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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
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Where is Madame de Varnier?" he
demanded in French.
Madame de WARMER is unavoidably
detained, your Majesty. She has dele
gated me to receive you. Be assured,
your Majesty's welcome shall not be
lacking in warmth. Will your Majesty
pray be seated? There are urgent
matters of state to be discussed"
He pushed the prince brutally into
chair, bending over him with a hideous
smile that would have done credit to
the devil himself.
Locke and l were crouching behind
an antique rug that hung over the gal
lery rail. He grasped my hand and
wrung it hard; it was an apology that
he had doubted me. and an assurance
that he was with me now heart and
soul He had seen enough already t.
prove to him that l had spoken tn
absolute truth.
| We listened breathless; yes, and
could see as well, and with no danger
of discovery. The rug was a museum
specimen, and in places was worn
through web and wool; 1t was a sim
pie matter to widen the Sits slightly
with our fingers.
Perhaps your Majesty did not no.
tice the flag that flies at half-mast
over the tower" tainted Starva. "At
half-mast, your Majesty! All, his
Majesty grows pale friend Bratinau."
His Majesty has imagination"
growled the other ruffian.
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over the last stone of my ladder when
l should reach it. Then taking the
cord between my teeth, / lowered my
self cautiously over the gutter.
The wind was still blowing in fitful
gusts. l had been reluctant to avail
myself of the few extra feet of rope
necessary to keep the flag afloat.
fastened the end of the cord about the
stone gutter, leaving the flag still fly
ing at half-mast. There seemed a GER
tain aptness that my carelessness in
cutting the rope had seen to it that
the dead ambassador be fittingly hon.
ored.
1t seemed ages before my feet
touched the first block of granite pro-
jecting from the smooth masonry. But
once on my way the first part of my
descent was made with no great diff
ficulty
Step by step l neared the terrace.
Suddenly the perspiration broke out
on my forehead. l had felt for my
next step, and it was missing.
Frantically my feet reached down
for it. l lowered myself one more
round; still | could not touch it. Then
l laughed aloud in the ecstacy of my
relief l had reached the last round
of the ladder.
My arms ached. Merciful heavens.
how they did ache! But l was full of
courage in spite of my exhaustion. l
lowered myself by my arms still an
other round, and slipped the nose over
the last of the stones | could reach.
Then l trusted myself to the rope.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21


could readily guess Dr. Starva's mis-
sion. He had gone to meet Prince
Ferdinand at the station. Heaven
knows how eager l was to be one of
the reception committee!
When at last l had caught one of
the cords, / severed it thoughtlessly
with my penknife. / had not counted
on the strength necessary to hold so
large a flag The cord slipped from
my hand. l expected the flag to fall
and reached out frantically for the
other rope. But in some way the rope
i had severed. and to which the flag
was not fastened, became entangled in
the pulley and the flag, falling halfway
down the pole, remained at half-mast.
now reached up as far as l could,
standing on the stone gutter. / was
about to sever the other cord, that to
which the flag was fastened, when II
occurred to me to attempt to Olsen
gage the ropes from their fastening
at the window below. 1 was complete
" successful. / estimated that / had
now a length of at least so feet
When / had plated the cords dou-
Fbled, and knotted them at intervals to
prevent them from slipping through
my hand, made loophole to slip
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21

shadow of an angle of the wall. He
listened intently.
There was heavy football on the
terrace. 1t sounded nearer. A man,
muffied in a cloak. came to the edge of
the band of moonlight. He also was
listening. Presently he stole softly to
the parapet, and looked down at the
village. Neither of us spoke until he
had resumed his beat before the great
portal of the chateau.
who is hep" | whispered.
Locke led me out of hearing, hug
ging the wall.
You know as well as l. Now, then,
for our deferred talk. This morning /
asked you for some explanation of
your extraordinary conduct. You chose
not to give it me. Well, | mean to
have it now. Come, what is this
errand that sends you flying through
the air for hundred feet at the risk
of your neck? 1t appears to be press
ing"
'The death-mask!" l began inco-
herently. prince Ferdinand"
His grasp frightened. He drew me
roughly toward him in his surprise.
THE death-mask! What of it?"
"Starva has lured Prince Ferdinand
70 tho chateau Already he has gone
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
FOUND OUT.
A Trained Nurse Made Discovery.

