Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-11-14
w. G. Chapman.)

me.
Good" answered the other. Nov,
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. 1t 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 Fec, 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 Marseillss 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. It was case in which.
as 1t seemed to him, the possession
Of money would play a 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 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. 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-
tions 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 a 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 OF
two before, and had gone into the in
terror with a circus company, Their
parading throughout Morocco will
/ Its trained lions and performing ele
| plants, to the intense delight of tbs
natives. After a week In the capita
the circus manager had withdrawn to
ward the coast, loaded with honors-
but Guepin had remained, the pro
tegee Of the Sultan's principal lad,
in her magnificent house in Fee.
So much Lane Iearned; further de
tails came to him Unexpectedly on TIL
tenth morning. when there cam
struggling along the road the rem
nants of the very circus which ha,
taken Guepin to Fee. A few miseI
able, lean camels, ham-strung horse
3 troupe OF starved and anxious mel
and women were all that remainet
Of the trappings and the tinsel. Tn
company had been attacked b,
tribes along the course, the horse
carried away, the best of the camel
also, and the lions and leopards hewl
to pieces for the delectation Of tn
natives.
Never again do | enter Africa
monsieur" said the proprietor tt
Paul as they sat that night over tn
campfire. Had not gone to Fec
should now be in possession of m
animals-the finest lot that ever lei
France. and all imported by me fror
Monsieur Hagenbeck's menagerie q
Hamburg and of my own training
Now-see what is left! Assured
France must recompense me for m
losses"
But his majesty's presents" II
terrupted Paul
Gone, all gone, monsieur" erie
the owner, wringing his hands. "Sto
en- by the accursed Moors. And tn
star Of my collection, the beautifl
and unrivalled Mademoiselle Guepi
even she is lost to me- All, MOI
sieur, l worshipped that woman wit
J blind devotion. And she left me fc
what? For Moor, monsieur, nj
gro-for what else are these Arab
but negroes masquerading as
branch of the white race? For
black man and a handful of jewels
It is treasure house, that palace |
Fee, such as might turn the head {
any woman. The marvels, monsieur
J There are moving picture display
, the crowns of gold, rubies and sal
} phires and pearls as large as eggs
. mechanical toys and guns of gold an
silver-it is the wonder of the world
J o, for an hour inside and a stot