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Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-08-28
"Adieu, madame" I said.

"Adieu, madame" I said.
"Adieu, monsieur" she answered al
most inaudibly, her head bent low.
| went out Of the room, still grip
ping my pistol, and l took care to let
Simon see 1t as we descended the
stairs side by side. The noisy laugh
ter In the ballroom had ceased, but
heard Raoul and Jean Petitjean quar-
reling and their thick voices told me
that they were in no condition to aid
their master.
Then there was only Leroux and
Philippe Lacroix to deal with. could
have saved the situation.
What fool I had been What an
irresolute fool! 1 never learned.
AS we reached the bottom Of the
stairs Philippe Lacroix came out Of
the ballroom carrying a candle. I saw
his melancholy, pale face twist with
surprise as he perceived me.
philippe, this is M. Paul Hewlett"
said Leroux. Tomorrow you will con-
vey him to the cabin of Pere Antoine,
where he will be able to make his own
plans. You will go by way of lie Well
Ange.
"Now, M. Hewlett, shall show you
your sleeping quarters for tonight"
Leroux continued to me, and conduct
ed me out into the fenced yard.
Two sleighs were standing before
the huts. .Leroux led me past them
and knocked at the door of the largest
cabin.
Pierre Caribou! !" he shouted.
He was facing the door and did not
see what I saw at the little window
on the other side. 1 saw the face Of
the old Indian, distorted with a grim
ace of fury as he eyed Leroux.
Next moment he stood cringing be-
fore him, his features a mask. Look
ing in saw a huge stove which near
ly filled the interior, and seated be-
side it the middle-aged squaw.
"This gentleman will sleep here to-
night" said Leroux CURLY. "In the
morning at sunrise harness a sleigh
for him and M. Lacroix. Adieu, M.
Hewlett" he continued, turning to me.
"And be sure your check will never be
presented"
There was something so sinister in
his manner that again felt that
thrill of fear which he seemed able to
inspire in me.
went in with Pierre Caribou, and
the squaw glided out of the cabin.
There were two touches of the kind
they used to call ottomans inside,
which had evidently once formed part
of the chateau furnishings, for their
faded splendor accorded little with the
decrepit interior of the hut.
looked at my watch. had
thought it must be midnight, and it
was only eight. Within three hours
I had won Jacqueline and lost her for
ever. With Leroux in my power had
yielded and gone away.
And on the morrow I should arrive
at Pere Antoine's hut just when he
expected me.
Surely the mockery Of fate could go
no further! s.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Old ANGEL.

