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TTTE OMAHA DATTV" "REE: RUXDAV, Arr.l'ST 10, 1900.
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The Unspeakable Turk.
By GEORGE IIORTON.
(Copyright, 1900, by Oeorge Horton.)
accompany him. twenty-five In number, f band nod one hy one. as i sergeant called
and such ns possessed bavnnots proceeded their names, they stepped forward nnd
to fix them to their rifles Tho places' handed their weapons to Curtis, who passed
from which the shooting was to bo done them to a man outside the door. The last
woro selected and the men began to pot to gun had scarcely been given up ere a sudden
them as rapidly us possible. I.lndbohm commotion broke out among the Oretnns and
and Curtis, nt the head of their little band, , half a doen burly insurgents, forcing their
worked down toward the opon spot across way past the guard, burst Into the room,
which the rush must bo made. Them Tho commotion now swelled to a hoarse up-
SiiiiislN of I'rrrrillifK Clmptrrs.
Tnhn r,,ffl. fnilhi, A ftlCT Idl 11 . WllO
chances to be In Athens at the outbreak of
the nraeco-Turklsh war. iol-i a llllbu-terlng
expedition to Crete. The little vere Is
wrecked, but Curtis, accompanied by Lieu
tenant I.lndbnhm, a -oldler t fortune, ami
native Cretan, Mlchall, resell the Islnml
nafely. They arrive at a village and lire
eared for by the inhabitants curtW has
Injured his foot on a se.i urchin He is
nursed by Pnmtvotn. the priest j daughter.
In a few day word come of the adwinee
of the Turks under Kukes (..ward the
town The Cretans gather In the puss, tl "
men lighting and tlie mirani ami girls
keeping up beacon tire-. Thirty Turks nr.
killed, hut MIWiull Is badly wnundod anil
Panaynta Is captured by Kostakes. rtio
Cretans retreat to tho sea. Kostnkes
blunders the town, taking the old priest
nnd I'annvnta along as prisoners. Cm tin.
representing himself as a newspaper cor
respondent, also accompanies the rks.
Kostnkes hns the old priest murdered and
Curtis plans to rescue I'nnayota and avenue
her father's death. In the abence of Kos
tnkes, Curtis kills two of the '!"rds and
wounds another nnd escnpes with panayota.
Thev meet I.lndbohm ami frlen-s nnd at
tack the Hashl Itazouks. who recapture
Panayota Curtis and I.lndbohm each dis
cover that the other Is In love with the
Cretan captive. Kostakes now imprison
her In bis harem In Cnnca nnd tries 'o
persuade her to marry him.
rilAPTIJH XWII.
Panayota was lying face down upon the
bed, hut when she heard heavy footsteps In
the hall and the scratching of the key upon
tho door, ns some one outside fumbling nt
the lock, she sprang to her feet and backed
to tho wall at the farther side of tho room.
She east her eyes about the bare, dim room.
ns though there must bo some way of escape.
moaning, meanwhile:
"Little Virgin, save me! Oh, my Ood,
what shall I do?"
When Kostakes entered ho found her thus,
her fists clenched, her lips white. She was
looking nt him with great eyes of fear and
horror, and she scarcely seemed to breathe.
There was In her attitude tho nlortness of
n hunted cnt, that hopes to mnke a sudden
dash for liberty anil get away even at tho
last moment.
"In tho name of Ood. Panayota," he said
tenderly, "why are you so frightened? Have
I not told you I would not touch a hair of
your head?"
Hho mado no reply, but slid along the
nil, with her eyes fixed on tho open door,
He turned with an exclamation of Im
patience, shut It with a slam, locked it and
put the key In his pocket.
"Na!" ho sHld. "don't think of escaping.
Try to fix your mind on what I am going to
hay to you. And now. In the first place, I
Kwcar to you by my hopes of salvation that
1 mean you no harm. Now listen to mo
I lovo you, Panayota."
is tnat why you nave murdered my
father?"
"Why do you say that 1 murdered your
father?"
"Ilrlng him to me alive, and then I shall
luiow that you did not."
"lou ask an Impossible thing. Panayota.
He Ih probably among the Sphaklote motin
tnins by this time, and you know there
aren't troops enough In all Turkey to get
him out.
