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CHAPTER XXVI.
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Cangratulatlani.
The Duo de Tremont saw what
splendid stuff the captain In the
Cavalry was made of by the young
man's . quick convalescence. Sabron
could not understand why Robert lin
gered after the departure of the Mar
quise d'Escllgnac, the Comtesse de la
Maine and Miss Redmond. The pres
ence of the young man would have
been agreeable If It had not been for
his Jealousy and his unhapplness.
They played piquet together. Sab
ron, In his right mind, thinner and
paler, nevertheless very much of a
man, now smoked his cigarettes and
ate his three meals a day. He took a
walk every day and was quite fit to
leave the Orient. Tremont said:
"I think, Sabron, that we can sail
this week."
Sabron looked at htm questlonlngly.
"You are going, then, too?"
"Of course," said the young noble
man heartily. "We are going together.
You know I am going to take you
back In my yacht"
Sabron hesitated and then said:
"No, mon vleux, if you will excuse
me I think I shall remain faithful to
: the old line of travel. I have an Idea
that I am not in yachting trim."
Tremont was not too dull to have
' noticed his friend's change of attitude
toward him. He smoked for a few
moments and then said:
"When we get back to Paris I want
to have the pleasure of introducing
you to my fiancee."
Sabron dropped his cards.
"Introducing me!" he repeated.
Then putting out his hand, said cor
dially: "I knew you were to be felici
tated, old fellow."
Tremont shook his hand warmly.
"Yes, and the lady Is very anxious
to know you. It Is Madame de la
Maine."
A very warm color flushed the
cheeks of the Invalid. He remem
bered all he had heard and all he had
known. He congratulated his friend
with sincere warmth, and after a few
moments said:
"If you really want me to go back
with you on the yacht, old chap "
"I really do," said Tremont se
renely. "You see, when we came on
the boat we scarcely hoped to be so
fortunate as to bring back the distin
gushed captain."
Sabron smiled.
"But you have not told me yet," he
said, "why you came down."
"No,"- said Tremont, "that is true.
Well, It will make a story for the
oea."
CHAPTER XXVII.
Valor In Retrospect.
In the month of May, when the
-chestnuts bloom in the green dells,
where the delicate young foliage
holds the light as in golden cups, a
young man walked through one of the
small allees of the Bois at the fash
ionable noon hour, a little reddish dog
trotting at his heels. The young man
walked with an imperceptible limp.
He was thin, as men are who have
lived hard and who have overcome
tremendous obstacles. He was tanned
as men are browned who have come
from eastern and extreme southern
countries.
The little dog had also an imper
ceptible limp occasioned by a bicycle
running over him when he was a
puppy.
The two companions seemed im
mensely to enjoy the spring day. Sab
ron every now and then stood for a
few moments looking at the gay
passers-by, pedestrians and eques
trians, enjoying to the full the repose
of civilization, the beauty of his own
land.
Pltchoune looked with Indifference
upon the nfany dogs. He did not stir
from his master's side. When Sabron
was quiet, the little animal stood at
attention; he was a soldier's dog. He
could have told dog stories to those.
Insignificant worldly dogs could
have told of really thrilling adven
tures. His brown eyes were pathetic
with their appeal of affection as they
looked up at his beloved master. He
had a fund of experience such as the
poodles and the terriers led by their
-owners could not understand. There
fore Pltchoune was indifferent to them.
Not one of those petted, ridiculous
house dogs could have run for miles
In the dark across an African desert,
could have found Beni Medinet and
fetched relief to his master. Pltchoune
was proud of It He was very well
-satisfied with his career. He was
BtiU young; other deeds of valor per
haps lay before him who can tell?
At any rate he had been shown about
at the ministry of war, been very
much admired, and he was a proud
animal.
