THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. ILLU3TlTI0l6cPAWALTER5 COflYtCfT Or 7H OOBBl-t1?atltU.COrtPAttY SYNOPSIS. 1 Comln de Sabron, captain of French cavalry, takes to his quarters to ralHo by linnet a rnothcrlcwi Irish terrier pup. nml names It Pltchouno. lie dines with tho Marqulso d'Escllgtmc and moots Miss Julia Itedmond, American liclrenH, who lngs for him on English ballad that lingers In his memory. Habron Is ordered to Algiers, but Is not allowed to take Kervantii or dogs. Miss Iledmond offers to take enre of tho dog during his mastor's nbsenco, but Pltchoune. homesick for his master, runs away from her. The Mnr itls plans to marry Julia to the Due do Tromont. Unknown to Sabron, Pltchouno follows him to Algiers. Dor and master meet and Sabron gets permission from tho war minister to keep his dog with him. Julia writes him that Pltchoune has run away from hor. He writes Julia of Plt ulloune. Tim Duo do Trcmont finds tho American heiress capricious. A newspa- fMf report that Sabron Is among tho miss ng aftor an engagement with the natives causes Julia to confess to her aunt that ho loves him. Sabron, wounded In an en gagement, falls into tho dry bed of a river, and Is watched over by Pltchoune. CHAPTER XIII Continued. "nut," Sabrori Bald aloud, "It Is a prayer to bo said at night and not In tho afternoon of nn African holl." Ho began to climb; ho pulled him self along, leaving his track In blood. Ho fainted twice, and tho thick growth hold him like tho wicker of a cradle, and before ho came to his con ncIouoncsB tho sun was mercifully go ing down. Ho finally reached tho top of tho bank and lay there panting. Not far distant wore tho bushes of roflo and mimosa flower, and still pant ing, weaker and ovor weaker, his cour ago tho only Hying thing in him, Sab ron, with Pltchoune by his side, dragged htmsolf Into hoallng hands. All that night Sabron was delirious; his mind travolcd far Into vague fan tastic countries, lod back again, ovor gently, by a tune, to safety. Every now and then ho would real Izo that ho was nlono on tho vast doBort, destined to finish his existence hero, to cease bolng a human croaturo and to become nothing but carrion. Moments of consciousness succeeded those of mental disorder. Every now 'and then he would fool Pltchouno cIodo to his arm. Tho dog licked his liand and tho touch was grateful to tho deserted officer. Pltchoune licked hla master's cheek and Sabron felt that thero was another llfo beside his in tho wlldorncss. Neither dog nor man could long exist, however, with out food or drink and Sabron was growing momentarily weaker. Tho Frenchman, though a philoso pher, realized how hard It was to dlo unsatisfied In love, unsatisfied In life, having accomplished nothing, having wlBhcd many things and realized at an early ago only death! Then this point of vlow changed and tho phys leal man was uppermost. Ho groaned for water, ho groaned for roltef from pain, turned his heat from sldo to side, and Pltchouno whined softly. Sabron was not strong enough to speak to him, and their voIcob, of man and bonst, Inarticulate, mingled both loft to dlo In tho open Thon Sabron violently rebelled and cried out in his soul against fato and deHtlny. Ho could havo cursed tho day ho was born. Keenly doslrous to Hvo, to mnko his mark and to win everything a man values, why should he bo ploked and choson for this lone iy pathetic end? Moreover, he did not wlslito suffor llko this, to lose hla grasp on life, to 'go on Into wilder delirium and to dlo! He know enough of Injuries to fool suro that his wound alono would not kill him. When ho ."had first dragged himself Into tho rehndo ho had fainted, nnd when ho camo to himself he might have .stanched his blood. His wound was Jiardly blooding now. It had alroady died! Fatigue and thirst, fover would finish htm, not his hurt. He was too young to dlo. r With groat effort ho raised himself on his arm and scanned tho desert htretchlng on all sides llko a rosy sea Along the rivor bank the palq and dull ato blossom and leaf of tho mimosa lay llko a bluish veil, and tho smell of tho oventng and tho smell of tho ml xnoBa flowor and tho porfumos of tho weeds came to htm, aromatic and bwooL Abovo hla head tho bluo sky was ablaze with stars and dlroctly over him tho evening star hung llko a crystal lamp. Hut thoro was no beau ty in it for tho wounded ofllcor who looked In vain to tho dark shadows on tho deaort that might moan approach ing human llfq. It would bo bettor to dlo as ho was dying, than to be found by tho enomyl Tho sea of waste rolled unbroken ub far as his fading oyos could roach. Ho sank back with a sigh, not to rlso again, and closod his oyos nnd wnltcd Ho slept a short, rostlcss, feverish idoop, and in It dreams chased ono an othor llko thoso evoked by a narcotic, but out