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CHAPTER I Countess Eltsa, flanrbtar
f tha Qorarnor of tha Mount, bu etuuiM
noountar with peasant bOJ.i-'-y
i ' CHAPTER n-Th "Mouni'-raan
' rook-bound Island, stood In a TMt bay on
-th northwestern coast of Tranoa. and
during the time of Louis XVI' was a ffor
srnment stronghold, Develops that th
peasant boy was th
.peaawao. nobleman.
son of Seigneur
CHAPTER m Touna? Desaurao deter
iprij'n'nea to secure an education and be-
com . gentleman; see th fOYemors
rtaughtar depart for Paris. .. . ...
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CHAPTER TV lAdr EHse-feto" "J
a seren years' schooling, and entertains
many nobles.. ; ,. . ,
" CHAPTER V Her ladyship danos
. - - with a atranga fisherman, and a call t
anna Is made In an effort to capture t
mysterious L Seigneur Nols..., , .
' CHAPTER
VIII Black
Belrneur
eves, an
treat
tes Lady
Ells to
hla re-
- ' CHAPTER X Sanches, th Seigneurs
set-rant. Is arrested and brought before
tn governor. . .
CHJUPTER XX Lady Ella has Banones
tlS3"srtt,,6n f 4 priMl
. CHAPTER XTTI Sanches tetls Desaur
ao that Lady Ells betrayed him, but Is
not believed. Th Seigneur plans to re
lease th prisoners at th Mount.
- CHAPTER XTV Lady Ells pleads
. rlth her father to spar th lives of con
demned prisoner.
-,t CHAPTER XT Disguised as a peasant
Lady Ells mingles with th people and
ttaan some startling; facta,
CHAPTER XVI A mysterious Mounte
bank starts a riot and Is arrested.
' ' CHAPTER XVII Th Mountebank la
looked up after making close observations
piof th citadel, and is afterwards sum
monad before th governor's daughter.
( CHAPTER XVIII Th governor enters
the room during th interview with th
- Mountebank.
CHAPTER XIX As a mlserabl buf-
fooa, the Mountebank Is released by or-
dr Of the governor.
i,-. CHAPTER XX Desaurao overpowers
guard and dons soldier's uniform,
CHAPTER XXI The Seigneur success.
t fully passes guards and finds th "Oreaf
ii.' - CHAPTER XXII.
The Whirling of the Wheel.
t As old as church or cloister, the
.massive wheel of the Mount had, in
ithe past, played prominent part in the
affairs of succeeding communities on
the rock. It, or the hempen strand it
controlled, had primarily served as a
link between the sequestered dwellers,
and the flesh-pots and material com
forts of the lower world. Through its
stee had my lord, the abbot, been ever
enabled to keep full the mighty wine-
butts of his cellars; to provide good
- cheer for the tables of the brethren,
and to brighten his cold stone Interiors
with the fresh greens of Flemish tap
estry, or the sensuous hues of rugs
and- fabrics from seraglio or mosque.
Times less ancient had likewise
olaimed its services, and even in re
cent; years, by direction of his Excel
lency, the Governor, had It occasional
ly been used for the hoisting of goods,
wares, or giant casks, overcumber
some for men or mules.
Toward this simple monkish con
trivance, the summit's rough lift, or
elevator, wherein serfs or henchmen
had walked like squirrels in a cage to
bring' aolaoe to generations of isolated
dwellers, the Black Seigneur had at
first stepped Impetuously; then
topped, hardly breathing, to look over
hie shoulder at the door that had been
" left unfastened. An Involuntary ques
tion flashing through his brain the
cause of this seeming carelessness
found almost immediate answer In his
: mind, and the certainty that be stood
. not , there alonea oonsotousness of
some one else, near, became abruptly
confirmed,.
"What are you Going, soldlerr A
voice, rough, snarling, drew swiftly his
glance toward a presence, Intuitively
divined; an undersised, grotesque flg-
. ure that had entered the place but a
few moments before and now appeared
from behind boxes and casks where
he had been about to retire to his
mattress in a corner.
