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quest to be sent home, to Tomsk, at
the expense of the government. He
even offered me a convoy for protec-
tion.
NY escape was a success, but my
heart would not rejoice. Tho image OF
Yasha, stricken with grief, frantically
searching for me. calling to me, rose
before my eyes, and demanded an ac'
count from my conscience. Was 1t
right, was It just. to leave poor va
sha all alone in forlorn Amiga? Had
not vowed TO remain eternally faith
full 10 him? Was it not my bounden
duty TO stand by him to the end?
Should I not return 10 him, then, and
give up this wild fancy of going to
war?
vacillatcd. Was II not true, on
the other hand, that Yasha had be-
come n professional gambler? Was
not life with him a perilUus ad-
venture? Devotion to Yasha, a voice
within me spoke. did not mean perish
ing with him. but an effort 20 save
him. Indeed, 10 get Yasha out Of
that wilderness was an idea which
suddenly gripped my imagination.
And how could ever expect to find
n better opportunity to do so than by
distinguishing myself in war and then
petitioning tho Car in his behalf?
So there I was again in the magic
circle of war asked an acquaint-
ance to write n letter for me to Yasha.
Apologizing for my unusual departure,
I informed him that I was going to
for the front and win distinction for
bravery, then petition the Gar to par
don him, So as TO enable us to re-
sumo our peaceful life in Stretinsk.
1t was a plan with which Destiny,
that held no more peace for me, play
cd havoc The war was to continue
as many years as had expected It to
last months, shrouding Russia In
darkness, sowing revolution. bearing
thunder and lightning in its wings,
spreading famine and chaos and seeds
of a new world order. In those stormy
years Yasha was to retreat to the
far background OF my life. then vanish
altogether. But my heart was all
with him that autumn day OF 1914
when I turned my eyes toward the
bleak North for the last time, as l
boarded the barge that was to carry
me to Irkutsk. from there to Tomsk,
and thence to war.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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mo. My country called me. And an
irresistible force from within pulled
me sss
I only awaited the opportunity when
Hasha would be gone for several days
It arrived one September day. Some
Yakuts called for Yasha. AS soon as
he left / cut off my hair. dressed In
mems clothes and provided myself with
two loaves Of bread l had no money
to speak of, as I took no one of the
colony into my confidence.
1t was evening when I stcalthly hur-
ried out Of Amiga and took the road to
Takutsk. There were two hundred
Versts of II before me. I ran at such
pace that night, as could not ex-
pect to travel in the daytime without
being recognized. that ! covered by
dawn, fifty versts.
Several times I had met YalIts. and
answered their greetings in their ma.
tive dialect, with which I had grown
familiar. In the dark they must have
taken me for Yakut. Otherwise, the
journey was uneventful. The road
was dry, the weather calm, and only
the stars lit my way, my fast beating
heart echoing my footsteps
When day broke / stopped beside a
limpid stream and feasted on bread
and cold water. | then made bed OF
twigs in a hole by the road. lay down.
overed myself with branches and went
to sleep for the day. I awoke when
evening came, offered my prayers 10
God, dined on some more bread and
water and resumed my journey. 1t
took me six nights Of walking to ar
rive at Yakutsk, living only on bread
and water, and sleeping in hidden
hooks by the road during the day.
There was a new Governor in va.
kutsk. Baron Kraft had gone 10
Western Europe to join his wife at
some health resort was stranded there
after the outbreak If the war, and
later died a prisoner in the hands Of
the enemy. The new Governor re-
ceived me well. and granted my re.
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RUSSIANS BATTLE FOR UNION
Forty Million Striving for Strong
Republic. Saws Sazonoif

Paris, March 3.-(By A. P)-"F'orty
million Russians in organized govern
ments are now cooperating in a move
slams are working and fighting. dying
by hundreds and even by thousands
daily. in an effort to save Russia from
complete destruction, and all this being
done without q thought of political am
lition." said Sergus Sazonoff. Minister
Of Foreign Affairs In the Denikine gov
ernment, who also is the representative
in Paris of the Omsk government in an
interview today, Continuing, he said:
"In addition TO the Russians fighting
Bolshevism through and outside the gov
ernments there are also hundreds Of
thousands of Russians within the Boil
shevists battling daily against the ef-
forts 10 defeat q reunited Russia.
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YANKEES RUN STOKEHOLDS
Sailors and Stewards Also Gamer.
icanize Il. $. Ships

washington, March 3.--Tho war has
resuitau la the almost complete Ameri-
canization OF the frcroom forces of
American merchant ships, Chairman
Hurley. OF the shipping board, said to-
day. Before the war 30 per cent of the
men employed in the frerooms on ycs-
sells flying the American flag we're aliens.
while today, on vessels trading out OF
Pacific ports, the percentage has exactly
reversed. In Atlantic waters 80 per
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Pershing Jails Foe "Bootleggersr

