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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-10-07

haps you do not comprehend the dis
tinction. Still 1t exists-for me-" with
q sneer.
This was as good as Greek to us. But
Iso shrank from the priests malignant
eyes, which would not quit US, and felt
no much digust mingled with my anger
that when Beers by gesture invited
ME to sit down, drew back. 81 will
not eat with you" ! said sullenly;
speaking out of kind Of dull OBJ
stinacy, or perhaps q childish petul-
ance. # ~
II did not occur tom that this would
pierce the vidame's armor. Yet dull
red showed for an instant In his cheek,
and he eyed me with n look. that was
not all ferocity, though the veins in his
temples swelled. A moment, neyerthe-
less, and he was himself again. l"Ar-
mand," he said quietly to the servant,
i"these gentlemen viii not sup with me,
I Lay for them at the 0ther end"
Men are odd. The moment he gave
way to me repented of my words. It
was almost with reluctance that fol-
lowed the servant to the lower part Of
the table. More than this, mingled with
the hatred / felt for the vidame, there
was now strange sentiment towards
him-almost of admiration; that had
ita birth, / think in the moment when I
held his life in my hand, and he had not
flinched.
We ate In silence; even after Croisette
by grasping my hand under the table
badtbegged me not to judge him hastily.
The two at the upper end talked fast,
md from the little TINT reached us.
judged that the priest wos pressing
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-10-07
.o,oe course o, his host. which the lat

soa0e course on his host, which the lat
ter declined totalSe.
( Once Beers raised his voice. Il have
my own ends to serve." he broke out
angrily, adding a fierce oath which the
priest did not rebuke, "and shall servo
them. But there stop. You have your
own. Well, serve them, but do not talk
to me of the cause! The cause? To
hell with the cause! Ihave my cause.
and you have yours, and my lord of
Guise has hisl And you will not make
me believe that there is any other?"
"The ling's?" suggested the priest
smiling sourly.
"Say rather the Italian woman'sl"
the vidame answered recklessly-mean-
ing the queen mother, Catherine de-
Medici, ] supposed.
@"Well then, the cause of the church?'
the priest persisted.
"Dahl The church? 1t is you. my
friendl" Beers rejoined, rudely tap
ping his compassionate that moment
in the act Of crossing himself-on the
chest. ''Ihe church," heNcontinued;
mo, no, my friend. ] will teA you
what you are doing. You want me to
help you to get rid of your branch, and
you offer in return to nia me with miro
-and then. say you, there will be no
stick left to beat either of US. But you
may understand once for all"-aHd the
sidane struck his hand heavily down
among the glasses-"that l will have
no interference with my work, master
clerk! None Do you hear? And as
for yours. it Is no business of mine.
That Is plain speaking, is itnog'
The priests hand shook as he raised
q full glass to his lips, but he made no
rejoinder, and the vidame, seeing we
had finished, rose. "Armand!" he
cried, his face still dark, take these
gentlemen to their chamber. You un-
derstand%
We stiffiy acknowledged his salute
the priest taking NO notice of us-aAd
followed the servant from the room !;
going along q corridor and up a steep
fight of stairs, and seeing enough by
the wny to be sure that resistance was
hopeless, Doors opened silently a. we
| passed, and grim fellows, in corselets
and padded coats, peered out. The
clank OF arms aad murmur of voices
sounded continuously about us; and
as we passed a window the jingle. o.
bits, and the hollow clang of a restles!
hoof ON the flags below, told us that
the great house was for a time a fort
ress. 1 wondered much. For this was
Paris, n ci&y with gates and guards
the night short august night. le'
the loneliest manor in Quercy cot:lt
scarcely have bristled with more pike
and musquetoons, on winters nigh
and in time of war. @
No doubt these signs impressed Iii
all; and Ceoisette not least. For sud
denly heard him stop, as he followe,
us ap the narrow staircase, and begil
without warning to stumble dow
again as fast as he could. I did no
know what he was about, but NUT
'tering something to Marie l followc'
the lad to sec. ct the foot of the fligh
of stairs / looked back. Marie and tB
servant. were standing in suspense
where had left them. heard tn
latter bid lis anSrily 10 return.
a TTO DE CONTIXUED.1
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sannes Of your arrival" he said, respect
fully, and passed behind curtain,
which seemed to hide the door of an
inner apartment. AS he did so, the
clink of glasses and the hum of con-.
versation reached us.
HE has company supping with him"
I said, nervously. tried to flip some,
of the dust from my boots with my
whip. 1 remembered that this was
Paris.
HE will be surprised to see u.s."
quoth Croisette, laughing-a little
sbyly, too, I think. And SO we stood
waiting.
began to wonder as minutes passed
blythe gay company we had seen put
ting it in my mind, / representation
M. de Pavannes, of Paris, might not
turn out to be q very different person
from Louis de Pavannes, of Caylus;
whether the kings courtier would be
as friendly as Kits lover. And I was
still thinking of this without having
settled the point to my satisfaction
when the curtain was thrust aside
again. A very tall man, wearing a
splendid suit of black and silver and a
stiff, trencher-like ruff, came quickly
in and stood smiling at lis, a little dog
in his arms. The little dog sat up and
snarled; and Croisette gasped. 1t was
not our old friend Louis, certainly! II
was not Louis de Pavannes at all. II
was no old friend at all. 1t was
Vidame de Bezers
"Welcome, gentlemen!" be said, smil
ing at us--and never had the cast beer
so apparent in his eyes. Welcome tc
Paris, NJ. Anne!"
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Appreciation.

