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detailed accounts of early service in
both; it was exact, accurate. For five
minutes the general read this; then
his black eyebrows lifted and he
glared over the paper.
You find it interesting?" he de-
manded.
Francois, lips compressed. shook his
head firmly. mo, my Seigneur. Not
at all.'
Il agree with you," the general said,
and sorted the papers over and laid
some away. Selecting sheet or two,
he began to read again.
Over the frozen roads the worn
army still trudged; every form of
misery trudged with them. Hunger
was there, and cold, and suffering Of
wounds, and suffering of lack of cloth
ing; more than this, there was the
constant dread of attack from flying
bands of Cossacks. From time to
time frightful explosions made one
turn ones head-it was the caissons
exploded by order of the Emperor that
they might no longer cucumber us.
The snow fell The Emperor marched
on foot with us. Staff in hand, wrapped
in large loose cloak, furred Rus
sian cap on his head. he walked in
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from Russian whom he had killed
it was most imprudent, especially in
the dress he wore, which did not show
the French uniform underneath. II
was my turn then to play nurse. He
was placed in one of the carriages OF
the Emperor, and l cared for him as
my own brother. and he came through
1t all, and went back to Italy, to his
home"
The generals deep-set eyes were
gazing now above Francois head out
through the narrow window where the
boys table stood, across the noun
tain slope, to the blue distance.
"Alessandro. my friend" he spoke
In his gruff tones, yet softly, "shall
we see each other again? So close
through that black time, so far apart
now in the peace of our homes! Those
warm hands which cared for me when
was freezing and dying in Russia
shall touch them perhaps never
again, never again!"
The citizen., 1914-02-06
CHAPTER WI.
The Crown of Friendship.


In the claw-footed, carved, old ma
hogany desk of Virginia house, in a
drawer where are packets of yellowed
letters tied up and labeled, Is a letter
written years later, referring to that
earlier time in France. Perhaps this
bit of the chronicle of Francois Beau
pre- could not be told so vividly as in
these words of Francois written from
his prison. He begins with the ac-
count of an adventure, of ride for
life.
$50, dear Alike" he finishes this
the detailed story of his capture
down went the poor horse, and over
his head l spun into the ditch with
bump on the skull which dazed me-
And when l came to there were the
heavy Austrians around me, gaping
to see the Prince. And only Francois
Beaupre to see, which they found out
pretty promptly, as / have told you
before, and also how / defied them.
I'm a great danger they say one
thinks more clearly than usual-one's
mind works with smoothness and at
leisure. 1t was so during that ride.
for followed out as l dashed along,
hearing the shouts of the men back
of me, the whole train of circum-
stances from one of those mornings
with COG in the park, to this adven-
ture of life and death. 1t was the
morning-you will know before l say
it-when Jean Philippe Moison, in his
lovely purple clothes, came mincing
down the graveled drive. as if afraid
of spelling his good shoes-and
think he was-to the seigneur, who
taught US to ride Coz. Do you re-
member how your father thundered at
him?
"A strange monsieur to see me?
Impossible! / am engaged. Tell him
l will not see him.
"And Jean Philippe smiling, for all
of them understood the seigneur, and
saying gently. Yes, my Seigneur,
turned away with the message. And
your father shouted after him:
"'Stop! Come back here! What
do you mean by that? Bring the mon
sieur to me-. And the purple clothes
disappeared and appeared again in a
few minutes cleaning in the sun
against the gray old walls-I can see
it all now, Alixe-like large violet
blossom of a strange flower. And be-
hind Jean Philippe was a tall man
in long travelling cloak, and behind
him tall little boy. And as they
came the seigneur turned to go to
meet them, and stopped and stared.
And the monsieur in the cloak stopped
and stared; and you, mounted on Cog.
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CHAPTER WI.
For AIwava.

