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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-18
CHAPTER K.
5 this Erik ?" he said

Forget the Name of the Mans Voice.
The day after Christine had van
ished before his eyes in a sort of daz-
Element that still made him doubt the
evidence of his senses, NJ lie Vicomte
de Chagny called to inquire at Nam
ma VaIerius' He came upon a charm
ing picture. Christine herself was
seated by the bedside of the old lady,
who was sitting up against the pill
lows, knitting. The pink and white
had returned to the young girls
cheeks. The dark rings round her
eyes had disappeared RaouI no longer
recognized the tragic face of the day
before If the veil of melancholy over
those adorable features had not still
appeared to the young man as the
last trace of the weird drama In whose
tolls that mysterious child was strug-
Cling, he could have believed that
Christine was not its heroine at all
She rose, without showing any emo
ton, and offered him her hand But
Raouls stupefactiou was SO great that
he stood there dumfounded, without a
gesture, without a word
Well, II. de Chagny," exclaimed
Mamma VaieTius, don't You know our
Christine? Her good genius has sent
her back to us.'
Mammal" the girl broke in prompt
ly. while a deep blush mantled to her
eyes Il thought. mamma, that there
was TO be no more question Of that.
You know there Is no such thing as
the Angel of Music"
But, child. he gave you lessons for
three months"
Mamma, ] have promised to ex-
plain everything to you one of these
days; and | hope to do so but
you have promised me, until that day,
to be silent and to ask me no more
questions whatever"
Provided that you promised never
to leave me again, But have you
promised that, Christine?"
Mamma, all this cannot interest Nj
de Chagny."
'On the contrary, mademoiselIe,"
! said the young man. in a voice which
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had caught sight of plain gold ring
on ChristiDe's finger.
You have 40 husband and Yet you
wear q weddingring.
He tried to seize her hand but she
swiftly drew it back.
That's a present." she said, blush
ing once more and vainly striving to
hide her embarrassment.
"Christine. as you have no hus-
band, that ring can only have been
given by one who hopes to make you
his wife. Why deceive us further
Why torture me still more? That
ring is a promise; and that promise
has been accepted"
That's what l said" exclaimed the
old lady
And what did she answer, mad
amer"
What | chose" said Christine,
driven to evaporation Don't you
think, monsieur, that this cross-exam-
ination has lasted long enough? As
far as | am concerned
Raoul was afraid to let her finish
her speech. He interrupted her:
Il beg your pardon for speaking as
| did. mademoiselle. You know the
good intentions that make me NEEDLE,
just now, in matters which, you no
doubt think, have nothing to do with
me. But allow me TO tell you what l
have seen-and | have seen more than
you suspect, Christine-or what |
saw, for, to tell you the truth, have
sometimes been inclined to doubt the
evidence OF my eyes"
We'll, what did you see, sir, or
think you saw"
Il saw your ecstasy at the sound
of the voice, Christine; the voice that
came from the wall or the next rooms
TO yours yes, your ecstasy!
And that is what makes me alarmed
on your behalf. You are under a very
dangerous spell And yet 1t seems that
you are aware OF the imposture, be-
cause you say today that there is no
Angel Of Music! In that case, Chris
tine, why did you follow him that
time? Why did you stand up, with
radiant features, as though you We're
really hearing angels? All, it
is a very dangerous voice, Christine,
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he tried to make firm and brave, but
which still trembled. anything that
concerns you interests me to an eG
tent which perhaps you VIII one day
understand. | do net deny that my
surprise equals my pleasure at finding
you with your adopted mother and
that, after what happened between us
yesterday, after what you said and
what | was able to guess, hardly ex-
pected to see you here so soon.
should be the first to delight at your
return, If you were not so bent on
preserving secrecy that may be fatal
10 you and | have been your
friend too long not to be alarmed,
with Nine. Valerius. at a disastrous
adventure which will remain danger
Gus so long as We have not unraveled
It's threads and of which you will GER
tainiy end by being the victim, Chris
tine
At these words, Mamma Valerius
tossed about in her bed.
What does this mean" she cried
is Christine in danger?'
Yes, madame said Raoul- c0ur-
ageously, Notwithstanding the signs
which Christine made to him.
My Cod" exclaimed the good, sim
pie old woman, gasping for breath.
You must tell me everything, Chris
tine Why did you try to reassure
me? And what danger is 1t, NJ. de
Chagny?"
An impostor is abusing her good
faith"
is the Angel of Music an 1mpos-
tor?"
She told you herself that there is
nc Angel OF Music"
But then what is it, in heavens
name? You will be the death of me-"
There is a terrible mystery around
US, madame, around you, around
Christine, a mystery much more to be
feared than any number of ghosts or
geniii"
Mamma Valerius turned a terrified
face to Christine, who had already
run to her adopted mother and was
holding her in her arms.
Don't believe him, mummy, don't
believe him." she repeated.
Then tell me that you will never
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leave me again" implored the widow.
Christine was silent and Raoul re-
sumed.
That is what you must promise,
Christine 1t is the only thing that
can reassure your mother and ME. We
will undertake not to ask you a single
question about the past, If you prom
ise us to remain under our protection
in future"
That is an undertaking which |
have not asked of you and promise
which refuse to make you" said the
Young girl haughtily Il am mistress
of my own actions NJ. de Chagny; you
have no right to control them, and L
will beg you to desist hencefOrth. AS
to what | have done during the last
fortnight, there liz only one man in
the world who has the right to de-
mand an account OF me: my hus-
band! Well, | have no husband and
[ never mean to marry"
She threw out her hands to en-
phasiZe her words and Raoul turned
pale, not only because Of the words
which he had heard, but because he
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FRIENDS HELP.
ST. Paul Park Incident.

