at I H ft 1: ? RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF fes. i' K SI if 8! B V r .k P m 1 n ,. I 3 II I hk U v- X tin te. r- i". i V I, "' V. ,tooiqdy ?IAPIE VAN VODSxJwoa: ELLUSt RATION RPATVALTERS 1 I - . "-m W capYRXfr or the oooDi fimniu. ccywrr SYNOPSIS. 13 In Cnmtn ilo Bulirott, cnplnln of French rnvulry, tnl.iw to IiIh iimrti-rM to nilsu ly linnil n innlliprloHfi Irluli trrrli-r pup, and IIIUIU'H It I'llClllllIIIC. 11(1 tlllH'H with Hid Mnnpilno iI'MmoIIkihio mill nit'ots MIhh Ju Hii Itciliiiuiiil, Atiicrlriin hclrcHH. Ho In or leroil tn AIkIcth tint Is not nllownl to tnko RrrvnntH or iIoks MIms Itcilninnil Inkwi rnrn of I'llcliomic, wlm, Inngliw for tin iniiRtcr. rutin nwny from licr. The ninrqiilHu plntiH to marry .Inllii to llin One lo Tromont. rilchmimi follow Hntiron to AIrIoth, iIiik nnil rlmMcr nicot, noil Kalirnii C"Ih imtiiiImkIon Iii lii'cp IiIh iIiik with him. Tho Due iIp Treuionl Hurts thn Atncrlcnn liclntw riiprlcloiiH Hiihrnn, wounded In nn miKfiKCiiiiiit. f"" Into tlio ilry liril of rlvt-r anil Ih wiiIi'IiimI ovor hy l'ltrhiiuiip, After n hotrllilc night nnil ilny l'llclimmo Icnvun li I in. Ticinotit liilicn .liiltit nml thn niiiriinlHo In AkliTN In hU yiu-ht hut him dnutilK nhoilt JiiIIii'h I ted CroMi mission. After long homii-Ii Julia i:i-Ih trnrn of Hu lirnn'ii whiToiiliiititrt Julia fur thn mo mnnl tnrim inntrhinnl(ir In Ix-lmlf of Trc iniinl. Hummel Aliou Ii-IIm tho Miir iiiiImii where lie thlnliH Huliron limy liu found. CHAPTER XXI Continued. Pltchntiuo rati with hl nosu to tho ground. Thnro wcro several trails for n dog to follow on thnt nppnrontly un trodden page or dosort history. Which ono would he choose? Without a flcent a dog docn nothing. IIIh tins MIh are IiIh Instinct. HIb dovatlon, hlH faithfulness, his Intelligence, IiIh heart nil como through Mh noHO. A man's henrt, they pay, Ih In hla stoni ach or In hlH pockot. A dog'B la In his nostrils. If Pltchouno had chosen tho wrong direction, this story would noror havo heen written. Mlchctto dld not glvo hlrth to tho nlxth puppy, In tho Htnhlea of tho gnrrlflon, for nothing. Nor had Sabron Haved him on tho night of tho jnemorablo dinner Tor nothing. With Mr iiobo tint ,to tho Bands Plt chouno Buiclt to rant and to west, to north nnd Bouth, took n scent to tho oaBt, decided on It for what reason will never ho told and followed It. Futlguo nnd hunger wero forgotten as hour nflor hour Pltchouno ran across tho Sahara. Mercifully, tho nun had boon clouded by tho pro curnor of a wlndBtorin. Tho nlr was almost cool. Mercifully, tho wind did not nrlno until tho llttlo terrier hnd pursued hla cottrso to tho end. Thoro nro occitBlona when an nnl morB Intclllgcnco BurpaBsos tho hu man. When, toward evening of tho twolvo hours that it had tnken him o reach a certain point, ho camo to a ROttlotnont of mud huts on tho hor dora of an onsla, ho was protty nenrly at tho end of IiIh strength. Tho onsls wna tho only bIrii of llfo In flvo hun dred mllPB. Thoro was very llttlo loft In IiIh Binall body. Ho lay down, pant ing, but his bright Bplrlt wiib unwlll Ing JtiBt then to leave IiIb form and hovered near him. In tlio relfglon of Tatman dogs nlono havo bouIs. Pltchouno panted and dragged him olf to a pool of wator around which tho green palms grow, and ho drank and drank. Then tho llttlo desert wayfarer hid hlmBolf in tho bushos and Blopt till morning. All night ho won racked with coiivuIbIvo twitches, but hn slept and In Ills dreams ho Wiled a young chicken nnd nto It. In tho morning lin took n both In tho pool, nnd tho mm roao whllo ho swnni In the wntor. If Sabron or Miss Uodmond could havo noon hltn ho would havo Becm- 1 tlio epitome of heartlesH egoism.