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6irdiiaes.
Wsfprmirte ct. Siaannes . @emeinee,
Ode 4. unb Rarfet Strase,
Batter, 8. Stpfmeier.
SountoesihuIe I'm 8 llbr.

SountagsihuIe I'm 8 llbr.
8ottesoienit Inn 1890 l1br. Sc.
ben 8tueiten uno Iesten Sonntoe i'm
geonot engliih Oelitih. ionIt oeutid.
ReligionsiduIe fir ainoer BON s
bis IA Sabren, Somstag I'M 8 ll6r.
Beiuher INNER piafommen.
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Ser SnnaliuoS- nuo Snua.

= 1T NNHNIVNNV- HHU NHHN'
iraucu &crtiu Scr q. %oieph'& M
tbcoraIt miro ON 10. un0 %. Miaj
ain al 3rpei Nbtuocu. Na& Gromn
~(oHp the G ouCitt" mii'uhrcn.
Sidet@ founcu lJr jrlcnS ejntu Ser
beiNcu Ibcn0e bcjo0gu ucrNcu, uuN
foiten % Gents.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1919-05-16

f1# 8eru Sic @eIo GIT 5 Rro5ent
boben mohten, 70 ipredben Gle bel mir
Dor. g. 8. 8oI3. Gontur I'M Retpburg
8ebduoe.
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r. @enu 0ic STINT Stjunrctt 5uQe-
lallenea Traneu ucrl9jtet luiir0au.
&}abImettcn ab3uihyicbcu uao gar
Site SIT pcttcn, 10 f0Hnte onS eli,
iiirtterIld tbeuCr Spab iuer0cn.
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Sin S4weiser llrdaratter.

n 8e3ug auf elm
Shmei3er Sri-
ginnl, ME tie MIR
nod Die idone
NlpenrepubIif 5u
p~roou5iren iheiut,
ihrei6t gelun-
gen Die .8eoria
Sonne"
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rStar Srinfina iSOnnts"

mir 0utcn. 0ultcu oas 8u0cr friih uun
iililtcn hic Mllteu unr Hdiie. llnicre
~YSbitt Ejarrhpco Tablets" neroen Nlis
len retten, &ie iteht's nit 2duiepuluer,
SppiIausialbc, une 0pntcn'S gntteruilf
starting Boob pney Slutftpro's Niilf
NAH?
&cru Stc jrqena ettp12 por hieien Sds
den broutheu 10 tonlmcu Ste su inns lu10
Sit bctomulcu mas &c tuiinitcu. IA
uJdIs, ntIdc2 Herunc 10 gut ootr nab
Neuuclbcu Rcccpt bcrQeiitnt If. zen %lae
pOr Nicicu ciuuchuttu fcuucu.
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Sersnisunss=B esweiier.

SiiDn. - Sebeu ~Nadmittas uno abeno
@dnoelbiloer.
Spme. - (~9ioroieite.) - Seoen Sag
@aH6elbiloer.
Ga 6ruiie Ehenter. - Seoen Hdhmitta9
urh aben0 @auoelbiloer.
piaieitit. - Seoen Yo6mIttG9 uno abeno
@dnoelbiIoer.
&eJ. - Seben 9admittas uuo gbeub
@dnoel6iIoer.
stranb. - Seoen Rdhmittaa uuo abenO
B1noelbiIoer.
9ainU. = Seoen Radmittag uno Ibeub
WdnoeI6iloer.
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NaItct ons llnaesicfer furt.