"What do you wantr repeated this
person, the anger and vlclousness on
his distorted features,, revealed In the
.moonlight from the large opening, like
that 'of. some -animal .anwarrantedly
disturbed. "T , ,
, "Ton, landlord of the thieves' lnnl"
And Inaction giving way to movement
on the Intruder's part, a knife that had
flashed back in the hand of the hunch
back, with, his query, was swiftly
twisted from him and kicked aside,
while a scream of mingled pain and
rage became abmnly suppressed.
Struggling and writhing like a wild
cat, Jacques proved no mean Antagon
ist; with a strength Incredible for one
of his1 slse, supplemented by the well
know a agility of his kind, be scratched,
kicked and had managed to get the
other's hand In his mouth, when, mak
ing an effort to throw off that cUaging
burden, the Black Seigneur dashed
the dwarfs head violently agalnsMhe
wooden support of the place. " At once
all belligerency left the hunchback,
and, releasing his hold, be Sank, to the
ground . t il '
An Instant the intruder regarded the
Inert form; then, going to the door,
latched and locked it With a, key he
found inside. Having thus In a meas
ure. kiaioq'L IroflL loimediat
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interruption, without lor anyone try.
Mng th door would conclude th wheel-
room vacant, or that th dwarf slept
tbr) or lri the store-house beyond
the Black Seigneur walked! to the ap
erture, and reaching up, began to pay
out th rope from a pulley above. Aa
he did so, with feet braced,' he leaned
over to follow In its descent a small
oar alone the almost Deroondlcular
planking from the mouth of the wheel
room to the rocks, sevsral hundred
feet below. .
A sudden slackening of the rope
assurance that the car, at the end of
the line, had reached the loading
spot below without the fortifications
and the young man straightened; In
an attitude of attention, stood listen
ing. - But the stillness, Impregnated
snly with a faint underbreath, the
tar-away murmur of water, or the Just
audible droning of Insects near the fig
trees on the rocks, continued un
broken. An impatient frown gathered
on his brow; more eagerly he bent for
ward to gase down, when through the
air a distant sound the low, melan
choly hoot of an owl was wafted up
ward. Upon him at the aperture, this night
call, common to the Mount and Its en
virons, acted in magical manner, and
swiftly had he stepped toward the
wheel, when an object, Intervening,
stirred; started to stagger to its feet.
At once was the young man's first im
pelling movement arrested; but, thus
forcibly drawn from his purpose, he
did not long pause to contemplate; his
band, drawing the soldier's sword, held
it quickly at the hunchback's throat.'
"A sound, and you know what to ex
pect I"
With the bare point at bis flesh,
Jacques, dully hearing, vaguely com
prehending, could, 'indeed, guess and
the fingers he had involuntarily raised
to push the bright blade aside, fell,
while at the same time any desire to
attempt to call out, or arouse the
guard, was replaced by an entirely dif
ferent emotion in his aching brain.
Never before had he actually felt that
sharp touch the prelude to the final
thrust At the sting of it, a tremor
ran through him, while cowardice, hla
besetting quality, long covered by
growl and egotism in his strength and
hideousness to terrify, alone shone
from his unprepossessing yellow fea
tures.
Ton were brave enough with the
soldiers at your beck I " went on a de
termined voice whose ironical accents
In no wise served to alleviate his
panic "When you had only a mounte
bank to deal withl But get upl" con
temptuously. "And," as the hunch'
back obeyed, his crooked legs shaking
tn the support of his misshapen frame,
"into the wheel with you 1"
"The wheel! " stammered the dwarf.
"Why what "
"To take a little of your own medi
cine! Pardi! What a voluble fellow!
