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An Adventure
of the
Scarlet
Pimpernel
KJ
By
The Baroness Orczy
WNU S-rvlce
TORY FROM THE START
The Scarlet Pimpernel, knows
during ths French revolutloa
the most Intrepid adventurer la
Europe, le an Englishman. At
house party given by Blr Percy
Blakenay the lateat adventure ot
the 8carltt Pimpernel, the reseue
of the Tournon-d' Agenaya, la be
In related by Blr Andrew
Ftoulkea. The Scarlet Pimpernel
la really Blr Percy Blakeney,
popular London dandy. The fall'
are ot Lauiet, revolutionary
chief of the eectlon la which the
Scarlet Pimpernel baa been oper
ating, to prevent tba eacape ol
the Tournon-d' Agenaya brings
the condemnation of the govern
ment upon him. He eaueea the
arreat of the Deeese family on a
charge of treason. Lauiet an
aouncea that the prlaonera are to
be taken to Parla under a feeble
escort, hoping to lure the Scarlet
Pimpernel Into an atuck on the
coach.
Chapter IV Continued
"Now." be sold very earnestly to
him, "too know Just what tod art
fulng to do? Too realize (be Im
portance of the mission wblcb U be
ing Intrusted io jouT
The officer nodded la reply. He was
yoong man and ambitious. The task
which had been allotted to him had
Bred bit enthusiasm. Indeed, In these
dnyt, the capture ot that elusive Eng
Usb tpy known at the 8carlet Pita
pernel was a goal for which every
young officer of gendarmerie was wont
to strive; not only because ot the sub
stantlal monetary reward In prospect
bat because of the glory attached to
tbe destruction of so bitter an enemy
Of revolutionary Franca.
"1 will tell yon, citizen," the young
nan said to Chauveltn. "how I nave
flually laid my plana, and yon shall
tell me If yoo approve. About a kilo
meter and a half before the nad
emerges oat of the wood, the ground
rises gradually, and there are one or
two sharp bends In the road until It
reaches the crest of the bill. That
port of the forest Is very lonely and
at a point Just before tbe ground be
gins to rise I Intend to push my mount
on for s meter or two ahead ot the
men. and pretend to examine the lead
ers of the team. After a while I will
call 'halt' and make at If I thought
there was something wrung with the
tracer The driver I such a lout thin
he and I will embnrk on a long aw
ment aa to what he should do to rem
edy the defect, and In tbe course ot
the argument I will contrive to slip
a small pleie of flint which I have In
my pocket nndet the hoof of one ot
the coach homes.
"Too don i think one of yont men
will see yoo doing that and perhaps
wonder V
"Oh. I ran be careful. It la done In
a moment Then we shall get on the
mnd satin, and Dvs minutes later that
en me coach hone will be dend lame
Another halt for examination, this
time near the crest of the bill. The
lout of a driver will never dlsinvei
what Is amiss I shnll mnke as If the
hurt was serious, and set myself the
task of tending It I thought then
subject to your approval, of ordering
the trooiers to dismount. I have pro
elded them with good wine and certain
special rations In their knnpsacks At
a word from me they will rest by the
roadside, seemingly heedless and an
concerned, but rielly very wide awake
and keen on the sient The diligence
will the while be st s atundstlll. with
doors shnt and curtains closely drawn
' but the sis men whom we have stowed
Inside the coach are keen on their
work, well armed and. like hungry
wolves, eager to get their teeth Into
the enemies of France. They will be
on the slert, their handa on their pis
tola, ready to spring op and out of the
coach at the first sign of sn attack
Now. what think yoo nf that selling
citizen," the young officer concluded
"for luring the F.ngllah spies into s
fight? Their methods are usually fur
tlvs. but this time they will have to
meet os In s hand to-hand combat
and. If they full Into our trap. I know
that ws can deal with them."
"I can bnt -pronounce your plan ad
Dilrnhle, citizen captain." Chnuvelln re
plied approvingly. "Ton hnve mi best
wlshtt for your success. In the mean
while citizen Lauzet and I will he ani
Iniisly walling for news We'll make
a stun soon afier you. and strike the
bridle inith through the forest Nils
gives us a nhorl cut which will nrlns
n to KiMinr lust In time to heat youi
news II Ton have been attacked
send -tie a coiirlet thither aa toon as
you time tbe F.ngllch spies seciirel)
hounil mid gimged Inside your coach "
Til not full von. elilvn." the youn
rttptiiln rejoined eagerly
l.nuret who tiwl ri1 ny anxious
and Henl whilst this mHoou) was
going mi nliniKited bis ehoiilib-rs with
B show nt ilill"oiii)
"And at worst," be said. II thai
meddlesome Scarlet Pimpernel should
think prudence the better part of valor,
If he should scent a trap and carefully
avoid It, wa would always bavs the
satisfaction of sending the Desese
family to the guillotine."
