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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14


Inc TWO parted instantly; Bernard
was the first to recover himself He
walked forward, hurriedly tool, Mar
guerite's hand, murmured "a last
goodby. my darling-I shall lose nv
train, and went out into the hall
She followed him, not even needing
the presence of Valdane: stood on the
threshold, biting her lip to keen down
her tears, and waved him sweet fare
wells with her little hand
The young lawyer stood irresoluta
He could hardly hope for an interview
in this state of Miss Lilbourne's emo
tions-he had not sufficiently realized
before the existence of tangible
rival. Sadly he admitted that young
Sizzling was a far handsomar man
than he. AT this moment Marguerite
darted by him and ran quickly IN the
stairs.
One of the servants came To him
Miss Lilbourne will see YOU in five
minutes, if you'll take the trouble TO
wait sir"
He was ushered into the dining
room, and sat down; the Mace was
shabby, but comfortable; the Garnet
was worn, but the bookshelyes waro
we'll stoeked-it was evidently The
abode of cultured and refined naonlo
One or two excellent engravings were
on the walls-the window-boxes were
full of mignonette.
Principally at the expirai IT., ~ no
five minutes Marguerite came in uor
eyelids were still red. and she carried
handkerchief in her hand; but she
was quite composed. She wore q
white dress, clean and fresh. and he
thought he had never seen ANYTHING %
sweet and gracious as she looked thar
day.
He was very pale as they sbook
hands and Numbered into an apolorv
for disturbing her; a subject she dis
missed with wave of the hand
You have brought me the will to
look at?' she questioned, seating her
self near him at the corner of the table
For answer he produced the doom
ment. keenly watching the flush which
came into her face.
My wife's only brother, Daniel
Brandon' Why, that was my uncle
Uncle Daniel remember that now,
OF course he was Uncle Daniel! Wait"
She half started up, and paused, but
sat down again disappointed. Il
thought just then that | had remem-
bered the name of-of the other one,
you know"
But you cannot?" Fixing his eyes
upon her. he held his breath.
"No." she answered sadly. 81 can
not" and continued her reading of the
will Daniel Brandon of Rue Paris
ienne, Liege. That does not help
much. 1t does not give his English
address" she said disappointedly.
mo. that is drawback certainly.
but we can try Liege His business
may be there" suggested valdane.
feeling more and more traitor as he
recalled the fact that Daniel Bran
don's business had failed. and that he
himself had left Liege ten years ago.
Marguerite went on reading.
"Ah," she cried at length, here Is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

The other evening as an open cleo
trio car was going south on Cen,re
avenue it passed a small youngster en-
gagged in sprinkling grass with a hose.
Just as the car came opposite with
him he whirled and innocently sent
the stream with full force into the
crowd Of passengers. The instanta-
neous uprcar which arose caused the
driver to shut Off power and put on
brakes Instantly. while the child stood,
open mouthed and stupefied, pouring
the water into the car. The passengers
scrambled over each other to get out
On the other side, as he seemed un-
able to change direction until the car
conductor did it for him. At this point
in the proceedings the boy seemed to
recover his faculties suddenly and
bawled loudly, while the car went on.
Chicago News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

object Of suspicion. The surveillance
around all fortified places is so severe
as to render going near them a real
peril. Men have been shot inside for
hidden ground at dusk without an OPP
portunity to say what they were do
ing.
No legend is more popular in Europe
than that of the aristocratic German or
French officer, who. in disguise, OBJ
tains work as a mason or a carpenter
inside the fort he wishes to observe.
Yet few think of the practical impossi-
bility of such feat. How shall such
men know the trades, the slang, the
social customs and prejudices of for
eign artisans? How can they talk of
their relatives, their home village, and
the place they worked last? Most of
this talk is romance, pure and simple
For such intimate description every
European government depends on
money! The spy makes acquaintance
with some non-commissioned officer
who seems to be going wrong. He
tempts the latter to make drawings of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
EGYPTIAN LEGS.
Were Undoubtedly Encased in Knitted
Stockings.

