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SYNOPSIS.
Comteaa* Ell««, daughter of the tavern-
nor of thd'Jlount, hu* chance encounter
with a peaaanl boy. The "Mount, a amall
rock-bound laland. atood In vaat bay on
the northweatern couat of trance, and
during the time of boula XVI wa* a gov-
ornment atronghold. Develop* that the
peaaant boy waa the eon of Seigneur De-
aaurac, nobleman. Young Deaaurac deter-
mlnea to aecure an education and become
« gentleman; aeea the governor'* daugh-
ter depart for Parte. Lady Eli** return*
after aeven year*' achoollng. and enter-
tain* many noblea. Her Ladyahlp dance*
with strange fisherman, and a cellto
arma I* made In an effort to capture a
myaterlou* Le Seigneur Nolr.
CHAPTER V.—(Continued.)
"Perhaps, a* a part of the military
discipline?" murmured the marqul*
dubiously. "See!" With sudden In-
terest, he Indicated a part of the
Mount that bad been black against
the star-spangled sky, now showing
sickly points of light, "it does mean
something! They are coming down!"
And even as the marquis spoke, a
clatter of hoofs on the stone pave
ment leading from the Mount to the
sand ushered a horseman Into view
J a waa followed by another and yet
another, until In somewhat desultory
fashion, owing to the tortuous difficult
ties of the narrow way that had sep-
arated ttem above, an array of
mounted men was gathered at the
base of the rock. But only for a mo-
ment; a few words from one of their
number, evidently In command, and
they dispersed; some to ride around
the Mount to the left, others to the
right.
"Perhaps Ellse will enlighten us?"
Of one accord her guests now crowded
•round' the girl.
"Does the governor Intend to take
us prisoners?"
"You imply It Is necessary to do
that—to keep you?" answered my
l&dy.
"Then why—"
Her expression as perplexed as
theirs, answered. I
"Beppo!" She waved her hand.
The governor's servitor, who waa
passing, with an anxious, inquiring
look upon his face, glanced around.
"Beppo!" she repeated, and beck
oned again.
The man approached. "Your Lady
ship wishes to speak with me?" he
asked In a voice he endeavored to
make unconcerned.
"I do." In her manner the old
antipathy she bad felt toward him as
a child again became manifest. "What
■ do the soldiers want? Why have they
come down?".
Hia eyes shifted. "1—my Lady—"
he stammered.
The little foot struck the strand.
"Why don't you answer? You heard
my question?"
"1 am sorry, my Lady—" Again he
hesitated; "Le Seigneur Nolr ha*
been seen on the beach!"
"Le Seigneur Nolr?" she repeated.
"Yes, my Lady. He was caught
fight of among the peasants, at the
time the barrels were opened. In ac-
cordance with your Ladyship's com-
mand. I assure your Ladyship," with
growing eagerness, "there can be no
mistake, as—"
"Who," interrupted my lady sharp-
ly, 'is this Black Seigneur?"
Beppo's manner changed. "A man,"
he said solemnly, "his Excellency, the
governor, has long been most anxious
to capture."
The girl's eyes flashed with Impa-
tience. and then she began to laugh.
"Saw you ever, my lords and ladies,
his equal for equlvdcatlon? You put
to him the question direct, and be
answers—"
The loud report of a carbine from
the other side o. the Mount, tollowed
by a desultory volley, Interrupted her.
The laughter died on her lips; the
color left her cheek.
"What—" The startled look in her
eyes completed the sentence.
Beppo rubbed his hands softly. "Hit
Excellency takes no chance*!" be
murmured.
guest.
"No. no!" *ald the marquis. "But
as I remarked before, stand on no
ceremony!" And daintily opening a
snuff-box, he watched bis host with
an expression half-amused. half-Iron*
leal.
