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By GASTON LEROUX,
Author of "The Mystery
of the Yellow Room"
- CHAPTER I Robert Darzac
and Mile. Stangerson celebrate
their wedding quietly in a Paris
church oir April 6, 1895. Among
the few. present is Rouletabille,
the reporter-detective, who has
his doubts about the alleged
death of Larsan, the government
secret service official who is said
to have been lost in the wreck of
La - Dordogne. Mile. Stangerson
had married him when she was a
mere girl, ignorant that her Jan
Roussel his then name was no
other than the notorious scoundrel
Ballmeyer, now posing as Larsan.
II. - Rouletabille and his best
friend, who is relating this story,
d icide to go to the Castle of Her
cules at Rochers Rouges to visit
the Ranees together with the
oewly married Darzacs. Rouleta
bille is revealed as the sou of the
now. m me. uarzac ana Larsan,
her" former husband. Ill Dar
zac. aescriDes now nis wite re
ceives a severe shock at seeing
the face of Larsan in a mirrow at
a .ailway compartment. IV, V
and VI Larsan is seen outside
the castle at Rochers. Rouges, and
Rouletabille establishes guards
and fortifies the place against
him.;; VTI Old Bob, a professor,
exhibits what he describes as "the
oldest skull in the world". VIII
and IX Roulatabille traces Lar
san and one-Brignooles on a mys
terious journey. At a luncheon
Roulatabille and his friend real
ize the presence of Larsan at the
castle and are horrified.
CHAPTER VII
A Keen Rogue and a Quaint
1 . . Crank..
iN hour later we were all at our
posts, passing aloug tbe para
pets Id tbe moonlight, keeping
close watch. Mine. Edith, who
said
that she could not sleep, came
out and talked to itouletabllle at bis
postern.. He called me, placed me In
charge of his postern and of Mrs.
Ranee and made his rounds. Tbe fair
Edith was In tbe most charming bu
mor. .
"Ifs the funniest thing I ever heard
of." she exclaimed. "How 1 wish 1
knew your Larsan! I'm sure I should
adore btm."
I shuddered at the words she utter
ed so lightly. Ah. If tbe unhappy girl
bad only realized what was to come!
1 spent two delightful hours with
Mme. Edith, during tbe greater part
of which I. related to her some facts
U regarding the history of Larsan-Ball
- meyer.'some of which bad been sum
; clent to make it doubtful whether be
still lived at tbe time that he appeared
to play so unexpected a part In "The
Mystery of the Vellow Room." AS
this man's powers will now be seen
to extend to heights which some may
believe inaccessible. I Judge it to be
my duty to prepare tbe mind of tbe
reader to admit in the end that 1 am
only the transcriber of an affair the
like of which never has been known
before and that I have invented noth
ing. I will refer those who believe In
actual records to tbe stenographic re
ports of tbe trial at Versailles, ana
' tt most not be forgotten that before
destiny bad brought Larsan-Bailmeyer
; and Joseph Rouletabille Into cootsct
i the elegantly mannered bandit bad
given considerable trouble toie ao-
( ... . nr. I a .nit fn 1 .Tt t hfl
tnonoea. u -
fUes of tbe Gasette lee Tribuneaui and
to read the account of tbe day when
Larsan was condemned by the court
of aaslxes to ten years at bard labor
to be assured on this score. Then one
win refrain from smiling becsuse Jo
seph Rouletabille placed a drawbridge
between Larssn-BaUroeyer and -thllde
Darxac.
Ball merer did not become a crimi
nal because driven to evil doing by
poverty and misery. The son of a rich
broker In tbe Roe Molay. he might
have cboaen any vocation, but bis pre
ferred calling was to lay hand, opon
tbe money of other people. He decw
d to become awtadier. Just as an
other lad might have decided W be
come an engineer. HI. debnt was .
stroke of genlos. Ballmeyer stole a
tetter addr to hie f-tb-r conuU.-
tag a large snm or wey.
