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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. m KM w ILLUSTRATIONS COPYMWOr THE 0O8B5 ftSHTttl COMPANY SYNOPSIS. 8 f Cntntn do Knliron, captain of Frotu-ii tHvuiry, tiikon to liln oiiurtiTn lo ruliio liy liuml u nifitlieiU'MH ItIhIi tfrrjr pup, nml iminex It I'ltolioune. 11,- illneH with tlio MnriilKf (1'KncllKfinc mill mucin Miss Jullii Itcilrimiiil, Aint-rlirin lielrrs, wild fliiCT lor lilin nn ICmkIIhIi Imllad that lltiKcrn In MIr iru-tnory. Huliron Ih oiiIitoJ AIkIith, Imt Is not nllowod to (nke ('I'vntilx or iIorh. Minn Iledmomt offorn to XnUi' 'iiro of 1Mb Ior ilurlntf Ills mnnlor'it urni-nce, but I'ltclioiinc, homesick for his innNlcr. rtum away from hrr. Thr- Mnr nulHCr pinna to marry .Jtillii lo the Dun de rroinonf. Unknown to Mabron, l'lti'liounn follows lilm to AlKlori). Dor mid nuistor moot nnd Snbron Kcts pi-rinlsaloii from (tin war minister to ke en hln iIok with him. Julia wrltiB hhn tlmt I'ltchoiitip him run away from her. llo wrltoa Julia of I'lt t'hniinc. Thn Due do Tromont finds the Amprlrn.li liclrcHx cnprlclouB. A newnpa per rpport thnt'Hnbron In nniotiK the mias ms; nftnr an oriKaKiwiPnt with the nntlvpn fatiKpn Julia to confesn to hc-r aunt that Hhn lov-pn him. Hiiliron, wounded in an en rRPniont. falls Into tho dry bnd of a rlyar, nnd In watohod ovnr by I'ltchounn, After a horrlblo night and day I'ltchounu leavtn him. Juliu roch In seuruli of Bh bron, reported minding. CHAPTER XV. Julla'o Romance. From her Btoamor chnlr tlio Mnr nulso d'Kscllgnnc asked: "Arc you absorbed in your book. Julia?" Miss Hedmond faintly Htnllcd an sho laid It down. Sho was absorbed In but one thing, morning, noon and night, waiting or sleeping: when and whore alio should find him; how ho was boing treated. Ilnd ho boon taken captive? Ho was not dead, of that sho was suro. "What rs tho book, Julia?" "Lo Conto d'un Spahl." "Put It down and lot mo speak to you of Kobert do Tromont." MIbb llcdmond, being his guest and Indebted to him for her luxurious transportation, could not in doconcy rcfuso tho request. "Ho knows nothing wlmtovor of our orrand, Julia." "Ah. thou, what does ho think?" Miss Redmond on tho arm of her IjIuo sorgo coat woro a band of white, In tho center of which gleamed tho Red Cross. Tho marquise, wrapped In a snblo rug, hold a small Pcklneso lap dog cuddled undor hor arm, and had only tho appearance of a lady of lots tiro bent on a ploasuro excursion. Sho did not Ruggest a rescuing party In tho least. Her Jaunty hnt was onvelopod by a dollcato voll; hor hands woro In cased in loug whlto gloves. Now that sho had encouraged hor onorgetlc nlcco and taken this doclslvo stop, sho ro laxed nnd found what ploasuro sho might In tho voyage "Whon wo camo on board last night, my dear, you romombor that I sat with Robert in tho salon until , . . well, latlsh." "After midnight?" "Possibly; but I am "fifty and he la thirty. Moroovor,1 urn his godmother. Ho Is onchnntlng, Julia, spiritual and sympathetic. I confess, my dear, that I find mysolf rathor at a loss as to what to tell him." Mies Redmond listened politely. Sho was supremely Indifferent as to what had boon told to hor host. This was Tuesday; they should reach Algiers on Saturday at tho latest. What iiowb would moot thorn thoro? Sho hold In her book tho laBt dispatch from tho ministry of war. Supposing tho Cap tain do Snbron had boon tnkon captlvo by soino marauding tribo and was bo ing hold for a ransom! This was tho Romance of a Spahl, in which sho was absorbed Taken cuptlvo! Sho could not let liersolf think whirl that might moan. y "Robert's mothor, you know, Is my closest friend. Ills father was one of 'tho witnesses of my ninrriago. 1 fool that I havo brought up Robert . . . It would luivo boon so porfect." Sho, sighed. "Alp. tantoS" warnod Miss Rodmond, with a nolo of pain In hor volco. "You, yes," uccoptotl tho marqulBo, M know, my dear, 1 know. Rut you cannot escape from tho yacht except in a lifeboat, and if you did it would bo ono of Robert's lifeboats! You must not bo too formal witli him." Sho tapped tho noso of her Poklueso dog. "Ho still, Mlml, that mau Is only Bailor! and it ho woro not hero nnd at Ills duty you would bo drowned, you llttlo gOOBOl" Tho Pekinese dog was a new addi tion. Julia tried not to dlallko hor; for Julia, only Pltchouno existed. Sho znuld not touch Mintl without a sense of disloyalty. Tho boat cut tho uzuro water with Its delicate whlto body, tho docks gliBtoned llko glass. Tho sailor at whom Mlml had barkod passed out of flight, and fur up in tho bow Tromont, Jn whlto llannolB, stood smoking. "I had