That person ate and drank with lit-
tle relish; the wine—so he aald—bad
spoiled; and the dishes were wltbout
flavor It was fortunate Monsieur le
Marquis had no appetite—
Whereupon the Marquis smiled;
but, considering the circumstances, In
bis own mind excused the command'
ant, who had only Just come from the
governor's palace, and who, after the
Interview that undoubtedly bad en
sued, could hardly be expected to And
the pate palatable, or the wine to his
liking. This, despite the complaisance
of the young nobleman whom the
commandant had encountered, while
descending from the governor's abode,
and took to the high seas, where IM
has been making trouble ever slncj!
"Trouble?"
"He has seriously hampered his
Excellency's commerce; Interfered
with his ships, and crippled bis trade
with the Orient."
"But—the governor has many boats,
many men. Why have they' tailed to
capture him?"
"For a number of reasons. In the
first place be Is one of the most skil-
ful pilots on the coast; when bard
pleased, he does not hesitate to nse
even the Isles des Rochers as a place
of refuge."
"The Islea des Rocbera?" queried
the nobleman.
"A chevaux-de-frlse of the sea. my
lord!" continued the commandant;
"where Sity barren Isles are fortified
by a thousand rocks; rrothlng fangs
when the tide Is low; sharp teeth that
lie In wait to bite when the amlllng
Hps of the treacherous waters have
descending from the governor closed abovo! There, the governors
and who, adapting his step to the oth fn„na,aH on „>Veral
er's had accompanied the officer back  nipa nav
to his quarters, and graciously ac-1
cepted an Invitation to enter.
"Well, you know the old aaylng."
the marquis closed the box with a
snap. "'There's many a slip'—but
how," airily brushing with his hand-
kerchief Imaginary particles from a
long lace cull, "did he get away?"
"He had got away before we were
down on the beach. It was a wild
goose chase, at best. And so I told
bis Excellency, the governor—
"A thankless task, no doubt! But
th* shots we heard—"
"An Imbecile soldier saw a shadow;
fired at it, and—'
"The others followed suit." laughed
the visitor.
Exactly!" The commandants face
ships have followed him on several
and—few of them have
come back!"
But surely there must be times
when be can not depend on that re
treat?"
"There are, my lord. His principal
harbor and resort Is a little Isle far-
ther north—English, they call it—that
oters refuse at any time to mis-
creants from France. There may they
lie peacefully, as In a cradle; or go
ashore with impunity, and the like.
Oh, he Is safe enough there. Home
for French exiles, they designate the
plr.ee. Exiles: Bah! It was there
he first found means to get his ship—
shi ring his profits, no doubt, witb the
Islander who built her. There, too. be
mustered hU crew—savage peasant*
ho had been turned off ths lands of
With an airy wave of the hand. "One
should never anUclpate trouble, Mon-
sieur le Commandant," be said lightly
and rose. "Good night."
Good nlghi, Monsieur le MarquU."
returned the officer with due defer
ence, and accompanied bl  noble vis-
itor to the door.
At first, without the barracks, the
marquis walked easily on, but toon
the steepness of the narrow road,
becoming more marked as It ap-
proached the commanding structures
t*. the top of the Mount, caused bis
gait gradually1 to slacken; then b«
paused altogether, at an upper plat-
form.
From where he stood, by day could
be seen, almost directly beneath, the
tiny habitations of men clinging like
limpets to tho precipitous sides of the
rocks at the base: now was visible
only a void, an abyss, out of which
swam the sea; so far below, a boat
looked no larger than a gull on IM
silver surface v so immense, the dane-
In : waves seemed receding to a limit
beyond the reach of the heaveD*.
"You found him?" A girls clear
voice broke suddenly upon him. He
wheeled.
"Ellse! You!"
"Yes! why not? You found him?
The commandant?"
"At your command, but—"
"And learned all?"
"All he could tell."
"It Is reported at the castle that the
man escaped!" quickly.
