The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 29, 1916, Page 4

The Seattle Sta jared at Beattie wi By mall, out of city, one year, my It Will Be Blasted Enough HE losses in dead and permanently incapacitated in proportion to popu- lation are estimated at 0.7 per cent for the entente countries and 14 per cent for their enemies, which leads Collier's to the conclusion “that talk about a blasted Europe is not warranted by the facts” and that the belligerents will have strength enough left after the war for rapid economic revival. umanity’s remarkable ability to re- cover from greater disaster is well estab- lished, but the killing and maiming do not, by any means, represent the economic loss in war. There is also a tremendous loss in the efficiency of men who return from war unhurt. This will be found to be particularly true of the present war, with its new methods of impairing the minds and spirits of men. And there must be some loss even among those who don't directly partici- pate the war. Cheapening of human life does not tend toward general efficiency because it is deterioration of human aspirations and ideals, ° * Preserving Daylight HE allies have declared, from time to time, that the Germans were run- ning short of most everything under the skies, but to date they have never claimed a shortage of daylight. Now, however, the German federal council has passed a measure providing that on May Ist all clocks shall be set ahead one hour, the stated purpose of the Measure being to “lengthen the hours of daylight and to decrease the necessity for artificial light.” “And he bade the sun Mighty man, that kaiser! The Bad Boy HEN Johnny slaps Mary you tell him he is a “bad boy.” But don't really think he is a bad boy. ton don’t believe that your child could be a bad boy. Something in your heart says it is im idle. But you tell J he is “pad” and soon he begins to it, and to act according to his beliet. ‘Wouldn’t it be better to tell Johnny the truth: That he is a good boy who some times does bad things? stand still.” ‘THAT 11-YEAR-OLD Des Moines boy who vefused to salute the flag in echoo! get a sus pended sentence of nine years at the state re form echool. Children have simply to be patristic, the we have to beat it into WALL STREET gets its name from a palie ade of stakes to keep out Indians. The stakes are gone, but the Indians are still there. Published Dally By The star Pubite Oo, Postottice montha 61. tee ooond-claee matter So per month up te ¢ mes. Speak Up, Mr. Lee EORGE FEF. LEE, for governor, is begging the question on nonpartisanship. He criticises Gov. Lister's declaration for nonpartisanship and attempts to cite that Lister's acts have not been nonpartisan under a parti- san system of government. Lister wants to make the state non- partisan, What does Lee want to do? want it to remain partisan? That's the question, Mr. Lee. THERE IS A GREAT PRINCIPLE INVOLVED IN NONPARTISANSHIP. IF YOU SHOULD BE ELECTED GOVERNOR, WOULD YOU RECOM- MEND ITS ADOPTION, MR. LEE? candidate Does he The Old Familiar Roar ERTAIN of our grave and reverend United States senators have waked tp long enough to roar “Socialism!” at the proposition to build a government plant to take nitrogen from the air for the making of powder and fertilizer. Of course, it’s socialism, or paternal- ism, or any other old ism that means the doing of things by the people for the people. So was the building of the Panama canal, the subsidizing of the transconti nental railroads and all the big works of irrigation and in his present Alaska do- ings Uncle Sam is about the rankest sort of a socialist ever heard of. But what matters what you call it, if it is a good thing? Had the first rose been called “onion,” we would today have just as many roses. New Business Opening R. BRYAN, in the last Commoner, under the hypocritical heading, “The Duty of a Friend,” shoots Presi- dent Wilson and his policies as full of holes as is the nozzle of a sprinkling pot. What a liberal patronage would be the lot of an insurance company game en’ to insure a man against his friends in these United States of ours! Where the Dead Lie Thick E WOULD respectfully suggest to some of our wealthy philanthropists that the time is about ripe to start 3 movement to erect a monument over the ruins of Verdun to be inscribed: “The tomb of France and Germany. Here rest their bravest in peace and pieces.” / IN AN absentminded moment, those border censors have let thru the Information that Gen. Pershing doesn't know exactly where Villa le. Once in a while, we get a mighty reliable report from Mexico, anyhow, 8 TO SEATTLE’S ') SHOW SHOPPERS AND PATRONS-TO-BE OF THE PALACE HIP SITUATED AT SECOND AVE. AND SPRING STREET Greetings: @ In announcing the opening of the Palace Hip Theatre, Second Avenue at Spring Street, Sunday afternoon, May 7, the California Hippodrome Circuit STAR—SATURDAY, APRIL 29, thie paper. Ne long watts; a full tnetatl- ment will come to you every day. Duvall returned to the deck, |keeping