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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22
SYNOPSIS.

Scarlet an American soldier OF for
tune in the employ of the French I'M
perial Police at the outbreak OF the r ralit
co-Prussian war. is ordered % a r
John Buckhurst, a leader of the COM
nunists and suspected Of having sloleh
the French crown jewels. Whlle sehs scar ~.
Ing for Buckhurst. Scarlet is oruereu ~
arrest Countess de Vassart ana her group
OF socialists and escort them to the Bel-
gian border Scarlet finds sylvia Ever
OF the OdeoD disguised as peasant anu anu
carries her to La Trappe @nere hl ED
All are arrested. The countess save
Scarlet from fatal fall from the roe
OF the house. He denounces BnckhuLst
as the Ieuder OF the Reds and the eoun-
tess conducts sim to where BuckhuTst y
gecreted. German Uhlans descend on
the place and Buckhurst escapes during
the melee Scarlet IS wounded. He re.
covers c1nsciousness in the countess
house 81 Morsbronn. where he 1s caISu
Tor by the countess. fierce paltle y
Fought in the streets between trencn
and Prussian soldiers Buckhurst pro-
fesses repentance and returns the crown
Jewels TO Scarlet. He declares he VIII
give himself up to the authorities. scar
lett doubts his sincerity. Buckhurst urges
the countess TO go to Paradise. suck
hurst admits that he receives pay from
the Prussians for information which ne
does not give. He secures passports 70
the French lines for Scarlet. the coun-
tess and himself. Scarlet reports TO
the secret service in Paris and finds Nor
nae. shadow of the emperor, IN charge.
He deposits the crown jewels and later,
when making a detailed report finds that
pebbles have been substituted for the real
stones Speed, a comrade in the service,
warns Scarlett that Mornac Is dangerous,
He also informs him that all the govern
ment treasure is being transported to the
coast for shipment out of the country.
Scarlet and Speed escape to join cir
Gus. The circus arrives at Paradise. An
order iE received by the mayor calling
the citizens to arms JacQueline. daugh-
ter of the Lizard offers to join the circus
TO give exhibitions in the character OF
mermaid. Scarlet makes friends with
the Lizard. Scarlet calls on the countess
at her home In Paradise. He finds Sylvia
has withdrawn from the socialists. They
rwear eternal friendship. The Lizard
learns for Scarlet through one Trio
Trac that Mornac is head OF communis-
tic conspiracy Scarlet learns something
or Sylvia Elven through a fellow per-
former named Kelly. Orders regarding
the treasure trains are changed. owing to
the discovery of plot at Lorlent. Orders
are received for the expulsion of the cir
Gus. Buckhurst appears In Paradise and
secures recruits for the red flag. Scarlet
admits he Is in love with the countess
Scarlett Is injured by the circus lions and
taken to tie home OF the countess Prep
arations for the wrecking Of the expected
treasure train are discovered by Scarlet
Scarlet discovers Sylvia Eiyen sending a
message TO the Prussians He sends
warning OF the plot to wreck the train
and asks that waFship be dispatched to
the port at once
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22

the hallway l saw his disheveIled. SOL
diers running, fiinging open doors.
tearing, trampling. pillaging, wrecking
everything in their path
Your business will be attended TO
in the garden at dawn he observed.
blinking about the room, for the bright
lamp light dazzled him.
The countess did not even glance up
as the sentence was pronounced; she
looked at me and laid her left hand on
mine, smiling, as though waiting for
the moment to resume an interrupted
conversation.
He went away, slamming and lock-
ing the door; and heard Mornac COM
planning that the signals had gone out
on the semaphore and that there was
more threachery abroad.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22
Admits she Is Fat.

Stella Mayhem is fat--just plain
fat. This is the term she herself ap-
plies to her avolrdupois. without try
ing to disguise 1t as plump" or
stout" And she doesn't mind joking
with herself about it.
On certain occasion she was let
ting her audience into few Of her
secrets.
Il have tried everything recon-
mended to reduce" she admitted, but
/ keep on getting fatter. Why, there
isn't thing read about, guaranteed
to take off flesh, that don't try"
At this pause woman seated IN
the second row, who had made herself
conspicuous by several remarks dur
ing Miss Mayhew's talk, inquired:
did you ever try poison ?"-St
Louis ost-Dispatch.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22
BREEDING PLACE OF MIcR0BE1
French 6acterIoloalst Gives salt the
First Place as an Infection
Ground.
caIDce

