Zurich Herald, 1919-07-18, Page 6When the ['din Took the
Trail to Find eve
How a French Soldier of Lille Refused to Let the Armistice
Foil Ris Plan to Make a German General Pay in Full
for the Torture of His Daughter.
By MORDAUNT HALL.
PART I. "Of course it's stupid," declared the
La gygne, or bad luck, had followed Belgian as they sipped their bever-
Francois Lefevre for the last twenty foe, I thllbelie' I've seen you be -
years and he attributed the constant Francois looked at him fixedly and
ill fortune to an opal he had porches- observed that neither of them had fired the gun which slew my daughter
ed when a youth at a small shop n • unusual countenances and that there sent to a filthy jail for life."
the Rue de Richelieu, Paris. Yet he
were probably many men who re- They sat at dinner together that
a f night and Francois took from his
pocket a photograph of Jeanette and
showed it to his Belgian friend, whose
hand trembled as he gazed at the pic-
ture of the beautiful girl. It affected
him, he sand, to look at such a picture
and know that she, the original, had
met such a terrible end.
(To be concluded.)
as—
told by other Belgians to the effect
that this same German had been shot
by order of the Kaiser. This, Fran-
cois sincerely hoped, was not the
ease, as ho felt that desire far revenge
keener every day he was alone,
He returned to the hotel and related
some of the rumors he had heard dur-
ing the day to the old Belgian, whom
he caused to shudder when he remark-
ed that he had once heard a soldier
vow to kill a Boche by cutting out his
heart,
"And that's the way I will kill the
murderer of Jeanette,'' declared Fran-
cois. "The soldier may not have
meant it as literally as I do."
"Ah, I have seen so much killing in
the last year," said the old Belgian,
"that I would almost prefer to have
the man who dropped the bomb or
still wore the stone in an iron ming, rambled himself and also no en
that setting having been made while others who were not unlike the other.
he was serving in the French trenches "It is mere .a fans with me, per -
Lear Verdun. Since he had bought the haps," said the Belgian.e"And what
opal his wife had died, his business brings you to
a Brussels,errand," if I
ayrasic?"
had failed and at the time war start- "I amstrange
ed he was earning a meagre income in Francois.„ I have come from France
Lille. It was not long after the war to look for my daughter or to avenge
that he heard that his daughter Jean-. her death. My heart is filled with
ette, was the victim of a German hope for revenge, and would to God
officer, who, so the story went, after that I could learn where this German
he had lashed and whipped the girl, criminal resides in Germany, for his
caused her to be shot as a French agony would be ended the sooner.”
spy. The news came to him in an The speech was made in passion,
indirect way from Belgium, where, at and the Belgian nodded sympathetical -
was said, the girl had been •incarcer- ly. He remained silent for a few mo-
ated for months in a Brussels house. ments and then in a husky voice re -
Some women who had seen Jeanette marked that it was strange that both
when she was taken away from Lille of them should have lost their
believed that the German officer actu-
ally was infatuated with the pretty
French girl. They had heard a report
of Jeanette biting her captor for at-
tempting to embrace her. When this
was told to Francois, a man of forty-
two, it made his face grow pale with
passion. Still until and after the
signing of the armistice he held out a
daughters.
"Mine," said the Belgian, "was
murdered from the skies. She was in
Louvain when, as I was told, she was
killed either by a bomb from an air-
plane or one of the enemy's shells.
It is strange that we should have met,
is it not? I am now alone in the
woriu.
faint hope that Jeanette might be "So am I," said Francois, who now
alive, even if she was the mother of that he had met a friend on the first
a German's child. He was a man of day of his search for Jeanette believed
wicked temper and trusted that Jean- that there must be something in the
ette would let him slay the offspring, idea prevalent among some supersti-
but his friends knew that h.e would tions folk that the opal's rill fortune
be so elated at the sight of his daugh- was often followed by great good for -
ter alive that he would bow to any- tune when its power for evil was
thing she wished. 'spent, so long as it was retained by
After these stories, Francois, in the the same owner. However, not wish-
th,ickest of the fray, found satisfaction ing to own up to a casual acquaintance
in killing Germans, praying every that he was superstitious, Francois
time he dug a bayonet into a Boche said nothing regarding this belief, but
that he would be spared to avenge confined himself to the stories he had
whatever had happened to his daugh- heard about Jeanette.