a sharp lookout for Ver non; but the latter was nowhere to be seen, He determined upon a bold move, He ascertained from the acting purser, who had replaced Vernon at New York, that the latter was for the time being sharing the ‘stateroom of the first officer, He went to the room at once and knocked. The man within was busy chang ing his things, He came to the door, clad only tn his underclothes, opened {t cautiously and looked out When he saw the detective he} frowned. “I regret that I cannot] ask you to\enter at present,” he sald; “as you nee, I am dressing.” Duvall’s eyes wore fixed upon the Jagged scar which disfigured the other man's left arm near the ol- bow, “I beg your pardon, mon steur,” he sald. “I merely wished to ask you @ few questions about this man Hauseman, | will call at some more convenient time.” He bowed and hastily withdrew Ho immediately sought an Inter view with Captatn Bonnot, whom he found to be on the bridge. 1916. PAGE By Arnoid Frederioke—Copyright by F. A. Munesy Co. NEXT WEEK—"SUNSHINE JANE” .. The girl stood with the knob of the “Certainly.” one hand upon door Grace looked after the woman | she had been following, but the lat ter had already passed from view It did not matter, Grace argued She would surely be able to find hor again at the train The girl had already invited her to enter, and Grace passed tn. “Won't you sit down, madame?” said the girl in French, she drew forward a chair, She was atill weeping in a pitiful way, that went straight to Grace's heart The latter went up to her, “My dear child,” she sald, “you have had ba y Yes.” The anid no more. Grace opened her purse and took out the little ¢ Id locket. “I have brought you this,” she sald, and placed the locket fn the girl's hand The latter gazed at It for a mo ment. “Oh, Henrt, Henrt,” she girl nodded, but some little time before ntrol of herself. Grace turned and looked out Into the hot, sunny street. The word He explained his discovery to the captain, but the latter only laughed at him and refused to make the arrest, CHAPTER X. Bonnot Gets a Surprise The Richelieu swung majestically | toward the mouth of the Seine and| the port of Havre. Duvall stood watching the health | otficera splash seaward tn their fussy launch. Upon the Jaunch Vernet, M. Lefevre’s come to meet Duvall The vessel was just being made fast at her pier and the passengers were crowding to the gangplank. Vernet glanced toward the crowd on the dock, and presently caught the eye of a man who stood a little to one aide smoking a cigarette. He looked Ike a well-todo clerk. The man approached. Vernet serthbled a few words on # card and threw tt down to him. The man picked It up, read ft, then put} ft Into his pocket, After that he| disappeared among the crowd, The first person to leave the ves- sel was George Vernon. The man to whom Vernet had thrown the note was now standing near the foot of the gangplank. He looked up expectantly. Vernet threw away his cigar. As Vernon started up the pler the man who had been waiting strolled after him. ) Im a short time the woman who had been Vernon's companion also went ashore, Grace was but a few steps behind her Presently Duvall and Vernet also descended to the pler. A fow mo- ments later they were sented tn a smoking-compartment of the train for Paris. They had already as-| sured themselves that Vernon was on board, closely watched by Ver- net's assistant . it proved, was assistant, ee | The woman that Grace Duval! followed down the gangplank of the Richelieu at Havre w nm American, but she spoke French without any difficulty. A short distance from the plier she stopped passing gendarme, and inquired the way to an address, | Grace, as she passed them, was unable to overhear the address, and was obliged to content herself with | following the woman. | After a walk of some ten min- lutea sho saw her ascend the steps of a email white house, tn a quiet side street, and rap on the door. A few moments later she was ad- mitted. Grace could do nothing but walt until she reappeared The woman, however, remained fn the house a surprisingly short |time, Almost before Grace re jalized ft, she hastily descended the! steps, and started briskly down the street. Grace hurried after her. Just as| she passed the door of the house! she looked up. A young girl stood In the doorway. Grace saw at once that she was weeping. At first she could not place her, lthen, all at once, she realized the girl was Georgette, and the locket containing her photograph was that moment reposing In Grace's pocketbook Sh® turned back and called to the girl as she was about to close the door, “Mademoiselle,” cried softly, * for a moment?” DRINK HOT WATER | announces a new and up-to-date policy of the better-than-the-best variety; | BEFORE BREAKFAST | new management, new prices, better shows and a rule of one price for any) seat in the house. @ NEW POLICY: True California Hippodrome Circuit vaudeville; six high class acts of the best talent obtainable in the country fresh from nine weeks in the Hippodrome Theatres in San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Oak- land, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, Vancouver and Butte. 