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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1915)
l fo-w fiWlWwilliliiii.nt. bway,l..Sll.i.ii IWir JMIMNB,t RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF V" it ! J V mmsm dSK MARIE VAN VODSI4Mfc3n ILLUSfRATIQNSPAYLTERS M " " '"-" copYKctrfir 7H eoDBynrtMiu.corrfHttY SYNOP8I8. T-n Coml- ilo Sabron, cnitnln of Frnnrli rnvnlry, tiiKm to liln riuiirtnra to rulso liy linnil a mot licrlfUM Irlxli tcrrlor pup, und tiiitiirn It IMtrlinuno. Un iIIih-h with tlio Miirrinlmi d'KscllKtina ami moot MIhs Julia Iti'dmoml, American lu-lrem. who ln for hi tn an HnKllMh Imllml that 1Iiiith In hln inomory. Hnlirnn Is onlornd to AIhIlth, but tn not allowed to take Hcrvumn or ilORH. Minn Hrdinntid onVrn to taka euro or tbp dof durltiK his iinuilnr'a nbnenen, but lntchouno, hoini'iildt for his tnaR tor, runs nwny frotn her. Tint Mnr fliilHo pinna to timrry Julia to Mm Due do Tromont. Unknown to Hnlirnn, IMtchouno follow him to AlRlcrn. H"K ami mauler moot and Madron ki-Ih iiermlHHlnn from tlio war mlnUtcr to keep bin ilog with him, Julia writes him Hint IMtchouno bun run nwny from her. Ho wrlteH Julia of IMt rlinuno. The Dili! de Tromont Muds tho American lielrem capricious. A nowspa iior report that Habron Is fimnnir tho iuIhs InR after un piiKUKctni'tit with tho natives rnu.sen Julln to confeuM to her aunt that elio loves him Hnlirnn, wounded In nn on fMKemout, falls Into tho dry bed of a rlvur, and In watched ovur by IMtchouno, CHAPTER XIII Continued. "nut," Sabron Htild nlotitl, "It Is n prayer to bo mild lit night and not In tho afternoon of nn African hull " Ho began to climb; ho pulled him olf along, leaving hla track lift blood. Ho fnlnted twice, nnd tho thick growth hold him like tho wicker of a cradle, and before ho came to his con sciousness tho sun was morclfully go InR down. Ho flnnlly reached tho top of tho , bunk nnd lay there panting. Not far dlntant wore tho bushes of rose and mimosa flower, and still pant ing, woakor and over woakcr, his cour ago tho only living thing In him, Sub ron, with Pitchouno by hla nldo, dragged himself Into healing hands. All that night Sabron was delirious; Ills mind travclod far Into vuguo fan tuBtlo countries, led hack again, ovor gontly, by a tuno, to tm.jty. Every now and then ho would real Izo that ho was nlono on tho vast doBert, doBtlnod to finish his existence horo, to cease being a human croaturo and to becomo nothing but carrion. Moments of consciousness succeeded those of mental dlsordor. Every now and then ho would fool IMtchouno cloflo to his arm. The dog licked his band and tho touch was grateful to tho deserted officer. IMtchouno licked his mastor's check and Sabron folt that thero was another life bcsldo his In tho wilderness. Neither jtlog nor man could long cxiBt, however, with out food or drink nnd Sabron was growing momentarily woaker. Tbo Frenchman, though a philoso pher, realized how hard It wa8 to dlo unsatisfied In love, unsutlsllod In life, having accomplished nothing, having wished many things nnd realized at an early ago only death! Then this point of vlow changed nnd tho phys ical man was uppermost. Ho groaned for water, ho groaned for relief from pain, turned his bond from side to side, nnd IMtchouno whined Boftly. Subrdn was not strong enough to speak to him, and their voleoB, of man nnd beast, inarticulate, mingled both left to dlo In tho open. Thon Sabron violently rebelled and cried out In his soul ngalnst fato nnd dostlny. Ho could havo cursed tho day ho was born. Keenly desirous to llvo, to mnko his mnrk und to win ovorythlng a man values, why Bhould ho bo picked nnd choson for this lone ly pathetic end? Moreover, ho did not wish to suffer llko this, to loso hla grasp on life, to go on into wilder delirium and to die! Ho know enough of injuries to fool euro that his wound alone would not kill him. When ho had first dragged himself Into tho Bhado ho hnd fainted, and when ho camo to himself ho might havo Blanched his blood. Hla wound was hardly bleeding now. It hnd already died! Fatlguo and thirst, fever would finish him, not his htjrt. Ho wnB too young to die. With great effort ho raised himself on his nrm nnd scanned tho desert Btrotchlng on nil sldos llko a rosy sea. Along tho river bank tho pnlo and dell cato blossom and leaf of tho mimosa lny llko a bluish veil, and tho smell of tho evening nnd tho