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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-02-19
VII

-Baissez votre arme, je vous
prize, monsieur, dit le ricomte, q
qui le danger imm6diat sembla
rendre tout son sang froid; je vais
retlrer ma main vide ct fermer ma
pelisse.
-Veuillez faire d'abord CONNIE
vous dites, monsieur, r6pondit
Georges tres poliment, que je vote
votre main vide, ct je me ferai un
plaislr de d6sarmer mon revolver.
Henri de Villiers retira sa main
vide Ut boutonna So pelisse, Geor-
ges desarma aussit0t son p%istolet.
"A la bonne heure, monsieur
lie vicomte! dit.il. Notez que je ne
crois pas que vous eussiez fat usa-
re de votre arme. Vous avez abso-
lument besoin de moi, ct vous le
savez b1en....
En- quot allie ST grand besoin
de yous? demanda M. de Vill1ers,
qui respira plus librement, car a
la vue du revolver de Georges, IL
dee lu1 6tait revenue quill Sc trou-
Wait peut-etre en- face de Rosen lui-
meme.
-Vous avez besoin &c moi, re-.
pllqua Leslie, uniquement parce
que, 81 je refuse de r6pondre a
deux GU trolls questions que vous
allez me faire, vous etes un homme
mort.
En- y6rit6, monsieur Leslie?
ii y a plus: supposez pour un
instant que vous m'eussiez brittle
la cervelle tout a l'heure, vous
etiez perdu sans resource.
Me ferez,vous la grace de me
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-02-19

Les COuteaux dor
Par PAUL FEVAL
Par PAUL FEVAL

CONNIE un yrai montagnard, ct lie
vicomte 6tait otlige de iaire effort
pour le suivre,
LIE vicomte SO disait:
-Rosen n'irait pas alnsi devant
moi. .Rosen aurait senti mes
pistolets sous ma pelisse. ...C elui-
Ia SO livre de la sorte, parce quill
salt que So vie ma aucun prix pour
moi.
-Tournez 3 droite! ordonna-t-il
quand Georges cut atteint lie point
culminant de Montmartre.
Georges s'arreta ct l'attendlt.
lis passerent ensemble derrlere lie
t%6l6graphe, 81 franchirent la bar
rlere perc6e de breches nombreu-
ses, qul separe la rue de la Fonte-
nellie.
II nest pas un Parisien qui ne
connaisse cette butte aride ct mon
trant partout lie sable avec la glal-
SO par les profondes d6chirures de
son flame. Tous les cinquiemes eta
ges exposes au nord l'apefeolvent.
C'est avec les moulins q vent de
r'ouest ct lie t%el6graphe, la physio-
monte de Montmartre, ct Mont
martre est lui-meme par So. posi-
ton dominate, la physionomie de
Paris.
Ce tertre va sans cesse Sc trans
formant ct dlminuant. Chaque an
nee, quelque eboulement change
Ie profit de ses 6chancrures. Les
bourgeois de Montmartre sont un
peu dams la position DIES citadins
de Pompei, la veille du jour Oh
cette Vile curieuse ct tres el6gan-
te, ALA re]olndre Herculanum So
tante, a vlngt.cinq pieds sous ter.
re.
Settlement il ny a point de VOL
can sous Montmartre.
La chute SO fera tout doucement
ct n'aura d'autre r6sultat que do
changer la carte de notre banlieue.
Les maisons du versant nord de
Montmartre sont 6videmment des-
tin6es q orner un jour la plane st
Denis, pendant que le versant sud,
prensnt d'assaut le muir d'enceln-
to ct bravant les seventies de Toc-
trol, SO fera lie paroisslen de Notre-
Dame de Lcrrette.
LIE vicomte Henri ct Georges SO
prirent d marcher dams la neige
VERGE ct haute qul couvrait les
buttes.
lis ne s'arret6rent qu'au bord de
la premiere falaise a deux cents
pieds du t6l6graphe.
lie ciel 6tait 81 clair, la terre 81
eclatante, qu'iIs yoyaient autour
d'eux tout le detail du paysage.
Paris etait sous leurs pieds, enve-
loppe dune masse de bruno que
la lumiere du gaz 6clalrait en- de-
dams ct faisait rougeatre.
Sous Get immense voile, Paris
invisible 6talt muet.
LIE vlcomte Henri sc d6couvrit
pour essuyer les gouttes de sueur
que lie vent du nord-est glaea1t q
son front.
LIE soufae dc Georges etait auss1
egal, aussi facile qu'au has de la
mont6e.
On est bien lei, dit-i].
Tres bien, r6pliqua le vicomte
ct giissant sa main droite sous le
revers de SO pelisse.
EFT dependant, %poursuivit
Georges Leslie de sasvoix calme ct
moqueuse, voici trop de maisons
derri6re nous....On peut causer !
sans doute en- securite, mails a con-
dition que nos pistolets ne 80 me-
lent point B %l'entretien,
-Vous en- avez deux sous votre
pellsse, monsieur le vicomte, ripos-
ia Georges; MOI, je men al qu'un,
mails il en- vaut quatre.
Ce distant, Georges 6carta brus.
quement son manteau, ct parut ar
me dun revolver AMERICAN q qua.
tire coups, don't les canons so diri-
geaient presque a bout portant
vers la potrine de son compaguon
de route.
VII
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-02-19

