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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. W) low mm PlAME VAN VORSXtoScsc ILLUSTRATIONS JPAYwVLTERS tit coflYwcttr or 7H eooBi-nawiLi. confwrr SYNOPSIS. 12 In Oomto dc Snhron, cnptnln of Frt-ncli cnvalry, talfps to IiIh (itnrtrr to rnlao ! turn! a motlierlonn IHhIi torrlor pun. nml names It Pltenuno: Ho tlltms with thu MrtriulHo d'HScllgnnc nml incotB MIsh Ju lia Itcdmonri, American liolrcns. Ho Ih or d-m-l to Alsli-r but Ih not nlloweil t tuko Hrvants or iIokk, Miss Ilcdmomt tnken taro of IMtchouno, who, lonKlns for his master, runs uwuy from her. The marnulHo plans to marry Julia to tho Due do Tri'tnont. I'ltcltoune followH Snhron to Aiders, doff ftnd nmster meet, nnd Huhron Ktt ponnlaslnn to keep Ids doi; with him. Tho Due do Tromont finds tho Amcrtcnn timrntt'i fnnrtnlnna Mnlirnn. Wnlltlllnil 111 an enBOKoment, fnlls Into the dry hod of J gabron more than onco or twice a river ana is waicnoa over ny j-uchuuhu. After ft horrlhlo nlKht nnd dny IMtchouno leuvcs him. Tromont tnkes Jullti and the tiiiirfiiilso to AlKlors In his yncht hut tins doubts about Julia's Red Cross mission. After Ionr search Julia frets traco or 8a bron's whereabouts. Julia for the mo ment turns matchmaker In behalf of Tre-mont. CHAPTER XX Continued. Alter n moment, In which tho Mar qulso d'Escllgnnc gazed at tho bougaln vlllea and wondered how anyone could admlro Its crude and vulgar color, MIbb Redmond asked: "Did you over think that tho Due do Tromont was In love?" Turning shortly about to her nleco, tier aunt stared at her. "In love, my doar!" "With Madame do la Malno." Tho arrival of Madamo do la Malno tiad boon a bitter blow to tho Mar quise d'Bscllgnac. The young woman was, howover, much loved In Paris and qulto In tho eyo ot tho world. Thero was no possible reason why tho Mar quise d'Escllgnnc should avoid her. "You have been hearing gossip, Julia." "I have booh watching a lovely woman," said the girl simply, "and a man, That's all. You wouldn't want me to marry a man who loves another woman, ma tnnto, when tho woman loves him and when I lovo anothor man?" She laughed and kissed her aunt's check. "Let us think of tho soldier," alio murmured, "let us think JUBt of him, ma taute, will you not?" Tho Marqulso d'Eaclignac struck her colors. In tho hallway of the villa, In a nitowy glbboh (and his clean-washed appcaranco was much In his favor), llammot Abou waited to talk with tho "grandmother" and tho excollcncy. He pressed both his hands to his forehead and his breast as tho ladles entorod thu vestibule Thero was a Htagnant odor of myrrh and sandal wood In tho air. Tho marblo vesti bule wan cool and dark, tho walls hung with high-colored Btuffs, tho windows drawn to keop out tho heat. Tho Duo do Tromont and Madamo lt) lu Malno camo out of the salon together. Tromont nodded to tho Arab. "I hopo you are a llttlo Icsa " and be touched his forehead smiling, "to day, my frlond." "I am as God made mo, MonBleur." "What havo you got today?" asked Julia Redmond anxiously, fixing hor eager oyos upon llammot. It seemed torrlblo to her that this man should stand thero with a vital aecret and that thoy Bhould not all bo at his foot. Ho glanced boldly around at them. "Thoro nro no soldlors hero?" "No, no, you may Bpcak freely." Tho man wont forward to Tromont and put a papor In his hands, unfold ing It like n chart, "This la what monalour asked mo fpr a plan of tho battloflold. This la tho battloflold, and this Is the desert." Tromont took tho chart. On the page waB simply a round clrclo, drawn fn red Ink, with a fow Arabian charac ters and nothing else, liammct Abou traced tho circle with his lingers tipped with honna. "That was tho bnttlo, Monsieur." "Hut this Is no chart, llammot Abou." .The other continued, unmoved: "And all tho rest is a dosort, like this." Tromont, over tho man's snowy turban, glanced at tho others and ohruggod. Every ono but Julia Red mond thought ho waB Insane. She came up to him where he stood cIobo to Tremont. Sho suld very slowly in French, compelling tho man's dark eyes to mcot hers: "You don't wish to toll ub, llammot Abou, anything more. Am I not right? You don't wish us to know tho truth" Now it was tho American pitted Against tho Oriental. Tho Arab, with deference, touched his forehead be fore her. "If I mado a truo plnn," lie said coolly, ".your oxcolloncy could glvo It tomorrow to the government." "Just what should bo done, Julia," aald tho Marqulso d'Eaclignac, in Eng lish. "This man should bo arrested t once." "Ma tante," pleaded Julia Hedmond. Sho felt as though a slender thread was botwoon her lingers, n