In with you, or"
With no more words the hur tack,
staggering, hardly knowing what he
did, entered the ancient abbot's ma
chine for hoisting. But as he started
to walk In the great wheel at the side
of his captor, a picture of the past
the) times he, himself, had forced pris
oner! to the wheel, stimulating with
Jeer and whip Arose mockingly be
fore him, and the incongruous present
seemed, in contrast, like a black wak
ing dream. '
That it was no dream, however, and
that the awakening would never oc
cur, he well knew, and malevolently
though fearfully he eyed the rope, com
ing in over the pulley at the aperture:
to be wound around and around by a
smaller wheel, attached to the larger,
and drawing up what? -
An Inkling of the sort of merchan
dise to be expected, under the circum
stances, could but flash through his
mind, together with a more vivid con
sciousness of the only course open for
him to cry out, regardless of conse
quences! Perhaps he might even have
done so, but at that instant as If the
other had read the thought came the
cold touch of a bare blade on his
neck; and with a sudden chill, the
brief heroic Impulse passed,
More stealthily now he began to
study his companion in the .wheel,
while :a question, suddenlyoccurring;
reiterated Itself In his brain.' This
man who was hsT And what did he
know of the mountebank, or bis, Jac
ques', dealings with the clown T That
his captor was no soldier of the rock,
or belonged there, the hunchback felt
by this time assured, and a growing
suspicion of the other's identity
brought home with new force to the
dwarf the thankless part chance, per
haps, had assigned to him in thst
night's work. And at the full realisa
tion of the consequences, should his
surmise prove correct what must ul
timately happen to himself in that
event, when unwilling, co-operation at
the Wheel should become known al
most bad he again reached th des
perate point, of calling out; but at
that moment a turn in the wheel
brought to the level of the aperture,
the car. In it, or clinging thereto,
were a number of.flgures who, as soon
as the rope stopped, sprang noiseless
ly to th platform. t- . ' -
"Seigneur, w hardly dared hope
"We obeyed orders, but
Gating through "th spokes of th
wheel, and listening to their whispered
exclamations, any lingering doubt as
to who his captor wss could no longer
be entertained by th hunchback.
These new-comers took no pains to
conceal It even whn the, dwarfs
prescno beoftme knows! to thorn and
uoeereixonlouiJly was he d.ar?od forth
tlioy delayed a contemptuous dls
r-' urd of bin as f'ir to Interfere,
b4 c.'ouUiUi to C .il tj :.; cf t'a
' "T-Ion! Too lute now i,', '.tie,
r :::.Ur.I rc.rlJXaiiLJL 1
rwr F?rv nr
caused him to draw back from an Im
mortal role; already was the car again
descending! , . : r v. "
It came up loaded; went down once
more, reappeared. On the little plat
form now were more' than a dosen
men assembled, but to Jacques this
force looked multiplied. Amid the
confusion of his thoughts, vaguely
could h hear orders given; caught
something about the need for quiet',
haste, overpowering the guard; then
saw the door open, and the men, like
ihadows, go out; leaving him alone
No; with two black figures; ominous;
armed. ' He could see the glitter of
their weapons, and ventured to move
his thick tongue, when, fiercely si
lenced, he crouched down; waited,
with hands clenched, an Interminable
period; until faintly from afar sound
ed the note of a night-bird.
Roughly Jerked to his feet, between
them he walked to the door; heard it
close; stepped out into the night
Many times had he made hla way be
tween wheel-room and guard-house,
but now the route seemed strange,
and,' looking around near the struc
tures at the entrance to- his dungeons
Jacques shook his head as if to rid
his brain of some fantasy..: But the
scene did not change; the guard-house
remained familiar; unlike, with un
known faces peering from It, and an
"Seigneur, We Hardly Dared Hope'1
Imperious voice issuing commands to
him,' once unquestioned commander
here!
And comprehending what was being
said, he struck bis breast violently;
with curses would have answered that
the keys were bis own; the dungeons,
too, and what they held, and that he
would never lead them there; never
open these doors! But this grim, sav
age, determined band beat down his
srms, and his courage; and, with the
shadow of the" grave again before
him, the dwarf walked on; past the
stable into the guard-house, where fa
miliar forms once had been seated,
and into the passage leading to the
dungeons beyond.