. tm r rnna and wrote tuM
tDV VmJM w w
parent as folloers: -MuiMt'Sr
I aat an
aae wtta a aMAal of
. air eea.
la Ik asalls
sostoflV irk.
a Mttar naarm
Mwy to pay
te oa iu
paMW eaM.
r. af tha CaatUr otk-
la a f ear
tka aura aaea
To are a fctfcar. Have rnr "-"1
lhar. Do not em ate eawa in eorraw
an afcaate to B grave- " "
U. Ballmeyer -rUBngly frad
petitJoe. He ls etUI waiting for We
eeaaed to expert K. for the la wr
pris-d him ten years ago the Mea
ttty ef the culprit
WTUj. a. was doing adlHary daty
BaUmeyer etote hie compeaJoeralbo
and er-en the caput-. Be
to. theft ef 4000 rraaca tress the
ktahtoa rare and Immediately afwr
Card ooced H. Fnret as having
totea It hlsBself. ,
auory appropriated
(000 Bvree atertlng front the w
JeTef Meaera. Koret Brea, who were
arbe aflowrd hiss desk rooe. U their
'nTwent to the Bn.
Into the beaee e al. mret aad. Imtat
7 the roar, of U. Koooarfl
aod ever the tetepooee e J?
ranker, whether a. -
tat UL dlsconnt the draft . tbea
Perfume
Lady
Copyriaht.
1909, by
Brentano'a
replied in tbe affirmative, and teu min
utes later Ballmeyer. after baring
cut the telepboue wire to prevent fur
ther communication and possible ex
planations, sent for tbe money by a
companion named Rigaud.
Ballmeyer kept the lion's share for '
himself. Then be rushed to the court i
to denounce Rigaud and, as 1 have I
said. M. Furet himself. 1
A dramatic scene took place when
accuser and accused were coufronted
with each other Id tbe cabinet ot M. j
Espierre, tbe Judge.
"You know, my dear Furet." said
Ballmeyer to the amazed broker, "you
must tell tbe Justice tbe truth, you
need not fear serious consequences.
Why not confess? Vou needed 40.UO0
francs to pay a tittle debt incurred at
the race track, and you inieuded to
pay back the sum. It was you wbo
telephoned V"
"I! IT stammered M. Edouard Fu
ret, almost breathless wilb ruge and
astonishment.
"You may as well confess." said
Ballmeyer. "No one could mistake
your voice."
Tbe bold thief was detected within
eight days and was caugbl. and the
police furnisbed such a report upon
him tbat M. Cruppi, tbeu attorney
general, now minister of commerce,
presented to M. Furet tbe most bum
ble excuses of tbe department of Jus
tice, ftlgaud was also tried and con
demned to twenty years at bard labor.
One might go on relating this kind
of stories about Ballmeyer Indefinitely.
Known at various times as the Count
de Motteville, Comte de Bonneville,
etc., he frequented tbe summer re
sorts and watering' places-Biarritz,
Alx-les-Bains, l.urnon, losing In play
at the club as much as 10.000 francs
In one evening. In his regiment be
had made a conquest happily platonlc
of the colonel's daughter. Do you
know tbe type now?
Well. It was with this man that Jo
seph Rouletabille was going to fight.
I thought that morning tbat I bad
sufficiently Informed Mme. Edith in
tegard to tbe personality of the bandit
Tbe night passed without any event.
When the day dawned 1 saluted it
with a deep sigh of relief. Rouleta
bille was already In tbe midst of tbe
workmen, laboring actively In repair
ing the breaches of the tower B. The
work was done so expeditiously and
so promptly that the strong Chateau
of Hercules was soon sealed ns her
metically close as It was possible for a
building to be. Seated on a big bowl
der in the bright sunlight, Rouleta
bille began to draw upon his notebook
tbe plan wblcb'I have submitted to
the reader, and be said: '
1 1
ahnat 11 O'clock IB toe Btoroing aw
uTvoice'of Her. Strait told .
that Rouletabille wanted me to set ap
I threw my winnow wmm
looked ent la delight -,
Jrer ban aatare appear ,
more sweet Tbe serene air, the beaa-
Oful shore, the balmy eea, the parole
novnUla. an this pirtare to which
my aorthera senses were ee hole ae
ntomtA, evoked la my mind the
thought Of some tender, caresnna; mw
bdng. AS raeee idobcimb v- -
Urttft say Bind I aeacea a u- w,
was hashing the eea. I could aot aa
lerstaad what had excited his wrath
. ...i. mnniril soot bat be evidently
fett that he had some serloas eaaee for
relation, for be aerer caaaea his biowa.