Mon Dieu, monsieur, fit Ia vi
comte avec une intention dedai-
gneuse, je men al pas pens6 81
long que celia!
81 fat, repliqua Georges ,vous
en- avez meme pense beaucoup plus
long, je mai pas fni. Vous vous
etes dit: Avec IN homme pareil, ii
ny a pas a marchander: je vais lui
proposer de me v5ndre son mai
tre".
"a continuer)
Lisez les annonces de l;EcBo
DE L'OUEsT. Vous y trouvere7 dr
profit,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
HE FLOATS TO FREEDOM
ON A THREE-QUART TIDE
Human Tank Says, LAY Tank Ay 6ane
Full" and When Freed He
Adds, thanks"

Auobs AIMS
NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-Contrary to
the usual custom, Karl Peterson, OF
No. III Seventh-st, Long Island City,
owes his present liberty 10 his capac-
ity for liquor. IL took several police
men To get him To the police station.
but when he appeared Yesterday IN
the Long Island City court he was
trim Of figure. bright OF eye and clear
of speech. 90.
/"Ay bane leetle bit full las night
he yentured; but ay bane feel bully
dis har mornin. Ay no mean to gat
full"
How much did you drink" asked
Magistrate smith with severity.
LAY tank ay drink three quarts
whiskey. Ay no keep count after ay
begin fourth bottle"
Three quarts OF whiskey." gasped
the magistrate. And you come here
looking like a winner. Three quarts
OF whiskey. Get out OF here. and new
err show up in this court again"
As Peterson. eyed with envy. was
leaving the courtroom he nodded TO
the magistrate and said something
about Tanks" A policeman retorted:
Tanks? You're IT,"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
COOK LAST SEEN HEADING
FOR TOWN IN BELGIUM
Discredited Explorer Passed Through
Paris, According 10 a Generally
Accepted Report

PARIS. Dec. 2l-Dr. Frederick \.
Cook. the discredited explorer passed
through Paris today enroute 10 Os-
tend. Belgium. according 20 a general
ly accepted report.
II Is said that Cook. accompanied
by his wife and a youth OF is years.
came To Paris from Nice. TO which
city he fed from Marseilles. after his
identity in the latter city became
known A dispatch from Marseillcs
says that Cook registered at the Re
gina hotel in that city under the name
OF Richardson. giving Naples as his
address According TO the hotel OF
flcials. Cooks intention was TO remain
hidden in Marseilles. but his identity
was disclosed by several American
guests and he hastily departed for
Nice. He is said To have reached Nice
on Tuesday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
CONFLICT is WHETHER SON
OR FATHER IS BRIDEGROOM
Mystery in 8usse Family Concerning
Who Really Got Married Sc
cretly IN la Porte, Ind.

