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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-08-11, Page 2t- * ■r "SALMA" GREEN TEA CHAPTER IX.—(Cont’d.) Andre-Louis observed the ashen 'pallor that now overspread the face of his opponent. _ ‘“I think you begin to realize, mon­ sieur, what Ph.ilippe de Vilmorin must have felt that day at Gavrillac. I dvsired that you should first do so. Since that is accomplished, why here’s to make an end.” lie went in with lightning rapidity. For a moment his point seemed to La Ts'iir d’Azyr to be everywhere at cnee, and' then from a low engage­ ment in sixte, Andre-Louis stretched forward with swift and vigorous ease tn lunge in tierce. He drove his point to transfix his opponent whom a series of calculated disen­ gages uncovered* in that line. But to his amazement and chagrin La Tour ‘o'Azyr parried the stroke; in­ finitely more to his chagrin La Tour parried it Just too late. Had he com­ plete y i arried it, all would’ yet have been well. But striking the blade in the ho-.', fraction of a second, the Marquis deflected the point from the Imo of la.-, body, jet not so com pletely but that a couple of feet of that Lya-d driver s^eel tore through the muscles of his sword-arm. To the seconds none of these de­ tails had been visible. All that they had seen had been a swift whirl of flashing blades, and then Andre- Louis stretched almost to the ground in an upward lunge that had piereed the Marquis’ right arm just below the shoulder. The sword fell from the suddenly re1 axed grip of La Tour d’Azyr’s fin­ gers, which had' been rendered power­ less, and he stood now disarmed, his lip in his teeth, his face white, his chest heaving, before his opponent, who had at once recovered. With the blood-tinged tip of his sword resting on the ground, Andre-Louis surveyed him grimly, as we survey the prey that through our own clum­ siness has escaped us at the last moment. In the Assembly and in the news­ papers this might be hailed as an­ other victory for the Paladin of the Third Estate; only himself could j kr.cw the extent and the bitterness of tho failure. Andre-Louis at last roused himself, sighed, and turned away to resume his garments and left the ground at once. As, with Le Chapelier, he was walking siowly and in silent dejec­ tion tr.ward the entrance of the Bois, where they had left their carriage, they were passed by the caleche con- veypr.g La Tour d’Azyr and his second. And thus it was that he was the first to return, and seeing him thus wtuniing, apparently safe and sound, the two ladies, intent upon prevent­ ing the encounter, should have as­ sumed that their worst fears were realized. Mme. de Prougastel attempted to (Kill out, but her voice refused its office. She attempted to throw open the door of her own carriage; but her fingers fumbled clumsily and ineffec­ tively with the handle. She. found her voice at last, and 1 at the same momnet signaled to the driver of the caleehe to stop. “Mademoiselle de Kercadious is with mo. The poor child has fainted.” Moved by a deep solicitude Mademoiselle de Kercadiou, de Tor d’Azyr sprang up despite wound. And thus i: happened that vlen a few moments later that approach­ ing cabriolet overtook and passed the halted vehicles, Andre-Louis beheld a very touching scene. Standing up to obtain a better view, he saw Aline in a half-swooning condition—she was beginning to revive by now— seated in the doorway of the carriage, supported by Mme de Plougastel In an attitude of deepest concern, M. de La Tour d’zyr, his wound notwith­ standing, was bending over the girl, whilst behind him stood M. d’Ormes- son and the madame’s footman. “My God!” he cried aloud. “What must she have suffered, then, if I had killed him as I intended!” If only she had used candor* with him, she could so easily have won his consent to the thing she asked. If only she had told him what now he saw, that she loved M. de La Tour d’Azyr. for La his CHAPTER X La Tour cP Azyr was seen no the Manege—or indeed in M. de more in Paris at all. . ~ The rumor ran that he had emi­ grated. But that was only half the truth. The whole of it was that ne M. de Kercadiou was of those who make friends with men of all classes. In Meudon he was known and es­ teemed of all the simple folks, and it was Rougane, the friendly mayor, who informed him on ■ the 9th of August of the storm that was brew­ ing for the morrow. The friendly mayor carried his complaisance a step farther, and dis­ patched the letter to Paris by the hands of his own son, an intelligent lad of nineteen. It was late in the afternoon of that perfect August day when young Rougane presented him­ self at the Hotel