@ir hobeu ebtnfaIl8 Irienote Of 2eao
uno Calcium. @oroo Mirture. Barrier
Grin. Nicpttre. Rorem &oluoer. CINE
SuIphure, 0cIebnrc min. sum 8ciprieeu
NM @eitaubcu. 2icic @crtilQuu05n1tts
tel iucrhcn 2hnen bclfen cine Grrtc 3u
r~r.irfru
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tahtuua 9anobemebnrr: 3tf,u Al be-
itldfljat an, III otc StINt I'll foutmcu. 10
bcittuen Sic purb BIC &oit. Gtsabltu
liuncR Sie. tuenu SIe ipItcr tur SrdNt
hummer, Seiu &ric' uotbjl. nur cine
&eitiarte.l
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The Pamperin Cigar Go,
(@tablirt 1861

INtdbItrt 1SBb.)
ft3-115 s.2 Straee, Ga GrpKe, isis.
Sabritanten Der betannten .Ionna
Sdnna" unb ~SIor &c g & 8"- feinIte
GuaIttdt Zoe @i9arren. - rSampero"
uno ~glad 8ofe" - per Sanb oemadlte
Sc Gt8arren, uuo ~9iuD Bounce" sRauh,
tabdt.
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,tSoihlcr's Gaa &eepcr"

lit Qeniigern fir 10 bis II Gubeno friidlc
Ger.
8ir nerfaufen cs Quart nnn ;Subs
tueiie. Cber ncuigcr penn Sic es min
Ihen. 9rtnGen Sic Shre cigene Tlaifc
unb ipnren Sic fiinf Geuts.
Wcun 1ie
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HOeSChlerS

apothetc unh @cilHgel Speiialitdtcr
6auoluua.
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,,.SDihler's Gan &ecper"

brolld)cn, 10 lnufeu Sic nidlt @cfobr Die
Ger 3u pcrncrben.
%erQeier Sic ebeufnuS nid)t baB mir
cine 0rube NustpohI bon
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Ndrtcn Samcn

BADEN uuh oaB mir Qcuou oasiclbc Der
tonueu un5 onocrSipo ncrinuft
,pirS
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8eaimmt iebt

Winter. Sic ale ipiIien mas
sS0ifler's Gaa Sleeper"
bcfpirtt. Gs 1T tein Experiment lonoeru
cine beipieiere Sbotind)c haB oieies Bra
parat quite @ier nd]t bis 8ebn Ronate
friih erbGlt.
%ltniere Prdpnration lit cine hodlorubiz
&C uno ipc3icu ordpnrirtc Qoiung BON
Sooinm Silicote (%giienaIos).
Wir tuuren Die eriten. Die bicic5 Wtittel
III oieicr @e9cno auf Den 9artt bradten,
natnem Die HegierunQ lire @rperimente
NIT oenieIbeu beenhet unh od3Ielbe ols
bns bette Gier : @rdierpntipnsmitteI I'M
lRarft erfldrt hntte. Gin Cllnrt hnn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
TO STAY IN SIBERIA
AMERICAN FORCES ARE NEEDED
THERE TO GUARD RAILWAY.
Another Purpose Of Expedition Is to
Give Relief to Russian Peo-
pie in Siberia.

Washington, July 29.-President
Wilson advised the senate that the
American military expedition in ST.
IBERIA was there primarily to protect
and maintain operation of the Siberian
railroad and indicated that the expe-
dition would remain as long as such
protection was necessary.
Another purpose of the expedition
as outlined by the president was to
give relief to the Russian people in ST.
IBERIA by supplying food. clothing and
other supplies.
The retention of American troops to
protect the American railroad forces
under John F. Stevens, the presidents
letter stated, is vital element" By
agreement with Japan, the president
stated, the American troops are to re-
main there as long as the railroad ex-
petition is engaged in maintaining OPP
Grafton.
The presidents communication, de-
failing at great length the activities of
the American military and railroad
forces in Siberia, was in response to
a resolution of Senator Johnson
(Rep.) of California. inquiring regard
ing the America policy in Siberia and
how long it was proposed to retain the
troops there.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR

Atlanta, Ca, July 25.-The Georgia
state senate, by a vote of 80 to 10,
refused to ratify the suffrage amend
ment to the federal Constitution.
Webster City, Iowa, July While
swimming in the Des Moines river
James WEIGH. aged Is, and Clarence
Taxtad, aged IL. were drowned.
Paris, July 26.-Miss Mary Bishop
of New York was decorated with the
Cross of the Legion for her relief
work under fire in the Paris and Sois-
sons areas.
Portage La Prairie, Man., July 90
Mrs. s. p. Kerr and Lieut.. Buster
Cross were killed and Lieut. s. P.
Kerr seriously injured when an air.
plane in which the trio were riding
fell here.
Boston, July 26.-The legislature
ended a session which began January
2. During the session a bill was
passed to raise $20,OO0,OOO by taxation
to pay a 800 bonus to all Massachu-
sets men who served in the war.
Tacoma. Wash, July 2S.-The Mu-
tual Home association on JOe's bay,
Puget sound. formerly known as the
''free love colony" was dissolved, after
twenty years existence. by court de-
cree. Fight for control between two
factions brought the affairs of the coll
ony into court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
DID NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND
But Mrs. Smithers Meant Well, and
No Doubt Her Good Intentions
Are of Record.

On one side of the hall in the new
apartment building lived Mr.. and Mrs.
Smithers; on the other side of the hall
lived two girls who taught in the pub
lie schools and who were having their
first experience In "baching it." Mrs.
Smithers didn't know them very well,
but she took a motherly interest in
them to the extent of hoping that they
had enough to eat and that their neces-
sarily hasty end amateurish spread
would not give them indigestion.
The other day, out of kindness Of
heart, she took them batch of fresh
biscuits she had just baked. And while
she was there, she showed them how
to use the stove, gave them some hints
on marketing, wrote down lot of rec
ipes for simple viands, and gave them
lecture on food values and the prep
aration of leftovers..
They were very grateful to the dear
lady, and they told US all about it. And
they made us promise solemniy that
we would never tell her that they were
teachers of domestic science.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
CHAPTER xV-continued.

And so I went on and on through
the darkness and with each step
toward the chateau my resolution
grew.
My elbow grated against the tunnel
wall. 1 stepped sidewise toward the
center and ran against the wall oppo-
site. The light of the stars was clear
in front of me and the cold wind blew
upon my face, and squeezed through
into the same scooped-out hollow
which I had entered on the same after
noon during the course of my journey
toward the chateau.
The little river gurgled at my feet,
Pickering in the recesses of q cave, so
elfinlike that could distinguish it only
by shielding my eyes against the moon
and stars.
l grasped my pistol tightly and crept
noiselessly forward. If this should be
Leroux, as 1 was convinced it was,
l would not parley with him. would
shoot him down in his tracks.
AS 1 stepped nearer him my feet dis
lodged a pebble, which rolled with a
splash into the bed of the stream.
The man started and spun around,
and saw before me the pale, melan-
chOly features of Philippe Lacroix.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
Relic of Old Rome.

During blowing operations in field
near the village of Bratton. Westbury,
Wiltshire, Eng. the pillow struck what
proved to be the cover of leaden cof-
I'm. The coffin has been examined by
B. 81. Darlington, the curator Of the
Willis Archaeological museum, who
states that the coffin. without doubt,
belongs to the period of the Roman
occupation, says the London Times.
The place where 1t was found Is about
q mile from the site Of large Romano
British village. The coffin Is 6 feet 8
inches in length; its width varies from
i foot 8 inches to foot inches and
its depth Is 1 foot z inches. Large
iron nails AZ inches long indicate that
when Inferred it had a wooden outer
covering. but that has persisted, as
have the bones inferred, except the leg
bones, the pelvis and the lower jaw;
there is no trace of the skull. Two
pieces Of lead form the bottom of the
coffin, but the cover Is one piece.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
ASKS DEMOCRATS AID
TAFT OPENS CORRESPONDENCE
WITH LEADERS OF PARTY.
Also Suggests to G. o. p. Leaders
Differences Be Patched Up
With Administration.

