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Barbesieur, who in spite of his great size was a coward, fumed with rage and declared that as soon as his right arm was well-that arm which Eugene had wounded in the riot-he would challenge the prince to duel.
 Eugene briefly explained to the bystand- CTS the reason of his attack upon Bar besieur-he was ayening the attack upon the name of his mother and upon her palace
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ter's marriage with the Marquis de stroz- zi. The lovers had long been engaged, he said, and had married at last rather suddenly. They had departed at once for Italy,
 Laura and Eugene had been tricked. A watching servant whom Barbesieur had set about Laura as a spy had overheard the conversation between her mistress and Eugene. and had betrayed her to Bar besieur
 The note had been a part of the trick. They knew Laura had never seen the handwriting of Eugene
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Mad March Hare

From the Minneapolis News.
 As for the March hare. he probably is not a hare at all. All that anybody knows about him Is that he is very mad. He has been mad, they say, ever since his identity was lost. It is claimed that he was nothing more or less than the March air until an Englishman got hold of him, but 1t is doubtful if he were quite sane before that event, and he has shown no traces of sanity since. By this time everybody accepts him as the March hare and believes in his madness. Indeed, nothing in the world is so mad as the March hare. He serves as the standard of madness. Nobody knows just what he is about, or what he is doing or what he is going to do' but the March menagerie would be un | satisfactory and incomplete withouv him.
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Awaiting Sentence

Four days elapsed after the ball and it's triumphs and contrarieties were for gotten Nobody bestowed a thought upon Prince Eugene, who, concealed from view by the thick cloud of the Kings disfavor, lad fallen into comolste oblivion.
 It was night, and in pavilion which she occupied in the garden of the Palais Royal, Laura sat alone in room which opened through glass doors into the gar den.
 The form of Prince Eugene darkened the threshhold. He approached and knelt at Laura's feet. She gazed at him with distended eyes filled with a mysterious expression.
 Had known that were to be racked for my temerity." said the prince, q must have sought you alone and unat- tended. I came to live or die as you may determine. I love you. Do you hear? I love you.
 Where you spurn me or whether you welcome me, still you must hear me while my yearning heart cries for judg- ment. Speak, beloyed-I await my sen tence. Is it life or death?"
 He raised his pleading eyes to hers and, as they met, her beautiful head dropped lower and lower until 1t almost touched his own.
 He felt the soft touch of her hands upon his shoulders and, in voice so inaudible that none but lovers ear could have guessed its sweet miport- T was waiting for thee," she said.
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Not Easily Subdued

But the blood of the Mancnis and the Mazarirs came surging back through her veins and she sprang to her feet, a tigress not easily to be subdued Fastening to a small laboratory in the upper part of the place she began work of destruction. She emptied vials and, building fire in the small furnace, she burned papers and books-burned them thoroughly.
 Over one paper she fingered before de- stroying it. reading it again and again and holding it in her left hand while in her right she held a small vial contain tng a yellowing fluid.
 What if l should forgeti' she sighed. Then she threv the apper into the fire end drank, tfe contents of the vial. n Twas love philter which she drank, something which the hag, La Voisin, had persuaded her would bring back to her the love of the King
 Baffled, But Undaunted
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Crazed by His Love

When ke learned of the flight of Laura the Marquis Stozzi became partially in sane and spent his time in preparing pcisons with which he designed to XII beth Laura and Eugene.
 Time passed and Eugene, still feepie' went to a little villa of his in Savoie TOT rest. Laura was with him. Barbesieur found it out and went to see the half crazed marquis.
 With fiendish ingenuity he worked upon the marquis to attempt the assassination If the Prince of Savoie. And with this re- suit:
 one day. as Eugene and Laura were sitting in the perron of the villa look out out upon the blue Mediterranean. a
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Awaiting Her Hero

She said to her patroness. the Duchess of Orleans, whose maid of honor she was, 1T have seen no man that approaches my ideal of the hero of my dreams. But should he ever come out of the clouds, brave. noble, wise-as 1 have pic- tured him--then. o then, I should follow the destiny of woman.
 Were 1t love. the whole, world would
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Braying the Royal Wrath

