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BY !. oUIDA 2

! and annoyed him, but who obeyed hin
| implicitly and was one of the mos1
brilliant fire eaters Of his regiment.
| He won't only demoralize the ar
my, pursued Cigarette, with vfyacious
eloquence, but If his example is fol
| lowed he'll ruin the prefets. close the
bureaus. destroy the excheauer. beg
gar all the officials. make African life
| as tame as milk and water and rob
you, colonel, Of your very highest and
dearest privileges..''
.Sacre bleu" cried her hearers as
their hands instinctively sought their
swords. Nv hat does he do?'
Cigarette looked at them out of her
arch black Iashes.
Why, he never thieves from the
Arabs! If the fashion come In, adieu
to our occupation. Court martial him.
coIonelr'
With which sally Cigarette thrust her
pretty, soft curls back over her tenn
pies and launched herself into lansque-
net with all the arior of a gambler
and the viyacity of a child. her eyes
teeth set. her whole soul In the whfrl
of the game, made all the more riotous
by the peals of laughter from her COM
rades and the wines that were washed
down like water.
Meanwhile, where she had left him
among the stones Of the ruined mosque,
the chasseur whom they nicknamed
Bel-a-faire-pe in double sense be-
cause of his ..Woman's face" as Tata
Leroux termed it, and because of the
terror his sword had become through
north Africa, sat motionless, with his
right arm resting on his knee and his
spurred heel thrust into the sand.
He was a dashing cavalry soldier
who had had dozen wounds cut over
his body by the Bedouins IN many and
hot skirmishes, who had waited through
sultry African nights for the lions
tread and had fought the desert king
and conquered. who had ridden a thou
sand miles over the great sand waste
and the boundless arid plains and slept
under the stars, with the saddle be-
meath his head and his rife in his hand.
all through the night: who had served.
and served well. in fierce arduous. un-
remitting work in trying campaigns
and in close discipline and who had
blended the brilliance, the daring. the
eat drink and enjoy -for-tomorrow-we
die of the French chasseur with some
thing that was very different and much
more tranquil.
Yet. though as bold a man as any en-
rolled in the French service, he sat
alone here in the shadow of the col
umn. thoughtful, motionless, lost in ST.
lence.
In his left hand was newspaper six
months old, and his eyes rested on
line in the obituary:
"On the 10th ult., at Royallieu, sud
denly. the Right Hon. Denzil, Viscount
Royallieu, aged co.
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M RANiTAS vanitatum! Bills of
III " exchange are trafacked in
| fg#NN where Cleopatra wandered un-
der the palm aisles of her rose
gardens. Drummers roll their caserne
calls where Drusus fell and SulIa laid
down dominion. And here in the land
OF Hannibal, in the conquest Of Scipio.
IN the PhRnicia, whose ioveIiness used
| TO flash in the burning. sea mirrored
sun while her fleets went eastward and
westward for the honey of Athens and
the gold of Spain-here Cigarette dane
ed the cancan.
I A little hostelry swung its sign of the
As Gu Plque. where feathery palms
once had waved above mosques of
snowy CLEAN, with marble dones and
JeWeled arabesques, and the hush of
prayer under columned aisles. Here
are sold wine, liquor and TOBACCO
was written where once verses Of the
Koran had been blazoned by reyerent
hands along porphyry cornices and
capitals of Jasper. a cafe chantant
reared its impudent little roof where
once, far back in the dead cycles.
PhRnician warriors had watched the
galleys Of the gold haired favorite of
the gods bear down to sinite her
against whom the one objectionable
sin Of rivalry to Rome was quoted.
The floor was bare and well polished:
the air full of tobacco smoke. wine
fumes, brandy odors and an overpow-
ering scent of oil. garlic and cooking.
Riotous music pealed through it that
even in its clamor kept a certain sill
very ring. certain rhythmical cadence.
Pipes were smoked. barrack slang.
camp slang and temple slang were
schattered volubly. Theresa's songs
were sung by bright eyed. saIloW
checked Parisiennes and chorused by
the lusty lungs of zouaves and tur-
cos and now, where the crowds Of
soldiers and women stood back to
leave her clear space, Cigarette was
dancing alone.
She had danced the cancan; she had
danced since sunset; she had danced
till she had tired out cavaIrymen who
could 60 days and nights in the saddle
without sense of fatigue and made
spahis cry quarter who never gave 1t
by any chance in the battlefield, and
she was dancing now ike little Bac-
chante, as fresh as If she had Just
sprung up from long summer days
yest.
