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CHAPTER XIV.
Like Sunshine"

Louise drew off her gauntIets
and tossed them on the rock. Col
lie saw the print of Saunders
fingers on her wrist and forearm.
Il ought to "a made him kneel
down and ask you to let him
live" he said.
81 was afraid-at first. Then l
hit him as hard as I could. but
I'm not sorry"
"Sorry?" growled Collie. "He
didn't get the letter. l got to
thank you a whole lot for that"
But how did he know I had
it? What did he want with the
letter."
"He saw me give It to you. He's
one of the Mojave bunch that's
been trailing Red"
You are thinking of joining
Mr.. Summers at the claim2"
Yes. The Eastern folks are
gone now. 1 hate to go. But /
got to get busy and make some
money"
Louise was silent. She sat
gazing across the valley.
Collie approached her hesitat-
ingly. 81 just got to say it,"
Louise paled and flushed. "Oh,
Collie!" she cried entreatfngly.
1--WE have been such good friends.
Please don't spoil it ALI"
Slowly he stepped toward her,
his spurs jingling musically. He
caught up one of her gloves with
kind of clumsy reverence. IT'S
nightly little - and there's the
shape of your hand IN it. It seems
like a thing almost too good for
me to touch, because it means you.
/ know you won't laugh at me,
either.
Louise turned toward him. "No.
I understand" she said.
Here was where Red and l
first saw you to know who you
was. But I can see where stand.
I'm a puncher, working for the
Moonstone. You kind of liked me
because l had hard luck when l
was a kid. But that made me love
you. II amt wrong, guess, to
love something you can't ever
reach mp to. 1t amt wrong to
keep ON loving, only it's awful
lonesome not to ever tell you
about it."
"I'm sorry. Collie. : said Louise
gently.
Please don't be sorry. Why,
I'm glad Maybe you don't thing
II is the best thing In the world to
love a girl. l amt asking anything
but to Just go on loving you.
Seems like q man wants the girl
he loves to know It, even If that
is lust all. 1 won't ask you to say
you care. guess you don't
that way. But II ever get rich
-heu-"
He turned and caught Boyar's
bride. Mounting he caught up
Yuma and Rally. Slowly Collie
and the girl rode the trail down
into Moonstone Canyon Side by
side plodded the pony Yuma and
Boyar, while Rally followed.
At the bend in the road the
ponies crowded together. Coliie's
hand accidentally brushed against
the girls and she drew away. He
felt strangely pleased that she had
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drawn away from him when his
hand touched hers. Some instinct
told him that their old friendship
had given place to something else
something as yet too vague to
describe. She was not angry with
him, he knew.
Her gray eyes we're misty and
troubled. His eyes were heavy
with unuttered longing.
Generously the girl blamed her.
self that she had been the one TO
cause him sorrow. She could not
be his wife as she knew he wished
her to be. Yet she liked him more
than she cared to admit.
Goblet" she whispered, and
the touch of her fingers on his
arm was as the touch of fire
''Colliet"
She drew one of her little gray
gauntlets from her belt. Here, y
she said, and the word was
caress.
But he put the proffered token
away from him with a trembling
hand. DON'T" he cried. 81 tried
not to want you! I did tryl This
neutrality-suspicious. / told you =
could have knelt and prayed to
your glove. But now, Louise,
Louise Laeharme. l can't. That
glove would burn me and drive
me wild to come back to you"
ITO come back to you. ~
The words sung themselves
through her consciousness. Come
book to you. =" He was
going away. "You care SO much Pc
she asked. There was a new light
in her eyes. She swayed in the
saddle. CoIlie's arm was about
her. She raised one arm and
flung IL round his neck, drawing
his face down to her trembling
lips. Then she drew away. her face
burning.
Across the end of the canyon
a vagrant sunbeam ran like a
bridge of fairl gold. II pelted the
gray wall with a million particles
of mellow fire. It f1ickered.
flashed anew, and faded.
Goodbye" murmured Louise.
Like the sunshine" he said,
pointing to the cliff.
ut is gone" she whispered.
shivering a little as the shadows
drew down.
ut win shine again." he said,
smiling.
without a ward she touched
Black Boyar with the spurs. A
stone elattered down as he leaDed
forward, and she was gone.
Next morning. with blanket
and slicksr rolled behind his
saddle, Collie rode down the
Moonstone Canyon Trail. At the
foot of the range he turned east
ward, a new world before him.
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Collie lay, hollow-eheeked ana
CHASTITY. i'm the dim interior of the
tent. His eyes were wide aud
fixed. Overland came In. CoIEIe
recognized him and tried te smile.
Overland backed out OF the tent
and strobe away growing The
tears we're running down his un-
shaver cheeks. He did not ~
turn until later In the dnf Then
he asked the surgeon that ozf-re-
peated question.
Continued Tomorrow.
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Several days passed before the
surgeon would express = definite
opinion.
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turns beneath his weight.
Collie wheeled quickly, saw
nothing unusual, and turned
again toward the camp. Then he
hesitated. He would look down
the canyon. He realized that he
was unarmed. Then he grew
ashamed of his hesitancy. He
picked his way down the stream.
A few PAGES beyond a face APP
peared in the cleft rock. watching
him.
A shot rang out. Collie threw
up his arms and lurched forward.
u Below in the canyon clattered
the hoofs of a speeding horse.
Silent Saunders swung out of the
.c6nyon, and spurred down the
mountain. not toward the desert
town, but toward Gophertown.
some thirty miles to the north.
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CHAPTER XVII.
Special.

