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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-21


there again7" he asked through the
window OF Auguste Philpoteaux sit
ting at his dinner, and the man an
swered good-naturedly:
1T may be In half an hour, my boy,
Not sooner And Francois raced on.
BY this time boy here and boy
there had stolen from their dinner
tables and were gathering in groups
down the street, but the elders paid
no attention. Francois disappeared in
to the church; the boys began to grow
GREATNESS.
Tt will take some minutes for the
stairs" one said, and they waited
Two minutes, three, perhaps five;
something rose out of the trap-door
leading to the platform from which the
steeple sprang-a figure, looking very
small so far up above them. Instantly
it attached itself, like crawling fly,
to the side of the steeple; it moved up
ward. Henri Dufour, below In the
street, jumped as a hand gripped his
arm. He looked up frightened at La
Claire.
'Is that my Francois ?" she demand
ed sternly, but the boy did not need to
answer.
With that, by degrees people came
from the cottages as at some mysteri
Gus warning and stood silent, afraid te
breathe, watching the little figure
creeping up, up the dizzy narrowing
peak of the church steeple. A rider
galloped down the road; seeing the
groups, he pulled in his bay horse ant
his eyes followed the upward glance
of the whole village.
"Who is it?" he flung at the neares
knot of peasants; his voice was abrup
and commanding.
The men pulled off their caps, ant
one answered respectfully: "It is lit
| tie Francois Beaupre, my seigneur; i
is child who has no fear; he is al
most at the top, but we dread it whel
he descends."
Mon dieu!" the man on horsebacl
growled. eff he looks down he is lost
! the lad is born hero or a born luna
tic"
The crawling spot up there shove
dark in the sunlight against the neN
gliding of the ball. It stopped; tn
blot was fixed for a second; anothe
second. From the crowd rose gaspi
and excited broken sentences.
"He has the vertigo! He is lost!"
The dark blot chung against the gill
ing Then suddenly it moved, bega
to make a slow way downward, and
long sigh, like a ripple on water, ra
through the ranks of people. No on
spoke; all the eyes watched the littl
figure slip down, down the unseen la,
der in the air. At last it was at tn
bottom: it disappeared into the rral
door, Every one began to talk volubl
at once; woman cried for joy, then
child spoke IN high voice.
"See,' she said shrilly, ''the mothe
of Francois goes to meet him!"
LIE Claire was far down the stree
gliding toward that church doc
which was under the steeple. AS sh
reached it the little lad came out, h
face flushed, his eyes shining with e.
element and triumph. She took b
hand silently, hardly looking at hin
and turned SO, quietly, without woI
OF either joy or reproof, her face il
: passive. She had got her boy agai
: from the dead, it seemed to Clair
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CHAPTER v.
A Game of Cards.

Francois Beaupre-Le Francois of
v:cQues sober, laborious, had in him
certain pig-headedness, and also a
vein Of the gambler which had swollen
with use; yet because it had so far
brought him only good luck the neigh,
bors called this good judgment He
was dealer in working oxen; he
bought and raised and sold them, and
only his wife knew what chances he
often took in buying young beeves. 1t
was simple solid form of speculation,
yet 1t was that
On day in September he left Vic
ques early in the morning to drive to
the market in Delesmontes, league
distant, two pairs of oxen which he
mad bought as calves for almost moth
ing from poor stock out of farm
leagues away. He had fed and trained
and cared for them till now they were
all well set-up and powerful and
smooth orking-ready to sell for q
good price. At the market he found
that there were few oxen to be dis
posed of, none which compared TO his,
and his ideas of value went up-he
would get nine hundred francs for
them, which delayed the sale.
