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from Austrian 4 per cent bonds quar-
terly. deposited by the home bank to
her credit at the grim looking Credit
Lyonnais building, in the Boulevard
des ltaliens.
II
Little did she think Of her future
needs in the anxious. nervous hours
,of August before the French order
for a general mobilization came out
in terrifying sheets on the kiosks. She
was but eighteen. Allied with the JOY
Of living. What meant it to her that
the Germans were invading Luxem-
burg, the Austrians. bombsrding Bel
grade and the Russians mobilixing?
Nothing! She dreamily trudged morn
ings, with her black music roll under
her arm, from her pension to the
studio of the great French baritone
who was her teacher. Afternoons she
practiced voice culture in her mite OF
q room, barely large enough to hold
her rented piano and bed, with table
and chair; usually she ended the day
light by taking q short stroll down
the Champs Elysees.
No ono told her to draw down her
bank balance: that war meant a
moratorium declared by the govern
ment, and the shutting Of all finan-
cial institutions. At the petit restau-
rant where she took her dinners she
overheard men say there would be no
Interpretations born Of faint hopes.
How was she to foresee that as an
enemy allen she was bound to become
an outcast in France? Days that
madly rushed along to others were
days that fingered for her There
was thinning out of pupils at the
studio: young men called to the col
ors and who disappeared in clouds Of
red kepis toward the Care de rEst.
At last come realization of her
plight when 1t was too late for her to
return to Prague. where her uncle. a
sole surviving near relative. lived.
Her parents had died when she was a
baby. Alarm flrst entered her MIND
on the day the initial German airplane
appeared over Paris. bringing sharp
consciousness to all that the enemy
was but a few miles away. Fugitives
from the north thronged the streets.
and wounded soldiers were beginning
to arrive. Marie took herself to the
bank to draw her quarterly allow
ance. An elderly attendant received
her name and politely said:
.sorry, ;mademoise,le. You are Ger
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IN HER vANaUIsHING PAIN.

vaulted opening. and to hear the clat-
ter of their heavy boots as in 1879
they tramped along the Avenue de Ia
Grande-Armee. Her mind recalled the
German soldiers from the memory Of
a childhood visit to Berlin. She mused
why her thoughts of them were not
comforting, and they did not visualise
in the status Of deliveries. Again she
shuddered. Better that she should
rack in pain than that happen.
BY the end Of November the people
who had fed from Paris to Bordeaux
on the approach Of tho Germans had
returned. The victory Of the Marne
was gradually rehabilitating conf
dence. But what an eventful three
months 1t had been for Marie Novak!
Thrice she had essayed to earn her
living in the open city. and each time
she was cast out to drift again bs-
cause Of her nativity.
Her frst place was governess to the
young son Of q South American cou-
pie living in one Of the big hotels.
Paris is ever filled with rich Syrians
and Russians. Spaniards and South
AMcEiCauo--Iu AACts tHo AeiouiS AVAA Va
the entire world. The absolute toler-
ance Of the Partisan toward the
stranger has been tho chief charm Of
the city. Alas! Betrayed by the Ger
mans. Paris, once so generous and
gallant, became suspicious. Marie's
employers were quietly asked by the
hotel management to rid themselves
Of the German goverHsss or seek
quarters elsewhere themselves. MaetA
went.
Her second attempt was at clerical
work for a munition factory in the
st. Denis district. Not for long. The
other girls complained. They argued
that her place should go to one
French born. Enough! 1t did. and
again Marie found herself in the
meshes OF want.
Model in a dress emporium on the
Rue lie la Paix was her rext effort.
A merciful forelady took the chance
OF employing her. your figure is an
exceptional one." said Nine. Blanc.
But l am really risking my own
position upon your face. 1t is a good
face. am sure 1t could not cover the
soul Of a spy"
For Marie had withheld nothing
from the new friend. Nine Blanc was
one Of those self-assersive persons
Continued Oh Twelfth psge)
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uge in the profession which knows
neither religion nor patriotism. Oh!
1t wrenches the heart to think of 1t.
We French are frank people. Truth
sugar coat the disagreeable things Of
life. Presto! The war ends. New re-
publics are born. and hundreds, yes,
thousands, who yesterday were Of the
despised Allemagne today find them
selves to be Czech0slovaks or Jugo-
slavs. Polish or Alsace- -Lorrainers. with
doors open to them that were closed.
Many Of the poor, fear-torn creatures
have already managed to rise from
the ashes Of their misfortune. want
you to see the dossier Of Marie Novak
---mademsiselle. get it for us!"
