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Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-06-25

appearing again elusively, until they
blended with the fog and the darkness
and vanished finally.
The horse. left uncontrolled, swung
round and galloped homeward, trail
Ing the empty sleigh behind him. Marie
stood shuddering at the end of the
wharf. For a while she stared out In
terror toward the invisible schooner,
lost in the distance She could see
nothing. but she could still hear the
roar of the wind In the rigging and the
tapping of the great sails.
Presently. with n low cry. she turned
and began running homeward. She
staggered into the cottage and sank
down before the stove. crouching
there.
When Hilary reached the wharf 1t
was already dark. He had been rec
ognized by no one on the way. He
went straight aboard the schooner,
and found Dupont on deck
"When do you start?" he asked.
Immediately. monsieur" replied
the captain quietly.
The schooner contained tiny cabin
in the forecastle. Between this and
the poop. in the open bottom. was piled
the lumber. secured with chains. and
stacked high above the sides.
"I'm going below" said Hilary. turn
ing away. He did not want TO look
upon ST. Boniface again.
He put his foot upon the top rung
nf ho ioddQr thpf lnd dnu-r to tbn
forecastle. AS he did so he felt a
stunning blow upon the back OF the
head. He staggered, slipped, and fell
down the ladder into the little open
space before the cabin.
Half dazed. he was barely conscious
of seeing the grinning faces of Pierre
and Leblanc stare into his. His over
coat was torn from his back, his pock-
cts emptied. He waited for the knife
thrust. but only kicks followed. He
was lifted and thrown into the cabin.
pont in getting up the sails. 1t was
not Brousseau's plan to dispatch him
within hearing of the shore.
He heard the sails being hoisted.
and felt the schooner moving from the
wharf. Then he heard low cry and
saw Madeleine upon her knees before
him.
She bent her face to his. whispering
that she loved him. pleading for for
giveness. and beseeching him to rise.
And Hilary opened his eyes to dis
cover that the vision was reality.
He staggered to his feet and stood
swaying in the middle of che cabin.
while she kept her arms about him.
He began to remember. He knew
where he was now. Madeleine thrust
the revolver into his hand.
''They have planned to murder you !"
she cried. II learned of It and
brought this. You must not die, Hill
ary. now that we love each other"
He broke the revolver. 1t was
empty. and the bore SO eaten away
with rnst that to have fred 1t would
have been more dangerous to the
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-06-25
CHAPTER XVII.
Father Lucien Arrives.

Father Lucien had grown very fond
of Hilary. He did not know what to
do. Hilary was in the woods now. and
almost inaccessible The cure had not
even Lafe to wrangle with. His days
passed in detection. Moreover. the
matter of Ste. Marie bothered him.
Father Lucien had been jeered out of
the village, and he knew that IL the
bishop heard of it he would be trans
ferred to another parish. Father Lu-
cien loved st. BonIface, where he had
spent all his life
single-stick exercises. which he had
seen advertised In an old magazine.
He had become interested, and had
fashioned fine singlestick from
plant hazel bough. Father Lucien
followed the Instructions given in the
book with patient care, and with the
best results. He was very thorough
in all that he did. His muscles began
to grow. his physical health became
excellent Soon he became quite ex-
pert. 1t was a sight to see the cure
practicing lunges in the seclusion of
his study, among the theological vol
umes; but nobody had seen him except
his old housekeeper. and it took sew
eral minutes to convince the old lady
that her revered charge had not gone
suddenly insane.
(To BE CONTINUED1
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-06-25

again. He went reeling across the
deck like an inanimate thing, struck
the bulwark. and. as the schooner
lurched. toppled into the sea. He was
probably dead before he disappeared
beneath the waves.
Leblanc rushed frantically toward
the barricade. Hilary was upon him
when he saw Brousseau whip out re-
volver and take deliberate aim at him.
He felt the bullet clip his cheek. Twice
more Brousseau fired. At the second
shot Hilary stumbled and fell fiat in
the cabin entrance. At the third. LIE.
blanc, shot through the brain, whired
round twice and collapsed in front of
the barrier.
Madeleine dragged Hilary within the
cabin. Blood was gushing from a
wound In his breast. Frantically she
began to tear away the upper part of
his clothing and to endeavor to stanch
the wound. Suddenly she perceived the
little rusted revolver upon the floor.
Brousseau in the act of crossing the
barricade. She pushed 1t into his
face
Brousseau cursed and dropped on the
far side; Madeleine heard him running
into the darkness. She had brought
temporary respite. She ran back to
Hilary. But 1t was almost dark in the
cabin, and there was hardly anything
she could do. He was conscious, but
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-06-25
CHAPTER XVI.
Dupont Remembers.

