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not know their names, but disguised as
an Italian priest he found the least
guilty of the conspirators and by
means of the same story of the dia-
mond which Dumas introduced into
The Count of Monte Cristo' ELECTED
from him all the details of the plot.
This man was the Caderousse of the
story, and the real name of F'ernand,
rhe Catalan fisherman who afterward
became the Count de Mortcerf, was
L1oupain.
Loupain, the prime mover Of the
announcement of seven years before,
had married Marguerite, prospered,
and was the proprietor of one of the
finest cafes in Paris. There Picaud,
in disguise, sought and found employ
ment. Among his fellow servants were
Gervais Chaubard and Guilhem Solari,
the two men who with Loupain were
responsible for Picauds years in
prison. Soon disaster began to fall
upon the guilty ones. One day Chau-
bard disappeared. and his body,
pierced by a poignard, was found on
the Pont des Arts. Loupain's family
was disgraced. He himself was re-
duced to poverty and firally was
stabbed to death by masked man in
the garden of the 1uileries. Solari
died in frightful conV G!sions from
poison. Vengeance had been consum-
mated. but retribution was about to
foil upon the head of Picaud.
AS he was leaving the garden of the
ruileries after the assassination of
Ioupain, Picaud was seized and carried
away to an abandoned quarry. There,
in the darkness, his captor said: "WeT,
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ter while, however, he departed,
with a few presents and keepsakes
from the men, and made his way back
TO his wife and family. Whether
Namgay Doola has transmitted to his
children any of the peculiarities Of
their grandfather, the narrative does
not say, but one cannot read it with
out reverting to those curious dis
coveries recorded by travellers of iso-
lated tribes and communities in which
the presence of the blood of the white
man is undcniab!y manifest.
The blood of the Doolans will,
therefore, in all probability. effect lit
tie change among the mountain viii
lagos of Tibet. Aptitudes, vague
longings, quick temper-what may be
called unconscious "reminiscences of
Donnybrook, Father Phelin, Tim
O'Hara's wake, the turf cabin and the
black bog-may distinguish the Irish
complexioned children from their Lep-
cha-featured brothers and sisters for
generation or two, and then the red
coated deserter will disappear forever.
And yet, who knows? Timlay may re-
appear again and yet again and the
Irish blood spring up in a turbulent
mountaineer destined to give trouble
to some unlucky viceroy of the future.
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they had come up with the deserter
and the Lepchas, but that the solder
had halted and fired on them, and
being afraid to go far into Sikkim they
had abandoned the task.
That was the last seen of Tim Doo-
Ian, who presumably led thenceforth
comfortable loafer's life as Timlay
Doola- Further evidence as to the
identity of the deserter with the pris-
orer's father was furnished by mes
senger, who brought from Namgay's
house In Tibet an old brass breast
plate, used formerly for fastening a
soldiers cross belts, with the number
of the regiment on it; a small, well
worn brass crucifix and an old tobacco
stopper. One wonders what thoughts
passed through Tins red head as he
gazed on these relics of his past life,
whether he ever regretted his soldier
ing days, or pictured to himself the
ancestral hovel IN the "ould country"
Cling to Camp.
When Tins son was released from
the other prisoners he did not at once
return with them to Tibet, but lin
gered about the camp, with a feeling
of reluctance to leave 1t which must
have been inexplicable to himself AT
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many years before a big. burly, red
headed European. dressed in a red coat
and armed with a good gun. had come
to Sikkim with a Lepcha woman and
settled down without molestation until
the British forces entered in 1860,
when they emigrated to Tibet. With
this clue the doctor went to Jelapahar
and there obtained complete and salts
factory information.
In a batch OF invalids sent to the
Jelapahar convalescent depot had
been wild, harum-scarum, red headed
Irishman named Timothy Doolan.
whose constitution had been broken
down by drink and the climate. Tim
had been speedily cagtivated by the
charms of a good looking Lepchani,
but the liaison had not resulted in a
moral reform. He grew careless and
dirty in his habits. and was fire.
quently drunk and late at roll
call. 1t was at last decided to send
him back to his regiment. and he re-
ceived his marching orders. Next
morning he was missing and 1t was
learned that the Lepchani woman and
her family had left for Sikkim. A
party OF sappers sent In pursuit re-
turned after three days and reported
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nterpars in Real Life of Characters Famed in Fiction
Russell Essay Vacations Once Subject Hot Controversy
Parallel Argument Dickens Put Into the Mouth of Scroogeugo
Jean Vagean Recalls True Stoy-Kipngs "Namgay Dooa"
Duplicates Curious Episode in Sikkm Campaign

was the following night waylaid and
Knocked on the head.