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Musset.” “Tell me all about it,” said Grace quickly. “You see, I know #0 lit do not even know your name t esion purely by chance, But I shall be very glad if you will tell me ita history.” The girl began to speak eager, excited voice. “I am Georgette Valmy,” she said. “Hen- ri was my betrothed. We were to have been married this year. See, here are my Initials,,G. V. on the locket. “In Jone he became very fll. It began with a cold. The doctor said it was the terrible consump ion—that he might never again got well, It seemed to me fmpos sible, for !t came so suddenly, and he looked always big and strong and well. Jost three weeks ago this coming Sunday, Henri came and told me that he had just been Introduced to a new doctor—a spe to sail for America the nert day. Ho had taken a great fancy to Henrt, and sald {f he would come to America with him he would cure him, “Henri was very = sick—very weak. Hoe had little money tn the bank, enough for his passage. The doctor arranged everything. When they went aboard I wanted to go to the dock to see Henri off, but he told me the doctor aid not wish it Bo he said good-bye to me here, and I gave him the locket, and then he went away, Today this woman came and told me that he was dead. “She said that he died after he arrived in New York, and was hurted there. That was all.” “What did he look Ike?’ asked Grace suddenly Without replying, and, taking a emall from the mantel shelf, handed to her. It represented a man of some 30 years of age, rather heavily built, with a dark mustache and beard “He was a foreman in the ship yard,” she said “Was he acq the girl rose, photograph it inted with the purser of the steamship Riche Neu?” asked Grace. “His name was George Vernon.” “Yes. It was he who Introduced Henri to the doctor from Paris, He sent this woman to me just now to tell me of his death.” Grace rose. “I am glad to have heard about him,” she said. “I am obliged to go on to Paris, now; but I will come and see you again on my way back to America.” Two hours later, she made her way to the raflroad station to wait until the woman she had been fol lowing should appear. Before seeking the waiting room she had sent a message to Richard at Paris. utes before train woman walked In a unconcerned fashion train, looking for an compartment. It was not unt!l Grace descend ed from the railroad carriage at Paris that she began to susp that her companion waa watching her. Grace realized that to deliber ately walt until the other had called a tax! would increase what ever suspicions the woman might already have concerning her, « she stepped at once Into the taxi which had drawn up alongside the curb No sooner had Grace enter. the taxicab than the wom an leaned over to the driv or, spoke a few words to him in French, and stepped into the vehicle herself. Grace drew back, alarmed. The woman smiled, but said nothing Thus for a few moments they time when the leisurely and toward the unocoupted od leped along at a rapidly increasing rate, “Having followed me so far,” re. marked Grace's companion pres ently {n a smooth voice, “it would be a pity for us not to travel the rest of the way together.” They drove for what seemed to Grace an interminable time, and familiar as she was with Paris, she was unable to determine after a while just where she was, It had already begun to grow dark. “You go a long distance, madam,” she said at last, with an sumption of far greater assur- » than she felt. “Do not distress yourself. We are nearly there.” As she spoke. the vehicle entered a narrow and il-kept street. The woman beside her drew from her pocket a bottle and pour ed a part of its contents upon her handkerchief. “We are at the end of our Journey,” she said, and be fore Grace realized what she was jabout, the woman had thrown one Jarm about her neck and with the other was pressing the wet hand kerchief to her face. | She tried to scream, but the woman's arm effectually throttled her, She was conscious of a sting. ing odor and then everything about' Mercier sent for Mr her suddenly became a blank. This locket came Into my | to an} It was just a few min-| | ponsible | beating as was jsaw his face. CHAPTER XI M. Dumas Reappears When Grace Duvall her senses # found herself in a small but rather comfortably fur: nished room, which appeared to be & sort of living room or Ibrary She was not bound or confined in any way, and, so far an she could see, she was quite alone But at that moment the door at the rear of the room opened and two persons came in. They were the man who had represented himeelf an George Vernon, and the woman who had been with her in the cab “Only one thing to do,” the man growled The game 16 up. We've got to get this woman out of the way, secure the money os early an tomorrow, and