Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-13

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without the young Frenchman's aid,
the sum OF 100000 then seemed
to him as It seemed TO the doctor,
and evidently TO Pat-a figure not
at all absurd. To give up Sl00. 600
TO save fourteen million was good
common sense and nothing less.
Wheretofore Rex said:
Under the circumstances, per-
haps. 1t might be advisable TO pay
the young man the sum he has
named. But not until he has earned
II. When the securities, now in
MaxwelIs possession, are back with
those OF Pats, then, and not until
then should Bouchard be paid. Is
that satisfactory" he asked, look
ing hard at the young man.
Perfectly satisfactory, monsieuri"
replied Jean Bouchard, and he add
ed with something that smacked
OF his countrymen's natural gal
lantry. MISS Blatr's word Is as
good to me as q certified check Tor
that sunni And / would rather have
the 500, 900 from her than the
million I could force Maxwell TO
give me now since her brother Is
restored to her! You know I am
speaking the truth in saying that
he would pay a million to keep me
quieti"
They knew 1t only too WE'LL.
What they didn't know-or at least
what they failed. each and every
one, including Bouchard. TO take
- ~---l~~1n that NIGHT WA
the character, the diabolical cum
ming OF Maxwell and the likelihood
that he might be watching the
young man who had been his tool.
It seemed strange afterward TO all
of them that no one had given a
thought TO the very obvious prob
ability that II Maxwell would pay
a million, as they all had agreed
he would do. to keep Bouchard
quiet. he would pay a gunman a
thousand to bring about the same
results. or a gangsteE five hundred
TO put the young man away ior a
few months. 4.
But no such eyentuality occurred
TO one Of them that night. The
minds OF all, save that OF poor jim
my, who sat between Pat and Mar
gerry, one OF his hands in Pats
most Of the time, were on the plans
under discussion.
ii was decided that all OF them
should meet in Dallard's and the
doctors apartment in the house
near Gramercy Park at 100 p. m.
on the following day ballard
would arrange TO have Marks, the
lawyer. there. The first thing 20
be done, Of course. was to obtain
an injunction against further re-
moval Of the securities from where
Maxwell had last placed them.
That place. Jean Bouchard would
reveal on the morrow.
Pat and Margery had arrived at
the rendezvous considerably before
noon, having left Jimmy in the
care OF Lucy Pine and Aunt Lottie.
They had eaten an early luncheon
with Rex and Frank and the law
-er, Marks, at the cafeteria IN the
basement of the house. 1t was l:2O
d. m. Madame Leclerc and Jean
Bouchard were twenty minutes late.
At that moment the telephone
rang. Rex answered the call.
It was the Austrian woman in
curing IL Jean Bouchard, by any
chance. was there or II they had
received any word from him. She
had waited, she told Rex after ne
had answered her question. at the
drug store. where Jean and she had
arranged to meet, until long after
the time agreed upon. Then she
had telephoned one Of the cham
bermaids at the apartment house.
where Bouchard and Maxwell had
rooms. Jean had arranged with
the girl to receive telephone calls
coming to him. The maid had told
her. Madame Leclerc said. that Jean
had not slept in his bed and had
not been in his room. she was sure,
since he had gone out OH the pre-
vious night. Was it likely, asked
Madame. that Maxwell had become
aware of jeans call. with her. on
Miss Blair, the night before, and
being suspicious, had hired some
thug to put the young man out q
the way?
She, Madame Leclerc, had seen
Jean last in the taXicab in which
they had returned from Miss
Lynne's home. When she left the
cab at the curb in front Of her ho-
tel, she said. Jean. she knew, had
intended going straight to his room.
But something had happened to
prevent him from reaching that
room. Did Monsieur ballard sup