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ll ilV. wr'""'v V TIIE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, ORE., WEDNESDAY, DECE.MDEK 0, 1010. FAQE 14 iTmtltwVV ., ut1 IMP UMmiravN . .. . y - --j:.. "ejt V' J r " i. 'Ttln.rin. ay -, r aa- 7y..i CI&4JIIlJcUIl jjavieM Copyright, 1916, by th fUllly A. Dritton Co, fiMl (lli I T A I FOREWORD "THE DABEDEVH" isn't JL jnst an ordinary itory of a girl who masqucr adei in man's clothing:. There Is a vital reason behind it all. It isn't oil a lark, though comedy lurks on the footsteps of the stout hearted pretender; an American father, a French mother and quick sympathies that link fatherland and moth erland in love that braves very real dangers for the safety of one and the honor of both. In the stvy there is a most irre sistible young man whose name is Buzz and who lives up to it. There is an irascible old bachelor uncle, secretary of state to his excellency the gov ernor of Harpeth, "the great est gentleman in the world." But, best of all, there is Ro berta, the "daredevil," the lovable heart of a mighty lika ble story. You may be sure she will captivate you, just as she did those who knew her "in boots." -a CHAPTEn I. Sparkling Wave Over High Exploilvss WAS1 (hero eer n woman who did not wry greatly dcslro fur herself at long momenta tlio doublet nntl hoso of n man, pcrhnpH also his sword, nn well oh Ills uttltudo In the viewing of life? I think not To n very small number of thoBO Indies of grcnt curiosity It lion been grunted that they climb to those ramparts of the Ilfo of u mini, but It wiih needful Unit they be htout of limb a ml sturdy of henrt to mis tain themselves upon that eminence mid not bo dashed below upon the rook 8 of n strange land. I, Itobcrta, ninriiilHo do Crez and Bye. bnvo nb tallied glimpses Into a far country, and this Ih what I In lug on ictiirnlng, not its a spy, but, t-lmll I nay, laden with spices and forbidden fruit? And for mo It has been a very fine (IiinIi Into tlio wilds of a land of strangeness, and I do not know that I havo yet found mjsolf completely re turned unto my estate of a woman, I 11 rut began to realize that I wus net out upon a gront Journey when 1 stood ut tlio rail of (ho very largo Milp and watched It ilow Its way through tlio waves which they told uh with their Hplcndor hid cruel mines. 1 felt tho future might bo like unto thof-c great waves, nud It mlKht 1k that It would break In spniUIIng acuta uier high explosives. I found theinl I hnd wren n fear of those explosUc of Ufa come In my dying father's eyes, and licre I stood nt his command out oil tho ocenu In quest of n woman's fate lu a strange country. "(let back to America, Hob, ami go straight to your Uncle Hubert at llaycsvlllc, In tho llarpelli alley. He cut mo loose because ho didn't under stand when I married .tour mother out of tho French opera III Purl. When 1 mimed .noii Hohcita for him he returned tliu letter I sent, but with notice of a thousand dollars In Mon roe & Co, for you. 1 didn't tell him when jour mother died. Yes. l'e lieon bitter. Hut these lirriuitu lull lets haxu cut thn life out of me, and I see more plainly. (Set tho money and take Nanuetto and tlio kiddle on t tie first boat. Them's starvation and maybe worie In Paris for oil. Take the money and gel to Brother Hob ert tlod of America take them und guide" And that was all. 1 held him In my arms for a lone time, while old Nan- uette and small Pierre wept bei-ldo abovo that need, which roust be nl most n hundred of their huge and wnstcful dollars. All is well with w." And as aho spoke sbo pulled up the collar of Pierre's soft blue serge blouso around his pnlo thin face nud cased tho cushion behind his crooked small back. "Is Is that nil which remains of the ?1,MX3 wc found to be In that bank, NnnnettoT" I nsked of her with ft grent uncertainty. My mother's fortune, dc scended from her father, the Marquis do Grcz nud Bye, nnd tho Incomo of my father from his government post hnd Hindu life easy to live In Hint old houso by the rjuny, whero so mnny from tho Faubourg St. Gcrmnlne enmo to henr her sing nfter her fortune nnd children took her from tho opera nnd to go for tho Hummers In tho gray old Chateau do Grcz but of the Invest ment of francs or dollars and cents I had no knowledge, In spllo of my claims to bo nn American girl of much progress. My mother hud laughed mid very greatly adored my assumption of nn cstremo American mnnncr, copied ns nearly ns possible after that of my father, and had failed to tench to me oven that thrift which Is n part of tho dot of every French gill from tho Faubourg Kt. Gcrriinlno