leave Paris at once. Take that scarf from the shelf there and tie her wrists.” “What do you mean to do with her?” asked tho woman, as she bound the scarf about the girl's arma. “Fix her so thi bother us again, leave Paris.” Grace's heart almost she heard the she onn never even after we stopped man's words. None of the party had observed a shadowy form which had been standing partly hidden by one of the heavy curtains which hung be- fore the windows, Now the figure advanced. It wi a man, His face was ghastly pale—so pale, in- deed, to seem unreal. It was M. Dum Suddenly Vernon, glancing up, With a scream of terror, he fell back against the table The woman, turning at his ery, also saw the strange apparition, and, with a groan, fainted and pitched headlong to the foo Grace, confined as she was tn the chair, did not at first realize the cause of their terror, By turn. ing her head she, too, ent « giimpse of the stranger, and the eight filled her with a wonderful sense of relief and joy. “Well, M. Hartmann,” said Du- mas agreeably, “we meet again, and agsin you are about to com- mit a murder.” The man's teeth continued to chatter. He had supposed Dumas dead and buried “I have come,” Dumas went on, “to get the franc plece rq have stolen from Mile. Mercier. His words apparently convinced the other man that he was dealing with a human being and not an ap- partition. His hand swept toward his hip pock Before !t got there, how- ever, Dumas had drawn his own revolver and leveled it at the man's head. “Put the france on the table, my friend,” he commanded peremptor- jexplain the jtake Mra. fly, “and make up your mind that your little me is quite played out.” He moved as he spoke toward the door and, still keeping Hart- mann covered with the revolver, turned key. Then he took blew upon tt a long, shrill biast. Almost immediately the door was pushed open and Vernet ap- peared, followed by two gen- darmes. “Search hi sald Du mas quietly. “He must have the frané concéaled somewhere about bis person.” The search, under Vernet's skilled hands, soon revealed that this was the case. Duy took the franc and slipped it into his pocket. “This time, my friend,” he said grimly, “you will not get it back.” He turned to Vernet. “I will whole affair to you tomorrow, Vernet. Such parts of ft as Tam not familiar with, the prisoner will, no doubt, supply He might Just as well confess, a it may result in some slight miti- gation of his punishment “Just now, I think I had better Duvall home. Shoe has been thru a frightful ordeal, and must be worn out. I will see you at the prefecture in the morning.” Half an bour later, in their room at the Ritz, Duvall was explaining to Grace his movements since leav ing her at Havre “We arrived in Paris nearly four hours before you did,” he told her, ‘and had no difficulty tracing Vernon to which you were later taken by the woman. “I was across the bake-shop, when you arrived with the woman. It was then nearly dark, but I saw that something had happened, for the woman waited until the man came down to her, and then they walked you between them up the stairs, as tho you had suddenly been taken sick “I at once sent to join me, and went up the stairs. The man and woman, as I ascer tained by looking thru tha. key- hole, put you fn a chair, and, while waiting for you to recover con- sciousness,—you had been chioro- formed—went into the dining room at the rear and ate their dinner. “I opened the door with a skele ton key, entered the room, hid be- hind a curtain in a dark corner, and waited.” piece street, In a CHAPTER XII Lefevre Solves a Mystery Some ten days after the arrest in Paris of the man who had repre sented himself as George Vernon, and the woman who had been his companion, a party of several peo- ple gathered in the office of Mr. Germaine, managing director of the Transatlantic Mne, Tho party consisted of Mr. Ger- maine himself, Mr, Ogden Morris, Mile. Mercier and Capt whose vessel had arrived in that morning They were of M. Lefevre, lice. At 10 o'clock the prefect came in, The prefect turned to Mr. Ger maine. “If you wish, monsieur,” he sald, “IT will relate as briefly as possible a story which concerns, more or less, nearly every one fn this room.” ‘Go ahead, monsieur. | am ea to hear it, and I do not doubt tha the others here share my feelings.” The prefect cleared his throat “The matter begins,” he said, “with the death of this young lady's fa ther, Alphonse Mercier “On the morning that port awaiting the the arrival prefect of pos r t Alphonse Morris, for the purpose of disposing of his little whatever in| the house to} word to Vernet! Bonnot, | BY ANNE WARNER collection of coins, he busted al self by cleaning them, preparatory recovered |to turning them over to Mr. Morris.