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give it, not for ten thousand francs.
Besides, l have said that there has
been a mistake"
For whom have been mistaken"
who but Monsieur Champeaux's
wife, mademoiselle. who is not in her
right mind?" with inimitable sadness.
VERY WE'LL" said Nora. You say
that / am free. That ls all l want,
freedom"
I'm twenty minutes the electric tram
leaves for Paris. You will recall,
mademoiselle," humbly, that we have
taken nothing belonging to you. You
have your purse and hat and cloak.
The struggle was most unfortunate.
But, think, mademsiselle, think; we
thought you to be insane!"
Permit me to doubt that! And you
are not afraid to let me go?"
mot in the least, mademoiselle. A
mistake has been made, and In telling
you to go at once, we do our best to
rectify this mistake. 1t Is only five
m,i.utes to the tram. A carriage is at
the door. Will mademoiselle be pleased
| to remember that we have treated her
| with the utmost ccurtesy?"
81 shall remember everything u
ominously.
Very good, mademoiselle. You will
be in Paris before nine." With this
he bowed and backed out of the room
as though Nora had suddenly made q
distinct ascension in the scale Of i'm
portance.
"Wait" she called.
His face appeared in the doorway
again.
do you know who I ann"
| "Since this morning, mademoiselle.
THAT 10 all"
Free! Her veins tingled with
.4Strange exultation. He had lost hi
cossssN S.A he'd tsys4e SAsitA e "
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The Bird Behind Bars.
CHAPTER ".

The Bird Behind Bars.
The most beautiful blue Irish eyes
In the world gazed out at the dawn
which turned night-blue into day-blue
and paled the stars. Rosal lay the un-
dulating horizon. presently to burst in
to living flame, transmitting the dull
steel bars Of the window into fairy
gold, that trick of alchemy so futilely
sought by man. There was a window
at the north and another at the south,
likewise barred: but the Irish eyes
never sought these two. It was from
the east window only that they could
see the long white road that led to
Paris.
The nightingale was truly Gagged.
But the wild heart of the eagle beat
in this, ,nightingale's breast, and the
eyes burned as flercely toward the
east as the east burned toward the
west. Sunday and Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday and Thursday, today;
and that the FIVE dawns were singu-
lar In beauty and that she had never
in her life before witnessed the Gre
alton OF Ave days, one after another,
made no impression upon her sense of
the beautiful, SO delicate and receptive
ir ordinary times. She was conscious
that within her the cup OF wrath was
overdowing. OF other things. such as
eating and sleeping and moving about
her cage (more like an eagle in.
eed than nightingale), recurrence
ID blunted her perception.
'Oh, but he shall pay, he shall pay!"
murmured, striving to loosen the
p with her small. white. helpless
a. The cry seemed to be an ari.
for through aiI those four mad.
70 days she had voiced it--now
ma Asadly with hate. now full.
IN hue1eI INnanEs 1N broken BY
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1ou II Think Nature has in some mi
raculous way given you a brand new
set of vital organs. and you'll feel
better than you've felt for months.
Glory, what a difference it vii
make! No more lazy feeling, no more
rather-go-to-sleep-than-work feeling.
You'll get up in the morning rested,
Dright-eyed, clear-brained and ready
tor everything. And remember this:
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"oh, but He chaIIPay, He Shall Pay"

Sn, Out TIC <Hd" dy, TIC Sboh SoJ'
with them the moieent he came. But
he came not Monday, nor Tuesday,
nor Wednesday. The SUSPENSE was to
her mind diabolical. She began to un-
derstand; he intended to keep her
there till he was sure that her spirit
was broken, then he would come.
Break her spirit? She elaughed wildly.
He could break her spirit no more
easily than she could ~ iak these
bars. To bring her to ve lilies upon
an errand Of mercy! WY, he was
capable OF anything. "
She was not particularly distressed
because she knew that it would not be
possible for her to sing again until the
following winter in New York. She
had sobbed too much, with her face
buried in the pillow. Had those sobs
been born of weakness. all might have
been well; but rage had mothered
them. and thus her voice was In a
very bad way. This morning she was
noticeably hoarse, and there was q
break in the arietta. No, she did Mot
fret over this side of the calamity. Tyhe
sting Of It all lay In the fact that she
had been outraged in the matter \,
pelaAnA yNss<h wssh no >tH
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I have been mademoiselle's taller.
not her abductor. And when one is
poor and in need of money!" He
shrugged
Il will give you thousand francs
for the name and address of the man
who instigated this outrage"
An, he thought; then she wasn't 30
sure? II told you the name, mademoi-,
seiie. AS for his address, I dare not
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,,prisal to ease her Immediate
to be avenged.