So 1t came to be, by the time his
bargain was closed, three o'clock in
the afternoon, and he had had no din
ner. With the cattle of his hands
and the money in his pocket he felt a
sense of leisure and of wealth. Hum
CRY as a wolf he felt also, and he
turned into the inn of Delesmontes,
where the sign of huge bear, cut out
Of tin and painted black, swung before
the door,
A waitress approached him-a SOM
melliere-trim in her short calico skirt
and white apron, her hair done in the
picturesque fashion of the place. The
girl took his order; as she turned to
go a man just coming in knocked
against her, and apologizing with
many words, caught sight of Francois
Good day!" he saluted him heartily
Good day, Monsieur Beaupre," and
Francois, friendly always, answered
"Good day." but with reserve, for he
did not recall the man. you don't
remember me? That is natural. fol
VIC QOl DuL OuC0. 0L nave uOL 1OI
gotten you. It was at the house Of
my cousin, Paul Noirjean of Deyillier.'
Now Paul Noirjean was an old &C
quaiRtance and solid man, an6
though Beaupre did not see him often
living six leagues away, he respected
him highly. A cousin of his was to be
considered, and Francois was embar
raised that his memory could moi
focus on the meeting. He tried tt
cover this with cordiality, and invited
the stranger to share his meal.
Not at all, not at ALL" the Other
answered. yet we must have bottle
of wine together, but it shall be my
bottle"
Francois objected: the man insisted
At length: See, we will play cards
for that bottle, !" the unknown man sug
}. gested, and the cards were brought
and a game Of La rams euchre-wa,
in progress in two minutes.
Meanwhile the wine had come, ant
! Francois, a touch more generous ant
, more cordial for it, was genially sorr,
when he won and the stranger mus
pay.
"Tiensl We win play again for an
other bottle" he announced with bi
of, swagger. He was conscious of I
} right to spend silver in treating hi
friends with that fat nurse In hi
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cite whom Francois held, who stamped
her light forefoot and whinnied ilnpa-
tiently. Then the generals grave
voice sounded, more izravely than ever.
Francois Beaupre. you own a fine
lad" he threw at the dropping peasant.
II would like to have him for mine.
Since cannot, shall try at least to
be his friend. Monsieur the Marshal,
1t must be as you say. But come to
see me at the chateau soon. 1 shall
have things to talk over with you"
On morning Francois was busy at
the new garden, digging beds for the
plants which the neighbors had eager
ly given them, and which, put in the
ground now, in the autumn, would rise
above them in brightness next spring.
Into this eontentment came, gallop-
ing gloriously, hoof beats of horse.
The busy spade, several sizes too big,
stopped, and Francois leaned his chin
on the handle, the boy out of drawing
for the tool. The general stopped,
which was heavenly surprise to
Francois each time that it happened.
"Good morning, marshal. Will you
ask your mother If I may speak to
herr
/ Mother, mother, the seigneur wish
es you," Francois whispered piercing
ly, but Claire was already on the little
front walk by the new garden.
In a moment she stood at the gate
in her fresh calico dress, with white
fchu over her head, and the big man
lowered and growled sentences friend
lily. Then the general trotted with
jingling stirrup down the village street
and Claire stood with eyes following
for a moment.
What did the seigneur say, my
mother?" Francois demanded. did
he say / might come to the chateau
tomorrow? May I? Am / to know
what the general said, my mother?"
After his father came home to din
: ner he knew. He was to go each
) morning to the chateau'and do work in
, copying for the general. The general
] was writing book, nothing less than
t a history of Napoleon himself. The
e boys great dreamy eyes glowed.
3 So the little lad, in his clean
:. patched, peasant clothes, went up tc
q the chateau the next morning serious
q and important, and was given table
/ and a corner in the library and words
= to copy which thrilled his soul.
r Often the general talked to him
!, ''Eh bien, there, the marshall" would
o come laundering from the great table
y across the room; and the scribe would
a drop his pen and scuttle over the din
y wide place.
$ yes, Monsieur the Seigneur. 1 an
n here
IT Listen then, my soldier. am I'm
D. certain if this that have written is
e Importance. 1t is interesting to me
,e because Gaspard Gourgaud was there
, yet / do not wish to ram Gaspar'
6 Gourgaud down a readers throat
Francois squatted on a stool exactl
J. in front of the general, with his knee
q together and his elbows on them, hi
+ chin in the hollow of his hands. Hi
d eyes were glued on the generals face
In a deep voice the general read.