| his coat and | “While doing #0 he made a start |ling and unexpected discovery |which I will explain later. | “This news he communteated tn part to his physician, Reinhardt, | who happened to be with him at the |time, He did not tell Reinhardt |the real secret of the coin, but did |tell him ft was of great value. “Reinhardt knew that Mr. Morris | planned to sall for America on the| Richelieu the following day and he t once sought out his friend, George Vernon, the purser, Be tween them they concocted a plan to obtain possession of the coin which 1s, to my mind, unequaled in its dia bolical cleverness. “The method was to have ft ap- pear that Vernon had himself re moved the package from the safe, and for him then to disappear. “They therefore decided to pro-| vide an extra passenger, whom they might conveniently dispose of at the proper time. | | “Vernon was slightly acquainted | with a young man of about bis own age, in Havre, by the name of Henri | | Musset, a foreman fn the shipyards. |This young man was at the time| desperately ill with tuberculosis. Vernon introduced Reinhardt to |him as @ lung spectalist. The Iat- |ter offered to take Musset to | America with him, treat him free of charge, and later send him to the | dry climate of the West, where, he | assured him, he would speedily re cover. “Reinhardt attended to the pur- chase of the tickets, and thru the connivance of Vernon, the two were entered on the passenger list ax a| Mr. Haussman, from Brussels, and Gunther, his attendant. H. aman was supposed to be an invalid “The two went aboard the vessel jat night. “The following night the safe was | opened and the package removed. Vernon did this himself, left his | office, and threw the key thru the/ | grating of his window onto the desk within “He then went quietly into Retn- hardt's room and, removing all his| clothing, assumed that of Munset. | In the operation, Vernon’s scart pin | | dropped on the floor, where it was | recovered some days later. |_ “They had decided to replace the | package in Musset’s pocket, subst!- |tuting for the france piece another of the same period, and which would be, for all any one could tell, precisely like it. They then pro- | posed to throw the body into the forward hold, where it would not be discovered unt!] the cargo was removed in New York. | “They knew that the body, after | tying in the hold for nearly a week, | would be practically unrecognizable. |They calculated on Vernon's clothes, papers, etc., as well as the package containing the coin and letter in the dead man’s pocket proving sufficient evidence that the body was that of Vernon himself. “In order to carry out this plan they had to shave off Musset's black beard. Vernon, meanwhile, had assumed a false black beard, }and had buflt out his nose to dis- | guise his features, There was no | necessity for him to resemble Mus- net, except In a very general way | No one had obtained a good look |at Retnhardt’s Invalid companion | since be came on board. “Having completed their prepara-| tions, they walked with Musset, either dead or under the influence of a drug, to the forward hatch, |and threw him {nto the hold. “I have said that but for one | mistake the perpetrators of the crime would never have been cap- | I should say but for two. One of these consisted in overlook: | ng a gold locket which hung about Musset'’s neck. The other, and | most unfortunate one, from their) | standpoint, consisted in the fact| | that they got the two franc pieces, absolutely identical in outward ap- pearances, mixed. They put the one belonging to Mlle. Mercier into [the dead man’s pocket and retained |the worthless one themselves. ‘They made this discovery the following day, but they were then | powerless. The forward hatch had seen closed, not to be opened again | ntil the vessel reached New York “Instead, therefore, of being able} to at once make off with their plunder, Vernon and Reinhardt were obliged to go to the Hotel Rochambeau, knowing that within a short time Mr. Morris would de liver to Mile, Mercier the coin they were after, “That very afternoon Vernon and Reinhardt got into a bitter quarrel concerning the latter's responsibil ity for retaining the wrong cotn Reinhardt had made the mistake, Vernon taunted him with {t. Rein- hardt attacked him, and Vernon killed him with his knife. “When Vernon, who was on the watch for Mr. Morris, saw from his window that the latter was accom- panied by myself and M. Duvall, he at once suspected trouble, and fled from the hotel while we were interviewing Mile, Mercier. “He made at once for his own apartment, of which he, of course, had the key, and as he could not appear as himself, he posed as Charles Vernon, his™brother, He also called to his assist ance a woman of his acquaintance, a clever crook, whom he had known both in Paris and in New York, “Then thru a mistake of mine he came into possession of the gen- ulne franc. “Vernon's plans, however, had fone wrong. He was wanted in New York for the murder of Rein- hardt, and so far as ho knew, for} that of Mile, Mercier and myself as | well, He thereupon hit upon a bold plan, He decided to go aboard the | Richelieu in the early nf@rning, as tho he were a passenger, and by locking himself in