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CHAPTER II
Through the weeks of the late sum
mer old Tatro the hutler had been
attending the meetings held by the
peasants But being a firm believer
in the old regime he had reported
faithfully to Monsieur le Baron all
that had transpired at these gather
ings telling him of the vicious
speeches made by Fauchel and of the
lattcrs evident determination to in
lluence the peasants against the peo
ple of the chateau
On a certain September morning
after one of these reports from Tatro
the baron said Find Margot and
send her to me
When the faithful old servant had
left the room his master looked out
of the window toward the park but
his darkly circled eyes saw something
quite different from the trees silhouet
ted against the cloudless blue of the
sky
They saw the pale angry face of
Toinas Fauchel the young schoolmas
ter who meeting the baron as he
came from the magistrates door with
the pretty sixteen-year-old daughter
of the Huguenot minister clinging to
bib arm had said as he barred their
way To day Monsieur le Baron you
have won and have taken lor wife
her whom her dead father gave to me
when ho refused you a Papist But
1 warn you to beware of the day when
I shall seek my revenge
The baron in the strength of his
vigorous manhood and in the happy
dreams cf his passionate love had
laughed at the melodramatic threat
of his humble rival And to day
white haired and lonely ho smiled
disdainfully as ho recalled it
But the smile died softly in a sigh
that was almost a mean as thought
of the narrow mound he had looked
upon the spring before banked with
violets and snowdrops in the old
churchyard by the Loire near the
cottage where he had known a brief
years dream of happiness
all others to protect my boys future
and provide for his welfare
That will I do with my life Mar
got declared fervently
It was toward sunset that same day
when Jean came running in to an
nounce that he had seen soldiers rid
ing up the winding roadway that led
through the park
Bidding the boy keep out of sight
until the cause of such a visit could
be ascertained Monsieur le Baron de
scended to the reception room where
the officer in command of the sol
dier scon presented himself and de
livered a letter from Couthon in
which the barons hospitality was re
quested for the bearer and his escort
The fact was that Etienne recently
angered by his fathers refusal to in
crease his already liberal allowance
had with characteristic villany let
fall some insinuations impeaching the
latters loyalty to the Revolutionary
cause and the officer who had been
ordered upon a mission which would
tike him several leagues beyond the
chateau was instructed to stop there
upon his return the object being that
tne Committee might from the man
ner in which the baron received his
uninvited guests form a better idea
as to his true sentiments
Jean did not deem it wise to pre
sent himself until the dinner hour
should arrive but had passed the
time in questioning Margot ana Tatro
as to the probable meaning of this
strange invasion of the chateaus pri
vacy Then going in to the dining
room with an unusually subdued air
although his heart was fluttering with
excitement the lads shyness evapo
rated in a glad shout at sight of the
officer standing before the fireplace
where burning logs made cheerful the
apartment and warmed the chill even
ing air
Aha he cried precipitating him
self upon his fathers guest whose
arms went quickly around the boy-
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Is it thou my beloved Pizarro
But he now roused himself as Mar
got entered and bade her to be seat
ed
Margot I have sent for thee that
I may unburden my mind scmewhat
as to matters which have been weigh
ing heavily upon me for many months
past he began
Margot looked at him in silent won
der mingled with some alarm as she
could see no reason for his words nor
for the mood which seemed to inspire
them
These are troublous times he re
sumed more calmly and dropping the
familiar manner of speech he had pre
viously used times when but a few
hours suffice to turn affairs from ap
parent security into confusion and
danger I wish therefore to place a
considerable sum of money n yorr
care for I feel that perhaps it may be
safer with you than with me It is all
I have of my own to give Jean and
it will relieve me to lenow that no
matter what maycome to me or how
ever Etienne may seek to rob the boy
my Jean will never know actual
want
The baron was now standing by the
side of his desk and pressing the
edge cf a panel in the oaken wain
scoting it flew open disclosing a
cmii recess wherein were a smM