Then III tell you what you do." cried
Panayota eagerly, advancing a step or two
Let mo go anil find him. Pll return hero
to Canon with him. Honestly I will
honestly and you shall come and talk to mo
all you like."
Kostakes gave his mustache an Impatient
I WIS!.
10 let you go, after nil the trouble
I in had getting you? Oh, no, Panayota
louro mine, by Allnh! and whoover lakes
you nway from mo miiBt kill mo first. You
don't know how I love you. I could novcr
tell you. Listen. Thorn Isn't a drop of
u rmsii niooil in me. My grandfather be
es me n Turk bocuusie because of clr-
uinifltnncoH, to save his life. I am the Hon
of a (Jieek mother and she used to King
fireok lullabies to mo In my cradle." Ho
van talking very fast now. "J have al
ways said I would turn Christ Inn uomo
limn, nnd when I snw you I mndn up mv
mind to do It right away. I have heard
great howh. Kverybody hays that the pow
ers have decided to give tho Island to tho
king of (Jreece. Then there will be no
more Turks here. They will either go
nwny or become orthodox. Say yr.u'll have
me. Panayota. and I'll get rid of my harem,
nnd we'll be married before the priest "
"Will you murder your wives as yen did
my father?" asked the girl. Kostakes
stared at her, deprived for the moment
of the power of speech. In his enthusiasm,
ho had talked himself Into the feeling that
his dreams wero already realized. Pana
yola's voice, hnrd, sneering, cold with hate,
shocked him llko a sudden blow In tho
face with a whip. Then rage surged up In
his veins nnd knocked nt his temples. Ills
hands, that he had exteuded pleadingly,
trembled, and he gnashed his teeth. Kos
takes was not beautiful nt that moment.
Panayota laughed,
"Oh, you Turk," she cried "you cowardly
Turk. You needn't grind your teeth at me.
I'm not afraid of death. It's only your
vile lovo thnt I fear."
Kostakes raised his doubled fists above
his head and brought them down with such
violence that an Involuntnry "Ah!" escaped
him.
"Hy flod. girl, you would drive a saint
entity." he i rled "Here I am offering to
change my religion and put nway my
harem, and all for you. and 1 get nothing
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out of you but an Insult. Don't you know
that you are In my power, and I can do
with you what I please? No cursed for
eigner will rescue you this time. Ho did
not know enough to keep you when ho had
you and I'll sco that ho doesn't get an
other chance. I want you to love me ns
I love you. Panayotn, I've mado you an
honorable proposition. I leave you to think
it over. Hut make up your mind to this
you're mine nnd I'll never give you up
while I live."
When Kostakes stepped Into the court
again, Soulcmln was blowing up the coals
In a llttlo charcoal stove, homo-made from
an American pet! oleum can. Aycsha, stand
ing by the tabic, called out In a stago
whisper, plainly audible throughout the en
closure:
The effendl comei," and pulled the fish
from tho drawer.
"Isn't dinner ready yet?" he snarled,
what have you laiy women been doing?"
"All ready, effendl," replied Ayesha. "We
couldn't fry tho barbouula till you came.
They are better hot. Soulelma, bring the
olive oil nnd the salt. In two minutes,
effendl."
flot any wine?" asked Kostakes, ns tho
platter of steaming fish was set before him.
'Wine, effendl, In a Turkish house?"
'Yes, wine; If you've got nny, bring It
on, for I am tired and thirsty."
I think herende has some," sugested
Soulelma. "She drinks like a fish."
"Umph! And I don't supposo you help
her?"
"Kffendl, I swear" commenced Soulelma.
"I don't even know the tasto of it,"
protested Ayesha.
"Silence, silence! nnd bring me some.
And look here," as tho decanter was sot
beforo him, "If I ever hear a lisp about my
wlno drinking I'll wring the necks of you
both cackling old hens thnt you are. And
now send Terendo to wait on me, nnd get
out of my sight, the two of you. You take
my appetite away. She at least Is not a
greasy oiii sloven."
After the effendl had eaten he betook him
self to his chamber in search of much
needed rest. Ferende followed him, and,
sitting down upon the sldo of tho bed, at-
luiupieii io my uer check against his. Hut
ho pushed her from him, saying in a
uueruious and disgusted tone:
"Oet off from mo and let me breathe,
cau't you? Darken tho room nnd go away.
Shut the door, and if any of you women
inuKo a noise oh, there, listen!"
