The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-09-10

breath he drew. IA aaha0 !, A--s,--
Where am n"
Ami. saia Fatcu
Fitehoune overheard the voice ana
came to sabrons side AIa m.ssa-
murmured: s asser
"here are we. my friends"
~, ne aos leaped on his bed and licked
MS lace. Fatou Ami, with a whisk ~
straw swept the flies from him A
sfeat weakness spread its wings above
him and he fell asleep.
lays are all alike to those who Ra
- mortal sickness The hours are N.
senseiy eolorless and they slip and sin
ano SIP into painful wakefulness, into
ieser' INTO drowsiness finally. and then
into weakness. '~ ~ =
The Capitaiae de sahron. although
~ had no family to speak OF, did DOS.
svss' unknown 10 the Marquise d'Es.
chgnac, an old aunt in the provinces
ana handful OF heartless cousins who
we're indifferent to him. Nevertheless
ne ciang to life and in the hut Of Fatou
ann fought for existence. Every time
tnat ne was conscious he struggled
ane" 10 hold to the thread of life
whenever he grasped the thread he
vanqnished. and whenever he lost AZ
re went down, down.
Fatou Ami cherished him. He was
soldier who had fallen In the battle
against her sons and grandsons. He
was a man and strong one. and she
despised women. He was her prey
and he was her reward and she cared
Tor him; as she did so, she became
| maternal.
His eyes which, when he was CON
seious, thanked her; his thin hands
that moved on the rough blue robt
thrown over him, the devotion of tbs
dog-found a responsive chord In tn,
great-grandmother's heart. Once b,
smiled at one Of the naked, big-bellies
Observation-Disclosures Benz Has
san, three years old. came up to Sab
ron with his fingers In his mouth
and chartered like bird. This prove,
to Fatou Ami that Sabron had no
the Evil Eye. No one but the children
were admitted to the hut, but the SUI
and the flies and the cries of the vii
lage came in without permission, ant
now and then, when the winds arose
he could hear the stirring OF the pain
trees.
Sabron was reduced to skin ant
bone. His nourishment was insult
cient, and the absence OF all decen
care was slowly taking him to death
1t will never be known why he did no
die.
Pitchoune took to making long ez
cursions. He would be absent for days
and In his clouded mind Sabrol
thought the dog was accommodating TO
him over the vast pink sea withou
there-which, If one could sail acros
as in a ship, one would sail TO France
through the walls of mellow old Tarai
con, to the chateau of good King Rene
one would sail as the moon sails, an
through an open window one nigh
hear the sound Of woman's voic
singing. The song, ever Elusive an
Irritating In its perslstency. tantalize
his sick ears.
Sabron did not know that he woul
have found the chateau shut had b
sailed there In the moon. 1t was q
well that he did not know. for his wal
dering thought would not have know
where to follow, and there was repos
in thinking Of the Chateau d'Esclil
nae.
1t grew terribly hot. Fatou Ami, b
his side, famed him with a fan sh
had woven. The great-great-gran'
children on the floor In the mud tough
together. They quarreled over bits {
colored glass. Sabron's breath cam
painting. Without, he heard the erie
of the warriors. the lance-bearers-h
heard the cries of Fatou Anni's son
who were going out to battle. Tn
| french SOi0lSFS were III uisthAt pa
of the Sahara and Fatou Anni's gram
children we're going out to pillage an
destroy. The old woman by his sid
cried out and beat her breast. No
and then she looked at him curiousl.
as II she saw death on his pale fact
Now that all her sons and grandson
had gone, he was the only man left
the village, as even boys OF sixtee
had Joined the raid She wiped hi
forehead and gave him potion this
had been pierced with arrows It va
all she could do for a captive.
Toward SHUTDOWN. for the first tim
Sabron felt a little better, and afte
twenty-four hours absence, Pitchoun
whined at the hut door. but would nc
come in. Fatou Ami called on Ailal
left her patient and went out to Sc
what was the matter with the dog. A
the door, in the shade of a palm. stoo
two Bedouins-
ITO BE CONTINUED