At that point 1 wa xotemipted by
.K- .oir. of BoBletablUe, whe told ate
that breakfast was nearly ready. Boae-
tablUe appeared la lat S
oUsterar. Bis clothing boowib- '"
Jnartar. I asked kiss whether he bad
aeca the maa whe was beating the wa
tie. and he told ate that It was TnlUo
srbe wae frightaatef the feoes to drive
Utma Into hie nets. M wae for this
rraaoa. I realised, that Tallto had ob
tained the akkaasse of the agTaaa
BovJetabUle went oa to tefl ate that
b had asked Tnlllo.that atoratag
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"HIRE IT IS. IT IS OLD BOB'S SOTIX. LOOK ' AT UP
of the
In Black
about the stranger whom Tie bad rowed
about lu bis bont tbe night before.
Tulllo had replied that he had no
knowledge whatever of whom tbe man
might be; that he was a crazy sort of
fellow whom he had taken In as a pas
senger at Mentone.
I dressed myself quickly and Joined
Rouletabille, wbo told . me that we
1 were to hare a new guest at luncheon
In the person 6t Old Bob.
Old Bob made bis appearance. And
let me say It; let me say It here it
was not this apparition which could
have turned our thoughts toward any
thing dark or gloomy. I have rarely
seen anything more droll than Old Bob
walking in the blinding -sun of the
springtime iu tbe Midi, with a tall bat
of black beaver, his black trousers, his.
black spectacles, his white balr and his
rosy cheeks. Yes, yes, we sat there
and laughed in tbe Tower of Charles
the Bold. And Old Bob laughed with
us, for Old Bob was as guy as a child.
What was this old savant doing at
vhe Custle of Hercules? Why did he
quit bis work and precious collection
iu Philadelphia?
At the time of his infatuation for
tbe daughter of M. Stangerson, Arthur
Ranee was regarded by American sci
entists as the rising anthropologist
His subsequent marriage to Edith
Prescott revived his enthusiasm for re
search, which she Bhared. When they
visited tbe region of Rochers Rouges
the leading scientists of France were
moving the government to promote
their work, which was yielding great
results. Discoveries in the private
grounds of M. Abbo, owner of the res
tauraut of the Grotto of Banna
Grande, proved that primeval man
bad lived there before tbe glacial
epoch, 200,000 years ago.
Tbe Ranees eagerly entered into
these antiquarian researches. Mrs.
Ranee, being of a romantic turn, took
a violent fancy to the ruined castle
and nersuaded her hnsband to buy it
While It was being made habitable
Ranee telegraphed and wrote to her
uncle. Old Bob. who was then bone
digging in Patagonia. These messages
nover reached him, for Old Bob, who
had previously promised to Join his
nenhew and niece after they baa been
married for awhile, had already taken
the steamer for Europe. Evidently re
port had already brought to him the
storv of the treasures of the Rochers
Rouges. 'A few days after the cable
had been dispatched be landed at Mar
seilles and arrived at Mentone, where
he became the companion of Arthur
Ranee and bis wife In the Chateau of
Hercules, which his very presence
in nu with life and gayety.
ucn. .t - .mA
jra nnV
u opened bis wide moot la a
.n. laugh, lit was jnouaut.
- nd wt wef ,ooa to leara the reason
h, Ua had brought been trom
(M Uam9m et Parle the eer-
talnty that the eaeteioa vm w
Grande wae ae awe ancient than the
one which he had discovered la his
last expedition to Tlerra del raega:
Ms. Edith had the aaklndneae to
interrupt the Jubilatlone of her ancle
by aaaoaadnr to hint tbat Prince
Ca litre, who had perchaned the Grotto
of Bone and Juliet at Borbers
Boages. aaast have aaade some seane,
ttoaal dhKevera. for she had seea aim
the very snornlng ef Old Bob's depar
tare for Parle passing "by the rert ef
Hermiee. carrying ander his arm a K
ua box. wnlrh he had toarhed ae be
went by, calling eat to her, 6-, Hr.
Baace, I have fonad a treasarer Ee
walked ea. kiairhlng. wHh the re-art
that he weald have a earpriae for Old
Bob oa ale return. And later she had
heard that mace GaUtrh had de
clared that he had clerea -the
nidest shall t the history of tbe to
aaaa race."