Plougastel. Madame made up her mind at once. M. de Kercadiou’s urgent mes­ sage no more than confirmed'her own fears and inclinations. She decided upon instunt departure. It wanted, perhaps, a half-hour to sunset when the set out in her car­ riage with intent to leave Paris by the Porte Saint-Martin. The carriage drew up at the bar­ rier, checked there by a picket of the National Guard posted before the iron gates. The sergeant in command strode to the door of the vehicle. The Countess put hei* head from the win­ dow. “Your name, madame?” he had asked brusquely. “Plougastel,” he repeated after her, without title, as if it had been the name of a butcher or baker, He took down a heavy volume from a shelf on his right, opened it and turned the pages. It was a sort of directory of his section. “Comte de Plougastel, Hotel Plougastel, Rue du Parodic. Is that it?” “That is correct,” she answered. There was a long moment of si­ lence, during which he studied cer­ tain penciled entries .against the name. “The barriers are closed to all who cannot prove the most urgent and satisfactory reasons for wishing 'to pass. You will wait, madame, until the restriction is removed.” Rougane’s astonishment turned in­ to dismay when they told him what had taken place. “A passport from without would do equally well,” he announced. “I will go back to Meudon at once. My father shall give me two permits— one for myself alone, and! another for three persons—from Meudon to Paris and back to Meudon I re- enter Paris with my own permit, which I then proceed to destroy, and we leave together, we three, on the strength of the other one, represent­ ing ourselves as having come from Meudon in the course of the day. If I go at once, I shall be back to night.” “But how will you leave?” asked Aline. 1 “I? Pooh! My father is Mayor of WBMSI Quick relief from painful corns, tender toes and pressuro of tight shoes, DXScholl's: Aldm BIBLE READING Wilson Publishing Company IHB SHOWN ON A ST Li shirring is DAINTY FROCK FOR THE JUNIOR MISS. 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In the opinion of the speaker it was not the schools that, were responsible1 for this, for it was not in the schools1 that past generations of Scottish chil­ dren learned to know the Bible. From the point of view of teachers of Eng­ lish it was a tremendous loss. The simple and splendid diction of the Authorized Version, the majestic march of its rhythms, made it a truly noble volume—one of the greatest in any language. To have been familiar with it from childhood was in itself a priceless literary asset. :From the point of ' Swar the fly with GILLETTS LYE A teaspoonfu! of Gillett’s Lye sprinkled in the Garbage Can prevents flies breeding LAWS IN Broader Policy Adopted as Result of Co-operation by Auto Clubs i . f; : SPEED LIMIT LAW ! Washington, D.C.--H the motor tourist dees not completely uniform traffic regulations this summer when he goes forth on his annual vacation journey, he at least will be certain of finding more equitable and just codes prevailing, as a result of the progress of the movement toward uniformity in vital features of motor vehicle codes, according to a statement from the American Automobile Association recently. , In connection with their fight the adoption, of the more vital fea­ tures of a national code, the units of the A.A.A. have been making a vlgo^ ous onslaught upon, reactionary and unduly restrictive provisions 'of the local codes with which the motor tour­ ist comes in contact, Thomas P. automatically. For them English’ Henry, president of the national was the language of languages. When* motoring body, decllared. Ho com- main body of the historical, emotional j “An excellent measure of success and literary appeal to the great mass, has marked these efforts in hundreds of the . 800,000 children in their, of communities and, in this, officials schools, and ultimately to an over-J of the national motoring body see a whelming percentage of the adult. fine stimulus to touring created. population, they became sensible of I the supreme importance of the task that had been laid upon the schools., vepjcie movement held by local The very existence of the English As-. thorities in many partg of the coun. sociation was a good omen and the,try have heen granted by a much fact that it contained so many teach- ' ers showed that the situation was ap- predated by those m whom the mam ^ourist jiag f0Und a^ one tfme or an- Coats little but always effective C/xe Gillett's Lye for all Cleaning and Disinfecting I I~ x x, 7 , I VYWH vne jiUJKUUge ua raiig utii* ew. it . burning to the teaching of English tjyey eiGCtecl that it must include the tinued: in the Scottish universities, S'" ' George said that Barrie’s dictum that “the man of science appears to be the only man who has something to say just now and the only one that does not know how to say it” was too sweeping. Undoubtedly, however, there were “men of science” whose style was not that of the masters. There were even some classical schol­ ars whose record in that respect was not above reproach. z In thie hands of a good teacher the ltvucu u U1 Vy,iv,u vuv main systematic study of even a limited, j1Op.o finding a satisfactory solution number of Latin and Greek roots ’ regted ....... _—*----------- f. Minard's Liniment for scaly scalp. "Ambition laughs at obstacles.”