Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11

to keep the leader from harm.
Greyes meets Janet on the street and
lakes her to lunch.
ne NOW GO ON WITH STORY
IL Norman Talks
..;S1 saw her luggage through the
=; g5stoms, for which, as she knew no
fEench, she was grateful. I offered
J ner a seat in the car which had been
sent for me, but she shook her head.
IT am going to the Care de PEst,"
she said.
where you will take a fresh cab
and drive to the address which you
do not intend me to hear" l remark
ed. "You need not go out of your
way. I will give you another parole.
/ will make no effort to discover
your address, SO you can take your
taxi and drive straight there. I
shall be at the Hotel Meurice. If
you have an hour to spare, we will
drive in the Bots tomorrow"
For the next few days 1 was i'm
mersed in the complications of the
business which had brought me to
Paris. To my surprise, Janet called
to see me at the hotel and we took
our drive in the Bots. It was easy
to realize that, whatever the business
which had brought her to Paris may
have been, it was of q disturbing ma
ture. She was and ill at
ease, looking around all the time as
though she were afraid of being OBJ
served. Somehow, I gathered when
we parted that she was obsessed by
some new fear, some underlying
dread of circumstances of which,
however, she gave me no mixing.
At the end of the third day of
my stay a little conference was held
in my salon between Guy Ennison-
who had worked in the English Sc
cret-service during the war, and
whose headquarters had been in
Paris-myself and Monsieur Destin,
an ex-chief of the police, now a
member of Lutarde's government.
The latter was a short and corpuleat
little Frenchman, with black mus
and imperial, vivid black eyes
nd a most vivacious manner.
!. EiSir Norman Greyes." he said,
Tgsping my hand, you are well
Jme. If you can help to save our
lief, you are more than welcome.
~ is in danger-of that 1 am as
sured."
Much of the rest of his speech
was irrelevant. The glst of the mat
ter, however, was contai ned in his
concluding sentences.
'"They will seek to strike through
his n weakness-his sentimental
ty, his excessive good-nature. Phil
ippe Lutarde has always been a lover
of women, a kindly and-a generous
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his sympathies; and u French pub
lic-you know, perhaps, how strange
they are. Whatever our own pri-
vate lives may be, we tolerate not
even i~ndiscretions from our great
men. We glorify and sanctify them:
we place them on a pedestal; and If
hey fall, we depose them from our
hearts. All nations have their pc
ocular form of hypocrisy. That is
ours. Lutarde's daily life is being
examined at the present moment,
hour by hour"
"By the police ;" I asked.
'Noi BY the agents of a very
dangerous gang of criminals, whose
chief we believe to be in league with
the other side"
"Why not give warning to Mon
sieur Lutarde?"
'That has been done. He is
naughty and impetuous. He will
brook no interference with his
actions"
"Can I meet him ?" 1 suggested.
To-day at the British Embassy"
Guy Ennison replied. 1--WE have ar
ranged a little luncheon. He does
not know YOU errand, and he
scarcely even realizes our anxiety"
Our conference broke up soon
Afterward. At luncheon 1 found
Philippe Lutarde gracious, charm
ing and brilliant. He had the clear
skin and bright eyes of a younger
man; his snow-white hair wa a
xeritable adornment. He was a de-
htful companion, and L easily un-
erstand the enthusiastic adherence
Of his friends. Toward the close of
luncheon Ennison spoke to him
quite seriously of the existence of
come conspiracy against either his
life or his honor. Lutarde only
Smiled.
my friend,' he said, 81 much ap-
rreciate all your efforts on my be-
half; but behold, I am seventy years
pIdl A few years more or less of
hfe now are little. AS to my honor,
that no enemy can besmirch. If l
were to surround myself by guards,
as you suggest, place myself in a
glass house, l should live an arti-
ficial life. / know that without me
<hings might for a time be difficult,
and relations between u two coun-
dries might suffer. In a month or
6wo-however, all that will be
ehanged-we shall have entered Up
On a new era-and for these few
months / choose to take my risk. /
will not submit to espionage"
Nevertheless for the next three
days | cast away my name and re-
sprted to the meaner walks of my
profession. 1 Swallowed the great
French statesman from the moment
when he ros until nightfall. There
was a young girl, very beautiful,
With great dark eyes and an appeal
yug face who stopped him one night
With some pitiful story. She was
{mping and she pointed continually
8 her foot. Lutarde called theflacre
xhich she indicated. She leaned her
myers upon his arm. 1 was close
tapugh to see the pressure of them.
ID note the subtlety of her upward
dances. He handed her to the cab. I
te4rd her pleading words she was
95zely. If monsieur would drive
III her a little way! But Lutarde
%ok his head gravely. He paid the
hxicab mar a fare which surprised
IN, lifted his hat courteously and
f4lked away. 1 saw the change In
be girls face as he disappeared
hht was just one of his escapes
We had a more exciting few min
is one night when he insisted upon