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The Goderich Star, 1926-11-04, Page 64 PAGE SIX wW' w "• ..mow.. .....,..+• . swnw BEAU GESTE The Greatest Mystery Story Ever Written By PERCIVAL CHRISTOPHER WREN FIRST READ THIS the mere hurtlred and two that one maser Henri de Beau$oleie. teem- disregards: for I remember entertain- ing• that the lonely fort et Zindeeneuf ink• the wild idea that perhaps ' lite. has been attacked by .Arabs takes hie Ing man was shamming dead among comnrsndant to the rescue. Arriedrg these corpses. Moreover, I remember there he i,+ startled to find men prop- Sc•'ing round from corpse to corpse Ped an the en)breaurea--dead. Inside end questioning them. One or two be finds the conmeendant dead -with that &seemed extra life -like I took by a French bayonet in his been, and the teen, and as 1 eihouted at them. I s note crushed In hie hand. The note shook them and pulled et them until is signed by Michael Geste, and ed- they fell to the ground. their stiles mits the theft of "Blue Water" -ea clattering down with them. valuable sapphire, owned by Lady Suddenly I heard the feet of men Brandon. Next to the dead command. sent the stair. and polies myself to. ant is a young officer. Later, when •►ether• The Sergennt•1♦ia3or and the de • Ilrsujnlais has left the fort the half'dazen or so of legionaries name body of the young officer diaannears. on to the roof. NOW GO ON WITH TILE STORY i managed to make my little speech And then I think my temperature , on they stared round in amazement went up two or three degree from . the most amazed of all being the Ser. gnat -Maier, who gazed at -the smear• We to ed pool of blood where the body of the ° souroil'ieier lead !alai: The two Americans seerned'psrticu- larly interested, and appeared to be ""0 it,- I looking for comrades among the dead. When the baric brgias ea echo an ' When would one of the men salute pain it is a sure sign that there is , and task resr3eetfuily the first of the something wrong with the kidneys. hundred Questions that must be nue- something Sidney pills give teed to zlinst them: "Where Is. their effieer'?' weak, painful arra# 'aching barks. ' And what should I reply? They Mrs. Rot eie'tven, upper Woodstock, could see for themselves that the Ar. DT,13., writeai—"I ran highly recom- ole: hoe not entered and carried hien mend Doan 'a Kidney fills. or, l ethaps their minds were nee I suffered' for years with a dull, fell n€ the ouestion: 'Where is Jean nasty baekaehe, went to bed with it «te, Trumpeter?' for the other slues. and got up with it, and the once tine to formulate itself, • " relief I could get was to Iran back n agaiaat something hard, 1 had matt' nn reference to .lb' d;,e- I only used one box and pert of appearance of the truntpet>sr; but I another when I got relief, and now knew that they had seen him enter feel Iike a new wornaaa. . the fort and had waited, as odid, for. 1 bare four little Firs, do all. my an astounding 'quartet of an hour, to 1 own. Work an a .large f*rm, besides., so him come out again. They had two men to work. fora' watched me go .in *tone. at the end of at that time, and had seen me emerge Trico line. a boli at alone. • What could 1 say? • With Backache U GA N'S see all . dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of It seemed to pre to be best to say P rice be- The T. Mil- "nothing on .that subject, so I sad it. bunt Co. Limited, After a- few minutes that seemed Testate, Ont. like a few hours. I bade Dufour take • the men round the outbuildings, and ealaseatailaisaismitisotanamwaamme Clean as Chhia &ro t Steel Sou in atoms er i r,L'J "• gotta mom. t►eou.rer; Ca 'RtiMa! Sia ' worm*%metr«« 'Above Goods are Handfed by JA. C. CARRIE ` GODERICH EXCLUSIVE HARDWARE The Only Hat,ctnare on the slime: i�� ;ie131�a•`• CaiIorn1 e'hitW#ni+tr strains owtiy WU/ft TN s to H ,tilt trail • To teeny ester sunny Csi;iornia the tnofttaat eau strut aboettl onto of the d 's fusions Soma Fs croft. rzondoent testes... • The mew am— extra has --k the guest sod fast. est oft s Sausdr Fi CalMotalatrabos. OnIy two Wel. sees days on the TATbeols rissadNae.14,1926. 