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CHAPTER XI-Continued.

She tried to wrench her hands free,
the while her eyes remained in help
less attendance on his.
Colonel Destinn-you are insult
ing-you have no right"
81 am not insulting. And If l were
you would have to listen to me. The
power l have over you is yours over
me. We belong together, Madame Ar
maud, by virtue of our vice. We are
both corrupt, worthless-you in your
way l in mine. Hear me out, pleased
] am brutal man, and l am tearing
down the veil with brutal hands. But
no matter-you will have it mended
by tomorrow. For an hour l choose
that you should see clearly. You have
bounded two men to their ruin-in all
innocence. You set yourself on a false
pedestal which they could not reach
you set them a task which they could
not accomplish without using your own
methods. They had not your powers
of assuming virtue nor my powers of
valuing your peculiar worth. The one
man virtually committed suicide at the
ait"A VI SOui PSAASSIOh' lhS OenSi
murder"
He stopped entirely. 1t was as
though his own thoughts had engulfed
his knowledge OF her existence. She
drew her hands away, and he made no
effort to retain them.
Colonel Destinn," she said gently,
81 think you must be mad. Even if
the dreadful things you have said were
true, why should you say them to me?
1 gave you my friendship because you
because l myself was lonely and I'M
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25
Reptiles Had chins Like Humans.

Oddly enough, and for some reason
quite unexplained, the nearest resem-
blance to the human chin is found in
some of the most ancient reptiles yet
discovered-strange and primitive
creatures whose remains have been
unearthed on the shores of the north
ern Dwina. 1t is not to be imagined
that they could talk, for they had no
brains to speak of. Their chins, which
are strikingly humanlike. must have
been meant by nature for some entire
ly different purpose.
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25

tween good and evil-and that we
must choose" She got up quickly, for
Sylvia Arnaud had dropped forward
with her face buried in her hands and
the white, beautiful shoulders were
quivering. Madame Arnaud, what is
it? Have hurt your
"No, not you. But am unhappy
terribly unhappy. 1 never felt it be-
fore, but feel tonight that my brother
is dead. Until now 1 always had hope
and now l have none" She lifted
her tear-stained, twisted young face to
the woman beside her. II think
loved my brother" she said. You
won't believe me-you think l am vain
| and shallow and heartless, and you
may be right IL am not sure Of
| anything except my brother. l have
been trying to go right down into my
self, but l can only find darkness and
confusion. l want to stop thinking
to be like l was-but l can't. Even
my love for my brother doesn't seem
so certain. What is it-what has hap
pened to meY
Gabrielle Smith did not answer for a
moment. She touched the lightly
clasped hands with a gentle compass
sion, but her eyes were fixed absently
in front of her.
II don't know" she said. 81 expect
we all feel like that someti-es-when
we stop taking ourselves for granted.
Or perhaps-unknown to you-the
crisis is there"
''The crisis?' Outside in the court
yard Sylvia Arnaud's ear had caught
the sound of heavy footsteps. She rose
with a painful change of expression,
| then, as she saw her companions face,
became calm, gently Indifferent with
| out trace of the sudden outburst save
| for the heightened color, the feverish
brightness of her eyes.
Desire Arnaud glanced at her as he
entered. She bad resumed her CORE
spondence and did not turn, but the
quiet disparagement of her attitude
seemed too usual to affect him. lie
crossed the room and, tossing his KEPT
on the table, sank wearily in the chair
which Gabrielle had just vacated. His
uniform was soiled and dust-stained,
xnd the fine yellow sand of the desert
seemed to have crept into the deep fur
rows of his face, marking them out
as with a merciless pencil.
Gabrielle Smith turned from him
and went quietly to the tea table and
began to pour out. But he did not
seem to see her. The whole man had
sunk into a heavy stupor, beyond the
reach of sound apparently, without
knowledge of his surroundings. Yet as
his wife rose from her place he
stirred, his eyes followed under the
heavy white-lashed lids.
"Wait moment have something
to say to you"
She stopped. Her fair head was
thrown back slightly; her features
would have been expressionless but fol
the faint suggestion of contempt about
the mouth.
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25
The Red Mirage
Il Story of the French Legion
in Algiers
BY l. A. R. WYLIE
CAN rights reserved. The Bobbs-M Merrill Col
BY l. A. R. WYLIE

