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Exeter Advocate, 1912-3-7, Page 37-7.77 CLI SE ITARTF.R� .OR, THE HOUSE IN THE RUE BARBETTE They sped across the waves to- -wards the Chateau d'If, and drew tip alongside its 'small landing- .atage, The island supplies an all -the - year -round resort for the towns- people, Every fine day a steamer runs at intervals to and fro be- tween it and the inner harbor. The good folk of the south of France, whether Marseilles or visitors to the city, find a constant delight in tak- ing the short marine excursion and wandering for half an hour about the rocky pathways and steep tux. - rents of the famous prison, whilst they listen with silent awe to the words of the guide when he tells them how the Abbe died, and shows them the hole between the two walls excavated by Monte Cristo, They wandered round with the Crowd until. Edith looked at her watch. "It is past twelve o'elock," $ho paid, "Should we not he going back to the hotel to latch You will come with us, of course, Mr, Daubeney 1" "I aan famished with expecta- tion," answered the irrespressible Jizumy "hut before we go away you certainly ought to climb to the leads and get the panoramic view of the harbor which the tower Af- fords on a clear day, It is a sight tro. be remembered, So they made the ascent, Daub-- ctney leading in his capacity of: guide, though be was quite breath less when they reached the tip. Edith followed hint and to bee alarm perceived that he woks par= Inge iIr the face. He tried to smile, and indicate by a gesture that he would recover in a Ininnte, Mama- while he was speeehless. Fairlaealmc was the next up, He had hardly set foot on the roof be- fore he claimed-,- "Nell, I'm darned!' Edith turned round quielcly, "What on earth is the matter?" i she cried. "Why are you using such horrid language `i Mr. Dau- beney only hurried a little too first, that is Fall." F airholrae dropped his voice to a whisper. "Look," he said, indicating with his eyes, a distant corner. Edith followed his glance, .and in- stantly comprehended the cause of his Startled exclamation. For in that quiet spat, far removed from watchful police or inquisitive hotel - servants, stood four men, whom she eoult1 not fail to recognize as Gros Jean, Hussein-ul-Muik, and the other two Turks, although, of course, until this moment she bad never previously set eyes on them. She instantly understood that, they must continue to talk and act in the guise of ordinary tourists.' le this respect the presence of Dau- beney was invaluable, for he natur- ally could not guess the community of interest 'between his aristocratic friends and the mote]y group in the corner, a n ooa as he regained his breath, Edith and he commenced a lively oonversation. Sir Hubert joined them, and in the course of their casual stroll round the tower they passed close to the Frenchmen and his companions, attracting a casual glance from the former, who in- stantly set them down as English people bound for the East, and whiling awaya few—hours in Mar- seilles prior to the departure of their steamer. But another surprise awaited then,: A small staircase led to the top of the turret, which, as already de- scribed, formed part of the angle that sheltered the group of men. When Edith and the others strolled past the door they glanced inside and caught sight of a shab- by -looking Frenchman, who had paused halfway up the stairs, and was leaning eagerly forward through ' an embrazured loophole, obviously intent on hearing every word Tittered by the quartette be- neath. l+ortunately, Edith, who was nearest the door, was tom iletely shroucled from Oros lean's obser- vation, ;else that a -scuta gentleman might have noticed her inv-d.notary start or suprise. For the shabby - looking Frenchman was her brother. The instant Talbot '` ?ae€crcl . fent- F Winter weather roughens and reddens your skin, causing clv^tps, clrOtlains and general,discomfort, try ,Witch Hazel Cream. !ase crearny.ingredients snoth and soften e outer skin, while the Witch Hazel snetrates and heals the