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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.)
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