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BEGIN HERE TO -DAY.
The first orator had been killed
ani a second pistol bullet flattened
it: :If against the-bronzeeigure as
Andre -Louis Moreau, young lawyer,
cf Gavrillac, began to address the
(et:zens of Rennesr
f om the statue in
the public square. He was speaking
in the cause of the people because f
the oath taken es he held in his arms
the body of his dearest friend,
Philippe de Vilmorin, a divinity
student who had been tricked into a
duel and then killed because .he pos-
sessed' a "dangerous gift of ,elo-
quence," The slayer was the pow-,
erful
Marquis de le Tour D'Azyr. Not
only had the Marquis murdered
Andre -Louis' dearest friend but the
profligate noble was suing for the
hand of the beautiful
Aline de I{ercadiou, niece of the
gruff
Quentin de Kercadiou, who is popu-
larly believed to be the father of
Andre -Louis. Andre -Louis decided to
place the case before the throng of
citizens already angered by the re-
fusal of the nobles to follow the
royal order and dissolve the Estates.
GO ON WITH THE STORY,
Instantly there was turmoil in the
crowd, most intense about the spot
whence the shot had been fired. The
assailant was one of a considerable
group of the opposition, a group that
found itself, at once beset on every
side, and hard put to defend him.
From the foot of the plinth rang
the voice of the students making
chorus to Le Chapelier, who was bid-
ding Andre -Louis to sheek shelter.
"Come down! Come down at once!
They'll murder you as they murdered
La Riviere."
"Let then;!" He flung wide bis
arms in a gesture supremely theatri-
cal, and laughed. "I stand here at
their mercy. Let them, if they will,
add mine to the blood that will pres-
ently rise up to choke them. Let
them assassinate me. It is a trade
they understand. But until they do
so, they shall not pyevent me from
speaking to you, from telling you
what is to be looked for in them."
And presently, when some measure
of order was restored, he began his
tale. In simple language, now he
tore their hearts with the story of
yesterday's happenings at Gavrillac.
"The Marquis de La Tour d'Azyr
said of him that he had too danger-
ous a gift of eloquence. It was to
silence his brave voice that he killed
him. But he has failed of his object.
For I, poor Philippe de Vihnorin's
friend, have assumed the mantle of
his apostleship, and I speak to you
with his voice to -day."
It was a statement that helped Le
Chapelier at last to understand, at
leastpart, this bewildering change
in Andre -Louis, which rendered him
faithless to the side that employed
him,
And now in a terrible voice, with
a an eloquence that amazed himself, he
denounced the inertia' of royal justice
where the great are the offenders. It
was with bitter sarcasm that he,
spoke of their King's Lieutenant, M.
de Lesdiguieres.
Again 'a great roar. He had
wrought them up to a,pitch of den-
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serous passion, and they were ripe
for any violence to which he. urged
them. If he had failed with the
windmill, at least by was now mas-
ter of the wind.
"To the Palais!" they shouted,
waving thsir
hands, brandishing
canes, and—here and there—even a
sword. "To the Palais! Down with
M. de Lesdiguieres1 Death to the
King's Lieutenant.
"Ah, wait!" he bade them. "Is
this miserable. instrument of a cor-
rupt system worth the attention of
your noble indignation? Precipitancy
will spoil everything. Above all, my
children no violence!"
My children! Could his godfather
have heardhim!
Out of the silence into which they
had fallen anew broke now the cry
of"What else, then? What else?"
"I will tell you," he answered
them. The wealth and strength of
Brittany lies in Nantes. She has the
power to make her will prevail, as we
have seen already. Let her exert
that power once more, and until she
does so, do you keep the peace in
Rennes."
A dozen students caught him as
he leapt down ,and swung him to
their shoulders, where again he name
within view of all the acclaiming
crowd.
They carried him out of the square
and up the Rue Royale to an old
house where behind closed doors a
flushed and excited group of some
fifty men hailed Andre -Louis as the
strayed sheep who had returned to
the fold.
Rising in response to the storrn of
applause that greeted the proposal
that he proceed as delegate. Lo Nan-
tes, Andre -Louis bowed and forth-
with
orthwith yielded.
CHAPTER VIII.