ho't hCht NAOAf5 JON La W NaACWA - -
shadow on a friendship that l treas
ured. Whatever we have to bear we
must bear bravely and with honor"
"What do | ask of your" He took
her hands between his own and held
them caressingly. "Only what you say
you have given me-friendship, but
friendship freed from false convention
and hypocrisy, friendship that dare be
itself and its own law. l need you. A
mans fate lies in your hands"
He broke off, and she too was silent
In his silence there was covered irony.
in hers fear Her eyes no longer met
his. She was gazing fxedly across the
out from between the banks of olive
and came on swiftly, its surface.
caught by the evening sun, glittering
in long lines of silver.
Look" she said under her breath.
He glanced over his shoulder. A
harsh bugle note rang through the
peaceful evening stiffness, and as
though the sound had held enchant-
ment the stream recoiled, rolled back
on itself in waves of light, and then
amid mufIied thunder came to rest.
Colonel Destinn nodded.
at is their last camp-out before we
go SOUTH" he said. "We are going
south. Did you know thatY
NO" she said in that same low
one.
"There is the road to be completed
| my road. Until you came it was my
life-the thing 1 deadened my brain
with-a kind of narcotic. 1t is the
finest military road in Algiers, and in
three months it will be finished" He
looked her deep into the eyes. "There
are limits to human patience. l had
not meant to outlive my ambition. 1t
was the term l had set myself. Shall
l come back, Sylvan
She made no answer. She seemed
only in part to understand him. But
instinctively she recognized that the
pleasant intermezzo of romance which
she had played to her own boredom
had ended abruptly, leaving her at the
mercy of an incalculable force. This
man, as he had said, held the reins.
Colonel Destinn laid his hands or
her shoulders. Poor childv he SAID
almost pityingly. you cannot choose
the straight path even to the devil
Who am 1 to blame? Come, l will
make an end for you. You need no
choose; leave it to destiny-to me
There is only one thing l ask. Befor,
l go south l must say good-by to you
You will come? 1t is the only answer
l shall need"
A Jewish woman laden with flow
ers came round the corner OF the
mosque, singing a monotonous Aral
song. Colonel Destinn bowed.
'Au revoir, Madame Arnaud."
She turned from him with littl,
strained smile about her white lips.
"Au revoir, Colonel Destinn."
The fiower-seller came up to her, of
fering her a sprig of jasmine, and sh'
accepted and paid for it with a me
chanical self-possession. Convention
had lent her the strength to appear in
different. Yet her hand trembled. TIL,
woman looked up into her face with
bold smile.
Let madame keep the flower eve
with her." she said. 1T carries a bless
ing to a pure heart"
Sylvia Arnaud nodded and passed
on.
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25
Americans and Dante.

Except the Bible, no work has had
so much written about it as has the
"Divina Ccnmecia," and no work has
been translated into so many Ian
guages; among those in our cwn four
are the work of American translators.
Moreover, Americans are to the fore in
Dantesque comment. During the nine
teenth century some five hundred pub
l'cations dealing with the poet were
written by Americans and printed in
this country
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25
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 Prestons / o. US re-
turned to him. Farquhar is helped to his
rooms by Gabrielle Smith. Sower demands
an apology Refused he forces Farquhar
to resign his commission in return for
possession of F'arquhar's fathers writ
ten confession that he had murdered Sow
er's father. Gabrielle saves Farquhar
from suicide. To shield Arnaud, Sylvia's
fiance. Farquhar processes to have stolen
war plans and tells the real culprit why
he did so. As Richard Nameless he joins
the Foreign Legion and sees Sylvia, now
Nine. Arnaud, meet Colonel Destinn.
Farcuhar meets Sylvia and Gabrielle, and
learns from Corporal Goetz of the col
onei'e cruelty. Arnaud becomes a drunk
ard and opium smoker. Sylvia becomes
friendly with Colonel Destinn. Arnaud
becomes jealous of Farquhar Farquhar,
on guard at villa where a dance is in
progress, is shot down by Arnaud. Ar
maud justifes his insanely jealous action
to Colonel Destinn. Arnaud goes to dane
ing girl who loves him for comfort. Ga
brele meets Lowe for whom she had
sacrificed position and reputation, and
tells him she is free from him. Sylvia
NETS Destinn behind the mosque.
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25

