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cheronr |. fancied she had only got
wind OF the thing and was holding you
IN check by the name. But II is i'm
possible. The paper is secreted in the
drawer of my bureau and no one ever
is admitted to the library. Ali AhP
WHAT" asked De Sartines, almost
startled, at the old marechals express
sion.
i see it all now"
Eyes, yesr
Il know the thiefr'
Yes, yes?"
The only person possible. Armand
de Lussac. He alone has had access to
my library. He came the other day
on a visit-scamp, traitor! He said he
was tired of Paris and wanted a
change. All, mon Dieu! to think tina,
| have been robbed by kinsman!'
Well, Monsieur, your kinsrnan is
safe in the Bastile If he has taken
the thing, then he must have passed ii
on to this internal woman. The
course before you is clear.
"Yes?"
"You must visit DE Lussac in the
Bastile and exert your power upon
him. You must make him write let
ter to madame ordering her to deliver
up to you the paper that has been
stolen from YOU"
MA fol" said Richelieu, that is
not a bad idea. One can but try. Ot
course, he will deny It."
"All the same. you must try. Threat
en- him with lifelong Imprisonment il
he does not DO as you dictate, and to
seal the matter show him these pa
pers" De Sartines took packet from
his pocket. They are the papers of
the Society of Midi, which | found in
the oragne tree tub in his courtyard
When he sees them he will know he is
lost unless he surrenders.
De Richelieu took the papers and
placed them in his pocket
There is one thing" said he. This
visit must be private; no one must
know that | have made it refuse to
be implicated further in this affair. To
have it said that Monsieur de Richie
lieu visited his kinsman in the Bas-
tile: to have it said that
Set your mind at rest" replied De
Sartines. y will give you an order
armed with which you will be admitted
without question, or examination; you
can manage with the brim of your hat
and your cloak held to your eyes that
10 one will see your face. You con-
sent"
Ma foil" replied Richelieu, YES
But one thing troubles me-"
What is that
DE Maupeou's arrival here to-day,
He is your enemy"
He is"
We'll. he came to speak to me about
some law business. That was only a
pretext; he had nothing important to
say Besides. all Paris thinks that |
am at Versailles. No. | am sure that
woman sent him a secret hint to come
here that he would see something that
would interest him"
! Possibly"
She has invited him to her home
this evening Comte; this means mis-
chief. and If | were you. | should"
"Yes?"
Buy. her or impriSon her"
De SartineS made no reply He
could not explain that he had attempt
ed to buy her and that Imprisonment
was totally out of the question.
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the sound of key in the lock of the
cell door, bolt was shot back, the
door opened, and his jailer appeared,
lamp in hand:
A man followed the jailer, carrying
tray on which was the prisoners
supper and the paper, pen and ink
with which every prisoner was sup
piled, so that he might put in writing
his complaints to the governor
Il will be back in an hour for the
lamp" said the jailer.
For the lamp"
7 MA fol. yes. Those are the regula-
tions. You don't want more than an
hour for your supper"
Heaven" said De Lussac They
have deprived me of liberty, and they
are now going to deprive me of light -
Il know nothing of your liberty"
said the iailer; "I only know the
regulations" He went out and shut
the door.
De Lussac turned to the food on the
table. 1t consisted of a stew, some
bread, and half bottle of wine The
| idea of food revolted him, still, he
knew that not to eat was perhaps to
fail if a sudden call came upon his
energies. He sat down to the table.
There was something human about
the food and the wine in this inhuman
place, this nightmare of stone
As he sat eating, slight sound at
tracted his attention and glancing on
the floor he saw rat An old gray
rat which had slipped into the cell
through some hole in the masonry, at
tracted, perhaps, by the smell of the
food.
He glanced at it, terrified by the
thought that he would find himself
alone in the darkness with such COM
pany as this. His imagination painted
! swarms of rats running over him, per-
haps attacking him. He was about to
push his chair away from the table
when the rat, whose bright eyes were
now fixed on him, drew closer and
then sat UP on its launches like dog.
1t was begging for food. just as a
poodle begs, and De Lussac stared at
it in astonishment without moving.
The rat kept its position for a moment
and then of sudden it turned a COM
plete somersault. Three times il did
this before sitting up again to beg.
1t was a performing rat, the pet
perhaps the friend, of some unhappy
! prisoner now vanished
! He threw a piece of meat from the
stew, and the rat whisked away with
| it beneath the bed Then, unable 70
I eat any more, he sat with his elbows
! on the table till the key sounded again
in the lock and the jailer entered.
Well" said the man as he re-
moved the things, you've made small
use of your pen and paper"
De Lussac started. He had little
hope of any appeal made to the gov
! ernor
81 will use them Tomorrow he said.
Tell me. was this cell inhabited before
came here"
Till Yesterday"
The prisoner was liberated"
mo, Monsieur; he died"
Al. he died! Who was he, then,
and how long was he here"
The man laughed; he was in a good
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CHAPTER VII.
Th" Spirit of the Basfile,