Andre -Louis rode forth from Ren-
nes committed to a deeper adventure
than he had dreamed of when he left
the sleepy village of Gavrillac. Ly-
ing the night at a roadside inn, and
setting out again early in the morn-
ing, he came on his errand of sedition
into that beautiful city of Nantes.
It was striking two, the busiest
hour of the day upon the Bourse,
when Andre -Louis reached the Place
du Commerce.
Soon the president cane, others
following, crowding out into the por-
tico, jostling one another in their
eagerness to hear the news.
"Tell me, sir, is it true that the
King has dissolved the States?"
"Summon the gentlemen of your
Chamber, monsieur," said Andre -
Louis, "and you will hear all."
"So be it."
A word, and forth they came to
crowd upon the steps, but leaving
clear the topmost step and a half-
moon space in the middle.
"People . of this great city of
Nantes, 1 have come to summon you
to arms!
"I am a delegate of the people of
Rennes, charged to announce to you
what is taking place, and to invite
you, in . this dreadful hour of aur
country's peril to rise and march to
l.er defence."
"Name! Your name!" a voice
shouted, and instantly the cry was
taken up by others, until the multi-
tude rang with the question.
"My name," said he, "is Omnes
Omnibus --all for •all. I am a herald,
a nouthpiese, a voice; no more. I
come to announce to you that since
the privileged orders, assembled' foe
the States of Brittany in Rennes, re
silted your will—our will -despite
the King's plain hint to •theni, Ilis
Majesty has dissolved the State."
There was a burst of delirious ap-
plattso. Gradually silence was re-
steired, and at last Andre -Louis was
able to proceed.
"Yon rejoice too soon. Unfortu-
nately, the nobles, in their insolent
arrogance, have elected to ignore the
royal dissolution, and in despite of it
persist in sitting andin conflating
matters as seem good to them. i
`This is no new thing. Always has
it been the .same. They have flouted
the authority of the King, and they
are 'silencing by assassination those
who raise their voices, to condemn
them. Yesterday in Rennes, two
young men who addressed the people
es T lin '• addressing you were done to
(tenth in the streets by assassins at
And then he found himself challenged by a woman's voice.
the instigation of the nobility. Their
blood cries out for vengeance."
Acclamations broke out unstintedly.
now. He had caught. them.in the
snare of his oratory. And he press-
ed' his advantage instantly.
"Let us all swear," lie" cried in a
great voice, to raise up in the name
of humanity and of liberty a ram-
part °against our, enemies,, to oppose_
to their bloodthirsty •covetousness the
calm perseverance of men whose cause
is just. Let us rake oath upon the
honor of our motherland that should
any of us be seized by an unjust tri-
bunal, intending against us one of
those acts termed es political expedi-
ency—whieh are, in effect, but acts
of despotism—let us swear, I say, to
give a full expression to the strength
that is in us and do that in self-
defence which nature, courage, and
despair dictate to us."
I need not dwell'at any length upon
the sequel. It is a matter of history
how that oath which Oximes Omnibus
administered to the citizens of Nantes
formed the backbone of the formal
protest which they ,drew up and sign-
ed in their thousands.
CHAPTER IX.,
Dusk of the following day was
falling when the horning Andre -Louis
approached Gavrillac.
Within a mile of the village he
caught his first glimpse of a figure
on horseback pacing slowly towards
him. But it was not until they had
come within a few yards of each
other that ho observed this cloaked
figure was leaning forward to peer at
him. And then he found himself
challenged by a woman's voice.
"It is you, Andre -at last!"
He drew rein, mildly surprised.
"I have been patrolling this road
since noon to -day, waiting for you."
She spoke breathlessly, in haste tp
explain. "A troop of the marechausee
from Rennes descended upon Gavrillac
this morning in quest of you. They
turned the chateau and the village in-
side out, and at last' discovered that
you were due to return with a horse
hired from the Breton Arnie. So they
have taken up their quarters at the
inn to wait for you. I have been here
all afternoon on the lookout to warn
you against walking into that trap.".
(To be continued)
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poor tea 1s a costly disappointment, A
lot of poor quality, cheap tea is being
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Last Horse Disappears from
Elysee Stables.
Gas cars have crowded out the last
horses from the French Presidential
stables at the Elysee Palace,
The Master of the Horse, Andre
Decaux, who has served eight Presi-
dents during' bis thirty-three years
there, has been pensioned and is work-
ing:in a bank.