ter, even after the war was ended. "She was a most beautiful girl on
The first chance that Francois ob- Abe eve of seventeen when t last saw
tamed to leave France was in Salm- her in the station at Lille. I remem-
ary, 1919, and not having gained any ber how she stood, her hair caressed
information about Jeanette he pro- by a breeze and a black shawl around
seeded on a special permit—he was a her shoulders."
soldier who had won the Medaille i "My girl was older," said the 13ei-
Militaire and the Croix de Guerre—' gian. "She must have been twenty -
to Brussels, having vowed that the two, a fine strapping girl. But war is
• rest of his life would be spent in war, and now that we are bereft of
seeking the German responsible for !our daughters we must make tha best
his daughter's death. ! of life. You perhaps still have a
It was a fine afternoon when Fran- chance of avenging your daughter, but
cols arrived at the Gare du Nord in it strikes me as a hopeless one."
the Belgian capital How things had! "You think it is?" said Francois.
changed since he last saw the city! He The Belgian pondered, and then ob-
carzied his belongings, which were not serving the intent look upon the
much, to the same hotel he had stayed Frenchman's face, voiced the opinion
at in mare prosperous days when he that perhaps there was a chance. Did
was a happy young bridegroom. It Francois know the name of the Ger-
seemed so long ago! He lugged his man officer?"
two bags into the hotel and asked for "I do," said Francois, "but I shall
a room. The young man behind the keep that a secret for the time being."
desk, who had been there only since They arose and the Belgian an -
the armistice had been begged for by nounced that, naturally, Francois Le -
Germany, allotted a room to Fran- fevre could count upon him for any
cois, saying that as he was a soldier assistance it was in his power to give.
of France he could have it at old WitWith
shoos wellthe ngBwith tears andand
Imes day.
Fran -
rates --three francs seventy-five cent- walked slowly out of the hotel, bent
Imes a
Francois was then in a quandary as on looking over the house in the Rue
to what he should do next, and he was Royale in which Jeanette was said to
rolling a. cigarette when he saw an- have been confined for so long.
other man, perhaps fifty or even a The place was quite pretentious,
,,
USES FOR VOLCANOES.
Several Industrial Products Are the
Result of Volcanic Heat.
E1V. P RE'S TRIBUTE
TO CAPT. FRUIT
There are few things that the in-
genuity of man is not able to turn to
some useful account. Take volcanoes
for example.
The pigmy Andaman Islanders, In
the Indian Ocean, get their fire from
a volcano on one of the islands of that
archipelago. A fresh supply is needed
only once in a while because they
know how to keep it alive indefinitely
In decayed logs. The primitive natives
of Tierra del Fuego obtain fire from
a like source.
Volcanoes are enormous producers
of glass, derived (just as we get it)
from the melting of quartz rocks. It
is a right good quality of glass, too,
though black as ink. In pre-Colum-
bian days the aborigines of Mexico
and Central America used it for ra-
zors and other implements. Our own
Indians found it valuable for arrow-
heads, immense deposits of it being
found in the far West.
• Sulphur, which is so indispensable
for a great variety of purposes, is ex-
clusively a volcanic product. Like-
wise gypsum, which, in the form of
plaster of Paris, is a neces"city to
sculptors, makers of casts and many
other industrial workers. Pumice -
stone, derived from volcanoes, is used
in various arts and crafts.
The city of Naples is built of lava,
an admirable structural material. aird
for the adornment of buildings and
other valuable uses, there are such
beautiful stones, of volcanic manufae=
tore, as jasper, chalcedony, and por-
phyry. The Bible speaks of jasper as
of ornamental use in heaven.