Every entlge of geyety had from
Old Bob'" far and atenser. Hla voice
was hanky wkh paaatoa ae he es-
claimed:
"That is an infernal lie! Tbe oldest
skull in all history is Old Bob's skull,
Do yon understand me? It is Old
Bob's skull."
"Mattoni, Mattonll Bring my trunk
at onceP' he cried.
Almost as soon as tbe words were
spoken we saw Mattoni crossing the
Court of Charles the Bold with Old
Bob's trunk on bis shoulder. Old Bob
took his bunch of keys, got down on
his knees and opened the bos. From
this receptacle he took a bathos, and
from the hatbos be drew out a skull,
which be placed In tbe middle of the
table.
"The oldest skull In the history ot
humanity!" be echoed. "Here It is! It
Is Old Bob's skull! Look at It! Ob, I
can tell you, Old Bob never goes any
where without his skull I"
CHAPTER VIIL,
Wonderful Finds and
Vanishing.
I
LD BOB took up the frightful
object and began to caress
It, his eyes sparkling and hla
thick lips parting once more
lu a
broad smile. ' Rouletabille and
I were unable longer to control our
selves and nearly split oar sides with
laughter all tbe more because Old Bob
every few moments would Interrupt
himself in the midst of a peal of merri
ment to demand of ns what was tbe
object of our mirth.
Suddenly Old Bob grew serious. He
lifted the skull In bis right hand and
placed the forefinger of the left hand
upon Jhe forehead of bis ancestor.
I COULD PEECXIV15 TWO
Wnen one looks at the aknll from
above one notices very clearly a pen
tagonal formation which la due to the
notable development of the parietal
bumps and the Jutting out of the shell
of tbe cclpltals. Tbe great breadth
of the face comes from the exaggerat
ed development of the sygomaoc pro
portions, while la tbe head ef the trog
lodytes of the Baeassa Psoases what
do we Indr
I shall never know what tt was that
Old Boh found In the head ef the
troglodytes, for I did not listen to
htm, but I looked at him. And I had
no farther Inclination for laughter.
Old Boa seemed to m tenifylag. ter
rible, as false as the father of Ilea,
with hla counterfeit carety and bis
scientific Jargon. My eyes remained
flxed upon him as If they were fas
cinated. It seemed to me that I con Id
see hla hair move, jnst as a wig might
do. One thought tbe thought or ir-
an, wblcb never left me completely
seemed to expand until It filled my en
tire brain. 1 felt as If I mast apeak
It out when all at once I felt aa arm
locked la mine, and I saw BouletabUla
looking at me with- aa expression
which I did. not know bow to read.
He drew me away from tbe table.
and we walked toward the west boule
vard. After be bad looked closely oa
very aid and made sure that ao one
was aear as be said: . . .
"Ton are la the right la seeing him
everywhere around us. If be were
ot there a little while ago be Is per
haps there Sow. Ah, he b) stronger
than the tones! He la stronger tnaa
anything etee In tbe world. 1 fear him
a within tbaa witnout, xor, aaw
clalr, 1 feel that he Is here."
I Mid to BoaleUbflie, scarcely oar
ing to put farto word what was la my
-Old Bohr
He did not snewer. At the end ef a
few moments be said:
"Hold yoar left band la year ngnc
for five annates and than ask yourself,
la It you, Lersanr And when you
hare reoUed to yourself do aot feel too
sure, for he may perhaps bare tied to
roe, aad be may be la your ewa skin
With these words BoaietaMiie text
mo stone ta tbe went boulevard. It
waa there that Per Jacques came to
look for me. He breugnt m a Mat
gram. I was aot la much of a harry to
opea Um dispatch which Pare J arenas
d brought ate, aad aa taw t waa
wreag, for soon aa I cast my eyes
orar tbe words which It contained I
realized tbat It was ef tbe eaepeat Im
portance. My friend at Parle, whom I
had leaaeated to keep aa eye apoa
Brhjaolles. seat ate was that tae
Id BrlgaoDea bad left rarm-tae
retain before for tbe MKB. He bad
taken the 1033 train. My mama bv
f armed mo that ho bad teasoa to be
Here that BrignoUae had taken a tick
et for Klee.
