The Nazareth Item

              The
Nazareth Item.
AN   INDEPENDENT   FAMILY   NEWSPAPER,   DEVOTED   TO    LITERATURE,   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   INTELLIGENCE.
Vol. XXV.
NAZARF.TH, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 9. 1916
No. 28.
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CHAPTER XV.
Three Messages. Robin approached the Ilitz a tall young man cniorged from the entrance, .stared at him for an in.«taut and then swung jff at a rapid pace in tho direction of the Rue do la Paix. He waa the good loolvins; vouns fuHow who had im'x. her at the steani.ship landing, and it waa quite obvious that he had been making inve^tigation.s on his own ac¬ count.
Robin permitted hini:5clf a sly grin a.s he saaiitercd into the hotel. Iio had given that follow souiething to Worry about, if ho had accomplii^lied notliing »l.-i\ Then lie found h'm^^elf wondering if by any chance it could be the Scoville fellow. That would be a facer!
Ho found CJuinnox and Danic await¬ ing him in tlie lobby. Thoy were vi.s- Ibly excited.
"Did you observe the fellow who Just went out?" inquired Robin, as¬ suming a most ca.sual manner.
"Yes," said bulb men in unison.
"I thinli we've got some interesting news concerning that very chap," added the count, glancing around un¬ easily.
"Perhaps I may be able to antici¬ pate It, count," ventured Robin. "I've an Idea he is young Scoville, the chap who Ls supposed to be in love with Miss Blithers—and vice versa," he concluded, with a chuckle.
"What have you heard?" demanded the count in astonishment.
"Let's sit down," .said Robin, at once convinced that he had stumbled upon an unwelcome truth.
Quinnox gravely extracted two or three bits of paper from his pocket and spread them out in order before his sovereign.
"Read thi.s one first," said he grimly.
It was a cablegram from their finan¬ cial agenLs in New York city, and it said:
.Mr. B. nuiklnf? a hurried trip to Paris Ju.st lear-nr<i Scoville preceded .\riS3 D. to Europe Ly fast steamer and haa been seen with her in Paris. R. fears an elopement. Make sure puijora are signed at once, us sucli contlnKency might cause B. to chantro his mind and withdraw If possible.
Robin I'xjked up. "I think this may account for the two manhunters," said he. His companions stared. "You will hear all about them from Gourou. We were followed this aft¬ ernoon."
"Followed?" gasped Qulnnox.
"Beautifully," said the prince, with his brightest smile. "Detectives, you know.   It was ripping."
"I had the feeling that evil would be the result of this foolish trip to¬ day," groaned Quinnox. "I .should not have pirmitted you to"—
"The res'-lt i.s still in doubt," said Robin eni;,-!:!aticiilly. "And now, what comes n< .\' "."
"Read this one. It is from .Mr. Blith¬ ers. I'll j.:v,arantee that you do not take this i;:; ¦ so complacently."
He was riuht in his surmise. Robin ran his eye .'^wiftly over the cablegram and then started up from his chair with a mu •   red Impncution.
"Sh!" cautioned the count—and Just in time, fer ti;e young man was on Ihe point of enliirRing upon his original ef fort.   "Cahm yourself, Bobby, my lad."
"You nep<!n't caution me," murmured the prince. "If I had the tongue of a Dirate 1 couLln't begin to do justice to
this," and ne siappea nis nana re¬ soundingly upon till' crumpled mes¬ sage from William W. Blithers.
The message had bfen sent by Mr. Blithers that morning, evidently Just before the sailing of the fa.st French steamer on wliich he and his wife were crossing 'o Havre. It was directed to August Totten and read as follows:
Tell our young friend to qualify state¬ ment to iireHS at once. Aimounce recon¬ sideration of h.-isty denial and admit e.-i- gagenient. This Is Imperative. 1 am not in mood for trIfllnK. Have wired Parin papers that en.vagi'inent la settled. Hav<> also wiieil daughter. The sooner we get tog-ether on tliis the better. W.-iit fnr my arrival In   F'aris. W.  H.
"There i.s still another delectable communication for you, Robin," said the count. It was directed to R. Schmidt, and I took the liberty of opening it, as authorized.   Read it!"
