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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
A Nobler Ambition

q know not replied Viola, raising her eyes to his, whether I am happy now, but I was last night. And l feel too, your excelency. that l have to thank you. though perhaps ycu scarce know why"
 You deceive yourself" answered ..a- roni: q am aware that l assisted nt your success, and it is you who scarce know now.
 .sThe why I will tell you; because Jaw in your heart q nonier ambition than | womans vanity: it Was the daughter that interested me; the daughter anxious ,niw for the success of her fathers opera. Perhaps you had rather l had admired the singer"
 "No, O no"i answered Viola.
 There were a few words more; he gave her warnings of the pitfalls which ac- rompanied young opera singers of such Hauty as hers and ended with:
 "A simple heart may be its best own suide and so-go on and prosper. Adieu. lair singer"
 Shall I not see you again at San Car p?' the simple girl asked eagerly.
 Not for some time at least. l leave Naples today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Before the Terrible Judge

That terrible judge of the Terror. Rene Dumas. sat with the list of pro- scribed ones before him.
 "Fouquier," said he to his companion, T think we have nothing further to do. Robespierre insists that this list of 80 be executed to morrow. We'll it is quick work, but we try them en masse. Lit tie Tinkville knows the way: I trust. citizens, you are already convinced of the guilt of the accused; that fetches the jury"
 Good night, I am worn out" replied Fouquier with yawn, and quilted the room.
 A servant announced that a citizen with a letter of introduction from He riot, the brutal commander of the Ma tional Guard, wished audience of the judge.
 He was ushered in. Taking a seat and looking at Dumas with a glance which caused the judge to move un- easily in his seat, the stranger said:
 Rene Francois Dumas. I know not if you remember that we have met be- fore"
 "Yes." replied Dumas, "I remember"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Two Years Later

Zanoni departed from Paris upon his travels and when his yacht again cast anchor in the beautiful harbor of Naples two years had passed.
 He found Viola reigning as the very queen of song. Her father and mother were both dead but she still lived in the old house with an old and faithful ser want
 Gold as well as fame had been showered upon her. She was surrounded by every snare, wooed by every solicitation that could beset her unguarded beauty and her dangerous calling.
 But her modest virtue had passed un- sulied through 1t all. Never had she for gotten Zanoni and his warnings-and his good advice. Often in dreams she saw him and often in the signing of the wind through the trees she thought she heard his voice and started with q tremor and a blush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Amid Great Events

Zanoni warned him that the path to the hidden knowledge was so beset with toll and terror that few could travel 1t. But Glyndon insisted and Mejnour took the youth away to the lonely castle.
 Glyndon. however was not of the stuff of which adopts are made. At the very first trial he failed in the test and fled back to the world, taking with him a dark eyed, wild mountain girl who had fallen in love with him after her fiery fashion.
 At Marseilles he met Joan Nicot. The two had known each other in Naples and when Nicot announced that he was going to Paris-where great events were in progress, where a new era had dawned and Robespierre reigned in blood and terror to the tune of Liberty. Fraternity and Equality-Glyndon, bit ten by. the visions of "The Rights of Man. which the terlpter dinned into his ears agreed to accompany him.
 He was ready to go almost anywhere to get rid of Fillide, the mountain girl, whose frantic jealousy had become un- supportable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

with that gay and witty society which philosophical and sp,endidly frivoled upon the brink of the French Revolution.
 His apartments were in one of those vast buildings which may be called an epitome of Paris itself as the city then existed. The cellars rented by mcchan- ios, scarcely removed from paupers; the entresol by artists; the principal story by nobles and the garrets by journeymen or grisettes.
 As Zanoni passed up the stairs lead ing to his rooms one night a young man of singularly repulsive appearance came out of door in the entresol and brushed past.
 The young mans glance was furtive, sinister and savage-and yet timorous- lis face was ashy white and his fea- lures worked convulsiyely. Zanoni stopped and looked after him IS he went down the stairs.
 There was the sound Of a groan from the room which the youth had Just left, and entering it Zanoni found there an old man writhing with pain upon his bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Viola's Danger

