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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1915)
RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF iTOOTOY nmi wivqpxAflfcsiQc ILLU3T DATION5 copYfcvr or the eoooi-nraniiLCOfiPiAttY SYNOPSIS. 16 l CoiiiIp lo Hiiliruii, cnptnln of French cavalry, tnln to IiIh imiUTH In rutm- liy hand tuothrrli-iH Irlnli ti-rilcr pup. anil milieu It IMIi'lHiittic lie illneH ulth III') Mnniulio ricllKinic mill meetH MIks .!" Hit Iti'ilniiinil, Atncrli mi lieltemt Hh Im or iliri'il In AlKli'iH lnit Ih nut allowed I" liiko nrrvnnlH or ilngi MIhh Redmond tiikei rum nf I'ltiiioime, who. lotmliiK for IiIh Minuter, riiim nwiiy from her. Tin' iimniulMO plnim to marry .1 it Hit. to tlio Due tin Trcmotit I'lU'litiunti follows Halirnn to AlKliirit, iloif nml iniiHtiT meet, iitul Huliroii Keta pormlsKliiii to Ui'i'ii IiIh iIiik with him. The hue ih- Tri'tnotit tlnilH tho Amerlrim lii-lrrnH cnprlclnti Huliron, wounded In an vnK'iKi'inuiit, fulls Into Hip lry lied of it river nml In uulelied t or by IMtrlioune After n horrible nlnht ami ilny Plteliniiiiii leaven him. Tremont taken .liillu mid thn iiiiiriinlHc to Alubrit In lilt ynrht but Iiiih ttmibtH about Julln'n lied Croon mlwilmi. After Iuiik win eh .Inlla kpIm tnirti of Hn lirnn'H uliorriiboiitM, Julia for tlm mo mont ttiniH mutehtniiker In helmlf of Tre mont. llnmmet Abou tollH thn Mitr qulHO whero ln tlilnkn Hiibrnii mny bn fnnnil. Troninnt ileelile to ko with llnm. mot Abou to Mini Halirnn. IMtclinunn flmln a vllliiRP, twelvo hours Journey away, anil RoniPhnw niiihi'H ratou Atuil iimlerNtiuid Jilt iniiBtrr's ilesperntti pIlKht. Sabron In rescued by thn vllhiKo limn hut Krnwn weuker without proper pare. TrPinont Koim Into Hip desert with thn pnrnvaii In nnnrclt of Hiihrun Julia follows wim E nilainii do la Malnu, whom Trcmunt vca. CHAPTER XXIV Continued. At night ns lio lay In Ills bed In his tont, Trutnont nml HainniPt Abou cooled his temples with water from tho earthen bottles, whero tho Hweet oozo stood nut humid and refreshing on tho damp cluy. Thoy gnvo hltn ncld and cooling drinks, and now and then Sabron would nmllo on Tromont, cnll lug him "petit froro," nnd Tromont heard tho words with innlHturo In blfl eyes, remembering wJint ho hud said to tho Mnrqulso d'F.scllgnnc about be ing Sabron's brothor. Onca or twlco tho eoldtcr murmured ft woman's nanio, hut Tromont could not catch It, and once ho Raid to tho iltiko: "Sing! Sing!" Tho Frenchman obeyed docilely, bumming In an ngrecnblo bnrytono tho HimtchcB of Botig ho could remember, "La Flllo do Mndnmo Angot," "11 Tro vntore;" running them Into morn mod oni opera, "I.n Veuvo JoyouHo." Hut tho lines emitted In Sabrou's forehend Indicated thnt tho singer hail not yet found tho music which haunted tho memory of tho nick man. "Sing!" ho would repeat, fixing his hollow oycH on hit! companion, and Tromont complied faithfully. Finally, his own thoughts going back to early days, ho hummed tunes thnt ho nnd a certain little girl had sung at their gamos in tho ullecs of an old chateau ji tho vnlloy of tho Indro. 1 "Sonnez les mntlnes lllng-dln don," ind other children's melodies. In those nights, on that dcunlato way, alone, In a traveling tent, at the Hide of a man ho scarcely knew, Rob ert do Tromont learned serious les eons. Ho had been n soldier himself, but his life had been nu inconsequent one. Ho had lived us ho liked, behind him always thu bitterness of an unrly deception. Hut ho had been too young to break bis heart at seventeen. He had lived through much since tho day his father exiled him to Africa. Thereso had become n dream, n momory around which ho did not al ways lot his thoughts linger. When ho had seen her again nfter her hus band's death and found her freo, ho was already nbsorbod In tho worldly Ufa of nn ambitious young man. Ho had not known how much ho loved her antll In tho Villa dps UougninvUloas bo hnd seen and contrasted her with Julia Kedmond. All tho charm for him of tho past returned, and ho realized that, as money goes, ho wus poor sho was poorer. Tho difficulties of tho marriage made him nil tho more sccuro In his deter mination that nothing should separate him again from this woman. lly Sabrou's bod ho hummed his llttlo inslgnltlcnut tunes, and his heart loaged for tho womnn. When onco or twlco on tho return Journey thoy had beon threatened by tho ongulllng snnd storm ho hnd prayed not to dlo boforo bo could again clasp her In tils arms. ! Bwoot, tantalizing, cxqulBito with tbo passion of young love, thero camo to him tho memories of tho moonlight Bights on tho torraco of tho old cha teau. Ho saw her In tbo pretty girl jlsh drosses of long ago, tho melan choly droop of hor quivering mouth, tor bare young arms, and smelted tho ffragranco of her hair as ho kissed Tier. So humming his soothing melo dies to the sick man, with his voice softened by his momorles, ho soothed Sabron. 