'Oui, monsieur" said the pretty Of
nee clerk. hitting to the file room and
back again with large fat envelope.
Extracting a paper from the en-
velope. M. Bovard handed it to the at
tache with the comment! Here Is
our first record Of her. Read 1t"
1t was as follows:
Extrait du registre d'immatricula-
ton: .se
Par devant nous. prefet de police
s'est presente.
Ia Mile. Novak, Marie.
Ne lie %, Fevrief. 1915; Prague.
Nationalite, Allemagno.
Fills de. Jan.
Et de, Kovar, Sara.
Marie q, non.
veuf de, non.
Enfants. non.
Domicile, IA Rue Brey.
Lequel nous a declare etre> arrive
Paris le 10 Mars. 1914.
Pour Y exercer la profession de per-
some studieuse.
Then followed from the dossier
other documents-reports memoran-
dums, scraps Of recorded converse
tions and secret communications, The
French police see everything; its
agents are most skillful and its chiefs
never lose track Of q quarry. Forced
into the prying business by German
intrigue, France developed a method OF
mothering suspects superior to all.
Such a revelation Of Marie Novak
as was disclosed In the papers, u ap-
peared that she had come to Paris to
finish her musical education, and the
great cosmopolitan city in war time
had about finished her. Her livins
funds had consisted " the interest
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e'ou otouHu tHe tables
a as dainty bejeweled
young thing with musical trip en-
tered the Abbaye. The liveliest
restaurant of Montmartre was Curl
ous.' And she was alone.
"A Czechoslovak beauty" volun-
teered Louis. the veteran maitre
d'hotel. "just returned from Biarritz."
Through the verbal channels of the
restored aged waiter captains
jacques. from Nice; Michel from
Aix-les -Bains. and Gilbert from
Vichy-was the precious information
parlayed on to the special clientele
of the resort.
Eyes of deep violet blue roguishly
rowing from under a glistening tiara
of well-coifed blonde hair; features
painted like priceless Paris doll vet
spirituelle In their outline, and her
dlvinely proportioned slenderness
gowned in shimmering cloth Of sill
yer. No wonder she was the sudden
sensation upon this. the grand re-
opening night Of the Abbaye, after
its dusty period of darkness which
dated from the first days OF the war.
X
X X -.
Marie! You here" exclaimed 4
handsome young chap, rising from a
military group directly in her van
gushing path. his hands outstretched
in a feverish welcome. He wore the
olive.drab uniform of an American
infantry ofhcer., Twin bars upon his
shoulders told his rank.
"Have you thought much Of me?"
she whispered, glancing strangely at
his twelve months service stripes.
".Four years 10 = long time-a long
time. Tell me? Only speak tho
TRUTH"
"You have never been absent from
my thoughts" he murmured. He kept
to her side. At corner table they
dropped to the level u the other
diners. So soft and low were his next
words they were lost to even the
highly sensitised ears Of the waiter
who placed them.
Crowded francesca, the croix dc
guerred courier late of the Foreign
Legion and q native Of Milan. Italy:
,''Csechoslovak, ehr We have poor
memories. indeed. Before tho armi-
stice. that meant the hated Austrian"
i It has become q twisted. upside.
down world. Here is a climax in q
tale which has outrun tho preface. for
our narrative chronicles events that
went before.
Z
Among the saddest victims Of
war are the women Of any country
unfortunate enough to be caught with
>the left-overs in an enemy country
when the connict starts" remarked
M. Bovard, the chief OF the bureau des
etrangeres at the prefecture de po-
lice. Bovard, debonair servant OF the
espionage system. pulled his waxed
mustache ,viciously as no pronered
another cigarette to the young mill
tary attache from the American em-
bassy.
''Yes. monosyllabled the other, sue
cessfully bringing a fame to the head
of his pocket lighter made by some
wounded soldier from the case Of a
cartridge. much to the surprise OF
pretty French stenographer in the
room. Lighters seldom light.
a.
-
why. don't you know that OF che
rouged Germans Of the Paris boule-
wards scores are German and Austrian
girls with borrowed French names?"
went on the police official. Nobody
wanted an enemy alien for a house,
maid or an office clerk. Quite natu-
. rally and rightly! So hundreds OF the
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man, and II we had the funds there
would be nothing paid to you at least
until the end Of the war"
but 7 hate Germans" she pleaded
in vain. for nobody was drawing from
the bank. my family is Bohemian.
We always disliked the Prusslans."
She left in the bitter enlightenment
that citizenship alone counted and
even a grandparent Of German or
Austrian birth upon either side was
sufficient to bar her from financial
consideration.