# was an account of that world-traged!
n the retreat from Moscow. First cam
% list of regiments and of officers, wit
# detailed accounts of early service i
both; it was exact, accurate. For fiv
h minutes the general read this; the
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-21
CHAPTER Il.
The STRANGER.

On an afternoon In July In the year
OF 1920. Francois, being ten years Old
and dreamer. came alone through
he gate and sat down with his short
'6f dangling over an ancient wall
Ssen feet sheer down. He sat there,
lite comfortable and secure. and
~ lis heels and thought OF his
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pocket.
NO" spoke the stranger Duplessis,
he had said his name was. mo. have
drunk enough However, If You feel
sensitive at taking the small sum of
money at my hands-it is d good
game-La rams-let US play for the
franc which the bottle would cost. En-
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 cock-sureness that 80
lucky devil as Beaupre might well
lose little and stop at the right
amount. The excitement of cards and
excitement of wine met in a heady mix
ture; Duplessis drank little, though
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-12

Mr.. and Mrs. lila Medley called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Nickells Sunday even
ing.
Miss Elizabeth Morrison who has
been visiting friends and relatives in
Kansas returned to her home here
Saturday.
Misses Veetrus Howard and Rena
Rankin took supper at Mrs. G. S.
Carnie's Sunday evening.
Miss Clara Morrison visited Satur-
day afternoon with Sylvia Vaughn.
Mr.. and Mrs A.. w. Shay called on
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. McClintic Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Nickells was Rich Hill visit.
or Monday.
Mrs. lila Medley and Miss Gladys
Carrie visited at Mr.. Morrison's
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Sylvia Vaughn and Marie DARK
visited at Mr.. Fox's Wednesday.
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NJ. w. A. Delegates

Butler Camp No. 2458, Modern
Woodmen of America at their regu-
lar meeting Thursday night elected
the following delegates to the Bates
County Modern Woodmen Camp
which convenes at Rich Hill, April
LIST, 1914: Jemes L. Barker, j. E..
Williams, B. F. Jeter, A. T. Wadell,
C. w. Maddox, Ira H. Rockhold, C..
Vantrees, G. w. Vannoy, ]. r.. Ray,
R. Stewart, Ira L. Sutton, C. w.
Hough, j. A. Ray, C. H. CRUDE, and
w. B. Starks. Neighbor James l..
Barker was Endorsed for delegate to
the State Camp which meets at Sc
dalia May 1st,, 1914. General H. C.
Clark was indorsed as alternate del
egate to the state camp. The follow
ing resolution was adopted: 'That
we indorse the candidacy of Neighbor
J. R. Davis ofNevada Camp for men,
Der Of the Board Of Directors of the
order and instruct our delegates ia
use all honorable means to secure his
Endorsement at the County Camp to
be held at Rich HILL April /, 1914
Rich Hill Camp held their meeting
Thursday night and indorsed Neigh.
Dor w. w. Ferguson for delegate to
the state camp and also delegate ia
the Head Camp which convenes al
Toledo in June. Bates County will
be entitled to three delegates to the
State Camp and Neighbors Barker
and Ferguson are already assured Of
their election and the endorsement Of
the County Camp Of Neighbor Fergu.
son will assure his election Is dele
gate to the Toledo Head Camp.
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tice of peace of West Point township.
County Treasurer Stone presented
the following county warrants and
cost bills for cancellation:
Pauper fund, $5l1.3O.
Salary fund, 1925. 80.
Mt. Pleasant R. R., 100000. POS
E. and j. Fund, $721.94.
Total, $8648.54.
Jos. Flammang employed as high
way engineer for term of one year.
Office of John H. Stone, Treasurer
and Ex-Officio Collector of
Bates County.
Butler, NO., Feb. 10, 1914.
To Holders of Bates County Warrants:
Notice is hereby given that l am
prepared to pay Bates County War
rants as follows:
SALARY FUND.-All warrants
protested to and including February
10, 1914.