to bo vory circumspect, my dear Julia, whon 1 talked with Robort. You boo you aro not engaged to Mon (dour do Subron." Tho girl colored. "Tho sontlrnontal woman In mo," hor mint wont on, "has roBpondod to nil your fantasfoB, but tho practical worn ftn In mo calls mo a romautlo gooso," "Ah," breathed Miss Redmond, opon lng hor book, "ma tanto, lot mo read." "Nonsense," said tho nuirqulso affec tionately. "Tho most important part of tho wholo affair is that wo aro hore -RAT WALTERS that we aro en route to Algiers, Is it not?" The girl extended her hnnd grate fully. "And thank you! Tell me, what did you suy to him?" Tho inarqulno hummed a llttlo tune, and softly pulled Ml mi's ears. "Remember, my child, that If wo find Monsieur de Snbron, tho circumspec tion will havo to bo oven greater Btlll." "Loavo that to me, ma tnnto." "You don't know," said tho de termined lady qulto Bweetly, "that ho has tho slightest desire to murry you. Julia." Miss Redmond sat up in her chair, and flamed. "Do you want to mako mo miser able?" "I intend to lot my worldly wisdom oqual this omorgency, Julia. I want Robert to havo no suspicion of tho facta.' "How can wo prevent It, ma tanto?" "W3 can do so If you will oboy mo." Tho girl started, and her aunt, look ing up at tho Due do Tromont whore ho stood In tho bow, aaw that ho showed signs of finishing his smoke and of joining them. "Ma tanto," said tho girl quickly, "havo you brought mo hero under falfio colors? Havo you let him think . . ." "Hush, Julia, you aro Indebted to him for accomplishing your own de sire." "Rut I would novor, never . . ." "Petite sotte," cried the marqulso,' "then you would novor havo been on this yacht." t Intensely troubled nnd annoyed, Julia asked in n low tono: "For heavon'a sako, ma tanto, toll mo whnt tho Due do Tromont thinks!" Her nunt laughed softly. "Tho In trlguo and romance of it all onter talned hor. Sho hnd tho sense of hav ing mado a very pretty concession to her nloco, of having accomplished a very agreeablo pleasure trip for hor Bolf. Ab for young Snbron, ho would bo fill r 6 to bo dlscovored at tho right moment, to bo lionized, decoratod and advanced. Tho reason that sho had no wrinkles on hor handsomo check was because sho wont lightly through llfo. "He thinks, my dearest girl, that you aro llko all your countrywomen: a llttlo eccentric and that you havo a "You Must Not Be Too Formal With Him." strong mind. Ho thinks you ono of tho most tender-hearted nnd benevo lont of girls." "Ma tanto, ma tanto!" "Ho thinks you nro making a llttlo mission Into Alglors among tho sick and tho wounded. Ho thinks you aro going to sing in tho hospitals." "Hut," exclaimed tho girl, "he must think mo mad." "Young mon don't caro how mildly mad a beautiful young woman Is, my dear Julia." uut, no will find out ... he will know." "No," said tho marqulso, "that he will not. I have intended to that, Ho will not leavo his boat during the ox curslon, Julia. Ho remains, nnd v go on shore with our people," "How aplondld!" sighed Julia Ited mond, relieved. "I'm glad you think bo," said hor nunt rnther shortly. "Now I havo n mvor to obk of you, my child." Julia trembled, "Ma tanto!" "Whllo wo aro on board tho yacht you win ireai uooort charmingly." "I am always pollto to him, am I now "You nro llko nn Irritated snhlnx to him, my dour. You must bo dlf- loront. "I thought," said tho girl in a nub duod volco, "that it would bo llko this Oh, I wish I lind Bnllod on any vosol ovou a cargo yessoi. Looking at hor contly, hor nunt wald! "Don't bo ridiculous. ' on!) wish to protect you, my child. I think I hnvo proved my friendship. Ue mombor, before tho world you nu nothing to Charles do Sabron. A woman'a heart, my dear, hai delusions as well na passions." The girl crimsoned nnd bowed her charming head. "You aro not called upon to toll Robort do Tremont that you are In lovo with n man who has not asked you to mnrry him, but you aro his guest, nnd all I ask of you Is that you make tho voyago ns agroo- ablo to him as you can, my dear." Tremont was coming townrd them Julia raised her head and murmured: "I think you for everything. I shall do what I can," And to herBclf she said: "That Is. as far as my honor will let me." CHAPTER XVI. The Duke in Doubt. Tho short Journoy to Africa over a calm and perfect sen, whoso waters wore vplccs at her port to solace hor. and where the stars ulono glowed down llko frlendB upon her 'and seemed to understand was a torture to Julia Redmond. To herself Bhe called her aunt cruel, over nnd over again, nnd felt n prisoner, a caged creature. Tromont found her charming, though in this role of Florcnco