1t is asserted in many books that the
ancients did not use stockings, and
that the art of knitting was unknown
before the beginning OF the fifteenth
century. But that both these state
ments are wrong is proved by the ex-
istenee of knitted stockings found in
the grave of an ancient Egyptian mum
my and now preserved in the Louvre
in Paris. These stockings are short,
resembling socks, and are knitted with
great skill the material is wool, which
was probably white originally, but is
now brown with age The knitting is
loose and elastic, and seems to have
been done with rather thick needles.
The stockings are begun, as they would
be at the present day, with a single
thread; the heels are shaped as they
would be now, and are very well done.
The toe, however, is different from that
of a modern stocking; it ends in two
tube-like projections which resemble
the fingers of a glove. The reason Of
this is that the stocking was made to
fit the sandal, in which there was a
strap from the toe to the instep.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
CHAPTER yII.-(continued ,


Well, | consented; everlastingly
disgraced myself by becoming a party
TO an Infamous conspiracy. l give you
due credit for the way in which you
worked it-for the address with which
you transported your niece to Tor
quay and daily absented yourself that
/ might go through the farce Of my
clandestine wooing. | heard, too, that
your Indignation when you arrived at
the lodgings and found your niece
gone was 4 very fine piece OF acting.
AS for ne, | fulfilled my part of the
contract precisely as agreed. | took
my poor helpless little wife to a GER
tain room in a certain hotel, went out,
as IL to ascertain the times of the
trains, caught the express to London.
with your check in my pocket, and, as
] thought, washed my hands O. the
whole affair. According to our agree
ment you were to send some one %
fetch Miss Lilbourne from the hotel
and see to her future yourself.
Today | learn. for the first time, that
SN' @'N i-Sb iutAi lulS last cOHulLlDQ.
You we're not only traitor to your
nlece-you were traitor to me. You
left to probable went and misery a
young and helpless girl who was not
responsible for her actions.
Allow me to remark thae. though 7
alwa considered you thorough
blaekguar4, in this you have exceeded
an TIE yileness of which / ever
thought you capable.
have the pleasure to inform Won
that your niece is now restored to ber
right mind, that she is under the pro-
lection Of gentleman and his family
In London, that she has her wedding
ring retains distinct impression or
her marriage, and that they are alb
solutely determined to sift the whole
affair to the bottom.
l now ask whether you are prenared
to make restitution to your niece Of
the fortune you fraudulently took
from her. shall expect an imme-
date and direct reply and beg Won
to observe that / mean business. 1t
will be quite fruitless for you to at
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Latin as She Is Translated.

A correspondent tells the FOLLOWING
good story: dear friend of mine a
professor of Latin in one of our large
eastern colleges, a good man, but rath-
er prone to evolving ingenious things
and crediting them to his pupils. sent
me some days since delicious speci-
men of modern mistranslation into the
classic tongue. One of the Hour Ex-
ans" called for rendering into Latin
of the words Most men. therefore >,
This one brilliant student gave as
"Hominissimi iguntur." | appreciated
the charming naivette which sought n
compare a noun as if it were an adj
jective, but the 'iguntur" was almost
too much for me. | appealed to INV
friend. He replies: Have Won for
gotten all you learned at prep. school9,
That 'iguntur' is the most happy mart
of the thing. My unfortunate student
has taken 'igitur' as third person
singular, passive, and then made if
plural"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14