THAT night proved to be time Of
great anxiety for Marie, forerunner
of what was to come. Her pension
patronne. a buxom Breton woman.
asked for her key and tho vacancy
Of her room instanter. 1T Is the
other guests who complain" she said.
Some spy in this hborhood has
been signaling from an upper window.
You must CO."
but. madame. I have not had a
light ia my room for week" pro-
tested Marie. Come and see my
candles. Not one has been lighted.
love the moon and the stars"
II cannot help you. my poor girl"
responded the landlady.
Saying she would send for her trunk
on the morrow, Marie betoolS herself
to the pavements Of Paris. Uncon-
sciously. she slowly walked in the d.
rection Of the Arc de Triomphe. 1t
seemed hard and cruel that she should
be made to suffer. Suddenly she
noticed that people were running.
The Germans had returned. this time
with xeppelins and bombs whose
frightful explosions were waited up
like distant peals OF thunder to the
high ground Of the Place de rEtoile.
She shivered and for the first time In
her life felt the pangs OF isolation.
Not q light showed down the twelve
boulevards leading from the Arc. Soon
the whirrlng in the sky ceased and
the air raid was over.
Marie groped her way to bench
and sank there in the duh panic OF
the terrible reaction which follows
the passing of danger. She sat for
hours and hours--until the arc loomed
in the shadowy mists of the early
morning like a huge spirit world por-
tai for gray giants, She shuddered at
the idea Of gray giants as II expect
ing to see marching ray-clad men OF
the German army again framed in the
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''why. don't you know that Of che
rouged Germans Of the Paris boule-
wards scores are German and Austrian
girls with borrowed French names?"
went on the police oficial Nobody
wanted an enemy alien for house,
maid or an office clerk. Quite natu-
rally and rightly! So hundreds Of the
dissards from employment found ref
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Fhe Story Of a Czecho--
slovak Beauty Who
Was Suspected Of
Austrian Intrigues.
How the Police
: Cleverly Kept Her
I Under Surveillance
for Many Months.
by RAYMOND G. CARROLL.

XIV HO is she?" flashed the
WV imperative interroga-
ton around the tables
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from Austrian 4 per cent bonds quar-
terly. deposited by the home bank to
her credit at the grim looking Credit
Lyonnais building, in the Boulevard
des ltaliens.
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Continued Oh Twelfth Pass)
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teeth on it. Once a rat dragged Il
into a hole and ! found Il by acci-
dent IL WIS lost several other times
but II always bobbed up again. I
came to look on Z as my luck stone.
one night I dreamed It was a dia-
mond and worth a lot OF money. But
it's not a diamond.-it's red
No" ssid Gilman, ITS a pig
cons blood ruby"
What might IT be worth ?" ask
ed Mihok.
I'D say anywhere from 500, 900
TO $4,000" answered Gilman and
Mihok leaned against the door
The big rough stone cut TO a
fiaw!ess ruby of 23-9-10 carats II Is
believed to be the largest ruby In
this country and possibly the larg-
est In the world
John MihOk has been a laborer all
his life. Michael Mihok, his father
WAS laborer before him. For sc
years. father and son toiled TO keep
the wolf from the door and all tho
while they have had in their care
less possession a gem that an en-
peror might have coveted.
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How Much Tobacco WiHMy
Heart Stand Without Injury
ion Vital to Every Man Who Smokes or Chews

and taking them as directed. The habit
really quits you and its departure is
pleasure equal to its indulgence
II you want 70 know how much easier
IL is to quit the habit with NicotOl than
without 1t, 60 twenty four hours with
out tobacco and note what an effort Il
Costs you, then begin using IL as usual
ana take NicOtOl tablets. At the end
OF week discontinue smoking or
chewing for a day and 1t is probable
you Will have no desire 20 resume At
least your desire will be greatly dim
inished and another week or two should
make it not only possible, but a pleas
ure. to quit.
NOTE: Dr. Connor, formerly Of
Johns Hopkins Hospital, under whose
advice McOtOl has often been used, said
when this statement was shown to him
have known NicOtOi TO conquer the
TOBACCO habit in less than ten days time
and can therefore recommend IL high
"" When the Doctors statement was
shown to one OF leading druggists he
said: "NicOtol is truly a wonderful
remedy for the tobacco habit. wa ahead
OF anything we have ever sold before
We are authorized by the manufacturers
TO refund the money to every dissatis-
fed customer and we would not permit
the use Of our name unless the remedy
possessed unusual merit Nicotol Is
money back guarantee by all up-to-dat
druggists, including the Central Drug
store ana OTTO I. Bastian. Adv.
