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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1907-07-19
ECHO DE L'OUEST

&N%H&.GEs4=
son frAre, est.ce que tn ne le re-
+, connaftra1s pas, ton ami intimeP..
Mails franchement, r6pllqua lie
sergent, Ga me fait ASSET Get effet:
~lA!......
impossible! s'6crla Marie.
Jeanne, ct, Ia preuye, o'est que lie
lieutenant a dit, en- propres paro-
les, qu''au reste'' CO gentilhomme
! ct tot vous 6tiez "Pylate" eneem-
! -Voyons, fit alors Eustaohe, ex-
pliquons-nous, ma mere, je vous
en- prize, Car, fol de sergent aux
gardes-francaises, je ne comprenda
pas un tra1tre mot q ce que vous
me racontez depuis IN quart d'heu-
re.
Marie-Jeanne leva les mains vers
le ciel CONNIE pour attester que
son fills afn6 perdait la tete.
Puts ellie commence le r6cit de
la visite a laqueI!e nous avons fat
assister nos lecteurs, ct ellie traea
de La Bricole I'm portrait tellement
ressemblant quill 6tait impossible
de ne point conna1tre te PERSONA
ge, pour peu qu'on l'edt re%ncontr6
une seule fois dams sa vie.
Eth! demanda-t-elle en- ache
want, comprends-tu maintenant, ct
sails tn de qui que jje parle?
Tous les membres de Ia famille
attendaient imprisonment Ia re-
ponse d'Eustsche, qui await 6cout6
Marie Jeanne avec une profonde at
tention ct sans l'interrompre une
seule fols.
MATS cette r6ponse ne fut point,
ue prime abord, cel]e qu'on atten-
DAFT.
Ma mere, demanda Eustache,
Oh mettez-vous votre argent?
LA, r6pondit machlnalement
la poissarde, en- d6signant du ges-
to une DIES grandes armoires appu-
y6es contre la muraille, ct don't
nous aYons d6jA parl6. Mails quel-
rapport
lie plus grand rapport, ma me-
re, comptez vos 6cus, il doit vous
en- manquer- quelques.uns....
All! bon Dieu! s'6crla Marie
Jeanne On SO pr6cip.tant vers Par
moir, ali! bon Dieu, ct pourquci
-Parce que Get homme, qui
s'est pr6tendu mon ami intime, je
ne le connais pas, ct, Far cons6-
auent, c'est un: voleur!....
Marie. Jeanne, 6pouvant6e, ou-
writ l'armoire, ct compta son ar
gent. !
II ne lui manquait pas IN sou.
-Tu vols, dit ellie on ma rien
touch6....
-C'est quill .venait settlement
reconna1tre les lieux, r6pliqua Eus-
ct quill fera son coup quel-|
lu'autre jour. Veillez done bien, ]e
Vous le conse]lle.. 80.
LIE reste de la soir6e SO passa q
batir une foule des conjectures sur
qui nous occupe. Mas
l'id6e ne Went a personne que Ma
nette 6tait le tr6sor auquel en- YOU
lait La Bri3ole.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1907-07-19

