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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-27
SYNOPSIS.

Francois Beaupre. a peasant babe of
three years, after an amusing incident IN
which Marshal New figures, Is made a
CheValier OF France by the Emperor Ma
poleon. who. prophesied that the boy
might one day be a marshal of France
under another Bonaparte. AT the age of
ten Francois visits General Baron Gas
Dard Gourgaud. who with Alike, his
sseven-year-old daughter, lives at the
chateau. soldier of the Empire under
Napoleon he fires the boys imagination
with stories of his campaigns. The gen
eraI offers Francois a home at the Cha
teau. The boy refuses to leave his pa
rents. but in the end becomes a copyist
Tor the general and learns of the friend
ship between the general and Marquis
Zappi. who campaigned with the general
under Napoleon Marquis Zappi and his
son. Pietro. arrive at the Chateau. The
general agrees to care for the Marquis
son while the former goes to America.
the Marquis before leaving for America
asked Francois to be a friend of his son.
me BOY soiemnly promises. Francois
goes to the Chateau to live. Marquis
Zappi dies leaving Petro as a ward of
the general. Alike. Pietro and Francois
meet a strange boy who proves to be
Prince Louis Napoleon. Francois saves
his life. The general discovers Francois
loves Alike. and extracts a promise from
MN that he Will not interfere between the
girl and Pietro. Francois goes to Italy
as secretary to Pietro. Queen Hortense
plans the escape of her son Louis Ma
poleon by Disgusting him and Marquis
Zappi as her. lackeys. Francois takes
Marquis Zappis place. who is i'll, in the
escape OF Hortense and Louis. Dressed
as Louiss brother Francois lures the
Austrians frcm the hotel allowing the
prince and MS mother to escape Fran
coils Is a prisoner of the Austrians for
In Italy. He discovers In hts guard one of
F9etro'S old family servants.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-27
CHAPTER XVI.
ALoaf Of Bread.

The next morning Battista came in
with manner which to the observing
eye Of his prisoner foretold distinctly
some event. He talked more than
usual, and more grufly and loudly, but
at last, after wandering about the
room some minutes, all the time talk
ing. scolding, he swooped on Francois
and thrust thick paper into his coat
and at the same instant his heavy left
hand was over Francois mouth.
Not word" he whispered. and
then 1.-THE loaf of bread"
Francois, struck dumb and blind,
turned hot and cold, and his shaking
hand in his coat pocket clutched the
letter.
But Battista prodded him with his
hard forefnger. BE careful" he NUT
tered, and then again, THE bread
with sharp prod-"The loaf of bread"
and the door had changed Battista
was gone.
A strong man, who had not been
shut away from life, would likely have
read the letter instantly, would in
stantly have examined the long round
loaf lying before him. Francois was
i'll and weak and it was the first word
for five years from his own people,
which lay in his hand; he sat as il
turned to stone, touching the paper as
if that were enough; he sat perhaps
fifteen minutes.
Then suddenly a breathlessness
came over him that something might
happen before he could read it-this
writing which, whatever it should say,
| meant life and death to him. Taking
! care not to rustic the paper, deaden-
ing the sound under his bedclothes,
he read it, kneeling by the bed. 1t was
four letters-from his mother and
Alexe and the general and Pietro;
but the first three were short. He felt,
indeed, reading them, that no words
had been written, that only the arms
of the people he loved had strained
about him and their faces laid against
his, and that so, wordlessly, they had
told him but one thing-their undying
love. Weak. lonely, his intense tenn
permanent stretched to the breaking
point by the last three months of fear
full hope, it was more than he could
bear He put the papers against his
cheek and his head dropped on the
bed, and storm of tears tore his soul
and body. But it was dangerous; he
must not be off his guard; he remem-
bered that swiftly, and with shaking
fingers he opened Pietro's letter.
Pietro's letter which, yellowed and
faded but distinct yet, in the small
clear writing, is guarded today with
those other letters in the mahogany
desk in Virginia.
My dear brother Francois" the let
ter began, and quick tears came again
at that word brother" which said so
much. my dear brother Francois
this is not to tell you how | have
searched for you and never forgotten
you. 1 will tell you that when see
you. This is to tell you how to get
out of that house of mine which has
held you as prisoner when you ought
to have been its welcome guest. When
Italy is free we will do that over; but
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-27


