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its fist and suffered itself to be variously
entertained by the men. There were, OF
course, a number OF fellows who could see
no humor at all in FL Demonio's plight,
nor any reason for adding to his embarrass-
ments. These came to his aid in numerous
ways.
1t was an idle day; there was nothing to
came the child had established itself as a
general favorite Even Branch himself had
become interested in II.
Say, I've learned a lot about kids from
this one;'", he confided to oRellly at her dihner
were just damp, sour-smelling little AMI
mails, but this one has character. she
knows me already, and I'm getting SO |
going to puncture her. She's full Of dim
pies, too. Got 'em everywhere What DO
you think we'd better name herr"
"she probably has a name. ~, Do you ex-
pect to keep her permanently
Branch considered, II wouldn't have
thought Of such a thing yesterday. but how
are We going to get rid Of her? That's the
question. We can't Just leave & her with n,,ns tns
people have more, kids than they know
.Thinking about taking her on the march
with Ss oRey looked SP Se done The
men wouldn't mind and she'd make dandy
o'Reilly shook his head, This isn't a
mother" . =.
sert her child I'll bet she's glad to get
rid of it. People like that don't have any
more affection than-cattle' They don
deserve to have children. What's more;
they don't know how to care for them, Ia
like to raise this kid according TO my own
ideas" Branch's face lightened suddenly
Say! I've just thought OF name ior her
"What?"
"Bullets"
wouldn't that be good name. IL
lie rain of bullets See? Bullets Branci
that doesn't sound bad" ,u- -,
with deliberate malice % oheiiiy Ssr saiu an,
eean name her what you choose-but she's
mighty brown baby! | have my suspicious
that-she's a mulatto, ,,. .r,.
Branch was shocked, indighahS snu,,srsd
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from the place you were killed. That 10
"It is very simple. amigo Let me see:
tainted"
Exactly Norine bound and gagged you
at that point in the story"
Some good people found me a few hours
after lost consciousness. They supposed
/ had been attacked by guerrillas and left
for dead lead ,os Ending ,uns that s had life n
were old friends from Matanzas by the
name Of valdes--cultured people who had
fed the city and were hiding in the manigus
mot Valdes the notary?"
Esteban's Suffering
THE very same. Alberto valdes and his
four daughters Heaven guided them to
me-. Alberto was an old man; he had hard
theless, he refused to abandon me The
girls had become brown and ragged and
as shy as deer, They nursed me for weeks,
seems to me that ! lay there sick and
helpless for years When my brain would
clear would think Of Rosa, and then the
Of my head oh, they were faithful, pa
tient people You see. had walked east
instead OF west, and now was miles away
from home, and the country between was
swTming with Standards who were burn
Ing, destroying killing; You wouldn't know
Matanzas, O'heilly. IL Is desert.
around the hut But / had no means Of
sekding word TO Rosa, and the uncertainty
nearly made me crazy. My clothes had
the skin. 1 must have been a shocking
dght. Then one day there came fellow
travelling east with messages for Comes
He was one OF Lopez's men. and he told
me that Lopez had gone TO the Rubi Hills
with Maceo, and that there were none OF our
men left In the province. He told me other
4. .N..ar 4 =
= Esteban Varona's thin hands
clutched the edges of his hammock and hs
rolled his head weakly from side TO side.
1T WAS he who told me about Rosa Hs
said that Cobo had ravaged the Yumurl
and that my sister-was gone. Christ 4"
There, there! We know better now
oReilly said, soothingly. ~
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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with the the Hail. where the body lay
state and happened that Lincoln both the
first that House.
In early days community existed what called
literary society," composed of who there exercised
themselves the composition defamation and debate With
such facilities they afforded youth strengthened himself
for the later perhaps comba of m They
have been abandoned, if distinctive
At home had belonged and been president the Young Mems
Literary Union In the city number of such
doing their work In 1864 hunted and joined the Bancroft
Literary Society," named for the historian who had
of his works At that tm thereafter formed
the acquaintance members of Frank X. Sheppard
Democrat the editorial staff of the Public Ledger Joel Cook
likewise connected with the Public who
had written book the Mcclellan campaign the James, also
Democrat, who aerward rich and became Republican
member of Congress- w. A Silver long, whtehared declaimer
who afterward the under the of Marsden
married and finally killed HIMSELF Nathaniel X Richardson, who
had great gift ecutonst Jerome Carly who
the whose like that of the swallow
Bede into the light the hall awhile began
darkness ended in darkness John Rogers,
Irish friends Tunnel m who made money the bar
president of the Philadelphia Baseball Club and became colonel
the staff of Governor Pason; Chester Farr bany fellow,
who became and
Hoyt-and John Sword who, editing
ability entered the church. became devoee and has given
his life to celibacy charity and genufexions.
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his family South rebels his
he unexpectedly upon the his brother killed the
southern Taken prisoner he confined Libby
Prison. On his return home the the he
grevou wound the head brings attacks mental
excitement and his life his country
sacrifice.
He has lived long enough however, generations
teach the doctrine that makes difference whether
right in that tremendous struggle and
to Wrz in Georgia and Lee in Washington The logic of the
instruction that should the nation again DANGER let each
youth fight whichever side is his
his fame to confusion of thought and chance.
In 1864, the year that Mcclellan ride
back through the fair for the benefit of the United
Sanitary Commission held in Square. proceeds
the beautiful the city decried by
being longer she had been told the
fortunes by pamt of those who sought the opportunity
agreed with the masculine judgment her beauty
She the height sm with dark and much
richness of color She recalled the hours of the Arabian Nights
and of Lala Rookh Her accomplishments
extraordinary her many
tainmen and occasion present when
in private theatre Seventeenth which she
Daniel Doughey took the leading Rumor had it that she
rejected fifty sutors the She finally married
Engshman of minor rank in the little personal
and her later altogether happy The
male beauty with somewhat similar points, who played havoc with
the hearts the society buds period
R. Koecker, Walnut street dentist have sometimes wondered
what became of him.
AT the fair Abraham Lincoln, who had
Washington to participate
Having the camp Chester bid
friends in Company the Pennsylvania Reserves
when they started forth 1861
Volunteer Refrehment Saloon those who survived fed
their homebronzed and experienced 1864 White
Armage, Bradley and many among them
John Dobson still captain three years service
soon became major general of militia.
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Copyright. 1917. Harper & Bros.
CHAPTER Xxx (COntinued)

UOREILLY was up at daylight to offer
" his services in caring for Esteban
Varona, but Norine declined them.
His fever is down lit e and he has
That food you boys risked your silly lives
for may come in handy, after al"
II dare say he won't be able to talk to me
mot today. nor for many days. I'm
afraid"
'If you don't pind, then. III hang around
wistfully. HE might drop a word about
Rosa"
"To be sure. So far he's scarcely
that he says, of course, but Mrs. Ruiz tells
me it's all jumbled and quite unintelligible.
How Is Leslies baby this morning,
Hope for "Leslie's Baby"
"Oh, 1t passed a good night. 1t was awake
and had ordered breakfast when ! got up
Leslie was making u fire to scald out its
si, bottle: as.s, He says he didn't close his eyes
NoTFSs "POOr ,tsl fellow Nv, I'm going to help him."
Please don't. Lopez wants to teach him
could possibly have happened. We have
told him that there's no chance Of returning
sss S oaoy. and he thinks he's elected to
Jacket Is going TO take a letter to the COM
mandante at San Antonio this morning,
ssSiSH aSSviiSinF him that the child is safe. and
Isn't that rlsky9' Norine inquired.
wont the commandante attack us II he
Narns where we are?"
Lopez doesn't think so. Those Span
nn,u, SI,us are usually pretty scrupulous on
koihts OF honor. There was some difficulty
ge.ung q messenger, but Jacket volun-
SSsSred Soa r He volunteers for anything that
SIy They wouldn't be likely TO hurt a
haun. hau IKE MIN. II they should, why we
nave the baby. you see"
h.AS Atnough Norine had pretended to wash
i;tt,an nahos as OF all responsibility for Branch's
ms cnarge, she was by no means so inhu-
unon Z Jealous eye upon 1t. and especially
rooS rooS,.unately for all concerned, II was q
3 $na.tured injured child SO long as its stomach
~, tui was contented. It slept a gooc
+ * eho Wnat time It was awake It suckec
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CHAPTER XXI
TREASURE

TT WAS a balmy languid morning about
Il two weeks after O'Reiliy's return TO the
the City among the Leaves. The Cubitas
Mountains were green and sparkling from
recent shower woou nres smoidered In
wavering streamers of blue a pack -tra in
from the lower country was unloading fresh
vegetables in the main street, and group
Some children were playing baseball
near by.
In a hammock swung between two trees
Fsteban Varona lay. listening to the ad-
monit'ons of his nurse
Johnnie OReilly had just bade them both
a hearty good morning and now Norine was
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The ASSASSINATION of Lincoln

One morning in April 1865, the that Mr. Lincoln
had been assassnated the night before Ford Theatre
ngton by of band of rebel pors and had
made the lives of members of his Cabinet No such
had before occurred America It's
all the undercurrent of animal passions Along with the warm
glow of love for who had been gentle consderae and
wise the desire to pieces those who
him. Personally, felt that wanted set my teeth in the
throat of rebel and that the inability crafty impulse
deprivation In remarkable the
how thin is the gloss of civilization and how below seehe
primary passions which have swayed them.
Perched the roof of building South Broad the
caafaue that bore his body before
Others and the morning early Independence
Hail. Forming in lne walked by along the
Chestnut from Fifth Delaware
there crossed the south side Chestnut and after hours
reached Fifth only to find that there the line had been broken
the undscpined Not balked
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Philadelphia During the Grill War

One of the features of the time guards who
tramped the town. and have firing upon fugitive at
Sixth and Chestnut heart the cty
CORTLAND Saunders my old schoomatc in West Philadelphia
a captain in the Exchange Regiment met his
death within very few days at South Mountain
mate Of my boyhood j. Henry Workman with
tand friendship all through fe joined the cavalry regiment
known "Rushs Lancers and before they
him number of times camp northern part of the cty
While he wrote me letters of army e which still
preserve He became captain, but experience All of
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BY samuel WPez77XooChor
Rs00Sy/NoMoS Most Jealous
and Ene18eHc Governor
CHAPTER IV-COnfiuued
Copyright. 1917. by Public I.

TN THE fall of 1868 went Philadelphia and boarded with
Miss Mary Whitehead street below Fifth where nv
Uncle Joseph had two We stove in the back
the wood for which threw into the from Chestnut
street and there cut into pieces Right opposite to us was the
office of The Age newspaper which copperad
proces then gaining strength One of its WITH
csms recall; "A Union League three any battle
f Richard Vaux who had been Mayor city his youth
and danced with Queen Victoria pointed man who
overcoa carried umbrella long beard
tucked under his clothing also League obnox
ous He made point of conduct the square in
and the time the of those regarded as
heads in the city were William Reed and Charles ngero Both
of them lawyers Reed Intellectual had
been District Attorney and Minister to Chna Whp
become Democrat at the most inopporune With lack of
financial Judgment which has characterized family from
the time of its origin he deserves appreciation his literary
atanmen and for the fact that earliest the
real biographies of the Revolution He practice his money
and his social position and drifting York died povertv
writer on the New York World ngeso tall slim figure
with dark and long neck collar five or six
inches wde His cour suggested idiosvn
While crossing the was
buried at Time and again from street
watched psychological phenomenon characteristic
illustrating the prevailing temper The bboards the
Offices announced defeat check which
armies and the hurryng nesboy
ing event. lnstananeousy almost gathered With
impulse and with bits whatever could
be grasped broke in the doors the prop
erty of The Age!
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The "Literary Contention"

Somebody suggested the idea holding
delegate and with Calhoun.
asking admission, delegation from the Bannekr Institute,
of which light and bright named Ocavus "
Cato The times not ripe and like casting febrand
In the midst of fierce discussion the convention adjourned All
delegation Rogers favored the admission of the
He succeeded in getting society to resolution
nstructng vote against their admission We informed the
society would not vote They then passed resolution
vacatng and another delegation We denied
their right and before the convention where had had
majority The situation had however in the meantime changed
named A. B. Soanaker, fat oily Politician, when
Andrew johnson quarreed with his party and apparently had
friends nowhere took him basket of flowers osteny
from the schools of Philadelphia and Johnson thpon appointed
him Collector of Internal Revenue New Orleans Hence he
received the sobriqut of Waxwork Sloany This gentleman
improved the period of adjournment by organizing literary societies
all the city, and when again the convention met the hall
filled with delegates We admission and the
delegates likewise l much of Cato who intelligent
cooed teacher He afterward murdered losing his life in
another effort to advance his
Through Calhoun became member of Post 49, and in 1869
elected its commander thus attaining the rank the Grand
Army of colonel delivered Decoration Day oraons at Laurel
H Christ Churchyard and Kenn Square, and in May of 1870
rode at the head of 700 Mount Morh Cemetery and
Quoted the With this such connection
had with the be said to have ceased have however,
maintained relations with the post and few its
members with handsome decoration
mander
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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And the Baby Departs

While this was going on, Jacket was
proudly advertising his share OF the en-
terprise, not falling to give himself full
credit.
"By -, made big hit with that
comandante," he told his American friends.
"Those people in San Antonio say I'm the
bravest boy they ever seen, and they give
me moren a thousand cigars. When l
rode away saluted the comandante then
! yelled, ,,Xive Cuba Libre ! and everybody
never seen nobody like me before"
That afternoon, when u came time for
the merchant and his little family to set
out for home. a crowd, q regretful Insur;
rectos assembled TO bid them farewell and
to look for the last time upon the baby;
BY now the mothers apprehenslons had
given way TO pride and she could bring her.
Self to smile at the compliments showered
upon her offspring and to answer in kind
those which were aimed at herself She
child good-by Her husband, since his arr
rival In camp, had heard much about the
eccentric American. and now, after apol'
ogizing abjectly for his unwarranted attack
he invited Branch to visit his store when
this hideous war was over. and Cuba was
free Finally, in spite of Leslie's frantic
struggles, he embraced him and planted
a moist Kiss upon either cheek.
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could be made TO understand fully the pc
culiar circumstances of the kidnapping. and
that no harm had been intended to their
darling. Slowly, bit by bit, they learned
the truth, but even then the mother could
not look upon Leslie Branch without a
menacing dilation of the eyes and q peculiar
expression of restrained ferocity.
The father was more reasonable, how
ever once he was assured OF his daugh-
ters safety, his thankfulness sought out
let. He began by embracing every one
within his reach. He kissed Norine, he
kissed O'Reilly he kissed Judson, he made
a rush at Leslie himself but the latter. sus-
picious of his intent, fled Unmindful of the
fact that these were the meA who had re-
lieved him of a considerable stock of goods
and profaned his holy of holies, he reck-
lessly distributed among them what money
he had upon his person and then gave away
the remaining contents of his pockets.
He swore his undying love for them all
Shifting his breast excitedly. he urged them
as personal favor and "A mark OF his over
flowing gratitude to return to San Antonio
de los Banos, make themselves masters OF
all his worldly possessions, and then burn
his store
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also met there Alfred Rochefor Calhoun steerforth n

also there Alfred Rocheort Calhoun, steerforh n
another line of e who had temporarily considerable influence
all brought into with him. forms
unsoab but interesting study About five nine inches IN
height with black hair and blue with muscles hard IRON
measuring foryx inches chest ball his
lungs the healed cash of saber his hand and he
walked a limp upon artificial foot Few
compete with him in strength of win of muscle He had
gift of fiery which appealed to the passions and sympathy
went out to one who bore the evidence of many in the
war; that difficult for either resist
him. He had the t and presumably the rank, Of major The
slightest provocaon found him ready to fight ANY indication Of
sympathy with the South angered him, and have heard him
bring than discussion end by calling his
"a damned liar At this time the road to poca prefment
through services in the and about this time the Grand
Of the Republic organized Among the old soldiers
had influence than Calhoun and he commanded Post 10
Of the Grand Army in
the State friend of Bayard Taylor who him auto
graph of the translation of Goethes Fau he had the
post Colonel Charles Frederick Taylor who killed
Gettysburg He play called "The Color Guard which
popular and still for the benefit of the
He accepted terms of relationship the descendants
the South Carolina Cahoun he told also related
Sir Roer Murchon president of the Royal Geographical
Society," with whom he correponded and who to the publication
OF some OF ms articles IN European spent couple OF
days with him Cedarcro where Bayad Taylor entertained
although the spent most Of his time discussing his
picture John published painting picture in
oil which he then working Calhoun invited to
luncheon which he the daughters of Governor Curtin
A. Wilson Norris the
State his giving him the opportunity to make his
first public address Grant when President appointed Calhoun
pension in Philadelphia, in which
bond in $600O0 Among his bondmn Aro Parde Simon
Cameron, John Hartranf Bayard Taylor and persuaded
my grandfather upon prepa-
of the bond together Calhoun
at his home Harrisburg whitehare erect old
who bandy signed the the extent of $4,000 without the
fante suggestion of sort of return obligation Men began
that Calhoun would be the Republican candidate
Then trouble Norris bitter
Captain Singer who had been him obcdnt and sers
Achaes quarreled with him Singer
her. Cameron withdrew the bond and Calhoun compelled
find other security 1t began be whispered that his
Calhoun that he had been the Union Army that
rebel the prisoners Libby The Grand Army
expelled him ranks and he retired Georgia, where he
edited fiery paper and again encountered troubles Many
later he lived in New York the periodicals
leave him the mysteries have life and
as a reminiscence Of the great struggle.
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novel OF love- hidden and rebellion beautiful mys.
erious Cuba during the exciting days of the revolt against
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-02
NAG[ FILES But \.
ANDERSON REMAINS |
unknown QUANTITY
Morton County Man Qualities to
Succeed Sylvan L. Olson on
a.a Board of Control

Simon J. Nagel OF Glen Ullin this
morning filed his bond and commits
sion and. qualified as a member of the
state board. OF control to succeed Syl.
van l.. Olson of Bismarck. Berndt
Anderson OF Churchs Ferry, nominat-
ed and confirmed at the same time
as Nagel, and whose appointment
was to have taken effect June IS,
when the term of Chairman Il. S.
Lewis was held to have expired, did
not present himself at the capitol
this morning. Anderson was in Bis
marck on June Is, but returned home
without qualifying after difference
with Governor Frazier. 1--WE have
nothing to announce with relation to
Mr.. Anderson" was the only advice
offered at the governors Office this
morning. @ =.
Commissioner Nagel is former
member Of the Morton county com.
mission and has been an active leag,
uer. It is4expected the board of con.
troll will re-Organize tomorrow. Wheth.
er, Mr., Anderson will have qualified
by that time remains to be seen. To.
day, Mr.. Lewis Of Fargo, by virtue of
his successor flot having qualified,
remains a member of the board.
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HOW TO USE. CAR IN SERVING COUNTRY

How can I use my automobile In
the service Of my country?
That is question which interests
almost every owner Of machine in
America. Already census is being
taken of automobiles and their owners,
SO that when these are needed the gov
eminent can obtain them with the least
possible delay, writes Frederic ]. Has
kin in Chicago Daily News. There
are over 3,O00,O 900 autos in the country.
This is certainly tremendous trans
portation force. And its value is in
creased by the fact that a very large
part of these cars are owned only for
pleasure and so are not essential to our
present industrial organizations. Fur
therm0re, the ownership of an iautomo-
bile is usually an indication Of intelli-
gence and Of the possession of certain
amount Of property. We have then GER
tainly over a million cars serving no
essential purpose except the recreation
of their owners. These owners ARE
men and women of better than aver
age ability who can afford to devote
time. and money to the service of their
country, and it may be safely assumed
that a large percentage Of them would
like to render that service.
Help Get Food to Market.
Under these circumstances some i'm.
mediate use for the nations pleasure