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THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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SYNOPSIS.
Francois Bphudi-s. a peasant babe of
thres years, iifler an amusing Incident In
whlcli Marshal New figures, is made
ChevalW of Kranca by the EmDeror Na.
poleon, who prophesied that the bojf
S might one day be a marshal of France
under another Bonaparte. At the age of
' ten Francois visits (Jeneral Baron Uns
l; pard UourgauJ, who with AUxe, his
, seven-year-old daughter, lives at the
Chateau. A soldier of the Umpire under
il i napoleon he hies the boy's imagination
i . witn stories or his cumpaiKns. i lie geiv
u era! offers Francois a home at the Clia
i - teau. The boy refuses to loava Ills pa
rents, but In the end becomes a copyist
for the cent-ral and learns of ths friend
,11 ship between the general and Marquis
. Zaupl, who campalKned with the general
I' - undr Napoleon. Marquis .appl and his
lr son. Pletro. arrive at the Chateau. The
.. general agrees to car for ths Marquis
"son while the former goes to America.
Ths Marquis before leaving for America
asked Francois to be a friend of his son.
''r Ths boy solemnly promises. Francois
til I0 t0 tha Chateau to live. Marquis
Zappl dies leaving I'letro as a ward of
s i ths general. Allxo, I'letro and Francois
j 0. pieet a strange boy who proves to be
Frlncs Louis Napoleon. Francois saves
1 I. his life. The general discovers Francois
lores AUxe, and extracts a promise from
fclm that he will not Interfere between the
!"! girl and Pletro. Francois goes to Italy
..,1 as secretary to Pletro. Queen Itortense
elans the escane of her son lentils na.
1 a: bolenn by disguising him and Marquis
i fcappl aa her lackeys. Francois takes
Marquis Zappl's place, who Is 111, In the
(III; aacana of llortense and I.ouls. Dressed
j t as Tallin's brother Francois lures the
Austrlans from the hotel allowing tin
ui: urines and his mother to escape. Fran
eols Is a prisoner of the Austrlans for
" five veara In tha rantle owned bv I'lotro
In Italy. He discovers In his guard one of
rt. Pletro's old family servants, and through
him sends word to his friends of his
li' plight The general. Allxe and rietro
pear from Francois and plan his rescue,
VYancola aa a anest of the Austrian gov-
r Ic arnor of the castle prison Inspects the
interior of the wins collar of the Zappls.
. " !
CHAPTER XVII. Continued.
This Is the way you are to get
there. In the wlno-cellar of the can
tie, which opens from the governor's
tESroom In old times always the room
Dt the lord In that wine-cellar, on the
s 'north wall, Is a square block of stone
a projecting slightly beyond the wall. If
you press the lower corner on the left
P- hand side, of the stone under this, the
big stone above will swing, out and
k i'lbow an opening large enough for a
m man to pass. Going through, you close
iu the door by pressing the same stone,
a tnd you then will And yourself In an
vii onderground passage which leads
"'j itralght half a mile through the earth
id o Riders' Hollow. The passage Is Ave
n hundred years old and only the family
the Zappls have ever known of It
m ( went through It once In my boyhood
ini pith my father, and It was In perfect
i rt kradltlon, so I believe It will be now.
It was built with solidity as one may
bollere, for If the old Zappls wanted It
Ig-U all they wanted It In working order.
" "Tour part will be difficult, Fran
d jjola, but I believe you can do It. You
irlll have to get the key of the wlno
lellar, or else force the lock. Can you
te to that? It la necessary to do It,
.Co franools, for we cannot get on with
;,s, tut you, and we shall from now live
Id, nly to set you free. I send you some
C: thing which may be useful."
S( i Francois dropped the letter and
Mi picked up the long loaf and tore it
,.r ipwt There sas a file In the center,
una-A if a powerful tonlo had been in
,.; (used into him be felt strength and
llalmneBS pour through him. He read
,,jt, fha letters over atid over till he had
jt ( pern by heart; then he concealed thom
ssa: parefnlly, with th' file, in his mattress.
sVfter that he sai down and concen
trated his mind with the new forco
" Working In It, on hla plan.
t The governor was almost certain to
kave him down to dinner again in two
"ou n thri-o days; it was a pity that while
be was thoro, all but on the- spot, he
i ar r)ul1' not Pobsobs himself of the key
kr,A L t, .1 ...