CobIenx, March 3.--tBy A. P.)-Sen.
tences of six months Imprisonment and
fines OF 100000 marks each have been
imposed on Matthias Scheid and Jacob
Ring, German wholesale liquor dealers.
charged with bringing brandy into the
American occupied area by mlsrepre-
sentations, 1t was announced at Third
Army Headquarters " Ia.
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cent OF the hreroom forces are now
made up OF Americans.
The proportion of Americans continues
TO grow, tho new men being supplied
from the boards training schools. where
40 900 youths have so far been admitted.
so per cent for fireroom instruction. 25
per cent for sailors and 20 per cent for
stewards
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THIS STARTS THE STORY

In the summer of 1917 the world
was thrilled by the announcement
of the formation by Maria Botch-
kareva OF woman's fighting unit in
the Russian army. II was known as
the Battalion OF Death. With this
announcement an obscure Russian
peasant girl entered the information.
al hall OF fame. This IL her story
told by herself The first install.
ments told of her carly childhood.
She married unhappily. leaves her
husband who beats her and later
contracts a civil marriage with a
man who bcfriended her. He is sent
TO Siberia for aiding a political plot
and she accompanies him. They are
prosperous for time at Nakutsk,
their first place OF exile. but
treacherous Governor has them
sent further north.
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last night at the banquet In his honor,
rendered by hs friends and attended soy
American and international disnitaries.
Thea In italian for goddess. the Cons
grcssman explained. and Thea Almeri<
gotti Is the name of his fancce.
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La Cuardia 10 Wed Goddess"

New York. March 3.--Tho engage
ment Of Major F. II. la Guardia, tho
flying Congressman, 20 "The Goddess"
of Almcrlgott was formally announced
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DR.. W. r. Owens OF for France

The Rev. William Russell owen
preached his farewell sermon yesterday
in the Memorial Baptist Church. Doctor
owen will leave this week for France,
where He will do Y. NJ. g A. work with
the American eXpeditionary forces.
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Walking at Night and
Sleeping During the Day
She Spent a Week Truu.
cling to Yakutsk, the
Nearest To,Un
Maria Botchkmera Brings
Her Gripping Narrative
to the Point Where She
Is About to Embark on
the Great Adventure

Copyright. 1910, by Frederick A. Stokes co..
tThis story. told by Maria Botchkarcvs and
translated and transcribed by Isaac pon
Levine is published by Frederick \ Stokes
Company under the title Of "Nashka.'D
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oLD-TIME RULES OF CVILlTY
Undoubtedly Were Taken Seriously in
1875, but Would Seem Somewhat
Elementary Today

There was published I'm 1873 a curl
Gus book called The Rules OF Civil
ity," and one OF the things impressed
upon the reader is that being in dis
course with a man, Ills no less than
ridiculous 10 pull him by the buttons,
TO play with the bandstrings. belt or
cloak, or 10 punch him now and then
in the stomach; tbs a pleasant sight,
and well worthy OF laughter TO see him
that is so punched, fail back, and re-
tire. whilst the other, fnsenSible OF his
absurdity, pursues and presses him In
TO some corner, where he is ct last
glad 10 cry quarter before his cOmrade
perceives he is in danger" Further,
the reader is informed that sit argues
neglect. and TO under-value a man, 70
sleep when he is discOursing or read
ing; therefore good manners command
il TO be forbid; besides. something
there may happen in the act that may
offend. as snoring, sweating, gaping or
dribbling."
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OLD AND NEW WORLD LINKED
Roots Of country1s National Life Not
Exclusively Planted This Side
of the Water.

