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X FLOOD DAMAGE IN CAROLINAS LARGE Hundreds Homeless and Many Persons Believed Drowned. ________ PRfSIDENI SIGNS RIM CKDItS Bill (KEAI1NG 12 UNO BANKS NEWS ITEMS The Red Mirage Of General Interest] W ashington, D. C.- P resident W il son signed Monday the ru ral cred its [ ! bill passed recently by congress. He used tw o (sens, afte rw a rd g iv in g one Buyers' Week Dates Are to Senator F letcher, of Florida, who August 7 to 12 Inclusive will present it to th e Southern Com The fourth annual B uyers’ W eek to m ercial Congress. Several members of th e house and senate w ere present, ¡ be held in P ortland has been tlxed for am ong them David Lubin, one of th e A ugust 7 to 18. for the convenience uf About Oregon A Story o f the French Legion in Algiers B y I. A . R . W Y L I E STREAMS ARE RISING RAPIDLY th o rig e F in ra ato m rs e rs’ of E ducational th e N ational grange. and Cooper- N orthw est m erchants. In v ita tio n s are ready to be sent to all th e m erchandis- ------------- ativ e congress and th e N ational Coun- ing trad e te rrito ry , w here Portland ■ cil of F arm ers' cooperative associa- jobbers and m anu factu rers m ain tain Property Loss Is] $10,000,000— Rail tions. The P resid en t delivered a b rief , affiliations. | Plans for th e event are being worked ways and Telegraph Lines De | address. 1 cannot go through th e sim ple out by th e arran g em en ts com m ittee of ! ceremony of sig n in g th is bill w ithout . , ................. moralized— Five Perish. expressing th e feelin g th a t 1 have in th a t c lty and “ « ,ntende' 1 to m i* bu**- signing i t , ” he said. " I t is a feeling iness and pleasure in most allu rin g ' not only of profound satifsactio n , but proportions. A tlanta, G a.—Serious floods in N orth | of real g ratitu d e th a t we have com-1 Following th e outline of th e highly Carolina. South C arolina, and V irg in ia pleted th is piece of legislation, which j successful Buyers W eek of 1916, the Sunday caused five known deaths, rend 1 hope will be im m ensely beneficial to work of prep arin g for th e 1916 Buy- ered hundreds hom eless and dam aged i th e farm ers of th e country. I e r s ’ W eek v isito rs will be in th e hands property and crops to the e x te n t of “ The farm ers, it seems to me. have ¡ of the trad e and commerce bureau of $10,000,000, according to early e s ti occupied h ith e rto a sin g u lar position the Cham ber of Commerce, of which m ate, and dem oralized railw ay, te le of disadvantage. They have not had N athan S trau ss is chairm an, g raph and telephone com m unication. th e sam e freedom to g et cred it on H is believed th a t the forthcom ing Follow ing th e h u rrican e th a t struck (th e ir real e s ta te th a t o th ers have had Buyers Week will a ttr a c t a much th e South A tla n tic coast T hursday, un ' who w ere in m an u factu rin g and com- J la rg e r attendance th a n any of its th ree precedented ra in s have fallen, driving l m ercial en terp rises, and w hile they j predecessors. riv ers and sm aller stream s from th e ir have sustained our life, they did not in ! The num ber of buyers has grown banks and im p erillin g many lives. th e same degree w ith some others each year, and th e te rrito ry they rep- T he F rench Broad riv e r has broken sh are in th e benefits of th a t life. resen te has spread, bo th a t th e annual from its course near A sheville, flood "T h erefo re, th is bill, along w ith th e! B uyers’ Week has become one of the ortland is of th e F ederal hxed in stitu tio n s of the city. Portl ing fac to ries and homes in th e lower very liberal provisions p a rt of th e city. A t B iltm ore th ree reserv e act, put them upon an equality jobbers and m an u factu rers g et to- persons — C ap tain G. C. Lipe, Miss w ith all others who have genuine g e th e r w ith th e ir retail frien d s from N ellie L ipe and Mrs. Leo M ulholland— assets and m akes credit of th e country u p state, dow nstate, across th e riv er and ea st of the Cascades for a week of w ere drow ned when the L ipe house available to them . was flooded. The V anderbilt e sta te “ I look forw ard to th e benefits of