metal box and a number of little ci
vas bags
Come here he said firning to
look at Margot over his shoulder
She came to his side
See he explained you do so and
so showing her how to manipulate
the secret spring Then after closing
tne panel he added See now if you
can open it
She did so and the pane opened
again
Ah that is well Now you know
where the boys fortune is hidden
and I trust you to guard it for him
The bags contain gold coin and the
nn hnids a few jewels that are his
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as they were his mothers also some
papers for which the luture may
show need should any one seek to
deprive him of his rights as my son
I shall leave it to your discretion as
to when and where you will take them
from their present hiding place Re
member Margot I charge you sol
emnly that when I am not sre if
if am taken away I trust you aLove
ish form Is it thou my beloved
Pizarro
Truly it is little Monsieur de So
to answered Lieutenant Bonaparte
laughing as he kissed Jeans flushed
cheeks while the baron- looked on
with amazement and old Tatro
paused in the report he was making
as to the soldiers dinner in the outer
hall to stare with equal surprise at
these demonstrations of affection be
tween the stranger and his masters
pon
When they were seated the officer
explained to Monsieur le Baron al
though in a way not to bring in the
name of Etienne how he had come
to know the boy and Jean now quite
in his element and entirely at ease
rattled en after a fashion that relieved
his father trom any extra effort in en
tertaining his guest
It was nearing ten oclock The of
ficer and his host were seated in the
drawing room having a game of chess
with Jean very proud and correspond
ingly sleepy because of sitting up so
long beyond his usual bed me watch
ing them from a near by divan when
Tatro his face and voice showing the
greatest alarm rushed into the room
and exclaimed Mon Dieu Monsieur
le Barcn The peasants A great
crowd of tiiem are coming up the ave
nue Hark you can hear their
shouts
The chessmen and board fell to the
floor as both players sprang from
their chairs and Jean all sleepiness
banished from his eyes stood beside
them
Call my soldiers at once ordered
Bonaparte speaking to Tatro Mon
sieur le Baron he added turning to
him we will do all in our power for
your protection
The dozen soldiers appeared and
were ordered to post themselves in
th a hall where they stood with ready
arms behind their commander and
the barcn who were nearer the stout
ly barred door listening to the wild
hubbub of voices now close to the
chateau
The lieutenant waited until there
was a lull in the noice then raising
his voice he called out Have a care
what you do for the baron is not with
out protectors I am an officer of the
AsserrrWy and in its name I bid you
disperse
There was silence as If those out
side were surprised at signs of an
unexpected resistance
There were more than fifty men out
side with them were some women
and Tomas Fauchel was their leader
Monsieur le Baron will you per
mit me to arrange the defence as I
see fit inquired the young officer
turning to his host
Most assuredly sir for I have full
confidence in your ability was the
reply
Then extinguish every light in this
hall and close all the doors leading
from it so that all here will bo in
darkness said the lieutenapt now
speaking authoritatively And do you
Greloire looking toward his sol
diers with Murier and Leboeuf
stand here beside Monsieur le Baron
Watch that broken window and put
a ball into every head that appears
there
Greloire saluted silently and the of
ficer continued If Tatro will act as
guide to pilot myself and the ethers
out through some unobserved way we
will make a detour and treat our
friends to an attack in the flank
Some of the hurled in torches had
lit the hall for a moment but they
were quickly extinguished by the
baron
A moment later the discharge of
musketry outside told that the lieu
tenant and his men had come upon
the scene Then the air was rent by
more yells and imprecations but with
a sound in them bespeaking dismay
on the part of the surprised maraud
ers
A second volley rang out and the
officers voice was heard Steady
my men Load and fire at will or club
your muskets Teach these people a
lesson one in the name of the As
sembly
Those in the hall now saw a flam
ing torch thrust through the window
It was held by Tomas Fauchel who
waved it wildly as he shouted Show
thyself thou craven baron for neither
man nor devil shall force me from
this place until I have kept my oath
and killed thee
The light of his torch fell upon the
uplifted face white and stern of the
baron who said laying his hand upon
