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spring to her feet As her aunt en-
tered, Nanette took few steps for
ward, and, bending to pick up her
work from the floor, turned partly
away and thrust the paper into the
bosom of her gown
Il came to tell you supper is ready"
said Marie quietly.
At the table with her aunt the girls
manner was subdued and 'deferentiaI;
she observed the incest proprieties,
and bestowed on the others slightest
word a need of attention calculated
to soften the old woman's attitude and
suspicious And possibly succeeded;
or, it may be, Marie's own conscience
had begun to reproach her; for num-
Der of days had passed and nothing
had as yet occurred to justify the
early apprehensions she had enter
tanned. Under the circumstances the
meal was little prolonged; the first
shafts of twilight had entered the
courtyard and had begun to steal into
the narrow chamber with darkening
effect, ere of an accord the two wom-
en- pushed. back their chairs
1T gets dark early" said the girl,
''or time has passed quicker than /
thought Perhaps it was what you
We're telling me of the former lady of
the Mount She must have been very
beautiful
She was" answered the woman !;
"and as good as beautiful"
"Heigh-hoi" Nanet6e sighed +:
through the window watched the shad-
ows that like dark. trailing figures
seemed creeping up the ancient wall
to caress and linger on green leaves of
vines, bright flowers and other living
things But 1 suppose she had every.
thing she wanted The girl stirred
restlessly- What sort of a man is
Monsieur Beppo, aunt?"
"Beppo?" Recalled as from a LONG
train of recollections, the woman did
not seem to notice the abruptness OF
| the inquiry. "Oh, he is an old and
faithful servant. For almost as many
years as 1 have been here" with an
accent of pride. has he served at the
| Mount"
And his moral character, aunt p
demurely.
Monsieur Beppo has a reputation
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Church Music.

Music has long been VIGOROUSLY
proyoker of discord- Once In my
news-hunting days l suffered the 1g-
nominy of a scoop on a choir rumpus.
and I thereupon formed the habit or
lending an anxious ear to rumors OF
trouble in choir lofts. The average
ladder-like TIE Deum, built up for the
display of the sopranos vocal PROV
ess- has always struck me as an I'M
holy thing. 1 even believe that the
horrors of highly embellished offer
tories have done much to tighten
pursestrings and deaden generous Inn
pulses. The presence behind the pull
pit of a languid quartette praising God
ON behalf of the bored sinners In the
pews has always seemed to me the
nrofanest of anomalies. Nor has long
contemplation of vested choirs in
Episcopal churches shaken my belief
that choir music should be an affair
of the regation--Meredith Nichol-
son. in the Atlantic
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SYNOPSIS.

