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CHAPTER XXI.
Like Her Ancestors.


leaned in the embrasure Of the
southern window. gazing at my light
ID lanterns. which dangled from the
lalyards at Saint-Yssel. The soldier
ROLAND had 20 far kept his word
three red lamps glimmered through a
lriving mist; the white lanterns hung
lbove, family shining.
Full in the frelight Of the room sat
The young countess. lost In reverie.
lands clasping the gilt arms Of her
shair. At her feet dozed Ange Pitou.
Il am afraid story have to tell Is
aot going to be very cheerful" l said,
and l am also afraid that must ask
vou to listen to It,"
She met my eyes with composure,
saned . little toward me, and waited.
And 20. sitting there in the tinted
glare. told her of the death OF Del
mont and Of Tavernier. and Of Buck
bursts share In the miserable work.
Madame. I am paining you," said; i;
but am going to cause you even
greater uphappiness."
Tell me what is necessary" she
said. forming the words with frightened
lips.
Then l must tell you that it Is nee
sssary for Mademoiselle Elven to leave
Trecaurt tonight"
"Why?"
1T is better that do not tell you
madame"
Tell me. 1t is my right to know"
mot now; later, II you insist"
This is dreadful" she muttered
IF i did not know you.
Il did not trust you SO perfectly
>. trust you with all my heart
oh, are you certain she mus
60! 1t frightens me; it 10 90 strange
have grown fond of her. Ant
now you say that she must 60. can
not understand-I cannot"
mo, you cannot understand" re
peased, gently: but she can. 1t 10 ,
serious matter for Mademoiselle El
ven; it could not easily be more SER
Gus. 1t Is even perhaps = question o
life or death, madame"
In heavens name. help her, then!
she said, scarcely controlling th
0AAi" SAAt VIUu8uS pltiIul OI0ak II
her voice.
Il am trying to-" l said. And nov
must consult Mademoiselle ElveI
Will you help met"
What can l do?" she asked.
Stand by that window. Look ms
dame, can you see the lights on tn
semaphore?"
Yes"
Count them aloud"
She counted the white lights for m,
tAen the red ones.
Nov" said. '1f those lights chang
an number or color or position, com
instantly to me. shall be wit
Aademoiselle Elven in the little te,
ROOM"
left her in the shadow of the Gu
tains, and passed through the room I
eylvis's side. She looked up quietl
from her embroidery frame. the
dropping the tinted silks and needle
- tAS saeAA, rose and walked besit
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me. when We catered the little tea
room she passed on to the lounge and
seated herself On the paA1sA am.
what 10 M she asbel
Il a. sorry TO tsll yo3.- said-
'sorry hon ny hsart. You are ~
vssy fftsnAly 70 ne. and that Daksl
II harder Tor me- b say what have tn
say"
What DO yos uean!" she asked
guardedly.
Il mean that you cannot stay hsFs.
l said. And you know why"
"Will you explain this insult?" shs
asked. hoty.
-Yss. Yoa are . German spy"
sale. under ~ breath. French troops
will land Asss tonight or tomorrow
l weat on ealAly. "You will sec how
dangerous your situation y certain
to become whsn BuckhurSt 10 taken
and when It 10 understood what use
you have made Of the semaphore."
she WINGED. then Strengthened and
bent her steady case on ne. Her couF
age was admirable.
Il thank you for telling me-" she
said. simply. Have l . chance =
reach the Spanish frontier?''
Il think yeu have" I replied. Kelly
Eyre 10 going with you whom"
He? No. no. he must noti Does
he know what amt DID 10 offer to
gof' she asked. ineredulously.
"Madsnoiselle. he insists."
Without turning her head she said {:
Docs he how that 1t may mean his
dsatA?"
He hes suffered worss for you,
ssks!" said. bitterly.
WHAT" she flashed out, confrsntins
me in an Instant
You must know that."I said
three yeaN Of hell-prisoo-utter
ruin! Do you dare deny you have
besp ignorant Ql thisf'
For / spGee she stood thsrs, struck
speechless; then. Call himi" she
cried. Call him. I tell you! Bring
him here-I want him. hers-here be.
fore Us BOTH"
Eyre, passing the loa0 stone corri.
dor. looked up ~ l beekoned; and
when he entered the tsaroom, Sylvia,
white a. ghost, met him face to face
Monsieur" she said. harshly, why
did you not come to that book store p
He was silent. His face was answer
enough terrible answer.
Monsieur Eyre. speak to me! 10 II
true? Did thex-did you not know thai
l made an error-that did 20 on Mon
day at the same hour? They told me
at the usine that you had gone away
II thought you had forgotten-that
you did not care"
"Care!" he groaned, and bowed hil
head. crushing her hands over hil
face.
Then she broke down, breathlesl
with terror and grief.
Il was not a spy then-truly l wal
not. Kelly. There was no harm in m.
IL only-only asked for the sketche,
because-because-I cared for you
have them now; no soul save mysel
has ever seen them"
She raised her head and fumbled IL
her corsage with shaking fingers, an,
drew from her bosom a packet of pa
pers
Here are the sketches" she sobbed
they have cost you dear! Now leav
me-hate me! Let them come an
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INCREASED POPULATION.