CHICAGO Dec 2l-Falher aud
son. both claiming 20 have been the
Frederick w. Busse who stole off TO
La Porte. Ind. bee. =. and was mar
ried to Miss Jennie a. Rose, daughter
of William =. Rose. 1913 North Hum
boldt-st. publisher. have conjured up a
family mystery concerning who really
did get married
From La Porte came dispatch say
ing that a marriage license was issued
10 Frederick w. Busse. 80 years old.
manufacturer clerk and son OF Fred
eIick Busse OF Matteson, H.. retired
coal dealer and first cousin Of Mayor
70 state that Mr.. Busse was divorced
in Chicago Dec. :.
Frederick w Busse. Jr. 1929 Far
well-ave., denied being the mau in the
case.
1T Is my father" he said He lives
ar Matteson and is retired coal dear
or He is IS and not 3S years old.
The name Of the young woman Miss
Jennie T. Rose. is right She is the
daughter Of William y. Rose. / do not
know anything about the divorce men
toned, hut | do know that ! am not
the man.
The dispatch states that Mr.. and
Mrs. Bnsse left La Porte FOR New
York Immediately after the wedding.
In the directory the name and occu.
patton given by the r. W. Busse who
took ont the license correspond TO
those credited 10 Mr. Busse. Jr
The marriage at La Porte was SO.
crct. MAYOR Lemuel Darrow perform
cd the ceremony and induced the clerk
10 suppress the marriage license
which was accidentally discovered.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
STOKES CALENDAR.
Music in Painting.

Attempts 10 reproduce the effects OF
one art in the medium or another
have rarely been successful, but in
Mr.. George Alfred Williams paintings
for WAGNER'S STAN AND
ISOLDE. recently published by Stokes
the peculiar natuIe OF the task and the
inspiration with which it was carried
out seem TO have overcome the dim
cultieS Opera is largely pictorial, and
even the music itself was made TO
suggest color. attitude and distance.
Wagner's musical symbols also are
capable OF excellent Interpretation in
painting In speaking Of his work.
Mr.. Williams said: 1t is my idea 70
embody the general color scheme OF
the opera a regards the music and
the symbols 4 good example Is the
fourth picture. This shows the
invocation 20 Night. which affords
the lovers complete protection from
the light OF the world and also. "a IN
the opera, symbolizes approaching
death. The first rays Of morning fall
upon Brangaena. who il warning the
lovers OF It's approach.
The first picture represents the
theme Glory to Tristan" being sung
D. SdllOIS Do iig bdiiFNo 'A''l ~ -
harbor in the high Cornish cliffs. seer
against the beginning of a glorious
sunset Here we feel the distant APP
proach Of night. which furthers the
love OF Tristan and isolde. In the
second picture Isolde. standing by the
magic casket. is about 10 drink the
love potion. which Brangoena IS just
substituting for the death potion.
Darkness has fallen. In the third pic
ture Tristan and Isolde clasp each
other. while day. over the angry sea,
makes n las. feeble attempt against
appraachinN night. In the fifth paint
ing the high and strident theme or
solitude is symbolized in the gloomy
sea and sky. while Tristan. uncon-
scious. awaits death Night is again
approaching At last death claims the
lovers, and their spirit appearance in
the air over the castle expresses the
theme OF Joy and cOmpanionship m
death-the contamination OF their
love.
IF. 4. Stokes G CO.. New York.
Sheehans and Macaulev's. Detroit0
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
MAN is NOT HUMAN HOT
WATER BOTTLE, COURT RULES
Husband Has Right 20 Kick n His
Wife Plants Her Cold Feet in
Middle Of His Back.