"It is true. But." In a voice of lan-
guid surprise. "1 believe you are
glad—"
"No. no!" She shook her bead
"Only," a smile curved her Hps, "Bep-
pc will be so disappointed! Now,"
seating herself lightly on the low wall
of the giant rampart, "tell me all
you have learned about this Black
Seigneur."
The marquis considered; with cer-
tiln reservations obeyed. At the con-
clusion of his narrative, she spoke no
word and he turned to her Inquiring-
ly. Her brows were knit; her eyes
down-bent. A moment he regarded
her In silence; then she looked up at
aim suddenly.
"1 wonder," she said, her face
bathed In the moonlight, "if—If It was
this Black Seigneur 1 danced with?"
"The Black Seigneur?" My lord
started; frowned. "Nonsense! What
an absurd fancy! He would not have
dared!"
"True." said the girl quickly. "You
are right, my lord. It Is absurd. He
would not have dared."
grew red; fiercely he pulled his mus- th<j 0|(] Sel3r(!Ur. flgher-folk who bad
tache. "What can one expect, when become wt,aV) rather than pay to
they make soldiers out of^ every t;.e g07erI)0|. jUg{ dues from the sea;
dunderpate that comes along?" men fled from the banante or the mill.
"True!" assented the marquis. "But I, the QVen of ^ wme-press-r"  
this fellow, this Black Seigneur-why „gt|u mugt he be a redoubtat)ie fat day-making, depart from the Mount
Is the governor so anxious to lay ^ tQ hayc d<me wbat te did to- and return to the court. An Imposing
IB vuo ftu v« u ——   lOW lO Hit V C UUllo wuaii uv w— i  _
hands on him? Who Is he. and what llght; t(j have dared m,ngle wlth tha I cavalcade, gleaming In crimson and
has he done? f confess." languidly,
CHAPTER VII.
A Distant Menace.
But guests come and guests go;
pastimes draw to a close, and the
hour arrives when the curtain falls
on the masque. The friends of my
lady. however reluctantly, wera
obliged at last to forgo further holl-
CHAPTER VI.
A Messenger for My Lady.
"So you failed to capture blm, Mon-
sieur le Commandant?"
The sneaker, the Marquis de Beau-
vlllers. leaned more comfortably back
in his chair In the small, rather barely
furnished barracks' sitting-room in
wblcb he found himself later that
night and languidly surveyed the
florid. Irate countenance of tha
In uniform before blm.
"No. Monsieur le Marquis," said
the latter, endeavoring to conceal any
evidence of mortification or III humor
in the presence of a visitor so dls-
tlnrulsbed: "we didn't. But." as If to
turn (he conversation, with a gesture
toward n wfll-lnden table. "1 should
led honored if—"
"Thnnk you. no! After our repast
tho hcacb—however, stand on no
ceremony yourself Nay, I Insist—
to a mild curiosity."
"He's a prlvateersman and an out-
law, and has done enough to hang
himself a doz ra times—"
When you capture him!" inter-
posed the visitor lightly. A moment
he studied the massive oak beams of
the ceiling. "Why do they call him
the Black Seigneur? An odd sobrl
quet!"
"HU father was a Seigneur—the
last of the fief of Desaurac. The
Seigneurs have all been fair men for
generations, while this fellow "
"Then he has noble blood In him?"
The marquis shewed surprise. "Where
Is the fler?"
"The woods on the shore mark the
beginning of It.
"But—I don't understand. The father
was a Seigneur: the son—
Bluntly the commandant explained;
the son was a natural child; the
mother, a common peasant woman
whom the former Seigneur had taken
to his bous
"I see!" The young nobleman
tapped his knee. "And that being the
case—"
"Under the terms of the ancient
grant, there being no legal heir, the
lands were confiscated to the crown.
His Excellency, however, had already
bought many of the Incumbrances
against this property, and, in view of
thi-, and his services to the king, the
fief, declared forfeited by the courts
w^s subsequently granted and deeded,
without condition, to the governor."
"To the governor." repeated the
marquis.
