THE. DAILY BRITISENFRIG . --_-- ---- ors x Jorge ork A Jor dirmer | tbotutot ot. 8 TTTTTTTTTY THE DEVIL'S VALLEY | A plunging horse, a cloud of dust a crash echoed by a ery, and, finally, a riderless horse galloped away down the road, a young man picked himself ruefully, from a bed of net tles and looked around him. "You are hurt, monsieur ?"' The sil- very voicé came from the same direc fon as Lhe £ryy and the young wheeling round, found himself what to' his dscomfiture--{ace with as dainty a piece of femininity as he had ever beheld. But whilst 'he staggered a negative, raising his cap. from his curly head and thereby désclosing his own hand some features, madémoiselle broke a merry little laugh. "You are the Irish cried, clapping her 'Hd certain, ah | monsieur mon cousin, it is good that you did not break your neck just new." He was beside her now, having vaulted the low rail easily enough. "1 am Dermott O'Mara," he bowing with / an Irishman's grace over the small, extended 'and 1 have come to taks-yon She fHashed her eyes at him, and yet rebellious at his words. 3 "It was my father to come,' she said, father--he told me = he had done it his deathbed, He feared for me, he said, in these terrible. days when th canaille are ravaging om poor. France but,. after all--well--after all, they have not - planted the of liberty et Quiberic, and my says they never will for they well--our people, Yet she sighed, and a faint reflec tion. of fear showed in her wistful eyes, for the autumn of 1792 had been a tertihle in Brittany, where the king's hia Tovilonia, med the gallant Marquis de la Rov been dfushed by the strong grip the revolutienaries, and its leader.wa even now Riding from his enemies in sore danger and distress. "We will not wait for of such a tree," replied O'Mara. 'Out yonder waits the good ship Dragon to carry us to Ireland-it your father's wish, my fair cousin 'But dt will not he my uncle's," she, "and I would not leave alone=it would he impossible." \ M.1le Comte (&'Aubarec welcomed his new nephew cordially "enough He was a thin, middle-aged gentle man, this M. le Comte, with a pale delicate face and mistocratic bearing who. took snuff constantly, and always; he was a scholar, that was and for him it was sufficient, Mlle, Yvette did the honors of chateau, dispelling its gloom with charms Yet; as they sat in the tumn twilight overlooking the with its sweet medley of flowers and roses, she grew most to sadness. "You see for yourself, mon eousin,"" she signed, cle trusts implicitly our There will be no terror at Quiberec, he says, and he will not move from his books." man SOme to fave cousin," she hands. saniel, ready hand away,' pltased masterful who asked "Helas'! my you poor on tree uncle » love us 0 the planting was said him read all the say au garden old-world grave, al monsieur "that my un to people 'I am afraid," she whispered 1 will tell you of whom. It is "and of Pie into ' -- re Foueheron, my uncle's valet My | handsome she was a witch; afd 'they were afraid of her. Many times she was sentenced to death, but none. could be found brave enough to go and feteh: het.: At last, for a great reward, Yanik Alloa- dee said he would go. "It was night when he! arrived the valley, dnd as' he was going ward the cavern he a terrible cry, again; and, ful sight, at full in to- heard below him echoing again = and looking, he beheld a foge- for a cart was being driven speed up the rough road, as surely no earthly cart could drive, and the horsés were hovged 'and ter- rible, and were Being driven by -- Yvette's voice dropped--"the devil himself, who staod upright shouting terribly, and--aad--alter that Yanik remembered no move; but when he re- covered consciousness and: went in search of Mere La Grande the 'cavern was emply. 'And smelt of brimstone ¥' "You laugh. "Call 'me vinely: but, mon cousin," Dermott---von say it di- seriously, How, did. Yanik recognize his santanic' majesty?" 