of thorn, ovor nnd ovor again camo tho plcturo of Julia Redmond and she sang to him tho soug whoso words wore- a prayer for tho safety of a loved ono during tho night. From that romantic molody thoro oeomod to rlso more solemn onos. Ho hoard tho rolling of tho organ in tho cathedral in his natlvo town, for ho camo from notion originally, whoro 1 thoro is ono of tho most beautiful cathedrals In tho world. Tho music rolled and rollod and paBsed over tho desert's faco. It seemed to lift his spirit nnd to crndlo It. Then ho brcnthod hln prnyers they took form, and In his sloop ho repeated tho Ave Maria and tho Paternoster, nnd tho words rolled and rollod ovor tho desert's faco and tho supplication scorned to his fovcrlsh mind to mlnglo with tho stars. A sort of midnight dew fell upon him: so at least ho thought, and It seemed to him a heavenly dow and to cover him llko a benignant rain. He grow coolor. Ho prayed again, and with his words thoro camo to the young man an ineffnblo senso of peace. Ho pillowed his fading thoughts upon it; ho pillowed his aching mind upon It and his body, too, nnd the pain of his wound and ho thought nloud, with only tho night nlrs to hear him, In broken sentences: "If this Is death it Is not so bad. Ono should rathor bo afraid of llfo. This Is not difficult, If I should ovor get out of hero I shall not regret this night." Toward morning ho grow calmer, ho turned to speak to his llttlo compan ion. In his troubled thoughts he had forgotten Pltchouno. Sabron faintly called him. Thero wad no rosponso. Then tho soldier listened In silence. It was absolutely unbrokon. Not oven the call of a night-bird not even the cry of a hy- ona nothing camo to him but the In artlculato voice of the desert. Great and solemn nwo crept up to him, crept up to him llko a spirit and Bnt down by hlB sldo. Ho felt his hands grow cold, and his foot grow cold. Now, un- ablo to sponk aloud, thoro passed through his mind that this, indeed, was death, desertion absolute In the heart of tho plains. was brought In to the Chateau d'Kscil gnac, "I shall leave for Africa tomor row." "My dear Julia!" "Ho Is nllve! God wltl not let him die. llesldes, I have prayed. I bellovo in God, don't you?" "Of course, my dear Julia." "Well," said the girl, whoso nalo cheeks and trembling hands that held the telegram mado a sincere Impres sion on her aunt, "well, then, If you believe, why do you doubt that ho Is alive? Someono must find him. Will you tell Eugene to have the motor hero In an hour? Tho boat sails to morrow, ma tante." The marquise rolled her embroidery and put It aside for twelve mouths. Hor flno hands looked capablo as sho did so. "My dear Julia, a young and hand somo woman cannot follow llko a daughter of the regiment, after tho fortunes of a soldlor." "Hut a Hcd CroBs nurse can, ma tanto. and I havo my diploma." "The boat leaving tomorrow, my dear Julia, doosn't tuke passengers." "Oh, ma tante! There will bo no other boat for Algiers," she opened tho nowspaper, "until . - . oh, heav ens!" "But Robert do Tromont's yacht Is In tho harbor." MIbb Redmond looked at her aunt speochlossly. "I shall telegraph Madnmo d' Haua-, sonvillo and ask permission for you to go In that as an auxiliary of tho Red Cross to Algiers, or rather, Robert Is at Nice. I shall telegraph him." "Oh, ma tante!" "Ho asked mo to make up my own party for a crulso on the Mediterran ean," said tho Marquise d'Escllgnac thoughtfully. Miss Redmond fetched the telegraph blank and the pad from the table. The color began to return to her cheeks Sho put from hor mind tho Idea that her aunt had plans for her. All ways wore fair In tho present situation. Tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac wrote her dispatch, a very long ono, Blowly. She said to her sorvant: "Call up tho Villa des Porroquots at Nice. I wish to speak with tho Due da POM 1 jSL ROAD BREAKER IS CIVILIZER WHITE HOLLAND IS FAVORED Man's Scale Is Very Correctly Tested by His Attitude Toward Some Obstruction in Road. CHAPTER XIV. An American Girl. Tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac saw that sho had to rockon with an Amorlcan girl. Thoso who know Uicbo girls know what their temper and mettlo nro, und that they are capablo of tho flnoBt revorboratlon. Julia Redmond was very young. Otherwlso Bho would novor havo lot Sabron go without one sign that she was not lndlfforont to him, and that sho was rather bored with tho Idea of titles and fortunes. Hut sho adored her aunt and saw, moreover, some thing olso than rlbbonB and velvets In tho make-up of tho aunt. Sho saw dcopor than tho polish that a long Parisian llfotimo had overlaid, and sho loved what she saw. Sho roBpoctod her aunt, and knowing tho older lady's point of vlow, had been timid and hesi tating until now. Now tho Amorlcan girl woke up, or rathor