Marsha1s had more than once essay-
ed to bribe the famous little Friend of
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StTltefs Ri1n across the ltDs aCItiJ the ct9HT.
In her Of the spirit Of the Zephyrs and
the Chacals. with whom her youth had
been spent from her cradle up, not to
De dangerous when reused. She was
off at a bound, and in the midst of the
mad whirl again before he could at
tempt to soften or efface the words she
had overheard, and the last thing he.
saw of her was in q cloud OF zoua yes
and spahis with the wild uproar Of the
music shaking riotous echoes from the,
rafters.
But when he had passed out Of sight
Cigarette shook herself free from the,
dancers with petulant impatience. She
was not to be allured by dattery OF
drawn by entreaty back among them.
She set her delicate pearly teeth tight
and vowed with a reckless, contemptu,
Gus. lmpetuous oath that she was tired,
that she was sick of them. that she was
no strolling player to capar for them
with tambourine, and with that dec
laration made her way out alone into
the little open court under the stars.
"Unsexed, unseXed, What Gid he
meanT she thought, while for the first
time, with vague sense of his mean
ing, tears welled hot and bitter into
her sunny eyes, while the panied color
burned in her face. Those tears were
the first that she had ever known, and
they were cruel ones, though they last
ed but a little time There was too,
much fire in the young Bohemian OF
the army not to scorch them as they
rose. She stamped her foot on the
stones passionately, and her teeth were
set like little terriers as she mutter>
ed: --<-,---,-~s..a .,-a.s~.- --~,s,.s
"Unsexed. unsexed! Baht Artsto-
crat! If you think so, you shall find
your thought right. You shall find
Cigarette can hate as men hate and
take her revenge as soldiers take
theirsr'
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Continued from last week

Cigarette. flirting with the other of.
dcers. drinking champagne by great
glassfuls, eating bonbons from one
slipping another's soup pulling the
limbs Of succu1ent ortolan to pieces
with a relish and devouring trufies
with all the zest of bon yiVant, did
not lose word and, catching the re-
Election of Chateauroy's voice. settled
with her own thoughts that Bella
faire-peur had not fair field or a
smooth course with his colonel The
weathercock heart of the little Friend
OF the Flag veered round, with her
seI's common custom, to the side that
was the weakest
Colonel she cried while she ate his
foie gras with as little ceremony and
as much enjoyment as would be ex-
pected from young plunderer aceus-
toned to think meal all the better
spiced by being stolen, whatever else
your handsome corporal is, he is an
aristocrat. All. ah, know the aristo-
crats-I do! Their touch is so gentle,
and their speech is SO soft, and they
have no slang of the camp, and yet
they are such devils to fight and eat
steel and die laughing, all so quiet and
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u should like to see him I'm q duel.''
nonchalant Give me the aristocrats-
the real thing, you know, not the ginge,
cakes, just gilt. that are ashamed of be.
ing honest bread but the old blood, like
Bel-a-faire-peur."
The colonel laughed, but restlessly
the little migrate had aimed at a sore
point In him. He was Of the first
empire nobility, and he was weak
enough. though a fierce, dauntless,
iron nerved soldier, to be discontented
with the great fact that his father
had been hero of the army Of italy
and scarce inferior in genius to Mas
sena. because impatient of the minor
one that, before strapping on a KNAPP
sack to have his first taste of war
under Custtne, the marshal had been
but position at the posting inn in
the heart of the Nivernais.
'Ah. my brunette" he answereds with
a rough laugh. have you taken my
popular corporal for your lover? You
should give, your old friends warning
first. or he may chance to get an ugly
spit on saber."
The Friend of the Flag tossed off
her sixth glass of champagne. She
felt for the first time in her. life a
flush of hot blood on her brown, clear
cheek. well used as she was to such
jests and such lovers as these
He would be more likely to spit
than be spitted if it came to a duel"
she said coolly. Il should like to see
him in a duel; there is not a prettier
sight in the world when both men
have science. AS for fighting for me, I
will thank nobody to have the impu-
dence to do it unless order them out.
Coqueline got shot for me, you remem-
Der: he was pretty fellow. Couue-
line, and they killed him so clumsily
that they disfgured him terribly-it
was quite pity. said then would
have no more handsome men fight
about me. You may, if you like, Mr..
