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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-09-19

Confess. Father. she has learned
much from your" Nanette laughed.
mo. no; l trust"
'Surmised. them" said the girl.
"She Is one not easily deceived. Clsv-
er II my lady! And you talk, she
says nothing. but leads you on!"
NAY; I'll not belisve-'tis true once
OF twice I've let word slip. But she
noticed not"
mo Doubt" The island girls
voice expressed fine scorn. "How-
ever. 1t matters little. Speaks she ever
Of the Black Ssigneur7" suddenly.
mo. Whyf"
why not?" Nanette's tone was
snigmatic.
i don't understand"
AT any rate, she il better OF here
than yonder in France. IL tidings be
true" said the other irrelevantly.
"Ah, ma belle Franoe!" murmured
the old man regretfully. How she is
torn within-threatened from without!
But fortunately she has her defend
ers," his voice thrilled, brave men
who have thronged to her needs.
suppose" he continued abruptly. "it's
to arrange about the new ship that
brings the Seigneur once more to the
island?"
II suppose So" assented the other
briefly.
"A true Frenchman. Pierre Laroche.
your father, has shown himself, in Civ
ing one Of his best ships to the cause!
Although perhaps he would not have
been so ready" thoughtfully, had not
the Paris Assembly seen fit to appoint
Andre Desaurac in command Of all the
vessels to guard the coast against the
intrigues OF the French royalists with
foreign powers and aliens! Well. well,
he will find here many old friends!"
Yourself, for example, Father, who
helped him in the courts to establish
his right to his name" said the young
woman quickly.
"And you, Mistress Nanette." the
kindly eyes lighting with curious. in
dulgent look, who went to the Mount
alone, unaided, to-"
A frown gathered on the dark, hand
some face Of the girl "Unaided?" she
said, staring at the sparkles on the
waves before her.
"Oh, the people never weary of talk
ing about It! and how you"
"Yon's a salt" Abruptly the young
woman rose; with skirts fiuttering be-
hind her, gazed out to sea.
Several hours later. just before dusk,
ship ran into the harbor, dropped
anchor, and sent boat to the shore.
In the small craft sat number OF
men, and the first OF these to spring
to the beach and mount the stone stair
way to the inn, was met at the top;
warmly greeted, by old Pierre him
self! Mon Dieu! To see the new
conner was like old times! Only now,
the landlord observed jestingly, the
profits would be small! But a fig to
parsimony, in these days when mems
patriotism should be large; do what
he, the Black Seigneur, would with
the new ship, even II he sunk her. pro-
vided it was In good company, and he
went down with her himself! To which
protestations the other answered.; pre-
sented his companions, and greeted
the assembled company within.
Busy at a great board, laden with
comestibles interpreted with fiagons
of wines, Nanette welcomed him brief
ly,. and again his glance-keen and
assured, that OF man the horizon Of
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-09-19
The Home Influence.

Henrietta" said Mr.. Meekton
What is 1t. Leonldas7" Suppose I
stay at home and economic in order
to facilitate your public career and
employ my leisure hours in assisting
you with your speeches and magazine
articles "well?" when you are
prominent in public affairs, VIII you
be one Of those who candiily admit
that they owe everything to their hus-
bands ?"-washington SER.
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In clatts ring wooden shoes. rhe vote,
Of the Black Seigneur-now pledging
toast to old Pierre; anon discussing
winds. tides, or ships! free reck.
less voice. that seemed to vibrate
from the past--to stir anew bright.
terrible fsmes.
Daylight slowly waned: lights were
brought In. and. the meal over. old
Pierre pushed back In his chair. My
lady rose quickly; looked q little con-
STRANGELY at the company. at the Mar
ouis, then toward the door. Antieipat-
ing her desire, attributing to 1t. Der
haps. a significance nattering to HIS
vanity, the young nobleman expressed
a wish for a stroll; a sight OF the gar
den. At once she assented; slight
tint now on her cheeks. she moved
to the door, and my lord followed; az
they disappeared, the Black Seigneur
laughed-at one OF Pierre's jokes!
Have l not told 1t before?" said
the host.
Have your" murmured the Black
Seigneur. well. a good jest. like an
excellent dish. may we'll be served
twice"
"Humph!" observed the landlord
doubtfully. After pause: II suppose
he will be taking her away soon?"
Herr" The young man rose.
"The Lady Elise!"
II suppose So" shortly.
I'VE shall miss her!" grumbled the
landlord as he, too. got up and walked
over to the fireplace. II. who never
thought to care for any of the One
folk--I, bluff old Pierre Laroche!-say
we shall miss her."
Knows she how 1t Jared with his
Excellency's-her father's-estate?
That little. or nothing. Is left?"
AYE"
"And she will agree to the promise
/ wrote you about?" quickly.
THAT you--now that the right to
your name has been vindicated-are
content to accept half the lands in dis
pute: her ladyship to retain the other
half?"
"Yes; in consideration OF that which
his Excellency expended in taxes-no
small sum!-and what II would cost
to carry on vexatious litigation!"
you are strangely faint-hearted to
pursue your advantage" said old
Pierre shrewdly. But" as the other
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-09-19