deeper, tissues. g lightful;,after shaving or crashing, 25n, a bottle, at,your druggist°s. €fid ONAAL D RUC ANS CiiENftCAL CO. OF' CANADA, P pilil: 165 V steps he naturally , turned to scot who it was that approached, a 0,4, he also was amazed to find Edith's wondering eyes fixed upon him at a distance of only afew feet. She nodded her head and placed a warning finger upon her lips. As it happened, Daubeney caught her in the act, and for the next few moments haat gentleman's emotions were intense, not to say ralntati, "You seem to be preoccupied, Mr. Daubeney. What has happen- ed?" she inquired. "I — I—really don't know," His distress was so unmistakable that her quick woman's wit divined the true cause. They had now sauntered somedistance away from the part of the tower that might be marked "dangerous," so she grasped Jinrany's ponderous aria, and whispered with a smiler,• "You saw nae make sins to that Frenchman, didn't you " 'Wella-e-er---"" "Qin; yes, 1 understand. Of courso you were surprised, But don't Jump now, or say .anything; be is nay brother !" . hoo need not have warned Paaia- beney as to any reams—Irk he Might feel inclined to Make, o, for her an. notlneerraent: again rendered Bine speechless. "It is a mystery," she whispered, "a, deep soeret, We will tell yea all about it at lunch," CHAPTliat "YIIL Sublimely csof the ex- Gneout ranw breasts, Sir Halbert Fitsjaes could not un- derstand why they sash and all an- swered him in such; a .flurried man - when be dilated upon the beau- of the bay,, Finally he turned with with an air of apprehen- r Cr fear,,' he said, "that you', expedition of last night has upset you,Q youa headache?'" Hoa Then she could contain her news no longer. Drawing him elose to the rampart, and bending down so as to apparently take a deep inter- est in the laughing excursionists beneath, she murmured--- "Listen to hie carefully, unele. Don't look around. .Have you no- tieed the party of Turks and a Frenchman grouped together in the opposite corner?" "Yes," be said. "You do not mean to tell; me that they are the people whom Mr. Brett met this morning at the station?' "Yes, unquestionably they are. But the most marvellous thing re- mains. You know the turret close to which they are standing?" cry .41 "Well, in the staircase leading to the top, and leaning out through a window, trying to hear what they are saying, is Jack!" "What an extraordinary thing," said the major -general, who was really very annoyed that such a meeting should .have taken place under his very nose and its signi- ficance remain hidden from him. "Can we ,do anything?' he ad- ded. "Nothing save to remain here, a little longer and be most careful not to apnear to `have the least knowledge of their identity," They were joined by Daubeney and Fairhoime,, and Edith knew by a single glance at the expressive expanse of the former'.s face that should he be again brought into elose proximity to the Turks and herbrother it was quite possible the. quick-witted Gros Jean might detect the look of iuterested amaze- ment which must inevitably appear upon his honest British counten- ance. "Bobby," she said at once, "I want you and Mr. Daubeney to go down to the launch. We will join you in a few minutes." "Certainly," was the reply, for. Fairhohn.e knew that some motive day behind the request. ' "You can- not do much by remaining hero, can you, so 1 suppose you will not be long?" "Vo; uncle, and 1 will survey the viewuntil it is firmly fixed' in our minds. After' that it is full steam ahead for the Hotel du Louvre." The cavo youngm men disappeared down . the. istairs leading to the courtyard. At this moment, the siren of the small pleasure stenaner at the quay gnnonneed she was aboutto make heir hourly trip back to the town' Whereupon Gros Jean and the Turks, havingapparently. ended their, consultation, crossed the roof and disappeared. Instantly Jack Talbot strolled af- ter them, but no sooner had the bulky form of Gros .Jean ---who was, the last of his party—uanished. than Talbot ran towards his uncle and sister, and said rapi•dly— "Dubois and the girl have gone to. i almorn. Gros Jean and the Turks" have been in communication with the Sultan, and there is a move - I CHAPTER. XVII.