ne LUSSAC. after that glance.
which showed him the battle
- ment wall and the silhouette of
the passing sentry. sat for whigle, his
face buried in his hands One might
be tempted to say that despair does
not exist except in a mind diseased,
unless perhaps as a passing phase, as
now in the case of De LuSsac. De
LusSac for d moment felt and meas
ured despair. For a moment only,
and then his mind returned to him.
What brought him back to balance
was chiefly the thought that his po-
sition was OF his own making. and
that there was a certain justice in his
Imprisonment. He had matched him.
self against society as represented by
DE SartInes, and the game had gone
against him. 1t was useless to pule
and complain; it was unmanly. Then
youth, that giant, came to his assist
ance- Courage, said youth; the game
is not lost yet. Men have escaped from
prisons worse than this. A hundred
things may happen. Be prepared"
He rose to his fet and paced the
floor of his cell The light was now
so dim that he could scarcely distin-
guish the table. the chair, and the
bed; but he did not think of this.
Prisonless, his mind was wandering far
and wide and like bird seeking a
resting place, some point of hope.
He remembered, now. that Madame
Linden was in full possession of the
facts of his case; though she knew
nothing of his Imprisonment she knew
of his danger; she was in possession
of De SartineS' secret and she would
certainly use that knowledge to help
him-only, perhaps, to bring about her
own ruin!
This thought made him forget all
things else, even his own position. All!
if she were to fall into the trap. be-
come entangled in the wheels of this
internal machine that held him. And
he would never know. If his imprison-
ment were TO last till his death, he
would never know.
Maddened by this thought, he broke
out, cursing himself, cursing De F1eury,
the men he had sought to rescue, De Sar-
tines and the world. Then he became
calm again; his mind refused to dwell
on so frightful an idea. He would es-
cape; other men had escaped from
prisons worse than this.
He began to form plans wild enough
and senseless enough. He would bribe
the turnkey, forgetting that to leave
the Bastile he would have to pass the
guard at the main door, the guard at
the inner gate, and the guard at the
drawbridge. He would break the bars
of the window and lower himself by
means of his sheets torn up and twist
cd into ropes; Forgetting that if he
succeeded he would find himself in the
inner courtyard, hopeless to escape
from as the tomb.
Engaged in these thoughts, he was
suddenly brought back to reality by
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you. and YOU shall have some coffee
in an hours time. We don't starve
our people here. And for dinner you
can have what you please to pay for"
What | please to pay for? asked
De Lussac, who did not know the
truth that La Bastile was in reality
a. vast and formidable hotel. of which
the governor was the keeper.
Certainly"
We'll, then" said De Lussac, y
will have for dinner-my release"
The man laughed, and De Lussac
! felt he had gained point.
Il will even pay you a hundred
thousand francs for that same dinner,
went on the comte Two hundred
three hundred. My rent-rolI is three
hundred thousand francs-wcll, | will
give years rent for that which will
cost YOU nothing"
You are like the rest OF them," re-
piled the man, placing the pitcher OF
fresh water OIL the table "All prom
ises. = One would think | had only 10
open the door and say, Monsieur
What t's-your-nam walk out
He left the cell. shutting the door
behind him and locking it, and De
Lussac lay down on his bed again.
After a while he rose up, drew
the table beneath the window space,
stood on. the table and, springing up,
clumg to the window bars. He saw
again the battlemented wall and
against the skyline the form of SEN
try passing along it, Just as he had
seen a passing sentry on the evening
before. The sight depressed him. He
began to recognize that in the Bastile
the guardianship of prisoners had been
reduced to science. Drawing the
table back to its place. he sat down
on his bed again. this time with his
