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events we shall have a try with it.
Fetch 1t along to my rooms"
And as he retraced his steps, leav.
ing his order to be executed, he
thought to himself: The little beggar
is not much more alone in the world
than l am! AS he said that he re-
called word in the meridional patois:
Pitchoune. which means poor little
thing"
Il shall call It Pitchoune," he
thought. "and we shall see If 1t can't
do better than its name suggests"
He went slowly back to his rooms
and busied himself at his table with
his correspondence. Among the let
ters was an invitation from the Mar
quise d'Esclfgnac, an American mar
ried to Frenchman, and the great
lady of the country thereabouts.
"Will you not" she wrote, come to
dine with US on Sunday? have my
niece with me. She would be glad to
see a French soldier. She .has ex-
pressed such wish. She comes from
a country where soldiers are rare. We
dine at eight"
Sabron looked at the letter and its
fine clear handwriting. Its wording
was less formal than a French invita-
tion is likely to be, and it gave him
sense of cordiality. He had seen,
during his rides, the beautiful lines
Of the Chateau d'Esclignac. Its tur-
rets surely looked upon the Rhone.
There would be a divine view from
the terraces. 1t would be a pleasure
to 60 there. He thought more of what
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The motor, in short, has "speedsd
up" the war in a way that could never
have been dreamed of by former gen.
erations. Never have the movements
of troops been SO rapid; for, instead
of men having to wait for ammunition
and food supplies, these have been
conveyed by motor wagons which can
travel, If need be, much faster than
the armies themselves.-Charles L.
Preston in Scribner's Magazine.
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CHAPTER I.
A Serious Event.

- SCSsouS CSCut.
lie Comte de Sabron in the undress
inform of captain In the - Cavalry.
sat smoking and thinking. -.
What is the use of being thirty years
Did with the brevet of captain and
much distinction of family II you are
poor man-in short. what is the good
Of anything if you are alone In the
world and no one cares what becomes
Of you?
He rang his bell. and when his
ordonnance appeared. said sharply:
Que diable Is the noise in the sta
BILE. Brunei? Don't you know that
when 1 smoke at this hour all Taras-
coz must be kept utterly silent?"
Tarascon is never silent. No French
meridionai town is. especially in the
warm sunlight Of glorious May day.
The noise. mon Capitaine," said
Rrunet. 'fs rather melancholy"
Melancholy" exclaimed the young
officer. "It's Internal. Stop it at once"
The ordonnance held his kepi in his
hand. He had a round good-natured
face and kind gray eyes that were
used to twinkle at his masters humor
and caprices.
T. beg pardon. mon Capitaine, but
very serious event is taking place."
1T will be more serious yet, Brunei,
II you don't keep things quiet"
i am sorry to tell. mon Capitaine,
mat Michette has just died"
Mtchette!" exclaimed the master.
What relation is she of yours, Bru-
net"
Ah. mon Capitaine." grinned the or
dominance. relation! None! 1t is the
little terrier that Monsieur le Capt.
taine may have remarked now and
then in the garden.
Sabron nodded and took his cigarette
out of his mouth as though in respect
for the deceased.
An. yes" he said. that melancholy
little dog! Well, Brunet!"
She has just breathed her last,
mon Capitaine. and she is leaving be-
htnd her rather large family"
am not surprised" said the officer
There are SIX" vouchsafed Bru-
net. of which. IL mon Captaine is
willing. should like to keep one."
Nonsense" said Sabron, "on no ac-
count. You know perfectly we'll, Bru-
net. that | don't surround myself vita
things that can make me suffer.
have not kept dog in ten years
icy not to care about my horses even.
Everything to which l attach myself
dies or causes me regret and pain
And | won't have any miserable little
puppy to compllcate existence"
'Blen, mon Capitaine," accepted the
ordonnance TRANQUILITY. Il have given
away five. The sixth is In the stable:
IL Monsieur le Capitaine would come
down and look at 1t ;"
Sabron rose. threw his ci, arctic
away and. following across the garden
10 the bland May light. went into the
stable where Madame Michette, a
small wire-haired Irish terrier had
given birth to fine family and her.
self gone the way of those who do
their duty to race. In the straw at
his feet Sabron saw a ratlike, unpre-
possessing little object, crawling about
feebly in search of warmth and nour-
ishment. uttering pitiful little cries.
It's extreme loneliness and helpless
ness touched the big soldier. who said
curtly to his man:
Wrap 1t up. and If you don't know
how to feed it should not be sur
priscd If | could induce 1t to take
little warm milk from a quill At all
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LIQUOR AS HOME wREckER.