prisai to ease her immediate
! to be avenged.
| NORA, as she stood In the full morn.
ing sunlight, was like to gladden. the
eyes OF all mankind. She was beanti.
iui. and all adjectives applicable wou,d
put serve to confuse rather than -
emoeilish her physical excellence. She
was as beautiful as garden rose is.
neeoing no defense. no ramparts of
cioying phrases. The day OF poets IA
gone otherwise she would have been
sung N cantos. She wac tall, shapely
oeep-bosomed fine-skinned Critics
In prafsing her charms. delved int,
mythology and folklore for comnari.
sons, until there wasn't goddess left
on olympus or on Northland's lev
capes; and when these images beca mo
little shop-worp, referred to certain
masterpieces Of the old fellows who
anu % ie,t nothing more to be said in
OILS: Nora enjoyed It ALL.
sne mad not been happy in the selec.
',oh OF her stage name; but she had
CHOSEN Eleonora da Toscana because
sne believed there was good luck IN
IT, Once. long before the world knew
Oh her, she had returned home from
.taiy Unexpectedly. Molly. here's
nora, from Tuscany" her delipbted
,atner had cried; who at that time
hao nebulous idea that Tuscany was
somewhere in Ireland because Il had q
Seitic ring to 1t. Being filed with love
OF Italy. Its tongue. it's history. its
pnyslcal beauty, she naively trans.
iated Nora from Tuscany" into Ital.
lan' and declared that when she went
upon the stage she would be known
oy that name. There had been some
smlilng aver the pseudonym. hnt
nora was Irish enough to cling to it.
ny and by the great music-lovine pub.
Tic ceased to concern itself about her
name; It was her fresh beauty and
ner wonderful voice they craved to see
ana hear. Kings and queens en-.
perors and expresses, princes and
princesses-what is called royalty and
nobility In the newspapers freely pave
ner homage. Quite rise in the world |
for little girl who had once lived in
a shabby apartment in New York and |
run barefooted on the wet asphalts |
summer nights!
BUT Nora was not recalling the
nappy scenes Of her childhood: in.
oeed' no; she was still threatening
Paris. Once there, she would not lack
TOT reprisals. To have played on her
pity! To have made lure of her
tender cSpcern for the unfortunate!
luld she fnanineneuch bal
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your life. You'll see, bic
In two or three days. Fin
for rheumatism, kidney tfoub
aches an dstomach troubles ydI
Get some right OF and try 1t. IL
let any scheming druggist palm
something else Oh you. Get ROI
JUICE, because It's guaranteed D
it's got to give results. You can \
your money back If you want 1t.
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soAh. IOu uScC II,
ind need 1t badly.
Everybody does.
you've been stor-
ng up filth and
mpuri.i les all win
.er and your whole
system is cloP~>d
up. Your blood is
.hick and impure;
Jour stomach, liv-
sr. bowels and
Kidneys are half
asleep. No wonder
you feel lazy and
tired and good
for-nothing."
Get a few doses
of ROOT JUICE in
to you-that gland
new tonic made OF
Natures own res
tora -ives-and see
what IN a d d e n &
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Free! Monsieur c
CnwordSon->

