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b Comto ilc Snbron, captain of French
eavalry, takrH to tils quartern to raise by
linml n motherless Irlnli terrier imp. and
nitmcs It Pltchouno. He dines with tho
Marqulso d'EscllKnac nnil meets Miss
Julia Hctlmond. Amurlcan lielrpss. who
slnita for him an English ballad that
lingers In Itln memory. Sabron Is ordereil
to Algiers, but Is not allowed to take
nervants or dotrs. Miss Hedmond offers to
take care of the dog during his master's
absence, but I'ltchouno, homesick for his
master, runs away from her, Tho Mar
qulso plans to marry Julia to the Due de
Trcmont, Unknown to Sabron, Pitchoune
follows him to Algiers. Dog and master
meet atid Sabron pets permission from
tho war minister to keep his dojr with him.
Julia writes him that I'ltchouno has run
away from her, He writes Julia of Plt
chouno. Tho Duo de Tromont finds tho
American heiress capricious.
CHAPTER XII Continued.
"My dear Julia," sho said to tho
beautiful girl, looking at hor through
hor lorgnon; "I don't understand you.
Every ono of your family haa married
a tltlo. Wo have not thought that wo
could do hotter with our money than
build up fortunes already Ftarted;
than in preserving nohlo races and
noble names. There has novcr been
n dlvorco In our family. I am a mar
quise, your cousin Is a countcHS, your
aunt la ono of tho peeresses of Eng
land, and ns for you, my dear, . . ."
Miss Redmond was stnndlng by tho
piano. Sho had lifted tho cover and
was about to Bit down to piny. Sho
smiled slightly at her aunt, and scorned
in tho momont to bo tho oldor woman.
"There nro titles and titles, ma
tan to: tho only question is what kind
do you valuo tho most?"
"Tho highest!" said her aunt with
out hesitation, "and the Due do Tro
mont is undoubtedly one of tho most
famous partis In Europe"
"Ho will thou find no difficulty in
marrying," said tho young girl, "and
I do not wish to marry a man I do not
iovo." v
Sho sat down at tho piano and hor
bands touched tho keys. Her aunt,
who was doing somo dainty tapestry,
whoBO lingers wero creating silken
Dowers and whoso mind was busy with
fancies and ambitions very like tho
work sho created, shrugged her shoul
ders. "That sooms to bo," sho said keenly,
"tho only tuno you know, Julia."
"It's a pretty song, ma tanto."
"I remember that you played and
sang It tho first night Sabron camo to
dinnor." Tho girl continued to linger
among tho chords. "And slnco then
nover a day passos that sometime or
other you do not play It through."
"It haa becomo a sort of oralson,
ma tanto."
"Sabron," said tho marqulso, "Is a
flno young man, my child, but ho has
nothing but his ofncor'a puy. Moro
over, a soldier's llfo Is a precarious
ono."
Julia Redmond played the song soft
ly through.
Tho old butler camo In with tho ovo
nlng mall and tho papers, Tho Mar
qulso d'Escllgnac, with hor embroid
ery scissors, opened Lo Tomps from
Paris and began to read with hor usual
intorest. Sho approached tho little
lamp on tho tablo near hor, unfolded
tho paper and looked over at her
nloco, and after a fow momenta, said
with & slightly softened volco:
"Julia!" Miss Redmond stopped
playing. "Julia!" Tho girl roso from
tho plnno stool and stood with her
band on tho instrument.
"My dear Julia!" Modamo d'Escll
Snac spread Lo Tomps out and put hor
band on It. "As I said to you, my
cuua, mo 1110 or a oomior ib a pro-
carious ono.
"Ma tante," breathed MIbb Redmond
from whoro sho stood. "Toll mo what
tho news is from Africa. I think I
know what you moan."
Sho could not trust horsolf to walk
across tho floor, for Julia Redmond In
that momont of suspenso found tho
room swimming.
"Thero has boon nn engagement."
said tho marqulso gently, for in splto
of hor ambitions sho loved hor nloco.