He thought he would see Viola no more, but in a few days he was back to her again. For he had learned that the girl was in imminent danger,
 Zanoni had learned through his spies of the intention of Prince di to send an armed band to Viola's house on a certain night and remove her by force to his place.
 Those marvellous powers, that clear vision, which had hitherto stood zanoni in good stead in all his relations with his fellow men had he felt with some thing like dismay, become less and more clouded since his association with Viola.
 Also the plot of the prince was upon the point of execution wheen Zanonl learned of it. in flight from Naples he saw the only safety of Viola.
 He went to her house and begged her to go with him to another country; his yacht was ready to sail, was lying handy to the shore. He hastily told Viola of her danger and said: Haste or you are lost"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
ZanOni's Secret

Yet, though he was attracted to her more than he had ever been to any woman, he held locked up in his breast a secret which made him resolve that he would never wreck her life by blend ing 1t with his own.
 For, dimly yet surely he saw so far into the future as to be sure that woe for one or both of them would ensue from their marriage. Yet when they looked into each others eyes they both felt that, in some strange manner, their destinies were irretrievably interlocked
 The secret of Zanoni was this. He belonged to a secret society of adopts the ancient brotherhood of the cabala, of whom only two members now lived, himself and man named Mejnour, a mysterious being who resided some where in the east, but who not infre quently would journey to Europe to see Zanoni or to prosecute some mission to which he felt enjoined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
ClyndOn a Neophyte

As for Clarence Glyndon, he had re- turned with Mejnour to a grim. remote castle in the Appenines where he was preparing to become novice in the secret cult of the cabala.
 Before Zanon had left Naples Glyn- don had begged him to reveal to him the source of that strange power which he seemed to possess-to gratify his curiosity by saying if any of the strange stories told about him were true.
 To acquire such power. such knowl- edge, Glyndon declared that he would renounce the world and all it's loves and pleasures.
 It seemed that Glyndon's grandfather had been once a neophyte of the ca bala, but had given up it's privileges to marry and die like ordinary mortals.
 But his descendant was entitled to be taken upon trial by the cult if he should so demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

so piercing that the prince could not meet their gaze It was the adept, Mejnour, whom Zanoni had summoned from the east to his help.
 Solemnly did Mejnour warn the prince that if he persisted in his crime by that hour the next day he would be a dead man.
 The prince scorned his warning and called upon his men at arms to seize the intruder. But by his magic, or his art, what you will, the stranger escaped, leaving the prince disturbed in mind but bent more than ever upon carrying out his designs.
 '.He was an accomplice of Zanoni's," he reasoned, "sent to scare me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Asking a Days Respite

The stranger was Zanoni and the judge was that relative of the old miser. who had taken care of the old man when Zanoni had rescued him from the designs of Nicot; fortunate res cue for Dumas. since he had thus be- come his relative's heir.
 q remember" continued Dumas. that you saved the life of my rela- = tive You will be pleased to learn that his intended murderer will be guilio- tined tomorrow.
 That concerns yourself" replied Zanoni: lat the time referred to you declared that if the day should ever come when you could serve me even your life was at my bidding.
 "But think not. austere judge. that come to ask boon that ca n affect your self. come to ask a days respite for another"
 "Citizen, 1t is impossible,' replied Dumas "I have orders from Robes pierre that not one less than my total list must undergo their trial tomor row.
 T do not ask you to reduce the mum ber.' said Zanoni. Tn your death roll is the name of an Italian woman whose youth. beauty and freedom from every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Darkness Like A Storm

Citizens the hour is come." said q jailer.
 Hist. she sleeps" replied Zanoni; ''one moment and he placed the .imu- let around the neck of Viola and de- parted.
 She awoke at last and gazing around cried out: ''Zanoni it is dayl Merciful Heavens was it all dream?'
 She saw the amulet-it was no dream.
 70. God, and he is gone," she shrieked aloud. The jailer came.
 My husband. my child's father?' she cried.
 He has gone before thee, woman, to the gpllotine."
 The black door closed again. 1t closed upon the silent and senseless.
 As a lightning's flash Zanonis words, his sadness, the true meaning of his mystic gift, the very sacrifice he had made for her all became distinct for a moment in her mind. And then dark ness swept upon it like a storm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Meinour's Warning