Are you looking for your fan?' he said.
 "Yes, Prince"
 T have the good fortune to restore 1t to you and to be permitted to do so con- fers upon me the first pleasurable sen sation I have felt since entering this hall tonight"
 T am happy to have been the means" she began. but just then the Duke of Or leens turned around and, filled with indig- nation, said to his duchess, Gall your lady of the bed chamber hither."
 "Come, mahchioness," said the duchess, 'I must present you to the Queen"
 Eugene walked moodily away. But a little later he saw Laura standing be- fore him.
 'Prince,' said she, it appears you have forgotten the promise you made to dance with me tonight
 He had made no such promise. but saw Lsura's intention at once, to boldly show him favor and brave the royal ire.
 Bewilderel with joy. Eugene took her hand and they placed themselves among the other dancers. The Duke of Or leans saw and hastened to his wife.
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On Right Road

From the Winton Auto Era. ..-l,
 Say, my man.. said the automobilist to the farmland, "am I on the right road to Bladensburgh?'
 'sYes. sir" replied the countryman. ssbut if you want to get there you had better turn around ar1 70 the other way-"
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tN&ESAf fronted each other angrily in the drawing room of the former
 As Olympia Mancini, the niece of the great Cardinal Mazarin, she had once dreamed of becoming Queen of France. And among her suitors in the days of her power and beauty Louvois had also been her wooer.
 "so that is your last word, madam?" said Louvois.
 My last word. My daughter shall not marry your son. There can be no sympathy between the Mancini and the Iouvois. and it would seem that their antiquities are to be perpetuated rom generation to generation"
 "Then," replied the minister, the re- pulse that I received 21 years ago from olympia Mancini she repeats today In the person of her daughter. But 1t may happen some day that the Mancinis will be repulsed by the Louvois'
 "A threat?' cried the countess, her eyes blazing.
 The minister shrugged his shouluers and replied: q have sown loVe-anu ,eap hate. Countess de Soissons, four women have long meditated your de- struction-the queen, Madame oe Montespan, Madame Maintenon ana Louis de la Nalliers.
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The Man From the Moon

Your lady of the bed chamber is darcing with Prince Eugene" he gasped. True enough,'' said she carelessly.
 But the duke was % infuriated that she feared a scene, and said to the Mar quis de Valma who stood near:
 My lord. will you be so kind as to say to the Marchioness de Bonnelatta
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Rupture and Pain

The marquis had sister, the Count ess Councassa, whom he had sold young to a dissolute noble and who hated him therefor. To revenge herself she ar ranged that Laura and Eugene should meet. She took the prince into the apartments of Laura as her page.
 The interview was short and filled with rapture and pain alike The mar quis removed his wife to lonely castle of his in Piedmont and Eugene, after vainly trying to discover her where abouts and having several narrow escapes from death at the hands of the agents of the marquis, returned in despair to Vienna.
 War broke out afresh and he plunged into the campaign. His fame was re- sounded throughout Europe and the world
 Belgrade fell and Prince Eugene, seri- ously wounded, was taken to Vienna where he lay between life and death not seeming to care much which would be his fate.
 Disguised as a Nun
 His cousin, the Duke of Savoiet, sent his own physician to attend the prince ana Wltu tie pllySlcldn Cdlilc d BcLtlc nun who called herself Sister Angelica. She acted as nurse and Eugene would have no one smooth his pillow or give him his medicines but Sister Angelica.
 One day when he had become stronger he, for the first time, got a fair look at the face of the nurse. He sprang from his bed and cried out as he grasped her to his arms Laura, my Laura!'
 It was indeed Laura. She had escaped from the castle where she had been con- fined and had fled, disguised as a peasant, through the woods to the nearest posting town.
 There she had accidentally met the dukes doctor on his way to Vienna to attend Eugene. She knew him and he recognized her. She told her story and, disguised as a nun, the doctor had taken her to Vienna to act as nurse for Flu
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Saved for Disgrace