thread which Jed her Jo tho door of a laby rinth and which a rude touch might (uubo her to loso forever, "If yfu hud money would you start out to (lud Monsieur do Snhron onco?" "It would cost a great doal, Excel luncy." "You shall have all tho money you need. Do you think you would be able to find your way?" "Yes, Excollcncy." The Due do Tromont wntched tho American girl. Sho waB bartering with an Arabian for the salvation of a poor officer. What an enthusiast! He had no Idea she Had ever seen In her life. Ho camo forward. "Let me talk to tills man," ho said with authority, and Julia Redmond did not dispute him. In a tono dlfferout from the light nnd mocking one that he had hitherto used to tho Arab, Tromont began to ask a dozen questions severely, and In his answers to iho young French man, Hammet Abou began to mako a favorablo impressfia on every ono save tho Marqulau d'Escllgiiac, who did not understand him. Thero was a hugo bamboo chair on a dais un der a Chinese pagoda, and tho Mar qulso d'Eaclignac took, the chair and sat upright as on a throne. MIml, who had just been fed, camo in tinkling her littlo bollB and fawned at tho sandals on Hammet Abou's bare foot. After talking with tho native, Tro mont said to his, friends: "This man sayB that if ho Joins a Jewish caravan, which leaves hero to morrow at sundown, ho will bo taken with these mon and leave tho city without suaplclon, but ho muat share tho expenses of tho whole caravan. Tho expedition will not bo without danger; It must ho entered Into with great subtlety. He Is either," said Tremont, "an Impostor or a remark ablo mon." "Ho Is an Impostor, of course," murmured tho Marqulso d'Escllgnac. "Como hero, MIml." Tromont went on: "Further ho will not disclose to us. Ho haB ovldontly omo carefully laid plan for rescuing Sabron." Thoro was a pause. Hammet Abou, hla handB folded peacefully across his breast, waited. Julia Redmond wait ed. Tho Comtesso do la Malno, In her pretty voice, asked quickly: "Hut, mos amis, thero Is a man's life at stake! Why do wo stand hero talking In the antechamber? Evident- Ing, withal aerlouB beyond his usual habit. His eyes wandered over to the corner where tho two women stood to gether. "I intend to go with you, Hnmmel Abou," said ho slowly, "If it can b arranged. Otherwise this expedition does not Interest mo." Two women said: "Oh, heavens!" nt once. Robert do Tromont heard tho noU of anxiety In tho younger volco alono Ho glanced at tho Comtesso do If Maine. "You arc quite right, Madame," h said, "a man's Hfo Is at stake and w stand chairing hero. 1 know some thing of whnt tho dosori Is and whal tho natives are. Sabron would bo the first to go If It were a question of ? brother officer." Tho Marqulso d'Eaclignac got down from her throne, trembling. Her oyof wero fixed upon hor r.locc. "Julio," she began, and stopped. Mndamo do la Malii said nothing. "Robert, you are my godson, nnd ' forbid It. Your motlior " " Is ono of tho kravest women 1 over know," said br godson. "My father was a soldier." Julia withdrew htu arm from the Comtesso de la Malno as though to leavo her free. "Then you two girls," said tho Mar qulso d'Escllgnac, thoroughly Amerl can for a moment, "must forbid hire to go." Sho fixed her eyes stemlj upon hor niece, with a glanco of en treaty and reproach. Miss Rodmonf said in a firm volco: "In Monsieur do Tromont's case 1 should do exactly what ho proposes.' "Hut ho la risking hla llfo," said the Marquise d'Escllgnac. "Ho la not over an Intimate friend of Monsieur do Sa bron!" Tromont said, Bmlllng: "You tell us that ho has no broth er, marralno. Eh blen, I will pass ap his brother." A thrill touched Julia Redmond'! heart. Sho almost loved him. If, at hor aunt had said, Sabron had been out of the question . . . "Madamo do la Malno," said the Marqulao d'Eaclignac, her hands shak ing, "I appeal to you to divert thl; headatrong young man from his pur POS.10" The Comtesse de la Maine was the palest of tho three women. Sho had been quietly looking at Tremont and now a smllo crossed her lips that had tear8 back of it ono of thoso beau tiful smiles that mean so much or, a woman's face. Sho waa tho only ono of tho threo who had not ye' spoken. Tremont was waiting for her. Hammet Abou, with whom he had, been In earnest conversation, was an Bwering hla further quoatlons. The Marquise d'Escllgnac shrugged, throw up her hands as though she gave up all questions of romance, rescue and disappointed love and foolish girls and walked out thoroughly wretched MIml tinkling at hor hools. Tho Com tesse dc la Maine said to Julia: "Ma cherc, what wero tho words ol tho English song you sang last