Nightingale, Bhe puzzled nnd perplexed him. She wns nevertheless ndornblo. Tho young mnn had tho good senso to mako n discreet courtship nnd under stood slio would not bo easily won. Until thoy renched Algiers, Indeed, until tho night before they dlaom barked, he had not said ono word to hor which might not havo been shnred by her aunt. In accordance with the French custom, thoy never wore ulono. Tho marqulso shut her eyes and nnppcd considerably and gave them every opportunity she could, but alio wns alwnyB present. Tho Due de Tremont had been often In lovo during his short llfo. Ho was a Latin nnd thought that women nre made to bo loved. It was part of his education to think this and to toll them this, and he also believed it a proof of his good tnste to tell them this ns soon ns possible. Ho wns n thoroughly fine fellow. Some of his forefathers had fought and fallon in Aglncourt. They hnd been dukes over slnco. There wns something distinctly noblo In the blond young mnn, nnd Julia dlscov ored it. Possibly nhe had felt It from tho first. From tho moment that tho old duch- ess had said to Robort do Tremont: "Julia Redmond Ib a great catch, my dear boy. I should llko to havo you marry her," her son answered: "Dion, mn mere," with cheerful ac quiescence, nnd Immediately consid ered it and wont to Tnrascon, to tho Chateau d'Esclignac. When his mother hnd suggested tho visit ho told her that ho intonded making up a party for tho Mediterranean. "Why don't you tnko your godmoth er and the Amorlcan girl? Miss Red mond has an incomo of nearly a mil lion francs and thoy say she is well bred." "Vory good, ma mere." 1 Whon he saw Miss Rodmond he found her lovely; not so lovely as the Comtesso de In Malno, whose Invita tion to dinner he had refused on the day his mother suggested tho Chateau d'Esclignac. Tho comtesso was a widow. It is not very, very comme 11 fnut to marry a widow, in tho Fau bourg St.-Gormain. Miss Redmond's beauty wns different. Sho was self- absorbed nnd cold. Ho did not un derstand her nt nil, but thnt was the American of her. Ono of his friends hnd marriod an Amoricnn girl nnd found out after ward that sho chewed gum before breakfast. Pauvrc Raymond! Miss Redmond did not suggest suuli possi bilities. Still sho was very different from a French jeuno 1111c. (TO UK CONTINUED.) Hospital Barges. Northern France Is rich In water ways, nnd hospital barges aro already running betwoon Pnrls and tho battle front, under tho auspices of tho Union den Fommos de Franco.. Tho hold Is enameled white and fitted with 40 beds, and nt the end is tho nurse's retiring-room. Tho barge-mastcr'a cnbln Is converted Into a living-room for two surgeons. There is an opc-nt lng-room, too, with washing gear, an electric plant, and a perfect system ol heating. To convert a Seine barge into a gondola of thin kind costs a bare $500, and tho results aro beyond prulseespeclally to fracture cases, to whom tho Jolting rond Is agony. Tho wounded are hoisted In by means of small cranes, and tho barge Is then towed by Htcam or motor yachts lent by wealthy persons, who are more than glnd not only to lend their boats free of eharge, but to navi gate them in person, thus sharing in tho work of mercy. The Old and the New. Inventions have n remarkable knack of repenting themselves. Among tho more interesting patents for 1914 is n spoclflcntlon for a whoellesB motor car, propulsion bolng by moans of skids, which nre alternately loworod and raised. In tho early days of loco motive history many invontors did not bollovo that sufllclont udhoslon was to bo attnlned by a smooth wheel oporntlng on n smooth rail, and wolrd and wonderful were tho dovlces for overcoming this supposed defect. Ono ingenious englueor wont so fnr as to design a contrivance in which Jointed m-'tnl bars worked up and down on tho rails after tho fashion of a horse's less, and thoro seems to bo a certain al'.lnlty between this device and thf motor car roforrod to nbovo. CAPITAL Washington One of Brightest Spots in the World WASHINGTON. The national capital is ono of tho best-lighted cities, not only in tho United States, but In the world. This i3 tho verdict of ex perts on municipal lighting after viewing the principal systems of the world. IS LIT UP '71 TOO WELL Jj to give better illumination to the hundreds of alloys, where many of tho local crimes occur. Tho alleys constltuto tho weak point of the lighting f-ystem of tho national capital. Most of them are not lighted at all, and tho few remaining ones nre poorly Illuminated. Washington bus a total of 17,ri35 lamps, of which 10,187 are mnntlo gas lamps nnd tho others electric