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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15

from the door, seeming to yield. never
for an instant relaxing his tenacious
mold upon the others arms. Suddenly
he wrenched himself free and sprang
back to his writing table.
'If you touch that door | shall shoot
YOU down-now." he said quietly.
Farquhar turned, conscious that his
own rage had suddenly burned out. He
saw that the door which Destinn had
protected had opened, and that Sylvia
Arnaud. white and large-eyed with
terror. stood trembling on the thresh-
old. Farquhar recoiled step. Colonel
Destinn had replaced his revolver ON
the table There was something akin
to pity written on his hard face. Sylvia
glanced at him and then at Farquhar.
Behind her fear there had already be-
gun to dawn the knowledge that the
situation was dramatic and wholly in
her hands.
81 knew that you were tra or.
Richard" she said. But l thought
you were still gentleman. 1t seems
I was mistaken" Her manner was
fearful, childishly resentful.
He turned from her without answer.
81 owe you an apology, Colonel Des-
tinn," he said simply. "Do you trust
me enough to let me place myself un-
der arrest?"
81 trust you enough to let you find
YOUR punishment under fire." was the
a
men,"
Il thank you"
They saluted each other-gravely,
with respect, as unreconciled duei1sts
who have learned each others worth
in the bitterness of battle; then, with
a slight bow to the woman, standing
against the dark background OF the
inner room, Richard Farquhar passed
out of the open window.
AUX armes! aux armes!'
He laughed to himself, his teeth
clenched. But the music of that storm
signal was as the call OF the blood. a
challenge to the fighting spirit of his
race. He swung himself lightly into
the saddle and drove his heels against
the horses dripping TANKS.
EN- avant Crane" The animal
swerved. Someone had caught at the
bride Farquhar bent forward, peer
ing into the darkness. "Who is 1t?
My God-Gabrielle!'
Eyes; thought recognized you
Where have you come from?'
.srolonal nacfinn'S-o
"Is-'
"Yes; she is there"
Captain Arnaud is asking for her,
aud | suspected. There isn't mo-
ment to be lost"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15
EVENING
FAIRY TIL q WARY !
-, 7 IN $50 $50 g.: !! ! 3
NEW MOLE HOME.

"Mr. Mole was going to get mar
ried," said Daddy. land he wanted to
build fine, fine Home for the new
Mrs Mole. So he went forth into the
incest meadow he could find, and there,
just at the end of it, near an old fence,
Mr. Mole started to burrow into the
ground.
"You know the Moles live under
ground almost all of the time, and
there make their Homes. Just near
the fence Mr.. Mole began to dig and
dig. First of all he made long, long
tunnel, a funny underground passage
which he called the Driveway of his
Home
'Of course the callers of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mole could hardly drive along
this tunnel, but they could run and
scamper along, and they liked to call
it by big name like Driveway.
And after the long long tunnel Mr..
Mole started in to make fine House
out of the earth. He made lovely
rooms, one for Mrs. Mole, one for him
self, one for the little Mole who was to
do the cooking and housekeeping and
several for guestrooms. For, as you
can imagine, Mr. Mole was very fond
Of company. In addition to all this Mt.
Mole built very fine picture gallery
made in tiers of earth and mud-long
rows and rows Of it, On these he put
pictures of his family which he made
out of earth, too.
you see their eyes are very small
and they like to look at things more
worth while-such as food and corn
starting to grow in the ground and all
the things the Farmers plant, They
vegetables are planted deep down in
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15
"PIease Admire My Dress"