Two Of F. Marion Crawford's most
popular novels found similar actual
parallels. Paul Patoff," 1t may be re-
membered, dealt with the disappear
ance Of a man In Constantinople, and
the ultimately successful search of his
friends. In the story Paul Griggs
brings his influence to bear upon the
private secretary Of the Sultan with
the result that after long and ardu-
Gus search the missing man Is found
About year after the appearance of
Paul Patoff'' Mr.. Crawford, who was
generally accepted as the Paul Griggs
who figured in so many Of his novels,
had friend visiting him at his home
in Sorrento. The friend in question,
incidentally belonging to a family that
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HuRING the war it was usually
expensive to be patriotic, and
life was just one privation
after another. But now in the period
of settlement and readjustment, there
Is one patriotic duty that does not
mean sacrifice. and the man who per-
forms it by hiring q soldier Will find
that patriotism is its own reward.
For the eX-service man, according to
tests, is better fitted for the worlds
work. both mentally and physically,
than he was when he went to war
Therefore, that patriotic employer who
welcomes soldiers and sailors into his
business organization will not only be
doing the men good turn but he will
by so doing inject new energy into his
office and thus raise the standards Of
efficiency.
These tests have been made by the
War Department as a key to the task
Ct placing in civilian employment the
100000 men who are to be returned
10 the United States. Col. Arthur
Woods. Assistant TO the Secretary Of
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The churchman treated Picaud like
o son, and dying in prison bequeathed
to him seven million francs on deposit
In the Bank of Amsterdam and told
him Of a hiding place in Italy where
diamonds to the value Of twelve hun
dred thousand francs, and three mill
ion of specie consisting Of English
guineas, French louis dor, Spanish
quadruples, Venetian forms, and
ducats of Milan, were concealed.
After the fall OF the Empire in 1914
Picaud, who had been imprisoned un-
der the name of Joseph Lucher, was
released. He gathered together the
treasure bequeathed to him and began
to build plans for vengeance upon the
men who had been the cause of his
undoing and his suffering. He did
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Rz ARTHUR B. MAURICE.

-HE late Russell Sage was guilty
Of at least one essay in au-
i thorship. Fifteen years ago,
IN the columns Of a New York weekly,
there appeared over his signature a
paper entitled '"The Injustice OF vaca-
tons that was quoted from one end
Of the country to the other. Here, in
mart, was Mr.. Sage's argument:
LET us assume that an employer
and his clerk make an agreement to
exchange just remuneration for rea-
sonable services, and each keeps his
part Of the agreement. Are they not
then quits? If there is an obligation
I think 1t is on the part of the clerk.
who avails of the credit, skill and or
ganization of the employer to learn
business and advance himself along a
path which has already been prepared
for him. What right has he. then, to
expect pay for two weeks time for
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which he renders no equivalent, not
considering the serious inconvenience
TO which he often puts his employer?
Suppose we were to reverse the con-
ventional order of things and instead
of the clerk demanding two weeks pay
gratis the employer should demand
two weeks work without pay as a con-
dition of retaining the clerk in his
employ. What Z tremendous howl
would go up"
1t was not exactly literary master
piece, that essay of Mr.. Sage's, but
for brief time it was the subject of
hot controversy. Then some one came
forward with the discovery that the
really important point in the whole
matter was that Mr.. Sage's article was
another vindication in real life OF a
page of fiction, that there was moth
ing new in the argument, that 1t was
precisely the argument that Charles
Dickens had put in the mouth Of old
Scrooge of "A Christmas Carol" be-
fore that worthy had undergone the
change of heart as a result OF the visit
of the fairies. Here is the clinching
evidence:
scrooge's Half CrOWn.
At length the hour of shutting up
the counting house arrived. With an
I'll will Scrooge dismounted from his
stool and tacitly admitted the fact to
the eXpectant clerk in the Tank, who
instantly snuffed his candle out and
Put on his hat.
You'll want all day tomorrow, I
suppose?" said Scrooge.
