Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1914 — Page 3

SERIAL STORY

Isolated Continent A Romance of the Future

By Guido von Horvath and Dean Hoard

Cowridn. »11, by W G. Clapmin in tka United Btatea and GnM Britain. 13 SYNOPSIS. For fifty years the continent of North America had been Isolated from the rest of the world by the use of Z-rays, a wonderful invention of Hannibal Prudent. The invention had saved the country from foreign invasion, and the continent had been united under one government with Prudent as president. For half a century peace ana prosperity reigned in this part of the world. The story opens with President Prudent critically ill. His death is hastened by the receipt of a message from Count von Werdenstein of Germany that he has at last succeeded in penetrating the rays. Dying, he warns nis daughter Astra that this means a foreign invasion. He tells her to hurry to the Island of Ciryne, but dies before he can tell the location of the place. Astra is nominated for the presidency by the continental party. Napoleon Edison calls on Astra, informs her that he was a pupil of her father’s, and promises to help her. He gives her a ring made of a newly discovered substance which, he says, will solve the problem of flying. Chevalier dl Leon appears in Europe. He calls on von Werdenstein and offers hint the secret of making gold in return for absolute disarmament and peace. The chevalier is suspected of being an American. He is seized at night and carried oft in an areoplane. Astra Is inaugurated as president. She receives a message from Edison, whose long silence has worried her, that he has been a prisoner for two months on the Island of Helgoland and has Just escaped. He announces that the confederated fleet of Europe has sailed for America. He promises to call on her the following night. Countess Rosiny. a spy, becomes a prisoner in hope of securing Napoleon’s secret. She falls in love with him. She. agrees to join him in an attempt to escape. By the use of fireworks he summons a curious flying machine which resembles a monster eagle. He escapes and sends his message to Astra. Edison calls on Astra as promised. He tells her his plans for defense have been completed, but that he will give fuller details at his workshop on the island of Ciryne In the Pacific. They make the trip tn three hours. His plans are based on the peculiarity of the new substance, clrynfth. which Is lighter than any known metal and Is practically Indestructible. The Europeans succeed In passing the litre 1 of Isolation, hut find that the Americans have established a second one. Edison delivers a note to von Werdenstein In his flagship demanding that the fleet be withdrawn. Edison is attacked, but by the use of some mysterious power he destroys two warshina and several aeroplanes. Realizing his helplessness Werdenstein withdraws his fleet and consents to universal disarmament. Edison’s mother is ill on the Island of Ciryne. Countess Rosiny offers to go and comfort her. hoping to discover Edison’s secrets. She begins to weave a net around Santos Dupre!, Edison’s assistant. The countess gets a letter from Werdenstein offering her the princedom of Schomburg-Lithow for Edison’s secret. CHAPTER XlV.—Continued. He went up high In the air and adjusting the electro-stylograph, with which all the aerodromones were equipped, he began to send out calls for Napoleon. In a few minutes the connection was established and Santos told Napoleon of his discovery. "Wait for me, my dear boy, I am coming.” Santos saw Napoleon adjust the mechanism to full power, then dart forward. They spoke from time to time, and Santos gave directions, until he discovered in the southwestern sky the rapidly approaching American Eagle. z . They met on top of the extinct volcano that was called Suemeg, on whose slopes the richest grape vines grew. Napoleon shook Santos’ hand warmly and congratulated him on his discovery. After he had inspected the ground thoroughly he could not find words to express his joy, but as he knelt there, looking up, his whole being expressed a silent prayer of thanksgiving toward the omnipotent being who creates governs the universe. "We don’t need to look farther, Santos; there is sufficient ciryntth under our feet to' meet the demands of the coming century.” They started homeward. Napoleon communicated, through his electro-stylograph, with his friend Kalmar, to find out who owned the property on which the peak of Suemeg stood. After a delay bis questions were answered. The peak, as pan of the Schomburg Lltbow estates, bad fallen to the crown, as the prince had recently died without heirs. That was all the information he could get, so he decided he would call on the Hungarian ihinlster of agriculture, who would probably be In a position to tell him what he wished to ascertain "Fate is jesting with me. I had to find that precious metal in a foreign country, but gold will buy it,” thought Napoleon, and returned that day to Washington, to tell his betrothed the good news. Santos returned to Ciryne, where he found the countess with Mrs. Edison. He did not mention the discovery of the new clrynith deposit, as he knew Napoleon wanted to keep it secret until negotiations for its purchase were completed. The little island, hardly three square miles in size, was in the glory of tropical spring, and the fine weather had brought back the health of Mrs Edi*on. The sunsets were wonderful. Po•etry and 10-ve were adrift in the air Toor Duprel! It waq only a question •of time until he would become Rnalt*a’s slave,only a question of time when

