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The Frenchman turned queer
look on her, and did not answer.
did any of your family ever see
him, Monsieur" she asked again.
The alert figure stepped backward,
sat down again on the gilded chair
and leaned forward consideringly.
Francois nodded as II to the fire. But
yes, Mademoiselle," he said. in whis-
per.
"Oh, tell mel" the girl cried, all In
terest who was It? How was it,
II couldn't be"-she hesitated-"your-
self! II you, whom l know so we'll,
should have seen the Emperor" She
caught a deep breath OF excitement.
This was another Lucy Hampton from
the serious young mistress of Roanoke
House whom the country people knew.
Quickly, Monsieur, tell me IL It was
yourself!"
Francois turned his eyes on her.
yes, Madamoiselle," he answered.
you have seen Napoleon'" she
said, and then, impetuously, Tell me
about it," But, though he smiled at
her with that affectionate amusement
which she seemed, of all sentiments,
oftenest to inspire in him, he did not
answer.
Monsieur! you will not refuse to
tell me when want to know so
much!" she pleaded, and went on.
How old we're you? Did he speak to
you? What did he say to your"
And the Frenchman laughed as II
at dear child who was absurd.
"Mademoiselle asks many questions
which shall l answer" he demanded,
and the tone to her ear was the tone
of love, and she trembled to hear 1t.
"Answer"-she began. and STAN
mered and flushed, and stopped.
Francois went on, little thinking
what damage he was doing with that
unconscious charm of voice and look.
1T is as Mademoiselle wishes, most
certainly. will even answer Ma
demoiselle's two questions at once to
please her. 1t was when l was not
quite three years old, Mademoiselle,
at home in the farmhouse in the val
ley of the Jura."
And he spoke to you, to your own
self? Are you sure?"
But yes. he spoke to me, Mademoi-
selle."
What did he say?" The smile on
Francois face went out and into its
place swept an intensity OF feeling;
he answered solemnly: There were
but few words, Mademoiselle, but they
have been much to my life. They
shall lead my life. IL God pleases,
those words shall lead 1t to the fate
which they foretold."
What were the words?" whispered
the girl, impressed with awe.
Francois suddenly stood erect and
stretched out his arm as II to hold a
sword. "'Rise Chevalier Francois
Beaupre, one day a Marshal of France
under another Napoleon he repeat
ed dramatically. Those we're the
words the Emperor said"
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not wipe out. only" he went on
speaking in French, zone must not
talk English. That Is breaking the
law, you remember. Mademoiselle."
She answered very prettily in his
own tongue, In words that halted a
little. Very well, Monsieur. will
do my best" He still gazed at her
smiling. without speaking. One could
understand that, to a girl of more
self-contained people, this open hon.
age of manner, this affectionate gen.
tleness, might seem to mean more
than a brotherly loyalty. The girls
pulse was beating fast as she made an
effort for conversation. What were
you thinking of as you looked at the
fire when came in. Monsieur? 1t
had an air OF being something pleas
ant. Did l not say all that beauti-
fully?" she finished in English.
He corrected lame verb with seri-
GUS accuracy and she repeated the
word, and laughed happily.
But you haven't said yet what you
were thinking about"
The large brown eyes turned on
hers. 1T was of my old home In
France, Mademoiselle, when l was
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CHAPTER XXI.
Hero Worship.

It had come about that Lucy Hamp-
ton was a scholar OF Francois. The
colonel, lamenting on a day that there
we're no capable teachers OF French IN
The neighborhood, that Lucy's school
girl command of the language was
East disappearing, and an accomplish
ment so vital to lady was likely soon
70 be lost--this saga OF regret being
sung by the colonel at the dinner-table'
Francois had offered to teach MAIDEN
oiselle his mother tongue. And the
colonel had accepted the offer.
'If you are not too busy, Chevalier.
And | suppose your-ah-accent-ls
entirely good? One can not be too
careful, you know. At least we shall
not quarrel about the terms, for what
ever money you think right to ask
shall be ready to pay" and the colonel
felt himself a man of the world and
extremely generous.
Father" Lucy cried quickly.
Francois eyes we're on his plate but
they swept up with their wide brown
gaze full on the colonels face. 81 am
DOT too busy, Monsieur the Colonel.
AS for my accent am a peasant, as
Monsieur knows, but yet l am in
structed. / was for years at Saint
Cyr the great military school of
France. believe my accent is right.
AS for money! quick motion. all
. French, spoke a whole sentence. IF
Monsieur insists on that-that must
dnish 1t. To me it would be impos-
sible to take money for the pleasure
If teaching mademoiselle." He
dashed at Lucy a smile all gentleness,
and Lucy's eyes, waiting for that
smile, met his shyly.
The colonel clustered a bit, but the
lessons were arranged as Francois
wished, twice a week throughout the
winter he rode over from Carnifax to
give them. And little by little he came
to know the small mistress of the ma
nor as few had known her. People
thought Lucy Hampton too serious and
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Prince Comes.

