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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15

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sican. Ellis name Is not in any book
that you have SEEN"
"You knew him." asked the war
master, "iri--in life?"
81 killed him." said the Corsican.
II hanged his son at Lonceville be-
cause he would not guide US through
an ambushed valley. He was peas
ant. His father was an old man, and
bedridden. The shock, administered
by me, killed him."
And now?" said the war master.
Now" said the Corsican, Jam
Bedanow sends n:e on the errand to
YOU
The war master took q step for
ward.
"You! You are at the beck and
call of peasants fathers?"
Where I come FROM" said the Cor.
sican's even voice, there are no peas
ants, no war MASTERS, no first COM
suls."
But this errand for Jan Bedanow,"
said the war master.
1T will help me" replied the Cor.
sican, ito repair the wrong. In an
other hundred years, or thousand
or a million-as men count time-L
may do something more, II occasion
fortunately should arise, to make
amends" ~ y
II see," conceded the war master.
"And what Of other-of other things
which are In the histories?"
Each in it's turn" said the Corsi'
can, "but Jan Bedanow's matter first. !"
The war master leaned across the
map-strewn pine table, his eyes
adame.
"You mean," he choked, that that
Is all-all there is-beyond-for one
like you-or-"
Cor. you," said the. Corsican In his
even tone. ct is all the same for all.
The South American who kills with
his blowgun is on even footing with
the chancellor who kills with his pen.
All the trappings and the titles remain
here-for Inheritance"
The war master stood up.
II shall not change my plans" he
said stifiy.
81 do not ask you to-" said the Cor
sican. my business is not yours, but
Jan Bedanow's."
"And that" said the war master,
els what?"
"On the road near Effneau," an
swered the Corsican, "you will find
at the crossroads beside the corner
Of the Gray Forest, little triangle
In which there is grave. 1t is the
grave Of Jan Bedanow's wife. When
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He had heard Of multimillionaires
across the sea.
"And now" said Van der Wynt az
he sat down In a rustic chair. II wish
to ask great favor. / am music hun.
cry. 1t has been months since / have
heard M. Renault sing the 'Vesti la
giubba' from Pagliacci' Would you
consent to sing 1t for us here-now 2
All eyes turned to Renault, who
stood up self-consciously. The lights.
the excitement, the many "bravos". OF
the opera rang in the ears of his mem
DRY. He had all the old-time inspira-
ton and passion, he recalled the fiat
terry, the adulation of his past per.
formances. And added to this was
the presence Of Alys.
RenauIt thought of their marriage,
of their departure to the States, of the
triumphs they would share there. And
then he sang.
Calmly he began as they all listened
intently. His voice seemed wonder
full even at the outset, then 1t seemed
like the voice of one gifted by heaven.
At last he ceased. His head sank
upon his, breast. He was overcome
with emotion.
And then, and then only was 1t that
everyone in the little garden looked
up as saber clanked against a spur
and an officer in uniform entered.
Reverently he had stood by the gate
while Renault sang. Now, with dotted
cap and courteous air, he came toward
the little group. He appeared to hest
tate, yet his manner was businesslike,
as that Of man who had an unpleas-
ant duty which would best be per-
formed quickly
IN. Renau1t," he said quietly, yet
with the voice Of authority, IN. Re-
nault, France calls you. You are need
ed with her. sons to suppress our foes.
1t seems sacrilege to intrude upon
SO great an artist, yet, pardon me.
1t is no fault of mine; all the sons OF
our country are drafted for the mill
tary service. You are a citizen-a re-
servist. France beckons-calls to you
to take up the sword against the en-
emy." The man replaced his cap and
saluted as his spurs clinked together
sharply.
Renault arose to his full height. He
twirled his mustache. He was dra-
matte, tragic, theatric.
Il am Jean Renault!" he exclaimed.
IT leave shortly for America, where
have contracted to appear. /. Jean
Renault, sing-I do not fight"
"Sing it to the minister Of war!"
said the soldier contemptuously. Sing
it to whomsoever you like, but come
with me. 1t is the military law Of
France. 1t is a pity. / am no great
singer, I earn no fabulous sums.
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a Shall Not Change My Plans"