(To be Continued)
BOYD TALKS FACTS.
The recent fatal railroad wrecks where
in many persons were killed snd others'
injured; the numereous, recent automo
bile casualties throughout the country
in which many have been , killed, (In
103 recent automobile accidents 69 peo
ple were killed and 225 injured;) the
crowded condition of our streets and
the aear inauguration of the street car
line, tossy nothing of everyday hazards
lurking everywhere, are suggestive of
sccident insurance. We've got - ;
every desirable form at small coat"
' The Maryland Casualty Co. is the
only Company that maintains a claim
department in North Carolina, pays
claims promptly and gives double in
demnity for accidents on public csr
riers, . It pays to get the best See
W. G. BOYD, AGENT.
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
FROM BURNING HOUSE.
The dwelling on the Isaac Holton
place, two miles this side of Reelsboro,
was burned to the ground early Wed
nesday morning. The blaze was dis
covered in the roof after midnight, the
occupants, Levi Keller and his
his wife, barely escaped with their lives.
They lost practically everything they
possessed. Mf, Keller was badly burn"
ed while trying to .save' some 'of his
household ' goods. .The building was
constructed almost entirely cf, light-
wood, as it was put up many years ago,
and burned like oil. Mr. and Mrs.
Keller are now being sheltered by neigh
bors.. " '
NEW BERN MARKET
, Sept 2 1912 .
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Furnished by New Bern Produce Co.,
Wholesale Produce and ommlslon
Merchants: 79 Broad bt., and Coast
Line Meat Market. Broad btreet.
CniCKKNS Grown, palr.......65(80
CnicxitHS-Sprlng, pair 35 ( 6
Quu, per pair ,. . ....i.ii5(? si.oo
Ducks, per pair.
.70i 8A
Eggs, per dox ..............
IIamb, country, smoked, B.
.. 160 17
,. 18
.. -22
18 to 17
Beeswax, tt..
Wool.....:.
Hogs, dressed, tt. ......
Bkot, dressed, lb.. ......
...8 (4 9
. 8 9
fIiDES-O.S.,lb.,.,,.... (9
, Green, lb.. (?8
' ' Dry FliDt.lb..,. ....... 12(414
Dry Salt, lb,.,...'.. ...10(12
Irish potatoes new crop .. . 12.60
Green Corn, periiundred...... 100
Tomatoes per crate, ,-. .50 to .70
Ofera per crate
reaches per crate
L'tJC plant, per dosm
Sweet potatoes bushel.
Ims IWn, q'nr. , .
..$1.80
1X0
40
1.00
.12
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QUI HERD WILL
HAVE OEM BUI
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Citizens' Savings Bank and
Trust Company Chart
ered.
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BEGIN BUSINESS SOON.
a ' assssksjssjsa '''-;:..
Makes the Fourth Bank
ing Institution In , .
, , This City.'
The Citizens' Savings Bank and
Trust Company has been . chartered
by the State and will start business
at an early date. It will do a savings
bank business and will be the first in
stitution in the city to be" conducted
purely as a savings bank.
That it will be a successful business
venture is regarded as certain. Its
stock isin good demand ' already ' by
those who foresee that the new bank
will prove a permanent and paying con
cern.
The authorized capital is $SO,000
and the bank will" open for business
with a capital of $25,000 paid in.
Messrs. Clyde Eby, T. A. Uzzell and
William Dunn are the incorporators f
the enterprise; These gentlemen are
connected with the People's Bank,
but it is understood that there will
be np connection between the two in
stitutions. V
. The new bank will open for business
as soon as a suitable place can be secur
ed, which it is expected will be very
soon. It makes the fourth banking
institution in New Bern,.
ALLEN HARRINGTON
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KILLED BY TRAIN.