Washington, July 26.-Former Presi-
dent Taft, who has written to several
Republican senator's and leaders sug-
costing reservations to the peace treaty
which might be acceptable to both
sides, has opened correspondence on
the subject with prominent Democrat
ic senators.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, one
of the leading spokesman for the adj
ministration in the senate fight, re-
ceived a letter from Mr.. Taft.
The former presidents communities
ton to the Nebraska senator was not
made public, but it was understood TO
be of the same general tenor as those
sent to the Republicans.
Senator Hitchcock and other admin
istration senators declared. however,
that for the, present. at least, they
would continue their efforts for ratifi.
cation without reservations Express
ing confidence that there was no ques-
ton but that the treaty would be rati-
fed, they said the fight now centered
cation in which would be embodied
any reservations or interpretations.
Contending that senate rules re-
CURED a vote on each article of the
treaty, the administration leaders said
they believed they had the votes to de.
feat amendments to any section, as q
simple majority only would be re
ouired.
Conceding that strength might de-
velop to compel acceptance of a ratif-
cation resolution with qualifying
clauses, the administration senators
said they had not yet been advised by
President Wilson whether he would be
disposed to accept any interpretations
1t was said, however, that the admins
tration would oppose to the last any
qualifying clauses which would re
quire renegotiation of the treaty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
No More Dark Continent.

One may no longer believe in the
existence of a strange white people
in Africa. Rider Haggard's splendid
race Is probably only the Bahima,
originally discovered by Spoke 10
southwestern Uganda. At least Sir
Harry Johnston claims to have discov-
cred In them the clue TO many of the
mysterious white-race legends found
in the dark continent. He was en-
gagged in nothing more thrilling than
a tour of inspection of Ankole when
he came across them. They are of a
very light complexion, and are the
aristocrats of this region. Sir Harry
holds that they are obviously descend
ants from a Gala, Somali or other
Hamitic stock, and adds that some of
them are more like Egyptians than
is the case with CALAIS and Somalis.
Romance disappears before the tread
of the explorer. The dark continent
is dark no more.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
Jacqueline Of Golden River
s-s= -
by VICTOR ROUSSEAU mmnumu
Copyright. W. g. Chapman

asked mockingly. .You have come
back? You are always coming back.
aren't your"
Il have come back to kill you, Lee
roux." answered, and pulled the trig-
ger six times.
And each time I heard nothing but
the click of the hammer.
Then, with his bulls below, Simon
was upon me, dashing his fists into my
face and bearing me down. My puny
struggles were as Ineffective as though
| had been fighting ten men. He had
me on the floor and was kneeling on
my chest, and in a trice the other ruff
fans had come dashing along the hall.
Jacqueline was beating with her
little fists upon Leroux's broad back,
but he did not even feel the blows.
| heard old Charles Duchaine's piping
cries Of fear, and then somebody held
me by the throat and l was swimming
in black water.
Bring a rope, Raoul ~ / heard ST.
mon call.
Half conscious, I knew that was
being tied. I felt the rope tighten
upon my wrists and limbs: presently
l opened my aching eyes to find my
self trussed like a chicken to two legs
of the table and Leroux was standing
over me, perfectly calm.
"Ah, Paul Hewlett, you are a very
poor conspirator indeed" he said, "to
try to shoot a man without anything
in your pistol. Do you remember how
affectionately put my arm round you
when you were sitting in that chair
writing your ridiculous check? 1t was
then that took the liberty of extract
ing the two cartridges. But 1 did
think you would have sense enough to
examine your pistol and reload before
you returned"
He picked up a scrap of newspaper
from the table and held it before my
eyes, deliberately turning up the oil
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp Root.
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-.
cine.
1t is q physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi-,
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
SWamp-Root has stood the test of years.
It is sold by all druggists on It's merit
and it should help you. No other kidney
medicine has 90 many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer 4 Co.. Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Ady.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05