And to Francois, considering it, the
fact seemed an odd one. And then
the governor set to work drinking
Pietros wine, and little thought. as
he urged it on his prisoner, how much
more right to it the prisoner had than
he. 1t was wonderful old liquid.
full of a strange dim sparkle, and OF
most exquisite bouquet. AS he drank
it Francois silently toasted its owner
on his return to his own again. He
took so little as to disgust the gov
ernor, but it put fresh life into him,
and when at last he could leave the
count, who was by that time more
than fairly drunk, he went up to his
cold prison under the roof quieter and
more at peace than he had been for
months.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-27

wood, his face hardly older than when
he had come to Vicques, but sterner
and sadder; his still soldiery gait less
buoyant than it had been five years
ago.
He saw Alike and Pietro coming
joyfully toward him, running light.
heartedly, calling to him with excited
gay voices. 1t stabbed the generals
heart; a quick thought came Of that
other who had been always with them.
now dead or worse, of that other whom
these two had forgotten. And with
that they were upon him, and Alike
was kissing him, hugging him, push
ing a letter into his hand, up his
sleeve, into his face-anywhere.
"Father-good news-the best news
almost the best! Father, be ready
for the good news!"
Il am ready" the general growled
impatiently. What is this foolery
Sabre de bois! What is your news.
then, you silly child?"
And Alike, shaking very much, laid
her hand on his cheek and looked
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-27
CHAPTER XVI.
The Stone Staircase.

Battista's prisoner stood at the
barred window high up the steep side
of the castle and stared out wistfully
at the receding infinity of blueness-
his meadow. In the three months
since his letter had gone to France. he
had grown old. The juices of his
youth seemed dried up; his eyes we're
bloodshot, his skin yellow; there was
no flesh on him. The waiting and
hoping had worn on him more than
the dead level of the hopeless years
before. There was a new tenseness
In the lightly-built figure, even in the
long, delicate, strong fingers. The
prisoner had caught Whit of the air
OF home and was choking for full
breath
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-27

we must get you free first. Francois,
| am now within five miles of you"
The man on his knees by the prison
bed gasped; the letters staggered be-
fore his eyes.
Il am living on ship, and / will
explain how got it when see you, in
a few days now, Francois. Every night
for week, beginning with tonight,
there will be person watching for
you in Riders Hollow, from midnight
till daylight. After that we shall go
away for two weeks so as to avoid Civ
ing suspicion, and then repeat the ar
rangement again every night for a
week. You do not know Riders Hol-
low, and it is unnecessary to tell you
more about it than that it is a lonely
place hidden in trees, and supposed to
be haunted by ghosts Of men on horse
back; the people about will not go
there for love or money except by
broad daylight.
(TO BE CONTINUED
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-27

her shaking fingers, and he held them
strongly. What is it, Alixe?"
She drew forward the other hand;
the letter shook, rustled with her
trembling. ut is-from Francois!"
Jean Philippe Moison having
stayed to listes, as he ought not, lift
ed his eyes and his hands to heaven
and gave thanks in a general way,
volubly, unrebuked. By now the un-
steady fingers of Alike had opened the
paper, and her head and Pietros were
bent over it, devouring the well-known
writing. Alike, excited, French, ex-
ploded into disjointed running com.
ment.
From prison-our Francois-dear
Francois!" And then: Five years,
Pietro! Think-while we have been
free!" And then, with swift clutch
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-27

One may be better than his reputa-
ton or his conduct. but never better
than his principles
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
CONVERT TO EQUAL SUFFRAGE
Small Boy Had His Own Opinion as TO
Nerve of Men Who Refused 1t
to Women.


The small boys mother and aunt
had just come in from the primaries.
Remember, Nanny" said his aunt
that when you were seven years old
you saw your mother come in from yot.
ing for the first time"
He followed her into her room
why didn't you vote before?" he
demanded.
Men wouldn't let women vote until
now. OF course good men like your
papa want all the business in the world
managed right. They are going to let
women help at last"
The small boy gave her little
push.
Women aren't all there are" he
said, and marched haughtily out of the
room.
He went to his father that evening,
and as man to man asked;
Didn't women use to voter"
mo, but they are voting now"
why didn't they vote before?
Wouldn't men let them?"
mo. suppose not"
We'll = men-had-t heir-nervel"
said the seven-year-old lad
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
ON GUARD AGAINST DISEASE
Federal Health Service Ever on the
Watch to Ear Out or Cope With
Plague.