the earth. They are very apt to bur-
walk to a farmland and have feast.
But must tell you more about Mr..
Moles new home. The very last thing
he did was to build a beautiful throne
in the picture gallery for Mrs. Mole.
AT last it was time for her to come
to her new Home and Mr. Mole had in
vited their friends and cousins. the
Cricket Moles to come, too.
Here we all are said Mrs. Mole,
and she blinked her very small eyes,
while all the other Moles blinked their
tiny eyes. too, and looked about them.
Through the Driveway they ran until
they came to the House with all the
beautiful rooms.
The room Mr.. Mole took them to
last was the picture gallery, where
Mrs. Mole sat on the throne in honor
OF her wedding day and the little Mole,
who cooked, brought out some of the
delicious stewed vegetables she had
made for the wedding feast
You should have heard the Moles
as they looked at the pictures They
thought every picture was one of their
own relatives.
"One Mole would say:
Why there's Mamma and another
would say:
why, no, that's not your Mamma,
that's my Papa However. they didn't
get in the least angry about the pic
tufes-in fact they thought it very
clever Of Mr.. Mole to make pictures
which looked like all their relations at
the same time
But you haven't noticed my we'd
ding Dress said Mrs. Mole. / think
!, my new Home is SCR U-M-P-T-I-
GUS, which means beautiful in case
any Of you little Moles don't under
stand the word I've said in honor of
the day. And now that you've all ad-
mired my Home, please admire my
dress
For the first time the Moles noticed
that Mrs. Mole had attached to her tiny
ears little earrings made of mud with
a red. berry in each. and she wore q
necklace to match Her dress was of
dull oak leaves which Mrs. Mole had
saved for whole year to wear on her
wedding day.
YOU'RE handsome Mole, said Mr..
Mole, and I'm 30 proud you're to share
this Home I've made, and all the other
Moles grinned and ate more and more
OF the vegetah'e ad5ias feast to show
what good tin we're having"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15
CHAPTER xIV-Continued.

Once past the sentries, the spahi
turned into one Of the quieter avenues
leading to the barracks. He had not
decreased his speed, and his horses
hoofs struck metallic, ominous music
out Of the cobbled roadway. Colonel
Destinn heard it and it seemed that
another sound had caught his atten-
ton, for he went to the window and
stood with his hand on the clasp, his
head bent Something rustled-some-
thing white flashed out from between
the trees and came gliding hurriedly
toward him.
"Sylvia!'' he muttered.
She almost flung herself into his
arms, clinging to him with a child's
panic and for the moment that he held
her their shadows were sharp cut
against the light. Then he half
dragged, half carried her into the room
and closed the windows. There were
heavy curtains on either side, and he
dragged them across. Save for the
soft Jingle Of his spurs and her own
quick breathing there was no sound.
He came back to her and drew her veil
from her white face
"Where have you come from?"
From the Cercle Desire left me-
don't know where he went to-but
ran here"
/ ~ have watched five nights for you"
II knew. 1t has been awful-the
temptation, the fear, the uncertainty.
Every night l tried to make up my
mind one way or another, but I
couldn't seemed to have lost hold.
Oh"-her white baby hands clutched
at his dolman in helpless despair-"oh,
what have you done-what have you
done?
II was very brutal" He led her
gently to an armchair far from the
window and stood quietly beside her,
his hand still holding hers, his eyes
turned from the bowed head to the dis
ordered table, as though seeking d
memory. "Some men are born brutal
Some become brutal through habit.
Sylvia. l have seen life too long from
my deliberately chosen standpoint to
change. And then meant there should
be no illusions-either for you or me-"
81 have none," she broke out bitter
ly; "they are all gone. / would not
have come to you tonight If you had
not made me see my own worthless
ness"
81 knew that. You would have played
on the safe side of the game and
called it virtue"
paul, how cruel you are"
"Yet-you love me, don't your"
She looked up at him with yelled
wistful eyes.
"Yes-I believe do. You are the
one real thing left me-the one real
thing Of my whole life. I have been
fed on illusions, my own and other peo-
pies They thought because | was
beautiful-more beautiful than most
women-that was also better. differ
ent. And I believed so, too. From our
second meeting l knew that you had
seen me-the real me-the foolish,
selfish. vain, shallow child And at
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15