When Sabron spoke to him he leaped
upon him and wagged his tail. After
a few moments, as the two stood near
the exit of an allee leading to one
of the grand avenues, Pitchoune slowly
went in front of his master and
toward two ladies sitting on a bench
!a tee gentle warmtli of the May son-
light Pltchoune, moved from bis
usual Indifference, gave a short bark,
walked up to the ladles, and began
to snuff about their feet. The younger
lady exclaimed, and then Sabron, lift
ing his hat, came forward, the crimson
color beating In bis dark tanned
cheeks.
The Marquise d'Escllgnac held out
both hands to the officer:
"It's nearly noon," she said, "and
you don't forget that you have prom
ised to lunch with us, do you, Mon
sieur le Capitalne?"
Sabron, bending over her hand, as
sured her that he had not forgotten.
Then his eyes traveled to ber com
panion. Miss Redmond wore a very
simple dress, as was her fashion, but
the young officer from Africa, who had
not seen her near by until now and
who had only caught a glimpse of her
across the opera house, thought that
he had never seen such a beautiful
dress In all his life. It was made of
soft gray cloth and fitted her closely,
and In the lapel of her mannish little
buttonhole she wore a few Parma vio
lets. He recognized them. They bad
come from a bunch that he had sent
her the night before. He kissed her
hand, and they stood talking together,
the three of them, for a few moments,
Pltchoune stationing himself as a sen
tinel by Miss Redmond's side.
The Marquise d'Escllgnac rose. The
young girl rose as well, and they
walked on together.
"Mes enfants," said the Marquise
d'Escllgnac, "don't go with your usual
rush, Julia. Remember that Monsieur
de Sabron is not as strong as Her-
cules yet. I will follow you with
Pltchoune."
But she spoke without knowledge of
the dog. Now feeling that some un
wonted happiness had suddenly burst
upon the horizon that he knew, Plt
choune seemed suddenly seized with a
rollicking spirit such as had been his
characteristic some years ago. He
tore like mad down the path in front
of Sabron and Miss Redmond. He
whirled around like a dervish, he
dashed across the road In front of
automobiles, dashed back again,
springing upon his master and whin
ing at the girl's feet.
"See," said Sabron, "how happy he
is."
"I should think he would be happy,
He must have a knowledge of what
an Important animal he Is. Just
think! If he were a man they would
give him a decoration."
And the two walked tranquilly side
by side.
Pitchoune ran to the side of the
road, disappeared into a little forest
all shot through with light. He came
back, bringing the remains of an old
rubber ball lost there by some other
dog, and laid it triumphantly in front
of Miss Redmond.
"See," said Sabron, "he brings you
his trophies."
CHAPTER XXVIII,
Happiness.
Le Comte de Sabron finished his
dressing.
Brunet surveyed his maBter from
the tip d his shining boots to his
sleek, fair head. His expressive eyes
said: "Monsieur le Capitalne is looking
well tonight."
Brunet had never before given his
master a direct compliment. His eyes
only had the habit of expressing ad
miration, and the manner in which
he performed his duties, his devotion,
were his forms of compliment. But
Sabron's long Illness and absence, the
fact that he bad been snatched from
death and given back to the army
again, leveled between servant and
master the impassable wall of eti
quette.
"There will be a grand dinner to
night, will there not, Monsieur le
Capitalne? Doubtless Monsieur le
Colonel and all the gentlemen will be
there." Brunet made a comprehen
sive gesture as though he comprised
the entire etat major.
Sabron, indeed, looked well. He
was thin, deeply bronzed by the ex
posure on the yacht, for he and Tre
mont before returning to France bad
made a long cruise. Sabron wore the
look of a man who has come back
from a far country and Is content
"And never shall I forget to the end
of my days how Monsieur le Capitalne
looked when I met the yacht at Mar
seilles !"
Brunet spoke reverently, as though
he were chronicling sacred souvenirs.
"I said to myself, you are about to
welcome back a hero, Brunet! Mon
sleur le Capitalne will be as weak as
a child. But I was determined that
Monsieur le Capitalne should not read
my feelings, however great my emo
tion."
