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The Holly chieftain., 1916-11-10

burning deep into his brain. 80 that for
a moment earth and sky became an
endless blazing furnace. Then when
the fame died down again he knew
that her touch had set him free. he
lay still. the cramped half-paralyzed
body stretched out In the exhaustion
OF relief. and she bent over him. peer
ing into the quiet face with passionate
anxiety.
Richard" she whispered impera-
lively. Can you hear met Do yOu
know me2"
He looked up at her. In the pale
supernatural twilight which lowered
over the plateau his features bore that
look of white transparency which be-
longs to death, but his eyes. black un-
der the straight resolute brows. were
deliriously alive. They were lifted to
hers. but gazed beyond her intently
and without recognition.
II know you." he said. II saw you
coming. tried not to call. but you
must have heard my praying for you.
Did you know ] needed your
"Yes." she answered. Very gently
she raised his dark head. 70 that II
rested against her knee. and passed
her handkerchief over his bloodstained
lips. 1--WE must be very quiet" she
whispered. "No one has seen me-no
one must SEQ me. Will they come to
see you again tonightf"
mo one will come to me again" II
was very still. His hand groped for
hers and held 1t with feverish strength.
ut was an act Of friendship" he
gasped. Il understand-you were
thinking Of those other days-long ago
and you were merciful. You had
judged and passed sentence-and then
you forgave. ! am glad-it was like
you-like my dreams of you"
"In your dreams did I pass sen.
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SYNOPSIS.

Sylvia Omney, her lover. Richard Far
quhar. finds, has fallen in love with Cap
tain Arnaud of the Foreign Legion. IN
captain Sewers room FarQuhar forces
sower to have Preston's o US re-
turned to him. FarQuhar IL helped to his
rooms by Gabrielle Smith. Sower demands
an apology. Refused. he forces Farquhar
to resign his commission in return for
possession of Farquhar's fathers, grit
ten confession that he had murdered Sow
ers father Gabrielle saves Farquhar
from suicide. To shield Arnaud, Sylvia 8
nance, Farquhar processes to have stolen
war plans and tells the real culprit why
ne did SO. AS Richard Nameless he joins
the Foreign Legion and sees sylvia. now
Nine. Arnaud. meet Colonel Destinn
Farquhar meets Sylvia and Gabrielle. and
learns from Corporal Goetz of the col
onefs cruelty. Arnaud becomes drunk
ara and opium smoker. Sylvia becomes
friendly with Colonel Destinn. Arnaud
becomes Jealous Of Farquhar. Farquhar.
on guard at a villa where dance IL In
progress. is shot down BY .Arnaud. Ar
maud justifies his insanely Jealous action
70 Colonel Destinn. Arnaud goes to dane
ing girl who loves him for comfort. Ga
prieiie meets Lowe. for whom she had
sacrificed position and reputation, and
tells him she is free from him. Sylvia
meets Destinn behind the mosque Ar
maud becomes Ill but Sylvia will not help
him. nor interfere for Farquhar.
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tenceT' she interrupted In the same
low tone.
"Yes-you remember-out there in
the churchyard. What you said then
it has haunted me like curse. 4
wish to God l had never met you.
Richard!"
"The woman who said that was cruel
and foolish" she said. "She didn't un-
derstand."
"And now?"
"If do not understand everything,
at least have still my faith"
"Faith2 In whom? An outcast
without name or honor?"
You are not without name or honor.
You may have strained both In that
first defeat-I do not know how or
why-but you have not lost them.
They are yours still. believe that
they will be yours always"
"You know that? You believe that?''
Il know" Her arms were about
him; she held his exhausted, tortured
frame in a strong tenderness. "If l
had not known would not have come
here to you. Only the best of us can
fall from great heights. Only the
bravest can pick themselves up and
begin the long. heart-breaking climb
back"
She lifted her white face to the sky,
hiding the binding tears. All was still
again. The black grotesque shadow of
the sentry crossed the fading line of
campfires, and she crouched lower. he
passed on indifferently.
you are right" Farquhar went on
at last. THAT was what prayed that
you should understand. I had failed.
utterly. fgnominiously. but not ignobly.
l can't explain. shall never be able
to; but meant to 60 out Of your life
and leave you happy. 1t was all I
thought of. Can you believe that3"
II do believe it." she answered
hoarsely.
"Thank you" He smiled little.
As though overtaken by sudden ir.
resistible thought, he dragged himself
up and his eyes, sightless and yet
tragically conscious, sought her face.
THAT night-at the villa Bernotto's," /"
he stammered-"was 1t for me that
you risked SO muchT"
"Yes." she answered simply. ut was
for you"
what had you come to tell met"
] "That the woman who had made
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CHAPTER xlIl-contlnued.

