THE TURNER TRIBUNE V O L. VIII. T l l t N E l l , EXPERTS * l U w r « G ER M A N Y’S TASF I * u t • lirai l.ifr Inlo lirpar«* OF CURRENT W EEK. . . . ^ lion Hmnioit. Paris. Ilrlgndler General Charles <1 O IM Ü U O N , ALIEN FUNDS’ USE INEI Dawes, U. 8. A., chairman of the first committee of experts appointed by I he Brief Resurre Most Important reparation commission to consider the resources and Daily News Items. looking to a solution of tha reparn lions COMPILED FOR YOU Kveata * f Notad I'sopis. C o f f n a M t i u t F e d ir Northwest. u t Other TVnyf • Worth know lap. Two woman ond thro« children. >11 member* ot the game family, were killed In a fire that swept through three llrooklyn apartment buuae* late Wednesday. The execution of Oea John and Hughla King by the administering ot lethal gaa w a* fixed by Judge Walah In the dlatrlct court of Mineral county at Hawthorne, N'er., Wednesday, for Friday. February I. The health of e l Prem ier Venllelo* of Ureece, who w a* taken III early tbla week. In continuing to Improve, lie waa able to reaume hi* confer ence* Tueeday with the political lead era. Including tha royallata. A Spanish royal decree waa laeued Tueeday dloeolvlng the capacity of Germany chamber of depulle* and dlamlaalng the elective member* of tha *enate. lender the decree life aenator* are deprived of tbelr parliamentary Immunity. Details of the round the world flight ot United State» army avlatura, atari tng from Seattle April 2. were made public Monday by M ajor Henry II Arnold, commander of Uockwell field, and l.leutenani Virgil Hlnee, poet ad Jutant. Announcement wa* made In tha fed eral court In Memphl*. Tenn., Tueeday that the aull for 11.000.000 filed by the American Truat company of Naahvllle. Tenn.. agnlnat the I’lggly W iggly cor poration had been settled by com promise and that tho suit would be withdrawn. An official bullotln aay* the acute ness of the malady of Loon Trotsky, the lluaatan soviet w ar minister, which resulted from an attack of Influent* and from which he had suffered since Novem ber 5. makes It deslrsblo that he Immediately cease work and take absolute rest la a milder climate. Illght of Presbyterian clergymen to exercise liberty of thought and toach Ing Is maintained In an affirmation sign ml by 150 Presbyterian mlnlstors lu all parts ot the United States, la sued Wednesday by a committee head ed by the Hev. Murray Shlploy How land of the iluffulo, N. Y.. Presliy terlan church. The United Stales has determined no longer to be a dumping ground for undesirable aliens. Representative Vail of Colorado, member of the house committee on Immigration, told the Wom en's National Republican club Tuesday. He said restriction of Immi gration was favored by »every member of the committee. Mrs. Henry Lange. 75, of Meriden, Conn., has boon discharged ns cured from the Meriden hospital after watch ing the surgeons remove hnlt her stomach and cut a large growth from her Intestines while she was under the Influence ot local anaesthetics only. The operation took two hour*, during which Mr*. I Jingo conversed with the surgeons. Ira Spark* ot Teru, Ind., who ar rived In Honolulu a year ago from San Francisco In a packing box. hav Ing consigned himself as “freight en route to tho orient,” W ednesday suited for tho far east In a 2.1 foot dory. He announced that he was bound for the Holy Land to “seok the true word ot God." A crowd estimated at 1500 wltneased his departure. problem, forward, dellverud hardhitting a $180,000,000 Cash on Deposit Available. straight speech at the opening of that body here Monday. CUSTODIAN R EP O RTS He declared be could speak neither for the government of the United Hlales nor for the American people, Revival of ('om m rrrr With ri-K n rm y but aa an Individual. After reviewing Countries and Drofit by G ov the situation from Ihn standpoint of an American hualnes* man, he mudc ernment Held r<M*ible. an earnest plea for common aenae and practical cooperation among the na Ilona, so (hat Germany's productive Washington. D. C.