Presently the Indian touched me on
the shoulder and looked up. He had
a plateful Of steaming stew in his
hands, and set it down beside me.
"Eatl" he said in English.
was too dispirited and detected to
obey him at first. But soon I man.
aged to fall to, and I was surprised
to discover how ravenous l was. i
had eaten hardly anything Tor days.
and only few mouthfuls sine. morn
ing. -
b. The Indian drew the stool par me
and sat down. you meet Mile. Tac9ce-
line In, New York 2" he asked.
II brought her back" answered.
II know" the Indian answered. IT
meet Simon; drive him from st. Boni-
face to chateau. l take Ma'm'selle
Jacqueline to st. Boniface when she
run way. Simon not here then or
be 'fraid. Simon bad man; d bad.
He give my gal to Jean Petitjean. My
gal good gal till Simon give her to
Jean Petitjean. Simon d bad
man. Me kill him one day."
l saw a glimmer of hope now,
though of what hardly knew; or per-
haps it was only the desire to talk Of
Jacqueline and hear her name upon
my lips and Pierre's.
"Pierre, l came here to save Mile.
Jacqueline," l said
"No can save him." he answered.
mo can fight against Simon"
"What, in the devils name. Is his
power. them" cried.
"Le diable," he replied. He may
have misunderstood me, but the an
swer was apt. mo use fight him." he
said. GAIL finish now. Old times, him
finish, and my gal, too. Soon Pierre
Caribou, him finish. No can fight
Simon. Perhaps old Pierre kill him,
nobody else." He looked steadily at
me. II poison him dogs" he added.
"WhatY 1 exclaimed.
"Simon, him tell me long ago no.
body come to chateau. SO you finish,
too, maybe. What he tell you, you
go?"
"Lacroix is going to take me to Pere
Antoine's cabin tomorrow morning"
The Indian grunted. "Simon no
mean to let you co." he said. "He
mean kill you. You know too much.
Sometime he kill me. too, or kill
him."
"Pierre," said, taking him by the
arm, "what is the Old Angelic Well
Ange"
He stared stolidly at me.
"Why you ask thatw he said.
Because Lacroix has been instruct
ed to take me by that route" ] an
swered.
Pierre shook the ashes out OF. his pipe
and rose. G"Come with me-" he-said.
81 show you-because you frien' Of
Ma'm'selle Jacaueline. Come. !. g.
followed him out of the, hut A
large moon was just rising out Of the
~.. 1t was not vet high enough
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you are splendid woman, Jacque-
line" he said. 81 like the way you
defy me-by heaven, / dol But you
are quite at my mercy. And you are
going to yieldl You will yield your
will to mine"
'Never" she cried. 81 will fling
myself into the lake before that shall
happen. All, monsieur"-her voice
took on a pleading tone-''why will
you not take all we have and let us
go? We are two helpless people; we
shall never betray your secrets. Why
must you have me too?"
Because love you. Jacqueline,"
he cried, and now heard an under
tone Of passion which had not sus-
pected In the man.
He caught her in his arms. She ut
tered little gasping cry and struggled
wildly and Intellectually In his grasp.
I was quite cold, for knew that
was to be the last of his villainies.
entered the room and walked up to the
table, my pistol raised. aiming at his
heart, and I felt my own heart beat
steadily and the will to kill rise domi-
nant above every hesitation.
Leroux spun round. He saw me,
and he smiled his sour smile. He did
not finch. although he must have seen
that my hand was as steady as a rock.
What. you again, monsleurT he
asked mockingly. You have come
back7 You are always coming back.
aren't your"
81 have come back to kill you. Le-
roux."I answered. and pulled the trig-
ger six times.
And each time 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
I had been fighting ten men. He had
me on the floor and was kneeling on
my chest, and In 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 was swimming
in black water.
Bring q rope, Raoull - / heard ST.
mon call.
Half conscious, l knew that l 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 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, ito
try to shoot man without anything
in your pistol. Do you remember how
affectionateg put my arm round you
when you were sitting in that chair
writing your ridiculous eheck7 1t was
then that took the liberty of extract
ing the two cartridges. But / did
think you would have sense enough to
examine your pistol and reload before
you returned"
He picked up scrap Of newspaper
from the table and held IL before my
eyes, deliberately turning up the oil
lamp wick that I might read II. I rec
ogniEed 1t at once.v IT, was the clipping
from the newspaper, descriptive OF the
murdered man, which I had, cut out in
the train and, placed In my pocketbook-
"You dropped this, my friend. when
yon pulled out your pecastbook said
simon. ,sTYou arela vary psoS, con
spirstsr. PSh Hewlett. Wsnr'a er.
if1r. ~ rsreated, mechanically.
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is about lie Well Ange. is 1t not?"