Then there is marble, which is lime-
stone that has undergone crystalliza-
tion by volcanic heat. Without vol-
canoes we should have no amethysts
and other gena stones, including the
ruby and the diamond. The diamonds
of South Africa come from ancient vol-,
canic "pipes," in which they were
crystallized from carbon by tempera-
tures approaching the .celestial.
WEDDING RINGS FOR MEN.
little more, seated at 'a writing table
in thought. It was a congenial mo-
ment to Francois when the other man
took a seat beside him and began talk-
ing He needed a little companion -
MEMORY OF HEROIC MERCHANT
SEAMAN HONORED.
Remains Brought From Belgium With
Naval Escort—Service at St. Paul's
Cathedral—Interment at Dovercourt.
A national tribute of honor was paid
on July 8 to the memory of Captain
Charles Fryatt, executed by the Ger-
mans in 1916 for attempting to ram a
U-boat, by a national memorial service
at St. Paul's Cathedral, says a London
despatch. After lying in state at the
Dover station over night, the body ar-
rived at Charing Cross Station at
eleven o'clock, and was placed on a
gun carriage drawn by blue jackets.
.A. cortege was formed, headed by re-
latives and including representatives
of the Admiralty, War Office, other
Government departments and all sea-
farer's organizations.
With a naval escort and a band, the
procession passed slowly through the
crowded streets by way of Trafalgar
Square, Northumberland Avenue, the.
Thames embankment and Ludgate
Hill, arriving at the cathedral'at noon.
The coffin was hidden under a mass of
flowers, among which were many
magnificent wreaths from the towns-
people and authorities of Bruges and
Entwerp. Only the steady tramp of
feet and the solemn strains of funeral
music broke the silence as the cortege
passed through the streets.
but little was known of the former oc-
cupants of the house by those who
then made it their residence. Some
time ago it was believed that a Ger-
man general had made it his head-
ship, and he felt that the old chap quarters, but the story was vague.
was indeed hospitable when he invited The same man said that from what he
had learned this Boche had been re-
tired after the first year of the war
because his rowdy and boisterous wine
parties interfered with his military
duties. The saddest report was one
Francois to partake of a glass of
wine.
"I will willingly," agreed Francois,
and the two went into the cafe of
the hostelery.
Sword of Peace
An Interesting Peep at the Trea
The "sword of peace" recently pre-
seated to King George by a Japanese;
editor is the latest addition to a col-
lection which is said to be without a
rival in the world.
In this Royal collection, of which
the King is very proud, you will see
swords of every conceivable type and
form. In one case you will see an old
Crusader's blade which laid many a
Saracen low in Palestine seven cen-
turies ago; and by its side, sheathed
in a scabbard of purple and gold, in-
laid with diamonds, rubies, and emer-
+"a with which Rahadua;
Sinai slew himself rather than yield
to his enemies on the plains of Indere,
in Stuart days.
Here is a Persian blade, once worn
by the Rao of Cutch, with a hilt of
solid gold, encrusted with diamonds
and bearing the inscription, "I was
born to slay, but In ins is mercy";
and it Lias for near neighbor a scimitar
with which the Maharajahs of Indore
dil doughty deeds in half a hundred
battles centuries before Clive set foot
on Indian Foil.
ai, straight double -grooved :sword, I in the Crusades, I.
} a c the letters, "I.H.S.." Was taken, To this wonderful collection
! ; ,i sties by an English knight, 1 Japanese swdrrd.eonfes as the fir
,,t.r King John was on his blein of peace,
sures of the Royal Armoury.
throne; and, after disappearing for
three or four centuries, somehow
came into the hands of Sivaji, the free-
booter, who with it hewed his way to
the Mahratta throne. In a neighboring
case we see a scabbard, ablaze with
rubies, emeralds, and diamonds, which
sheathes a sabre worn for many a
generation by the Rajahs of Mandi.
Near to it are a gold -hilted sword,
with this inscription in Persian,
"There is no saint but Ali, no sword
but Zulflcar," which, five centuries
ago, was held in superstitious awe as
the deadliest weapon in the East,
against which no warrior, however
brave and skilful, could hope to live;
and a murderous weapon—sword and
pistol combined—said to have been in-
vented by the infamous Tippoo Sahib.