"There has boon an ongagoment, Julia
at Dlrbal." Sho lifted tho nowspapor
and hold It beforo hor faco and read:
There has been some hard fighting; In
the desert, around about Dlrbal. Tho
troops commanded by Captain de Sabron
were routed by tho natives at noon on
Thursday. They did not rally and woro
forced to retreat. There was a grunt
loss of life among the natives and sev
eral of tho regiment were also killed.
There has been no late or authenlu news
from Dlrbal, but the last dlsputuhes glvo
the department of war to understand that
Babron himself la among tho missing.
Tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac slowly put
town tho paper, and roso quickly. Sho
wont to tho young glrl'B sldo and put
her arm around hor. Miss Redmond
covered hor faco with her hands:
"Ma tanto, ma tanto!" sho mur
mured. "My dear Julia," said tho old lady,
"thoro Is nothing moro uncertain than
newspaper reports, especially ihosa
that como from tho African seat of
war. Sit down horo, my child."
Tho two women oat together on tho
long piano stool. Tho marqulso said:
"I followed tho fortunes, my doar,
of my husband's cousin through tho
I engagement In Tonkin. I know a llttlo
wk&t it was." Tho girl vasJmiuov
nblo. Her aunt felt her rigid by her
sldo. "I told you," sho murmured,
"that a soldler'B life was a precarious
ono."
Miss Redmond threw away all dls
gulso. "Ma tanto," sho said In a hard
volco. "I love him! You must havo
known It and seen it. I love him! He
is becoming my life."
As the marqulso looked at tho girl's
faco and saw her trembling Hps nnd
her wide eyes, she renounced her am
bitions for Julia Redmond. She re
nounced them with a High, but she was
a woman of tho world, and moro than
that, a true woman. Sho remained for a
moment In silence, holding Julia's
hands.
Sho had followed the campaign of
her husband's cousin, a young man
with an insignificant title whom sho
had not married. In this moment sho
relived again tho arrival of tho eve
ning papers; the dispatches, her bus-
band's nows of his cousin. - As sho
kissed Julia's checks a moisture
passed ovor her own eyes, which for
many years hud shed no tears.
"Courage, my denr," slip Implored
"Wo will tolegrnph at once to tho
minister of war for news."
Tho girl drew a convulsive breath
and turned, and leaning both elbows
on tho piano keys perhaps in the
very notes whoso music In the llttlo
song had charmed Snbron sho burst
into tears. Tho mnrqulse rose and
passed out of tho room to send a man
with a dispatch to Taruscon.
CHAPTER XIII.
One Dog's Day.
Thero must bo a real philosophy In
all provorbs. "Every dog has his day"
Is a significant ono. It surely was for
I'ltchouno. Ho had his day. It was a
glorious one, a terrible one, a mcmor-
ablo ono, and bo played his llttlo part
In it. Ho awoko at tho grny dawn,
springing llko a flash from tho foot of
Sabron's bed, where ho lay asleop, In
response to tho sound of tho reveille,
nnd Sabron sprang up after him.
I'ltchouno In a fow moments was In
tho center of real disorder. All ho
know was that ho followed his master
Pitchoune 8melled Him From Head to
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all day long. Tho dog's knowledge did
not comprehend tho fact tlmt not only
had tho native village, of which his
master spoke in his letter to Miss Rod
mond, been destroyed, but that Sab
ron's regiment Itself was menaced by
a concerted and concentrated attack
from an entire trlbo, led by a fanatic
ns botmlndod and as fierce us tho
Muhdl of Sudanoso history.
Pltchouno followed at tho heels of
his master's horso. No one paid any
attontion to him. Heaven knows why
ho was not trampled to death, but ho
was not No ono trod on him; no
horso's hoof hit his llttlo wiry form
that managed In the midst of curnago
and death to keep Itself secure and his
hldo wholo. Ho smelt the gunpowder,
bo smelt tho smoko, Biilffod at It,
throw up htB pretty head and barked,
punod and panted, yelped und tore
about and followed. Ho was not con
scious of anything but that Sabron
was In motion; that Sabron. his bo
loved mastor, waa In uctlon of some
klud or other and ho, a soldier's dog,
wan in action, too. no howled at
fierce dark faces, whon ho saw them.