fesh-pots, 1t informed the company.
awaited not soft words and honeyed
phrases; monarch In his own dining
room, Internationally conscious, per.
haps, of his own unwonted prodigality.
Pierre Laroche waved them to their
places-where they would!--so that
they waited not!
Quizzically my lord lifted his brow;
truly here was Republican fellow
who appreciated not an honor when
It was bestowed upon him. nor saw
anything unusual in a Marquis pres
ence beneath that humble roof. Some
thing of this he murmured to my
lady, In a tone others might have
heard; but she answered not; took her
place, with red lips the firmer. as IL
to conceal some weakness to which
they sought to give way.
Not without constraint the meal
passed; the host, DESTROYS TO learn
the latest political news, looked at the
Marquis and curbed natural curios-
ity, until a more favorable moment
when he and the Black Seigneur should
be alone. My lady, although generally
made to feel welcome and at home
there, seemed now, perhaps, to herself.
a little out OF place, like person that
has wandered from world Of her own
and strayed into another's. Cross-cur-
rents, long at strife in her breast,
surged and flowed fast: the while she
seemed to listen to my lord, who ap-
peared now in lighter, more airy hui
NOR. And as she sat thus. with fair
head bent a little, she could but hear.
at times, above the medley Of tones
anc the sound Of servants footsteps
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-09-19

when last did you see her, Father?"
She comes often to my cottage to
walk and"
"Talk?"
well, yes!" The fine, spiritual face
expressed a twinge of uneasiness.
About the past?"
The priest shifted slightly. Some
times! An old man lives much In the
past and 1t is natural to wander On
a bit aimlessly at times. and"
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whose vision had widened, since last
he stood there-swept the gathering.
But apparently, one he looked for was
not present, and he had again turned
to the young woman, a question on his
lips, when on the garden side Of the
house door opened. 1t revealed a
Towering background, plateau. yell
low in the last rays Of the sun: 1t
framed, also, the slender, black-clad
figure Of girl, above whose white
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-09-19
sea; the moaning and signing, like
voices on the wings Of the storm.
~ FREDERIC s. ISNAM II

You speak In your letter about trick
ery"-used to estrange us! Think no more
Of II. beg you. What is past is gone
as I. part of that past, when we were
boy and girl together-soon shall be. And
come not near the Mount. There can be
no meeting for us on earth. / send you
my adieu from afar. 1t Is only a
shadow that speaks mon ami.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-09-19
INTERNATIONAL,
SUNDAYSChOOL
LESSON

(By 2. o. SELLERS. Director OF Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago.)
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SYNOPSIS.
90 0Y HfE 0Ooa5 -SERRill CO.