"Yes. effendl." Ferende had nearly closed
tho door, but she opened It a little ways
and thrust her face back Into tho room.
"Don't take Panayota up those cold fish.
I-ry her some hot ones, nnd give her some
wine."
Tho nx-favorlto found tho two older
wives whispering together in tho garden.
"Why didn't you stuy with the effendl?"
asked Ayesha, spitefully.
She walked straight up to them.
"Let's bo friends," she said. "We're all
In the samo boat, and must work together.
In fact, you aro In a worse fix than I am.
fur I am younger and better looking than
either of you. nnd a young handsome
woman can always live somehow."
This was not conciliatory language, but
iiccurueii so well with What tbn ln
women had Just been saying to each other,
that they could mako no reply. i:auh
looked Inquiringly nt tho other for a
moment, nnd then Soulelma asked:
"Do you think ho Is In earnest?"
"Absolutely. He would have no reason
to parley with tho girl. else. She Is in his
power."
"Wo shnll all be turned Into the street,"
said Ayesha.
"Ho would never dare." cried Soulelma.
"lie has nothing against us. We aro
full li ful. honest wives. It would make too
great n scandal."
"He will find a way," replied Ferende.
coolly. "When a Mussulman really wishes
to get rid of a wife, ho always manages It
soi.ner or Inter."
"What shall wo do, oh, what shall wo
do?" sobbed the two elder wives. Poor
things! They had no Virgin Io take refuge
with.
"If she should tnko slclt and die!
gested Soulelma.
Ferende started vinlontly and turned
pale. "No!" she cried, so loud that all
Ihree of them glanced npprehenslvely at
the windows. Then lowering her vnlro:
"Don't ever think of such u thing ngaln.
It's too dangerous. She must escape."
"Hut the effendl would kill us even for
that."
"It must be done In such a way that ho
will never auspect us. Wo must put our
heads together."
CIl tl'TTTlPxWIII.
"We must just tako our chances." said
Llndbohm. "How far Is it from hero to
tho blockhouse?"
Curtis was lying on his stomach behind
n rock, with bis rlflo beside him.
"About sixty or seventy rods," he rn
plied. "Rods? What Is a rod?" asked Llnd
bohui. Tho Yankee laughed.
"The fort is- let me see between 20')
and JOO yards from here."
There was n puff of smoke from a window
of the square, gray building, followed a
moment later by a distant report nnd the
humming of a gultur string In tho nlr
above their heads. Curtis lay down ngaln.
"f n bad shot." observed his com
panion. "Mnke me sick after being In
South Africa. If thnt had been n lloer.
now. no would have hit you. Hut these
Turks cannot shoot. So we will make a
rush. We will have our best shots crawl
In close and flro on the doors nnd win
lows. Then I take a detachment nnd run
In. When tlie Turks appear wo drop
down nnd our men flro another volley.
Then we Jump up nnd mako another dash
bo we tako it."
Tho blockhouse was a llttlo above them,
on a rocky eminence that commanded the
gleumlng sheet of Sudn bay, In shape like
n written cnpltal V. Pour war ships, two
Englishmen, a Frenchman nnd n Herman,
lay resting nt anchor, thin columns of
moko bonding from their funnels and
drifting away amicably togother. Some
thing over a mile and a half nwny, thoso
great floating engines of death and terror
looked ns Innocent ns a tiny lleet on a
duck pond. Entrenched In the rm ks all
about Llndbohm was an armed band, ISO
In number, consisting of Cretan In
surgents, youthful Italian enthusiasts and
Hreek Turcophobes. Ilehlnd thorn rose
the tremendous piles of Ida and tho Whlto
mountains, nnd below them lay the bright,
smiling valleys of the coast and the lower
slopes, where nn ocaslonnl white village
Klenmed among Its ollvo orchards.
"How many are there of 'em'" asked
CurtU. Llndbohm smiled and raising his
big, pink hand to his blonde mustncho,
gave it a playful pull.
"That's yust what we'ro going to llnd
out," ho replied. Calling an insurgent to
him who spoke French, ho explalued In
that language tho plan for tho assault
Ho himself selocted tho men who wero to
movements enusf-d more or less of ex- j
posuro and drew repeated fusillades from
the blockhouse. Most ot the bullets
passed over the heads of the attackers,
but occasionally ono slapped ngalnst the
soft fneo of n rock, or scurried through
the gravel. One glanced near Curtis'
head mid hummed like: a musical top. He
turned and looked curiously In the direc
tion of the sound.
