RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF r fMOVDTOY m rtAEIE VAN VOD ILLUSTRmQNlJRAYlLTEKS coflYfiwror th eooDymwuLL eortPAtrr SYNOP8I8. 10 1.0 Comto ilc Hnliron, captain of French ravnlry, IiiIich In IiIh qiMrtiTs lo rulno by hnnd u tniillirrliMH Jrlxh trrrlor pup, iinil imirHB II ritrliinuiu. II (linen with tlio Mnrqiilso il'KNCIlKima nnd inimiIh MIrs Ju Hit Ki-iliiioml, American lirlrrHi. Ho In r ilcrrd to AltflfiH hut Is nut allowed to tnko ftrrviintn or tlciK". Mlm Hrihnond tithoH rnrn of I'llchounr, who, UuiKlntf for lita mnMcr. num nwiiy frrmi her. 1 ho tnnniulflo ptaiiK lo limrry .lulln lo Urn Due do Tremont. I'ltrhouno follows Hnhron to lAlRlon), ring nml master moot, ami Sabron .gets pcrtnlBHlnn to Id pp bin iIok with him, f ho Uuo ihi Tremont limit tho American 'htlrtwi capricious. Hnliron. ununited In an oiiKiiKPiiu'iit, fnllH Into the dry bed of n rlvtr nml Ih alched over hy I'ltrhoune. Aflor a honlbln nlht nml dny I'ltcliouno loaves him. Tremont tnUi-H Julia mid tho iiinniulso lo Ali;l rn In IiIh yachl Im hits doubt about Julia's Kid Cross mission. CHAPTER XVII Continued. Sho hnd dono this for Bovcral days, but now nho was restless. Sabron was not In Algiers. No news had been brought of him. Ills regiment had been ordored out farther Into tho desert that Booinod to stretch awny Into Infinity, and tho vast cruel sands know, and tho stars know whero Sabron had fnllon and what was his history, and they kept tho secret. Tho marqulso inado herself aH much at homo ns possible In Algiers, put up with tho Inefficiency of natlvo Borvants, and her duty was dono. Her first romantic olan was over. Sabron had recalled to hor tho Idyl of a lovo nffalr of a quarter of a century bo foro, but sho had been for too long Maraulso d'EHcllgnno to go back to an Ideal. Sho pined to havo her nleco a duchess, and never spoko the unfortunato Sabron's nnmo. Thoy woro surrounded y fashion ablo life. As soon as their arrival had (boon mado known thoro had been a flutter of cards and a passing of carriages and automobiles, and this worldly llfo addod to tho unhappl noes and rostlossnoss of Julia. Among tbo guests had been ono woman whom Bho found sympathetic; tho woman's eyes had drawn Julia to her. It was CotntesBo do la Maino, a widow, young as hersolf and, as Julia said, vastly bettor-looking. Turning to Tromont on tho balcony, when ho told 'her sho wan beautiful, sho said: "Madnmo do la Maino is my ideal of jlovollnoHB." Tho young man wrinkled his fair brow. "Do you think so, Mademoiselle? Whyr "Sho has character as well as per fect lines. Hor eyes look as though they could weep and laugh. Her mouth looks as though it could say adorablo things." "Tromont laughod softly and said: "Go on, you amuso mo." "And hor hands look as though they could caress and comfort. I like hor awfully. I wish sho wcro my frlond." Tromont said nothing, and sho glanced at him suddenly. "Sho says such lovely things about you, Monsieur." "Iteally! Sho is too indulgent." "Don't bo worldly," said Miss nod- mond gravely, "bo human. I llko you best bo. Don't you ngreo with mo 7" "Madamo do la Maino is a very charming woman," said tho young man, and tho girl saw a chango como ovor his features. At this moment, as thoy stood so together, Tromont pulling his mus tacho and looking out through tho bougalnvillca vinos, a dark flguro mado its way through tho garden to tho villa, catno and took ita position undor tho balcony whoro tho duko and Miss Redmond leanod. It was a na- tivo, a man in filthy rags. Ho turned his faco to Tromont and bowed low to tho lady. "Excellency," ho Bald In broken French, "my namo Is Hammot Abou. I was tho ordonnanco of Monsieur la Capltalno do Sabron." "What!" exclaimed Tromont, "what did you Bay?" "Ask him to como up hero," Bald Julia Redmond, "or, no lot ub go down to tho gardon." "It Is damp," said Tromont, "lot mo got you a shawl." "No, no, I need nothing." Sho had hurrlod beforo him down tho llttlo stairs loading Into tho gar don from tho balcony, and she had bo gun to speak to tho natlvo beforo Tro mont appeared. In tills recital ho ad