We learn from United States CEN
sus bulletins that OF the nine middle
western states Kansas, from 1900 to
1910. increased in population is per
cent: Missouri, 6 per cent; Wisconsin,
IL; Nebraska. II; Indiana, z; Michi-
gan. 12;, Minnesota, 1s In spite Of
the growth Of Chicago, Illinois in
creased but II per cent. Iowa shows
an actual loss of per cent. OF the
states mentioned. Kansas is the only
one that advanced during the ten
years in both crops and manufac-
lures.
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1hG1p11MN1f
K;aggN@n1S
ASA 49, q
Conducted By stbs National woman's
Christian Temperance Union)
eoa VALUE RECEIVED.

eOR VALUE RECEIVED.
The liquor interests have inviting
y given prohibition In West Virginia
much valuable publicity. Their frantic
Efforts to prove that Q deficit In The
state treasury II due to the loss OF
.iqvor revenue has called forth from
.oyal citizens Of the little mountain
stats" strong testimonials on the sub
iect. In the light Of the moral. social
and economic benefits derived from
the prohibitory law. testified to by
men Of every class. . deficiency of =
lew thousand dollars seems OF com
paratively little importance.
Al . matter Of fact the loss q The
$500. 900 . year in revenue to West
he constitutional prohibition amend
ment does not impose upon the indi-
gidual taxpayer any burden worth con-
sidering. In . letter written by the
state auditor. which has recently been
made public. he shows that i've cents
additional state taxes ON the hundred
1ollar valuation will take care Of the
money loss on liquor licenses. This
would cost y man whose property was
assessed at $1,000, fifty cents; II he
has $1,000 worth. he would have to
pay one dollar. and II he had $4,000.
10 would be Obliged to expend i've
dollars. So much for the enormous
load Of taxation being thrust upon the
property owners Of the state because
Of prohibition! The payment of such
Insignificant amounts would certainly
appeal to . levelheaded business man
~ . mighty good Investment
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Not FIatter'ne to White Men.

The negroes Of Guinea have little
belief in state Of future punishment.
Some OF them who live on the sea.
coast. however, believe that the un.
consciously wicked suffer hereafter Q
continual state Of drowning. II they
are still more and consciously wicked
they are turned into white Aan and
90 bsyood tAs sse.s
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Bio Change.

6lo Change.
When does a horse become landed
property?
When its turned Into . fslA
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LITTLE Boobies PA
sy William H. Kirk.