"Who at once began a rare clearing
out; forcing the peasants who for
vears had not been paying metayage,
to meet this Just requirement, or—
move a*ay!"
"And did some of them object?"
"They did; but his Excellency round
means. The most troublesome were
arrested and taken to the Mount,
where they have had time to reflect—
his Excellency believes In no half-way
measures with peaaant#,
-A rich principality, no doubt!
half to himself spoke the marquis.
"I have heard," blurted the com-
mandant. "he's going to give It to the
Lady Ellse; restore tfce old castle and
turn the ground* surrounding It into
a noble park."
The visitor frowned, a* If little ilk-
man i lng the introduction of tne lady *
| name Into the conversation. "And
what did the Black Seigneur do then,"
ho asked coldly, "when he fflund bis
lands gone?"
"Claimed It was a plot!—that hi*
mother was an honest woman, though
neither the priest wh« performed the
ceremony nor the marriage records
could be round. He even resisted at
Orst—refused to be turned out—and.
skulking atout the forest with bis
gun. kept the deputies at bay But
t
it
band. If somatime*  ha laughed
thus failed to receive hi* delicate §nl-
la a tries in the mood In which tbay
were tendered, tbe marqul*' vanity
only allowed blm to conclude that a
woman doe* not laugh U *he 1* dis-
pleased. It was enough that she found
blm diverting; be served her; they
were friend* and bad danced and
den through the spring day* In ami-
cable fashion.
"Good-by," he repeated. "When
are you coming to court again? The
queen I* *ure to a*k. 1 understand
her majesty I* planning all manner
of brilliant entertainment*, yet Var-
•allles—without you, EH*e!
"Me?" arching her finely penciled
brows. "Oh, I'm thinking of *taylng
here, becoming a nun, and restoring
the Mount to It* old religious pres-
tige."
"Then I'll come b*ck a monk." be
returned In tbe same tone.
"If you come back at all!" provok
lngly. 'There, go! The other* will
•oon be out of sight!"
"1, too— alas, Ellse!"
He touched his horse; rode on. but
•oon looked back to where, against
a great, grim wall, stood a figure all
In white gleaming In the *unshlne.
The marqul* stopped; drew from hi*
breast a deep red ro*e, and, gating
upward, gracefully kissed the glowing
token. Beneath the aureole of golden
h'alr my lady's proud face rewarded
him with a faint emlle. and some-
thing—a tiny handkerchief—fluttered
like a dove above the frowning, time-
worn. rock. At that, with the eloquent
gesture of a troubadour, be threw
his arm backward, as If to launch tbe
Impress on the rose to the crimson
lips of the girl, and then, plying hi*
■pur*, galloped off.
And ^* he went at a pace, head-
long If not dangerous and fitting the
exigencies of the moment, my lord
smiled. Truly had he presented a per-
fect, dainty and gallant figure for any
woman's eyes, and the Lady Ellse, he
tancled, was not the least discerning
of her sex. And bad be seen the girl,
when an unkind angle of the wall hid
blm from sight, hi* own nice estimate
of the situation would have suffered
no change. The Mount, which for-
merly had resounded to the life and
merriment of the people from the
court, on a sudden to her looked cold,
barren, empty.
"Heigk-ho!" she murmured, stretch-
ing her arms toward that point where
he—they—had vanished. "1 shall die
of ennui. I am sure!" And thought-
fully retraced her steps to her own
room.
But she did not long stay there;
-by way of makeshift lor gaiety. *ub-
stltuted activity. The Mount, full of
early recollections and treasure-house
mystery, furnished an Incentive for
exploration, and for several days she
devoted herself to its study; now
pausing for an Instant * contemplation
of a sculptured thing of beauty, thpn
before some closed door that held her.
as at the threshold of a Bluebeards
forbidden chamber.