— would give pupils an extensive com-! mand over the English vocabulary.' Combine that with the intelligent. reading of plenty of good prose and a | sense of style would develop almost,Roy L. Smith. -------------------------------------—-_________it_________L ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE I t I. L i- l’> The Rural Life is the Best Life Broader Policy Prevails “The circumscribed views on metor BEEN A SWIFT WHIRLSEEN HAOTHEY HAD BLADES. THAT OF FLASHING And Education is the Big Factor in Making it so. better perspective. The narrow, dis-%. touted vision of traffic that wery , tuuiiBb uno luuilu ctu ujiy umu ui ciu- other in both small and large centers rapidly is giving way to a broad, sane policy as the automobile club presents motordom’s qpse to the local legisla­ tors. "Tothe credit of the municipal of­ ficials generally, they not only have revealed a willingness to listen but to learn and to be as fair and just as |{ the most sanguine could hope. When |l, they were told, as in many cases they* Ip’were, that the local regulations were J.‘^actionary and successful chiefly in T driving away business, they usually gave their close attention to the'1 . 3 club’s spokesman or committee. This, j same attitude was manifested in mar>i|t, ■ |l municipalities adjacent to the cities I'.in which the club headquarters were }; located.” ;j Among the advantages which have-^-- | ; come to the motorist as a result of p this campaign by the motor clubs, are |p less rigid and restrictive speed -regu- il --------ii if Profitable Farm Operations and Content­ ed Home Life follow the Enlightening Influence of a Course at' the Ontario Agricultural College. The opportunity to attain a full knowledge of Crops, Soils' Live Stock, Poultry, Farm Engineering, . Dairying, Apiculture, Horticulture, the Basic Sciences and English is given to all Students at the O.A.C. Write for Calendar. Tuition, first and second year, only $20,000 per year. Board and Room $5.40 per week. had joined that group of noble travelers who came and went between the Tuileries and the headquarters of the emigres at Coblenz. As for Andre-Louis, his godfather’s house saw him no more, as a result of his conviction that M. de Kerca­ diou would not relent from his re­ solve never to receive him again. He threw himself into his - duties at the Assembly ith such zeal and effect that when the Constituent was dissolved in September of the follow­ ing year, membership of the Legisla­ tive, whose election followed imme­ diately, was thrust upon him. Of the counter-revolutionary trou­ bles, none were more acute than those of Brittany, and, in view of the in­ fluence it was hoped he Would wield in his native province, it was pro­ posed to Andre-Louis by the Commis­ sion of Twelve, in the early days of the Girondin ministry, that he should go thither to combat flie Jle accepted the task, and ne*waiT onie of the plenipotentiaries dis­ patched on the same errand in that spring of 1792. x It kept him absent fAfn Paris for four months and might have kept him longer but that at the beginning of August he Was recalled,. Mlle, de Kercadiou, tooz was in Parils in those days or early August, on a visit to her uncle’s cousin end dearest friend, Mme. de PIougasteL In early August there arrived at the Hotel Plougastel a messenger from M. de Kercadiou through whom he urgently hade mademoiselle join him at once, and advised her hostess to accompany her. .