Ho snnrlod at tho bullots that wills
tied around his ears nnd, laying hla
llttlo oars back, ho shook his black
muzzlo In tho very grin of death.
Sabron's horso was shot undor him,
and then Pitchoune Baw his mnBtor,
sprang upon him, and his feelings wero
not hurt that no attention wua paid
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uiui, iimi. iiul avou ins namo was
called, and ns Sabron struggled on,
Pltchouno followed, it was his day:
ho waa fighting tho natives; ho was
part of n battlo; ho was n soldlor'B
dog! Llttlo by llttlo tho creatures
and things around him grew fewer.
tho smoko cloarod and rolled away,
moro woro a fow foot of freedom
around mm in which ho etood audi
llllsi
barked, thrn he was oft again close to
his muster's heels and not too soon
He did not know the blow that struck
Snbron, but he saw him fall, and then
und there camo Into his cnnlno heart
some knowlodgo of tho lmportanco of
his day. Ho hud raced himself weary.
,-ory bono In his little body ached
1th fatigue.
Sabron lny his length on the bed of
a drled-up river, one of those phantom-
llko channels of a desert stream whose
course runs watery only certain times
of the year. Sabron, wounded In the
abdomen, lay .on his sldo. Pitchoune
Bincllcd him from head to foot, ad
dressed himself to his restoration in
his own way. Ho licked his faco and
hands nnd curs, sat sentinel at the be
loved bond whero tho forehead waB
covered with sweat and blood. He
barked fovorlshly nnd to his attentlvo
cars thero camo no answer whatso
ever, either from the wounded man In
tho bed of tho African river or from
tho silent plains.
Sabron was deserted. He had fallen
and not been missed and his regiment,
routed by the Arabs, had been driven
Into retreat. Finally tho little dog,
who knew by instinct that llfo re
mained In his muster's body, set him
self at work vigorously to awaken a
sign of life. He attacked Sabron's
shoulder ns though It woro a prey; he
worried him, barked In bis car, struck
him lightly with his paw, and finally,
awakening to dreadful pain, to fever
und to Isolutlon, awakening perhaps
to tho battlo for llfo, to the attentions
of his friend, tho spahl opened bis
eyes.
Sabron's wound was serious, but his
body was vigorous, strong and healthy,
and his mind moro so. Thero was a
film over It Just now. He raised him
self with great effort, and In a momont
realized whero he was and that to
linger there was n horrlblo death. On
each sldo of tho river roso an Inclined
bank, not very high und thickly grown
with mimosa hush. This meant to him
that beyond It and probably within
easy, reach, thero would bo shade from
tho Intense and dreadful glare beat
ing down upon him, with death In
every ray. Ho groaned and Pitchoune'?
volco answered him. Sabron paid no
attention to his dog, did not even call
hl8,natnc. His mind, accustomed to
quick decisions and to a matter-of-fact
consideration of life, instantly took its
proper course. Ho must get out of the
river bed or die there, rot there.
What thero was beforo him to do
was so stupendous an undertaking that
it mado him almost unconscious of tho
pnln In his loins. He could not stand,
could not thoroughly talso himself;
but by great and painful effort, bleed
ing at every move, he could crawl; he
did so, and tho sun beat down upon
him. Pltchouno walked by his sldo,
whining, talking to him, encouraging
him, and the spahl, ashen pale, hla
bright grny uniform ripped and stained,
all alono In tho desert, with death
nbovo him and death on every hand,
crnwled, dragged, hitched along out of
tho river to tho bank, cheered, en
cournged by his llttlo dog.
