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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-05-12, Page 2Very Fine Quality He passed the comb into his left hand, and with his right fumbled in his breeches* pocket, whence there came a faint jingle of coins. ’‘Well, well, said he, gruffly. “But you must decamp, you understand.1’* He leaned from the saddle to bring his recipient hand to a convenient dis­ tance, Andre-Louis placed in it a three-livre piece, ’‘After all,** said the sergeant, “it is none of our business to play the tipstaves for M. de La Tour d*Azyr. We are of the marechausee from Rennes.” The sergeant wheeled his horse about, his troop wheeled with him. Truly satisfying'—only 43c per % lb. I BEGIN HERE TO-DAY, mouche, and went on eating. * “His humor, like your own, you will observe, is acrid,” said Panta­ loon. “Then we have Pasquariel here, who is sometimes: an apothecary, sometimes a notary, an amiable, ac­ commodating fellow. And finally you have myself, who as the father of the __„ . j company very properly play as Pan- “Yau, monsieur!” he called over his taloon the roles pf father. For the shoulder. In a bound Andre-Louis rest, I am the only one who has a was beside his stirrup, “We are in name—-it is Binet. quest of a scoundrel named Andre-1 ‘ , ___ Louis Moreau, from Gavrillac, a fugi- have Madame there. She is our tive from justice wanted for the gal- Duegne, Then we have this pert lows on a matter of sedition. You’ve Columbine, and lastly, my daughter seen nothing, I suppose, of a man Climene, an amoureuse of talents not whose movements seemed to you sus- (to be matched outside the Comedie picious?” “Indeed, we have,” said Andre- ) taste to aspire to become a member.” Louis, veryboldly, his face eagei1 with consciousness of the ability to oblige. “Yes, yes,” the sergeant felt him­ self hot upon the* trail. reprisals. He is Scaramouche. the, Tk;« Will tL xr little skirmisher, to the very life. I1; lhls WlU Vege- could say mere. But I am. by disppsi- tables, j'i.on f^aritable a«d loving to all man- Doge are usually thought of as car- • nivorems or flesh-eating animals; but As the priest said when he kissed according to reports from London, a the serving-wench,” snarled Scara- British veterinary eurgeop named Ken­ nard has made some interesting ex­ periments that seam to indicate that puppies will thrive op a diet of fruit even better than on the food that they are supposed to require. His first ex­ periment was performed ona litter of borzois. He fed half qf them the cus­ tomary foods, given .to dogs; the other half were given a diet of oranges, ap­ ples apd bananas. “At the end of three mouths,” asserts Kennard, “those fed on fruit were noticeably in advance, physically, of their brothers, and the THE WHISTLE The oath, taken as he held in his ^be body of his dearest friend, Philippe De Vilmorin, sent Andre-Louis Moreau, young lawyer or Gavrillac, to Rennes and thence to Nantes where his fervish speeches roused to action the citizens who were chafing under the oppression of the nobility. Phillipe has been trick­ ed into a duel and brutally murdered because the great ■Mkyquis de La Tour D’Azyr feared the dangerous gift of eloquence” Which the idealistic divinity student possessed. Andre-Louis swore to carry on the cause of his friend and revenge himself on the Marquis for Philippe’s death and because the profligate noble had sued for the hand of the beautiful Aline De Kercadiou, niece of the gruff Lord of Gavrillac, who was popu­ larly believed to be the father of Andre-Louis. Returning from Nantes, Andre- Louis is met on the outskirts of Gav­ rillac by Aline, who warns him that Soldiers are waiting in the town to arrest him for sedition. He flees and takes refuge in a barn where he is awakened by the voices of two lovers, Climene and Leandre, who are panic- Btricken at the impending discovery by the girl’s father. GO ON WITH THE STORY. “Calm, mademoiselle, calm!'* the subtle friend was urging Climene. “Keep calm and trust to me. I prom­ ise you that all shall be well.” “Oh!” cried M. Leandre, limply. “Say that you will, my friend, this is ruin—the end of all our hopes. Your wits will never extricate us from this. Never!” Through the gap strode now an enormous man with an inflamed moon face and a great nose, decently dress­ ed, after the fashion of a solid bour­ geois. There was no mistaking his bnger, but the expression that it found was an amazement to Andre- Louis. “Leandre, you’re an imbecile! Your words wouldn’t convince a ploughboy!” He checked abruptly, startled. ’^ndre-Louis, suddenly realizing what Was afoot, and how duped he had been had loosed his laughter. The Bound of it pealing and booming un­ cannily under the great roof that so immediately confined him “was startl­ ing to those below. The fat man was the first to re­ cover, and he announced it after his own fashion in one of the ready sar­ casms in which he habitually dealt. “Hark!” he cried, “the very gods laugh at you, Leandre.” Then he1 addressed the roof of the barn and its invisible tenant. “Hi! You there!” Andre-Louis revealed himself by a further protrusion of his tousled head. “Good-morning,” said he, pleasant­ ly. , .