If the state carriage, drawn by
four horses, ever is used again, the
President will have to borrow some
horses for the occasion, This hap -
Pelted when Queen Marie of Rumania
visited Paris. She didn't know -it,
but the four good-looking nags she
used were rented from the funeral
monopoly of Paris,
Remodeled.
"She married a self-made man,"
"Yes; but she's changed him so .
much yon wouldn't recognize him
now."
I. .
Too Fair.
Your wife is very broad-minded,
isn't she?"
� 'Oh, :very! She believes there are
two sides to every gnesiion—her own
and her another's;"
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Going fishing take Minard's Liniment.
On a Sprang riin Day.
Oh, who on .a cley like this
Could harbor:a thought of ill;
With the crocus revealing its gold
And the violets strewn on the hill;
When the east ie a fountain of dawn,
• And the .sly is an ocean of blue?
011, wh'o on a Clay like this
Could be to hie vision untrue?
God, save me from every thought
That shuts me from Thy pure light,
Anel _peep me !n spirit and deed
Still worthy to walk in Thy sight,
Couild it be I' would knowingly eiiame
'This day Thou hast given to me,
With beauty in every flower
Aird mercy in every tree?
—Thomas Curtis Clark.
A Hard Task.
'Mary was taken to a meeting byher
grown-up sister, bot shewas too young.
to understand what the speakers* were
talking about, and.became very bored.
At rant she ,stretched out her legs,
made herself comfortable and popped
a sweet in her mouth.
Her sister was -very shocked,
"Mary," site whispered, "take that
sweet out of your mouth and put your
feet in."
- Large Oyster Shells.
On the west coast of India are
found oyster, shells six libellee in
diameter and s0 transparent that they
can be used as window glees.
Readable `English.,
Concerning the making of books,
we moderns, know how to label thein
The back -slips of new books show
_plainly what titles those books bear,
Old books, bound in vellum or sheep,
often lack such ready sign of•reeog-
n'ition. When bound in . calf, they
show it so faded by mellow age that
gilt lettering, once bright and brave,
takes a protective tint from its stout
veteran binding;. becoming a neutral.
study in old goid,and'mature brown;
a charm, a delight, a restful joy; but.
something of a trial, even if a loving
one, when you want to finda book
1n' eft hUrl•y.
Then the moderns are preferable,
but not always. At rare and irregu-
lar intervals, a book is published
which seems to be bound for people
who walk upside down. "Such, I am
pained to observe, is the inverted pos-
terior of a book I 1ilte, Is It Good.
English` runs from bottom, to top of,
the back of this volume. Here is, the
full title and author, as revealed when
you walk round to the front cover—
Is It Good English and Like Matters.
By John o' London. The book is h
worthy one, we must bottle some of
it.
What is good English? That, truth
to tell, is a question I' have been ask-
ing myself ever since -1 began my first
chapter. I am concerned to know
that my bottles are es flawless as I
can make them; that the English in
which. I bottle my books will stand
the test of time. Here, apart from
the conceitof it,I am baulked bythis
-"This history of dictionaries is the
most mutable of all histories; -it is
a ,picture of the inconstancy of, the
knowledge of man; the learning of
one generation passes away with an-
other." This does not refer altogeth-
er to words, but it warns me that the
language in which I write is not a
permanent medium. Time may shat-
ter it so badly that my bottles will
sink—there is sight of 'Esperanto in
the offing. Should this peril , be
escaped, Waller is dismaying on yet
another:
Poets that lasting marble seek,
Must carve in Latin or in Greek:`
We write in sand; our language
grows, •
And like the tide our work o'erflows.
So far as I know, I am not writing
poetry; nor do I crave for "lasting
marble." The ordinary bottle -glass
of commerce will do for me; that
English we speak with ease and know
at a glance. Of this, I say as Car-
lyle did of the memory of Cromwell—
it " has a good many centuries in it."
From old Geffrey Whitney's Choice
of Emblemes, and Other 'Devises,
Leyden, 1586, we gather this not un-
worthy paraphrase of Ephes. iv., 26:
Cast sw.ord'es away, take laurell in
your handes,
Let not the Sonne go donwe uppon
your ire.