One day. such a door stood open
and her turloslty became cured. She
had passed beneath a machlcoiated
gateway, and climbing a stairway
that began In ^ watch-tower, found
herself unexpectedly on a great plat-
form. Here several men, unkempt
pale, like creatures from anothet
world, were walking to and fro; but
at sight of her, an order was issued
and they vanished through a trap—
all save one, a misshapen dwarf who
remained to shut the iron door, ad-
just the fastening and turn a ponder-
ous key. For a moment she stood
staring.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
QOOD RESULT OF SUGGESTION
Chance Phrase* and ld**s-Thst Hava
Been Utilized and Pound to
Hava Real Value.
Richard Manifleld told ma that
when he waa a lad In Ixmdon he oftan
nearly atarved. There waa a certain
bakesbop where he would go and feaat
upon the odor* coming from the door.
The boyhood notion gave him the Idea
of putting those4 lines In hi* plnjr.
"Beau Brummel," about "dining on
the name* of thing*"—a auggestfon
be used with powerful dramatic ef-
fect.
This Idea of suggestion has dona
many a good deed. About ninety
year* ago a thtmty man walked up
Wall street—I understand the habit of
lettiug a thlr*t no longer prevail*
there, or maybe It 1* only the manner
of allaying It—and pumped a tincup
full of water from hi* own well. "Not
*o good a* I used to get from my fa-
ther'* well," or something to that ef-
fect he remarked to his wife. "A pret-
ty Idea for a song," aald *he, and so
he sat down and In an hour wrote
V'The Old Oaken Bucket."—Philadel-
phia Ledger.
IN MISERY WITH ECZEMA
Franklinton, La.—"About four year*
ago my face broke out in little red
pimple*. At first the ecsema did not
bother, bnt Anally the pimple* began
itching and burning and then there
came little raiaed place*. I suffered
untold misery. 1 scratched them un-
til they bled and I could not Bleep at
night I wa* ashamed of my fnce
and I could not bear to touch It.
"I tried different remedies without
result until I tried Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and In aix week* they com-
pletely cured my face. That waa
nine montha ago, and no sign haa ap-
peared *ince." (Signed) Mr*. UeoU
Stennett, Dec. 14, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Simple of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address poet-
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boaton."—Adv.
Quick Work.
Mamma, on bearing that her sl*ter
had received >a new .little girl, said to
Lillian, her young daughter, "Lillian,
auntie has a new baby, and now
mamma is the baby'a aunt, papa la
the baby's uncle, and you are her
little cousin." \
"Well," said Lillian, wonderingly,
"wasn't that arranged quick?"
Examlne^care'fuliy ever7*bottla of
CASTOR1A, a aafe and aure remedy «<>*
infant* and children, and see that it
Bear* the
Signature of i
In Use For Over l
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caston*
Cheap Talk.
"That Mrs. Naybor dropped in thia
afternoon and got off a lot of cheap
talk."
"Cheap talk?"
"Yes, she used our telephone for a
full half hour."
Not Fit For Ladies
Public sentiment should be against it,
and we believe it is: there can be no rea-
son why ladies should have to suffer wtth
headaches and neuralgia, especially when
Hunt'* Lightning Oil give* such prompt
relief. It is simply a question of getting
the ladies to try it. All druggist* .sell
"They Look Upon Thi* Fellow a* a Hero"
under the governor s very i gold, they wended
Degrees In Horse Trading.
Judge A. A. Adam*, of the Indiana
appellate court, say* the Indianapolis
Star, teUs a story of a man who was a
good horse trader, but through lack
of mathematical education was un
able to determine bis per cent of
profits.
'This man." relate* Judge Adams
made a good trade, and he was anx
lous to know his real per cent, of
profit, so he consulted a school teach
er.
" 'I bought a horse the other day
for $25 and sold him for $175; now.
what was my per cent profit?' he
asked the teacher.
"'That.' replied the teacher, 'wa*
not profit; l  waa larceny.'"
Toll of the Iceberg*.