- Ho was the epitome or wisdom. Iniitluct nnd wisdom nometlmoa go closely to gether. Solomon was only Instinc tive when he asked for wisdom. The epicurean l.uciillus. when dying, nskod for u certain Nllo llah cooked In wine. Pltchouno shook out his short lialry body nnd camo out of the onsls pool Into tho sunlight and trotted Into tho Arabian village. Katou Ann! parched corn In n bin rlor before hor house. Hor houso wan a mud hut with yellow walls. It had no roof and wna open to tho sky. Fatou Annl was ninety yearB old, straight hb a lance straight as ono of tho lanccH tho men of tho vlllngo carried when they wont. to dlsputo with white people. Those Inncea with which tho young men hnd fought, had won thorn tho last battle They had been victorious on tho field. ITatou Annl was tho grandmothor of ninny men. Sho had been tho mothor of many men. Now sho parchod corn tranquilly, prayerfully. "Allah! that tho corn should not burn; Allah! thnt it should bo sweet; Allah!' that hor mon should ho al ways SUCCOSBful." Sho was tho fetish of tho settle ment. In a elnglo blue gnrment, her black scrawny breast uncovored, the thin voll that tho Fellaheen wear pushed back from her faco, hor flno oyes woro rovoalod and she might havo been a prlesteaa as sho bent over her corn! "Allah! Allah Aklmr!" Rather than anything Bhould hap pen to Fatou Annl, tho Bottloment would have roasted Its enemies nllvo, torn them In bhreds. Somo of thorn Bnld that sho was two hundred years old. Thoro waa a charmed ring drawn around her house. People sup posed thnt If nny crenturo eroHsod It uninvited, It would fall dead. Tho sun hnd risen for nn hour nnd tho air wna still cool. Ovorhead, tho sky, unstained by a nlnglo cloud, wns blue lis n turquolso floor, nnd against It, black nnd portentous, How tho vul tures. Hero and tliero the sun-touched pools gavo llfo and reason to tho oasla. Fatou Annl parched her corn. Her barbaric chnnt wnB Interrupted by a slinrp hark nnd a low pleading whine. Sho had ncvor heard sounds Just llko that. The doga of tho village woro great wolfllko crenturca. Pit chouno'a hark wna angelic compared with theirs. Ho crossed tho charmed clrclo drawn nround her Iioubo, nnd did not fall dead, and stood before her, whining. Fatou Annl left hor corn, stood upright and looked nt Plt chouno. To her tho Irlah terrlor wns nn nppnrltlon. Tho fact that he had not fallen dend proved that ho was beloved of Allah. Ilo wns, porhnps, a genie, nn nfrlt. Pltchouno fawned at her feet. Sho murmured a lino of tho Kmnn. It did not Boom to affect hla demonstrative affection. Tho woman bent down to him after making n pnsa against tho Uvll Kyo, nnd touched him, nnd Plt chouno licked her hand. Fatou Annl screamed, dropped him, went Into tho house and mado her ablutions. When sho camo out Plt chouno sat patlontly hoforo tho parched porn, and ho again camo crawling to hor. Tho Arabian woman lived In tho last hut of tho village Sho could satisfy her curiosity without shocking hor nolghbora. Sho bent down to Bcrutlnlzo Pltchouno'a collar. Thero was a Bacred medal on It with sacred Inscriptions which sho could not read. Hut ns soon as she hnd freed him this time, Pltchouno toro himself nway from her, (low out of tho sacred ring nnd disappeared. Tho ho ran back, barking appcallngly; ho took tho hem of her dress In his mouth and pulled her. Ho repeatedly did this and tho superstitious Arabian bclloved herBolf to be called divinely. Sho cautiously left tho doorstep, her veil falling be fore her face, camo out it tho sacred ring, followed to tho edgo of tho berry field. From thoro Pltchouno sped over tho desert; when ho stopped nnd looked back at her. Fatou Annl did not follow, and ho returned to renew his entrentlea. When she tried to touch him ho escaped, keeping at n Bafo distance Tho village began to nr On Hour After Hour Pltchouno Across the Sahara. Ran stir. Illuo and yellow garments flut tered In tho stroetB. "Allah Akbar," Fatou Annl mur mured, "theso nro days of victory, of recompense." Sho gathered her roho nround her