After drinking coffee for breakfast
| always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition to get to my morning
duties. Then in about an hour or so
a weak, nervous arrangement Of the
heart and stomach would come over
me with such force | would frequently
have TO lie down"
Tea is just as harmful, because it
contains caffeine, the same drug found
in coffee.
AT other times l had severe head
aches; stomach finally became affect
ed and digestion so impaired that /
had serious chronic dyspepsia and
constipation. A lady, for many years
State President of the W. c. T. u.
told me she had been greatly ben
Gifted by quitting coffee and using
Postum; she was troubled for years
with asthma She said 1t was no
cross to quit coffee when she found
she could have as delicious an
article as Postum.
Another lady who had been trout
bled with chronic dyspepsia for years,
found immediate relief on ceaslng COT
fee and using Postum. Still another
friend told me that Postum was a
Godsend, her heart trouble having
been relieved after leaving off coffee
and taking on Postum.
so many such cases came to my
notice that I concluded coffee was the
cause of my trouble and / quit and
took up Postum. ! am more than
pleased to say that my days OF trou-
BILE have disappeared. am we'll and
happy
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Old Pie Shops Disappearing.

With the decline of the la mode
beef shop in London one notes also
the disappearance of most OF the old
nous eelpie shop in Fleet street that
the youthful fancy Of the writer al
ways associated with the story OF
Sweeney Todd, "the demon barber"
The itinerant vender of sleeps trot-
tiers has also almost disappeared, as
well as the seller of sandwiches at the
doors of theaters, while the peripate1c
pie has quite vanished from the
streets. In their place we nave the
all-conquering but malodorous fried
fish shop, which has multiplied four
fold during the last twenty years.
london Chronicle
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CHAPTER TX. (continued.)