No one is in better position to know
the value of food and drink than a
trained nurse.
Speaking of coffee, nurse ofWilkes
Barre, Pa, writes: Il used to drink
strong coffee myself, and suffered
greatly from headaches and indiges.
ton. While ON visit to my brothers
had a good chance to try Postum
Food Coffee, for they DRANK alto.
gether in place of ordinary coffee In
two weeks after using Postum found
was much benefited and finally my
headaches. disappeared and also the,
indigestion.
Naturally have since used Postum
among my patients, and have noticed
a marked benefit where coffee has been
left OF and Postum used.
Il observed curious fact about
Postum when used among mothers. II
greatly helps the flow of milk in cases
where coffee is inclined to dry 1t up,
and where tea causes nervousness.
Il find trouble in getting servants to
make Postum properly. They most
always serve it before 1t has been
boiled long enough. 1t should be boiled
Is to 90 minutes after boiling begins
and served with cream, when 1T Is GER
tainly a delicious beverageN Read
THE Road to wellyille" In pkgs.
There's Reason"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
I" He Cried.

woman, and myself-were trapped by
DR.. Starva. Don't you see, it was to
clear the field for action-to leave him
free to accomplish his frightful work
unmolested? Locke, this is no time
for talk. One of us must conceal him
self in the hall there; the other sum
mon help. Are you armed?"
Rather" he answered grimly. at
is that fact that should show you the
uselessness of struggling"
You have called ME a TOOL more
than once" l cried bitterly. But you
are hundred times a fool that you
are blind to the need Of action"
"All in good time, my friend. l have
still question or two to ask If Cap
tain Forbes is imprisoned in the tower
there, why did he permit you to play
the hero alone? Why is he not with
you? Have you pulled the wool over
his eyes as you did over the eyes of
Miss Brett? 1t seems to me a little
remarkable. that he should trust a
man who has tricked him more than
once"
Locke's cool question staggered me.
had no intention of lying, but my
hesitancy did not lessen his growing
distrust of my motives.
There was no more time to explain
things to him than there is to you. Be-
sides, he would not have believed me, y
I muttered.
CAS- l do not believe you," he an.
swered with some sternness. "As
shall not believe you until you take
pains to make things little more
clear. The Countess Sarahoff it is
who tells you of the peril of Prince
Ferdinand. She takes you into her
confidence; that In itself scarcely
strengthens my trust of you. But this
woman is the accomplice of Dr. Starva
Why, then, is she suddenly SO anx
ious to discomfort his plans?"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
He Set a Date.

A merchant in a Wisconsin town
who had Swedish clerk sent him out
to do some collecting. When he re-
turned from an unsuccessful tfip he
reported:
YIN Yonson say he will pay ven he
sells his hogs. Vim Olesen, he Will pay
ven he sell him wheat, and Bill Pack
say he will pay in january
Well" said the boss, that's the
first time Bill ever set a date to pay.
Did he really say he would pay in
january"
well, aye tank So" said the clerk.
He say dat it ban a dam cold day ven
you get that money. l tank that ban
in january. Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
New In Natural History.

Not all English children are Wen
posted on live stock. The following
"howlers" are from essays exhibited
at a recent show: "The young horses
have long legs, SO that it might keep
up to its mother when wild lions ike
the lion and tiger are after them TO
devour them" 1.-THE fowl" declares
still another, when alive is used Tor
cock-fighting and when dead for its
beautiful feathers" "The pig gets
its wool coat off in summer. Then
we get the wool of it. The pig is re-
garded as a bad creature"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21

should have been prevented by tie
HIND placed at my mouth. | peered
in % the face of the man who had made
NJ, captive. do not know whether |
was more relieved than consternated
to recognize Locke as we stood in the
shadow.
'Haddon!" he cried, as he made out
my features. Where in hell did you
come FROM"
mot hell, Locke; say rather heav-
en-" l pointed upward to the tower.
"You must be in a desperate hurry
when you essay the role of an angel
to come flying through the air" he said
grimly, and the hold on my arm tight
ened. Suppose you tell me your
Grand"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
Sir Mortimer, man, is dead"

Sir Mortimer, man, is dead"
Dead! And you have undertaken
to fill his place? 1t is very considerate
of YOU"
His voice vibrated with distrust.
But tried to keep my temper
IF Ferdinand enters that door with
Starva he will never leave it alive, un-
less help is summoned"
For a moment Locke's suspicious
wavered. l had spoken with solemn
ity that touched even his skepticism
and who has told you this?" he
asked slowly.
Madame de WARMER, the Countess
Sarahoff."
'Ah, your friend of the kursaal.
Where is she?"
l pointed upward.
I'm the tower there. The four of us
Captain Forbes, Miss Brett, that
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CHAPTER xxxI.-continued.


