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Nell Gwynn.

unlike many Of the favorites q
kings. Nell Gwyn was nos thrown OFT
or balance by the attention of ROYALTY.
Even though her illiteracy was of q
pronounced character in those dayx
when many Of higher rank were IN.
Iettered. Nell. the orange seller of the
lheater Royal. was received I'm tlS
pest London society. for her ANNA.
ZION. humor and kindly nature seemex
10 nave more than overbalapced bsy
oefects. and her many acts OF Charts
gained her the lasting esteem md ~.
Iection OF the people. According IN
burne' and Evelyn. the last words o.
Charles II were for her: Let not no,u
Ne,ly starve,' was the dying scntenrs
OF the monarch OF England.
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At last they emerged from the for.
est and crossed the bridge, The hum
Of the mill had ceased. and had been
succeeded by another sound, well
known to dwellers along the st. Law
renca shores when winter arrives: The
stirring of the ice foes as the impend-
ing storm drives them together to their
long winter anchorage.
The sleigh went madly along the
what, which groaned and creaked as
the lie battered it on either side. Made
lene sprang from the sleigh and ran
on bard the schooner, which was al
read, moving.
As Marie descended to follow her
she Jaw that it was too late. There
was an increasing space between the
WHAT and the deck. She hesitated,
and hen it was impossible to follow.
For moment she thought she saw
Madeline threading the narrow pas
sage between the piles of lumber;
thenthe darkness closed about her.
Tn pulleys creaked. The mainsail
and oresail swung upward and bellied
in tie wind The two gafftopsails
gleaied like white birds against the
nigh
TIN only the sails remained. They
turnd and shifted. disappearing and
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he seemed bleeding to death. and :n'
could only try 10 stanch the blood tina
never stopped flowing.
Suddenly there came a terrific lurcn
Of the vessel, which began TO slhr
| crafty in the trough of the sea. Ant
above the roaring OF the wind came
the wild cries of Dupont and the ax
| postulations of Brousseau. The cap
tain'S reason had deserted him; he hac
abandoned the wheel to fight out his
| quarrel with Hilary. The schooner
| uncontrolled, ran sidewise before the
wind, and Brousseau, willing as he
was to let Dupont so on his errand 81
murder, was unable to steer her. BE
had handled ships before, but the
swift cross-currents at the juncture Of
river and gulf made the task impos-
sible for one who did not know int1-
mately that uncharted track, far from
the main channel. now impossible
with ice The schooner was rolling
heavily, huge seas were sweeping over
board, and she turned successfully
half round the compass; the wind,
catching her swinging sails, began to
whirl her round and round; and
steadily she drifted toward the pack
ice along the shore of the island.
Madeleine, working over Hilary
frantically in the cabin, saw Dupont
and Brousseau struggling on the poop
deck. Dupont was trying to force
his WY between the lumber piles.
while Brousseau urged him back to the
wheel Her mind worked rapidly. Was
there any way Of controlling the stu
alton? She could see none. The moon
had risen high, and the n,ists were
clearing away. Not Ear distant was
the nearing point Of the island. and
the open Gulf lay beyond. Toward the
ice field the ship was hurrying with
frightful speed.
Madeleine saw the Ice fast on every
side. The narrow passage behind.
filed with black, foam-flecBed water.
was closing in. She did net hesitate,
but caught at Hilary and urged iiu to
his feet. He managed to rise, with
her support, and staggered at her side
toward the bulwarks.
She stopped. picked the FIR coat