The Prince Comes.
The gllttering morning sunlight of
late March flooded the eastern dining
room of Roanoke house. A fire blaz-
ed on the hearth; hot dishes steamed
on the table; the girls face, the crack
ling fire, the polished silver reflected
from polished mahogany; the soft
shod, solicitous service of a white
aproned negro; all this made the
room fragrant with LONELINESS in
spite of the fact that one could see
ones breath in the air. But they
were used to 1.-THE hardy Virginians
OF those days of open fires and no fur
naces, of many Injuries and few COM
forts, and in happy ignorance of world
progress, they suffered cheerfully and
were strong.
Colonel Henry Hampton faced por-
trait of the first Hampton of Roanoke,
stately with brass buttons and silver
lace, set in the panels seventy-five
years before. Lucy had concluded
her broiled chicken and bacon and hot
bread, and now as he, late for break
fast always, followed in her wake,
he read the Norfolk and Portsmouth
Herald with which a colored boy had
that morning ridden out from Norfolk,
eight miles away 1t was before the
time of daily papers, except in large
city or two, and this of once a week
was an event; boy was sent to Nor
folk the day before its publication
that the colonel might have it at the
earliest moment.
How would you like to see a live
prince, Lucy?" he inquired. THE Her
ED states that we have one with US,
not ten miles from Roanoke. Prince
Louis, Napoleon was landed from the
Andromede, in Norfolk. only yester-
day. Poor young man." he went on
condescendingly, he has no money,
l understand, and here he Is stranded
In a strange country with his fortune
to make, and no assets but a title,
It's little that will help him in the
statesl"
Colonel Hampton glanced over to
see If she were listening to his words
OF wisdom; he liked an attentive au.
dience. He was enchanted with her
expression. She had dropped knife
and fork and, with her blue eyes
stretched wide, her white teeth shin.
ing. was drinking in his sentences.
Father! Is Prince Louis in Nor.
folk? How can 1t be? Monsieur
naanDro ,yoe toIIripo 70 mo about bi in,
last night, and he did not dream of his
coming here. Surely he would have
known IL the prince were expected
Colonel Hampton smiled sarcastical
ly. You will find that your father
occasionally knows more than even
Monsieur Beaupre, and even on
French questions. may add" he an
nounced, from a mountain height
But in one point you are right, my
dear. The prince was not expected
by any one, not even by the great
Chevalier Beaupre. He was exiled
from France, as you may or may not
know, some four and a half months
ago, on account of his attempt on Stras
burg, and was sent out on the andre
mede, with sealed orders. No one
knew his destination until he landed
on the twenty-eighth, in Norfolk
There"-the colonel got up and walk
ed to the fireplace and stood with his
back to the blaze, and his legs far
apart, masterfully. There, my dear
have given you dose of history for
a female mind. How are you going tc
amuse your little self today?"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER XXI.
The Story Auain,