night tho song you told mo was a sort ol prayer. Tell mo tho wordB slowly will you?" Thoy walked out of tho vestibule together, leaving Hammet Abou and Tromont alone. HUBBY HAD NOT FORGOTTEN Wab Rlnht There With Wedding An nlvcrsary Present, and Yet Wlfle Was Not Pleased. It was lato afternoon and time to get her husband's supper, but tho woman sitting moodily by tho fire never moved. Her heart was breaking. It was her birthday Sho had been married only four years, but he hor husband had forgotten her birthday already. That morning ho had given her no present; not even an extra kiss beforo rushing off to town. Presently thero was the sound of a key turning In the lock. Into tho room enmo her huaband. Still sho never moved. Ho bent over her and whispered as he dropped a tiny parcel Into her lap: "Many happy returns, darling!" Her heart waa mended. She sprang to her feet and seized him In a frantic grasp as alio realized that, after all, ho still loved her. Then she opened tho parcel. "Pipe cleaners!" sho gasped, as sho displayed a little bundle of feathers. "Yes, sweetheart," said the man. "I knew that they'd please you, as you object to my using your hairpins!" Taking Papa Along. Tho baggage master halted the fam ily party and politely explained that under tho new law tho valuo of tho contents of each trunk must bo given. Aftor a brief consultation with hor daughter, mamma pointed to her own trunk and said: "Please put this ono down as containing ono thousand dol lars' worth of personal belongings. This ono," Indicating her daughter's trunk, "you may put down for eight hundred." 'How about this little ono?" asked tho baggago master, resting his heel on ita top. "Oh, that!" ropllcd the lady con temptuously. "Ten or twelve dollars will cover that one." "I Bee," returned tho official. "Fa ther's going along too." Let Ub Hope She Got One. Tho following, which was overheard quite by accident, clearly goes to show that some people must appreciate that their pet dogs are really human. Tho Incident waa in connection with tho entering of tho llttlo pot dog In tho dog ahow'. "Do you have a ribbon for each dog?" waB asked by tho lady as sho fondled her pet. "Wo have ribbons for all the win ners," waa the reply. "Well, I don't know. You seo, Toot Bio here ia bo sensitive. If I entered her I know it would break her heart If she did not get a ribbon!" Brock ton Enterprise. Such a Long Time Ago. Ho had Just reached tho philo sophical stage when ho slipped Into a restaurant between bars for a bit to eat. Ho ordered. Then ho sat star ing ahead, quietly thoughtful in ex pression, and waited. It is admitted ho did somo waiting, too. What happened to his order couldn't be understood outsldo the peculiar convolutions of a restaurant kitchen, but ho spent half an hour lttlng thorp staring ahead of him. At last it came. As tho waitress put tho order beforo him he started from hia deep study, as if ho had for gotten ho had an order coming. Then, looking up at tho fair transporter of edibles, ho said: 'You don't look a day older! Pittsburgh Chronlclo Telegraph. His Complaint. "You say In your paper," said the man who had asked to seo the editor, "that Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peck are enjoying a visit from Mrs. Peck's mother." "Isn't that statement correct?" asked tho editor. "Oh, she's visiting us all right enough," admitted Mr. Peck, "and l daresay my wife is enjoying It, but you can leave mo out of It. If you put any more sarcastic remarks like that in your paper, I'll stop my sub scriptlon." From the Way It Acted. Llttlo Almco was learning to bow. and ono day after vainly trying to thread a needle, she said: "Mamma what do tney can tno nolo m a needlo?" "It is called the eye, my dear," re plied her mother. "Well," continued Almee, "I'll bet this old needle Is cross eyed." CHAPTER XXI. Master nnd Friend. Pltchoune, who might have been considered as ono of the infinitesimal atoms In tho economy of tho universe ran over tho sands away from hit master. Ho was an Infinitesimal dot on tho dosort's face. He was only a small Irish terrier In tho heart of the Sahara. His littlo wiry body and hie color seemod to blend with tho dust Ilia oyo3 wore dimmed by hungor nnd thirst and exhaustion, but thero waa the blood of a fighter in him and he was a thoroughbred. Nevertheless. he was running away. It looked very much llko it. Thoro was no ono to comment on his treachery; had there been, Pltchouno would not havo run far. It was not an ordinary sight to see on the Sahara a small Irish terrier going as fast aB ho could. (TO UB CONTINUED.) Envious. "What la tho matter, Alice?" asked her