A special from Washington, N. C,
under date of Aue. 30 says: "A white
man by the name of Allen Harrington,
who resides at Vanceboro, was found
dead on the Norfolk Southern track this
morning , by the passenger train run
ing between Raleigh and this city. The
right arm of the body was cut off and
considerable bruises found on the head.
Harrington sold a part of his tobacco
crop in Greenville Thursday and after
the sale f the tobacco was seen under
the influence of liquor.
On his body there was found an
empty balf-pint whiskey flask, also
loose change to the amount of $2.75.
It is believed that Harrington fell
from a late train while trying to pass,
in a driinken condition, from one coach
to another
He is 'survived by his' widow and
three small children.
MR. F. E. DICKINSON DEAD.
I.,
Mr, Francis E. Dickinson died at
James City yesterday morning in the
56th year of his age. He leaves a wife
and four sons, The body will be taken
to Harlowe this morning for burial.
Mr. R. S.. Weeks, of Maysvllle, a bro
ther of Mrs. Dickinson, came in last
night and will accompany the funeral
party to Harlowe, Mr. Dickincon had
been for many years in the emp'oy cf
the Munger-Bennett mill in James
City. ' - " '
I'e Want All of Our out
of town, lady Friends to
know that we have . a
comfortable REST BOOM
over our store and invite
them all Jo make it their
Bradham Drug Co. ,
i Cor. Middle Be Pollock St .
The Place to Go!
Tf vnn want ta refurnish vour
house or if you want to replace
ornt-n arriMps with new ones the
place to go is the newly opened
store oi the
NEW BERN FURNITURE
COMPANY
In New Cop!on Building:, Middle
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spick-and-kpan new Btock and at
the most reasonable ' prices in
to ffn, And you can buy on easy
terms if you want to. Come and
see our line whether you want
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Eskimo Wife Useful. .' ,
- Eskimo widowers often marry agaift
within a week aftsr the demise of the
wife " The helpmate of the savage
does most of the work, and he Is al
most -helpless without her. She makes
and break camp, cooks, cuts up her.
husband's kill and carries It to camp.
She dresses the skins of deer and
seal. She makes the footgear and
clothes, paddles the canoe and carries
every burden. Without her no domes-
Uo rKir.gement can go forward.
PROFESSIONAL
DR. ERNEST C. ARMSTRONG,
Osteopathic Physician
" - ' -(RKOISTESKD) . "
Rooms 3SO-3i Elk's Temple. ,
Hoilreiio lo 12. a to s and 7 to q.
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Ten years experience in treating chron
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PHONE 704. ; '
D. L. WURD
ATTORNEY AND v
COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Hughes Building, Craven Street
NEW BERN, N. C. yVv
Practice in State and Federal Courts,
Circuit, Craven, Carteret, Jones and
Pamlico and wherever services are
desired. ; ' , ' - . "
E.M. GREEN
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR;
, V ST LAW '
Hughes Building, Craven Street
Opposite the City Hall ' .
New Bern, N. C. . ;.
Practice wherever services are v
required
ROMULUS A. NUNN
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Offick 50 Ckaven Strkkt
Telephone Nos 97 and 801
NEW BERN, N. C. -i V
Simmons & Ward
Attorneys and Counselors
- at Law '
Office, Rooms 401-2-3 Elks
Building,"
New Bern, N. C. ,
Practices in the counties of Craven
Duplin, Jones, Leuoir, Onslow, Carter
et, Pamlico and Wake, in the Supreme
and Federal Courts, and wherever tcr
vices are desired.
R. Emmet Whitehurst
ATTTORNEY AT
, 'LAW'''";:"::
405 and 406 Elks Teniple
Ttew Bern, N. C.
Carl Daniels
Attorney and Counsellor
' 'At Law
' Practices , wherever services
are required.
Office in Masonic Building. :
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Local and Long Distance Phone.
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ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Praotloe Wherever Ber-
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W. B. Price
Consulting Engineer
County Surveyor..
Room 316 Elks Temple
; New Bern, N. C.
Carbonate of Lime In the riiost sola
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Millie Increasing your crops for years
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