Louyois was disgraced, openly and publ licly disgraced, and he sat a prisoner in his own house shudderng at vision of the block and the ax, should all he lad contrived and executed become known.
 physician had just bled him and hs was sitting, pale and weak. when woml an who, by effrontery and bribery, had ' obtained entrance to him, stood before | Eim. She threw back her hood
 "olympial' he cried Then you recognize me?" It was. in- deed, the Countess de Soissons.
 What brings you here?"
 Destiny" she replied; poor, fallen Louvois. Your servants are already steal ing away. You are doomed"
 Never" he cried, will survive my disgrace"
 He tore the bandages from the place where he had been bled and the blood gushed forth.
 Tt was kindness to suffer you to die now" said Olympia, but you shall liye( to endure the contumely you have forced upon me and mine"
 She opened the door and called in the domestics, who replaced the bandages. Then she sought the room of Barbesiuer
 His Woes Avenged
 "Announce me- sne said to a servant. The servant threw open the door and cried "The Countess de Soissons" Bar besieur turned around in surprise.
 "It is long since we met, satd the countess Tt was when you headed a rabble which storned my palace. had not the pleasure of being present at the horsewhpping my son gave you
 Barbesieur laughed. T have had my revenge,' said he. 'The very grief that is sapping his life at this time is of my doing.
 T know it." returned the countess, but I have avenged his woes.' You must have done it very secretly. then, for I have felt no inconvenience. You will before long, Did one of your servants bring you, about half an hour ago a fine peach on a salver?"
 'He did,
 And you ate it?'
 q did"
 'Then, 1arbesieur, that peach avenge, both Eugene and Laura. I sent it. You have just four years longer to live. The poison is slow but sure.'
 Barbesieur dropped like felled OK to the floor while servants came running ir crying out; Monsieur. your father il dying of apoplexy!'
 Mysteriously as she had cone, ths countess disappeared again from Paris
 Empty H0n0rs
 1t was the thirtieth birthday of Eugena a the command of all the imperial armies in Italy
 The drums rolled, the rrunpe.s sounoed and many thousands or voices shouted as the young general appeared before his troops, Long live our general! Long live our Prince Eugenei
 Next weeks one-page classic will be-
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Arranging Flight

It had been with great peril and exer- tion that Eugene had sealed the walls of the garden. eluded the guards and obtained this interview with Laura.
 The lovers talked long and earnestly. At length, when the creeping hours warned the lovers that it was time to part, prince said:
 Are you ready to speak the irrevoca- ble word that binds us together as man and wife?"
 q am ready" she replied
 'Then,'' said he flor two days I shall part from you But day after tomorrow at this same hour of the night. I shall be here with the chaplain of the Princess de witnesses I shall be accompanied by my cousins. the Princes of Cont.
 Before your father suspects our love it must be sanctified before the altar of God. Then there is no mortal hand that can wrest thee from my side.
 Be in readiness, my love, and not a word need be spoken until we are mar ried. Then away with me to the Hotel Soissons, where those who love may seek you at your husbands side"
 Shall l leave my dear mistress with out a ward?'
 'Assuredly-for it woul dburden her with painful responsibility"
 "Alas, Eugene" said Laura, looking anxiously about, "some evil spirit is abroad and tells me that this will never be-
 May. sweet one. fear nothing.. He kissed her and was gone.
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Enemies for a Generation

fl f~1IE naughty Countess de Sois- sons and Louvois, the great
 ks--=--S minister of Louis XIV, con kNxsESAl fronted each other angrily in
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Seeking a Career

The shock to Eugene was such that for weeks he was too ill to leave his palace and at times, his life was de- spaired of. He believed that Laura had deliberately forsal1en him. If not. why did he receive no word, from her?
 And when he was able to go abroad again he heard on all sides that Louvois was never tired of telling of the letters he constantly received from his daugh- ter telling of the happiness of the Stroz- zis in their Venetion palace.
 Some months of painful thoughts en- sued and then, one day, Eugene sought an audience with the King. It was grudgingly granted.
 Your Majesty" said the Prince, q de- sire command in your army. I wish to become a soldier-a brave one, hope."
 Louis surveyed him with scorn. q can not grant your request" said he; you are too sickly to enter my service"
 'Is that all Your Majesty has to say to me?"
 ''Yes. the audience is at an end. Be- gone
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News From Laura