— Creation of a ness could be restored to tier lhal federal agency to utilise In productive she might meet her obligations. W ith characteristic forcefulnes* enterprise Ibo enemy funds on de General Dawes denounced "the Inces posit fn the treasury to the credit of sant misrepresentation* and Inloler the alien property custodian was pro able Interjection* of those foul and posed In tho annual report of Colonel carrion loving vulture* the national Thomas W . Miller, tho custodian, lallc demagogues of all rounlrles who made public Hunday. would exploit their pitiful personall Colonel Miller auggested that two lies out of a common misfortune." ends would by served by returning the The American plan, a* briefly out funds to active enterprise— revival of lined by the chairman, consist* of slu business and commercial relations hllltatlon of German currency and hal with the former enemy countries, and sneing the German budget, and. be the reaping of profits by the federal declared: “A * the economic processes (corporation which. If desired, could be of Gertnany under a stable currency | applied to settlement of claims which and with a balanced budget are re ; later might be adjudicated by the vived Ihero will be demonstrated tIn | mixed claims commission. capacity of Germany to pay. I.ct u* “There Is approximately IlSu.OOO,- first help Germany to get well." 000 of cash on deposit In the United "T h a experts got oft to a breezy .Stale* treasury to the credit of the start." This ezpresse* the general alien property custodian, which sum sentiment In reparations and diplo will Increase as the liquidation policy matic circles of the beginning of (he Is carried oul." Colonel Miller said. work ot the experts. "It Is suggested (bat a plan be con General li s w r i ’ "legundary energy," sidered whereby (hat portion of the as M Rarlhou put It. seemed to send remaining alien property represented a draft of fresh air throughout repara by cash In the treasury may be mil tion* headquarters, which had not ap lied In reviving trade and the com peared to shelter so much activity be mercial relations which formerly ex fore since tho commission was organ isted between this country and the lied. former enemy powers. " f a n he keep them up to It?" was “To all tnlents and purposes this a queatlon asked repeatedly around sum represents available capital re the buildings, when It became known moved from the channels ot trade and that General Dawes would propose should be put to a useful purpose lh al tils colleagues Work night and Such a governmental agency, similar day until they got somewhere with to the W a r Finance corporation, hav the Inquiry. Other members of the ing a capital of several hundred mil delegation were heartily wllh General lion dollars, would be capable of earn Dawes In the desire to make a* short ing enough on this sum to not only work as possible of (heir task, but settle American clnlms, when they some ot them are ralber frightened are finally adjudicated, but return In at the Idea of three sessions dally. full the property or Its equivalent to The general ha* conceded a point by the former enemies when (he affairs agreeing that tha night meeting* of the alien property office are finally »hould be merely Informal personal terminated. exchange* ot vlewa among tho mem "T h ere are a number of enemy cor bars. porntions whose assets were seized Tho Impreaaion made by General and liquidated by this office which Dawe*' speech was In every way fav would thereby be encouraged to re orable, Inside and outside of repara sume business In this country." lion clreloa, excepting in extreme na Colonel Millor said there were two tlnnallat quarters, where his reference divergent schools of thought with ref to “ nationalistic demagogues" caused erunce to disposition of tho alien sotno slight emotion. property. One side, he said, would One of tho British delegates said. utilize Immediately the private prop "T h e Impression was most favorable; erty of our former enemies for the tho beginning of the discussions payment of tho dobts of the former nugurs well." enemy governments when they are Colonel James A. Logan. American adjudicated by the mixed claims com unofficial observer on tho reparation mission. Tho other would return im commission, expressed himself to the mediately nil property solzed under *ame effect, while M. Rarthou. prosl the trading with the enemy act. He dent ot tho commission, declared that did not comment on the merits of the committee could not have got to either programme, hut reiterated that work under better nuspicea. some use should be made of the Idle Root In Surgeon’* Care. Now Y o rk .