Salt has always been regarded as
pretty safe thing. but M. Andouard.
French bacteriologist, has been ma
king a study of it, and has come to
the conclusion that it is a veritable
hotbed of microbes of all kinds. and a
possible source of more or less severe
infections.
Sea water near the shore, and con-
sequently in tie immediate vicinity of
the saltbeds, contains, we are told by
the Paris correspondent of the Lam
Get, considerable quantities OF bac-
ter1a. of which the preliminary clarif-
cation beds favor the multiplication.
This naturally is augmented by the
raking of the beds with unclean instru-
ments and the feet of the waders.
The gray salt used for cooking and
baking is Of this kind. The fine salt
is less rich in harmful germs. though
not entirely exempt. In spite of the
redissolving and Qualification of the
fresh liquid and the action of heat to
induce a recrystallization, there still
remain about 2.400 microbic colonies
to the grain of white salt On a ham
cured in salt liquor. NJ. vanErmengem
found the very poisonous bacillus bo-
tulinus.
NJ. Andouard concludes from his OBJ
servstions that salt is a substance
more or less impure from both the
chemical and meteorological point of
view, and that serious measures are
called for refining. sterilization and
clean packing-to put an end to the
disorders chat may be caused by this
product.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22
EASILY FOUND A LooPHoLE
Once More Corporation Lawyer MAIDS
Himself Entitled to AdmIra-
ton of Mankind.

They were swapping tariff yarns.
You know Simonpure Spring wa.
ter-that Canadian water" a drum.
mer said.
Sure, sure, Nike" they chorused.
We'll. just before the Dingley tar.
If bill passed. a bunch of Boston boys
bought the Simonpure spring. They
thought to get rich by importing the
water under the new tariff law.
But Dingley, bless his heart
Dingley put duty of 25 cents gal.
Ion on spring water and the Boston
boys were in pretty fix"
What did they do? What did they
do. Ell?
why, they sought out a corpora.
ton lawyer. of course. as you or I'd
have DONE"
Lawyer they said, we want to
break the law
THE corporation lawyer thought
hard. Then he winked.
Freeze your water" he said. I'm
port it in cakes and bottle it on this
side of the border. There amt no
duty on ice.'
Aren't these corporation lawyers
wonders? The scheme worked and
it's still working. Simonpure spring
water is drunk all over the Union
today and on every gallon Of it.
thanks to that corporation lawyer,
the government is robbed OF rs cents. -
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22
Cause of Death.

"You say your automobile didn't
touch this man, and yet he was dead
when you picked him up?" shouted
the prosecuting attorney.
That's my claim" coolly retorted
the prisoner. MY machine didn't
touch him"
And you were driving not over IL
miles an hour?"
mot over IL miles and"
"And you saw this man start TO
cross the street"
"Yes."
did you blow your hornf"
81 did,"
What sort of horn is it,"
"One Of those newfangled clatter-
boxes that create sound that is q
cross between a shrek and dying
wall"
That explains It. You simply scared
the man to DEATH"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22

fully polished toe of his shoe. BE
cause" he added, reloading his re-
yolver, 81 do not like it"
He turned quietly to Mornac and or
dered the corpse to be buried, and Nor
mac, plainly unnerved at the murder
Gus act OF his superior, repeated the
order, cursing his men to cover the
quayer in his voice.
"As for you," observed Buckhurst,
CHANGING UP at us where we stood
speechless together, you viii be
judged and sentenced when this drum
head court decides. Go into that
roomI
The countess did not move.
Speed touched her arm; she looked
up quietly, smiled, and stepped across
the threshold. Speed followed; JAG
queline slipped In beside him, and then
i turned on Buckhurst, who had just
ordered his soldiers to surround the
house outside.
He motioned toward the door with
leveled weapon. | turned and entered
the tearoom, ane he locked the door
from the outside.
The countess. seated on the sofa.
looked up as appeared. She was ter
ribly pale, but she smiled as my heavy
eyes met hers.
rs it to be farce or tragedy, mon
sieur?" she asked. without a tremor in
her clear voice.
/ could not have uttered a word to
save my life. Speed, pacing the room.
turned to read my face; and think he
read 1t. for he stopped short in his
tracks.
do they mean to shoot us?" he
asked. bluntly.
'Messieurs." said the countess, with
faint smile, your whispers are no
compliment to my race. Pray honor
me by plain speaking. Are we to die 2"
We stood absolutely speechless be-
fore her.
"Ah. Monsieur Scarlet" she said,
gravely, do you also fail me :.
at the end? You, too-eyen
you? Must / tell you that we
Of Trecourt fear nothing In this
woridr'
Are we to die?" she asked.
Eyes, madame"
Thank you" she said, softly. why
do you look at me SO sadly, Monsieur
Scarlet? Truly, you must know that
my life has been long enough to prove
its uselessness. l had rather die with
you than live without the friendship
which believe-which | knows
mine. You see have nothing to re-
greet In a death that brings me to you
again. .. Do you regret lief"
mot now" l said.
"You are kind to say so. l believe
yes. know that you truly care for me.
). Do your"
eyes"
Then 1t will not be hard. !.
Perhaps not even very painful"
The key turning In the door startled
us. Buckhurst entered. and through
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22
CHAPTER XXI.
like Her Ancestors.