620.00 iota site fro Mt goo alatiid $1.00 host Uses City. Pix lfuasr1l--ougicef ' cos snit—arid ighanabis Lila at It superegad at truttrstp it It rise world Prig litervity Chia sad Diable cow est** rete die seisslatik • • • • Yes it. west es take die r1mpisLr rr� dire bog of pesifi i static Ass +t, Ake sa. at O I I I11 II PIP OM'`•t.' L'et..arcifiefe.112: Titg h -e r••,rrh them • 'r• k to lbs ass a. As r desapnrlred. i,•a . d ern tbi eteir. I called him bsek and w •svgs mime together. S'neu" . nawui:>• ear amid the saute v order. •13'd yo•i twee R '--sad each of us knew that the "other knew nothieur stout it !! I laughed loudly. if nor, merrily, and the Sergeent.Msjor pr odwced the testis of a lifetime; in length and original• sty, remarkable even fes the Legion, 'Quite so, Chef,' said I. 'Life grows a little comelieeted. 'I'll give s compticated death to this farceur, when I find. ' growled he 'n es I motioned him to bit off. 'Blood of -the devil, I wilt!' we He clattered down the stairs. and. soon after, I heard his voice . below. *e' as he led the group of men aeras the courtyard. 'Not much here tie terrify the great Blutignac, hen?' he jeered. 'But there is certainly something rr*z all • 1 1.' J� �+ � IMO r..rn w ww....-.:w. N Wal back Ise Vaia. to eartk, at an old fim-. A rialto cracked. again and again. Trots the sound the tiring was to. wards us. 7M Arabs wore upon 'us ! Far to tit* right and to the left, more riots were Arad. The fort blazing and the Arabs up- on us ! Bullets whistled overhead and I saw one or two flashes from a distant sant!-hill. No Otte was hit, the fort being be.. i twain us and the enemy. In less •t time than it takes to tell I had the - men turned about and making for the nasie-•- au pas 'ynrn*stique—'at the j doable,' as you earl it. There para Fifty per cent. of the world's en A safe and srre medicine for a rigid r shorid have cover and Water. and if aesiraeea is due to poverty.and the rest troubled with worms is Mather o we could only hold the devils until to prosperity. Graves' Worm with, they were nicely between era and St• ,, Andre's Senegalese, we would avenge The agency that giver the fairmer Na otliera co-educational inetitu- here to terrify erre, my friend.' ab- - - r. the garrison of that blazing fart. most relief is winter. riot equals matrimony. • They are ,grand soldiers, those Leg. served to myself, and made my Mayr �, rannaires, George. No` stetter troops back to my mule and the oasis. Georg,« It aieeruetl to me that thin = . In tact, I fled. ' t ideal of the sergeant -major's was not'. rn our army. They are to other in•• Well, George mon vieux, what da f ni' .h .better than that ot• waiting for Pantry what my Sppbis are to the ode obey and ou think happened? cthe rt like id the ambs! i ne the a pre ire mye' the. Senegalese. ould rlaee you heave + to see tother heme double, sIt teady as on par. pr did they refuse and'sueeessfutiy ate- "I can only haps i should have had': ade, back to the darkness of the oases, f3* me, secure in the knowledge that the courage to act as bravely and as.; every man eeleet his cover and go to the others would not fire on them?" wisely es you did, Jolly,", was the mei ground, Ilia rifle loaded and levelled "Teo are alive to tell the•tule, Jol-! pII•• i as he did so, was the reply. "That's the main thing," "On aecur is of the imnortanee of a eflanklWei,Y, • tiOVEKBEtt 4th, 1926 114010140.111. 7. WOR•/•i r/WeiC VA1 a good. "Oh, i am no hero, my friend; , +aur camel vedettes rode' in soon smiled de Beaujolais, "but it seemed! peseta light, r, Two pf andetwo re oaf these had des - the right thing to do. I bed not in them pert of it to you, eery George, eh?" any way provoked a mutiny indeed,! Mare returningn rifle-flashes to the oasid s think, smiled the Frenchmen. I had stretched a point to avert it -I, • "Oh, not at all,, old chap," Lawrence 'arid it was my .busineaa to go •straight! burnt itArabs had rushed the fort and hastened to say, with a somewhat ahead, do •my duty, and abide the re- In a few minutes from the first' .guilty smile. "Simply an account of cult• the fact that you are spared td But it was with an anxlors heart buent of afire, the whole t place was 3tid. France and to'your