tempt to leave England, as you know
/ now have both the means and the
will 10 prevent it. l add no threats,
but. expecting an immediate and di-
rect reply, | remain, your declared
enemy. VALDANE M tRTINEAU.
This letter was written as fast as
the pen could traverse the paper.
When it was sealed and stamped. the
writer paused. He had very little
doubt that, with the influence he pos
sessed, he could compel Daniel Bran
don, Miss Lilbourne's uncle, to dis
gorge at least what remained of poor
Marguerite's fortune. But at what
cost? He dropped his head between
his hands and thought long and des-
perately. The money could not pos
sibly be restored without his name APP
pearing lie would have the bitter hui
initiation OF confessing that it was he
who had deprived Marguerite of her
liberty, and that his sole motive had
been a bride. He would have to make
restitution and then have the marriage
set aside on the plea of the brides
having been unfit to enter into any
contract at the time. His cheeks
burned with digrace at the thought.
Could he bear the disgrace OF IL?
Worst Of all could he bear Marguer-
ties eyes turned upon him in scath-
ing horror and contempt? Springng
up. he paced the room again with rest
less feet.
"Atoue-a atone" cried conscience.
at is all that remains to you. Give
back the money that you received for
that shameful piece of work. Set Mar
gueIite free-free to marry some one
whom she Lowest
He caught his breath and leaned
against the wall; he looked the pic
ture OF misery. He thought of the
daily visits he paid Marguerite at
Torquay- how the sad eyes frightened
at his coming: how she would kiss the
flowers he brought her, how she
watched for him at the window. She
would have followed him to the
worlds end then-now she had no
recollection Of having seen his face!
SIC recalled the tears when he used
10 leave her, the clinging arms around
his neck, the soft lips on his cheek
the one word which she understood in
those days was "Good-by!"
"Oh, thank heaven, was always
gentle to her," he groaned.
Slowly again he approached the Ia
bic and saw there was something
shining there. 1t was her wedding ring
which she had Left behind. With a
sudden. uncontrollaole impulse he
snatched 1t up and pressed 1t to his
Inns. then paused, aghast at his own
action. and blushed like girl. He
held the golden circlet almost rever-
emily in his hand a moment, staring at
Il: then he put it into his waistcoat
pocket. caught up the letter he had
written. and tore it across and across.
scattering the fragments about the
rom in his excitement. What was
Lady Mildred to him now? He felt
that he had never loved her. He laid
a ceremptory hand on the bell.
"Smiles." he said. as that worthy
anpeared search Mr.. Leroy's safes
for a copy % the will Of George John
Iilbourne. aud let me have it as soon
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
SCHOOL QUERIES AND ANSWERS
Distinctly Original and showing Good
Power OF Deduction.

s'neiy OtiSihdl ana showing Good
Power OF Deduction.
An answer, given in one of the Cam
bridge local examinations. was partic-
ularly bright. says the London Stand
ard. The question was in mechanics,
and was: WHY will a pin not balance
on it's point?" The reply was. First
~, because point being that which
has no magnitude cannot stand upon
which does not exist. Secondly. it will.
it you stick it in" 'The people OF
Hereulaneum and Pompeii died from
an eruption" was the answer to
question concerning the deaths from
the great eruption of Vesuvius in A. ID.
3, and an eminently practical answer
to question as to where Magma Char
ia was signed was cat the bottom"
The idea that job horses were so called
because they had to endure such hard
lot, is distinctly original and showed a
good power of deduction in the child
who was responsible for it; while to
the question of what a high church
was, the answer was one with stee-
pie. Children who are at that age
when they object to the term child fire.
quently make mistakes as ludicrous as
their younger brethren. The two fol-
lowing examples come from the exam
ination papers Of the Britannia. the
boys on board of which are from Is to
16 years of age. The question was:
why is there circumfiex accent on
the in etre?" One answered occupied
two pages of foolscap. 1t told how in
the middle ages there was great con-
troversy as to whether the accent
should be grave or acute. and at last
being unable to come to any other
agreement, the contending parties de-
cided to each give way to the other and
put both accents, with the result t..at
the accent on etre was a combination
of the acute and grave. In the same
set of papers the feminine of pretre
was given as soeur de charlie.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
ION THE FRANCO-GERMAN FRONTIER

then remember. A crooked line and a
few words traced hastily on a cigarette
paper must recall the outline Of an
earthworks. Hills, footpaths, springs.
rich-looking farmhouses, bridges. must
be seen at a glance and Indicated on
the little piece of fiimsy paper. He
must indicate the crops of the neigh
borhood; the characteristics of small
villages; the lodging capacity Of
churches and other public buildings;
the number of bakers. butchers and
grain dealers; the situation of black
smith shops and the condition of roads.
1t is easy to understand, for instance.
the interest attaching to a bridge. The
enemy in retreating would not hesitate
to blow it up. The spy must indicate
how long time it would take to re-
pair it.
His day finished, the spy must Sc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
A Polite Cockatoo.