ones. Of the 100-cnndlepower electric incan descent lamps thoro are 1,785, but this number rapidly is being incrensod. Tho -lO candlepowcr Incandescent lamp Is very common, :1,1G2 being In use Sixty-four four-glower Nernst lamps are in operation. Tho electric arc lights formerly were very common, but now are being supplanted by tho incandescent ones. The arcs still used nre the 6 6-nmpere series inclosed, the 5-nmpere multiple Inclosed, nnd tho 6.G-nmpcre magnetite, and the 4-ampero magnetite. During tho past flscnl year tho lighting system was extended to nine additional miles or streets, (JG2 now lamps being installed. This summer work will be commenced on the installation of 100-candlepower incandescent lamps in Seventh street northwest, between Mount Vernon place and U street. This type of lamps already has been Installed in Seventh street south of Mount Vernon place. How Uncle Sam' is Giving HE office of markets of tho department of agriculture Is beginning this year a work that aims eventually to place tho scattered berry growers in tho various berry producing sections of for entering the markets a3 that oc cupied by tho great and wealthy pri vate shipping associations that deal with other fruit crops, notably or anges. The function assumed by tho of fice of markets Is virtually that of a clearing hoiiEe of market Information for tho benefit of tho various largo and small berry shipping associations of the country, who have heretofore had to guess or gamble on market conditions and their changes. Ar rangements havo been mado for sending to Washington by telegraph Infor mation on tho movement of car lots of berries, from Important shipping points, their destinations and the changes of destination, if any. With the northwnrd advanco of tho berry season these messages are arriving at tho agricultural department In increasing numbers. At tho same time other correspondents of tho ofllco in the consuming markets are wiring information as to arrivals of car lots of berries in thoir territories, and market prices. Tho office of markets briefly summarizes tho Information from both sources' nnd telegraphs it collect to all Bhipping asso ciations desiring to receive it. Whon this service Is built up, for the price of a short tologram dally the Individual shippers and shipping associations may receive information that is obtained by the big fruit shipping associa tions only at tlio cost of thousands of dollars for salaries in numerous cities. They may keep Intelligently Informed, by the service, or conditions ic com peting areas and tho common markets. A largo part of the Information being gathered by the office of markets Is secured on a co-operatlvo basin. Information as to the starting and rout ing of car lots of berries is supplied by Btatlon agents and shipping associa tions, and information ns to to market conditions, by persons in tho principal markets who are most interested in the strawberry "deal." "Cigarette Bug" Solves White House Mystery DISCOVERY of a small speckled-backed beetle laid bare the mystery of the White House red room. Of a speciea doubtful, it is believed the insect was brought to the White House in tho tobacco of cigarette smokers, although experts at the bureau of entomology ( f ) (S-fe- THET CAUSE" lo grow flatter tit appearance. Tho stuffing of tho cushions was disappear ing, nlthough never a sign whb thero as to where it wns going. There was not a break in the velvet on top or In As tho mystery grew, embarrassments accumulated, for visitors, some of them rather distinguished, would sinking further than they had cnlculatcd on doing. Tho president hlmBolf is said to havo eat down on one of th sofas, and to havo immediately taken to his feet again with tho pained expression of ono who had been deceived. That, It is said, decided tho servants that something more radical was needed. A locel furniture dealer was sent for, and the mystery laid before him. With tho air of a man who wns wise, lie tore open one of the cushions, and, sure enough, there wub Mr. Rug. "Ho Just dotes on hair stuffing," remarked the furniture man, "though he's called tho clgarctto bug." Rut still remaining to bo solved is the question: "Whose cigarettes were responsible for the bug invasion?" Tho president does not smoke. fourists Can No Longer THE towel bill In the big treasury department had been running into awful figures, The towels did not ntay nut. Dozens woro swiped every duy. Tho clerks, many of whom nro women, wore suspected at first, but thoy Indignantly protested Innocenco, and tho chnrgo could not bo proved. Then visitors woro detected pocketing