"The English spies, Cfaaurelln re
joined dryly, "will out scent a trap,
nor will they give up the attempt to
rescue the Desete family. This Is
Just a case to rouse their Irs against
us, and If It prove successful, otis to
flatter their vanity and redound to
their credit In their own country. No,"
ha went on thoughtfully, "I have no
fear that the Scarlet IMmpernel wtl.
evade us this time. He will attack, I
know. The only question la, when he
does are ws sufficiently prepared to
defeat hlmT
"With the balf-dozen excellent men
whom I have picked np here In
Mantes." the young officer retorted
"I shall bavs nine under my command,
and we are prepared for the attack.
It Is ths English spies who will be
surprised, ws who will bold the ad
vantage, ereo as to numbers, for the
Scarlet Pimpernel can only work with
two or three followers, and wa shall
outnumber them three to one."
"Then good lock attend yoo, citizen
captain," Cbaovelln said at ths last
"Ton are In a fair way of rendering
your country a signal service; tee
that yon let not fame snd fortune
evade yon In the end. Remember that
yoo will bavs to deal wttb one of the
most satuts at well aa moat daring ad
venturers of our times, who hat baf
fled men that were cleverer snd st
least as ambitious as yourself. 8tsy,"
Ihs Terrorist added, snd placed his
tbln. claw-like band ss If In warning
on ths other man's arm. "It Is Impos
slble, even for me who knows bltn as
he la snd who baa seen blm In scores
of disguises, to give yon sny accurate
description of his personality ; but one
thing yon can bear In mind Is that be
U tall above the average; tall, even
for an Englishman, and bla height It
ths one thing about blm that he can
not disguise. 80 beware of every man
who la taller than yourself, cltlieu
captain, however lonocent ba may ap
pear, take ths precaution to dot 11 In
him. Mistrust every tall man. for one
of them Is of a surety the Bcarlet Ptm
pernei."
Ue finally reminded tba young cap
lain to send him a courier wltb the
welcome news ss soon as possible.
"Citizen Lauiet and V he concluded
"will ride by ths bridle path and
await yon at Epone. I shnll be de
Toured wttb anxiety until ! bear from
you."
Tbs men were not nervous, not st
first. They were merely excited,
knowing what awaited them, both dur
ing the Journey and afterward by way
of reward. If they were euccessful
there would be for every man en
gaged In the undertaking a sulfidem-j
to piovlde for himself and his family
for the rest of hit life. The capture
or the Scarlet IMmpernel I Half s
dozen magic words In truth, and they
had spurred t'ltlren Captain RafTet
and hit squad wltb boundless enlhus
lusra. They felt no discomfort either
from tearing wind or driving ruin
With eyes fixed liefore them they rode
on. striving to pierce tbe oilst-laden
distance where the enemy of France
wat even now lurking. Intent on that
adventure which would be hla last.
It wat long past Ave o'clock when
the diligence with lie eacort reached
the edge of the forest What lit rise
daylight there had been all afternoon
was already beginning to wane; the
sky was nf s leaden color, heavily
laden with rain clouds eave way be
bind In the west, where s few fiery,
crimson streaks cut through the clouds
like sharp Incisions, there, where the
swiltia sun still lingered In the v
tumn sky
'TO BE CONTINUED.)
Dcdo Easy Victim of
Greed and Ignorance
The dodo, often spoken of aa a pre
historic bird, la aald to have been In
existence during the time of Charles
L Hut It has since been extinct s
matter of 2K jeers, which gives force
to the tag. "as extinct aa the dodo
The bird waa known only In aluiirl
tlus, and soon after the Dutch eolonl
tntlon In IW Its proverbial fnte fell
tipon It It wat a large fowl. It could
ot fly, and even at walking or run
ultig It was slow snd unwieldy. To
top these handicaps to Its selfpreser
vatlon, the dodo was, unfortunately
for Itself, good to eat. Its destruction
came quickly. Though tbe colonizers
might have remembered that you cnn'l
eat your dodo and have It, and taken
ttepa to Insure Its continuance, hun
gry men sre not fur-sighted. More
over, the destruction of the dodo wits
no doubt hastened by the dogs, ruts,
and awlne which accompanied man Ip
bis migrations
Natare Will Out
The Roils were once dlspu'tnt
whether It was possible for a living
being to change Its nature. Jurlter
aald "Yea," but Venus said "No."
So, to try the question, Jup'ter
turned a cat Into a maiden, and gave
her to a young man for' a wife. The
wedding was duly performed, and the
young couple sat down to tbe wed
ding feast "See," aald Jupllet to
Venus "how becomingly ahe behaves.
Who could tell that yesterday the
wat hit) s cut? Surely her nature Is
changed." "Wall a minute. replied
Venus snd let loose a mouse Into the
room. No sooner did the bride see
this than the Jumped up from het
sent and tried to pounce upon the
mouse. "Ah, you see," suld Venus
"net u re will nut. Aesop.