- Overland. leaning on his shovel.
drew his sleeve across his fore
head. Reckon III go down and
wake Collie. He'll sleep his head
off and feel worse n thunder.
eI'll 60" said winthrop. 81
want some tobacco, anyway"
A distant. reverberatfng report
caused the two men to jerk into
attitudes Of tense surprise
What the helli" exclaimed
Overland, running toward the
tent. THAT wasn't the kid. Col
lies only packfn' q automatic
and here it Is"
He stopped in the tent-door.
grabbed up the gun and belt and
ran down the canyon. Winthrop
following breath iessly.
But Overland did not go far.
He almost stumbled over the
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
LAS OPERACIONEs DE AVER

Paris, l0.-En la jornada del 9 ha
habidO calma EN- Belgica asl como en- la
region de Arras, dOnde el enemigo no ha
mtentadO nlnguna contra -ofensiVa. Mas
al sur, Ell la region de Quesnoy An
Gechy nuestras tropas han realizado
progresses que varian de 200 a 600 me-
tros. FL t6rmino ganado ha sido con-
servado y consolidate. En- la region
de Aisne y Champana no ha habidO
cambio. La artilleria alemana. sobre
la cual nuestras tropas habian obteni-
DO la ventaja Ell los d1as precedentes.
demostr0 aver mayor actividad. pero
Ia sldo domlnada de nueVo por nues-
tros canones de grueso calibre. Esto
ha Obligado a los alemanes evacuar
varlas trincheras en- los alrededOres de
Reims. Esta evacuation ha sido hecha
bajo ell fuego de nuestra infanteria.
En- la region de Perthes ell enemigo Dor
medic de dos cOntra-ataques trat0 de
recuperar las trincheras que habia per-
dido el 8, pero fue rechazado. En- todo
ell Argonne continna nuestro progreso.
Nuestras tropas han arrebatado nuevas
trlncheras al enemigo y rechazado con
magnifico eXito seis contra -ataques del
enemigo. En- las alturas del Mosa, a
pesar de la actividad del enemigo, lie
vamos la ventaja en- los combates de
artillerla.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
Almanaque Baylli-B -Bailliere
1915.