Manners have been somewhat Gym
ically defined to be contrivance OF
wise men TO keep fools at distance.
Fashion is shrewd to detect those who
do not belong to her train. and sell
dom rastes her attentions. Society
is very swift In its instincts. and. II
you do not belong TO 1t, resists and
sneers at you. or quietly drops you
The first weapon enrages the party
attacked; the second is still more eff
fective. but is not TO be resisted. as
the date of the transaction Is not
easily found People grow up and
grow old under this infliction. and
never suspect the truth. ascribing the
solitude which acts on them very In
juriously 60 shy cause but the right
one.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
JANET WILKINSON
WAS MURDERED
Thomas Fitzgerald, Virginia Hotel
Night Waterman, ConfeSSes
to Crime.
BODY PUT UNDER COAL PILE
Confesses to Choking Child to Death in
His Room-confession Comes After
Five Days GriIIing-HeIps
Police Find Corpse.

Chicago, July 29.-Thomas Fitzger-
aid murdered six-year-old Janet Will
kinson.
He enticed her into his fiat with
candy. He made advances. She
screamed. He choked her to death.
Then he buried her body in the coal
pile in the basement of the build
ing.
He confessed the crime to Acting
Lieut.. Fred Howe at the Chicago ave-
nue. station, where he had been held
since 1 a. m. Wednesday, Il hours af-
ter Janet vanished. Then he helped
the police to find the corpse.
His confession came abruptly at the
end of the most remarkable grilling in
the history of crime. 1t lasted through
out the entire night. 1t was verita-
bic fourth degree" in which psychol-
ogy played leading part.
A detective dressed as a priest had
tried to induce Fitzgerald to confess.
The man said he had nothing to
tell
Tiny hands, taken from dolls. were
laid before him on a table In the dimly
lighted basement of the police station
as an appeal to his feelings. This
failed.
The police even took off his glasses
because he seemed to lose his compos-
ure without them. But he bowed his
head and refused to talk.
He was not physically abused, but
the manhunters, feeling the end was
near, pounded his muddled and sleep
less brain with every mental shock
they could devise.
Kind words, threats, thousands of
questions and suggestions were fired
at him with machine gun regularity.
The ordeal had endured eight hours
when he called for Acting Lieutenant
Howe
"Send Mr.. Howe down here" he said
simply. Then he confessed every
| thing
A few hours later the wheels of Cook
county's prosecuting machinery were
in motion.
RED Necktie Jimmy" O'Brien, muir
| der case specialist of the states attOr-
| ney's office, was called in.
He had Fitzgerald removed, under a
heavy guard, to the criminal courts
building, where the murder story was
repeated in detail before official ste
nographers.
Coroner Peter NJ. Hoffman person
ally impaneled jury at Caroll's un-
dertaking rooms and opened an in
quest over the body.
Acting Chief Alcock and others de-
manded an immediate special session
| of the legislature to enact laws provid-
ing for farm colony for detectives of
| the Fitzgerald type.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
CHAPTER XVII.
The Little DAGGER.

leroux staggered back against the
wall and stood there, scowling like a
devil. 1t was evident that my answer
had been totally unexpected.
did you know this. madame?" cried
Leroux fiercely to Jacqueline.
"Yes," she replied.
"You lied to shield yourself?"
"No, to shield him." she cried. "Be-
cause he was my only friend when l
was helpless In strange city. You
did not steal my money, did you,
paul?" she added. turning swiftly upon
me. mo, you have paid me. You
were keeping 1t for me-"
you lie. d--n your yelled Lee
roux, and he struck her across the
mouth as he had struck me.
l writhed in my bonds. / pulled the
heavy table after me as l tried impo-
tently to crawl toward him, sending
the wheel flying and all the papers
whirling through the air. cursed Lee
roux as blasphemously as he was ours
ing Jacqueline.
And at the door was the pale face
Of Philippe Lacroix.
Leroux turned on me and kicked me
savagely and dragged the table 10 the
far emil of the room and struck me re-
peatedly, while struggled like mad
man. The oaths and excavations that
streamed from my lips seemed to be
uttered by another man, for 1 heard
them indifferently. or rather some
thing that was /. deep in the maze of
my personality. heard them-not that
pitiful, puny, goaded thing that fought
in its bonds until it ceased. painting
and exhausted.
There followed long silence. while
Leroux strobe furiously about the
room. AT last he stopped; he seemed
to have made up his mind.
/ saw Jacqueline looking at me. 1
would not meet her gaze, but at last
her persistence compelled me. Then |
saw her glance toward the wall.
The two broadswords hung there
within arms reach. above the broken
mirror. My heart leaped up at the
thought of her valor. She had no
mind 10 yield.
But I shook my head impereeptfbly
in answer and looked down at my
bonds.
had been trying hard TO devise
some method of freeing myself Ny
struggles had relaxed the ropes
around my wrists sufficiently 10 allow
nv hands two or three inches OF move
ment. and hoped. by hard work. 10
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
CHARGE BIAS IN ARMY QUIZ
Committee Investigating court-Martial
System Packed" Is Assertion
of Army Officer.