mother as the llttlo girl camo homo crying as if her heart would break." "Mabel Jones has got adenoids and I never have anything," sobbed Alice "What cold?" "Advlco." Ledger. Sure Cure, are you taking for your Philadelphia Public The easy going moro money than horso. taxi lands a lot the average race A Gorman baker utiltzea a windmill to grind his grain Into flour and then to mix and knead his dough. A new dlshpan is rectangular to fit firmly in a kitchen sink and has rub ber foot to hold It steady. COMPARISON HARD TO MAKE Ready to Risk It. "Mr. Jones wants a wlndy-pano twllvo Inches bo fourteen," remarked young Patrick Mulroouey, entering tho glazier's shop. In the shop was a smart young as sistant who wanted to havo a joko with Pat. "Haven't any that size?" he replied gravely. "Will ono fourteen Inches by twelve do?" Pat looked thoughtful for a mlnuto. Then ho replied: "He's wnntln' it at once, and this s tho only shop In town. Give me wan o thlm. IJ r naps u we put it in sideways no ono will notice." Expansive. George Bowles, press agent for 'Tho Birth of a Nation," wa3 dealing with an editor who was hostile to tho production, yet in a noto to Bowles arranging for an engagement the ed itor wrote: "I approach the matter with an elastic mind." A Bhort time later tho editor In vited Bowles to have dinner with him, to which Bowles replied: "I approach tho table with an elas tic belt." Statistics of Wealth In Europe and In This Country Differ Widely, for Various Reasons. In Europo tho statistlcn of wealth are largely statistics of incomo, on ac count of tho provalonco of tho In como tax thero, whllo our statistics of wealth In this country arc largely sta tistics of such property as is assossed for taxation; this makes an adequato comparison between tho citica of Eu ropo nnd tho United States almost Impossible. Moro than that, a difficulty In tho way of comparing tho wealth of cities In rolntion to their population lies in tho fact that two things nro often confused In making such reckonings; tho wealth in a city may bo measured either in terms of tho valuable property within Its limits or in terms of tho property owned by Its citizens. Many suburban towns which cannot bo counted as wealthy in tho first sense aro very rich on tho sec ond basis of accounting. Wo can find no ground for tho report that places Frankfort-on-the-Maln first and Hart ford, Conn., second in per capita wealth, and economists aro of tho be liof that no such basis exists. In Bulletin 12G of tho census bu reau tho per capita valuation of as sessed property Is shown. The multi pliers given for adjusting tho assessed to tho true valuo of such property nro not, economists say, accurate enough to mako it poaaible to detormino Just where the adjustment of property sub ject to taxation Is found. But Hart ford Is rather far down on tho list Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Houston and othor cities stand higher. Those Changing Styles. Mr. Styles What did that woman want? Mrs. Styles She's tho woman who calla for tho installments on tho bon net I bought. "But it is not due yet?" "I know it, but sho camo to tell mo tho bonnet I bought Is now out of style. Sho wants to sell mo another one." Otherwise Not. "Why do you want to get divorced?" "Because I'm married." Philadel phia Public Ledger. Woke Him Up. Tho young man was rather slow. So the girl thought It time to glvo him a hint. "Gracious," sho exclaimed sudden ly, "I've bruised my lip! Do you know, Mr. Jenkins, my mother always used to kiss a hurt place to make It well." "And did it do any good?" aBked tho young man, falling to seo tho point "I don't remember," replied tho girl, getting desperate; "but thoso old-fashioned remedies are sometimes very good." Then ho got busy. Expression Misunderstood. Thero Is a certain young man who used to bo notoriously egotistic. Some of his acquaintances wero ono day speaking of him beforo an old lady who waB not "up" In tho slang expres sions of tho day. Tho next time sho met him. sho put out a congratulatory hand. "Oh, Mr. Smith," sho cried, "I am so glad you aro bettor! I heard last week that you had a swelled head." Revenge! Mollie What aro you letting your hair grow so long for? Going to bo a musician? Chollle No; I've got a grudge against tho barber. Laudable. "What Is your Idea In reorganizing tho choir?" " I want to put It on a sound basis." The farther tho waters of the oceans got from tho equator tho less salt they contain. A mother's fervent hope Is that her daughters, when thoy marry, will do better than she did. And No Wonder. "What made that stout woman so furious?" "Just as she was getting