"Comrade. In few days we shall be
going south-four hundred of us and
thirty officers. The devil goes, too. We
are to build his road for him. so that
one day someone viii give him little
red ribbon for his buttonhole. 1t is
amusing, is it not? 1t makes one laugh.
They will be able to use our skulls for
mile-stones. l always laugh when I
think of it. Yours will be among them.
Have you thought of that?"
Farquhar smiled to himself,
II shall not go with you," his brain
answered.
"Merde! You will not desert MS,
comrade2 We need you. We count On
you. Four hundred men and thirty nf-
fcers! How simple! We shall 60 so
docilely. We shall march on and on.
forty kilometers day, right to the
edge of the desert, and then one fine
morning you shall blow the reveille
and the thirty officers will go on Sleep
Ing. and we shall leave them there.
and follow you wherever you lead,
against the Arabs, against the devil
himself, right through Morocco-to
freedom! Comrade, you are brave
Englishman. We trust you. We will
bear and suffer anything II you will
lead US. II only a dozen of us get
through we shall bless you. No evil
can be worse than this. Death is for
all Of us sooner or later, and we would
rather die as free men under you than
as rats"
Farquhar struggled to free himself.
DUTY" he said sharply and clearly.
He thought he heard a sigh and a
curse-farther away now-and the
shadow lifted. There were the stars
once more. their pure serenity un-
changed. and the white-glowing p,in-
arets lifting their lace-work Of dreams
high up into the light as of their. IN
spiration. 1t was then that Farquhar
saw her. He ground his teeth together
SO that he should not call her, and In
stead prayed
"God keep her-oh. God help herr
1t had not been more than breath.
the first utterance of an anguished
sense of failure, but she heard It, for
she came to him and knelt beside him.
He felt her hand touch his forehead
and glide swiftly over his helpless
limbs.
"Syivfar'
Her hands touched his wrists, and in
answer the dull glowing fire burst ou,
afresh and shot up along his limbs
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CHAPTER XIV.
The End Of Ran,axan.

Inv GU0 " VNU0x1Ws
On the outskirts OF Sidi-bel-Abbes
half q dozen Arabs stood and waited
patiently. They had stood on the same
spot since the hour of sunset, watch
ing the pale emerald change to deep
est sapphire, and had neither moved
nor spoken to one another. In their
spotless burno0ses they had looked like
statues placed there 40 sentinels over
the gayly lighted. bustlins town behind
them. Now. as slowly. gracefully. the
thin circle Of the new moon rose above
the distant line of palms. the foremost
Arab bowed himself to the ground.
"The fast is over. Praise be to A.
lah, the all-merciful."
From the distance came the dull reg
ular thud Of horses hoofs. A moment
later a spahi, mounted on a foam
flecked, blood-stained horse. which
reeled in its gallop, burst through their
midst and swept on toward the gates
of the Notifications. As he passed he
dragged himself up in his saddle and
whirled his Hint-lock in a semicircls
about his head.
"Ramazan ts overw he gasped.
"Ouled Nail has risen"
The last words were lost in the
swirl Of wind which clung to bis
horses heels. The half a dozen Arabs
turned their glance for last time to
the sky. Behind the brooding. i'm
penetrable gravity there burned up a
controlled half-smiling exultat1on.
Then. still silent. they dispersed swift.
" in the direction of the town.
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MystIfyino chemica, Trick.

A plain blue handkerchief 10 shown
to the audience. When the handker.
chief is warmed 1t turns white and
when heated further resumes its for
mer color.
Make starch paste and add enough
water to the paste to thin It. Then
add sufficient tincture Of iodine to
color the liquid blue; few drops will
be enough. Dye white andkerchief
with this blue liquid. and when the
handkerchief is dry It is ready for
the trick.-Popular Science Monthly.
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(TO BE cONTINUED.)
Where sousa Got His Nams.