dressed his words to Julia nlono. "I am a very poor man, Excollency," ho said in a mellifluous tono, "and very sick." "Havo you any money, Monsieur?" "Pray do not suggest it," said tho duko sharply. "Lot him fyill what ho will; wo will pay him later." "I havo been very sick," said tho man. "I havo loft tho army. I do not llko tho French urmy," said tho native simply, "You aro very frank," said Tromont brutally. "Why do you como horo at any rato?" "Hush," Bald Julia Redmond Im ploringly. "Do not anger him, Mon j8lour, ho may havo nows." Sho asked; '"Havo you news?" and thoro waa a inoto in her volco that mado Tromont Iglanco at hor. "I havo seen tho excellency and kr grandmother," said the native, oA : K-JjC J T9 H "" "ninny times going Into tho garrison." "What now a havo you of Captain do Sabron?" nsknl tho girl directly. Without replying, tho man said In u melancholy voice: "I was his ordonnanco, 1 saw him fnll In tho hattlo of Dlrbal. I saw him shot In tho side. I was shot, too. Seo?" Ho utnrted to pull away his rags. Tromont clutched him. "You beast," ho muttered, nnd pushed him back. "If you havo any thing to say, say It." Looking at Julia Redmond's color less faco, tho natlvo asked meaningly: "Does tho excellency wish any nows?" "Yes," said Tromont, shaking htm. "And if you do not givo It, It will be tho worse for you." "Monsieur lo Capltalno fell, nnd I foil, too; I saw no moro." Tromont said: "You see tho follow Is half lunatic nnd probably knows nothing about Sabron. I shall put him out of tho garden." Rut Miss Redmond paid no atten tion to her companion. She controlled hor volco nnd nskod tho man: "Was tho Capltalno do Sabron nlono?" "Except," Bald tho natlvo steadily, with a glanco of disgust at tho duko, "excopt for his llttlo dog." "Ah!" exclaimed Julia Redmond, with a catch in her volco, "do you hear that? Ho must havo been his servant. What was tho dog's nnmo?" "My name," said tho native, "Is Hammot Abou." To her at thin moment Hammot Abou was tho most important person In North Africa. "What was tho llttlo dog'a nnmo, Hammot Abou?" Tho man ralsod his eyes and looked at tho whlto woman with admiration. "Pitchouno," ho said, and saw tho offoct. Tromont saw tho effect upon her, too. "I havo a wlfo and ten children," said tho man, "and I llvo far away." "Heavens! I haven't my purso," said Julia Redmond. "Will you not glvo him something, Monslour?" "Walt," Bald Tromont, "wait. What olso do you know? If your lnforma- "Now Speak Without Reserve." tlon is worth anything to us wo will pay you, don't bo afraid." "Perhaps tho excellency's grand mother would llko to hour, too," said tho man nnlvoly. Julia Redmond smiled: tho youth ful Marquise d'EsclIgnac! Onco moro Tromont aolzed tho man by tho arm and shook him n little. "If you don't tell what you havo to say nnd bo quick about It, my dear fellow, I shall hand you ovor to tho police." "What for?" said tho man, "what havo I dono?" "Woll, what havo you got to toll, and how much do you want for It?" "I want ono hundred francs for this," and ho pulled out from his dirty rags n llttlo packet and held it up cautiously. It looked liko a package of letters and a man's pockotbook. "You tnko it," sold tho Due do Tro mont to Julia Redmond, "you tako It, Madomolsolle." Sho did so without hesitation; It wns evidently Sabron's pocketbook, n leather ono with his initials upon it, together with a llttlo package of letters. On tho top she saw hor letter to him. Her hand trombled so that Bho could scarcoly hold tho packngo. It seemed to bo all that was loft to hor. Sho heard Tro mont ask: "Whoro did you got this, you mlsor ablo dog?" "After tho battle," said tho man coolly, with evident truthfulnoss, "I was vory sick. Wo were In camp bov- oral days at , Then I got bettor JmSL t will lAWk -- l ',, and went along tho (Tried river Dtnk to look for Monslour lo CnpiUdue, and I found this in tho sands." "Do you bellevo him?" asked JalU Redmond. "Hum," said Tromont Ho did not wish to tell her ho thought tho man cnpablo of robbing tho dead body of his master. Ho asked the native: "Havo you no othor