Claire listened with serious calm
eyes as her son told his story when
he came home ON the day of the new
arrival at the castle.
"The great gentleman has come
who once saved our seigneur's lifei"
she repeated after Francois. "And
the seigneur Is glad. OF course he is
glad, my Francois. And you ought
to be glad, too, and grateful to that
gentleman because of all the good
things our seigneur has done for you
and which would not have happened,
assuredly, If Monsieur the Marquis
had not saved him. You should do
everything that is possible for Mon
sieur the Marquis to show your graft
tude."
Next morning the little brown fig-
ure which trudged through the beech
wood was frightened by a large and
vivid bouquet held In his two hands.
When the tap of Francois at the
library door, where one heard mems
voices talking. had brought the gen
erals loud command of "Entrez," the
little brown figure and the large bunch
OF flowers came In together and the
boy marched straight to the stately
Italian. Swapping his heels together
as his mother had taught him he
made stiff deep bow, and presented
his nosegay. The marquis, a little
astonished at this attention, received
it with grave courtesy but without
much cordiality; 1t seemed to him
rather an odd whim of Gourgaud's
to have this peasant child about as
cne Of his own family.
But Francois did not know that; to
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and I, holding Coq's bride, watched
curiously, because of the other child.
and we saw how the seigneur sud-
denly began to shake as il Ill. and then
with a hoarse shout rushed to the
tall man and threw his arms about
him and held him, and sobbed aloud
That was a strange thing to see the
seigneur do, and never forgot it. And
to think that the child who stood
there, shy and unknown, was Petrol
1t seems unreasonable that ever there
was a time when you and Pietro and
l did not know one another well.
"As rode that day, with the Aus
trians after me, l thought out the
whole chain of events; how Pietro had
come and had stayed while his father.
the marquis, went to America, and had
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SYNOPSIS.

Francois Beaupre. a peasant babe of
three years, after an amusing incident in
which Marshal Ney figures, is made a
Chevalier of France by the Emperor Ma
poleon. in the home of the lads parents
in the village Of Vicques. France. where
the emperor had briefly stopped to hold a
council of war. Napoleon prophesied that
the boy might one day be a marshal of
France under another Bonaparte. At the
age of ten Francois meets a stranger who
is astonished when the boy tells him of
his ambition. Francois visits General
Baron Gaspard Gourgaud, who with
Alike. his seven-year-old daughter, lives
at the Chateau. A soldier OF the Empire
under Napoleon he fires the boys imag-
ination with stories of his campaigns.
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him all the world was kindly, with
different manners of kindliness. The
manner of the marquis was graver
than other peoples, perhaps-what
then? The kindliness was undoubted-
ly there below the gravity. And IL
was this monsieur who had saved the
life of the seigneur; that, after all,
was the whole matter. Francois vast
ed little time thinking of other peoples
feeling toward himself. He was much
too busy with a joyful wonder of his
own at the ever new goodness of his
world. To the marquis, who hardly
noticed him. he proceeded to consti-
tute himself shadow. At the first
sign of service to be done he was
up and at it; always quicker, always
more intelligent than the footman.
you have thrown charm over my
boy Francois, Alessandro," the gen.
eral said, we'll pleased. And the mar
Quis answered thoughtfully:
1T is a boy out of the common,
believe. Gaspard. At first ] thought
| it mistake that you should raise a
child Of his class to the place you
have given him, but l see that you
understand what you are about He
is worthy of a good fate"
The day came when, on the next
morning, the Marquis Zappi was due
to start on his long journey to Amer
lea. Out on the lawn, in the shadow
of the beech trees he sat and watched
his son playing ball with little Alike,
Then he was aware of Francois stand
ing before him. The boy held some
thing in his closed hand, and with that
he opened his fingers and stretched
it to the marquis. The marquis looked
inquiringly at the yellow metal.
What is this?" he asked; he was
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the midst of his household, encourag-
ing with word, with smile, every
one who came near him.
There were many adventures which
showed the souls Of men shining
through the nightmare of this horrible
time. Many noble deeds were done,
many heartbreaking ones. One which
was both happened to me. There was
an Italian officer in the corps under
Prince Eugene, who had been my COM
rade when l was ON the staff of
Lannes; his name was Zappi-the
Marquis Zappi On the day after the
dreadful passing of the Beresina
River, suddenly felt my strength go
Il could walk no longer. A sick
loathing seized me, and ] groaned and
dragged my heavy feet forward, to
stay with my friends even a few steps
more. And with that an arm was
around me suddenly, and heard Zap
pi's quiet voice.
Keep up your courage, comrade;
we are going to see our homes yet,
he said. I shall take care of you
Look-and l looked, and he had a
knew where he got it-from some de-
serted Russian house, / suppose. He
put me on the sledge and wrapped me
in the furs and gave me brandy from
his flask. For Zappi had done clever
thing. He had made bargain with
ffu hn
had camped for while, that his men
should cut and beat the wheat neces-
sary on condition that he should have
part of the brandy for them. He had
kept some of his share yet. and it
saved my life that day, the brandy
of the monks of Polotsk."
There was thick fog several days
later, and out Of it, and out of the
wood we must pass, rushed with wild
cries cloud of mounted Cossacks
across the road within twenty PAGES
of the Emperor himself. But General
Rapp dashed forward at the head of
two mounted squadrons of chasseurs
and grenadiers of the guard who al
ways followed the Emperor, and the
Cossacks were put to fight l was
in charge; / was serving temporarily
in the place of one of Rapp's officers,
because, on account of my late weak
ness, it was thought well that should
be on horseback. So it happened that.
as the skirmish finished, saw coming
toward me figure in a furred coat
and cap, brandishing Cossack lance
rushing toward the Emperor. l
dashed down on the mad Cossack, as
| thought him, and passed my great
saber through his body. And the man
fell, and as he fell the fur cap went
off and he groaned and looked up at
me with dying eyes-it was Zappi."
"Ah!" The little figure had sprung
up and stood. fists clenched, threaten
ing. One would have thought 1t was
this second that the general had sa-
bred Zappi.
May live moment?" the general
inquired. IT'LL / explain. zappi did
not die"
"Ah!" again. And Francois sank
relieved on the stool, yet with stern
eyes still on the generals face. The
general laid the papers aside.
mot he. He had seized the lance
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CHAPTER v-continued.