1.-THE summer l spent in Maine,.
said Miss Minnie Dryer, there was q
professor in some university there
who was continually getting up inter-
esting things to tell at night as the
crowd sat around the big wood fire.
One night he told Of how Sousa got
hts name AS q matter of fact his name
is Sam Otis. One summer he went
abroad and had all Of his trunks
rarked g. o. U. 8. A. and the bag
gage men ran 1t together into 'Sousa,
and since then he has peen known
by that nama."
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Poor Pal

Tommy-"Do you go to bed very
early Mrs. Graymare." Mrs. Gray
mare-"Yes, Tommy, sometimes
when feel tired" Tommy-"You
wouldn't go SO early If you were mar
ried to my pa, would you?" Mrs. G.
"Oh, Tommy, you funny boy. why
not?" Tommy-"Cos my pa told my
ma that If he were your husband he'd
make you sit up!"
The Holly chieftain., 1916-11-10
COSTLY FLOWER LIVES ON AIR

see why these flowers remain In the
aristocratic class.
Only the orchid grower can under.
stand all the details Of his art, but
the flower lover can easily learn to
distinguish the various types.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-11-10
Luxury Tax for Dane.

The proposed Danish ban on luz.
uries. known as the luxury tax" 10
expected to include tobacco, flowers,
raisins, currants. wines. caviar, truf.
fles, Holsters, oysters. tea, coffee, CO.
Goa, hats. plumage, corsets, dresses,
perfumes. laces. ornaments, watches.
books. magazines and paper.
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STATECAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ALL INDUSTRIES PRosPERous..
Fact Shown In Statement Issued BY
Federal Government.

Fact Shown In Statement Issued BY
Federal Government.
Denver-The prosperity that has
existed In every part Of the state for
the three-year period ending July ID
forcibly shown In a statement issued
by the federal government showing an
increase in bank clearings of $4,000
900. or % per cent The increase In
the West is 81 per cent. the general
average being reduced in the South
and New England.
This represents In . definite way
the growth in practically every re-
source of the state. including devel-
opment in agriculture in eastern Colo
rado and further expansion in the
more settled agricultural sections. 90
c0rding to bankers. 1t 10 q reminder.
they point out. of the remarkable In
crease In tho mining industry-prac-
tically all Of the tungsten develop
ment coming within this period-and
brings to mind the wonderful spread
In the livestock industry throughout
the state.
In Denver the increase for this year
Is 26 per cent over the first nine
months of 1915.
The figures compiled by the govern
ment show that bank clearings in
Colorado increased $42,0O0.000. or -
per cent, from July /. 1913, to July l.
1916.
Clearfngs in Denver aggregated
$469.961 .99J for the first nine months
of 1916. against $347,7Os.996 for the
same period in 1915, an increase Of
$112,252,994, or 26 per cent.
Small Estates Pay $1,000 In Tax.
About $1,000 was paid to State
Treasurer Allison Stocker in the in.
heritance tax from various parts Of
the state. The largest amount was
$365, paid upon the $32,73O.55 valua-
ton Of the estate Of Henry Newton
Wood. The estate oi Sarah J. Bur.
rage Of Fremont county paid $125.78
on $13,050 valuation, the estate of Min
ME Sutton of Ell Paso county paid
$176.15 upon $S.079.71, that of Donald
James Mcintosh of Denver paid $53.74
upon $4,SS9.1O, Eliza Twentymen
Butcher Of Denver $174.90 upon $21.-
610.19, Nicholas Arney of Montezuma
county $143.02 upon $19,17s.66, Wash
ington Irving Jenkins of Denver $39
on $4,944, and Mahershell 3. Welsh Of
Rio Blanca $3S.05 upon $4,764.s3.
Some Luxuries for Colorado Guards.
The Colorado infantrymen in camp
on the Mexican border at Douglas,
Ariz., are confining their activities to
protecting the large American smell
ters on the boundary line, observing
the movements of Mexican troops and
trains and preventing persons from
crossing the border without proper
authority. according to information
received from Lieut.. William N. Vaile,
an officer in Company A. The work
Of protecting the smelters Is not with
out its agreeable features, for the
smelters provide electric lights for
many of the tents, and hot and cold
water for the shower baths of the SOL
der boys-luxuries not enjoyed by
the guardsmen on duty at other bor-
der points.
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The Arabs are ready for re-
volt This gives the Legion.
aires an opportunity to success
fully mutlny against their ON.
GERS. A strong man like Rich
ard NameIess can lead the
movement and draw to him .
large force. viii he do so7
The Holly chieftain., 1916-11-10

Farquhar knows Sylvia to be
a vain, selfish woman. Vet op-
portunity apparently comes to
him to take Sylvia's iove-such
az Il is-once moro and bend
this wife Of another man to his
purposes. Do you believe he
will succumb to the tempta-
tion7
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To Test Motor Vehicle Tax Act.

