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iMonsimrBeaucaire| |J By BOOTH |\ Author of u The Gentleman From Indiana" and u The / \\ Conquest of CanaanI ^ Copyright, 1900, by M tChtr^t^^^iUipi "Stuff hi* lying mouth with hi* orders!" shouted the duke. But Molyneux still held the gentlemen beck. "One moment," he cried. "M. da W internet," said Besuctire, "of what are you afraid? You oaleulate well. Beaucaire might hare been belief?an impostor that you yourself expose't Never! But I was not goin' reveal that secret You have not absolve' me of my promise." "Tell what you like," answered the duke. "Tell all the wild lies you have time for. You have five minutes to make up your mind to go quietly." "Now you absolve me, then? Ha, hat Oh, yes! Mademoiselle," he bowed to Lady Mary, "I have the honor to reques' you leave the room. You shall miss no details if these frien's of your*\fil me, on the honor of s French gentleman." "A French what f' laughed Bantison. i "Do you dare keep up the pretense f cried Lord ToWnbraks. ? ?? ? PHILIPPE f HE OWED. "MY BROTHER, I HAVE OOME TO TAKE * YOU BAOK WITH ME." Know, yon villain barber, that your master, the Marquis de MireJoin, is in the next room." * " 1 ? ?U-i uat.11 TM Molyneux heaved a great ngu ox reuei. r?aau x ?? wudu . to M. Beaucaire. The young man laughed and said, "Tell him eome here at onop." "Impudent to the last!" cried Bantison aa Molyneux hurried from the room. "Now you goin' to see M. Beaucaire's master/' said Beaucaire to Lady Mary. " 'Tis true what I say, the other night I cross from France in his suit; my passport say as his barber. Then to pass the ?nnui of exile I come to Bath and play for what one will. It kill the time. But when the people hear I have been a servant they oome only secretly, and }here is one of them?he has absolve' me of a promise not to speak?of him I learn something he cannot wish to be tol\ I make some trouble to learn this thing. Why I should do this? Well ?that is my own rizzon. So I make this man help me in a masque, the unmasking it was, for, as there is no one to know me, I throw off my black wig and become myself?and so I am 'Chateaurien,' Castle Nowhere. Then this man I use', this Winterset, he"? "I have great need to deny these accusations ?" said the duke. "Nay," said Lady Mary wearily. "Shall I tell you why I mus' be 'Victor' and 'Beaucaire' and 'Chateaurien' and not myself?" , "To escape from the bailiffs for debts for razors and soap," gibed Xord Townbrake. <.V? ?Tr? ItVarina T ViflVA ant A COUSUl who is E TTIflTl with i-> <J, U1UUS1CU1. 4.U A . wuw ?. ? . . 0_, a very bad temper at some time', and he will never enjoy his relatives id do what he does not wish"? He was interrupted by a loud commotion from without. The door was flung open, and the young Count of Beaujolais bounded in and threw his arms about the neck of M. Beaucaire. "Philippe!" he cried. "My brother, I have come to take you back with me." M. de Mirepoix followed him, bowing as a courtier in deference, i>ut M. Beaucaire took both his hands heartily. Molyneux came after, vrith Mr. Nash, and closed the door. "My warmest felicitations," said the marquis. "There is no longer ifeed for your incognito." "Thou best of masters 1" said Beaucaire, touching him fondly on the shoulder. "I know. Your courier came safely. And so I am forgiven I But I forget." He turned to the lady. She had begun to tremble exceedingly. "Faires* of all the English fair," he said, as the gentlemen bowed low to her deep courtesy, "I beg the_ honor to J* presen' to Lady Mary Carlisle, Mirepoix has already the honor me, my frien's. You mus' help vmAiaoIln or\ l r?nn l aman tirill vav lUUiOCUCI (44114 gouwiouiuily W 444 ^ VI, instnn' ? "Henri," he turned to the shared my mask?I have been a merry, but there was an underi was the mood, not the manner, every one present, but he looks were fixed upon him, with a silei trembled more and more. "I an men are yet scarce convince' I ai that I waa jua' now to be expellee ( Continned o THs Old Nsw England Sabbath. A description of the old New En land Sabbath la calculated to mal restless children of the present dt and possibly some of their elde; thankful they were not bora two ce tnrles ago. The Sabbath began Saturday afta noon with the going down of the arm Sunday morning a horn waa loud] Mown to announce the hour of wp hip. Service began at 9 o'clock as lasted for eight hours, with an lnta mission of one boor for dinner at conversation. In the earliest days tl eonersgatlon sat on rode benches, the Mt? being assigned tbem at tow meeting The service consisted of so eral parts, which are chronicled In a ancient diary as follows: "Preliminary prayer or lnrocatloi chapter or Bible read and exponnde* pea ha In meter, read oat line by llx by Deacon 8.; long prayer on varioi matters, one bbor and a half; aermo of 100 to 2S0 pages; at close of aervic baptism; sinners pat on trial, confesse before congregation. Minister C. bowc right and left, no person stirring til! t bad passed down and oat of tbe mee lng bouse." A Thumb Shave. ** "Ponce oa collier?thumb or spoon says tbe barber, and I gire a violet start" Tbe sailor, a little prood of b French, looked about tbe room an smiled easily. Then be went on: "I knowed tbem barbers In tbe aont of France wasn't up to much, knowed their ways was queer. Bt this spoon or thumb business was tt llm ft. "'Quest oe qu'll y?wot's that?