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AT AGE OF 81
GAINS 20 POUNDS
Mrs. Il. r. SOutter Feels Like A Diff
ferent Person Since Tanlac
Built Her Up.

ct have actually gained 90 pounds
and that certainly seems remarkable
for one OF my age. as am now Ga"
said Mrs. L. r. Soutter residing at
1866 Z. Twelfth St. Des MOines,
Iowa, in relating her experience
with Tanlac, recently.
'T had suffered so long and so
severely" she continued. that l
never expected to get we'll In fact,
my case had been given up as hope
less. Nine years ago my stomach,
liver and kidneys commenced both
ering me and since that time have
suffered almost beyond endurance.
Finally / got in such a bad fix that
I could hardly eat anything and the
pains in my stomach and back were
so intense that 1 could not get any
sleep or rest. No treatment or medi-
cine helped me and life had become
a burden.
AT last got Tanlac on the ad
vice Of a friend and IT has been a
godsend TO me, for my troubles have
been overcome and I am feeling like
an entirely different person. Why
before I took Tanlac I was unable
20 go any place. couldn't even walk
across the street, but since taking
this medicine I have been on a visit
90 South Dakota | have Just return
ed home, and nearly all Of today I
have been down town shopping.
am eating just anything l want and
never have a pain or an uncomforta-
IL f1es To- 4
kidneys never bother me any more,
either. and as ! said. l have &C
tually gained 20 pounds in weight
am feeling just fine now. but If II
had not been for Tanlac l would
still be a sick woman. So 1 feel like
I ought TO make a statement for
the benefit Of others who are try
ing TO find relief"
Here is another instance Of the
wonderful reconstructive powers OF
Tanlac. Mrs. Soutter is only one OF
many thousands who have taken 1t
with the same remarkable results.
Tanlac proved OF great benefit 20
her because Il contains certain me-
dicinal properties which enrich the
blood and promote a healthy appe-
tite for nourishing food. Tanlac has
been very successful in overcoming
nervousness 'and sleeplessnsss. not
from a quieting effect on the nerves.
for II has no such effect. but by
strengthening the nerves and bring
ing back the normal state OF health
through its effect on the appetite
and nutrition OF the body.
Tanlac is sold in South Bend by
the Central drug store and in Misha-
waka by the Red Cross pharmacy
-Advt
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Did you not know I grew sus-
picious OF you. I thought you were
deceitful and IN my sore jealousy,
listened 10 the ten. ptings Of him who
whispered 20 me OF revenge. II was
not true. was1t?" she feverishly ask
ed.
Can you suggest such a thing.
knowing me as you did then, as you
must have since2 Isabel. never
was false 10 you in thought, word,
OF deed. Yes. forgive you. fully
freely. May God bless you and
take you TO his rest in heaven!"
She raised her head from the
pillow and chung to his arm, lifting
her face with its sad yearning Ten
derby he laid her down again and
suffered his lips TO rest en- hers.
Until eternity" he whispered.
Copyright, 1919, by the Post Publish.
ing Co. CThe Boston POST Copyright in
the United Kingdom. the Dominion. III
Colonies and dependencies, under the
copyright act, by the Post Publishing
Co, Boston, Mass, q. S. a. Ali rights
reserved. Published by special arrange
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rights reserved.)
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MY EYE.

A weaver went to America two or
three years ago. The other week he
came over on a visit TO his native
town, and Called at the old mill t.
see some Of his former workmates
One Of them said to him, IT be-
lieve it's all hustle and hustle in
America. In fact, you 'aven't time
to eat"
Hustle and hustle" said the
weaver from America why, when
I left here I spelt my name Mirrin
0M-i-r-r-i-l-D, but now I spell II
M-e-r-r-e-l-l"
''How's that?" asked his work
mate.
Because" replied the American
weaver. Il haven't time to dot the
PSI"
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1T MAY COST A PRECIOUS LIFE ]
FIND OUT BY EXPERIMENT.

The heart Of every excessive user Of
tobacco bears a double burden. 1t does
It's allotted task and then fights nicO-
tine for supremacy. AS long as the
heart wins he lives; when IL loses he
dies, but before the final victory of nicO-
tine you pass through many stages OF
decline and decay and suffer many
pangs. Hearts are like human beings
some are stronger than others. therefore
some hearts will stand more tobacco
than others, but there is a limit TO what
any heart can stand. The man who puts
this additional strain on his heart
dozen times a day by smoking cigaretS,
pipe or cigarS-Or chewing tobacco
is taking a madman's chance with health
and life TO lose and nothing TO win but
the chance that he may not lose them.