"It takes yust one good big battle to
break n man of that," observed the lieu
tenant. "Of what?"
"Looking after tho bullets. They sing
all sorts of tunes nnd sometimes they only
whisper but they always sny the same
thing death, death."
Tho attacking pnrty spread out Into a
line with distances of ten feet nnd over
between tho men. Llndbohm held out his
hand to Curtis.
"Au revolr. my friend," he said, fixing
his Innocent blue eyes upon the Amcrlcnn
"You better stay here. This Is a llttlo
dangerous nnd you got a mother, you
know."
Tho men were lying upon their stom
achs: Lindbohm's left elbow rested upon
the ground, his chin supported by tho left
hand. As ho spoko he pushed out his right
arm toward Curtis and the two men
clasped hands Tho American was thrilled
by a great revelation of affection for the
Swede his eyes wero so childlike, his
voice so tender and his smile so sad and
sweet, like n woman's; he had lost the
roar and Curtis caught the words: "Kill!
kill!" nnd "No! no!" Llndbohm did not
realize the gravity of the situation. He was
raging because his orders had heen dis
obeyed, nnd thought that the whole band,
nctuated by curiosity, were about to awarm
in. Ho therefore leaped to the door with
leveled bayonet and threatened the crowd
so fiercely that they all shrank back. Mean
while n thing happened that fairly froze
Curtis with horror. The half dozen In
surgents raised their guns to their shoulders
nnd deliberately pointed them at the body
of unarmed Turks, who, seized with panic,
assumed nil the nttUudns of fear. Some
crouched ngalnst the wall, as though they
would shrink through It: some fell upon the
earthen lloor, others squatted and doubled
their arms in front of faces and chests.
Several tried to seize their companions and
hold them before their own bodies.
A dreadful laugh, mingled with foul nnd
Insulting words, broke from the Insur
gents' throats. The Turkish officer stop
ped quietly In front of his men nnd, cross
ing his arms over his chest, regarded tho
Cretans with a look of high scorn. His
thin face and gray beard added sublimity
to tho dauntless soul that spoke In his at
titude. He had the beak and eyes of an
eagle.
Curtis was completely carried away
with revulsion and horror. The v.-ords,
"In tho nnme of God! In the name of
(5od!" beat In his brain with tho regular
strokes of n trip-hammer, nnd he fancied
that ho heard someone shouting them. An
aug-
handkerchlef that had been tied about his Insurgent threatened htm with tho bavo
head and his pompadour hid fallen down net and another with an outburst of ex
In spots, like a wheat field upon which population seized the thrcatener's gun.
frngments of wind have dropped here and Then a third Cretan leaped upon him nnd
there. He was very much In earnest now, attempted to push him to one side of the
ns nervously he swept one end of his grent room. Cuttls. now completely crazed with
blonde mustache between hia teeth with 1 rage, dropped the gun which ho was tiua
tho tip of his tongue and Inquired: 'bio to use at such close quarters and
"Kb? Is It not so? Wo must remember : snarling, "D n you, I'll choke the life
the llttlo mother." 'out of you!" danced with hooked hands at
"Do you think I'd go back on a friend his .adversary's throat Strong as n gorilla
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Stories Told by a Group of Gold Miners
. Taking a Day Off
GIVING A ROAD AGENT THE GRIP
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Krety woman covet a Mispely. ptetly fisiitf. and
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Friend
"WHEN KOSTAKES ENTERED HE FOUND HEU THUS.
In a tlmo like this?" asked Curtis Indig
nantly. "But, see hero, Llndbohm, since
you're uneasy about me, you'll find my ad
dress in my pocket. If anything happens
to me, write to my folks. And and, about
Panayota "
Llndbohm dropped tho hand that ho was
holding and the color faded out from be
neath tho dust nnd grime upon his face.
"About Panayota?"
"Tell her I meant what I said to her that
day, every word of It. I I , she'll under
stand. And say. Llndbohm, If Kostnkes
has Insulted her. lot daylight through him.
will you? Olve him one for me, will you?"
Llndbohm made no reply, but still rest
ing upon his olbow, he slid his face down
Into his great soft hand and remained si
lent for so long a tlmo that an Italian
called Impatiently from a little dlstanco.
