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his intention of becoming an American
do so, thereby, from that moment, as
Stunning all the obligations of citizen
ship of our country, and that means he
must defend our flag upon equal terms
with our native born, and If he is not
willing to do this, he should be sent
back from whence he came"
"That's the stuff" exclaimed Billie.
"And, finally, enact such legislation
as will make voting compulsory. Pop
ular government is based upon the
participation of all and the rule Of
the majority. and democracy cannot
continue and be successful unless we
live up to the spirit of the fnstitu-
ton.
1.-THE first step, however, is the pass
ing Of the Chamberlain b for univer-
sal military training. If you will get
the leading citizen, and especially the
editor Of your paper, to write personal
letters to your congressman and both
senators, urging their support, it will
help enormously.
II see by the morning papers," said
Uncle Dan, that the Rotary clubs Of
the entire country, the Invest most eff
cient organization to be found. have
unanimously decided to get back of
the Chamberlain bill and give it loyal
and enthusiastic support. They will
work with the Universal Military
Training league to accomplish this i'm
portant piece of legislation, which will
do more than anything else to make US
a real nation with common view
point, bring US back to sane living and
teach us the patriotism of service"
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Feminine Finance.

He-What Another new dress?
She-YOu needn't be cross. bought
1t with my own money.
He-Where did you get it?
She-I sold your fur overcoat.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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THE STORY THUS FAR

JOHNNIE OREILLY OREILLY, has
fallen love with ROSA VARONA the orphans Of DON
ESTEBAN VARONA wealthy slave planter Of Cuba
Don had boarded fortune old Spanish
building this faithful
only other to share the secret. .
When Don Estebans wife died match
vaguely Of his hidden D0NA ISABEL
ceeded wife and Immediately intriguing
having daughter EvHNGEINA
murders his and several others before he is shot Thus few
who the whereabouts of the fortune
killed
vainly information PANCHO CUETO the
the plantations Instead he threatens claim the
The EsTEBAN Ros
Colonel Lopez of the Cuban
with which Eteban had
dropped the authorities and Esteban then
OReiy York the Office of the firm which he
in information His
do bring reply until months later when Rosa tells
him miorunes that have befaln he left Cuba ORe
New helps him
to ORely in
attempts fool his hotekeeper stating that
his rheumatism After conferring with Avsrado oRey
American consumpte trying cured killed
Ebn has burning
fields The latter Colonel Cobo charge the Spanish
troops proposition that exmnatg
another raid his
in drive the
and party of for a safer refuge.
OReily the rebel lines
compelled to leave the country.
all
this Rosa and Ean
s Of ob designs the girl They decide risk death
Of Spanish soldiers. fierce fight in the
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of man whom
kind of devouring all that touched This
fact is that Russia land many surprises because
mysticism always strong in all the Sav
races Before Rsputn appeared
and around them and
inspired crowds with feelings of fanatcsm in wise
from the ones which the modern called
Cagostro others had ncknamed him. had evoked
the breasts Of the people whose confidence ne had
whose spirit Of superstition he had impressed But
remained strictly the religious ground and had not
with other questions They had grouped
them convinced the truth Of their teachings
while Rspun had gathered about him determined to use
him benefit Of their moneyseekng -grubbng
who in the mortunes that had fallen upon
Faherand only the possibility enrich themselves at her
expense They sacrificed the smallest thing for
less would they have the chance add
persons story of Rasputn would have ended in
rdcu Thanks them and their capacity it finished in blood
The Aristocracy Redeemed Itself
was sristocrscy which finally rid Of Rasputn
perhaps great relief who out weakness
kindness taking the
of sending him away would have been difficult for
him do mischief. And it 10 doubtful whether his
removal anywhere place whence there existed poss
bity would have stopped the evil which the
very his alone sufficient to do Creduous
xst everywhere and will always exist morous
world Rasputn had been exled would
been relatively for those who resped such rich
Of the blood and the Of the whole Russian nation
to attribute powers which he did to threaten
vengeance the who might refuse lend them
their dirty schemes He would have been perpetual
the heads Of those who would have tried
directions issued by the enteprsng soundres
the prestige which his oead holiness had won for
a
arrested for single let alone
the crowds
Rasputin is that his former supporters
him. their audacty and their OF
doing mischief But that he strength
Russian politics which have tried to correct as
lay For other have written
dvest the history OF those
with which everything connected with this curious episode
in the history has been surrounded Ras
p story simpler than think and perhaps the
explanation that Of is to recommend to those
who want careful perusa of the book of Esther
In the Bible.
