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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30

Stop! Stand back from that tablet"
cried
Il beg your pardon" he said, cooIly.
Madame" said l, without taking
my eyes from him, lin a community
dedicated to peace, a revolver ia an
anachronism. So think--if you move
will shoot you, Mr.. Buckhurst!- so
think ! had better take it, table
drawer and ALL"
"Stopi" said Buckhurst.
ooh no, can't stop now said
cheerfully, "and IL you attempt to up
set that lamp you win make sad
mistake. Now walk to the door!
Turn your back! Go slowly!--halt!"
With the table-drawer under one
arm and my pistol-hand swinging.
followed Buckhurst out into the hall.
Under the trees on the lawn. be-
side the driveway, saw DR.. belmont
standing, big, bushy head bent
thoughtfully. hands clasped behind
his back.
Near him, Tavernier and Bazard
were lifting few boxes into farm
wagon. But there were yet no signs
OF the escort of gendarmes which had
been promised me.
AS Buckhurst appeared, walking all
alone ahead of me. DIR. belmont looked
up with bitter laugh.
"Messieurs," l said, cooking and
unlocking my pistol, ''it is not because
this man is dangerous political Grim
inal, that the government has sent
me here to. arrest him or kill
him. 1t is because he is a common
thief. thief. a thief
who steals crucifxes. like this
one
brushed aside pile of papers in
the drawer and drew out big gold
crucifix, maryelously chiseled from a
lump of the solid metal. "a
thief" / continued. who strips the
diamonds from crucifixes. as
this has been stripped. ;. and
who sells single stone to Jew in
Strasbourg, named Fishel Cohen. !.
now in prison to confront our friend
Buckhurst."
In the dead silence heard DIR. Del
mont's heavy breathing. Tavernier
gave a dry sob and covered his face
with his hands. The young Countess
stood motionless, frightfully white,
staring at Buckhurst, who had folded
his arms
CTo BE CONTINUED
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30
Rebuked a Purse-Proud Travele,

Tom McNeal tells several stories
about Colonel Johnson. the landlord of
the City hotel in Holton. One of them
is this: A somewhat dudish travelling
man came into the hotel and asked for
a cigar. The colonel opened cigar
case and showed the drummer his five
and ten-cent brands, but the dudlsn
drummer wasn't satisfied Don't you
keep some good cigars here. such as
gentleman wants to smoke. about three
for dollar Yes. said the colonel
impressively. I'VE keep cigars here for
gentlemen to smoke. but we don't
KEEP cigars for - fools. kansas
City Star
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30


drawer which he had jerked open. A
revolver lay shining among the litter
OF glass tubes and papers in the
drawer.
The Countess, too. saw the revolver
and turned an astonished face to my
prisoner.
"Who brought you here?" asked
Buckhurst quietly OF me.
81 did" said the Countess. her voice
almost breaking.
Slowly Buckhurst turned his eyes
on the Countess; the fainrest elimmer
Of white teeth showed for an instant
between the gray lines that were his
lips.
80 you brought this man here?" he
said. "oh. ! am glad to know It"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30