smell of tho mi mosa flower and tho perfumes of tho woods camo to him, aromatic and Bwoot. Above his head tho blue sky was ablazo with stars and directly ovor him tho owning star hung llko a crystal lamp. Hut thero was no beau ty In It for tho wounded olllcor who looked In vain to tho dark shadows on tho desert that might menn approach ing human llfo. It would bo bettor to dlo as ho was dying, than to bo fouud by tho enoiny! Tho sea of wnsto rolled unbroken as far ua his fading eyos could reach. Ho Bonk back with a sigh, not to rlso again, and closed his eyes and waited. Ho slept a short, restless, feverish sloop, and in It dreams chasod ono an othor llko thoso evoked by a narcotic, but out of them, over nnd ovor again camo tho plcturo of Julia Hodmond, and sho Bang to him tho song whoso words wero a prayer for tho safety of a loved ono during tho night. From that romantic melody thoro Boomed to rlso moro solemn ones. Ho hoard tho rolling of tho organ in tho cathedral In his nativo town, for ho camo from Rouon originally, whom thoro la ono of tho most beautiful cathodrals in tho world. Tho iiiubIo rolled and railed and paused over the JcftzS 4" desert's fnco, It scumed to lift his spirit nnd to cradlo it. Then ho breathed his prnors they took form, and In his sleep he repeated tho Ave Maria and tho Paternoster, and tho words rolled and rolled over tho desert's face and tho supplication seemed to his feverish mind to mingle with tho stars. A sort of midnight dew foil upon him: so at least ho thought, and it seemed to him a heavenly dow and to cover him llko a benignant rain. He grew cooler. Ho prayed again, und with his words thero camo to tho young man an Ineffable sense of penco. Ho pillowed his fading thoughts upon It; ho pillowed his aching mind upon It and his body, too, and tho pain of his wound and ho thought aloud, with only tho night airs to hear him, in broken sentences: "If this Is death It Is not bo bad. Ono should rather bo afraid of llfo. Thin Is not difficult, if I should ever got out of hero 1 shall not regret this night." Toward morning ho grow calmer, ha turned to speak to his llttlo compan. Ion. In his troubled thoughts ho had forgotten IMtchouno. Sabron faintly called him. Thoro was no response. Thon tho soldier listened In sllunco. It wns absolutely unbroken. Not oven tlio call of a night-bird not oven tho cry of a by enu nothing camo to him but tho In articulate volco of tho desert. Great nnd solemn awe crept up to htm, crept up to him llko n spirit and Bat down by his' sldo. Ho folt his hands grow cold, nnd hla feet grow cold. Now, un ablo to speak aloud, thero passed through his mind that this, Indeed, was death, desortion absolute in tho heart of tho plaltiB. CHAPTER XIV. An American Girl. Tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac saw that sho had to reckon .with nn American girl. Thoso who know these girls know what their temper and mettle arc, and that they nro capable of tho llnest reverberation. Julia Redmond wan very young. Otherwtso sho would never havo let Sabron go without ono sign that she was not Indifferent to him, lind that she was rather bored with tho idea ofytitlcs and fortunes. Hut sho adored her aunt und saw, moreover, some thing clso than ribbons and velvets in tho make-up of tho aunt. Sho saw deeper than the polish that a long Parisian llfctlmo had overlaid, nnd sho loved what sho saw. Sho resected her aunt, nnd knowing tho older lady's point of view, had been timid and hesi tating until now. Now tho Amorlcun girl woko up, or rather asserted hurBclf. "My dear Julia," said tho Marqulso d'EHcllgnac, "are you Hum that all tho tinned things, tho cocoa, and bo forth are on board? I did not see that box." "Mn tnnto," returned her niece from her steamer chair. "It's tho only pleco of luggage I mn sure about." At this response her aunt Buffered a slight quulm for tho fate of the rest of hor luggage, nnd from her own chair In tho shady part of tho deck glanced towurd her niece, whoso oyea wero on her book. "What a pinctlcal girl sho Is," thought tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac. bho seems ten years older than I. Sho Is cut out to be the wife of a poor man. It Is a pity )io should havo a fortune. Julia would havo been churm Ing as love lu a cottngo, whereas I . . ." Sho romombored hor hotel on tho Pare Monceau, her chateau by tho Rhone, her villa at Illnrrltz