The list of vessels battered or wink
bv Icebergs i* a long one. and It Is
well to recall It at a time when all
the world Is thinking of the Titanic.
Thu*. to take an example or so at
haphazard. In the aprlng of 1890 four
steamers of the England-America
route utterly vanished, and in 1899 ten
steamers disappeared
in 1908 the Mongolian wa* lmprla
on?d for two day* in the Ice. but es-
caped: In 1909 the Lake Champlain.
the Regulus. the Bonavlsta. and the
Montrose were so battered by the float
lng ice. that each escaped calamity by
a very narrow margin, while none can
tell bow many fishing smacks sre
yeariy dashed to pieces by ttwae tom-
ering. glassy crag*
the ladies to try ... v- .
Hunt's Lightning Oil in 25c and 50c bot-
tle*.—Adv.  
Its Proper Placa.
"Where did you g<st that flame-col-
ored rig?"
"1 got it at a fire sale."
The Bnt Hot Weather Tnale
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC enrich**
the bloofl and build* up th« whole *y*tem.
and It will wonderfully  tren«then and for-
tify you to withstand the depreaaln* e«ect
of the hot summer. 60c.
A woman is unpopular with her
neighbors if she never does anything
that they can gossip about.
Red Cross Ball Blue will wash double as
many clothes as any other. Don't put your
money Into any other. Adv. ,
Speech may sometimes be enigma-
tic, but silence keeps more people
guessing.  
Everything 0. K.
With your appetite—your
digestive organs—your
liver—your bowels.
If not, you should
fry a short
course
of
neoule under the governors 1 down the dark
people, unae . I rock: laughing ladles, pranked-out
"The people' He has nothing to cavaliers who waved their perfumed
reJ lrom them. An Ignorant, low. hands with farewell klssc. to the
i^oyal lot! They look upon this fel- Srim stronghold In the desert, late
7.1 L - tip has nlayed his their palace of pleasure, and to the
low a* a hero. He has played
cards well, send* money to the lazy,
worthless ones, under pretext that
If Monsieur le Marquis Insists!—" they surrounded him at last: drove
Tbe comrm^d^ii drew up bis cb*lr; | him to bis castle, and would have cap-
Ut n reaching lor • bottle, poured out tured him. only be *ec«t>ed th*t night.
Copied From Indian Mocca*l*.
The first type of baby shoe maie
In America, and also, by the way. In
Rochester, N. Y„ was a moccasin
This was copied from the Indian rooe
casin and was almost Iden'frtl m
character with the footwear of the ab
orieines The moccasin is less costly
and is carried in moat stores, its pop
nlarlty not having diminished <Mnc«
It appeared on the market i i 1890
'"who keeps in touch with those | Hps, On the whole, he was not 111- Various attempts hav, he°n rr.*.\e tc
ti i e trouble in Pari? Perhaps 1 pleased." His wooing had apparently1 popularize headed moccasins, made te
IV hone for an insurrection there, prospered, for. although the marriage rnore closely resemble the modem
,'«h then—" had be'n long ar">used. my lady s I shoes of southwestern Indians hir
Tbe marquis'i beauty and caprtciou*ness bad fanned | probably because of their exrens*
young mistress thereof.
"Good-by. Ellse!" The marquis wa*
they are poor.
over-taxed, over-bur-' last to go.
dened In his company Is on? Gabriel I Good-br."
Gabarie. a poet of the people, as he is I He tcok her hand: held It to his
#5
it
helps Nature
overcome such ills
as Flatulency, Indiges-
tion, Constipation, Bilious-
ness, Cramps and Malarial
Fever. Get a bottle today.
stirring
ti
and then
"An Insurrection?"
TArtGO
Hi m Mb Sript MB
Silver
features expressed ironical j In him the desire to appear a success-1 they have rot gained widespread pu-.
orouat; h* dismissed tbe possibility' ful *ultor tor bar heart a* well aa ber. ularlty.—Shoe Retailer.
far
 a f.ingQu *1
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