Comtesse Elise daughter of the govern
of the Mount. has chance encounter
with a peasant boy. The Mount, a small
rock-bound island. stood in vast bay on
during the time OF Louis XVI. was q gov
eminent stronghold Develops that the
peasant boy was the son of Seigneur De
saurac. nobleman- Young DeSaurac deter
mines to secure an education and become
q gentleman; sees the governors daugn-
ter depart for Paris. Lady Elise returns
tains many mobiles. Her Ladyship dances
with strange fisherman. and call to
arms Is made in effort to capture q
mysterious lie Seigneur Noir. He escapes
Lady Elise, is caught In the Grand" tide
The Black Seigneur rescues and takes
her to his retreat. Elise discovers that
Sanchez. the Seigneur's servant. is
rested and brought before the governor
Lady Elise has Sanchez set free. Seig7
neur and priest at the Cookies San
chez tells Desaurac that LADY Elise be-
trayed him. but is not believed. The
Seigneur plans to release prisoners at the
Mount Lady Elise pleads with her faith
oners. Disguised as a peasant Lady
Elise mingles with the people and hears
some startling facts, A mysterious
and locked up after making close obser-
vadons of the citadel. and is afterwards
summoned before the governors daugh-
ter The governor enters the room during
the interview with the mountebank. AS
miserable buffoon. the Mountebank is re-
leased by order of the governor. De-
dier's uniform The Seigneur successfully
passes guards and finds the Great
Wheel Jacques. the jailer forced to
tread the wheel and bring up enemies of
the governor The Black Seigneur nber-
ates the prisoners. The Seigneur again
made prisoner: The Marquis de Beau
mobiles inspect the dungeons. Elise visits
the Seigneur.
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her eyes, which had returned to the
girls, expressed once more doubt and
misgivfng- With her glance lifted up
ward, however. Nanette did not seem
to notice this quick change A star
faint forerunner of a multitude of
waiting orbs-peeping timorously
down from above the gray, gaunt mass
of stone, alone absorbed the girls
gaze and attention.
Where were you thinking of go
ing?" after a silence of some length
the older woman asked
Il don't recall that Monsieur Beppo
mentioned" was the low-murmured re-
Spouse. But, of course. aunt. if you
object"
81 do not know that 1 do" said the
other slowly. Only as If the thought
had suddenly come to her. what were
you writing at her ladyship's desk
when I went to call your"
''Writing?" Nanette regarded her
blanklyl Il don't understand you.
aunt
Weren't you writing something
that you hid in your dress when 1
Gamer"
mol" The girl looked full at the
other; denied point-blank the accuse
ton Now that you speak of it, l be-
lieve / did step to the DESK she an
swered glibly, ito look at some orna-
ment; but as for writing. or daring to,
1 should not have presumed"
A low discreet rap at the door inter-
rupted, and, with whispered There
he is nowi" Nanette cut short further
argument by rising
"She is not telling the truth" For
some time the woman stood looking
down in gloomy thought after the two
had gone. What does it mean?"
Moving to a peg, she took down a
shawl What can it mean?" she
asked herself again, and, wrapping the
garment about her head and shout
ders, left the room
Half an hour later, at Beppo's side.
on the beach, Nanette measured her
steps to his; listened to the old mans
platitudes, and even turned not I'M
willing ear to sundry hints and in
nuendos of a tenderer nature The
girl was in her most complaisant
mood, and, in his role of discreet gal
liant to young and blooming woman
hood, the fat factotum strove to make
| the most of the opportunity. He
| sighed; bethought him of a sentiment
al tale, and carped of the beauty of
the moon, tnen SllQ1nS the eQSe OF
the Mounts high towers! She an
swered; looked; but soon her eloquent
glance swerved to the sands, dotted
by desultory seekers of cookies. or
belated stragg1ers from the shore, and
fastened itself on a jutting point OF
| the Mount.
| Near it, before a large rock of pc
| culiar shape, man was engaged in
| that common nocturnal labor of the 10
cality, digging! AS the couple drew
near, quickly he raised his gaze; al
most at once let it fall; engrossed in
his work, continued to toss the sand
and stood over it searchingly- But
when they had gone by, once more he
Strengthened, and, at the same time
| the girl looked back. Stalwart, black
bearded. sailor by his dress, the fel
! low made a sign, and, apparently any
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o. course. the composItor.

An EngIishman who had been for
q tour round the world was much am
noyed with a report of his return
which appeared in a local paper This
report ended:
that he is unhanged."
He did not know that the offender
was the compositor. who, in setting
up the report had omitted a letter
c. thus substituting the word ''un-
hanged for unchanged" which the
reporter had written
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last look was one of indubitable sat
isfaction ere she followed her aunt
from the room.
My lady stared after them. " 'Daugh-
ter of Pierre Laroche, Friend of the
Black Seigneur!'" Marie's words con-
tinued to ring in her ears. She threw
herself into chair; sat long very
still, her eyes bent straight before
her, on either cheek now a bright
spot of color
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lnsuderabIe.

so you broke your engagement with
him2'
Yes
What for?'
Hes a conceited thing. sim
ply couldn't stand him.
I never heard him brag. What
makes you think him conceited?"
"An the time we were engaged he
never once told nae that he was un-
worthy of my love-
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for piety. no doubt deservedl" re-
turned the woman, with an accent of
surprise AT any rate, he seldom
misses a mass But why do you ask ?"
Because l met him today and he In
vited me to walk with him this eve
ming
He did?" Marie's mouth grew firm
er- And your"
Il didn't exactly know how to re-
fuse. he-looked so old and respect
able! I thought. too. you wouldn't
mind and-Tm glad you think SO well
OF him, aunt
In the gathering gloom the listeners
face seemed suddenly to grow graver:
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Value of Prayer.

