof /
an unfailing courtesy; II a subject |
Of our empire has been murdered in /
Paris, an adequate indemnity would /
be paid"
The scene at the Foreign Office.
when he had been called in before |
The Minister, came up for an instant
TO Monsieur Jonquelle. The tall, /
elegant old man had been profound
~ annoyed. This murder came at
vexatious moment. at precisely the
moment when the Foreign Office
was pressing for the indemnity on
the French subjects slain in Stam-
boul. The very argument had been
unfortunate. Stamboul must be
made safe. and here was Paris un-
safe. Here was DerBburg 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. German of Paris; he had gops
over II; he had examined every
thing; but he had made no com
ment Either he had arrived at no
conclusion. or else he had a large
knowledge of the affair coupled
with some definite plan.
It was an old house, maintaining
IN its essentials a. departed elegance.
The floor of the drawing-roorn was
of alternate blocks of white and
black marble. laid down like a chess
board. There was door at one /
end leading into a small-walled gar
den. on the other side OF the
drawingroom. directly opposite
there was another door OF precisely
The same character leading into a
sort of hbrary-the room in which
Dernburg had been found in the
morning, dead on the floor
To the Envoy of the Turkish Gov
ernment in Paris. this ASSASSINATION
bad the aspect of diplomatic
flavor. He had gone at once to the
Foreign Office with his demand for
an indemnity, and then he had come
here into this drawing and sat !
down before the door until the mat
ter should be settled.
.s''MonsieUr is saished?" ne said.
He has seen everything ," IN
II have not quite seen every
tting, replied Monsieur Jonquelle. r
bis glance travelling to the slight ,
bulge in the mans tight-httlng
waistcoat pocket, but am entirely .
satisfied"
The evidences are complete. mon =
s.eur.s said the Envoy. smiling. :
Dernburg Pasha lived alone IN this I
house. Late last night a French /
man called on him. They were in c
the room yonder together The Z
windows were open. although the r
s1rtters were closed. Persons pass ]
nS on the street heard the voices s
1isfincSly-the voice OF a French :
MAN. lAiBAaANAAs anu TIE HNAEt OF / Z
Dernburg Pasha- Is It not true ?" i
"Unfortunately, monsieur. we can 2
rot defy it. It Is precisely the v
ruth" q
And It cannot be denied that +
Dernours Pasha is dead. He was e
.0und this morning on the floor Of /
The library yonder, with his throat
has himself observed s
ne indicatory evidences OF this s.
assassination. .. The late visi- n
tor'-he looked up sharply-"mon- u
sieur admits that he was a French
MAN?
All yes" replied the Perfect OF 4
Police, ''the man was a Frenchman."
The Envoy went on with his sum-
mary Of the evidence. d
The late visitor, a Frenchman: =
the quarrel; the dead man remain :,
ing in the library; the spots OF blood =
on this floor that dripped from the
weapon In the assassin's hand as he !,
went out-he escaped from tle door
yonder into the garden and thence
into he street; it is all certain, mon. F,
sieur?"
ct is all very certain" replied the
Prefect He paused-then:
"But while the events are certain,
I am not precisely certain that we
have the same conception of them.
For example, monsieur, will you tell
me how, in your opinion. the assas-
sin escaped from the garden into
the street? This garden was not
used; the gate leading into the street
Is nailed up. / should be glad of