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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1929)
An Adventure Pimpernel By (he BARONESS ORCZY Coprrleht Biwh Ores? WNU Service TORY FROM THE START The Scarlet Pimpernel, known during the French revolution the moat Intrepid adventurer la Europe, la an Englishman. At house party given by 8lr Percy Blakeney tha lateat adventura of the 8carlet Pimpernel, tha reecue ot tha Tournon-d' Asenaya, la be ing related by Sir Andre Ffoulkes. CHAPTER I Continued 2 "And that wu when the gallnnt Scarlet Pimpernel Interposed J" Lady 'Alicia put to with a algh. "lie knew M. le Tournon d'Agenay and bis fam ily were being token to Paris." "I believe be had bad an Inkling of what was In the wind some time be fore the arrest It la wonderful bow closely he la always In touch with those who one da; may need bis help. But 1 believe that at the last moment plans bad to be formulated In hurry. Fortunately, cbnnce oi this occasion chose to favor those plans. Day bad . broken without gleam of sunshine; thin drizzle was falling, and there was a sharp bead wind on, which fretted the hemes and forced the driver to keep his head down, with Ms brood brlmnrfd bat pulled well over his eyes, feature, as you see, was helping all ehe could. One can Imagine the surprise attack. Vague forma looming suddenly out of the mist and the sharp report of a pistol, twice In quick succession. The horses, sweating and panting, fell Into a foot pace, dragging the heavy coaco op the steep Incline, through the squelching mud of the road, and came to a vio lent and audden halt on the crest ot the hill at the first report At the second they reared and plunged wildly. "The whole thing was, I am assured, matter of a couple of minutes. It was surprise and awlftnesa that won the upper hand, for the rescue party was outnumbered three to one. Uad there been the slightest hesitation, the slightest slackening of quick action, the attack would of a certainty have failed. But during those few minutes of confusion, and under cover of tlw mist and the vague grnyness of the morning the Scarlet Pimpernel and bij followers, down on their knees In the squelching mud were not merely right ing, you understand) No! They were chiefly engaged In cutting the saddle girths under the bellies of eight fidgety and plunging horses, and cracking their pistols In order to keep op the confusion. Not an easy task, you will admit though tia a form of attack well known In the Cast so I under stand. "At any rate, those had been the chlers orders, and they had to be carried out For my part I Imagine that superstitious terror had npset the nerves of that email squad of revolu tionary guard. Hemmed In by the thicket n either side of the road. th men bad not sufficient elbow room for good fight No roan likes being at tacked by a foe whom he cannot well see, and In the melee that ensued the men were hindered from using their somewhat clumsy sabers too freely for fear of Injuring their comrades' mounts. If not their own; and nil they could do was to strive tn calm their bones and through the din, to hear the words of command uttered by their lieutenant JJJAnd all the while," Sir Andrew went on, amidst breathless silence on ite part of bj hearer fc' pray you picture to yourselves (tie confusion; the Chirking of pistols, (lie horses Snorting, the lieutenant shouting, the prisoners screaming. Then, at I given moment, the Scarlet l'lniernel scram bled jjp the Nil aeat of the chaise. As no doubt all of ynu Indlca know by now, he tins the most wonderful hand with horses. In one Instant he had snatched the reins out of the bewll dered Jehu's hands, and, with word of mouth snd click of tongue, bad soothed the poor beasts' nerves. And sudden he gave the order, fa vet' which was the signal agreed on be tween himself and his followers. For then It menul a scramble for cover under the veil of mist and rain, whilst be, the gallnnt chief, whipped up the tenm. which plunged down the road now at hreakneek t-ed. "Of course, the gimrd. and, above all, the lieutenant, grouped the situs tlon loon enough, and Immediately gave chase. Hut they were not trick riders, any of them, und with severed saddle girths could not go fur, lie I hut as it iniiy. the Scarlet I'lmpernet drove his tenm without a hall aa far s Moliiy. where he hud arranged for relays. Once well nwiiy from the Im piedlnte Influence of I'arls, with all Its terrors and lyrnnnlcal measures, the means of escape fr the prisoners be came comparatively easy, thanks prl murlly to the Indomitable pluck of their rescuer and also to a long purse "The story Is exactly us I had It from iliidam la Cnintesse de Tournon-d Age nay, whose only sorrow, now that she and flume she loves are safe at last In F.ngiutid. Is that she never once ciiught a glimpse of her rescuer. He proved as el u five tn her as to all nf ns, and we find ourselves repenting the delightful doggerel Invented on flint evasive personage hy our prince Of dandles Sir I'ercy Wnkency." "Marvelous I" "Knohuntlng I'.' '-Pal Minting!" "I nearly fainted with et clleinent. my dear!" These were some nf the ejaculations uttered hy dainty. rsll-rougi lips, while the men, oiure of the Scarlet or less, were silent, pondering, vague ly louglng to shake the enigmatical hero once, at least by the hand. Ills blghuess was