Seria sufciente decir que Sc habia puesto
la venta ell popular AImandque BaiIly.
BdiIIiere para 1915, para que el publico
agotara los ejemplares.
Pero es costumbre inveterada que al dar
Cuenta de un libro Sc lie vista con las meiores
galas, hacienda resaltar por todos los me.
dios cuanto de bueno contiene
Nosotros vamos limitarnos a dar algu-
nos titulos de los muchos capitulos que con-
tiene la obra, que son los siguientes: MSxi-
co.-La Rebnblica de COlombia.-EL Polo
Sur.-EI Canal de Pandmd.-Historia del
aNo.-La acci6n de Espaad en- MarruecOs.
La Triple AIiamsd contra cl Triple Acuer-
do.-EL frt0.-La eerveza-La ley castigo
al falsifcad0r.-Historia de la marina.-
Diez grdndes bdtdlIds ndvdLes-Las mari
mas de guerra omparadas.-SDe Quisn es
eI imperto de Jos mares?-CLubs nduticos
SbdRoIes borts.-Bellas Artes.
MnSiCd, etc, ETC.
Como el lector puede yer, el Almanaqne
BaiIIy-BdiIhere para 1915 no necesita de
|elogios. Su texto es de por 81 recomendable.
Por ultimo, hace una serie de importan-
es regalos que, seguramente, han de ser del
grado de sus lectores. A 70 cvts. con
franqueo.
De venta en- la hbreria del BOLETIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
LA BATALLA DE DIXMUDE

Londres. 10.-El daily Chronicle .
dice que ha vuelto comenZar la ba-
ITALIA en- DiXmude. Las dos villas de
Dixmude Perveyse han estado cons
tantemente bombardeadas, y las rutas
entradaS de dichas villas han estado
bajo una lluvia constante de metralla.
Los alemanes han hechO reptidos alta
ques nocturnos, y aunque los informes
ofciales han sido muy cortos, Sc sabe
que la batalla sc sostiene con la misma
Violencia que los ataques precedentes.
Los belgas demuestran, con ell furor de
sus ataques que eStan aun en- buena
condici6n Y conservan todo su vigor.
FL nlmerO de sus tropas ha Sido cOnsi-
derablemente reforzado y ell ej6rcitO
belga cOntinua representando un papel
importante en- la lucha. Tn despacho
News" dice que ell bombardeo de la
costa belga entire Ostende Nieuport
comenz0 aver las 3 de la tarde con
juntamente con las operaciones de tie
ira. Tn corresponsal del Daily Ex-
press" telegrafia desde la frontera bel
ga que ell Estado Mayor de una divi-
sion alemana que. sc encOntraba en-
Rouler, ha cambiadO su cuartel general
cuando los proyectiles comenzaron a
caer en- la ciudad despu6s de la cap
tura de Passchenda por los ingleses.
Este punto esta situado 18 kilometres
al Nordeste' de Ypres Esto demuestra
ell avance importante de los aliados
Ell Evening Star" EN- Rotterdam
anuncia que un aviador de los aliados
hizo un vuelo sobre Amberes, dejando
caer varias bombas tambien un men
SAFE que dec1a Ell Puente del Escalda
ha sido nuevamente destruido. Ell
aviador Sc vi6 obligado ausentarse
ante el fuego nutrido de los canones
alemanes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
DESASTRE DE LOS TURCOS.

Londres, 1O.-Se anuncia ofcialmen-
te que Subsi-Bey (ex-Gobernador de
Basra, Turquia Asiatica actual CO.
mandante de las fuerzas turcas en- Kur-
ma, Sc entrego aver incondicionalmen-
te con todas sus tropas a un cuerpo ex-
pedicionario de la India que operaba
en- la region del Golfo de Persia. La
llaza fue ulteriormente ocupada por
los ingleses que controlan actualmente
toda la comarca desde la confuencia
del Tigres Y ell Eufrates hasta el Mar.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
LA OFENSIVA SERVIA.

