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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1914)
3. '"V. J PLACE srl HONEY JVOON 1 WSCUUJ mccM xires 0 CD. SYNOPSIS. Elcanora de Tosenna was staffing In -ns. wnicn. pernnps. accounicu icr ku "ward Courtlandt'3 nime&ranco there. Mul "tlmllllonolrc, he wandered about whero lancy dictated. Ho might be In Paris ono day and Kamchatka the next. Followlnjj tne opera he Roes to a care and la ac costed by a pretty younir woman. She gives him the address of Flora Deslmone. vocal rival of Toscana. and Flora Ktves nlm the address of Eleanora. whom ho Is determined to sec. Courtlandt enters bieanora's apartments. Sho orders him out and shoots nt him. The next day Paris Is shocked by the mysterious dis appearance or tne prima donna. CHAPTER IV Continued. "There's the dusky princess peek ing out again. The truth is. Abby, If I could hide myself for three or four years, long enough for people to for get me. I might reconsider. But it should be under another name. They envy us millionaires. Why, we are the Ionceomest duffers going. We dis trust every one; we fly when a wom an approaches; we become mono maniacs; one thing obsesses us, every body is after our money. We want friends, wo want wives, but we want them to be attracted to us and not to our money-bags. Oh, pshaw! What plans have you made in regard to the search ?" Gloom settled upon the artist's face. "I've got to find out what's happened to her, Ted. This isn't any play. Why, sho loves the part of Marguerite as she loves nothing else. She's been kidnaped, and only God knows for what-reason. It has knocked mo silly. I Just came up from Como, where she spends the summers" now. I was going to take her and Fournier out to din ner." "Who's Fournier?" ".Mademoiselle Fournier, the com jposer. She goes with Nora on the yearly concert tours." "Pretty?" "Charming." "I see." thoughtfully. "What part or the lake; the Villa dEste, Cadenab bla?" "Bellagglo. Oh, it was ripping last summer. She's always singing when she's happy. When she sings out on Ihe terrace, suddenly, without giving Anyone warning, her voice is wonder ful. No audience ever beard anything like It," "I heard her Friday night. I dropped In at the opera without knowing what they were singing. I admit all you .say In regard to her voice and looks; but I stick to the whim." "But you can't fake that chap with the blond mustache," retorted Abbott grimly. "Lord, I wish I had run into you any day but today. I'm all in. I :an telephone to the Opera from the studio, and then we shall know for a certainty whether or not she will re turn for the performance tonight If not, then I'm going In for a little de tective work." "Abby, It will turn out to be the sheep of Little Bo-Peep." "Have your own way about it." When they arrived at the studio Ab- bott telephoned promptly. Nothing KEEP IN MIND WHEN WRITING Hi bktk a If One Would Be Classed as a Wel come Correspondent Theco Must Be Remembered. Be yourself, strlvo for tho expres sion of your own thoughts, write with all the forco of your personality, and you will be projecting your mind on the mind of tho friend who Is to draw delight from your letter. Write with the conscious wish to express truth fully and well that which you havo to Bay, abjure slovenly makeshift, and. Jiut as strongly, tho HOlf-coiifclouH-newt which keopa ono eye on the pur- in hand nm! ono mi crreQ'M had boon lienrd. Thoy woro eubst tutlng another Blngor. "Call up tho Hornld," suggested Courtlandt. Abbott did (to. And ho had to an swor Innumornblo questions, questions which worked him Into n flue rngo who was ho, whore did ho live, what did ho know, how long bud ho bodu In Parts, and could ho provo that ho had arrivod that morning? Abbott wanted to fling tho receiver Into tho mouth of tho transmitter, but his patlenco was presently rowarded. Tho 6lngor had not yet beon found, hat tho chauffeur of tho mysterious car had turned up . . . In a hospital, and porhnps by night thoy would know everything, Tho chauffeur had hnd a bad accident; tho car Itsolf was a total wreck, In a ditch, not far from Versailles. "Thorol" cried Abbott, slamming tho receiver on tho hook. "What do you say to that?" "Tho chauffeur may havo loft her somewhero, got drunk afterward, and plunged Into tho ditch. Things havo happened llko that Abby, don't make a camel's hnlr shirt out of your paint brushos. What a pother about n slug or! If It had boon a great Inventor, n poet, an artist, thoro would havo boon nothing more than a two-lino para graph. But an opora singer, ono who entertains us during our idlo eve nings ha! that's a different matter. Set Instantly" that great municipal ma chinery called tho pollco In action; sell extra editions on tho streets, What ado!" "What tho devil makes you so bit ter?" "Was I bitter? I thought I was philosophizing." Courtlandt consulted IiIb watch. Half after four. ''Como over to tho Maurice and dine with mo tomorrow night, that is, if you do not And your prima donna. I've an en gagement at flve-thlrty, and must bo off." 