Dupont Remembers.
Brousseau was seated In the library
OF the gaudy house when tall old
man came to the door. He recon-
noitred. recognized Captain Dupont.
aud admitted him.
Since the exposure Brousseau had
hardly left his room. He sat there.
hageard, crushed. planning. scheming
% get back that which seemed slipping
anexorably from his grasp. Consumed
with furious hate of Hilary. he seemed
Inhibited from action by the very We
bemence of his will.
"He's sailing for Quebec tomorrow
evening" said the captain. II am to
take him with a schooner load of lum-
ber."
"Askew7" querIed Brousseau sharp
u.
"Yes. monsieur. He came to me late
this afternoon. His horse was all In
sweat. He must have driven like the
devil. He told me to sail tomorrow
night. whether the holds full or
empty"
Brousseau was staggered. n Hilary
was going to Quebec Immediately. 1t
must be to lay those papers, which he
had sought valnly in his desk. before
the police. lie saw the prison walls
closing about him. And TO the great
hate he bore Hilary was added the lust
for liberty.
He must have the papers. Lafe
Conneil knew besides. but Lafe could
be inughed at. once the papers were
his own. His plan began to take shape.
II Hilary were out of the way and the
documents destroyed he could yet win
Madeleine achieve his dream of be-
coming Seigneur. his life ambition.
Dupont" he said you and ! have
not always been on good terms. You
refused to break your contract with
the ST. Boniface company. But ! guess
you see differently now
Dupont clenched his fists. I've
sworn to kill him." he whispered. i've
held my peace. talked with him face
to face tonight. and he never knew the
devil that was sitting in my throat.
telling me to make an end"
"Cnn you keep that devil of yours
silent till you have him on board?"
asked Brousseau.
dupont Vulitu ~ MS tuHeieu oo'i''
and nodded Brousseau. watching him.
knew that the mndness which held him
would carry him to the end. "Who
are vour crew." he asked.
"DrouIn. Lachance and Georges
Martin"
1.-TWO men are enough. have two
good men for yon In place of them.
Listen carefully. Dupont
Marie. sleeping overhead. heard her
father drive up In a sleigh that night.
and there was whispering at the door.
That frightened her. Another thing
that alarmed her was his way Of en-
tering. Usually he would stamp Into
the house. as II on board; but now he
came in furtively and she could hard
iy hear his stealthy movements below.
She wondered what was portending.
OF late he had watched her more keen
Iy than ever. and had been more silent.
She slept by starts. and awakened
at dawn to hear stealthy step out
side her door. In the dim light she
saw her father bending over her bed.
She sat up, stretching out her arms as
II to ward of something. In her con-
fused condition between sleep and
waking she had fancIed for moment
that he held something in his hand
q knife or a revolver.
But she saw that he held nothing.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-06-25
Earth Gives Liah, to Moon

Everything reflects light more or
less Suns light shining on earth is
rejected to moon. exactly as suns
light shining on moon is reflected to
earth to produce moonshine. This
earth shine" can be observed on the
darker part of moon when conditions
are favorable.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-06-25

he was staring into her eyes. as II to
read her secret thoughts.
"Tonight go to Quebec" said
Dupont. "I shall be aboard all day.
! may not return"
he had said the same thing be-
fore his last voyage. and she had
listened. unbelieving, but Indifferent
II IT were true. Now the words terri
ned her no less than his demeanor.
and for the first time she wondered
whether he knew OF her journey with
Pierre.
He would never believe her story.
Il would have aroused all the -sc
madness in him. If he had known. But
he could not know.
"Yoa will come back" she STAN
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-06-25
Won't Sweeten Coffee

sweet are the uses of adversity,~
put we have no uss for it---Bostou
Transcript
Evening star., 1920-02-05
cannot PAY HIGHER
WAGE, SAYS ". R. {.
President Ham Sees No Hope
for Increase Asked by
Association.

