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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-30
CHAPTER XxL.-Cosr1srrp.,

CHAPTER -(CoNTISrKp,
$ L aid to him. Il am sure Louis
VIII agree With me, that our time is
'ours, n that we shall only be too glad
20 advance our departure so as to make
travelling leisure enough for YOU TO
:ome with us to Rouen. We shoud be
worse than ungrateful- He stopped
ne. You have always beer good to
me- he said, L must not impose on your
kindness now. No! No, You have for
nallties to settle before you can leave
mis- place. No one, | said-for we
nave not, as you know, Louis. Why,
here is Your furniture to begin with he
said. "A few chairs and tables hired
from the inn,' | answered.. we rave
only to give the landlady our key. to
leave a letter for the owner of the cot
Iage, and them He laughed. Why,
70 heal you talk one would think you
we're as ready to travel as / ann so
we are said, quite as ready, living in
the way We do here He shook his
head. but you will not shake yours.
Louis. l am sure, now O nave heard
all my long story? You can't blame
me, can your"
Before Trudaine could answer, Lo-
maque looked out of the cottage WIN
dow.
II have just been telling my brother
everything" said Rose. turning round
towards him.
And what does he say?" asked Lo-
maque.
H says what | say" replied Rose,
answering for her brother; that our
time is your time-the time of our best
and dearest friend"
Shall it be done, then?" asked Lo-
maque. with a meaning look at Tru-
dame.
Rose glanced a%nxiously at her
brother: his face was much graver
than she had expected to see it, but his
answer relieved her from all suspense.
You were quite right. love, to speak
as you did," he said. gently. Then,
turning to Lomaque. he added in u
hrmer voice, 1T shall be done!'
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Although she had told her cousin
his warning was unnecessary, Lee
nore's curiosity was strong to see his
peerless friend. Visitors at the
manor house were very few and she
looked forward to the arrival of their
guess as IN event in the monotoaous
round of her life. Ralph had so ex-
patiated upon his friends personal
appearance that, if she found not a
god, surely her disappointment would
be woeful.
Seated upon a ledge or rock which
had been torn from the mountain
side above her in some great, ~cataclys-
mic upheavel of the past ages, she
held a novel listlessly and marveled
If, seeing him in all his peerless
glory, she should succumb to his
charms-what then? She laughed.
Such an idea was absurd.
Hearing a step behind her, she
up in alarm.
Pardon me if l have frightened
you" said a stranger, bowling grace
fully, but l am looking for a gentle
by the name of Bronson, Ralph
Bronson; does he reside near here?"
So this was peerless Pierre! He
had a magnificent form, a clear, sweet
voice and, as he raised his cap, a
mass of yellow curls were visible; but
face! although regular in form,
with large, fine eyes, a sensitive nose,
and refined mouth, his right cheek
was disfigured by a terrible scar.
Miss Lenox caught these little details
Of his appearance in the brief mo-
ment he was speaking.
you are half a mile from the road"
she answered, pointing in it's direc-
ton; the house is only a short dis.
lance north, after you reach that.
Mr.. Bronson's cousin and live at
the manor house. l was just about
ready TO return and, if you like, l will
show you the way"
THANK you; you are very kind. So
is Miss Lenox? Many a time
have 1 heard Ralph eulogize his
cousin" He stopped, picked up the
novel which she had dropped in her
and handed it to her with a
pretty gesture. In fact, l think all of
Ralph's college friends were more or
less acquainted with Miss Lenox."
From this point the conversation
lapsed into various subjects. Lenore,
becoming deeply interested in their
talk, found themselves approaching the
manor house all too o Ralph saw
them coming and fastened down the
walk to meet them. At the first
glimpse of his friend, Pierre Merrivale
became strangely silent and a panied
expression settled about his brows.
why, old fellow, this is quite a sur
said Ralph as he drew near
and caught his friends hand; then.
looking into his face, he started and
a sharp cry of establishment escaped
him. Great heavens, Pierre! what
terrible"
MI. Merrivale turned his head away
sadly and his friend recollected him
self.
Forgive me. forgive me, old chap;
but you know you"
Yes, | know, Ralph. 1 have not
always been this way, but" with a
sigh, "misfortunes come to us ALL"
1t was in this manner that Pierre
Merrivale came to visit them. He
was bright in conversation and agree
able In manner. but was neither CAV
nor careless. II handsome looks i'm
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out. After consulting a large gold
watch that hung at her side, and find
Ing that 1t wanted a quarter of an noun
only to two O'Clock, she rang her hand
bell. and said to the maid servant who
answered the summons: II nave five
minutes to spare. Send Dubois here
with my chocolate"
The old man made his appearance
with great alacrity. After handing the
cup OF chocolate to his mistress. he YEN
tured to use the privilege of talking. to
which his long and faithful services
entitled him. and paid the old lady a
compliment. Il am rejoiced to see
madame looking so young and in such
good spirits this morning. he said, with
q loW bow and a mild, deferential
smile
II think l have reason for being in
good spirits on the day when my sons
maria c-contract is to be signed" said
Madame Danville, with a gracious nod
of the head. "Ha, Dubois. | shall yet
live to see him with a patent of nobility
In his hand. The mob has done its
worst: the end of this infamous revoiu-
SAUa IL lloL idl VII Jul OIucI VIII nave
its turn again. and hen who will nave
such a chance at our as my son? He
Ia noble already through his mother;
he will then be noble also through his
wife. Yes, yes, let that coarse-man-
nered. passionate, old soldier father of
hers be as unnaturally republican as
he pleases, he has Inherited a name
which will help my son to "a peerage.
The Vicomte D'Anville Cd with an
The Vicomte D'Anville-how pretti!y it
sounds!"
"~Charmingly, madame-charmingly.
All! this second marriage of my young
master begins under much better
auspices than the first
The remark was al unfortunate one.
Madame Danville frowned porten-
tously. and rose in a great hurry from
her chair.
fool?" she cried Indignantly: what do
you mean by referring to such a sub
ject as that, on this day of all others?
You are always harping on those Two
wretched people who were guillotined.
as If you thought l could have saved
their lives. Were o not present when
my son and / met, after the time of the
Terror? Did you not hear my first
words to him. when he told me of the
catastrophe? Were they not-'Charles.
I love you; but II l thought you had let
those two unfortunates, who risked
themselves to saw me, die without risk
ing your life in return to save them. l
would break my heart rather than ever
look at you or speak to you again!' Did
I not say that? And did not he an
swer. Mother, my life was risked for
them. proved my devotion by ex-
posing myself to arrest-I was impris-
oned for my exertions-and then 1 could
do nc more!' Did you not stand by and
hear him give that answer, over
whclmed while he spoke by generous
emotion? Do you not know that he
really was Imprisoned In the Temple?
Do you dare to think we are to blame
after that? / owe you much. Dubois,
but Il you are to take liberties with.
me~- l
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Seated Upon a Ledge Of Rock.