,t Ki-iu. no inougni over ono or
ma'r u V'"" un mm oasis, uuc iney an
niprecked on the fact that the
'ds wero accustomed to take him
k,to his room-at eleven, and that,
Wag notice from the governor, they
ould certainly come to find out why
V thy were not called. That would
lUrU tho pursuit; he must have the
i " 1 " 1
W"t Drou. WhatwM
i "rr
J c'?ar. so ho unwillingly let go
n Ereat advantage of his own
co In tho governor's room, so
!i'ie scene of action, and planned
lse. With infinite forethought,
n eye to every contingency pos
tc j imaRine, he planned, and when
otlce enmo tan i .u-
3ount
vt ing uajp 1UIU1, LUttl.
von Gersdorf wished hlra to
ith him that ' night. Francois'
Vtapc(1 madly but exultantly, for
f s ready.
La1 th young Frenchman
rmore entertaining, more winning
tyTant than tonight, but the ex
W, hat waB bef0r8 him made
Km.001-01 lh0 QU0Btlon t0 eat
ITL ,?lnncr' Ab before, tho
fcrlbed old wlno tome
os Francois with him to get it
St7v Wero threo bottIe8
it Jthe count was preparing
in in And FrancolB had some
tet .,n'!t,drlnkln wlth but
. , en1 wUh BiDg and
tit il & dance or two out of
i uu awKward squad at
NtmmW 5HIPMAN ANDREWS
ILLUSTRATIONS ILLSVDRTH YOUNCJ
Salnt-Cyr, with clever Imitations of the
few people whom he bad Been about
the castle, Dattlsta's gruffness and
mangled German words, and the snlf-
fling mixed with grandiloquence of
one of the guards; finally he grew dar
ing and Imitated the governor's u
perlor officer who had visited the
prison six months ago and bad seen
Francois among the othors. Francois,
with his body bent out, and a fat v ad
die, and an improvised eye-glass and a
pursy short-breathed manner, spoke of
the governor severely, pulling at him
between sentences, reproving him,
among other tilings, for having pris
oners dine with him.
And the governor roared with de
light, for this man was his rival and it
did bis soul good to see him made
ridiculous. He roared, and drank to
the imitation, and the Imitation re
buked his levity throatlly, till the gov.
ernor roared and drank again and
shouted for more. And Francois, ex
cited, exhilarated, did more; and still
the governor drank as be acted. And
the vaudeville went on. So that when
the guard came at eleven the count
was lying across the sofa, too tipsy to
get to bed alone, and Francois bad to
wait, pretending to be heavy with wine
himself, while the two soldiers put the
governor to bed.
At last he was, taken upstairs be
tween tnem, leaning on them limply;
at last his door clanged shut; bo Us.
tened to the footsteps of the two dying
away down tho stone hall, down the
staircase; then swiftly he drew out
the file and tho letters from his mat
trees; ho hid tho papcrB, wrapped
tight in their oilskin cover, in his coat
lining; ho set to work with the file to
finish Iron bars already three-quarters
filed through. That was done and
with fingers that seemed to work as
fast, as Intelligently as bis brain, be
tore the bedclothes into stout strips
ana ilea tnem togetner witn square
knots which would not slip, and tied
knots In the line at Intervals of a few
feet which might keep a man's fingers
from slipping. He had to guess how
long the rope must be, but the bed.
clothes were all used and the rope was
many yards It must serve. He put
the fllo, with two candle ends which
he had saved, in his pocket; he niado
one end of the strip fast to an un
touched Iron bnr of bis window; he
weighted the other end, then he looked
about a moment, half to see If all of
his small resources bad been remem
bcred, half in a glance of farewell to
a pluce where he had passed hours
never to be forgotten.
With that ho vaulted to the window
ledge and took the first knot In a firm
grip and let himself out Into the dark
still night. His feet hung in tho air,
his hand slid fast fast down that
poor ladder of torn stuff; the die was
cast; be was going to things unknown;
ho had taken a desperate chance and
might not go back. And he slipped
down, down, from knot to knot. Sud
denly he came to the last knot; ho had
fastened a bit of wood there so that
he might know when be got to the
end. What was this? It certainly was
tho last knot; the bit of wood scraped
his hand as he held it; but bis feet did
not touch ground.