questioning Sir Andrew Ffoulkes more closely about certain details connected with the story, ft was softly whispered, snd not for the first time, either, that his highness could, It he would, solve the riddle of the Identity of that mysteri ous Scarlet Pimpernel And the whisperers were correct, since bla highness waa one of the few who knew that Sir Percy Blakeney was the Scarlet Pimpernel, who, with bis little band of romantic adventur ersof whom Sir Andrew Ffoulkes was one waa devoting himself to sav ing from undeserved death victims of the Itelgn of Terror In France. Dainty, sweet and geuerous, ss usual, Lady Ftoulkea bad edged up to Lady lilokeney, and the two young wives of such gallnnt men held one another tor one Instant closely by the bund, s token of mutual understand log. of pride and of happiness. Then Lady Ffoulkes looked In dainty puzzlement sbout her. "Sir Percy I" she exclaimed. "Where Is Sir PercyJ' And the call was like the chirrup ing of birds on s sunny spring mora ing. H stilled all further chattering tor the moment "Where Is Sir I'ercyr And silence alone echoed, "Where V L'ntll a real material sound came In response. A loivg drawu-out sound that caused tbe ladles to snigger and the men to laugh. It was tbe sound ot a loud and prolonged snore. The groups of guy society butterflies, meu and women, parted, disclosing tbe si cove at the further end of the room, where, on the sofa, with handsome head resting against rose-colored cush Ions, Sir Percy ISlukeoey was fus' asleep. CHAPTER II Citoyen Lauiet Cut In Paris the news of the evasion ot the cl-devunt Conite et Cotutes de Tournond'Ageney wltb their son snd two daughters was received tn s dlf ferent spirit Members of tbe com mlttees of public safety snd of gen era) security, both official and unottl claL professional and amateur, were more Irate than they cared to admit I'ltoyeo Lauzet chief of section Id the rural division of the department Seine et Olse, was most particularly worried by the Incident which. It must be remembered, occurred In his dls trlct The hand of the well-known Eng lish spy, known throughout France as the l-eiigue of the Scarlet Pimpernel, could obviously be traced In the during and Impudent attack on an armed es cort and the subsequent driving of the chaise through three hundred kilo meters of country where only shame less bribery and unparalleled audacity could have snved them from being traced, followed, snd brought to Jus tice. Citoyen Lauzet, a faithful sonant of the state, felt that the situation was altogether beyond his capacity foi dealing wltb; those English spies were so different to the ordinary traitors snd srlstos whom one suspected ar rested, snd sent to the guillotine sll to the turn of s hand. But how wa 00' to deal wltb men whom one had never seen and was never likely to tee. It rumor spoke correctlyi Citoyen tao- set scratched his bald pate and per spired freely In his endeavor to And a solution to bis difficulty, but be found none. It was In the midst of his perturbs tlons that be bethought blm of hlr friend, Armand Chauvelln, Row, Lsu ret was quite aware of the fact that that same friend of his was under s cloud Just now; that he had lost that high position he once held on the com mittee of public safety, tor reasons which bad never been made public. Nevertheless, Lauzet had reasons for knowing that In the matter of track ing down spies Armnnd fhauvelln had few, II any, equals; and he also knew that for some unexplained cause fhauvelln would give several years of his life, and everything he possessed In the world. In get his long, thin fin gers round the throat of that entg matlcnl personage known as the Scar let Pimpernel. (TO BE CONTINUED.! No Sound-Proof Room Hat Been Developed nenry Bernstein. Frenrh playwright til red s builder to build him s sound proof room In his apurtment The room cost ITWOti franca and failed to be sound-proof, ao Bernstein sued the builder and recovered 87.0(10 franrs damages. publisher Horace Stokes, discussing the case, said: "Writers are always looking In vain for soundproof rooms. Ton remem ber the sound-proof room that Car lyle hull! n top of his little house In Chelsea. It wasn'l sound proof st all. ' "Carlyle couldn't eleep In his Chel sea home oo account of a rooster In s neighbor's garden. At last, worn out s nervons wreck, he went to Ihe neigh bor and said : "'For the love of heaven kill that rooster nf yours, or It will kill me. Look at my bloodshot eyes and shak ing hands. The bird crows nil night and I never get a wink of sleep any more.' 