"a Shall Not Change My Plans"
your majestys troops pass that way
they would naturally, owing to the
width of the column, ride across this
triangle of grass. They would, per.
haps without meaning to, break down
the wooden emblem-an emblem Ia
miliar to us both-which lies almost
hidden in the weeds"
EYES," said the war master.
What ask, on behalf of Jan Bedar
now, is that this be avoided"
ION the road, near Effneau." repeat
ed the war master.
"Yes," said the Corsican, you must
pass 1t on your way to-"
How do you know" he cried, that
/ am going there?"
The Corsican smiled YEARLY.
"I would have known" he saidp
even If / did not come from where
everything is known. would have
because knew, in the years ago. the
minds Of men who plan on paper. /
would have known that you were g0-
ing there. And I, at the other end,
would have been waiting for YOU
'Will they be ready for me to-
morrow" whispered the war master.
The Corsican shrugged his shout.
ders.
Have they my mind?" he coun-
tered; Tor even Wellington's?"
But tell mel" cried the war master.
1T were better for the whole world
THE whole world!" Knocked thu
Corsican. A tiny, whirling thing ON
which there is. nothing so important
to me now as the grave OF Jan Bed
anow's wife. Goodnight, your maj
estyi"
The tent flaps fiuttered as he went
Now 1t was darker and the eye OF the
war master could not follow. He
seized the telephone.
Won Zohn," he said to the marshal
at the other end Of the line, Il have
decided to ride at the head Of the col
umn in the morning at least as tar
as the corner of the Gray Forest
Then he leaned back and let hin
gaze, once more Unlicensed, fall upon
the lane OF the guard. The moon
light. seeping through the disappear
ing haze, glowed feebiy on the brass
eagles of the helmeted giants.
"And that Ia all?r he muttered.
Nothing more than that? wonderI~
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am a blower of glass. Yet France
calls us together, perhaps to die side
by side, even Jean Renault the great
and Antoine Marceau who earns ten
francs the day. Such is fate. So
France Wills
Van der Wynt spoke up. What is
the fee for the release of cOnscript?"
he asked the officer. Il will gladly
pay any sum you ask to free M. Re-
nault from service. / will buy sub
stitute for him.
The soldier smiled. There will be
no substitute" he said. IF there
were men available for substitution
we would draft them, too. France
calls all-rich and poor alike"
Renault paled. Then the dramatic
side of the situation appealed to him.
He turned to Alys.
Dear heart" he said, Il go TO war.
go for France and for thee. No
longer shall / be soldier of the foot
lights-a make-believe warrior with
tin sword against singing enemy.
from LulSs uOlHGuL j dA q S0iu1C4s "a
France / shall show them. /, Jean
Renault, shall return to thee not only
the greatest OF living tenors, but q
wearer of the Legion d'Honneur-a
hero OF this war with Germany. BAH!
May encounter this boaster Berg
hoff. He is less than the shadow OF
a dog-a miserable whining conscript
who cannot even beat time with .
baton let alone parry the sword
thrusts of Jean Renhult!"
Then, with the instinct OF q dra-
matte exit, he strobe from the garden
while the saber of the soldier accom-
panying him clanked against the
stones.
II.
A few hours later Jean Renault,
who had not seen military service for
five years, stood uniformed and armed
at the railway station, not In the CEN
ter Of the stage, but one OF COM
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"capitall" thought Renault.. 1T
will be too easy"
But Berghoff was beside the car
now. He grinned, and the blue mole
upon his nose offended Renault as 1t
had never done before.
/, "Fleeing?" queried Berghoff. May
be. But let us see. Search him!"
the German soldier-director COM
manded.
A trooper babe Renanlt descend.
and he did so with sinking heart.
Quickly his hands passed through Re-
nault's pockets and now in triumph
he held up to light the envelope the
general had given the tenor.
Berghoff took 1t with savage glee,
tore 1t open, and scanned the writing.
Then he. said: Arrest that man and
take him to the rear!"
It was over. Renault felt ilI-he
was almost afraid. He, the great Jean
Renault.. was a prisoner Of war.
In his own machine, under guard,
he was hurried back across the from
tier into Germany. The night was
growing old and the first faint streaks
OF dawn began to appear in the sky.
The machine drew up before a road
side inn. and Renault was ushered
into Its public room.
There, gathered about a table, sat
group of officers covered with. med
ais and gold lace. They we're the
brains OF the war. Among them was
the commander in chief of the forces
OF Germany, the royal-blooded, fierce
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They Listened Intently, WonderingIy.
mustached goldman" before whom
Renault had sung several times in the
Imperial opera house in Berlin.
The great one looked up. The Of
ficer who had Renault In charge re-
cited the circumstances and laid upon
the table the letter Renault had car
ried.
Renault made no defense-coul not
even find words. But the man of the
bristling mustache found them. They
exere shorta sharp, menacing
And moment later Jean Renault
was led away. He was not made to
walk far. They stood him up against
tree, and now man would have
blindfolded him. But Renault struck
down his hand. In that moment he rec
ognized the officer who had brought
him there. 1t was Berghoff, and the
blue mole mas more disgusting to Re-
nault than ever before. All, this time
he had been Berghoff's prisoner, and
had not noticed the fact.
BAH" exclaimed Renault. II scorn
you! / bite you!" 4
"Bite the dust, fool" sneered Berg
hoff. you are no more soldier than
you are a singer. Do you recall the
argument we had over the bars of
Mario's death-song whenvI conducted
La Tosca? Do you remember how
drowned your impossible voice with
my beautiful orchestra? Do you re-
animal?"
"Pig!" shouted Renault. "Who are
you-a conductor who must put down
the baton to take up the murderer's
knife. It looks we'll in your hand.
It is just the hand to hold, such an
implement"
1--WE are waiting" Berghoff remind
ed him. "You delay us. Time is pre-
cious. We must on to Paris, where
I shall conduct gala performance
OF the opera for his imperial majesty"
Renault looked him squarely In the
eye.
.'Berghoff," he said, you will never
conduct a gala performance in Paris.
Your emperor will never command
such a performance. I, Jean Renault,
prophesy that. But, now, while your
troopers stand waiting, I shall permit
you and them to hear Jean Renault,
the greatest OF all tenors, sing the last
song Of Mario as It was never sung be-
fore Attend"
The sun came up Facing the firing
squad, and while Berghon locked on
half awed. half smiling. Jean Renault
stepped forward and began to sing.
The stern faces OF his executioners
softened. They listened intently,
wonderingly. Never before had they
heard such singing. And the man who
could do this was the man they we're
about to kill. Just outside the Inn,
some distance away. q uts1e group OF
officers stood spellbound.a One with
q bristling mustache seemed about to
lift his hand to stay the proceeding.
But then. as Renault uttered the
last note, Berghoff raised his saber. A
muttered command came from his
lips. The soldiers, ready tosbreak into
applause, sighted their rifles.
A shot rang out
Jean Renault had sung the role Of
Mario before the firing squad for the
last time.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
WILL REVISE HEALTH WORK
Bill Introduces in House Would Place
Inspectors in Thirty Districts
ThroughoUt State.