friends." silent, and apparently deserted, that I mounted the mule again and ,Nothing for an eniemy to see but . a "I thank you, my little. Georg;- cantered over to the fort. I had thought of going ona camel, for it is a strange pyschological fact, that if your /meters have to look up to you physically, they also have to look up . to you metaphysically as it wee... If a leader speaks with more eeethority from a mule than from flee amend.. and with moree weight and power from a horse. than from a mule, would he, net speak with still •more from a camel? Almost might you be a• Frenchman, said cls' Beauiolais, with an ironleril bow, "But tell pres what do you think happened? Did they obey and enter,' or 414 they refuse?" ' • "Give it up. Jolly. 1 can onto .feel sure that one of the two happened,,, replied Lawrence. "And that is where yeti aro s•reetr. my, friend.. for neither hoen •nes ". continued de Beaujolais. "They nei- ther obeyed and enta.ed, :nor disobey- ed and stnyed, out!" "Gana Ln" dl" ejaculated lietvrencr., "What then?" And this time it waft the French- man who s•.»ggested a little • refresh- ment. • "Well, 1!"s.:s the •nst 'event' ee that reninrkable r+r,,.« .. mint cher (emerges," r^anmed d'• .Beauiolals a little later, . "A very appropriate and sifitnbble--one -too, 'A delightful nh n•ai- eetertainmerite--•rnncltid'ed with lire elite; ae the reeetrta of tee- oho es • , „ie..' ' F et se's R+Ne-°. ' , -ce Th . dr. Yoe zee!?" asked La'^, enee. "No, my Georg*. 2,,,thira' to sir°•+i: +t• .J•t-t fieseio ke. V orkson fir;'. ;e" the oasis a big, dark island upon 1. will telt roue .. , • :. its the men, statues, inscrutable . and I let the moon get Wel re. end th"n still. sent ere servant. Ash„net for the See- 'What would they: do? Would me neant-Arnim-, lied hade that good. fel- next words be toy last? Would. a low to ,,. aide the men as bsfone with double line of . rifles . rise and level' the f"rt o iaundred pnees in, their rear, the3nselves at. my.. breast, or would the bare isoit. escousdgnn rho . rlaht t>f that-eaeouade,• upon .whom.everything the line. depended, *hove off' like a machine This Harty wr►u"a eithe.` mare, into and enter the fort? the fart n,• n'u • If ri"x--t1 one the "' ' As 1 #laced the men, I was acutely trelaieider +* rrer,l 1 n+ rrprwi t,) r rwlt'- interested, and yele felt Tike as specie. form and Rhnnk th'.,n 'where thhv tor, impersonal and unafrair. ' 1 was steel!. f rely-te'air.,.:..! `N 64.,. 4in1.1• nractiea'1` '`+ f',n " +.n'•cn •R the *II' about °t0 ness a fhone dXA , e depicting the fate of one llenri de burning fort, and a black brooding oasis, where nothing moved. How I hoped they wouldswarm yelling round the fort, thinking to get us like bolted rabbits es we nub - ed out of )t. It is not like the Arabs tomake night attack, but don f s they had been hovering' pear, and the fire had brought them down an ns, Had they eon us outside the fort? If so, they would attack the oasis in tiie morning. If they had not seen Perhaps—but 1 felt that I could do us, ,anything' might happen, and the more..soinehow, in ease of trouble, if oats prove a guet-aaena, with: the I could dash at assailante with sword burning or burnt -tut fort as the bait and .revolve?.; 1 am a cavalry man of the trap. and the arm° blanche is my weapon. What were they doing now? ..The Coid steel .and -cut and thrust, for oto, firing had ceased entirely Probably 'f 1 bed to go down fighting: You making their dispositions, to rush us can't charge mid use year sword dna suddenly at dawn, from behind the camel, so I compromised on the mule nearest ..sand -bills. Their • game --blit how I longed, for my Arab would be to lull us into a sense of se - charger and•a few .of my Spahis ba- curity throughout a .peaceful night hind •me! It would he i .fight then, .and. come down upon us at daybreak. irsteadief.a_murder. like a whirlwind, aswe slept: It was a weird and not unimprea:: 'And what if our waiting: lift” sive scene. That sinister fort, silver caught them at fifty -yards, and the and black;, the Irozen waves of . the survivors turned to flee—on to Lite ocean of sand, • arty illimitable ailver rziuzzles of .those of the Senegalese It was another' impreseive scene in that weird drama,' George, A big fire, by moonlight, in the heart of the Sahara, a fire watched by silent, mo- tionless meter breathlessly awaiting the 'arrival of other players on the stage. (To lee continued? DRINKING ACCORDING TO LAW (Continued from page 2) trust be ei;one in the 'battle for But, then, prohibition, toe;, has fail - eiree Beaujolais. quite probably his sea n Titin --uses-, • • ,,,;,r ,..