backward, for there was not room to
turn around.
Il beg you will be careful" she said
1T is a useless risk to stand out
there"
had never known the dread of
great heights which many people feel
and / laughed and stepped backward,
expecting to land on the parapet be-
hind me. But the point of my scab-
bard struck against the battlements.
forcing me outward; stumbled, stag
gered, and swayed moment, striving
desperately to recover my balance;
felt my gloved fingers slipping along
the smooth face of the parapet, my
knees gave way with terror; then my
fingers clutched something an arm
and swung back, slap against the
parapet. hanging to that arm with all
my weight. A terrible effort and
planted my boots on the leads and
looked up with sick eyes into the eyes
of the Countess.
Can you stand it," / groaned.
clutching her arm with my other
hand.
"Yes-don't be afraid" she said
calmly. Draw me toward you; can
not draw you over"
Press your knees against the bat
Elements" gasped.
She bent one knee and wedged it
into niche.
Don't be afraid; you are. not hurt
ing me-" she said. with a CHASTITY
smile.
raised one hand and caught her
shoulder, then. drawn forward, I
seized the parapet in both arms, and
vaulted to the slate roof
A fog seemed to blot my eyes; ]
shook from hair to heel and laid my
head against the solid stone, while
the blank, throbbing seconds passed.
The Countess stood there, shocked
and GREATNESS. l saw her sleeve in
rags, and the snowy skin all bruised
beneath
What irony turks in blind chance
that should owe this woman my
life-this woman whose home had
come to confiscate, whose friends |
had arrested, who herself was now
my prisoner, destined to the shame OF
exile!
Perhaps she OWNED my thoughts
do not know-but she turned her
troubled eyes to the arched window,
where a painted saint imbedded in
golden glass knelt and beat his breast
with two heavy stones.
Madame" l said slowly, your cour-
age and your goodness to me have
made my task heavy one. Can
tighten it for you in any manner"
She turned towards me. almost tim
idly. Gould l go to Morsbronn be-
fore-before | cross the frontier?
have house there; there are few
things would like to take"
She stopped short, seeing. doubtless.
the pain of refusal in my face. But,
after all, it does not matter. / sup
pose your orders are formal?'
yes, madame"
Then it is a matter of honor?"
"A soldier is always on his honor:
soldiers daughter viii understand
that"
81 understand" she said.
We had stopped. by mutual Inn
pulse. at the head Of the stone stair
way.
Why do you shelter such a man
as John Buckhurstf" asked. abruptly
She raised her eyes to me with per
! feet composurA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30
cnAPTgR III.
"a Trappe.

la trdppe.
There was small company Of
people gathered at table which stood
In the cool shadows OF the chateau's
eastern wing. Towards these people
my companion directed her steps; l
saw her bend close to the. ear Of q
young girl who had already turned to
look at me.
Presently the young girl to whom
my companion Of the morning had
whispered rose gracefully and came
toward me.
Slender, yet with that charming out
line OF body which youth wears as a
promise, she moved across the ter
race in her flowing robe of Grape,
Sa1d welcomed me with gesture and a
pleasant word, which scarcely heard,
so stupidity stood, silenced by the
absolute loneliness Of the girl. Did
say loneliness? No, not that, but
something newer, something far more
fresh. far sweeter, that made mere
physical beauty a thing less vital than
the colorless shadow of a crystal.
stepped forward to meet her. and
took of my forage-cap.
lis 1t true, moHsieury that you have
come to arrest us?" she asked. in a
low voice.
Yes, madame" replied, already
knowing that she was the Countess.
She hesitated; then:
"Will you tell me your name? /
am Madame de Vassart."
Cap in hand followed her to the
table. where the company had already
risen. The young Countess presented
me with undisturbed simplicity; !
bowed to my turkey-girl, who proved,
after all, to be the actress from the
Qdeon, Sylvia Elven: then I solemply
shook hands with DR.. Leo belmont.
Professor Claude Tacernier, and Mon
sieur Bazard. ex-instructor at the Fon-
tainebleau Artillery School, whom /
Immediately recognized as the snipe-
faced notary had met on the road.
Yesterday. Madame la Comtesse."
said, turning to the Countess de
Vassart. "the Emperor could easily
afford to regard with equanimity the
movement In which you are associat-
ed. Today that is no longer possible 2
The young Countess gave me be-
wildered look.
rs it true" she asked, that the
Emperor does not know we have sew
cred all connection with the Interna-
tionaIe?"
IF that is So" said l, why does
Monsieur Bazard return across the
fields to warn you of my coming And
why do you harbor John Buckhurst at
La Trappe: Do you not know he is
wanted by the police?"
Monsieur Scarlet" said Mademoi-
selie Eiven, suddenly. why does the
government want John Buckhurst?''
"That, mademoiselle, is the affair OF
the government and Of John Buck
hurst" said
After troubled silence the Count.
ess asked me If would not share
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30
AIMS AT STOCK EXCHANGES.
Hearings On Owen Bill viii Open on
February q.

Washington. - Public hearings on
the owen bill to prohibit the use or
the mails and telegraph and telephone
lines in furtherance of fraudulent and
harmful transactions on stock ex-
changes will open February before
the Senate Banking Committee.
Samuel Untermyer will be the first
witness. Edward p. Lyon. attorney for
the New York Bank Note Company
and grain exchanges in Chicago and
Milwaukee. also will be heard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30
AmIabIe THIEF.