swer: "Oh, yes,
but there is and it
is the most ro-
mantle kind of ro-
nance. Introduc-
tions are made by
mutual friends by
letter and the pen
dulum is S g t
swinging"
A score or more
of friendly letters
may pass between
a man and woman
ere interest is
awakened by the
few casual words
which touch the
h e art h / d d en-
spring. 1t is usu.
ally the missing
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25
Wooing by Mail
May Be Romantic
but It's Also Risky
By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
Copyright, 1861

copyright, 1Sl6.)
Oh, golden opportunity that means so
much,
They do me wrong who say como no
more
When once 1 knock and fail to find you
in,
For every morn 1 stand outside your
door
And bid you wake to rise, to fight and
win.
There can be little or no successful
wooing by mail, you say, and l an
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25

umbrella vigorously in his direction.
In the woman who has come on at his
solicitation to marry him he sees a
person of fully 200 pounds weight, red
as to face and white as to hair, a
spectacled grandma looking every one
of her fifty years. He begs off at a
heavy price.
Moral-It is dangerous to WOO and
win a stranger by MALL
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25
Has Arnaud learned Of Syl-
Was meeting with Col. Destlnn,
and In his madness, is he about
to shoot her and then commit
suicide?
ITo BE coNTfNUEDJ
New Use for HanvInes.

One of the latest results of the ef-
forts Of Germany's scientists to aid
the fatherland is the discovery that
hopvines make an excellent material
for paper, jute and charcoal.
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25

happy. But does that merit so much
brutality in return?"
Forgive me, madame. 1 am a ruff
fan. have forgotten the language.
See, l am pleading with you for my
life, my sanity. A soul in hell-a soul
that you could save cries out to you as
TO the last hope of its salvation. Are
you a woman and have not the cour-
age to hold out hand from your own
grief to a deeper grief, a deeper de-
spair? VIII you turn away from me,
SylviaT'
Colonel Destinn, we shall neither of
us find peace in evil" she said. "You
Bonners Ferry herald., 1916-08-25

Col. Destinn understands what
a mean little soul Sylvia has
and she knows he does. AS a
result of his power over her,
dc you believe she will surren-
her herself to him-a man with
out honor or mercy7
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-01
TROOPS TO Be WITHDRAWN
War Department Admits Funston
Urged Such Step.

A Recommendation from General
Funston that the American troops be
Withdrawn from Mexico was contained
in a recent report On the military sit
uation made at the request Of the war
department and designed for use of
the Joint commission which will dis
cuss border problems. State depart
ment ofHcials do not attempt to dis
guise their regret over premature
publication Of General Funston's con.
clusions, but they indicated that 1t
would not cause any alteration in
plans. oncials realized that press
ing matters for discussion by the com.
mission from Mexico's viewpoint will
be the question of withdrawal of Gen
eral Pershing's expeditionary force.
n order to furnish the American COM
missioners with full Information,
General Funston was asked to ex-
press his views on the military aspect
Of the expedition.
Publication of the fact that General
Funston believes It wise to withdraw
the troops may hamper the American
commissioners some. oficials think, in
obtaining whatever guarantees they
may ask Of the Mexican government
as to security ,f the border from
bandit raids.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-01
NAVAL PROGRAM APPROVED
Funds to Build Up Great Navy Voted
bv Lower House,

Congress virtually completed the
national defense program by app-ov-
ing the great increases In naval con
struction and personnel written into
the naval bill and urgently supported
by the administration.
The house accepted the building
program. to which It's conferees on
the measure had refused to agree, by
. vote Of 283 to 81, with seven Of the
members present Lot voting.
The personnel and construction
tions, which already have the APPROX
al of the senate. authorize an increase
in enlisted men to 74.7O0 and the build
ing of 157 war vessels within the next
three years. with but four battle cruis
srs and four battleships included
among the ships for 1917.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-01

Lydia E. 2inkham's Vegetable Com
pound would cure it. 1t helped both
the Change Of Life and the tumor and
when ! got home I did not need the doctor.
l took the Pinkhan remedies until the
tumor was gone, the doctor said. and I
have not felt it since. I tell every one
how ! was cured. II this letter will
help others you are welcome to use It. -
Mrs. E. H. BEAN, 625 Joseph Avenue,
Nashville, Tenn.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. pure remedy containing the
extractive properties Of good old FASH
ioned roots and herbs, meets the needs
ofwoman's system at this critical period
Of her life. Tryit
II there Is any symptom in your
case which puzzles you, write to
the Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-01
II RACE CARS PILE IN SMASH
Two Killed and Third May Die In q
Wreck on Kalamazoo Track.