! had to cuff a fellow ono In the tun.
mel today, Pa sed. hated to do 1t,
Pa sed. Nobody wants to Ate wen he
knows that he Is SO much stronger
than the man he is going to battel
with. It always leeves a man feeling
kind OF meen to know that he has
oayercum sumbodyl who is not his
mental or fizzical ekwell. At leest,
Pa sod, that is the way 1t always
seemed to me
Well, well, sed Ma, Tel us about 1t
& let US hav II oaver with. Who was
the fellow that you cuffed?
o It was this way, sed Pa. He was
setting down & thare was a pretty
litel gurl standing UP next to me.
She was standing rite in front of the
man who was setting down & the big
brute dident make the slitest moove
to get up. Wen gazed at her flower
like face & saw the look OF weeri.
ness in her vilet eyes & the pethetick
droop to her graceful shoulders, al.
most maid up my mind that the age
OF chivalry was ded & ded forever.
Doant you think SO yureself, Pa asked
Ma.
Me acted kind OF funny. She dident
answer Pas queshun but asked him
one. Deer mite, she said to Pa, braiv
Champion Of week womankind, tell
me moar about this queen with tho
vilet eyes. Was she a good CONVEX
sashunalist?
Why, sed Pa, the vary idee that
you shud think that yung girl like
that wud presume to talk TO "a man
without introzoucshun. The idee Is
prc.poster-ous. Pa sed
I know 1t Is, ced Nh, but you mite
at least tell me II she sed a singcl
thing to you that showed her to be a
sinsibel woman insted OF q romantic
gurl.
What maiks you think that yung
girl wud talk to me without inter
duction, sed Pa. You never tried to
talk to me befoar we were inter.
duced. Cum to think of It, tho, sed
Pa, you did talk to me first at that.
i did no such thing, sed Ma, I was
walking along and looking In the shop
windows & I spoke to you thinking
you was Jim Drummond. You was
bold enuif to think that you was sum.
body & you got ACQUAINTED with me
that way. Then you and i was mar.
ried. Jim Drummond was a vary rich
yung man, too. I cud hav married
him. But tell us about how You
cuffed this man.
Well. wen he wud not get up for
this pretty littel gurl i took him kind
OF gentil by the neck, Pa sed; e.
yanked him aout OF the sect. But to
showIyon the thanks that a gentleman
gets for doing a kindness in this
iwurid. Pa sed. wen ! was dragging
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SALARY oRAeeEas "ouTRAegpr

The Times again repeats It's asser.
tion that the people of Fairmont have
been outraged by the passage of the
new charter. Nobody is outraged but
the Office Holders Trust and the Sal.
airy Grabbers. The people will be able
to realize the fu llextent of this "out-
rage" (?) when they have read the
charter, which is being published from
day to day In the West yirginian as
space affords. The printed charter
contains 246 pages, and II the legal
rate was charged for publishing it the
cost TO the people would be over. $500.
This amount the West Virginian Is
contributing without one penny's cost
TO the people that they may know
what the charter contains. Is not this
the best possible evidence that the
West Virginian knows the people will
be pleased with its provisions?
WeNdo not have to publish the char.
ter. 1t has already passed the. legisla.
ture. We want people to know that
1t Is decided Improvement In every
respect over. the old one, and all Fair.
mont people will have to admit it
when they have read It. There is
nothing to hide in the new charter.
There is nothing it's advocates are
ashamed Of.
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the discussion of their work. They
sent the agent OF Senator Watson. his
emplcye. to Charleston TO make this
charge before the legislature. and he
made Il. and the Times has since pub
ltshed' the same charge. II was Ia re.
gard to burning the ballots q few
years ago The West Virgfnian would
have never referred to this had not
the Democratic supporters OF the ad:
Iministration brought It up. The Times
further says that the commissioners
have taken the city out ofipolitics and
given It a moral uplitt. No admins:
;tration has eyer been more politically
biased, and although elected under a
charter labeled "non.partisan," 1t
found no Republican qualified to hold
an office in the city. Those who were
employed by the city, and one them
bearing testimonials from the commits.
sion for the efficiency and good work,
was removed to make room for par.
tisans without experience in the work
they were expected to do. This alone
has cost tshe city thousands OF dollars
in repair to the water works plant.
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WHO ARE Til "sHYTsR
PoLiTlcANS?r

Who are the "shyster politicians
that polluted the blackboards OF the
school houses Of the county by show.
ing how much more taxes the cor.
porations would pay under the Daw.
son tax laws? viii the Times never
get over the fact that the railroads,
the oil and gas companies. and all
other public service corporations
have been required to pay more taxes
under the Dawson laws and that the
farmers and small home owners pay
less. Does the Times want the West
Virglnian to again reproduce the fig.
ures showing this to be true?
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State Editors.
BOAST is SHAMEFUL

Senator Penrose met the Democrat.
ic buster in the senate about the i'm.
provement in trade conditions with a
very proper rebuke, that a revival OF
business that depended on the misfor.
tunes of another people was not much
to brag OF. And this Is true. There
has been no revival except that re.
sulting from the wants OF a starving
people afflicted by war and the sale
Of munitions and instruments for the
slaughter Of human beings. Referring
to this kind OF prosperity, Senator
Penrose said that quite q large body
of the citizenship Of the country. was
in favor Of legislation prohibiting the
expectation Of such munitions of war.
What kind OF prosperity Is it,. In.
iquired the Pennsylvania senator. and
then answered his own question: 3
A temporary conditio which does
nobody any good. which Is haphazard
In Its nature, which may be O relief
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Current Comment.
Certainty G Woman Suffrage.