'I was about to ask you to dlno with mo tonight," disappointedly. "Can't; awfully sorry, Abby. It was only luck that I met you in the Lux embourg. Be over about seven. I was very glad to see you again." Abbott kicked a broken easel Into corner. "All right If anything turns up I'll let you know. Vou'ro at the Grand?" Yes. By-by." I know what's tho matter with him," mused the artist, alone. "Some woman has chucked him. Silly little fool, probably." Courtlandt went down stairs and out into the boulevard. Frankly, ho was beginning to feel concerned. Ho still held to his original opinion that tho diva had disappeared of her own free will; but If the machinery of th.o po lice had been started, he realized that his own safety would eventually bo- come Involved. By this time, he rea soned, there would not be a hotel in Paris freo of surveillance. Naturally, blond strangers would bo in domand. The complications that would follow bis own arrest were not to be ignored. Ho agreed -with his conscience that he bad not acted with dignity in forcing his way into her apartment But that night ho had been at odds with con vention; bis spirit had been that of the marauding old Dutchman of tho seventeenth century. He perfectly well knew that she was in the right as far as the pistol-shot was concerned Further, he knew that he could quash any charge- sho mlgtit make In that di rection by the simplest of declara tions; and to avoid this simplest of declarations she would prefer silence above all things. They knew each oth er tolerably well. It was extremely fortunate that he had not been to tho hotel since Satur day. He went directly to the war of fice. The great and powerful man there was the only hope left They had met some yeare before in Algiers, where Courtlandt had rendered him a very real service. "I did not expect you to the min ute," the great man said pleasantly. "You will not mind waiting for a few minutes." "Not in the least. Only, I'm in a deuce of a mess," frankly and directly. "Innocently enough, I've stuck my head Into the police not. Remember always that there Is the possibility of publicity for your let ter, and if you havo malice, cruelty, or uncharltableness In your mind, at least seo that you do not commit your feelings to paper, to your possible con fusing at somo later date, when kind llnesB has replaced your former harsh Judgment Remembering all theso things, you will havo no need for tho cervices of a completo letter wilter. Guided by sincerity and truth, you may procood to glvo your thoughts tho graven per munenco of writing. CJmrilly honUm n home and la unu ally loo wclt lu iruvl "Is It poBslblo that now I can pay my dobt to you?" ; "Sucli as It Is, Have you road tho artlclo In tho nowapnporn regarding tho dlsnppcarnnco of Stgnorlnn da To c&na, tho Blngor?" "Yob," "I am tho unknown blond. Totnor- row morning 1 wnut you to go with mo to tho prefecture and Btnto that I wna with you all of Saturday and Sunday; that on Monday you and your wlfo dlnod with mo, that yesterday wo wont to the aviation moot, and later to the Odoon." "In brief, an alibi?" smiling now. "Exactly. I shall need ono." "And a perfectly good alibi. But I havo your word that you aro In no- When They Arrived at the Studio, j ..v.w.ww . .w..,..7. wise concerned? Pardon tho question, but between us It Is really necessary If I am to bo of servlco to you." "On my word as a gentleman." "That Is sufficient." "In fact, I do not bollevo that sho has been abducted nt all. Will you let mo uso your pad and pen for a minute?' "ul artlclr-Cou'rUandrsawedrfew W"Fo3r me foTad? rormotoroaui "Yoe," moodily. Tho Frenchman read. Courtlandt watched him anxiously. Thero was not even a flicker of surp'rlso In tho official oyo. Calmly, ho ripped off tho sheet and tore it Into bits, distribut ing tho pieces Into tho various waste baskets yawning about his long flat desk. Next, still avoiding tho younger man's eye, be arranged bis papers neatly and locked them up in a huge safo which only tho artillery of tho Gorman army could havo forced. Ho then called for bis hat and stick. He