At first. he thought he must be mis-
aiken To begin with, he was per-
suaded that, if any one was to be
pitied, it was he, RaouI. 1t would
have been quite natural if she had
said, Poor Raoul," after what had
happened between them. But, shak-
ing her head, she repeated, Poor
Erik"
What had this Erik TO do with
Christine's signs and why was she
plying Erik when RaouI was so I'm
happy?
Christine began to write, deliberate
ly, calmly and so placidly that Raoul,
fects of the tragedy that separated
them, was painfully impressed.
What coolness!" he said to him
self
She wrote on, filling two, three, four
sheets. Suddenly, she raised her
head and hid the sheets in her bodice
She seemed to be listening.
Raoul also listened
Whence came that strange sound, that
distant rhythm? . A faint sing
ing seemed to issue from the walls
yes, it was as though the walls
themselves were singing, The
song became palmer 49,. he
words were now distinguishabie
he heard a voice, very beautiful,
very soft, very captivating voice
but, for all its softness, it re-
manned male voice. The voice
came nearer and nearer it
came through the wall it ap-
preached and now the voice
was in the room, in front of Christine
Christine rose and addressed the
voice, as though speaking to some
one:
Here l am, Erik" she said Il am
ready. But you are late
Raoul, peeping from behind the cur
tain, could not believe his eyes, which
showed him nothing. Christine's face
lit up. A smile of happiness appeared
upon her bloodless lips
The voice without body went on
singing; and certainly Raoul had
never in his life heard anything more
absolutely and herOically sweet, more
gloriously insidiOus more delicate,
more powerful, in short, more irres1s-
tibly triumphant. He listened to it
in a fever and he now began to un-
derstand how Christine Daae was able
to appear one evening, before the
stupefied audience. with accents Of a
beauty hitherto unknown. of a super
human exaltation, while doubtless still
under the influence of the mysterious
and invisible master.
The voice was singing the Wedding
night Song from Romeo and Juliet.
Raoul saw Christine stretch out her
arms to the voice as she had done, in
Perros churchyard, TO the invisible
violin playing The Resurrection OF
Lazarus. And nothing could describe
the passion with which the voice
sang:
Fate links thee to me FOR ever and a
day."
The strains went through Raours
heart Struggling against the charm
! that seemed to deprive him of all his
will and all his energy and of almost
all his lucidity at the moment when
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does love him, But IL is me-
only that which drives me to despair;
for what | am not certain Of, madame.
is that the man whom Christine loves
is worthy of her loye,"
1T is for me to be the judge ot
that, monsieur!" said Christine, look
ing Raoul angrily in the face.
When man" continued Raoui,
adopts such romantic methods to en-
tice young girls affections -
The man must be either villain.
or the girl fool; is that it,
"Christine?"
Raoul, why do you condemn man
whom You have never seen, whom no
one knows and about whom you your
self know nothing"
Yes, Christine. Yes. .
| at least know the name that you
thought to keep from ne for ever.
+. The name of your Angel OF
Music, mademoiselle, Is Erik"
Christine at once betrayed herself
She turned as white as a sheet and
stammered
Who told you!"
You yourseIf!"
How do you mean?"
BY plying him the other night the
night of the masked ball. When you
went to your dressing-room, did you
not say. Poor Erik Well, Christine,
there WAS a poor Raoul who overheard
you"
This is the second time that you
have listened behind the door, NJ. de
Chagny!"
L was not behind the door &.
l was in the dressing-room, In the
inner room, mademoiselle."
'Oh, unhappy mani" moaned the
girl, showing every sign of unspeak-
able terror Unhappy man! Do you
want to be killed."
Perhaps"
Raoul uttered this perhaps" with
so much love and despair in his voice
that Christine could not keep back a
sob. She took his hands and looked
at him with all the pure affection OF
which she was capable.
"Raoul" she said, forget the mans
voice and do not even remember its
name. You must never try to
fathom the mystery Of the mans
voice"
rs the mystery SO very terrible"
There is no more awful mystery on
this earth. Swear to me that you
will MAKE no attempt to find out"
she insisted Swear to me that you
will never come to my dressing-room,
unless l send for you"
Then you promise to send for me
sometimes, Christine?"
Il promise"
'When@'
Tomorrow.
Then | swear to do as you ask
He kissed her hands and went away,
cursing Erik and resolving to be pa
tient
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Suspicious of British Museums Off
Gals Regarding Egyptian Mummy
Are AiIayed.