--(Cont'd) • .souna: C -r2 Inent on foot to buy the diamonds. That is all that I can tell you new, but let Mr. Brett know, When I have seen these chaps safely home, I will at once come to the hotel." Then he, too, vanished, Edith felt a thrill of elation that her good judgment should have led her to remain sufficiently long oa the tower to glean such impor'tanf information. When Brett heard the e'ws it ref aped to nmso " laina. feared as much," he said. t1 had not much faith in the patro- tisrn of the Young Turks, I wonder how much the Sultan has offered. However, we mustossess nate souls lin peace until Tel eromesa here and tol_is 1iL5 all that he has learnte .At this moment I cannot help mar- velling at the strange coincidence, '10th abonld have led: the Turks and yourself ter select the Chateau d'If for a morning stroll, I fully expected that area Jean would be in bed. He must have i^eeei:vcd Tome startling intelligence tci keep dm away :fromthe rest .after a, uruey, Meanwhile, T have ties^,T one awaited with itit+ .t wards, for Brett sea' reaiaark witlteaiat VA of the conallnon tan Paris," he ex"' the Prefecture the Turks bad a't Txarseilles. The police lr,f>risecl, and perhaps a lit- e, that they had not discov- s faot for themselves, but vl.soothed them down they in - ruled me that `Lc Ver'—the di- minutive scoundrel whom 'WO res- cued from the Rue Baarbette-had faithfully kept his appointment with alae at the Grand. Hotel yes- terday. "It seems that he was much up- set when he learnt that I had left. He wont straight to the commissary to inform: ;flim that, •contrary to expectations, the Turks were acting in complete accord with nmdemoi- selle's father. This naturally puz- zled the commissary a good deal, and the affair bedame still stranger when an attache from the Turkish Embassy called a little later and urged the police to clo all in their power to discover the whereabauts 'ef Hussein:-ul-Mulk, as he was pal- tieularly anxious to have a friend- ly talk with him. "Close on the heels ef the Turk came a confidential messenger from the British Embassy, i`ettuesting the latest ,details, and, whe'a ques- tioned by the commissary, this man admitted that he had in the first instance called to see int, at the Grand Hotel. "In a word, hiss Talbot, I had suspected the existence of the ne- gotiations, which ;your brother's smart piece ofwork this ,morning has confirmed." Whilst they were talking Fair- holme took Daubeney on elle side, and with Brett's permission gave him a detailed account of the whole affair. The Hdnorable James Daubeney was delighted to be mixed up in this international imbroglio. He told the earl that the BlueBell was at his disposalat any moment of the day or night she might be required, .and it was evident that Daubeney, if nothing else, was a man of action, and his yacht might become very -useful. He had hardly quitted the hotel when a waiter announced that a jeune Feancais wished to see Mr. Brett. "Show him up,'' said the barris- ter, anal a moment later Talbot en- tered. Ho stood near the door A EORTlrN AT.E GIRL. Thirty million dollars, just be- lause, she was beautiful! And a poor girl—working gir1.- got it; not because she was beau- tiful only, but because she was a; poor working girl and also. because she is the most beautiful working girl in all Austria-Hungary., The girl is Ilona Varclis. She i a years old, and until she became a great heiress she worked in a< fancy goods shop in Budapest, the Hungarian city so famous through- out the world for the beauty of its. women. Ilona's parents were of the great masses, and nowhere are so-' pial distinctions >non'e olosely drawn than in Austria-Hungary. Ilona! had to toil twelve hours a day rn the shop, and if she dreamed of the fairy prince who seemed beyond reach she did not allow it to inter- fere with her work. Though she earned only $5,20 a week, that is good pay for a shop girl in