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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-06-02, Page 2© Is Rafael dabatinl I’ll be damned if I’ll give her to a graceless, nameless scoundrel like you, for whom the gallows ar© wait­ ing already.” Scaramouche pulled the bell-rope, not at all discomposed. He smiled. There was a flush on his cheeks and a gleam in his eyes. He was very pleased with the world that night. He really owed a great debt to M, de Lesd'iguieres. “Binet,” said he, “forget for once that you are Pantaloon, and behave as a* nice, amiable father-in-law should behave when he has secured a son-in-law of exceptionable merits. ’Wilson Pnblishins1 Company I * CHAPTER VII. The Binet Troupe opened in Nantes —as you may riscover in surviving copies of the “Courier Nantais”—on the Feast of the Purification with “Les Fourberies de Scaramouche.” For Scaramouche himself the open­ ing Success was not confined to the public. At the end of the play a great reception awaited him from his companions assembled in the green­ room of the theatre. On the following night they played “They Shy Lover” to a full house, the fame of their debut having gone abroad, and the success of Monday was confirmed. * After breakfast the following morning, Andre-Louis and Climene sallied forth to take the air upon the quays. Columbine tactlessly j’oined them as they were setting out, though matter were improved a little when Harlequin came running after them and attached himself to Columbine. Through the bustle of traffic on the quay a cabriolet, the upper half of which was almost entirely made of glass, had approached them. It was drawn by two magnificent bay horses and driven by a superbly liveried coachman. In the cabriolet sat a slight y-oung rne mt 01 we peasants i .............. .......... girl wraPPed in a lynx-fur pelisse, Scaramouche as Andre-Imuis is < bowing over the hand, pressed his her face of a delicate loveliness. She new -albd, full’s in love with Climene, 1 lips upon it. Then he looked at her was leaning fo- -.rd, her lips parted, again.* The intense femininity of her her eyes devou. .. j Scaramouche until BEGIN HERE TO-DAY. 1 way in silence, and so, for the mo- To escan? hanging on the charge .ment, the matter was left just theie. of sedition* Andre-Louis Moreau flees | But that night, after they had from his native town of Gavrillac {supped, it chanced that when Cli- and hides his identity as a member of; mono was about to retire, he and she a bund of strolling players in which !Were he makes a great success in the char- { actor of Scaramouche. H's flight has caused him to delay revenge on the great and powerful Marquis de La Tour D’Azyr, who tricked Andre’s dearest friend, Phil­ ippe de Vilmorin, a divinity student, into a duel and then killed him be­ cause he feared th? idealist’s “danger- alone together in the room abovestairs that her father kept ex­ clusively for his company. As Climene now rose to withdraw for the night, Scaramouche rose with her to light her candle. Holding it in her left hand, she offered him her right, a long, tapering, white hand at the end of a softly rounded arm ASSERT Fc¥l i _________________ __ j w _ out gift Of eloquence.” Over the Tend, that was bare to the elbow?* friend, Andre-Louis swore , Thus a moment, when he took the to carry on his work of reforming ,. plthe lot of the peasants. {tips of her fingers in his g-rasp, and Scaramouche, as Andre-Imuis i 4VW W1HJ KJlJI-UeUW, , daughter of the owner of the troupe, and tries to forget the beautiful’1 Aline de Ksrcadiou, whom, he thinks, will marry the Marquis. Climene treats him with coldness. GO ON WITH THE STORY. “And re> you find me cruel?” Cli­ mene cha.i ngvd him at length. Andrc-L; u:s bre-ke l at h.er with a half-rmik’. ..“You have grown weary of your part cf cruel madam—a dull part, be­ lieve me, and unworthy of your tal­ ents. Were I a woman and had I your loveliness and your grace, Cli­ mene, 1 should disdain to use them as weapons of offence.” “Loveliness and grace!” she echoed, feigning amused surprise. But the vain baggage was mollified. “When was it that you discovered this beauty and this grace, M. Scaramouche?” “One morning when I beheld rehearsing a love-scene ’with andre.” “Why, that was the first time saw me.” “I had no earlier occasion to mark your charms-.” “You ask me to believe too much,” said she, but her tone was softer than he had ever known it yet. “Then you’ll refuse to believe me if I confess that it was this grace and beauty that determined my des­ tiny that day by urging me to join your father’s