1 Sabron closed his eyes, tho creases in his forehead disappeared as though (brushed away by a tondor hnnd. Per haps tho sleep was duo to tho fact that unconsciously, Tremout slipped Into humming n tune which Miss Red mond hnd Bung In tbo Villa des Ron j;ainvlllens, nnd of whoso KugllBli words Do Tromont was qulto Ignorant, "Will ho Inst until Algiers, llnmmet 'Abou?" "What will bo will be, monsieur!" Abou replied. "Ho must," Do Tremout nnsworod flercoly. "Ho shall." He became serious and meditative ?ft J?AY WALTERS on those silent days, nnd his blue eyes, where tho very whites wero burned, began to wear tho far-away, mysterious look of tho traveler across long distances During tho Inst sand storm ho stood, with tho cnmcls, round Sabrou's litter, n human shado and shield, and when tho storm ceased ho fell like one dead, and tho Arabs pulled off his boots and put him to bed like a child. One sundown, as they traveled Into tlm afterglow with the Kast behind them, when Tremout thought ho could not endure another tduy of tho voynge, whon tho pallor mid wnxlness of Snbron's face were llko death Itself, Humrnct Abou, who rode nhead, cried out nnd pulled up his camel short. Ho waved him arm. "A enravan, monsieur." In thu dlstnnco they saw tho tents, llko lotus leaves, scattered on tho pink siinds, nnd the dark shadows of tho Arabs and the couchant beasts, and tho glow of tbo encampment lire. "An encampment, monsieur!" Tremout sighed. Ho drew tho cur tnln of the litter nnd looked In upon Sabron, who was sleeping. His set features, the growth of his uncut benrd, tho long frlngo of his eyes, his dark hair upon his forehead, his wan transparency with tho peace upon his face, be might hnvo been a flguro of Christ waiting for sepulturo. Tremont cried to him: "Sabron, mon vleux Charles, rovelllo-tol! Wo nro In sight of human beings'." Hut Sabron gave no sign that ho heard or cared. Throughout tho Journey across tho desert, Pltchouno had rlddon nt his will and ncrordlng to his taste, somo times Journeying for tho entire dny perched upon Tremont's camel. He sat llko a little figurehead or a mas cot, with ears pointed northward and his keen nose snlfllug tho desert air. Sometimes ho would take tho samo position on ono of tho mules that car ried Snbron's litter, at his master's foot. There ho would Ho hour nfter hour, with his soft eyes fixed with understanding sympathy upon Sab rou's fnco. Ho was, as ho bad been to Fntou Annl, a kind of fetish tho enravan adored him Now from his position at Sabrou's feet, ho crawled up and licked bis master's hand. "Charles!" Tremont cried, and lift ed tho soldier's hand. Sabron opened his oyes. Ho was sane. The glimmer of n smllo touched bis lips. Ho sulci Tremont's name, recognized him. "Aro wo homo?" ho asked weakly. "Is It Franco?" Tremont turned nnd dashed away a tear. He drew tho curtains of tho litter and now walked beside It, his legs feeling llko cotton and his heart beat ing. As thoy camo up townrd the en campment, two people rodo out to meet them, two women In white riding habits, on stallions, and as tbo evening breezu fluttered tho veils from their helmets, they seemed to bo tings of welcome. Under his helmet Tremont was red and burned. Ho had a short, rough growth of beard. Thereso do la Maine and Julia Red mond rodo up. Tremont recognized them, and camo forward, half stagger ing. Ho looked nt Julia and smiled, nnd pointed with his left hnnd toward tho litter; but ho went directly up to Mndamo do la Maine, who sat Immov able on her llttlo stallion. Tremout seemed to gather her In his arms. Ho lifted her down to him. Julln Redmond's eyes wero on tho litter, whoso curtains wero stirring in tho breezo. Hamniet Abou, with n profound salaam, camo forward to her. "Mademoiselle" ho suld, respect fully, "ho lles. I hnvo kept my word " Pltchouno sprang from tho litter and ran over tho sands to Julia Redmond. Sho dismounted from her horse alono and called him: "Pltchouno! Plt chouno!" Kncollng down on tho des ert, sho stooped to caress him, and ho crouched at her feet, licking her hands. CHAPTER XXV. As Handsome Does. Whon Sabron next opened his oyes ho fancied that ho was at homo In his old room In Rouen, In tho houso whero ho was born, In tho little room In which, us a child, dressed In his dimity night gown, he had sat up In his bed by candle light to learn his letters from tho cookery book. Tho room wns snowy white. Out side tho window ho henrd a bird sing, nnd near by, ho heard a dog's smoth ered bark. Then ho know that ho was not at homo or a child, for with tho languor and weakness camo his memory. A quiet nurso In a hospital dress was sitting by his bed. and IMtchounu rose from tho foot of the beil nnd looked nt him adoringly. Ho wns In n hospital In Aiglets. "Pltchouno," ho murmured, not knowing tho name of his other com panlon, "whero aro wo, old fellow?" Tho nurso replied In an agreeable Anglo-Saxon Frcuch: "You are In n French hospital In Al giers, sir, and doing well." Tremont camo up to him. "I remember you," Sabron said, "You hnvo been near mo a dozen times lately." "You must not talk, mon vleux." "Hut I feel as though I must talk a great deal. Didn't you como for rao Into tho desert?" Tremont, healthy, vigorous, tanned, gay and cheerful, seemed good look ing to poor Sabron, who gazed up at hltn with touching gratitude "I think I remember everything, I think I shall never forget It," ho said, and lifted his hand feebly. Robert do Tremont took It. "Haven't wo trav eled far together, Tromont?" "Yes," nodded tho other, affected, "but you must sleep now. Wo will talk about It over our cigars and liquors soon," Sabron smiled faintly. Ills clear mind was regaining Its balance, and thoughts began to sweep ovor It cru elly fast. Ho looked at his rescuer, and to him tho other's radiance meant simply that ho wns engaged to Miss Redmond. Of courso that was natural. Sabron tried to accept It nnd to bo glad for tho happiness of tho man who had rescued him. Hut as ho thought this, ho wondered why ho bad been rescuod nnd shut his oyes so thnt Tremont might not' sco his wenkness. Ho sntd hesitatingly: "1 am haunted by a melody, n tune. Could you help mo? It won't come." "It's not tho "Marsolllalso'?" nsked tho other, sitting down by bis sldo and pulling Pltchouno's ears. "Oh, no!" "Thero will bo singing In tho ward shortly. A Red Cross nurso comes to sing to the patients. Sho may help you to remember." Sabron renounced In despair. Haunt ing, tantalizing in his brain and illu sive, tho notes began nnd stopped, be gan nnd stopped. Ho wanted to ask Ills friend a thousand questions. How ho had come to him, why ho had como to him, how ho know. ... He gave It all up and dozed, nnd whllo ho slept tho swoet sleep of thoso who aro to recover, ho heard the sound of a worn- Threatened by the Engulfing storm. Sand- nn's voice in tho distance, singing, ono after another, familiar melodies, nnd llnnlly ho heard tho "Kyrlo Elelson," nod to Its music Subron ngaln foil asleep. The next day ho received a visitor. It was not un easy matter to Intro duce visitors o his bedsldo, for Plt chouno objected. Pltchouno received tho Marquise d'Escllgunc with great displeasure. "Is ho a thoroughbred?" asked tho Murqulso d'Kscllgnnc. "He has behaved llko ono," replied tho otllccr. Thero was a 'sllonco. Tho Marqulso U'EscliRuac was wondering what her uleco saw In tho palo man so near still to tho borders of tho other world. "You will bo leaving tho army, of course," sho murmured, looking at him Interestedly. "Mndnmo!" said tbo Cnpltnlno do Sabron, with his blood all that was In him rising to his cheeks. "1 mean that Frnnro has dono noth ing for you. Franco did not rescuo you and you may fcol llko seeking a more another enreor." (TO HH CONTINUED.) St, Bride of Ireland. St. Rrido, the patroness of Ireland and of Fleot street, whoso feast fulls In February, was the beautiful daugh ter of a bard who became tho religious dlsclplo of St. Patrick and abbess of Klldaro. Tho story of St llrlde, or Urldget, flrod tho Celtic imagination, nnd In Irelnnd nbout twenty parishes bear tho namo of Kilbride. Tho spire of her church In Fleet street has beon twlco struck by