The prince frowned, changed color and then said: Fair creature. tonight fare well. May your sleep be calm and your dreams propitious.
 He then went to meet the stranger. He found waiting him visitor wrapped from head to foot in long mantle.
 His f. WIS remarkable and his eyes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Protecting the FatherIess

The day passed and another night passed. Then the joyful news ran through the prison that the tyrant had fallen, Robespierre had gone to join his victims.
 But when they came to Viola's cell with the news they drew back in aston ishment and awe.
 She was seated upon her couch and never had they seen life so beautiful. But as they crept nearer they saw that the lips breathed not that the repose was of marble. that the beauty was the ecstacy of death.
 And at her feet was a young infant who looked up at them with steadfast gaze and with rosy fingers played with its dead mothers robe.
 The old priest who stood among them said: See, the orphan smiles; the fatherless are the care of God"
 Next weeks one page classic will be: '"rhf e4As Bride, by William Cos gre'
 tc1pyris.l 9l2, by Irving King.l i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Common Sense and Marriage

Among her train of suitors was one to whom she listened more gently than the rest and whom she began to like perhaps to love as a sister loves.
 It was young English artist, Clar- ence Glyndon. He was an imaginative fanciful youth for an Englishman, and with a tinge of mysticism which was sneered at by his matter-of- tray cling companion, Meryale, whose whole scheme of life was to settle down as a respectable British merchant. marry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Prophecy Fulfilled

The next morning the prince gave a sumptuous breakfast to which he had the hardihood to invite Zanoni, and Zanoni, fully recovered from his injuries of the night before, attended, smiling as if nothing had happened between himseif and his host.
 But he knew that the prince designed to poison him in order to clear the way of a rival. Whether Zanoni briped servant to substitute harmless vine for the poisoned cup, or whether, fore warned, he had taken an antidote, does not appear.
 But sufficient that he drank the cup of wine offered to hib by the prince with imputinw, and i'll the end the breakfast having degenerated into a drunken orgie-the prince was Killed III sword fight by one of the young Roman nobles present who, in his in- ebriety, fancied his host and insulted him.
 No sooner had the prince fallen than Zanoni rushed to the chamber where Viola was confined and bore her away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Gossip and Coniectures

From the sailors of bis yacht curious people picked out the information that the Signor Zanonl-for that was his name had lived for many years in the inte- rior of India. That was all they knew.
 The gay young sal!ants of Naples dis cussed him and there was a rumor that he was a sorcerer and had the evil eye.
 An old man of S6 asserted that 7c years tefore he had seen this same Lanoni, under another name, at Milan. And at that time an old man declared that he had seen him GO years before that in Sweden
 Old Aveli was positive that the strah- gei was the same man and said that he had appeared at Milan much in the same mysterious manner as he had appeared fin Naples.
 He looked to be a young man. to be sure. He had looked to be a young man 70 years before; he had not changed with the years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
BY SIR EDWARD BULWER OORD LYTTON)


tangible charge will only excite pity and compassion. It will be dangerous 10 send her thus to execution on a day when the populace is excited, as they will be, against you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
The Mysterious Stranger

As for Viola, after she had caught sight of the stranger she could not keep her eyes off him. And as she gazed the awe and coldness which had before seized her vanished like a mist before the sun.
 In the dark splendor of the eyes which met her own, there was, indeed so much of gentle encouragement, of be- nign and compassionate admiration, so much that warmed and animated and ,erved.s that sudden inspiring infiu- ence was exerted upon the singer.
 The stranger who had thus turned the tide in favor of Vioia upon her first ap pearance fin opera had but recently ar rived in Naples. He had come from the east In his own yacht. and strange stories were told of him-aIl the stranger from the fact that nobody knew really any thing about him except that he was, ap- parently, possessed Of unlimited wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Nicot Reappears