"Then where?" l demanded impa-
tiently.
1T must be from one of the win
dows of the story below"
We'll, we shall soon see."
l poised myself to Chamber through
the window on the broad stone gutter,
along which Captain Forbes must have
made his way. Then hesitated.
What! You are afraid" cried the
woman fiercely. IF so, will go my
self"
mo, am not afraid" replied with
'deliberation. 81 am wondering what
they will think when they come from
the oratory presently, to find me gone.
She will think that l am your accom-
plice."
81 can easily tell the truth"
'They will scarcely believe you.
Shall l, or shall l not, tell them Of
Ferdinand's danger?"
But will they believe you? While
you hesitate Prince Ferdinand may be
assassinated. Is this time for expla-
nations? Say that the fools persist in
misunderstanding you, it is only a
question of an hour or two at the most
before you may tell the truth. Go, and
I swear by the cause hold sacred that
if you save him the honor of Sir Nor
timer Brett shall yet be saved"
"You have promised much already
only to deceive me-" l said gloomily.
"But I swear it, They are coming;
I heard the door of the oratory open"
l hesitated no longer.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21

newspaper publicity, but 1t would
probably not be IN exaggeration to
state that the total cases of malprac-
tice, not involving criminal operations
or criminal medical practice, would
amount to 10000 or more than one
case to each physician in the country.
This estimate is, of course, more or
less conjecture. Untimely deaths and
permanent disabilities are frequent
and occur within the knowledge Of al.
most every one, when life could have
been saved, or health restored had
the physician been skillful, careful
and competent.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
The Truth.

Gobsa Golde descended painfully
from his 90-horse power limousine.
Il wish to purchase" he said, IAN
engagement ring"
Yes, sir" said the. eager clerk. 1--WE
have just imported a, superb ring, sir
two ruby hearts surrounded"
NO" said the aged millionaire, in
disillusioned voice; mo, that won't
do. There is only one heart concerned
in this affair. The girl is marrying me
for my money"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21

chronic case. At one time had to use
a crmtch and cane to get about. My
back was lame and weak, and besides
the aching, there was distressing
retention of the kidney secretions. l
was In a bad way when began using
Doan's Kidney Pills in 1901, but the
remedy cured me, and l nave been
we'll ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n. Y.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
CHAPTER XXI.
| Escape from the Tower.

1 chung to my precarious support,
lying PROSTATE on the broad stone gut
ter. The roar of the swirling river
beat at my senses confusedly; the
giddy height made my head swim
Something of the horror l had felt in
rounding the overhanging shoulder of
the mountain with Willoughby that
fatal day came to me now.
But presently that giddiness passed.
The extraordinary promise of Madame
de WARMER rang in my ears. How it
was possible for her to explain away
Sir Mortimer's damning words if the
letters were genuine. I could not see
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
CHAPTER xxxIII.

Prince Ferdinand Comes to the
Chateau.
Locke" / painted, leaning breath
less against the wall, "for Gods sake
let me go. 1t is a matter Of life or
death"
"Gently-not so loud"
Again his hand was placed at my
mouth. He pulled me back into the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
.terest Ax

sands of veterans vino
came back from the
Civil War suffering tor.
lures with kidney com.
plant. Capt. Ely says:
II contracted kidney
trouble during the
Civil War, and the oc.
casional attacks final
ly developed into a
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-21
HERITAGE OF
Thousands Of SOL
Chronic Kidney 7
in the Sc