CHICAGO. Dec 23.--Man is not a
human hot water bottle. This has
been officially decided by the munich
PAL court OF Chicago which has ruled
that a husband has a right 70 Kick
IL his wife places her cold clammy
feet in The middle OF his back to keep
them warm
She cant warm her feet ON M
back Paul Celia told Municipal Judge
Grove i'm answer 10 his wifes charges
of assault.
Your honor. he did everything ne
could 10 DC mean and tore up the pill
lows Mrs Celia testified Il guess
had a right 10 put my feet on his
back II wanted to. Hes my hus-
band
The honorable court ruled that he
was her husband all right. but he was
not a warming pan and dismissed the
defendant.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
HE DID THE WASHING, BUT
WIFE NAGGED. HE SAYS
She Gave Him a Nickel Week For
Dissipation and Objected When
He Smoked.

CLEVELAND, O.. Dec. I'll gave
her all my money except cents
which spent for glass OF beer each
Saturday night on my way home.
Edw. Kesselen told Judge ViCkery in
his alimony hearing.
Did you get any back" Judge
Vickery asked.
Il was very lucky if got enough
from her 10 buy stogies. Kesselen
answered.
Yes. but don't forget to tell the
Judge how | paid your first wifes fun
eral expenses Mrs. kesselen. who
brought the suit. put in.
Judge. did the washing" Kesselen
said. Still she seemed discontinued.
Then. 10 jolly her into good humor.
| swept and busted the house each
week and often helped her with the
meals.
In spite OF all this she ragged.
She would fly into a rage il stood
on the back platform and smoked
while she rode inside a street car.
She said I wanted 10 firt.
Eyes. and | wouldn't put IL past
YOU" said Mrs. Kesselen.
She wouldn't even let me go 10
lodge" said Kesselen.
II had my own reasons" the wife
retorted.
vickery asked Kesselen how much
money he needed for his personal ex-
penses. Kesselen had an itemized
list: % cents for car fare. 80 cents for
tobacco and 81 for clothes. out OF
total Of sS.25 each week.
Vickery ordered him TO pay his wife
SO a week.
cts worth IL. Judge kesselen said.
ito get 10 smoke and enjoy my lodge
meetings In peace.
"Humph," Mrs. Kesselen said with
a toss OF her head.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24

Mrs. Chas. Netcher. merchant Of
Chicago. is Americas most highly in.
sured woman. Her policies amount 10
exactly 81 600. 000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
Weekend Excursions to Buffalo Via
Michigan Central.

$3.50 for the round trip; tickets
good on trains leaving each Saturday
during the month December at 10:45
D. m. and 1853 .. m: good return
In leaving Buffalo at 500 p. m, and
1850 p. m. Sundays.
For full particulars consult Agent
at Union Ticket Once. opera House
Block or Depot. foot OF Third St
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
ENDS HIS LIFE AT "a.
Homeless and Without Money, Jacob
Kleess Could Not Face Christmas.

NEW YORK. Dec. 24-Without a
home. without money, and without
work. Jacob Kleess. "a years old, com
mitted suicide In the apartment Of his
nephew, Frederick kleess, at No. 40
Fifth-ave., Brooklyn, where 1t had
been his custom to 60 for his meals
during the last nine years.
when his 5-year-old grandniece, LII
Ian returned from school at ) 30
o'clock the place seemed empty and
smelled strongly OF gas. She pushed
the bathroom door altar, and saw the
old man lying in the tub, his head pill
lowed on a clothes basket. and a rub
Der tube running from his mouth to
the jet
When the frightened child sum
moned the neighbors. and they In turn
called in the police. II was found that
Kleess had been dead for several
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
Bryan Too ~ To Speak.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Dec. "a
William j. Bryan. who has been In
this city several days as the guest OF
his cousin. Ex-Governor WillAm s
was too III last night to de
liver his scheduled address al the
Duval theater for the benefit OF a local
hospital Bryan is suffering from a
severe cold and is threatened with
pneumonia.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
PAYS Penalty on Gallows-

TORONTO. Ont, Dec. 24.-Paval
Steffor was hanged yesterday for muir
dering a fellow Macedonian named
Simoff, for the latter's money last
spring. Just before the execution the
murderer confessed his crime and also
declared that he murdered an Eng
lishman in Bedford. near Terre Haute,
Ind, where Macedonians succeeded in
keeping him In hiding
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
Fugitive Dies Far From Home.