THE END
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staggering through the charred cane
stubble. The night was not so black
as It had been and this puzzled him until
he saw that the plantation house was
ablaze. Flames were belching from Its
windows, casting abroad lurid radiance;
and remembering Pancho Cueto. Esteban
laughed.
BY and by. after he was we'll away,
his numbness passed and he began to
suffer excruciating pain. The pain had
been there all the time. SO 1t seemed; he
was simply gaining the capacity to feel
It. He was ready to die now. he was
SO Ill; moreover. his left arm dangled ana
got in his way. Only that subconscious
realization Of the necessity to keep going
for Rosa's sake sustained him.
After a while he found himself on a
forest trail; then he came to other
Acids ana labored across them. Fortune
fnally led his feet down into creek.bed.
and he drank greedily. sitting upon a
stone and scoopins the water up In his
one useful hand. He was long time In
ouenching his thirst. and longer time In
getting up. but he nnaily msnased this
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CHAPTER XIII
CAPITULATION

TATE on the second day after the battle
II Asensio returned to his bohio. Rosa
and Evangelina, already frantic at the
delay, heard him crying to them whiie
he was still hidden In the woods. ana
knew that the worst had happened There
was little need for him to tell his story
for he was weaponless. stained and bloody.
He had crossed the hills on foot after
miraculous escape from that ravine OF
death. OF his companions he knew noth'
ing whatever: the mention OF Estebans
name caused him to beat his breast and
cry aloud. He was weak and feyerish'
and his incoherent story OF the midnight
encounter was so highly colored that
Rosa nearly swooned with horror.
The girl stood swaying while he told
how the night had betrayed them. how
he had wrought incredible feats Of valor
before the shifting tide Of battle had
spewed him out the end Of the sunken
road and left him half dead In the grass.
Asensio had lain there until, finding him.
self growing stronger. he had burrowed
into q tangle Of vines at the foot Of a
wall, where he had remained until the
fighting ceased. When the spaniards had
nnally discovered their mistake and had
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by the of Islam needs life and blood to
flow its veins 1t requires the of this strong
British civilization, which is perhaps the beautiful the world
has ever known.
have always been accused of being proEnglh in my
ideas and opinions being proEnglsh the wish
country freed from the abuses the existence of which has
vented her from developing herself the Of
embodied in the of the individual together with the nst
ons that rule him. such Britain has known for many
centuries, then will willingly confess it, pro-English
feel that all good Russians share feelings We have had
enough the Kutur intrgues They
that have brought beloved Fatheand the brink of
which with her allies prevent
The whole incident Raspuns fall has the
result Of German interference and would have assumed
the proportions which the German press had
exaggerated and German spoken about it, only abroad
but also in Russia itself.
When thinking about this story which in Of its
details Of superstion of the Middle Ages always
remember what said the beginning of this sketch Of the
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desert, 80 Rosa In her solitude had learned
the truth about herself Now. In the
hour OF her extremity, thoughts OF
O'Rellly acted AS a potent medicine. Her
hungry yearning :or him and her faith
In his coming stimulated her desire to
live. and so aided her recovery.
The day arrived when her brain was
normal and when she could creep about
the hut. But she was only the ghost OF
the girl she had been she seldom spoke.
and she never smiled. She sat for hours
staring out into the sunshine. and when
she found tears upon her cheeks she
was surprised, for It seemed to her that
she must long ago have shed the very
last.