profitable conferences. N eith er th e out-of-tow n m erchant or at B iltm ore w as not dam aged. th is bill, not w ith ex tra v a g a n t expec Tw o persons w ere drow-ned a t Ashe tations, w ith confident expectations the rep rese n tativ es of th e big m er ville w hile try in g to g et food to flood th a t it will be of very w ide-reaching j chandising establishm ents of th e city refu g ees in th e second sto ry of th e benefit, and, incidentally, it will be o f ; would perm it B uyers’ Week to be Glenn Rock hotel. advantage to th e inv estin g com munity. throw n overboard. T hroughout W estern C arolina the for 1 can im agine no more sa tisfa c - 1 situ atio n is reported serious. Two tory and solid investm ent th an th is C ounty COUitS D ecide tO P u sh dam s a t H endersonville collapsed, re system will afford *«----- those ~ who u~ 1 have ------1 leasing g re a t volumes of w ater, and money to use. ’ ’ Work on Dixie Mountain Road fea rs are fe lt fo r the big dam a t Lake B aker— M eeting at the d iv iding line Toxaw ay. of G rant and B aker counties a t A ustin, The Southern R ailw ay bridge over th e C ataw ba riv e r a t Belmont, N. C., 57 m iles w est of here, Tuesday a fte r- has been w ashed aw ay, ca rry in g 10 or ! noon, m em bers of the County courts of 12 workm en into th e riv er. W hether th e tw o counties decided to push the they w ere drowned has not been W ashington, D. C. — The order of work on the D ixie M ountain th a t will learned. th e In te rs ta te Com m erce commission give a thoroughfare connecting the C harlotte, N. C.— E ighteen men, 14 in th e A sto ria r a te case prom ulgated counties. The road on th e G rant F eb ru ary 19, will become o p erativ e on of whom are construction officials and em ployes of th e Southern R ailw ay, and or before S eptem ber 15, th e commis county side was found in w orse shape four linem en of th e W estern Union sion Tuesday having deneid the motion th an th a t on th is side of th e line, but T elegraph com pany, w ere m issing Sun of th e railroads for a rehearing. As o riginally draw n th e A sto ria rate th is th e G rant County court consented day n ig h t and are believed to be eith er decision was to have gone into effect to remedy at once, w ith th e u ltim ate drowned or marooned in tree s on the idea of building a road along th e John C ataw ba riv e r about 12 m iles from May 1, but its operation was suspend Day riv e r from Susanville, touching at ed when th e c a rrie rs no M arch 19 filed C harlotte. The riv e r is risin g rapidly. a m otion for reh earin g . W hen th a t th e D ixie Meadows mine, w hich will motion was filed th e com m ission te m m ake a much sa fe r grade th an th a t on porarily suspended its order u n til it the road now in use. In reg ard to the sta te highw ay, fol could in v e stig a te th e grounds upon low ing th e Jo h n Day riv e r and con w hich reh earin g w as asked. T h at in v estig atio n has since been n ectin g Baker, G ran t and M alheur made, and th e order of th e commission counties, the G ran t county com m is Tacoma, W ash.—R angval Leinann, is indication th a t it finds th e grounds sioners announced th a t they will push a strik e b re a k e r, w as shot and killed p relim in ary survey. It was ascer and Sam Jones, a union longhsorem an, insufficient to ju stify a m odification of tain ed th a t th e U nited S tate s F o restry its o rig in al order. In denying th e pe sustained a probably fa ta l gunshot titio n for reh e arin g th e commission d ep a rtm en t would pay th e g re a te r p a rt wound in a pitched b a ttle Sunday, not sta te th e grounds of its action of th e BUrvey *n Baker “ «"{T- No when union men attack ed an autom o does and m akes no sta te m en t of th e case arran g em en ts w ere made as to how the bile ca rry in g nonunion w orkers to th e w hatever, m erely en te rin g i t . order. balance of the expense could be met. M ilwaukee docks. F our men w ere in th e autom obile re Mills To Pay Families. tu rn in g from th e city to th e dock3 when they w ere am bushed near the Oregon C ity — F am ilies of guards- E le v en th -stree t bridge by about 15 ! men who w ere employed in th e local strik e rs. The la tte r began hurling | m ills of the C row n-W illam ette P aper bricks a t th e occupants of th e auto com pany will be cared for by th e mill W ashington, D. C.