II plague breaks out today in Cal
cutta or Annoy or st Petersburg, or at
Punta Arenas on the Strait of Magel-
Ian. OF at Besra on the Persian gulf,
or at Topeka, KAN, or at any place
else in the whole wide world, certain
governmental authorities at Washing
ton will know of it tomorrow and the
organization Of defense against it will
be put in operation, the Review Of Re-
views states. II the contagion is be.
yond our own borders barrier is
immediately thrown up which makes
it next to impossible fer the disease to
enter at any of the 1900 miles Of
American coastlino, II it is within
and a serious menace, a Gordon Of
health police Is thrown around It and
science is set to work on its extermi
nation. If it is some strange malody
outside tho realm of established
knowledge, the spotlight Of science is
dashed upon It. ana all that man
knows is brought TO the solution of the
riddle.
The federal agency having in hand
the gigantic undertaking of battling
the disease Of the world is the public
health service Of the United States,
With the idea that health is national
asset, this government bureau has
been placed under the treasury depart
mont. The backbone of the service is
SIS staff Of about 100 surgeons who
hear commissions, thus comprising q
military organization which wears a
uniform Supplemonting these IS O
tat Of some $50 acting assistant sur
cons, various intornes, pharmacist
nd hospital attendants, which bring
he direct employees of the bureau uI
to 1900
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
WORKERS AFFECTED BY WIND
Bringing of Fresh Oxygen Into Cities
Has Been Shown to Have Most
Beneficial Results.

Office and workship management
has, in some large businesses been
brought practically to the point of a
science, London Answers remarks,
and lots Of curious little facts have
been ascertained by those who have
studied it.
Office STATS, for instance, work best
in windy weather, as do all brain work.
ers, the reason being that in windy
weather the ordinary more or less
exhausted city atmosphere is driven
out by volumesrof fresh oxygen.
There is the same difference in the
quantity and quality of work done in
offices as there is between that done
in unyontilated and we'll ventilated
workshops, and for the same reason.
No brain worker works as keenly in a
stuify room as in an airy one.
Damp. dull weather has little or no
effect on the output Of work in Offices,
but it has in workshops. Manual la
Dor is less efficient in damp than in
dry air, the reason is that the moist
air acts as conductor Of electricity
and drains away the natural electrici-
ty Of the body into the ground This
does not affect the brain, but only the
muscles and the spirits.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Investigating Abroad.

Miss Sophie Irene Loeb. a member
of the Now Yorl, state commission to
examine into the question Of widows
pensions and the housing of the poor,
has been studying such questions in
Europe for thetlast few months. She
visited England, Scotland, Denmark,
Germany and Switzerland and will re
port to the legislature Of New York
the result Of her Investigations. She
says she found the best boarding out
system in Scotland, where less than
one per cent Of poor children become
criminals A widowed mother in Den.
mark is not supported by the poor
relief fund, but has an allowance that
enables her to take care of her chill
dren France has appropriated &c.
100000 in allowances that the home
may remain intact
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
See Griffith & Baugbman for
any kind of insurance ad. 2t
Seems to be Succeeding

William Allen White: You
wouldn't say he could do it; war is
proverbially supposed to be hell;
aud starting war is like
fighting the powder IN one corner
of u powder box; it spreads
quicker than you can stamp it out.
Yet there is in this mild hammered
rather grinny, soft spoken little
man, whose military experience has
been limited to birciing colleges
boys with general ukase against
their disorder here in this rank
outside is In the gentle art of
numbering, who has actually
introduced into the world and
successfully disseminated a new
and acceptable brand of pasture.
lied war. He has twisted the tail
of the Democratic jassack and it
eatetn from the hand. He hath
manicured the claws OF the Tam
many tiger and put it on milk
diet He hath banished cham
payne from diplomacy and grog
from the navy and generally pull
yerize the rum power where eyer
his gentle fingers have touched it,
He hath eyiscerated the money
trust and started to builda govern.
mont railroad in Alaska, while
the whangdoodle mourneth for It's
FIRST born. Surely he is ether a
cOuJurer or a fool for luck aud the
good Lord only knows which as
we 90 to press. But this is
certain; 1t looks mighty good and
it listens mighty good, and il we
don't wake up from, our lofty
dream and find 40 cents wheat aid
10 cent corn the days of miracles
will surely be upon us, Surely
Baby Ion has fallen and we're going
10 occupy the land.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Army Burden Wakes.