and Blghed. She had not always been tho Marqulso d'Escllgnnc; bIio had been nn Amerlcnh girl first and romembored that her maiden nnmo had been Do Puyster aud that sho had como from Schenectady originally. Hut for many yenrs sho had forgotten these things. Near to Julia Redmond thoso Inst few weeks all but courage nnd simplicity hnd seemed to have tarnish on Its u lugs. Sabron had not boon found. It wiib a curious fact, and ono that transpires now nnd thon In tho history of deaort wara tho man is lost. Tho captain of tho cavalry was missing, and tho only news of him wub thut ho had fallen in an engagement and that his body hud nevor been recovered. Several sorties hud been mudo to find him; tho war department hud done all that It could; ho had dlBuppenrod from tlio face of tho desert und eveu his bonos could not bu found From tho moment that Julia Rod mond had confessed her lovo for the Frenchman, a courage hud boon born tn her which never fultorod, und her aunt seemed to havo boon Infected by It. 'The marqulso grow sentlmontul, found out that sho wub more docllo and impressionable than she had believed herself to bo, und tho vonoor and otl quetto (no doubt never a very real part of hor) became- loss Important than othor things. During tho last fow wooka sho had boon moro a Do Puyster from Schoncctady than tho Mnrqulso d'Escllgnac. "Mu tanto," Julia Rodmond had Buld to hor wbon tho last tologram was Brought In to the Chateau d'Escll gnac, "I shall leave for Africa tomor row." "My dear Julia!" "He Is nllvo! God will not let htm dlo. Hcsldcs, I havo prayed. I bellow In God, don't you?" "Of course, my dear Julia," . "Well," said tho girl, whoso palo checks and trembling hands that held the telegram mndo a sincere Impres sion on her aunt, "well, thon, if you believe, why do you doubt that ho Is nllvo? Somcono must find him. Will you toll Eugeno to havo tho motor here In nn hour? Tho boat sails to morrow, ma tnnto." Tho marqulso rolled her embroidery and put It nsldo for twclvo months. Her lino hands looked capable us sho did so. "My dear Julia, a young aud hand some woman cannot follow llko a daughter of tho regiment, alter tho fortunes o! a soldier." "Hut a Red Cross nurso can, ma tnnto, nnd I havo my diploma." "Tho boat leaving tomorrow, my dear Julia, doesn't tnko passengers." "Oh, ma tanto! Thoro will bo no other boat for Algiers," Bho opened the newspaper, "until ... oh, hcav cmi!" "Hut Robert do Tremout's yacht la In tho harbor." Miss Redmond looked at her aunt speechlessly. "I 'ahull telegraph Madamo d' Haus Bonvlllo and ask permission for you ta go in that as nn auxiliary of tho Red Cross to AlglerB, or rather, Robert li at Nlco. I shall telegraph him." "01;, ma tanto!" "Ho naked mo to mnko up my own party for a cruise on tho Mediterran ean," snld tho Marqulso d'Escllgnnc thoughtfully. Miss Redmond fetched tho telegraph blank and tho pad from tho table. The color began to return to hor cheeks Sho put from her mind tho idea that her aunt had plans for her. All ways wero fair in tho present situation. The Marqulso d'Escllgnac wroto her dispatch, a very long ono, slowly. Sho Bald to her servant: "Call up tho Villa des Perroquota at Nlco. I wish to speak with tho Due do She Was Bored With the Idea Titles and Fortunes. of Tromont." Sho then drow her nleco very gently to her side, looking up at her as n mother might havo looked. "Darling Julia, Monsieur do Sabron has never told you that he loved you?" Julia shook her head. "Not In words, ma tanto." Thoro was a silence, and then Julia Redmond said: "I only want to assuro myself that ho is safe, that ho lives. I only wish to know his fato." "Hut if you go to him llko this, ma chero, ho will think you lovo him. Ho must marry you! Are you making a Borloua declaration." "Ah," breathed the girl from be tween trembling lips, "don't go on. I ahull bo shown tho way." Tlio Marquise d'Escllgnac then said, musing: "I shall telegraph to England for provisions. Food Is vilo tn Algiers. Also, Mclanle must get out our Bum mor clothes." "Ma tanto!" said Julia Redmond, "our Bummer clothes?" "Did you think you wero going nlono, my donr Julia!" She hud been so thoroughly tho American girl that sho had thought of nothing but going. Sho throw hor arma around hor aunt's neck with an abnndon thut made tho latter young again. Tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac kissed her nleco