Asenslo likewise recovered, but he. too.
was sadly changed. There was no longer
any martial spirit In him; he feared the
Spaniards. and tales Of their atrocities
cowed him.
Rosa Alone
Then Cobo came into the Yumuri. The
valley, already well.nigh deserted. was
fiued to the brim with smoke from burn
ing fields and houses, and through It the
sun showed like copper shield Refugees
passed the bohio bound farther into the
hills, and Asensio told the two women
that he and they must also go. So the
three gathered up what few things they
could carry on their backs and fed.
They did not stop until they had gained
the Businesses OF the Pan de Matanzas.
Here they built a shelter and again took
up the problem OF living, which was
now more difficult than ever.
Asensio would not have been greatly
inconvenienced by the change had he
been alone. for certain fruits grew wild
In the forests. and the earth. where the
Spaniards had not trod. was full Of roots
upon which a creature OF his primitive
habits could have managed to live. But
hampered as he was by two women, one
of whom was as delicate as a flower
Asensio found his task extremely difficult
And It grew daily more difficult; for there
were other people here In the woods. and
moreover. the country round about wa.
being steadily secured by the enemy. who
had orders to destroy every living. grow
ing thing that was capable Of sustain
ing human life. Stock was butchered ant
left to rot. trees were cut down, roo
fields burned. Weyisr's policy of fright
fulness was In full sway. and starvation
was driving Its reluctant victims into hi
net. Meanwhile rowing banda OF guer
riihAs searched out and killed the stronger
and more tenacious families,
The Pan de Mstansss. so called be
cause Of Its resemblance to mighty ioa
OF bread. became mockery to the hun
cry people covering In Its shelter. Bread
Rosa varona could not remember wher
she had last tasted such q luxury. Raw
cane. cocoanuts. the tasteiess fruit
bombs. roots. the pith from palm tops
these were her articles Of diet. ana sh,
did not thrive upon them. She was q
ways more or les hungry. Ghs ~
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Copyright. 1917. Harper & Bros.
CHAPTER XII-COntinued

MEANWHILE those of Cobo's men who
NA had ridden out from the sugar mill
naturally attributed this new uproar to a
ttand Of their enemies and began to rake
the road with rifle fire; then, in obedience
10 the commands of their half-clad col
onel. they charged. A moment and
they were fighting hand to hand with
their returning comrades. Spaniard
clashed with Spaniard, and somewhere
Tor their lives.
In Agony
OF course. after the first moment Of
conflict, Esteban had not been able to
exert the least control over his men: in
mct, he could not make himself heard.
Nor could he spare the breath to shout;
10 was too desperately engaged. When
me full truth Of the situation dawned
upon him he gave up hope for his life
end at first merely strove to wreak such
havoc as he could. Yet while some of
his faculties were completely numbed In
inc stress Of that white-hot moment.
otners remained singularly clear. The
shock Of his surprise, the imminence OF
nls peril, rendered him dead to any
emotion save dismay. and yet, strangely
enough. he remembered Rosa's pressing
need for him and. more for her sake
'nan his own, fought to extricate HIM
self from the confusion. His rife was
empty, he had It's hot barrel In his hands;
ne dimly distinguished Asensio welding
MS machete. Then he found himself
oown and half stunned. He was running
mere and there to avoid lunging horses;
ne was tripping and falling, but mean.
while. as opportunity offered, he con.
unued to use his clubbed weapon. Some.
m'ns smote him heavily. at last
whether hoof or a gun-stock he could
not tell-and next he was on all.fours'
uyins to drag himself out of this rat pit
out his limbs were queerly rebellious.
ana ne was sick; he had never expert
.ehced anything quite like this and he
uousht he must be wounded. 1t greatly
surprised him to find that he could
struggle upward through the brambles.
even though It was hard work. Men
vsre nghting all around and below him,
"sAnwhils, and he wondered vaguely
"asA made them kill one another when
ana his negroes were all dead or
umg 1t seemed very strange-of
ee With the general unreality OF
sMxs-and 1t troubled him not a little.
- hst he gained the top Of the bank
30 managed to assume an upright posi-.