cher de concevoir de ce v1siteu1
inattendu, Marie-Jeanne quitta SO
place ct demanda poliment:
GUY a-t.il pour votre service
monsleur?....
-J'ai tout lieu de croire, r6pli.
que La Brlcole, apr6s une seconde
at meme une trolsi4me salutation,
que je me trouve or ce moment
dams le sein de l'honarable famil-
lie Lollier?....
-Vous y etres.
EFT c'est q l'estimable madame
Lollier que J'ai sans doute l'hon-
neur de parler? reprit La Brioole.
{ "A elle-m6 ne.
-Marchande de mar6e en- gros?
CONNIE vons dites.
Eft mere du sergent Lollier,
lie plus bel homme ct le meilleur
sujet des gardez-frepeaises?
Get 6loge d'Eustache dispose
Marie Jeanne q envisager plus IA
vorablement lie visiteur.
-Oui, monsieur, ft.elle, lie SER
gent Lollier est mon ills, mais, en-.
core une fois, guy a-t-il pour vo-
tire service?
La Bricole, tout en- parlant ct
tout en- 6coutant les r6ponses de
Marie Jeanne, promenait autour
de la table CO regard partlculler
aux espions; il await reconnu. on
plutot deyin6 Nanette a ga radieu..
80 beaut6.
-Est CO bien pressant, CO mes
sage?
-Oui, madame.
Dams GO Gas, vous n'avez pas
de chance.
-Pourquoi donc? !
-Parce que, 81 vous 6tiez arrive
cling minutes plus tot, vous auriez
rencontr6 Eustache ici....
-Et, maintenant?
-Malntenant il vous faudra lul
courir apres pour. le rattraper?
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1907-07-19

Nous enverrons grstuitement q
tout nouvel abonn6 qui en- fera la
demande les num6ros d6ja parus
de &c feuilleton.
(Suite)
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1907-07-19
UN AMI

~ ~
La Brloole fit IN geste destin6
exprimer lie disappointment.
All! bah! dit-il au bout dune
instant, le sergent est parti! eh!
b1en! tantpis, je tui courrai apres.
les jambes sont bonnes!....
Settlement, reprit Marie Jean.
ne, je vous conseilte de vous dope.
cher, tout d'meme, car Eustache
marche comm Q un CERT. .apres Ga
pent-etre bien quill SO sera arrete
quequ'zinstants q 10 porte de Ro-
settle.
-Rosette? demanda La Bricole
avec I'm accent interrogation.
-Oui, sa future, Eustache sc
marie dams huit jours....
ITEMS! items! tiens!.... mes
compliments. .Ah! lie gaillard!
80. il ne men await rien dlt....
c'est mal!....
-Est.ce que vous etes de SEES
amis?
DE ses amis!....si j'en suis?
....mals je le crois bien, madame
Lollier, ct DIES plus intimes enco-
re!....il ne peut guAre SO passer
de moi....l lie lieutenant, quand il
est de bonnie humeur, nous appelle
Oreste ct Pylade.
Pour Tors, il vous invitera q sa
noce.
All! pardieu, ]'y compile b1en!
....s'il ne lie faisalt, pas, Je ne lui
pardonnerais de ma well. fol de
gentiihomme!...
Et, ce..disant, La Bricole retrous-
sa v1ctorieusement ga moustache.
-Gentilhomme!. o.. .s'6cria Ma
rie.Jeanne 6blouie, vous etes gen.
tilhomme?....
-Ohevalier, madame, Lollier,
pour vous servlr
CONNIE Eustache a de bellies
connaissances!. ..pensa la foissar-
de enthousiasm6e.
La Brico]e reprit:
Eft, cette noce, quand la ferons.
nors?......
-D'aujourd'hui en- hut, au
Moulin de -Javelle,
-Parfait!. -. vingt fois par jour
CO cher Eustache me parle de 50
sour Nanette la plus jolle file de
Paris, j'espere bien avoir l'honneur
d'6tre son cavalier pour plus dun
rigodon....
Responds done, Nanette, re-
ponds-donc q M. le chevalier... 49,.
dit vivement Marie Jeanne en- pous-
SAINT le coude de sa file.
Nanette ne r6pondit pas ct reu.
git jusqu'au blanc DIES yeux.
-Ahl fit la poissarde, ces jeu-
nesses, c'est timide ct Ga s'embar-
rasse dun nen.. .mais ellie. est
bien reconnaissance de l'honneur
que vous lui faltes, zen responds.
-Maintenant. chere madame
Lollier, poursuivit La Bricole, in
diquez-moi, je vous en- prize, le che
min qua tenu Eustache; ]e suis
charge pour lui, ]e vous 10 r6p6te
dun message important, il est es-
sentiel que je lie rattrape....
Eth bien! en- sortant d'ici, tour
nez q gauche ct ensuite prenez q
droite dams Ia rue St-Denis...
vous rencontrerez Eustache dams
la rue, pour sur, car IL retournait q
la caserne apr6s avolr reconduit
Rosette. 49,.
-J'y vole. .agr6ez, je vous en-
prize, madame, ainsi que toute votre
honorable famille, passurance de
mon profond respect.
La Bricole salua de rechef, aus
81 has quill Iavait fait en- %arrivant,
puts il pivota sur ses talons. II ou-
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NN' -ESSM -
BEWARE OF sTIMuLANTs.
They Prove a Dangerous and oeeep'
tive Beverage for Human System.