What should BrigaoOes bo ota at
Kleef I kept BrigaoUer to arysetf all
sioao aad so wefl tbat wbsa, assaaxug
wsj most Indifferent air. I rejoined
Bouletabfflo la tbe Court or Cbartea
the Bold I never ateat toned the aab-
Ject
His brow was dripping with per
spiration; bis arms were bared, bis col
lar thrown off; a heavy hammer was In
his hand. It seemed to me that he
was devoting considerable time and
energy to a comparatively simple task,
and, like a fool who does not see be
yond tbe end of his own nose, 1 could
not refrain from telling him so. But, no!
I was only able to understand that,
half an hour later, when I came upon
him - lying beside the ruins of tbe
chapel, murmuring in his dreams tbe
one word which betrayed the sorrow
of his heart "mother." Rouletabille
was dreaming of tbe Lady In Black!
After having relieved his overcharged
heart with tbat one word be left noth
ing more to be beard except bis heavy
breathing. He was completely ex
hausted. I believe that It was the first
time he had really slept since we bad
come from Paris.
I left tbe chateau unseen, and soon,
my dispatch In my pocket, I took tbe
train for Nice, On tbe way I chanced
to read this item on the first page of
the Petit Kicois: "Professor Stanger
son has arrived at Oaravan, where be
will spend a few weeks wjth M. Ar
thur Bance, the recent purchaser of
the Fort of Hercules, wbo, aided by
the beautiful Mme. Arthur Bance, will
dispense hospitality to his friends in
this mediaeval stronghold. , Professor
Ctrangersoc's daughter, whose marriage-
to M. Robert Darxac has Jnst
taken place in Paris, has also arrived
at the Fort of Hercules wltb her hus
band, tbe brilliant young professor of
La Sorbonne."
At Nice, bidden behind tbe blinds of
a bnffet, I awaited the arrival of tbe
train from Paris by wblcb Brignolles
was due to arrive. And tbe next nio-
POBJU THAI EA8TXHZD.
ment 1 saw btm alighting from a car.
I knew that there must bo some
strange reason for this Journey of
which he had not informed M. Darxac
beforehand. And I knew that tbe trip
waa 'a secret one when I saw tbat
Brignolles una bending his bead as he
hurried aki. gliding rapidly as a
pickpocket sniuug tbe pssnengers. But
I was behind blm. 1 followed him.
These maneuvers seemed to me more
and more amUlguoua. Finally Bri
gaoOes carriage came out upon tbe
Bead de la Corn lr he, and 1 directed
my coachman to take the name way.
Tbe a a morons winding of this road.
It accentuated curves, permitted me
to see without being seen. Finally we
reached the Beauliea railway station,
where I was astonished to see Bri
gnolles' carriage stop and tbe man
himself get out pay tbe driver and en
ter the waiting room. He was going
to take the train. For what purposet
Be got Into a passenger coach wblcb
waa bound for the Italian frontier. 1
realized that all hla movements were
bringing him nearer to tbe Fort of
Hercules. 1 got to tbe car behind his.
. Brignollee did not get off until w
reached Mentone. I saw blm alight.
He bad turaed up the collar of his
overcoat and pulled bat bat down over
his eyes. He cast a stealthy glance
around the quay and tbaa mingled
with tbe ether passengers. Once out
side the train abed bo got Into a shab
by old stage wblcb waa standing by
the sidewalk. I Inquired of aa em
ployee, wbo told mo tbat that car
riage was the stage to BoopoL
Socpel la a plrtureeqae little eJty lost
between the last counterforts of tbe
Alps, two hours and a half from Men
toao by coach. Ho railroad passes
through there. It Is oae ef the moot
retired aad quiet eat comers of Franco,
the most dreaded by revenue omcera
ad by the Alpine hasten. Why was
Brlgrtotlos going to aeapelt I araot
dad out I hired a earriago from tbe
station, and la a few moment L too,
waa climbing ever the rocks to tbe
valley of Caret How I regretted aot
having spoken 'my telegram ta
Beuleubfile! The strange behavior of
Brignolles would have gtvea aim Idea,
serai and reaooaahas, while for my
part I bad aot the slightest Idea of
how to reason. 1 only knew how to
follow thai BrigwoBe as a dog foe-
lows hla master. I reached Csstinoa
tea mtaatse Is tar tbaa BrlgaoOea. Oas
tOloa to at the bit-beet point f the
read between bfeatoao and SospeL I
descended from the carriage, aad at
the atraaco of a tunnel through
wnlrh It waa necessary to peso to
reach the opposite tara of tbe aaoou
taia I beheld BrignoUae and Frederic
Larsan.