tenderly. "Madamo la Marqulso, Monsieur la Due do Tromont 1b at tho telephono," tho servant announced to hor from the doorway. (TO TIE CONTINUED.) Criticizes Hospitals. Mrs. W. K. Vandorbtlt has given much tlmo and money to the question of tho selling of drugs and tho treat ment of thoso who becomo victims, which tho city of Now York takes care Sho now doclarod tho manner In which the city of Now York takes cure of tho drug "fiends" a hideous farce. After ten days tho victims aro Bent out of tho hospitals "cured," and bIio says tuoy leave- shattered in nerve und unable to fight against tho drug. Katherlno Dement Davis, commission er of charltleB tn Now York, says that botweon 35 and GO per cont of all the criminals axe drug Honda. INIHMTIONAL ShHuorsanoL Lesson (Hy K. O. SKLI.KHS, AetlnB Director of Hunday School Connie of Moody Ulble Institute, Chicago,) LESSON FOR JUNE 6 NATHAN REBUKES DAVID. I.E8H0N THXT-It fiamuel ll:22-12:7a. nOMHIN TKXT-Creato In ma a clean heart O (Jod. Psaltn 61: to. This la a lesson that demands great caro In Its presentation and treatment, which will differ widely according to ago. For the younger tho briefest sort of statement that David foil In lovo with Uriah's wlfo and to obtain her had her husband killed will bo suffi cient. With such, throw the emphasis upon tho danger of harboring evil thoughts nnd tho need of heart purity (sco Golden Text). With adults, however, aomo time may bo devoted to the social evil which is bucIi a menace to every na tion, euro being taken loat tho discus sion becomo morbid, or that we neglect to emphaslzo tho fact thut the cure is not in regulation or reformation but In tho regeneration of tho human heart I. David's Many Good Deeds, Samuel, 7 and 9. As a background for hla most repulBlve sin Duvld hud u long list of excellent deeds. His de slro for u better abiding place for tho ark was not according to God's will for two reasons: first, thut an ornate houso might easily corrupt, through Idolatry, tho splrtuullty of the Hebrew rollglon; second, Duvld was a man of war and therefore not qualified for templo building. Though denied, David did not despair, but at once provided that his successor carry out his desire. II. David's One Great Sin, II Sam uel, 11:6. David's victories over hla enemlea nre dismissed In a few verses, yet his sin Is set forth in de tailanother ovidenco of tho divine origin and inspiration of tho Dible. David had followed the example of neighboring kings and taken to him self many wives; evidently regarding his fnncy as supreme and himself as ibovo the law. David was "off guard" In tho matter of temptation, a danger ous position for all, both soldier und civilian. David hnd hud too long and too great a period of success and pros perity after hla long period of priva tion, and this led to carelessness and pride. David was "off duty," indulg ing in ease while Joab did hla fighting. As a rcBUlt he became an adulterer and a murderer, and tho record In no way seeks to palliate his guilt. From all this tho record brings to ua many important lessons. "Outwardly pros perous and his army successful, Da vid must have felt In his heart tho spiritual blight in tne words, "but tho thing was evil tn the eyes of tho Lord" (v. 27 R. V.); no psalm writ ing then. III. Nathan's Parable, II. Samuel, 12:1-7. It ia an evidence or God'a graco that he sent his servant to re buke nnd restoro this "muti after hiB own henrt." Such la 'his mercy, for ho does not will that any should per ish but that nil might come to tho knowledge of forgiveness (Ezekiel 33.11; Mntthew 23:37). No parablo over had its desired effect moro quick ly than this ono. It brought conviction and repentance (v. 13) and led to tho writing of the fifty-first psalm., It waa a delicate taBk set before Nuthan thus to rebuke tho king, yet It reveals tho essential nobleness of David in that ho did not becomo angry. Nathan's task and hla wisdom are revealed in hla approach and in the way he led David to condemn, unwittingly, his own course of action. This was bet ter than to begin by upbraiding and denunciation. Verse two suggests, in fercntinlly, God'a great goodness to David, which made the offense one of gross Ingratitude. IV. Thou Art the Man" v. 7a. Thus far tho story la one al too common, then und now, of tho strong crushing the weak und glorying in their selfish ness. What follows Is tho ovidenco of God's response