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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1944 TEE JOUBJTAL, PLATTSUOUTH, HEB&ASjXA PAGE FIVE Elmwb'pd By Joorna FieM RepfatmtaJtiy Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Adams had the pleasure of having both of their daughters at home for a few days this month. Mrs. Lois Horton Francis returned Saturday from Falls City where she had been looking after her Interests there. "Dr. O. K, Liston made Jmsiness trip to Colorado last weet. The "Woman's Council met at the Christian church parlors on Friday afternoon of last week. , , Mrs. Bess Streeter Aldrich is mak ing an extended visit at Lincoln with her daughter, Mrs. Beechner " and family. ' Mr. Guy McGill had the misfor tune to have part of a chicken bone lodge in his throat. He was taken to Bryan Memorial where the bone was removed. Keimetlr West arrived home for a visit Tuesday.' He has been employed in defense work ; in New Jersey. ' " , . '. Elm wood has a new citizen, to live at , the ; Norman Botnemeier home. The; little daughter-was born on last Saturday. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Oklahoma, who were commissioned Mrs. Frank Pulek on last" Sunday were her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Miller and two sons of Friend, and their daughter, Mrs. Wade of Lincoln. MURBOCK Lillie Muenchau plan to start on i Thursday for a trip to Lansdale, Pa., I the old home of Mrs. Muenchau. Miss Lillie can enjoy a vacation from her duties as bookkeeper at the Farmer's Union Elevator. Mr. F. Markle spent Sunday with Mr. Paul Evelana was among the' his sons and their families in Lin. ones from the school in Fort Sill, c0in. as second lieutenants this week. Wm. Knaup who suffered a brok Mrs. Donald Gonzales and Cheryl en neck July 5tn wag calling on Ann are spending this week at Ray-1 frien(is in Murdock the latter nart mmxs .jit trjr u me LOUIS ARTHUR cunmriGHAm miflijiiii. ummmm CHAPTER X The Princess Meridel of Gratzen and her cousins arrive In Canada to visit Baron Rudi de Morpin. ber uncle. He had been employed by Madame Fabre Lusignan. who turned the estate over to the Baron in order that he could enter tain the Princess without her knowing of his reduced circumstances. Roger Fabre of the Canadian Air Force and nephew of the Madame's falls in love with the FTincess. The estate is turned over to the care of unfortunate children of war-torn Europe. Pol Martin and Rosine find a photograph on the Ma dame's table and learn that it is the man whom Roger has vowed to kill. They then learn that the man Is Rog er's brother. Roger still does not know the connection between his brother and the crime he is pledged to avenge. The children break the picture frame and tell Madame the truth. She tries not to believe that Roger's own brother had killed Bonhomme Fricot. but a doubt remains. The Princess learned that the Baron was not the owner of de castle, so they all left for Coq d'or where he bought an Interest in the Golden Cock. Roger reruns to find the Princess gone and Madame's fortune in a bad way. He sets out with Madame to find the Prin cess and have her and the children re turn. While they were together Michel and a companion, escaping from a prison camp, appear ana take tne keys to the car. It is only then that the Madame and Roger are convinced that Michel is one of the enemy. "They'll be over the border be fore morning," said Roger. "I'll go at once to St. Didier and telephone the police and the military from there. It won't do any good. They must have it all figured out. suppose they'll 'trade the wagon for some other car before long. Mike Mike seems to belong there. His mouth was swollen, twisted now more with scorn than pain. "Ober- lieutenant Faber. I'll bet he has the Iron Cross." "Yes, monsieur, he has." It was Rudolph who spoke, softly, sadly. "That and other honors from the same source." "My God, Rudolph!" Madame got up from her chair. "What is this you tell us? What do you mean?" "I did not mean to speak of it ever, madame." Rudolph stared un happily at the fire. "But now there is no point in keeping silence. It was Jules Goujon who told me Jules who once happened to see his picture the one Meridel has. And Jules knew how much Meridel was interested in that one. Jules had seen him when he was taken pris oner by the English. And Jules de scribed him yes. even to the Iron Cross he wore. Oberlieutenant Fa ber! I am sorry, madame. I would have died gladly to save you this. And you. Monsieur Roger and you, MerideL" "I do not deserve to be spared anything." Meridel