Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-10-25


diplomacy, for the Frenchmeu are
Utilizing the services OF a very no.
toriOus character-noEe less than
Nademoisene Gueuin."
"Of the Moulin Rouge" cried Paul
in surprise.
"Precisely. It 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 I
the other sex, and it is said that .
Mademoiselle Guepin has already .
reached Fee, installed herself in tbs |
household of the Shereefa, the Sui /
tau's principal vie and b,S ia 20 &C /
quire an UnJounded influence over |
her and him. so you see, Paul, that
you have a hard problem to solve.
Waste no time, then, hut take the
next steamsh hip from Marseilles 10
Tangiers, and then-good luck 10
you"
Two days later Paul Lane sailed
for Morocco. In his pocket he car
ried bills and gold coin to the value
oil SZU,UOU. IL was d NdoC III "hASAA'
az it 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 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 a 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,
famlliarizing himself with the condi-
lions 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
r already known to the men, and ever
: the purpose of her mission. Her life
had been an adventurous one. BorI
: on the road, into a company OF stroll
/ ling players, she had acquired repu
n tation second to none among the ad
g yenturesses of olden times. Minis
J. tiers of state, publicists. leaders o
o France had fallen victims to her be
r fore 1t occurred to some high dign
d tary Of France to utilize her for tn
; conquest of the Moorish Sultan. Sh
s had arrived in Tangiers a month o
two before, and had gone into the II
o terror with a circus company, the
T. parading throughout Morocco wit
its trained lions and performing ell
It plants, to the intense delight OF tn
" natives. After a week in the caplti
e the circus manager had withdrawn t
ye ward the coast, loaded with honors-
Of but Guepin had remained, the pr
Ut tegee of the Sultan's principal lad
d, In her magnificent house in Fee.
N So much Lane rearned; further d
IS tails came to him Unexpectedly on II
he tenth morning, when there can
struggling along the road the rel
in nants of the very circus which III
ch taken Guepin to Fee. A few mise
to able lean camels, a ham-strung hors
n a troupe of starved and anxious nj
ho and women were all that remain
he of the trappings and the tinsel. T.
is company had been attacked
ty tribes along the course. the hors
Dr. carried away, the best Of the came
-et also. and the lions and leopards he'
he to pieces for the delectation OF I
an natives.
he Never again do l enter Afri'
nd monsieur" said the proprietor
of Paul as they sat that night over t
we campfire. Had l not gone to Fe7
Lry SnOulO now Do III pOSSOoSiOh Va
ro- animals-the finest lot that ever Il
in. France, and all imported by me fr'
Monsieur Hagenbeck's menagerie
red Hamburg and of my own trainil
or Now-see what is left! Assured
ter France must recompense me for
losses"
red But his majesty's presents"
ars terrupted Paul.
ow Gone, all gone, monsieur" or
the owner, wringing his hands. 81
tan en- by the accursed Moors. And
ex- star of my collection. the beauti
ain and unrivalled Mademoiselle Cue
ect. even she is lost to me. All, m
len, sieur, worshipped that woman "
the blind devotion. And she left me
ain what? For a Moor, monsieur,
last gro-for what else are these Ar
lro- but negroes masquerading as
LAX branch of the white race? Fol
and black man and a handful OF Jews
not 1t Is a treasure house, that palace
tor Fee, such as might turn the head
CO." any woman. The marvels, monsie
the There are moving picture displ'
Tres the crowns of gold, rubies and
the phires and pearls as large as eg
acy. mechanical toys and guns of gold
silver-it is the wonder of the wol