Comtesse Elise. daughter of the govern
or or the Mount. has chance encounter
wfth peasant boy. The Mount" a small
rock-bouhd island. stood In vast bay on
the northwestern coast of France. and
during the time OF Louis XVI. was gov
ernment stronghold. Develops that the
saurac. nobleman. Young Desaurac deter
mines to secure an education and become
ter depart for Paris. Lady Elise returns
arter seven years schooling. and enter
taips many mobiles. Her Ladyship dances
arms is made T IN am efor tn to capture
mysterious lie Seigneur Noir. He escapes
Lady Elise is caught in the Grand" tide
her to his retreat Elise discovers that
her savior was the boy with the fish
Sanchez. the Seigneur's servant. is ar
Lady Elise has SANCHEZ set free. seig-
neur and priest at the -'Cockles.' San
enez tells Desaurac that Lady Elise be-
seu n pans 0a To release i no at the
Mount Lady Elise pleads with her faith
err to spare THE lives OF condemned pris-
%ae as tSo sd peasant amt
some startling facts. A mysterious
Mountebank starts a riot. He Is arrested
ana locked up after making close obser-
vatfons OF the citadel. and Is afterwards
summoned before the governors daugh-
ter. The governor enters the room during
ns e with TN, the AS
leased by order OF the governor. De-
sanrac overpowers guard and dons sol
dier's uniform. The Seigneur successfully
passes guards and nnds the Great
Wheel" jacques. the jailer forced to
tread the wheel and bring up enemies OF
the governor. The Black Seigneur liber
ates the prisoners. The Seigneur again
mqde prisoner. The Marquis de Beau
viiIers visits the Mount. The ladies and
mobiles inspect the dungeons. Elise visits
tho Seigneur. Lady Elise engages Ma
nette. daughter OF Pierre Laroche, friend
OF the Black Seigneur. as maid Nanette
plans the release of the Black Seigneur.
The Marquis and Lady Elise ride into an
ambush Lady Elise is held as hostage.
Prisoners are exchanged, My Lady for
the Seigneur. The people storm the Mount
and the Black Seigneur tries TO save
Eifse. Sanchez kills the governor: the
Black Segneur rescues Elise.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-14
Secretary McAdo0. Master Executive

Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
is master executive. He u capable
Of long periods of uninterrupted work,
and has . tremendous capacity for
detail. He displayed everywhere this
latter quality when building his Hud.
son river tunnels; from the day he
frst conceived the idea his was the
mind that directed all the company's
activities: neither abstruse financial
nor engineering problems had the
slightest terrors for him. As part Of
this tunnel enterprise Mr.. McAdoo
constructed what was then New
York's largest ofiice building. He did
not overlook q single detail In this
structure. In order to provide q ten
ant for the top floor problem which
the real estate men regarded az In
soluble-Mr. McAdoo himself organ.
lied the now flourishing Railroad club
Here again he attended to every de-
tall; he superfntended the decorations,
the purchase of furniture, the selec.
ton Of table linen, silver, and china
In one respect, at least, Mr.. McAdoo
decided. his Railroad club should
stand preeminent: It must provide
the best bread Of any club In town.
With this idea In mind, he invited all
the master bakers to forward samples
OF their handiwork. One day his
friends discovered Mr.. McAdoo In his
office surrounded by q large semicir-
Gle OF freshly baked loaves Of bread
He spent an hour solemnly tasting the
samples.
The man who baked this one shall
bake the Railroad clubs bread" he
finally decided, indicating the prem
[ium loaf.
Mr. McAdoo Is also noted for his re-
sourcefulness; he has the happy facul-
ty OF never getting left" He has
been known to dispatch a special train
to bring travelling bag which he has
accidently left behind-this incident
really happened few years ago In
Arizona.
His fondness for fast automobiling
amounts almost to recklessness: he
The Detroit times., 1913-10-14
Saloons Lawyers
And Newspapers

Recognizing the saloon and the
brewery interests as the strongest sup
ports of corrupt civic conditions. the
league has closely observed the work
Of the regulation committee OF the
common council In passing upon appli-
cations for licenses and transfers. In
a number Of instances the protestants
have looked to the league 10 champion
their cause before the committee.
Thomas Wier. Of 2739 Jefferson-ave.
Is one Of the most persistent appli-
cants for a transfer He desires to
open q saloon SO located aS more Of.
fectively to prey upon employees OF the
Hudson and Continental Motor COM
panies and the Anderson Forge and
Machine company. as they go to and
from their work. The league has will
ingly co-operated with these manufac-
turers and resident citizens and up to
test against the transfer OF this H.
cense. Mr.. Wier's last appeal to the
council committee was made on Sept.
I. when he was represented by Attor-
ney John d. MacKay.
IN tul8 COuuoNtfOus VIC WOuoCi
whether an attorney who shares the
profits Of the saloon business In
form Of a retainer for advocating the
saloOnkeeper's cause ought TO have
any different social recognition than a
man who sells the liquor over the
bar.
Until the owners of newspapers who
prostitute their advertising columns
for a share In the profits Of the II
quor business. and until the attorneys
who sit In the sanctuary on the Sab
bath but receive retainers In return
for the use Of their talents In defend
ing the cause Of the liquor interests,
are looked upon as important cogs In
the brewing and saloon machinery we
can expect only confusion. Oppo-
nents of the saloon should learn
who's who In the liquor business
Civic Searchlight.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-14
Cooperation Applied
To Truck Fdrn1i10