to tho Houle vanl St. .Michel. But even In my Ig noiiinco tho Information of Niiunctto ns to tho suiallncss of our fortune gave to mo an nlnrm. "What will you, mademoiselle? It was necessary that I purchase the rai ment needful to tho young Mn mills do Grcz according to his state nnd for tho marquise, his sister, also, It was not to bo contemplated that wo should travel except In apartments of tho very best In tho ship. Is not gold enough In America even for sending In great sums for relief of suffering? Havo 1 not seen It given In the streets of Par Is? Is It not thero for us? Do you mnko mo repronches?" And Nonnetto began to weep Into tho lino lawn of her nurse's handkerchief. "No, no, Nanncttel I know It wns of a necessity to us to bin o tho clothes, and of course wo hnd to travel lu the llrst class. Do not have distress. If wo need morn money lu America I will obtulu It." I made that answer with a gesturo of soothing upon her old shoulders, which 1 could never ro member ns not bejit In an attitude of hoveling out Plerro or mo. "Eli bleu!" she answered, with n per feet satisfaction nt my assumption of all the resHiiislbllltles of our three existences. And ns I lenned agnlnst tho dork i all mid looked out Into a futuio ns limit less as that wnter ahead of us Into which tho great ship was plowing 1 made u remaik to myself that hud In It nil tho wisdom of those who aro Ig iioraut. "Tho best of Ilfo la not to know what will happen next," "All, that wus no extraordinary com ing from n wiiiunn that you must par don mo for listening nnd making ex clamation," came nn nnswer In a nice voice near nt my elbow. Tlio words weie Npokcu In us perfect English as "I know why It la that you go to Amor leal" 1 had learned from my father, but In them 1 observed to be an Intonation that my French ear detected a Pa rltlnn. "Also, niHdeniolselle, are jou joiing women of tho new em to be ....... ,m ... ....ro .-,... -.,., w,,ont that very delightful but oflco sue. and the, laid bin l .Is nil- i. nm , of curl0,Uyr iwt miBUHinnn in imiiu tuvvi.'i that the good sister of the old grny convent In which ho lay had given me to place In his hand when ho bud hecged for It. My mother's country had mrant my mother to him. and ho had given his Ufa for her and l'rnuee in the trenches of the V.okus, And thus at his bidding I was on the ery As I turned 1 looked with startled ejes Into the graru faeo of a man less thnn forty jeais, whose and ea were for the moment lighting with a gieat ' tendeme which 1 did not under stand 4.1 I. ..II-. ..... n.n.lll.. M ..l.tl. .....I l.n ( I .IV..U1U II. V 1JUI.II. 11 IIIMI ! 'W most icquliYil of tho women of tlio era Iwlileh In mtuu is Is courara ami then nigh sen or auveniure. I rom tut ' ,ro wurage, monsieur," I made an thought of him I was ery suddenly kWer (0 ,i, , f i bud been dlKUss recalled by old Nnnnetle, who came . tf S0Uio question with him In my fa upon tho deck from below. tuer'a smoking room nt tho Chateau do "I.o bon Dleu," ahe alishtsl as he IGrcz, ns I often came In to do with settled herself In her Mcamer chair my father uud his friends after tho and took out the laco knitting. "Is It I death of my mother -when the exenlngs not of a eoodtieM that I have tlod In I mhmimhI too long alone. They bail my stocking the necessarj francs that liked that I o came j at times, aud we may land In that America where I the old Count de Brcailx once bad re al! la of such a good fortune? And marked that feuilulue jwpathy was also by my skill we hT 1J0 franc J the tlux with which men made solid l mclr mfnas into n unanimous purpose. Ho hnd been six-aklng of tliat wnr a few weeks nfter I.ouvnlne, nnd I had risen nnd bud fctood very tall and ory haughty before hint and my father. "Tho women of Ft-unco aro to como after this carnage to mold n nation from what remains to them, mon sieur," I hnd said to him ns I looked straight Into his face. "Is not the courago of women n wnr supply upon which to rely?" "What are tho young women such women ns she going to do In the j cars that como nfter tho deluge, Henri of America?'' ho had mndo a muttering question to my father ns his old eyes smoldered over mo In the firelight. From tho mem6ry of tho smoking room nt tho Chateau de Grcz my mind suddenly returned to tho rail of the ship nnd tho Frenchman beside mc, who wns looking Into my fnco with tho snmo kindly question as to my fu ture Hint had been In tho eyes of my old godfather nnd which hnd stirred my father's heart to Its American depths nnd mado him JV-iid mo back to his own country. "Ah, yes, that courago is a good weapon with which to adventure In this