he would betray his master for a sweet word from those treacherous lips. Napoleon came a week later and thanked Rositta for her kindness to his mother during her indisposition. He did not talk about the discovery of the rich cirynith deposit in her presence, but when they went out' for a walk be found an opportunity to communicate the good news to his mother. There was but one obstacle in the way of his acquiring this property. The last Prince of Schomburg Lithow had died. His possessions were now German crown lands and diplomacy must be employed, or the Count von Werdenstein would suspect the value of the property, and if he discovered the secret of the aerodromone Napoleon well knew that be would not hesitate to take to war in the air. . “It would be terrible,” he sighed, “to destroy all the good we have accomplished.” ~ Napoleon invited the countess to return to the capital with him and spend a few days with Astra. She consented, and when they were alone asked what had become of the assassin who had abught Astra’s life. Napo leo n could give her no information except that he was in prison. Almost every mall brought the countess letters from Europe, among which was another from the Count von Werdenstein. The cleverly worded contents of that message conveyed the information that Napoleon was interested in a piece of land belonging to the Schomburg Lithow princedom. Rositta was requested to find the reason for his interest. As soon as she was ready to cast the bomb that would destroy peace the reward she might ask would be hers. All this harmonized with her plans, and she looked forward to the next trip to Ciryne with Santos. There was a reception at the Crystal Palace that evening for the diplomatic corps of the countries represented at the capital. It brought back the days before the Isolation. Uniforms glittered, orders of valor and distinction were exhibited by the Europeans, who seemed to hold to their traditions; the barbaric splendor of the Orient mingled with the simple evening dress of the Americans, for simplicity characterized every American citizen. When Astra appeared she was herself the greatest jewel. A concert was arranged for the entertainment of the distinguished gueets. .._c_ The Countess Rosiny and Mr. Hale sat near each other; he was dreamily enjoying the wonderful mellow contralto voice. An attendant whispered: “A messenger wants to see your ladyship ” Quietly she withdrew from the hall. Ambrosio Hale looked after her. He had seen the changing expression on her face, and shook his head doubtfully as he watched her leave. A man awaited the countess in a small reception room; he wore the black cassock of a Trappist monk, an ancient order that still existed in a few of the European countries. face resembled that of the Countess Rosiny to an extraordinary degree. When she saw him she uttered one w'ord: “Robert.” He motioned for her to step nearer, and she obeyed. The pale padre brought from under his robe a small parcel and unfolded it. It contained a small locket with a fine chain of gold. Fine miniatures were on either side, and pressed between was a curl of black, glossy hair, bound with a narrow black ribbon. One portrait was Roaitta's. The other was-a little girl’s. In pantomime the monk told Rositta that he had brought this to her at the request of the little girl. She watched him stupidly, seeming unable to grasp

“I—Will—Make the Whole World Suffer for My Loss.”

his meaning. At last it came over her with a rush and she grasped the monk's arm convulsively. “Brother, what has happened to her, to my—my daughter?” The monk slowly raised bis right hand heavenward. <• Rositta gave one shriek and fell fainting. The monk picked his sister up and placed her tenderly on the sofa, then he wrapped the locket and chain In its silk covering and placed it carefully in the bosom of her dress. His large eyes rested somberly on Rositta, and a sigh escaped bis Ups. He crossed himself and, with a last glance at the silent woman, departed.