III quite convenient, sir"
TITS not convenient" said Scrooge,
"and it's not fair. II were to stop
half crown for it you'd think your
self i'll used, I'll be bound"
The clerk smiled family.
And yet" said Scrooge, "you don't
think me i'll used. when 1 pay days
wages for no work"
The clerk observed that it was only
once a year.
"A poor excuse for picking a mans
pocket every 25th of December" said
scrooge, buttoning his great coat to
the chin.
The Case of Grogan.
Twenty odd years ago the late f,
Hophnson Smith wrote Tom Gro
gan" from material gathered in the
course of the authors own experience
In building a sea wall on Staten Island
The story told of a courageous woman
who, inheriting her husbands con-
tracing business, carried on his work
In defiance OF continued menace and
hnal physical attack. 1t was a book
TO which the labor unions objected
strongly. The situation described
they contended, was not only one that
had never existed but one that never
could exist. The Vaccinations oi
Crimmlns, McGaw and the rest OF the
strikers in the tale against the woman
steYedore were totally incompatible
with human nature.
Then came, in New Jersey, the case
of Polly McGrail. a case which at
tracted considerable new spaper atten-
ton at the time. With a fidelity that
was little short OF amazing real life
unfolded, incident by incident, detail
by detail, the story which Mr.. Smith
had told a few years before in TON
Grogan," which eliminated when
Polly McGrail. after receiving a visit
from a walking delegate. whom she
dismissed summarily and vigorously
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he returned to London and set up as a
fence. Among his other activities he
established a system of provincial
agencies by which stolen goods were
passed on from London to the seaports
and thence abroad.
For a considerable time Solomons
prolonged his immunity from arrest
by the care with which he removed all
marks by which stolen articles might
be identified. On one occasion the
whole proceeds of q robbery from a
boot shop was traced to him; the
owner came with the police and was
morally convinced that the property
was his but could not positively iden-
tify 1t, and Solomons defied them to
remove a single shoe. Eventually the
injured boot maker was forced to buy
back his stolen stock. Usually the fence
confined his attentions to small artl-
cles, mostly plate and jewelry, which
he, kept concealed in a hiding place
with a trap door Just beneath his bed.
He lived in Rosemary Lane, and some
times had as much as twenty thou
sand pounds worth of goods secreted
on the premises.
When his trade was busiest he set
up a second establishment, at the head
of which, although he was married,
he put a woman other than his wife.
This move led to disaster; the real
Mrs. Solomons found it out. He was
implicated as a receiver. and decided
to try his fortunes in another land.
On the point of emigrating to New
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has given its name to a publishing
house that is equally we'll known in
Great Britain and the United States,
went from Sorrento to Constantinople
and soon after disappeared mysterious
ly. The story told in the novel then
followed in real life. Mr.. Crawford
secured the assistance of the original
of the Sultan's secretary in the book.
There was, however. one difference.
In the actual case the man never was
found.
Another curious coincidence of
similar nature had to do with Mr..
Crawford's "Pietro Ghisleri." When
writing that novel the author was for
a long time in doubt as to the exact
manner in which Lord Herbert Ar
denis death should be brought about
The device of the table napkins in
fected with the germs of scarlet fever,
the eventual solution with which read
ers of the book are familiar, for a long
time seemed to him somewhat unnat-
ural and far fetched. Some years
after the novel was written and pub
lished Europe was startled by the
case of a French physician living near
Paris. He was a bacteriologist of con-
siderable note, a man OF attractive
personality and social Importance.
Scientists Guests Died.
The day came. however, when
strange rumors began to spread. He
had been in the habit of entertaining
his friends with great hospitality, but
of his dinners one of the guests would
die of virulent malady. In one case
1t was cholera, in another scarlet
fever, in a third the smallpox. Mat
ters finally reached the stage where
the physician was arrested. but he
committed suicide before he could be
brought to trial. In the course of the
subsequent investigation his servant,
who was TO a degree implicated, con-
fessed that his master, who hNd be-
come a dangerous maniac, had been
in the habit, before each of his dan
ners, of injecting with the bacilli OF
disease the wine or food Of some par
ticular guest.