Why should any man endowed with
sense give way 10 the craving for al
coholic stimulants?
Nutritious food. exercise and sleep
are the best stlmulants: you do not
need any others. Half an hours hard
work every day with dumb-beils or
Indian clubs or punching bag will
put you In a physical and mental con
dition in which you can in the long
run outstrip any man I'm the world
that lives on sumulants.
Sumulants are broken-kneed
horse: they are likely TO throw you AT
any time.
You can set Il down as an absolute
fact that there Is no amount OF extra
work ,ha. you may be called upon TO
DO and no extra strain You may have
10 undergo that you cannot endure "A
great deal better without stimulants
than with them.
For every degree OF extra energy
produced by alcoholic stImulants, de-
clares tho New York Weekly, there
are ten degrees OF lassitude when tho
reaction comes.
Besides. Il Is perfectly well known
that all stlmulants lose In time their
oxhilarating effect. Larger and larger
doses are required. until the sodden
brain refuses any longer 20 reuIr-
and the man becomes mere battv -.
depressed wreck
The wise man has no use for these
things: drinks harmless beverages.
eats his wellcooked food. SLEEPS With
his window open. exercises every day.
and leaves all the stimulant users so
far behind in the race that. looking
back. he oanno, even sec the poor IL
tie dust they kick up.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-10-03
None Such Now.

"Piorpont Morgan's superb collcc.
lions IN his London town house" said
New York decorator. were opened
20 n few OF Us during our summer con
yentlon at the South Kenslngton Mu-
scum
Among Mr.. Morgan's treasures
there was an old book that liked for
It's Quaintness. This book which was
splendldly bound. was 1lopsoun's Con.
oordance OF Years. II was a chronol.
ogy OF remarkable events aud copied
a few OF these events down. We have
none such now. Listen"
The decorator then read:
lilG. The moon seemed turned into
bloode.
1928. Men wore hare Ike women.
1888. -Four sunnes appeared. beside
a true sunne. Of a red colouro
1881. Fiends were seen speake unto
men as they travelled
ii0l. A red birdie with a girls head
seen thrice In London.
1877. a blazing star on Palm sun
day near the sun.
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He Wa. Interested.

1T was so nice Of you to see me
home" she said. Il hope the trip has
not been very tiresome to you"
"Oh, no, not at all. not at ALL" he
replied. I'm fact, it has been rather
interesting"
''You cannot know how glad you
have made me. Do you really mean It..
Mr.. worthwads? shall be delighted
to have you call at any time. Can't
you come over tomorrow EVENING"
felt the first time ever saw you that
we we're destined TO become"
Excuse me. Miss Oldun. I am afraid
you didn't quite understand. ! have
found the trip interesting because
supposed we had the most foolish ad-
vertisements In the trolley cars out
our way. | find that the ones in these
cars are even more funny-especially
the rhymed ones which the advertis
ers have composed themselves"
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SEEK TREASURE OF LAFITTE.
lite Hiding Place Has Been Pointed
Out In Dreams OF Ghosts.