TT is obvious that in our present
financial condition we cannot grant
our employees a further increase in
of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company, stated today, discussing
the announcement that the carmen
would ask for another raise.
Mr.. Ham said the federal electric
railway commission appointed by the
President recently sent a question
naire to street car companies. asking
them If the wages of their employees
have kept pace with the rise in the
cost of living since 1915. In the
questionnaire the federal commission
pointed out that the bureau of labor
statistics estimates the increase in
living cost since 1915 at IS to so per
cent.
Increase of 100 Per Cent.
Mr.. Ham stated that lii answer to
Railway and Electric Company set
forth that since January, 1915. the
wages of it's carmen have been in
creased more than 100 per cent.
"In 1915" he said. I'VE were paying
from 21h to 25 cents an hour. Today
we are paying from 46 to 81 cents an
hour. In the 1915 agreement only those
men who were with the company ten
years received the maximum wage of
IS cents an hour. Now the maximum of
81 cents is ps/d to all men with the
company a year or longer.
Expense Involved.
Mr.. Ham estimated today that to
grant the motormen and conductors so
cents an hour, as requested yesterday
by the Brotherhood of Street and Elec-
trio Railway employees. which represents
a part of the force of the Washington
Railway and Electric, would add approx
imately 100000 a year to the expenses
of the company.
The Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway employees,
which has local branches Of motormen
and conductors on both the Washington
companies. is not likely to submit de-
mands for higher wages before the end
of February. The Amalgamated has
not decided how much of an increase its
men will seek.
Evening star., 1920-02-05
PARCEL POST ROBBER
OBTAINS $50 PACKAGE

Renewed warning to watch for a
parcel post thief operating in Wash :
ington apartment houses was issued
today by City Postmaster Merritt o.
Chance.
Evidently the same man who re-
Gently entered an apartment directly
after a parcel post truck had left,
represented himself as coming back
to get a package, and successfully
took his pick. is at it again.
Theft of fifty-dollar pnckage
was reported to Postmaster Chance
today through a similar trick. In
this case the parcel was left with
the janitor Of the apartment. After
the real parcel post man had left a
colored man presented himself to the
janitor and told him he was from
the post Office.
The janitor handed the parcel over
and that is the last that has been
seen of it.
Responsibility of the city post Of
fee ceases when a parcel is deliv-
cred to a proper employe of build
ing, and Mr.. Chance today warned
ianitors and others who accept the
care of parcel post mail in apartment
houses to beware of the swindle.
Parcels should not be given over
to any one who represents himself
as city post Office employe unless
the person can show round metal
badge, which will be self-explana-
tory, or a certificate of employment
signed IN. o. Chance"
Evening star., 1920-02-05
$263,0DO STREET
WORK WILL START
All to Be Completed by June
80, Engineer Kutz
Announces.

Street Improvements. to cost ap-
proximately s263.O0O. will be started
in the spring and completed by June
w. Kutz announced today.
Half of the projects already have
been let to contractors. and the engi-
neer department is now advertising
for bids for the remaining half.
The biggest of these improvements
will be the paving of Georgia avenue
with asphalt from Buchanan street
to Military road, at a cost of $122.0OO.
Another big project will be the sur
facing of Euclid street, from Uni
versity place to Columbia road, at a
cost of $4,000.
K, or Water street. the wholesale
thoroughfare of Georgetown, is to be
paved with granite block from Rock
creek to 32d street. The cost will be
$4,000.
Other streets to be improved this
spring are: H street, from 23d to vir-
einia avenue, $17.500; 18th street, from
c to D streets. $500: 11th street
northeast, from H street to Maryland
avenue, $4,000; Elliott street north
east. from F to Maryland avenue,
$1,000; Warren street northeast, from
B to c streets. $4,000; 18th street. in
Brookland, from Monroe to Otis
$4,000: Shepherd street northwest,
street, $500. and Taylor street north
west, from Rock Creek Church road
to New Hampshire avenue, $4,000.
I'VE expect to have these projects
completed by June 80, the end Of the
fiscal year." said Commissi1 Ter Kutz,
so that we will be ready to start in
on the work for the next fiscal year"
Evening star., 1920-02-05
Woman Tobacco Users
Get Methodists' Plea

Increased use of tobacco
among women during 1919 yvns
"aPpalling," according to the
board of temperance. prOhibi-
tiOn and morals of the MethO-
dist Episcopal Church. In
statement today the board made
ian earnest appeal to women
to refrain from the use of TO-
bnccO, In the name of the cOun-
try's welfare"
NO M tiOn can maintain the
vigor which has been char
acteristie- Of the American peO-
pie after it's women begi2 the
uNe of cigarettes," the state
ment says. "The sedentary life
of women tends to an excess
in the uSe of tobacco, and pro-
duces more serious results than
are caused by it's use among men.
The effect of tobacco upon yvOm-
en- is similar to it's effects ON
immature youths"
Evening star., 1920-02-05
OCEAN CITY COTTAGES
WRECKED BY THE SURF