The girl, her face lifted to him.
looked bewlldered. II don't under
stand"
The visionary eyes stared at her I'M
certainly. 81 have never told this
thing" he said in low tone.
"Ah--but it's only me-" begged the
girl.
"Only you, Mademoiselle! His voice
went on as if rejecting aloud, 1T is
the guiding star of my life-that
story; yet | may tell it"-he paused
Ito only you
Again the girl quivered, feeling the
intensity, mistaking its meaning. 81
should be glad If you would tell it,"
she spoke almost in a whisper, but
Francois, floating backward on a
strong tide to those old beloved days,
did not notice.
ut may seem a simple affair to you
Mademoiselle-I can not tell that. 1t
has affected my life. The way of It
was this: Napoleon marched to Ger
many in the year 1913, and passed
with his staff through our village. The
house of my father was the largest
in the village, and 1t was chosen to
be, for an hour, the Emperor's head.
quarters, and the Emperor held a
council of war, he and his generals,
there. /, child OF three, was sleep
ing in a room which opened from
the great room, and wakened with
the sound of voices, and ran. in, un-
noticed, for they were all bent over
the table, looking at the maps and
lists of the mayor-and pulled at the
sword of Marshal Ney. And the mar
shall, turning quickly knocked me
over. l cried out, and my grand
mother ran to me, and l have often
heard her tell how she peeped from
the door under the shoulder of the big
sentry who would not let her pass,
and how she saw a young general
pick me up and set me on my feet,
and how all the great officers laughed
when he said that the sword was In
contest between Marshal Ney and me.
And how. then, the young general sug.
gested that, to settle the point annie
ably, the marshal should draw his
sword and give me the accolade-the
blow of knighting. And so, Mademoi-
selle, to shorten the tale, It was not
the marshal. but the Emperor himself
who chose to do it. He made me
kneel before him, L baby-and he
struck my shoulder the blow OF the
accolade, and said the words which
/ have told you"
Francois sprang to his feet and
stood as he repeated once more the
Emperor's words. His voice shook.
"'Rise Chevalier Francois Beaupre,
one day a Marshal of France under
another Bonaparte. he cried, thrilled
through with the words which he re-
peated.
The girl leaning forward. watched
him; with gasp she spoke. Then
that Is why you are really Chevalier
Beaupre2 Did the Emperor have the
right toto knight your"
But yes. Mademoiselle." Francois
aravxed with decision. Il have stud
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Notes and Beams.

George AIDE, over a cup of afternoon
tea with a group of cynical bachelors
at the Chicago Athletic club, said:
Married men declare that their
wives can't keep secret, but these
men themselves are just as bad.
"A married man buttonholed me in
the billiard room an hour ago and told
me a frightful scandal.
Don't let this go any further.
George he ended.
"'No, certainly not said l. But how
did you happen to hear it?'
"'Oh, the wife, of course he an
swered, She's just like all women
can't keep a secret"
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SYNOPSIS

Francois Beaupre. n peasant babe Of
three years, after an amusing Incident IN
which Marshal New figures, Is made
poleon, who prophesied that the boy
might one day be marshal OF france
under another Bonaparte. Al the age OF
ten Francois visits General Baron CAS-
seven-year-old daughter, lives at the
Chateau. soldier OF the Empire under
Napoleon he fires the boys IMAGINATION
with stories of his campaigns. Ihe gen
eral offers Francois n homo at the Cha
teau. The boy refuses to leave MS pa.
rents, but In the end becomes a copylst
ship between the general and Marquis
Zappi, who campaigned with the general
under Napoleon. Marquis Zappi ana ms
son, Pietro. arrive at the Cnateau or,i,iS
son while the former goes TO America
The Marquis before leaving for America
asked Francois to be friend OF ms som
goes to the Chateau to live. MARQUIS
Zappi dies leaving Pletro as a ware OF
the general Alike. Pietro and Fra IN ',s
meet a strange boy who proves 10 Ds
Prince Louis Napoleon. Francois saves
his life. The general discovers francoIs
loves Alike and extracts a promise lrUIn n
girl and Pletro. Francois goes to Italy
as secretary to Pietro. Queen dorte HIs
plans the escape OF her son LOUIS NS
poleon by Disgusting him ana mardu ns
Zappi as her lackeys FRANCOIS ta NE
MARQUIS Zappi's place. who Is i'll, In the
escape OF Hortense and Louis; DressSSo
as Louis's brother Francois lures ttn e
Austrians from the hotel allowing one
prince and his mother TO escape; fran
coils Is prisoner of the AustrlenS to OF
I'VE years in the castle owned py fletIvS
in Italy. He discovers in his guard one OF
Pletro's old family servants, ana through
him sends word to his friends OF ms
plight The general. Alike and -Pletro
hear from Francois and plan his rescue
FrancoiB as a guest OF the Austrian gov
ernor OF the castle prison inspects the
interior of the wine cellar OF the Iappls'
Francois receives a note from Pletro eH-
nIaInInR in detail how to escape from MS
prison. Alike awaits him on horseoack
and leads him to his friends on poaTu
the American sailing vessel. the L ,q,
Lucy" Francois as a guest OF Harry
Hampton, on the Lovely Lucy" goes 70
America to manage Pietro'S estate IN
Virginia Francois wins the respect anu
admiration OF the arlstocratic southern
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Untouched Subject,