The American Revolution was IN
questionably q great historic event by
reason of its connection with the for
NAL institution OF a new nation, but
the roots of our national life were not
then planted They run back TO the
first settlements and the first charters
and agreements. nor is the genesis Of
the nation to be found there; sharp
as are the beginnings OF our history
on this continent, no student could con-
tent himself with a conception OF our
national life which took into account
only the events and conditions deter
mined by the people and soil Of Amer
lea Even in actual relations between
America and Europe there never has
been e time when the Atlantic has not
had an ebbing as well as a flowing
tide, and the instinct which now sends
us to the Old World in passionate pill
grimages is a constituent part OF our
national life.-H- E Scudder.
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LITTLE ONE SLIGHTLY MIXED
But at Least She Had Done Her Best
to Master That Memory
Lesson.

Little Dorothy, who is eight years
old, dearly loves her school and teach
er, and when at home talks a good
deal of the work in the classrooms.
''Lots of the boys and girls hate quo
tatiOns,' but like it awfly,'' she once
said. "And what do you mean by quo
tatiOns?" asked an inquiSitive elder.
''Why, don't you know? It's something
the teacher tells US on Monday, and
we have To remember it all the week
then on Friday we go to the platform
and say it." "Oh, well, make believe
this is Friday, and do it for us now ]"
Charmed, Dorothy rose, mounted an
imaginary platform, gripped her little
dress, gave a serious curtsey, and said,
with perfect distinctness, Susie Adam
forgets Susie ADAM what If she
does? Give US the quotation" THAT'S
the quotation % what Say it again"
Susie Adam forgets Susie ADAM" re-
peated Dorothy. Neither questioning
nor expostulation avaiIed against this
statement concerning Susie. and not
until the teacher herself was inter
viewed was the mystery solved The
quotation was Enthusiasm begets en-
thusiasm !"
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There is no haphaZaTd designing OF
clothes for girls and misses these days.
Styles for the several stages of girl
hood, from six to twenty years, are
definitive. These are the school years,
and designers that give ali their care
and attention to the needs of the
schoolgirl have thought out apparel
that is correct for all her activities
and occasions. The average busy
mother cannot do better than to rely
upon these specialists in choosing
clothes for her young daughters They
will not suffer by comparisons in
school, academy or college (where they
must be QUILTED for study and for
athletics and social activities) with
any of their classmates
The frock of taffetta silk shown In
the picture is intended for girl from
eleven or twelve TO fifteen years Taft
feta has a crisp quality that makes it
especially suited to sprightiy dresses
for junior misses and this particular
frock is very cIeverly put together.
IT has little niceties of finish that
make it engaging, while they also play
a part in educating their young wear
er in the value of details 1t is a
pretty frOck for dresS-up occasions
For a girl of eleven or twelve this
model shows the skirt cut knee-length,
but a few additional inches are to be
added for girls who have entered their
teens. the lengthening to be governed
by the discretion OF the mother Six
inches above the narrow hem there is
a deep tuck, two and half inches
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Wells Return wren Small lac.

The veil is very much in demand
for wear with the small hat or the
tOque, particularly a large square
style with a silk hexagonal mesh in
black, maroon, beaver, or blue, and a
border more or less lavishly embroid-
cred in chain stitching. One of these
wells has a hexagonal mesh, bordered
with a row OF large embroidered
pastilles; another has a square
meshed foundation in a filet pattern,
surrounded by a large Greek border
embroidered in silk.
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across with the agility Of a Wild sheep
and rushed on into the tunnel be
yond-
I started back, keeping this time TO
the right side OF the tunnel, until I
heard the gurgling of the brook. Then
heard JaequeIine's footstep.
''Who is itZ' she called wildly. M.
HEWLETT My father
caught her as she swayed toward
me. HE has gone Jacqueline," I said
81 went into the tunnel to try to find
the way. He had been feigning sleep
and he crept after me- tried to stop
him. He was so frightened that I
thought it best to let him go. He ran
on into the tunnel"
I've must find him." she said.
"He will come back, Jacqueline."
HE will never come back !" she an
swered. ''He must have been planning
this and waiting for me to sleep. BE
may be hiding somewhere. We must
search for him"
Let US go. then. Jacqueline, II an
swered.
led her back into the tunnel on
what was to be- hoped. our final jour
ney. We reached the ledge. The star
had faded now. and the whole sky
was bright with the red clouds Of
dawn.
At length I saw daylight ahead of
me-and there was no sound of the
torrents
I left Jacqueline in the cave for a
few moments and went into the small
er one near by. where I had seen the
provisions on the preceding days.
found a small box of hard biscuit,
with which stuffed the pockets of my
coat, and, happier still, a small re
volver and some cartridges, to which
1 helped myself literally.
Then I went back TO Jacqueline.
''Jacqueline," I said. ''let US go on
Perhaps your father is on his way out
side the tunnel"
ave cannot go without my father"
she answered, shaking her head in de-
termination.
'Jacqueline,' said, eff we can find
your father you will come with me?
Because it has occurred to me- went
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cIeanina suIta at Home.