"Paratl. slgnor!"
Then ho looked up suddenly nnd again
seized Curtis by tho hand.
"You are not going," ho said sternly. "I
am in command hero nnd 1 order you to
Btny back."
Ero tho Amcrlcnn had a chance to reply
half a dozen guns roared from u covert near
by, a dozen more followed ns rapidly ns tho
fcniind of u boy tia'llng n stick along a picket
fence, and then for a full moment tho firing
continued ns cuprlclously as the explosions
of a bunch of Ilrecrackors. It ceased, and
Llndbohm, bent low, was running toward
tho blockhouse. Ho had not got more than
ten yards away bofnro the others wero dart
ing after him.
"Oh, d n his orders!" muttered Curtis
and scrambling to his feet ho rnn so rapidly
torward that he passed two or threo of the
Itullans, and had marly reached Lindbohm's
side. He heanl a sound as though the man
behind him had stepped nn a buildlo of dry
twigs. Turning, ho saw tho poor fellow
lying upon his side, bent like a bow. Ho
mi clutching the calf of his left leg with
both hnnds nnd grinning. Ills shin hai been
untutored by n ball. Somebody fell upon
Curtis and born him to earth, nnd Immo
dlntoly I hero was u crash and rattle of rifles
behind mid all around him. Tho man nt his
sldo tool; deliberate aim nt somebody nnd
and notable among tho best athletes In
the world, the foot ball players of Har
vard, he had nothing to fear. He dodged
between the sinewy arms of his opponent
and, arching his back against the python
embrace which now tightened upon him,
felt for tho Cretan's throat, when there
was n great crunching nnd trembling
sound, nnd In the nlr, that had suddenly
turned milky and pungent, and yellow with
a lightning burst of sun, Cretans and
Turks wero leaping like Imps. Curtla
stood for a moment In stupid wonder, his
month open, his hands still convulsively
twitching. He was gazing at a great heap
of debris and a trlanglo of wall with ono
ragged Hide. Men were scrambling over
the rubbish, working their arms ns though
they were trying to fly. Something like
an electric shock It was fear smote tho
American, nnd his stomach swooped as
when one goes down in u swing. He leaped
among the fleers and gained the open.
Without looking to seo where ho was go
ing, he struck out Instinctively for tho
hills. Once or twice he fell down, hut was
on his feet ngaln In nn Instant. Ah he ran
his lenr grow. Someone shouted to him,
a fnmlllnr voice, but ho did not stop. Llnd
bohm seized him firmly by tho arm and
held him. Curtis struggled for a moment
and then ho felt weak. He could run no
further. He tried to speak several times,
but was entirely out of breath. At last ho
managed to gasp:
"What? What? What?"
The Swcdo was standing on a llttlo em
inence, with ono hand In his pocket, hair,
face nnd clothing wero dusted miller whlto
with powdered lime. Ho was gazing to
ward tho sea and there was tho ghost of
a smile In his child-like blue eyes.
"SU-lmii shell," ho replied. Curtis
looked. Thero was a spurt of flame from
one of tho toy ships In the duck pond, fol
lowed by n muffled dotonntlon, nnd a sound
like tho wind somotlmes mnkes nt sea. An
explosion threw up a grent cloud of dust
about thirty yards beyond the blockhouse
-or what remnlned of It.
"French!" said Llndbohm.
Another flash, again the sound of the
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when he saw the Swede do likewise. They
clipped nway the white flag that was still
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ran but a short dlstiuiro each time, but the , nni.iiHili Tiv.f m:t rii- 1 i.i
third spurt brought them half way to the ,,,. Interest was entirely professional
uLoiiiiuiiuii. ijiimiji'iuu nun hcjil fiiiiugm nx disinterested.
on, slopping every moment to nun nnd lire, i
Tho others followed his example and they
It was a group of gold miners telling
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finally I started nnd walked on down the
trail with n queer feeling In my spinal
column and expecting to bear a revolver
hot at any Instnnt. Hut I got away all
right; my newly found acquaintance had a
proper respect for the secret sign of his t
profession."
