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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-04-28, Page 2Asi Your grocer For. It GREEN TEA T78 periOto to env other greet& tea sold. . BEGIN HERE TO -DAY. Tl:e first orator had been killed sn,: a second pistol bullet flattened it :,; against the bronze figure as -'.ndre-Louis Moreau, young lawyer ca Gavrillac, began to address the ea ems of Rennes from the statue in tLe public square. He was speaking in the cause of the people because of the oath taken as 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 bemuse he pos- sessed a "dangerous gift of elo- quence." The slayer was the pow- erful Marquis de la Tour D'Azyr. Not only had the Marquis murdered Andre -Louis' dearest friend but the profligate noble was suing for the have heard him! hand of the beautiful Out o£ the silence into which they Aline de Kereadiou, niece of the 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 gerous passion, and they were ripe for any violence to which he urged them. If he had failed with the windmill, at least he was now mas- ter of the wind. "To the Paleis!" they shouted, waving their hands, brandishing canes, and—here and there -even a sword. "To the Palais! Down with M. de Lesdiguieresl 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 gruff Quentin de Kercadieu, 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 their shoulders, where again he Dame 'group of the opposition, a group that within view of all the acclaiming found itself at once beset on every side, and hard put to defend him. From the foot of the plinth rang tale 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 them!" He flung wide his arms in a gesture supremely theatri- that he proceed as delegate to Nan - their mercy. Le Nan - cal, and Iy. Let them, if they will,. "I stand here at 'beg' s, Andre -Louis bowed and forth- with yielded. 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 prevent 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'A:zyr And then he found . himself challenged by a woman's voice. the instigation of the nobility. Their Wilson Publishing Company 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," he 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 tht:. calm perseverance of men whose caro is just. Let us make oath upon th-- honor of our motherland that shou% any of us be seized by an unjust tri- bunal, intending against us one of those acts termed as political' expedi- ency—which 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- dlefence which nature, courage, and! despair dictate to us." -y I need not dwell at any ,length upon; the sequel. It is a matter of history how that oath which' Omnes ,Omnibus; administered to the citizens of Nantes formed the backbone of the formal protest which .they drew up and sign- ed in their thousands. ' crowd. They carried hint 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 storm of applause that greeted the proposal 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, said of him . that he had too "danger- i when Andre -Louis reached the Place ons a gift of eloquence. It was to du Commerce. silence his brave voice that he killed Soon the president came, others him. But he has failed of his object. following, crowding out into the por- For I, poor Philippe de Vilmorin's tico, jostling one -another in their friend, have assumed the mantle of eagerness to hear the news. his apostleship, and I speak to you "Tell me, sir, is it true that the with his voice to -day." King has dissolved the States?" It was a statement that helped Le "Summon the gentlemen of your Chapelier at last to understand, at Chamber, monsieur," said Andre - least in part, this bewildering change Louis,"and you will hear all." in Andre -Louis, which rendered him "So be it." faithless to the side that ennployed. A word, and forth they came to him. crowd upon the steps, but leaving And now in a terrible voice, with clear the topmost step and a half- an eloquence that amazed himself, he moon 'space in the middle: denounced the inertia of royal justice «people of this great city of where the great are the offenders. It Nantes, I have come to summon you was with bitter sarcasm that he to arms! spoke of their King's Lieutenant, M. "I am a delegate of the people of de Lesdiguieres. Rennes, charged to announce to you Again a great roar. He had wrought then up to a pitch of dan- CHAPTER IX- Dusk of the following day was falling when the homing 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 he 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 to explain. "A troop of the marechatisee 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 Arme. 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:)` Freshen Up with Flavored with the juice of fresh mint leaves After Every Meal what is taking place, and to invite four horses, ever is used again, the you in this dreadful hour of our President will' have to borrow some horses for the occasion. This hap- pened 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. ONLY GOOD TEA GOOD VALUE, Iu tea., as in everything else, you get only what you pay for. Tea of. good quality is satisfying and economical— poor tea is a costly disappointment. A lot of poor quality, ,cheap tea is being offered to the public to -day. 45 59 A SMART DAYTIME FROCK. Readable English. Concerning the making of books, we moderns know how to label them The back -slips of new books show' plainly what titles those books bear. Old books, bound in vellum or sheep, often kelt such ready ,sign of recog- nition. When bound, in calf, they show it. so faded by mellow age that gilt lettering, once bright mid'braafe, takes a protective tint from its stout veteran binding; becoming a imeutral. study in old gold and mature brown; a charm, a delight, a restful joy; but something of a trial, even if a loving one, when you want to find a book in a hurry. Then the moderns are preferable, but not always. At rare and irregi.I- lar intervals, a book is published which seems to be bound for people who walk upside down. Such, I am pained to observe, is thejnverted pos- terior of a book I like. 