chin between. his hands
"All this is a system" said he, and
there is no system without some flaw:
Let ME find the flaw. These jailers of
mine have been reduced from living
and thinking men to automata: surely
that is point for a mind alive and
fresh to work upon"
Two hours passed, and then the
jailer rcappeared with the coffee and
roll which formed the deJeuner of the
Bastile; dinner was served at two
O'Clock
What time is it," asked De Lussac
as he sat down at the table.
Time" said the man. We have no
need for time here Its time for your
coffee. Time. Ma fol, if you once
begin about that. you will become like
that merry gentleman down the pass
age, who sings all day. The clock
with us is the dejeuner hour. the din
ner hour and the supper hour-a very
good timepiece, too He laughed as
he went out.
De Lussac, with sinking feeling
at his heart. drank his coffee and
crumbled his roll. As he did so he
heard something whisk on the floor.
1t was the rat Hastily he flung a
piece of the roll and the rat vanished
with it. The thing and its antics
stirred him almost to terror.
Then. to divert his thoughts. he took
the pen. ink and paper and began TO
write his letter to the governor.
1t was short letter, simply asking
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humor, for the liberality of De Lus.
sac in paying for the pen. ink ant
paper, and the bottle of wine he had
cracked on the strength of the louis
warmed his heart toward the prisoner
Now you are asking questions
Who was he? Ma fol, he was the
Marquis de .Viverolles. and he camt
here before my time. | was sorry tc
lose him. No matter; It's the way W,
must all CO." -.r....
The Marquis de Viverolles. Dr.
Lussac had heard of him in hi:
youth as the handsomest and .witties
man in France, who suddenly became
extinguished in the last years of ths
reign of the Grand Monarch, just a.
Fouquet had become extinguished il
the first years of that .illustrious reign
The man who had graced everything
that he touched, charmed all whom ht
knew, lent his. wit to- so many men
TO so many friends, and his genius
to a rat! 80
The spirit OF the Bastile lay in thai
page of unwritten. history.
Consumed by the mournfulness ot
it and feeling in it pointer of hi:
own fate. De Lussac. scarcly answer
ing the good night" of his jailer
! flung himself on his bed.
After a while the absolute blacknes:
OF the cell was broken by ray oi
light The moon had risen and {
beam showed up the bars of the
window space
As the light broke the darkness. d
faint sound came from the floor ot
the cell 1t was the friend of the
Marquis dc Viverolles picking up the
crumbs that had fallen from the table
De Lussac,. as he lay listening and
watching the beam upon the wall, in,
stead OF giving himself over to des-
pair, continued TO exercise his MIND
on plans for escape.
Nothing could seem more hopeless
yet he showed his philosophy by cling,
ing to hope.
Come he said to himself, 4 have
determined TO leave this place If
cannot leave it in the body. shall
leave it in the spirit by dying. Well
then, let me aim first at my bodily re-
lease. Let me be calm. strong and
watchful To be watchful. | must con.
ciliate my jailer and keep my eyes oper
for any chance; to be strong | mus
eat and TO be calm | must sleep.
Let me. then. sleep; it is the first
step TO that plan which have not yet
formed but which will come"
He turned on his side, but sleep
which comes to children more readily
than to philosophers. held aioof from
him for a while. Then, suddenly, tht
exhaustion caused by the excitement
of the day fell on him like a cloak
He slept. and when he woke he found
the jailer entering his cell and daylight
shining through the high window.
His first thoughts on wakening and
recognizing the place where he was
were the thoughts upon which he had
fallen asleep.
The jailer. used TO the vagaries oi
new prisoners, was surprised at the
cheerful face OF his new charge
Well" said he. YOU seem to have
slept. Here is a jug of water for
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-08-13
NAVAJO BLANKETS
FREE THIS WEEK!
Tobacco Dealers Supplying Smoker;
With. This Pleasing Novelty.