4 distinguished scientist attached to
one of the government bureaus at
Washington suggests that there may be
such a thing as using the X-rays too
much and too often, especially, he
contends, when the rays are made
the medium to pry into the antece-
dents of a young woman of royal lin
cage, resting for the moment under
unjust suspicious.
Every one knows that spurious
mummies have been planned og upon
the public Recently doubt arose
in a London museum as to the validity
of one daughter of the Pbaraohs IN
the collection. It occurred to the
museum officials that, in view or the
general hollowness Of life, the young
woman in question might have been
manufactured In some up-to-date town
So the officials at once turned the Ro-
entgen rays upon her. with the re-
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Entertaining Event That Dispelied the
Blues With Which AIgernon Was
Afflicted.

How 90 you like this weather, Al
gernon." asked Mr. Topf1oor as he got
into the elevator one cold evening last
week
Il doesn' min it sab Tain so bad,
but it might be better" replied Alger-
non fmpartially. ANY Of ting de
good Lo'd likes suits me. sab
1T is pleasant to find you so re
signed and so cheerful" commented
Mr. Topfoor.
Tank you" Is right cheerful dis
ebenin'," replied Algernor with broad
grin. as mighty blue las night. but
rs well now. tank de Lo'd. ! had
right pleasant aftnoon at fr'en's
house. an dat kin cheer me up. 'W'ot
de 'casion?' De 'casion was de fune'el
Oh his sister. Dere was mighty bis
doin's to cerb'ate de vent. an de
whole party so cheerful an signed
ike. couldn' help bein' elebated up.
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Was Cheerful and Resigned

too. Yessar dat so, de half dollars an
de quartahs de does count, tank you,
sab, tank 20! Mebbe yo' don know.
sah.' pursued Algernon. cheerfully. as
Mr.. Topfioor took out his latch key to
open his front dor, dat de gas pipes
is froze an dere ain no dinners bein'
cooked in de PARTNERS dis ebenin'?
De gas mans confab'latin' wifi de
pipes now He done brung his bag O
instruments, an l guess he gwine OPP
crate on de dif'ent meters, but eff he
say dere's any danger of a confiabgra-
ton in de house, / sut'ny will rimform
yo', sah"-NeW York Press.
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stomach and there was no cure. al
most thought the same, for my breath
was offensive and / could not eat any
thing without great misery. and grad
ually grew worse.
Finally l concluded to try Peruna.
and / found relief and cure for that
dreadful disease, catarrh l took five
bottles of Peruna and two OF Manalin,
and now feel like new man. There
is nothing better than Peruna and l
keep a bottle Of it in my house AL the
time"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-18
Home Influence on Writing.

Environment has been held respon-
sible for many human frailties, but 1t
der the blame for poor handwriting.
Even more than temperament and
copy books environment influences a
child's handwriting, said handwrit-
ing expert IF he sees a fashionable
writing or clear business hand on
tables and desks at home he will imi-
tate that unconsciously. If only an
uneducated scrawl meets him there,
he, too, will scrawl, let his instruction
at school be ever SO thorough
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Using X-Ray on Princess

suit that they Immediately perceived
her many-folded wraps the am
ulets which the Egyptians placed upon
the bosoms of their dead. So the sus-
picions Of the museum officials were
allayed. One Of them remarked: ''It
does seem a little hard that after the
lapse of several thousands of years
lady should be suspected Of impos.
ture"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-18
An Early Insurance Scheme!

A very early scheme Of insurance
for the laborer took heed of the wo-
man worker In 1886 the leaping OF
the poor rates gave birth to the pro-
posal of Universal Benefit Society"
Mr.. lakewood summarizes the scheme
in his Good Old Times" Every Ia
borer between the ages of twenty and
thirty years" he notes, earning 10d
a day should contribute to national
fund I'd a week, and every woman
earning e3 year led weekly. and
when sick or disabled should receive
benefit at the rate of As week, with
Is week added for each child. There
were, of course, many other details.
but the chief interest hes in the tact
that this was perhaps the earliest pro-
posal for the national insurance OF the
laDorer against inYalidity.
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Sincere Approval.