ITEMS! We will play again for an
other BOTTLE" he announced with bit
Of swagger. He was conscious of a
right to spend silver in treating his
friends, with that fat purse in his
pocket.
mo-" spoke the stranger-Duplessis
he had said his name was. mo. have
drunk enough. However, IL you feel
sensitive at taking the small sum of
money at my hands-it is a good
game-La rams-let us play for the
franc which the bottle would cost. Eth
bien!"
Again they played, this time doub-
ling the amount, and again Francois
gained, and again and again, till he
felt ashamed in carrying away all this
money of new acquaintance, and at
the same time a cQck-sureness that so
lucky a, devil as Beaupre might well
lose little and stop at the right
amount The excitement of cards and
excitement of wine met in heady mix
ture; Duplessis drank little, though
Francois urged it ON him. The luck be-
gan to change; now and then the
stranger won, now and then Beaupre,
yet more often now the stranger, till
at length Francois was playing not
with the desire to lose, but with hope
to gain back something at least of the
considerable sum which he had lost.
Before this he had gone into his pock-
ct and brought out that honorable nine
hundred francs, and had thrown one
louis dor after another on the black
table, and lost one after another. Yet
his confidence was still strong-luck
would turn-this was his lucky day.
And now he would not regret carrying
away the strangers money. He began
to feel fierce eagerness to get the
hbetter of this antagonist became so
formidable. And horrible nervous
ness was creeping over him at the dim
vision of thought thought kept
resolutely on the confines of his con-
sciousness, yet persistently pushing
foYward-the thought that it might be
that he could not win the money back.
"Double!" he shouted promptly as
he lost again.
And he lost again. The nine hun
dred francs were gone; he gave a note
now, on his stock, and again he lost
A deathly sickening sensation had
gripped him and was holding him.
In silence, with crowd of silent
men, who in some way had come to
know what was happening, standing
about them, the two played the last
round. And Francois lost.
In silence he signed the note which
gave to the stranger his house and
furniture and land, all that he had in
the world.
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"Yes, Monsieur, the Marquis, Always" !"
prepared now to be surprised by this
boy about once in SO often, so he sim
ply suspended judgment at thing
Unexpected.
1T is for you, Monsieur the Mar
quis." Francois smiled radiantly and
continued to present the ten-franc
piece. 1T is my own; the seigneur
gave it to me on my birthday, and my
father said 1t was to be mine to do
with as l chose. I choose to give 1t
to you, Monsieur the Marquis. So
that you may have plenty of money!
know well what 1t Is not to have
enough money
The brown fist was outstretched, the
gold piece glittering in it, and still
the marquis stared speechless. Never
in his life had any one presumed to
offer him money. He looked up at the
face of the little peasant; 1t shone
with peace and good will; he put out
his hand and took the gold piece and
looked at it long minute, and drew
leather case from his pocket and
placed 1t within carefully, and put
1t away.
Thank you, Francois" said the mar
quis. And then he considered again
the shining little face. why have
you done this, Francois?" he asked.
why do you always-do so much for
me?'
That thing in Russia, for my
seigneur. When you saved the life
of my seigneur."
"Oh." said the marquis and stared
down at the boy anxiously explaining.
81 have been afraid that could
never show you how thanked you
for the life of my seigneur. But
will do more. will be a friend of
Pietro. He Is six months younger
than |; can teach him how to climb
and how to fight and how to take care
of himself. And l win, because Of
that thing you did. Because. too,
think we'll of Pietro and besides be
cause of your kindness to me-"
my kindness to your"
Eyes, Monsieur the Marquis-be-
cause you have been SO kind to me-"
And the marquis, In the silence OF
his soul. was ashamed.
The next day he went AS they
stood, gathered in the big carved door
way, he told them all goodby and
lifted his boy and held him without
word. AS he set him down he turned
toward the carriage, but in fash
he turned back as If by sudden In
spiration, and laid a hand on little
Francois shoulder.
"You will remember that you prom
Used to be a friend to Pietro, Fran
cois?"
"Yes, Monsieur the Marquis. al
ways" the child answered gravely.
GRO BE coNTINUED.)
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CHAPTER VI.
Work and Hope.