- Kllhu Root, ex accre lory of state, Monday undorw-ent what wus described as a successful opera tion at the N ew York hospital. T h e nature of the operation wus withheld by the physicians, who simply said that Mr. Hoot was resting comfort ably. Later it was Irnrnod that* the operation wus for removal of a stone In the kidney. It was sntd Mr. Root would be at Ihn hospital for two or three weeks. W arm ers Cause Death. Klamath Falls. Or.— Tw o old plow- sh n res, hosted nm l p la ced In her bed for foot warmers. Ignited bed clothing nnd resulted In the death of Nellie Moody, Klamath Indian woman. 32, who diet! hero Monday. The aged T w o men woro killed and a woman woman wns rescued from the flames was Injured W ednesday during a claah apparently without Injury other than between officers and citizens a n d .* part Ini strangulation from smoke, but band of outlaws In tho Florida Kver- Immediately contracted pneumonia, glades, 25 miles north ot W est Palm which proved fatul. Reach. The officers, using machine guns, opened fire on the outlaws' camp Body Found Mutilated. about 2 A. M. Tho fight raged all day liluffton, Ohio.— The body of Mrs. and poasea of aeveral hundred cltlxens and officers are searching the swamp Katherine Mohler, 70, who disappear land« for escaped members of the ed several weeks ago, waa found In an abandoned cistern nt her homo, band, known aa the "A shley gang." one mile south of here, Sunday. The An alligator aelsed and awallowed a head, logs and arms had been severed man named League white he was nnd were found wllh the torso. W il bathing In Five-Mile creek, near Card- liam Mohler, 73, husband of tho dead well, North Queensland, Wednesday. woman, waa arrested. The party was bathing In a deep pool when the alligator, which wns 13 feet Farmer Admits Killing. long, aelxed Leaguo before the eyes Lima, O.— W illiam Mohler, 73, w eal of hla companions and sank with him thy fnrmer, late Monday confessed he beneath the water. The party search lind killed his wife, Mrs. Katherine ed the banks, found the monster and Mohler, S3, dismembered her body and shot It. They dragged the body ashore hid It In an abandoned cistern twq and cut It open, recovering Leaguo’s weeks ago. Mohler confessed after body. 26 hours of third degree. funds which had been withdrawn from activo business. FARM LOAN BOARD TO ISSUE BONDS Washington, D. C. — The federal farm loan board, preparing to meet the late winter and spring demand for money expoetod to bo made on the federal loan hanks, announced Satur day that It would Issue 360,000,000 in federal farm loan bonds. Tho bonds will be offered through federal land banks, national farm loan associations and other distributors al 100H with accrued Interest from Jan uary 1. the dato of issue. Maturity of (he debentures will be fixed at 30 years with the rallahlo privilege after January 1, 1934. They will bear 4 \ per cent Interest. "T h e 12 federal land banks,” said Commissioner Cooper of the farm loan board, "have, during the last year. Increased their capital to 343,597.320 nnd their assets to 3376.232,007. W llh this continued growth and continued evidence of their solidarity. It Is an ticipated that the present offering of seeurltles will be promptly absorbed." Chinese Cabinet Filled. Pekin. — Tsao Kun, president of China, has Issued a mandate, accept ing en bloc the resignations of the old cabinet, which was In office when he was elected. The reconstructed cabinet wns made possible when the low house of parliament formally ap proved the appointment of Sun I’ao- Chl, after several months of political maneuvering. Approval of the house was not needed for the other mem bers of the cabinet. * r T II U I . S D A V , J A M A R V xo. V IT, WW▼ ▼ ▼ • • * W W WWWWWWWW▼▼W 1 STATE N E W S s IN BRIEF. J Halcm Governor Pierce Hat unlay appointed Dr. H. K. Kctty of Paisley Judge of Lake county to succeed E. II. Hmlth, who died recently. *»y Charles Tenney JacKson Hood River.