lightning and much reduced from tho original height, but Is still ono of tho tallest steeples In London. It is supposed to havo beor designed by Wren's young daughter. Pall Mall Gazette Have a Good Bed, In Farm and Fireside n contributor, writing a practical article about mat tresses and other provisions for beds, mokes the following general comment: "in furnishing n homo tho housewife should glvo most careful thought to tho beds nnd their equipment. Wo spend nt lenst a third of our lives in bed. nnd It Is worth whllo to mnko that third pleasant and refreshing. Tho heat mntti esscB nnd springs nro nouo too good when ono Is storing up strength for some work. Resides, nu is the case with most household pur chases, the best are really tho cheap est lu tho oud." ATTACKS THE TWO CENnARE RATE ASKS SUPREME COURT TO EN. ' JOIN RAILWAY COMMISSION. NEWS OF THE STATE HOUSE Items of General Interest Gathered From Reliable Sourcea at State House. Western Newnpapor Union New Service. Tho Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. baa filed suit In tho federal district court to hnvo the Nebraska 2-ccnt faro law statute declared null and void nnd thnt tho members of tho state railway commission bo enjoined from exacting a penalty for a violation of tho statute. I ,i Tho suit follows a recent decision of the Btato supremo court denying a mandamus writ to compel tho stnto railway commission to Increaso tho maximum passenger rate. Tho Missouri Pacific bases Its suit on an alleged discrimination between freight and passenger rates In tho stato. Tho Missouri Pacific Is tho rond chosen to start this suit becauso its revenues for several yours past havo been In the "red." Other roads aro understood to be Interested to that extent in tho action. The State's Finances. Stato Auditor W. H, Smith ha adopted a system of keeping check on tho monthly expenditures of tho state. HIb quarterly report for tho three months ending Juno 30 shows that warrants on tho stato treasury to tho amount of J248.848.62 wero Issued. For tho throo months ending March 31, tho amount of stato warrants Is sued was $175,190.74. In tho report of warrants Issued during the past threo months Is an item of $46,200 expended by tho state superintendent for tho payment of state aid to high schooli that maintain normal training. Salarlos ?124,630.3& Blank books and printing.. 16,243.74 Other services and exps... 19,957.71 Telephono and telegraph .. 1,232.17 Postago 2,710.93 Office supplies, etc 4,145.75 Mlleago and trv. exps 7,434.63 Miscellaneous expenses ... 3,871.84 Furnlturo and repairs .... 2,023.53 Promiuin on treasurer's and deputy's bond 5,360.00 Normal Tr. in high schools 46,200.00 Map3 1,364.00 Armory rentals 472.72 Coal and supplies capltol .. 1.001.72 Stato aid bridges 12,199.50 Total I248.84S.62 Attorney General Makes Discovery An innocent looking little para graph tucked away In tho stato consti tution, may knock out several state commissions and offices created by tho legislature in tho past twenty years. Whllo tho import of tho provision has not beon generally aired tho ac tion of Attorney General Reed in re fualng'to recognize railway commis sion control of the warehouse act pre sages early attention to tho paragraph. In tho end. according to Mr. Reed himself, It might bo that a whole lot of decidedly suprlslng things would happen. Hero Is tho paragraph' "No other executive office shall bo continued or created and the duties now devolving upon ollloirs not pro vided for by this constitution shall b performed by the olllcers heroin cre ated." Therefore If tho Intimated interpre tation by tho attorney general Is cor rect it will mean that tho life of many stato o trices will be struck a fatal blow and that tholr existence during tho years and at the present timo has been in contravention of the constitu tion. It will mean that if the lettei of tho law is observed tho duties will havo to bo given over to such officers as aro recognizzed by tho constitution. Socrotary of Stato Pool has col lected up to this time the sum of $72,419 in occupation taxes for 1915 from corporations doing business In Nebraska. Tho tax became due for domestic concerns on July 1, and for foreign corporations it will fall duo AugUBt 1. The rovenuo from this source is expected to reach $100,000 for tho current year. The assessors of the state of Ne braska, among other