Summer suits made Of Palm Beach
eloth-that is, of strong, plain weaves
In cotton that go by that name-are
cool and serviceable and they are very
popular. But they require frequent
cleaning, and cleaning done by profes-
SIGNALS has become expensive. The
Palm Beach suit is apt to prove cost
ly luxury unless 1t can be cleaned at
home The process which follows is
about the same as that used by pro-
fessionals, except that they have spe-
clal facilities for pressing. But if one
has a sleeve board the pressing ought
not to present any very great difficulty.
Before washing. garments should be
run in gasoline to remove grease or
oily matter Of any kind, allowing them
to remain for five minutes For wash
Ing, make suds of lukewarm water
and good neutral soap. Wash in this
suds for about fifteen minutes and
rinse three times thoroughly
After washing, the suits should be
carefully examined for remaining
stains, such as grease, paint, varnish
and stains from automobile seats.
Stains of this nature should be
scrubbed with a brush and a good
quality OF soap A few drops OF car
bon tetrachlOride should be dropped on
the stain and worked into the soap.
Fruit stains should be treated with
a warm perbOrate of sodium solution,
using one ounce of perborate to a
pint of warm water. The spot is i'm
mersed in this solution from five to
fifteen minutes. Ink stains should be
treated with a weak solution of muri-
attic acid first (ten drops to a pint Of
cold water), then placed in q warm
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TRY BeteI-Nut

Instead of offering cigars and Gig
arets, in Persia one is offered a beteI-
nut. Everyone carries a supply Of
them in neat little ivory boxes, not
unlike the snuf-boxes OF our ances-
tors. The betel-nut is a narcotic. IN
its effects not unlike tobacco. but It
is much more harmful. Those who
chew it suffer from inhamed gums.
and they generally lose their teeth.
The betel is a species OF climbing
plant, with q leaf not unlike ivy. It
yields a crop of nuts, which are ground
to a powder; this is mixed with a
similar powder derived from the
areca-nut. and made into a paste.
leaf.
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we had passed. In minute the place
was completely sealed, and we four
stood and locked breathIessly at one
another within what might have. been
a cenotaph.
The chamber seemed at one time to
have been prepared for such a con-
tingency as had occurred, for there
were wool rugs on the stone floor,
though they had rotted and partly dis
1ntegrated from the dampness.
M. Duchaine, he make thle place In
case gov'ment come take mim," ex-
planned Pierre as he placed the rugs
.s'No can find. no can break down
stone door Other way Simon no;
know-onIy m'sieur and me. Old Carl
.bou he come that way; he see you Tied
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solution OF perborate Of sodium until
the spot has turned pale brown. Then
touch with a crystal OF oxalic acid, and
rinse Dye stains are often found on
this class Of goods, such as red from
plush-eovered seats on railway trains.
This stain yields to perborate Of so
dunn treatment
After the garments have been rinSed
they should be only partially dried be-
fore they are pressed. Iron with mod
erately hot iron on the wrong side and
use hangers for both coats and skirts
when they are put away.
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wide, otherwise the skirt is plain and
gathered to the bodice.
The bodice has front panel cut in
one piece with a shaped girdle that
curves into a scallOp, making am op-
pOrtunity for pendant cords ending in
little silk balls that match the frock
in color. The long sleeves are fin
ished with cuffs shaped to correspond
with the girdle Vertical buttonholeS,
worked in the panel on the bodice,
have narrow velvet ribbon brought
through them to make a prim little
tie. and there are neat and dainty over
cuffs of white Organdie to protect the
sleeves at the wrist. There are not
many social doings, connected with
school or otherwise, that call for any
thing more pretentious than this pretty
frOck.
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The Hidden Chamber.
CHAPTER XVIII.