Papa-Here's a nice little savings
bank for you, Willie.
Willie Won't you give me quarter,
papa?
Papa quarter, what for?
Willie-To put in my little savings
bank.--Truth,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-10-07

The Wellington Box Go. wish to
announce the fact that they are. in
posit on to fill all orders that may
come their way in the line of build
ing material, sash doors, blinds,
mouldings, and all kinds of mill
work made a specially and at prices
that are to be wondered at. We
also wish to say that we have lust
received very nice lot of sidewalk
material for which we are giving
special bargains. Thanking the
patronage for the past and hoping to
secure our share in the future we are
Very respectfully,
Wellington Box Co.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-10-07

-Eggs and mulberry trees werc sent
out TO Georgia by the British govern
ment shortly after the settlement Of the
colony. .- ...
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-29
A Russian Remedv.

Some years ago." said Paderewski
the other day in The Chicago Evening
Post, Il dined with an official of the
Russian army. This official had In his
command an officer of great ability who
was addicted to strong drink. 1t was
arranged that the man should take din
ner along with us that day. Instead
of soup, the first course served to him
was brandy, which he must swallow a
spoonful at a time, just as he would
have swallowed soup. After the first
spoonful he was so sick that he i'm
plored to be spared. Under cover of a
drawn revolver the official commanded
him to swallow every spoonful In the
plate. The officer never drank drop
OF liquor after that. Try to drink cham
payne from a cup or liquor as that man
was forced to drink It. II will make
you deathly sick"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-29

MONSlEUR, 1OU AXE A FULL.
the floor, the door opened and there,
framed in the doorway, stood a little
old man, with benevolent smiling face
and a large-sized bassoon resting
across one arm.
What do the gentlemen desire?"
asked the little old man.
M. Bidoche," replied Edgar.
Eyes, the wretched Bidoche," added
Anatole, shaking his ruined hat in one
band and with the other placing the
potato on the top of the musicians
nose.
M. Bidoche?" replied the old man
politely. II do not know him. | never
heard Of him."
What's that? What's THAR" cried
Edgar. Are you trying TO deceive us?"
mot at ALL" answered the old man
quietly. There must be some mistake
somewhere. My name is Molesquin.
am the sole basso In the orchestra of
the Theater des Gobelins, and moved
In this morning"
Then" continued Anatole, you are
not the man who threw this potato on
my hat?"
II only eat green vegetables" ans
wered Molesquin. Nevertheless, IL
the gentlemen will come In for a short
while will play them my part in the
Tour de Nesles.' There are some In
teresting passages In It."
Anatole and Edgar did not like to re-
fuse, and went into the old musicians
room. Molesquin gave them a seat and
some cigarettes and then; going up to
the stand, he played through for their
benefit the whole of the first bassoon
part In the Tour de Nesles."
Edgar made a brave face over It,
while Anatole sat In the window with
his potato In his hand, scarcely able
to contain his patience.
Suddenly the musician struck false
note. 1t increased Anatole's impa-
thence 80 much that he gave a Jump,
and In doing so allowed the potato to
slip from his fingers. It rolled over the
window sill, and. with a hop, disap-
peared In the street below.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-29
AN UNEXPECTED VISIT.