CHAPTER XV.

Love. 4 t When Rosltta regained consciousness she looked around for the Trappist monk whom she had called

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Robert At first when she saw nr one, she felt as though she had had e dream, but she felt the package in her bosom and she knew that it was no dream. She did not weep. Her eyes were dry and hard. She slowly unwrapped that medallion and looked at that lock of glossy hair. The portrait of her own child and a lock from her head! She repressed her feelings resolutely and left the room with a firm step She passed through several rooms, nodding now and then to the people she met, until at la«t she arrived at her own door. She entered and locked the door, and sank into a chair; not to give way to her sorrow and sob, not to pray for consolation, but to curse the cruel fate that bad robbed her of her only child, the only pure, clean, innocent thing in her life. She looked at the clear, smiling eyes gazing at her from the exquisite little portrait. Still she, did not weep; her mouth was tightly closed, and the corners slightly drooped. "You have taken her from me!” she hissed to- the-invisible foe. “You wanted to crush me!" She shook her clenched hand toward that phantom pictured in her brain. “But you cannot. I am stronger. Until today there was one pure spot in my soul; 1 had one being whom I loved unselfishly, whom I wanted with me always, yet I would not let her live in my atmosphere, because I wanted her to be all that I was not And now she is gone!” She groaned in anguish. “God! Are you the God of Love that Christ told of, or are you the vengeful, terrible God who vents his wrath ‘till the seventh generation?' You have taken my love; now my heart is black and empty of all save hatred.” She became calm; her pale face was expressionless, her movements measured. "Nobody shall know- that I have suffered." She stepped before the mirror and looked at herself. “But millions shall suffer. I—-will —make the w’hole world suffer for my loss. “No more love, not another tender feeling shall creep in my heart” Her eves glowed fiercely. ■ “I swear, by all the devils of the underworld, that I will plunge the world into mourning, that rivers of tears shall flow to repay me for my heart’s blood.” .. After a few minutes’ work before her mirror, she emerged from her room as rosy-cheeked as ever and smiling. At first her steps were slow, but they soon quickened, and by the time she arrived at the concert hall nobody could have told that she had gone through a terrible ordeal. The last entertainer was leaving the stage when she entered the room: No one, save Mr. Hale, knew of her long absence from the hall. When she met Astrashefelicitatedheron the success of the concert. When the guests had left, Astra and the countess retired into the little room that was reserved for family occasions. “You will soon be the happiest woman on earth, my dear,” remarked Rositta, casually. “I am happy now, my dear girl," smiled Astra. “The gods have given you a wonderful temperament, my dear Astra. You, with your calm, serene nature, were created to be happy. You simply shed the- difficulties of life.” “Why, dear, are you unhappy?" “Unhappy?” A sigh escaped the countess’ lips, a spark of fire gleamei Tn her-eyes, then a smile parted her coral lips. "A person with a temperament like mine never could be happy. My selfish mind craves just the thing some one else has, and if 1 should rob that person I would get tired of the object and cast it away.” She looked at Astra, but Astra only smiled serenely, not taking Rositta’s remarks aarinittly _;.'Y “Such is my fate, my dear. Tell me, am I responsible for being such an unhappy combination? Am I to be judged by the same measure as you, who cannot help but be good?” “We all have passinns. Mine are for liberty, peace.” “Liberty, peace,” .repeated Rositta, then relapsed into thought. Had Astra been able to read those thoughts, she would have had cause ror alarm. Her brain was filled with war. destruction and mourning all over the world. The next evening Rositta returned to Ciryne, with Santos at the wheel of the aerodromone. Napoleon and Astra watched the great bird disappear in the western sky, and then they walked silently to a seat that overlooked the city. Na poleon talked for the first time about his love for her. Astra was ealm, but she rose quietly and stood looking a> the pulsating city below them. Tbeli love bad been understood between them, although they had never spoken of it. Yet it made her heart throb with happiness to hear his tender words. He rose and gently taking her arm, they walked among the plants that grew on the roof. A faint sound of music came to their ears. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

Greek Rulers.