Another sword is the very weapon
with which Mir Nureef struck off the
right hand of the treacherous brother
who had stolen his wife from him dur-
ing his absence from the Court of Air-
bag; and this blade, with its hilt of
rock -crystal and diamond -studded gold,
saw centuries of fighting in India af-
ter it had received its baptism of blood
Memorial Service at St. Paul's.
At the cathedral the ceremonies
were generally a repetition of those in
memory of Miss Edith Cavell. The
clergy received the body at the west
door of the edifice, an orchestra play-
ing a funeral march as the coffin was
placed in position. The burial service
was read and the hymns: "Eternal
Father, Strong to Save," and "Abide
With Me," were sung.
At the conclusion of the service the
procession was reformed and again
made an impressive progress to the
Liverpool Street Station, where the
casket was placed on a train and sent
to Dovercourt, the home of Captain
Fryatt, where the remains will be in-
terred in the quiet parish churchyard,
All flags which are floating over the
public buildings of London in honor
of the signing of the treaty of peace
were half -masted during the cere-
monies.
Viinard'a Liniment Curer Diphtheria.
All grades. Write for prices.
TORONTO SALT WORKS
G. J. CLIFF - TORONTO
Saskatchewan Wool.
It is expected that fully 500,000
pounds of wool will bo shipped this
year to the Co-operative Branch,
Saskatchewan Department of Agricul-
ture. Contracts have already been
sent in for 45,000 fleeces, an increase
of 25 per cent. over last year, accord-
ing to the Winnipeg 'office of the De-
partment of Immigration and Coloniza-
tion.
The worst that happens is rarely
the worst that could happen.
Brazilian Women Wouldn't Swap That
Equality for Vote.
The women in Brazil have not equal
suffrage, but they have an equality
with the men of their country which is
not enjoyed by their North American,,
sisters, says a Rio de Janeiro des-
patch.
All Brazilian husbands are expected
to wear their wedding rings as con-
scientiously as their wives, and gen-
erally they do so. The ring is a plain
gold band, the same as that worn by
the wives in Canada:
'The women in Brazil unanimously
are of the opinion that this is about
the last word in equality, and it is
doubtful if they would exchange the
custom for the right to go to the
polls.
"Spring Memories."
Just a farmhouse garden
Back in my old 'shire,
But to visit it in springtime
Is always my desire.
The "daffodils" and "ribbon -grass"
Are growing side by side,
And there you'll see "sweet William"
take
A "Wallflower" for his bride'.
The "daisies" in their little bed.
Beneath the "hawthorns" tree,
Know they will grace a May Queen's
head.
Ere they much older be.
And by that path of cockle shells
I heard a "primrose" whisper
That just at dusk, as evening fell
A "bluebell" stooped and kissed
her,
the
st em -
Trades Union Census.
The total trades union membership
reported at the end of 1917 was 204,
689 for the Dominion, being comprised
in 1,974 local branches of trades union
organizations of all types, as stated
in the Canada Year Book for 1918.
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I've learnt to loge the "maple" trees
Of this Canadian clime,y
But that old farmhouse garden
Still haunts this heart of mine.
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THIS LEGEND ON THE TIN
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MONTREAL.
HELPING HOUSE
FLIES TO BREED?
MAST DANGEROUS TO MANKIND'
OF ALL EXISTING CREATURES.
House Fly is Active as Carrier of Dis-
ease and Principal Cause of
Infant Mortality.
Ni'w is the season when incubators.-
all
ncubators=all over the country are beginning to'
hatch out a great and continuous crop.,
Chickens? Oh, dear, no. Flies—
just ordinary flies.
We are se food of them that every-
where we make a regular business of
breeding them, being able by artificial
incubation to multiply their swarms.
in speaking of fly incubators, one -
refers, of course, to dirty stables,
which, it is reckoned, produce 95 per
cent of all the house flies that frequent•
our d:•, c slings and share our food.