troupe.” At that she became a little out of breath. There was no longer any question of finding an outlet for re­ sentment. Resentment was all for­ gotten. “But why? With what object?” “With the object of asking you c-neday to be my wife.” “You go very fast, don’t you?” she asked him, with heat. “I do. Haven’t you observed it? I am a man of sudden impulses. I have curbed and repressed myself not to scare you by precipitancy. I have waited—oh! .so patiently—until you should tire of that mood of cruelty.” Mechanically, and as if my tacit consent, they resumed their walk. “And I ask you to observe,” said, “when you complain that I very fast, that, after all, I have far asked you for nothing.” “How?” quoth she, frowning. “I have merely told you of : hopes.” It was his self-possession that asperoted her; for after that ; walked the short remaindei* of ■ « . Why! This is My Old Standby! We use it at our house every day. The children just love Arrival of Letters Will Be Ad­ vanced Many Hours. Ottawa. — The Postmaster-General has formally authorized the experi­ ments which are designed to precede the new system for the expedition of British mails from the Atlantic sea­ board. At the recent session of Parliament $75,000 was appropriated for the pur­ chase of two up-to-date aeroplanes to be used in this service, although others as well will probably be utilized. The experiments are to be conducted under the direction of the Air Board and they wil begin September 1 when planes will meet incoming ships at Father Point and have transferred to them the letter mails, Halifax and St. John also figure in the plans. Between Father point and Quebec it is calcu­ lated that eight hours will be saved by this form of transmission, while from 12 to 14 hours will be saved be­ tween Fatter Point and Montreal. The Air Board is to provide the landing-, fields,®the air lines and the necessary aids to aerial navigation, while careful note will be taken of meteorological'and otter conditions. It is expected that four months will suf­ fice for the tests from the Atlantic ports. By the end of the year, in the light of the data secured, tenders for a regular service will be called for with the idea that the contract shall begin at the opening of St. Lawrence navigation next year. The new system will materially shorten the handling of all local and transcontinental mails to Canada and also the southern Do­ minions, Arrangements for the initial service will (go ahead at once in order to pro­ vide for a start by September 1. U Eveiywoman's Muid-of all-work Jri | J.LEX k FOR ALL .CLEANING^G British Columbia Wage Lrw. Victoria, B.C.—To keep its regula­ tions intact and free from legal loop­ holes, the board administering British Columbia’s new universal minimum wage act has derided to conduct an immediate appeal against u court de­ cision by which a large class of lum­ ber’ industry workers would be exclud­ ed from the scope of the statute, In­ stead of leaving the case to the work­ ers affected', the board itself will spon­ sor the appeal in the courts here. If it fail® in this way. the board will pass new regulations to make sure that no workers are deprived of the benefit® of the wage law, f , lt»t................ Treat corns with Minard’s Liniment. Of the 123* leading electric light and power systems in North.Amer­ ica (those with an annual output of 100,000,000- kilowatt hours or more) the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario takes first place and the Shawinigan Water and Power Co., Quebec, fourth place. ' refuge© wore and other have 1 Interest Aroused by Sid® Lights on Flood Situation, Million® of words have been written > about the floods; most of them end-I 1'essly re-itemting mows of thousand® I homeless', of counties and parish©® tn-1 .undated, loft readere with a dioep bu^ vague impres'Sikni of the great disaster.* • Had a reporter explored the- flood area 1 with an eye to specific MghtbigM®, I notes for his story might have read'■ somewhat a® follows: j Near the Bayou des Glaizc® Hill®, j La., a plantation owner had' ©omrihow i secured a eireu® tent, into which flock­ ed all on Ms plantation and neighbor­ ing refugees. f At the Forest City, Aik., (oaijnp two babies were born; christened Overflow Johnson High water Jo-nets. Several babies born in similar camps been christened “Refugee." At Poydras, La,, one Ted Herbert, deep sea diver, dived into the Missis­ sippi, ‘siet off more dynamite at the Poydras Cut. . The -current pulled his • diver’s helmet over his head, almost . drowned Mm. Diving a second time- he discarded the helmet, ancl, as he had no other diving equipment dived naked like a South Boa Islander. Superstiti­ ous-, Diver Herbert said that if ho let Ms picture be taken, certain death would follow. At Pineville, La., waters lapped to­ ward the grammar school. Elmo Rich, 11, waded in them, stepped into a deep hole, drowned-. Along Macon Ridge, La., deer and. wild turkey fought for food. 