Greece has not treated her rulers well since she threw off the yoke of the sultan ninety years ago. At the outset she tried a president, Capodlstrla. who was soon assassinated; then Otho of Vavaria was chosen king, but after a stormy time was forced to abdicate. After that the crown went begging for a while. The duke of Edinburgh and the earl of Derby both refused it, and It was common talk that “Mr. Gladstone could have had it by the lifting of an eyelid ’ 4

Held In the Hospital.

"I don't see you running your cai as much as I used to.” "No. It takes me longer to get over an accident now than it used la"

The tremendous force of the water rushing through the Gatun spillway of the Panama canal when the great steel gates are partly opened is well depicted in this photograph. The electrical energy for the operation of the canal will be generated here, in the building a corner of which is seen at the right of the picture.

WILL STUDY ABROAD

Americans to Take Course jn Munich Schools. By Special Arrangement Between City Authorities of German City and U. S. Bureau of Education 25 Will Serve as Students. Washington.—By special arrangementbetween the city authorities of Munich, Germany, and the United States bureau of education, a party of American teachers, not to exceed 25, will go to Germany in April to servd as student-teachers—students preparing to teach—in the trade continuation schools of Munich. They will remain in Munich from April to July, and will have unusual opportunities for studying the methods by which one of the most foremost cities of Europe educates its citizens, particularly in the field of industrial training, in which work of Munich under Doctor Kerschesteiner is conspicuous. “It is to be hoped that American teachers of manual training and industrial subjects will take advantage of this opportunity,” said Doctor Claxton, commisisoner of education, in announcing the plan. "It means getting at first hand the experience of one of the most notable industrial education systems of Europe. Mr. L. L. Summers, a special collaborator of this bureau, who has recently returned from a study of German conditions and is now lecturing in this country, reports that Doctor Kerschensteiner, Inspector Schmied and the city authorities are particularly anxious to welcome a party of representative teachers from the United States. The official nature of the invitation from the mayor and council of this city gives it added attractiveness. “Some of the courses in which the visiting teachers will be permitted to

SAYS HE IS LORD’S SON

Brookline (Mass-) Man Asserts He and Not Daughter Is Heir to $50,000,000 Estate. Boston. —Asserting that he is the son of Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, late high commissioner for Canada. James H. Smith of Brookline will take steps, it is said, to obtain recognition of his interests in thg vast Strathcona "He is a full brother of Mrs. Margaret Charlotte Howard of London, who is recorded as Lard Strathcona’s

daughter and heir,” Mrs. Smith said. "Mr. Smith was in constant communication with his father.” The Smiths and their three children live In a comfortable but unpretentious home on Strathmore road. Two of the daughters were in England last year.

Mend Broken Hearts for $1.00.

Gambridge, Mass. —For one dollar a correspondence bureau just established at Harvard guarantees to mend a broken heart, pacify an irate father coax a check a thrifty mother.

WATER RUSHING THROUGH GATUN SPILLWAY

take part are: Art-forging, goldsmithing, eopperwork, bookbinding, printing, lithography, glasspainting, decorating, cabinetmaking and fine mechanics. The official notice also informs us that the Americans will be allowed to keep what they make if they pay for the materials.” The notices state that the usual German school fees, amounting in this case to two dollars a month, will be charged. The chief expense will be for transportation, board and lodging being comparatively cheap. Bureau officials believe that some communities where industrial training is in an experimental stage would be justified in giving teachers leave of absence and paying their expenses for this trip. The bureau of education announces that" It willanswer inquiries from teachers who may be interested in the plan.

HITS FUTURIST WITH POTATO

Meeting in Florence Attended by 7,000 Who Refuse to Listen to Speakers. Florence.—More than 7,000 persons took part in a meeting arranged by the Futurists in the Verdi theater here. Among the speakers were Marinetti, Soffici, Boccioni, Carra, Papini and others interested in the movement. The audience was determined from the outset to prevent the speakers from being heard. Shouts, hisses and the tooting of motor horns kept the hall in a turmoil for an hour and a rain of missiles of every description fell on the speakers. Marinetti, who is practically the founder of the futurist movement in Italy, was struck in the eye with a large potato. The meeting was dissolved in disorder. Marinetti was taken to a hospital.