query, for the purpose of disarming his
suspicion: "Maricopa?"
He shook his head.
"Pima?"
He nodded.
What do you want"
In answer TO my question, he held
out his right hand and I saw an ugly
cut across the wrist.
Heap hurt" he said, g,oomily. Fix
It,"
Kids wish was my law, under the
circumstances, and / secured bottle
OF arnica and some clean linen and
dressed his wound.
Pima hungry" he then suggestively
remarked, and sat out cold beans and
bread and watched them disappear be-
tween the Indians massive jaws.
Heap sleepy" he went on, after the
food had vanished, and then cody
picked up the rusty Winchester in the
corner and dropped down on a cot with
the rifle beside him.
Here was an instance OF the Apache
Kids reckless bravery. Wounded and
In the enemy's country. he deliberately
laid himself down and slept. AS his
stentorious breathing became louder
and more suggestive of deep slumber,
l grew more courageous; in fact, my
recklessness, as l now look at It.
amounted nothing short of madness.
AS sat there, In the suffering glow
OF that tallow dip, the thought Of the
$4,000 out for Kid engendered desire
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through her fingers. dropped over the
edge of the window sill and disap'
neared into space. It fell with bans
upon a gentleman who was passing
beneath. and made a deep dent In his
elegant silk hat.
II took him but two seconds to reach
the landing on the second floor, when
a door suddenly opened and a person
rushed out In a great hurry and fell
heavily into his arms.
The two men eyed each other for
moment with angry and astonisheo
looks. ready to abuse each other, when
both simultaneously uttered an excla-
nation Of surprise.
"Anatole!
EDGAR
Anatole Baudruche and Edgar Birch
eton were two old college chums. They
had not met since the day when they
took their bachelor of arts degree to-
gether twelve years before. In spite
of this long interval In their inter
course they found on the occasion OF
this sudden meeting that they had
very little ready change Of CONVERSE
ton. Edgar was the first to speak:
Say, your hat looks very pretty
he said.
do not speak of 1t. 1t has just
served for a target for potato that
fell from the fifth story"
"And now you are going upstairs to
restore the potato to its owner? That's
very nice of you
mot by any means! I'm going to
charge the clumsy devil with his crime
try to make him pay for new hat"
well, so far as that is concerned,
you might as well tackle a corpse"
And why, If you please?"
Because old Bidoche is an old hedge
hog who will kick you downstairs, even
If he opens the door for you at ALL"
"Old Bidoche?"
Yes, the man you are after, for 1t
can be no other than he. All the ten
ants in the building are always having
trouble with him. One might think that
he made a point of being as disagree
able to everyone as he possibly can"
Then do you live in this house?"
mo, but an aunt of mine does, and
scarcely day passes without her hav-
ing a scrap with old Bidoche. If you
will allow me l will go up with you;
two heads are better than one in a
matter like this"
SO Edgar and Aanatole went up three
flights together. and stopped outside a
door through which came softly the
sounds of melodious musical instru
ment.
This is the room," said Edgar.
Hes practicing on his bassoon."
With these words he pulled the bell
and the bassoon suddenly ceased. Then
the shutting OF feet was heard along
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-29
An Unjust Charge.