An Englishwoman took her little
girl to the Crystal Palace, London, and
when in the parrot house the girl be-
came anxious to secure a beautiful vel.
low crest feather which had fallen from
one of the cockatoos in the large cage.
While We were vainly fishing for it
with hairpins an old cockatoo walked
across the cage toward us somewhat
hurriedly, but with a dignified and
obliging air, and to our intense sur
prise took the feather up in his beak
and presented it to us. On our ac-
cepting it with joy he also held forth
another pretty white feather which lay
near.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Thought It the Regular Thing.

1t was the first day Of the Brooklyn
street car strike. and the old woman
who was carrying some broth to her
sick sister told the passenger who sat
next to her that she didn't often &c
anywhere on Sunday. Il didn't think
it's safe" she continued. Just see
how many policemen there are every
where. one on every car. That shows
how many rough people ride out this
way on Sunday" Just then the con-
ductor got eff to remove a boulder and
a piece Of an old stove from the track
Mercy on us.' CALCULATED the nice old
lady, I'm glad I'm most to sisters
and nothing but an errand of mercy
would tempt me to ride on street cars
on Sunday"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
A REAL EGG.
Thrown by Ghost Strikes a Live Boy
In the Face.

In the Face.
New York Journal: A crowd num-
boring fully 1890 spent several hours
one night waiting for the reappear-
ance of the ghost of John Hogan, who
in his lifetime was a veteran of the
Civil war, member of Fitzpatrick and
Rawlins Posts of the G. A. r., and lat
terly an employee in the custom house.
Hogan was a large man of military
bearing, and had a black mustache.
He lived with his wife at No. 371 Will
lis avenue, a two-story frame house,
which stands eighty feet back from
the street. He died nine months ago.
After his death his widow moved away
and the house since that time has
been vacant. There have been vari-
our rumors that Hogan's ghost had
been seen, but nothing authentic until
last night. Six boys were playing
"copps and robbers" in front of the
Willis avenue house about o'clock.
One boy jumped the fence and start
ed to run through the front yard to-
ward the house. He had proceeded fifty
feet when he gave yell of terror and
cried out: "Oh, Mr. Hogan, don't
touch me, l know you are a real
ghost" He had hardly got the
words out of his mouth before the fig
ure raised long white arm, and
picking up an egg from somewhere let
drive and caught the lad in the face
The egg was real, however The
strange thing is that the other boys
saw Hogan's ghost, too. Their cries
brought hundreds of people to the
spot and blocked the trolley road A
dead line was established near the
fence. At least four daring fellows
went into the house and searched it
from cellar to attic, even going so far
as to climb the roof and look down
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
The Mormon.s Little Joke.

Tourist Cat Salt Lake. think Of
the sin in having seven wives.
Mormon-You forget, brother that I
am ruled by my seven wives.
Tourist-What has that to do with
it?
Mormon-A good deal. Don't you
know, brother, person under seven
is not responsible for what he does?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

as you find 1.-THE first thing tomor-
row morning. am going now"
Eyes, sir"
Valdane took his hat and hurried
out; even the air of Lance lane seemed
reviving after what he had just passed
through. His face was hard and reso-
lutte; for time the struggle was over.
Heaven forgive me if use deceit. I"
he said; but l mean, if human eff
fort can accomplish it'll mean to win
my own wife!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

whose trade causes them to go upon
the roads-muie drivers, carriers. coun-
try doctors, priests and forest keepers.
Under the pretext of needing exercise,
he walks with them and taas with
them and treats them to good beer and
cheese, as every tourist does. Seen in
such company he is less likely to be
looked on with suspicion. For note
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

the chimney. They returned to the
crowd shivering with fear. The police
were called to open up the trolley line.
They arrested one man for talking
back. None of them, however. went
into the house looking for the ghost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
A Horn SwaIlower,

A man from Pine Knob stood watch
ing a performance on a slide from
bone. Suddenly Selling a companions
arm the Pine Knob man excitedly ex-
claimed, Look thar, Lige."
''Whut's the matter?"
Look thar, he done it agin!"
Done what?"
'W'y, crowded mon half that blamed
hon inter his mouth. Did you see
that?"-Short Stories.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

A correspondent says that those who
dine with the queen are usually pain
fully nervous. Perhaps they are tor
tured with doubt of the propriety OF
praising the pie, not knowing whether
her majesty or the cook made it,
Denver Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
The Taste for Horseflesh in Pari,

The Partisan taste for horsefesh con-
tinues to increase. During the last year
Paris ate over 10000 horses, 800 dom
keys, and a few unconsidered mules.
The donkeys and mules are evidently
declining in favor, as in 1852 the official
returns showed the consumption to
have been S66 donkeys and fifty-one
mules, while over 5000 horses figured
in the Paris meat bill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Inh erited Trait.