POVERTY IN JAPAN

Schools Closed Because of Inability to Pay Teachers. Imperial Government Attacks the Problem Bravely by Making Heavy Retrenchments—Famine Situation Is Very AcuteTokio, Japan.—Despite official utterances to reassurte the public. Japan is declared in other quarters to be suffering from an economic depression. In the northeastern section a famine has made the situation particularly acute. In some instances schools have had to close because there was no money to pay the teachers and because the children, weak from lack of food, were unable to attend. The Hokkaido government has asked the central government to advance 115,000,000 for relief funds. The chief cause of the general depression, wfhich began about the time of the death of Emperor Mutsuhito, is the heavy taxation of the people which is necessary to pay the interest on the national debt of over a billion dollars. The wave of elation among the people at the close of the victorious war with Russia and a patriotic business boom also caused a general rise in the standard df living and the price of comipodlties soared as a result of the more luxurious level of expenditure. Then came reaction. This was due to the burden of extraordinary taxes to meet the war debt and constant expenditures* in the building up of a big army and navy. The government is attacking the problem heroically by making heavy retrenchments. Much to the dissatisfaction of the army, it has been decided to abandon for the present, at leapt, the long standing proposal to create two more military divisions. Baron Takahashi, the minister of finance, promises a reduction of taxes to lighten the burdens of the people. He will endeavor to continue the practice of redeeming the national debt by 125.000.000 yearly He looks forward also to an Increase in the amount of capital Invested tn the establishment or expansion of banking and in-

GIVES DINNER TO HOMELESS

Mrs. Finley J. Shepard Provides Feast for 1,000 Men to Celebrate Wedding Anniversary. New York. —Mrs Finley J. Shepard, who was Miss Helen Gould, provided dinners for nearly 1,000 homeless men here in celebration of the first anniversary of hor wedding More

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than 400 were given beds. The dinners were served in the Hadley Rescue hall, where, a year ago, 1.000 were dined at Miss Gould’s expense on the evening of her marriage.

Cat Accused of Murder.

Bald Mound,. Ill.—Probably for the first time in the history of the country a cat stands accused of murder. The animal is believed to have clawed John Jenkins, a hermit, to death.

New Burglar Alarm.

New York. —Burglars raiding the home of Mrs. Julia Williams jarred her sore foot. She yelled so the robbers fled without plunder.

dustrial enterprises. Costly harbor improvements may be delayed, but the authorities are actively planning to build a new waterworks system in the city of which the metropolis stands badly in need in the interest of public health For these improvements loans probably will soon be sought in Europe It is by Increasing her export trade that Japan hopes to find real relief. Continuous order in China, where revolution upset the market for Japanese goods, and the opening of the Panama canal are greatly desired as furnishing means for augmenting the exports and thereby reducing the balance of trade which now stands against Japan. Everybody is also looking forward eagerly to the coronation of the new emperor next fall as signalizing bright prospects by the increased demand for labor and putting a large amount of money into circulation. Japanese business men who visited the United States four years ago have decided upon a campaign for closer understanding between the two countries. At a recent reunion, upon the anniversary of the party's return after a four months’ stay in America, resolutions were adopted asking friends in America to assist in furthering the traditional friendship between Japan and the United States. It was decided that members of the party should send personal letters to their American acquaintances seeking their aid in this cause. This is but one of many indications of Japan’s earnest desire to be understood by the United States as a firstclass and to bring an end to the movements in the United States which bit the Japanese.

Husband in Jail, Wife Camps Nearby.

Morristown, N. J. —Mrs. Charles Copey, with her five children, camped at the county jail three days because her husband was held: charged with stealing a horse blanket. An investigation vindicated Copey.

Spanked; Commits Suicide.

Springfield. Ill.—Because he had been spanked. Garland Shepherd, fifteen, committed suicide at Us home in Vernon.