There he hung, swaying In Slack
ness, not knowing how far he might
be above tho earth, not knowing what
to do. Only a moment, for Instantly
he knew that In any case, he could not
go buck, If he would, up that elight
swinging rope; he must drop, what
ever happened. He bent his knees
ready for the full and let go. With a
shock he landed and rolled, bruised
and out of breath, but not Injured; he
looked up and in tho dimness saw tho
last knot with Its bit of wood swing
ing In air twelve feet or so from tho
ground.
Hut he hud no tfeno given him to
consider this point, for at that sec
ond, at the far end of the closed yard
a door opened, a blaze of light poured
out, and a squad of six soldiers stepped
from the castle, torches in the hands
of tho foremost. Francois dropped,
crouching into tho shadows against
(ho wall, but his heart grew sick ns he
realized tho futility of this. Tho sol
diers were coming straight toward
hlra.
With that, a gleam on a brighter sur
face than the ground mot his eight, be
low the level of the ground. His eyes,
searching tho darkness, made out a
great butt of water, sunken by the
castlo wall. Instantly he slid into it,
up to his neck. It was not quite full,
and bis head did not show In the
shadows of tho insido. The bluzo of
the torches swept cloee, brighter, as
Francois, shivering in the cold water,
glued himself to tho dark side; the
blaze of the torches waved, shadowy,
gigantic, across the water and the cas
tle wall; ho heard the soldiers speak
In short deep words; it was like an
evil dream, and it slipped past, torch
es and dark-swinging shadows and
heavy tread of men and stern voices,
like a dream. The heavy door shut,
the lights were gone, everything was
still.
More dead than alive, Francois
dripped from the water-butt. The
hardest part of his night's Job, the
part tlint needed all his strength of
body and brain, was Immediately be
fore him, and he stood nerveless, with
clicking teeth, aa limp as tho tradition
al drowned rat. A moment be stood
eo, utterly discouraged, without confi
dence, without hop. Then with his
trembling lips he framed words, words
familiar to him for years, and with
that, In a shock, he felt Btrength and
courage rising in him like a slow calm
flood. It was not less a miracle be
cause there was no sign In the
heavens, no earthquake or lightning;
it was not less a mlrnclo because
many people living now might tell of
a like help in fearful need. As It was
once a long time ago. the water of his
b'.ood was changed Into wlno. so tue
prisoner stood In the courtyard in the
blackness of midnight and found him
self ready.
He groped bis way to the shed he
had seen from the governor's window;
with bis old boyish agility ho scram
bled up Its sloping roof and folt for the
coping he bad noticed the coping
wide enough for a man's foot; he had
found it; be bad found a water pipe
above to help him stand on it; he was
on the coping, face flat to tho wall,
working his way with Infinite dollcato
care to the window of the governor.
He never know how long that part
took; it seemed a great whllo, though
not many feet lay between tho shed
and the window. Then he felt the
stone sill of the window; his band
crept up; it was open wide open.
With a strong pull he had swung him
self over and flood in the dark, in the
governor's bedriom.
Stood and llstei.od, hardly daring for
the first Instant to draw ths long
breath he sorely noeded. Then he
smiled. No necessity for that caution
at least The governor was snoring a
heavy aggressive snore which would
have drowned most noises. Francois
Cried It Out Loud, Reckless.
stood quiet till his eyes had grown ac
customed to tho shadows, and then
they searched about quickly. Ah!
there they were, the governor's clothes.
On a chair by bis bed. With wary
steps he stole across. He lifted off
ono or two things and suddenly there
was a Jingle.
"Ah!" growled the governor and
flung out his hand, and the snoro came
to a full stop.
The hand searched the darkness a
second; all but touched that of Fran-
coIb, then fell limply, the head turned
away, with a deep sigh. Like a statue
Francois stood, frozen to the floor, and
dared not look at the figure stirring in
the bed, for fear his gazo might awake
the sleeper. For he slept; tho sound
of the keys had only Jarred some
chord in his uneasy dream. Long min
utes after the snoring was In full prog
ress again Francois waited, and then
with careful fingers bo claoped the eu
tlre bunch of keys softly aud carried
them into the next room.
There was a low light there, on the
writlng-tablo. Francois slipped the
thin, old, brass key which he knew off
from the bunch; he glanced about
quickly and found the flint and steol
on its table and put them In his pock
et; ho took down that small saber,
with Its well-polished scabbard, and
buckled it about himself; then a
thought came to him. A sheet of pa
per lay on the governor's writing-table
as if lie bad baen about to write a loi
ter; pen and Ink were ready. The
prisoner dropped Into tho governor's
chair and wrote:
My dear count, I cannot run away
without leaving a good by for you and
a word of thanks for the kindness you
have shown me. He suro I ehall not
forget our evenings together and shall
bo glad when I hoar of your promo
tion, as I am suro I shall hear. I
heartily hope I am not going to make
trouble for you. But I have to go you
will understand that. With a thousand
thanks ngr.ln I am, count, your grate
ful prisoner Francois Iienupre."