— C onstruction of mobile and when th e d rivers p ut on | as long as th e Oregon soldiers are enough high-pow ered a n ti-a irc ra ft guns m ore speed a shot ran g out. i aw ay from home. Mill officials have Leinann, who had a revolver but to supply ali activ e b attlesh ip s and found 11 fam ilies which w ere le ft by cru isers of th e navy has been com who had not been able to use it, ac guardsm en employed in th e local plant. cording to th e o thers in th e car, fell pleted, it was announced T uesday by The money will be paid to th e w ives of \ S ecretary D aniels. The new weapons over dead. One of th e oth er occu th e men, th e mill g iving 26 d ay s' pay pants, w hich one th e police have not ! is believed by navy ex p e rts to be the a month, less $15 paid by th e govern longest range guns of th a t type in the been able to learn, picked up th e dead m ent to th e soldiers. The Crow n-W il m an ’s gun and returned the fire, | world. lam ette mills and th e H aw ley Pulp & T he new gun is a three-inch, 50 cali w ounding Jam es. P aper company are holding jobs open ber weapon th a t w ill throw a shell 27,- The autom obile turned and sped for fo r men now a t th e border. 000 fe e t in a ir a t an angle o f 90 de th e central police sta tio n w ith th e body On each ship one w ill be of th e strik e b re a k e r, w hile th e s trik grees. Bond Issue Carries. ers, who had a car standing near the mounted forw ard and one a ft, w ith an scene of th e shooting, rushed Ja m es to , all-round fire so th a t th e p air can M edford— By a vote of nearly 3 to l sw eep th e skies in any direction. a hospital. — 1009 for and 366 ag a in st— th e people of Medford Monday approved th e con Gun* T h u n d er on V ard ar. S eattle, W ash.— Two men w ere shot, tr a c t w ith Mr. Bullis for th e construc P a r i.—The w ar office has given out tion of a railroad to th e Blue Ledge b u t not dangerously wounded, and a th ird was severely beaten, d u rin g a th e follow ing sta te m e n t covering th e mine, ju s t over th e C alifornia line, fight betw een 16 non-union longshore operations of th e arm y of th e O rien t about 36 mileB from Medford. The men and s trik e sym pathizers a t th e | from Ju ly 1 to Ju ly 15: Blue Ledge boosters celebrated th e ir P ik e Place P ublic M arket S aturday j " E a s t of th e V ardar a rtille ry ac victory by a parade of au tom obile, tions, often intense, have occurred night. Several other men received w ith to o tin g horns through th e stree ts, daily on the fro n t. Advance post en b rig h t w ith red lights, led by th e Med- less serious injuries. F. A. W ebb, a b u tte r and e g g deal g agem ents of little im portance took for band. Leaders of th e m ovem ent er, in the m ark et, was struck in th e leg place Ju ly 7 north of K alinoko, 10 k il w ere serenaded and speeches w ere by a stra y bullet. W illiam Clarke, a om eters south of L ake D oiran. ‘ ‘WeBt made on th e stre e t by en th u sia stic c it unoin longshorem an, was shot in th e of th e V ardar our p atro ls and lig h t de izens. leg. O. W. B ridgefarm er, a special tachm ents have had fre q u en t sk irm policem an employed as a guard a t P ier ishes w ith th e enemy, who alw ays was Forces To Be Combined. obliged to r e tr e a t.” 6, was seriously beaten and kicked. Bandon— Roderick L. Macleay, m an S u ffrag e S chool O pens. T rain Kills T h re e in Auto. ag er of the W edderbum T rad in g com W ashington, D. C.