A remarkably brief and effective
summing up was once quoted by Lord
James in an after-dinner speech. 1t
was delivered by an Irish judge try.
ing man for pig stealing. The EVIL
dence of his guilt was conclusive. but
the prisoner insisted on calling mum
Der OF witnesses. who testified most
emphatically to his general good char
acter. After hearing their evidence
and the counsels speeches. the Judge
remarked:
Gentlemen of the jury, think that
the only conclusion you can arrive a.
is that the pig was stolen By the pria
omar. and that he IL the most amiahls
man in the county,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30
OPPOSE ExpREss RArE elLL.
crisfieId Delegation Says Increase Will
Hurt Fish Business.

Washington Headed by Represent
tative J. Harry Coyington, a delegation
from Crisfeld, Md, appeared before
the Board of Suspension of the Inter
State Commerce. Commission and pro-
tested against the raising of express
rates, which. they assert, will material
ly affect the fish and oyster industry,
in which many of their citizens are in
terested. John l. Handy and Loire G.
Quinn acted as spokesman for the dele
cation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30
SYNOPSIS.

Scarlet. an American soldier of for
tune IN the employ of the French Im-
perial Police at the outbreak Of the Fran
co-Prussian war. Is ordered to arrest
john Buckhurst. q leader Of the Com
the French crown jewels. While search
Ing for Buckhurst. Scarlet is ordered to
arrest Countess de Vassart and her group
Of socialists and escort them to the Bel
gtan border. Scarlet finds Sylvia Elven
OF the Odeon disguised as peasant ana
carries her to La Trappe where the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30

their repast, and / thanked her and
took some bread and grapes and a
glass Of red wine.
1t made me uncomfortable to play
the role / was playing among these
misguided but harmless people; that
| showed it in my face is certain, for
the Countess looked up at me and
said, smilingly: you must not look at
US SO solivwfully. Monsieur Scarlett-
1t is we VINO pity you"
And replied. Madame, you are
generous" and took my place among
them ana ate and drank with them
In silence. listening to the breeze in
the elms.
turned to DR.. belmont.
with the German armies massing
behind the forest borders yonder IL
unsafe for she government to leave
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30
LAD OF IS KILLS FATHER.
Boy Shoots To Save Family From
PARENTS Pistol.

Natchitoches, La.-John C. Clark,
Jr., Is years old, shot and killed his
father here. when the latter threatened
the nine members OF his family with a
pistol. according to testimony at the
coroner's inquest this afternoon. The
boy was not arrested.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-30
HEROINE OF HOTEL FIRE.
wife OF Proprietor Braves Smoke To
Awaken Guests.

Pittsburgh. Pa.-Wrapping her head
in a blanket, Mrs. Edward Walton,
wife of the proprietor of the Hotel
Walton, in Homestead. suburb. made
her way through blazing corridors to
awaken Is guests. They escaped in
their night clothes before the hotel
was totally destroyed, with loss Of
$4,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

Every married man in the world knows that if Eve hadn't been of such an in- Quirina turn of mind and hadn't gone browsing around in the Garden of Eden, we misht stil be clad III sunshine and climate or as the Frenchman expressed it:
 'In zee altogether zee ladies' clothes altogether on one chair and zee lady all together on zee other chair.'
 But
 Womanlike our original grandmother wouldn't be satisfied and so after pill erimage OCT Eden and glancing the land 7 scape through, she hit on the fig leaf idea, and from the simple dras that our worthy ancestor made of it, evoluted clothes.
 We might even yet, had it not been for her have been able to enjoy the primi- tive "scratching of ourselves whenever and wherever we pleased" without hav- ing to disrobe and shed corsets, silk stockings, boots, pettieoats (no; we don | wear 'em any more) tight skirts and diaphanous bodices.
 Everything evelutes from something, . aud so the fig leaf is che maternal an- cestor of fashions, and at it's door may be laid the outrageous and preposterous, as well as the beautiful and becoming
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

ing good health now and owe it all to your remedies. take pleasure in tell ing my friends and neighbors about them. Mrs. MATTE HALEY, 5O1 Col squhone Street, Danville, Va.
 No woman suffering from any form of female troubles should lose hope un- til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound fair trial.
 This famous remedy, the medicinal ingredients of which are derived from native roots and herbs, has for forty years proved to be most valua- ble tonic and invigorator of the fe- male organism. Women everywhere Dear willing testimony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegeta- Ike Compound.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