Ilealtiitetl nnd l.nM. I
'I was out on a prospecting tour In
Montana," remarked another, "riding n
vory good horse. I came to two men who j
had sunk a prospec.t hole a few feet and .
one of them bantered me for a trade
their claim for my horse. I asked them i
how the claim panned out and they said !
they didn't know yet. Then one of them i
took a pan of dirt out of the bottom of
the hole nnd walked down to tho creek
and washed out tho pan, showing consider
able color. Then ho renewed his urglug
me to mako tho trade nnd 1 told him thnt
I would llko first to wash out a pan for
myself, which I did with results so grati
fying that tho two men emphatically de
clared the trado off, one of them adding
Stranger, the price of this hero mine has
Jumped up to $5,000.' "
"Up ut Dawson my partner ami i onneu
claim which was not particularly prom
ising." observed a man wnn a corciuroj
suit, "and as wo did not get along very
well together I sold out to him ror con
siderably less than I had put In In money
nnd labor. Wo had been working at the
upper end of the claim, whoro he continued
to work, hut lot a lay to another man, wuu
began operations on the lower end, and It
was not long until ho took out enough
gold to make my former partner's share
an even $100,000."
I'ortuiie Fnri'Pil on lllm.
"You may nil have heard of the experi
ence of ono of tho fortunntu ones of Daw
son." said another member of the party,
"but I'll tell It Just the samo. This man, a
Swede, was In Dawson with SU0 In his
pocket nnd fell into tho clutches or some
fellows who proposed to get hold of that
cash. They owned a claim which they
considered absolutely worthless, which
claim they made over In proper legal form
to tho Swede (after having filled him full
of liquor), tnklng his S0O In payment
therefor. When ho enmo to his senses he
begged and prayed for a trade back, but
to no effect. Then he went to work on
tho claim nnd Is now one of tho solid men
of tbn Klondike. He employs a good many
miners, pays the top wages and when he
goos in to Dawson occasionally hands to
the fellows who undertook to flecco him a
neat amount of gold dust as a Blight token
of his appreciation of tho service they
rendered him."
"A friend of mine," remarked another,
"sold n claim for a modest sum and wan
looking about for a clmu.ee to buy another
He came to ono whern a father and son
were at work. They had gone In the season
before, had dono a largo amount of ditch
Ing. had made their slulco boxes nnd had
planned for getting down to hnrd work
when tho next season opened. My friend
found them throwing dirt In their sluices,
nt which they nnd been engaged for a few
days, but without cleaning up. They said
they would sell nnd thought that .l.r,nn
would pay them for their prospect, for the
labor thus far performed nnd for material
used. This price my friend considered
rather high and ho left them and went on
to another enmp, where ho stayed all night.
Thinking over tho proposition during the
night he concluded to risk it nnd In the
morning he went back, paid tho JD.riOO and
took possession. That day he made a
elcan-up of the work done by the former
ownera nnd took out 1,100. He hired two
men to help him and In two days more
took out J2.300. which amounts practically
paid for the mine. In another ease I
knew of a mine being abandoned as worth
less by the owner nnd another man taking
JSO.fiOO out of It afterward."
meni prepare the liodv for the ltnin upon It. nnd preei ve
Ihi vmm-"i . ' ( it i'i Monti r s l RIIMi nlso obM.ne
nil 'iip dang ' ' clul M'tb i ml inrtte the etpct iiit
in, tlirr . f U tlitoiij,1- !ilrMiu.it period without pnlti II Is woman
gteniei lib-- uV mid tliuinaitd guilefully tell of the great good it
ba tie 'ti ' Sold t'V a I dtiipgitt ft oo per bottle
ii ir 1 t xiW telling all nUul till gre,it remedy wilt lie cut
free a n Id-eM by Tiiu IIkai i ibt.n Kkoi lator Company
!'-iih.i. Georgia.
Two of the Best
Rooms
IN THE CONTINENTAL BLOCK
Fifteenth and Ponjjl.'is streets, for rent Best location in
the City for a Physician or Dentist will remodel to
yuit tenant.
OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST CO.,
l(tli ami l)i)iiiliis Streets,
Hi
wcra able thus to keep advancing, nnd none
the csi to maintain qullo a fusl'lnde ngalnst
the doors and windows of tho Turkish
stronghold. They were still ten or twelve
roib nwny when n white flag appeared on
the "-oof. I.lndbohm turned and motioned to
bin companions, who gathered about him.
The walked fearlessly through tho open
door Into tho front room of a squaro stono
building. A thin-faced, gray-headed officer
In r. fuded fez, ennio forward to meet them.