A strange story of money recovered
comes from Liverpool. A chimney
sweep in cleaning an oven fiue found
f4O in coin in bag. On telling the lady
OF the house she burst into tears and
tainted. She had put the money there
herself years ago, and having forgotten
the fact had accused her son, who was
rather wild, of stealing 1t, with the re-
suit that he had left the house In indig-
nation and had aever returned.
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to capture him, and this may account
In some measure. for failure that
missed turning out a tragedy only by 9
hairs breadth.
The Blueball gold mine is located tc
the north of Phoenix some Is miles
The property Is Just being developed
and only three miners myself among
the number) were hired TO work in the
shaft.
On a certain Saturday night Joe and
Pete, my two fellow workmen, saddled
up their horses and went TO town to
remain over Sunday.
After they took their departure, that
Saturday night, thrust a fresh tallow
dip" In the empty whisky bottle that
, answered for a candlestick, and pro-
ceeded to read some papers that had
p been brought over the day before by
some boys at neighboring mine.
I sat at the table with my back to
the door. Time passed rapidly and un-
needed. and 1t must have been close
on to midnight when I heard slight
noise and looked UP from my reading
The movement brought my eyes on
pressed against the glass was the face
Of an Indian.
My heart gave a wild lean into 49,
throat as I, an instant later. recognized
this Indian as none other than the
Apache Kid
For moment was actually para
lived with fear and incapable of action.
Visions of the bloody crimes perpe-
trated by Kid passed In quick and CORY
succession before my eyes. The red
skin was a dead shot with the rife,
I know he would as soon have p'"~S
me as to eat meal. What was I TO
do? A rusty old Winchester stood IN
the corner. but | was not certain
whether there was a single cartridge
in its magazine. l had a wild thought
of blowing out the light and CHANGING
the gun. Reason prevailed, however.
when l reflected that to recognize Kid
was, figuratively speaking, to drive the
last nail in my coffin. Whenever the
Apache Kid saw that he was recog-
nized, he always acted on the principle
that dead men tell no tales.
AS l heard a hand rasp across the
door In locating the latch, l resolved
to strain my nerves to the utmost AMI
fail to show my unwelcome visitor that
recognized him. 1t was a stern reality
for man to face-a desperate condi-
demonstrating that my prospective
visitor was an individual with a large
reward out for his capture. and who
must, of course, believe that every
mans hand was against him.
With the noiseles tread of a tiger
cat, the Apache Kid passed over the
threshold In his moccasined feet /
kept my gaze riveted on the newspaper,
but the page swan before my eyes.
What would be my visitors greeting
a knife thrust or a rife ball? Had l
been chained to the floor, with a keg
Of giant powder slowly igniting by
means Of fuse at my back, my nervous
tension could not have been greater.
Suddenly felt heavy hand on my
shoulder, and leaped to my feet.
How" remarked Kid, grimly.
'How?" l returned; then added the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-29
STORY OF A POTATO.

LIE. AGLAE. q
milliner by trade.
was sitting one fine
Sunday morning by
the open window
peeling potatoes.
The window was on
the fifth floor and
looked out on the
Rue LEIPZIG. Sud-
denly one of the po-
tatoes slipped
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-29

ANY brave men
have hesitated to
meet the Apache
Kid on anything ap-
preaching equal
terms. / knew this
thoroughly. an 4,
not claiming TO be
a man OF exalted
courage. l was
probably excited at
the time / sought
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-15
"T0 RECALL GE.nDSr<s Me-,

Following fast upon the resignation
OF Lord Rosebery, MS leader of the
Liberal party in England, comes Il
similar announcement from Sir William
Vernon Harcour;. who has been regard
ed ne Lord Roscburys natural successor
III the leadership of the party. The
reason Of the retirement of these lead
ers is because they differ with the Lib
erals as to the course England should
persue in dealing with Turkey in rcIa-
ton To the Armenian question.
The next in line for the leadership is
Mr., Asquith. ana should he, too. follow
Roseberry and Harcourt in retire
meni. the Liberal party will practically
be without leader. In this possible
condition OF affairs the London
ilmeH expresses the opinion that the
schism in the Liberal party will com
ne! the recall OF Mr.. Gladstone" OF
course no one IS able to say Just wha,
may he done in the emergency. but II
is moi believed that the Liberals are
likely TO act upon the opinion of the
Times as being the proper thing to do
Certainly such u thing his not been
thought of by Mr.. Gladstone, and if the
attempt was made TO have him again as.
sumo the leadership of his old party. /,
would he futile.
Mir. Gladstone has reached the age OF
81 years, and III the evening OF life Il,
has no ds.sirc tn again mix in the tur.
mol al politics. lie believes. however
that England should find some way t,
!orcr the rule of the Turkish Empire I,
in"titiii" reforms which will insure III,
Christians residing within his domain
peace and safety.
lie believes that if the Powers will not
Join England in forcing the needed re.
forms, that it is n Christian duty of the
English people To attempt them alone
but i'll his declining years ii is not hi.
! desire To lead them on the way. for III,
reason that he is not now so conditioned
as 10 undertake the duties which woul,
dcvolvc upon him.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-15
TsrE SECOND DISTHIcT.