With rapid, steady fingers Colonel
| Destinn broke, the seals and hurried
over the half dozen lines of precise
! writing When he had finished the
| whole man had changed. The mask
| was in it's place, so absolute in its dis
guise Of energy and steeled purpose
that what had been before now seemed
grotesque incredible comedy.
THE First marches at midnight" he
said. half to himself 1.-The orders were
already given when you left?"
Eyes. Corporal GoetZ's men were in
campaign but FIVE minutes after the
signal"
You were badly wounded. What
are you doing in this business? You
aren't fit to carry rifle"
He saw the tightening of the logged
Jaws, and for moment there flashed
between them a strange sympathy
the sympathy of fighters to whom
fighting is the great essence Of life 1t
passed like streak Of light in the
darkness Colonel Destinn turned
away.
olNC NY SOlI piiiuShlo " oNtlGL ~
Meunier. I shall be with the regiment
in ten minutes
This time there was no answer. The
silence seemed to impress itself slowly
on Colonel Destinns consciousness. He
looked up over the top Of the letter
which he still held to the light and his
gaze rested for Il second Oh the little
ivory fan and the white gloves-tlien
passed upward, as though drawn by an
irresistible fascination, to the face Of
the man opposite. He, too, had seem
A minute later their eyes met. In the
distance bugle chanted the Legion's
war signal, AUX armes! AUX armes"
Richard Farquhar swung round and
closed the door behind him. Instinct
lively Colonel Destinn had placed him
self between Farquhar and the door
leading to the inner room. 1t was
typical Of him that be did not threaten
or attempt to deny the vital facts OF
the situation. In an hour this man
might be arrested and shot down-but
not now. Richard Farquhar picked up
the fan and opened it.
Colonel Destinn. man knew
gave this to the woman he was to have
married. How did it come here?
Colonel Destinn looked into the
blazing eyes Of his opponent and
frowned. 1t was the first sign Of
yielding self-possession.
You are brave Courage is the one
thing | can respect. You are free to
go, Engishman."
mot till you have answered.
II shall then have double cause to
order out shooting party Oh your be-
half"
What you insinuate is a damnable
lie
Destinn laughed.
"At least you have the courage Of
your convictions" he said. almost with
regret.
The legionary made no answer. He
had thrust aside the intervening table,
and the next instant both men were
locked together in a merciless en-
brace There was no sound-scarcely
movement. The first fury of Far
guhar's onslaught balanced his fever
weakened condition and leveled their
respective strength to practical equal
ity. Then the steeled muscles of the
elder man asserted themselves. and
slowly. imperceptibly. he retreated
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15
What Hes Worried About.

II presume you are giving great
deal Of thought to your forthcoming
address on preparedness"
"Oh, yes" replied the statesman. al
though my secretary, as . matter Of
fact, is writing the speech. What I'm
about is the possible effect it
may have on my constituents
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15
band in giving full praise to stenog
rapher who Justly deserved it.
In Boudoir Dress.

1t is related that scene showing
the interior of a racing stable was
thrown on the screen 1T certain
theater Each horse was covered
with bright colored blanket Little
two-year-old Nan, who had never seen
stable before, exclaimed to her
mother:
"Oh, mamma, see the horsies with
their kimonos on!"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15
Everything Duo to Effort,

In all human affairs there are eff.
forts, and there are results, and the
strength of the effort is the measure
of the result. Chance is not, Gifts, ;"
powers; material, intellectual, !, and
spiritual possessions are the fruits OF
effort; they are thoughts completed,
objects accomplished, visions real
Allen.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15

What does duty mean to you? /.
Despite his position of power, Z
the situation in which Colonel ..
Destinn finds himself is hope .
less. There is nothing to live
, for, apparently. At this mo- .
ment sounds the stern call to ,
duty, but an instant later temp
tation in the person Of Sylvia .
stays his response. Will duty
! win?
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15
Why He Likes Chess.

What is your favorite pastime?"
Chess" replied Mr.. Growcher
But you don't play it."
mo. | like it because 1t keeps the
people who do from making noise
around the house."
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-15

= Has Captain Arnaud discov !.
cred his wife's utter treason, /.
4 and started out to kill her and 4
|. her men friends? After what 1
: you know, would you blame the !:
|. husband for anything murder. q
! Gus he did?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02

ourselves and the performance Of the
car that we decided 10 go through 10
New York on the 'loup.'
when the smoke had finally cleared
away our running time from the mo-
mcnt we left T c. Van Derhoof at
the Fort Pitt Hotel. in Pittsburgh.
until we arrived at the Forty-second
Street Ferry, Weehawken, was exactly
is hours end so minutes. This time
was figured "a follows:
we left Mr.. Van Derhoof az 1850
on Friday. At l2:40 we sat down to
dinner in Greensburg. Left Grecns-
burg az las, pulled into the Bedford
Garage. Bedford. Penn. at 4:43. We
left Bedford at 5:l5. arrived a. Cham
bersburc at o'clock. pulled into York
at j o'clock, where we rehlled with
gas and oil, drank about a gallon Of
hot coffee, did little boasting 20 an
unbeieving crowd OF garage men and
pulled out for the East AT 1910.
I'VE arrived at the Nendig Hotel
Philadelphia. at 3:15, and made one
large. grand rush for soft bed.
Wednesday morning we slept till 70.
hreakfasted and called on the Eastern
Motors Corporation, our agents m
Philadelphia, where we saw Nh. Tay-
lor and Mr. Maucher. Left PhilaCel-
phia at 1880 and loafed' up to Sew
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
The Dixie Magnetic.