�; +."� (thee Tine , !ron oped that, even more than 1 hoped everyyi and Aegis ago ithe Sins stir ., iiia else !: s, ' ry i ..If they to .see hiom 1 m survive the play: Inas . vice efts heard: Thou shalt not dict this nz ut• e• ale,„„,eseeeeis hf � eorge Lawrencas e a glietes td struck steal. Shalt we repeat thesemlaw be - 1 , ;Walt- habit. n bite� t ,' ' ees+t„ d eei: •••a yetttd be a matclx, cause.'they eawtinue to be broken -sin �a•r••n«,.'• ;,... •thy Y+nn �,•.:w'�:inned 1. "I Cast one :more look at the g"lgr- with fearful ways as' we know well? :,- ee t ,.,x.•,.1..4 i•••• i Takotu, raus moon and took a deep l'reath' Shall we not riather empbasiae them nod-•• escort of isle Seeeealeee. to if this wus my last order an nate . as never befere, sure that the ideat of. 'went comm meette'f. :11 `hay did .fi of it should be worthilytgiven, in a voice honesty and moral eleanlinesa lures Dile •••••e+x• .th•+ eee.....ee''`asioned obit deep, clear, and firm- Above ail firm. on and call* up as no lesser law And. as my , mouth :'opened, and my eers ween to carne a : ae,.n to me; aridexult? do? we would .eeen•t I to s-'il our ees lower Saw moved' in the stet of speech So by the economic advance of the 1.,' 1' -„f,e� tt.. ...,,1ens>nirl nt•e#int+ -;1 believe it ;dropped, George, .end world God is ceiling men to absolnte wed ., • , iws'bis w +e'r:. of She nry remained open.: sobriety,' 'by ecientitte investigation e'en ,•• •„',t . ,e•., "a: aril there'. was a Far, from that enigmatical, brood- and mouth reeve; increasing* knowledge. Ilse ghost of n: chance that we might tikht , fatal fort—there shot up* tort is riling eleoholic beverages utterly our way into the fort•and hold it, but inti hire• of (Samei cut„and by It clarifying Christian con - it was infinite” more pcob•zble that 'Mon Dieul Regardez" setas .the sciefce Ile le condemning a traffic we should b' i•idlll"d where we stnod Sergeant-Maior, stud pointed. 1 be-� which steals in• the soots of men. 'Bien. mon Commandant:s•rid Du- Zieve every head turned. and in the Tinie wets *hen the Christian con- four; tialuted, and then. hesitst "r1ect_aitence j heard trim whisper,. a kfee;temeed..not..the evils of sure. imely,'Might I presume to make a re» l'Snirits, ghosts, devils!' era, The London =Missionary Society ,quest and a suggestion. May 1 stand What brought me to myself sharp.. lent out its, first mia7sionary to Trina - by .nr,:end Ri stignnc stand by me-» lee 'Yes, imbecile!' I said. 'They dad with instruction "not to seek to with the • rauzzlc of my eevoivet Perry tnate'hes and indulge in arsons relieve the slaves from then' servile ni;aiinst hie liver -'t being clear that - Quite' noted incendiaries. Where - ie conditions, but to *Ord them the eon• at the elieletest threat to you, Rastig• R I taena I?that betause it was solations of. religion," By and by, neer digestion is. Impaired. if' he per- though, the cumulative force of a knobs that just this will- happen, h3! featly. obvious that someone: was in clarified Christiair co'rsreirenee swept also may rive stood itevlce to his, the fort and had. set fire to somethingaiavery into the tett of all men's :on- friende. ' ' highly infammtrble. 1 had been . its dem lition. So will it be in. the ease - 'Nothing of the sort, Dufour," I re•! the place .an hour er two before. of -the, liquor traffic. First it was en - plied. "Everything will p•raceed 'nor- i There was certainly no sign of tire moleisted. Then "the consolations of malty and morally, until, the tet ' then! and this was a sudden rusk of religion" were given its victims: We themsel•es `behave abnormally grid , flame. thought we did all that wits 're 'tic' improperly,. We shall lead and toms!