-Grandma-"
Yes, Marjorie"
You know / just believe a whole
lot in prayer"
why, I'm glad to hear 1t; that's a
good little girl"
yes. 1 prayed the other day that
auntie wouldn't be cross with me for
brea king her little hand mirror"
And was she?"
mo. She thought It was Uncle
John who broke it. and I didn't tell
her any better
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CHAPTER xxW.-fcontlnued.)


For few moments the Governors
daughter. now standing in the center
of her apartment. heard no sound
from the other room; then a timid
footstep approaching the door was
followed by an indecisive rap.
Your ladyship rang?" inquired Ma
RE. turning half guilty glance on her
mistress.
'Yesl Did 1 hear voices, as I came
inn"
did your Ladyship? 1 mean 1 was
going to speak to your Ladyship. It's
my ntece!" suddenly. "On her way
to Parisi"
Your niece!" The Governors
daughter looked at the other "And
you-are pleased?''
Your Ladyship-" The woman
flushed
"Of course, though, you must be,
She is out there? Show her I'M"
quickly
But"
AT once!"
Very well, my LADY," Marie's man
ner, however, was depressed as, STEP
ping to the threshold. reluctantly she
beckoned.
Erect, with mien almost antagonis-
tic, Nanette entered and stood before
the Lady Elise. The latter did not
at once speak; for few moments the
observant brown eyes passed in quick
scrutiny over her visitor; noting the
aggressive brows: the broad, strong
face; the self-assertive pose of the
well-developed figure A woman to do
to dare!-What?
You wished to see me?'' Nanette
first spoke Marie lifted an expostu.
latory hand. What bad manners, thus
to dare! But my lady did not seem
to notice You are from one of the
islands?' she began.
Yes"
Say my Lady," broke In the old
nurse. 81 trust your Ladyship will
pardon"
Never mind, Marie." with a quick
gesture. Your aunt tells me you are
on your way to Parish"
Yes-my Lady," with the slightest
hesitation before the last two words
To seek situation as lady's maid!'
when are you leaving?"
Tomorrow morning, your Lady
ship." interposed Marie quickly.
so soon?" My lady continued t.
address the girl. you have had ex
perience?"
No, my Ladyi"
Then how can you secure what 70,
wish?"
How? At least. I can try!"
ITO be sure! You can try" M,
iady's eyes fell: she seemed to b.
thinking. Still, II may be difficult
Paris is far away And IL you SHOULD
fall" her fingers tapped nervously o,
the chair, we are very busy at tn.
Mount just now" she added suddenly
directing her glance full upon III,
other. and there may be somethin,
here
Here. Your Ladyship win kse,
me herei"
Marie made a movement as IL q
speak. but her niece intercepted her
Il win do my best. my Ladyi"
Very we'll! Then shall you have {
trial."
your Ladyships" interposed Ma
RE
The Governors daughter got q,
quickly. Il am very tired, Marie, ant
wish now to be alonei You need no
remain shall not want you agafl
tonight"
The old nurse murmured detected
response; turned away.
Il thank your Ladyship. The grill
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and thrust them toward his pocket
as he walked on "Brazen huzzys But
her ladyship shall know; and II she
doesn't pack you on. bag and baggage
Eth? What is that?" And springing
forward, the woman bounced upon
something that lay on the sand
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Quick Work.

Mamma, on hearing that her sister
had received a new little girl. said to
Lillian, her young daughter, Lillian.
auntie has a new baby, and now
mamma is the baby's aunt, papa is
the baby's uncle, and you are her
little cousin"
Well" said Lillian, wonderingly,
wasn't that arranged quick?"
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L was SO miserable
/ didn't know what
to do. I suffered
from bearing down
pains, my eyes hurt
me, 1 was nervous,
dizzy and Irregular
and b ad fem ale
weakness. I spent
money on doctors
but got worse all
the time.
SEA friend told mo
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cnnxenIent Pail.