* snj I. 'Wot d'ye mean by thumb or spoon "And then that Tarascon barber tol me that In his country In sin***ti lantern Jawed men like me it w: customary to plumb out tbe cheeks so tbe razor could get a holt by inset-tin' spooa or a thumb Into the mouth on pressln' from the Inside. "I said to go ahead and shave a without either spoon or thumb. H wouldn't do it. though, so I chose tl thumb. It looked more hygienic. B gosh. I can taste that there thraa yet."?Los Angelas Times. Caught tha Potioaman. All the countryside Is laughing at a experience of the police at Long Neagh, Ireland. An Intercounty cod fight was arranged between birds froi Londonderry and Antrim and was bd on one of tha Islands In the long] The police got wind of It and arrival as they usually do. late. All the avail) ble boats had bean pressed into use b the spectators, and the police, afti trying rainly to secure transportstio to the Island, determined to swim ft it Just ss they arrived the bout ende and every boat pot off for the mail land again. The police had a swii back for their pains, and wben the reached the mainland they found tlu their clothing, over which they had nei lected to leave a guard, bad disappear ed. They had a ten mile march I dripping underclothes to the neare barracks, where they were put to be until new uniforms could be procure ?Liverpool Mercury. Why They Are So Clean. "How Is it that French children ai so tidy?" many foreigners in Paris fa quire. Because from the time the understand au elementary sen ten c It is dinned Into them that It Is vei wrong to run fast, to fall or to dirt their dreeses in any way, and, aboi all, it Is awful to muss their hair. A ordinary scene in the Bois is wbei two children arrive In their auto a companied by a nurse and a governes They (the children) are dressed in iigl silk dresses and wear long whll gloves. They start to play ball. Evei U-rtt! 4/vtiAK/va fKa rvwvtm^ trhl/1 Utile lUt Uttll lUULUCa luc givuuu, happens once In awhile, the nan rushes up and wipes every bit < sand very carefully off the ball befa it Is handed back to the children, it a wonder that their long gloves ai clean??New York Post. A General Utility Nag. A certain stockbroker once went to horsedealer and tried to pick up a ge eral utility nag. He explained that 1 was a volunteer and wanted a nlc quiet, good looking charger, whl< could be driven by his wife In a do cart and would not object on occasl* to being hitched up to a lawn mowt The dealer listened to him with ra attention and finally asked In dulc tones, "Would you want him to wait table at all, sir?"?Grand Magazine. Words and Daads. ^ There never was a time In my 111 fellow citizens," exclaimed the cam date, "when I hadn't the courage call a spade a spade!" "Yes," spoke up an old farmer the audience, "and there never was time In your life when you had t courage to take one In your hand!" Chicago Tribune. _ - , M 1A Pf?mfA *1A TlAniiinlRio. \f. flu I . I-ady Mary has been very kind to me make my acknowledgment. Madei give mo that favor to detain you one young Beaujolais, "I wish you had 0 gay!" The surface of his tone was current, weary-sad, to speak of what He made the effect of addressing >d steadily at Lady Mary. Her eyes at and frightened fascination, and she 1 a great actor, Henri These gentle3i not a lackey! And I mof* tell you i for having been a barbtfl? n seventh page. ) ; Free from I Alcohol Since Mayt 1908, Ayer's Sar'r7 saparilla has beet entirely free mi from aloofcol. If you are it r- poor health, weak, pale, nerv ous, ask your doctor about takJe Ing this nol-alcoholic tonic end q alterative. If {ic has a better r- medicine, take hit. Get the beat " always. This Is our advice. ; e, A sluggish liver aeans a coated tongue, ^ a bad breath, tad constipated bowels. kj The question is, " That ia the beatthiat _ to do under such drcumstances?" Ask , your doctor if tbis ia not a good a never: l "Take laxative doses of Ayer's Pills." t Notice of Town Election I VtAfUn lo WavaKv nrivnn f Via f in aL^? iilvviwv 10 ((i vvu mwh >?? tion will belted on the second Monday , in Septemter, 1907, for a mayor an d six wardens for the town of Kings tree, to continue in office for two years and :b until the election and Qualification of I their successors. The pells will be open it from 8 a. m., to 4 p. m. W R Scott, ie LP Kinder aad P P Bethea are hereby appointed managers of said election. ,s By order of Council, ~! 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