born pride had quite e%nthralled the
bosom of Pierre Merrivale.
Lenore Lenox saw them enter the
carriage and vanish down the road
among the trees. She felt that the
light had forever gone out of her
life, and that the future existence
would be miserable to her.
The day wore on. The afternoon
came and, just as the sun was setting,
Lenore heard the sound of advancing
wheels. Her cousin was returning.
He could tell her something of
Pierre! The thought electrified her
and she jumped to a window that
commanded a view of the road. 1t
was not a carriage that was approach
ing, but a heavy wagon, with two or
three men. One of them was in the
back part of the vehicle and-merciful
heavens! whose head was that he
held upon his knee? Who was that
stretched out in the wagon-box, so
still and death-like? 1t was Pierre
Merrivale!
Suddenly she heard a step on the
stair; it approached, drew near and
paused before her door. Then some
n entered. A second later and a
strong arm was thrown around her
and a voice, tremulous with emotion
came to her ears. 1t was Ralph.
"Oh, my poor Lenore, is it not ter
rible?"
He is not dead?" she cried, clutch
ing his arm with her white, nervous
hands; "oh, Ralph tell me, tell me he
is not dead!"
mo. no, he is not dead. God knows
he is too noble to die. You must be
calm, Lenore."
She gave way to her feelings, but
gradually grew more calm.
How did it happen, Ralph?"
He nearly sacrificed his life to
ave another"
"How brave, how noble he isl" said
Lenore. when she learned the story
Pierre Merrivale had a long fight
in the illness thus imposed upon him.
He had come to visit the Bronsons to
recover from a similar disaster-one
which left the red scar upon his face.
In that battle he had faced the flames
to rescue a child. Ralph told Lenore
of this in the long hours when they
watched at Pierre's bedside. Ralph
told her, too, that Pierre had made
him solemnly promise never to reveal
the secret of that scar to any living
persons. And he had not; but now.
in the face Of this last deed of hero
ism, he must needs recount to his
cousin the story of that scar which
had Inundated his friend.
4 love him now" declared Lenore
with flashing eyes, better than ever
ii such were possible
And when Pierre Merriyale onened
his eyes and came out Of the lethargy
in which he had been encompassed so
long, he understood the loving ewes
that bent above him, and Lenore.
needing the inclination of his hand.
bent down. Their lips met In n
passionate kiss.
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il. w. Emerson.