The searchlight is being thrown up
on the alcoholic question from every
angle Of vision. Chicago Herald has
investigated from the matrimonial
angle. To what extent is alcohol re-
sponsible for the wrecking of houses
by divorce? Answering this question
for Chicago-which city, 1t Is said,
had divorce q day last year-the
Herald gave a tabulated report. Its
findings show among other things that
the two charges of habitual drunken
ness and cruelty are more frequent In
divorce cases than any other one com.
bination Of charges.
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A PROGRESSIVE DISEASE.

Families that serve wine at meals
are doing the greatest injustice to
their children, for instead Of allowing
them to drink anything but nonintoxi-
eating drinks they are starting that
progressive disease that may end in
their ultimate death or disgrace. To
see beautiful young girl drink a
cocktail or even a glass Of sherry
offends health aristocrats, for they
know that poison is contained in every
drop. The misfortune of all poison
taking lies not only in the always ad-
vancing appetite but in the always
receding will.-Lillian Russell.
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and not a hereditary disease. Only
those catch the disease who are much
exposed to 1t. and then only when
both patient and those near him are
careless about the infection. There
Is no reason for the dread of inherit
ing 1t. and no good reason for fearing
its contagion II even a few reasonable
precautions are taken.
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the place would be than of the people
in 1t. for he was something of her.
nit, rather q recluse, and very re-
served.
He was writing line of acceptance
when Brunei came in, tiny bundle in
his hand.
Put Pitchoune over there in the
sunlight" ordered the officer, "and we
shall see If we can bring him up by
hand"
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VODKA AND WAR.

The greatest single sentence ever
uttered for prohibition" Charles
johnson asserts in the American Re
view of Reviews, came from the lips
Of M. Kharitonoff, controller of the
Russian treasury, speaking before the
budget committee Of the Russian par.
lament. It ran thus: with the war
and without vodka Russia IL more
prosperous than with vodka and with
out the war"
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Making News.

Reporter-Madam, you may recol-
lect that we printed yesterday your
denial Of having retracted the contra
diction of your original statement
Would you care to have US say that
you were misquoted in regard to it?-
Life.
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CHAPTER II.
Julia Redmond,

Julia Redmond.
He remembered all his life the first
dinner at the Chateau d'Esclignac,
where from the terrace he saw the
Rhone lying under the early moon
light and the shadows falling around
the castle of good King Rene.
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To prevent postage stamps from
sticking together. rub them over the
hair before putting them away.
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Cause and Effect.

Il wonder why 1t Is SO damp and
foggy in London?"
Its the fault Of their government"
How do you make that out7"
"They have such long reigns there"
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You cannot buy experience ON cred
The day book., 1915-06-28
MILLIONS TIED UP IN LABOR WAR BOSSES
RESORT TO STARVATION METHODS