Paris, 10-Un despacho de Nish a la
Agencia Havas dice que ell movimiento
envolvente de la ofensiva servia ha 81
do coronado del mejor exito en- toda
la linea. Los austriacos Sc han retira-
do en- gran des6rden, perdiendo un
gran n1mero de prisioneros, canones y
rrovisiones. En- un solo punto hicie-
ron los servios 1000 prisioneros, com
prendiendo la banda de m1sica la
bandera del 22o. regimiento austriaco.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
FL amigo del arbol

Be dice que lln numero de caballeros
ole esta ciudad entire los cuales suena
el nombre de un ilustradfsimo Magis-
trado todo coraz0n para las cosas gran
des buenas tienen el prop6sito Sc
cundado por el Municipio de embelle-
Ger las entradas de esta capital con
hermosos arboles levantados por cada
caballero que forme la association Ell.
AMIGO DEL ARBOL.
La lmclacion particular seguramen-
te que consiguira 10 que no ha podido
la casa del pueblo.
Regal " fgurara entire los hombres
que former ell grupo de idea tan her
mosa estamos seguros que muy prom
to San Juan sera una de las Ciudades
de America, mas bella.
Advt.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
DISPENSADOS DEL SERVICIO
MILITAR.

Paris, lO.-Mr. Millerand, Minlstro
de la Guerra, ha dispensado los Sena-
dores Diputados de todo servicio MI
litar mientras dure la session extraor-
dinaria del Parlamento. La hcencla
empezara regir desde ell 16 de di-
ciembre terminara tres dias despues
de cerrada la session extraordinaria que
comenzara ell % de este mes. En- la
actualidad hay bajo la bandera alre-
Gedorde 200 diputados y veinte sena-
dores
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
Almanaque Ilustrado
Hispano-Americano
iSABE listed LEER?.

Pues lea:
LA LIBERIA DEL BOLETIN
MERCANTIL avisa a sus numerosos
clientes que acaba de recibir ell ALMA
NAQUE ILUSTRADO HISPANO
AMERICANA para 1915.
Sc trata de una obra util1sima y bella
que puede servir como libro de consul
ia de los sucesos mas recientes como
libro de recreo por las amenidades Ii
terarias y grafcas que contiene.
Ell ALNANAQUE ILUSTRADO
HISPANO AMERICANA publica una
serie de trabajos verdaderamente suges-
tivos, como puede verse por esta breve
enumeration:
MAS ALA de 10 desconocido "Otro
anito mas, (por la Condesa de Pardo
Bazan), "El Centenario del Greco Ell
Espana, " {" Ell Progreso de la incinera-
ci6n, . +" Ell Congreso del Olimpo ?" "Co-
Ion fue Espanol," =" 'Por tierras de Cas-
tilla, La navegaci6n aerea ''Lo
que gasta Europa Ell armamentos.
Una gran variedad de trabajos litera-
rios debidos todOs ellos las plumas de
mas cartel Ell la literature Hispano
Americana. Pubhca tambien el ALMA
NAQUE una serie inacabable de graba-
dos que amenizan Ell textO, entire ellos,
reprOducciOnes de las caricaturas mas
celeibres que la prensa universal ha pu-
blicado durante ell ano, y retratos de ar
tistas, de bellezas femeninas de cuanto
da tema a diario para la information
grafica mundial
Una de las joyas que contiene este
ALNIANAQUE es la composition de
Ruben Dario: "Letanias de Nuestro
Senor Don Quijote''.
En- la imposibilidad de resumir aquf
las excelencias que reune este brillante
libro de 1874 paginas, baste decir que, ell
ALMANAQUE ILUSTRADO HISPA-
| NO AMERICANA esta editado por la
CASA MAUCCI, DE BARCELONA,
para que ninguna persona amante de la
buena literature Sc crea relevada de ad-
quirir un ejemplar, por ell m6dico pre-
clio de 0, 40 centavos, franco de porte.
BOLETIN MERCANTIL DE P. RICO
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
AVIADORES CARBONIZADOS.