“What the devil are you doing up there?” “Precisely the same thing that you I are doing down theiy,” was the an­ swer. “I am trespassing.” “Eh?” said Pantaloon, and looked at his companions, some of the assur­ ance beaten out of his big red face. “Whose land is this?” Andre-Louis answered, whilst drawing on his stockings. I believe “And now for the ladies. First wd eventual result of the experiment was that the fruit-salafi pups all become first-class hounds, whereas only three of those fed on meat, fish and biscuit grew Into good dogs. One of them died, and two others developed kets.” Later the veterinarian repeated experiment with Pomeranians, three months the fruit-fed dogs grew almost beyond recognition into the size of large fox terriers, while the others lagged far behind. When the : puppies that were fed fruit got the dis- . . temper It passed off quickly. t? , ♦ ’ *. « X.* , 1 Didn’t the doctor let the pups have ; Ready to sweat and fight and risk and - - ................ j dare, I To master, to excel, and to control. Francaise, of which she has the bad (To be continued.) .............. Industry. 11 UUU apuil 141$ ULUAL* T ___ . a ~“There was a fellow who seemed 1 am 1’aSSIOn 7°“ ’ I call to men bare-armed and fresh of minds;very fearful of being recognized . a man of fifty or thereabouts . . “Fifty!” cried the sergeant, and his1 face fell. “Bah! This man of ours is; no older than yourself, a thin wisp of' a fellow of about your own height and of black hair, just like your own, j am a struggle in the dust and smoke, by the description. Keep a lookout on Wher6 wheeIa are whirU and the- your travels, master player. Ihe( broad belts fly King s Lieutenant in Rennes has sent j aai march of mankind from the us word this morning that he will pay ten louis to anyone giving informa­ tion that will lead to this scoundrel’s arrest. If would be a fine windfall for you, that.” f j “A fine windfall, indeed, captain,” answered Andre-Louis, laughing. But the sergeant had touched his horse with^the spur, and was already^ am Creation carried on anew ' In the beginning of a greater world. —Herbert G. Sisson in Forbes Maga­ zine. trotting off in the wake of his men. Then he turned slowly about, and came back towards Pantaloon and the rest of the company, who were now all grouped together, at gaze. CHAPTER II. They were, thought Andre-Loui3, as ’ “WE ARE HERE IN QUTST OF A SCOUNDREL NAMED ANDRE- LOUIS MOREAU.” i W i i i past, To frontiers wide, adventurous and high, am the game of Progress, where man's art Against the power of the Spheres is hurled. 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There Andre-Louis perceived a young man of the com­ pany performing his morning toilet at a bucket placed upon one of the wooden steps at the tail of the house on wheels. “I would beg leave to imitate that very excellent young gentleman be­ fore I leave you,” he said frankly to M. Pantaloon. “But, by all means. Rhodomont will provide what you require.” So Andre-Louis once more removed __ his neckcloth and his coat, and rolled amiable Rhodomont, whom Andre- up the sleeves of his fine shirt, whilst, Louis already knew. Rhodomont procured him soap, aj “Then here we have Scaramouche, towel, and presently a broken comb, whom also you already know. Some- This last Andre-Louis gratefully ac-{ times he is Scapin and sometimes cepted, and having presently washed • Coviello, but in the main Scara- himself clean, stood, restoring order' mouche, to which let me tell you he to his disheveled locks. . j is best suited—sometimes too well He was standing thus, when his‘ suited, I think. For he is Scara- ears caught the sound of hoofs. He, mouche not only on the stage, but looked over his shoulder^ carelessly,' also in the world. He has a gift of and then stood frozen, with uplifted sly intrigue, an art of setting folk comb and loosened mouth. Away by the ears, combined with an impu- across the common, on the road that dent aggressiveness upon occasion j when he considers himself safe from yire»tone Build* the Only Gum-Dipped Tire* iWJE Nt). 19—’27. Dark Ray Found to Pierce Smoke. A dark ray, which it is said will enable the operator to pierce fog orj smoke and see what is beyond, was1 exhibited by J. L. Baird, inventor of the televisor, in his London tory; the new invention is “noctovision.” Its inventor claims it will naval and useless in banish the naval and . . and make it possible to locate fleets in the skies or at sea. 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Seven of the stars | form the consteillatlon of Ursa, or the great bear, the most conspicuous constellation in the northern skies. labora-* called:| render screens also Cakes baked with Purity Flour keep fresh for three or four days. Purity is a vigorous, “dry” flour that absorbs and holds more water or milk. Tasty cakes, rich pies, and large, light buns and bread are always yours when you use PURITY FLOUR he sat down to breakfast with' them behind the itinerant house, an odd and yet an attractive crew. They numbered exactly eleven,' three women and eight men; and they addressed each other by their stage {names: names which denoted their ■ several types and never varied, no matter what might be the play that they performed. “We are,” Pantaloon informed him, one of those few remaining staunch ■ bands of real players, who uphold the traditions of the old Italian Commedia dell* Arte. Each of us is his own author as he develops the part assign­ ed to him. We are improvisers—im­ provisers of the old and noble Italian school.” And he proceeded to introduction in detail. He pointed out the long and bordered it, he beheld a party of seven horsemen in the blue coats with red facings of the marechausee. When a moment later the sergeant pulled up his horse alongside of this half-dressed young man, Andre-Louis combed his hair what time he looked up with a half smile, intended to be friendly, ingenuous, and disarming. “What is your pleasure, captain?” “My pleasure is to tell you that you are very likely to be gaoled for this, all the pack of you.” “But how so, my captain? This is communal land—free to all.” “It Is nothing of the kind. This is terre censive.” * “Technically, I suppose you are right,” sighed Andre-Louis, and fell' to combing his half again, still look-, ing up Into the sergeant’s face. “We‘ are grateful to you far the warning.” AUTO PARTS Shaw's Au.to Salvage carries largest stock of slightly used parts for most makes of ears. 