— Women who pany, which a few m onths ago pur Tacoma, W ash—T hree persons w ere killed and tw o injured when a Chicago, d esire to become activ e suffrage w ork chased th e F isherm en’s C o-operative M ilwaukee & St. Paul passenger tra in ers, b ut who feel th a t th ey are not Cannery, on th e Lower Coquille river, announces th a t forces of th e local plant crashed into an autom obile on a ra il qualified to ta k e up th e varied du ties or stum p a t W edderbum . on Rogue R iver are to road crossing near Sum ner about 8 :30 of lobbyists, o rg an izers T h ere is be combined. T his is made possible o ’clock Sunday n ight. The dead a re : speakers, need not despair. John Coginske, Mrs. John Coginske a way out fo r th em now, as th ey can by th e fact th a t th e salmon do not and Ed Able. The injured a r e : An learn all th a t is necessary to be full- commence to run here un til a f te r th e drew Coginske, fra ctu red rib s and fledged su ffrag ists a t th e "su ffra g e season is over on th e Rogue. Im provem ents and additions to th e scalp wounds, and C. E. Carlson, su school, ” w hich has ju s t been opened perficial in ju res about the head. All here by women of th e Congressional local plant are being made in p rep a ra Miss tion fo r the fall season. are from South Tacom a and w ere re Union for W om an Suffrage. tu rn in g to th e city from a d ay ’s ou tin g Maud Younger, of San Francisco, is C o rp o ratio n s Are F o rm ed . head of th e new school. when th e accident occurred. S a le m - The Peninsula L um ber com pany, of Portland, which in th e past F lam es T h re aten A thens. B o o tleg g ers to Be S h o t. Charleston, W. V a.— Police officers has been op eratin g in Oregon as a W is P aris— T he fire w hich destroyed th e sum m er residence of K ing C onstantine employed by th e Chesapeake & Ohio consin corporation, organized as an of G reece, situ a te d a t T atoi, on th e railro ad in W est V irg in ia have been Oregon corporation w ith a cap ital of o u tsk irts of A thens, is still rag in g in ordered to ca rry rifles as well as revol $1,000,000. The old corporation will th e fo re st in w hich th e royal chateau vers to resist efforts of bootleggers and w ithdraw from business in th e sta te . stood. A H avas dispatch from A thens th e ir ag en ts to b rin g liquors in to this Officers of th e new com pany a re : says it is feared th e flames will reach sta te . C harles A. H art, G. C. F risb ie and F. These officers have also been in stru c C. Knapp, of Portland. th e city. A m ong those who lost th e ir .lives in th e fire w ere Colonel de la ted to work in squads of four or singly The N orth Pacific S hipbuilding com P arta, of th e en g in ee rs; M. Chryssos- or in pairs. The orders resu lted from pany, capitalized a t $100.000, w as in pathis, th e head of th e royal secret th e increased num bers of a tte m p ts to corporated here, w ith h ead q u arters in violate th e s ta te prohibition laws. service and 20 soldiers. Portland. Commission Denies Rehearing In Astoria Rate Decision One Slain, One Wounded in Tacoma Strike Battle; Two Shot in Seattle American Navy Has longest Range Anti-Air Craft Guns in World i (Ali ri* bu roMfvad. l*h« Uobb«- Morrill Co.) 8Y N O P8I9. — 16— S y l v i a O t n n t j r, h t r lo v er, U t c h u n l F a r - q u h u r , ft ml«. ha« füllen In lova w i t h C a p tu l n A r n a u d v»f t h e F t r e ig n I. ok U mi l ui quinti* f o rce s S o w e r to h a v e l ’i v x to n '» l O r h r e t u r n e d t o h im tto w er fore««* F ui q u l u i r to rt’Mign hl« conuiil«»lou. G a b r i e l l a nave« F a r q u h a r f ro m aulcltlu. T o sh i e ld A r n a u d , S y l v l u a flan ee, F a r q u h a r pro* fe*»««« t o h a v e s t o l e n w a r plan«. V» U l e h u r d Naim«U«H* he Join« t h e F o r e i g n I m * k 1 oh . F u r q u h a r m e e t s S y l v i a a n d G.i brlelle. A r n a u d beeotn*«« u d r u n k a r d u n d o p i u m s m o k e r. S y lv ia b ecom e» f rie n d ly w i t h Colon« I I V s t l p n . A r n a u d hecom e» lealouH o f K u r q u h u r u n d Is s h o t d o w n by h lm A r n a u d g o e s to a d a n c i n g girl w h o lo v es h i m fo r c o m f o r t . G a i n I d l e m oots l .owe, f o r w h o m s h e h a d sa c rif ic e d posi tim i a n d r e p u t a t i o n , a n d t d l s hint »he I» ft«*«« f r o m h im S y l v i a m e e t s I>entlnn b e h in d t h e m o s q u e A r n a u d he. n i n e s III b u t S v iv i» will n o t h elp hint, n o r lnterf«»re for Farquhsr C u b rid le, aiding F n rg u h a r. w h o I» u n d e r p u n i s h m e n t to m i s t a k e n by h im m i n h i t d e l i r i u m f o r S y lv ia F u r q u h n r d e l i v e r i n g a .m e s s a g e t o !