'as cunSing to the bole Of a palmtree.
OF his arms was useless. he discov.
and he realized with a curious
that It was broken. He was
e'ng. too. from more than one wound.
sos no could walk. after a fashion.
ns was inclined to stay and finish the
snt' but he recollected that Rosa would
vaaf'ng for him and that he must go
= he ct out across the fslds.
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CHAPTER IX-COncLuded

ASPUTN the last representative Of the old regime His
the horizon Russian life was but the last
flicker detesable past During his favor and OF
the two forces that struggled for supremacy the land
his birth fought their last battle which he was the stake
in his engmatca and mysterious remained
master of the field. Whether he would killed under
different circumstances is question to which be very
difficult find reply. Most probably the spirit of mysticism
lies the bottom of the Sav character would prevented
even worst enemies let alone his simple adversae from
trying him from the position which had been
One would most likely have shrugged shoulder and
waited for that intervention of St. Nicolas according to
Russian traditions always arrives the right moment to put
straight everything that has gone wrong.
The peril in which Russia found herself gave energy even to
whom that quality had hitherto unknown and
felt everywhere that together with the Faterand
ought to be saved from danger Of which, perhaps, he did
himself realize the real Importance Rasputin especially Ras.
% followers had worked hard they Russias
es and especially England unpopular with nation
with his life for the only rejoice that
such the AS things present. Great
Britain that Russia must look for its salvation What
today has been earnest and deep conviction for long
hive preached it only since the beginning all
the books and articles which have written but also long
thought suspected that the when
the English Union Jack would float beside the flag the
French Tcoor the battlefeds united against
have always considered that in life as we'll
the existence of nations it is essential recognize the
superiority of others where this superiority exists
civilization consists in assimiatng to oneself with gratitude
virtues of other nations whose example ought follow
trying to rdcule. Russia, with all its
IT'S immense territory would do well to initiate England its
work of culture and call the country her help
developing her national existence and useful bases
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and succeeded thereafter In keeping on
his feet. Daylight came at last to show
him his way.
More than once he paused, alarmed at
voices in the woods, only to find that the
sounds issued from his own throat
1t had grown very hot now. so hot that
heat'waves obscured his vision and caused
the most absurd forms to take shape. He
began to hunt aimlessly for water, but
there was none. Evidently this heat had
parched the land, dried up the streams
and set the stones afire. 1t was incredi.
BILE, but true.
The Last Step
Esteban reasoned that he must be near
home by this time. for he had been trav-
cling for days--for years. The country.
indeed. was altogether unfamiliar; he
could not recall ever having seen the path
he trod, but for that matter everything
was strange. In the first place he knew
that he was going west and yet the MORN
ing sun persisted In beating hotly into
his face! That alone convinced him that
things had gops awry with the world
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R RAINBOW'S END - s:::?z:@: b. Rex ss:s4
Author OF THE Spoilers, THE
Barrier" Heart Of the Sunset"

lie could remember a great convulsion OF
some sort. but just what it was he had
no clear idea! Evidently. though, it had
been sufficient to change the rotation Of
the earth Yes. that was it; the earth
was running backward upon its axis; he
could actually feel it whlrling under his
feet No wonder his journey seemed so
long. He was laboring over gigantic
treadmill, balancing like an equilibrist
upon a revolving sphere. Well. 1t was
simple matter to stop walking sit down
and allow himself to be spun backward
around to the place where Rosa was walt.
ing. He pondered this idea for some time,
until its absurdity became apparent I'm
doubtedly he must be going out OF his
head; he saw that II was necessary to
keep walking until the backspin of that
treadmill brought Rosa to him.
But the time came when he could walk
no farther. He tried repeatedly and
failed. and meanwhile the earth spun
even more rapidly. threatening to whirl
him off into space. 1t was terrible
sensation; he lay down and hugged the
ground, clinging to roots and sobbing
weakly. Rosa, he knew. was just around
the next bend In tho trail he called to
her, but she did not answer, and he dared
not attempt to creep forward because his
grip was falling. He could feel his fingers
slipping-siipping. 1t was agony. He
summoned his last atom Of determination.
but to no avail. lie gave up finally ana
felt himself propelled dizzily outward into
unreasonable voids. His last thought as
he went whirling end over end through
space, was Of his sister. She would
never know how hard he had trieo 10
reach her.