I Since his nomination by the Por; Nor
making an active and Persistent canvass
or the district. He has 50 far faithfully
| discharged his pledge to the representa-
! t!ves o.. the district Democracy. tina: hc
would not let s:ass grow under his poll
! teal feet. and shat he would do all THAI.
W.; possible on his part 10 csrry the
banner OF Democracy orthe Second D!s-
tric; - victory. Claiming no gifts of
the orator. he has been TALKING 20 the
people. and these talks have not been
wi;hou; fru:i. The campaign has been
AN cduca lonnl one, and when Mir. Bryan
recognizing the fact. that the Democracy
Of the country In this i;.ea, contest was
To make the fight without financial as
si"tance, proclaimed tina; the Issues
would make orators in every dia.ric;
and township In the country, his prcdlt-
don has wonderfully come true. and cs-
pccialli 20 in the Second Virginia Dis
irict. where the success OF Democracy is
Tough; for by Nj. Young and his cola
horcrs.
The putting in the field OF candidate
by Tie sound money" o. gold Demo
cra.s" OF the Second Dis:ric;--Mr.
William vi. Whaley, Of this city-rcn-
ders Il more necessary than ever for
The SupTo.se.S 81 the regular Demo
cracy 10 rally for the ballot OF the first
Tues lay OF November. 1t will he well
to recognizes thai the financial "sinews
OF "A"' WIZ be we'll hroush; inso play TO
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-15
PERSONALS.

Paul Lawrence Dunbar the young
colorcd man whose verses have made IL
stir of late, slil retains his piece a an
elevator boy in public building a;
Dayton.
y milkman is suelng Miss Held the
french singer, for 30 quarts of milk
which he delivered To her and for which
she refuses 20 pay Miss Held battles in
warm milk.
The Emperor OF Russia has signed an
imperial order dccrceing that the colors
of HE national flag of Russia shall be
placed n ..aanta.ly above one inc her
III the order named
Announcement t. made that Miss
NJ argaret liinsdale daughter of col
"nel John ". ..iusdale of Raleigh. is
10 BE- married October 2Sth 10 AJr. John
Gotten EnGiehard. of Owensbnro Nv
The latter is son of the late Mr.. Jos.
Engelha"d.
While a Balmorai the Car on one Or
sion Is said to have appeared in High
iand dress. on. of compliment to Queen
Victoria. hui his suite ala NOT initiate
him. The affection for ali things Thai
SAVIOR of Highland life is well known
ana her sons and grindsons hab;tuaIlv
don Inc Xiii when on Dccside.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-15

pounds. or over 100000 per day. by
"ending their -four tn Manchester on
ships connecting with Southern trans.
poriattqr lines. Southern railways were
formerly inferior in, rosdbed. rails and
/ equipment and unequal to the dema Ids
CT heavy export dizziness Southern
ports were uudevelolsd. lacking facili-
Ties Of all kinds. Now that both rail
, ways and ports are capable of handling
any traffic committed to them. and offer
lower rates TO the seaboard, there is
every reason 10 expect that they will
yearly more and' more engross the ex-
port and import business of the West
ana Northwest"
Upon the whole it appears that the
New York merchants have great cause
for alarm at the growth of grain exports
from Southern ports. ana what is to
them additional cause for alarm, is the
knowledge that when the tide 'of the ex-
port business is fairly started from
Southern ports 1t will not he confined
alone to grain, but will embrace every
class of goods known To the export
trade
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-15
NOTES And OPINIONS.

~ kinsman OF John c. Calhoun ha
recovered in he old home of the states
man great mass Of letters hitherto IN
noticed. There are some 1000 of them
ana L Is sugSesteI That The State q:
south CarnIinahi.ve them sif;ed over
edited ana published
Tne London correspondent of the New
| "rk Times refers To the Gar as an
| "oN"rwrnu2ht young man. whose daii-
cate frame. shaken by recent tragedies
harulN seems strong enough tn stand
what would he IN almost breakin.
strain for a far stronger man"
Floating beds OF aeaweed. which are
often met with IN mid-ocean. have be y,
observed to reduce The height Of waves.
like 81! thrown upon ne water. T.!:,Eg
advantage of this fact. rvcncnman
haS invented Thin cotton or .iiiien ncl
TO answer the same purpose.
Daniel Webster was once sued hv his
butcher and the man did not call upon
him atteEward 10 trade with him Web
Ster met him IN tn" course OF IL few day:
and asked him why he didn't call. BE
cause. said Tie man. II supposed that
You would he uslc.ided and wcuidn' 1
trade WITH me any more To which
Webster replied: ON. s.uc me az many
times as Hou like. bur for heavens sake
don't siarNc me 10 death"