Topeka - Representative BardWen
Of Riley county has introduced in the
house the bill to revise the health
work Of Kansas. Il provides for the
division of the state into thirty health
districts and the appointment Of ex-
perieneed health men in each distri <
10 have complete charge of all the
sanitation and disease prevention
work in each district
An issue OF bonds for 500, 900 for
q medical and health building at the
University Of Kansas Is authorized IN
q bill introduced By Senator Wilson
of jefferson county. The bonds all
are to be backed by the twelve hun
dred acres of Kaw bottom land in the
bequest made by Governor Charles
Robinson to Kansas University
At the end Of twenty-five years the
state would have its building paid for
from the present income OF the land,
and 1t would still have the land, which
lies north Of Lawrence in the valley
of the Kaw river. II now brings an
annual income Of $1,000 from alfalfa,
which money is devoted to the gen
eral purposes OF the university en-
dowment fund The land was part OF
the private estate OF the pioneer kan
sas governor who first picked the
summit OF Mount Dread at Lawrence
as the proper site for the states uni
Eersity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years YounaerI Try oranGma's
Recipe Of Sage and Sulphur and
Nobody viii Know.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
Iustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which Is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Hair Remedy" You will get a
large bottle for about so cents. Every
body uses this old, famous recipe, be-
cause no one can possibly tell that
you darkened your hair, as it does 1t
so naturally and evenly. You dampen
a sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by morE-
ing the gray hair disappears, ano
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years younger.
Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
LABOR WILL FIGHT PLAGUE
Plans Made for Cooperation With Ma
tionaI Association for Proven
ton of tuberculosis.