In L'Esprit des Francois is an In
stance of the sharp, biting wit for
which Alexis Piron, the French cpl,
grammatist, was famous.
A young author whose ability was
by means equal to his conceit was
discoursing at length upon the merits
Of his work.
II am tired of writing of that which
others write Of" he said. Il want to
create an original work, something
that no one has ever written about or
ever will write about"
Piron turned quickly to the speaker.
why not write your own eulogyT
he said.-Youth's Companion.
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moiselle has talked enchantingly wen
this evening, but have perhaps talk
cd too much. ] may have tired Mad
emoiselle. have the honor to wish
you a good evening"
His heels together. he stood in the
doorway and made his bow. "Au
plaisir de vous revoir." he said, and
was gone.
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Dreadful.

Mercy, child" exclaimed Mrs.
Harlem. 81 never would have be.
lieved my little boy could use such
language. Been playing with bad
children again, haven't you?" Nom"
replied her little boy. Teddy Bacon
and | have been playing with a par
rot his uncle sent him from Chicago"
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ThIno Never Paid For.

Anyone who does his work we'll OF
gets satisfaction out OF II, puts him
self into II. Moreover he does things
that he cannot be given credit for,
finishes parts that no one else viii
notice, Even q mediocre amateur mu-
aician knows that the best parts OF
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Queer Thlros.

Queer how things even themselve,
up. Even when woman's love grow
cold her temper Is apt to remain q
not as ever. PHILADELPHIA Record
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lowed Homo.

Redd-Do you use a motor car or q
horse-drawn vehicle?
Greene-Soma days / use both.
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Thev certaInIv Arr

Pat.ence--After the tango. Whatf
Patrice-Why, the critics; they're
after II. all right
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-11-13
NEBISH FORGING To FRONT
More Than Forty Iowa Families Sc
lect Land in That Vicinity for
Future Homes More Coming
6. E. BRINEGAR BOOSTS COUNTY

There is perhaps no northern Min
nesota district which is progressing
alta more rapid rate than is that of
Nebish, twenty miles north of this
city, and during the past year no
less than forty families have taken up
their future homes in that vicinity
For this great influx one man is
to a great degree responsible, being
G. E. Brinegar, general agent for the
Nebish Land company, which owns
considerable property in that coun-
try He began his northern Mime
sofa boosting a little more than a
year ago. ~
II have shown the land to more
than forty men, said Mr.. Brinegar
while in Bemidji. with the excep-
ton of two, every one bought, many
of them later doubling their orders
when they realized the value of the
property. Nearly all of the people
settling near Nebish are from Iowa
and our plan is to hold an annual
Iowa Day of the northern Mime
sofa farmers from that state. I have
great faith in the future of northern
Minnesota and never do I have to
misrepresent conditions to make a
SALE man, sees the land and he
readily understands. why crops of all
kinds are doing successfully here
It is the place for Well-to-do renters
who wish to own their own farms. -
Brinegar has farm Of 100 acres
near the outskirts of Nebish and it is
his intention to move there after the
first of the year, build substantial
buildings and conduct q stock farm
along the most modern lines He re-
sides at Thayer, Iowa, where he is in
the drug store business. His enter
ing into the land business was caused
by IL health and he was ordered to
live more of an outdoor life. -
He was accompanied here On his
last trip b. J. G. Fisher, also CT
ThayeT, who is in the bridge and
building. department Of an Iowa rail-
road&. Mr.. Fisher purchased farm
at Nebish- and will move his family
there next spring, having decided to
farm in the future Mr.. Fishers son
Carl has also purchased Beltraml
county land.
"The land here will produce all
crops, timothy, clover, alfalfa, blue
grass, wheat, oats and corn as we'll
as on any of the s125 per acre land
of Iowa." said Brinegar
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Peter Sunda Meets Death In Jump
From Barn Window.

NJ. E. lbertson, county coroner,
was called to Hagali township yes
terday to Investigate the death of
Peter L. Sunda, age forty-two years.
whose neck was broken Wednesday
night. The accident happened
when Mr.. Sunda jumped from a
basement window in the barn. A
neigilbor visited the farm and Mr..
Sunda told him to put his horse in
the basement, which has recently
been ffsiltss as Che other barn was
full. The door to the basement was
not on hinges but was only fastened
in temporarily and could not be open
ed from the inside. Mr.. Sunda jump
ed through the window with the in
tention of opening it from the out
side, when the accident happened.
In jumping he lit on his head. In
terment will be made in the Nebish
cemetery tomorrow.
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BANQUET FOR GARDNER.
Former Court Reporter, Senator
Elect, is Honored..