from the shoulders of the dead out
law, and placed it about him. Sh7
pointed toward the ice field. Brous.
seau was still struggling with Dupont
near the wheel and Dupont was
thrashing his arms and bowling his
wild paean. With the last exercise OF
his strength Hilary managed to drop
to the ice.
He lay there. Madeleine crouehed
over him under the bow of the vessel
and her last hope went out.
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an exclamation and followed Pierre
back into the darkness Of the lumbe
piles.
| Silence followed. That wait wa!
tense and nerve gripping. Hilary tret
to get Madeleine to return into thu
side. Then to Hilary's utter surprise
he heard BrOusseau's voice, and dis
cerned him moving out of the dark
ness Of the lumber.
| Monsieur Askew. want to speak to
you!" he called. Il am coming to
you. l can trust you"
Hilary returned no answer, but
Brousseau. apparently confident of
Hilary's honor, pushed forward and
| came up to the barricade.
"Ah, mademoiseIle, you have done a
foolish thing!" he said quietly to Mad
eleine. NO harm was meant 70 Mon
sieur Askew. / want those papers
that's oil. / heard he was coming
aboard and adopted this ruse to get
them. They are lies, written by dis
charged employee, and can't afford to
be lied about. l want to clear my
honor in your eyes, mademoiselle."
But as neither answered him he
dropped his pose Of blandness and ad-
dressed Hilary.
1--WE got more at stake than the
seigniory and the asbestos mine," he
cried. That's only n drop In the
bucket. l admit it's been fair fight
between us and you've won. l didn't
want the seigniory. l wanted the fight.
I'm willing to drop 1t now and give
you best. But 1 want those papers.
"They amt yours, Monsieur Askew.
Morris forged them. but you kept
them, and that's why l trapped you
here. 1t was me stopped Dupont from
killing you. because Of his daughter"
Madeleine laughed contemptuously
at the lie, and Broussesu snorted like
a dashed horse
Il want those papers, he went on
doggedly. "They amt in your clothes,
and they amt in your bag. Give them
to me and We'll cry quits. and I'll put
fbu anu huutieIIC dSHDTG at ste.
Anne. l can trust you and you can
trust me. Are you going to agree?'
NO" shouted Hilary.
He had had the sense that Brous-
seau meditated some treachery, but he
was not prepared for what followed |
Madeleine cried to him and pulled
him back just as Pierre and Leblanc
leaped down from the forecastle roof, |
to which they had climbed during
Brousseau's fictitious parleying. Each |
had his knife ready, and they were
upon Hilary together.
There was no room for maneuvering. |
and Hilary never knew afterward how
lie escaped. But he thrust his club
into Leblanc's face. and. then, as the
man stumbled back, brought it down
with full force upon Pierre's skull.
All the strength Of his arms went
into the blow. Pierre never spoke
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again. He went Keeling 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 a 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. Le-
blanc, shot through the brain. whitfield
round twice and collapsed in front OF
the barrier.
Madeleine dragged Hilary within tn.
cabin. Blood was gushing from a
wound in his breast. Frantically aha
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
She snatched 1t up and ran to see
Brousseau in the act Of crossing the
barricade. She pushed 1t into his
face.
Brousseau cursed and dropped on tho
far side; Madeleine heard him running
into the darkness. She had brought n
temporary respite. She ran back To
Hilary. But it was almost dark in the
cabin and there was hardly anything
she could da. He was censcieua, but
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-05-08
CHAPTER XVII.
Father luclen Arrives