Two men were killed and eight 9TH
ers injured. one OF them fatally. when
eleven OF fourteen automobiles piled
up at the first turn during the 100 mile
race at Recreation park. Kalamazoo.
The dead: Marion Arnold, mechan-
ician. Chicago, decapitated; Jack Pea
cock, driver, Brooklyn.
F. E. Marquette. Kalamazoo. mech
anician for Peacock. was probably
fatally injured.
Among the others injured is Jimmy
Alexander Of Sioux City, Ia. mechan-
ician, badly bruised.
The accident occurred when Pea
cocks car. leading IN the race. skid
ded and struck the fence at the first
turn. 1t was overturned and thrown
across the track. The other drivers
ploughed into the overturned car. Five
Of them were completely demolished.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-01
CONGRESS TO ACT
Leaders Make Ready For ses.
sion on Rail Crisis.
RUPTURE ALMOST CERTAIN.

Ueotherhooo Committee 10 instructed
Not to Agree to Arbitrats Eight
Hsur Day-strike Orders In han6s
of TNinmen.
Tentative plans for . Joint session
Of the senate and house to hear Pres
ident Wilson ask for legislation to pre-
vent the nationwide railroad strike
were discussed ty the president with
Senator Kern. the Democratic leader.
when II seemed virtually certain thar
. break between the railroads and
their employees must follow the finai
conferences at the White House.
Possibilities Of legislation were
talked over by ,e president with
Senator Newlands. chairman OF the
interstate commerce committee. and
Secretary Lane. and the president
made a quiet trip to the senate once
building to fnd Senator Kern. attend
ing q meeting OF the finance commit
tee. The belief that negotiations be-
tween the railroad executives and rep
resentative0 of the men would emo
without an agreement has been grow
ing. This feeling was strengthened
when the members of the brotherhood
committee OF $40. tired Of their long
wait. departed for home after delegat-
ing their powers to effect a settlement
or call a strike to a committee OF
twenty-four. instructed under no CTR
cumstances to agree to arbitration OF
the demand for an eight-hour day at
the present rate Of pay for ten hours.
All Depends Upon Developments.
Whether the plans considered by
President Wilson and his advisers at
the capitol will be carried out depends
upon developments. hut 1t is under
stood that II all efforts fail to bring
the employers and their men together
the president will go before congress
and ask that II deal with the situa-
tion. even II that necessitates indefl-
nitely prolonging the present session.
Unless the railroad heads recedc
from their demand for arbitration OF
the eight-hour Jay proposal. one broth
erhood onicial said. strike affecting
about 400, 900 men will be called with
in the next ten DAYS.
Representatives Of both the rail-
ways and the brotherhoods WI. confer
with the president again. The eyecu
tives of the lines will present the plan.
the outstanding feature OF whic., is q
demand for arbitration OF wages un.
der the eight-hour cay or any day.
When they have dcnarteH tho s--.-r-
hood heads win 60 70 the White
House and ap2rise President W..son
that they cannot accept arbitration Of
this feature OF their demands, and
that in general they stand on his pro
posal. to concede the eight-hour prin.
ciple and arbitrate the other issues.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-01
Mexican Commission on way.

The Mexican commissioners who
are to endeavor to settle with an
American commission points in dis
pute between the United States and
Mexico departed from Mexico City for
New York. Luis Cabrera, president Of
the Mexican commission. accompanied
by James Linn Rodgers, the American
representative to- the Carranza gov
ernment, proceeded to Vera Cruz.
whence they sailed for Key West on
board the United States transport
Dixie. Albert J. Pani and Ignacio 30
nillas. the other members of the com
mission, proceeded to Saltillo.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-01
UP TO RAIL CHIEFS
Wilson Urges Presidents d
Roads to Adopt Plan.
FINAL ANSWER NOT GIVEN.