>e»»tlnn at n i g h t finds S v h t a w ith h im He learns t h a t It w a s G a b r i e l i » w h o aid ed h l m Ou b r le lle l e a v e s S y l v i a a n d g o es t o F n rq ti- h a r ' s m o t h e r , wh o h a s c o m e t<> A lg iers In a n ef fo r t to s a v e h e r son. W h i l e o n h m a r c h F a r q u h a r s a v e s Î V s t t n n ' s life tude. of a deeply stirred pity, on his eheeka. He turned gm vely to the two officers. "You are my prisoner, Colonel De- sttn u ; C aptain A ruaud, I m ust ask you for your sword. H ave I your word of honor th at neither of you will attem p t escape?" A ruaud bowed. D esttnu w as siull- tag The men w ere silent. A strange, pitiable figure had crept out from the shadow of the rocks. It w as Goetz — Goetz, scarcely recognizable save for th e livid scar across Ills check, lie stag g ered blindly, an d Ills cracked and bloodless lips could m ake lio sound. But he pointed w estw ard. A low lino of d u st whirled ugaiust the scnrlet horizon nnd cam e nearer. In the dying light flashes of silver broke through the rapidly moving cloud. They could alm ost hear the thud of gnlluplug hoofs. “Arabs!" • I * • | ♦ t | t | ♦ T he word passed Ilka a sigh from m outh to mouth. The nearness of death has brought close together In the fellowship of misery two men C H A P T E R XVII. who are sworn enemies. Th a t la one of the tricks of death— to Promises. W ith the frenzied energy of mad- make men eee that the general I men. they cleared the am m unition run of quarrels and blckeringa w agons from the deep d rifts of sand. are all foollahneaa, a waate of time. Will these two eee It and * The bodies of com rades, stiffened al become friends t ! ready In the agonized attitu d e s of their j CHAPTER X V I— Continued. death, w ere thing ruthlessly aside; rlfies w ere torn from cold, tenacious h an d s; friends with whom they Imd T he pence w as absolute. Golden clouds sank lazily through the quiet air. nnd beyond the haze a single fiery s ta r blazed dowu from a dome of em erald. lie lifted him self pulufully on his elbow. T his w as not death, nor the w orld be bad left. W here there had been bills th e re w ere now plulus, and the gullies had become m ountains. W here there bad been men there were now nothing b ut smooth layers of u n troubled sand. Som ething moved and touched F arq u h ar. H e sta rte d nnd looked dow n a t the muu whose head still rested ag ain st his arm . T h eir eyes met. In the red tw ilig h t they recog nized each o th e r—and th eir eyes sh ift ed Instantly In shy horror of th a t which th e other had become. A ruaud dragged him self up upon his ellaiw and coughed the sand from his lungs. "My horse bolted nnd th rew me.” he Jerked o ut gratingly. “ I m ust have been h alf stunned. I did not know th a t it w as — you.” T here w ns a brief silence. They m easured each other. T hen A m aud stretched out his hand. " I ’m so rry — I w ish to God 1 did not b ate you. F arq u h ar.” They w ent on. Behind a g rea t rock w hich tow ered o ut of the storm -driven sand they found Colonel D estinn. Ho stood w ith hts back to them and co u n t ed the thin circle of men who re m ained. T here w ere a hundred In nil. T hey had fought the sirocco fo r ten hours. The sand clung to th eir u n i form s, to th eir tuilr and beards. On every face w as printed the sam e dev “ Ready, Present, F ire !” astatio n , the sam e exhausted suffering, an d som ething else th a t looked like m arched uud suffered w ere tram pled the ravenous greed of wolves whose u n d er foot. T here w ere seven hun prey Is w ithin sight. Colonel D estinn dred dead and a hundred living, and turned. "To w ork—a t once— all o f the seven hundred w ere forgotten. F a you!" he com m anded. B ut they did tigue, hunger and th irst w ere wiped not move. They stood there, w atching out. him. As he saw th eir purpose he They crouched, silent and m otion sp ran g back. less, In the sand, w ith the sullen pa- Klx tim es his revolver barked In tlie tic u re of wolves, hunted to their lair. stilln ess—four men rolled over. Then They did not look a t F arq u h ar, Imt he w aited for them, his arm s f o ld e d - they heard him. lie could feel with indom itable. Im perturbable, triu m p h a n t a thrill o f pow er h*»v tliclr nerves and