George Gardner of Brainerd, who
hast just been elected to the state
senate from that district, was the
guest of honor at a banquet given by
DR.: Joseph Nicholson, of the Crow
Wing county seat yesterday. Much in
terest was aroused here over Gardeners
campaign for the senate, as he is
we'll known here and was the first
court reporter of Judge B. F. Wright
in this judicial, district The place
cards were unique conceptions, be-
ing a paper horse shoe bearing the
photograph of Mr.. Gardner and en-
bellished with the state flower of
Minnesota, the lady slipper. The
company responded to various toasts
in honor Of Mr.. Gardner.
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REASON OF LEES
DEFEAT DISCOVERED
Governors Division" Given Another
Chief Executive in Election Of
Winfield Scott Hammond.
ONE FROM OUTSIDE TRIANGLE
Was Geographically Impossible for
Long Prairie Man to Meet With
Success at Polls.

With election more than week
past, the ST. Paul Pioneer Press has
discovered the reason of William; E.
Lees defeat in his candidacy for gov
ernor on the Republican ticket. The
Pioneer dopes it out as follows:
= The Southern Minnesota division
of the Omaha road from st. Paul
southwest to the Iowa state line is
known among railroad men now as
Governors Division
The name seems most appropriate
for eleven of the eighteen governors
OF Minnesota, including W. S. Ham
mond, governor-elect, have come
from towns on this 175-mile stretch
of track.
Four From St. Paul.
St. Paul has furnished four, ST..
Peter four, Mankato one,a ST.. James
one and Worthington one.
- ~ fCGntinued m laSr
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GOPHERS READY FOR GAME
Minnesota Football Eleven Prepared
For Annual Clash With Wis
consin Tomorrow.
soLoN, STAR FULLBAeK, TO PLAY

Interest in the Minnesota Wiscon-
sin football game tomorrow is in
creasinly hourly, and while, by rea-
son of injuries to the Gophers, the
Badgers will go into the. game with
a slight shade as favorites, it is by
no means assured that the Badgers
will emerge as victors. -
Wisconsin's team, under the coach
ing of Juneau, have always played
driving, line plunging game. Ju-
neau has varied the line plunges with
an end-running game marked by a
strong bulwark of interference.
Just what sort of attack Minnesota
will spring remains well-guarded
secret. An analysis of the plays
contemplated for the entertainment
of Juneau's men is about all that has
not been made public concerning
Minnesota's preparatory work Of the
last ten days.
It now seems certain Minnesota
will start the game without the ser
vices of Art Erdahl, quarterback. In
juries sustained in the Illinois game
have kept him out of the fray. In
his place will be Deidrich or Haedge,
regular backs. Bierman, Hamilton
and Scion will be in the lineup.
The players are anxious to whip
Wisconsin. The defeat by Illinois
lit has been figured that the best way
70 cause the game to be forgotten is
to whip Wisconsin.
The game will be witnessed by a
large number Of Bemidji rooters.
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THREE SECURE DEER
Rev. White, R. Mitchell and A. Lord
Successful at Nebish.

# .
n appears to be the favorite
biz W> uniting grounds of Bemidji
nimr, To- many hunters of this
city ha. q successful in their
search for :. ne in the vicinity
of that place. %morning Rev.
S. E. P. White, Mitchell and
A. Lord returned 1. IT village,
near where they spe, Wednesday
and until noon yesterday hunting,
having three deer, one monster buck,
which was brought down by the aim
Of Mr.. Lord, and two doe Many
other Bemidji hunters are returning
from that country where they have
succeeded in securing a deer. -,
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London, Nov. 13.-While the Ger
mans are holding .Dixmude, the allies
have driven them across the User
and French report the invaders NOV
ing along the coast toward Ostend.
A fog is said to prevent the Anglo
French warships from Smelling the
Germans positions. German attacks
around Ypres have been repulsed.
Battle on the Aisne river resumes it's
original vigor. Vienna reports the
evacuation of center of Galicia and
Russian investment of Przemysl
Petrograd asserts that. the Germans
near the Posen frontier have been
defeated. Unofficial advices say
that the Russians are nearing era
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