beckoned to Courtlandt to follow. Not a word was said until tho oar was humming on tho road to Vlncenncs. "Well?" said Courtlandt, finally. It was not possible for him to bold back the question any longer. "My dear friend, I am taking you out to the villa for tho night" "But I havo nothing . . ." "And I have everything, oven fore sight If you were arrested tonight It would cause you some Inconvenience. I am flfty-slx, some twenty years your senior. Under this hat of mlno I carry a thousand secrets, and every ono of these thousand must go to tho grave with me, yours along with thom. I havo met you a dozen times since those Algerian days, and nover havo you failed to afford me some amuao- ment or excltoment. You aro tho most interesting and entertaining young man I know. Try ono of theso cigars." Precisely at tho tlmo Courtlandt stepped into the automobllo outsldo tho war ofllco, a scene, peculiar In character, but inconspicuous in that It did not attract attention, was enacted In tho Gare do l'Est Two sober-vis- aged men etood respectfully aside to permit a tall young man in a Bavarian hat to entor a compartment of the second class. What could bo seen of tho young man's faco was full of smothered wrath and disappointment. How he hated himself, for his weak ness, for bis cowardlcol IIo was not all bad. Knowing that ho was being watched and followed, ho could not go to Versailles and compromise hor, use lessly. The devil take the sleek demon of a woman who hud prompted him to commit so base an actl "You will nt least," ho said, "deliver that messugo which I havo Intrustod to your care." "It shall reach Versailles tonight, your hlghneBB." Tho young man reread the telegram which ono of tho two men had glvon I.I . , .. I . ...... u . .u, ue.u .nco. a w a co n- a-w. j."!. .sums u ,.e. (lie plocua Tew. 'Jlmt gontlomnn red- denofl porcoptlbly,, b'uV hV held Mi tonguo. Tho blur . f It liorn announcod tho tltno of tkifurturo. TTio train moved. TJio two men bn tho 'platform Bnlutcd, but the .young man Ignbrod tho anlUtutlon. Nut until tlio roar car dlanpponrod in tho hazy dlBtanco did tho watchers stir. Thou thoy loft tho station and got Into tho' tonnoau of a touring car, which allot nwny ami did not atop until It drew uf boforo that Imposing ombaBoy upon which tho French' will always look with nioro or loss suspicion. CHAPTER V. Tho Bird 'Dohlnd Oars, Tho moBt .beautiful bluo Irish oyen In tho world' ghznd out at tho dawn which turned nlght-bluo Into dny-bluo nnd paled tho atarw. It oca I lay tho un dulating horizon, presently to burst In 'to living flumo, trnnnmutlug tho dull steel bnrs of thu window into fairy gold, that trick of alchemy oo futtlely nought by num. Thoro wan a window at tho north and nnothor nt tho south, likewise barred; but tho Irish oyoa never sought thoo two. It was from tho east window only that thoy could boo tho long whlto road that led to Paris. Tho nlghtlngalo wan truly caged. But tho wild heart of tho cagln bent In thltf nlghllngalo'n breast, and tho eyes burned no fiercely toward tho eaat nB tho cast burned toward tho woBt. Sunday and Monday, Tuendny nnd Wcdhonday and Thursday, today; nnd that tho ilvo dawns were slngu Inr In beauty and that alio had never In her lffo boforo wltncHBod tho cro- ntlon of live dnyn. one nftor nnothor, mndo no Impression upon hor aonno of tho beautiful, ho dullcato and roccptlve Ir ordtnnry times. She wan conMclous that within her tho cup of wrath was Qvoriiowing. ui omer ininga, oucn as eaung nnu Bleeping ami moving anoui in her cngo (moro llko an oaglo in- ueuu wian n mguungniuj, recurrence .mu u.ulvi .., iwici-ihiuii "Oh, but ho shall pay, ho shall pnyl" bhu muniiureu, lunvuiK iu loosen uio bars Vlth hor small, whlto, holplcsB .....,uo. ,4,.u nunuvu iw uu nil mi- .. r- .1. ....... I. ..11 .1 i . 7 ' uoiu.iK m.o nun vuicuu .u now IUM IIIIU- UUUUIJT Willi WUU, HOW 1UII- sobs of despair. "Will you never ,i...ii.. ...ui. ..it come, sojlmt 1 may tell you how base and vlic'you are?" she further ud- drcsBod.the cast She) had waited for his appcaranco a..h.lf. i ni i it.. .in., 21 SnZt itSl ZZlTZ - . . .. army of phrases, of accuBatlone, of do - nunciatlonH, ready to Hmothor him with them tho moment ho camn. nut ho camo not Mominv. nor Timminv nor Wednesday. Tho Buapenno was to her mind dlnbollcal. Sho began to un- derstand; ho intended to keop her thoro till ho was suro that hor spirit wus broken, tlion ho would como. Break her aplrll? Sho laughed wildly, Ho could break her spirit no moro easily than sho could break these bara. To bring hor to Versailles upon an