Paris, 10.-Tres aviadores alemanes
han sido carbonizados hoy en- Bar lie
Due, al ser alcanzado su aparato por
un proyectil frances de IS ms. En- su
caida el "Taube" cogi6 fuego Entire
los .escombros del aeroplano solo Sc en-
contraron tres cascos alemanes. Los
cadaveres de los tres aviadores estaban
CDmpletamente CarbOnizadOS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
Mercado de azucar
CABLE DE NEW YORK.

Mercado un POGO mas fuerte.
Compradores tienen interes para en-
barque Immediate.
Hay compradores la ultima cotiza-
cion de $3.50 pero los tenedores piden
aumento.
La cosecha azucar de Cuba Sc apre-
cia por un experto muy competente en-
2.664,00O toneladas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
LA ECONOMIA EN- PROYECTILES

Paris, 1O.-"Le Temps" anuncia que
ha sido encontrado en- una aldea del
Departamento de Aisne, un documen-
to aleman recomendando la economic
de proyectiles La razon de clio es
que, aun cuando los arsenales trabaJan
noche y dia, no pueden atender las
necesidades del ej6rcitO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
-CABLE GR Il NJ 4 s
TRANsNuT1Dos PoR CoMPAN1A FRANcEsA DE CABLES.
Ell NUEvO UNIFORME.

Calais, 10.-Los trenes que atravie-
san Calais van repletos de soldados
que llevan ell nuevo uniforme gris-azul
del Ej6rcito frances. Ell nuevo unifor-
me ha sido distribuido a la clase de
1914 todas las classes antiguas que
20 han pedido.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
DEL PERU.

Lima, 10.-El temblor de TERRA SEN
lido aver ha causado danos considera-
bles Ell las villas de Tampa, Gotta Y
Paiba, habi6ndose sacado va 40 cada-
veres de entire los escombros de las ca
s2S destruidas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11

Vapor americana Maracaibo. Del
puerto de Mayagiiez para New York
saldra ell II del actual.
Consignatarios, Villar Co.
Vapor cubano Julia Ell 19 del CO.
rrlente estara aquf procedente de Ha-
bana y escalas.
Conslgnatarios, Vilar y Co.
Vapor americana Coamo. Saldra pa
ra New York ell 16 del actual
Congs., The N. Y. P. r. S. S. Co.
Vapor americana Carolina. Del puer-
to de New York para el nuestro sail
dra ell Il del actual.
COngs., The N. Y. P. R. S. S. Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
MIR. PoINCARE EN- PARIS.

Paris, 1O.-El Presidente Poincare y
Mr. Viviani, Presidente del ConseJo,
llegaron hoy Paris, procedentes de
Burdeos. Mr.. Del Casse, Ministro de
Relaciones Exteriores y los miembros
Gel Cuerpo Diplomatico, deberan lie
gar esta noche q Paris.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
Won BULOW EN- ITALIA.

Roma. 10.-El Principe Won Bulow,
nuevo embajador aleman-dice La
Idea Nacional "-ha llegado a Roma y
ha sido autorizado para proponer a
Italia la cesi6n de la provincial de
Trento, siempre y cuando mantenga su
neutralidad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11

Vapor espanol Montevidco. Del q
al % del presente estara aqui proce
dente del Centro America, saliendo e
mismo dla para Espana.
Consignatarios, S. Ezquiaga.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
DUQUEs ANUNcIADos.

Vapor frances Abdel-kal-der. FL Is
del corriente estara aqui procedente de
Santo Domingo, despachandose el mis-
mo dia para St. Thomas =
Congs, j. IT, Silva y Co. Sues.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11

Vapor americana Zulia. Ell 9 del co
rriente salio de New York para Ma
yaguez.
Consignatarios, Villar Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-12-11
MOV|M|ENTO MARITIME
ENTRADAS Y SALIDAS.