The first article of Emerson's reli-
gion was the existence of Mind in the
universe, and his second article was
the fact of mans relationship to the
original Mind from whom man derives
all heroisms, character. virtues, aspira-
lions. A more devout believer in God
never breathed. His God conscious
ness was the foundation of his faith
and Of his life.-Rev. w. A. Martin.
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CHAPTER XXI.

WO days after the
travelling carriage
described by Lo-
maque had passed
the diligence on the
road to Paris, Mad
m Danville sat in
the drawing-room
of an apartment in
the Rue de Gre
nellie, handsomely
dressed for driving
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CHAPTER XIII.

HE party assem-
bled at General
B%erthelin's to wit
ness the signature
of the marriage
contracts, CO M :
prised, besides the
persons Immediate
ly interested in the
ceremony of the
day, some young
ladies'. friends of
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Pierre had fallen from foppery. That
dreadful seal would impress upon him
with terrible power the fact h a he
was made OF a common clay with
other men. AS she came to converse
with him more and more and 10 KNOW
him better, she was perfectly ready
to believe that Pierre had never set
himself above common men
Of his peerless person. And as their
companionship heightened with the
long summer months, her pity grew
into an attachment which she could
hardly persuade herself to believe. In
truth her heart, which she had steeled
to resist the charms Of the perfect
Pierre, had surrendered first to pity
and then to love at the sight of that
noble, but disfigured face.
More than once Pierre was at the
point of telling how madly he loved
her, but in a trice he thought of the
scar that disfigured his face. What
woman could love a man with that
hideous mark? No, he would not tell
aSl. ohc Sloulu never huoW lHdI LIS
heart had been wheedled away by q
miserable feeling of pity.
The last day of Pierre Merrivale's
visit at Bronson Manor had arrived.
Apparently. it was not hard to bid
Lenore adieu. There was a clasp of
the hand and a conventional God
tiles lurked a feeling SO passionate on
the part of both that one relenting
glance from Pierre would have
opened the floodgates Of their mutual
happiness. Yet this glance for which
Lenore would have given almost her
very life was not vouchsafed. for stub
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-30
A Disfigured
Face
By WILLIAM WALLACE COOK
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
1--WE, his college chums, called him
Apollo, quite as often as peerless
Pierre, for not only was he a hand
some fellow, but he seemed a perfect
paragon of noble manhood, eXcelling
alike in athletic exercises, in his
studies and in a disposition which
mates as we'll as tutors. l can give
you no truer picture of MIR. Merrivale,
my dear coz, for to go into details
would exhaust all the good adjectives
in Webster's Unabridged. All l can
say is, you will like him, for you
cannot help It,"
Lenore looked at Ralph a little de-
family.
so far as his beauty is concerned,
Ralph Bronson, whether | like him, or
not, that will weigh little one way or
the other. In my estimation, a mans
fortune is not, necessarily, a hand
some face"
Ralph Interrupted her with a laugh.
"Oh, we'll, Miss Lenox, 1t counts for
a great deal. l can bear witness to
that, for have been cut out any num-
Der of times by handsomer fellows.
But you will have a chance to form
your own estimate of Pierre, as he
has notified me of his intention to &C.
cept an invitation which | rendered
him some time ago, and make me a
visit"
Indeed" The blue eyes of Miss
Lenox opened wide with surprise.
And when will your paragon appear
at the manor?"
Very soon; In fact, l expect him
any day, now. He writes from New
Orleans and tells me that he is just
recovering from a severe injury and
feels that a few weeks in my jolly So
ciety will do him a world of good, so
that ! can look for him any moment.
You must prepare for a quick surren-
der to his charms, Lenore."
Il shall prepare for nothing Of the
sort, cousin Ralph. You shall see into
what a rar piece of marble l can
metempsychose my heart"
Perhaps; but l warn you'll"
And l thank you for it, but it is
Unnecessary"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-23