Sanitation is doing great things for•
our towns and cities, guarding the.
inilk and other food supplies, etc., but
as a rule it does not bother with dirty -
stables. Nobody is required to keep.
theni clean.
Millions Hatched In One Stable.
This is a wonderful help for the -
flies. One dirty stable will turn them.
out by millions hatched from a pile of
manure, and will supply a whole
neighborhood with the insects all sum
mer long.
If each stable owner were obliged.
to put all manure into a covered bin or
pit and remove it once a week, flies
would have no chance to breed in such.
r efuse.
Talk about the mosquito as a men-
ace! Why the buzz in the pantry or
kitchen is incomparably more omin-
ous, where health and life are con-
cerned, than the night song in the bed-
room upstairs.
Immense efforts are being made to
"clean up" mosquito -infested districts•
by ditching and other means, the ob- '
ject in view being to prevent the in-
sects from breeding. But when it
conies to flies we actually go out of
our way to hatch them artificially in.
stables.
Each year in early summer a "fly -
swatting" campaign is started in many
of our cities. it is next door to use-
less, because all the flies thereby de-
stroyed in an entire season are not
more than a small fraction of the num-
ber hatched in local stables in a single
day.
it does not seem to occur to anybody
to cut off the supply at the source by
the simple expedient of compelling
stable owners through a system of
sanitary inspection to keep their
stables clean. •
The fiy problem, in cities, is almost
wholly a stable problem. How truly
this is so may be judged from the fact
that flies nowadays are rarely seen in
the fashionable quarters of big towns,
where the horse stable has been re-
placed by the motor garage.
Carries Many Disease Germs.
That the house fly is a carrier of dis-
ease has been known for a good while,
but continued investigation has proved
that in this respect it is much worse
than was supposed.
The diarrhoea and "summer dysen-
tery" that carry off so many infants
are attributable in a great majority of
instances to germs conveyed by flies
to their milk or other food. Hence the
relative immunity of breast -feel babies
to these complaints.
More than half of all deaths from
typhoid fever are clue to the same
cause. The familiar "fall rise" in
typhoid deaths conies just two months
after the time of year when flies are
most numerous—this being the inter-
val required for the germ to "incu-
bate"
incobate" and accomplish its fatal work.
Flies are attracted by any moist sore
on the body of a human being or other
animal, and thus they are liable to
carry infections such as that of the
deadly lcincl of erysipelas that attacks
wounds. They convoy that most '
frightful of maladies, "hospital gan-
grene," in the same way. '
The fly has been fully convicted of
carrying the germs of tuberculosis and
Asiatic cholera, being a common agent
for the distribution of the latter mala-
dy, It is, indeed, of all existing crea-
tures the most dangerous to man-
kind.
f alt porkbout
the farm
Psira' Shoes are much cheaper than leather,.
That is why prrtsgris so economical for farm
work in the summer.
The strong canvas uppers and springy rubber soles
make "WORKMAN and EVERYDAY
shoes easy, restful and comfortable—and sturdy
enough to stand up to rough work.
As it is, T Shoes mean money in your pocket, for you
can have several pairs of Farr- for the price of one pair
of leather shoes.
are ��'styles for men, women and children—
for
There work and play—for every -day and,
Sunday wear.
Ask your dealer for Shoes.
The name is stamped on each pair.
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Willing To Be Reasonable.
The talented actress, Miss Lena Ash.
well, who did a lot of entertaining
wounded soldiers during tie war, tells
a story concerning an Irishmau named
McGuire.
Gassed, and suffering from trench
fever (says Miss Ashwell), he positive.
ly refused to take a socond close 'oi
medicine, which happened to be sia
usually nasty.
Several smiling nurses bent over
him, and tried to come him to be good,
"Como," pleaded one, . "drink this
and you'll got well."
"Aii.d rosy too," chimed in a second,
.rt". McGulrq 'brightened up visibly
aiid.st 'tip in }led. ,After survoying
the. pretty grqup,, he e;xclubic i oa gerlya
• "4.itd will aaz be alter; tollin' • met.
Which one of .yt 'S Rosier '<:;x