Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-10-24


1T is at her own suggestion. !"
Rosny answered. And by your sue
cessful accomplishment of it, my
friend, you will undoubtedly win favor
with her and hasten the day when
her identity will be revealed to you
and you will acquire high rank in our
councils"
Jean Rosny had shrewdly guessed
Paul Lanes secret. The American
biushed like a schoolboy; then. ris-
ing, he answered.:
Il shall be ready to start when you
instruct me-"
Good" answered the other. "Now,
Paul, you will have cause to exercise
diplomacy, for the Frenchmen are
utilizing the services of a very no
torious character-none less than
Mademoiselle Guepin."
"Of the Moulin Rouge?" cried Paul
in surprise.
Precisely. It will not be the first
time that France will have made use
of her women for the accomplishment
of her purposes. The Sultan is no.
toriously susceptible to the charms of
the other sex, and it is said that
Mademoiselle Guepin has already
reached Fee, installed herself in the
household of the Shereefa, the Sui
tan's principal wife, and begun to ac-
qu1re an unbounded influence over
her and him. So you see, Paul, that
you have hard problem to solve
Waste no time, then, but take the
next steamship from Marseilles to
Tangiers, and then-good luck to
you'll"
Two days later Paul Lane sailed
for Morocco. In his pocket he car
ried bills and gold coin to the value
Of $4,000. 1t was case in which,
as it seemed to him, the possession
OF money would play considerable
part. He longed to acquit himself
well of his mission. All the way
across the Mediterranean he dreamed
of the beautiful unknown Austrian
whom he had met only to lose SO
swiftly upon the shores of Long ISL
and. That was two months ago.
Then he had been nothing but a glori-
fed clerk in the huge industrial mill
Of New York-now he was playing a
mans part in the world, as he had al
ways longed to do.
At Tangiers he Spent several days,
familiarizing himself with the condi-
tons of the country. Then, purchas-
ing camels and the necessary outfit,
he joined a caravan which was pro-
ceeding into the interior under the
protection of bodyguard of French
troops.
He was amazed to find that the
presence of the Guepin woman was
already known to the men, and even
the purpose of her mission. Her life
had been an adventurous one Born
on the road. into company of stroll
ling players, she had acquired a repu-
,tation second to none among the adj
yenturesses of olden times. Minis
tiers of state, publicists, leaders OF
France had fallen victims to her be-
fore it occurred to some high d1gni-
tary of France to utilize her for the
conquest of the Moorish Sultan. She
had arrived in Tangiers a month or
two before, and had gone into the IN
terror with circus company, then
parading throughout Morocco with
its trained lions and performing ele-
plants, to the intense delight OF the
natives. After a week in the capital
the circus manager had withdrawn to-
ward the coast, loaded with honors-
but Guepin had remained, the pro-
tegee of the Sultan's principal lady
in her magnificent house in Fee.
So much Lane Iearned; further de-
tails came to him unexpectedly on the
tenth morning, when there came
struggling along the road the rem
na1ts of the very circus which nao
taken Guepin to Fee.
"Never again do enter Africa,
monsieur" said the proprietor to
Paul as they sat that night over the
camnfire. Had I not gone to Fee
should now be in possession OF my
animals-the finest lot that ever let
France. and all imported by me from
Monsieur Hagenbeck's menagerie at
Hamburg and of my own training.
Now-see what is left! Assurediy
France must recompense me Tor my
losses"
"But his majesty's presents IN
terrupted Paul.
Gone. ali gone. monsieur" cried
the owner, wringing his hands. Stoi-
en- by the accursed Moors. And the
star of my collection, the beautiIui
and unrivalled Mademoiselle Guepin
even she is lost to me. An, mon
sieur worshipped that woman VITA
blind devotion. And she left me Iof
what? For Moor, monsieur ne
gro-for what else are these Arabs
but negroes masquerading as
branch Of the. white race? For
black man and a handful Of jeWels.
+ IS a treasure house, that palace N
Fez. such as might turn the neao =.
anv woman. The marvels, monsieur
There are moving picture displays
the crowns of gold. rubies ana say
nbiras and pearls as large as eggs.