LONDON. Dec 24.-The body OF r.
r. kackley. OF indianapolis. who died
yesterday in the Savoy hotel. is being
prepared for shipment to his old home.
kackley fled from indianapolis two
years ago after indictments had been
returned against him for an alleged
attempt 10 bride the Marion county
commissioners in the purchase OF
courthouse boilers Kackley was the
manager OF the Atlas Engine Works.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24

hours. His nephew said that Of late
the old man hsd been respondent, his
spirits dropping as the holiday season
drew near. Only yesterday be had
spoken OF brighter Christmases In
other years, and OF the presents which
&c could not buy this time
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-24
BABY is HEIR TO $4,000, 900.
John r. Mclean and Thomas =. Walsh
Are Grandfathers OF Child Born
in Washinqton.

WASHINGTON. d. C., Dec %
John r. Mclean and Thomas F.
Walsh. multi-millionaires were made
erandfathers by the birth OF a son
70 Mr. and Mrs Edward Beale Nc
Lean. the latter formerly Miss Evelyn
Walsh The parents OF the baby are
the only children Of the multimillion-
aires. and the little newcomer thus is
heir 10 the combined Mclean and
Walsh fortunes The wealth OF Nc
Lean is estimated at $4,000, 900 and
Of Walsh at $4,000. 900.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24

the picture of the southern officer caught his eye War
passions still high-though another excuse was
given for Renos conduct He was officer OF the day. and
wore his side He drew his saber in front of
Johnstons picture. "A traitor has place on these
walls" he said. There fright cut" from prac-
tced hand and the encrcling frame and the picture OF
the confederate general were cut In twain.
1t was Reno who with Clusters command few
days prior to the battle with the Sioux, In which
"the yellowhared cheftan" and his command of the
Seventh cavalry wiped out by the hand Of Sitting
Bull Reno at distance with another part Of the
Seventh cavalry He had fierce night of his own.
Reno criticized for not having advanced to the
relief of Custer He demanded court of inquiry, and
he was cleared, for doubted his courage.
Later dismissed from the service. At West Point
to-day where times eacing finger" has removed the
last Of bitterness, the portrait Of Lee win hang
honored and in safety.
Maj.Gen. George A. Custer, whose record OF rapid
promotions for gaantry the battlefield reads like
romance, had troubles Of his when he cadet.
Custer the academy at the lowest aga imit1
years When he was "a years old he was a. majorgen-
eral commanding division One may search history,
parallel One beauty Of the matter IL that
one yet been found to deny that Custer every
step the road to his prefefments Yet this man. who
was Sherdan's right arm In the campaigns Of 186+5,
came being lost to the service Of his country
through inability to master thoroughly one Of the
branches at Uncle Sans school,
1t is told at the academy that when Custer gradu.
demic board had declined to sign his heepskin When
four years later. Custer paid visit the school with
the stars of majorgeneral In the field OF his shoulder
knots the professor whose signature to the sheopskn
was lacking. offered to anix his name thereto
There ensued q moment or two Of silence. broksn
only By a few picturesque expressions from yellow
haired soldier who had Just seem some four ysArs Of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24