nowB?" Tho man was silent. Ho clutched tho rags at his breast and looked at Julia Redmond. "Ploaso glvo him aomo money, Mon slour." "Tho dog!" Tromont nhook him again, "Not yet." And ho said to tho man: "If this Is all you havo to tell wo will glvo you ono hundred frnncB for this parcel. You can go and don't return horo ngaln." "Rut It Is not all," Bald tho native quietly, looking at Julia. Hor heart began to beat llko mad and sho looked at tho man. Ills keen dark eyes Boomed to plorco her. "Monsieur," Bald tho American girl boldly, "would you lcavo mo a mo ment with htm? I think ho wnnts to speak with mo nlono." Hut tho Due do Tromont exclntmod In surprise: "To spenk with you alone, Mndomol sello! Why should ho? Such a thing Is not possible!" "Don't go far," Bho begged, "but leavo us n moment, I pray." When Tromont, with great hesita tion, took a fow Bteps away from them and nlio stood faco to faco with tho creaturo who had been with Sab ron nnd seen htm fall, sho Bald earn estly: "Now speak without reserve. Toll mo everything." Tho faco of tho man wns trans formed. Ho beenme human, devoted, ardent. "Excellency," ho said swiftly In his halting French, "I lovo Monsieur lo Capltalno. Ho was so kind and such a bravo soldier. I want to yo to find Monsieur lo Cnpitnlnc, but I am ill and too 'weak to walk. I bcliovo I know whero ho is hid I want to go." Tho girl breathed: "Oh, can It bo possible that what you say is true, Hammot Abou? Would you really go If you could?" Tho man mado, with a graceful gesturo of his hand, a map in the air. "It was llko this?" ho said; "I think ho draw himsolf up tho bank. I followed tho track of his blood. I wob too weak to go any farther, Ex cellency." "And how could you go now?" she asked. "Ry caravan, like a merchant, bo crotly. I would find him." Julia Redmond put out a slim hand, whlto ns a gardenin. Tho natlvo lift ed it and touched his forehead with It "Hammet Abou," sho Bald, "go away for tonight and como tomorrow wo will see you." And without waiting to speak again to Monsieur do Tromont, the natlvo slid away out of tho garden like a shadow, as though his limbs were not weak with discaBo and hli breast shattered by shot. When Monsieur de Tremont had walked onco around the garden, keep ing his eyes nevertheless on the group, ho came back toward Julia Redmond, but not quickly enough, for sho ran up tho stairs and into tho houso with Sabron's packet in hoi hnnd. CHAPTER XVIII. Two Lovely Women. Thoro was music at tho Villa des Uougalnvllleas. Miss Redmond sang; not "Good-night, God Kcop You Safo," but othor things. Ever slnco her talk with Hammet Abou sho had been, if not gay, in good spirits, moro like her old self, and the Marqulso d'EsclIg nac begnn to think that tho Imago of Charles do Sabron had not been cut too deeply upon her mind. Tho mar quise, from the loungo in the shadow of tho room, enjoyed tho picture (Sabron would not havo added it to his collection) of hor nleco at tho piano and tho Due de Tromont by hor side. Tho Comtosso do la Maine sat in n llttlo shadow of her own, musing and enjoying tho plcturo of the Duo do Tremont and Miss Redmond vory indifferently. Sho did not sing; sho hnd no parlor accomplishments. She waa poor, a widow, and had a child Sho was not a brilliant match. (TO BI3 CONTINUED.) Hunting on Lower Colorado. To tho hunter of gamo, both large and small, tho Colorado will appear moat notablo ns being tho gateway to what Is undoubtedly tho best easily reached shooting ground In North America, tho delta country about the head of tho Gulf of California in Mex ico. Hero, bcBldos a wealth of bird llfo that is equaled by fow regions in tho world, aro to bo found wild pig or javelin, deer, mountain lion, Jaguar, wildcat, coyoto, antelopo and moun tain shocp. Tho delta country, with Its hunting, Is generally tho objective of tho Colorado voyageur in any enso, and for one whoso timo is limited the most expeditious plan will bo to outfit at Yuma and float down the rlvor to tho end of tho gulf from that point With plenty of tlmo at ono's disposal, It will bo worth while to roako tho Needles tho point of embarkation, as tho stretch between thero and Yuma offers a rare combination of fine scenery with snfn going that is equalod by fow streams In America. Outlug. Old Tree Dead. Ono of tho oldest trees In America, at Ravenna Park, Soattlo, Wash., la dend, It Is a fir tree 180 feet tall with a diameter ot 20 feet and a clr cumferenco of 68 feet. It Is supposed to bo eighteen hundred or two thou sand years old. I HARVESTING AND PACKING STRAWBERRIES tlllHV llX ,,.