the storeroom, in which he was afterward found, pretend that he had been there ever since the robbery of the safe a week before. “His whole story about being im- prisoned in the storeroom, as well as about his twin brother, was a Hie. I have ascertained that he had no brother “It will probably not interest you greatly to hear how I subsequently secured the frane from Vernon in Paris, and had him placed under arrest, After all its adventures this franc of Mile. Mercier’s is now in A Great Feature Besté-e things this paper will «ft week a standard-price Nothing better for tna. ou the other goed ve each novel. my walstcoat pocket.” He slipped his fingers beneath drew out the long nought He handed the coin to Mile, Mercier The girl gazed helplessly at tt, Letevre drew from his pocket @ plece of paper. “You will remem ber, mademolselle,” he said, “that when we searched Mr. Vernon's ter which your father bad sent you along with the coin.” Mile. Mercier nodded. Ho passed the letter to the young woman, “If you will read it now,” he said, ‘you will, perhaps, understand” Mile. Mercier read the letter, which was as follows f MY BELOVED DAUGHTER 1 am sending you = one frane ny legacy—for your tatare, it take—« pin and press +—of Napoleon. A lever thrown ou-—t at ome side of coin athbed Napoleon. Use your for child, and Ao poor tune well, mot forget the ~~ 1 embrace y—on and semd you my love and « thou—san@ kines Your loving father ALPHONSE MERC—teR, “I am afraid.” remarked the girl helplessly, as she passed the letter to the others to read, “that I am as Much in the dark as before.” Lefevre rose and stepped toward Mr. Germaine’s des “Will you ao poe as to give me a pin?’ ° The managing director took on from a bowl on the Geakeand hand. ed it to the prefect, who then a Mile. Mercier for the france plece discovered a half-burned Diece of paper, which proved to be the let- Apartment that terrible night we He held the coin in-the palm of his left hand, while the others crowded about eagerly, Inserting the pin in the eye of the face of Napoleon which was stamped upon the coin, he pressed it sharply. At once a tiny lever !!ke those some tt found on watches, for set- ting them, sprung out from one side. Tho prefect took this between his fingers and gave a gentle pull, Immediately a section of the milled edge of the coin turned outward, revealing a tiny flat cavity within, of no greater thickness than the blade of a knife. In this cavity lay what appeared to be a bit of solled tissue paper. With trembling fingers Lefevre rew out the scrap of paper unfolded it The ipretent ced at the engraving which covered its surface, smiled, then handed ft to the young French girl. “Here is Sr fortune, mademoiselle,” he said. She looked at it, astonished, “What fs it?" she asked uncer- tainly. “A bank note of the French em- pire,” he replied, “for the sum of 1,000,000 france.” It took the little party several minutes to fully comprehend the im- portance of the scrap of paper which lay before them. At last Mr. Morris spoke. “It seems to be genuine he said, “but how the devil tt get there, inside that coin, and why?" The prefect smiled. “I will tell you,” he said. “I learned the his | tory of the coin while in Paris last week. “During the early period of the Emperor Napoleon's reign he had, as every one knows, @ constant need of money. “From time to time issues of coins of various denominations, as well as bank notes, were made, but there were many who distrusted Napoleon's success, and the issues were not always recetved with favor. “In order to create a popular coin- age some of his ministers concetved the idea of issuing a large number of one-franc pieces, in one of which should be, cleverly concealed, bank note of 1,000,000 francs, “A coin was selected at random, and a clever watchmaker was em ployed to make within {t the secret cavity in which the note was and the coin thrown fn with many millions of similar coins in eireula tion. “The experiment was a huge suo cess, yet, up to now, It cost the gow ernment nothing. Everybody scram- bled to get the new coins—a great many were destroyed in fruitless efforts to find the bank note, but it was never found. At last people came to look upon the coin as mythical. “Only by the luckiest of chances could it have been discovered, and that chance, Mile. Mercler, fell to the lot of your father.” The prefect paused. He raised his hand to his face, calmly removed his pointed gray mustache and imperial, took off his wig, and laughed, “Duvall!” exclaimed Mr, {s not possible! “Sacre nom de Dieu!” gasped Captain Bonnot, | “And where, may I ask, fs M. Lefevre?” asked the astounded mat aging director, as soon as he could collect his wits, “He has been enjoying the gaieties of my place at Newport for the past three weeks,” replied Duvall. THE END Humphreys’ Seve nty-seves For Grip, Influenza, COLDS To get the best results, take “Seventy-seven” at the first feeling of catching Cold. 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