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In doing she would herself would that
she great enough admire the greatness Of others
England Russia's Great Hope
is certain that IL English influence had been dominant
in Russia in the past is and is to be hoped
it will remain in the future,
Petrograd incidents like those connected with the Of
Raspun We should not have witnessed all these perpetual
changes of Ministers, which Germany has rocd with
such evident relish We should heard
authority of The Tar, unfortunately has been the
We monarchs who have been brought in the old trad
tons of loyalty to bgone days. have often been accused by this
of adenurers harbong revolutionary ideas They
reproached with the spirit of criticism that has sometimes induced
and prompted to speak what thought and blame
where blame due; to criticize where criticism almost
national necessity Time shall whether have mis-
taken however, that English ideas English
respect for individual liberty and individual opinions become
and familiar to Russians and the
mind the public will acknowledge that have been
when have raised the which
individuals such Raspun have been allowed
society and in circles and against this
system of administration which, thanks to its crawling faerng
propense licked his feet the idea that by doing
pleasing the higher authorities who of the time
about the developments which this intrigue gradually assuming
Russia has still something oriental about her. and respects
she resembles the Greek empire which fell under the blows
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ceased riding one another down, when
lights came and he heard Colonel Cobo
cursing them like one insane. he had
wrigged away crossed the calzada and
hidden in the woods until dawn. He had
been walking ever since; he had come
home to die.
Starvation
Rosa heard only parts OF the story.
for her mind was numbed, her heart
frozen. Her emotion was too deep for
tears; 1t paralyzed her for the time being;
she merely stood staring. her dark eyes
glazed. her ashen lips apart Finally
something snapped. and she knew moth.
ing more until hours afterward, when
she found herself upon her comfortless
bed with Evangelina bending over her.
All night she had lain inert, in u merciful
stupor; it was not until the next morning
that she gradually came out Of her
coma.
Then It was that the negress was really
alarmed. fearing that IL the girl did rally
her mind would be affected. But Rosa
was young and. despite her fragility Of
!
seemed to her. and possessed Of too deep
a capacity for suffering. How she ever
survived those next few days. days whcn
she prayed hourly to die. was mys.
terry. And when she found that she
could at last shed tears, what agony!
The bond between her and Esteban had
been stronger than usually exists between
sister and brother: he had been her other
self; In him she had centered her love.
her pride, her ambition. The two had
never quarreled; no angry word had ever
passed between them; their mutual under.
standing. moreover. had been almost more
than human. and where the one was
concerned the other had been utterly
unselfsh. To lose Esteban. therefore.
split the girls soul and heart asunder.
she felt that she could not stand without
him. Born into the world at the same
hour. welded into unity by their mothers
supreme pain, the boy and girl were OF
the same flesh and spirit; they were ami
mated by the same life current. Never
had the one been sad or gay but that
the other had felt a like reaction. Per.
sonalities so closely knit together are
not uncommon. and to sever them Is
often dangerous.
Into Rosa's life. however. there had
come one interest which she could not
share with her twin-that was her love
for o'Reilly.
Flight
Spanishreared women. as a rule. do
not play with love; when It comes they
welcome It. even though 1t be that frs,
infatuation SO often scorned by older
colder people. So It was with Rosa Va
roma. Whatever might nave been the
true nature of her first feeling for the
Irish-American. suffering and meditation
had deepened and strengthened It into q
laatura q nd aenuinA na sslor A fha ,xis~
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will appear in daily installments be-
ginning tomorrow.
This interesting life story o. one OF
Pennsylvania's leading jurists and pub.
lie men is replete with revelations OF
political activities and with delightful
characterization Of noted personalities,
all tnlivened by the writer's quaint
hunor.