One Of the greatest ignition develop
ments Of the year has been the pro-
duction of magnet0s for eight and
twelve cylinder motor car engines by
the Splitdorf Electrical Company, New
ark, y. j., whose line OF magnetos now
contain models for every type Of motor
As it is practically impossible 20 o0-
tain more than six contacts IN nat
distributor disk OF ordinary construc-
tion a particularly ingenious compound
distributor has been designed for the
Fights and twelyes, in which the ter
minals are not arranged IN one plane,
as in the four and siX-cyl.nder models,
but in two parallel planes.
The Mason principle, on which the
Dixie magnetos operate, Is radical
departure from ordinary magnetic prac-
tice and possesses many features OF
interest. The rotating shaft passes
through the magnet poles instead OF
between them, and instead OF carrying
an armature on which the windlngs are
placed this shaft carries two solid
polar extensions separated by non
magnetic distance piece. Surrounding
these revolving pole pieces ls hght
laminated field structure, consisting OF
two-pole pieces and q core on top. The
core carries both primary and second
airy windings. The principle OF opera
ton is that Of sending magnetic lines
alternately In opposite directions
through the field structure. The pols
extensions are simply a means OF
carrying the magnetic lines from the
mai- magnet 70 the ANIMATED held
struc .ure. and they do not change
their pOlarlty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02

late nj night Al last our dreams were
realized. We had found metal lighter
but stronger than cast iron and some
steels. We then began casting the
parts. Finally we had motor com
pletc. For hours IL was run on the
block. No trouble was found after the
first few defects were eliminated
I'm the meantime we turned our at
tention 10 the refinement OF the chassis,
reasoning that perfect motor would
not be Of much benefit unless other
parts were improved correspondingly.
The result was the evolution or the
idea Of unit body and chassis body
that would be built 20 the frame rather
than hung onto the frame members. We
rcalized that one Of the greatest faults
of the motor car was It's inclination
TO sway and crcak with the motion OF
the wheels over rough roads. We de
,ermined to eradicate this once and for
all by building a body of aluminu.n IN
three PARTS owl, front seats and ton
ncau-and boiling it directly 70 the
frame, and by the use Of different
spring suspension. Both IDEAS were
successful.
In the fall Of 1919 we had the car
together for the first time. We ran IL
all over Indiana ana llilnolS on ptciiin-
mary tests, and finally had 1t in such
perfect condition We determined TO
give it an unlimited speed test on the
Indianapolis Speedway. We set throttle
wide open and ran for days. Then we
shipped il 10 Arizona for final work
out over the roads and trails of the
Southwest. We covered thousands Of
miles in Texas, Arizona and New Mex
leo without breaking single part We
were satisfied that we had built the
kind Of car that was demanded Of
people who for years had been trading
with the conservative and financially
sound companies. We had built the
1916 Marmon.
The seven-passenger model weighs
only 3.540 pounds, fully equipped for
the road. II weighs less when rated at
shipping weight, but we believe the
public is entitled to know what that car
weighs as il will use IT, This is approx
Imatcly % per cent less weight than IS
carried by similar class cars OF equal
wheel base. We have absolutely elm
mated body swaying and all tendencies
toward skidding. We have more dura-
BILE car. despite the improvements we
have made. and we believe that It
comes closer 90 being a unit than any
other machine on the market.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Has Been Under Construc-
ton at Big Plant
Nearly Two Years.
EXHIBITED AT SHOW
Said to Combine Lightness, Sta
biiity, Style, Speed, Com
fort and Flexibility.
by +. +. MOSKOVICS,
Commercial Manager. Nordyke n Mar
mon Company.