America of tho grizzled bear, mademoiselle," I found the strange man saying to me, with a nice amuse ment ns well ns Interest. "My father had shot bcvcu grizzlies before his twenty-first birthday. Wo have tho skins, four of them, in tho great hnll of tho Chateau do Grcz or or wo did havo them before be foro" My volco faltered, and I could not continue spcnklng for tho tears thnt rose In my throat nnd eyes. Quickly tho ninn ht my side turned his broad shoulders that ho should shield mo from tho laughing nnd ex claiming groups of people upon tho deck near us. "Heforo Ypres, mndemolsollo?" ho asked, with tears also In tho depths of his volco. "Yes," I answered. "And I ntn now going Into tho went Amcrlcn with my crippled brother nnd his nurse alone. It Is the land of my father, nnd 1 have bis coinage. I must hnvo nlso that of a Frenchwoman. I have It, monsieur." And as I spoko I drew myself to my full, roui.d shouldered height, which was almost equal to that of the man besldo me. "Mademoiselle, I salute tho courage born of an American who fought he foro tho mins of tho Murno and of a Frenchwoman who sent him there!" And as ho upoko thus ho removed from his bend .his silk deck enp and held It nt his shoulder In a way that I knew wns a salute from a French olllcer to tho memory of n brother. "And nlso mny I be permitted to present myself, ns It Is n sail necessity that you travel without ouo from whom I might re quest tho Introduction?" ho nsked of mo with u beautiful reverence. After n search In his pocket for n few seconds, ho at last discovered a en .o of leather nud presented to mn n card. Ah ho handed It to mo his color roso up under Ids black eyes, and grave Iron lil o looked from between their long black lashes. I glanced down at the enrd nud rend.' "Cnpltaluc lo Count Arinond do LasseUes, Purls, France. Forty-fourth Chasseurs do lo Hepub llquo Frnncnlse." "M. lo Count, I know I know why it is that you go to America!" I iimdj cxclnmntton ns I clasped to my brenst my hnnds, nud my eyes shone with ex citement. "I hnvo read it In Lo Mntln Just tho day before yesterday. You go to 'buy grain against the winter of starvation lu tho republlque. No man Ih so great n llnaneler us you nnd so brnvo n soldier, with your wound not healed from tho trenches lu tho Vosges. Monsieur, I saluto you!" And I bent my head and held put my bniid to him. "We're to expect nimble wits ns well as courago of you young' shall I say Amerlcnn women?" he lnughed ns ho bent over my hand. "Now shall I not bo led for Introduction to tho small brother nnd tho old nurse?" ho naked, with much friendly Interest in bis kind eyes. It was a very wonderful thing to ob serve tho weo Plerro listen to tho nar ration of cnpltalne, tho Count do Las seUes, concerning tho actions of a small boy who bad run out of n night of shot and shell Into tho heart of bis regiment and who hnd uow lived flvo mouths lu the trenches with them. Pierre's small fnco Is all of Franco, ami in his heart under his bent chest burns a soul all of France. It Is as If In her death, at bis birth, my beauti ful mother had stamped her racu upon him with the greater emphasis, "Is It that the small Gaston is a daredevil like Is my Bob?'' ho ques tioned ns we all made a laughter at tho story, of tho Qount do LasseUes concerning the sortie of tbo small Idol from tho trenches In the dead of one peaceful night to return with a very wide thhk thinnel shirt of one of the enemy, which bo had caught hanging upon a temporary laundry lino back of the German trenches. "And .our medal of honor, M. Capl talne? Is It permitted that I lay for a little moment just one Anger upon It?" Plerro asked of him as tho great soldier stood tall abovo the steamer chair. Nniini'tlo sobbed Into her lace, and I turned my head away as the tall man bent nud laid the frull llttlu bund against Ids decoration, which he wore, almost entirely blddeu under tlio pocket of hl tweed Norfolk of Bug llsh luniiiifmture. Ouly French eyes llko wen Pieries could havo seen It iJiinod thero hidden over bis heart. 