There was nasty marriage and then Zanoni and his bride sailed away upon the yacht for one of the fair Isles Of Greece where they gave themselves up to love and luxury in an earthly para disc.
 And in that fair island, In course or time child was born to them.
 Now in Naples at that time was the artist Nicot, that young man Of Eiis- shapen visage and corrupt heart whom zanoni had prevented in Paris from murdering his benefactor.
 He had seen Viola and loved her after his debased manner. He had been em- ployed by the prince in the plot to ab- duct the singer and had made barg iin that, when she should be sent forth again from the palace her abductor was to receive her with a dowry from the prince.
 Great was his rage that Viola Lad escaped him. But at the very end of their lives fate was to throw the two together again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Urging His Rivals Suit

ward the soul of Viola when he looked into her eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Her Love Revealed

Yet he loved her and could not keep away from her. Some time he thought he would propose marriage to her and then the practical side of the matter rushed upon him and held him back from an avowal
 But there was in Naples great noble, the Prince di -, who had re- solved the ruin of Viola. As she had re- jected his advances. he determined to use force, and he was a man who, under tho government of weak despot such as then ruled Naples, was above the law and might do what he would with impunity.
 Such was the condition of affairs when Zanoni arrived in Naples and once again saw Viola fisani.
 Viola welcomed his return with such rapture that Zanoni could not be mis- taken-he saw into her soul and knew that she loved him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Driven From Her Husband

But Fillide was not to be gotten rid of so easily-she followed him to Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
well-to-do wife. raise children and

well-to-do wife raise children and make money.
 Glyndon's passion for Viola was sternly reprobated by Mervale, who said: "Of course you can't think of marrying an actress, and any other en- tanglement is sure to lead to trouble
 Glyndon, in fact, did not intend to marry Viola.
 His English common sense told him that to bring home an Italian wife who had been a public singer would shock all his commonplace circle of aequaintanees, injure his career and make both her and himself unhappy. Neither did he mean the girl any harm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Passed UDon fine Stairs

Some two months after leaving Naples Eanoni appeared in Paris and mingle!
Evening journal., 1912-11-19

There is much dissatisfaction in the
present game laws. Numerous al
rests have been made by the game
wardens and constablos and it is said
that pressure will he brought 70 bear
on the members OF the next Lcgisia-
ture to make amendments to the
present ac' There sccms to be mis-
understanding of the law and a more
definite arrangement of the act is
demanded.
For instance the law allows gun
ner TO kill six animals and twelve
birds day. If the gunner spends
two days cunning and kills twice this
number he cannot bring home with
him more than six rabbits or squir-
rels, and twelve birds. While the
law allows him to kill six animals
and twelve birds each day he guns he
must either eat or leave the amount
he is allowed BY law to have his pos
session
There is a feeling among gunners
that the number of rabbits and squlr-
rels ana birds allowed in the possess
sion Of a gunner should be increased
from six to twelve animals and from
one to two dozen birds, and AM effort
will be made to have this change in
the law made.
Evening journal., 1912-11-19
BESSIE PATCHEN
AHEAD in FIVE
OF Her RACES

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Nov. 19.-Local horse
men are predicting wonders for Bes-
owned by Charles Lafferty, for next
season. This mare attracted special
attention three weeks ago when she
beat Handy jim, at a matinee in Will
mington. She started in six matinee
races during the season. winning hve
and finishing second in one. She has
no mark but several weeks ago went
a mile at Glasgow on what is con-
sidered a slow track i'm PIG Ia
Among the horses she has defeated
this season are, Elmo. > 10 Ia II
rino Wilkes. 216 1-2; Director, 2.10-
Ia and Handy Jim 2.15 IL. She IS
five year old. Her sire is Director
Patchen and her dam, Bessie w.
Mr. Lafferty, owner Of this mare,
who is Philadelphia contractor, owns
a stock farm near Newark where he
spends his summers With his
family. Much credit for the show
ing made by Bessie Patchcn. is given
to Clark McCarns. Mr. Laffertys train
er and driver. Other horses in the
Lafferty string that were entered in
matinees in this vicinity during the
season we're the bay stallion Ir l..
Starlight, colt; Florida Special, and
DR.. Young
Ira L. also shows promise of speed
and it would not be surprising to see
him and Bessie Patchen in some oil
the purse races next season.
Evening journal., 1912-11-19
NEW FINANCIAL
PLAN AT DELAWARE
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del, Nov. 19-An-
nouncement has been made by the
new Athletic Council Of Delaware Col
lege of a financial plan that will be
put into effect at the beginning OF the
next collegiate year in September,
1913. This council will have charge
of all college sports including the
new "Joe Frazer Field" The care of
this field which will be one Of the
finest in the country will require con-
siderable money The new plan it is
thought will increase interest in
sports among the student body and
viii also be attractive to the Alumni
members and general public.
Every student who pays his ath-
letic dues within thirty days after
registration. will be allowed to pur-
chase a non-transferable ticket good
for all games during the college play
cd at home at very reasonable
price. Failure to get this nontrans-
ferable ticket however he will be re-
quired to pay the general admission
at every game he sees. The holder
OF a non-transferable ticket viii also
be given the privilege of purchasing
one transferable ticket in case he has
friend who would want such a
ticket. The general public will also
be given an opportunity to purchase
season ticket for all home games
including football. basketball, base
ball, etc, at a reasonable price
Evening journal., 1912-11-19
HAMLIN'S BURNED
BODY INFERRED