A campaign for closer cooperation
with labor unions and other groups of
working men has recently been
launched by the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis.
A committee has been appointed
with Dr. Theodore B. Sachs, president
of the Chicago tuberculosis institute,
as chairman, to formulate plans for inn
mediate and future action. Other
members of the committee are Sam
uel Gompers, president OF the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, Washington;
George w. Perkins, secretary Of the
international Cigar Makers union,
Chicago; John Mitchell of the New
York State Compensation commission,
New York; Austin B. Garretson, pres
ident of the Brotherhood of Railway
Conductors. Cedar Rapids, Ia; DR.. VIII
liam Charles White, medical director
of the tuberculosis league Of Pitts
burgh, and DR.. David R. Lyman, super
intendent Of the Gaylord Farms sana-
forum, Wallingford, Conn
As the first step in the campaign a
special health bulletin has been pre-
pared for the labor papers and will be
sent out monthly in cooperation with
members of the international Labor
Press association
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
MONEY BILLS PASS
WITHOUT DEBATE
House Accepts the Committee
Report for Appropriations
TOtaling 81, ,943.
ONLY FOUR HOURS REQUIRED
In That Time Twenty-Six Separate
Measures Were Considered-Stste
Departments and Schools
Are Not Included.

TOpeka.-The Kansas House Of Rep
resentatives spent % million dollars
the other day. II required only four
hours to appropriate this sum- There
was little OF no debate There were
twenty-six separate bills considered,
including the appropriations for the
charitable and penal institutions The
bills providing for the industrial
school for girls and the orphans home
at Atchison were not taken up as they
were not printed
The measure taken up did not In
clude the appropriations for any Of the
state departments These bills have
not been. reported by the ways and
means committee of the house, which
has them in charge.
The senate already has passed the
bills for the charitable institutions,
but the house measures reduced the
amounts allowed the different hospi-
tails by a little over 100000
The appropriations, except the
emergency and special appropriations,
cover the maintenance, salaries, re-
pairs and improvement accounts OF
the institutions for the two years be
ginning July 1, 1915.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27

By annexing FAM Josef Land, Rus
STA increases the number, rather than
the extent, of her possessions. The
archipelago consists of about sixty
islands, almost all of the group being
covered with snow-clad glaciers. The
Austrian pioneers believed they had
discovered continuous land, but their
successors, the st of whom was Ben
jamin Leigh Smith, found that the &C
QUESTION was broken up INTO islands.
Both hansen and the duke of the
Abruzzi have explored the group. Now
that Austria's arctic territory has
been captured, we may hear Of the
hosting of the British flag in Kaiser
Wilhelm II Land and Luitpold Land,
which areas in the Antarctic are Ger
man possessions. Wilhelm II Land
was discovered by the Gauss expedi-
ton, and Luitpold Land, in the Wed
dell sea, by Lieutenant Filchner.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
FOR STATE ART COMMISSION
Measure Passed by House Provides
for Board of Six Members to
Serve Without Pay.

TOpeka.-Kansas is to have an art
commission to keep her art from go
ing on the bum,'' If q bill adopted in
the house is received favorably by the
senate Governor Capper has already.
announced that he would sign the bill.
The bill provides for an art commits
sion of six members to be named by
the governor and to serve without
pay The commission is to act in ad-
visoTy capacity in determining any
matter OF decoration of any state
property. II includes the architec-
turaI designs for buildings for the
state and any interior and exterior
decorations, including paintings, stat
uary, stained glass, has relief, foun-
tains or any other article or structure
intended to adorn and beautify the
buildings and property Of the state
The bill is intended to stop the
sale to the state and the cities, coun-
ties and school districts OF chromos
and alleged statuary- II is a sort OF
blue sky proposition on art whereby
| the municipal organization Of the
state may know what they are getting
when they attempt TO buy a work OF
art.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
GAS, DYSPEPSIA
AND INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin" settles sour
gaSsy stomachS in Five
minuteS-Time 1t!