consequences. Free! Monsieur Cl
peaux indeed! Cowardice was Z
development in his character. y
been afraid to come. She dra
Tea, but did not touch the
iruit. There would be tn
for breakfast when shel
Paris. Her hands treml
as she pinned on her ha
not greatly concerned
She snatched up her
and sped out into the D
ton awaited her.
eie tram = sh said
ss{ Yes madeu VIZ
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ever. A gray wig cam on. tho 4
gray side whiskers, the bushy 3
eyebrows, revealing q clever face.
more than thirty, cunning. but huM
ously cunning and anything but sc06l
drelly. The painted scar 'asiant Il
nose was also obliterated. Wit
haste the man thrust the evidences oi
disguise into travelling bag, ran here
and there through the rooms. all barr
and unfurnished save the one with tn
bars and the kitchen. which containe
two cots and some cooking utensil
Nothing of importance had been u
behind. He locked the door and
all the way to the Place d'Arn
catching the tram to Paris by a fra
ton OF minute.
All very well done. She would be-
in Paris ofore the police made any
definite move. The one thing that dis
turbed him was, the thought Of the,
blockhead of clfEuffeur. who had got
drunk before his return from YER
sailles. If he talked, well, he could
say nothing beyond the fact that he
had deposited the singer AZ Me house
as directed. He knew positively 0tR2
ing.
The man laughed softly, A thod
sand frarcs apiece for him and An.
tome. and no possible chance OF be.
Ing discovered. Let the police hnd
the house in Versailles: let them
~trace " whatever paths they found; the
agent would tell them, and honestly,
that an aged man had rented the
house for month and had paid him
In advance. What more could the:
agent say? Only one bit of puzzle
ment: why hadn't the blond stranger
appeared? Who was he, In truth. and
what had been his game? All this
waiting and wondering. and then a
curt telegram of the night before. say
ing, Release her." SO much the bet
ter. What his employers motives were
did not interest him half so much as
the fact that he had a thousand francs
In his pocket, and that all element OF
danger had been done away with.
True, the singer herself would move
heaven and earth to find out who had
been back Of the abduction. Let her
make her accusations. He was out
OF 1t.
'Aiademoiselle," said the great 20
liceman soberly, this is q grave &C.
: cusation to make"
"T make 1t, nevertheless" replied
Nora. She sat stifiy In her chair. her
face colorless. dark circles under her
eyes. She never looked toward Court
landt.
"But Monsieur Courtlandt has OF
fered an alibi such a. we canpot IL
: more. More than that. bis integrity
ID veeshsd for by the gentleman y
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hihAucSSNuu tuOuSutIuiueSS 10 8ll
with whom she had come in contact.
But from now on! :. . Her fin
gers frightened round the bars. She
might have posed as Dido when she
learned that the noble Aeneas was
dead. War, war; woe to the moths who |
fluttered about her head hereafter!
All. but had she been happy? Her
hands slid down the bars. Her ex.
preston changed. The mouth dropped |
the eagle-light in her eyes dimmed
From out the bright morning, some
where, had come WEAKNESS, and with
this came weakness, and finally, tears.
She heard the key turn in the lock.
They had never come so early before.
She was astonished to see that her
| jailer did not close the door as usual.
| He put down the breakfast tray on the
table. There was tea and toast and
fruit.
"Mademoiselle, there has been a ter
rible mistake" said the man humbly
"Ah! So you have found that out?"
she cried.
"Yes. You are not the person for
whom this room was intended" Which
was half truth and perfectly true,
paradoxical as it may seem. Eat your
breakfast in peace. You are free
mademoiSelle."
Free? You will not hinder me if
walk through that door?"
mo, mademoiselle. On the con-
trary. shall be very glad, and so will
my brother, who guards you at night.
I repeat. there has been frightful mis-
fol Mppsianr Thomnoony
Monsieur Champeaux?" Nora was
bewildered. She had never heard this
name before.
"He calls himself that" was the dip
> lomatic answer,
All Nora's suspicions took firm
: ground again. "Wil you describe this
Monsieur Chamreaux to me?" asked
the actress coming into life.
j. HE is short, dark, and old, made
:. moiselle."
Rather is he not tall, blond ant
. young?" ironically.
The jailer concealed what annoy
% ance he felt. In his way he was jus
as capable an actor as she was. TIL
u accuracy of her description startle
70 him: for the affair had been carrie
70 out so siroitly that he had been pos
" tive that until her real captor al
20 Deored che would ho tetallv IN IN
,s dark regarding his identity. And her
re she had hit 1t of in less than doze
ID words. Oh, well; 1t did not matte
a now. She might try to make it VI
as pleasant for his employer, but b
q doubted the ultimate success Of he
OF attempts. However, the matter was Z
,e an end as far as he was concerned.
1e Have you thought what this means
p II II abduction. It is crimeyou hay
somm1tted. punishable BY lo0B 7nnyF1
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new steam II
you, strength
and tones VI
nerves. give
new force and NJ
and pep; but
W o k 8 east
ly. smoothly q
mildly, Moth
harsh about Il
ROOT JU
CAM hurs any
Its a new
wonderful q
nation Of sor
the oldest
most reliable
etable mediQ
known, and
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vHEE! NO SPRING FEVER
OR BAD BLOOD THIS Yeah
Wonderful ROOT JUICE Quickly Overcomes Tsbkts
Tired, Lazy, "All-In'' Feeling, Cleans the Blood..E
Builds You Up. Fine for Old Folk. Too.
Guaranteed. ssl -

Now's the time to give your body
) well as your house good, old
ishionad renovasing from top to bot
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ROOTJUICE cleans out the bloc
puriflas it, stirs up that lazy seomae
liver, kidney and bowel action, py|
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-21
DEATH OF FORMER BARRE WOMAN
Mrs Belle Phillips, Who Passed Away
Yesterday at Montpelier Home.