Believing that there Is an intimate
connection between good roads anu
rural schools, Dr.
Good Roads- p. p. Claxton, com.
Arbor Day. missioner of the
United States bu-
reau OF education. suggests the annual
observance of Good roads-arbor
day" In all the schools OF the United
States. both In the open country and
In towns.
In the opinion of the United States
commissioner of education q good
roads day could be very well combined
with arbOr day. because the estab-
lishment OF good roads and the plant
ing OF trees 90 together In some pro-
gressive communities In this country
and also In Europe. where arbor day
Is observed by the planting of shade
trees along prominent roads. In ap-
proving a report Of one Of his assist.
ants on the subject, DIR. Claxton says:
THE attention of the 10000, 900
children of the schools Of this country
should be called to good roads and to
the proper means of protecting them
and identifying them and making
travel more comfortable and attrac.
tive over them. One OF the greatest
needs OF our country Is good public
roads. The reason we do not have
them wherever needed is not primar.
lily because Of the cost of building
them. for In the last quarter of q cen.
fury we have spent more money for
many other things not half so valua.
BILE or half so much needed than would
be required to pay for the building or
good roads to and through every place
In the country having any considers.
BILE population.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-14
New York Letter
BY NOR MAN.

NEW YORK. Oct. 14.-There IL
boy aged 9 in a family which recent
ly returned to its uptown apartment
after spending the summer In the
country.
Mother, small son and maids wer'
to the fat. Father went to his OF
Ace, where a pressure Of work com
PEELED him to labor all day and fal
into the evening. When he got home
everybody had gone to bed. Ap
preaching the bathroom door, ne
found It closed, and adorned with
large sheet Of wrapping paper, on
which a proclamation Of some sor'
seemed to have been laboriousi,
printed in large and struggling capi
tai letters. :.
Turning up the hall light. this Is
what father read:
do not open the bath room oore
do not rase the window
do not turn up the light
do not make any noise
There is a mud turtel asleep II
the wash BASIN"
The M. H. Savage mystery Is
queer thing. It listens like the pio
Of q novel.
A man handed In this advertise
ment at the ofiices OF morning pa
per: IN Memoriam-M. n. Savage
pianist, died Oct. 4. 1909, through
railroad wreck in Canada. F. y. "A
NJ"
"Savage's mother lives at 166 Scher
merhorn-st.. Brooklyn" said the man
He was identified through the cnar
red remains Of travelling bag, whicf
bore his name"
NJ. H. Savage was found at the aa
dress given. This is very strange
said he. Five years ago, when
was employed as a pianist oy I
moving picture company, I met, II
Sidney, Canada, a pianist named Mar
vim H. Savage. who worker for a the
atrical company. My name Is Mar
win II. Savage. became quite wei
acquainted with this man. but | ha'
never heard OF his death"
How Marvin Savage's address came
TO be given by the man who paid To-
the memorial notice Is an unexplained
mystery.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-14