Sire replied Eugene, T aim at re- nown and. in spite of my enemies, of my poverty and my friendless condition, have strength and energy to attain it. l am no longer subject of France l bid farewell to my country forever"
 All this is a matter of history, and it Is also a matter of history how Prince Eugene of Savoie, forsaking France, took service with the Emperor of Austria. be- came the foremost general of Europe next to Marlborough, a terror to Louis XIV and destroyer of his armies.
 1t was while Eugene, after one of his great campaigns against the Turks, was recuperating in Vienna, that he received letter from the Duchess of Orleans The duchess said that her daughter had lately been in Italy and had seen the Marchfoness de Strozzi
 They met but for a momentp said the duchess, and Laura pressed into my daughters hands a little note for you which I inclose.9
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Tricked Into Marriage

The afternoon of the next day Laura received a note saying, Not tomorrow night-but tonight" It was siggned .E.''
 That night, about midnight, there ap- peared in the pavilion where Laura. was waiting priest. man dressed in the same russet-colored garments usually worn by Eugene. and two other witnesses, who wore masks. The man in the russet clothes was also masked and there was only the light of one dim candle in the room.
 In bewildered trance Laura heard the marriage service performed and was hur- ried away by a postern gate to wait ing carriage.
 The next afternoon the Louvois gave agreat reception in honor of hia daugh-
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Baffled, But Undaunted It was the hour when the court drove
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Emntv Hanors

Next weeks one-page classic will be,J "Cther Peoples Money" by Emile Gab- oriau.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-07-22
THE MARRYING AGE

/ think there can be very little
doubt that the present generation
both men and women-enter upon
matrimony at later age than did
their parents.
A survey of the most limited circle
of acquaintance will verify this. OF
course, there are pessimists who cry
down this state of affairs; but, person
ally, l think that folks are much bet
ter qualified to choose their lifelong
partner, are far more alive to the
seriousness of the step, and conse-
quently better able to make a happy
choice, when they reach man and
woman's estate than when they are
in the green" age.
Our mothers were married at 20 at
the latest, and the men were not much
older. Many were the happy unions
resulting from these early marriages,
but many too, were the bitterly dis
appointing partnerships that were
quietly lived down.
After all, what can a girl of II or
is know Of matrimony? She does not
even know her own mind, has not
seen enough of the world to grasp the
responsibilities OF marriage, and has
mixed in a very small circle of friends.
In many cases she is just in love with
love itself. and around the first man
who appeals to her she weaves all
manner of romantic fancies. And it
is Just the same with boy of that age.
| know one girl who was engaged
at II and married at IS to a boy Of
twenty. Too quickly, alas, the ro-
nance evaporated and at 25 they find
themselves faced with the awful pros
pect Of a union from which every
shred Of love has vanished. And, I'M
fairly enough-for such is the way of
youth-they blame their parents for
allowing them to marry so young.
The last twenty or thirty years has
seen a wonderful broadening in the
outlook Of women. and ii is they who
have brought about these later mar
riages Nowadays they go out into
the world and work side by side with
men, they can provide for themselves,
and have no need to rush into mar
riage because their days are monoto-
nous.
Today when woman makes her
choice she does so as one who has
seriously considered the matter both
for her own sake and that of the man,
not as an irresponsible, ignorant girl.
And it seems to me this makes happi-
ness for both.-Doris Blake in Chica-
go Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-07-22