a Navajo Observation-Disclosures size.
to be sure-will be given free by
prominent tobacco dealers of Fair
mont for the next few days to every
purchaser Of package of Sovereign
Cigarettes. These blankets exactly
reproduce the beautiful color work
ana unique designs of the Navajo
Indians. And because Of It's large
size, five and half by eight and
one-half inches, this new novelty is
practical as we'll as beautiful. It re-
quircs only eight for pillow top,
ana no very great number of table
covers, den draperies. sashcs, dress
trimmings, etc.
The gift of these Navajo blankets
through local dealers with EACH
package of Sovereign Cigarettes.
which cost &c, is made to insure
their wide trial. because Of the be-
lief on the part of the manuractur-
erS that smokers generally will like
and continue using this brand. II Is
said that the plan Is fully justified
by results in other cities, where II
has made thousands OF new smokers
FOR Sovereign Cigarettes. In sec
lions OF the country where smokers
are widely acquainted with their
high quality, Sovereign cigarettes
are known to the tobacco trade to be
Immensely popular.
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Snakes cts of
japanese 400
ORIENTAL SOCIETY IS NOW EN-
Unused WITH LATEST FAD,
BUT SATISFYING IT IS A PERIL
GUS UNDERTAKING.

TOKYO, Aug. l2.-To make pets
OF snakes Is the latest hobby Of Jap
anese society. Fashionable womca
a.c cuitivating fancy FOL small live
serpents. They have about them the
harmless spotted keel-backs and
striped. snakes. which are easily
tanned.
The man who nas done more than
anybody elce TO establish this hob,
by Is kinjir0 Nakamura, who has
been engaged IN the snake busin esa
for more than 20 years. and who has
wonderful assortment of reptiles.
The most productive districts for
snakes in Japan are certain noun
tain sections near Tokyo and Nikko.
Here they are caught in large num-
bels. japanese snake catchers
drink sake before starting out to
hunt large scrpcnts. so that they
will not be stupefied by the ::pois.
onous breath" of the reptile.
A real combat occurred roc"r'''
between three men and serpent 20
feet long. The snake pUiseu leo
head about six feet above ground
knocked two men down with It's tail
rendered another unconscious with
It's poisonous breath" and then
escaped.
But Mr.. Nakamura. has found 9TH
For IL
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Neu1 Fashions
Next to Nothing
EXHIBITS AT GARMENT MAKERS
MEETING REMARKABLE FOR
FOR WHAT IS LACKING.

CHICAGO. Aug. 10. - They're
striking of the shackles of the Paris
fashion creators at the big national
garment makers display opening
here today, and In the words of the
Mortified male reporter who viewed
the preliminary exhibit:
They're striking of everything
else"
The keynote Is back to nature"
and the backward movement is ac-
complished by mighty jumps.
Bathing suits In flesh coIors, slit
skirts with Sits that reach-anL
reach-and ballroom gowns are vi
sions-of nothing at all. were placed
on display and will be donned by
real live models.
THE Buster Brown" bathing sui,
caps the climax, Modistes declare
that after one plunge in the surf the
wearcr would resemble nothing ~
much rs the famous Sept en- be,
Morn"
THE Buster Brown" on display I.
made Of ffesh-tintcd silk. The bod
ice is sleeveless and cut entirely toe
low for Chicago police regulations.
There Is no skirt. The bloomcrs
they call them boomers - don't
pretend to cover the knees. From
the boomers to the tops of the white
SILK stockings there is nothing at all
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there is no more of that. I've invcs-
tigated that soap and find 1t is made
OF purcst cocoanut oil. cleanest tai
low. boraX and naphtha, and that II
not only cleans, but antisepticiscs
clothes, cooking vessels and every
thing else washed with 1t. We tried
1t first by buying two cakes for ten
cents. with the understanding that
our money would be refunded II It
didn't make good. OF course, II made
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NOTICE.