To Test Motor Vehicle Tax Act.
Samuel Ard of Logan county has
filed in the State Supreme Court a
case attacking the constitutionality Of
the act establishing a tax on motor
vehicles for the purpose OF building up
good roads fund throughout the
state. Ard was arrested and fined 81
for not having an automobile license.
He has determined to carry the case
to the Supreme Court to test the law,
which, he insists is unconstitutional
on the ground that 1t is a revenue
raising measure, and that, although
the state under its police power can
regulate motor vehicles, 1t cannot
pass revenue-raising measure under
the guise Of police regulation.
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Shippers Plea for Cars Continues.

Sh'ppers Plea Tor Cars Continues.
The cry of shippers for freight cars
continues unabated, with no immedi-
ate relief in sight unless the increased
demurrage charges now in effect on
tntrastate business in Colorado bring
some relief. The order of the state
public utilities commission put into
effect 50 demurrage charge on all
classes of freight cars after forty-eight
hours, which. under ordinary circum-
stances should release considerable
equipment.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-11-10

Colorado GuaIu. seGond In Match.
In the national matches Just COM
pleted at Jacksonville, Fla, the rifle
team of the Colorado National Guard
carried off second place in the class
B division. The teams total score was
1928 points. Class A was made up of
the first fifteen teams which com.
peted and Class B of the second fif.
teen, 80 that the Colorado team took
seventeenth place among the fifty
eight teams entered IN the matches.
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TREES OLDER THAN PYRAMIDS
Age of Some of the Giants in CaIifor.
mia Estimated at More Than
5000 Years.

San Francisco-One of the wonders
of the ancient world, and probably
the greatest of them, is the pyra-
mids of Egypt. And yet some of the
giant seGuoias of California that are
now thrifty trees had bark on them
foot tShick wnen Cheops began build
ing the great pyramid that bears his
name.
Beneath the shadow of the pyra-
mids Napoleon said to his troops
Forty centuries look down upon you"
There are trees in the grove estimated
by scientists, among them John Muir,
the eminent naturalist to be eight
thousand and even ten thousand years
old.
The oldest living things in the world
are these giant trees.
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SENATE PASSES The
NAVY BILL TUESDAY

WASHINGTON D. c., July IS
The senate this afternoon adopted the
naval program bill by a vive voca vote
amid much enthusiasm.
The measure provides for the con-
struction of total of one hundred and
tifty-seven war vessels of all classes
during the next three years, and
means the efficiency of the navy is to
be greatly increased. Four super
dreadnaughts and four battle crui5-
ers to be constructed during next year,
according to the provisions of the
bill passed today
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when they are not searching for bur
glars, are having prom parties ana
informal dances, were calmly seated
in Bills home, when a sound was dis
tInctly heard on the back porch of the
Iyey home. Bill secured the family
Krupp and proceeded to the back
porch, with fear and trembling NOT
showing. A moment later residents of
the southside were sent hurdling to
the street by the report of a gun that
sounded like baby Carrizal. And Bill
was the hero of the hour.
A party went over to the scene Of
battle, but the bird had fitted his lit
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FIRST BATH IN 20 YEARS
John Barker Wouldn't Have Taken
One Then But His Skiff
Capsized.

San Francisco.-John Barker, famil-
iarly known to the water front as
Jack the GrappIer," nearly seventy
years old, but active, was fished out
of the bay the ether day by Harry
LevinsOn, short distance from Peter
sons dock. His skiff, in which he
picks up odd things about the bay, had
overturned.
Barker, somewhat winded and bit
full of water, gasped when he was
lifted to the dock.
Il have been using that skiff for
almost ten years for just that kind Of
work and it is the first time it ever
treated me like that But l guess
needed the bath, 1t is the first time
IN 20 years that have had one"
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POWERS Of AUDIT
COMMITTEE GIVEN