This was one of the ordinary "petits bleu," dropped into the pneumatic tube letter box at 2:30 that afternoon, shortly before Robin ventured forth on his interesting exiiedition in quest of tea, and its contents were very cri.sp i,nd to the point:
Pay no intention to any word you m.i.N' have rece'.vod from my father. He cables- ¦z ridiculous command to me which I sli;!!; Ignore, ti" you have received a simll.it me.s.oage 1 implore you to disregard It al¬ together. Let's give each other a light¬ ing chance. .MAl'D m.ITri I'.fiS.
Mr. Blithers received a marconl- grani from the Jupiter when the ship was three days out from N'>"- \'' ¦ k. It was tersc-, but sufficient.
IJave Just had a gllmii.sc ,,i i,,,...- Ch.Tnning. lip Is very good looking. Love to mother. M.\tnj
He had barely settled into a state ot complete ^¦atisfactio^ with himf.cll over the m.' cessful inauguration of a shrewd cai.ipalgn to get the better of tha recalcitr.i,nt Maud and the incom¬ prehensible Robin when he wa:- thrown into a panic by the discovery that young Chandler Scoville had sailed for Europe two days aliead ot Maud and her elderly companion.
Newspaper reporters in New Yorli camped ou the trail ot Mr. Blithers. He very obligingly admitted that there was somethin;:; in the report that his daughter was to marry the Prince of Graustark, although he couldn't say anything definite at the time. It wouldn't be fair to the par¬ ties concerned, he explained. Then came the disgusting denials in Paris by his daughter and the ungrateful prince. This was too much. He couldn't understand such unfilial be¬ haviour on the part of one, and he certainly couldn't forgive the ingrat¬ itude of the other.
Instead of waiting until Saturday to Mil, he changed ships and left New TMk   on   Friday,   thereby   gaining nothing by  the   move  except  relief from  the newspapers,  for It appears that he gave up a five day boat for one that could not do it under six. ,     "There will be sfuuething doing in I Europe the day I  land  there,  Lou," ! he said to his wife as they stood on I deck and  watched  the statue of Lib- I erty glide swiftly back toward Man- i hattan    Island.    "I've    got    all    the I strings    working    smoothly.      We've got   Groostock   where   it   can't   peep any   louder   than   a   freshly   hatched chicken, and  we'll soon  bring Maud to her senses.   By the way, did I tell you that I've ordered some Dutch ar¬ chitects from Berlin to go"—
"The Dutch are from Holland," she said wearily.
—"to go over to Growstock and give me a complete estimate on repairing and remodeling tho royal castle? I dare say we'll have to do a good deal I to the place. It's several hundred years old and must require a lot of conveniences, such as bathrooms, electric lig'us and steam heating. Probably needs refurnishing from top to bottom, too, and a new roof. 1 never saw a ruin yet that didn't leak. Remember tliose castles on the Rhine? Will you ever forget how wet we got the day we went through the one a'"— "They wero abandoned, tumbledown easlles," she rtminded liim.
"Thero isn't a castli^ in Europe th.it's any good in a rainstorm," he |iro claimed.
"It is time you informed yoursei: about the country you are trying to annex to the Blithers estate," she said sarcasiicallv. "1 can assist you to aome extent if you will be good enough to listen. In the (Irst place, the roy:il otistle ut Edelweiss is ono of tho most substantial in the world. It has not been allowed to fall into decay. In fact, It Is inhabited from top to bottom by meinbtis of the royal liousehoid and the court.  As for the furnishincs.
1 can assure you tnat the 'ehtlre Blith¬ ers fortune could not replace them if they were to be destroyed by fire or pillage. They are priceless, and they are unique. I have read that the hang¬ ings in the bedchamber of the late Princess Yetive are the most wonder¬ ful In the whole world. The throne chair !n the great audience chamber is of solid gold nnd weighs nearly 3,000 pounds. It I.s studded with diamonds, rubles, emeralds"—
"Great Scott, Lou, where did you learn all this?" he gasped, his eyes bulging.
—"and many other precious stones. There is ono huge carpet in the royal drawing room that the czar of Russia ia said to have offered £100,000 for and the offer was scorned. The park surrounding the castle Is said to be beautiful beyond the power of descrip¬ tion.    The"-.
"I asked you where you got all this information.   Can't you answer me?"