known physiological fact that human beings are mostly water-a few pail fuls of water in which few pounds or solids are dissolved. That is essential to our life, and it must retain the proper salinity or our health will suffer 1T the solution becomes too salty the min erals are deposited in the body and we have rheumatism and lot of other diseases of that class; if 1t becomes too weak we get, as M, Quinton believes, another class of ailments--or we may pcs!sh altogether, for lack of our prlm- ordial element.
 Drawing practical conclusions from this view of mans nature, M. Quinton has elaborated a system of treatment for tuberculosis and numerous other diseases which consist in injecting giv- en quantities of sea water into the circulation of the subject, This sea water is. however, diluted with a lit- tie distilled water, in order to make the solution as near as possible of the saltness of the sea water at the period when the higher animals first took to the land. Numerous demonstrations have been made in Paris and three regular stations for the administration of the saltwater treatment have been opened there. The effect of injecting a salt solution into the blood iE order to restore heart action after death has apparently taken place is now well es- abolished, as has been noted repeated
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emf iawlessness. This will be reeoi breaking year in that respect--troM5 i.5 million to a million and halI-1a prl lem too vast for our dlscusslon-,--
 heavy. many fear. for our national
 restion. Here in our quiet New III land town, we do not realize what \ means to many of our people Tn ot
 places; but we are part ot me grI
 In addition to our public schools the general atmosphere of our Am9 can fife. here are our Sunday. schol and the missionary societies of the rious churches doing what. they \ and All they can. with the means plaI in their hands to work over this gl mass of raw material into law abid1 progressive, honorable and Christ citizens.
 It is no time to lower our standd of Christian living and thinkinggI lime to lower our demand for uprl land honorable citizenship and ofnciaI no time to pay any less regard to as law and to favor in every honord way it's fair and impartial enrol ment.
 The Christian ideal is a high one, | is if any too high? Undoubtedly IT who profess to be Christians WI throw their influence, and conform II business and their living. to the higI regard for law and order. ana tne. IT rights of all men, the klngooin oL
 would be much nearer it's reallZatlo4 1 earth. That is the ideal-when VII 1 become the real?
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and the carrying of the mineral sub- stances to the sea, where they remain in solution. The natural element of all animals of every sort therefore is sea water As the continents rose above the sea. some forms of animal life moved out of the sea and evolved 8 career on land; their direct air breath ing apparatus developed strongly since they were now immersed in air instead of water, but their original element, namely the sea water, was as essential 10 them as ever,
 The only difference was that as the land animals rose higher in the scale of life they carried their sea water round inside of them, that is to say dissolved in the tissues and fluids in their body, instead of themselves uv- ing in that element as they formerly had. Tn S seems an odd way of putting the case, but investigation has borne it out. Biologists find that all the vari- ous fluids which so largely enter into the makeup of all animals are saline in character; the cells must float in this saline medium in order to live and develop; when the salinity of the me- dium becomes much impaired, the cell. die. We are, then, as it were, peripa- tetic aquariums-mere receptables or sponges containing sea water, in which live the myriads of cells which consti- tute our real personality. It is a we'll
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HIP, HIP, HooRAY.
Weber's New Offering Little More
 Than tumble.

