RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
iTOOTOY
nmi wivqpxAflfcsiQc
ILLU3T DATION5
copYfcvr or the eoooi-nraniiLCOfiPiAttY
SYNOPSIS.
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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 $100,000
for tho current year.
The assessors of the state of Ne
braska, among other various duties,
gather the number of animals found
within Nebraska and the total fig
ures for 1915 show that the assessors
bavo found for assessment more than
2,300,000 cattle. Tho government fig
ures of the first of January give Ne
braska credit for having 2,659,000
head. Tho assessment for 1914
showed 210,000 cattlo loss tho figures
found this year, and it Is believed that
tho stato of Nebraska has materially
increased Its wealth along tho lino of
tattlo production.
Must Not Be Over 7 Per Cent.
Assessments upon members of mu
tual companies of tho stnte to meet
hall losses of this season cannot ag
gregate more than 7 per cent of tho
total Insurance in effect. If tho lossos
oxcoed whnt can be gathered by tho
levy of such an assessment then thero
must bo a pro rato to tho losnrs. Wost
of rnngo 1? tho percentage Is Increased
to 8 pcr cent. That in brief ts the
statement of tho Insurance commis
sioner, who reiterated whnt to hns
said beforo as to this class of lossos.
.Annual reports of none of tho com-
r
Hot Weather
Vcl Loaf, to Jerve cold: Cooked Corned Beef, select
nd appetizing. Chicken Loaf, Ham Loaf and Veal Loaf,
delicately seasoned. Vienna Sausage, Genuine Deviled
Ham and Wafer Sliced Dried Beef for sandwiches and
dainty luncheons.
Intltt on Llbby' at your gtoctr'$
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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.
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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."
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