% As I watched. another column of if we rescued some of the perishing. mend soldiers of France t;n:il we have smoke and fire burst forth in $ alit- But the conscience of Christendom is to fight and kill, or be killed by mute, ferent place. - ealtitig for more todai,t. Europe is ineors against the officers of France a 'Ile is tied uo back there, niton Conn awaking. Britain is girding hereelf in the execution of their duty. ' Pro4 mandante replied Dufour. for the fray. The' Stetea•to the south a:eed; • l 'The forbidden crtipaudine?' 1 ask» of us are in the thick of the fight, Would yr have said the "erste, ed, ; We too are lining -hep. Thenemy It was useless to detail a piontptier `has wrested Quebec, British Came �,,,, ."" Y,iair. '1 squad to rut the fire out, We don't; bit and the I'rairte Provinces from With Alt the • •Advantages of both Range and Heater air floine. eine Grata adjustor, to.Marlow Jtrotror.: ' Cosy Homo reiptr.Efiot M wild oiraotata' most hoot at toonatiatloost. It heats—ittssaks—rt bakes --15ovides flet water• -•Bairns. can)' fuel—Moderate ins price ae Cosy Mme *II comfortable beat a large v00211 11'2 the elydt;st weather, and the grates may be adjusted for sew firebox for$umnus'. rt. haen, ianntookkritsurface ' and ie intexcellent b aker. Its appearance will delight any housewife who tabes pride is herkitckcn, Xtburls"*Uidndsofferel,.13451er toy, food 'door and an extension Yad packet that takes21 inchwood« ItTadeitesizes saitabie foe spy kitchen,w itteoewittraaserer.eritba ape *t watet%attos•7raee�usr.. Thor Vocal/ Hotness 1w vie nierfirt stave at a very moderate prices Mew itx end see it Happy Thought. firottwcea, tomes pair far thesneelvesyn fueImarthtbetramitiL JAS. C. CAR,RIE, Goiderich,- Out. � I. 1•are t+otae and hydrants in the desert,: us, detugiug them by drink as entitle AN You know, 'When a piece barns, it er *none devastated liaise and 'Bel burns. And, .mon Wm* haw it burrs F mby pattnrn thedry head of that rainless de -ll. Ithall they win old Ont•GRAY ilAIR DARK t sett'. 'This putt mould t e gone, even hink not: , ii [ if the men would enter it, by the time ;Our fathers tti". their sgraeres have grana. 3 we had got our terrpoonf"lrir of wwateri Their strife past, --their warfare 1 It's" Grandmother's Rocha • to , from the earls. And, to tell you the ash • Bring Meek Lasts' *nd •7. truth. I did not care Now soon. or Now" But altcrner trial* wait. the race Lustre M Nita. . tompletely It did ter.:' ! Which rise* In their• honored place,, This fire would 1* the funeral pyre a+t moral el Inrl`.lith the mime y of there bralve rnen. '1t would keatpr Azad felly at int" ewi ostia. ''sxWattsraattifut .twat: 'sleek ilf dark, :'uw fools from�thair snlcidat mutiny.. So it be.; •,,i1n C-od • o`.yat,rreiefM; . glossy hair dal only 1* bad by barer• ! It r� M parte' ttie plltc+e ef'iriyrst,ni ire gird It'd' tier eoetting fight, we a rrrixterre of Tea sand 5a1+• A Inti erttatiy ft "wadi strove ray lite'; phut. Your t� is your charm. It •a military rspzrtatien, *rid tics new And, strong in pilot whom cause wren tor ewers" this amen• WMsr► It fort that would aril* in Mr plaice 's Wow tisa tray er ' • it se tort that veined arise in its plies In coaflkt with snholy powers. ansa or tort et > seg. would non be the loganted, hated port are grasp tine rwapaaas R�i has given. trsiaaassasrr ifs a I"w`• son, that this plats. 'email Iteateirfortiat'l.'he Idgbt, and Troth. acid Lanae o11 er a't kt was propots taut he v! btcn for time who, had to g*rrd-1 ieaaetvarat, got lei• son 11 to �at r rooms 1 Paye tier order to face shoat. and .R SO ±est . t St is oast 't m got laiastr• tlstrsi to Word at ea*. The men: r - for t(pr. airwid wak'k It born, *ince�ii*• •, mord torrid be delle to sari It, p"s f Yt1r• aaiftrtera rat only 7rrt iratsrt. ] • efea they we*1d reatfae that leeerrws* wet+ i, w1 i*4fm>r relief hr r wni iasar tits ` aria! mosey y is r eiewlrod for potting.* bend- renal- bed bl„n.l etrrttaatfen f* the 34 teat ee fire- aesd awrearnt whatever lawet h,Kri. ()Maw owl seer% fowl iN own get to rims eat or .fo fhb', An Imkrnet reww dy twat hr,` rs h lie ' grim this• iisl'i "Await sea ism nerd.. 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