Let hartes relente, and breake oulde
.eancors bandes,
And friendshippes force subdue your
rashe desire,
This, letter for letter as written
nearly three hundred and fifty years
ago, is as readable as John o' London
himself, and I know no more readable
writer of to-day.—W. G. Clifford, in
"Books in Bottles."
How to Know a Goose.
"Mother'—mother!" cried a_'oung
rook, returning hurriedly from its first.
flight. "I'm so frightened; I've seen
such a sight!"
"What sight, my son? asked the olcl
rook.
"Oh, white creatures — soreaining
and running and stikafning their necks;
and holding their heads` ever so high.
See, mother, there they go!"
"Geese, my son—merely geese,"
calmly replied the parent -bird, bend-
ing aver the common, "Through life,
child, observe that when you meet any
one who makes a great fuss abouthimn-
self, and tries to lift his head higher
than the :rest of the world, you may
stet him down rkt' once as a goose."
.
To Remove Paint From Glass.
- Many different ways of removing
plaint from glass have been put for-
ward from time to time, but perhaps
the siimp6,est method is to rub the
paint stain with the edge of it copper
coin, when it will quickly and cont.
pletelyclisappeec. ,
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The•l-Iourglass.
gar-
den,arlor
after
glass
d in
so'f
wood,
According
sand -glass
lower
collar,
frathe
sand
s ob-
sante-
datecure.
the
show
make
hourglass.
an ac-
countr the
hour -glass
when the
that he
away,
churches
still
have
the old
for
was
--iron
the
ird�ar
timekeepers
search
t.
al of
pros-
phour-
glass.ect
the
s has
What the sundial was to the
the hourglass was to,the p
of the home of long ago, Even
clocks were in general use, trio
with its shining sand continue
favor. Sometimes the frame w.
as
but more often it; was of
and devoid -of. ornament. Accor
to ,one old writer, "The should consist of an upper and
bulb, united at the neck by a
and held in by a mount. or.
foamed by two disks. The
should be+of a reddish variety.
The origin. of the hourglass i
scure. It is generally believed to
the tine of St. Jerome, who
in the fourth century. Most of
old prints,and paintings of him
the hoilsgi-ass.
Old English church records
frequen�,:niention of the
ur Aldgate, '
In .Christ Church, se
g
book with this -entry, over
date of 1564: "Paid for an that -hanger} by the;.pnjpit,
preacher maketh a sermon, .
may know how the hour passeth
eight shillings."
In a few New England'
the imeeting-house hourglass" is
preserved. Eager eyes must
follpwed,the shifting sand in
days of the •Puritan sabbaths,
tradition has it that the glass
turned three times before the se
was completed.
The hourglass survived until
nineteenth century was well u
way. Few of ,these old
are to be found,`and one must
long and far for even a fragment.
Fashion has decreed the revival
the sundial; but there is little
of a renaissance of the
In the complex life . of
twentieth century; the sand -glass
no part.
•
Not Up to Much.
There were two Browns in the vil-
lage, both fishermen. One lost his
wife, and the other his boat at the
same time. .The vicar's wife palled, as
she supposed, on the widowee, but
really upon the Brown whose boat had
gone down,
"1 tem sorry to _near of your great
boss;" she said.
"Oh, it ain't much matter," was the
philosophical reply, "she wasn't up to
much,"
"Indeed!" said the surprised lady.
"Yes," ,00ntlnuee Brown, 'she was a
rickety old thing. I offered her to my
mate, but he wouldn't have her. I've
had my eye on another for some time."
And then the outraged lady fled.
Traffic problems are no new things.
So long ago as 1001, more than three
centuries ago, coaches so congested
London's narrow streets that the Gov-
ermmment had to take control.
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The Beautiful Bermudas.
Feoin the tune o1 Tom Moore, who
visited the Bermudas more than a cam,
tuu•y ago and.described itis lovely fee:
tares in .glowing verse, these beautiful
Aihlantic •islands have received many
notable 'tributes from celebrities who
rliave,found a -refuge there during the,
Winter mouths.