OCEAN CITY. Md. February (Spe-
ciaD.-The worst storm that Ocean
City has known in twenty-five years
reached the height of it's fury here
last night. The ocean was driven in
until, although the boardwalk is
above water. the basement and first
floor of practically every house in the
town of 1.000 inhabitants are under
water. The occupants are living in
the second and third floors.
Two ocean-front cottages have
been completely wrecked, that be-
longing to Mrs. f. H. Schmidt of
Washington and the Stokes cottage.
occupied by George McLain, his wife
and family. six in all: Mr.. and Mrs.
McLain and their children. including
a month-old baby, were forced to
leave their cottage yesterday after
noon when the ocean began to beat
upon it and 1t became clear that it
would go to pieces. Ine Schmlot COT
tage was not occupied.
The pier has been carried away. and
TO rthe first time in years the coast
guards last night were unable to make
their rounds on patrol.
Evening star., 1920-02-05
INDIANA DEMOCRATS SAY
MOVE FOR cox is ON

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, February S
Especially D.-Several democrats here at
tending the state editorial meeting
predict that Indiana democrats will
support Gov. Cox of Ohio for the
presidential nomination. They say a
quiet movement looking to this end
has been on for some time and that
the invitation to Cox to come here to-
day to address the editors is a part of
the plan.
Indiana democrats for Vice President
Marshall, but his friends have said
that he will make no effort to get the
nomination. 1t is said that Dan w.
SimmS will not accept the nomination
for the United States Senate on the
democratic ticket. Simms aided the
government in the recent coal miners
litigation.
Evening star., 1920-02-05
neutrality-suspicious.
FLIGHT IS UNDER WAY
Trip Creates Great Interest Because
of Wild Country and Remoteness
From Civilization.

Tip CreaCeS IreaC interest because
of Wild Country and Remoteness
From Civilization.
LONDON. February 1.-Two South
African officers left for Cape Town
this morning in South African gov
ernment airplane.
LONDON, February 5.-First at
tempts to fly from Cairo to Cape Town
will be watched in England with an
interest equal to that taken in the
fight of Capt. Ross Smith from Eng
due To the fact that much of the coun-
try to be traversed is of the widest
character and is remote from civiliza-
tion.
The Times already has a big air.
plane at Cairo. to which it was flown
from England. 1t will start on Fri
day on the first lap of the southwark
journey. which will take it to Atbara,
$40 miles up the Nile. 1t will carry a
crew of five and a scientific observer.
Peter Chalmers Mitchell. astronomer
and secretary to the Geological So
ciety of London since 1903. was a
passenger in a plane which left yes
terday for Cape Town, rising from an
aviation field near this city. There
is no suggestion of a race between
these two machines, the Times par
ticularly disavowing any idea of COM
petition. British airplane DH-14 left
Lympne, in Kent. today for Cape
Town.
Construction of landing places and
accumulation of gasoline and stores
throughout the route have been COM
pleted after a years work. but the
isolation of some of the stations in
immense forests will necessitate care
and daylight landings. Dangers in
the event of accident from wild
beasts, savages and lack of COM
munication appear to be great.
French Flyers mt Algiers.
ALGIERS. February (French Wire
less Service).-Maj. Vuillemin and
Lieut. Daignaux. who are attempting
to fly from Paris to Timbuctoo across
the Sahara, have arrived here.
Evening star., 1920-02-05
GERMANY'S STAND
REVEALED in BRIEF

LONDON. February 5 (by the
Associated Pressp. The Ger
man cabinet has decided TO
send another note to the allies
calling attention to the fatal
consequences which would en-
sue upon extraditiOn Of the
Germans demanded for trial by
the alIfss for war crimes, ac-
cOrding to a Berlin dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph.
BERLIN, February 4-At the
conclusion Of tOnight's cabinet
session member Of the gov
ernment informed the cOrre-
spOnddnt of the Associated
Press TINT the ministers were
unanimous i'm declaring that
surrender of the men demanded
by the allies on an unofficial or
any other extradftiOn list WINS
an utter physical impOssibility.
Evening star., 1920-02-05
ELEVEN JURORS AT BIsBEE

TOMBSTONE. Ariz.. February g.
Eleven prospective jurors were in the
Jury box when the fourth day of the
trial of Harry f. Wootton, Bisbee
hardware merchant, charged with
KIDNAPPING in connection with the
Bisbee wholesale deportations in 1917,
opened today.
County Attorney French yesterday
announced that the trials would in
no sense be defense of the I. W. W.
~ ~, vitnns SOS would he
Evening star., 1920-02-05
AMERICAN ABDUCTED.
Mexican Bandits Capture Joseph
e. AskeW.