asserted herself. "My doar Julia," said tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac, "are you suro that nil tho tinned things, the cocoa, and so forth, aro bn board? I did not boo that box." "Ma tantoj" returned hor niece from her steamer chair, "It's tho only piece of luggage I am suro about." At this response her aunt suffered a alight qualm for tho fato of tho rest of hor luggngo, and from her own chair In the shady part of the deck glaucod toward hor niece, whoso eyes wore on her book. "What n practical girl she Is," thought tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac. "Sho sooniB ton yeara older than I. Sho la cut out to bo tho wlfo of a poor man. It Is a pity sho should havo a fortune. Julia would have been charm ing as lovo In a cottage, whereas I . . ." Sho romombored hor hotel on the Pnro Monceau, her chateau by tho Rhone, hor villa at HInrrltz and sighed. Sho had not always boon tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac; sho had boon an Amorlcan girl first nnd remembered that her maiden nnme had been Do Puystor and thnt sho hud come from Schenectady originally. Hut for many yours sho had forgotten thoso things. Near to Julia Redmond thoso InBt fow weeks all but courage and simplicity had seemed to havo tarnish on Its wings. Sabron had not been found. It was a curious fact, and ono that transplroa now and then in tho history of desert wars tho man Is lost. Tho captain of the cavalry was missing, and tho only news of him was that ho had fnllon In an engagement and that his body had never been recovered. Sovernl sorties had been mado to find him; tho war department had done all that It could; ho had disappeared from tho fnco of tho desert and oven his bones could not bo found. From tho momout that Julia Rod- mond had confessed her lovo for the Fronchmnn, a courngo had been born In her which novor fnltored, and hor aunt scorned to havo boon Infected by It. Tho marqulso grow sentimental, found out that Bho whs more docllo and Impresslonnblo than sho had believed horsolf to bo, and tho vonoor and eti quette (no doubt novor a vory real part of hor) boennio loss Important than othor things. During tho last fow wcoks sho had boon inoro a Do Puyator from Schoncctndy than tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac. "Ma tanto." Julia Redmond had .sold to hor when tho last tologratu Breed of Turkeys That Do Not Wan der Away From Home Hens Nest In Any Convenient Place. Until recently tho Mammoth Ilronzo turkey was in a class by Itself, and was known as tho king of domestic birds, but by scientific breeding the Whito Holland variety has become a close rival of tho old favorite and promises to gain In popularity over tho uronzo within a very row years, says an Illinois writer in Farmer's Review. Thero was a tlmo when I read ad vertisements which described the Whito Holland turkey as "the kind that stays at homo." I could scarce ly bellovo that It was In accordanco with a turkey's nature, whatevor brood they chanced to bo, to "stay at home. Personal experlqnco has proved that tho White Holland will not wander as do tho Ilronzo and Bourbon Red, tho only other varieties of the tur koy family with which I am ac quainted. In tho laying season White Holland hens aro content to nest in any build ing about the place, in straw sheds or nearby shocks of corn and do not resent being disturbed. When the poults aro very young it is not necessary to keep tho turkey hen penned up more than a week, for Bhe will go only a few yards from tho coop, as sho seems to realize the help lessness of her flock. Later, as the turkeys grow larger and stronger, the mother hens pick their way slowly through un adjoining meadow or field for a fow hours each day, always com ing homo early In tho afternoon. At no tlmo during tho summer or fall do thoy go any distance from home, roads; is the The civilized man makes tho savage docs not. That safest test of civilization. Among us In all communities are Individuals who aro not really civil ized. They do not tako any Interest In roads. A man's scalo In civilization Is very correctly tested by his attitude to ward tho Btono which has rolled Into tho road, or tho tree which has blown down across It, writes Herbert Quick In Farm and Fireside. Tho man who drives around tho obstacle day after day is one sort of man, the ono who stops his team and rolls or drags It away Is another. And a person pass ing along a road which ho does not expect to retrace, who removes tho obstruction for tho sako of tho Btran gor who comes after him, responds to a very high test of civilization. Ho feels socially. "When tho snow pllos up In tho road tho man who goes' ahead and breaks the path for others bears the burden which ho who has made progress al ways must bear. There Is biiow In every road to co-opqratlon, to