Belle G. Phillips, wife of Charles n
Phillips, Montpelier ieweler, died yes
terday afternoon in that city after a
few days illness with bronchitis and
pneumonia. Mrs. Phillips was native
of Wentworth, n. H., where she was
born 90 years ago and where she lived
during her girlhood and young woman
hood She was married to Mr.. Phillips
in Barre As years ago and since then
had lived in Montpelier for many years.
Mrs. Phillips was the daughter of ia
son Phillips, who was at one time mer-
chant, conducting business in the old
town house.
Besides the husband, Mrs Phillips
leaves one daughter, Addie Phillips, who
resides at home one sister, Mrs Charles
Cash of Crescent City, Fla, and two
brothers. A son and daughter have died
in years past. Mr.. Phillips has one
sister in Barre, Mrs. L. H. Hooker of
Prospect street.
The funeral viii be held tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock from her home on
East State street. Montpelier, and in
terment viii be in Elmwood cemetery
Barre. Rev. Albert II. Spence, ir.. viii
officiate, Mrs. Phillips being member
of the Church of the Messiah.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-21
FLAG NOT IN BOAT
Says Huerta, From Which He Proceeds
to Deduce That Flag Was Not Insulted.

Mexico City, April 2l.-"General
Huerta offers all guarantee to foreigners
Americans included VINO may remain in
Mexico, and he viii improve this oppor.
tunity to show the world that his gov.
ernment and Mexico are moral and civ.
ilized."
This statement President Huerta die
tated to the Associated Press yester-
day. He continued:
Il desire to make it plain to the
American people that, according to the
official report from the commander at
Port Tampico received by the Mexican
government, there was no flag in the
boat which landed and whose crew was
detained. | fear that President Wilson
has been misinformed on this point and
that he will inform the American Con-
gress that the boat carried the flag.
IN fact, the American flag has moth
ing to do with the case and | desire the
American people fully to understand
this
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-21
WANT TO GO TO FRONT.
West Point Seniors Are Excited Over
War Outlook.

West Point, n. ", April 2l. The mil.
itary academy is all excitement over the
situation with relation to Mexico. Off
GERS and cadets, anxiously awaiting
news from Washington, besieged the
telegraph Offices. Many officers nave
asked to be relieved from duty here and
sent to the front in the event OF hostii-
tiles. The cadets are booking for early
graduation and promotion in the army
if intervention in Mexico comes.
There are LOG members III the class OF
1914, who will become officers at grad
uation. June IL has been selected as
graduation day and no orders stipuiat-
ing any other time have yet been re-
ceived. Premature graduations were
held at the outbreak OF the Spanish
American war in 1893, when the class
was graduated in April OF that year and
again in 1901, when the newly made oifi-
GERS were sent to the Philippines to as
sist in putting down the insurrection.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-21
CAR TIPPED WAGON OVER.
Out Rolled Two Men and a 1s-Gallon
Jug-No Casualties.