leaned in the embrasure of the
southern window, gazing at my light
ed lanterns, which dangled from the
halyards at Saint Yssel. The soldier
ROLAND had so far kept his word
three red lamps glimmered through
driving mist; the white lanterns hung
above. family shining.
Full in the freight OF the room sat
the young countess. lost in reverie.
hands clasping the gilt arms OF her
chair. At her feet dozed Ange Pitou.
i am afraid story have to tell Is
not going to be very cheerful" | said,
"and | am also afraid that / must ask
you to listen to it,"
She met my eyes with composure.
leaned little toward me. and waited.
And so, sitting there in the tinted
Stare, ! told her of the death of Del
mont and OF Tavernier. and of Buck
bursts share in the miserable work.
Madame. am paining you,'' said;
but ! am going tc cause you even
greater unhappiness.
Tell me what Is necessary" she
said, forming the words with frightened
lips.
Then l must tell you that it is nee
essary for Mademoiselle Eiven to leave
Trecaurt tonight"
''Why?"
1T is better that do not tell you,
madame."
Tell me. 1t is my right to know"
Not now; later, if you insist"
This is dreadful" she muttered.
IF did not know you.
II l did not trust you so perfectly,
trust you with all my heart!
Oh, are you certain she must
go? 1t frightens me; it is so strangel
have grown fond OF her. And
now you say that she must go. can
not understand cannot"
mo. you cannot understand" / re-
peated. gently: "but she can. 1t is a
serious matter for Mademoiselle FL
ven; it could not easily be more seri-
GUS. 1t is even perhaps a question OF
life or death. madame"
I'm heavens name. help her. theni"
she said, scarcely controlling the
alarm that brought a pitiful break in
her voice
4 am trying to-" said 'And now
] must consult Mademoiselle Elyen.
Win you help me?"
What can l DOR she asked.
Stand by that window. Look ma
dame, can you see the lights on the
aemaphore?"
Yes"
Count them aloud"
She counted the white lights for me,
then the red ones.
Now" said. IF those lights change
In number or color or position, come
instantly TO me. shall be with
Mademoiselle Elven in the little tea,
room"
l left her In the shadow of the cur
tains, and passed through the room tc
Syivia's side. She looked UP quietly
nom her embroidery frame. then
cropping the tinted silks and needle,
on the cloth. rose and walked beside
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22

me. When we entered the little tea
room she passed on to the lounge and
seated herself on the padded arm.
What is it," she asked
Il am sorry to tell you" said
sorry from my heart. You are not
very friendly to me. and that makes
it harder for me to say what have to
say"
what do you mean2" she asked.
guardedly.
Il mean that you cannot stay here, I"
! said. and you know why"
will you explain this insult?" she
asked, holly.
Yes. You are a German spy" l
said. under my breath. French troops
will land here tonight or tomorrow"
| we at on calmly. You will see how
dangerous your situation is certain
to become when Buckhurst is taken,
and when 1t is understood what use
you have made of the semaphore"
She WINGED, then Strengthened and
bent her steady gaze on me. Her cour-
age was admirable.
said, simply. Have l chance to
reach the Spanish frontier?"
y think you have" / replied. Kelly
Eyre is going with you when"
He? No, no, he must not! Does
he know what am? Did he offer to
go?" she asked. incredulously.
"Mademoiselle, he insists"
Without turning her head she said:
Does he know that it may mean his
death?"
He has suffered worse for your
sakel" said, bitterly.
"What?" she flashed out. confronting
me in an instant.
You must know that" said
three years of hell-prig5n-ut
ruin! Do you dare deny you have
been ignorant OF this?"
For space she stood there, struck
speeches.; then, Call hint" she
cried. Call him. tell you'll Bring
him here-I want him here-here be-
fore us both!"
Eyre, passing the long stone corri-
dor, looked up as beckoned; and
when he entered the tearoom, Sylvia,
white as ghost, met him face to face.
Monsieur" she said, harshly, why
did you not come to that book store?"
He was silent His face was answer
enough terrible answer.
Monsieur Eyre, speak to mel Is it
true? Did thev-did you not know that
| made an error-that did go on Mon
day at the same hour? They told me
at the usine that you had gone away
II thought you had forgotten--that
you did not care"
"Care!" he groaned, and bowed his
head, crushing her hands over his
face.
Then she broke down, GREATNESS
with terror and grief.
Il was not spy then-truly was
not, Kelly. There was no harm In me
II only-only asked for the sketches
because-because-I cared for you.
have them now; no soul save myself
has ever seen them"
She raised her head and fumbled In
her corsage with shaking fingers. and
drew from her bosom a packet of pa
pers.
Here are the sketches" she sobbed:
they have cost you dear! Now leave
me-hate mel Let them come and
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22
Not FIatterIna to MhIte Man.