to man's repentnnce, tho parallel to which has nowhere elBO been found In tho ancient world. Tho glory of it is that David heard and heeded God'a messenger. Tho whole sordid story with Its resultant action on David's purt brings us many price less lessons. (1) That man who hnd lived a llfo of ralth und communion foil most miserably when ho neglected hla duty nnd took his eyea off God. Thero Is a gravo dnnger ahead of tho mun who begins to trlflo with sin (I Cor. 10'12). (2) Though a man fall (tho godly man) yet' ho la not utterly cast down. There Is pardon for tho vilest sinner and tho moat abject backslider. David's murderous hands and Blu-stnlned soul found pardon (Ps. 32 and 51). (3) A man's sins, though ho may find pardon, will cloud all of his future. David felt It in hla own life and fam ily; both daughter and sons felt its blight (Beo chapter 13), and It brought forth David's Immortal lament over Absalom. David's trusted friend Joined tho boii'b rebellion and caused David great sorrow (see 11:3; 23:34; 15:21 and Pa. 55:12-14).' A human book would cover up, omit or Beck to palliate such an act by ono of tho great of tho earth (cf. tbo story of Napoleon and Josophlne), yet tho Dible tells all tho facta to serve as a warning nnd to reveal God's matchlesa graco and mercy. ALL SEEK FOR HAPPINESS The One Thing for Which Mankind May Be Said to Have a Univer sal Desire. We cannot pick and choose tho happenings of llfo any moro than wo can select tho circumstances of our birth nnd death; wo are but creatures of a wonderful destiny directed by tho Almighty. It Is said that many tragedies of llfo might be averted if wo "took our medlcino llko men" nnd did not put our personal happiness abovo ovorythlng else. It Is as nat ural and to bo expected to long for happiness and cling to it as for the flowers to turn to the sun. Happiness la tho great lamp of life which lights our way through all sorts of shad owsshadows that blur the vision and mako long nights of our days, shadows that terrify by their gro tesquo shapes and threatening as pects, and shadows thut bury in their depths much that we hold most dear. Wo uro Jealous of our happiness aud guard it as tho most precious thing In life und when we watch It go down tho long aisles of memory further and further nway from our yearning oyes wo begin to plead for It, and strive for it, and fight for It. Wo batter tho wnlks of tho past In our vain efforts to call it buck before It is too late, und spend long days und wasto precious strength in the futilo endeavor to clutch It buck to our hearts. And nil tho while, perhaps right at our hunds within easy reach, happiness in u new gulso stands ready. Charleston News and Courier. We and the British Have Sweet Tooth. Hrltoiis havo the sweetest tooth, and Americans como next, if tho statis tics for consumption of sugnr moan anything. An Englishman cats annu ally 92.4 pounds, an American con sumes 79.2 pounds. In Denmark tho average consumption ia 72.6 pounds per capita; In Switzerland It is 55 pounds; in Germany, Holland, Swed en and Norway It ia from 39 to 44 pounds; In Franco, 35 'pounds; In Belgium, 33; In Austria, 24.2; In Rus sia, 19.8; In Portugal, 15.4; In Spain and Turkey, 11; in Italy, Uulgarla, Roumanla and Serbia, from G to 7 pounds. Tho principal reason for these varia tions is found in tho relative highness or lowness of the customs duties on sugar and on the things with which It la commonly associated coffeo, tea, etc. Everybody Satisfied. 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Dean, the official correspondent with the force, writes: "Our canteen had llvo times tho de mand for sweets and soft drinks that was expected and one-Ufth the demand for beer." Westminster Oazetto. More Words Followed. "I'm a woman of my word," said Mrs. Prebscnmb, with an air of final ity. "Indeed you are, my dear," said Mr. Prebscomb. "When I go out I don't come homo and tell an Improbable yarn about whero I've been." "No, you don't, my dear," replied Mr. Prebscomb mildly, "but that may bo due to tho fact that I have nover had BUtricicnt courage to ask you where you havo been." The Exception. "Two is company," quoted the Sage. "Unless they happen to be husband and wlfo," corrected the Fool. A woman is willing to pity her un fortunate sisters, hut she draws the lino at forgiving them. BEE SUPPLIES 1 T V K A I A ji Is soit k -rrzr w.t ji , ! AS