For the convenience of persons who
have small amounts of washing to do
ar home there has been invented =
rail with a washboard sliding In
grooves In one side
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doubt as to who he was vanished from
Nanette's mind; for from the fingers
of the free hand she held behind her.
something fiuttered to the beach
Leaning to his implement, the man
regarded the paper, but not until the
girls low laugh was heard. as she and
Master Beppo vanished in the dark
ness. did he step forward and secure
it
SOL That was it," Breathless. In
dignant. Marie. standing in the black
shade of one OF the Mounts pro1ec-
lions, watched the fellow read and re-
gard carefully the message In his
hand; then tearing it. crumple the bits
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Happy Man.

Happy Man.
He-They say Sally Simpson is mar
rted-at last.
She=Who's the happy man?
Heller father, of course.-Judge.
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And many a young man looks upon
a dollar saved as a good time lost.
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Success demands sacrifice. Two men
set out to achieve fame One sue
ceeded- The other hved.-Louis Horo-
WITT
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Consider Well This Advice.

No woman suffering from any form
of female troubles should lose hope un-
til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal in
gradients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for nearly
forty years proved to be most valua-
BILE tonic and invigorator of the fe-
male organism. Women everywhere
bear willing testimony to the wonderful
virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound
If you want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence.
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WOMAN TOOK
FRIENDS ADVICE
And Found Health in. Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Window, Kansas. had q displace-
ment which caused bladder trouble and
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about the Pinkham remedies and took
Lydia E. Pinkkam's Vegetable Com
pound and was cured. cannot praise
your remedies enough for know never
would have been well if had not taken
it. Miss MARY A. HoRNER, Route
No. 2, Box Al, Window, Kansas.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03

From the Tyndall Register.
Mrs. 81. I. Colgan went to Scot
land Friday morning for q visit
with her son, DR.. L. G. Colgan.
Ed. Colgan, who has been several
weeks with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. I. Colgan, living east Of
town, left Monday morning for
Lusk, Wyoming, near which place
he has claim.
I. W. Seaman passed through
town Thursday evening on his way
TO Running Water where he goes
to close up deal for his ranch at
that place. By this transaction
MIR. Seaman disposes Of his stock
and interests in his ranch, having
traded the same for North Dakota
land.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03
From the Tyndall Tribune

From The Tyndal Tribune
What school land there is left in
Bon Homme county was leased
last Friday afternoon. Auditor
Stoddard reports that the highest
rent paid is 88 cents per acre for
piece of land in Monroe township.
G.. E. Muller returned Monday
from Montana where he has been
making improvements on his claim
and also running az aato livery
for land seekers. Mr.. Muller re-
ports that immigrants are flowing
into Montana by the hundreds and
he has great faith In the future of
that state. The Mullers expect to
start for their home in the very
near future.
Bart Cole, who has been follow
ing his profession of civil engi-
neer in Canada the past year, ar
rived last Saturday for visit with
his mother and other relatives.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03

With the opening of spring the
usual rumors Of railroad building
are revived. II is rumored that
the Northwestern is to build from
Iroquois north to Doland, a dis
tance OF sixty miles, The M & st
L. expects to start work on line
from Leola north into North Dako-
kota with some point in Canada as
its ultimate termination. The
Northern Pacific is scheduled to
build from Edgeley to Linton, N.
D., and a farmers line is scheduled
from Veblen, s. D. to Fairmont,
N. D. There are also various
rumors Of prospective building
west of the Missouri river.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03

The Sioux Falls Press takes
pains to let it be known that it's
editor did not contribute toward
paying the expenses of q represent
ative of the press association at
Pierre to lobby against the repeal
of the law requiring insurance
statements to be published. If the
publication of these statements is
just to the public and to the news
papers then it was proper to work
against the repeal of the law, and
it was also honorable for those who
expected to profit by this work to
contribute towards the expense.
II any editor considers the public
alton of these statements graft
then he should refuse to publish
them. The solution is very easy
for any editor who feels that way,
as all he has to do is to refrain
from filing his affidavit with the
insurance commissioner and he
will not be asked to participate in
the graft. 1t will be interesting,
after this declaration of the Press,
to watch it's columns aud see
whether it is willing to profit from
a service that 1t considers it dis-
honorable to pay for
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03
Reveries Of a Bachelor