tne musket with which Leboeuf was
taking aim at the half crazed fanatic
Do him no harm let him live
Fauchel who had heard the words
answered them with a mocking laugh
ana quickly extending his other hand
pulled the trigger of a pistol as he
tossed his torch into the hall and
yelled Die thou damnable Papist
and take to hell with thee no thanks
ot mine for sparing my life
The baron reeled for he was struck
fairly in the forehead But he was
caught by Leboeuf and his dead form
was not laid upon the floor before Gre
loire had planted a musket ball in
Fauchels head and tumbled him
from the ladder dead as the man he
had assassinated
His fallowers terrified by the lieu
tenants unexpected attack were now
flying like scared sheep and the fight
was ended
An hour later the silence that
wrapped the chateau would have re
pelled the thought of such an uproar
having raged within it so recently
The dead had been laid in upper
rooms and Margot had gone to her
own part of the house leaving Jean
in the drawing room with the lieuten
ant who was now walking up and
down and now sitting on the divan
beside the passionately grieving boy
to whom he spoke words of tenderest
sympathy stroking the dark hair or
holding the burning hands in a cool
clasp that was infinitely soothing
Some of the soldiers took turns at
mounting guard in the lower hall for
fear of a possible renewal of the at
tack But the peasants outburst was
evidently spent for the present at
least as nothing happened to disturb
the silence of the succeeding hours
To be continued
Time cf Penance Shortened
Abe Hummel whose experience
with divorcees is probably as large
as that of any other two men in this
eountry tells a story of a pretty wom
an who had just been freed from
bonds tnat were very galling In her
joy at her release she declared to her
friends that she would not marry
again for at least two years Just a
year later her engagement to another
man was announced with the in
formation that the wedding would
take place in three months
Hows this asked one of her
friends How about that two year
business
Oh she replied I have concluded
that Im entitled to eight months off
for good behavior Same as they get
in jail you know New York Times
The First Requisite
Not long ago said Nat Goodwin
I was lunching with a friend and two
grass widows neither of whom had
been divorced
One of the widows held up
wishbone of the chicken
Lets see which will be married
first she said to the other grass
widow
It seems to me remarked my
friend grimly that youd better see
which will be unmarried first New
York Times
Wasted Time
District Attorney Jerome however
reformed he may be now was a great
card player in his early days so much
so that his mother who was a pious
woman said to him one day by way of
remonstrance
A great deal of time is wasted
dear is there not in playing cards
Yes mother he smiled in reply
there is In shuffling and dealing -New
York Times
OSSDT
J - and V-
INVSITION
Magnetic Manganese Alloy
The production of magnetic alloys
vom non magnetic metals is a matter
recent successful experimentation
ticularly with respect to the pro
action of manganese steel With
ie same manganese that obtained a
practically non magnetic iron alloy a
copper alloy may be pro
duced The non magnetic metals cop
per aluminum and manganese com
bined in certain proportions produce
an alloy having considerable magnetic
properties No combination of copper
and aluminum produces a magnetic al
loy hence the presence of magnetic
properties must be ascribed to the
manganese The manganese was sub
mitted to the temperature of liquid
air but no change was found to oc
cur the metal remaining non-magnetic
This was found to be the case
with the copper and aluminum A
curious point was that reversibility
was brought about by aluminum The
magnetization of the alloy increased
with the increase of aluminum the
maximum being attained when the al
loy contained equal proportions of
aluminum and manganese The alloy
was extremely brittle and resisted all
attempts to forge it cold or hot at
various temperatures even at full red
heat With an ordinary horse shoe
magnet the magnetization is distinctly
apparent
Electricity Runs This Plane
In nearly every trade the introduc
tion of electricity as a motive power
has wrought great changes in the
amount of manual labor performed
serving to operate automatic machin
ery or to drive tools with which the
work is done Thus the former la
borer now guides the implements
without exerting his muscular power
or else watches the machine and
5
Planing Mill in Miniature
keeps it in running order Even the
carpenter is now to be provided with