He is INDUCING in a costly habit at the
expense OF precious health. Ask any
doctor anywhere, and he Will tell you
that using tobacco to excess is injurious
and that 1t is far better 10 quit the
habit than to experiment to find how
much tobacco your heart Will stand
without serious results.
But the thought OF quitting is I'M
pleasant to most men-even TO those
who know that too much tobacco Injuries
them-and to really quit takes more will
power than they have and causes more
suffering than they can voluntarily en-
dure To quit the habit make II easy
for yourself by getting Nicotol tablets
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was a desperate chance to take. for
she might be recognized, though
illness and the railroad accident
which had killed her child had al
tered her entirely. Her disguise
was complete, as, heartsick, she
rode again along the familiar road
toward East Lynne. When the dear
old house doomed up before her, its
gay and cheerily lighted windows a
contrast 10 her own downcast spirits,
she began to wish she had never un-
dertaken the project. But for the
sake of seeing her own children
again. she would have turned back.
Her fears of being recognized were
allayed when she saw that no one
suspected for a moment that the
gray, saddened and disigured Ma
dame Vine" was Lady Isabel
East Lynne had a new mistress
now-none other than her fancied
rival OF old, Barbara Hare. Not un-
til she realized for the first time that
Archibald's love could no longer be
hers, did Isabel feel an intensity Of
love for him that she had never ex-
perienced as his wife. And yet she
became almost happy again in win
ming the affection of her children,
though her joy in being with them
was tempered with sorrow in caring
for delicate little William, her sec
ond born, knowing as she did that
he could not long be with them.
Events moved along fast. There
came the time when Francis Levi
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son, returning to West Lynne to
seek election to parliament, only TO
be defeated by Carlyle. was con-
victed OF the crime which had over
Swallowed Richard Hare for so many
years. At East Lynne. after the
death of little William, a sudden
illness came upon Lady Isabel.
When she realized that she was
failing rapidly, she begged upon her
death-bed to be allowed to see Archi-
bold Carlyle.
'I could not die without your for
giveness," she murmured. DO not
turn from mel Bear with me one
little minutel Only say you forgive
me, and 1 shall die in peace"
Isabel Are you-were you
Madame Vine?"
"Oh. forgive me for disgracing
your home! And forgive me for
coming backi could not stay
away from you and my children!
The longing for you was killing me.
1 never knew a moments peace aft
er the mad act 1 was guilty of in
quitting you. Not an hour had 1
departed when my repentance set in.
Oh. forgive me! Ny sin was great,
but my punishment was greater"
why did you go?"
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Laborer Finds His
Lucky Red Stone
Worth a Fortune

RI Associated Press
CHICAGO. Nov. 2e.-Gustof Gill
man, a Chicago lapidary, was at
work IN his shop. John Mihok Of
Omaha entered. His appearance pro-
claimed the laborer. Reaching into
his pocket, he drew out a rough. red
stone and handed IL to Gilman.
Il want you 10 cut and polish
this" he said.
Gillman's eyes almost popped out
OF his head
Where did you get this?" he
gasped.
Ny father picked IL up in Hun
gary so years ago." replied Mihok.
He thought 1t was a pretty pebble.
When I landed in this country in
1903, 1 found It In my valise. ]
guess my mother had chucked It
in. It has been lying around my
house ever since. The children play
ed with 1t. My last baby cut his
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shipping an d
b kin z firm.
whose business
kept them for
some 20 years in
France. Her hus-
band died I'm
1885. but she
lived till Feb. 10.
1887.
III er literary
career be gan
with a f1OO prize
temperance tale.
She began max
Ing contributions
TO Bentley's Mis-
cellany, and I'm
1857. after her
husbands death,
she became eii-
tor and propri-
etor OF The Ar
COSY, In which
appeared her lat
or novels. Her
first great sue
cess was east
Lynne" I'm 1851
Tho hnDIr n.
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successful YER
sions OF it. She
wrote some forty
long novels and
many short tales,
some OF which
ranked as ''best
sellers" long be-
fore the inven-
ton Of that
p IN re 5 C. Her
powers ranged
from extreme
melOdrama 10 the
portra yal of
everyday liz c
She was perhaps
u n d uly priced
In her d a y
and Is unduly
ap cfate d
now. but that
Is the way with
best-sellers. "The
Shadow of Ash
lydyat" was her
own favOrite; her
Johnny Ludlow
tales are perhaps
her most artistic
Ork. "E a s [