The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

: Paul, you will have cause to exercis,
diplomacy. for the Frenchmen ar,
/ utilizing the services of a very no
: toriOus character-none less thar
MademOiselle Guepin."
of the Moulin Rouge" cried Pau
In surprise.
} Precisely. II will not be the frs
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 oil
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 &C
quire an unbounded influence over
her and him. So you see. Paul, that
you have a hard problem to solve
Waste no time, then, but take the
next steamship from Marseilles TO
Tangiers, and then-good luck to
you!"
Two days later Paul Lane sailed
Tor Morocco. In his pocket he car
ried bills and gold coin to the value
/ OF 100000. 1t was a case in which.
as 1t seemed to him. the possession
OF money would play a considerable
part. He longed to acquit himself
we'll 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
mans part in the world, as he had al
ways longed to do. When the purple
hills OF the Atlas range doomed into
| sight behind the quiet little Spanish
town he felt curious confidence in
his success. A new sense of strength
came to him; he would show that he
was a man to be reckoned with, he
would prove his mettle and demand
that he be taken fully into the conf
dence OF the league, Of whose mem
bership, so far, he knew nothing ex-
cept what Rosny had told him.
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 a company of stroll
ling players. she had acquired a repu-
tation second to none among the ad-
venturesses Of olden times. Minis
tiers OF state, publicists, leaders of
France had fallen victims to her be-
fore 1t occurred to some high digni- |
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 a circus company. then |
paradlng 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-l
but Guepin had remained, the pro-
tegee Of the Sultan's principal lady |
In her magnificent house in Fee.
So much Lane rearned; further de- |
tails came to him Unexpectedly on the |
tenth morning, when there came |
struggling along the road the rem
nants of the very circus which had |
taken Guepin to Fee. A few miser-
able, lean camels, ham-strung horse,
troupe Of starved and anxious men /
and women were all that remained
OF the trappings and the tinsel. The
company had been attacked by
tribes along the course, the horses
carried away, the best of the camels
also, and the lions and leopards hewn
to pieces for the delectation of the
natives.
Never again do enter Africa.
monsieur" said the proprietor to
Paul as they sat that night over the
campfire. Had I not gone to Fee I
should now be In possession of NV
finest lot that ever left
France. and all imported by me from
Monsieur Hagenbeck's menagerie at
Hamburg and of. my own training.
Now-see what is left! Assuredly
France must recompense me for my
osses"
But his majesty's presents" in
corrupted Paul.
Gone, all gone, monsieur" cried
he owner, wringing his hands. "Stol-
N by the accused Moors. And the
tar of my collection, the beautiful
md unrivalled Mademoiselle Guepin
even she is lost to me. All, mon
ieur, l worshipped that woman with
lind devotion. And she left me for
What? For q Moor, monsieur, a ne
what else are these Arabs
tut negroes masquerading as
ranch Of the white race? For
lack man and a handful Of jewels.
is a treasure house, that palace in
'ez, such as might turn the head of
ny woman. The fnarvels. monsieur,
here are moving picture displays.
he crowns of gold, rubies and sap
hires and pearls as large as egge; (
Mechanical toys and guns of gold and {
Ilver-it is the wonder of the world |
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