Entradas del exterior
Aver vapor americana Coamo, de
New York.
De Ia COSTA
Libertad, Carmen, Mayhower Dos
Hermanos.
Despachos para ell exterior
Vapor ingles Drumglth, para Isla de
Cuba.
Para Ia costa.
Inocencia, Esperanza, Deseada, Lui-
sito y Constancia.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-22

,srr JUDGE Ha
STATE OF
.;tate of Q. R..
.iven. to all
that on the
81 A. D. 1915,
Oaorable c. NJ.
aid court, as
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-22

judge of probate. for my final dis
charge as administrator of the estate
OF o. K. RAIDER, deceased, and that
at the same time l will present 70
said court my final accounts as adj
ministrator of said estate, and ask
for their approval.
Dated July p, A. D. 1914.
w. NJ. RAIDER, Administrator
2SSS
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-01
WOMAN NOW IN RI.
WAS IN OTTUMWA

Des Moines, Nov. 2S-Mrs. Rose Nor
gan, alias Madame Melba and her 16
year old daughter Evelyn were taken
to Rock Island today in charge of an
officer charged with larceny of $4,000
from w. H. Ballard, wealthy farmer
OF New Hampton and incidentally a
love affair between Evelyn and a local
newspaper man is spoiled.
Ballard met the madame when she
was telling fortunes at New Hampton
fair and promptly became infatuated
with her. He said he would sell his
property and asked her to marry him.
She accepted and the couple went to
Iowa City, Mason City and Ottumwa,
winding up at Rock Island where the
woman called the wedding OF. Any
way Ballard told her he could not mar
ry her until March when he expected
to get divorce, so the madame left
for Des Monies at three a. m. taking
the money with her since she felt sure
she could secure it anyway in suit
for broken heart. When Ballard dis
covered her flight, it is said he attempt
ed to commit suicide by jumping into
the Mississippi river He told the po-
lice of his misfortune and the madame
was traced to Des Moines. Nearly all
the money was recovered.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-01
FAITHFUL AND USEFUL,

Mans two most faithful friends
among the animal kingdom-horses
and dogs-are proving of wonderful
service in the great war that is raging
in Europe. Dumb though they are
and unmoved by patriotism to king
or country, nevertheless the horses
and the dogs are just as faithful to
the trust reposed in them as are the
bravest soldiers. Everyone knows the
multitudinous uses to which horses
are put in time of war, but few people
realize how great a part dogs are taxi
ing in the present day struggles. In
addition to serving as beasts of bur
den and motors for light artillery,
they are used for carrying messages,
scouting and for aiding the Red Cross
to locate and care for the wounded.
1t is in the last role that they are most
interesting.
The leader of one section of the am
bulance dogs says: THE best dog
given to me at first pulled so hard
on the leash that he tired me out; he
would not always return on the first
call trick that would be unfortunate
under fire; he was terrified even by
distant artillery and it appeared as if
he would be useless in action. But in
a week that dog was valuable beyond
words. l have today returned with
him from recovering wounded soldiers
almost in the enemy's trenches with
incessant din all around him. Tonight
just before the ambulances were to
return took him out for one last in
spection. In half-hour he found
three soldiers who otherwise might
have died of exposure. Moreover, he
never touched one Of them but ran
back and forth till came up to him. .
A writer in LIE Matin claims that the
Germans have $4,000 dogs mostly pur-
chased in France that are now being
trained to go with the ambulances. A
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-01

volume of traffic and actual wear and
tear have been studied for series Of
years. The figures quoted above, Of
course will not apply to ordinary ma
cadam, gravel or clay roads, but in all
these cases the interest on the bonds
must be met and there must be ex-
penditures to maintain them in condi-
ton. The poorer the drainage and the
less permanent the character of the
road foundation, the greater must be
the percentage that repair costs will
bear to the first cost. Similarly, the
question Of whether the actual surfac-
ing is designed to Withstand the char
acter of traffic and weather to which
it is subjected also has an important
bearing on what it will cost the coun-
ty to keep the road in such shape that
when the bonds are paid the locality
still will have valuable property to
show as a result of its borrowing and
repayment
The cost for oiling dirt roads is said
to vary from 500 to $3.50 per mile per
year. This is an average of less than
half of the interest charge on $1O,50O
per mile of bituminous macadam at
5 per cent.