Since the French privateer and
smuggler Jean LATTE, sailed the high
seas and brought his treasures TO the
gulf coast and buried them now and
then il happens that some sensation
arises as to their immediate where
abouts, says the Houston Post.
Thirty-four years ago the pirate OF
the gulf, as LATTE was called, appear
ed in a dream to DR.. Beazly. and,
rather roughly taking him by the col
lar. told him TO come with him and
he would show him where there were
gold and silver and diamonds buried.
The doctor in his dream followed his
midnight visitor and he directed him
to a certain place in the cottage. which
was then the Beazly home and occu-
pied by the family. and designated
the spot under which lies the much
talked-of wealth OF the privateer.
The doctor. having the same dream
repeated twice In the same night. be
came wide awake after Lafitte's third
visit and much interested. the result
being that he did. and perhaps. too,
very shortly afterward. begin digging
under the house in pursuit Of the
treasure.
After getting 10 the depth OF four
OF five feet he found nothing OF any
moment except very unusual stone
in this part OF the world, where moth
Ing OF its kind was ever seen here.
Had he kept on possibly the treas.
ure might have been found and the
restless spirit OF LATTE. wherever Il
may be. might have been released
from this burden Of secrecy. a burden
from which. seemingly. he wished 10
be relieved. as another visit has been
made In the same house, and this time
In dream LATTE appears In the pres.
ence OF a lady, urging her 10 get the
lost Jewels, gold and silver.
After all these years DR.. Beazly has
at last consented 10 have some one
else who believes IN the undertaking
join him 20 fnd the treasures. and
they have made arrangements salts
factory 10 all parties concerned and
now. in a short time. Mr.. Mckay. a
banker az la Porte. being the associ-
ate mentioned. Will begin operations
TO find the treasures slowed deep
down under the old house.
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lake-st the solitary little beacon
light that had comforted me only Q
moment ago.
gave up my seat at once, Of
course. walked slowly TO the end
of the terrace. and took a less desir.
able place.
refused TO allow myself to be inter.
ested in these people. And yet | was
strangely interested in them. Il was
as II were waiting. When my elbow
was again touched. I felt no surprise.
IL was the waiter who had spoken to
me a moment before
"Pardon-the ladies who took your
seat"
The younger Of the two women had
risen. She stood az the table. leaning
forward slightly. her expression al
once startled and eager To my aston.
ishment she was smiling at me radl.
antly. a smile Of charming surprise
and welcome. But as | stared at her
stupidity. the smile was succeeded by
an expression OF dismay. She ad-
dressed the elder woman in an agi-
tated whisper
Wonder held me spellbound as well
as they. turned vaguely 90 ths
waiter. lie had already left my side.
summoned imperlously. no doubt. by
the ladies who had certainly mistaken
me for another.
had half risen. Now I seated my
self again. and every nerve tingled
with excitement. The adventure was
not yet ended: ! was sure OF IL. And
welcomed the diversion. even though
pain and humiliation were 20 be its
price. had come 10 Lucerne on a
momentary impulse. so I thought
What II fate had guided that impulse?
For the third time the waiter spoke
to me. looked up at him calmly;
had known he would come.
The ladies wish TO speak 10 mon.
sleur. n monsieur is at liberty"
The summons had come, as I knew
that IL would. drew IN a deep
breath. My heart was beating fast.
though outwardly | was calm enough.
turned: | advanced toward them.
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world the story Of my disgrace: and
one OF those cursed kodaks adorned
the FIRST page. II was only a question
OF hours before l should be known. |
walked out on the terrace for coffee,
profoundly discouraged.
The terrace. screened by bay-trees
and cedars from the broad road that
ran along the lake, swarmed with the
people who came to Switzerland, not
to see but to be seen. They were
chattering in every tongue in Europe.
stood In full view OF everyone until
a waiter bcckoned to me; for there
were few tables unoccupied.
From the railway station TO the
Hotel Rationale the quay was ablaze
with the flare OF multicolored lights.
Placed in screeplike receptacles az In
tervals against the facades of the great
hotels. the White monotony Of outline
was transformed into a fairy fabric of
blue and green and red. The black
masses of the people at the windows
and balconies. eager to see the process
sion of the lake. we're thrown into
garish relief. Beneath the double rows
of chestnut trees flowed a boisterous
stream of Swiss peasants, arm In arm.
shouting and singing as they marched.
and a more sedate crowd of townsfolk
and curious tourists.
The lake was a conventional scene
OF gaudy brilllancy. A procession OF
floats was passing as | took my seat,
each float distinctive Of some incident
OF Swiss life or of Swiss history and
glory.