nnd, stntellly and Impressively, stnrted toward tho huts of her grandsons. When sho returned, eight young war riors, fully armed, accompanied her. Pltchouno Bat beside tho parched corn, watching tho brazier and her meal. Fatou Annl pointed to tho desert. Sho said to tho young men, "Go with this gonle. Thero Is something ho wishes to show us. Allnh Is great. Go." When tho Cnpltalno de Sabron opened his oyes In consciousness, they encountered n squnro of blazing bluo henven. Ho weakly put up his hnnd to shado his flight, nnd a cotton awning, supported by four bamboo poles, ,wnB swiftly raised over hla bond. Ho Baw objects and took cognl- zauco or mom. un tlio floor In tho low doorway of a mud hut sat three lltttlo naked children covorcd with files and dirt. Ho waa tho guest of Fatou Annl. Theso woro threo of hor hundred great-great-granikhlldren. Tho babies woro playing with n llttlo dog. Sabron know tho dog but could not articulate his name. Hy his sldo sat tho woman to whom ho owed his llfo. Hor veil fell over her faco. Sho wns braiding straw. Ho looked at hor Intelligently. Sho brought him n drink of cool wnter In an earthen ves sel, with tho drops oozing from its porous Bides. Tho hut roekt-d with I odors which mot his nostrils at ovorv breath he drew. Ho lUKea In Aruulo "Where nm I?" "In the hut of victory," anld Fatou Annl, Pltchouno overheard tho voice and enmo to Sabron's Hide. Hla mnstor murmured: "Where nro wo, my friend?" Tho dog leaped on hla bed mid licked hla face. Fatou Annl, with a whisk of straw, swept tho lllcn from him. A grent weakness spread Ita wings ubovo him and ho roll nsleep. Duys are all alike to thoso who Ilo In mortal sickness. The hours nro In tensely colorless nnd-they slip and slip and slip Into painful wakefulness, into fever, Into drowsiness finally, and then Into weakness. Tho Capltalne do Sabron, although ho had no fumlly to speak of, did pos sess, unknown to tho Marquise d'Es clignac, an old aunt In tho provinces, and a handful of heartless coubIiib who wero Indifferent to him. Nevertheless he elung to life and In the hut of Fatou Annl fought for existence Every tlmo that ho wns conscious he struggled anew to hold to the thread of llfo. Whenovei ho grasped tho thread ho vanquished, nnd whenever ho lost It, l:o went down, down. Fatou Annl cherished him. Ho was a soldier who had fallen in the battle against her sons and grandsons. Ho wns a man mid a strong ono, and she despised women. He wns her prey and ho was her reward and sho cared for him; ns sho did bo, bIio became maternal. 'Ills eyea which, when ho wob con scious, thanked her; his thin hands thnt moved on tho rough bluo robo thrown over hltn, tho devotion of tho dog found a responsive chord In tho great-grnndmother'a heart. Once ho smiled at ono of the nnked, big-bellied great-grent-grandchlldren. Benl Has san, threo years old, came up to Sab ron with his fingers In his mouth mid chattorcd llko a bird. This proved to Fatou Annl that Sabron had not tho Kvll Kyo. No ono but tho children wero admitted to tho hut, but tho sun and tho flics nnd tho cries of the vil lage camo In without permission, and now and then, when tho winds arose, ho could hear the stirring of tho palm trees. Sabron was reduced to skin and bono. His nourishment wns Insufll clcnt, nnd the nbsenco of all decent care wns slowly taking him to death. It will never bo known why ho did not dlo. Pltchouno took to making long ex cursions. Ho would be absent for days, and In his clouded mind Sabron thought tho dog was reconnolterlng or him over tho vast pink sea without there w;hlch, If ono could sail ncrooa as in a ship, ono would sail to France, through the walls of mellow old Tnras con, to tho chateau of good King Ilcne; ono would sail as tho moon sails, and through an open window ono might hear tho sound of n woman's voice singing. The song, ever Illusive