on tho sub way train tho gateman said 'Both gates, lady.' " Regular. "Is Bronson a regular church goer?" "Well, ho goes every Sunday when It's raining too hard for golf." O, Swear Not by the Moon. Romeo was swearing by tho moon. "Nothing doing," protested Juliet, "tho moon Is a dead ono." Tho roll of honor Is fresh from tho oven. A thornleas rose would not Impress ono very deeply. Tremont Began to Ask a Dozen Ques tions. ly the war office has done all It can fo. tho Capltaino do Sabron. But they havo not found him. Whether this follow Is crazy or not, ho has a won dorful hypothoals." A brilliant look of gratltudo crosabd Julia Redmond's face. Sho glanced at tho Comtesso do la Malno. "Ah, Bhe's got tho heart!" bIio said to herself. "I knew It." Sho crossed the hall to the Comtesso do la Malno aud slipped hor arm In hers, "Has Monsieur de Sabron no near family?" "No," Bald tho Marqulso d'Escllg nac from her throne. "lie la ono ot thoso unfamlllcd beings who, when thoy aro onco taken Into othor hearts are all tho dearor bocauso ot their orphaned state," Her tone was not unkind. It was affectionate. "Now, my good man," alio said to Hammet Abou, In a language totally incomprohonslblo to him, "money la no objoct In this question, but what will you do with Monalour do Sabron If you find him? Ho may bo an In valid, and tho ratiBom will bo fabu lous." Tho Comtesso do la Mahu felt tho girl's arm In hera tronbW Hammet Abou anBWored noting 3oso ques tions, for ho did not dnd(J4land thorn. He said quietly ,t6 Tromonj: "Tho caravan starts tomorrow at sundown and thero Is much to do." Tromont stood pulling his mus tache. Ho looked boyish Und charm- Rome's Colossal Fish Pond. Tho duke of Sonnonota who is acting as president of tho committeo formed In Rome to promoto tho lndependenco ot Poland, ranks among tho greatest landowners in Italy, Fogllano, his es tate near tho Pontine marshes, extend ing to 80,000 ncros, mainly under grass, for tho duko owns vast herds ot cattle. Tho most productivo portion of tho estate, howovor, Is a lako sev eral miles long nnd about a milo In breadth, which, from tho tlmo of tho Roman empire downward, has .sup plied Hah for tho market In Romo. Whenever thero is a flood by rain on tho hills tho lako overflows through a narrow channel Into tho sea. Tho sea fish find their way through Into tho lake, and romaln to fatton In tho froBh water, and then aro capturod on their return by an Ingenious labyrinth constructed of reeds into which thoy swim. Thoy nro ot tho best kind chiefly gray mullet. Holds The Lead For over seventeen years Grape-Nuts, the pioneer health cereal, has had no equal, either in flavour or nutrition. And That Spoiled It. Douglas Fairbanks went to a social affair tho othor night aud an admir ing woman cornered him. "Oh, Mr. Fairbanks," sho said, "your acting Is wonderful." "Thank you," ho replied. "It's marvelous how you bring out tho different emotions." "I'm glud you appreciate my work." "Yos, indeed, you aro n groat actor," "You aro indood complimentary." "And do you know," tho woman rat tled on, "I have a llttlo five-year-old son at homo who acts exactly llko you do." Thousands of families use it regularly because Grape-Nuts Has qualities which make it the ideal food Delicious Flavour, Rich Nourishment, Quick Preparation, and withal, easily digested. Grape-Nuts and cream, in place of heavy, indigestible food, helps to make one cooler and more comfortable on hot days; and builds body and brain in a way that gives zest and energy. "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts Sold by Grocers everywhere. STRONG W0RD8 From a Doctor With 40 Yearn Experi ence, "In my 40 years' experience as a teacher and practitioner along hy gienic lines," says a Calif, physician, "I havo nevor found a food to compare with Q rape-Nuts for the benoflt of the general health of all classes of people. "I have recommended Grape-Nuts for a number of years to patlonts with the groatest success and every year's experience makes me more enthusias tic regarding Its use. "I make it a rulo to always recom mend Grape-Nuts when giving my pa tients Instructions as to diet, for I know Grape-Nuts can bo digested by anyone. "As for myself, when engaged In much mental work my diet twice a day consists of Grape-Nuts and rich cream. I And it just the thing to build up and keep the brain In good working order. "In addition, Grape-Nuts always keeps the digestive organs In a per fect, healthy tone." Name given bjr Postum Co., Battlo Creek, Mich. Strong endorsements like the above from physicians all over the country havo stamped Grape-Nuts the moat scientific food In the, world.