'Other deer and fawns, frightened, hungry, entered refug-eq camps, were made pets by 'children. At Vicksburg, Miss., steamer-cap tain Hams Clifford landed a boatload of refugees; nursed a deep flesh wound whore an insane Negress refugee had bitten him in the hand. In the valley of the Atchafalaya river’, flowing through swamp districts cf Louisiana, bands of out-laws looked forward to starvation or surrender. Houseboats guarded them from the .flood, but food grew constantly 'scarced. Rescue meant prison. Near Memphis, Tenn., bootleggers built stills in treetops above flcod waters, peddled their wares by boat. Officials seized 12 giant slilfe, two with capacities of 750 gallons; destroyed 45 vats each holding 1,000 gallons of mash. Around Richland and Madison', Ln., tire flood swept through the finest hunting grounds on the continent. Iler-o Theodore Roosevelt and Flood Relief Director John M. Parker used togcith-ett' to hunt quail, deer, bears, wild tunlcoy. At Peoria, Ill., High School Seniors Al Landers1 and Frank PoHikington bent over, let thennselV'es be hit witih-a "stout paddle at 5c per Mt. They col­ lected $4 (80 blows); gave the $4 to the flood relief fund; sat gingerly. At New Philadelphia, Ohio, the New HhiiadieilpMa Ministeriai Association d eraouncedJ Sunday theatrical perform- ances foa- Flood-. Fund benefit as “bane­ full sophistry of doing evil for the ad­ vancement of good-.’’ At Daytan, Ohio, a flat-bottomod. boat which had scon service in tho 1913 Dayton flood was put on exhibi-k tion with a sign: “THEY HELPED UP IN 1913—LET’S ! HELP THEM NOW." At Rayville, La., inundated by flocd waiters, inhabitants' BiaiUied into stores in pirogues (similar to canoes'); with­ out dTsembarltf-ng made purchases from -dorks mounted- on platform® be­ neath wMchdteL flood- water swirled.At BeMc^^wtes., five men were (Hedged; to tffe County Jail1, held with­ out bond-. They were charged with too-tang in the flooded town. Other lootiiing reports -came from surround­ ing farms. At Waterproof, La., water many feet » deep swirled through street®, inhabit­ ants for the most part left. But tele­ phone women, their switchboards mounted on scaffolding, stuck to their posts-, kept 'service continuous. Floor water swamped Mer Rouge, La., -scene of famed-1924 Ku Klux Klan- Captain Skipworth trial. Bastrop, La., also scene of Klan sensations, was threatened, by advancing waters. The flood also menaced. St. Martinsville, La., whither traveled Longfellow’s Evangd'ine, where stands the . tamed Eva-ng-eflilne Oak. At Vicksburg, Mis®., where nroro than 15,000 refugees wore encamped, herd® of cat-tie hollowed through the main streets1. STRAIGHT LINES IMPORTANCE. The straight silhouette,’ which vies in importance with the flaring line, is charmingly portrayed in this model developed in one of the dainty new foulard dotted crepes. The frock is straight in line from shoulder to hem, showing just a little fulness over the bust where the front is slashed in yoke effect. The turn down collar is fashioned of soft-tone material, as is the wide gypsy ‘girdle which is crush­ ed into a buckle at the front. The long simple -sleeves are gathered into narrow band's at the wrists. The dia­ gram shows how easy it is to put the dress together, and pattern. 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He took the candle from her, and set it down on the sideboard 1 by which she stood. The next moment! her slight, lithe body was in his arms, j and he was kissing her, murmuring “her name as if it were a prayer. “Am I cruel now?” she asked him, panting. He kissed her again for ! only answer. “You made me cruel because you would not see,” she told him next in a whisper. j And then the door opened, and M. | princess out of a fairy-tale. Binet came in to have his paternal this princess leaned forward, with, eyes regaled by this highly indecor­ ous behavior of his daughter, “And what may be the meaning of this?” demanded M. Binet, bewilder­ ed and profoundly shocked. “Does it require explaining?” ask­ ed Scaramouche. “It means that Cli­ mene and I have taken it into our heads to be married.” “And doesn’t it matter what I may take into my head?” “Of course. But you could have neither tho bad taste