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 a worthy one, we must bottle sprite of it.... What is good English? That, truth to tell, is a question I have been ask- ing myself ever since I began my first chapter. I am concerned to know that my bottles are as 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 conceit of it, I am baulked by this -"This history of dictionaries is the most mutable of all histories; it is a picture of the inconstancy of the knowledgeof 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 ally bottles will sink—there is sight of Esperanto in the offing. Should this peril be escaped, Waller is dismaying on yet another:— `oa AS. CLEANING S0FTEN $ WAT,EFr2 Everywoman's Iaid•of all -work 033 IA I The Hourglass. What the sundial was to the gar- den, the hourglass was to the parlor of the home of long ago. Even after clocks were in general use, the glass with its shining sand continued in favor: Sometimes the frame was of metal, but more often it was of wood, and devoid of ornament. According to one old writer, "The sand -glass should consist of an upper and lower bulb, united .at the neck by a collar, and held in by a mount or frame formed by two disks. The : sand should be of a reddish variety. The origin of the hourglass is ob- scure. It is generally believed to ante. date the time of St. Jerome, who lived in the fourth century. Most of the old prints and paintings of him show the hourglass. Old English church records make frequent mention of ' the hourglass. In Christ Church, Aldgate, is an ac- count book with this entry, over the date of 1564: "Paid for an hour -glass that hangeth by the pulpit, when the preacher maketh a sermon, that he may know how the hour passeth away, eight shillings." In a few New England churches the "meeting -house hourglass" is still preserved. Eager eyes must have followed the shifting sand in the old days of the Raritan sabbaths, for tradition has it that the glass was turned three times before the sermon was completed. The hourglass survived until the nineteenth century was well under way. Few of these old. timekeepers are to be found, and one must search long and far for even a fragment. Fashion has decreed the revival of the sundial, but there is little pros- pect of a renaissance of the hour- glass. In the complex life of the twentieth century, the sand -glass hal no part. 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, .4,,say as Car- lyle did of the memory df: 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: Exceedingly smart is this daytime frock. The skirt has an inverted plait at each side of the front and is joined to the bodice, having a panel effect, while the sides are slightly gathered to a band. A belt fastens at the side seams and extends across. the onepiece back. There is a becom- ing convertible collar and the sleeves may be long and gathered to narrow wrist -bands, or loose. 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The Master of the Horse, Andre :•— - Decaux, who has served eight Presi- dents during his thirty-three years Could harbor e. thought of in, If the state carriage, drawn by With the crocus revealing its gold And the violets strewn on the hill; When the east is .a fountain of dawn,, And the sky is an ocean o?blue? -, Oh, who on a day like this Could be to hes vision untrue? On a Spring Day. there, has been pensioned and is work- •Oh, who on a dray like this ing in a bank country's peril to rise and march to Ler 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 mouthpiese, a voice; no more, I come to announce -to you that since the privileged orders, assembled for the States of Brittany in Rennes, re- sisted your will—our will -despite 1 the . King's plain hint to therm, His Majesty has dissolved the State." There was a burst of delirious ap- i please. Gradually silence was re Mary was taken to a meeting by her stored, and ,at last Andre -Louis was , .grown-ui, sister, but she was too young able to proceed. to understand what the speakeme were "You rejoice too some Unfortu Remodeled. talking about, and became very bored, nately, the nobles, in their insolent At last: " elle stretched out her legs; arrogance, have elected to ignore the "Sire married a self-made man.made herself comfortable, and popped royal dissolution, and in despite of it Yes; but she's changed him so a sweet in her mouth. persist in sitting and in conducting much you wouldn't recognize him Her sister was .very shocicod. matters as seem good to them, now. e "Mary;' she whispered, "take that "This is no new thing. Always has 19.StiZ i4Q. 17-11. Cast swordes away, take laurell in your handes, Let not the Sonne go donwe uppon your ire. Let hartes relente, and breake oulde rancors bandes, And friendshippes force 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." subdue your How to Know a Goose. "Mother—mother!" cried a young rook, returning hurriedly from its first flight. "I'm so frightened; I've seen such a sight!" "What sight, my son? asked the old rook. "Oh, white creatures screaming and running and straining 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 over the common, "Through life, child, observe that when you meet any one who makes a great fuss about him- self, and tries to lift his head higher than the rest of the world, you may set him down at once as a goose." To Remove Paint From Glass. Many different ways of removing paint from glass have been put for- ward' from time to time, but perhaps the eimpiest method is to. rub the paint stain with the edge of a copper coin, when it will quickly and cote- pletely disappear. God, save me from every thought. That shuts me from Thy pure light, And keep me in spirit and•deed Still worthy to walk in Thy sight. Comae. it be I would knowingly shame This day .Thou hast given to me, With beauty in every flower. .And -realty in every tree? Thomas Curtis Clark. A Hard Task. Not Up to Much. There were two .Browns, in the vil- lage, both fishermen. One lost his wife, and the otherr his boat at the same time. The vicar's wife °ailed, as she supposed, on the widower, but really upon the Brown whose boat had gone down. "I am sorry oto hear of your great less," she said. "Oh., it ain't much matter," was the philosophical reply, "she wasn't up to much." "Indeed'." said the. surprised lady. "Yes," continuj1d 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." Ancl then the outraged lady fled. Traffic problems are no new things. So long'ago as 1601, more than three centuries ago, coaches so congested London's narrow streets that the Gov- ernment had to take control. it been the same. . They have flouted the authority of the King; and they are silencing by assassination those whoraise their v s to condemn them. Yesterday Rennes, two young men who addressed the people as I am addressing you were done to death. in the streets by assassins at .6--. sweet out of your mouth and part your Too Fair. feet, in." "Your wife is very broad-minded, 0.--,..----.--, dsn't --isn't sale?" Large Oyster Shell's, "Oh, very! 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