CONTINGENT FUND.-All war
rants protested to and including Feb
ruary 10, 1914.
BRIDGE FUND.- ALI warrant pro-
tested to and including November 20,
1910.
All the above mentioned warrants
will cease to draw interest on andafter
February 20. 1914.
Very respectfully,
JOHN H. STONE,
County Treasurer.
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Ohio Street M. E. Church

Be sure TO 60 to bed early Saturday
night for you do not wish to lose any
of the services next Sunday. Our
Sunday School is growing larger
week by week. A class for all ages.
More members will be received
next Sunday morning at II o'clock
service. Bring your Bibles to THIS
service. A great Junior League ser.
vice will be held Sunday afternoon at
2:3O o'clock. Miss Stella Talbot has
been elected Junior Superintendent,
and a rally meeting will be held at
the hour named. Mothers are de-
sired to be present and bring children.
A special program will be observed.
At $50 o'clock the devotional
meeting Of our Epworth League will
be held. Our young people are get
ting into the harness in a truly great
manner. Sunday night at 7:3O one Of
the greatest evangelistic services
ever held in Butler will be- found in
this church. Wish we could give you
the particulars, but can't do it. Sor-
ry. Come and see. Ours is . friend
" church, where unusual and re-
markably interesting service features
occur. And our church Is growing.
Claude S. HANDY, Minister. !
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Entered at the Post ONCE Of Butler, Mo-, as
DocOud-class mail matter.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
COUNTY HOME
SITE PURCHASED
30 Acre Tract North of Butler Sold to
County. Other Proceedings of
County Court.


The County Court concluded ne
gotiations Saturday for the purchase
Of the site for county home, when
they purchased the Shouse farm one
and one-half miles northwest of this
city for a consideration of 5000. The
tract contains 90 acres. The build
ings on the farm will be sold and re-
moved to make room for the modern
commodious building which 1t is pro-
posed to construct thereon.
Township trustees made settlement
with the court as follows:
Pat Council, West Boone.
H. O. Bosley, Deer Creek.
G. w. Armentrout, Elkhart.
E. A. Kimble, Deepwater.
Louis Stalker, Walnut.
II. d. Chamber, East Boone.
Jake Kedigh, Spruce.
G. g. Henry, Mt Pleasant.
Chaa. Martz. Shawnee.
Frank Chapman, Grand River. 5
Frank Strickland, Prairie.
C. J. Lane, Pleasant Gap.
Neff Blough, Lone Oak.
Frank Holland, Summit
&. w. Foutz, Mound.
VIM. Louder, New Home.
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State Game Warden Jesse B. Jones
made a wise selection in John A.
Patterson as Deputy Game Warden
for the sixth congressional district.
What John Patterson doesn't know
about wild game can be laid to the
obstinacy of the game itself. He has
been true sportsman all his life and
is much interested in the preservation
of the game, and will see that the.
game laws are observed. -
Now as spring is approaching it is
time for getting things in readiness.
Bring in your old harness, have them
repaired and oiled or trade for new
ones, or il you want to buy new har-
ness, call in and we will show you an
extra fine lot to select from. We.
have full line Of everything you
will want in the harness line. All
kinds Of sole leather a specially.
14-3t N. B. Mcfarland,
Judge Calvird on Tuesday held that
the records in organization 81 the
special consolidatsd school district It
Passaic wete iisufl irisnt M =, ~
ed Judgment for the plaintiffS Jyiloe
Calyiri 81 himself n fStbr 81
exssE a..s1sSf q. =
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like. l am proud of what your RENE
dies have done for me. Mrs. MARY
GAUTHIER, q Ridge St, Montpelier, Vt.