errand of mercy I Woll, ho waa canablo of anything. Sho was not particularly distressed because sho know that Jt would not bo posslblo for hor to sing again until the following winter Jn Now York. She had sobbed too much, with her faco burled In tho pillow. Had those sobs "0h but Ho 8ha" Pay He Shall Pay." uonn norn of wt,nh,,nua ....... . honn " .." , ,t" V" th j' "J - vnrv ,. lunv .JJ:" J?" " a " ' " -"-was i..b .i,'. i " . . frol over t,,,H hI(J(J o( t, calamity T lie r T:,r ,t .... ... iiiu "IMHIU, ikia mm JM nnl : . : s "r "m","", lo"" era nit nnwMuunnx - " w w f I ' f l' KILLED MOUNTAIN LION HORSE MORE THAN A MATCH FOR FOE IN FAIR FIGHT. Had Opportunity to Run, But Oravaly Stood H)a Ground and Crushed tho Skull of Hla Enemy In tho Lait Round. Tho following, among hundreds of ulmllar Incidents, hooiiih to bo woll authenticated: Soino yonra ago a huntor In Wyo ming territory wan camping undor tho Wind rlvqr, woll up In tho uiountuliiH, Ho had a homo of flho brood, and bad selected. :t h-uall bunch of cotton wood luioii for Ik lit camp, wfillo, at n tittle dltitnnco, undor an unuiiunlly largo true of tho iianio kind, and apart from all tho otliora, ho tstabloil hla italllon. It could hardly bo called Htabllng (or tho horse wnn picketed, and tho troo formed hlu shelter. Ono night tho huntor was armmcd from n sound sleep by a nclgh from hla homo, which Bounded rntlior llko rngo than alarm. American horaou iro often quick to dotoct tho approach of Indlanu, an woll as boantn of proy, and tho huntor was noon upon hla feet, and looking In tho direction of bin koreo. Tho animal was standing in tho full tight of n bright-moon, and nodmud to bo staring nt an object In tho branchou of tho trco. Aa tho hunter looked tho branches woro violently agitated. U dreadful yelling acrcntn wna hoard, Lmi - ,iuri, object, which wan a moun- to!n !oil nnij0j on tho back of tho horH0. Tno ltor nprang Into tho nlr, wUh ft nmd 8croan, uttlo inferior In BhrlllncnB and rngo to that of hla UU(Jniy. IIo rotumod to tho ground with n Lroat concH8ori( mjt failed to nhako n i).., - .inmilv ilhl L, ,alt to )roy Iootl I !,,. nrnir nn Mm inmn'N lioek i-.v. . mid shouloera, and tho Hon wan tear , .., , ,, ,., , nll. " " "r ,,, .., .0.u f ... . nvthintf. T n,H "mMlor 5 "u VT Zt ho, ,,orao "'IT0'1 f10.,!0 auu nvruiiK iinu H iiuiiuu u.iiku boughs, and tho mountain lion wan win irum iim aim iiuiivu uhui lA ... ..... 1 l...M.v.l I... oo confront hla enemy In tho nnnn mnnrn. nnvnr nffnrlnt? tn run BPaC0 novor "nK 10 ru" " "on, quickly recovering ltimaoir. mil mad with tho tunto of blood, JPrang once moro Into tho bninchea of 11,0 b,K tro nn(J mdo another leap to war! tho horse, but mlsaod hla aim. no began a aorlos of clrcloa around tho horse, getting nearer and nearer each time, and at last ,mado mother leap. But tho bravo horao was ready for" him, nnd with tho rapidity of thought changed front and hla hind feet struck tho lion full In tho brcaat Tho animal rolled over nnd ovor, with yollu of pain nnd rago, but then camo on ngnln. Thin tlmo ho camo to his death, for tho homo's hoola struck him fairly between tho oyen, and crushed hid hkull clean across. Ho gavo a foW sonvululvo struggles and then stlffenou In death, while tho triumphant stal lion stood neighing nnd pawing tho ground In token of victory. Cutting and Polishing. Tho Rev. Ilolinan Black waa con- gratulntcd In Denver by a roportor, after nn eloquent sermon, on his maaJ tory of pulpit orutory. "What la your secret, sir?" tho re porter asked. i "Woll," waa Dr. Black's smiling an- owor, "a preacher should always ro mombor that while thoro aro sorniontf In stono, tho moro precious a stonot Is, tho moro carefully it must be cut and polished." Chlcknn Hawk In Flight. Saw chicken hawk in flight, which' suggests tho motion of a motorcar. No flapping, no soaring, but a series of quick, oxploslvn boatu of the wlngo, oaoh sending tho bird forward In a I leap of several ynrds. Tho fllckor gives flvo strokos, then n Jump. From "A Funnel 'rf Notobook." Positive Proof, Tho Counsol "How do you know I this night lotter was forged by a man and not written by tho woman whouu nnmo Is signed to 117'' Tho Export "Uocauso it contains lust 4H wnriln. and a woman would havo used two moro to got hor monoy'B worth." Birmingham Ago-llorald. Woman's Great Power. Woman In thu salvation or dnntruo- tlon of tho family, Sho carries . Its dostlnlpu In (ho folds of hor mantle, Amlel. Outward Bound. "Havo ou un opoiiliig hero for mo?" naked tho anaortlvo young mm, "Yua," nnaworcd tlio cnpItallHt, "U'a ritfbl mU)i you." If