With the vice commission in
Washington urging congress to
pass law compelling bachelors
over 80 years old to pay an annual
tax OF $10O, and the reformers Of
South Dakota trying to have acts
passed which make it harder to
marry, the bachelor of South Da-
kota is finding himself between the
devil and the deep sea. In fact a
bachelor seems to be an undesir-
able citizen. .-Tyndall Tribune.
Better referend the matter al
once to the young lady, Bro.
Puckett and have it settled.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03

L5 i --
The trial Of the criminal libel
case brought by Judge E. G..
Smith, now a member Of the su-
preme court, against E. @. Fry,
editor Of the Wagner New Era
Leader is set for trial in Charles
Mix county on April 18th. The
case grew out Of an article publish.
ed by Mr.. Fry in which he charged
that Judge Smith, while practicing
as an attorney in Yankton many
years ago came into illegal posses
sion of she estate of an old hermit
in Knox county, Neb. who died
leaving a considerable wealth.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03
Solemn visaae Adds Years.

If a woman is as old as she looks,
then, for goodness sake, don't look.
old! This doesn't mean to straight
way adopt giddy and youthful attire.
if you are on the shady side of forty,
nor does it mean to try and look as
simpering and kittenish and coy as
your little sixteen-year-old cousin.
But did you ever stop to realize that
by looking too serious-by looking too
much as if you had all the weight Of
the world on your shoulder and It's
woes in your Uranium and on your
soul you added ten years to your
countenance?
In our strenuous rush and busy,
whirl we acquire "do or die express
sions," long faces and unnecessary
lines and wrinkles. Be serious and
earnest Of purpose-but don't look too
solemn. Exchange.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03
COUNTED FOR THE aGHos r.
HssHy Nothing Remarkable When the.
Facts Were Made Plain to the
Perturbed Ones.

1t was a good ghost story that went
the way of the waste basket recently
up in the neighborhood Of u street
and Florida avenue-and all on ac-
count of little child!
For several nights the people in that
vicinity had been wrought up over q
strange phenomenon appearing in q
deserted building an one of the neigh
boring side streets, relates the Wash
ington Star. The building, by the
way, was merely temporarily vacant,
but deserted" sounds more ghostlike
To watchers there appeared from time
to time in the front windows of the
upper stories Of the deserted building
a ghoulish light of that particular
pale blue color affected by ghosts of
standing. Its corpselike hue would
flicker few creepy fickers and then
vanish anon-lights always vanish
anon in a ghost story.
For a fact, it was funny sort OF
thing, as the good people expressed it.
one to another, that this gruesome
radiance should suddenly light up in
building in such respectable neigh
borhood, and then suddenly blot itself
out, without any more reason for the
blotting out than for the Pickering
Men rushed in suddenly during these
flickers-only to find nothing Small
and timid servant girls, without beaus,
stayed in after dark, and it bid fair
to become the light that made Wash
ington famous when
When one evening little girl whose
nursery overlooked the haunted house,
peeping out of the window, saw the
ghost! It was an electric car scurry-
ing along Columbia road, some dis
tance away, which, as it swung, jog
Cling, around the curves of that
thoroughfare, flung, for few mo-
ments. the beams of it's headlight into
the rear windows of the house. From
these the light was reflected palely on
the front windows and-and there you
are!
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03

The newspapers that started out
to make a hero of .ex-U. s. Attor-
Iney Wagner for resigning because
the president remitted the prison
sentence Of Chas. Hyde, are now
experiencing some difficulty in
finding a plausible excuse for Sen.
Crawford who wrote a personal let
ter to the president asking for the
pardon. The only excuse that
Mr.. Crawford can give for writing
the letter is that he had forgotten
that he wrote it.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03

j. Pierpont Morgan, the Napo-
lean Of finance, head of the bank
ing firm Of j. Pierpont Morgan &
Co. of New York, died at his hotel
in Rome Monday. He had been
travelling abroad for his health on
account of nervous breakdown.
Although at the head Of the great
est banking firm in the United
States Mr.. Morgan's death ap
pears to have had no serious effect
upon financial conditions.