, 1922-12-06


vague note OF victory In his
voice
-Aiousieur.' hs said. no deal
-Frenchman has ever been valued e
Us At less than nifty thousand francs
He may have beer a worthless ven
dor Of roast chestnuts abefore tbs
Madeleine. but II he diA tn STAN
boui, he was straightaway worth nifty
thousand francs You viii observe
monsieur. that your government has
already fixed the price for murder
The Project OF Police looked across
the long. empty room AZ h closed
door.
But was his dead man a citizen
OF the Turkish Emplre7 We seem &c
have a memory OF him"
The Oriental smiled
"Citirens.' he said. "ars OF twC
olasses-your Foreign Office has laid
Il down-the citizen which IS born.
and the citizen which Is acquired,
Each are valued 10 Us at least fifty
thousand francs. as your schedule in
the indema.ties to the Sublime Porte
- clearly set Il cut. Dernhurg
Pashn was acquired. monsieur. But
he L. dead! And the indemnity for
him. as you have so admirably estab-
lshed Il. is not subject TO a dis
count You came from the For
eiEn Office. monsieur"
The Project Of Police bowed. He
put his hand into the pocket of his
coat as with a casual gesture, his
fingers closing over an article that
lay concealed there.
Tkn Erw1rs vunnH m
II found the Minister Dellaux OF
an unfailing courtesy: If a subject Of
our empire has been murdered in
FaIis. an adequate indemnity would
bi paid
Tho scers 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 profoundly
annoyed. This murder came at
vexAtious moment. at precisely the
moment when the Foreign Ogice was
pressing for the indemnity on the
French subjects slain in STEAMBOAT.
The very argument had been I'M
fortunate. STEAMBOAT must be Esde
safe, and hero was Paris unsa.0.
Here was DernburB Pnsha dead in
the Faubourg st. German.
Monsieur Jonqueile had made no
reply to the Minister. He had come
down TO the house in the Faubourg
ST. German OF Paris; he had gone
over It: he a examined everything;
hut he had made M comment. Either
he had arrived at no conclusion. or
else he had a large knowledge of the
affair. coupled with some definite
plan.
II wa an old house. maintaining
in its essentials n departed elegance.
The floor of the drawing-room was
of alternate blocks Of white and
black marble. laid down like a chess
board. There was "a oor at n end
leading into a small-walled garden.
On the other side of the drawing
room. directly opposite. there was IN
other door Of precisely the same char
acter leading into a sort OF library
the room in which Dernburg had
been found in the morning. den on
tho floor. q
To the Envoy OF the Turkish Gov
eminent in Paris. this assassination
had the aspect of n diplomatic flavor.
He had gone at once to the Foreign
Office with his demand for an IN
demnity, and then he had come here
into this drawing-room and sat down
before the door until the matter
should be settled.
Monsieur is satisfied" he said.
He has seen everything"
81 have not quite seen everything"
replied Monsieur Ionquelle, his glance
travelling to the slight bulge in the
mans t%lght-ftting waistcOat pocket.
but l am entirely satisfied"
THE evidences axe complete, mon
sieur," said :he Envoy, smiling.
'Dernhurg Pasha lived alone in hi
house. Late last night a French.
man called on him. They were in
the room yonder together. The win
dows were open. although the shutters
were closed. Persons passing on the
heard the voices distinctly
the voice OF a Frenchman. monsieur,
and the voice Of Dernburg Pasha. Is
It not true?"
Unfortunately. monsieur, we can
not deny II. II is precisely the truth"
land it cannot be denied that
Dernburg Pasha is dead. He was
found this morning on the floor of
the library yonder. with his throat
cut-monsieur has himself observed
the indicatory evidences OF this
assassination. The late visitor"
he looked up sharply-"monsieur
admits that he was a Frenchman7"
"Ah. yes" replied the Project of
Police, 1.-The man was a Frenchman."
The Envoy went on with his sum
mary Of the evidence.
The late visitor. a Frenchman;
the quarrel; the dead man remaining
in the library; the spots of blood on
this floor that dripped from the wea-
pom in the assassin's halad as he
went out-he escaped from the door
yonder into the garden and thence
into the street: It is all certain. mon
sleur7"
ut Is all very certain" replied the
Project. He paused-then;
But while the events are certain,
I am not precisely certain that we
the same conception of them.
For example. monsieur. will you tell
me how, in your opinion. the assassin
escaped from the garden into the
This garden was not used;
the gate leading into the street is
nailed up. I should be glad If your