is about lie Well Ange, is 1t not?"
by God, I did not meant swear
to you, monsieur-listen, monsieur,
one moment only" he stammered.
Lower your pistol. You see that I
am unarmedP
/ lowered 1t. well, say what you
have to say" l said TO him.
'Leroux Is a devil !" he burst out,
with no pretended passion. ST want
you to help me, NJ. Hewlett, and I
can help you in a way you do not
dream of. M. Hewlett. how much do
you think this seigniory is WORTH.
Some half a million dollars, per-
haps."
He came close to me and Kissed into
my ear: Monsieur, there Is more gold
In these rocks than anywhere in the
world! Look here! Herep
He stopped down and began tossing
pebbles at my feet. But they were
pebbles Of pure gold and each one of
them was as large as the first joint OF.
my thumb. And had misjudged his
courage, / think, for 1t was avarice
and not fear that made him tremble.
at is everywhere, monsieurI" cried
Lacroix. 'In this stream, in these
hills, too. You can gather mortar
ful Of earth anywhere and Ii will show
color when 1t is washed. We found
this place together"
"You and LerouxT
"Noi I and"
a hrnIya OFF
with furtive cunning.
Eyes, yes, monsieur, Leroux, and |.
And we two worked here together
with nothing more than picks and
shovels and mortars and pestles, Lee
roux and l. There was nobody else.
1t Is the richest gold deposit In the
world, M. Hewlett, and neither Raoul
only Leroux and 1. One cannot light
upon this place save by. miracle Of
chance, such as brought you here. God
put this treasure in these hills, and he
did not mean it to be found"
I grasped him by the shoulder. do
you see what this means?" / shouted.
"It means a glorious life |" he cried.
All LllG WEALTH.
"No, II means death I" l answered.
ut means that If Leroux succeeds in
killing me he will kill you tool Do
you suppose that he will share his
hoard with your"
mo, M. Hewlett" answered Lacroix
quietly. And that is precisely what
I wanted to say to you. You are not
hog like Leroux; / can trust you.
Come with me. monsieur. I don't know
how you got into the wrong passage,
but 1t is simple-straight ahead. Come
with me! will precede you"
Itfollowed him into the darkness,
and very soon heard the sound of the
cataract again. And then once more
I was standing at the tunnel entrance,
under q brilliant moon and the chateau
was before me.
I strobe steadily across the snow
and opened the door in the dark wing,
entered the hall and assembled the
stairway, took the turn to the right
and passed through the little hall. I
heard Leroux's harsh voice within,
and if stopped outside It was not
In indecision but because meant to
make sure of my man this TIME.
IT want you, Jacqueline," / heard
him say in a voice which betrayed no
throb of passion. "And I am going to
have you. always have my way. I
am not like that weak fool Hewlett"
\ lit jwasI sent him awaycpetsycu."
she or1sd.s do you think NJ was
afraid Of your
tfLeroux Looked NJ hsw IN naaoir~s&s~.
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CHAPTER XVII.
The Little Dagger.

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, madamef" cried
Leroux fiercely to Jacqueline.
"Yes," she replied.
"You lied to shield yourself7"
'No. to shield him." she cried. BE
cause he was my only friend when
was helpless In a strange city. You
did. not steal my money, did you.
Paulf" she added, turning swiftly upon
me. mo. you have paid me. You
were keeping II for me-" ....
You lie. d-n you'll" yelled Lee
roux. and he struck her across the
mouth as he had struck me. .E
writhed in my bonds. pulled the
heavy table after ne as I tried impo-
tently to crawl toward him, sending
the wheel flying and all the papers
whirling through the air. I cursed Lee
roux as blasphemously as he was ours
ing Jacqueline. lis
And at the door was the pale face
OF Philippe Lacroix.
Leroux turned on me and kicked me
savagely and dragged the table TO the
far end of the room and struck me re-
peatedly, while struggled like a mad
man. The oaths and excavations that
streamed from my lips seemed to be
uttered by another man, for / heard
them indifferently, or rather some
thing that was l, deep in the maze OF
my personality, heard them-not that
pitiful. puny. goaded thing that fought
In Its bonds until IL ceased. painting
and exhausted.
There followed q 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. l
would not meet her gaze. but at last
her persistence compelled me. Then I
saw her glance toward the wall.
The two brondswords hung there
within arms reach, above the broken
mirror. My heart leaped up at the
thought of her valor. She had no
mind to yield.
But l shook my head imperceptihly
In answer and looked down at,my
bonds. p
! had been trying hard TO devise
some method Of freeing myself. My
struggles had relaxed the ropes
around my wrists sufficiently to allow
my hands two or three inches OF move
ment, and ! hoped. by hard work. TO
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. l let my thumb and finger
travel up and down IL. 1t had the
form Of a tiny knife with a heavy.
rounded handle.
And suddenly I knew what II was.
1t was the knife with which Louis
d'Epernay had been killed
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CHAPTER XVI.
Louis dEpernav

Louis dEpernay.
He uttered an oath and took two
steps backward but i saw that he was
unarrned and that he realized his help
lessness. He flung his hands above his
head and stood facing me, surprise
and terror twisting his features into
a grimacinglgrin; 49,
Il have something OF impprtancs to
say to you, monsieur" he began.
Il can believe. that" I answered, 1T
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sight thousand dollars about with
me: 7 shall give you check"
Eeroux burst into loud laughter and
slapped me heartily upon the shoulder
Paul Hewlett" he said with genu-
sRs' admiration, "'you are good as a
ray. Weir let us take your check,
and. 1t shall be accepted In full settle
sssnt" He winked at me and thrust
Easr tongue into his cheek, gzs . ...
r. was too Ssiekb at heart to pay at
s%nttohF to his buffoofery. y sat down
no the table and, taking up a, pen
wfffh lay there, wrote a check for
sigiit stiaousand' dollars, making 1t out
~ Jacqueiine, d'Epernay. This I hand
I'd to. herr
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"Who killed him?" he shouted.