towels. Tourists, by reason of tho central location of tho treasury and of tho Interest to sightseers, visit the treasury In larger numbers than p.ny other building. It Is now believed that they huve been taking tho towels conspicuously marked as belonging to tho department for souvenirs. Uy way of meeting thlB drain upon tho public pur80 ho treasury department has installod a, system of hot-air drying. Tho dovtco is at once simple and sufficient. Tho hand-drying machine la covered by a hood into which tho washed and still dump hand is placed, while tho owner of tho hand places his foot upon a small pedal near the floor. A Bott whirring sound follows nnd tho experimonter's lingers, palms and wrists, undergo the sensation of having been caught in a Kansas zophyr. Tho hand-dryor stands like a clergy man pronouncing n benediction for the spaco of ton seconds. Then ho with draws his hnudB, nud, after rubbing them togother, finds them perfectly dry AFD There are no stntlstics to ndvanco in support of the fact, but it is a fact, nevertheless, declare the men who nre, paid to know. Hut Washington Is not n perfectly lighted city by a long way and defects In the system steadily arc bolng remedied, miles of additional lighting facilities being Installed yearly. Mu nicipal authorities here are con vinced that there Is n close relation between lack of proper lighting and crime, and efforts now are being made Aid to Berry Growers the country in as favorable a position of tho department of agriculture gave it as their opinion, after tho Insect was described to them over the tele phone, thnt is was a riermcstes beetle. For montlm servants around tho White House were mystified by tho peculiar behavior of the chairs and sofas in the red room, but kept the mystery to theniBolves. Tho cush ions on these chairs and sofas ap peared to be victims of a cure for obesity. Week after week they seemed the burlap beneath. insist on sitting down on the chairs and Steal Treasury Towels HE GROWTH OF WESTERN CM Increase in Railway Mileage, School Attendance and Population. Somp Idea of tho extent of railway construction In Western Canada can bo derived from tho fnct that tho rail way miloago in tho Province of Al berta has been doubled in throo years. Tho present mileage is 4,097. In all of tho settled districts thoro la amplo railway privileges. Tho ratco aro gov erned by a Dominion Railway Commis sion, and in tho exercise of their pow ers they not only control tho rates, giving fair equality to both railway and shipper, but form a court to hear complaints of any who may deslro to odgo tho same. In tho matter of education no hotter instance of tho advancement that 1b taking place can bo given than that found in tho information to hand that attendance at the University of Al berta has Increased 1,000 por cent In fivo years, and Is now thoroughly rep resentative of all settled portions of tho Province. Tho BtudentB In attend ance aro from slxty-ono distinct dis tricts. Then as to tho prosperity which fol lows residence in Western Canada, J. E. Edward of Blackle, Alta., gives splendid testimony. Ho writes, "In tho spring of 1907 I first camo to thla locality from tho State of Iowa, Cass County, and located on a quarter Bee tlon of land near Blackle. Slnco com ing hero I havo been engaged in mixed farming, which I havo found to bo more profitable thnn where I formerly lived. On coming hero my worldly holdings were smnll besldca having a family to caro for. I now own threo quarter sections, sixty head of cattle, twenty head of horses and forty head pf hogs, without encumbrance. "During the seven years I havo not had a crop fall. My best crop of oata averaged ninety bushels per aero, with a genoral yield of thirty-five buBhela and upwnrd. My test wheat crop aver aged forty-three bushels per acre. When I have had Bmaller yields per acre I havo found that it has been duo to improper cultivation. Tho win ters here, although at tlmea tho weath er Is cold, I find as a wholo aro very agreeablo. Tho Bummera aro warm, but not sultry. Tho summer nlghta are cool and ono is always assured ol a good night's rest. My health has frnin ontnrrh nlnon cnmtnir hero. 1 have no land for sale, and am not"'" wloVilnr- 4rt YvnlA nriv n M n n r-n nil l -.- wriiiM ha nlonantl tn nnnTvur nnv fin.' -" " " .v.. ..lln nnnn...ln thla Innnllto" All . vertiBement. ' Just the Man. "Thero is an eastern potentate who would bo even better than n Panama expert to conduct this fly-kllllng cam paign." "Who is that?" "The Akhmoond of Swat." Smile, smile, beautiful clear white clothes. 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