and Irritating In Its persistency, tantalized tils sick cars. Sabron did not know thnt ho would hnvo found tho chateau shut had ho sailed there In tho moon. It was as well that ho did not know, for his wan dering thought would not havo known where to follow, and there was reposo In thinking of tho Chateau d'Kscllg nac. It grew terribly hot. Fatou Annl, by his sldo, fanned him with a fan sho had woven. Tho gront-grent-grnnd-children on tho floor In tho mud fought together. They quarreled over bits of colored glass. Sabron's breath camo panting. Without, ho heard tho cries of tho warriors, tho lance-bearers he heard tho cries of Fatou Anul's sons who wero going out to battle. The French Boldlors wero In a distant part of the Sahara and Fatou Annl'a grand children wero going out to pillngo and destroy. Tho old woman by his sldo cried out nnd beat her breast. Now and then she looked at him curiously, as If she saw death on his pale face. Now that all her sons nnd grandsons had gone, ho wna tho only man left in the village, as even boys of sixteen had joined the raid. Sho wiped his forehead and gavo him n potion that had been pierced with arrows It was all she could do for n captive. Toward sundown, for tho first time Sabron felt a llttlo better, nnd after twenty-four hours' nbsenco, Pltchouno whined nt tho hut door, but would not eomo In. Fatou Annl called on Allah, left her patient nnd went out to seo what was tho matter with tho dog. At the door, in tho shade of a palm, stood two Bedouins. (TO 11 K CONTINURD.) Why Some Are Color Blind. It Is known that color blind peoplo ennnot distinguish colors, but tho rea son for this Is not generally known. They cannot distinguish many colors, and most of thorn usually gtvo the ap poaranco of being gray. Tho cause llos In tho constitution of tho retina, which microscopically consists of rods and cones. If a certain part of tho cones is wanting the sensation thoy nrouso Is also wanting. A blind man who does not seo at all Is not much more deceived by his sight than the color blind man. Even tho normal oye has not cones flno enough to detect ultra violet rays and electric rays. Soldiers' Winter Clothing. Tho soldiers of Japan havo learnod tho vnlun of paper clothing for winter wear. Tho paper, which Is mado from mulberry bark, has llttlo sizing In it, nnd Is Boft and warm. Botween two Bhoets of the paper they plnco a thin layer of silk wadding, and then quilt tho wholo It Is something of u draw back that clothing so mado Is not washnblo, but in a winter campaign a soldier has other things to think of than tho dirt on his uniform. Youth's Companion. FolKeToucK By Passing j7 Julia ChondlGrjMflixx 4? AVCLURe MEW3PAPER ayIDICVTE-' Cs THE GAME OF PLAYING LADY "Let's play Lady," suggested Llttlo Girl to hor Frlend-From-Acros-tho-Way who had come over to spend tho morning with her. "You can havo tho side porch for your house, und I'll havo tho front porch I'll bo my mother and you bo yours, and we'll dress up," sho went on to plan, while hor Frlend-From-Across-thc-Way nodded her approval. Now tho father of Llttlo Girl Is a physician to human bodies with an aim to keep thorn in good health, while tho mother of tho eight-year-old bit of femininity stands much In the samo capacity to tho Llttlo Girl's mind, and heart, and body, nil of which she is supposed to keep healthy and clean. As to this wo shall boo. As everybody knows sho Is nn al ways willing enough mother when It comes to promoting Llttlo Girl's pleas ure, so that tho child had no dlfllculty In securing tho necessary grown-up clothes that sho and her Frlend-From-Across-thc-Way might Impersonate their mothers. When they wero all rigged out tho gamo began. Llttlo Girl took possession of tho front porch and her Frlend-From-Across-the-Wny tho ono at tho sldo of tho doctor's spacious house. "Now," called Llttlo Girl, when sho had