an electric tool designed to replace
i one Avhich required no little exertion
on the part of the operator Here
after instead of pushing his plane
several times over the surface to be
smoothed the carpenter will simply
slide it over the board once using
only a fraction of the strength former
ly necessary
This new plane is fitted with an
electric motor which may be run
with current taken from an incan
descent lamp socket The plane pro
per consists of a series of blades ar
ranged on a rapidly revolving shaft
after the manner of the knives on a
large power planer Provision is made
for adjusting the height of the knives
to cut either a thick or thin shaving
thus doing away with the necessity
of running the tool over the board
more than once The only disadvan
tage seems to be that the plane is not
practicable in all localities owing to
a lack of electric current but this ob
jection is rapidly disappearing in the
cities at least and nearly every car
penter shop has already made some
use of the electric current either for
lighting or power purposes
William E Lee of Weymouth
Mass is the inventor
Artificial Gutta percha Cables
Scientists as is generally known
have long been seeking a substitute
for rubber and gutta percha These
two products which are a necessity
to the electrical industry are becom
ing each year more difficult to pro
cure and consequently more expen
sive The substitutes so far brought
out have usually left much to be de
sired after being subjected to a time
test and it is therefore interesting
to note according to Engineering
London that the German telegrapn
department has for nearly two years
had some cables of artificial gutta
percha in use which it is claimed
have so far given every satisfaction
The material is the invention of
Adolf Gentzsch of Vienna and is de
scribed as a mixture of rubber and a
palm wax of the same melting point
as the rubber Electrically the prod
uct is considered equal to the natural
gutta percha and it softens only above
GO degrees Centigrade the mixture
remaining homogeneous at these tem
peratures The cable in question is
six miles in length and connects the
Island of Fohr with Schleswlg The
Gentzsch gutta percha cables are 30
per cent cheaper than gutta percha
cables
An Electrical Chronometer
An electrical chronometer which
gives the time of an automobile race
to the one hundredth of a second has
been invented in Paris An instrument
is placed at the starting point and an
other at the finish the two being con
nected by a charged wire When the
start is made a current is sent
through the line which deflects a nee
dle making a dot upon a paper on a
revolving drum At the finish another
dot is made upon the paper A scale
on the paper shows the exact time
Passing of the Gondola
The gondola is doomed The muni
cipality of Venice has resolved to pur
hase electric motor boats
TO TRANSPLANT LARGE TREES
Successful Method of Moving Kinga
of the Forest
W J A Could one transplant a
large tree What is the safest method
of doing this work
In order to transplant a large treo
successfully it must be removed with
a large ball of soil adhering to the
roots in order to protect tho tiny root
lets from being destroyed This is
best done when the ground is frozen
deep enough to hold the ball together
Cutting through the frozen ground is
hard work and takes much time and
to avoid this before the ground Is fro
zen dig a trench around tho tree and
far enough from it to leave the proper
Sized ball Dig down and under tho
ball all around toward the center but
leave the center undisturbed and tho
tree in its natural position This will
give the ball the shape of a bowl
standing on flat bottom as shown by
the sketch Now fill in tho trench
with coarse manure or anything that
will prevent the frost from penetrat
ing to the bottom of the trench but
A Large Tree Ready for Moving
do not cover the ball The object
is to let the ball freeze solid or
enough to stand moving without fall
ing to pieces After they are frozen
and cannot all be moved through the
winter and work would be delayed
until spring the balls can longer be
kept frozen by covering them well
with straw or coarse hay
When ready to remove the tree
clear the trench of the litter fasten
a rope to top pull the tree over and
cut loose the remaining part under
center and bring the tree flat to the
ground To get the ball out of the
hole throw some dirt in center of
the hole say six inches or more then
raise the tree and pull it over and
down to the ground on the opposite
side Then throw more dirt in center
and bring the tree back and down o
its first position again Every time
this is done the ball is raised in the