VaIUST 1OCICU VTFstCS.
Father Lucien had grown very fond
Of Hilary. He did not know what ia
do. Hilary was in the woods now. sOd
almost inaccessible. The cure had not
even LATE to wrangle with. His days
passed in detection. Moreover, tha
matter Of Ste. Marie bothered him.
Father Lucien had been jeered out Of
the village, and he knew that II tia
bishop heard Of it ne would be tranA-
ferred to another parish. Father La-
Glen loved st. Boniface, where he had
spent all his life.
He had sent to Quebec for a book on
single-stick exercises. which he had
seen advertised in an old magazine
He had become interested. and hat
fashioned fine singlestick from q
plant hazel bough. Father Lucieo
followed the instructions given in the
book with patient care, and with tts
best results. He was very thoroukh
In all that he did. His muscles beeas
to grow, his physical health became
excellent. Soon he became quite ~.
pert. 1t was sight to see the curS
practicing lunges in the seclusion OF
his study, among the theological vel.
umes; but nobody had seen him exce,N
his old hOusekeeper, and it took SEP
eral minutes to convince the old lacy
that her revered charge had not CORA
insane.
(TO BE CONTINUED1
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GOV -iHAt INC Sisi0n was HeAIlty.
appeing again elusively, until the
blend with the fog and the darkness
and nished finally.
Thhorse, left uncontrolled, swun,
roun,and galloped homeward, trail
ing t empty sleigh behind him. Mari,
stoo6huddering at the end Of tn,
whar For a while she stared out IL
terrotoward the invisible schooner
lost the distance. She could Sc.
nothf, but she could still hear tn.
roar the wind in the rigging and tn.
flappt Of the great sails.
Prently. with a low cry, she turned
and gan running homeward. She
staged into the cottage and sank
downbefore the stove. crouchinl
there
=
WI Hilary reached the wharf IL
was eady dark. He had been rec
ogniz by no one on the way. He
wenttraight aboard the schooner,
and ind Dupont on deck.
"Wn do you startT' he asked.
'Indiately. monsieur" replied
the cain quietly.
Thchooner contained a tiny cabin
In thorecastle. Between this and
the p,. in the open bottom. was piled
the lter, secured with chains, and
stackhigh above the sides.
Tnping below" said Hilary. turn
ing az. He did not want to look
upon Boniface again.
He t his foot upon the top rung
Of thadder that led down to the
forec@. AS he did so he felt a
Sunni blow upon the back of the
head. e staggered, slipped, and fell
down ladder into the little open
space lore the cabin.
Halazed, he was barely conscious
of see the grinning faces Of Pierre
and L nc stare into his. His over
coat vto-n from his back, his pock-
cts ersed. He waited for the knife
thrustlt only kicks followed. He
was III and thrown into the cabin.
Thetlaws ran back to assist Du-
pont letting up the sails. 1t was
not Btseau's plan to dispatch him
within ring Of the shore.
He lrd the sails being hoisted.
and fdhe schooner moving from the
wharfhen he heard a low cry and
saw Mleine upon her knees before
him.
She / her face to his. whispering
that slowed him. pleading for for
givenebnd beseeching him to rise.
And Ey opened his eyes to dis
cover the vision was reality.
He kered to his feet and stood
swayih the middle OF the cabin.
while kept her arms about him.
He b to remember. He knew
where vas now. Madeleine thrust
the rekr into his hand.
"Th4 i've planned to murder your.
she Ct II learned Of it and
brouSf&s. You must not die. Hill
airy. ndlat we love each ether"
He e the revolver. 1t was
empty.h the bore % eaten away
with rthat to have nrsd it would
have ners dangerous 70 the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-05-08
Earth oIvss Lloht to Moo,