sot tho tea tablo on tho front porch, "It's time for you to como over." So, her Frlend-From-Across-the-Way gathered up hcr trailing skirts, mim icked tho walk of her mother, and camo for a visit to tho small imper sonator of Little Girl's mother, who offered her visitor tea and crackers with all tho graco of tho Doctor's WIfo. And whllo they sipped tho fragrant bevorago prepared for them by Llttlo Girl's mother they drew their chairs close In order that they might carry their Imitation of tho keopors of their young lives out in smallest detail. "I saw from tho paper that Wilson didn't behave half as cowardly as ev erybody thought ho would when ho went to tho chair for killing his sweet heart," remarked tho llttlo hostess with all tho seriousness with which J A, STAN. am From the Dlicuislon of Murders and Execution!, the Mlmlca Drifted to Goisip of the Neighborhood. she had heard her mother talk the murder and Ub resultant trial und con viction over with tho mother of her Frlend-From-Across-the-Way, and tho Doctor's WIfo, who was busy about .ho living room, stopped to listen. "I was disappointed that ho con fessed," said the Frlond-Frora-Across-tho-Way. "It wasn't halt as exciting as tho Now York gunmen," sho sighed regretfully, and Little Girl took up the cue and went through tho notori ous trial with surprising understand ing. From tho discussion of murders and executions the mimics drifted Into gos sip of tho neighborhood. "You know tho Bains fight llko catB and dogs. He's a perfect brute Sho left him onco, and everybody said sho was a fool to como back to him, I know I would not live with a man who was not good to me," announced Llttlo Girl, who wns so deep in pur suing tho sort of conversation In which her mother Indulged that she did not boo tho Doctor's WIfo standing bcsldo tho window, stricken dumb by tho gamo of "Playing Lady." Ntr did tho mother Interrupt until tho sordid conversation camo to ,an end with an exclamation from tho Frlond-From-AcrosB-thc-Wny, who uud denly announced to 'Llttlo Girl that sho didn't bellevo sho liked "Playing Lady" after all, whereupon they nd journcd to Llttlo Girl's Room to rid themselves of their cumbersomo trap pings and cngngo in tho little girl's gamo of playing dolls. Tho Doctor's Wife sat quite still In tho choir by tho living-room window. It seemed to her that sho novor would movo from tho spot again. And as sho sat thero tho September sunlight filtered through tho trees nnd enveloped her, bringing thoughts of all tho wonderful, beautiful things thero are In llfo. Sho thought of tho woods, tho flowers there; specially tho goldeurod thnt wbb oven now waving Its yellow spirals In tho sunlight on tho hill; of tho llttlo green leaves and tho brook that winds its way at tho foot of tho great oak where sho played In tho long ago yesteryear when sho was a child. She, too, had played Lady and mim icked her own dear mother, with her sweet and gentle manner and her charitable tonguo that know how to bo still when gossip was In tho air, and nover was known to recount tho grucsomo details of hideous murders. In tho prcsenco of her child. "Llttlo children nro mirrors reflect ing tho words nnd thoughts and ac tions of their mothers," tho Doctor's WIfo had onco heard her own mothor say In reproving a friend for gossip ing In tho prcsenco of a child. "Think and talk of noble things in tho presence of tho young, and such things will become a part of their character-building," again sho had heard Llttlo Girl's grandmother onco tell tho man who accompanied her through life, and as memory thus un rolled tho years, tho Doctor'B WIfo saw herself In Llttlo Girl's gamo of Playing Lady, and was seized with a sudden nausea. "Oh, I am ashamed!" sho murmured, as Bho went to find Llttlo Girl. Becnuso gosBlp and tho discussion of crlmo had not yot become a part of the woman'B character, but were