In Russia the government is elab.
Oraupg a measure for the increase of
the army which viii shortly be laid
before the duma For 1918 the Rus.
sian military budget showed an in.
crease OF nearly one hundred million
dollars, that OF 1914 an increase on
last year OF about hfty-five million
dollars AS though this We're not
enough 1t is now intended to increase
the army by three new army corps
and two divisions Of cavalry The
fortifcations on the GotmanIand Aus,
trian frontiers are also to be strength
ened and a large part Of the artillery
Is TO be supplied with new guns Of
pa improved type.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
CID FRIENDS OF JEFFERSON
Darky Caretal,er Fad His Own Idea
Of just What the TWO Famous
Statuoo Represented.

Before Monticello - the Vlrginii
home OF Thomas Jcirerson-b ocam,
he property Of Mr. Levy, it had passc
hrough various changes of forum
md owners. Several old negroes liyct
m the place, presumably caretakors
and were grandchildren and great
grandchildren OF slaves owned by Nh
Jefferson They had as much prdt
N their birthright as any of Mr. Jener
sons defendants, and showed IL
place with great satisfaction 10 ylsi
tors, and were humhly grateful for {,
.cw pennies as their reward.
On one occasion, while shownl
some strangers over the grounds on.
OF the old white-huirod darbios pointc,
Win great pride TO the marble statues
Dis Eere, sab, is Mrs. Venus, and dl.
one is Miss Ceres, huf daughter Dos
here ladies Marse Jefferson met wh-r
he was a-trayelin over dar in Paris.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

The osteopath is by education
a physician. He practices a new
and complete system of treatment.
He diagnoses a case and treats it,.
He must know diseases in all their
phases and manifestations. He
must be a skilled anatomist, for he
is an anatomical engineer, the
body mechanic, and lie effects bis
cures by scientific adjustment of
the structures of the body. Thus
10 is plain that to speak of osteo.
patty as rubbing" is gross care
lessness Of speech, and to call it
massage IS a confession of ignor-
ance of It's principals ad. 1t
Eugene f. Pellette.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Lnun,s EIeetlnn Power.

They had been married just one
year. That was why he risked losing
his train by allowing her to fasten u
bunch of yiolets ON to his coat. But
his foot tapped the floor impatiently,
nevertheless, and he frowned as he
wondered If his wife's kindly thought
would cost him his coy corner seat.
George" said his wife TREMENDOUSLY.
you don't love me as you used tot"
my darling heart Of hearts," he ex-
claimed, desperately cycling the clock,
what ever makes you say that?" Be
cause. George" she answered, when
we were first married it used to take
you whole f3ur just to say good
night, and n-now"-tears interrupted
her words, and ran down her cheeks
"you can k-ldss me and c-catch your
train all in four minutesl"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
slaves Of Aztecl.

This system Of bondage, or peonage
as it is called, is very simple, says
ne CHRISTIAN Herald The peon H..
ceiyos u scant wage, and then is re.
CURED to purchase his worldly goods
Of all varieties at the proprietor
store. There he is encouraged &c
be extrayagant lie very soon runs
lnto debt 1t is very simple matter
then, to keep him in debt And the
MeGican law 9ecrees that so long az
m Indian workman owes cent tr
Ills employer he is the latter's chattei
cad must 80 on working for him until
tho debt is raid For three centurie5
ana a hair this system, with yaria-
tons, has prevailed in Mexico. DO
yoa wonder tiat Die Mexican working
class has developed slave mind?
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

The new model has more improve
ments, refinemenls and new uses
than we can even enumeTate here.
The Cushioned keyboard" with
anchor keys and the new auto
matte features mean less work for
the hands, less strain ON the eyes,
less manual and mental effort
With all Of these mastery mocha
nical Improvements we have made
The machine more beautiful and sym
metrical From every standpoint
The Olives No attans shperlative
excellence
Nothing you could wish for has
been ommitted, The new devices,
felinements, Improvements and con
yeniences found IN the No. repre-
sents an enormous outlay and vastly
increase is value the price has NOT
been adOancod one pennp. We shall
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
shlps, t1u1n ouIoklv cleaned.