The challengers protest against the rlar- row skirt that permits nothing to be worn underneath it. fa4
 True.
 The manufacturers have suffered from this style.
 My Lady, never wore so few clothes as now-no, not since the little fig leaf episode.
 But
 It's an affectation for anyone to say they are shocked at the styles in clothes, or rather lack of them.
 Come, now;
 Let us reason together;
 Would we really be surprised to see ourselves get back right to the "Garden fig leaves and er-er-well, or maybe be like
 ''The poor benighted Hindoo,
 Who does the best he kin do;
 He sticks to his cast
 From first to last,
 And for pants he makes his shin do. "
 This story is'really 8 fashion story as little as you may think.
 Sounds more like a detective story a la Mary Roberts Rinehart or Anna Katherine Green-but, honest to good ness, it isn't
 It's just a plain, simple woman's mind working along the lines of fashion evo- lutions, and one isn't to be charged with gross misconduct or petit larceny when writing about such things, because every body, men and women alike, are talking fashion, fashion, fashion," and even so august a body as the Protestant Episco- took considerable notice of womans fashions. So much so that several of its great bishops consented to be inter viewed" on the subject.
 Many of the bishops told exactly what they thought about the slit skirt" as well as the "tango"
 But there are always exceptions to every rule-and there's always somebody who isn't interested in fools and fashions"
 In this great body of men there was one dear old bishop-God love himi-- who when the deadly Interviewer" ap- preached him and asked him what he thought about the "slit" skirt. sat quite still and looked quite grave and pug zled.
 "The slit skirt" the venerable old patriarch repeated after the giddy in- terviewer. And pray what Is a slit skirt? I have never heard of one much less seen one" The Lord be, praised for one man on oartly whose mind is on higher things than mere-"fashion."
 This springs fashions seem to have taken the lead of anything that has ever happened yet. Pretty?
 Of course, they are. Bizarre? Quite. Outre?
 Perhaps. But Perfectly stunning!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
School for Manners

A course in table etiquette for young men is now given at a certain Ameri- can college. Over 100 young men are taking instruction in carving. serving and in the proper use of knives. forks and spoons Four men sit at a table . one an instructor.
 The young men must take turns at playing host, and they learn, 1t Is said. to act this part gracefully at formal and informal dinners and luncheons. The instructor teaches by example. The proper use of the silverware the bread plate and butter dish. the finger bowl. and the other niceties of correct dining are learned by watching the instructor.
 Hence there Is no necessity for em- barrassing corrections, and verbal in- structions are given only when re- quested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

sessions to their modesty, left here and there and on their tails.
 So there you arei
 You've many styles to choose from.
 The draped gown, the ''minaret" gown that won'et let you sit down or if you do 1t will pop up and hit you slap in the face like an old fashioned hoop skirt used to do and granting al this. how you ever will manage to get in it and how stay in after getting there, Is a still more puzzling theme
 I suppose some natures are just tal- ented about those things, or born that way, like some people always vote for --ryan or know what to say when any one exclaims exuberantly--
 ''Pleased to meet you''
 Then there's the "trouser" gown and the 'pannier' gown, the "corkscrew" under heaven to tempt the eye and purse, and the fashions this spring do rot surpass what haaA gone before. I'll wager they never can be designed.
 Ard they've got to the point now where they don't even cut the materials. if you please.
 They just wind and wind them about the figure and drape and drape them around until the most stunning effects arc arranged and the gown is a marvel of the coutouriern's art,
 One feels like inditing a letter to that ncorrgibly clever person. MT. Edward Pok, of the "Ladies' Ter-Home Journal" and acking him the proper manner of sitting and walking in the new tight gowns.
 In fact, this sort of thing occurred to me:
 My Dear Mr. Rok:
 find I'm growing old and asking ques- tions so if you will be so kind as to tell me the proper manner of getting into 0 m,naret gown I would appreciate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
-FRECkLES
February and March Worst Months For This Trouble-How to
 Remove Easily