Still tho count snored. Francois,
alert, stood and listened ns ho folded
the note carefully and laid It under a
weight on the table. Then he tempted
Providence no longer. Ho slid tho bat
tered, bright, old, brass key sortly In
to tho lock, let himself into the dark
stairway, relocked the door on the in
sido, groped his way painfully down
tho steep stulrs Into tho wine-cellar,
and when ho felt n level floor under
his feet struck a light with the gov
ernor's flint and steul. He lighted one
of his cnndlo ends. The wine-cellar,
which he had left only two hours be
fore, seemed almost homelike; it
lacked the governor, that was all. He
crossed to tho projecting stone in the
north wall, and pressed the corner of
the stone below. Nothing happened.
Hurriedly he pressed it again, harder,
but the cold even surface of the wall
stared him blankly In tho face. Again
be pushed with no result A sickness
came over him. Was all his labor and
jerll to go for nothing? Was he to be
caught again ana mrusi dhck, mis
time into some far worse dungeon?
How had he dared to hope! The en
trance was closed, overgrown, the
masonry had grown solid with years
and dampness.
CHAPTER XVIIU
The Peasant Guide.
He flashed out the saber and des
perately be slid It this way and that
about the great atone, trying to find
crack, something to loosen, some
thing that would give. And while he
worked in a fever, In a chill, he re
membered rictro's letter.
Then he set down the candle end on
helf and with trembling fingers
drew off his coat and drew out the hid
den papers. The wet from his bath Id
the water-butt hud stained thein a lit-
He
tie, but only a little, for they were
carefully wrapped In the bit of oilskin
In which they had coma ti unfolded
the letter.
"If you will press the lower corner
on the left-hand Bide," I'letro said
"the lower corner!"
And be had boon concentrating all
his efforts, all his despair, on the up
per corner. When It Is a question of
11 fo and death a man is superhumanly
strong and quick sometimes, but he is
also sometimes forgetful. It is an ex
citing and confusing thing, likely, to
bo working for life and liberty after
Ave years of imprisonment Francois
pushed the lower left-band cornor and
like magto the great block above
swung out With his lighted candlo
end in his hand he slipped through
and turned and swung back the door
Into pluce and turned again and faced
blackness. Narrow, low, cold black
ness. Quickly enough, however, with
good courage, with his heart thump
Ing out a song of hope, which he had
kept down sternly till now, be walked,
at times stooping low ns he must bo
cause of the descent, down the secret
road of the old Zappls. His candlo
hold forward, he could see a few feet
ahead, but all be could see was huge
blocks of rough stone, green with
mold, water dripping between them.
Tho air be breathed was heavy and
thick; through his wet clothes ho felt
a chill as of tho grave Hut what mat
tered the road, wben the road led to
freedom?
Suddenly it came to him thnt the
passage might be blocked. It was years
since rietro hnd been through It;
some of the stones might have fallen
It would take very little to close so
narrow a way. With an anxiety which
was physical pain, with breathless
eagerness now, he hurried on. He had
to Btop to light his second candle;
again he hurried on. Would tho end
never como? Was any mistake pos
sible? With that he stumbled against
something and fell, and the candle
flew from his hand and was put out;
with a hoarso groan be threw out an
arm to steady himself, to rise; his
hand went through a yielding, prickly
mass; a glimmer came In past It
light the end!
running, crashing, staggering
through, he came Into a strange place.
It was as if a giant bad taken a huge
epoon and scooped out the top of the
earth deep, very deep. All of this
great hollow was filled with trees and
tangled undergrowth. It was full of
vague shadows In the glimmer of tho
earliest dawn. Francois, standing
there sobbing, ghastly with paleness
with matted hair and wild-sturlng eyes
and gasping mouth and wet torn
clothes, was a fit demon for the haunt
ed spot Ho saw nothing, no one; with
that there was a soft snapping of
twigs and a movement In the darkness
farthest from him; a movement toward
him. Tottering he crawled to meet It;
In another second the shadows had
shaped into figures a peasant boy on
a horse, leading another horse.