better schools, to better business methods. There must bo road breakers for every path. Tho road breaker is the great clvi- lizer. DIRT ROAD IS THE CHEAPEST She Was Bored With the Idea el Titles and Fortunes. Tremont." Sho thon drew her niece vory gently to her side, looking up nt hor aB a mother might have looked. "Darling Julia, Monsieur do Sabron has novor told you that ho loved you?" Julia shook her head. "Not In words, ma tante." Thoro was a Bllcnce, and then Julia Redmond said: "l only want to assuro mysolf that ho Is safe, that he lives. I only wish to know his fate." "Hut If you go to him llko this, ma chcro, ho will think you lovo him. He must marry you I Are you making a sorlouB declaration." "Ah," breathed the girl from be twoon trombltnu Una. "don't go on. I shall bo shown tho way." Tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac then said. musing: "I Bhall telegraph to England for provisions. Food Is vllo In Algiers Also, Molanle must get out our sum mor clothes." "Ma tnnto!" said Julia Redmond. "our Bummor clothes?" "Did you think you wore going alone, my doar Julia!" Sho had boon so thoroughly tho Amorlcan girl thnt sho had thought of nothing but going. Sho throw her arms around her aunt's neck with an abandon that made tho latter young again. Tho Marqulso d'Esclignuc kissed hor niece tenderly. "Madnmo la Marquise, Monsieur le Due do Tremont 1b at tho tolophono," tho sorvant announced to her from tha doorway. (TO UK CONTINUKD.) Pair of White Holland Turkeys. and they make a practice of coming back within a short time. White Holland' bear confinement well, and are thereforo tho Ideal tur key for tho breeder with limited space. Tho purebred specimen Is u remarkably beautiful bird, being as largo as the Dronzo, and of snow- white plumage. Tho fonthors, except ing those of wing and tall, are as soft as cotton and vory abundant. Breed ers who cull their flocks, dry pick tho birds which aro sold dressed, and use tho feathers instead of thoso of geese and ducks. Most Satisfactory Highway in Nine Tenths of Territory Big Objec tion to Macadamized Roads. The time may como when we can make cement roads. They will cost from ?5,000 to $10,000 a mile and they may be so smooth, if we learn to make them properly, that tho children liv ing on these lines of road can go to school on roller skates, as they do In some places down In Maryland. There may be somo satisfactory combination of sand and clay; but, speaking for the prairie lands, the best and tho cheapest road wo can get over nine-tenths of the territory is the dirt road. Tho more clay thero is in it, tho better tho dragged road will be. Thero is no bettor road than the gum bo road, If It Is properly dealt with. It Is really a pity that tho drag Is so simple and cheap. If It had cost $25 or $50, and was painted red, then tho farmers would think something of It. The main reason why It has not come into more common use is that it is bo cheap and simple In construction and so easy to handle. Someone may ask: Why. is it that thero was no objection to macadam ized roads twenty or thirty years ago? Simply because we did hot have the automobile. MacAdam, that Scotch- . LYON'S ACHES AND PAINS Have All Gone Since Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. Torro Hill, Pa. "Kindly permit me to givo you my testimonial in favor of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vogotablo Com pound. When I first began taking it I was suffering from female troubles for some time and had almost all kinds of aches pains In low er part of back and in sides, and press ing down pains. I could not sleep and had no appetite. Sinco I havo taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound the aches and pains aro all gona and I feel like a new woman. I cannot praise your medicine too highly. 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In the matter ol choosing a now breed of poultry, one should havo somo good reason, and 11 perchance your Inclination causes you to fancy one of the now or nowei breeds, there should be no reason fo: discarding this variety just because it is new. All varieties were new once. Of tho new breeds which are likely to make good, the Rhode Island White has many qualities which should at tract tho breeder who Is looking foi a fowl which will lay and pay. The Rhode Island White lias been bred now for moro than ten years. The bird, Ib tho same size and type as tho Rhode Island Red, tho only difference being tho color, which Is, of course, of puro white. Tho breed originated from a cross of the Cochin with a Wy andotte, this cross mated to a Cochin, and tho resulting birds mated with a Rose Comb White Leghorn. It soemB that pretty nearly all the good quali ties of each havo been combined In this breed. 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