to th e last. They flung them selves muscles stiffened a t his com mand. It upon him. B ut for one sw ift m om ent w ns good to com m and again, lie gave F a rq u h a r had met D estlnn's eyes. I tils orders m eehanleully In French, h ut W h at passed In th a t lightning recog i Ills h eart had spoken them In another, nition he did not know. He broke i d ea rer tongue. through tha raging circle of madmen, "H old your fire till I give the signal. b eating up th e ir weapons, and flung They h av e n 't seen us yet. Sight a t him self recklessly betw een th e lonely five hundred yards, and when you let m an and dentil. A bullet grazed his go pick out your m en.” cheek, and be laughed, a cracked, high- T he cavalcade advanced rapidly nnd pitched laugh of good-humored mock unconsciously. At th eir head a horse ery. m an rode In m ajestic loneliness. A “Y ou're no good, co m rad es—no good. red streak from the dying sun, light You ca n ’t even shoot. You w nntcd me ing up his burnished accoutrem ents, ns a leader— now I'll lead you. I'll threw Into relief the splendid outline lead you ag a in st th e Arabs, n galnst all of his figure. A moment la ter tlie F ran ce, to Morocco, to freedom ; b ut | com tunnd ran g out: “ H eady—present—fire!" I claim this man ns my prisoner, com T he answ ering volley broke like a rad es; I claim his life.” crack o f thunder on the stillness, nnd T hey cursed som berly a t him. “ It w on’t do!” the forem ost legion w hen the sm oke cleared a dozen ary shouted. "T hey’re the only w it saddles In the forem ost ran k s of the nesses ag a in st us. Dead men don’t enem y w ere em pty. T aken u tterly by tell tales. If w e're caught w ho’s to surprise, the troop sw ung round In d is know they d id n 't die In the storm w ith order anil h u rst Into a short, headlong retrea t. th e rest?" B ut It w as th e pnnle of n moment. " I f w e’re caught I give you my w ord of honor th a t none of you shall F an atic, splendid, they sw ept on Into suffer,” F a rq u h a r Interrupted. “ I t’s th e teeth of n w ithering death which my w ord ag a in st th ese tw o lives. Is left no trace. They raced one another fo r the gates of p arad ise; they bore It a b arg ain ?” T hey answ ered w ith a frenzied, dry- dow n upon an enem y fighting only th ro ated cheer. H arding seized Far- Inatlnctlvely for a life th a t w as al F a rq u h a r glanced q u h a r’s hand and kissed It, an d the ready w orthless. n ex t In stan t they w ere all around him, anxiously along his little line of men. sobbing, laughing, shouting like chil | T hey w ere firing recklessly, hopelessly. d ren aw akened from Intolerable nig h t H e called to them, nnd they responded m are. They called th eir allegiance to w ith patient, doglike obedience, b ut he him In a dozen half-forgotten tongues, knew th a t for them the fight w as al they gripped his bands and kissed the ready over. T his w h s the agony of Romeone touched him. He hem of his ta tte re d coat In fan ta stic death. tu rn ed . It w as D estinn. They took w orship. “ W e’ll follow you, E nglishm an; do aim together like men engaged In m im ic w arfare. Goetz dragged him w ith us as you like—we tr u s t you.” T h ere w ere burning tears of gratl- self up alongside. He was sm iling pleasantly with a cartrid g e hetw a«i Ills tuetb. "1 like dying In good com pany," he shouted, ns the Im pedim ent w as Jam m ed Into tin* smoking breech of his rifle. “T h at's the new pro p h et— All-Mahomed In the front there. If we could bring him down It might break their baekboue.” The Arabs were now w ithin four hundred ysrds. T heir pses had not slackened for an lustaut. F arq u h ar sp ran g to bis feet. "Coase tiring— flx bayonetsl" H e raced out alone to meet the en emy. T he rain of bullets had beeu a sp u r to their fniiatle during -the su d den silence chocked them. They w a vered, suspecting a trap In this strange lull, seeing In the lotiely figure the one thing they feared the supernatural, the unknow n. Not a utiot was fired F or nil liitlnlteslm sl second of Indeci sion both sides w altisl. Goetz, with Ids rifle ag a in st Ids cheek, his linger on the trigger, kept up a soft flow of good hum ored expletive. "M ad mud as