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The car­ riage seat, fastened in the- forks of Hie ‘ tree', creaked as Billy moved, and the hen moved away hurriedly, with ono , eye on the tree as she clunked and ; called to the family that trailed along behind her. It was great, up there In the willow tree, Billy decided, as he decided every day all summer long, up there in the willow tree in the exact centre of the great round bowl of the &ky, with the rim of the horizon the same distance away on every side. He closed his eye®, and' the sound of the wind in. leaves and grass' was like a level, whis> poring plain of even sounds with the bird calls rising in sharp peaks of music, and the far-off lowing of cattle like heaped-up, rounded hills of sound. The gate clicked sharply, an upflung jagged pinnacle, sudden and sharp. Billy’s eyes flew open, and he sat bolt upright. Treasures Galore. A man was coming up the short lane from the front gate. The sunshine, Al­ tering through the row of trees bor­ dering the lane, doppled bls' black coat with light and shadow. He was an odd-looking man, with a great pack on his back, and the dust of the road on ,pack and clothes. He swung his pack down beside the kitchen door and re­ moved his hat, and Billy saw the gleam of earrings against the darkness of his skin. When Billy's mother opened the door the stranger picked up his bur­ den, and entered the house. Billy slid down out of the tree, went around back of the house, and through the woodshed'. From the kitchen came the sound of voices ; his mother’s voice, appraising, quiet and even; the voice of the stranger, quick and vol­ uble. The boy went into the kitchen and stood beside his mother. He watched the peddler spread out his wares; bright-colored cottons and linens spread on the white-scoured top of the kitchen table; strange trinkets that glittered and shone; mirrors and lace; bright-tinted combs, and hand­ kerchiefs spread out on the kitchen chairs. Billy’s eyes grew round as he • looked upon the extent of the treasures ’ that came out of the pack, and he ' watched the glint of gold earrings and ) the shining of teeth as the stranger j talked, and the quick flitting of hands that brought out treasures endlessly. Billy lifted himself on tiptoe, and. gazed into the depths of. the pack. The Real Treasure. "x There was a whistle there in the bottom of the pack, and such a whis­ tle! bright and shining, and with a cord all red and white and blue to go around the neck. Billy gave his mother’s apron a quick, imploring tug, and pointed at the whistle. And then, he had it in his -hands, with the loop around his neck, and his mother's hand was resting on his head, and' the peddler was smiling with a network of tiny wrinkles around his eyes, and a great flashing of gold earrings. Billy walked out through the woodshed, and the murmur of voices flowed again over his head, unheeded. With his eyes on the whistle his feet carried him straight back to the foot of the willow tree. Back in the old carriage seat when the peddler came out of the house, Billy watched him bow himself effu­ sively out into the lane; watched him go down the driveway under the trees, with the sunshine dappling his dust­ colored hat and his great pack; watched him as he trudged away up the sun-drenched road toward the next farmhouse. Then his gaze went back to the whistle in his hand. He turned it over and over foi’ the hundredth time. Over in the barn a hen cackleci suddenly, a quick outburst of sound that fluttered across the yard like an unfurled pennant in a rush of wind. Billy closed his eyes, put the whistle to his lips, and blew! an entrancing, slender shrillness that mounted straight up like a slight shaft. He opened his eyes and feasted them up­ on the whistle, as lie turned it over and over in his hands. The hen led her brood back under the willow tree, clucked reassuringly, scratched ex­ pectantly in the black earth, and cast a complacent eye over her tiny family. -------------------— Rainbow. First the flaming red Sprang vivid forth; the tawny orang* next, And next delicious yellow; by whose Side Fell the kind beams of all-refreshing green. Then the pure blue that swells autum­ nal skies. Ethereal play’d; and then, of saddqr hue Emerged the deeper indigo (as when The heavy-shifted evening droopa ’> with frost)., * While the last gleamings of refracted light Died in the fainting violet, away. —James Thomson* j Playing Safe. "Your son-in-law is a quiet young man, isn’t het” remarked the visitor. "Yes,” agreed the old gentleman. “I reckon that he’s figured out that it’t bettor to be silent a»d thought dumb than to speak and romeYo aF. doubt