Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-09-24

breath he drew. He asked in Arabic:
Where am IL
In the hut OF victory" said Fatoa
Ami.
Pitehoune overheard the voice and
came TO Sabron's side, His master
murmured;
Where are we. my friendS"
The dog leaped on his bed and licked
his face. Fatou Amt, with a whisk OF
straw. swept the dies from him 4
great Weakness spread its wings above
him and he fell asleep.
Days are all alike to those who tie
In mortal sickness The hours are Ia.
tensely colorless and they slip and slip
and slip into painful wakefulness, into
fever, into drowsiness finally. and then
into Weakness
The Capitaine de sabroR although
he had no family TO speak OF. did pos
sess, unknown to the MarQuise DIS
clignac, an old aunt In the provinces.
and handful OF heartless cousins who
were indifferent to him. Nevertheless
he chung to life and in the hut Of Fatou
Ami fought for existence, Every time
that he was conscious he struggled
anew to hold to the thread Of life.
Whenever he grasped the thread he
vanQnished, and whenever he lost Il.
Re went down. down.
Fatou Amt cherished him. lie was
soldier who had fallen In the battle
against her sons and grandsons, He
was a man aud a strong one, and she
despised women He was her prey
and he was her reward and she cared
for him; as she did 80. she became
maternal
His eyes which. when he Was con.
scious. thanked her: his thin hands
that moved on the rough blue robe
thrown over him, the devotion OF the
dog-found a responsive chord In the
great-grandmother's heart Once ne
smiled at one OF the naked. hlgbellied
great.great.grand Beni Haa
san. three years old, came up to Sab
ron with his fingers In his mouth
and chartered like bird. This proved
to Fatou Ami that Sabron had not
the Evil Eye No one but the children
we're admitted to the hut. bat the sun
and the dies and the cries of the vii.
lage came In without permission, and
now and then, when the winds arose,
he could hear the stirring of the palm
trees.
Sabron was reduced to skin and
bone His nourishment was lnsafii.
cient. and the absence OF all decent
care was slowly taking him 10 death.
] 4. ..tHnr ~ rssaE
die.
Pitchoune took to making long ~.
cursions. He would be absent for days.
and In his clouded mind sabron
thought the dog was accommodating for
him over the vast pink sea without
there-which II one could sail across
as In a ship. one would sail to France.
through the wallis Of mellow old TarRa.
con. to the chateau OF good King Rene;
one would sail as the moon sails. and
! through an open window one might
hear the sound OF a woman'a voice
singing. The song. ever Elusive and
. irritating In lts persistency. tantaiiEod
, his sick ears.
Sabron did not know that he would
have found the chateau shut had he
sailed there In the moon. Il was ~
well that he did not know. for his wan
dering thought would not have known
where to follow. and there was repoBe
In thinking Of the Chateau d'Eseltg.
nae.
It grew terribly hot. Fatou Ami, BY
his side. famed him with fan ahe
had woven. The great.great-RFand.
children on the floor In the mud fought
together They quarreled over bits III
colored glass. sabron's breath came
painting without, be heard the cries
: OF the warriors. the ance.bearers--he
heard the cries Of Fatou Anni's som
who we're going out to battle. The
French soldiers were In q distant part
Of the Sahara and Fatou Annl's grand
children were going out 20 pillage and
destroy. The old woman by bis side
cried out and beat her breast NoN
and then she looked IL him curiousiy
as II she saw death on his pale face
Nov that all her sons and grandsonS
had gone. he was the only man left IN
the village. rs even boys OF sixteen
had Joined the raid She wiped hif
: forehead and gave him a potion thai
had been pierced With arrows II was
all she could do for . captive.
Toward shutdown, for the first time
sabrOn felt a little better. and after
: twenty.fonr hours absence. Pitchonns
4 whIned at the hut door. but would moi
come In. Fatou AnnI called on Allah
: left her patient AND went cut 70 see
! what was the matter with the dog Al
!. the door In the shade Of palm. stood
: two Bedouins.