4. The next day sheriff and his clerk
came and fixed red seals to the house
and to everything in it which locked.
and Claire watched in a deep quiet.
the baby in her arms.
Something had been said already Of
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The Nine Hundred Francs were Zone
sending the children to this or that
uncle or aunt-there would in a short
time be no home and no living for
them until the broken father could
gather himself and begin again. Lit
tie Francois resolved that he would
not go. He would stay with his father
and prove that eleven was not too
young to make money. AS he stood
watching the sheriff who moved gloom
lily about his unwelcome duty he was
aware of horses hoofs beating down
the road, and he turned. In the midst
Of his grief it was interesting to see
the Baron General Gourgaud coming
on his bay mare Lesitte. The general
drew up beside him and looked at him
sternIy.
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BRADDOCK BREVITTEs

News. Aug. q
Sam Moen autoed to bismarck
yesterday. q
Born to Mr. and Mrs, Lars Green
on Friday, July 3lst, girl
Mrs. Roy Lee was a Bismarck Wis
itur Wednesday
Joe With returned last week
from points IN the eastern part of
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-08-13

Bismarck, the former his home and
the latter bis official place Of resi-
dence. have celebrated his return
with fitting ceremonies. No execu-
tive in the history Of this state has
done 20 much for its ultimate pros.
perity as has Gov. Hanna by his
trip to Norway. The Scandinavian
people are the best home-builders in
the world and the next few years
will see the fruits Of the governors
efforts when the resultant advertis-
ing of the trip takes the form Of
those hardy immigrants arriving on
North Dakota soil TO help build up
its resources.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-08-13
the state. and has sssin opsned up
his meat marx ct and bakery.

the state. and has asain opsned up
his meat msrt ct and bakery.
DR.. Baer and Ras Aarvig were
business callers at Bismarck on
Monday. ss,
Mrs. Edw- Savage returned Tues
day after a few days, visit with
friends at Wisi,ek.
TIP. Lee returned Monday from
Linton where t1e attended the tuner
al Of Grandma Carley.
Stanley Junge arrived Saturday
from Mercer county for visit with
his relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Brown arrived
Saturday from Minneapolis for 8
visit with relatives and friends.
John Anderson has Joined the
ranks Of the automobilists. having
purchased q new Ford this week.
Chris Balzer, the we'll known sher.
if OF Logan county. died Wednes.
day morning at his home at Napol.
con. Deceased was we'll known il
this vicinity and had many friends
who will regret his early demise
The funeral was held today.
Mrs. Fred Oberg returned homo
Friday after about four months alb
sence in the Turtle Mountains. Mrs
Oberg has about regained her health
and has nothing but praise for tht
officers of the sanitarium at Dun
seth. Mr.. Oberg met her at Bis
marck and accompanied her home
Her many friends are pleased tt
welcome her home and hope thai
she will continue to improve.
Pie school board has selected thu
teachers for the coming school yea
and the term will begin the SECOND
Monday in September. The schoo
library has been added to by q sec
tional hook case and about 100 new
books. The library will he open t,
the public when school begins, ant
the books treat on all subjects O.
Importance and interest, beside
some first-class works on fiction
The following are the teachers VIII
have charge Of the school for tn
coming year: j. B. Curtiss. Bar
low, principal; Mrs. Edw. Savage
Braddock, primary; Miss Olson
Waseca. MIMI, intermediate.
|
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-08-13