Black Hawk
Which title she gave with a saucy
1Sugh, hitting with chocolate bon
bon the black African burned Wis
age Of the omnipotent chief she had
the audacity to attack High or low,
they were all the same to Cigarette.
She would have s'slanged'' the en-
peror himself with the selfsame cool
ness, and the army had given her
passport Of immunity so wide that it
would have Jared ill with any one who
had ever attempted to bring the vivan-
diere to book for her uttermost mis-
chief.
BY the way" she went on, quick
as thought. with her reckless, devil
may care gayety, sone thing-your
corporal Will demoralize the army Of
AfFicar'
'Eh? He shall have an ounce of
cold lead before he does. What in?''
He will demoralize IT, said Ciga-
rette, with a sagacious shake Of her
head. "If they follow his example, we
shan't have chasseur or spahis or
a piou-piou or sapeur worth any
thing
.sSacre! What does he do?" The
colonel's strong teeth bit savagely
through his cigar. He would have Civ
en- much to have been able to find q
single thing OF insubordination or lax
ity Of duty in a soldier who irritated
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k8s i 4 one of the stretches above the
NlMSSN Mustapha road was circle of
49, Arab tents The circle was ir-
regularly kept and the krumas were
scattered at will. Here low one OF
canvas, there one of goatskin; here a
white towering canopy of teleze, there
low striped little nest of shelter, and,
loftler than all, the stately tent Of the
sheik, with his standard stuck into the
earth in front of it, with it's heavy folds,
hanging listlessly in the sultry, breath
less air. In the central tent tall and
crimson striped, with it's opening free
to the night, sat the khaltfa, the head
Of the tribe, with a circle Of Arabs
about him. He was thrown on his
cushions, rich enough for a seraglio,
while the rest squatted on the morocco
carpet that covered the bare ground,
and that was strewn with round brass
Moorish trays and little cups emptiea
of their coffee. Near him was a guest
whom the khalifa delighted TO honor,
only corporal Of chasseurs and once,
foe, yet one with whom the Arab
found the brotherhood of brave men
and on whom he lavished In all he
could the hospitaHties and honors of
the desert.
The story Of their friendship ran,
thus:
The tribe was now allied with France
or at least had accepted French SOW
ereignty and pledged Itself ta neutral.
ity in the hostilities still rife, but few,
years before far in the interior and,
ieagued with the kabyles it had been
one OF the fiercest and most dangerous
among the enemies of France At that
time the khalifa and the chasseur met
IN many skirmish, hot, desperate,
struggles, when the desert sand and
the smoke of musketry circled In clouds
above the close locked struggle, and
the leopard of France and the lion OF
Sahara wrestled in a death grip.
In these, through four or FIVE sea,
sons of warfare, the sheik and the
chasseur had encountered each other.
till each had grown to look for the
others face as soon as the standard
OF the Bedouins flashed In the sun.
shine opposite the guidons Of the i'm
perial forces; till each had watched,
and noted the others unmatched
proWess and borne away the wounds
OF the others home strokes with tha.
admiration OF bold soldier for bold.
iyaPs dauntlessness and skill
At last it calae to pass that the tribes
we're sorely pressed by the French
sroops and had to fee southward to.
he desert and, incumbered by their
locks and their women, were hardly
1rfven and greatly decimated. Now,
among those women was one whom
ne sheik held above all earthly things
except his honor In war, a beautiful,
antelope eyed creature. 1.-THE and grace
,uI as q palm and the daughter OF "a
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Cigarette aoas dancing alone
and under the chorus of laughs at his
cost her infuriated adversary plucked
up courage and roared forth defiance
white hands and brunette's face
are fine things for a soldier. He kills
women-he kills women with his lady's
gracep'
'sHe does not pull their ears to make
them give him their money and beat
them with a stick il they don't fry bis
eggs fast enough. as you do, Barbe-
GFise, retorted the contemptuous tones
OF the champion Of the absent white
hands. morbleu! Well, his hands are
not always in other peoples pockets. as
yours arel
The screams OF mirth redoubled
Barbe-Grise was a redoubtable author
ity. whom the widest daredevil in his
brigade dare not contradict. and he
was getting the worst OF 1t under the
lash of Cigarettes tongue, to the in
finite glee Of the whole ballroom.