For a drop of water bo would havo
given oh, what had ho to glvo? For
a llttlo shade ho would havo given
about all ho und to glvo had been
given to his jduty In this engagement
whldh could never bring him glory, or
distinction or any renown. Tho work
of a spahl with a native regiment is
not a very glorious affair. Ho waa
simply an officer who fell doing his
dally work.
Pltchouno barked and cried out to
him: "Courage!"
"I shall dio hero at tho foot of the
mimosa," Sabron thought; and his
hands hardly had the courage or
strength to grasp tho first bushes by
which he meant to pull himself up on
tho bank. The llttlo dog was closo to
him, leaping, springing near him, nnd
Sabron did not know how tired and
thirsty nnd exhausted his bravo little
companion was, or that perhaps In
that heroic llttlo body there was us
much of a soldier's soul as in his own
human form.
Tho sun was so hot that It seemed
to sing in the bushes. Its torrid fovcr
struck on
his brown, struck on his
chest; why did It not kill him? Ho
was not oven delirious, and yet tho
bushes sang dry and crackling. What
was their melody? Ho know It. Just
ono melody haunted him always, and
now ho know tho words: they were a
prayer for safety.
(TO 13 CONTINUED.)
Civilization's Peril.
America Is closer to tho heart of
Europe than at any tlmo slnco Eng
lnnd's colonies becamo Independent
states, To tho most Isolated farm
houso It has been known for a half yoar
that wo aro not remoto from the por
tentous oventB beyond tho sea; that
tho fato of our brothors over thero,
In somo way which wo do not well
uiscorn, involves us also. wo aro,
whothor wo llko It or not, full share
holders In tho civilization which Is Im
periled. Our commerco and Industry,
our prosperity and woll-bolng, our cul
turo nnd religion, tho foundations of
our 'common humanity, and tho Ideals
of our common aspirations, aro nil at
stake. Edward T. Dovlno In tho Sup
vey.
Child Research Work.
Mlsa Elizabeth Mooro of St. Iniiln
who Is a mombor of tho children's bu
roau department of tho government
has returnod to Saginaw, Mich., to
contlnuo hor investigations In regard
to tho womon of tho lumber camps
nnd honlth of tho children. Miss Julia
l.athrop, head of tho children's bureau
ordered Miss Mooro to Indianapolis
shortly aftor tho holidays to assist
In making preparations for a child
welfare exhibition to bo given In that
c'ty. Miss Mooro was thoro ten dnys
buoro returning to bur regular work
PROPER TIME TO PLANT STRAWBERRIES
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Crating Strawberries.
In tho prairie region west of the
Mississippi, spring planting gives best
results.
In the middle Atlantic states the
work is divided between spring and
August planting with the balance In
favor of tho latter in somo localities.
Iu New England tho work Is chiefly
confined to tho spring months, al
though thero aro enthusiastic advo
cates of fall planting, especially
among those who combine strawberry
growing with tho trucking business
on expensive lands near tlio largo
cities. -
In the Atlantic Coast states south of
New York, August and September
planting is extensively practiced, par
ticularly upon tho more retentive
soils.
In tho trucking region on the Islands
about Charleston, S. C, tho spring
planting is extensively practiced, as It
results In a paying crop tho following
year, while only a small crop can be
harvested from fall set plants.
On tho heavier soils of South Caro
lina, however, fall planting with tho
paying crop ono year from tho fol
lowing spring, Is tho most profitable
method.
The particular time during tho sum
mer or fall when tho planting should
TO SECURE PROFITABLE TOMATO CROPS
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Hoops In Single Row
(By Jr. N. EDGERTON.)
Tho tomato Is essentially a seedbed
plant To secure a long period of
ripening, tho seed must bo sown in
forcing beds severnl weeks in advance
of the time when It may safely bo sot
In tho open field. Our rulo Is from
eight to ten wooks.
To secure prolltablo crops In tho
northern latitudes, it Is essential that
largo, stalky plants bo used, and that
they bo set in a well prepared, fertile
Boll, tho transplanting being dono in
such a manner as to insuro tho mini
mum check in growth.