This too much even for the disciplined seif-con-
troll of four cuprit cadets. They chuckled.
The officer rose swept light of his lantern under
the hunks and then pulled two blankets from the boys
in bed In instant four cadets were standing at aen
ton. Two marched to their quarters In arrest Inc
others were left In arrest where they were
Four cadets expiated the crime Of eating by walking
post during the ordinary glad hours Of release from quar-
tiers for four long weeks
One of these boys went to his San Juan hill
and another to death in the ungles Of the Philip
pines One is literally charging through life as major
of cavalry, and the other who the day OF
graduation, writes these lines with pen much less
mighty than any sword
Not long ago it was written that there is spirit
of sectonalism alive at the United States Military acad
envy In Grant hail. the great stone building given
the purposes Of the cadets mess and named Tor Gen.
Ulysses s. Grant, hangs portrait OF the northern SOL
diers great southern opponent Gen. Robert E. Lee.
To every graduate in the army north and SOUTH the
Of the face Of the great confederate soldier
on the walls of his alma mater side by side with That
Of his great antagonist means the END OF
the end of bitterness the end Of all things sectional
Lee as he appears in his place Of honor. Is not In
the gray garb Of the leader Of the lost cause with the
Of general shining in the field OF his shoulder
knots in the blue uniform OF the old army
with an eagle his shoulder backed with yellow, de-
noting the rank Of colonel of cavalry. the position the
southron held when he resigned from the federal army
to cast his lot with the confederacy.
The portrait of Lee placed in position i've years
ago. Col Mills who then superintendent of the
military academy secured readily the permission OF the
war department for the placing OF the picture where.
with that of Grant, would fall daily under the of
the cadets The thought is held by officers that
nothing good to the coming generations Of cadets can
come from the honoring of the memory Of Of the
greatest soldiers graduated from West Point
This story of Lees picture forces "reminiscences
Since the Of secession the portrait Of other con-
federate leader hung historic academic wallis
that of Albert Sidney Johnston of the class Of 1885, and
who gave his life for the south at Shiloh.
There was a touch of sectionalism at West Point
Just after the war; and portrait of Johnston has to DO
with the The picture was put in place long years
before the the south met the field of battle
and It hung the wall Of the army oacers messroom
at West Point The portrait showed Johnston as sub
altern officer OF cavalry In the United States forces
Johnston at one stationed at West Point and
the ocers assembled there instructors voted to have
him manage their mess.
\ The quality OF the food and cooking improved 20
under Johnstons management that his comrades induced
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24
ZEN HOlIR5 ExZRA GzlAiRO OV7Y 90

has made up its mind die nothing prevent It. and
the keeper not only for humane but also b.
animal In that condi&3on s extremely danger
is often compelled to end the animals suerings By
Fastening it's death The suicidal mania in the lion "a
often developed after his mate has been taken away
When the tiger attempts sefmurder 1t Is necessar1
to tie him down, but this Is not always effective
The mania for sedestruction often continues for days
though apparently subdued by enforced heplessness but
the creature Is crafty and while pretending to be meek
and resigned to existence will watch for the first
unty after being released to nict wounds that will be
fatal N
Zone would scarcely imagine that such seemingly In
sensate animal the hppopotamus would he guilty
OF suicidal MANIA but It is fact that hippo captured
wild and confined In cage win give evidence Of
homesickness and the only to prevent the beast
from committing hartkari IL to keep him well fed and "a
surround him with animal company.
I'VE never had but hippopotamus that guilty
Of suicide Having injured his Les he was replaced
the road by another specimen and left behind at the win
ter quarters The loneliness too much for the ami
NAL and he resisted all efforts to make him cheer up
take his food. He literally starved himself death
Il have known Of several instances where grafes did
away with themselves BY starvation and impression
Il that loneliness II the usual cause for II Each case tina
came under my observation was where only one OF tn
animals owned by the II d absolute cruel
~ to exhibit Of these sensitive animals alone. Ths1
must have company Of their kind TO be contented
Extreme II taken with their diet. Nothing hut
the best clover hay WIN they touch and you can't fool
them with alfalfa tried 70 last season upon tM
coast They ere ysy fond e vssstsss NASH ana -
mo- there 4 nothns phsnomsnal about tnis suAcidai
that have always mainte3nSd tkak ~ thsdr ssoofaI
charscter1stics shsrs 4 mishy ne diforones boe0o
some animals sad many meaexeep< ~ power =
spetoh.r ~ 6 y; SIS & # 4 3 3 t q s.