The negroes of Guinea have little
belief in a state of future punishment.
Some OF them who live on the sea.
coast, however. believe that the un-
consciously wicked suffer hereafter
continual state of drowning. II they
are still more and consciously wicked
they are turned INTO white men and
go beyond the Sea-"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22
Nothing to Il

PA, what's a mirage?"
"The average mans dream Of gre&o'
cess, son. baltimore Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22

Quails and cartridges deserted paris
Of France when the seroplane maos
Its appearance there.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-05-22
RIn channn.

When does horse become landed
property?
When it's turned into q field.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-05-08
Whisky Snake "Scotched'

ness. The state secretaries doubtless
have confidence III their judgment
and ability to deal with this matter.
We think it would have been some
what more to the point if you had
awaited reply from the international
committee before further circulariz-
ing the \. M. {. A. secretaries It
happens our Boston manager has not
been connected with this organiza-
ton mentioned for several years, and
the literature that was sent out went
entirely without his knowledge Our
company not only has given him dis
tinctly to understand that he shall not
hold an office with the company. and
that he shall not even identify him
self with it as a member. 1t there
tore appears that you have given us
a lot OF advertising which we did not
deserve, and we trust that the next
time you are prompted to act in such
a matter, you will use some Judgment
II the method you pursue.
The Brunswick-Balke Collender Co.
E. A. Hungerford-
Trying To String Haywood.
Hungerford's statement that Arnct
had not been connected with the no
tOriouS liquor organization "for sey--
eral years. was taken by Magwood
with pinch OF salt. He learned
that Arnet was not only elected presi-
dent at the first meeting, but that
he had been its president ever since
and is its president at the present
time. His name appears as such in
the Boston directory for 1913 and is.
also recorded in the same way in the
directory for 1914, which has not yet
come from the printers hands.
Mr.. Arnet, instead of not having
been connected with the thing Tor
several years was actually its princi-
pal organizer and has been at its head
for the whole six years of its exist
encc
1t any rate, i j.; con eded thai the
Y. M. c. A. officials will not stand for
such nonsense and that a radical re-
adjustment of its relations with the
liquor outfit will come to pass I'M
short order.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-05-08
ACTION OF MAINE METHO-
DISTS.
They Telegraph Their Views In Fa-
vor of the Sheppard Hobson
Resolution.

Portland, Maine, April IA tel
egram, praying in the name Of the 100,
ministers of the Maine Methodist
Conference that the Hobson Prohibi--
ton resolution be favorably report
ed to Congress, has been sent to Con-
gresham H. D. Clayton, chairman of
the house judiciary committee. Dr.
Clarence True Wilson, stperintend-
ent of the Temperance Society of
the Methodist Episcopal church, ex-
pressed to the conference his belief
that the resolution would be adopted.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-05-08

President, Ralph c. Goudey, Secre-
tary."
OF course the Brunswick-Balke Col
lender Co. have right to advocate Ii
cense if they see fit 1t is but natural
that they should seek to hold both the
trade of the liquor dealers and of the
Y. NJ. c. A. But when they resort
to active saloon campaigning it is
hardly consistent with the purpose
OF the Y. NJ. c. a. that they should
be commended through the "Associa-
ton Men"
Presumably the association man
agements has not had this pernicious
activity brought to its attention, for
| am certain that you will agree that
continuance of the concerns relations
would lead to unpleasant publicity,
and that the BrunswiclI-B Bake COLLEEN
der Company should have the oppor-
tunity Of choosing between its Y. NJ
c A. trade and its activity in support
of the saloon.
Before taking any other action in
this matter it has seemed to me wise
to lay this for consideration before
the Y NJ C. A. interests in the coun-
try, and am therefore writing you and
will send copy to each of the state
secretaries as we'll as our Christian
Endeavor leaders.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-05-08