] he Hidden Chamber.
SE-on turned just in time. The
wheel went crashing to the floor and
bounded and rebounded out OF the
room and along the little hall. Phil
9ppe jumped in terror from the place
where he crouched-
And then the last strand broke and
I was free to slip the cords from my
limbs.
''You old fooii' screamed Leroux,
catching Duchaine by the wrists. But
Charles Duchaine possessed the
strength of a mailman. He grasped
Leroux round the waist and chung to
him and would not be shaken off.
Kill him. he screamed. ''He is a
spy! He has come to betray me to the
government
What followed was the work of d
moment. 1 saw Jacqueline pull down
both broadswords from the wall. She
dung one down beside me just as 1
was staggering to my feet.
Leroux shook off the old man at
last. He turned on me. I swung the
sword aloft and brought it down upon
his skull.
Heaven knows I struck to kill; but
my wrist was feeble from the ropes,
and the blade fell fat. It drew no
blood, but LerOux dropped like a
stricken OK upon the floor.
''This way!" gasped the old man.
He pulled at Jacqueline's arm, and
half led and half dragged her through
the open door behind his chair, 1 fol-
lowing. Lacroix sprang into the room,
calling, but whether TO US or to the
other ruffians 1 did not know Leroux
sat up and looked about him, dazed
and bewildered.
Then 1 was in the little room with
Iacqueline and Duchaine, and he
turned and bOIted the door behind u.s.
He seemed possessed of all the
strength and decision of youth again.
When I stood there before the room
had been as dark as pitch, but now a
flicker Of light was at the far end.
A voice cried:
Missouri M'sieuri I have not for
gotten thee!"
It was Pierre Caribou. 1 saw his
figure silhouetted against the light of
the flaring candle which he held in
his hand.
Duchaine had placed one arm about
his daughters waist and was urging
her along. But she stopped and
looked back TO me. I saw she held
one broadsword in her hand, as I held
the other.
Come, monsieur" she gasped
81 am going back" I answered,
fumbling for the bolt Duchaine had
drawn.
mo! We are safe inside. 1t is a
secret room. My father made it in
the first days of his sojourn here in
case he were pursued, and none but
Pierre and ne knew the secret. All,
come, mOnsieur-cOme! 20
But meant to kill Leroux and still
felt for the bolt.
AS fumbled there the door spIin-
tered suddenly and Jacqueline cried
out
Then yielded reluctantly to Jacque-
lines soft violence I followed her
through the dark chamber, under an
archway of stone, and through a wind
ing passage in the rock. Pierre's
candle flickered before US, and in an
other moment we had squeezed
through narrow opening into a cham
Der in the cliff
On the ground were five or six
large stones and Pierre began to fit
them into the aperture through which
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confederate Memorial pax.

April IS is celebrated in Alabama,
Georgia, Florida and Missfssippi as
Confederate Memorial day, a day that
corresponds to May 80 in the North
The day was established by q woman
from Georgia. Mary Ann Williams
who, in letter printed IN the Colum-
bus Times in 1855, called upon her
fellow citizens so observe the follow
ing April % as day "to wzeathS the
graves OF our mSrtyr-dead with flow
erS.r
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on, shat if he had come this way his
footprints would be in the mud be-
side the stream. 1t would take an
hour or two for them to fill up again.
So perhaps he dill not come this far,
but is hiding in some cave in the tun-
mel through which we came. VIII you
wait for me here while / go back and
search?'
She nodded and 1 went back into
that interminable- tunnel again.
CTO BE CONTINUED
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Demands PIE.

Baeon-I see for testing screw
threaded machine parts for extreme
accuracy apparatus has been designed
that projects magnified pictures OF
them on q screen
Egbert-It won't DO as a public at
traction unless they introduce some
sort Of a pie into the picture
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Pretty and Practical Hat.

A practical black hat which may be
worn with white summer frocks or
with dark costume has a brim OF
shirred black lace and tuIle and a
French blue picOt ribbon is tied
around the crown and made into a
small bow across the back. Blue and
rose-colored flowers and sheaves OF
maize-colored wheat give color to the
hat