Mr. F. c. Browne of Melbourne, Aus.
tralia, has invented an ingenious ma
chine for cleaning the hulls Of ships
below the water line In this con
trivance watertight dynamo drives
revolving brush that is held firmly
against the hull of the ship by a small
propeller. After the machine has been
lowered by crane from small beat
alongside the steamer, the end that
holds the rapidly revolving brush is
worked up and down'the sides of the
vessel. 1t is stated that the machine
can clean an S,OOO-ton steamer in six
or seven hours.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

even continue in force our popular
II Cents-a- Day purchase plan, the
sam as ON previous Oliver models
III e OLIVER No T. equipped
with the famous Printype, If de-
sired, without extra charge.
You owe it to yourself to see the
new machine before you buy any
typewriter at any price, Note its
beauty speed and easy action, its
wonderful automatic devices Try
IT on many kinds Of work that no
other typewriter will do,
Try II on any work that is ever
done on typewriters
1t is a significant fact that the
typewriter that introduced such
riCc' weri0s i-ro~,t' 4i- n vi.'hla
Willing. Visible ic1uuk, pihtJp1,
tie, sLsG.a y. He i'll - introduce
automatic methods OF operation.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Hcnrv eeornsla Noted Work.

The single tax theory, TO tho sup.
port Of which Mr. Joseph Fels devoted
SO much energy and money, was curl
ously slow in catching on in the coun-
try of it's origin Tho first edition Of
Progress and Poverty" was only a
small one, Henry George setting a
part Of the type himself, and it caused
small stir until some time later its
interest and Importance became rec
ognized in England Then the boom
began No other American book eX-
cept Uncle Toms Cabin" it has been
claimed, according to an exchange,
has been so widely read. Between
1880 and 1905 no fewer than 2,OO0,-
600 copies were sold.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

ACow which was one Of herd be-
ing led through the streets to the
Slaughter House, CHANGED to come
across Mix Wagon. The Cow saw
the Driver Of the Mix Wagon pouring
fluid from one can into another.
Whereupon the Cow addressed the
Milkmans Hbrse, saying;
Friend Horse, pray tell me the ma
ture of the fluid which the Man is
transferring from one receptacle to
another"
Il am indeed amazed by the ignor-
ance you diaplay," replied the Horse.
THE fluid is Milk"
IF that is Milk, murmured the
Cow, 81 do not wonder that we are be-
ing led to the AbattoirH Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
FIRST TO "DlSCovER" LOTT
Afterward Celebrated Author Owed /.
His Introduction to the Public
to a Woman.

It is not generally known that Nine.
Edmond Adam introduced Pierre Lott
to the public.
One afternoon in 1880 the editor of
La Nouvelle Revue dropped in at the
publishing house of Paul Calmann-
Levy and while rummaging through
the newspapers % a table said:
Haven't you ahything new? Just
now l have no novel that think
would please my subscribers. Can't
you find me a white blackbird?"
Paul Calmann-Levy picked up a
manuscript entitled "Aziyade" that
had just been received from the
provinces.
by whom is it," asked Nine.
Adam.
"a naval officer, believe, wLo
wishes to keep his identity secret"
the publisher replied.
Nine. Edmond Adam skinned
through. several chapters and ex-
claimedE But this is delightful; may
have it?' And shortly afterward
there appeared in the Revue the first
work of the writer who later signed
himself Pierre Lott.
lie Marriage de Lott" which fol-
lowed, was revelation. The authc
described his own adventures und
the romantic skies Of Tahiti All Par
went mad about Rarahu, the little say
age who in the despair Of unrequitel
love. cut off her own hand Lott was
famous!
Puzzled Papa.
A society woman, who was passing
the summer in the country, motored
over to neighboring farm one Morn
ing to call on the farmer and his
wife, with whom she had become &C
quainted the summer previous.
81 hear that your daughter Emii5
has gone to Errope?" said the caller,
"Ya-as," drawled the old farmer
"She's been crazy to go ever senco
she left school and more so than eveT
sence you wuz here last year an
talked so much bout It. These here
female colleges dew put ideas intew
girls heads. Her nav an me car
calclate why she should be so set e
go to Yurrup. She don't know soul
thar. "--Everybody's Magazine.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
In 4he Sick Room.

It is a good idea TO burn some pine
tar occasionally in the sick room It
is an excellent disinfectant and its
odor win often be found helpful in
inducing sleep.