-sM ttv-m. -: iHiiiM ViiiiHiB I ?v'rattvN''M .. . uuoi m v "w"-iO 5""S'v?S'WiF K.'J"JiViJ,. ' Is?. Ai-,' .. ,f . r.. . re.. .. .. s ''v - . S. . - . ."". -frrtMMi "ttolZrjr ?3rf""wSEgw " American Quart Boxes of Well-Graded "No. 1" on Tho stago of maturity at which strawberries should be picked depends upon tho distance they are to bo Bhipped. When grown for tho local market thoy should be picked when throughly rlpo but not soft, sayo a new farmers' bulletin, No. CGI, of tho United States department of agricul ture. If grown for a distant market tho berries must bo picked beforo thoy aro thoroughly ripe, but they Bhould bo fully grown and about three-fourths rIio. If picked beforo they ore colored tho berries will shrink and wither, making them utiflt for sale. Strawber ries should be picked with a short pleco of stem attached (about one fourth to one-half Inch). Thoy should novor bo slipped Trom tho stem, as that spoils appearance and Injures their shipping and keeping qualities. Grading and Packing. Uniformity in tho pack is essential In order to obtain high prices for Btrawbcrries, and this can bo secured only when tho berries havo been care fully graded and sorted. Some grow ers havo tho berries graded in tho flold. A common practice in somo sections Is to pick tho ripo berries of all grades Into tho snmo box and when tho tray Is full to tnko it to tho packing shed, whero tho berries aro sorted nnd packed. Tho graders dump tho ber ries on a tnblo nnd pick out all green, overripe or small berries. Tho othors aro placed In tho boxes, ono of tho graders arranging tho top layers In such a way that the berries show to best advantage. When berries aro packed in this manner, caro should bo taken not to put the small, Inferior berries in tho center of tho box and tho largo fine berries on top. The fruit should bo uniform throughout tho box, with tho top layer merely placed to aid to tho attractiveness of tho pack and to hold tho fruit In place. Whero tho fancy pack Is put up, tho berries should bo divided into two grades. After tho berries aro picked they Bhould be placed In tho shade as soon as possible, for heat injures the fruit In a short time. The plckera should not bo allowed to leave the filled &F& r i-',''' VSi $"Vx&',r"' 'WmmWmamamKml Crato of Aroma Strawberries In Octagon Quart Boxes, Twenty-Four Quart to the Crate. BUY THE BEST BINDER TWINE Mways Best to Purchase Standard Quality Loss From Breakage Ought to Bo Avoided. nuy whnt binder twlno will bo needed for tho wheat crop early, so as to got a good article. It Is always best to buy of standard quality that will not kink and knot up. A poor quality of twine will glvo no end of trouble In harvesting heavy grain. Tho loss of tlmo caused by breakago during harvest will moro than pay for all tho best twlno needed in har vesting tho crop: Ropos for tho hay fork and for hauling tho hny cocks to barrack or rick, should bo of tho best quality and the full length. A new rope, particularly If It bo sisal, often causes troublo becauso of Its stiffness, If used as a hay fork ropo or to placo whero It runs through a set of pul leys, It is apt to tnnglo up until it has been used for somo tlmo. This troublo may bo avoided by boiling tho ropo In wator. Coll tho ropo In a largo soap boiler and cover with wntcr and bring It to a boll. Tho ropo 1b then to be taken out and stretched out nnd allowed to dry, when It will bo found to bo soft and pllablo. Rid Barn of Fleao. If troubled with Hens in tho barn, clean out nil tho dirt and rubbish nnd spray with a btandard dip solution. 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