1 think ho wore It to give him a large courago for his mission that meant bread or starvation to so many of til people. "Ah. M. la Cspltaliie." I said to him. with a softnens of tear lu nir throat. "I would lhat there wa some little thing that I might do to servo France. I do so long to ro Into those nwful trenches wills that red cross on my arm, ns It is not pcimltted to me to carry a gun, which I can use much bet ter than tunny men now handling guns ...11, UI.IIUIO UJiUlllO.. luu v.l..j . .. It is necessary flint 1 obey tlio com mands of my soldier father nud tnko to a safety the small Pierre." And as wc spoko ho walked beside mo to tho prow of tho larpo fchlp so that to us wits n view of tho henvens of blue be yond which Iny our America. ".My child, there is great service which you can render Frnnce," bo an swered me as wo stopped to watch tho great white waves Hung osldo from tho ship. "France needs friends In Amcr lcn, great, powerful friends who will heln her In contracting for food nnd nil other munitions. A bcniitlful wo man can do much in winning thoso friends. You go to your uncle, who Is one of those in power In a state In The Tall Man Lnfd tho Frail LlttU Hand Acolnst His Decoration. that fruitful vnlloy of 'tho Mississippi from which I hopo that my lieutenant, Count de Bourdon, whom I sent on that mission, will get many mutes to enrry food to tho hungry boys In the trenches when mud Is too deep for gas oline. Muku of him and every one your friend and through you tho friend of our struggling couutry. Tell them of France, laugh with them for the Joy to como when France, all France, with Alsaco and beautiful Lorraine, Is free, and mnko them weep with you for her struggles. Who knows but thnt through you may como some won derful strength added to your old coun try from tho new, whoso blood runs In your veins ns well?" "All of that I will do, mon capltalno I so enlist myself." And us I spoko I drew myself up unto tho greutcst height possible to me. "I will bo of the army that feeds lather than of thnt which kills." "Mon TJTcii.xChlld. what Is possible to you to do has no limit. Also I sny to you watch nnd bo on your guard for anght that may horm France. In America aro spies. I have been warn ed. Also there aro thoso who practlco deceptions lu contracts. It is for tbo purpoo to so guard that I como to America."' "I also will so gunrd," I mndo an swer to my capltalno, tho Count do LasseUes, as we camo In our walk to the eldo of wee Plerro and old Nan net to. And after that first day thero were many hours that the Capltalno tho Count do LasseUes spent with llttlo Pierre nnd the good Nanuetto as sbo sat knitting always with tbo sun on tho water reddening her round checks, while I bad much pleasure with many friends who camo to me upon tho ship. Upon the nrrlvnl of tho ship In port a rain was falling, and my friend or Franco was gone from mo at tho begin ning of day in n boat that Is called tug. Uon Nanuetto bad fallen a rheuma tism, nnd tho small Pierre was In the mtdst of shivering chills when wo at last wero permitted by tho very un pleasant odlcer of America to go from the ship. "Helas, It was all of tbo gold that ho took from me for an entry Into this savage land, where ono piece of money Is as flvo of that of France. There re mains but a few sous and a gold piece," sobbed Nanuetto as sbo came from her interview with the immigra tion officer, whllo I stood beside Pierre, deposited by a deck steward on a pile of our steamer blankets. "I beg your pardon, marquise, but here is a letter tho dock steward failed to And you to deliver," came In the pleasant voice of ouo of my fellow passengers as be handed mo a large letter. I took It and came with my bead out from under the wave which had dashed over me. And this is tho letter that my eyes read with astonishment, whllo both tho good Nnnnette nnd small shivering Plerro sat with their eyes llxed upon my countenance: My Dcnr Nephew Itofoert Your arrival In America nt this time suits mo exactly. I need you Immediately In my business. If you had been the Girl, Instead of tho llttlo ono I would havo had to 'dispose of you somo way even muider. I hnvo no Use for women. Leave tho llttlo crippled plrl nnd her nurse, who I feel sure Is nn old fool, with my Rood friend, Dr Mnson nurns of 22 South Thlrty-Becond street. Ho has cured moro children of hip Joint disease than any man In tho world, and ho will straighten her out for us. and wo enn rIvo her nwny to somebody. I've written him Instructions. Leave her Im mediately and como down here td mo on the first train. The deal 9 held up with out you. Inclosed Is a check for 11,000. If you nro like Henry you'll need It, but keep away from Droadway and the wom en. Come on, T say, by next train. Your uncle. nonnrtT CAnnuTHcns, Hayervllle, Ilarpct'o. , (To Bo Continued.) A dcBlrablo broad knlfo froo with ovory annual- subscription to Tho Bond Bulletin. Seo Edwards for paper hanging.-Adv. ' Best & Harris WALL ST. VULCANIZING A SPKCIALTY Bring ub your old casings and tubes for repair. Work quick ly done and guaranteed to be satisfactory. Out of town pat. ronngo solicited. 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