as yet a habit only; and because God somehow gives It to mothers to know Just what to do, tho Doctor's Wife gathered Llttlo Girl into her arms and began very gently tho undoing of the harmful Influence of lgnoblo conversa tions. Her reproof of Little Girl lay only In her own confession to tho child oj a habit which she promised should bq broken then nnd thero and forever. And Bho kept her word. Indications of Rain. When fish blto readily und swlt noar tho surfaco, rain Is coming Blackflsh in schools Indicate an ap proachlng gale. Fish In general, both. In salt and frosh waters, aro observed, to sport most nnd blto more eagerly beforo rain than at nny other tlmo Ants nro very busy, gnats blto, crick' ets nro lively, spiders come out of their nests and files gather in houses jusf beforo rain. SOME ADVENTURE " ' FOR BOSTON MAM Thrilling Incident in Dark Alley way in Which Back Bay Doctor Stars. PUTS UP A BOLD FRONT Tells Wife Harrowing Tale of Narrow Escape From Band of Cutthroats and But Read the Vera- clous 8tory. Boston. A promlnont Back Bay physician and to spare his blushes tho pollco refuse to glvo his name; BayB tho Boston American returned homo tho other evening and exclaimed to his wife: "My dear, I'vo had a narrow es cape." Whereupon ho proceeded to tell this story: "As I camo through Franklin nvc nuo, between Court street nnd Corn hill, I heard steps behind me. Re membering tho number of recent hold ups I was alarmed and accelerated my paco. Tho man behind mo also hur ried. "I camo to a small nlleyway and turned off, hoping ho would pass by. Instead, to my horror, ho turned In after mo and brushed roughly past me, And He Got the Watch. "Instantly I felt for my watch, 1 asBuro you, my dear, It was gone! Imagino my consternation. "I took courage, seized my assail ant, and cried: 'Sir, glvo mo that watch.' "Perhaps ho was frightened at my bold front, for without a word he drew tho watch from his pocket, handed It to me, and took to hit heels." "But," protested his puzzled wife "You didn't havo your watch with you. You left It on tho bureau up stairs." "Bless my soul," exclaimed tho doc tor. Ho examined tho watch tho man had handed him, found it was not his own, nnd In tho utmost chagrin noti fied tho police By a photograph the Without a Word He Drew tho Watch From His Pocket. pollco located tho owner, and tho doc tor mot his victim. "I thought you'd robbed mo," the doctor explained. "And I thought you wero a holdup man," tho victim admitted. Tho pollco absolutely vouch for this. It nctually happened. BABY DINES IN JURY ROOM Court Held Mother-Juror, So Father Brings Child for Its Dally Rations. Spokane, Wash. Whllo tho law la bo stern that It refuses a mothor per mission to go to hor baby whllo she Is doing Jury duty, thoro Is nothing to provt-nt a bnby going to her mothor. at least that is how tho law wob In terpreted In tho court of Judge Wil liam Huneke, when baby Margarot Hackett went to tho courthouso for hor dinner. Father rushed Margarot, aged threo months, In nn automobllo to tho courU house. Mothor gavo baby hor six o'clock meal, and father and Infant retired, subject to hurry calls during tho night. Mrs. R. W. Hackett was Borvlng on a Jury which failed to agree. WAN BLINDHE MAKES GOOD llghtless Harvard Freshman Succeeds In Most Trying Event In College Course. Boston. A blind boy, twonty years of age, Is npproachlng a successful end of his freshman year nt Harvard. Ho 1s William C. Plunkett of Roxbury, who entered tho university last Sep ,tembor with honors and who haB stood tho paco In academic work at Cambridge. Tho success that Plunkett haB mot in his first year, which is tho most trying evont ovon to studonts In tho possession of all their faculties, hns glvon him courage in his hopes that ho will bo ablo to go all tho way through collego and earn a degree. t 1 V1'yttartlWIM BlDLjUitllM' ' "