"Who killed him?" he shouted.
He shook the paper before my eyes
and then he struck me across the face
with 1t
"Who killed Louis d'Epernay7 he
yelled. and Jacqueline screamed In
fear.
81 did," / answered after a moment.
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Continued Next Week
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-10
CUBAN VOODOOS
CHARGED WITH
CANIBALISM
Havana. Cuba. Aug. s.--with the

Havana, Cuba. Aug. S.--With the
recent sudden outbreak of cannihalis
tic practices By voodoo worshippers
which have resulted in the deaths Of
at leas: three innocent children and
a half dozen OF the veodoos. the latter
by the application of lynch" law fo-
he first tine in this country's his
tory. fathe.s and mothe are living
n cors art fear that their little ones
may be spirited away by the super
Stitious negroes to be offered up IN
sacrifice to .-Chango." the god of the
.Rruios." as they are called in the
-as.i.lian language.
The voodoos are divided in various
sects. each with it's separate god. The
a ter include Rahagueye. the god
If Sickness: sE'ecua." the god of
injury: 'O-cr un," god of mise y. and
Change. the terrible god, to whom
human sacrifices are made.
Change" according to the voodoo
belief, Y as the son or O'orrun and
inaragua. He vas siain by Eiecua.
the "gcd OF injury" and ascended into
heaven from a Ceiba. or god-tree. in
he raon.h of May. 1t is in the month
af May therefore, that the E-u os'
bsa We their hoy week whe, Change
s expected to make a weekly visit to
he earth. descending by the Ceiba, his
,acred tree. aiv avs on Monday.
The followers of Elecua do not d.
rectly offer human sacrifices. al
though their heaters sacrifice the lives
Of some patients, by giving them
poisonous corrections. supposedly
mysterious cure for some ailment. in
.. Ger TO res ore to heath some other
natient. Elecua, being the "god Of in
Jury" his followers believe that good
can come to one person Only through
Jury to another.
yoodoo.srn is net prac.iced by the
negroes ao-e. Many white persons
SO are SAID to secretly take part
in their religious meetings and accu-
cations have been ,eard in various
quarters of the difficulties encounter
ed by officers seeking to break up
their TEMPLES because OF the obstacles
placed IN their way By persons OF in
rtuence.
An active c-nra'~r by the author
Ties in Ta-aaa and other parts OF
the island have resulted in the cap
tu-e of numerous "Erujos'' ard the
seizure OF many weird ara curious
objects used by them
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-10
CHRLSTIANSM
KOREA BURNED
BY JAP ANESE
BY PEGGY HULL.

In Cheamni. Korea. Japanese SOL
diers recently ordered all Christian
men in the village to report st the
church Immediately. After much
questioning and Investigation, so were
rounded up. Without warning or ex-
plar alton the soldiers fired into the
lite crowd. Then they closed and
bo,ted the door and set fire 10 the
building.
II. II. Underwood a British subject
ard a resident of Seoul. Korea. arr
rived on the scene while the ruins
wee still smoking. He saw the bodies
OF some of the victims and was able
to photograph them. These pictures
were given to the British consul who
laid them before the governor general
OF Korea along with a full report Of
the massacre.
Fifteen villages in all. the majority
OF them Chris ian centcrs. had suffer-
ed The same fate as Cheamni. The
homes and the male members of the
families p 1ofessing the white man
religion were destroyed. There had
been TO violent demonstrations on be-
half Of Independence. the evidence
showed In a few places the people
had waved flags and cried .'mansei .
Korean for "hurrah." but they had no
arms of any kind or means OF getting
them.
The foreign residents Of Korea were
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-10