Washington, July %. Charges
amounting to the assertion that the
special committee which investigated
the alleged iniquities of army courts
martial was virtually packed against
his demands for reform are made in
a letter to George 7. Page of the
American Bar association, given out
by S. T. Ansell, formerly acting judge
advocate general.
The former army officer, who was
denoted by the secretary of war fol-
lowing his criticism of the existing
system. now demands that President
Page direct the executive committee
of the bar association to overhaul the
special committee proceedings.
1t is evident that if the bar assocla-
ton does not do this, there will be
further Investigations In congress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05
KILLS HIS FATHER-IN-LAW
Iowa Man Then Shoots Mother-in-Law
and Wife Near Town of
kesIey.

Waterloo, Ia, July 29.-Sam Bloom,
a farmer living near Kesley, was SHOT
and killed by his son-in-law, Anton
Boelkes, who hid in the haymow and
attacked Bloom without warning when
he went out to do his chores. After
killing Bloom Boelkes went to the
house and shot his mother-in-law and
wife.
Mrs. Bloom. who is about fifty years
old, is in critical condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-05

loosen them sufficiently to enable me
to get at least one hand free.
Then felt that something hard was
pressing into my back, just within
reach of my right thumb and fore
finger. 1 let my thumb and finger
travel up and down it. 1t had the
form of a tiny knife with a heavy,
rounded handle.
And suddenly l knew what it was.
1t was the knife with which Louis
d'Epernay had been killed!
could just get my finger and
thumb round the point of the blade.
The ropes scored deeply into my
wrists as / worked at it, but felt
the lining give, and presently 1 had
worked the blade through and had the
knife out by the handle.
But it was made for thrusting more
than cutting, and I had to pick the
ropes TO pieces strand by strand.
Jacqueline had been imperceptibly
edging away from her father and Lee
roux; she was now standing immedi-
olCiy UCHcdtu tic rusty SWOAuS. hAO
outside the door I still perceived La
croix, mOtionless.
1t flashed across my mind that he
understood the girls desperate ruse.
and that he was waiting for the issue.
picked furiously at the ropes which
bound my hands, and long strand I'M
coiled and whipped back on my wrist.
Leroux seized Jacqueline by the
wrists and dragged her across the floor
to me.
"Look at him" he yelled. "Look
into his face VIII you marry me if
let him go. freer
Nor answered Jacqueline.
II swear to you that he shall be
thrown from the top of the cataract
unless you give your consent within
five minutes"
"Never!" she answered firmly.
81 will denounce your father!"
"You can't brighten me with such
stuff. l am not a weak old mani"
"You will think differently after
Charles Duchaine has been hanged in
Quebec JAIL" he sneered.
His words received a wholly unex-
pected answer. The dotard leaped
forward, stopped down and picked up
the heavy roulette wheel.
He raised it aloft and staggered
wildly toward LerouX.
(TO BE CONTINUED)