I stood staring at them, sty feet as
betpieas as though they bed taken root
la the oaa. I could aot atter a sound
or max a gesture, 1 bad beea the
only oae to gores that tbe cars pa slow
ship of this arvH of a BrtgaoUes had
beea of the gravest danger to Daraae.
tf they weald bavo bemad to ate be
would bare got rid of the creature's
preeence long age. BrlgnoUea. tbe
tool ef Larsaa, the aceompMr of Lar
saa what a Recovery! Why. I bad
known all along that those accidents
In tbe laboratory bad not happened by
chance! They would believe me now.
I had seen with my ow'u eyes Larsan
and Brignolles talking and consulting
together at the entrance of the Cus-
Ullon tunnel. I bad seen them. , But
where were they gone now? For I
saw them no longer. They must be
In tbe tunnel. I hastened my steps,
leaving my coachman behind me, and
reached the tunnel In a few moments,
drawing my revolver from my pocket
My state of mind was beyond descrip
tion. But where were they? I walked
through tbe dark tunnel. No Larsan,
no Brignolles! Not a living creature!
But upon my left, toward ancient Cos
tlllon, it seemed to me tbat I could
perceive two forms tbat hastened.
They disappeared. I ran after them.
I arrived at tbe rulna. I stopped.
Who could say tbat those two figures
were not lying In wait for me behind
a wall?
The old Castiilon waa no longer in
habited, and for a good reason. It bad
been entirely rained destroyed by the
earthquake of 1887. What a silence
there was all around me! With a
thousand precautions 1 searched
through the ruins, contemplating with
horror tbe depth of the crevices wblcb
the earthquake bad opened In tbe
rocks.-
- Had I been tbe victim of an Illusion?
I could no longer see my two shadows.
Was I also the plaything of my Imagi
nation when I stooped and picked up
from tbe road a bit of tetter paper
which looked to me singularly like
that which Darzac used st La Bar-
bonne?
Upon this bit of paper I deciphered
two syllables which I believed Bri
gnolles had written. These syllables
seemed to be tbe end of a word tbe
beginning of which was missing. All
that It was possible to make out waa
"bonnet."
Two boors later I re-entered tbe
Fort of Hercnles and told my story to
Rouletabille, wbo placed tbe bit of
paper in his portfolio and entreated
me to be as silent as tbe grave ia re
gard to my expedition.
Astonished at having prod need so
different sn effect from tbe one which
I had anticipated at tbe discovery
wblcb I believed so important, I stared
at Rouletabille. He turned his head
way. His eye were filled with tears.
"RonletablUer I exclaimed.
But again he motioned me aot to
speak.
They had waited dinner for me. It
wa late.. We scarcely attempted to
hide the deep anxiety which froze our
hearts. One would have said that
each one of ua wss realigned to tbe
blow which was threatening. At 10
o'clock I went to take up my station
at the tower of the gardener. While
I was In the little room where we had
consulted together tbe night before the
Lady hi '. a-k and Roulettbuie passed
beneath iw arcn. Tbe glimmer of the
lantern fell on then fares. Mme. Dajv
sac was greatly excited. She was urg
ing Rouletabille to something which 1
could not bear. The conversation be
tween tbem looked like an argument,
and I csngbt only one wordof Bouie
tabitle's. Thief!"
Tbe two entered the Court of tbe
Bold. The Lady In Black stretched
ber arm toward tbe young man, but
be did not see it, for he left her Imme
diately and went towsiv hla owa
room. She remained standing alone
for a moment in the court, leaning
against the trunk of tbe eucalyptna
tree In an attitude of unutterable sad
ness; then, with slow steps, tbe enter
ed tbe square tower.
It was now the 10th of April. The
attack of tbe square tower occuiiod
oa tbe night between tbe 11th aad
12th.
(cos Tin can.
Did Her Duty.
Gladys," reprimanded bar stem fa
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you kiss that tall young maa with the
longhair."
"W1L papa, be' sa author spoke
hp Mle Gladys with s pout .
And what ha that to do with It?"
"Why, papa, didn't you say with yoar
owa Hoe that young sutbon should
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Smart Children.
It seems universal nowadays for
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than hla father. If the average par
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