'He had horns, horns that shone in {| the darkness--he nevi really: végovercd from the horror." "I should think nat. . Well, this ea- vern will: make excellent stables in the meantime for our horses, in case we have further need of their services. It is well to be cautions," He was laughing as hooded the horses along the edge of 'the ravine, {Hor-his hot, youthful: blood" was* all [aglow with new-born love and the joy | of adventure; and thus, in' a moment jof mad devilry, he shotted aloud, his voice echoing down the pass, "By St Patrick,<you Haye a fine hore," he cried in some dismay las tho eého lcaped'as it 'were from | erage to crag, echaatiie 9 hwo 'Aboa=zab dT 50 Yvetts' > dhe me a, re The 10 use 6°5~ GRbinitrs Gun Vay Ghiny Digi Ballons (ows 1h Zamperin of Viross Toph) No sooner had the airship became a factor to be reckoned with n wartime than the gunmakers set about the designing of a weapon bv which dirigible balloons might te destroyed. Such a weapon is the Krupp 615-centimeter gun, Here shown upon a field gun carriage, in such a way that the rang-finder and the method of disposing the wheels during the firing may be added. It has been argued that it is not easy to hit a dirigible balloon, nor is it ; but, on the other hand, it must be remembered that such an airship as the Zeppelin cflers a mark that is scarcely smaller in size than the Dreadnought For their gun Messrs. Krupp have made a special burning shell, tended to pierce the envelope of the balloon and fire the gas. ordinary projectile passes through the gas bag and does 4arm than make a couple of holes The special shell can be used also against aeroplanes, though in that case it does not fire, but acts as an ordinary projectile. in- The no more | acho | * py 7 be A -- | Tae nihil, and yet always 3 ! shill: not fd a om they ult? 1 on Kadh a ie a he will betray me, Fanoth he; for sit vo Gor ties Ah | ay, it ath dope, Md looks at me. It i=! good ship Drager! and we wibmot de- [ther cars 'of thé Joni {lay fla) Me | sweet couigif."' | Huhtly. "Por "it is ¥ differant) A Ireudy' Ho. | dgsusmed. gn" air of pros] ithe Desmonds, bonea whose; Benes the prietorship whichdo her lone liness and | ™ fathers fought.' And again he flow- | fear was' comfoitinkz enough, the jeried: softly « 'hencagh His , breath, Nanette ! coquette was dead within her *Slianit abuo--nhoo--" whirlwind © of { , "And Nanette ?" she cried, i "Let. us. hasten,' she implored fever- screaming and chattering, in-'on het Knees beside the ishly, "1-1 am afraid) fast that it was well-migh! "She would not come, even 'were "So they went together through that to understand all she said. fred overod,"' said he. 'Besides, lonely valley, and "weached wn saloty Joan was dead-murdeied ! 1t!of the people, and' hath, the fordst beyond, * bit, alab,. when a certainty, Nanette had seen for frie nds in (uj erec, { hope whispered that danger and fear herself, there was no room for doubt 1 were far behind Wiens they mot both But who--who had done it.? wearing itswend at last. | in their way, Quick and ifcisive the demand | Quikerec leF Jbebdnd, and before | + For, through thes trecs, all unex- from the O'Mara, who stood pale and [them forest' which swept down | pectedly, came a rable of men; red- grim beside her, facing Nanette. Such Fo the seab®ast. And between them | capped, redreyed, rel! 'handed, singing choked torrent of cursings and in- again lay a' valleyrat. the head of ribald 'songs apd screfiming ocurees to ectives antwered him, cireling round which Yvette paused' with a shudder. the® same tune as' the terrible one the name of Pierre Foucheron "We will not ride,' 'she whispered | Which rang thronghout France in that I'he and the terror had been softly. "Surly it 'were better now to |fearful year. Aud, "at fihcie, head, too much for faithful old Nandtte, go 'more cautiously, since' in: the forest |Strode the man whom] Yyette d' Auba- she had fallen in a fit upon the vayond nestles the village of Rondais, |r fearcd--Picree Fougheron. but just the thoughts of those | where already the of liberty is] 'Hola l Hola:1®, hie: shouted, © glec- two were not for Nanette [vianted." ! fully; "the Jittle aristo Saves 'us a 'He will 'come back, muttered ig true," replied O'Mara, long walk. See, shes has come. herself Yvette, and her great hazel eye wd Bhi "The rest of the to weleome us, comvades. Hen, is sho the fe in' them which you Rin a go on foot--and yet what hot a pretiy bird, as*l told vou? She in some hunted the true reason, little cousin ?"' is a prize worth having, this 'one, and woods Ah ! itis mot folly to me. See, "1 | oie that' I woll deserve." "NH will tell vou. Yonder, on the side of 'Nay, nay, conirade," laighed an then the, ravipe, i8 a cavern in which | thr and a bigger man, who = wore a ter- cle clings "to him, say to myself that I tremble when he wn evil doak."" the = morrow told a for as they came rarden where Yvette " to * the new net thém in terror, led, so impossible Comte was fut tale, in from showed her since cousin, old a perfect dropping old woman. shel she doubtless, | dreary ride it was; | came passion and floor; now tee as he day we ar was the | i: creatures of with the