Within ten years or less, Women
will be voting on the same terms as
men In most ~of our states, and the
backward remnant will be hustling to
catch up. The movement has passed
the stage Of doubt and ridicule. and
has almost passed the stage OF argu.
mcnt. The change from the indltfer.
ence Of twenty years ago is amazing
Women vote In eleven states now,
against four then. and the issue will
be up to tho voters this fall inNew
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Iowa, Massachusetts, West Virginia,
Tennessee and perhaps other states.
The affirmative side Is active, aggres.
sive, and confident. and includes many
men who have gained their faith by
fighting for better politics. In com.
plrison, the mental bankruptcy OF the
antis is fairly pitiful. The suffragists
can rest their case on the plain fact
that women do participate In the life
OF our modern communities, and
should, therefore, participate in the
business of government. The ants
can rely only with solemn and pa.
thetic foolishness about "tliaorganiz.
ing society,"" advanced theories,r
new evils" and the like-the stale
harpings Of prejudice and timidity. In
q contest between such forces the out.
come is certain, for the United States
Is neither ttmtd nor stlly.-Collier's,
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OF experience, q policy which always
Offers an incentive to those lower
down the scale to do their best wo..k
In preparation for better positions
which are sure 70 follow faithful ser
vice.
The Mpnongaheia Valley Traction
company IS the largest traction line
jim the state. operating more miles OF
track and none are so well equipped,
none have better cars and none al q
rendering better service: It will bs
pleasing TO the public to know that
the management OF this important Ia
dustrial enterprise are men from the
people and in sympathy with them
10 the extent OF making their ser.
vices to the public satisfactory.
Under the management OF Mr..
Watson the traction company las
made many extensions OF its lines.
The Warrington line has been az.
CURED. the Fairview and the Weston
lines have been built and some small.
er extension added. In addition to
this the company has begun ami al.
most completed one OF the largest
power plants in the country which
VIII when completed, yan,;i further
power troubles, and bring back the
service to its usual high standard.
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THE MAYOR 70 THE RESCUE.

In one breath Mayor Bowen criti.
cises the charter and In the next he
tells how good it is because It contains
some OF the provisions Of the old char.
ter. He refers to some errors In tho
boundary lines, which are the same
as the old charter provides. He cites
other sections which have not been
changed. The West virginian has
told its readers OF these sections
which have not been changed. The
copy from which the publication is
being made has some typographical
errors In it that have been corrected
In the engrossed bill and II the mayor
has copy OF the charter, which he
evidently has, he will find some slight
errors In the calls OF the boundary,
but 1t has been carefully read and
compared with the old charter and the
corrections have been made. There
will be no complications as the mayor
supposes from this source. The com.
plications that worry the mayor and
the city hall bunch Is that it tears up
the political ring that dominates the
city administration, and reduces and
limits all salaries. Those are the seri.
Gus complications that worry the Sal.
airy Grabbers most. The mayor re.
peats the rot worried over time by
Senator Lowe and which was pub.
lished in the Times from day to day
about the notice, etc. No city charter
that was passed by the legislature at
the last session published this notice
as far as we are able to ascertain.
Few have, done 1t In the past and the
attorney general and the best lawyers
have decided that this Is not neces-
sary. The legislature made the law
requiring this notice and the legisla-
ture is supreme and can act without
1t or repeal it at will.
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"moRAL upLlFT:n

Speaking of moral uplift."" will the
Times please tell its readers how
many poker joints and gambling hells
have ben put out OF business by the
present Christian city administration?
Will the Times please inform its read.
ers why these places are operated pill
over the city, and why the "nimble
fingered gentry" are prospecting us
they have never prospeTed before.
Their is no calamity howl going up
from these dens of vice. Ia the city
administration powerless to stop this
nefarious business? Are these places
being protected under the Law? II not,
why is not something done to stop
them? n
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DESERVED PRoMorIoN.

