The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-08


Ecsted. We viii SEQ whether ans
frcsh business has come IN After
ward we Win. n you choose. lunch
together NJ some discreet place.
could not altogether discard my
suspicious. for Il seemed Incredible
that this man was really tho dsrinE
criminal whom the police OF thr~'
countries had sought for many years
IN vain. We visited rrputnhls and
quietly handsome suite OF offices n
the Ruo Scribe, where my companion
eonversed for several minutes on Va
rious matters OF business with hh
clerks Afterward wo walked acros.
70 tho Place Gallon. where my hos
selected lunch with the skin % the
born gourmet Ho refused 10 allow
mo an speritif. but ordered th'
choicest OF wina In tho course o
our meal he asked mo most sur
prising question.
DO you hear frequently from
your friend Sir Norman 0rcyss7"
III heard from him at all. r.
piled. Il imagine that the si,uBtior
would BE-. 20 ,Ry the least Of II
prccarious. What do you know
about him
Ny companion smiled
Il had little affair OF the same
nature hs eonfided. with the sub
chief OF the police here, Fmncoi,
Dumesnll. his name was
And where Is he now asked
"Hc disappeared. e WINS the con
sidsred reply "A grcB, many people
disappear IN Paris II was BATHS
Of wits between US. and / was almost
sorry when the end cams Self
preservation. however. make
strenuous demands upon ono some
iirn.s-
Concerning Norman. orsyear- ]
persistsd
forgive mo- wandered litti.
from tho point I mentioned Nor
man Grsyes' name because he n Ia
Paris"
in Pnris'- exclaimed
lie arrived BY tho Calais train
last evening. fancy tha, lAtsr n
the day no may probably stroll into
tho American bar at the Grams
hotel"
Il take H. I said slowly. -youi
gugEcstion Is that Norman Greyel
has discovered my whsrcEboutsT
Il will be perfectly frank" WA
my companions prompt ayowai. Il
do not know that There IL dis
tinot possibility that Norman orcyes
has come over herr In connection
with another affair in which I nm
indirectly interested. have a propo
sition 10 make 10 you. Take a taEi
cab and drive out TO Versailles foi
tho afternoon. on you why back
stop at the Taycrns Bsrtaln. neai
tho Armenonville. ! win meet yot
there at o'clock. I propose n per
fectly fair bargain 10 you. II he /,
here on your business. I will nssls
you 20 escaps II he Ia lntsresto,
In the other little matter spoke Of
shall claim your help
1T Is n bargain" promised.
80 20 our chicken" my com
panlon murmured. cycling with ap
prevail the dish which had just beer
extepded toward him; and we con
/ ttnusd our meal.
n was about halt. past 1--WE tina
afternoon when dismissed my tax
and seated myself NJ ono OF tn,
small tables under the trees ouigid,
the Taverne Bcrtain. ordered {
| glass OF tea with slice OF lemon. .
packet OF clgarets. and settled dowr
70 ono OF my favorite tasiss-watnh
Ing my fellow-creatures. Ever,
variety Of tho human race was n
evidence, riding in every description
OF carriage. a rabble, I told myHeI
n little CONTEMPORARY. Not ono o.
them had realized tho supreme 10Y o.
existence.
II was ms though Fate Ind sud
denly decided to deal my phllosoph,
| n mortal blow. In n handpon,
limousine car. travelling sowiy II
the trail OF other vehicles. appeared
my enemy Norman Grcyes-nnd b,
his side Janet. my wife. He wor,
a light suit and Homburr
hat: his long. lean face seemed a,
somber aB ever. Janet waa talklnt
while he MISUNDERSTANDING OF some
thing, II seemed, more importan
than the idle flotsam OF tho moment
| The car passed on. Remained
seated In my chair. do not thlnl
that I had turned hair, yet an Ic,
hand seemed TO be gripping m,
heart.
a quietly appointed electrt,
broughnm turned in NJ the sntranc,
20 the cafe, and tho man who hnt
introduced himself TO me MS Castor
Lefevre descended. He was lool,Int
very spick and span. dressed witt
the utmost cnre, md APPARENT,
fresh from the BARRIERS. He mn
preached and seated himself by m,
side.
81 win drink absinthe today. Frnn
coils" he told tho bowling winter
see that II II made ms | like n
Come, my friend" he added m h,
turned to me again, throw nwn,
your wiHhy.washy tea and Join me
shook my head
Alcohol s not one OF the neces
gities OF llfo with mo" I said. 81,
stimulates some, suppose. n mere
| w doprcsses mo. Toll mo whit yo,
know about tho coming OF this mar
GrcycB"
I'm tho first place. them" Lefevr,
announced plennntly, na he helnof
himself 10 ono OF my cignrcts nnt
III II, "lct me rcnssure you. Groye,
Is not In Paris on your account"
Continued Tomorrow