Then he stood close to them, and
tho boy, leaning over without a word
put something into his hand, nnd Fran.
cols, swaying with exhaustion, saw
that it was a flask. Ho took a long
swallow of cognac and his chilled blood
leaped, and with that he had caught
tho bridle from the lad and was in the
saddle.
In the shadows of trees, In a lonely
lane, tho peasant boy stopped his
horse suddenly and mado a uliort ges
turo toward tho flask sticking out of
Fraucols' coat pocket His Btrength
was going again; It was exactly tho
right moment Another swallow of
brandy and bo rodo on with fresh
couaago. . lint something In the ges
ture of tho peasant boy; something
about his seat In tho saddle, about tho
touch of hla bands on tho rein, gave
Francois a curious undefined shock. In
tho growing daylight ho turned toward
the silent rider. Tho coat collar was
up and tho broad-brimmed soft hat
drawn down. Tho slim figure, outlined
against the cool pink vaslness of the
morning sky was clad like nn ordinary
young peasant yet! There was a
polso, sure grace, which seemed unllko
a pennant, which seemed like
"Have wo far to go?" Francois de
manded suddenly in French.
The head turned Bwlftly; black ex
aggerated lashes lifted and under them
were tho blue eyes he knew.
"Allxe."
He cried It out loud1, reckless, for
getting everything. But she did not
forgot In an Instant her hand wa on
his mouth, and she was whispering In
terror.
"Francois, dear Francois, bo careful.
We aro not Bafe yet. We have a vil
lage to ride through ee, there Is a
house. It is almost time for them to
be awake. Ride fast It Is two miles
yet"
They were racing again over the
soft ground, the horses' unshod feet
making little noise, and Francois'
heart was playing mad music. No
need now of cognac. Then they wero
galloping down the sand cf a lonely
beach, and with that there was a little
group of people and a boat drawn up;
nnd they had pulled in the horses, and
Francois felt himself lifted off like a
child nnd lying like a very little,
worn-out child in the general's arms;
and ,the general was crying, swearing,
hugging him without shame. I'letro
was there; Pletro was rubbing the
thin hands in a futile useless sort of
way, and holding them by turns to his
face. Allxe, her peasant hat off now,
bent over them, lovelier than ever be
fore, not minding her boy's dress, and
smiled at him, wordless. There was
a huge man also who took the horses,
and Francois wondered If he had heard
aright that Allxe called him "little Bat
tista." Wondering very much at ev
erything, the voices grew far away
and the faces uncertain, and he de
cided that it wns without doubt a
dream and that Battlsta would unlock
the door shortly and bring in his break
fast. And with that he knew nothing
more till be awoke In a boat
And It was with a new feeling; with
a desire and a hope to live. I'letro sat
watching him and brought him warm
milk and held bis head up as bo drank
It, llko a woman. Then, in quiet, slow
tones, ho explained all the puzzle
which Francois had by now begun to
wonder over. 'It seemed that Just be
foro llttlo liuttlHta had brought Fran
cois' letter to Vieques, Pletro hud re
ceived another unexpected letter, from
a Colonel Hampton In Virginia, whoBe
esLato lny next tho six thousand acres
of land which tho Marquis Zuppl had
bought fifteen years before. Colonel
Hampton wroto with two requests. The
first was that the Marquis Zappl
should come to Virginia, or Bend some
ono with authority to look after his
property. Tho land was going to rack
and ruin for want of management;
the uncontrolled slaves on the place
were demoralizing to the neighbor
hood. Colonel Hampton bad done
what ho could, but he had not the
power of a master, and moreover he
he was busy with bis own large estate.
The marquis should come or send a
qualified agent at once.
The next object of the letter was to
ask thnt the marquis should receive
and entertain the nephew of Colonel
Hampton, Mr. Henry Hampton, who,
sailing on Colonel Hampton's chip, the
Lovely Lucy, would bring this letter
to tho marquis. The ship would go
first to England and discharge there
her cargo of tobacco, and after that It
was to be at the service of young Mr.