The fourteenth annual New York Au-
tomobiie Show marks the beginning Of
"A new era in automobile construction.
Not in a decade has there been SO
much interest taken in the national
pageant as is being shown by the pub
lie toward the show which opened last
night at Madison Square Garden and
Grand Central Palace The amount Of
refinement in cons -ruction that marks
the 1916 crop of cars shows a more
stable trend In the business.
For years it has been realized by the
best engineers that a motor car which
combined he qualities of lightness,
stability. durability, style speed, ac-
celcrativc power and comfort. without
sacrificing either one f.4turc or the
other. was the car that was destined
10 completely satisfy the public. Con-
slant effort has been made to reduce
weight TO increase speed. to get bodies
that would not creak and groan II light.
would not burn up prohibltiye
amount Of gasoleue. Always something
has been lacking. II the weight Of a
product was reduced, weakened parts
resulted, or an evil looking body was
put on the car-the type of body that
noIsily complained of the humping it
received after its first few d Us on the
road Efforts TO duplicate the best
types Of the European body makers re-
suited in such heavy coach work that
the cars were loggy and unrcsponsNe,
or were costly 90 operate. Multiple cyIln-
dcrs were added that the acccleratlon
might be increased; that greater speed
might be obtained, chat the power TO
haul the heavy machines 20 speed
might be generated; that the motors
might have more heXlbility. These mo-
tors seem destined to success. As yet
they are IN more or less experimental
stage.
A. early as 1912 / remember dis
cussiou held with members of the So
ciety of Automobile Engineers, who
were inclined 20 believe that what was
needed most of al. by the automobile
manufacturers of to-day was an alloy
with aluminium as base, that we might
have stronger and az the same time
lighter metals with which TO bui.d
great many parts of our cars. lmme-
diatelv we began series Of tests to
determine .he best and strongest alloys
Of aluminium which might be used, not
for the bodies alone, but for motor
parts a. well. These tests went on
for months. Technical experts from
all over the country were called g. our
plant. Our factory was an expert
mental ground from early morning to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Saxon Moves to Parlor Floor
A Show President H. W. Ford Said He Would Be Front Row
This Year, and He Is.

proved body finish and body raised by
addition OF moulding around top of
body.
The tonncau scat has been widcncd
and il now sc inches wide. The front
seat back has been changed slightly TO
make II more comfortable The seat
has more pronounced tilt than pre-
viously. Upholstery is flush az the
sides and seat arms and Us not tuItcd.
However. II IL tufted ut the seat backs.
Refinement in the motor is obtained
by using Burd high compression piston
rings for ne top ring on cnch piston.
This is feature Of high-priced cars
and It's advantage Is the maintaining
of proper compression at all times. re-
Sulting in higher uniform efficiency
from the motor.
Spark plugs have been moved over
the intake valves. instead OF over the
exhaust valves. where they were FOR
mcrly located The result is that the
PLUGS are kept cleaner and last longer.
The gasoline tank is changed from p
Soidcred tank TO a two-piece sheet
metal drawn tank, thus securing greater
strength
The new features Of the New Series
Saxon -Four" roadster include three
speed transmission. instead Of two
speed; body lines improved by doing
away with windshield filler skirt, the
cowl now coming up and meeting wind
shield; ventilating windshield larger in
size. signal lamps at sides as regular
equipment in addition to the gas head
lights, adjustable pedals. both brake
and clutch, improved brakes Of in
creased size. and TImken aNles front
md ronr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Saxon Exhibit Is Attractive.

The Saxon exhibit at the Palace in
cludes polished chassis of both the siN-
cylinder and four-cylinder models, cut
away TO show parts moving. In add
ton the new series SIX touring,
"SiX" roadster, six" all-season car
and -Four" are shown.
Many rchucments that mean n good
many dollars IN added value are found
in these new series Saxon siX-cyllnder
and four-cylinder models. The prices Of
the cars are not changed. S7S5 for the
SIX touring car and S395 for the
-Four" roadster. The new "SiX" road
ster is priced at S7S5 and "SiX" tour
ing car with all-seaSon top at $685..
The siN-cylindcr models are equipped
with two-unit electric starting and
lighting system, thus giving the Saxon
the same efficient type of electric
starting as high priced cars use. Flee
trio starting and lighting system is
extra equipment on the four-cylinder
cars. but the price has been reduced
from SO 10 $50.
The New Series SaNonS show no me-
chanical features of an experimental or
freakish nature, and no radical changes
have been made in the chassis. How
ever, a number Of reiincments in the
design have been made.
New Features of six"
Among the new features of New
Series Saxon "SiX" are the two-uuit
starting and lighting system. Thinker
aNleS and Thinker bearings throughout
the chassis. silent hcljcal bevel gears,
roor,ier rear seat. lnoleum covered
RAINING boards and Noor boards. ,W-