bScrythlng reflects light moro :,
less suns light shining on earth i,
renec'ed to moon. exactly as sum.
hKht shining ON moon In reflected >,
ssrh TO produce mconshine, TN,
earth shine" can be observes a., a.
aA1eer part NJ 'ncoa when condItio.,
are favorable.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-05-08
CHAPTER XVI.
Dupont Remembers.

Dupont Remembers.
Brousseau was seated in the library
Of the gaudy house when a tall old
man came to the door, He recon-
Roitred, recognized Captain Dupont,
and admitted him.
Since the exposure Brousseau had
hardly left his room. He sat there,
haggard, cruAhed, planning, scheming
to get back that which seemed slipping
inexorably from his grasp. Consumed
with furious hate of Hilary. he seemed
inhibited from action by the very We
hemence of his will.
Hes sailing for Quebec tomorrow
evening"" said the captain. Il am to
take him with schooner load of lum-
ber."
"Askew?" queried Brousseau sharp
iy.
"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. If Hilary
was going to Quebec Immediately, it
must be to lay those papers, which he
had sought vainly In his desk, before
the police. He 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. LATE
Connell knew besides, but LATE could
be laughed at, once the papers were
his own. His plan began to take shape.
If 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 l have
not always been on good terms. You
refused 10 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. "Ive
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"
"Can you keep that devil Of yours
silent till you have him on board?"
asked Brousseau.
Dupont pulled at his tangled board
and nodded Brousseau, watching him.
knew that the madness which held him
would carry him to the end. "Who
are your crew." he asked.
''Drouin. Lachance and Georges
Martin"
1.-Two men are enough. have two
good men for you in place of them.
Listen carefully. Dupont"
Marie, sleeping overhead. heard her
father drive up In d 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 IL on board; but now he
came in furtively, and she could hard
ly 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 q 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
If 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 q revolver.
But she saw that he held nothing.
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he was staring into her eyes. as II to
read her secret thoughts.
Tonight. / 60 to Quebec" said
Dupont. Il shall be aboard all day.
/ may not return" 4s
He had said the same thing be-
fore his last voyage. and she had
listened, unbelieving. but Indifferent
IL 1t were true. Now the words terri
fed 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.
1t would have aroused all the -
madness In him. II he had known. Bat
be could not know.
Ecu win es0s back" she stan
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Bv VICTOR ROUSSEAU
illustrations by Irwin Myers

888844428888&8448A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-27
DRUGS EXCITE YOUR
KIDNEYS. Use SALTS
II Jour Back Is aching or Bladder
bOthen, drink lots Of water
and eat less meat

When your kidneys hurt and your back
feels sore. don't get scared and proceed
TO load your stomach with a lot Of drugs
that excite the kidneys and irritate the
entire urinary tract Keep your kidneys
clean ike you keep your bowels clean,
by flushing them with a mild, harmless
salts which removes the body's urinous
waste and stimulates them to their nor
NAL activity. The function Of the kid.
neys is to filter the blood. In ~ hours
they strain from it 600 grains of acid
and waste, so We can readily understand
the vital importance of keeping the kid.
neys active.
Drink lots u water-you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharmacist
about four ounces OF Jad Salts; take
tablespoonful in glass OF water
before breakfast each morning for few
days and your kidneys win act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for genera.
tons to clean and stimulate cloggei kid
neys; also to neutralize the acids in
urine so it no longer is source Of irri'
tation, thus ending bladder weakness
Jad Salts is inexpensiye; cannot in.
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia.water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean and active. Try this, also
keep up the water drinking. and Nc
doubt you will WONDER what became o.
your kidney trouble pnd backache.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-27
6-16-3w
NOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDERS.

The Board of Supervisors of Lown-
des County, Mississippi, will receive
and open bids at its July meeting, on
Wednesday, the 7th day Of July, 1920,
for the furnishing of material and
construction of wooden bridge over
Jim Creek on Moore's Bluff and Togo
Road, District No. a, as per plans and
specifications on file in the office of
the Chancery Clerk. Each bid must
be accompanied with a certified check
in sum equal to 1919 of the amount
bid. Successful bidder will be re-
quired to furnish bond in a sum equal
to the amount of the Contract, and
will be required to keep the roadway
open to the travelling public during
progress of construction. The Board
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
Done by order of the Board, this,
the 10th day of June, 1920.
@ JNO. J. RICHARDS,
6-16-3w Clerk.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-27
ADS PUT CHURCH ON THE MAP