Hampton, to visit such countries of
Europo as he might choose, for six
months. Mr. Hampton hud many let
ters to people In England, but none
elsewhere, and Colonel Hampton would
be obliged if the marquis would re
ceive him at his cstnte of Castelforte
and let him see something of Italy
from that point of vantage. The mar
quis might then, if ho thought good, re
turn to Virginia in the Lovely Lucy,
and either set matters on a firm
enough footing to bo left, or else
which tho colonel considered the bet
ter plan stay with them and become
a country gentleman of Virginia. The
colonel hnd honrd that there had been
pollttcul trouble In Italy, but hoped
that at this time the country was at
pence and tho marquis comfortably es
tablished in his own castle.
All this the young marquis, an ex
Ho of five years from his native land.
had read at the chateau of Vieques. He
had considered deeply as to what he
might do about Carnlfax, his estate In
Virginia. Ho could not go himself,
for ho was In close connection with
the work of Italian patriots outsldo
and Insido of Italy; with Mazzlnl In
London; with othors In other places.
And he did not know anyone whom be
could send.
So the matter stood when the big
little Battlsta bad brought Francois'
letter to Vieques. And when Allxe had
appealed to him to take Francois' lib
eration on his shoulders, with the
thought of the secrot passngo and the
vaguely outlined plan of escapo had
come to him tho recollection of Col
onel Hampton's lottcr and the long sea
voyage to Virginia,
So when Mr. Henry Hampton landed
at Calais, a tall and very handsome
nnd very Bllunt young man took quiet
possession of him and told him that
ho wiis tho Marquis Zappl and that Mr.
Hampton was to go with him to the
chateau of Vieques In the Jura. There
wns a certain gcntlo forco about this
young mnrquls which mado opposi
tion to his expressed wish something
llko banging one's bead against a
stone wall. Mr. Henry Hampton hnd
planned going direct to Paris, but he
went to Vieques. And on the Journey
down the Marquis Zappl opened out
a plan which richly rewarded him for
his pliability. Mr. Hampton had some
what clearer Ideas on Italian politics I
MAN'S LOVE
Strong Spirit of Affection That Binds
Them Together Haa tong Been
a Matter of Note.
The day before I reached Chltna I
mot a trapper carrying five llttlo pup
pies on his bnck. He had the mother
dog with him In good condition. He
had been threo days (two of them
without any food) making 12 miles
rather than sacrifice theso dogs and
he had frozen his feet and hands so
badly ns a result that I am afraid ho
was bound to lose some of his tlngors
and toes.
I like to think that I finished my
1.000-mllo trip in 21 day with the
samo five dogs with which I stnrtod,
and that not one of them had even a
sore foot during tho entire Journey.
In fact, before I started Psyrlak had
cut his left bind foot, which made it
nccessnry to mucklock It, but when I
finished my Journey he was In better
condition tbnn at first
Not once during the whole way did
I sit on tho sled; I pushed It for at
least 000 miles and ran beside it for
another 300. Running became such
habit that when I got to Cordova
and started to go down the street I
found myself unconsciously running.
I really bad to learn to walk from the
beginning all over again.
I hntod to part with my dogs, but
as our country Is too hot for them I
docldod to give thom away. I broke
up the team and separated thom, bo
that they would not work together
again. I bad several chances to sell
FOR THE DOG I
than bis uncle; ho knew enough to de
test the Austrlans and to have a keen
sympathy for tho long, borolc, losing
fight so far losing of those devoted
men who were counting their lives aa
nothing for a united Italy. The scheme
of helping to rescue a prisoner out of
an Austrian fortress was an adventure
such aa made his eyes dance. Mr,
Hampton was twenty-one and full of
romance, romance aa yet ungratlfied
So, Iiotro told Francois, thla long ex
planatlon over, the Lovely Lucy wo
anchored at an unimportant Island out
side the port for which they were
bound, and Francois and the others
were to go on board and set sail
promptly for some port of France,
Tbore the general, Allxe, Pletro aud
little Battlsta were to be put ashore,
and Francois was to sail across to Vlr
glnla with Mr. Hampton and take pos
session for I'letro of bin American e
tates.
Fruncols, lying In bed with his eyes
glowing like lanterns, listened. But
as his friend finished bo broke out.
with a sharp pain In Ills voice.
"Pletro! I want to Bee my mother.
And Pletro was silent, laying a quiet
band over the unsteudy ono. Without
a word he sat so and lut tho sick man
think. Tho lino of red which came
Into tho pule checks told that ho was
thinking intensely, and at last, with a
shivering sigh which went to the
other's heart:
"You aro right, Pletro," ho said. "It
Is a wonderful plan for a broken man.