nor the bad heart to offer any obstacle.” “You take that for granted? Aye, that is your way, to be sure—to take thing for granted. You have done an unworthy thing, Scaramouche. You have betrayed my trust in you, I am very angry with you.” He rolled forward with his ponder­ ous yet curiously noiseless gait. Scar- amoucho turned to Climene, smiling, and handed her the candle. “If you will leavo us, Climene, I will ask your hand of your father in proper form.” She vanished, a little fluttered, lovelier than ever ’in her mixture of confusion and timidity. Scaramouche closer the door and faced the enraged M. Binet, who had flung himself into an armchair. “Bather-in-law,” said he, “I con- : gratulate you. This will cextainly mean the Comedio Francniso for Cli- and that Iona, and .vau shall shine in the glory she Will ' fleet. As the father qf Madame Scbr* atyoucho you may yet bo famous” “-■^dWre a damned' coiwr» fro 1 cried, thickly, banging his ham-liko ' fist upon tho table. (tA corsair! First you oaH In and plunder mo of half j my legitimate gains Rand now you want to earry off my daughter. But they drew his gaze. When that hap­ pened, the shock of it brought him abruptly to a dumbfounded, halt. - “What is it, Scaramouche?” — But he made no attempt to answer her, and at that moment the coach­ man-, to whom the little lady hadi al­ ready signalled, brought the carriage to a standstill beside them.- Seen in the gorgeous setting of that coach with its escutcheoned panels, its port­ ly coachman and its white-stocked footman-—who swung instantly to earth as the vehicle stopped—its dainty occupant seemed to Climene a And eyes aglow and cheeks aflush, stretch­ ing out a choicely gloved hand' Scaramouche. “Andre-Louis !” she called him. “Aline!” (To be continued.) Worn Elbows. Hubby*—“Wonder why I’m always out at the elbows?” Wide (meaningly)—“Maybe it’s be­ cause you've always got something up your sleeves.” New Motor Highway Into New Ontario to be Fittingly Opened. Timmins, Ont.—Arrangements are being made to organize a gigantic motor trek from Northern Ontario to Toronto in August, or the beginning of September. Mr. Alex Dewar, president of the Associated Boards of Trade of Northern Ontario, has writ­ ten. the various municipalities of the North asking them to elect represen­ tatives to attend an organization meeting to be held in the near future. The suggestion of the motor parade was made by the Hon. William Fin­ layson on his visit to the North, when he stated that upon the completion of the new trunk highway he would ex­ tend an invitation to all motorists of the North to visit Toronto and par­ ticipate in Northern Ontario Day at the Canadian National Exhibition. He also suggested that the business men of the North should make an ef­ fort to bring settlers and their fam­ ilies in their cars to demonstrate to the people of lower Ontario the won­ derful possibilities that were to be obtained in the northern section of the province. It is understood that practically every town north of North Bay is al­ ready making preliminary arrange­ ments for the. invasion of the south by road. “Well, there goes twenty-seven holes this afternoon. Want to stop—are your feet wet?” “I should say not 1 Do YOURS ever get wet when you’ve polished them with TZicre’s aff Nugget ” shads for every shoe made SPECIAL BATES AND FEATURES LENT THE BOARDWALKS MOST AUimiNG SEASON VISJt THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED HOTEL ON THR BOARDWALK FIREPROOF •— CAPACITY 700 — GARAGE 120 CARS CONCERT ORCHESTRA-OCEAN PORCH ANO SUN OECK •AMERICAN ANO EUROPEAN PLANS OWNERSHIP MANAoeMENt . CRAVIS DIRECTOR. 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MONTREAL TORONTO WINNIPEG EDMONTON VANCOUVER CALGARY Victoria, B.C.—Directors o tho Brib ls-h Columbia Government’,s- Pacific Great Eastern Railway have launched a program -of improvements1 along the line to cost $8*000,000 at least over a. period of* some three, ybaais. Thia year’® budget provides ior the expendi­ ture of $750,000 on ropiocbmient of old trestles qnd improvements, Next year tensive writ trill bo Undertaken lit order to ltoep the rails- way Im f)rsit»olw <wratrlng condiriom TJte improvement to be ooim- jXtefteOi IMiS year fe h giant gravel ^par whirii hw been in top, touwo ot creatton for. mere than ft year, The has piaetuctwiy dwMed that It the owner-1 bhlp 0 the Railway, foillowing the fql> j uro of many attempts to sell' it. Wjw, thio In view It I® preparing to extend it to Brinco George, thu® com plating ita priginM plan, a® soon as finance's pee- mif of j^j^iditure Meessnr;.