You don't want slow remedy when
your stomach is bad-or an uncertain
one-or a harmful one-your stomach
is too valuable; you mustn't injure it.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless
ness; its certain unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs.
It's millions of cures in indigestion,
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
troubles has made it famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your home-keep it handy-get large
ffty-cent case from any dealer and
then il anyone should eat something
which doesn't agree with them; If
what they eat lays like lead, ferments
and sours and forms gas; causes head
ache, dizziness and nausea; eFucta-
lions of acid and undigested food
remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin
comes in contact with the stomach all
such distress vanishes. Its prompt
ness, certainty and ease in overcoming
the worst stomach disorders is a reve-
lation to those who try it.-Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
HUMAN LIFE AT TEN DOLLARS
That Chinese Hold Existence Cheap
Is Proved by Experience of TraV-
eIer in That Country.

There are 1OO,OO0,OOO children in
China under ten years of age. One
wonders how there are so many re-
naming, for multitudes of children die
of through exposure, i'll care, starva-
ton and disease. Hundreds of thou
sands of these children live in the
Chinese sampans, which ply the rivers
and throng the water fronts of the
great cities. For generations these
boatmen knew no other home than
these boats. In case of babies, a rope
is attached under their arms and if
they slip over the side Of the sampon
into the water they are fished out the
best way possible.
But life is plenty and cheap in
China. How much, then, is a man
better than a sheep?" Not much bet
ter in China. A friend of mine, a
Brooklyn judge, who arrived late at
the daily public execution in Canton,
and who could only stay for the day.
was told that for $40. they would Sc
cure a special victim to satisfy the
Americans curiosity. And they pro-
ceeded to find a man who for the sake
of his family was willing to barter his
life for So Of course he got the $40
and his life.-Christian Herald.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
pannerous Doctrine.

The wellmeaning woman who was
visiting the school addressed the pu-
pills after the dismissal hour on the
subject Of 1.-The Doctrine of Juvenile
Chastisement in the American Home"
When she finished she noticed that
one little boy was crying.
What's the matter, little boy?" she
asked
Please, ma'am," said the little boy,
my dad will pound me all up for
being kept after school Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
TIME TO BAND SHADE TREES
EntomoIoaist Dean at the State Asri-
cultural College Issues Warning
Against Canker Worms.

Band your shade trees now The
warm weather of the past week has
brought out the canker worms. If the
weather continues to moderate for a
few days the canker worms viii COM
mence their work upon the shade
trees, warns George A Dean, ento-
mologist in the Kansas State Agricul-
turaI College.
The spring canker worm has killed
more Kansas apple trees in one sea
son than the San Jose scale has killed
1 in its entire history in the state,
while at the same time the worm has
attacked thousands Of elm and other
shade trees.
Here are some simple and practi-
cal methods of preventing these
losses. It is often impossible to
spray shade trees, so Professor Dean
recommends this remedy for shade
trees and advises that it be applied
Immediately.
Take a strip Of cotton batting, two
inches wide and long enough to 90
around the trees. Over this cotton
place a strip Of tarred paper or build
PoPOA SA4SnNAy hA0CA NAAe@A liz W
ton. Fasten the paper tightly over
the cotton with four or five tacks- The
cotton is used to prevent the forms
from going under the paper band.
Some sticky substance such as
printers ink, coal tar, pine tar, or
dendrolene should be smeared upon
the paper. The best preparation &c
use is called tree tanglefoot
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27

dragging sensation across my Ioins,
difficulty in collecting my thoughts
and was troubled with short
ness of breath. Dodds Kidney Pills
have cured me of these complaints.
Dodds Kidney Pills have done their
work and done it well. You are at
liberty to publish this letter for the
benefit of any sufferer who doubts the
merit of Dodds Kidney Pills."
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, NJ Y. Write for Household
Hints, Dainty Recipes; also music of
National Anthem. ALI sent free.
Adv.