Two or three tranaplantings while
In plantbcds aro essential to secure
short, strong, stalky plants, with a
compact, fibrous root system.
In transplanting wo movo a chunk
of earth about four Inches square-'
with each plant. Wo mnko rows threo
and a halt or four feet apart, nnd
apace the plants sixteen to eighteen
Inches In tho row.
Each plant Is confined to a single
branch, and trained to a stnko. Strong
twine is used to sovnre tho plnnt to
tho stake, one such support being used
lust below each cluster.
Tho string Is first mado secure to
iho stako, a single knot will usually
answor, and thon tho stalk enclosed, a
doublo knot being necessary In this
caso. Amplo allowance should bo
mado for subsequent growth of stalks
A lateral will appear at each leuf
(olnt, and theso must bo removed at
)nco In order that tho entire strength
3f tho plnnt bo directed Into tho grow
ing of tho slnglo stalk, and the devcl
pment of tho fruit cluster thereon.
In our own oxporlonco wo havo
.'ound that this method of culture has
w v v ;-
'Ay
bo dono will be governed by the oc
currence of the seasonal rains. If in
July und August plant then; If in
September nnd October, plant at that
time. If tho earlier date can be taken
advantage of so much tho better.
Progress and Improvement.
It is a mistake to get the idea intc
your head that you know all about
dairying. Study the improvements
and progress made by your neighbors
methods. Hear in mind that this is an
age of progress and discovery r-.nr! no
one man has all tho good cows, nor a
patent right on producing them. For
get not the old maxim, "What one
man has done another man may."
The Dust Mulch.
A dust mulch would prevent evapo
ration of the moisture in tho orchard
just the samo as in the open Held.
Then why not use it? Some men do
not put a knife or saw into their or
chard for four or five years, then in
a fit of enthusiasm they cut and slash
doing moro harm than good.
Profit in Farming.
' Under ordinary circumstances. It Is
tho homegrown feeds that put the
profit In farming.
Trellis for Tomatoes.
decided advantages over other meth
ods. First a gain is made in securing
early maturity of fruits, second, thf
fruit is larger and finer in quality.
While there aro not so ntny indl
vldual fruits as whero permitted tc
branch freely, thero Is a gain in size
and a very decided gain in tho nura
ber of perfect specimens.
Tho fruit being held suspended, the
Influence of tho sun's rays reaches ev
ery portion of Us surface, resulting In
higher and more perfect coloring than
is over secured when tho fruit comes
In contact with tho ground, or its
mulched surface.
Furthermore, air and sunlight havo
freo access to every portion of leaf
surface, promoting activity In cellular
tissues, and health in these tissues as
well. Wo find that grown by this
method thero Is scarcely any Inclina
tion toward rotting In the fruit.
To secure tho greatest benefit from
this method through earlier maturing
fruit, it la essential that tho plants bo
extra largo and strong.
I havo transplanted, with scarcely
any check In growth, plants that wero
eighteen Inches In height, nnd ono
clustor set with fruit. A ball of earth
13 removed "with each plant, howover,
from four to six Inches square.
It Is essential, too, that the soil
moisture bo conservod by sufficient
mnlntonnnco tillage, nnd that tho
ground bo well fertilized in order that
thoro bo no hitch In tho process thai
makes for the. maximum growth both
in foliage and fruit.
Whllo this method Is certainly the
one for us under our conditions of soil
nnd climate, It may not glvo same
results under other conditions.
WESTERN
CANADA
SEEDING
FINISHED
Wheat and Other Grains Have
. Had an Excellent Start
Tho seeding of spring wheat was
pretty general this spring about 7th
of April or about as early as In Illinois
and Iowa. Oata and barloy followed.