looked at Roger. She took her own handkerchief and reached up and dabbed it against his mouth, helping to stanch the flow of blood from the cut lip. "I was a young girl with a lot of silly dreams." The air was keen and sharp as Roger ran most of the way to St. Didier des Montagnes. Pere De lambert paced up and down the long ball while Roger called the provincial police, the military au thorities in Montreal, to tell them of the two escaped prisoners, of the taking of his station wagon. "Yes, some hours ago," Roger said. "One of them had a gun. They wore sheepskins, knitted caps if that is any help. I fancy they'll have a change of clothes. I I hope you get them." He hung up slowly and went to the cure's fire where he lit a ciga rette and leaned an elbow wearily on the manteL There Pere Delam bert found him and quickly moved a big leather chair for him close to the blaze. T could not help hearing. It has then been an exciting evening for you at the Chateau Philibert? There was no violence, I trust." Roger touched his lip ruefully. '1 had a wild idea of throwing a book end Rodin's image of The Think er' I never liked it at the fel low who held the gun; the other landed with his fist on my mouth before I could get going." "There is no place in this world," said the cure, "where ,one can escape this horror. It reaches out to us all." "It comes to our firesides," said Roger softly, "into the very heart of our homes." He thought of Tante Mimi, of Meridel, of Rudolph, back there at the chateau, waiting for his return. For them, as for him, all the joy would be gone. All the lights would be dim, the wine bitter, the music full of jarring discords. Why should Michel have come to them? A stranger now. A lean, hard man, warped, and warring against his friends, against his own flesh and blood. His fist was always like iron, thought Roger, recalling other days. The cure's man drove him back home, covering in a few minutes the long miles that had taken hours of walking and running. Roger ran -up the steps of Philibert where the lights in the downstairs living room still burned. Madame and Meridel and Rudolph were sitting there. The fire burned cheerily. Meridel took her handkerchief and dabbed H against Soger's mouth, helping to stanch the flow of blood. "There," said Roger, standing straddle-legged in front of the fire, facing them. "I informed the au thorities. The chances are they knew nothing about the escape. Per haps the discipline in the camp had slackened a bit. But the bunt will be on now." "You think they will be taken?" Meridel's eyes were bright in the firelight, but there was a tired, drawn look about her mouth. "They will not be allowed to cross the border, to regain their own country in time and again cause death to the innocent?" Roger shook his head. "I do not think they'll be recaptured. Mike Mike" repeating the name he smiled bitterly "knows every road and byway between here and the line. He knows what he's doing always did know." Madame stood up straight and de fiant. "I am not finished yet Michel Fabre always defied me, always had his own way, always laughed last But tonight I have pity for him, the anger has gone out of me. It would be a mercy if a bullet from some guard's gun would put an end to a life like that A traitor, a mur derer ! God have mercy on us alL Good night my children. Good night Rudolph." Ceremoniously, Rudolph escorted the old lady from the room, leaving Roger and Meridel to the quiet there, the soft murmur of the flames on the hearth, the low voices of the wind in the trees. Roger sat on the davenport beside her and cov ered her clasped hands with one of his. Her face was pale, her eyes big and shadowed and the smile she gave him was a tired smile, wist ful and unhappy. "It has been hard for you, Meri del," he said. "Not so hard for me as for you for your good aunt. Once, when we first heard from the children about about him, we said, ma dame and I, that we would not be lieve the story unless we had the evidence of our eyes, our own ears. Unless we saw him, heard him con fess his guilt And we saw and heard." "Yes. It was the same way with me." Roger stirred restlessly and lit a cigarette when she declined one. "I knew Mike well enough to realize that he would side with the devil if he thought the devil was right But how he strayed into this this horrible business is more than I can fathom. What reward could they give him? Money he never cared for and fame never bothered him. He has cast aside his birth right his self-respect, everything. I have often thought of those rene gade