Railway onieials Will Confer Among
Themselves and Return For Confer
enee Asain-situation Described a
Not Hopeless. bu. Grave.
President Wilson appealed to the
railroad officials to abandon their in
astence on arbitration of the dispute
threatening nationwide strike and
TO accept his plan OF settlement. al
ready agreed to by :he employees, be.
cause, in his opinion. the railroads are
contending for q principle which i,
seemingly Is impossible to apply tu
The present situation.
In one Of the most dramatic scenes
Known to the White House in recen,
years. the president declared to the
heads Of $4,000. 100000 worth of prop
erty assembled at his summons: III
. strike occurs the public will know
where the responsibility rests. II will
not be upon me-"
A few minutes later he issued a
statement, saying: The public has q
right to expect acceptance" Of his
plan.
Refusing acceptance for the pres.
ent, but not giving a final answer
Hale Holden. president of the Burling.
ton railroad and spokesman for the
thirty-three railway officials. urged
the president to uphold the principle
Of arbitration and declared his plan
would place in peril all that has been
accomplished in the peaceful adjust.
ment OF labor controversies by meth.
DDS Of arbitration"
At the close Of the conference Pres.
ident Wilson summoned to Washing.
ton additional railroad presidents
from the west and :he executives al
ready there told him they would con.
fer among themselves and return
early this week In the meantime
representatives OF both roads and EN-.
ployees will remain in Washington for
informal conferences.
The situation was described bv Q
railroad president as mot hopeless.
but grave" Discussion OF counter pro-
posals and compromises was current.
and serious consideration was given
to the possibility OF government cper.
alton OF the roads in case Of a strike.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-01
R0UMANIA IN war
Makes Formal DecIaratioa
Against Austria Hungary.
HMYBRfAksM WITH GERMANY

switzerland Requested to Inform Der.
lin Of Decision II ouirinaI-Paris
Admits oulsars Capture All but
One Of kavaIa pefenses.
Roumania declared war on Austria.
hungary ON Sunday evening. II was
announced officially at Berlin. The
herman federal council was convoked
Immediately after the decision became
known
Roumania's decision to enter the
war was reached at . meeting OF the
crown council held at Bucharest.
Italy has declared war on Germany.
The following Official announcement
was made At Berlin: "The Italian gov.
ernment has declared through the
swiss government that 1t considers
itself from Aug. 2S at war with Ger.
many"
Italy and Germany have been drift
Ing steadily toward war. The declar.
alton became inevitable when Italy
recently sent troops to Saloniki to CO.
operate in the campaign of the en-.
tente allies on the Macedonian from.
tier, as Germany is directing the op
posing forces anc has troops on this
battle line. Italy's position in regard
TO Germany has been an anamolous
one since italy withdrew from the
triple alliance May % last year and
declared war on Austria Although by
this act she arrayed herself against
tria. she remained officially at peace
with Germany until now.
suIgars Capture Greek Forts.
Heavy fighting continues between
entente and Teutonic allies in the
Macedonia theater from the region OF
Lake Ochrida eastward to Kavala.
Bulgarian cavalry has passed
through Kastoria in the direction Of
Cozain and are continuing their broad
sweeping movement. evidently intend.
ed to crumple the Serbs at Saloniki.
Berlin reports that Bulgarian forces
operating to the west of Lake Ochri.
da have captured Malk, In Albania,
and along the Struma King Ferdi.
nands men are approaching the mouth
Of the river. Paris admits the Bul.
gars have taken all except one Of the
forts AZ Kavaln, on the Aegean, but
says they have come under the fire OF
British warships.
Fierce Fighting on British Front.
Despite bad weather there has been
considerable fghting and mine war
fare along the British front In France
I" London reports the capture Of 20t
yards Of . German trench north ol
Bazentin.le Petit and further gair
northwest of Ginchy. Berlin says
that British attacks south Of Thiepval
were without success.
Paris records repu'se Of German at
tacks along the line held by French
Russian efforts 20 cross the Dvina
river. southeast Of Riga, and also near
Ffiedrichstadt, failed. On the remain
der Of the Russian front no important
lighting has been reported.
Petrograd reports a Russian success
over the Turks along the Masladarasi
Infantry fighting on the Isonzo front II
at . 'standstill. but the Austrians are
heavily bombarding Italian positions
along the river and at Vallone. n
the Carnic Alps, the Italians have
taken several Austrian positions.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-01
rhree Killed al old settIers' Reun.on

Three Killed at Old Settlers Reunion.
Three men are dead and eight in
jured as result OF q series of fights
which merked the old settlers reunion
at Rocky Comfort, In Mcdonald coun
ty. Missouri. The dead are: Lewis
Larrimore, Thomas vanslack and J. l.
West. The fighting continued two
days and was said to have started in
too liberal hbations of "moonshinA'