— Ashley post, 16. son of Dr. W illiam Post of Hood River suffered the loss of his right hand In a dynamite explosion Hunday. 8t. Helens.— W ith the departure of the steamer Rrooklngs Saturday night lumber shipments from St. Helens fur Ihn week will total, nearly 4.000, 000 feel. Salem. Following the completion of Its five-year road building program Marlon county will be In a position to construct approximately 15 miles of pared highway annually without a bund issue, according to llet . Down Ing, county Judge. Eugene.— More than 21.000,000 feet of Umber In the Siualaw national for est has Just been sold to (he Umpqua Mills & Tim ber company of Reeds- port, according to announcement at Ihe forest service office in this city. Thu price paid was 362.354. Medford.— Taxes will be lower In Jackson county this year than last, not counting Irrigation liens and taxes that vary according to school and dis trict levies. The county tax la three mills less. In Medford taxes will be 1.6 mills lower than In 1923. Crawfordavllle.— Mr. and Mrs. John O. Mlckalson of Crawfordavllle cele brated quietly their fifty ninth wed ding anniversary January 7. They were married In 1865 in Monroe. Wis. Pendleton.— Alex Manning, promin ent in labor circles in Pendleton, has been designated bead of the Umatilla county committee to obtain funds for German children. No drive will be made for funds here, he stated, the plan being to depend on voluntary con trlbutions. Astoria.— Superintendent W e b b of the Necanieum river hatchery has taken about 1.500.000 silverside eggs, which be Is hatching nt the Necani- cum river plant. H e has also caught about 200 cut-throat trout In his traps and will take eggs from them for artificial propagation. M arshfield.--Th e new W esley hospi tal. to he organised under the aus pices of the Methodists, will consist of a first unit to cost 3100.000. Includ ing the equipment. Tho institution will have the full quota of laboratories required in obtaining the approval and recognition by the American College of Surgery. Eugene. — Oznl Stool, the oldest Mason in Eugene nnd one of the old est on the coast, was honored by fel- low-Shriners Saturday night with a dinner at the hotel In honor of his 93d birthday. Mr. Stoel Is active and seldom misses a meeting of the sev eral branches of masonry to which he belongs. Corvallis.— More than 450 head of hogs owned by various livestock club members were vaccinated for hog cholera In (ho last year, according to reports sent in by county club lead i t s to L. J. Allen, assistant state club leader. Only one death resulted from vaccination and none treated died from the disease. Salem.— Tho order issued recently by the Oregon public service commis sion In reducing freight rates on hay and other farm products will become effective January 21. according to an nouncemont Saturday. The railroads, following receipt of the order, filed a petition asking that the effective date of the new rates be suspended. Marshfield.— A suit for 32330 dam ages has boon filed by Eugene Ham block of Rear creek, a locality not far from Randon, whero the Roosevelt highway traverses his ranch. Mr. Hamhlock avers that the construction of the highway, which was graded in 1923. resulted In tho loss of 26 feet of the northern part of his barn, which wns cut from the strurture. Roseburg.— Tho Douglas county tax department during the j-ear 1922 col lected 31.093.918.63, only 36000 less than act forth on the assessment rolls to be collected, according to the semi annual report now being completed. The sum of 336,840 26 represents de linquent taxes, extending as far hark as 1913, paid in during the past year. The 1923 tax is about 10 per cent de linquent. Klamath Falls.