Our annual mud tax IL far greater
than would be the tax necessary to
pay the interest on bonds to build
roads. The roads are not built, b.
cause the people do not understand
their value nor comprehend how much
beauty they would contribute to the
country and how much pleasure TO
life. II Is largely q matter OF public
sentiment and ideals. These are most
easily created in childhood. What
one would have In the state Of tomor.
row must be put into the schools OF
today.
Not only should we build good
tractive and comfortable to travel
over. In many Of the European coun-
tries this is done by planting the road.
side with rows Of trees. On some OF
the broader and more important pub
lie highways there are double rows OF
trees on either side. The eye follows
the road across country. not a. .
broad white band, with heat simmer.
Ing above It or dust lowering over Il.
but by rows Of stately trees covered
with foliage In the summer, their bare
branches silhouetted against the sky
In winter.
ION many OF the roads fruit or nut
trees are planted. These add to the
food supply Of the people and to the
resources of the state for the upkeep
Of the roads. This tree planting BY
the roadside has not yet become COM
mon In this country. a. It should. l
hope to see 1t gradually encouraged,
and I am indeed glad to support the
movement for the establishment
throughout the various states OF an
annual good roads-arbor day"
The Detroit times., 1913-10-14
Diary of Father Time

/ see by the papers the New York
Central railroad and some OF the west
ern hotels are not going TO furnish
finger bowls any more. Maybe the
arrangements thought they reminded
folks OF the old style OF eating before
forks we're invented.
Forks have been in use only about
300 years. The old Greeks, although
their civilization was much advanced.
ate with their fingers, as gracefully as
possible And In the middle ages peo-
Pile still ate with their fingers. OF
course, they washed their hands be-
fore and after each meal but still, the
custom was anything but clean.
Each of the guests at dinner was
first offered a basin and a pitcher and
1t was bad form to help ones self to
any Of the food before having care
fully washed hands and face. or
course, they washed them again after
the meal Coldsmiths finally invented
forks but at first they were objects Of
luxury and were used only at times
when they might have been done with
out, as for eating pears, cheese and
sandwiches.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-14
Johnny Writes

n ~ toosdy-ttle gorgies svn him
q cuppe Of mites he sed
gorgie through life. open
watch going
that's the felers along In life
q q grate man don't Just
without seeing nuthing, 10
got gorgie
so his mulch pleased.
a o.
then mite when there little
house. gorge was setting in his mas lap. and he
and not
around without nuthing
ike a
boy -
Of
of
buro drawer nobo look
has sppin tickits the
Joined
O.
ever
performance
The Detroit times., 1913-10-14

has narrowly escaped death three
times; and he was once arrested In
Germany for "endangering . railroad
train"-the offense consisting In rae
Ing with locomotive to see which
would have the right-of-way over q
crossing. One day an enormous crowd
collected In Church-st., New York.
with eyes upturned toward . Dizzy
spectre several hundred feet up In
the air. A large steal girder attached
to q chain was making IN ascent to
the twenty-second story of the Hud-
son Terminal building. then In It's
skeleton stage. Standing on this
girder, with hand clasptng the chain.
stood Mr. McAdoo. He was making q
personal inspection Of his building
the only way, a. things then stood, In
which he could do 30. Slowly he
made the ascent: once arrived at the
top. he picked his way about the frAg.
mentary floor. stepping gingerly from
crossbcam to crOssbeam-a single In.
adventent move would have plunged
him to the pavement below.
You'd better take the hod elevator
down." said the foreman; on the way
down you're apt to get the 'zoop.''
Whats that?"
"A drop that makes you feel, like
your stomach and nerves had fallen
into your shoes"
"Zoop' or no scoop" said Mr.. Mo.
Adoo. I'm going down the way cam4
up" On the return trip he did not have
the girder to stand on. He placed his
foot In the hook at the end Of the
chain and gave the signal. Ono OF
the workmen joined him and threw
his arm around him a. protection.
you go anyway from heah," said
Mr.. McAdoo. He preferred to make
the trip al alone and did so.-The
Worlds Work.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-14


ranged to have MarQuard, Tesreau and
Demaree there.
However, 1t looks as II the verdict
would find Sulzer guilty as charged.
This silence from Harry Spencer's
cell would indicate either that the
supply is exhausted or he is in need OF
match.
European insurance companies will
take risks on standing timber, thus
enabling man to take out an acci-
dent policy on a wooden leg.
In springing joke in Ypsilanti 1t is
advisable to make sure the fellow
who doesn't see the point isn't armed.
st. Louis wants policemen who can
speak German, but, Of course, Irish.
men preferred.
Did you ever ride in a secondhand
ed runabOut.
We did.
Run about two miles and stopped.
Then we walked about two miles.