"I obtained all this and a great deal more from a lady who spent a year or two inside the castle walls. I refer to Mrs. Truxi:on King, who might have told you as much if you had possessed the intelligence to inquire."
"Gee whiz!" exclaimed Mr. Blithers, going back to his buoyant boyhood days for an adequate expression. "What a wonder you are, Lou! Say, but won't It make a wonderful home for you and mo to spend a jjeac old age in when we get ready to aside t!   "
He s' rt, for she haJari
and ^., iig over him wit^
quiver liger   leveled   at   '
nose.
"You  may   walk   in  where  an;. fear   to   trend,   but   you   will   v. alone. Will Blithers.   I shall not with you, and you may as well ui; derstand it cow.  I've told you a hun¬ dred  times   that  money   isn't  every¬ thing, and it is as cheap as dirt when you   put   it   alongside   of   tradition, honor,    pride    and    loyalty.    Those Graustarkians would take you by the nape of the nock and march you out of   their   castle   so   quick   that   your head would swim.   You may be able to buy their prince for Maudio to ex¬ hibit   around   the   country,   but  you can't btiy the intelligence of the peo¬ ple.    The  people  of  Graustark  must have an opportunity to see and be¬ come  acquainted  with  Maud  before the marriage is definitely arranged.
from his Paris managers, iney in¬ quired if he was responsible for the message they had received. It was a ticklish Job, and they wanted to be sure the message was genuine. He wired back that he was the .sender and to go ahead. The next morning they notified him that his Instruc¬ tions would be carried out as expedi¬ tiously as possible.
About 11 o'clock the next day an incomprehensibly long rae.ssage be¬ gan to ralth' out of the air. He con¬ tained himself in patience, for the matter of half an hour or so longer, and then, as the clatter continued without cessation, he got up and made his way to the door of the op¬ erator's ofilee.
"What is it? The history of Eng¬ land?" he demanded sarcastically.
•'Message for you, Mr. Blithers. It's d long one, and I had a hard time picking it up."
There were four sheets of writing at some outlandish price per word, but what cared lie? His eyes almost start¬ ed from his head as he took In the name at the bottom of the message. It was "Maud."
He took the precaution to read it be¬ fore handing it over to his wife, to whom it was addressed in conjunc¬ tion with himself. It was from Paris and ran 'lip. :
Mother—In   reply   t"
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Postal Laws rexnilre that KubscripUoiu be [>ald promptly. A bliM p«nrll mark In thla circle rarmoH your anb- M-riptJoB Is doe, and we wlU thank yon for a   prompt   remittance.
Waltzing Oatrjchca.
One of the oddest sights of the Buidy •toe<rheB of plain In southern Africa la 4 party of waltzing ostriches, A WTlIfer on the suliject thus describes their que«>T amies:
"WUcn there are a number of tl>em tbey will start off und after running a lew hundred yards will stop and, with raised wings, will whirl rapidly round tUl they ore sttiiieliod or perliaps break t leg. The mules pose also before fighting. TlKi.v kneel on their anklea, opening their wings und hulanclng themselves alternately forward and backward or to one side or the other. While tho neck is stretched on a level With the back, and the head strikes the sides, now on the right, now ou the left, while the feathers are bristling. The bird ajiiienrK at this time so ab- Borlied in U.s occupation as to forget aU that Is going on around him aud can be appn^uched and caught.    The
male alono ¦   •"¦¦ •   'v' ¦ - ^ '-<
much like
"There will be something doing in Eu¬ rope the (iiy I land there, Lou."