Passport Aaaoyaaces
Few things thai governments do
are at silly and generally annoying
as tbe handling nf passport. Wet
in s Home Companion.
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NEARBY AND
YONDER
'
By T. T. MAXEY
" 't t 't1' tj"" t
"The Golden Bridge"
IN 1873 tbe rennaylvnnla ruttroad
built a til-span, tingle track bridge
scross the Susquehanna river at Havre
de Grace, Maryland. In 11XM the rail
road built a double-track bridge to re
place the old one and offered to pre
sent the original bridge to tbe coua
ties, which It connects as a highway
bridge since It Is no one of the main
routes between Philadelphia and Wash
ington. Strange to say, the counties turned
on their noses, so to speak, snd de
c fined to accept the gift The railroad
then offered the bridge to a group of
citizens of these two counties, who ac
cepted It promptly, had a romantic
vision, "put up" $1(10 each aa a work
ing fund snd began to operate It as a
toll bridge. Auto traffic developed "by
leapa and bounds, and the ownen
made money "hand over BsL" From
1910 to 1923 It It said to bavs netted
them more than Il.uou.uoo, having been
nicknamed The Golden Bridge."
In 11)23 the stals road commission
purchased the structure, under legls
latlve authority, for SNKUHiU, snd con
tinned the tolls until It waa paid for
and Improvements were added.
The old span was narrow. Two
truckt could not pass To overcome
this handicap and double Its capacity,
the annual traffic having grown to
about 273.000 vehicles, so Ingenious
plan was worked out. whereby- snotb
sr deck wst anchored to ths super
structure. Now, all north bound traf
fic moves vis the upper deck, snd sll
south-bound traffic via the lower or
original deck snd ths tolls bavs been
cancelled.
e e e
"The World's Greatest Organ
BCILT In Us Angeles and exhibited
st tbs SL Louis World's fair In
IIXM. where It was played by tbe great
organlsta of the world, this mammoth
Instrument wat subsequently dlsman
tied and remained mute in a 8l Loula
warehouse tor several years.
And then one day Its myriad parts
were loaded Into thirteen box cars
and It was treated to a ride to Phil
adelphia, where It waa enlarged by
SO per cent, and Installed In a greet
court "In ths center of the largest
building In ths world devoted to re
tall merchandizing." Now, every week
day, the pasting throngs sre priv
ileged to enjoy ths melody which
peals forth from that wblcb Is aald to
be both the largest and finest. If II It
not the very latest Improved, musical
Instrument on earth.
Thli king of Instruments baa Ave
manuals, 232 stoe snd a forest of
pipes 17.8.M, to be exact ranging In
length from three-fourths of sn Inch
to upwards of 37 feet, weighs VMM
pounds, snd Including Its several
blowers of more than 100 burse pow
ercapable of supplying approximate
ly 21.000 ruble feet of air per minute,
occupies a apics of 118.nt)2 cubic feet
The largest pipe Is of wood. 82 feet
long, weighs 1,73.1 pounds snd. tit
said, two men can crawl throagb It
aide by side on their hands and knees
The Instrument Is played from two
consoles one for ordinary playing
and the other for mechanical playing.
Needles to say, the organ Is majestic
ita music, auerb.
e e e
Statuary Hall
STATCAltY IIAI.I, to called. It s
great semicircular, hlgh-celllnged
room, with a Grecian theater effect
In our .National Capitol In Washington
Formerly used by tbe house of repre
sentatlves Its walls have echoed the
voices of Webster. Clay, Calhoun and
other personages famous In congress
In their time It was set sslde In ISfH
as a national statuary hall, to which
each state mlgM contribute s Katun
of two of lit most distinguished cltl
tens
Maryland It typified by Charles Car
roll, a signer nf ths Iterlnrallon of In
deendence; Massachusetts by 8uiu
uel Adnmi who helped promote th':
Revolution; New York by George
Clinton lit Drtl governor snd I'enn
tylvsnls by Robert Fulton, ths first
Inventot to practically apply steam
power; Virginia by George Washing
ton. In the military costume of the
Revolution and Robert E. Lee, who
commanded the army of North Vir
ginia during the civil war. In the unl
form of tbe Confederate service. He
quola a Cherokee Indian half-breed-after
whom the hlg trees of California
are sold to have been named, who de
veloped s written snd printed Ian
guage for hit tribe, represents Okla
homa, while that great woman, Fmn
ces E. Wlllaril. the founder of ths Wom
en's Christian Temcrance Union, sym
bolizes Illinois Robed In tbe buckskin
of pioneer days Sam Houston, who
wat president of the republic of Texas
when annexed by the United 8tates,
deplete the Lone Star stats. Space
prohibits mention of sll. Bulflcs to
say ths entire ensemble Is an Impos
ing gHlberlng of linages of the nation's
outstanding rharartere of their day
snd getierutlnn.