— W o rk on the Eu- gene-Klamnth Falls cut-off on the Southern Pacific Is progressing under (he most unfavorable winter condi tions. According to word brought In Sunday from tho Charles F. Gager sub contractor's ramp at Corrlal Springs, near Crescent, from 18 Inches to two feet of snow has been encountered by the graders who are completing the last five miles of tho Hampshire con tract 40 miles beyond Kirk. Illu stra tio n s by Irw in .Myers py r i g ht by The B o b b s - M e r r i l l Company “ HE ME A N T M E !" S Y N O P S IS — U nder the n s m * o f “ C ap tain Ksssrmc." end disguised. Jean L s fltt* . fo rm e r fre e b o o te r o f Ils r s ta ria . proscribed retu rn * to the c ity o f N e w O rleans He 1* recog n ized by t w o o f his old com panion*. A ld erm en D om inique end B eluch*. A t the g a m in g tab les Hazarac has w on much m oney from C olon el C arr, B r it ish officer. John Jarvta, the city 's first bohem ian o f th * a rts end tatters, an o ld -tim e frie n d o f D - fltte. tails o f a w om an's fa ce and sm ile. Aa his last w a g er. C a rr puts up a wom an, presu m ably a slave. Custom com p els Hazarac to accept the stake. H e w ine. H la old a ssocia tes end Count R a ou l da A lm o n a a ter accost him aa L afltte. A p ro je c t o f the y ou th fu l a d ven tu rers o f N ew O r leans le the rescue o f N ap oleon B on aparte fro m St. H elena, and a ahlp. the B eraphlne. haa been m ade reedy. F ro m De A lm on - aater S e ta ra c learns th at the g ir l he “ w o n " at th e card ta b le la w h ite, o f h ig h estate, and th at the m a tter haa been made a b y w ord In the c ity 's resorts. 8az- arac finds M a d em oiselle L rstron . a fe llo w p a ssen ger on a r iv e r etra m e r a fe w days b efore, and w ith w hom he had fa lle n In love, la the g ir l and In c h iv a lr y fo r e g o es hla r s v e n g e a ga in s t C arr. J a rv is adm ires M a d em oiselle Bes- tron. H e Is a w itn ess o f the m e e tin g end picks up a c a m ellia w hich the g ir l had throw n , un noticed. to Sasarac. C H A P T E R III— Continued. “ T o n word, fellow, you had the ef frontery to allow up. then?" Something In the cold eyes of the taller man stung through to his drunken hraln. “I will not fight you. eh? Is that what you are thinking? O f course not— of course not. Captain Sazarac! I— of His Majesty's Serv ice. and von— not a gentleman in tlie city could vouch for y o u !" “Colonel Carr." put In the girl steadily, “will you cease?" She stepped nearer; “The gentleman but wishes to depart. The house w ill be aroused, the ten an ts are gabbling now I" , “You will excuse him. sir." Madame C arr turned to the stranger; and even In her disarray, he saw that she was matronly beautiful, but hollow-eyed as one torn by ceaseless anxiety: "H e does not know of what he speaks." “ I can speak that. Madame, that would put all Louisiana In an uproar. Langhome, the consul, will open hla eyes when— when— " With a sudden furious movement Mrs. Carr closed his month. He threw her off violently. “Cease this. Madame! I am not a child, or fool! Already about this crack-brained city the clouds are gathering! From the Sabine country the Spaniards— “ “Be s till!" She checked him with rising fury. In the moonlight her eyes held the glitter of a tigress. But the officer's drunken madness became uncontrollable. “T o your rooms, you wom en! Both of y o u ! As for this man— " he turned again, staring abruptly nt the tall cloaked figure; for the time, he had forgotten him : “Bah ! He Is here be cause— " " W e know,” put In the elder woman coldly, "he has ruined you at cards— everything. The consul has Informed me o f this humiliation beyond words." C arr was laughing evilly again. “Eh, w e ll! The pot-house gallants saw It all. Oh. ho!