Commissioner w. C.. Taylor issues
warnings to North Dakotans to be-
ware of fake insurance companies.
There are occasional cases of unau-
thorised solicitors working in the
state with VARYING degrees of sue
cess. The foreign insurance COM
parry that fails to observe our state
laws is obviously poor proposition
to place confidence in. Investigate
thoroughly before spending your
money with any but recognized COM
panies and when in doubt take the
matter up with the insurance COM
missioner. He and his assistants
will gladly cooperate with you for
your own protection.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-08-13

A letter to the Record from the
Hackney Land. Credit Company says,
among other things. that the people
of this country owe it to themselves
to take all precautions against the
dreaded prairie fires. They have
been sending letters to all parts of
the county calling the attention of
the farmers to the necessity of hav-
ing ample fire-breaks and of taking
due precautions against fires. The
man who starts praire fire by neg
ligance or foolhardiness should be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law.
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Money conditions and markets in

Money conditions and markets in
this country are all that could be
asked despite the titanic trouble in
Europe. Extra currency is being
rushed into exchange and banks will
soon be acting as though there was
nothing unusual happening any
where on the Globe. The grain
prices are fiuctuating considerably,
but on the whole. are holding up in
fine shape The prospects of good
crop and high prices should put
the Northwest on easy street this
fall.
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The Dickinson Recorder-P ia
another state paper to experience
the pleasure" of a bath at the
hands of j. P. Several inches of
water in their basement some time
since played havoc. We know how
it is. We've been through the ex-
perience twice.
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Gov. B. Hanna and those who.
accompanied him TO Norway have
returned to the atate. Fargo and
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CHANGED OWNERS.
List Of Emmons County Rssl Estate
Transferred Since the Records
Last Publishsd Report,
Patents

Patents
United States to Charles E. Hick-
enbotham, ne or Of 20-134-77.
United States to Casper H. Brew
er. W hf of sw or and " hf of NV ar
Of 8-l33-77.
United States to Thelhelmina
Nieuwendorp. Sc Or of sc Or of 49,
100. lot ! of S. sw or of NV or and
lot a of 4-129-75.
United States TO Oscar Peterson,
Sc or of sw or of 20, e hf of NV or
and sw or Of NV or of 29-l36-7s.
United States to Hiram E. Rice,
lot 8. Sc or of nv or and hf of nc
or Of 5-129-77.
Warranty Deeds
Andreas kelsch and Elizabetha
Kelsch to Lorenz Mastel, lots 3, d
and 5, block 10. Hunters first addi-
ton to Linton. $40O.
Edna L. Hotchkiss and D. j.
Hotchkiss to Ole j. johnson, Sc al
of 23-l34-74. $240O.
George F. Volk and Barbara Volk
TO Drake & Ballard Investment Com
pany, e bf Of e hf Of 81. 8 hf of sw
or CT %; ne or and e hf of sw ar
and W hf of Sc or of % and NV al
and hf of ne or of 27-13O-75. S2O..
600.
Fred Lout and Rosina Lout to
Nikolaus Heisler, hf Of 25-l3s-76.
$7O4O.
D. F. Muhlenbruck and Minnie
c. Muhlenbruck to Hackney Invest
ment Company. fractional sw or Of
3l-l33-78. $1.0O.
Peter l.. Prichard to A. d. Klein
man. e hf of sw or and hf of Sc or
of l8-l32-7s. 81 and other valuable
consideration.
A. D. Kleinman to Edward T.
Martinson. hf of sw or and 8 hf Of
Sc or of l8-l32.7S. $l.0O.
Frederick Frankhauser and Fried.
erika Frankhauser to John Bartu,
lot 2. block 4, Hunters first addi-
ton to Linton. 81 and other valu.
able consideration.
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We have been surprised to note
the interest that has been recently
aroused in our White Lilly -four as
a result Of the free ticket in every
tenth sack. Our object in doing
this was to get strangers to White
Lilly interested. After they have
once tried that brand of -four it will
not be necessary to offer special in.
ducements. They will buy anyway.
Remember! A free ticket in every
tenth sack. 1t and fifty cents gets
another fifty-pound sack. ADV.
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