People, interested in g7nealogy vwiIbl
find that'Bermuda•offers an interesting
field for resettroh, many 'of'the native
residents being' descendants of the
original settlers who canon from Eng-
landeor the American calnnle'e mare
than two hundred Years 'ago. Such
names' as Trim'ioghatu,, Outerbridge,
Peniston,:Darrell, Conyers, B itterfielnl,
and Wainwn'ight nae common in the is-
lands, but the lead le -taken by the
Tuckers,' who are remarita,bly num-'
erous;
Until the Revolutionary War there'
was a diose relationship between ,the
Bermudian and Am.erdean branches of,
most of these families. • At that -time
the Bermudians were engaged- exten-
sively iu shipping, and were the prin•
ctpai carriers in the coastwise .and •
West Indian trade of the North Anieri•
can provinces. Members and friends
of Bermuda families Iiviug in America
joined the armies of freedom, and the
cause of the colonies had many"sym-
o •t
he s among he islanders.
•
Washington's Victory.. u
• eIti- was • St: George Tucker, a Vir-
ginian by adaption and a Berinudian by
birth,, who arfhnged for :the seizure of
a hundred'barrele of gunpowder stored--'
in Bermuda, and their shipment to
Philadelphia. With this powder Wash-
ington's army gained its first import-
ant victory.
The old -World, atmosphere of Der
muda has been much: enhanced by the
presence of a somewhat extensive
Portuguese population, which has de-
veloped,.in thesdast thirty years. These
immigrants, who came from the Azores.
Islands, form to -day a thrifty and pros-
perous community. While their farms.
are necessarily small, their intensive
cultivation of a highly productive soil,
aided by a climate that induces quick
growth, -usually results in bounteous
crops of vegetables, ,suchas the fam-
ous Bermuda potatoes and onions.
The older folk, who are rather clan -
nisi;, speak little English, retain many
Portuguese customs, and shingle neith-
er with other white residents nor with
the colored people. Their children
hbwever, who uttend the public schools
Wart, English readdly and acquire •-
many Bermudian ,ways: Entire Por•
tuguese families, es a rule, engage- in
farm work; they are sturdy race,
and, according to local statistics, their.
numbers are hecreasing,
• Strange Racial Blend.
Some of Bermuda's oalored people
have the coarse, straight black --hair
and high cheek -bones that distinguish'
American Indians, while the com-
plexions of a few even show a red.,
dish tinge, The explanation is that 1n
1637, at the Meseof the Indian war
in Connecticut, many Poquot Prisoners ;-
were shipped to Bermuda as slaves,
At a later period Indians capture;_ in
the Ring Philip war in New England
were sent to the islands, and a few
earths else also said to have been
brought from' the West hither,
All these inter-ns,arric:rl with the
Negro slaves, end apparently I.be .ad
nmixture'of races' hes h.til a. good of
feet on the _present generation, for
Bermuda's colored population is noted
for its intelligence and progressive-
ness,
Few traditions exist concerning the
Indians who were brought td' the, is
lands, but they are said to have accept
ee their harsh fate stoically, givisig.no
trouble and laboring innlustriousiy in
the fields. The Negroes, .however, •
when first brought from ;Africa in the
early days, organized 'seeemal formid-
able conspiracies, which resulted in •
sovere ilieasures against their laMess-
ease.
Sips Brains a. Year!
If you aro thirty; you have had, se
far, 180 sets •of brains, for the "gray
';natter" ib renewed 'six tines yearly.
Each set was different in; quality
from its fellows, That was due to
various factors -dict being one or
the chief. Ir,' for example, you had a
temporary liking ,for parsnips, the
brain set that hacl lite benefit of the
latter, would be a good one, for
parsnips contain phosphoric acid_.
Peaches, which contain prussic acid,
are bad for the brain.
If, for three 'm mils, you ate large
quantities of watercress and apples, •
your brain would be in first-class
letele. ,Butit: would get no benefit"..
from carrots. The ,alalic aci1
strawberries is a line I:.iairt-hnilder,'
I!;veil the season of rim year bass its
'effect on the brain. The best . sets•
are those that cern 1 feeembee nr.
Mardi, The worst 1•n the August
and October Bete.
.Assuming you began to think con-
eciously at the age of five,then et
o
thirty, if you have d•'e an
average
oanount of thinking: your 'unpa-es-
cions" would number about 1,9201-
°00-X00. Those Whose work is ea
tirely oriental would d.uble these
tires.
A woman's brain is about 8 ounces
lighter than a man's, but it is of
superior quality --of a higher specific
gravity. It lasts longer, too. On: an
average a woman of sixty has a
twenty per' cent, bottle, brain than a
mail of the same scene,