Englishmen who broadcast over the German radio and to me they seemed mere crackpots who were to be laughed at or pitied. You can't laugh at Mike and he could never be an object of pity. He is one who knows what it's all about" "It was all so strange," whis pered MerideL "So different from the memory I had of him. When I met him there long ago he was so young and carefree and there was something in his eyes that was beautiful and good to see. But to night, Roger you saw his eyes to night" "Yes cold, hard, deadly. Yet I thought there was misery and tor ment in them. And still I had to go tonight and put men on his trail who will shoot him down like a dog, and receive no blame for doing so. Perhaps by now they have got him; perhaps " "There! You must not concern yourself so." "Some women could care enough to forgive him even this," contin ued Roger. "Is there such love? Is love really the name for it?" Roger shrugged. "I think there is such the sublime, the all-forgiving." "Mine is not like that . It wasn't love, perhaps. It may have been just a colored dream. You can't take a little bit of beauty, fine as silk, and spin it out into a thread that will stretch halfway across the world." "Then tonight was the end of that? Teli me that I may begin to hope " She smiled up at him. "I think you never ceased to hope, Roger." "Say. rather, I never despaired. You win marry me, Meridel?" He looked into her eyes, slowly with drew his hands from her shoulders. "There is nothing to stand between us now." "Less than nothing. If if you want me, I win marry you, Roger." "Want you! More than I have ever wanted or even could want anything else in. this world." "But you are not quite happy, be cause it came to you this way." "I think I would rather have lost the game than have won it this way through knowing the truth about MicheL But I see no reason why that should spoil our lives, our hap piness." Roger did not go to bed that night. He drew his chair to the window and dozed there a while and awoke to see the red-gold furnace in the eastern sky. As soon as he heard - a noise below stairs, he shaved himself and' showered and went down to drink coffee with Ges ner and Rudolph in the kitchen. Someone had turned on the radio. The voice of the announcer gave the early news items from Montreal "The police and military authori ties have nothing so far to report on the two German prisoners, for mer members of the Nazi Luft waffe, who escaped last night from a prison camp in the Laurentians. The two men, one of them armed with a pistol, took the station wag on" Roger had reached the radio in three strides and turned the dial until he found music. But some of the keen little ears bad heard. Pol Martin's big eyes were staring at him, at the still swollen lip and the newly healed cut. A strange look came over the child's face. "Was it from this camp back in the woods they escaped, Roger? Was it your station wagon ?" Roger could not answer, but Pol Martin needed no words; he could read it aU in Roger's face, in the way he looked at Meridel. "They came here, and you fought with them. That is how you cut your lip. All this happened while we were sleeping. But I dreamed of Bonhomme Fricot last night." "You are sure you are not just telling us that Pol Martin?" asked Meridel. "No, no, I dreamed of him. He was alive again. He was smiling at me and holding out his hand to me and to Rosine. TeU me about the prisoners. Roger, please." "Not now. my little one. Some other day. perhaps. Now it is time for aU of you to have breakfast Today if you like we shaH go up into the mountain." "That wm be good, Roger," said Pol Martin gravely. "A lot of fun." But Flight Lieutenant Roger Fa bre was not to climb the mountain that day. Shortly after breakfast an R.C.A.F. station wagon, far fast er and sleeker than his own be loved jalopy, drew up in front of Philibert with orders for him to re turn to Montreal at once. "I felt it. somehow." he said rue fuUy to Meridel. "I have to go, but this time I take my happiness with me. When I return, dear, you will be ready?" "I shaU be waiting, mon brave." she said gravely. "I shaU pray each hour for you for your safe re turn." They gathered on the steps of Philibert to see him go, to bid him Godspeed, madame wearing a few thousand doUars worth of sables as carelessly as she would a Navajo blanket over her thin shoulders. Meridel in a white sweater and gray-blue velvet s'ks, Rudolph, attired much like Cis: nil the little ones in the gayly coliue.; nnbi tant coats and tasseled toques ma dame had bought for them. Like lovely