KiigHshmen, hut oh. gods of my fathers, w hat sublim e method I" F arq u h ar Imd covered fifty y ards before tlie enemy Imd grasped Ills p u r pose. Then with a sort of delirious trium ph their leader h urst through the ranks of his folio were and thundered dowu upon the doomed mini with the superb arrogance of his race, d isd a in ing n peril th a t seemed eonteit|ptlhle. Those wa'.eliltig for the end saw the flush of a bayonet heard the Jarring rasp of steel against steel, ami then All-Mahomed's horse sw ept on rid e r less. Sim ultaneously flame 1)1110*1 from a hundred rifles. D estinn led the charge, and behind him raced a bun dred cheering men who an hour lie fore had clamored for tils life. He ran like a hoy. w aving n smoking, use less rltle, shouting madly, while Goetz thundered at his side It w in two to one, exhausted Infantry against cavalry In full course. But the m ir acle had hecu perform ed. The tucsl- ctilahle elem ent In nil hattle, the su perstition of m en's hearts, had fnllen In the scale. The w hirlw ind died dow n. W ithin a few feet of tliclr fallen leader the heroic A rab host fa l tered, broke and fled. They picked up F a rq u h sr from be neath the dead body of his opponent, and ns Ills eyes opened they rested on D estlnn's face. The elder muu kuelt dow n and touched hts baud alm ost tenderly. "T h a t wns a good fight," be said In English. "W e've won. All Mahomed Is dcuil. You've saved n lot of trouble for us all. I aiu proud of you." "Thnuks, sir, 1 am glud you’re s a t isfied." They looked nt each other. Behind th e ir careless. Indifferent com posure th ere had rung a note of rm otlou which even now w as not wholly si lent, though both men, lost for a brief spuce In recollection, had regained th eir hold upon the present. F arq u h ar rose slowly to Ills feet. "K eep ('olouel D estinn under guard." he said. "W here Is t ’nptHln A rnnud?” Tw o men advanced nnd placed them selves ou either able of their form er leader. B ut they did not answ er. D estinn frow ned thoughtfully nt the night gathering eastw ard. "B en Azur lies th irty kilom eters from here,” he said. "E ven w ith n lam e foot Arnnud la a w onderful m archer. T here la a squadron of ch asseurs at Ben Aznr besides a rtil lery. They should be here before m orning.” " t ’aptnln A m aud gnve Ills parole." Fnrqulinr observed dispassionately. "M ight one nsk why you did not ac com pany him ?” D esttnu shrugged his shoulders, smiling. F arq u h ar lurched forw ard. He stood for a m om ent w ithin arm ’s length, sw aying on lila heels. When he spoke It w as In an undertone and In English. "W e are fellow countrym en. Colonel D estinn,” he said. "W h atev er else lias happened or may happen, we have fought to g ether shoulder to shoulder. I nsk a favor of you. Make It pos sible for me to keep my promise to these poor fellows." "Is th a t lu tny pow er?” w ns the quiet return. "Y’ou cannot shoot a hundred men. You cannot semi the last remuiiiit of your regim ent to the penal bnttullons. Yon need a ringleader and one exem plary punishm ent. I am the rin g leader—’• " I t m atters very little to me," he said. "I consent to your conditions. It Is for you to m anage your men as best you ran ." “O f th a t you need have no fear." “ Y’ou speak w ith authority. W hat vagabond gang <11.1 you lead In W hite chapel, my co u n try m an ?" A gain the faint, Irrepressible note of uneasiness quivered beneath the Irony. F a rq u h a r laughed. "T he finest gang of daredevils In the world, my colonel,” he «aid. Then he motioned to tlie tw o m«n on D estlnn’s eith er hand. "Colonel D estinn has given me his word,” he said briefly. “ You have nothing m ore to fear. Biv ouac as best you cub. We «hall re. m ain here till tlie m orning.” H e turned from them niyl passed tho hundred dim figures of men leanlug w eary ami m otionless on their rifles. They did not look a t him or seem to notice him. H e saw Goetz standing, a slender, delicate figure, outlined ngnlnst an unearthly background of allvery hills. The G erm an waa sm ok ing plncldly, alm ost Insolently. After this, wilt Colonsl Des tinn hsve the nerve to order R lchsrd executed for leading a mutiny 7 (T O UK C O W T IN U B D .)