— there were w a gers that Captain Sazarac wtaild not even dure lift hla face again at the gaming-houses. lie would find pre texts, he would Invent reasons— Indeed It was a shabby trick to put upon— even a packet gam bler!" There was a silence. Madame Carr was staring at the stranger. “What Is this, sir? I heard some silly story of the oardrooms— Madame des Trehan would not explain, but there was comment, upon the prome nade, today. Sir, as my husband but shouts, laughing, will you enlighten us?” Monsieur Sazarac stood with fold ed arms. The girl In white was watch ing him doubtfully. Suddenly she came nearer. There wus almost pleading in her softness. “Tell me. There was some cruel Jest put upon you. sir?" The stranger would not answer. C arr laughed hoarsely, lurching against the rail. “The Jest Is this, ladles! Upon the packet trip, this man was all eyes for one of you. Chagrined that I would not Introduce him, lie was bent upon breaking me at cards. He hnd the luck of a cold devil even to Ihe last throw at Maspero's. Eh. well. It was hut a Jest! The town "hnckles over It. I wagered him— against his win nings of the packet, a bond girl of onr household. He took U greedily— h a-ha!" "Sir, we traveled with no servant save the public help," the wife put in. "That Is true." Carr stralgh'ened up with drunken gravity. “But he took the wager. He thought, evilly enough. | there wa* a wench of San Domingo— fair a* one of you. He w j* Imbecile enough to yearn for her glances!" “Your word, sir. If you recall?" said Sazarac gravely. “A Jest! Who w ould deem It but a card room Jest!“ The stranger turned a* If to escape from an unpleasing situation. But the elder wroman suddenly came be tween them. "But what ia this cari ous thing they whisper of along the promenade? J caught a laugh, a pity ing look!" She swept scornfully upon her hus band "D id you, then, cheat at the cards?" C arr roared his m irth: "N o — on my honor! There was no need!" “The affair is done,” murmured the stronger. "Your purdon. Madam e!" ISut us he made to pass. C arr must gibe once more at him "Y ou r wager, sir? The prize you claim— which was I t r The silence grew acute. The two women stared unbelievingly; the younger turned widening eyes upon the silent stranger. "H e told you— that?” “Nothing. Mademoiselle. Allow me to depart!"’ “H e meant me! A girl of San Do mingo ! Bandied my« name In the card rooms— " “You were not mentioned. Mademoi selle. I never knew your name before. Y'ou will allow me to go. Mademoiselle Lestron. It Is enough— " "It is not enough! Yon do not know all, s ir !" She turned swiftly to the drunken colonel and struck him sharply In the face. “Y'ou dared this! Y’ ou Infamous coward! I— a slave of San Domingo—" C arr stood in an abject sobering. "Louise, this is fo lly !" " I shall speak! Whom could yon mean?" “Eh? A Jest! I said, a Jest— not meant for anyone's ears but his and mine! He had the lmpndence to come here— to claim— something— " C arr settled back on the rail uncer tainly. ■•Something?" Miss Lestron turned Icily to Sazarac. “Sir. and what?” “I do not know. I had no thought save to seek Colonel C arr and demand satisfaction. The affair could have R j ; «T m Shs Swept Scornfully Upon Her Hue- band— "Did You, Then, Cheat at the Card»?" been arranged at the Oaks with no breath of the quarrel's point. One of us should die . . . the other's lips sealed in honor. W as that not enough. Mademoiselle, for your protection?" Sazarac, the river gamester, saw a curious light in her eyes. Grateful ness, scorn, or the brief Interest In this Idea of protecting her, he could not say which, for she turned at once to the other tuan. Her voice Rowed on steadily but mounting to a peak of Implacable contempt. “On the turn of a card, sir? Yon played high— very high . . . an empire, perhaps, risked in a Chartres gambling house!" "W ill you be still?” blustered Carr, staggering forth. “A Jest— I said a jest on him! Your nmue was not In It! I said a slave girl. Bah— I will go to Langhorne and borrow a wench to pay my debt. If that is the Issue 1” “You had best both be still," warned the older woman, frightened now. “Louise, come— this is no mat ter for a cardroom brawl. Sazarac— If he is vouched for as a gentleman In this city, must challenge. I sup pose— ah, God ! lie will challenge— ” And, passing them with hlgii head but tear-dimmed eyes, Madame Carr went to her chamber*. "F.ah,” muttered Carr with sudden drunken sleepiness. “Go home, Saza rac! You. to your rooms, Louise! My head aches with all this ranting! It " -is