<•' Meudon. There are plenty who know him. They will pass me through. It is quite simple.” His confidence uplifted them again. The thing seemed as easy as he rep­ resented it. “Then let your passport be for four, my friend,” madame begged him. “There is Jacques,” she ex­ plained, indicating the footman who had just assisted them to alight. Rougane departed’ confident of soon returning, leaving them to await him with the same confidence. But the hours succeeded one another, the night closed in, bedtime Came, and still there was no sight of his return. - (Continued jn Our Next Issue) ............X , , ... . "Why did Jack leave his wife? "Well, you see, she was a junk dealer’s daughter and she was al­ ways picking scraps.” The Ontario Agricultural College J, B. Reynolds, M.A. President. L. Stevenson, M.S. * A. M. Porter, B.S.A.. Extension. Registrar. i Minard’s Liniment for sore feet* Scrambled. To be added to the lore of old noc­ turnal-life if? th? story of the taxical} driver who ’Uas hailed by a epeak-easy doorman the other night. The door* man escorted four men to the voiture, arranged them carefully within and than instructed the chauffeur: “Th© naan on- the left goes to *----- Park Avenue, the one hext to him to ----- East Sixty-fifth, th? one on the left front ,|eat to-----West End, and the other to - Riverside Drive,” The chauffeur nodded UMtrstand- ingly arid drovS awayx In a few mo­ ments he was hath, beckoning to the doorman. "^ay, Buddy,” he said, 'rwould you Uflnd sortin’ those guys out again? I ./hit a bump on Sixth Avenue.”—-New ! ' Yorker* 1 Conscience Money Detroit News.: Last year the Secre­ tary of the Treasury received .$3,936.60 in “conscience money” from people who had beaten the Government, while the Chancellor of the British Exchequer took in about five times as much. Either the American con­ science is harder and more calloused than the British, or it’s the other way ,about. This is a problem for the psychologists. Do Americans almost without exception pay the Govern­ ment all they should and thus free their minds of the consciousness of guilt? Or do they Skin Uncle Sam and then suffer no remorse? Does the Britisher, when he holds out on the Treasury, brood over his sin? Does he He awake nights wondering wheth­ er he ought to get right with Winston Churchill? poes he lose flesh. Does , his lea taste bitter, and his scone choke him? Does he have symptoms never, or seldom, felt by the reprobate Yankee? . » , Who will solve this problem? 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Whitlow &Co,t Limited, Toronto^ £ V7 l&i i. r,,« it - J lations reflected in the disappearance * of hundred’s of signs specifying "Speed limit, 15 niiles an hour”; more reasonable parking regulations; fewer confusing bans on driviug practices that are generally aproved; a broader tendency to warn instead of arreste the traveller and a general leniency* where violation of the reulation palp­ ably was caused by ignorance. "Probably the most welcome irm* j provement wrought is that which has' brought to many communities a more liberal speed * limit Jaw,” Mr. Henry says. "Nothing has so aggravated and irritated the motorist on tour as the conspicuous '15 mile speed limit’ signs that have greeted him in dreds of small towns, villages hamlets. "Everyone has recognized the dan­ gers of excessive speed by the auto­ mobile. but whefi a village establishes a maximum speed of fifteen miles an hour while the metropolitan arg.a will allow one to drive thirty, it is absurd to look upon the regulation as de­ signed merely for safety. The motor club has taught the municipal official the futility and injustice of this regu­ lation in hundreds of instances al­ ready, and when the touring seasen comes,again, hundreds more will have taken down these signs cf reaction. "The fight for uniformity of traffic regulations is continuing. In the meantime, more equitable and just regulations are being obtained every­ where,” the statemnt concludes. Good Letters To write a good, appealing business letter—pleasing, winsome andJkon- vincing—is an art or accomplishment hut few of us have attained, and yet how important it is that, the letter going from your office to another at a distant point should convey the right impression and produce the re­ sult. If it is true that every letter written represents an average cost of 3'0c, it is important that your letter should be good. There is competition in letter writing. Not any common communication will meet the situa­ tion at all times, and yet this import­ ant part of advertising and sales is woefully neglected or misused. Use* less phraseology, hackneyed terms and superfluousVerbiage seem to run riot in business correspondence, We think it is largely due to the fact that the letter writer fOils to put himself in the position of the one he is addressing. Smart or cunning phrases ate out of place in go* let­ ter writing. Strong, masterful argu­ ment and presentation are qualities very much to be desired. I liun- and **• destroys v&c Flies Mosquitoes Moths J* Ants Bed Bugs Roaches -Mth the black band" Magistrate (to victim of holdup “while yon were being relieved of your valuables, did call th® police!” Victim: “Y«v xi^rythlng II pvuvvi » 1 v»u