(A ISIS WMUra Newepeper Uoloe.)
Power ef Jouraallet
A Journalist Is a grumbler, a ren
turer, a glvet of sdvlce, a regent of
sovereigns s tutor of nations Four
hostile newspapers are mora to be
fenred than a thousand bayonets, -Nupoleoo,
Wat It sa Invitation T
Toting Cbup (much In love) Mitt
Palsy, I'm telling you, I'm to klsa you
before I go.
Mlaa Inlsy Then, sir, will you leave
this Instant?
OLD DOCTOR'S IDEA
IS BIG HELP TO
ELDERLY PEOPLE
W"hSi
In 185, Dr. Caldwell made a dis
covery for which elderly people the
world over praise hint today I
Years of practice convinced him
that manjr people were endangering
their health by a carclrst choice ol
laxatives. So he began a search
for a harmless prescription which
would be thoroughly effective, yet
would neither gripe nor form any
habit. At last he found it
Over and over he wrote it, when
he found people bilious, headachy,
out of sorts, weak or feverish;
with coated tongue, bad breath, no
appetite or energy. It relieved the
most obstinate cases, and yet wat
gentle with women, children and
elderly people.
Today, thii tame famous, effec
tive prescription, known as Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup Trpiin, it the
world's most popular laxative. It
may be obtained from any drugstore
View of a Boet
There are Iwu kinds ot men; ths
llnd yon can teach and tbe kind yoo
have to break. American Magazine.
Accidentally an Arkansas lady cured
fits In a valuable dog with Ruse Rail
Blue. Many others now use It. Nev
er falls, she says Adv.
Nobody knows the mental agony of
a horse trying to learn a new milk
route.
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PIS
Lydia E. Pinltham and
Her Great Grandchildren
IF Lydia E. Finkham were alive today she would be 109 years old. Her
descendants continue to manufacture her famous Vegetable Compound
end the integrity of four generations is behind the product. By accurate record,
this medicine benefits 98 out of every 100 women who report after taking It,
You can be almost certain that it will help you too,
10,000 Dottles Sold Every Day
LtjtUaE.PinkhaitfG
Vegetable Compound
LTD1A fl. FINKHAM MEDICINE CO, Leaa, Meat, U & Ae,
Traffic cop
Even he can't get
away with it
"TVDN'T try to Put anything
mJ on Nature, it the way a
over
cop
would expreit it. "Sooner or later
she'll get you. Give you s ticket and
lay you up in a place where you'd
rather not be.. Even cops can t get
awsy with it. Like everyone else, if
they don t pay attention to the
warnings they get a Summons that
lsuds tfiera in the doctor's ofi'ice.
"Whst the doctor advises Jt Nulol.
Says Nuiiil will regulate you just like
ym regulate traffic. Keep things from
getting in s tarn. And the doctor it
right. Just aslc the healthiest men on
the Force. If tluy need Nuiol with
all the exercise firs get what about
the fellows that roil by la their can?
"Just take a tip from me. You mar
have the best intentions in the world.
Nut everybody gets tied up at timet.
Niture can't always take care of
things without help.
"Our Medical Chief tells me that
Nujnl isn't a medicine. Ic contains
absolutely nothing in the way of
medicine or drugs. It's limply a pure
natural substance (perfected by the
Nujot Laboratories, 2 Park Avenue,
New York), that keeps things func-
Proof ef the Padding
Bride My, there are a lot of mis
takes In the rook book.
Husband Yea, I've tasted them,
I'lk, Ilerlln.
Read what
Will Rogers
turltct about
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OVERALLS
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a
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Nature' 8 law 0. A'.
tlonlng at all timet at Nature Intends
them to. Normally. Regularly. It
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poisons from forming (we ill have
them), but aids in their removal."
Start Nu)ol today. It won't cost yon
much not more than the price ol
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You'll find Nuul it all drugstores.
Sold only in scaled packages. Get
some on your wiy home today.
Retasallea
"How would you like a detective)
story r
"No, I'm a detective. Hand me the)
boot and shoe news"
Bad Year for Gty
SUcVers, Sayi Roger.
HXW YORK, Not.
ehaplon.w VorkTS
witty team lonktd like till
O' War ttu thai bunch olSie!
ton apple knockers H a bold
of "em this afternoon. It was
athlete, up acalntt sa old
buntn of nret shockers hoee
folk-te emblem It a Dair oi
Levi overalls "
These old salmon sorters
W had the city alicsars
StreB from rnel to foal
Vn. Columbia an1 M 8mlll)
JMn 0on aU In succession,
ft Mat looks like ttTSToki
Counly burr-r.
Tours, wlU. ROODia.
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