The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-09-21

thames was bOfn
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In Valencia. Spain
In January, 1907
$780, 3&I the son Of . pro-
prfetOF Of = dry
IT, goods shop. He
|eE2 attended the Uni
versity Of valen-
ella and received
. degree IN law.
49, He was against
tho established
order from hia
college days. A.
result he re-
- sAMAas n celved the Arst Of
asi':;;;;ss y . series Of impris-
0nments when he
~as elghfeen-f0P . sonnet against the
government. He has passed periods Of
exile ~ Paris and II Italy, alternatlng
with stays In prison. One of his pro-
tests was against the measures pursued
By the government In suppPcssinx the
Cuban insurrection. He founded . re-
publican newspaper, Of which he was
editor. reporter and reviewer. He
established . publishlng house to in
ereasee to Spain the great works of
European literature ut popular prices,
eAis was but one Of the attempts he
Ass made, sometimes At the risk Of his
ute, t. bring his country into the cur
eeaf Of modern thought. He was elect
~ - the Coptes. and became the leader
Of bis party. He devotes his time At
Wreaent entirely to literature.
II his novels he began In the usunl
spsaish way with pictures Of local
provincial life with the typos and the
eirtures of which he WINS familiar. Hut
he deals not merely with pictures, his
stories sh have nm object In which
their strenuous author II greatly in
terested. He lacks restraint, his pas
sion for Independence IL without
nasEd"' he carries his admiration for
the realism of ZOla to limits which
shGek eur more restrnlned habit Of
"fna. hat despite the opposition which
ee has encountered At home and
abroad. the author Of "The Four Horse
s'es Of the apocalypse II rapidly be-
e"MfnE one Of the most widely read
81 living writer's.
N 1870 Marcelo Desnoyers was a
lonely lad of nineteen years living
In Marseilles. A popular manifes-
tatlon In favor Of peace, at the
first news Of war with Prussia, influ-
enced him to leave the country and he
made an unforgettable trip to South
America, where after many failures
and . laborious existence, he became
IN employee Of Madariaga, the CEN
taur.
Don Madariaga's fortune was enor-
nous. He had gained his first money
as a fearless trader, and with his
earnings had bought vast tracts Of
Lind, devoting them to the raising of
cattle. Though he had a capricious
snd despotic character he nevertheless
felt q certain fondness for his new
French overseer. One morning Des-
uoyers saved his life.
Thanks. Frenchy," said the ranch
E,an, much touched. "You are an all
round man and ! am going to reward
you. From this day ] shall speak to
you ~ do to my family"
Desnoyers soon married Tulsa, Ma
lariasa's elder daughter. while a
young German, Karl Hartrott, recent
arrival at the ranch, married Elena,
her younger sister. Seated under the
awning ON summer nights the ranch
man surveyed his family around him
With . sort Of patriarchal ecstasy.
~Just think Of It, Frenchy." he said.
= am Spanish, you French. Karl Ger
man. my daughters Argentinians, the
cook Russian, his assistant Greek, the
sable boy English, the kitchen serv-
ants natives, Galicians, or Italians, and
among the poems are many castles and
laws And yet all live in peace.
IN Sarope we would have probably
been b . grand fght by this time. but
here w are all friends."
Julio. the son Of Desnoyers, was the
favorite Erandchild Of Madariaga.
al the fine cowboyi What a pretty
fellow you are!" he would say. "Have
. good time. for grandpa IL always
Asrs with his money"
o. evening the patrons horse came
saowly home without its rider. The old
nan had fallen on the highway. and
when they found him he was dead.
NJ Hartrotts moved to Berlin ut
snce ana the Desnoyers went to Paris,
each AeoseAoad In possession of an
enormous fortuna Besides establish.
ING his family In IN Ostentatious house
n Paris. Desnoyers bought a castle,
Observation-Disclosures, q mixture Of
palace and fortress, where ne could
put his rapidly accommodating pur-
shases Of paintings, furniture. statues
all those things which he carried
away from the aucti ons which 1t had
BOW become his habit to frequent.
The only disappointment in Desnoy-
ers' new life came from his children
his daughter Chichi because Of her In
dependence and Julio because of hts
aimlees existence. Julio has had to
make trip to South America In order
10 realize on bequest from his grand
father 20 that he might marry the fas-
chatting and frivolous Marguerite Lau-
Sier. with whom he had become in
1atnated.
Suddenly the cloud Of war cast its
shadow over this family. The self
0ufheient DR.. Julius Won Hartrott said
IN h3R c0nRin. "War will no declared