The experience of Car |
OF Co. E, 18th Ohio, now
East Second street, New
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she leaves nearly everything undone that might
help the little fellow to get the desired nour-
lshment. About the first error the lamb makes
IN life is to take the shepherd or his dog for
its mother, and many are the maneuvers that
must be gone through with to make the new
arrival follow the right party His next error
is likely to be an attempt to walk on air when
he comes to place where he should go down
hill. His ten minutes experience in life has
made him believe that all the earth is a level
plain, and in broad daylight he steps off the
top of hill just as serenely as a man steps
off the top landing of the stairs in total dark
ness when he is certain that the stairs are
yet twenty feet away. The result is a great
surprise in each instance. The lamb picks
soon comes to the conclusion that everything
is down hill in this life, and not on a dead
level. Upon getting to the foot of the hill he
still tries to continue downward, and, as a re-
suit, runs his nose into the ground and looks
surprised again.
He now comes to place to get up hill, and
goes up Just as he came down.
Our lamb is now getting very suspicious.
He was pushed over and growled at for fol
lowing the dog when he thought it was his
mother. He tumbled down hill when he saw
nothing unusual in the looks of the ground,
and up hill again under similar circumstances
In this frame of mind he comes to a shadow
cast by neighboring hill This is the most
appalling thing he has yet seen in life. He
stands in the bright sunshine; twelve inches
ahead of him all the world is black.
How shall he get over that terrible line?
It must be worse than going down hill or up
hill or running after dog that growls. It
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surely looks much more frightful than any of
these things.
His mother is in the shadow and coaxes him
to come along but he will not risk it; he
stands on the edge and bleats at the top of
his powers. The shepherd with his big foot
comes to the rescue, and our little lamb is
lifted from sunlight to shadow on the end of
a boot.
He trots along after his mother for a few
yards and meets a new difficulty. This time
It is from shadow to sunlight. 1t looks rough,
the situation seems to present no end of diff
He walks across the line with fear and
trembling, only to find it very simple and
easy, and concludes that things are not so
bad as they look. He has already begun to
find out that things which seem easy in life
lead often to disaster, and forbidding things
often present no real danger.
At this time he is about one hour old; for
whole hour he has been running his respi-
rative, circulative and locomotive powers as
an independent being, and has become quite
lamb.
just at that instant carriage drives rap
idly along the road His quick eye sees ii;
he thinks perhaps it is his mother and that
after it. 1t is wonderful what an hour has
done for him in the way of development. He
runs faster than the shepherd faster than
his mother, and is in imminent danger of get
ting Under the horses feet or the wheels of
the carriage.
It is here that the dog comes in play, if he
understands his business. He runs up along
side of the lamb, pushes it over with his nose
jumps upon it and holds it down upon the
ground with his nose until the shepherd
comes up.
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with interlocking teeth and a convex snouV,
separated from the forehead by deep tur-
row.
He is larger than the porpoise, averaging
nine feet in length, and he has the horizontal
tail so characteristic of all the whale tribe.
The tail drives him through the water with
tremendous power, and he Is the swl1test
mammal that swims.
He is almost the greediest; his teeth enable
him to seize his prey, but not to nip 1t, and
he swallows his food alive and whole. lie Is
the reputed foe of the flying fish, though the
distinction really belongs almost entirely to his
namesake.
What with the albatross of the air and the
dolphin of the sea the volitant pixies and
gurnards as they skim over the waves on
their enormous pectoral fins are rather hard
beset
Of the cetaceous dolphins there are many
the nearsoak of the Greenlanders-the big
gest of his family, fifteen feet in length, and
possessing hundred teeth. There is Peron's
dolphin, black and silvery white. There is
the leaden dolphin-the hunter of the clu-
peidae of the Malabar coast. There is the
'eye-browed" dolphin of the Cape of Good
Hope; and there is the dolphin Of the Cape
de Verdes, the marks of the bride at its jaws
that was harnessed to the clam-shells in which
rode those Greek sea-goddesses who went
along so fast that their drapery hoated against
the wind
There are also two curious fresh-water dol
phins-the sooloo of the Ganges and the inia
of the Amazon-which form the connecting
link between the herbaceous and carnivorous
cetacea. The ancient dolphin is rarely spoken
of as such except among men of science.
The modern dolphin, the one with the chang
ing tints, the swift swimmer that leaps af-
ter the flying fish and frolics in front of the
vessels bow until he is caught by the gilt
tering tin, is the dorado-a true fish of the
mackerel family.
1t was the Dutch who first gave him the
name by which he is popularly known. He is
in color bush-green, with orange and azure
reflections, pale blue and citron yellow be-
meath, with golden fins, tipped in the pee
torals with purple, in the ventrals with black.
He changes color when taken from the wa
ter, and the iridescent lines which play along
his elegant curves as he lies on the deck
have awakened the enthusiasm of many a
mariner.
The rainbow flashes of the dolphin of the
poets are as mythical as the musical pro-
clivities of the sacred fish of the bards of
Greece
The dolphin family has given us a creature
corn, which stands out so boldly from the
head of the upholders of the national arms of
England, is simply curious canine tooth of
the narwhal, or beaked whale, of the Arctic
seas.
There are few more extraordinary man.
mails than this same sea unicorn, Monodon
monoceros, the herald of the whale. Twenty
or thirty feet long from stern to snout, his
length is increased quite fathom by the
couple OF long, spirally-twisted tusks growing
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a LIT TLE L A ~ 3

The shepherd takes the lamb and stands it
upon its feet so that it can see its mother,
who has come up to within few PAGES. He
and let's it go. The old eve liclts off the face
of sadder and wiser lamb, let's him have an
other dose of liquid nourishment and to-
gether they get home
There is only one thing that is five hundred
lamb, and that is five hundred lambs together
when they are about month old.
A young lamb has no way of telling which
eve is its mother and the mother only knows
a few. weeks old, however, they know each
other by the sound of the voice.
In band of two thousand or three thou
sand ewes, a eve may call her lamb and the
flock. They win go as straight to each other,
right through the whole band, as they would
if they were the only two animals for mile
around.