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douL bL-e ..(.; ..^ejjjita In takiny Liie 'rtoriil into my coiv;dence any farther than i: has been tiilii-n already, it that la gram- matlc ill;.- correct. I have also sent word to a certain jicrson that he ia not to pay any attention to the rejiort that we arc likely to ch.in,'o our minds in order to heli out tho treetly newspapers who don't ap¬ pear to kn.'W when they have had enough [ hor>e that the voyage will benefit both ol you as much as it <lid me. If I felt an\ better than I do now I'd call for the police as a pre<:aution. Let me suiisest that you tr>- the chickfn a la bombardier in the Rltz restaurant. I found it delicious. I daresay they st!rve it as nicely on your ship as they do on the Jupiter, as thc man,ai?ement Is the same. Of course one never can tell about cliefa. ¦M\* plans are a iriJle indefinite. I may le^ive here at any moment. 1£ I should happen to be away fi'om Paris wlien .vou arrive don't worry about me. I shall be all right ano in safe bands. I will let you know where 1 ain just as soon as I set settled sone-- where. 1 must go where It Is guiet and peaceful I am so dl.stresscd over wha; l-.as occuiTcd that I don't feel as though 1 could ever be seen In [lublic attain with¬ out a thick veil and a i>alr of goggle.s, 1 have plent.v of money for immediate use. but you might deposit somethlnur to m.\ cretilt at the f'redit L.vonnals, as I haven't the least idea how long i shall stay over here. Mirand:i is well and is taking good c;ire of me. Sl;e seldom lets me out of her sight If that Is any comfort to you. I hope you will forprive the brevity of this. comitiunloTtion and believe me when I sa> that It is not lack of love for you both that curtails Its length, but the abomina¬ bly hot weather. With endless lo\e fron your devoted daughter, .M.M'D.
It was nearly bedtime bef<u-e word came fro:.-, his managers in Paris. Bedti.ne had no meaning for him aft¬ er he had worked out the message by the code. It is true that he observed a life long custom and went to bed, hut he did not do it for the purpose fif going to sleep.
"Your daughter has disappeared from Paris. All efforts to locate her have failed. Friends say she left os¬ tensibly for the Pyrenees, but in- Ouiries at stations and along line fail to reveal trace of her. Scoville still here and apparently in the dark. He Is bring watched. Her companion and maid left with her last night. Prince of Graustark and party left tor Edolweis;-, today." So read the ii:«ssa.^c from Pari:--.
i.aUie. L'/ii^. .iia^.a.l of <,;...>„i  Kri.ia;,.
The reason for using the word "hmg" was doubtless found Ul the seeming endless and severe fast iinictieed that day. At one time the Spsmiards em¬ phasized the solemnity of Good Friday by closhig all the churches.
Nowhere else that I have liuppened to Ik? on a (iood Friday was the day 80 solemnly observed ns in Rome. The city seemed to be In mourning, making all tlu? mor<.' inspiring the matchless senMces and singing in St. Peter's ca¬ thedral on Ea.ster.—Philadelphia Led¬ ger.
Settling  the  Score.
Was It euvy that caused the elderly spinster to criticise so severely the home and furniture of her newly mar ried friend?
Whatever 11 \vtis, the young wife was gettiug tfred of It.
"Well, auyway," she said presently as she iKiiiited to a pretty little china Clock, "if you don't like my furniture you must surely like that?"
"Yes; it is ratlier nice," said the visi¬ tor grudgingly.    "Wlio gave it to you?"
"Oh, it wfisntt a inisent!" explained the bride.    "I  won it In a rathe."
"A nillie:" The spinster drew her angular ligiire rigidly up. "1 never lend my face to such things!"
"I'erhups that's just us well." retort¬ ed the yotinger woman jis she gazed meaningly ut tbe other's sour features, "btHiuise if you did I'm afraid nobody would buy the tickets!''—Lonihai Globe
Method In Their Madness.
After having her blood curdled had ly by a thrilling story Mrs. Kurlous was angry tu lind that it ended In an advertisement for someb^idy's tooth powder.
With a poiit she threw the paper con- t»tnlng the deception across tlie room.
"What's the matter, dearie?" asked her hubliy
Mrs. Kiirioiis told him her trouble and wotiiid iiji with the remark:
"Now, ,IeremiHh, I know why the Chinese peofile iiegiu reading at tho end insteud of the beginning. Their Inteliigenei'   is   greater  than   ours."—
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I will noi have my daughter cast into a den of lions. Will—for that ia what it may amount to. The people will adore her, they will welcome her with open arms if they are given the chance. But they will have none of her if she Is forced upou them in the way you propose."
"I'll—I'll think it over," .said Mr. Blithers, "liut there's nothing on earth that can alter my determina¬ tion to make Maud the Princess of GrooBtork. That's settled." "Graustark. Will." "Well, whatever it Is," said he, and departed.
He thought hard until h.': If-past 1, and then went to the wiri !. ss office, i where   he   wrote   out  a  Uicssagc   in i cipher and directed  tho operator  to i waste no time in relaying It to his offices in Paris. It would be the height of folly to offer Scoville money, and i it would be even worse to inspire the I temiiorary Imiirisonment of tho youth. I    But there was a splendid alterna- ' tlve.   He could manage to havo his own daughter abducted—chaperon In¬ cluded-and held for ransom!