/ looked out on this stereotyped
scene of gayety with a resolute show
Of interest. was determined not to
let the incident of the photograph rum
my digestion, as the little innkeeper
had said. Perhaps IL was my morbid
fancy. but already | though people
were regarding me curiously. And
then | was sure l heard my name
spoken by a woman. refused to look
around / smoked my cigar deliberate
ly, looking out toward the lake.
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loafng about at the corners, nudged
each other and INDUCED in brutal
jests at my expense. In their stupid.
II honest. eyes l had committed the
objectionable sin. had failed a fell
low-climber at a moment OF peril.
They delighted to buttonhole the tour
ists-to make me still more notorious
by reciting to them the story Of my
disgrace. was completely ostracized.
No one took the trouble of asking q
the blame were wholly my own. l was
labeled the coward. That was the end
of Il.
But when l had lived through the
interminable seven days. each marked
with an insult, l packed my things.
vaguely hopeful after all. was going
home. was going to America, and
America is long distance from
Grindelwald. II was unlikely, l tried
to persuade myself. that the story and
the kodaks would follow me there. But
If so, at least my fellow-townsmen
would give me the benefit OF the doubt
For once there had been a fire and a
panic in the theater, and had been
lucky enough to help a little. So. II
the story reached them. they would
listen before they condemned.
When my luggage was placed on the
roof Of the omnibus. and was already
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seated inside. the proprietor OF the
hotel. who had hitherto held himself
discreetly aloof, deigned to wish me
good-by.
"Adieu, Mr.. Haddon. II will not give
you pleasure to remember my hotel,
am afraid" he said with a mournful
difidence.
THAT would be too much to expect"
I answered. cynically amused at his
embarrassment
He hesitated a moment, one foot on
the steps of the omnibus.
"Mr. Haddon. may say that have
sympathy for you? Do not let the lit
tie accidents spoil your life. None OF
us are always brave. And certainly
there is a courage OF the spirit as well
as of the body. The world condemns
hastily, but II will doubt it's verdict IL
you refuse to accept 1t. And you go
now?"
ITO America" I replied grimly.
where al present there is no verdict"
But not at oncer"
"Why not?" | asked in surprise.
ct IL your affair of course, mon
sieur, but at least"-he was seeking a
pretentious expression Of sympathy,
but he ended lamely-"but at least do
not let this simple affair spoil your
digestion"
Perhaps | shall linger a day or
two at Lucerne," said good-naturedly.
"Ah, yes" he nodded in approval,
monsieur will retreat slowly"
And so came to Lucerne instead Of
sailing immed ately TO America as /
had intended. II was not exactly
bravado that sent me there to meet
the scorn and sne srs Of those who may
have heard of m! disgrace. 1t was the
sympathy of the little innkeepsr.
When l arrived, Lucerne was en-
fete. The Schweizerhof was crowded.
But in the restaurant | was not recog-
nized. | began TO hope that l might
not be. In the writing-room. however.
London weekly advertised TO the
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Suddenly from the Rigi mountain
far OF on the left, a dot OF light
pierced the black gloom. Another and
another qufvered. until there was a
double row of them burning some dis
lance down the mountainside. Then
on the right, on austere giant Pilatus,
its shaggy head crowned with stars,
other lights blazed. And then. very
far of, up in the silence OF the SHOWS,
one solitary beacon light shone like a
star, steadily and alone. This little
light comforted me, though IT glowed
from the very region of the tragedy.
liked to think it an emblem Of hope.
Out of the gloom and despair it burned
steadily. 1t gave me sort of courage.
My elbow was logged. and not with
Difference.
Pardon, but this seat is reserved"
It was a waiter who spoke. and he
was insolent. But / answered quietly:
II was given this place by another
waiter. There was no placard on the
table nor we're the chairs turned up.
Why do you say 1t is reservoir"
AS / asked this question glanced
over my shovlder to see for whom the
man was demanding my place.
On the steps leading to the terraces
from the dining-room stood two ladies'.
One Of them was a handsome, distin-
guished woman well passed middle
age. and saying that of her. one has
said everything.
OF the other, one might say every
thing. and yet feel that one had said
nothing. II was not the air Of proud
distinction that arrested my gaze, for
she shared that quality with the
other. II was not that she was mere
ly young and beautiful. Other women
are young and beautiful. II was rather
THAI there breathed from the quiet
presence of this woman a noble seren-
ity and calm that is as adorable as II
is rare. The assured, direct look c.
her eyes was truth itself. She had
not seen me. She looked beyond the
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From PcshI,,orIe pax,.