There's a reason why nearly every body freckles in February and March, but happily there is also remedy for these ugly blemishes, and no one need stay freckled.
 Simply get an ounce of othine, double strength, from your druggist and apply little of it night and morn ing, and in a few days you should see that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the light ones have vanished entirely. Now is the time to rid yourself of freckles. for if not re- moved now they will stay all Summer, and spoil an otherwise beautiful com plexion. Your money back if othine fails
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

But mol That wouldn't do. Perhaps the best way to manage is Just to practice and then wiggle in and out the easiest way you can.
 In fact
 Clad in a draped gown and with curi- ous little bonnet on and 0 bushy ar- rangement in the way of feathers noking out from it. we agree with the facctiouS poet who writes: "Why is 1t, Araminta, that
 Instead of feathers, in your hat You now wnlr long antennae? Why all the plumage do you strip Throughout their length, except the tip
 And why do you leave any? I know mans sense of art Is small, When he has any sense at all,
 However he may buster. Ther teach me how to train my eye Till all the beauties I descry
 or moultjng feather-drsteri"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
Try this! Doubles beauty of your hair and stops it
 falling out

Your hair becomes light. wavy. fluff fly. abundant and appears as soft. lust
 rous and beautiful as young girls after "Danderine hair cleanse" Just try this-moisten a cloth with little Danderine and carefully draw 1t through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. This will cleanse tho hair Of dust, dirt and excessive oil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
GIRLS! BEAUTIFUL, CHARMING HAIR.
 NO DANDRUFFF -25 CENT DANDER|NE

and in just few moments you have doubled the beauty of your hair.
 Besides beautifying the hair at once. Danderine dissolyes every particle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig- orates the scalp. forever stopping itch- ing and falling hair
 But what will please you most will be after a few weeks use when you will actually see new hair--fine and downy at first--yes-but really new hair grdwing >all over the scalp. If you care for pretty. soft hair and lots of 1t surely get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug gist or toilet counter and just try 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

much DeCCer IIldu l did when the doctor was treating me. l don't suffer r any bearing down pains at all now and l sleep well. I cannot say enough for Lydia P.
 Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound and Liver Pills as they have done so much for me. I am eniOy-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
WHAT $1O DID 
 FOR THIS WOMAN
The Price She Paid for Lydia E.Pinkham'sV Vegetable Com pound Which Brought
 Good Health.

Danville, Va.-"I have only spent ten dollars on your medicine and l feel so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

sessions to their modesty, left here and there and on their tails
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
u. c. Y. reunion
VISITORS To SEE
HISTORIC POINTS
Many Trips to Beach and Inland
Resorts Are Planned for Jack
souviIIe Meeting.

JACKSONVILLE. March 2s.-Del-
egates and visitors 10 the Confed-
crate reunion at Jacksonville in May
will find many things TO interest
them. Extensive orange groves are
situated on the st. Johns River some
miles above the city, The site Of the
old home OF Harriet Beecher Stove,
author OF Uncle Toms Cabin" is at
Mandarin among the orange groves.
Some miles higher on the river is
Green Cove Springs, one OF the pic
turesaue wonders Of America.
One OF the most interesting points
is Fort George Island near the
mouth Of the st. Johns River Some
years ago the Hon. s. 6. Benjamin,
United states Minister to Persia at
the time, wrote. Fort George Is
land is that. more than any other
spot | have seen in our country, X
seems to unite the vegetation OF two
zones. The pine and the oak assume
a form and q richness that ally them
TO the jungles OF the Amazon"
River from Fort George Island Is the
village of Mayport. typical Allan
tic coast settlement, full of interest
to the tourist. just below Mayport
are the jetties at the mouth of the
st. Johns. Fishing is fine at the jet
ties,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29

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The records of the many successful
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When it is considered that the pu-
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All pupils OF Bagwell Business Coi-
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Many new pupils are now enrolling
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selves for responsible positions that
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Shall you be one of these?
Write to-day for catalog and full
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