In all fiction there Is probably no
more extraordinary plot than that Of
"The Count Of Monte Cristo" OF the
elder Dumas. Edmond Dantes, the
illiterate sailor OF Marseilles. de-
nounced as a Bonapartist agent and
confined for fourteen years In the
dungeon of the Chateau DIFF there to
meet the Able Faria, who educates
him. indicates to him the existence of
fabulous fortune. and in whose burial
shroud he escapes to return to the
world to wreak his terrible vengeance
upon his prosecutors, Is one of the
great romantic imaginary figures of
all time. But Dumas, for his plot, did
not have to draw upon his invention.
i He found all the details at hand in
real life, or rather in the archives OF
the French Secret Police. The actual
Edmond Dantes was named Francois
Picaud.
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The Real Dnntes.

In 1906 Picaud was a Journeyman
cobbler, betrothed to a girl named
Marguerite Vigoreux. On the eve of
his marriage he was denounced as a
spy and thrown into prison. There
he remained for seven years. acting
during his Incarceration as the servant
of a wealthy Milanese ecclesiastic.
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heard. or whether it was pure inven-
ton, Is a matter of conjecture, but
here is a curious paralleling story,
which appeared in the Glasgow Herald
for August IA, 1889:
The Indian mail brings an account
of a curious episode in the Sikkim
campaign. The story is not only in
teresting in itself, but 1t touches on
several of those problems of heredity
which puzzle and fascinate the scien-
tific student. Among the prisoners
taken at the battle OF the Jelap was
Tibetan, who had fallen, badly
wounded, while defending one of the
series of stone walls which the enemy
had thrown up to stop the British ad-
vance. The mans appearance, his
fair complexion, blue eyes, red hair
and robust build, attracted much at
tention. and the hospital doctor, a keen
Psychologist, convinced that his pa
tient was Of European extraction, left
no stone unturned to discover his
previous history.
Priest Answers Riddle.
The man himself, Namgay Doola,
had little to tell. In speech, habit,
ways of thought and dirt. he was
manifestly Tibetan. He had been
born in Sikkim some thirty-five years
before; his mother was a Lepchani;
his father, Timlay Doola, had had the
same physical characteristics as him
self; both were now dead, but Nam
gay had brothers and sisters in Tibet
some resembling himself in color and
stature, others like ordinary Tibetans.
As the prisoners wounds healed and
he grew strong, the astonishing facil-
ity with which he picked up English
phrases gave a fresh edge to the doc
tors curiosity; but all his inquiries
proved fruitless till one day, in a
monastery, he questioned a venerable
Lama. The priest told him that very
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wife Turned to Crime.

AS a guest Of Brother Jonathan he
devoted himself to the circulation of
forged notes. His wife in London
could not resist the temptation to
carry on her husbands business, and
as a result received a sentence Of
fourteen years imprisonment and was
sent to Van Diemen's Land. There
Solomons Joined her, and they set UP
general shop and began to prosper.
He was, however, recognized, taken
back to England and Newgate prison
as a receiver and a prison breaker.
Receiving sentence of fourteen years,
he was reconveyed by his own request
to Van Diemen's Land. There is no
record of his further adventures.
The story of the real Fagin is an
unfamiliar one. Most of the parallels
of the Dickens novels and the originals
of the characters are generally known.
The story of David Copperfield was to
a large extent the story OF certain
years OF the novelist's own life and the
Dora Spenlow OF the book was Maria
Beadnell. with whom Dickens was once
nadly in love; Mr.. Micawber was
drawn from Dickens's father, and Mrs.
Nickleby from his mother, who once
asked her son If a character of that
kind had ever existed. Sam" Weller,
OF THE Pickwick Papers" was Sam"
Vale; the Cheeryble brothers were the
Grant brothers; Harold Skimpole and
Lawrence Boythorn of BLEAK House"
were respectively Leigh Hunt and
Walter Savage Landor. Also familiar
is the story of Rebecca Gratz, whose
love romance and sacrifice, told by
Washington Irving, who himself
learned of them when courting Ma
tilda Hoffman in a house that stood
at the corner OF Broadway and Duane
street, New York, to Sir Walter Scott
in Ahbotsford, suggested the Rebecca
of "Ivanhoe." Incidentally the name,
"Ivanhoe" came from an old rhyme;
the tragic death of the Templar, Brian
de Bois Guilbert, was founded on a
death which took place in Scott's pres
ence In the Edinburgh Parliament
House, and the name OF Front tide
Beuf was borrowed from a roll of
Norman warriors in the Auchinleck
Manuscript.