various duties, gather the number of animals found within Nebraska and the total fig ures for 1915 show that the assessors bavo found for assessment more than 2,300,000 cattle. Tho government fig ures of the first of January give Ne braska credit for having 2,659,000 head. Tho assessment for 1914 showed 210,000 cattlo loss tho figures found this year, and it Is believed that tho stato of Nebraska has materially increased Its wealth along tho lino of tattlo production. Must Not Be Over 7 Per Cent. Assessments upon members of mu tual companies of tho stnte to meet hall losses of this season cannot ag gregate more than 7 per cent of tho total Insurance in effect. If tho lossos oxcoed whnt can be gathered by tho levy of such an assessment then thero must bo a pro rato to tho losnrs. Wost of rnngo 1? tho percentage Is Increased to 8 pcr cent. That in brief ts the statement of tho Insurance commis sioner, who reiterated whnt to hns said beforo as to this class of lossos. .Annual reports of none of tho com- r Hot Weather Vcl Loaf, to Jerve cold: Cooked Corned Beef, select nd appetizing. Chicken Loaf, Ham Loaf and Veal Loaf, delicately seasoned. Vienna Sausage, Genuine Deviled Ham and Wafer Sliced Dried Beef for sandwiches and dainty luncheons. Intltt on Llbby' at your gtoctr'$ m 9 Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago Scottish Lodging Houses. Glasgow has seven municipal lodg ing houses, six for men and ono for womon. They are stone buildings, three to five stories in height, and of tho most substantial character. Each lodger has a scparato room, with bed and chair. Tho bed has a wire spring, a hair or liber mattress, coarse sheets, a blanket, a coverlot, a pillow and a pillowcase. These nro aired, cleaned and washed after tho lodger has gone In tho morning. The total number of bedrooms in the seven houses is 2,235. A Ghastly Fear. Mrs. Strongmlnd Henry, I want you to como straight homo ns soon as you leavo tho ofllco, every day! You wero twenty minutes late yesterday, and it gavo me quite a shock. Henry Yes, Henrietta. Dut you didn't think I'd been run over by a car, did you? Mrs. Strongmlnd No; but how was I to know that somebody wasn't hold ing you for ransom? Puck. Exactly. "How did you como to run up you! cottngo?" "Oh, that's another story." Every womnn must havo a pet. If she can't havo a cat or a dog, sho gets a man. 1 m I IrSBsfcPSrr' "" '?: 3JflpEr A Summer Vacation At Home Avoid needless work, especially hot cooking, and plan to get all possible rest and leisure. There are many ways. For instance, a hot breakfast is uncalled for in summer. There's no excuse for early morning cooking with Post Toasties in the house. Nothing will please husband and children better than a bowl of crisp, delicious Post Toasties with cream or good milk. There is pleasure in serving this dainty food and you atart the day without work or worry. With Toasties in the pantry it takes but a moment to prepare a breakfast or lunch that pleases all you save time and temper. Order a package of Post Toasties from your grocer and start on your home vacation. i ii i UOrd 120 110 tooe BUU. 'tint Meats 90 80 70 60 36 40 limp Tr 30 i n 20 10 O 10 20 30 40 3tt 3 (an 60 REASON FOR THE MUSTACHE In Evidence as Having Been Worn by British Soldiers as Measure of Military Necessity. The correspondent who writes to a cotemporary suggesting that the British war olllce authorities should Insist on soldiers being clean shaven instead of ordering them to wear mus taches, might havo alleged Teutonic influenco in tho adoption of the mua tacho of tho British army. The Idea was first borrowed from a batch of Austrian olllcers quartered with somo of our troops on tho South coast dur ing the Waterloo campaign. It was then taken up by the guards, who very much resented any attempt on the part of mere lino regiments to follow tho new fashion. Tho winter cam paign In tho Crimea led our men to grow full beards for warmth, and these, modified Into flowing' whiskers ("Piccadilly weepers," as thoy camo to bo called) on their return to Lon don, wero long regarded as tho mark of tho man of fnshlon. London Chronicle Spoils the Impression. "Rogers has an Intelligent faco. Id ho didn't say a word you'd know ha was clover." "Yes; but tho troublo is ho does." rx i 1 I ' i r' A kf: 4 ft 'rMAliVi'rfi-'" r tfr wMwttsil(AMesiM4" w!Mv ( - -Of' iTv J