IF you were but manT thundered
the insulted Barbe-Grise
What would you do to me, brig
and, z screamed Cigarette In fits Of
langhter 'gVe me so blows Of q stick,
as your officer gave you last week for
stealing his gun from the recruit
a groWl like lion from the badger
ed Barbe-Grise shook the walls She
had cast her mischievous stroke at him.
on q very sore point, the unhappy
young conscript's rife having been
first dexterouslE thieved from hi.-a rs1
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s-ruc4 hin across une nps vfln eae.
cigar she hurled at him.
"Unsexed2 Pouf! If you have q
Wonan's face, may | not have a mans
soul? 1t is only a fair exchange, Z
am no kitten Take care of my tai,
onsr'
The words were spoken with the
fierceness of Africa She had too rnue1
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CHAPTER III.

III Y IT WAS just sunset. Camped or,
k8k u one of the stretches above the
fa1MSAX Mustapha road was a circle of
sSSzz2J Arab tents. The circle was ir-
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CHAPTER II.

~ tANITAS vanitatum! Bills of
" exchange are trafacked in
EsHSs where Cleopatra wandered un-
.S der the palm aisIes of ha,. roca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-01
TAKOMA PARK MAIL SERVICE
EXTENSION OF THE FREE DELIVERY
SYSTEM WANTED.
Postmaster Merritt Considering How
the Desired improvement May
Re Best Obtained.

For some time the citizens of Takoma
Park have been desirous of having the
free delivery mail service extended to their
section. With a population of 5000 it was
urged that the neighborhood provided sufti-
cient funds to warrant the extension of the
postal service. Several petitions have been
presented to Postmaster Merritt with this
in view. and today that official started an
investigation which will no doubt result in
the extension of the service as desired
which will also include Brightwood, Oak
Grove and Terra Gotta. The tentative in
vestigation shows that there is a total
population of $500 to be served in the dis
tricts above mentioned These figures were
obtained from Director Merriam of the
census and form potent argument for the
extension of the service. At the present
time the citizens of these subdivisions are
served from fourth-class post offices locat-
ed at each place, but the service is un-
satisfactory and smacks too much of the
country post offices, where the citizens
have to call for their daily mail.
Postmaster Merritt is considering two
propositions for the betterment of the SER
vice. His investigation thus far has es-
tablished in his mind the necessity for an
extension of the service, and he is most de-
sirous of including these fourishing SUBJ
divisions in the general system of the
Washington office To bring about the
change 1t will be necessary of course to
eliminate the fourth class post offices now
located at Brightwood. Takoma Park and
Terra Gotta, and substitute substations
with accommodations for the transa ction
of money order business. the registry sys-
tenn and the sale of stamps. The idea that
seems to be most generally accepted as
best for the situation is to serve the mail
entirely from station F, which is at the
head of 18th street by mounted carriers
through the districts named or to divide
the mail. sending one-half to Takoma
Park and the other half to station F. and
distribute from these two points. 1t is be-
feved that four mounted carriers will be
sufficient to deliver the mail, and there is
little doubt that the change will be a
marked Improvement over the existing con-
ditions. As stated above. it is believed the
system will be adopted, and July l will see
its inaugura ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-01
DEATHS IN THE ARMY.
Gen. Macarthur Reports Casualties in
the Philippines.

General Macarthur notified the War De-
partment today that the following deaths
have occurred since last report:
Drowned (bodies recovered)-April IL, A,
9th Regiment Oscar E. Wedding; April
II. A. 2Sth Regiment regulars), John Tess
mar; April 26. Company A, 2lst Infantry,
Corporal James D. McGill. Robert L. Tipps.
All other causes-April %, Company H,
25th Infantry, Corporal Elwood A. For
man; April p, Company d, 9Th Infantry;
John H. Halter; April 20 Company G., Sd
Infantry, Noah f. Gardner; April "a. Com
pany d, Sd Infantry, Robert c. Wood. April
%, Troop II, Sd Cavalry. Powell V. Dials.
April 10. Troop G, 9th Cavalry. Samuel B
Oggs. April Il, Company X, 25th Infantry,
Green Bad Gett; AprifT, Company A, oath
Infantry, Sergt. Henry Thomas. April %,
Company A, Sd Infantry, Joseph F. Heffer-
an. April 23, Company NJ. 4th Infantry,
Clarence Hill. Company A. Battalion of
Engineers, L. s. A. Charles Norwood April
20, Company I, 9Th Infantry, Elven Pace.