Designated on the program as musical comedy" or "a college yell in two shouts. Hip, Hip Hooray," Weber's offering for this season pre- .sented at the Hyperion Saturday .even- ing, proved to be little more than a tumble of everything and nothing in particular with a well drilled chorus and few tuneful, if more or less stolen airs as the only characteristics that made it even excusable It is not even as good as many of Weber's oth- CT productions.
 Joe Weber, the star of the piece, was clearly outshone as a comedian by Charles Burkhardt in the character of 1sidore Rosenstein, "a business man" The latter was not only more of a comedian but has rather the better of Weber in the matter of lines. How ever, those who admire and enjoy the sameness of Weber's German parts may support his piece sufficiently to keep it alive for the season.
 Harry Tighe, New Haven boy, had the role of Babe" Horsley, a college man. His interpretation even by stretching things a trifle can hardly i be called typical, The acting of Wil- liam Tuite was far superior to that of Tighe. Although he had a less promi- nent part Taite depicted college man much better than Ttghe. The latter's work was badly marred also by his in- ability to sing and poor speaking voice.
 Amelia Stone as Ivy Green, easily carried off the honors of the "oddity, " two Of her songs, You'll Never Know What Love is Until l Love You" and How Would You Like to Take Me I'Home With You" being fairly tuneful, although not absolutely original and exceptionally we'll rendered. Valeska suratt as Mrs. shapeleigh, gave an exceedingly clever imitation of Anna Held and made You're the Girl fol Me-" d very poor song, a hit.
 The scenery was attractive and there were enough pretty chorus girls with Igood stage business and attractive cos tunes to keep a portion of the au- dience busy demanding their reap pearance. All in all Hip, Hip Hoo ray" fails to come up to the mark ever when judged from the standpoint oi the average musical piece,
 Among those in the audience were David Warfeld and David Belaseo star and part author of "A Grant Army Man" which is to have it's ini tial performance at the Hyperion thh evening.
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The Od Yale Store for Everything Fitting Up College Quarters 4 First View Of Fall Dress StuHs.
Pleasantly Priced for
 Early Buying.

SSVTTeN bought is half sold" ~' " A merchandising ,,; motto
 " that'll stand good for all time.Here are early seasons buyings in new dress goods to further uphold 1t. The newest of the fashion-lead- CTS in approved colors and blacks, selected grouping of smart, stylish weaves ready for the prompt Mon- day early-choosers, guaranteed to be worthy economics. The tide of fash ion this season, in blacks and colors, sets strongly toward Voiles, Pana- mas, Broadcloths, PoplinS, Melrose, Armures, Batistes, Crepe Cloth, Henriettas, Landsdowne, Princess, Mohairs, Sergss and the like. You'll find several of them on this special first view list. Priestley, of England, Lupin, of France, Gera, of Germany, those three Kings of Blacks :" rule this kingdom of quality and style in black dress goods wear.
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TREATMENT BY SEAWATER
THE SALT WATER THEORY
Medical and Scientific Men of Europe Taking Interest in
 Researches.

Medical and scientific men across the water are taking much interest in the researches and demonstrations of M. Quinton of Paris in connection with his theory that every animal in the world, from the single-celled pro- tozoans up to man himself, is virtually a marine animal, living in salt water and with health and life depending on that salt water. Absurd as this propo- sltion appears at the outset, 1t is based on god scientiofo foundation, as an ar- ticle in L'Illustration of Paris ob- serves.
 The rationale of it is simply this: Originally all animals were sea ami mals The whole globe was covered with waser, but at that time this water was not so salty as the ocean now is sinct the degree of saltiness is con- stantlv increasing, owing to the grad ual wearing away of the mountain: