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| that old man when we love each 9th
err had never known it until then
we were only children. but he
grew suddenly old. | knew 1t then
| said Madame de la Maine intensely. Il
| knew it then"
She waited for long time. Over
, the face of the desert there seemed to
| be nothing but one veil Of light. The
| silence grew so intense, so deep: the
| Arabs had stopped singing. but the
| heart fairly echoed. and Julia grew
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. her eyes the cara
| van she waited for seemed to come out
| of the moonlit mist, rocking, rocking
| the camelS and the huddled figures of
| the riders, their shadows east upon the
sand
And now fremont would be forever
changed in her mind. A man who had
suffered from his "outh. warm-heart
ed boy, defrauded of his early love. II
seemed 10 her that he was charming
figure TO lead Sabron.
"Therese," she murmured. won't
you tell me?"
They thought | had gone to bed.
said the ComtesSe de la Maine, land !
went back to my room by little stair
case. seldom used, and | found myself
alone. and | knew what life was and
what it meant to be poor"
But" interrupted Julia, Mortified
girls are not sold in the twentieth
century"
They are sometimes in France, my
dear Robert was only seventeen. His
father laughed at him. threatened tc
send him to South America. We were
Victims
ut was the harvest moon." coli
tinued Madame de la Maine gently,
and it shone on us every night until
my wedding day. Then the duke kept
his threat and sent Robert out OF
France He continued his studies in
England and went into the army OF
Africa"
There was a silence again.
Il did not see him until last year.
said Madame de la Maine. after my
husband died"
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them from the sky. At little di3-
lance their servants sat around the
dying fire, and there came to them the
plaintive song Of Azrael, ls he led
their singing:
ana who can give again the love OF yes
terday?
Can a whiriwfnd replace the sand after II
is scattered?
What can heal the heart that Allah has
SmitrenP
Can the mirage form again when there
are no eyes 10 see"
l was married. said Madame de la
Maine, when | was sixteen"
Julia drew little nearer and smiled
to herself in the shadow.
This would be real love story.
i had just come out Of the con-
vent. We lived in an old chateau.
older than the history of your coun-
try. ma chere, and had TO dot. Rob
ert de fremont and used to play to-
Gether in the alIees of the park. on
the terrace. When his mother brought
him over when she called on my
grandmother. ne leased me horribly
because the weeds grew between the
stones of our terrace. He was very
rude
Throughout our childhood. until |
was sixteen, we teased each other
an fought and quarreled."
This is not a love-affair. Therese."
said Miss Redmond
There are all kinds, ma ctere. as
there are all temperame1ts." said
Madame de la Maine. AT Assump-
tion-that is our great feast. Julia
the Feast Of Mary-it comes in Au
gust-at Assumption. Monsieur de la
Maine came to talk with my grand
mother. lie was forty years old, and
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Ter stallion. and flew away like light,
and t was Julia who first drew rein.
"Thercse. Therese! We cannot
go any farther"
Lady" said Azrael. He drew his
big black horse up beside them. We
must go back to the tents"
Madame de la Maine pointed with
Ter whip toward the horizon 1T is
cruel. II ever recedes!"
Tell NE, Julia. OF Monsieur de
Sabron." asked Madame de la Maine
abruptly
There is nothing to tell. Therese ;
You don't trust me-"
do you think that. really"
In the tent where Azrael served
thea their meal, under the ceiling Of
Turkish red with its Arabic charac-
ters in clear white Julia and Madame
lie la Maine sat while their coffee was
served them by Syrian servant
"A girl does not come into the Sa-
hara and watch like a sentinel. does
not suffer as you have suffered, ma
chere without there being something
to tell.
1T is true" said Miss Redmond,
and would you be with me. Therese.
If did lot trust you? And what do
you want me to tell?" she added
naively.
The comtesse laughed.
"VOus etes charmante, julia"
81 met Monsieur de Sabron." said
Julia slowly, mot many months ago in
Tarascon. I saw him several times.
and then he went away"
And them" urged Madame de la
Maine eagerly.
He left his little dog, Pitchoune,
with me. and Pitchoune ran after his
master, to Marseilles. flinging himself
into the water. and was rescued by
the sailors. | wrote about ii to Mon
sieur de Sabron. and he answered me
from the desert, the night before he
went into battle"
And t ats ail?" urged Madame de
la Maine.
That's all" said Miss Redmond.
She drank her coffee.
You tell love story very badly.
ma chere."
is it love story"
Have you come to Africa for char
ity? Voyons!"
Julia was silent A great reserve
seemed to seize her heart, to stitie
her as the poverty Of her love story
struck her. She sat turning her COT
teaspoon between her fingers, her
eyes downcast She had YER little
to tell She might never have any
more to tell Yet this was her love
story. But the presence OF Sabron
was so real, and she saw his eyes
clearly looking upon her as she had
seen them often: heard the sound OF
his voice that meant but one thing
and the words Of his letter came back
to her. She remembered her letter
to him, rescued from the field where
he had fallen. She raised her eyes to
the Comtesse de la Maine and there
was an appeal in them.
The Frenchwoman leaned over and
kissed Julia. She asked nothing more.
She had not learned her lessons in
discretion to no purpose.
At night they sat out in the moon
light, white as day. and the radiance
over the sands was like the snow
flowers Wrapped in their warm COW
erings, Julia and Therese de la Maine
lay on the rugs before the door of
their tent, and above their heads
shone the stars SO low that it seemed
as though their hands could snatch
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25
A GLASS OF SALTS WILL
END KIDMEY-BACKACHE
Says Drugs Excite Kidneys and Rec
ommends Only Salts, Particularly
If Bladder Bothers You.

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore. don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot Of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidneys clean like you keep
your bowels clean, by flushing them
aita a mild, harmless salts which re-
moves the body's urinous waste and
stimulates them to their normal activ
ity. The function Of the kidneys is to
filter the blood In "A hours they
strain from it 500 grains of acid and
waste. so we can readily understand
the vital Importance of keeping the
kidneys active.
Drink lots of WATERFOWL can't drink
too much; also get from any pharma-
cist about four ounces of Jad Salts;
take tablespoonful in a glass OF
water before breakfast each morning
for a few days and your kidneys will
act fine. This famous salts Is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lthia, and has
Dcen used for generations to clean and
stimulate clogged kidneys; also to
nautralize the acids in urine so it no
longer is a source of irritation, thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot IN
iure; makes a delightful effervescent
,;thia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
his, also keep up the water drinking.
became of your kidney trouble and
backache-Adv
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25
Some Lost Motion.

A Philadelphia mathematician has
figured it cut that the telephone com
NAMES lose l25 hours work every day
through the use Of the word please
by all operators and patrons Another
has discovered that the froth on the
beer pays the freight But as yet no
one has estimated the total horse
power wasted in swallowing cigarette
smoke and forcing It through the nose
instead of blowing it from the mouth
Newark News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25
Y SAVINGS MEAN MUCH
-. Youth to Shave Himself,
= receive 1000 Guineas.
I says Wise Man.

\. ual said $50 years ago that
9 better for a youth to learn
thousand suineas. receive 81"
"a Who shaves himself ever,
!. .'es great deal of time ana
- d, eooo 'i'oOo bond
49,. -. .oo cuts out one ten-cent
!" ~ :! day saves at least tn. div,
:. !. saares Of railroad stock
-. drink Of ordinary WHISKY q
= I, y, y. ~ Tor tn bread Of two per
Ansss .n Win carry a letter 70,
~ miles for wha, you na,d t ~,
- turkish cigarette you ar.
= ase morning new,n, ,e,s
l,e ~ zone you would grumole
isls.ss ssa.nvasance. rha, sin.
-. ea'sre dinner costs YOU
svie . much Wv
= ''ais,ed tina, the eas,e,,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25
Scandinavian HOUSEKEEPING.

In Scandinavia the peasant WON
en- who worked all day in the fields
have had their fireIess methods OF
cooking for long time While break.
fast was cooking the pot containing
the stew for dinner was brought to
boil then placed inside a second
pot. and the whole snugly ensconced
between the feather beds. still warm
from the nights occupancy Some OF
these women had ioosened hearth.
stone and a hole beneath.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25

late records from another observer in
New Bedford. taken a few miles from
the Rodman place
The average annual rainfall was
46 As inches; but In the first fifty years
there were four very marked dry pc
RODS OF two or three years each Ia
the last fifty years there were only
two such dry periods Eve
ming Post
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25
CHAPTER XIII.
Two Love Stories.

Two Love QUOTES.
i had not been for her absorbing
y. II Of Sabron, Julia would have
IN the desert and the new eX-
rca As II was, its charm and
and the fact that ne travelled
n helped her to endure the inter
~ In deep impenetrable silence she
n to hear her future speak to
~ She believed that 1t would either
!. spaderfully happy one. or hope
- !. vthered life.
III ! cannot ride any farther!"
lined the comtesse.
vE an excellent horsewoman
nd ridden all her life. but her
d late had consisted of a can
he D The Bots de Boulogne at noon.
4 ! i MS sometimes hard to follow
b tlreless gallops toward an ever
,as Bahng goal.
4 & ats' me- said Miss Redmond,
q brought her horse up to her
!. = n side
nh lns the cool Of the day. Of the
| = suth day since fremont had left
~ htnd the seventh day Of Julia s
eai Eson fresh wind blew from
pst lifting their wells from their
q ~ aad bringing the fragrance of
vi 1Inosa into whose ,canty forest
e Nd ridden. The sky paled to-
4 sunset and the evening star.
. slor.. only to the moon.
r msr the west.
r. Asagh both women knew per
/ veil the reason for this excur-
W It's Importance. not one word
hn spoken between them OF
= g and fremont other than a
- n Interest and anxiety.
= - might have been two hospital
1s'uuS tnelr patients
~ halted their horses. looking
ssafd the western horizon and
lqHery. The star shines over
nnv,r.' unused Madame de Ia
y l!ula sad not thought Therese
> - though to leat them
me Dc ia Maine turned her face
!, nls NV tears in her eyes. The
- 'onan's control rai usually
q he treated most thires with
nyety. The bright softness
.. = ga touched Julia.
,sess!' exclaimed the Amer,.
=, g II Is only fourteen davs,"
me d aMaine laughed. There
!. I WEAK 10 her voice. "Onlv four.
M che repeated, land any
n0se days may mean DEATH"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25
One Cause Of Matrimony.

Many a bachelor marries just be.
cause he feels that when he gets old
end horrid he will want something
besides the clock to make q noise
around the house.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25

light.
bald-Bob and | made fun OF his few
hairs. like the children in the Holy
Bible"
Julia put out her hand and took the
hand of Madame de la Maine gently.
She was getting so far from a love
affair.
Il married Monsieur de la Maine In
six weeks" said Therese.
oh" breathed Miss Redmond, "hor
rible."
Madame de la Maine pressed Julia
hand
when it was decided between my
grandmother and the comte, | escaped
at night, after they thought had gone
to bed, and | went down to the lower
terrace where the weeds grew in
plenty and told Robert. Somehow, |
did not expect him to make fun. al.
though we always joked about every
thing until this night. 1t was after
nine o'clock"
The comtesse swept one hand to-
ward the desert. "A moon like this
only not like this-ma chere. There
was never but that moon to me for
many years.
Il thought at first that Bob would
kill me-he grew 80 white and terrible
He seemed suddenly to have aged ten
years | will never forget his cry as 1t
MI Mill
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25
Wrono Treatment,

The man that suffers from insomnia
often makes the mistake Of seeing q
doctor when he needs a preacher
Peoria Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25
Better PAVING Ccop,

II young men who have been sowing
wild oats wish to make amends and
make good their losses. let them SOW
tame wheat.-Chicago Daily Newa
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
rs
. s.h,on, captain OF French y
Gie ds :, eab Sis quarters TO ralsf . - :,
tsks 70 III Ir,sh terrier pup. an
potherless He dimes with the
I Prs e,eIc and meets IL l.sE : Of, or
rcct. An''ih mi Is not allowed q !
b Ayers D dogs Miss RedmoEa
e. ' q pitchounex: T from I her Til.
pans ,, ~ follows sa6r9n .o 10
scsL r RI master meet. and sah pro,
ds sao ~ l''t Keep his dog with MN !,
4 fremont finds the .o M,''t. in
.. y Sabron; "Gu you, hsd nf
esp.Tp'f falls into the dTy pea aIr al
s,a1,eh s.,.trhed over BY Pitchounr :.
20 , 7 sa night and day Pitchou ; NJ,
heri Tram mont takes Julia and me
= 70 Aiglers In h,s yarn' , NJ.
KANT " jula's Red Cross ~ - u.
~. .s,rch Julia gets trace q -
rs ra aho,,,s Julia for the n, no
sae, ratchmaker In behalf OF r.
p n.m ma Abou tells the Mar
.ssrs he thinks sabron NAY Us
' fnnont decides to go WIN 't az
|! j. ', = And sabron. Pitchounr mus
~ , ~ i've hours Journey away ala
- makes Fatou Ami u nt.rna 10
49,, %aS desperate plight. sabroli ~
b. the village men Ou' -"
- vi,hout proper care.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25

A smile goes Q mile. but q crouch
ands in "Ouch!"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25

There are a lot of funny things III
this world-besides men and women.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25

dollar for whole year was to walk to
his office once
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25

Some nightingales sing in the day
only
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-28
In Pontotoc County.

Magnolia Petroleum Company in So
Sc in Pontotoc county in the Francis
field has drilled to a depth of 1900
feet and the outside casing is being
pulled. Four gas sands have been
found in this well apd the sand at
1926 feet might pro,< to be pay
gas well. The company has not CIV
en- instructions to save the well so
far, but it is probable that the inside
casing will be left in the hole. Oil
men estimate the gas production at
from a half million to two and half
million feet but the Francis CONNER
cial Club advertises it as seven mil
lion gasser and are inviting factories
TO come in for cheap fuel.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-28
DEATH OF c. c. HEMMlNG
Was Well Known Here and Was a
Resident of Gainesville.

c. c. Hemming, former banker of
Gainesville, Tex, well known through
out north Texas and southern Okla
homa, president of the FL Paso Coun-
ty bank of Colorado Springs, died IN
California yesterday morning. The
remains will be returned to Colorado
Springs for interment His son,
Charles l.. Hemming was formerly
connected with the First National
bank of this city. Dennis Fitzgerald,
brother-in-law of Charles l.. Hem.
ming, will leave for Colorado Springs
today to attend the funeral.
Mr.. Hemming was a Confederate
soldier and served throughout the
war, and for many years was promi-
nently identified with the development
of North Texas and southern Okla
homa. He was at one time president
of the Texas Bankers association,
and was very wealthy and a man Of
large affairs. His od acquaintances
in this section who knew him best
will remember him as most lib
eral man in every respect, and an
earnest worker in all church affairs
and for the betterment of his fellow
man. All his former acquaintances
in this section will regret to hear of
his demise. He was man who had
many vivid experiences during the
war, was made a prisoner, and Of
fected a most daring escape, which
was mentioned in official dispatches.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-28
MONEY IN THE TREASURY

Coming as n surprise is the state
ment OF Secretary McAdoo that there
is a large balance in the United
States treasury and that less revenue
will have to be raised to meet eX-
penditures than had been estimated
earlier during the fiscal year. 1t is
stated that the information came as
a pleasant surprise to all the people
of the United States.
According to the report, the bal
ance in the general fund at the end
of the fiscal year in June will be
about $15O,0000OO, and he estimates
that only $3.50, 100000 in new revenue
will have to be raised during the
next fiscal year to meet the bill for
preparedness and other large eXpendi-
lures to be made under laws already
passed by congress.
This report is in reality a blow to
the pacifists who have been making
it strong point that congress was
spending money in drunken sailor eX
travagance on the preparedness pro
gram. 1t is creditable to congress-
and to the entire administration. The
estimate includes liberal expenditures
for good roads, rural credits, food
prevention and many other expenses,
some of them made necessary by the
increase in the standing army.--Ok
lahoma City Times
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-28
and par:ake of the nature of char.

and par.ake of the nature of A char
ity.
This plan of the Episcopal church
seems to be an adoption and appli
cation of business methods, which
will make the pension a matter If
right, coming to the clergyman, won
by service, just such as one darives
from paying his premiums to life
insurance, or annuity company. 1t
seems to be an application of bust
ness principles to the administration
Of church affairs that is commendable.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-28
PENSIONlNG CLERGY

one OF the topics the recent conVo-
cation of the Episcopal church, which
met in Ardmore the past week, had
before it, was that of acting on the
proposal to establish a permanent
fund for pensionng aged or dis
abed cergymen of the church.
At the meeting of the general con-
yention of the Episcopal church in
1913, a board or commission, was
appointed to consider this problem
and work out definite plan and
make report to the tr-ennial conven-
tion which meets in ST. Louis next
fall This commission obtained the
assistance of some of the leading ac-
tuaries of the country,-actuaries con
nected with the big life insurance
companies-andt they evolved plan
that appears most busnesslike. 1t
is built on the lines adopted by life
insurance companies, and by rail
roads and other corporations which
provide pensions for their old or
disabled employees. In brief, it is
that each parish of the church shall
pay a fixed amount each year, based
on the amount paid in salary to their
minister, plus an arbitrary amount of
$500 per year, added as house rent.
On the aggregate of these sums the
parish shall pay to the pension fund
seven per cent per annum. This sum
the actuaries figure, will provide a
salary the minister was receiving
the last years of his active service.
Provision is also made for the widows
of clergymen, they being allowed a
lesser amount, the exact figures of
which we do not recall. These pen
sions are to continue during the
lifetime of the recipient.
To provide the FUNDS for those
who are now on the dependent roll or
who shall be retired or disabled be-
fore the funds arising from the seven
per cent annual payments have ac-
cumuated and also to meet the re-
Quirements of the reserve fund" law
of the state of New York. a capital
fund of $5,OOO,OOO is to be raised,
the income from which, the actuar-
les figure. will take care of these ac-
cumuated obligations. OF this fund
of five millions. $2,500000 has already
been provided by gifts, etc. The
remaining two and half millions is
divided out among the different do
ceses of the United States, in pro
portion to membership, ability of the
congregations, and other conditions
considered by the commission, The
portion of this fund which the mis-
sionary district of Oklahoma would
have to bear is $4,000. The matter
of ways and means for raising this
$4,000 was referred to the standing
committee of the church in Okla.
homa. and the committee on the state
of the church. of the convocation just
adjourned.
To The Ardmoreite this looks like
n very important move. II is one
that all other denominations nigh,
well give serious consideration 70.
While practically all churches have 4
fund for providing pensions for AGED,
infrm and disabled clergy vet the
contributions to it are voluntary on.y
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-28
A New Contractor

Tom Griffin has arrived here from
Tulsa and has purchased one or more
strings of tools at Healdton and will
do contract drilling. Producers in the
upper part of the state where Mr..
Griffin is known all have a word for
him.