ATLANTA, Ca, July 18.-The pow
ers of the joint committee of the house
and senate appointed to investigate the
report of the special auditor, c. j.
Metz, who recently completed an audit
OF the statehouse departments, have
been enlarged to cover all the recon-
mendations of the report as well as
the general situation with reference
to the manner in which the appropria-
tons made to the various departments
are handled by the heads and disburs-
ing officers thereof.
The agitation for the creation of a
state auditor, which was started bv
former State Senator W. J. Harris,
now member of the federal trade
commission hes been very greatly
strengthened by the disclosures of
waste and extravaganza contained in
the report of the special auditor, and
there is much talk of reviying the old
bill of MIR. Harris, as we'll as others
introduced from time to time, combin-
ing them into a bill recognizing the
whole financial system of the state.
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WILSON A VISITOR (
AT CAPITOL TODAY (

= WASHINGTON, D. c., July IS. >
= Present Wilson this afternoon =
, went to the capitol This is the =
: first visit the chief executive has :
= made to the building during sew =
= eral months. :
= At the capitol the president :
= talked with Senator Kern, admin =
> istration floor leader in the SEN =
> ate, and others, and discussed the =
, legislative program. 1t is under
stood the president urged the i'm
= mediate passage of the working =
, mems compensation and child la :
: Dor bills, both of which are now =
> pending in congress. =
4 y = y \ y y = = = = q. -
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END Of RECEIVERS
IN SIGHT FOR THE
ct. |. & 6. F. ROAD

ST. LOUIS, Mo, July 18.-The sale
Of the St Louis and San Francisco
railroad, which has been advertised TO
take place at the railroads round
house in St. Louis on July 10, will
bring within sight the end of the
three-year receiyership, during which
the system has been Invested of two
important subsidiaries-the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois and the New Or
leans, Texas and Mexico.
The sale at foreclosure was de
decreed in the United States Circuit by
Judge Sanborn on March 81, 1916, and
he fixed the minimum price at $45,-
100000.
It is generally accepted in financial
circles that there will be but one bio
der for the property-the reorganiza-
ton managers-who have submitted
tc the Missouri Public Service CON-
mission a comprehensive plan for the
financing of the road The plan was
accepted by the public service com
mission, except that feature providing
for a voting trust to hold the stock of
the road for five years. This plan was
allowed to demain in the reorganiza-
ton plan, subject to a court decision
as to its validity under Missouri law
Under the reorganization plan, the
new Frisco system is to have a capt.
tai of 1921 ,5SS,OOO including bonds.
1t is expected that new company
will be organized soon after the sale of
the road at foreclosure to the reor-
ganization managers, and that early in
August the new company formally
will take over the road from the re-
ceiyers.
The reorganization managers are J.
and w. Seligman and Company and
Spever and COmDany.
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COTTON MARKET
The Futures Market.

The futures market opened IA
day, quoted:
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Bill lvey Says
It's The Open
Season On Us

Bill Iyey says it's the open season
for burglars. Therefore, he wants to
put all Of them on notice that any
who snoop around his house out on
Lee street will be fired on at once. Not
that he will hit them, but he's going
to try for them at least. Bills blood
thirstiness is a result of-what ne
thought-seeing a burglar at his
(Bill's) home on South Lee street
Monday night at nine o'clock. Bill
and few Of the Lee street boys, who
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tie wings and flown.

TIC wings anu ~ W IL
After calm had been restored some
one told Bill that no perfectly nice
burglar would think of entering
home except just before the break of
the gray dawn. It's simply an I'M
written law of the Burglars Federated
association that no member of that
exclusive organization may enter a
home before two O'Clock. But bill!
still says, if that thing wasn't bur
giar it was first cousin to one, ard
that, in the language of the Lee Street
Boys, means simply, a hant"
&C. S. W.
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= \ . = p = = = = = = = y . =
? 6S.09S BALES LINTERS 3
= CONSUMED DURING JUNE :

y WASHINGTON, D. c., July IS ,
= The bureau of estimates Unit =
= ed States department Of agricul- :
= ture today announced that during y
> June S6,O9S bales Of linters were =
> consumed by domestic manufac- =
= turing establishments within the \
, United States. The cotton was =
? used largely in the production of ,
. explosives. y
Z = 4 4 = = 4 . I \ :
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SCHEDULE FOR THE
LOG ROLLING TRAIN

The Sec board Air Line railway will
have special train to Cordele, an
Thursday, July 2Oth, for the W. o. w.
log-rolling They have announced a
convenient schedule with low rates.
They are:
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Returning special train will leaJ e
.Cordele HOO p. m.