Information Is to hand that on first
of May all seeding was practically fin
lahod. Farmers will now bo busy at
tneir breaking, and tho land for sum
mer fallow will bo entered upon. Somo
who did not got their land prepared
last fall, will bo later than the othora,
but as tho spring In Western Canada
has been very open thoy will bo only
a few days later. At tho tlmo of
writing rain would bo welcome, but
at aeedlng time, tho ground contained
a splendid lot of moisturo and the
lack of rain at tho present tlmo will
not bo sorloUB. Tho number of farm
ers who havo gono Into the raising of
cattlo has been considerably In
creased, and tho preparation for ox
tonsive cultivated grass pastures is
in ovidenco everywhere. The culti
vation of fodder com la being largely
entered upon In Manitoba there be
ing upwards of 25,000 acrea In corn.
In Saskatchewan thoro will bo a
largo increase in the area planted, and
in Alberta many of tho more progres
sive farmers are taking hold of it.
Tho yield varies according to tho cul
tivation it receives, and runs from
five to nlno tons per aero. In some
portions of Manitoba whero It has
been poor for somo years, success haa
been achieved in ripening and It ia
expected that a variety will soon bo
developed that will provido seed for
tho entire West, that will at an early
date give to Western Canada a famo
for tho growing of a marketable corn
equal to that It has now for tho
growth of smaller cereals.
A trip through Western Canada ro-
vealB Held after field of alfalfa, the
growth of which in any portion of
tho country is now absolutely assured.
When theso facta aro mado known to
tho farmers of tho corn and , alfalfa
growing states, whero their valuo as
wealth makers Is so well known, thero
will bo no hesitancy in taking advan
tage of tho splendid gift of 160 acrea
of land made by the Government of
tho Dominion of Canada, where equal
opportunities aro offered. Besldea
these free grant lands, there are tho
lands of aomo of tho railway com
panies and largo land companies, that
may be had at low prices and on
reasonable terms. During the month
of February a largo number of In
quiries were received, asking for farm
lands.
An encouraging feature of tho farm
land situation in Canada Is tho largo
percentage of sales mado to settlers
in the country who desire to Increaso
their holdings or to others who will
take up farming In place of different
occupations previously followed. Ad
vertisement.
The Gentle Hint.
"May I kiss your hand?" said" he
"Wouldn't that bo rather out
of
place?" quoth she.
And he agreed with her to the full
est extent.
THE SECRET
of good coffee is to get pure, sound coffee.
If you ask your dealer he will tell you
that all coffees are pure, as tho law pro
hibits the sale of substitutes as coffee.
Not all apples arc pure although they
are apples. Some of them aro often rotten.
Some coffees are windfalls, and whilst
the law allov.-s them to be called coffee
they are impure and have a harsh taste.
Dcmson s Coffees are picked coffees, the
berries picked by hand from the trees,
consequently they are always pure and
pound in every cense of the word, reliable
and delicious.
Denison's Coffees arc always packed in
cartons, bags or cans with the name on
every package. All others are imitations.
If vour Krocer does not stock JJenison s
Coffees, write the Dcnison Coffee Co., Chi
cago, 111., who will tell you whero they
can be obtained in your vicinity. Adv.
The Prescription.
"I havo broken down from over
work, doctor. What euro would you
recommend?"
"A sinecure; three dollars, please."
CLEAN SWEET SCALP
May Bo Kept So by Cutlcura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.
To havo good hair clear tho scalp
of dandruff and itching with 6hampooa
of Cutlcura Soap and touches ,of Cutl
cura Ointment to dandruff spots and
Itching, Nothing better than theso
pure, fragrant, supercreamy emol
lients for akin and scalp troublea.
Sample each free by mall with Skin
Dook. Address Cutlcura, Dopt. XY,
Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv.
The Direct Cause.
"Why do you want to get divorced?"
"Becauso I'm marrlod."
Youn own nnuaaisT im tf.i.i. yod
Any woman can manage a man, II
sho can only prevent him from know,
lng it.
Happy Is the home where Red Cross
Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. All
grocers. Adv.
"1" Is tho only letter In the alphabet
of egotism.