Relatives Of Albert Hamlin. con-
vinced that the body found in the
ruins of the burned stables Of Louis
Sklut. beyond Market street bridge,
is that of the missing colored man,
have taken charge of the remains and
arranged for a proper burial The
man was last seen walking toward the
stable II is generally believed that
Hamlin went 10 the hayloft to sleep
for the night, and accidentally start
ed the blaze, probably while smok-
ing.
H. c. Stausebach, superintendent Of
tho Illinois Leather Company's plant
which was partly destroyed by the
FIRE says the damage TO the companys
property and stock will amount to
$4,000. This is fully covered by in
surance
In the leather company's storehouse
witch caught fire from the Sklut
stable. and which was destroyed, were
100000 pounds of hair All Of this
was completely destroyed. The COM
pany's stable and the contents also
were consumed.
Evening journal., 1912-11-19
HANS WAGNER SETS
UP new RECORD
Flying DutChHal Has Batted
300 Per Cent. CT Better fOF
10 Consecutive Years

Tyrus Cobb. who this year leads
The American League batgmon for the
sixth year I'm succession, has an ex-
cellent chance Of caualling the great
record made by Hans Wagner, who
has led the National League hatters
eight times since he joined the Louis
Vile club In 1897 In 1911 Wagner
finished behind Kirke and Jackson
of Roston. who took par. i'm 20 and
$50 games respectively. but was given
the credit of being the real batting
leader.
But Wagner has established am
other record that many baseball men
think will stand forever He has just.
finished his sextenth consecutive sea-
son as a 800 per cent batter in the
major leagues. Unofficial averages
for 1912 give Wagner 1926 per cent
The official figures will not vary
many points. Pop Arson Of the old
Chicago White SoX battcd 300 per
cent for fifteen consecutive years
and held the record Wagner has just
smashed.
Only seven players besides Wagner
have batted 300 or better for ten or
more years in succession in the last
thirty years Hundreds have played
the game in that time Arson batted
300 fifteen consecutive years. Dan
Brouthers. fourteen: Willie Keller
thirteen; ed Delahanty and Joe Kelly
eleven each; Hugh Duffy, Jesse Bur
kett and Napoleon Laioie ten years
each.
Before Wagner entered the Nation
al League he led the Atlantic League,
batting .379 with the Paterson IN J)
club In 1896. Counting his first sea-
son, played outside the majors. he
has batted over 300 seventeen conse-
cutive years.
Wagner's smallest average was
.305. i'm 1898. with Louisville His
best average was $50 in 1900 the
first year he played at Pittsburgh.
Wagner has played In 2,169 major
league games. He has been at bat
S,23S times. made 2,S49 hits, scored
1902 runs and stole 63S bases
The Flying Dutchman has aver
aged 1924 for each Of his sixteen
years in the majors
Ty Cobb has batted over 300 each
of seven years he has been in the big
leagues He is slightly built and
nervous, aud does not expect to be
able TO play long enough to equal
Wagner's record. Wagner's record
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