matte and touching in human interest
to be found in the literature of the
entire world. Well, headed the adj
vertisement with bold line Of black
type, 1.-THE Man Who Was Swallowed
by a Whale"
Il caused a whale" Of a sensation;
and the venturesome parson came
very near being swallowed by a CON
servatiye eity's self-righteous indig-
nation. Even ministerial friends
shook their heads in sorrow and
doubt and asked: "What does this
mean? A church advertising?' But
the reply was PATIENTLY given; why,
why not? If we have good thing
/ in the Gospel of Christ, why not let
the people know about it,"
Results Were Immediate.
The results were immediate and
gratifying. Large crowds began at
tending and the Sunday night con-
gregation, that for many years had
been handful, became great, hap
by, singing throng of people. that
overflowed the large auditorium, Sum
day after Sunday.
The year before the new pastorate
started that great church had had
only five baptisms during the entire
year. In the first year of the new
pastorate, the pastor had the joy of
baptising 1913 persons-and they were
won largely from the great Sunday
night crowds that had been secured
through aggressive advertising, join
ed to faithful preaching and consecrat-
ed prayerful, personal work.
The other ministers and churches
saw these results, and they began
advertising; and now the churches OF
Baltimore do more advertising in the
newspapers probably than those Of
any other city in the country
| have before me as ! write copy
of the Baltimore Evening News OF
the Saturday before Easter Sunday
1t contains over four pages of attrae
lively drawn church advertisements
All the churches of the city, including
the most conservative, have in 1t then
display ads-runnng from two o.
three inches to ten inches in three col
umns. This same issue Of the New;
contains column after column OF
church and religious news, and a mum
Der of religious pictures. It also con
tains an editorial, not only eongrat
ulating the News on its splendid
achievement in securing the larg'
amount Of religious advertising, Blu
also congratulating the churches upoi
the enterprise that brought those re
suits to pass.--Eourth Estate
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-27
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

The Board of Supervisors of Lown-
DIES County, Mississippi, will receive
and open bids at its July meeting, on
Wednesday the 7th day Of July, 1926
for the construction work in flooring
the County bridge over Tombigbee
River, as per plans and specifications
on file in the office Of the Chancery
Clerk. Each bid must be accompani-
ed with certified check in the sum
Of 1917 of the amount bid. Success
full bidder will be required to enter
into bond in a sum equal to the
amount of the contract, and will be
required to keep the roadway open
to the travelling public. The Board
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
Done by order Of the Board, this
the 10th day of June, AID, 1920
JNO. ]. RICHARDS,
l6-16-Sw Clerk.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-27
DEATH OF LITTLE GIRL.

The friends Of Mr. and Mrs. A. y.
Basinger, who reside at No. 3l9
North Seventeenth street, deeply
sympathize with them in the death Of
their little baby girl, Mary Elizabeth,
whose death occurred last Wednesday
morning at one o'clock, resulting
from diptheria. Little Mary was only
twenyt-six months old and her death
is a crushing blow to her devoted
parents.
The little body was carried to Beer
sheba cemetery in the eastern section
of the county for interment and there
it was laid to rest amid sorrowing
friends, Rev. Mr.. Estes conducting
the funeral ceremonies. All Of the
friends of the bereaved ones extend
their sympathy.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-27
NOTICE TO BRIDGE
CONTRACTORS

The Board Of Supervisors of Lown-
dies County, Mississippi, will receive
and open bids at its July meeting, on
Wednesday, the 7th day Of July, 1920,
for the furnishing of material and
construction Of the following bridges
and culverts: Culverts on the Me-
Intyre Road, at Station 1925, 6'X4'-
Ms; Station 1000, l0'x4'xlS', and
Station 1850, 10'x3'x1S'; Bridges on
Foot and Nichols Road, at Station
1900, 40'x5%l8', Station 5000, 40
x6'xl8', all being in District No. 8,
Lowndes County of Macon and Gilmer
Road District. Each bid must be ac-
companied with a certified check in
sum equal to 1917 of the amount
Of the bid. Successful bidder will be
required to enter into bond in sum
equal to the amount of the contract,
and will be required to keep the road
way open to the travelling public dur
ing progress Of construction, the
Board reserving the right to reject
any or all bids. Plans and speciti-
cations on file with the Clerk of the
Board.
Done by order of the Board Of Sup
ervisors Of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, this hte 10th day of June, AID,
1920.
JNO. J. RICHARDS,