The burial place OF an adult prob.
ably OF the Stone Age. was excayated
In the Island OF Three. one OF the lie.
brides. The body had been placed in
the smallest possible compass on its
right side, with knees drawn up TO
the chin. but rather breast downwards
The relics around and upon the skele-
ton are in harmony with the theory.
deducible from the position in which
the body had been placed. that the
burial belongs 10 a very early period.
The condition OF the bones and the
relics is so good that they could be
readily set up in a museum In the
original position. Discoveries have
also been made recently in the Island
OF Coll. An important find was that
OF a set OF 30 small. inely-made fifnt
implements. probably OF the Bronze
age. The objects include one OF the
most beautifully-made flint arrow
points. of a type more common In Ire
land than Scotland.
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s.snooraphers' Secrets.

stenographers will be interested in
a recent decision In New York by
which It was decided that a stenog-
rapher may not be en1oined from tell
ing what she knows about her employ
er's business. A young lady in brok-
er's ONCE was summoned to tell what
she knew about II by rival broker.
Her employer sued for an injunction,
but the justice denied the injunction.
Very few girls would willingly betray
any confidence. however. unless com
PEELED to do SO.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-10-03
UNIQUE Gas. Of rotaI Ab.,aInst,.

A recent issue Of the New York
Craftsman contains an interesting ac-
count OF a unique class Of total alb
stainers existing In Arizona, called the
Hopi Community OF Chff.dwellers.
These strange aborigines we're discov.
cred by white men four centuries ago.
and have only recently been rediscov.
cred. The Hopis are tribe OF In
dlans. and are "A people without jails.
hospitals, asylums. or policemen. and
crime is almost an unknown thing
among them" The feasts which end
their religious celebrations are never
marred by drunkenness. SO far as Mr..
Monsen, the writer. Is aware the Hopis
are the only aboriginal race which
has never invented an intoxic &
drink. and TO this day all the better
Hopi element refuse che white mans
whisky because It takes away their
brains"
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Bar to Drunken Persons.

The Pennsylvania railroad lines
have recently adopted rule not to
sell tickets TO drunken persons. Muir
ders have resulted on several trains
from their presence. and in some
cases companies have been assessed
heavy damages for assaults commit
ted by drunkards in passenger cars.
For this reason the Pennsylvania sys-
tenn has barred them out OF her trains.
II is understood that the Big Four.
the Lake Erie a Western, and prob
ably the New York Central lines are
considering the adoption Of the same
rule. II the new edlct goes forth. no
one who is not sober will be allowed
upon a passenger train. Conductors
will receive instructions TO eject at
first stop all who indulge in intoxicat-
ing liquors on the trains.