struments for crushing labor union
ism.
The first attempt of capital to win
strike by the enforcement of a di-
rect, wholesale financial starvation is
being put into effect in Chicago.
Capital has always been able to
find great resource of money when
labor was to be fought, but in the
past money was used indirectly.
In Colorado, at Calumet, at Helena,
in Patterson, and in every place
where there has been what the patri-
clan paper are pleased to term
labor war;" money has hired guns
and gunner to go out and slaughter
the men who protested against living
in novels and demanded better condi-
tions and a living wage.
Dollars have played the principal
part in winning every dispute that
capital has won from labor. Some
times they have hired militiamen
with machine guns or armed thugs
who were instructed to kill Some
times they have hired strikebreakers |
or aided in starvation.
In Chicago, for the first time, !
money has been called upon to go |
into the field unaided and crush labor |
uniOnism.
It's nasty work to hire strikebreak-
ers. Employed gunmen sometimes |
mess things up fearfully and then
machine guns bring a revulsion of
public sentiment Chicago capital
wants labor unionism out of its way, |
but it wants the trick done gracefully. |
Rockefeller's Colorado methods of
crushing labor have proven entirely
too messy.
And so banks, contractors, lumber
dealers and building material manu-
facturers have banded together for
the purpose of stopping all building
work in Chicago until striking union
carpenters are starved into accepting
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labor of from one to three million
dollars a day.
According to the figures claimed by
the contractors, 100000 men en-
ployed in the building trades and al
lied work are going to be thrown out
of employment within the next few
days. If one accepts low average
of So as daily wage that will mean
a loss of 100000 day for labor. It
is believed that the loss to the con-
tractors, millmen and banks will be
more than this each day. This is not
including what builders will lose in
loss of rental through delay in get
ting buildings completed.
Capital is going to force this great
daily loss upon the city of Chicago.
1t is going to make all Chicago suffer
that it may try to crush the carpen-
tiers who refused to accept the COM
promise strike settlement offer made
by the Carpenters Constructors as
sociation.
Students of industrial economy
feel that the carpenters would have
been 1oolS 10 accept the oner or the
Carpenter Contractors assn.
The carpenters struck against all
bosses who would not pay them 20
cents an hour and sign the agree
ment they desired.
Two-thirds of the bosses have
come to the carpenters terms. The
only ones who held out were the
members of Carpenters Contractors
assn. This association wished the
carpenters to sign an agreement
which would have given the associa-
ton an absolute monopoly of building
work. By it the carpenters would
have agreed not to work for any con-
tractor who was not registered with
the association.
With two-thirds of the bosses sign
ed up and $4,000 of their 10000 out
side carpenters and all of their 5000
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England Mourns American Tourists

London, August 25.-(Special.)-As one can well imagine the war has had dis astrous effect upon the annual American
 exodus to Europe. London reveals fair
 number of American men, but most of them are here on business. The writer was recently passing through the Shake speare country, generally the most pop
 ular of districts with American sum- mer travellers. Out of curiosity he stopped
 off at Stratford- -on-Avon and examined the, register where visitors record their names and home towns. In the month of July, 1914, more than 700 Americans registered In the month of July, 1915, less than 70 names appear. This raiiure of American patronage has naturally been severe blow to the small trades people of Stratford-on-Avon and espe- cially to the keepers of the various pri- vate hotels and boarding houses. But the sufferings of Shakespeare's town have been nothing as compared with those of other more frequented resorts. One finds 1t hard to understand how the innumerable boarding house keepers oi Bloomsbury. London, where the majority of American visitors stop, have managed to pull through. Another season without the generous Yankees will SC ethe ruin of hundreds"
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Tiger Pitchers Hit Hard and Boston Evens Series. CObb's Homer Scores
 Both of Tigers Runs
STANDING

Boston, September 17.-Boston turned the tables on the Tigers today and won to ?. The Red Sox again lead by more than two games and De- troit cannot displace them in the pres ent series
 Leonards pitching was the feature of the game. Ably supported by his field ers he held the hard hitting Tigers to one single in the first eight innings. With the tension some lessened in the ninth he hit Witt. Cobb then smashed drive into the right field stands. an
 unusual hit at Fenway park. and the
 visitors only runs were scored. As in yesterdays game the fine pitch ing on one side was not matched on the other James, Manager Jennings
 first choice. proved a poor one, his six bases on balls giving Boston oppor- tunities from which six runs were de-
 veloped in the first three innings. Bo- land took his place and pitched much tighter game.
 Although feeling between the teams ran high throughout the game it was not so much in evidence as yesterday.
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Reds Defeat Phillies-Cards Give Braves Hard Fight, But Are Held to
 One Win
STANDING
Braves Again Lose