little gnomes from the dark forest they looked, thought Roger, as the mittened hands waved him farewell. "A heck of a note, sir." said young Ayscough, who had brought the car, "to have to leave. I guess it must be pretty important though. The old man was having fits when he couldn't get through to ypu oa the telephone." . ... ' "croBEcomviD) t mond with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. i.arry Tomurst. rney will re turn here for another short stay be- they go to their home in Dothan, Alabama. Two of our soldier boys are in hos pitals in England, after their service on the Continent. Oral Kuehn is in with a broken ankle, and Don Zieg ler with another wound. The latter thinks he will be able to go back soon to active service. Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Lind went to Omaha on Wednesday. to attend the annual conference. The church mem bers voted to have them return next of last week. Mr. E. H. Miller has purchased the Crawford property in the north west part of town. James Mills 1b having a new roof placed on his farm home two miles northwest of town. His brother-in-law, H. Mohning of Elmwood, is do ing the work. Oscar Rikli of Drummond, Okla., was in this vicinity the fore part of the week visiting his mother, Mrs. A. Rikli, and his two brothers, Will iam and Leo. He was returning home from Da- lay delegate to the session is Mr, Melvin Miller, He and Mrs. Miller expect to go the latter part of the week. Mrs. Cora Williams Reeder came over from Plattsmouth and stayed the most of last . week here. Her ! father, Mr. Harry Williams is in'haye proved in condition in some ways. Greeniv6$3 Mr. C. A. Mathis who is seriously ill, is reported weaker. . Dorcus met at the church .Friday afternoon with Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Carter. " Mr. Ed Stone of Washington, Mr. Emmitt Friend of Alvo called at the Lincoln Dimmett home Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Elton Keller were Tuesday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles. Janice and Larry Lee returned home with them. Mr. and Mrs. Lfe Mullen and Nita, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dimmett of Alvo, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dimmett and family, Mr. and Mrs. M. Dimmett and family of Ashland, spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. L. Dimmett in honor of Mrs. Dimmett'a birthday. Mr. Earl Iden was taken back to the hospital last Saturday, and is some better. year with an increase in salary. The kota where he had been or 8eTeral weeks looking after the operation of a large combine that his assist ed in the harvesting of the wheat crop, all the way from Oklahoma mrougn ivansas ana iseDra&Ka ana,BcnooL the Dakotas. j Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kinney and W. O. Gillespie and Joe Gustin ! gons of Alvo' spent Sundf y afternoon been busy for several days, with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles. pulling the pipe from the old hotel The farmers are appreciating the well. Although the pipe has been- w.b.ib., met u cnurcu u- 'nice weather, and are keenine busvi" " ground lor nearly twenty-live years they found it in good condi TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE An open house will be held at the Lewiston community center on Thursday, September 1 4 th In honor of Mrs. A. Dove Asch, long time resident of that community, who is leaving soon for California. Open house will be held from 2 to 5 o'clock, The friends that cannot come are urged to fiend greeting cards. ARTIEST COLLABORATIONIST Paris, Sept. 9. (UP) Rene Fonck, aviator famous in the First World War has been arrested as a pro-nazi collaborationist, the French minis try announced today. The ministry also announced the arrest of Rohan Shabot, director of the Fred Red Cross on a similar charge. The Army Ordnance Armory at Springfield, Mass., is conducting a four-year course, leading to an ex pert toolmaker certificate. Thirteen honorably discharged servicemen are now taking courses in such subjects I as engineering drawing, shop mathe- Miss Elizabeth Martin left last . matics, shop trigonometry, gun the- Friday for Oakland, Nebr., where 0ry, metallurgy and heat treatment, she will teach music in Oakland thread erindinsr. lie borers, first aid. foremanship and management, pro duction engineering and shop theory. i these days. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Creamer and I daughter, Helen of Waverly, were guests on Sunday at the home of his ' mother and sisters, Mrs. Clara Creamer, Maude and Jessie. Miss Hel en attended a convention of Youth Fellowship workers at Lake Geneva, .Wisconsin, recently. She is to be a ! senior at Wesleyan this next year. I Mrs. Belle Coakley is teaching at Guide Rock this year, to which place she went last week. Mrs. Fred Pamquist rand "Mrs. Ora tion. McDonald. Mrs. Joe Kyles went to Friend on Thursday to spend a few. days at Donnle Rase spent Friday and Sa turday of last week in Lincoln. Mr.' n ttu 1- land Mrs. Henry Schleuter spent jine ce uvuie. Wednesday at the State Fair. John Charles Kruse entertained a number of his little friends Satur day, August 26, ot being his fifth birthday anniversary. Receives Combat Medal I A large number of our people are;wnter, attending the State Fair at some time this week. The school had a short session on the first day, Labor Day, so the teachers and pupils could go. Mrs. Robert Jensen of Eagle re cently received the new combat In fantryman's medal from her hus Art Ward is out at the Jess Stock band, Pfc. Robert JenBen, who is a farm repairing the buildings and member of the 32nd Infantry, 7th getting them in good Bhape for the , Division, which was reviewed and As Omar Pow-Wow km Ed Wegner has finished the dec orating of the bank, which greatly improves its appearance. The Melvin Miller and Charles Miller families attended the Otoe County Fair at Syracuse last -week each day, where Larry Miller had two 4-H calves on exhibit. One calf took first prize in its class and third prize in all classes. Both calves were sold at good prices. ' Mrs. Addie Fleischman visited her son and wife at Lincoln a few days last week. The roof of the Christian church received some new shingles on the south side, the men of the congrega tion doing the work, on last Satur day. Mrs. Rollins of California is here caring for Dr. W. A. Alton. Mrs. Sherry of Rock Bluffs acted as nurse until her arrival. Mrs. Gladys Schlichtemeier has returned to her home in St. Louis, taking with her the children, Bever ly and Bertie, who had spent the summer with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Reber. Gladys is now a teacher in the school near her home. Miss Mabel Broderick of Fremont and Miss Agnes Welch of O'Neil, teachers in our school, are making their home with Mrs. Douglas and Mrs. Cora Gerbling at the Douglas place. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Roberta are moving Thursday from the Doug las apartment to their home at Wa bash, where Mr. Smith has charge of the elevator. Friends and neighbors of Mrs. Wm. Harley are having a dinner for her on Thursday, as she is soon to close her home for the winter or longer, if it is sold. Mr. Carl Skeen was a recent visit or at the home of his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Miller have taken up their residence at Ashland where he is superintendent of schools. He taught in the State Nor-! mal at Wayne last year. Miss Joyce Bronn returned to her home on Tuesday, her stay at the hospital not being so long. Art Shoeman of Louisville was in town Tuesday having some work done on his car, at the Rase garage. 0. B. Lupardus, who , has . been in Hutchinson, Kan., for some time was home for a few days the first of the week. I Paul Stock has repainted his trail er house, which gives it a nifty appearance. Mr. Wegner did the work. With the help of Herbert Borne- meier, Hy. Heineman spent J-iaDor Day completing the laying of a ce ment walk on the west side of his residence property. Gene Tool, who is now located in a Missouri army base, was in town Saturday visiting his many friends. Ed Ganaway spent Sunday and Monday in Lincoln with his daughter and family. honored by the president during his visit in Hawaii several weeks ago. The award was presented to mem bers of the Infantry who participated in three of the South Pacific campaigns. Guarding the steel fedora of their master, Lieut Gen. Omar Bradley, commander of American ground forces in northern France, these two fox terrier poppies learn what's in store for the Nazis. Buy More Bonds Ed Vance of Ashland dock visitor Tuesday. was a Mur- Tony King has been mowing the streets and alleys, which was badly needed. Our material handlers got in a shipment of 150 sacks of cement last week. Herbert Bornemeier had a force of men putting a cement floor in his hog house and poultry house the lat ter part of the week. T " BiiymoreMkfEV fnrftwS5fCPf!iirihf I twu jfc . , .. Jk We have received a new shipment of G. X. L. pow der for washing your se parator! 2 Pound Box, ...... 35 Made by the Wydotte Co. 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