'No, no, Mr. Cnrlyle; said the nclnhlior, Ml don't It can't crow alt night.' "'Perhaps not,' said Carlyle, "but when II Isn't crowing I He there breathless and tense, waiting for It to begin again.' " if SUB 1 0 ; By H I ROSA J mimi :: Two FrUnrls ETHEL'S two friends, Caroline and Juno cause her a lot of perplexity. She's known them both for years and In het heart of hearts, June stands prst with her. Vet other people criti cise June constantly, while they unit in loving admiration to the fulr Caro line, "Why on earth do you run around with June so niucht" demands Nancy. "She's the most untrustworthy, de ceitful creature I ever knew. Her whims and her moods get on my nerves. She's the most utiiopulur kid In school and yet you stick to ber Ilk grim death." Ktliel sighs 8 he doesn't know her self why she sticks to June. Certain ly that young lady Is dltttcull enough a creature of eternal changing unmt and Ideas a mulden of violent likes and dislikes. And why does she seek June's so ciety In preference to Caroline' Caroline, sunny-hulred, unimaginative, quiet, precise, standa for quiet security. She has no moods. She la always the same, tiers Is s quiet self satisfied calm which brings peace to the Uvea of her more turbulent friends. Vet Kthel's natural shrinking from her Is a perfect rase nf Intuition with out reason. For of her two friends, June is the one to be counted on the final analysis and Caroline the one to be avoided. It Is to very often the case thuf th girl characterized as moody. Irritable and flight) has the true stuff tn her while the calm phlegmatic bundle of aelf-SHtlsfuciInn who wins praise and admiration la not to be counted on tn ao emergency. . June you see Is passing through s difficult phase. Her opinions are ot no value, but her friendship Is Her very altitude shunt that she Is not seeking popu larity that her Idea of a perfect el Istenc does not necessitate her be ing the center of ao admiring group of friends Now she mnkes enemies oftener than friends. Vet the friends ah makea should trust ber, tor she Is to he depended on. While Caroline, calm, competent, sunnily smiling Is on the way to make every moment striving to attract new friends doing her best always to be the otie girl everybody loves. Now you know, no girl In the world can achieve that She must either Inks a stund oo one side or Ihe other. Is There Chance? itLJUVK I got a chnnce of hnppl ness with NnlT" asks Isabel pathetically. "He wants me to marry him and It seems to me I love him, but there are so muny drawbacks He Is much older than I am, and I'm sure that he won't want to dance or go out at all In s few years' time and I'm ton young lo give up parties. Also Isn't really Interested In the things which Interest me. And he's nearlng middle age snd he Isn't a real success In life. Am I taking too big cl.snc marrying a man who has no reully brilliant future and who may be old -before I'm thirty? I would love to marry him If only I could set my fear at ret" Well, dearie, your fears are doomed to remain wandering restless spirits. If ynu wunt them lulled by me. Too haven't the slightest chnnce ot success In marriage with anybody If you go Into the proposition In th frame of mind Indicated by your ques tion. Suci-ess In marriage at you may have heard some four hundred thou sand time before this means com promise. And do I hear s word about compromise from your ruby-red lips? I do not. The only thing makes Itself clenr to me Is this; That Isabel wants tn have s good time even sfter s few years of seining down-that she re sentt Nat's not being Interested lo her hobbles that she wants lo luiv enough money tn live comfortably and Nat ought lo supply Ihe Internal rev enue. That's all she wants Not s word about whether you'r willing to do your part child Not word about wanting to' help Nat to make the success which has eluded him through s rather dismal business career. Just the plain statement Hint you want cash and a successful husband snd will Not dot No, ha certainly won't do for yon, nor will any other poor mortal man who needs s wife's comfort and sym pathy and understanding and com panionship not her Imperious de mands for menial and financial satis faction. You've got tbe nest chnnce In th world of being happy with a man If you're willing ti take the bud break with tbe good. With that spirit In your heart you could stumble Into any one of half s dozen marriages and make a success of things. Hut If you're the wide-awake young telf-snttificr, eager hands outstretched to take everything, eager lips forming the Immortal word "(ilmme," you'r bound to hump Into a few snugs even though you marry th most perfect specimen In the world Learn to llilnk about what TOO can do (o make your marring success. Z br the Bell Sysdlcale, I no.) A - . " Operated by Bl ATTEMIES ! Screen-Grid Electro-Dynamic New improvements heretofore only in liousc-currcnt sets NEW. - Ignored Stone Real Rail Occupying an obscure position near the footpath of th Crall-Flfeneas road. In Scotland, since ISM, t standing stono has Just been found to l s relic (luting hack to at least the (elev enth century. It Is part of the old Celtic church near Crall, and th In aiiector of ancient monuments bns had It removed to prominent place In Victoria Garden In Crnll, POISON IVY Hanford'i Balsam of Myrrh Umt fc a im am un t tu. a imiw. Pass Cloeely Cuarded Restrictions as to passuge through the Khyher pass apply both to men and women. The pass la open only on certain dnys of the week and at cer tain designated hours. It is the main strategical point of entry Into India from Afghanistan and Is, therefore, carefully guarded. ' Such Ignorance I "Nurse, there Is a little boy st our school who has never seen s horse." "How strange!" "No, he hasn't been use t drew one today and showed It to him, and he sold: 'Whatever animal la that)'" Stray Stories, Christendom's Champions St. Ueorge of England, St I'enls of frunce, St James of Spain, St An thony of Italy, St Andrew of Scot land, St Patrick of Ireland and St, Iald of Wales Were given th title "Champion of Christendom." 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