Old Gotrox-This is a nice STATE Of
affairs, isn't it? When / was your age
l was never bothered by bill collectors
chasing me up.
Young Gotrox-Then l must take
after you. dad; it doesn't bother me
bit. either.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

cretly, in his bedroom, write his re-
port and post it to one of the seem
lngly interesting addresses furnished
MIN by the Etat Major-"Mlle. Lucie
Vasseur, 45 Rue Breda,' this may be
his lady love; or Schmidt & Heckel,
wine merchants, Bercy," this may be a
business letter; or Or. George Pin
chon, 81 Rue LATTE" this may be to
his family nhYSician The letter nailed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
From Different Points q, va

The Minister trust, my friend.
your lines are cast in pleasant places.
The Poet-Well, that depends on
whether you would call waste baskets
pleasant places or not.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

ehe tort wherein he has his duty. He
makes cunning arguments He does
not ask the fellow to betray his coun-
try What difference will one small
drawing make? Besides, here is the
money"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Spying on Either Side Is an Extremely
Dangerous Undertaking.

to be used in cashing postal orders
and satisfying hotel-keepers. The mo-
ment the police demands his papers he
must burn his passport. Nowadays,
when passports are demanded so sell
dom of mere tourists, the spy will con-
tent himself with few letters that
have come through the mail to him.
He will have had these letters sent on
to prearranged German address few
months before. A life insurance policy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

taken out under
the assumed name
is also valuable.
The spy reaches
Germany and he
stops in the large
town nearest to his
field of operations.
There his first care
is to consult the
doctors as to a
good air cure, or a
bath, or springs.
Suppose his bust
ness is to report on
the roads, bridges
and resources of a
mountainous dis
trict. He will need
the air cure. Elm
mating one by one
the embarrassing
districts, he at last
causes the physi-
clan to indicate the
spot he has cho-
sen. The good ply
sician, always anx-
ious for his COM
mission, gladly
recommends him
to a proper pen
sion. There, wan
dering about the
hills, his story is:
Il came to X
in search of a tran
quill mountain vii
lage for the air
cure. DR.. "
recommended me
10 come mere. Ii
the climate suits
me l shall stay a
month"
From the first
moment the spy
begins to make
acuuaintanae with
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

and every scrap of
paper burned, the
spy may sleep in
peace-one night.
If he imagines he
is followed or sus-
pected, he must
stop work instantly
and even leave the
country. In such
case he returns to
Paris, where he
finds at the Etat
M a J 0 r, carefully
gathered together,
all the letters he
has addressed to
his fictitious corre-
spondents. Aided
by maps and the
work of his prede-
cessors in the field.
it is his business to
compose an up-to-
date report on the
region he has visit
ed. Each little
c o Il n t S. E a C h
month the minister
Of war is just a
little better in
formed on details
that when the
great scientific Eu-
ropean war breaks
out may WIN or
lose a battle a cam
paign, a peoples
destiny.
OucH WOrK may
seem easier than it
is in fact. Along
the country roads,
alone, with not a
man in sight, the
fear of being watch
ed makes the most
innocent note-tak-
ing a courageous
exploit. Not to
speak of country
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only
medicine for coughs and colds.-Mrs. @.
Beltz, 439 Sth Ave, Denver, Col, NovS, '95.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Odd Fellows Eyerywhere

To visit the Fraternity on an official
work. Best selling book ever pub
lished. Big commissions Manager,
1906 Manhattan Bldg. Chicago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

The saloon light is false beacon
that can only be eXtinguished by
Christian votes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

police. gamekeepers, foresters and pa
trol-whose chance appearance may
cause him to destroy mornings work
each simple passer-by becomes an