St. Louis. September 17.-St. Louis put A crimp In Boston's pennant prospects by winning the opening game of dou- ble header here today, 1 to O. and try ing the second which was called at the end of the ninth. The score was to 2. Doak opposed Nehef in a pitchers bat tie In the first game, each allowing four hits. In the sixth inning Bescher was safe on Maranville's tumble, Bet gel sacrificed and Bescher stole third Miller's single completed the run.
 In the second game Boardman, a re- cruft from Winnipeg, held the visitors to two hits after relieving Meadows In the fourth In the sixth inning Gowdy was sent to the club house by Umpire Quigley for protesting strike decis- ion Miller also was forced to retire when he injured his side sliding into second base
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with the Mississippi people and sug- gested retalia tion
 B. M. Allen made very happy talk and in reply to the proposition that some Ala bama orator be selected to match his eloquence against that of Senator Varda- man in the Nashville convention, sug- gested that the committee send to the legislature at Montgomery where he as- serted they coul dsecure trainloads as oratory seemed the biggest accomplish ment of that body. To the question as to whether he would join the delegation he replied that while heartily indorsing the movement he was no longer a free agent and would let the committee know later.
 It is understood that the route for the Jackson highwal will be selected at the Nashville meeting by commission com- posed of two representatives from each of the states affected. When the Ala bama delega ton arrives in Nashville they will enter a caucus and select the two commissioners to represent the state, Similar proceedings will be followed by the other states and after hearing the arguments of the representative the commission will decide on the route. Secretary Radcliffe of the Chamber of Commerce will furnish further informa- ton IS to the details of the trip and has the list of delegates and cars already secured.
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Crucial Series Starts at Memphis
RED SOX STRENGTHEN CHANGES BY VICTORY
Tigers Lose Second Game of Big Series-Phies' Lead Decreased One Full Game-Braves Lose and Are Now Five and One-Half Games In Rear-Reds Advance Notch

New York, September 1.-The Tigers saw their chances of wrestling the Ameri- can league leadership from Boston in the present series vanish today when they lost the second game to the Red Sox, who resumed their former lead of two and one-half games. Should the Tigers win the remaining two games they still would be five points behind Boston. A decided Red Sox slump while the Tigers run up a string of victories seems about the only hope now for Detroit
 The Brooklyn Nationals cut Phila- delphias lead today by winning from Chicago while Philadelphia lost to Gin cinnati. The Phillies are now 41a games
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MUCH ENTHUSIASM AT MASS MEETING ON
 JACKSON HIGHWAY
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delegation should leave the Huntsville and Decatur delegation to fight out for them- selves the route from the Tennessee line to Birmingham. MT. Davis was assured of their neutrality of Birmingham in this matter.
 Hugh McGeever vouched for the mem
 bers of the board of revenue being en-
 thusiastc for the highway and that they
 would help all in their power to bring
 the road where it rightly belongs through Alabama and Jefferson county.
 Oscar Turner stated that the roads from Birmingham to the state line were
 much better generally than were sup
 posed and that having gone over the pro-
 posed highway from Birmingham to Gin cinnati he estimated in the entire route there was not over "a miles of bad road. He said it should not be any trouble to secure a delegation of 100 from Birming-
 ham to further this great project which
 he believed would mean much for the district.
 H. K. Milner said that for some reason the Jackson highway through Birming- ham had not been sufficiently advertised considering it's importance. Referring to the increasing number of auto tourists he said Alabama offered superior claims to Mississippi. and stated that a strong fight would be made by the delegation fro mthat state to secure the route. He urged every one interested to put his shoulder to the wheel and boost the Ala bama route for the great highway. Dr. ]. E. Dedman referred to the work accomplished by Birmingham Motor club | in its early days and said that the club had recently been reorganlzed. and would take an active part in securing deles gation for Nashville. Nashville With Mississippi
 H. M. Beck read letter from Nashville
 fo affect that a xxa t1n
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ahead of the Superbas. and five and one half games ahead of the Braves who took third place by losing the first game of double header to St. Louis and play
 Ing the second game to a tie. Brook lyns chances of overtaking the Phlllies are conceded to be slight. Even should the Superbas win all their remaining games, which Is improbable, the Phillies could lose five out of their 19 and take the pennant.
 Cincinnati moved up to fifth place in the struggle for a first division berth, by defeating the pace making Phlllies and are now less than a game behind St Louis. The Cubs now sixth. are threat ened with being forced still lower by Pittsburg, half a game behind
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J The long heralded fight for second place will probably be settled today and tomorrow. The Barons lock horns with the Memphis Chicks in a two q game series. With the pennant prac- tically assured to the Pelicans, the att tention of fandom falls for the fight for positions.
 Provided that the Barons win both of the games, Moleys clan will be fortified in second place with lead of three and a half games. At the pres ent they are leading Briscoe Lord S followers by game and half The Barons, the nearest rivals to the Pel- icans are now only seven and a half games in their rear.
 The Barons have still a glimmering chance at the rag. It's awfully slim but such things sometimes happen. The Barons have seven more sched- uled games. The Pelicans are sched- uled to play eight more. Should the Barons win all of their remaining games and the Pels meet defeat in all of their attempts the gonfalon would fly at Redwood again. Almost impossible, but it might occur
 I ne next IlgnI or interest IS be- tween the Crackers and the Vols for the first division berth. At the present odds favor the Vols. who hold slight lead, but the Crackers may make an- other of their famous rallies and wind up better than expected. The Lookouts, by sensational spurt under the lead ership of Kid" Elberfeld, have worked Into sixth place, ahead of the Gulls.
 The Travellers seem content with the cellar and will probably finish the sea : son there unless the Gulls insist on re- ceiving the honors.
 But all the Birmingham fans want is for the Barons to take next best honors if first place.is untakable, as it seems After the two game series at Memphis the Barons break camp and move tc Nashville for three games. The seasor is then ended with a two-game series a Chattanooga.
 The eight games that the Pels must play include the following: Two games >N Little Rock, three games at Chatta nopga and the end the year with three game series at Nashville.
 Today Arthur Johnson will probably bt on the mound for Moey while Karl Black will face the Chicks in the second af. fair. The I3arons and Chicks are botf going good at the present and a pre- diction as to the outcome of the series is practically impossible.
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EASTERN FOOTBALL
 SEASON TO OPEN