A Washington street car on the h. &
Nj. Traction & Power eompany's line
and horse and team from East Barre
came into direct and sudden contact
with each other in front of the w. +.
Shepard residence last night around s
oclock. With Motorman Foster at the
wheel, the car was proceeding cautious
ly, as the operator says, down the street
toward the junction. According to the
car mans story, the team darted sud :
denly from the side OF the highway and
presently swung across the track. The
fender caught the rear end of the car
riage and turned the outfit bottom up
right. Out of the seat tumbled two men
who forthwith, made belligerent advances
Mt the motorman in an unintellgible
tongue. One of the pair started a cur
sorry examination of the damage and
managed to make it known that his
buggy had been racked beyond all reek-
oning. With the help OF passengers, the
vehicle was patched up, the drivers took
their seat and started on wobble to-
ward their destination.
According to one of the car men, when
the occupants of the team rolled from
the seat to the road. there was stimuli
taneous rolling on the part of lj-gal-
lon jug. The men acted strangely in
directing the movements OF their horse
before the collision, it is said. Later in
the evening it was learned that the
horse and carriage belong to the Whit
comb livery at East Barre.
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began at Chihuahua yesterday, accord
ing to an official report received here.
1t is understood among rebel officials
that they will take no part in opposing
the United States over the Tampico in
cident unless rebel territory is invaded.
Whether Huerta salutes the American
flag or not, the Tampico incident will
come in for the grayest consideration,
for rebel leaders declare their belief
Huerta would not hesitate to bring
about foreign war, if by so doing, he
hoped to unite the cc..atry. Finances,
foreign relations, civil appointments, and
details of further campaigns are other
subjects which viii be threshed out. All
cabinet members except Secretary Zu
baran, of the interior department, it is
reported will be present. Zubaran and
Roberto V. Pasqueira, confidential agent
of the constitutionalists in FL Paso, will
be present to-day.
Orders for an immediate renewal OF
the rebel attack on Tampico with the
purpose Of capturing the town at the
earliest possible moment were issued on
Sunday,night. The desirability of speed
said te have been emphasized in the or
der has given rise to rumors that when
the American warships start to enforce
President Wilson's orders they will find,
not federals, but friendly rebels in pos
session.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-21
LOST ARM AT SHOULDER.
Bert ]. Lyon Victim of Set Screw at
Burlington Rendering Plant.

Burlington, April 2l.--Bert j Lyon,
chief mechanic at the plant OF the Bur
lington Rendering company, was the vic
tim OF a severe accident yesterday which
means the loss OF his right arm. MIR.
Lyon was engaged in oiling the machin-
cry when bis right coat sleeve caught on
,the set screw in the hood of the main
shaft which is about three inches in
diameter. The sleeve was wound around
the shaft and before it gave way the
arm was drawn into the pulley. pulled
from the socket and broken twice. The
police ambulance was sent for and with
Chief Russell and Officers Collins and
Ryan went to the scene at once. In 20
minutes the injured man was in the
Mary Fletcher hospital
An examination proved that the in
juries We're very serious as the arm had
been crushed as well as broken. 1t vas
decided that amputation at the shoulder
was necessary. Mr. Lyon was very
careful workman and the last man
whom the management would have
selected for an accident. He has been
with the Rendering company for three
years. Mr.. Lyon, although suffering in
tense pain. did not lose consciousness
and walked from the ambulance into Lhe
hospital.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-21
ASSESSORS WERE BUSY.
In Closing Hours for List Taking Last
Evening.

A hundred belated freeman flocked to
city hall yesterday TO file their inven-
tories on property. The time limit for
complying with the provisions of the
statute expired last night and work on
the alpha betical arrangement of the lists
began to-day in earnest. Saturday and
Monday saw the assessors working like
Trojans. Their labors did not lag un-
til nearly midnight. At the office this
forenoon it was stated that the proper
tion of lists available for fling to-day
was about equal to that of last year
when the time for swearing to property
had expired The assessors could give
no definite idea of how the lists already
in their possession would compare with
the total.
In the later days of the allotted time
for receiving inventories most of those
who appeared We're simply poll taxpay-
ers. Most of the heavy property own
ers filed their inventories days before
the time limit was reached. One month
from Saturday the assessors will file an
abstract of the inventories with the city
clerk and FIVE days from that date the
board will begin work on the grand list
Every effort will be made to complete
the list in time to start the quadrennial
appraisal june 25.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-21
SIX CANDIDATES
FOR MINISTRY
Were Examined at Outset of Vermont
Methodist Conference at Hardwick
Delegates Begin to Arrive.

Hardwick, April 2l.-Twenty five
members of the Vermont Methodist con
ference have arrived here to attend the
10th annual session, which opens to
morrow morning. BY tonight it is ex-
pected that 100 members will have
reached town, The time to-day was Civ
en- up entirely to the examinat ton OF
candidates for the ministry, which was
conducted in the Methodist church by
Rev. Walter R. Davenport of Springfield,
president of the board of examiners, who
was assisted by several other members
of the board. Six candidates were ex.
amined for admission to the conference
on trial. They are: A. j. Green OF
Peaeham, S. W. Smith Of Bloomfield
Robert Haseltine of Pittsield, Isaac Mel
lor of st. Albans Bay, G. w. Purner of
North Hero and Scott f. Cooley OF Mil
ton. Others were to arrive to-day and
this evening to take the examinations in
advanced courses.