These figu es DO not look Ike con-
fiscat:on, sabotage or s.agnation
There are in Mexico today lei new
we Is located but not drilled. ia ir
process OF drilling. 2'9 producing,
abandoned because not profitable, s.
dried up, and 421 cry holes where nc
oil was struck.
The daily potential capacity of the
wells now tapped is figured at 1.5ee,-
T40 barrels. The daily actual produc-
ton is 174S-2 ban els.
This annual output OF 63,S2S,325 bar
res is only 1923 per cent of the po-
tential annual capacity, 5sI,350, 49,
barrels.
Why this restriction?
Ambassador Roni.las. hedged abou.
with the restrictions of his office.
cannot discuss a controversial issue
Of this sort, but other Mexicans here
belonging to Carranza's IA ty do not
hesitate to charge that the producing
companies are restricting their olt-
put, employing expensive equipment.
and labor, to restrain the flow of oil
to keep up the price. In addition to
this old fashioned monopol-st:c ma :
neuver they say that the res ricted
output is partly due to lack of ships
to export the OIL and restriction is
useful propaganda against the Car
rama government 1t gives the com
panies a basis Tor charging that they
are being harrassed.
Against this charge the rTaxicans
cite the fact that the companies VIII ch
now owe the Mex.can goverrme-t So
634 697 In Mexican money under tbs
new law assessing a royalty OF five
per cent of the value OF the crude oil
have not rad the tax and are contin-
u.ng to ope ate despite their defau't
There are 81 active producing COM
panies and l. exporting companies Not
one las been interfered with because
OF refusal to ray royalties. The Mex
lean government figures show that oil
companies, native ard foreign. own
i157.3S5 acres of land and ho.d ul-
der lease 4 s47.135 acres.
While Mexieans here will not make
predictions as TO future policy in the
oil regions, declining to say what the =
government may do. they declare that
the records show that all stories o;
confiscation and sabotage are untrue.
In discussing the oil comranies n
Mexican usually ends up with query
something IKE this. wha. CO the
implied answer in the Mexicaz s mind
IS: "The Garth with derrick on top
of It'll"
IL you don't think the attn can ac-
quire a working knowledge OF Anglo
Saxon swear wo. Is. discuss the OIL
question with one Of them
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so aroused over the latest atrocities
that they made special excursions to
acquaint themselves with the details.
and on the steamer on which 1 re-
turned to America there were several
missionaries and English and Ameri-
can business men who were travelling
reports in Washington.
''One student showed me his in
juries,'' said a returning missionary
He had been arrested by the police
and they We're attempting to force
him to tell who the leaders OF the in
dependent movement were. One of
their torture methods was an upright
press which operated with a screw
from the back. As this was frightened
all four sides closed in. AS he couldn'.
give them the information they want
ed, a cord was tied around the middle
finger of his right hand. This was
run through hook on the ceiling and
his body pulled up until it rested on
his toes. He became unconscious un-
der this torture. and when he came to
was released from arrest. His hand
was so badly swollen 1t had to be
lanced."
The governor general of Korea is
sued statement as soon as the re
ports reached him that no orders had
been given for such violent and in
human acts. and thatsthe subordinatcs
who permitted or countenanced them
would be court -martialed and pun
ished.
Premier II. Hara, of Japan. publicly
regretted The whole affair in an add
dress to the foreign residents of ia
pan. He admitted that Japanese meth
DDS in Korea had been made. He
promised an immediate change. and
said recent investigation by foreign
ers had brought to light conditions
which he was grieved to know had
existed under Japanese control
White residents of the Far East are
now watching Korea to sec II Pre-
mier Hara's promises are fulfilled.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-10
MINISTER SAYS
CHURCHES Sic ULD
USE ADVERTISING

New York. Aug. a.-F1ow con mn
listers fthe gospel content themselves
with preaching to empty pews? Pews
question is asked by Dr.. Christian F.
Re.srer. president of the church adj
vertisirg depar ment of the Associated
Advert s'ng Cubs OF the World.
II have never seen a church adver-
tise without building up a good at
tendance" he said today. and con-
sidering tfat fat in connection with
the fact that it doesnot pay to preach
70 empty pews. one would wonder
that more churches are not employing
paid advertising space"
In speaking OF the church advertis-
ing conference which will he he'd In
connection with the world convention
oe advertising. at New Orleans. Sept
q 20 -. Dr.. Re.sner predicted an UNI
Usual interest, because he sad the
or.g.n objection to the use OF adj
We tisirG by the church-taat 1t tend
ed to rob the church OF its dignity
had falle7- especially since the gov
ernment has employed advertising so
widely and With such marked success
to help win the war.
The church must sell Itself by adj
vertisirg. said the min .ster. 1T must
meet the competition of Sunday go,f
ard automobiilng. IL we accept the
statement made recently To the effect
TIA. fifty million recple do not go 20
church we may then consider every
osher persons 4 possible customer"