New York. September 1.-The east ern intercollegiate football season will open tomorrow with the playing of two games on Pennsylvania gridirons. At Carlisle the Albright college team will lineup against the Indians, and at Lewisburg, Bucknell will play the Bloomsburg State normal school
 Chief interest will center in the show ing the Carlisle eleven, which begins the 1915 campaign minus the services of Coach Glenn Warner. instructing the Pittsburg squad.
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New Record Esta blished

Atlantic City, N. J., September l'. A new record for registered tourna- ments was made in the West Hogan shoot here today by Lester S German of Aberdeen, Md, the veteran profes- sional, who completed his total of 500 targets with 499 breaks. The former record, held by Charles Newcomb and R. Bruno, was 496 Woolfolk Henderson of Lexington, Ky, was high gun among the amateurs for the three days, with 493 breaks in 800 targets.
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WILLIAMS WINNER
 IN COLLEGE TOURNEY

Philadelphia, September 17.-R. Nor ris Williams, representing Harvard, won the intercollegiate lawn tennis sin gles championship on the courts of the Merton Cricket club at Harerford to- day by easily defeating Leonard Beck man of Princeton in the final round. 6-2, 6-1, 6-2.
 Williams held the intercollegiate title in 1913. Last year it was held by George NJ. Church of Princeton, who has since graduated from college.
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Elimination Series

The Postoffice Pirates" the pennant winners of the Greater Birmingham league, will meet Pep -to-Lac. winners of the Central league, today at Wood lawn in the elimination series. Both of these teams have been playing excel lent ball lately and the games are worth seeing East Birmingham will play the Rasco Jewelry team.
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Cubs Lose to Dodgers

Chicago, September 17.-Five hits or
 Lavender in the third inning, coupled with base on balls, a wild pitch and an error, gave Brooklyn commanding lead and Chicago was beaten today to 5. Chicago fought hard, inserting threa pinch hitters. but the team could not
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CROWD WITNESSES
 A FOOTBALL GAME
 IN PALM BEACHES

Chattanooga, September 17-tSpecial) With the thermometer standing at SS and the spectators clad in Palm Beaches, seek ing refuge beneath parasols, the football team of the Central High school of this city defeated Polk County High school from Benton, Tenn, this afternoon, 5S to 0. It was the opening game of the local season.
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Garland Wins

Forest Hills, N. Y, September IT.. Charles S. Garland, the Pittsburg schoolboy, won the Metropolitan junior championship tennis title in the sing gles here today on the clay courts of the West Side Tennis club. Garland easily defeated Louis M Banks of Adel- phi academy. Brooklyn, in straight sets. The tournament began with record list of 107 competitors