fhTailclb hiptthB'h NamBuy DOOihs
Rudyard Kipling has written very
few stories more deservedly popular
than "Namgay Doola," which dealt
with an Indian kingdom four miles
square. a royal elephant which ate up
the revenue. a standing army OF five,
a king who would not imprison be-
cause. having once been bedridden,
he perceived the nature of the pun
ishment," nor burn a rebel out, be
cause a hut is a hut and It holds the
life of a man." and Namgay Doola
himself, red headed, blue eyed, wild
Irish from top to toe, grooming with
his offspring the heart-breaking
hymn:
Dir hane mardi-yemen- dir to wearee
ala gee,
which was all that the years had left
of
They're hanging men and women for
the wearing Of the green"
Whether or not Kiplingwrote Nam
gay Boola" from tale that he had
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05

with a lavish hand by the Pon Play CTS at the Lyric theatre and anyone can have a share of it for the asking. Besides passing out punches of Hap piness'' the Players are pleasing all corners with their interpretation of the clever little comedy.
 Miss Mary Ann Dentler. the Poll Players leading woman. comes to Bridgeport as a fs.Vorite from other cities but local critics expressed their appreciation of her efforts in her first appearance here. IT
 Next wek the Polf' Players will pre- sent that popular comedy, Stop Thief,' which has a reputation of several years production in New York and other big cities. Stop Thief tells an interesting story of thieves, kleptomaniacs, and crooks in which the police take an active part. There are many unusual scenic effects some of which will be easily recOgniz- ed by Bridgeport audiences.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
PLAZA.

Tonight will mark the last chance to see at the Plaza theater, that su- perb photoplay, La Belle Russe," the William Fox screen version of the fa- nous old Belasco drama. Not only has this picture won big success here, showing to crowded houses, but it is universally conceded that Theda Bara
 in her remarkable dual role of the twin sisters, has done one of the very finest pieces of work. in her entire career. The vaudeville bill is one that has pleased at every perform ance, headed by Nammy's Birthday, a musical song and dance revue, with eight people and many other acts. Starting tomorrow is The Winning Stroke" a photo play with George
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
AT THE THEATRES
SuCBERT.

At the Shubert theatre, New Ha- ven, for three nights commencing Thursday, with matinee on Satur- day, Conan GS Harris will present Geo N. Cohan's greatest character com edy, "A Prince There Was" with Grant Mitchell of "A waiIor-Nade Man fame in the stellar role, Dis eliminating playgoers will enjoy every moment of this tasc.natingiy entertaining fairy story of modern American life, that points 9 moral and an object lesson in the regenera- ton of a worId-weary, r-isanthropic millionaire who regains his long lost ambition and the joy of Ewing through the mtniStrations of a, little chiId-a poor little waif who has learned, during her daily toiI as a drudge in 8 second-rate boarding house, that the on-y worthwhile hap ptness is attained by ever s irving to bring happiness to others. Yet there =s no prea clnent; it is just one end less chain of Iau@h-Compeltiu com plications, brilliant dialogue. humor- ous situations and continual sur pr.ses, during nearly three hours of delightfully."- amusing entertainment In this brilliant offering, Mir Mitchell has scored even q gre2ter measure of artistic and popular success than he achieved in "A Taflor-AIade Man. which he played for over two years As an evidence of the appreciation of this fact, the advance demand for the coming engagement is unprece- dented.
 GA Prince There Was" is undoubt- edIy the most appealing comedy in recent years, cleverIy contriyed, clean and wholesome in humor, and a play that no barron of the theatre can af- ford to miss seeing
 The superb company of talented players includes George Parsons. Marie Vernon. Gilda Leary. Ernest Stauard, Jessie Ralph, A. G. An drews, Grace Nolan, Ralph Sip perIy, Gladys TowIe. Wanda Car lyle, Ralph Theodore, Elizabeth Dunne ana Walter Browne.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05

Walsh, the William Fox star of dashtng, daredevil romances. This drama is said to mark a motion pie ture epoch, as it is the first big film dealing with life of a great American university, in which scenes were made lon the spot" George Walsh, as the stroke oar of the Yale crew, is involved in a game of love and in trigue that demands the sort of act ing for which Walsh is noted. The picture actual scenes of the Yale Harvard varsity race and many typi- cal college life incidents were filmed on and about the Yale campus by special concession of the faculty. The vaudeville bill that has been booked for the last half of this week is an all star bill. Fox news and the usual Topics of the day will also be shown