Abduction of Joseph E. Askew. an
American citizen, during raid by
Mexican bandits on the plantation Of
the Tlahualilo Company. near Lerdo,
in the state of Durango. vas reported
today by the State Department. Ac-
cording to Mexico City newspapers
Askew was kidnapped on the night of
February 2.
The American embassy at Mexico
City has presented to the Mexican
foreign office an urgent request that
@:cne be taken to effect Asxew's re-
Evening star., 1920-02-05
TRAIN FROM D. c. IN CRASH.

PHILADELPHIA. February 5.-A
Pennsylvania railroad train from
Washington to New York ran into a
light engine at Frankford, suburb.
today. Two of the sleepers were over
turned. No passenger was seriously
injured. All of the cars were of steel
and a slight fire in one of them was
speedily extinguished.
The train consisted of hine sleepers
and one dining car. 1t was made up
at Washington of cars from Key West.
Miami. Louisville. Hot Springs, White
Sulphur, Augusta and other points
south
Evening star., 1920-02-05
FRANCE TO REVEAL STAND
ON u. S. RESERVATIONS

PARIS. February 5 (Havas).-Jules
]. Jusserand, French ambassador at
Washington, has received instruction
to define the attitude of the French
government toward reservations to
the covenant of the league of nations,
according to the Echo de Paris, which
says he has already taken steps to
acquaint President Wilson with the
views entertained here.
Evening star., 1920-02-05
RAILROAD STRIKE LIKELY.
french Workers Want Allowances
for High Cost of Living.

PARIS. February ) (by the Asso-
ciated PreSs).-A general strike on
French railroads on February 10 if
union demands are not met is prob
able as . result of the three-day
Meeting of the Allied Council of Rail-
road Workers in this city.
: lCvances for tho high cost of liv-
il I'D Increased wages are de-
>.-.ucd.
Evening star., 1920-02-05
FoCH NOW "IMM0RTAL."
Leader of Allied Armies in War
Received by French Academy.

PARIS. February 5 (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-Marshal Ferdinand
Foch, leader of the allied armies in
the final victorious stages of the world
war. today joined the ranks of the "im-
mortals." He was received by the
French Academy in the presence of a
large and brilliant aSsemblage.
Evening star., 1920-02-05
Denby Out of Gubernatorial Race

DETROIT. Mich. February 5.--Edwin
DENLY. former representative, who
last August announced his candidacy
for the republican nomination for
governor. has issued formal statement
Withdrawing from the race. Mr.. Denly
did not state his reasons for withdraw
Evening star., 1920-02-05
27 German Socialist Papers Quit.

BERLIN. February (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-The Kreuz Zeitung
announces that twenty-seven inde-
pendent socialist newspapers have
suspended ruhli"~t'rr. 'ur III /,
Evening star., 1920-02-05
WEATHER.

Unsettled tonight; tomorrow partly
cloudy and slightly warmer.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended 2 pm. today: Highest, 30, at 2
pm. today: lowest, %, at IL pm. yes
terday.
Full report on page %.
Evening star., 1920-02-05

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the use for republicaties Of all news dispatehes
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All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1920-02-05
SeabOnrd Snowbound.

states along the Atlantic seaboard
were snowbound today. The heaviest
TALL was in Pennsylvania. where from
eleven to twelve inches of snow and
nail was registered. The fall in New.
york city was six inches. while in
MARYLAND. the District of Columbia
and Virginia about three inches fell.
The SnowbOund area extended as
far west as the upper Ohio valley,
but the fall in the western section
was not as heavy as it was along
and near the coast. Moderate tenn
peratures prevailed generally, and in
some sections. especially in the vicin-
ity OF the District of Columbia, the
snow had turned to a fine rain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-23
WOMAN SUFFERED
In SILENCE
Made Believe She Was Well

A woman of New Auburn, Name
writes There must be lots of wo.
men who feel as id | suffered in
Hence many times on account OF my
pride, but now know that a good lax.
atiye is essential TO good health. |
pretended was all right when /
wasn't ! had terrible pains, was
grouchy and my headaches almost
killed me with pain and worst of all
had sallow, unbeccming complexion
which was net helped by face powd-
ers why didn't try to cure myself
rather than pretend? After taking Dr.
True's Elixir now known that laxa-
tive was what needed Dr. Trues
Elixir is mild and pleasant to take
and works just right for me My cont
plexion cleared upright and ruddy
-blemishes vanished. and every one
remarked how much better looked 80
Mrs E. j. b. (New Auburn Me)
DR.. Tue's Elixir will help YOU too,
don't pretend any longer.