men of with others, and then Dermott O'Mara flung head with a not (Quiberec then--' Jat back Mis) since dwelt a- very ovil old woman, |the tricolor jauntily fin hig hal, "That "They | named Mere La Grande: will be for the tribufal. at' Santac to laugh. people said SOCIETY'S NEW AMUSEMENT: THE FASHIONABLE MARIONETTE. EA ------------ So a ---- a ---------------------- | SRSTS------ There are distinct signs of are the only actors Maurice Maeterlingk"s "Interior," In the eighteenth century, for Carden, in the Haymarket At this mario: inst ance, London had no fewer than four and in Piccadilly. a revival of interest in the mariongtte, and London possesses once aguid a theatre in whith p rette theatre. which for the time being is at 28 Abercorn place, there has already been on u specially translated for the oecasion by William Archer, The present craze is, of course, only a revival. recognized marionetté theatres--in Pinton street, on Covent a EE LEel fou, they had on I ly, and heeded him little bayond seof- fing and jeering. There was time lost in: telling of the tale, time Jost in cursings and braidings, and will mote time lost vain scarchings. 3 "En avant |" cried the 'man with the tricolor at: last, with some impa: tience. "What is one cursed risto when we have hundreds every day to satisfy our Widow ? Besides I want my dinneg,"" But Pierre Foucheron's eyes hungriest when they looked on pale face of Yvette d'Aubarac. shall be mine. She shell be mine," said to himself, It was a long journéy from Ron dais to Santae, and the men grum- bled considerably when: their = Jeaders commanded them to set out at twi- right, just. when they were beginning to be merriest. Also, thera lay the Devil's valley 'between them, and that was an ill place to pass in the gloam- were the "She 'he in But the big/ man with: the tricolor had friends with him, and they had a Yay of silenci murs by, aA res minder that the widow -was quite as ready for the heads of:rebéllious citi' zens as lor mnstos. It way a dark night; and the wind, which: had moaned: sadly 'all day, was rising naw to a gale, The superstit- ious yasped as they ehiaced the val ley, which 'seemed ~ haunted with - a more {earful spectre than even that of Mere La Grande. And suddenly the vague fedrs were erystallized into a dilink, up- leaping frenzy of horror,:as Bc curdling, hoarse, mighty swept / down upon' on trom: the head of the valley--a oy phish ike thunder among the: gr stags, left, them stending oi Ee ing and trembling in herror, Again came. the iety,. long:drawn, deafening, fearful, ; r now, and accompanied, by a clatter and. rumble as of al ifiheets for dow. defite hi ree! was ne pe The oh ee satus wad, wearer} auido rte t huts: the * cision' ly. fut Sarthiy a nr 3 the 'outline »was oha thin hymen. And "the Horses, S00, too, tures. from. ta w forward pon Th Er 3. yal ley 'as th t : "thas Lord which of Evil ah had: away' lh hetide to. kis place, oso 4 With hoatse " aoromtn 'they fled in: wildéss a pane, with ro t t left but Shel sienite Yo} dacupsheom. rom that awful chari 4 Only one Wl round, . and that one eH lit tizeness as they called he fhe 1 Startled at Sst | 'had given place to joy os she vgn that wild shouts "'Shanit Shook Low bent his chariot, hs t of her low "Quick, Kittle) brave east fail to smell tho rigsstons; nat follow yet. a A wild ride that, cessful. Lottg before dais had crept back, rd hy at sue- Be mn of on and tremb- Dermott 0- E oo stood up- on the deck of the. h,, wy bound -- the harbor of Cork. Only the next mothing | did Pierre Foucheron underdtond, and; that was when, on the borders of 2 little creek, horses, w been chateau ox's hide dl As for Pre h revolution, and. thbse "J Bae { he really carried away Mlle. ly intended, it was easy to. send - he. found an ouply. 4 , with two hv in the stables' o* 1 Mt «'Aubaree, w an pid" Tor. Ton ground, where Sa bo skin and Qarried, those in Quits hon, Count Jean better a than th og other than even M3 ble makes mistakes at times, Y¥ette instead of Pierre Foucheron, /as 'he had evi Sat latter after him as quick a othe as the Devils. Val the y to the ay fied «! old Nanette. And awa hb the le lopgh's side of the od gray oe which had, it' seemed, heen in possession. of an 0'Mara_since the days of the: lopk- ed into the eyes: of d'Aubarec. "And. you forgive. me," he whispered tenderly, *'for yon away, lit- tle dear one ?" The old Took ._ oouie ry was sof . BW as she ! tened itn raised her baad o eyes to meet the pas- sion in his blue eyes. 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