The more he thought ot it the bet¬ ter it seemed to him, and bo he sent a cipher mes;ago that was destined to throw hi.s Pails managers into a state of agitation that cannot po.-ibly be measured by words. In brief, ho in¬ structed them to engage a few peace¬ able, trustworthy and positively re¬ spectable giutlomen-ho was particu¬ larly exacting on the score of gentil¬ ity—witti ordi i;s to abduct the young lady and hold her in restraint until he arrived aiul arranged for her lib¬ eration. Tlicy wero to do the deed without m:'.!.ing any fu.ss about It, but at th<' ; .une time they wero to do it effectually.
He had the foresight to suggest that the job should bo undertaken by the very detective agency he had employ¬ ed to shadov, young Scoville and also to keep an eye on Maud, late fhat evenina he had a reply
(To be Continued)
! Queer Tail of a Bird.
Hgnal officer of t lie birds' army corpa
il tho racket tailed humming bird.  For
Mi   dutias   nature  has  equipped  bim
with a pair of purple Uags faahloueil
ont of two long and peculiar tall featli-
i era.    He wigAviic;s bis signals from one
j tree ti' another, issues his challenges
' to battle and courts his mute.    Wheu
he's not signaling he's sippUig honey
¦ from the ih.'wers and trying to keep \ Ws tail from entangling itself in the . briars.
lie's a midget of the South .Vmerlcaii ; mountains. He ha.s short wings, which
¦ ho operates at lightning siieed. His '¦ tall is a combination of tw^ wirelike j handles, with a purple tuft of feathers , at the end of each. He crosses them I nejir the middle, and sometimes he ; brings Uie italr of "raciieta" at the j ends to his head, (is though trying to I fan himself.
j     The male birds  htive a sort of love i dance which they engage In during the I mating  season.,   Then   they   play  all j sorts of tricks with tho rackets.—Phi!  j adelphia North .American. i
cxciai ni ng
I    Client—You   have bill.  ".Vdvice,  M;, the day  'ief'ii(» . yer—1 '^icw it.    i.),i
)   Charge.
an   item  tn  your " "   That was- you.    Ijiw- ;ii :. I you remem
ber on t!io Sth 1 told you you'd bettei let me take tlie case for you? Client- Yes. U'lw yer—Well, that's the advl. .' —Boston Transcript.
Andrew Jackson. Andrew .Taclisoii, whose will Is ou record, was perhaps the poorest of all tho presidents of the United States. He I Linfos ed Ids poverty and admit¬ ted that li' 1 been ruined flnanolally by hl.s nei': . whom he had ndoptei.' and treated as a son.
Good Suggestion,
"We should speak nothing but i?ood of the dead."
"True. But why notex'tevd theprac Oce to the living?"—Detroit Frp«" Prwis
Big Balance on Mand.
"Jack. I have a notion to give you a pleco of my mind,"
"You could do that .luiiet, and stUl have quite n ¦mrjib^s" — Uk-hmotid Tlmes-Idspatch
Spitzbergsii'a Mineral*. .V little of almost every nreclons mln eral 1ms been found In Spltzbergen. but there :ire no signs, in'cordlng to geolo¬ gists, that precloas minerals exist In paying quantities.
Tempering Steel. It Is slgulfleant that In the matter of teniperttig uteel we aro no further ad- ranced   than   oar  aoceaton  of  sMae 6.000 years afa
Wall, It It Hard.
"Which of your sehool studlet do you consider the hnrdest, .Tohn?"
"Oh. geology! It's all about roebs, you know."
By Degrees.
"My denr, isn't that dress ii trifle ex treme"*"
"tvXtreuje: Why, I put this on in or der that yon may become accustomed to the one I am having made,"—Judg''
Their Kind.
"1 underHtand thl>' locality Is con •Idored a very aristocratic one."
"It certainly is. Even the hills out here have cre«it8." — Baltimore Amer lean.
He Waen't First. She (just kissed by him)—How dare you?    Piipii said he would kill the Brut Bian who kins<'d me.    He—How Inter estlng.   And did he do it?—Judge.
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