An Honest Dependable Medicine
1t must be admitted by every fair
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for nearly forty years, and to-day hold
a record for thousands upon thousands
of actual cures, as has Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, without
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worth. Such medicines must be looked
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If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia T. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
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.FRU|T LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
"CaIifornia Syrup Of Figs CAM
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children "California Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach. liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look al
the tongue, mother! II coated, give a
teaspoonful Of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and vol have a we'll, playful child
again. When its little system is fula
of cold, throat sore, has stomach'ache-
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning shoula
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick chile
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a So
cent bottle of California Syrup OF
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
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OF this. Human life is not to be meas
ured In dollars.
The man who has brought US to our
senses on radium more than any other
one person Is DR.. Howard A. Kelly.
the celebrated Baltimore surgeon. To
him, after Nine. Curie, the woman
discoverer. is due the credit for the
marvellous cures by radium.
For ten years DR.. Kelly has been
carefully experimenting on radium.
For ten years he and his associates
have carefully refrained from public
utterance Of a sensational nature. But
now he is convinced of the power Of
radium In disease.
1t is to save patients by the thou
sand, where he is able to save them
singly in his private hospital at Bal
timore, that has now come forward.
He has already interested many
wealthy men. especially Alfred l. Du
Pont of Wilmington, Del. The latter
has promised to cooperate with DR..
Kelly to combat the disease which
kills 400, 900 persons every year. SO $1,000
in the United States. and $500 in New
York state alone.
This wonderful remedy is in danger
of being gobbled up by a trust. Its
price has already been raised by
monopoly methods.
DR.. Kelly and his associate, DR..
Robt. Able of New York, told the
Philadelphia College of Physicians re
Gently of curing serious cases Of can
Ger. in 4S hours.
One Of these patients were known
as Uncle John.
1--WE put the radium tube on and
after its application for an hour Uncle
John told us his growths were getting
smaller" said the Baltimore surgeon.
I'VE laughed at him and told him 1t
was his imagination. But next morn.
ing, improvement was plainly discern
able.
And on the following day, or with
in 4S hours after the radium was ap.
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FRIENDLY TIP.
Restored Hope and Confidence.

After several years of indigestion
and its attendant evil influence On the
mind, 1t is not very surprising that
one finally loses faith in things gen.
orally.
A N. Y. woman writes an interesting
letter. She says:
Three years ago I suffered from an
attack Of peritonitis which left me In
a most miserable condition. For over
two years I suffered from nervousness,
weak heart, shortness of breath, could
not sleep, etc.
my appetite was but !
felt starved all the time. / had plenty
of food but 1t did not. nourish me be.
cause of intestinal indigestion. Medi-
cal treatment did not seem to help. ]
got discouraged, stopped medicine and
did not care much whether / lived or
died.
'One day a friend asked me why
, didn't try Grape-Nuts food, stop drink.
ing coffee and use Postum. ! had lost
faith in everything, but to please my
friend I began to use both and soon
became very fond Of them.
1T wasn't long before I got some
strength, felt a decided change in my
system, hope sprang up in my heart
and slowly but surely l got better.
could sleep very well, the constant
craving for food ceased and / have
better health nov than before the at
tack of p%eritonitis.
my husband and I ire still using
Grape-Nuts and Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time TO time. They
Nre genuine, true, md full &C hubnsT
interest.
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ly borne to the minds Of the public
in the last few weeks.
Radium will cure cancer. And the
American people are on the verge of
allowing its precious deposits OF
carnotite ore. now the principal source
Of the strangest of metals, to be
shipped abroad for the benefit Of for
eign institutions. II ever protection
is needed, II is here.
Franklin X. Lane, secretary Of the
interior, has informed congress that
1t should act and act quickly. The
treatment Of Representative Bremner
Of New Jersey, who is suffering from
a great diseased mass that surrounds
n shoulder, has enforced the warn.
ing.
Fortunately most Of the deposits OF
%carnotite are still government prop
erty. Even should the private store
Of pres be sold abroad in the highest
market, the people Of the United
States, of whom one in every ten over
the age Of fifty is Tor was) doomed
to die of cancer, have still an enor.
nous amount of raw material with
which to work.
Radium will cure some types OF
cancer absolutely. 1t may cure all.
We can't say as to the last point be.