The piano We sold you" said the
merchant. was 1t satisfactory
Perfectly" replied Mr. Cumrox
We've had 1t tested and it's all
right My daughter and three music
teachers tried out all kinds Of Wag-
ner on 1t, and 1t stood up In a way
that shows reguIer tunes won't be
any strain at all"
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lnnnoYfanf 70 Motherq
Puzzle.

New Nurse couldn't answer the
doctor this morning when he asked IL
the young woman patient who arrived
a short time ago was light-headed.
Other Ditto-Why couldn't you an
swer him?
New Nurse-Because l didn't know
whether he wanted to know IL she
were delirious or if she were a
blonde.
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COntretempS.

Il don't think I'll go to any more OF
my wife's parties" said Mr.. Cumrox.
Don't you enjoy yourself!
Yes. Only some one always mis-
takes me for one of the guests and
starts in making remarks about now
made my money"
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Then, worn out, beaten, empty
Drained he sat down on the chair
which Christine had just left. Like
her, he let his head fall into his hands
When he raised it, the tears were
streaming down his young cheeks,
zeal, heavy tears like those which
jealous children shed, tears that wept
for a sorrow which was In no way
fanciful, but which is common to all
the lovers on earth and which he ex-
pressed aloud:
Who is this Erik" he said.
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Good Polish.

To make polish for patent leather
make mixture of one part of linseed
oil and two of cream. Mix it thor
oughly and apply with flannel, af-
ter removing every particle of dust
from the shoes. Then rub the leath
.er with a soft cloth.
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Wanted an AIl-Day Whistler.

Somebody advertised for man who
can whistle all day for good pay
Perhaps the grouchy man in the suite
across the hall doesn't like whistling
BY the way, what are the union rates
for whistling ?-Cleveland Plain Deal
er
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CATARRH
or The
STOMACH
Could Hardly Eat. Gradually
Grew Worse. Relieved
by Peruna

Mr.. A, NJ.
IKerd, Box 81.
w e t Bur
hngton, Iowa.
writes:
Il had ca
tarrh OF the
stomach and
s m all intes-
t | II q $ for a
II u m b err of
years. | went
TO a number
of doctors and
got no relief,
and fl ally
o n Q Of m Y
doctors S Mt
me to Chi
C a s o, and l
met the same
Iate. ! n Q y
S a / d they
could do moth
ing for me:
s a | d | h a d
oancnr Of the
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/ was ailing from fe-
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h ad headache and
backache nearly all
the time. Twas later
every month than /
should have b e e q
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for he was just behind her and en-
tirely covered by her.
day"
Christine walked toward her image
in the glass and the image came to-
ward her. The two Christines-the
real one and the refiection-ended by
touching; and RaouI put ont his arms
TO clasp the two in one embrace. But,
by SORT Of dazzling miracle that sent
him staggering, Raoul was suddenly
flung back, while an icy blast swept
over his face; he saw, not two, but
four, eight, twenty Christines spinning
round him, laughing at him and flee
one of them. At last, everything
stood still again; and he saw himself
in the glass. But Christine had disap-
peared
He rushed up to the glass. He
struck at the walls. Nobody! And
meanwhile the room still echoed with
a distant passionate singing:
Fate links thee to me for ever and a
day."
Which way, which way had Chris
tine gone? Which way would
she return?
Would she return? Alas. had she
not declared to him that everything
was finished? And was the voice not
repeating:
Fate links thee to me for ever and a
day!
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and so sick that had to go to bed.
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Good Idea.

AS 70 the low taxes, let's lower the
indirect taxes-for example. that tax
Of 40 million dollars a year that tub
erculosis levies in Missouri.-St.
Louis Republic.