ISOLATION until the maturity of their
stock receive a profit which will
average S.67 per cent. But the AS
ISOLATION is not only "A good PROPOSE
ton for the investor; IL is good for the
borrower also and To the borrower
who stays i'm until the maturity of his
stock the interest on a loan amounts
to but a trifie over 3 per cent.
The Bedding Building and Loan As
ISOLATION certainly provides an ideal
way for the building of a home. Many
home in Bedding has been built
through this Association and the own
er today possesses home which un-
doubtedly otherwise he would not
haze been able TO secure.
The officers of the Association are
all men who stand for something in
Bedding as the following list will
show: +. A. Washburn, President;
w. +. Hetherington, Vice President;
W. l.. Cusser, Treasurer; G. T.. Wag-
ner, Secretary and Attorney. Direct
ors: 1914-E. b. Lapham, o. f.
Webster, G.. T.. Wagner; 1871. j.
Leonard, r. A. Washburn, w. l.. Gus
ser; 1916-W. Il. Hetherington, j. b.
Arnwine, +. +. Ireland
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ton of being the original and largest
wild animal show in the world. The
cleanliness and moral tenor of it's en-
tertainment and business conduct
likewise add to the reasons Of why
the show is different"
Unusual indeed are the big wild
animal acts. Tom, Jerry and Brutus,
horse riding African lions are a very
remarkable example of wild animal
training. Sampson, the aviation lion,
rides to the top of the tent surround
ed by shooting sky rockets. A large
group Of seals and sea lions do mary
elous feats Of Juggling and bare back
riding Mile. Florine, "A spritely
young woman presents a group of
ferocious leopards, jaguars, and pu-
mas. Miss Mable Stark appears with
a troupe of man-eating Royal Bengal
and Siberian tigers. Big Bill, the
wrestling Grizzly is another sensation,
also the large group Of performing
bears.
The twenty-four, junglebred, full
grown African lions shown in one act
by Herr Louie Roth, comprise the
greatest and most thrilling wild ami
nal spectacle ever known. Herr
Roth enters the arena alone with these
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-07-22
CAPITALIZING COURTESY

"a nursed grudge growing out of a
surly answer has been responsible for
many Of the troubles of the railroads"
says the president of the Southern
railway in a letter TO the roads en-
ployes
Let us then all try to please the
public
Railroads have many troubles. some
of which the average intelligent per-
son believes are imaginary.
But here is a railroad president who
believes that discourtesy on the part Of
employees toward the public is respon-
sible for some of these troubles.
And one may easily agree that his
theory is plausible.
Courtesy is not ordinarily consider
ed to have any commercial value.
One should be courteous because
courtesy is sign of good breeding
and tends to promote social peace and
order.
Here it is seriously proposed to
capitalize it, to make the social grace
pay dividends.
1t is worth trying too
If courtesy, besides its other good
qualities, can be dollarized, so much
the better for courtesy and for the
public generally.
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of the show is the Aerial Lion Act"
Mr.. Johnson received word from Mr..
Barnes only last Friday that the act
had been perfected and that he was
TO advertise this act as the best one on
the program. With beautiful colored
light effects the lion is made to per-
form, in the air, in a way that has
heretofore been thought impossible.
THE show that's Different" is a
term given by many prominent critics
to the Al. G. Barnes Bring Wild Ami
NAL Circus. Just why this show is
different can be understood when it is
known that the program presented
completely upsets the conventional in
circusdom for the reason that the en-
tire entertainment is given by edu-
Gated wild and domestic animals
over 600 Of these animal-actors are
comprised in the Barnes troupe, the
animals do everything that the human
circus performer has been doing.
Juggling, balancing, high jumping and
diving, acrobatics, posing, dances
drills, ball playing, bare back riding,
tumbling, etc, are a part Of the things
they do. Their proficiency is re-
markable sight to witness. The
Barnes circus also bears the distinc-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-07-22
THE SHOW THAT'S
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
Entire Entertainment Is Given by
Educated Wild and Domestic
Animals

Nelson +. Johnson, general repre-
entative of the Barnes circus was in
the city Saturday making the final ar
rangements for the coming of the big
circus to Bedding next Tuesday, July
2S. He says that Mr.. Barnes takes
the active management of the shows,
often being the first man up in the
morning and the last one to retire at
night. He can handle every act in
the show and in fact does supervise
the whole performance except the sea
lions act" He is a quiet unassuming
man, who is trying at every point to
make the big show the very best pos
sible for the American people. He
has no apology to offer for any act
that composes the whole attraction.
The newest and most sensational act