hole and in a short time the hole will
be filled and tree and ball will lie
on level ground
To roll on to low down wagon or
sled wind a rope or chain around the
ball the same way as rolling a log and
a steady team will do the rest
Holes to receive the trees should
also be dug before the ground is fro
zen In setting be careful to fill in
solid around the ball using tamper to
pack the ground The diameter of
the ball is governed by the size of the
tree say thirty inches for a four to
five inch five to seven feet for
tree eight to ten inches in diameter
The depth of ball varies from sixteen
to thirty two inches in the center
which on account of conical shape is
always the thickest Plant about the
same depth as the tree stood before
removing
Fall and Pipe for Water Flow
A H How much fall is required
to bring water 1150 reet up and
down hill the first 550 feet would
have a fall of about sixty feet and
then there is about sixty leet of a
rise The flow of water would sup
ply a village What sized pipe would
be required
This question is quite too indefinite
to be answered satisfactorily A lit
eral answer would be that a foot of
fall would be sufficient to bring
water this distance but the amount
of water brought would not be enough
to supply a village If the corre
spondent stated how much water he
wanted then the question could be
definitely answered However I
have figured out for three different
sizes of pipe the amount of water ap
proximately which would be brought
in twenty four hours in these circum
stances With a four inch pipe about
120000 gallons per day would be sup
plied with a sixinch pipe about 340
000 gallons and with a twelve inch
pipe about 2000000 gallons J B R
Mice Attacking Grain in Barns
X Y Z What can be placed
around the sills of barns and in the
straw to keep mice from destroying
the grain
The remedy is the use of the ordi
nary caustic potash or even caustic
soda which is so generally sold in
tins as concentrated lye When this
is placed in the openings it will drive
away rats for a long time The ma
terial after having absorbed the mois
ture from the air adheres to their
feet blisters them and makes them
very sore The animals are thus driv
en away from the place A rather
barbarous remedy which has also
been suggested is to mix freshly made
plaster of Paris with dry food such
as flour oatmeal or bread and put
this where these animals can get
it A dish of water is placed near the
food and the animals drink eagerly
on account of the thirst which the dry
rowder induces The plaster thpn
sets inside them and kills them
HtfBWWjS
Wiry the Hump Is There
Can yoi tell ine said tho seeker
after knowledge to the showman
what the hump on that camels back
Is for
Whats It for
Yes of what value is it
Well its lots of value The cam
el would be no good without it
Why not
Why not Yer dont supposu peo
ple ud pay sixpence to see a camef
without a hump do yer
Satisfied
mh
Im satisfied that you never intend
to pay me that five you borrowed
Well if youre satisfied I am
Quicker Way
Who owns these acres asked the
stranger as they stopped to look at a
ov marshy tract of land by the road
side
Its in dispute said the real estate
igent I believe theres a suit of
kind on hand now to quiet the
title
If they want to do that queried
the other why dont they turn a lot
t boys loose on those trogs
A Time Limit
Im afraid you smoke too much for
jour own gcod said the physician
Well admitted the patient I do
smoke almost continuously from
morning till night
Why do yen do that asked the
M D
Because its the only time I have
to smoke replied the victim I have
to sleep at night
Modern Recess
Have you practiced on the piano
Yes mother
And read Prcf Simsous lecture on
Greek art
Yes mother
And studied your calculus
Yes mother
Then you may go out and play for
ten minutes Life
Just a Mere Incident
Manager Well Ive engaged all the
specialties for our new musical com
edy the scenery is done and the music
is about finished
Author All right Ill drop you a
postal with the libretto on it
Philadelphia Eulletin
What Did She Mean
Plodder My wife told me to day
she wished I took after my brother
Newitt Oh yes your brother be
came rich Thats what she meant
oh
Plodder Well shes got me guess
ing He died rich you know Phila
delphia Press
Chance for a Bargain
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Little Flossie Oh mamma heres
your chance to get me a little brother
real cheap It doesnt matter if he is
soiled I can wash him
More Haste
Briggs I see that while young Fid
dleback was eloping with Miss Red
hud her father overtook them
Griggs Didnt he use the automo
bile
Briggs Oh yes but the 6H ma
mild walk faster C iierfc