sets No-License League and also SUI
perintendent of the Department of
Temperance and Citizenship OF the
Massachusetts Christian Endeavor
Union, has stirred up a fine muss and
incidentally scotched a snake or two.
The story runs this wise:
Early in March. Mr.. Magwood
learned some things like these: The
Boston manager of the Brunswick
Bake Collender Co., is Mr. Arnet
Taylor
The Brunswick-Ba Collender Co.
does big business in billiard tables
with saloons and Y. NJ. G.. AS all
over the country.
The concern carries a big advertise
ment in Association Men, the Y M.
c. A. organization magazine and uses a
cut of an open Bible as sort of a
trade mark. 1t is also the publisher
of "The Y. M. c. A. Book using the
Y M. c. A. monogram thereon.
Mr.. Arnet Taylor is also president
of the notorious Manufacturers and
Dealers League of Massachusetts"
which was organized in the American
House, Boston, April 10, 1908, its
stated purpose being to oppose "Pro-
hibition and anti-saloon doctrine" Ar
net Taylor has been the president and
leading spirit of this liquor dealers
movement from the beginning, he hav-
ing been elected president at the first
meeting.
So when Haywood got hold of these
facts, he took his pen in hand and
wrote the following letter to General
Secretary Morse, of the International
Y. NJ. c. A. committee in New York:
Magwood's Letter.
March IA Ic14
Mr.. Richard c. Morse. General Sec
rotary International Committee of
Y. M. C. A,
My dear Sir: I accidentally
discovered a few days ago that the
Brunswick Collender Company
with offices in the chief cities of the
United States, publishes "The Y. M.
I. A. Book, using the monogram OF
the Y M. c. A. also that this con-
Germ carries full ad on the fourth
cover page in successive issues of
"Association Men,
This concern and its manager, Ar
net Taylor, have been identified with
the Manufacturers and Dealers
League, one of chain IF organiza-
tons throughout the unioll bearing
various names, all of which were Gre
ated by the United States Brewers
Association.
The Manufacturers and Dealers
League of Massachusetts or New
England, has issued in p.c-:: years a
nai. nhlet called "Mdssache ATS and
its Liquor Problem. in whi,', the
Coz report of the Ma ,,chusetls BIT
III of labor statistics was falsilied
IN such way as to deceive. in some
instances resorting to absolute mis-
statement of fact. and in the current
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-05-08

rs Smithson an intelligent we'll
informed MANI"
Unusually so. As juror he is al
ways rejected by the attorneys on
both sidcs!"-Ju9ee.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-05-08
Respectfully.
ROBERT H. MAGWOOD.
Sagacious Mr.. Magwood.

AS a sagacious precaution, Mr.. Mag
wood sent copies of his letter to Y.
M. c. A. secretaries throughout the
country and that smoked things up
whole lot. Secretary Morse and the
Y. NJ. c. A. officials took the thing
up with E. \. Hungerford, of the
Brunswick Bake Company in Chicago,
who himself was formerly Y. M. c.
A. man, it is said.
1t was given out by the billiard
table people that Arnet had been
compelled to resign from the presi-
dency of the liquor concern and it was
also announced that he had been dis
missed from the management of the
Boston office of the Brunswick Bake
concern.
The billiard table people were much
excited about the matter and wrote
Haywood a protest because he had
injured their business. The following
is their letter explaining" matters
THE BRUNsWICK-BALKE COL
LENDER CO.
623 633 South Wabash Ave-,
Chicago.
April IS, 1914.
Mr.. Robert H. Magwood.
Dorchester, Mass.
Dear Sir: We notice that recently
you sent letter to the international
committee of Y. NJ c. AS concern
ing the activity of our Boston man
ager in the work of the Manufacture
ers' and Dealers League, also that
you sent copies of these letters to the
state Y. M. c. A. secretaries of the
country. We have some doubt as to
the wisdom of your move, especially
in sending a copy of the letter to the
state secretaries. AS you can easily
see, considerable unfavorable senti-
ment might be created against our
company. Of course writing to the
international committee would be
more legitimate, as you have a right
to question their advertising policy
However, the association men have
had this question up with us before
they accepted our advertising. and are
confident that we were a legitimate
firm with whom they could do bust