a Jest, tin Sazarac, because of Ids taking rny lust farthing— on Lon Ise, because of her airs. Enough, It’s done. Hazarac can challenge ami h# d— d. He can send a second— It he knows a gentleman In the city, which Is Improbable— when I am sober. My affair Is In Langhorne'* bunds. Now, to b ed !" He staggered along the gallery. But suddenly, with a shrug, a l>»w— a face serene In the moonlight—Captain Ha zard o addressed him. "Sir, I am minded to recall my w ord* Now, I shall claim my wager 1" “ I say— to bed— ” mumbled t'arr thickly. He reeled at his door, waved a palsied finger at them and crushed against the furniture within. Miss Lestron stood at th* balus trade of the winding staircase us the stranger was descending. A step be low he turned: " I claim my wager. I.et them have « care who put a Jest upon me In this tow n! The sea Is near . , . and It is wide. Wide, Mademoiselle, and deep; and far— very far. Is the way to Its secret place*.” “ I do not understand." She was watching him Intently. He had gone to the next turn of the stnlrcaae. The moonlight struck the silver of his sword blit. She leaned forth, and her eyes struck fire from his own w hen he glanced up. “F a r T ' she whispered: “And It may be beautiful!" lie watched her lips. The perfume of the Jasmtned wall seemed to rise from the court and engage her; she seemed afloat In a purple sea formed by the shadows. A face, a form lumi nous In the mists of his dark years of remembrance. Tlie soul of his youth was stirring . . . be had dared all. lost all, on decisions quick, hot. pregnant as this, fn days long put behind. " I love yon." he said quietly. "You will remember that." She beard hla boot on the stones of the court. H e was passing the pomegranate clump when he thought something flashed near him In the moonlight. A white thing, a light thing— a feather, a petal In the air. But he saw no more, nor heard a sound from above. He went to the untenanted street wondering If she had waited until his footsteps died away. He wondered w b r he had spoken; and then he laughed. Sazarac. the packet gamester . . . Jean Lafltte. last of the sea-adventurers— ghost of a van ished time, back to tread the streets where his life was not worth the flicker of a moonbeam In the Jasmine screen below her window. After he had gone.weoinethlng did stir. A man crawled out from the shadows across the area, went to the gardened center of the court and searched under the fig and pomegran ate leaves. Presently he muttered and straightened up, a white blossom In his hand. “Eh?” be said. “A camellia . . . It has been In her hair. She was to wear It to the opera, and C arr’* orgy tonight prevented. I would have seen her pass . . . she would have thought me a red-eyed beggar stand ing by the areaway. but I would have seen her pass." John Jarvis stared up at the silent balcony. Then he, too. went his way. "The Cafe la Veau Qul Tete— " he grumbled. “I shall put on my old waistcoat again to get drunk In. Sazarac! D — n this Sazarac! A flower from her hair, and the fool did not see It! A flower for Sazarac!" At the Cafe la Vean he entered by the garden gate and went to sit among the hnge nine tuns under the tiled shed. "Three measures of liquor and I could paint a white camellia against her hair," he m used; “but the taproom and I together could not paint love in her eye— for me.” A fter that he sought a bench and slept. Presently in came another and by the same stealthy passageway. A huge seaman, this, with broad hairy chest, and tattooed arms. He exam ined the sleeping painter, took off hit coat and spread It above him. "H e must be kept drunken and asleep,” muttered Johannes*. "The fool would shout it through the town— the Cap tain Jean returned, and meeting us old ghosts up from the Islands! Enter. Old Silt-Nose! None here save John, the taproom avocat. A howl from him and be draws my knife point! Sit quiet and await. Our host gave me the keys and Is abed . . . he pre fers not to know what he should not know, like any wise m an!" “Jean whom I painted at th* famous Isle! 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