Hun- gary, and her parents needed the. ,honey to help keep the pot boil e 11 Give You Ceylon Tea when you ask for it, but there are others who wo I€L rater make :a big profit tlrn sei ve you well, Ask for "Salado" and see that you vet K. LA 14 MIXED or GREEN. esti :ala:e;raar Solei Only in icaca est heiress in Europe; ,and if she has not been wooed by alt the eli- gible men she soon will be ,courted by most of them. Kronyl's reason, as given' in his; will for his strange bequest, was that he wished to enable the pret- tiest shop girl to marry whomever she desired; for he said that it wan unfair that she should be deprived of a suitable' husband for lack of a owrve in roll some 50,000 animals, a:ra sacrificed yearly on the: altar moi; science at the Pasteur institute, et acT'rv' caloii# r RATES TO THE PACIF O COAST. °t Cktle >ra and ztorth westsrr r„y. ea # sola aair. arch 1st to April :�•h, from a. IaoOOP ata �Gaaada to ins tt�ePes, saa f iranrlsco, T'estiatan Seattle., Victoria, Vattcouser 4o4 maq.V ot#ei pt 5a'- Throne:. tourist Sleepers and free re+ewl- crg chair gams froze Chicago. `io-ketti rfa sarlal4a rontea '1014 llberai step -over!. tt #nferinattol3 on aeanea tory to m. , fax, PPR. Act-, 45 YOPIte s5,,. T,`a^to. Sl f any 1 nbaaaals 1Lalleal ', iii ilio i'nsteilr Itasti At the Past eel a scarcity of almost paralyzed eeitain of research singe last Jung year at least 2Q,00 gnainea pigs ar saerifieed to the insatiable thirstf new IseientiDe knowledge tut the par of the scientists at the Pasteur In- stitute, The institute. pog,seasea a:! guinea pig farm cut in the eountry nen Garaches. where some 10,022 guinea igs also bred enrol ,r,ar, at an aver- str of 12 nits per heart, The g guinea. inea. pigs aarc bought' Iers •at abtliatt 25 cents each, evera, the farm failed usual number, naneli tae- ardent SGieia. eautilul fir" t4 z,Pstl► 49r d locket free to s e set 4sill, 45 ia; ass t epe 2 anal cleat, 1'0144 gold eisnex. gra ;=ela es your zisnie to of aesis• ds. to seal inn ivluraa plata stezaet1tI. iritl setasl roan atilxleltG For 6ioltl9rs # rete rolled =14*t;aal4al t,ay all cheat es,. ocrea I give Fony± eelet. We pre- s Theatme. to. twiddling his -hat in his hand until the -waiter hal gone. Then he told then what hid happened since he took up his quarters at the Hotel; des''Jolies Femmes. "When �_ 1 reached e d theie; be said, "T ;nrs under the impression that Gros Jean and the Turks were in bed. 1 hired ray room; sent my tin box there, and then settled myself in the cafe: to smoke cigarettes and read these rile ' Marseilles news- papers until lunch time. Yoii may jurcige my stir prise when l saw the three Turps and Gros Jean come out into the street and asic the way to the post -office_' (To be, continued -) change ife came two riela old man red the shop v Like many other meta., loo ivaatr fasealiaated by her beauty, , and be came -there again and again, each time buying some- thing as a pretext for his visit, Meana, did not know he was rich, for he wore paper euffs and col- lars and a shabby coat. Ho was old, with deeply furrowed forehead and unkempt hair. Neither Ilona or any other girl in the shop knew that ,lar' was Kronyl, tho • great ,aril- lianaire;:. who owned vast quanti- ties et real estate. Is.ronyl: made discreet inquiries through detec- tives, and found that Ilona" was as good as she was beautiful; and then began a remarkable quest. Be travelled All over Hungary modest- ly. Quietly he poked around in ob- scure corners of Budapest, and be even went to Vienna. Ile had few friends, and they did not know' the object of his journey, which did not leak out until after his death. The object was to find the prettiest working girl in Au- stria-Hungary; for, having no near relatives of his own, ho had then. and there decided to find the fair- est of all working girls and make her the heir to his vast fortune. For twe years he prosecuted his march, and thea when he died be left a will bequeathing all that he possessed to the beautiful young shop girl. 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