April 13, Troop d, 9th Cavalry, Freda Rob-
inson March ii, Company A, 10th Vol
unteer Infantry, Eugene f. Sigsbee April
70, Company B, 2lst Infantry Alonzo
Smith; April 10, Company l., 10Th Infantry,
Corporal Frank Z. Waldron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-01
GEN. LUDLOW's AFFLICTION.
Forced to Yield His Command md
Come Home for Medical Treatment,

Forced to Yield His Command md
Come Home for Medical Treatment
General Macarthur has notified the War
Department that General William Ludlow
has been found incapacitated for active
service by reason of lung disease, and will
be sent home for treatment. General Lud-
low only recently arrived in the PHILIPPINES
and had been assigned to the command
Of the department of the Viscayas Cen
eral Macarthur has recommended that the
vacancy caused by General Ludlow's de-
tachment from that command be filled by
the detail of Brigadier General George W.
Davis, at present serving as provost mar
shal at Manila. The recommendation will
undoubtedly be approved by the Secretary
of War. General Davis was military gov
ernor OF Porto Rico up to the time Of the
establishment Of civil government on that
island, when he was transferred to duty in
the Philippines
Universal sympathy is expressed for Cen
eral Ludlow in his affiiction. He is re-
garded as one Of the ablest and most pro-
gressive officers in the army He served
with credit during the Spanish war, and
attained the rank Of major general Of vol
unteers. During the earlier period of
American occupation Of Cuba he had COM
mand OF the military department of the
city OF Havana, and planned and executed
many Of the public works which have re-
suited TN making that city one Of the
cleanest and healthiest ports in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-01
SURRENDER OF SALES
ANOTHER INSURGENT LEADER
YIELDS TO THE INEVITABLE.
No Doubt Now Felt as TO the Collapse
of the Insurrec-
ton.

The adjutant general received a. cable
message from General Macarthur this
morning saying among other things that
Quentin Sales surrendered at Iloilo on the
10Th ultimo, and that all organized opposi-
tion in that island has ended. A portion of
the message was suppressed and possibly
related to the progress of the investigation
into the alleged frauds in the commissary
department. General Corbin said that 1t
made no reference to the reported surrender
of Alejandrino
The officials are very much encouraged
over the situation in the Philippines re-
sulting from the wholesale surrender of the
hostile forces, including nearly all the prin-
cipal leaders In the insurrection. There is;
no longer any doubt of the collapse of the
insurrection and no further material re-
slStance is anticipated to the DEVELOPMENT
OF the American policy in that country
Although the arrangements are not vet
complete, it is practically settled that the
present military government will he sunar-
seded by a civil government by the Isl of
July: 1t has been already announced at
tne war department that Judge Taft pres
loent OF the Philippine commission will he
the hrst governor of the island. and that
Gen Chaffee will succeed Gen Macarthur
IN command Of the military forces when
'he he" civil government is installed
General AIeiandrinO
Next TO the surrender of Aguinaldo him
SELF the sure lder of Gen Aleiandrino is
the most important event that has oc-
CURED of late in the Philippine campaign.
Born IN Manila thirty years ago Aleiau-
drino's early life was spent with his father
on plantation in the Pampanga district
OF Luzon, near Mount Arayat He claims
TO be pure blood Tasalog, though his
features. 1t has been said would indicate a
mixture OF Chinese or japanese blood His
1amliy Is numbered among the rich natives
he speaks fuently Spanish French Tag
a-og and the Pampanga dialect. and knows
some English and japanese
heJandrlno's early education was re-
celVed IN Manila. When nineteen wears old
ne went 10 Spain and spent two Years In
the Polytechnique School of Madrid After
ward he went to Ghent. Belgium where he
was a student Of industrial engineering
FOUR anl a half years. He returned ia Ma
MIA in 1888, but did not practice his profes
sion. h
he took an active part in the insurrection
OF 1896 against Spain as an agent of his
government In China and Japan, where he
Hegotlated Tor arms and ammunition. In
!e'S he represented Aguinaldo in the con-
ference with Admiral Dewey Oh board the
Olympia at Hong Kong
AIeJandrlno was q member of the Fflipiro
peace commission. which visited Manila
September 30 1859. '..ter he commanded
all tie Filipino focces operating against
General hcArthurs 'front.'. S.nce Aguinal-
dos capture he had been mentioned as the
probable successor Of the dictator.