The Monongahela Valley Traction
company has promoted some of It's
most worthy officials to higher posi-.
lions and thereby placed the man.
agement of the business iny expert
isnced hands. Mr.. Jas. Q. Watson,
formerly general manager has given
up the details OF the management ow.
Ing to his other pressing business con-
nections. and Is succeeded by Smith
Hood who has been assistant man
ager Of the company for a number OF
years and o faithful employe for ovor
twenty years. Mr.. Watson will re.
main With the company in the capa.
city Of vice president. Mr.. Hood
knows the traction business In this
city as no other man understands 1t,
and the service, which has always
been good, barring the crippled CON
.dition Of the power plant for the
past several months, will not be al.
lowed to deterioate but will no doubt
be improved. q. B. Moore, young
man of experience and ability, has
been made assistant general manager.
Mr.. Moore Is O most competent en-.
sineer and gives up the position Of
chief engineer Of the West Virginia
division Of the Consolidated Coal
compsny for his new work. u. g.
Bowman. another man who has seen
long and faithful service in the work
of the company, Is promoted tosthe pc.
sition Of general superintendent.
Large corporations have found by ex.
perience that the best way to get
meritorious service fro ntheir en-:
pIoyes is to bring from the ranks men
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WHY NOT?

The mayor complains at the redue.
ton of salaries and the fact the city
commissioners are required 10 devote
all their time to the affairs OF the
city. We thought the city hall crowd
would kick at this. But what do tile
people who have 10 pay the salaries
think OF it? When they hire man IN
private employment, they expect ali
his time, and why should not u city
expect the same kind OF service.
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Tho Case Of paoia.

II the transaction involving tho
steamship Dacia was intended to pre-,
sent test case OF Great Britain, fail.
ure is TO be tho result. It's seizure
by the French will relieve the Brl.
tish prize courts OF a troublesome
problem. whereas the French courts
will probably make easy work OF It.
The Dacia is ship owned by an
American citizen who purchased 1t
from the Hamburg American Com
pany after war was declared. It is
loaded with cotton consigned to Ger.
many by way OF Rotterdam. Great
Britain has held that such transfer
OF enemy ships after the beginning
II hostilities. II bona flde and not
made to escape the consequences OF
war, are legimate. The French rule
has always ben not to recognize them.
American interest in the case OF the
Dacia, from now on, will rest princi.
pally upon the manner In which this
particular ship happened to fall into
the hands of France. It Is probable
that Great Britain was disinclined to
meet the issue in its. own courts The
French will find no diffulty in treat.
ing the ship as an emmy vessel. but II
the British had done SO. they would
have had to ignore several prece.
dents and prsachments.
The fate Of the Dacia, therefore,
will not throw any new light on tho
market value OF the big German lin:
.ers now tied UP In American ports.
Everybody has known ALL along the
France would not acauiesce In their
sale, and most people have believed
that Great Britain would on occasion
reverse Its former position. As It Is,
France gets the Dacia, and Great Bri.
tain cleverly escapes sharp contro.
.yersy with the United States II
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SOME PATRIOTS srILL ALIVE.

Never worry! There will be plen.
ty OF candidates for the $500 Jobs
as director of Fairmont under the new
charter. Good men, TOD, will aspire
10 these places. A man can made no
bettcr sacrifice, and do no greater
service to his city than by taking a
position OF this kind and giving his
undivided attention to pulling Fair.
mont out OF the rut. There are still
some patriots alive. ~ N
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"cLAM THYseLF.r.

The mayor says he desires to ap.
proach the discussion of the now
charter calmly and without personal
feeling. We hope he will keep his
shirt on. Now mayor, our advice, is.
that II you feel the angry passions
rising in your breast and you at any
time become unduly excited when
you read of the salary reductions, and
OF all salaries, the proyi-
sion for fair elections, and the re.
quirement that the Directors must
give all their time TO the city for the
salaries they receive-Wc say now in
the most friendly sort OF hrotherly
love and affection, "Clam" thysclf,
Mayor Clam thyse!f!
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INSPIRED.

The Times Is overrunHing with edi.
torial comment this morning. This
will always be observed to be the case
when Senator Watson, whose personal
organ the Times is credited with be.
ing, makes a visit to the city. There
is nothing like putting pep" in jour
nalisn, and the senator Is no amateur
in this respect. He is not only given
credit with close connection with the
Times, but the Democratic organs OF
Parkersburg and Wheeling and other
cities are said to be under his benign
political influence.