It Is llko you to do everything right
without a word said. Tho sea voyago.
the healthy life In Virginia that ought
to make a man of me again soon.
ought It not Plotro?"
Pletro could not speak ns he looked
at the wrecked figure, but be nodded
cheerfully.
"As for your place, I'll have that In
order In a month, and In a year it will
be a model for Virginia: and then I'll
come home."
Pletro smiled.
"Come home nnd fight for the
princo for our Prince Louis. ,Do you
remember tbut aftcruoon at the chau
teau, Pletro, and the strnngo boy, and
how be fascinated us and how" the
weak voice slopped at every syllable,
but slipped on again cheerfully. The
familiar charm of tho boy Francois
was strong as be talked. "And how he
was not to be frightened by any dan
ger of an old wnll " and Fruncols
stopped, smiling.
"And how you saved him," Pletro
added.
"That was a chance," said Francois
quickly. "Hut, Pletro, do you remem
ber how AUxe turned on you, becnuse
I hnd dono it? Droll little AUxe!"
"She always Bcorncd me because. I
wns not wonderful llko you, FruncoiB.
You were always the hero," Pletro said
gently, and pressed the skeleton band
under his own.
Francois' eyes blazed up at him then
ab they bad done bo often in boyhood.
"Not that Pletro. You do not under
stand. It was because Allxe wished
always to see you tlrBt. I was older
and had a certain quickness she
wanted you to have my poor facility as
well as all of your own gifts."
Pletro smiled his kind quiet smile.
"My Frnncols, I have no gifts. And If
Allxe Is more proud of you it Is right.
for you aro a pride to u 11 of us and I
am the lust to grudge one particle of
honor or love to you. Francois"
Pletro's deep voleo stopped, nnd then
he went on In his straightforward, sim
ple way "Frnncols, It Is not possible
for me to tell you how glad I am to
have you, my brother, back from the
dead."
And weak, nervo wrecked Francois,
holding tight to Pletro's hand, turned
bis face to tho wall and cried.
Now that the end of effort was over,
the strain of tho long years showed
their effects In a collapse; the
stretched chord had fallen Iooho, re
laxed as If It might never make mu
sic again. When the tlmo enmo to
leave tho sailboat of Lulgl and go
aboard tho Lovely Lucy, the effort was
too much for the man who, two nights
before, had shown tho nerve nnd ngil
Ity of nn ncrobut. When ho muHt leave
tho boat nnd ninko tho change, be
fainted, and. wrapped In a blanket
ghastly white, unconscious, the little
llattlnta carried his light weight up
tho ludder of tho American ship.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Stand-Off.
NnggliiB Wife drinking husband.
Which la causo nnd which Is ffect?
Sociologists and tempernnce lectur
ers may think they know but they
don't Philadelphia Rcord.
them, but I could not think of do
ing so.
When I boarded tho boat at Valdez,
where I left two of my dogs, my lead
er, Tsyrlak, tried to get up tho gang
plank after mo, but when they would
not let him ho stood thoro until the
boat pulled out, whining, as much as to
say, "How can you desert me now?"
Lieut, (leorgo F. Waugh in World's
Work.
Timely Admonition.
The death of a child as a result of
Its clothing catching fire from an open
grato has moved Coroner Jamison to
admonish parents that tho snfetly of
their loved ono is Imperiled by the
tolerance in homos of unscreened
grates nnd gas stoves. Year after
year tho ndvent of cold weather has
marked tho beginning of a long list
of fire fatalities, probably the most
agonizing form of death, and yet In
spite of such warnings, the unscreen
ed grate Is tho exception and not the
rulo. In the monlha of January and
Fobruary of the present year no lesa
than 22 children were burned to death
aa a result of the use of open cool
and gas grates, and during the year
many womon have met a similar fate.
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Real Feminine Power.
"So you don't approve of those I Lon
don suffragettes?"
"I don't know much about them,"
replied Miss Cayenne, "but I can't
help feeling that a woman who cant
subdue a few men without the ubo of
dynamite is something of a failure."
Too Insignificant.,
Young Mr. Kills was very much In.
love, and one evening he determined
to ask tho momentous question.
"It occurs to me, Agnes," he be
gan, "that in the relations which will
somo daya exist between us the
thought of er money might assume
undue proportions. I should hate to
think that any discussion aa to my
salary would give rise to any painful
scenes."
"Believe me, Alan," said the girl,
"that never, under any circum
stances, would I allow such a little
thing as that to come between us."
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