Tho undersigned will make appllca.
ton TO Henry D. Hatfield. Governor of
the State of West Virginia, for a par.
don from a judgment rendered by Il.
Leigh Fleming. Justice of Marion
county. on the 22d day of April. 1913,
whereby the undersigned was adjudg.
ed to pay fine OF Fifty Dollars and
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Special Notice to Dealers:

new race OF horses is being developed
for the army.
Bright chestnut, which is the
equivalent Of red hair in children,
has quite overcome all other tints
among hackneys. and IL Is associated
with the mental quality that is
called fire" 1t Is a master color
In more than one respect, indicat.
ing q viking spirit.
In horses and men a sort of duel
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don from a judgment rendered by r.
Leigh Fleming, Justice of Marion
county, on the ed day OF April, 1918,
whereby the undersigned was adindg.
ed to pay fine OF Fifty Dollars and
confined in the Marion county jail for
six months for an alleged violation OF
Sec. I. Chap. 81. Acts 1911. W. Va
Legislature.
tsigned) TOM RUsIr. (
Aug. 6, 10,
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is going on between red and brown.
or rather chestnut and bay. The
hackney is chiefly rcd, the hunter
chiefly brown, though Ireland is now
producing many chcstnuts.
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confined in the Marion county Jail for
six months for an alleged violation OF
See. {, Chap. 81. Acts 1911, W. Va.
Legislature.
tSigncdt MIKE CoNY0N.
Aug. 6, 10.
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A HAPPY HUSBAND.

Our house used to smell soapy
and steamy wash days" says well
known man, but since my wife be-
gan buying Easy Task laundry soap
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HORSES COLOR TO MATCH
THAT OF SOLDIERS COATS
New Breed of Red" Steeds Devotion.
ed for Army Use In Old
England.

LONDON. Aug. 12.--As a result of
experiments made in Leiscest ersh ire
by biologists, not yet completed. u
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NOTICE.

The undersigned will make applica.
ton 10 Henry D. Hatfield. Governor Of
he State OF West Virginia, for par.
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good =
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-27
Receiver Holabind Says
He will Build Eucina
Canal Dam in New River

Receiver W. H. Holabird of the
California Development Company has
told the newspapers of Los Angeles
that he will proceed with the con-
struction of the projected dam in
New River for the purpose of serving
the people on the west side of New
river with water.
Some time since the plans were
worked out for the dam and teams
were on the ground when Mexican
Receiver Andada obtained an order
in Mexico for stopping the work, on
the ground that the dam would not
be a safe engineering work. 1t was
contended that the pressure of the
water against the earth work at the
altitude proposed and with the slope
of bank proposed would be too gerat
the projected earthen dam to be about
fofty feet in height.
On this point there is a difference
of opinion between Chief Engineer
Chester Allison Of the California De-
yelopmant Company, who designed
the dam, and County Engineer c. n.
Perry, who is also engineer for Mr..
Andrada, who holds that the dam
would be unsafe.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-27
Specialties of
Some Senators

washington Correspondence St.
Paul Pioneer Press:) To be United
States senator and still retain ones
laughter is an achievement Of few
men. Nose senators are dignified, but
once in while they ease up in their
relations with their fellow men. Sem
ator Burton was always ponderous
and dignified, and he has carried these
qualities over to the senate with him,
but he seems in no way unduly exalted
because of his position. But there are
some senators who take their togas
very seriously indeed. Of course, in
the set speeches made on the floor by
these gentlemen and reported in the
newspapers the public see the official
and not the man. Those readers who
rarely see the magazines and read
only the telegraphic dispatches in
their papers are left quite in the
dark as to the dispositions, manners
and private nature Of the public men
whose names are as familiar to them
as the corner grocer.
Take Senator Bacon. for instance.
There is no man who lives up to his
press notices every hour of the twen-
ty-four. No one ever remembers see
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-27
Science" Healer
Found Murdered
(By United Press Association,

Los Angeles, Sept. 27-Mrs. Rebec-
ca P. Gay, a prominent Christian
Science pratctoner, was found muir
dered in her office in the Hellman
building this morning. Her head had
been beaten to a pulp by gaspipe
and the office was a shambles. She
apparently had been dead ten hours.
There is no clew. She was divorced
some time ago from John Gay, San
Diego multi-millionaire. Her body
was covered with Christian Science
literature and lay on the floor.
The police theory is that the woman
was struck while sitting with pos
sible patient and then the body was
dragged to the window. The woman's
teeth were scattered on the floor and
bloody wisps of hair lay on the floor
Across her breast lay motto card
"The Lord is My Shepherd, shall Not
Want"
1t is uncertain whether it fell from
the table with which the murderer
covered the body or the murderer plac-
ed it there.
Friends say Mrs. Gay and othe.