Twenty Turks In ragged uniforms wero hud
dled together In a corner. Tho place wa.s
dim nnd sulphurous with smoke.
"To whom havo I the honor of surrender
ing?" asked tho Turkish olllccr In French,
unbuckling his sword.
"To me, monsieur." replied I.lndbohm.
bringing his heels together with a "click"
nnd saluting with great dignity.
"1 surrender to save bloodshed," said tho
Turk. "I see that you are not a Cretan, and
I therefore, with perfect confidence, turn
these men over to you as prisoners of war."
"They shall give up their arms nnd suffer
na harm. .Monsieur will do me tho honor
of retaining his sword."
Tho remaining Cretans were now come up
nnd mav of them had crowded Into the
root". Llndbohm ordered them out and put
two stout fellows nt the door
"Now. monsieur. If you will kindly tell
your men to glvo up their guns."
The officer tntd a few words to hit llttlo
(To bo Continued.)
One (n I lie l'liiiiilii-r.
A plumber was sent for to the house of
a wealthy stock broker to execute somo
repairs.
Ho was taken by the butler Into tho
dining room and was beginning IiIr work
when tho Indy of tho house entered.
"John," Bho said, with a suspicious
glance tnwnrd the plumber, "romovo tho
silver from tho sideboard and lock It up
at once."
Hut tho man of lead was In no wise dis
concerted. "Tom," he said to his appren
tice, who nccnmpanled him, "take my
watch and chain and thesn coppers home
to my iiiIbbus nt once. There seems to bo
dishonest people nbout this houso."
RICHARD COBDQt
tMMlr has ahvavs been a
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A
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Richard Cohdcn
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18 YOUR HP DEAD?
What the Microscope Reveals Regarding
Diseased Hair and Its Follicle.
mm m
NEKf 'HiVV Ml T'r
VVio n n Prof I'xiir,
Chicago News: "Prof. Sumner of Yalo,"
remarked Miss Krlsble, "declares that DO
per cent of the marriages that take place
fall to meet tho ideal."
"What is Mr. Sumner professor of"
asked Miss Frocks.
"lUhnolojy, I believe. Why do you ask?"
"Problems In perccntago should bo
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Price &no. and tl. largo tdzticontalnsS times
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Preouredbv E c. De'VI'T CO.. Chleaoo
In a ml
cmmplral
examlna
tlon of 1.00) different
I sample of human h,ilr,
maiiein tne ( r.iiiito no
Institute, 21 different dlFen.te. of the hair
hihI kcrtlp were discovered, many of them
highly coiiuiglou! nnd nil fatal to tba life
of the hair.
The Crntiltonio Treatment was formnl
BUil for the emct purpoo of prevtuUng
nnd curing llieje dt(.ciu.c.
rfVIWWWVWWWWWVV
Relieves Kldnoy ?
dt Bladder
A UuuDles at once r
LA r . i
UUICI III
40 Hours an:
URINARY
DISCHARGES
r.T I. Cm. y s
mm
Nine-tenths of nil dlsenses of the hair nnd senlp are
rnused by microbes and inlcro-paritsttoR.
Tho microscope. In the bauds f the skilled physi
cians and bacterloloslsts of the Cianltonlc Institute, Iuih
proven this fnct.
The Importance of the discovery cannot be over-
estimated.
It esplnlns why ordinary hair preparations
are of absolutely no value In the trentmcnt of
fnllitHK bnlr. dandruff, premature Imldness,
nnd other hair and scalp diseases.
It Is because they are manufactured with
out nnv exact knowledge of the real canc
of the diseases which they are In
tended to cure.
Wo Isnow that diseases of the hair
nnd scalp are ciuseil by microbe nnd
parasltps,
The cause being mlcroblc or para
sitic, it logically follows that a cure
can only be effected by a sclentlllc
mlcroblclde a specific that will tie
stroy the microbe.
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Your hair receives Its nourishment
from minute blood vesjels which end
In n long sheath In wlilck tlie hair
irrows. This sheath K the home of the
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Is alToeleil. becomes shriveled up and the hair falls out. If tho ravages of
the microbe arc not nrrcsted. baldness soon follows.
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It iIoch more-It feeds the weakened
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1'nllke ordinary hair preparations
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exhilarating In Its effects upon the
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