Sabron smiled. At no time In his
simple life did Brunet ever conceal
the most trifling emotion his simple
face revealed all his simple thoughts.
Sabron said heartily: "Your control
was very fine, Indeed."
"Instead of seeing a sick man, Mon
sieur le Capitalne, a splendid-looking
figure, with red cheeks and bright
eyes, came off the boat to the shore,
I said to myself: 'Brunet, he has the
air of one who comes back from a vic
tory.' No one would have ever be
lieved that Monsieur le Capitalne had
been rescued from captivity."
Brunet's curiosity was very strong
and as tar as hi master was con
cerned he had been obliged to crush
It down. To himself he was saying:
"Monsieur le Capitalne Is on the eve
of some gre-it event. When will he
announce It to me? I am sure my
master Is going to be married."
Pltchoune, from a chair near by,
assisted at his master's toilet, one
moment holding the razor-strop be
tween bis teeth, then taking the
clothes brush In his little grip. He
was saying to himself: '1 hope In
the name of rats and cats my master
Is not going out without me!"
Brunet was engaged to be married
to the kitchen maid of the Marquise
d'Escllgnac. Ordonnances and scul
lions are not able to arrange their
matrimonial affairs so easily as are
the upper classes.
"Monsieur le Capitalne," said the
servant, his simple face raised to his
master's, "I am .going to be mar
ried."
Sabron wheeled around: "Mon
brave Brunet when?"
Brunet grinned sheepishly.
"In five years, MonBleur le Capi
talne," at which the superior officer
laughed heartily.
Is she an Infant, are you educat
ing her?"
"When one Is the eldest of a wid
ow," said Brunet with a sigh, "and
the eldest of ten children "
The clock struck the quarter. Sab
ron knew the story of the widow and
ten children by heart
'Is the taxi at the door?"
"Yes, Monsieur le Capitalne."
Pltchoune gave a sharp bark.
"You are not Invited," said his mas
ter cruelly, and went gayly out, his
sword hitting against the stairs.
The Marquise d'Escllgnac gave a
brilliant little dinner to the colonel
of Sabron's squadron. There were
present a general or two, several men
of distinction, and among the guests
were the Due de Tremont and Madame
de la Maine. Sabron, when he found
himself at table, looked at everything
as though in a dream. Julia Redmond
Bat opposite him. He had Bent her
flowers and she wore (hem in her
bodice. Madame de la Maine bent
upon the young officer benignant eyes,
the Due de Tremont glanced at blm
affectionately, but Sabron was only
conscious that Julia's eyes did not
meet his at all.
They talked of Sabron's captivity,
of the engagement In Africa, of what
the army was doing, would not do, or
might do, and the fact that the Duo
de Tremont was to receive the deco
ration of the Legion or Honor In
July. Tremont toasted Sabron and
the young officer rose to respond with
flushing lace. He looked affection
ately at his friend who had brought
him from death Into life. The mo
ment was intense, and the Marquise
d'Escllgnac lifted her glass:
"Now, gentlemen, you must drink to
the health of Pitchoune."
There was a murmur of laughter,
Madame de la Maine turned to Sab
ron: "I have had a collar made for Plt
choune; it Is of African leather set
with real turquoise."
Sabron bowed: "Pitchoune will be
perfectly enchanted, Madame; he will
wear it at your wedding."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
GREAT- NEED TO STOP WASTE
Lesson That Should Be Impressed
on America by the Frightful
War In Europe.
Waste is the crime of today, and It
is especially the great crime of this
awful war: waste In human life. In
hope, In love, and In the common
savings of us all. Millions of dollars'
worth of the savings of the people of
this earth, all of them our brothers
and our sisters, are dally burned up,
exploded, and wasted In the madness
of the nations; and even that Is a
trifle when we compare It to the great
human value of the lives that are
lost. I( will not make any people
rich; and we Americans, rarely fortu
nate in not being Involved in the aw
ful strife, shall find our part of the
burden to bear. Some time the war
will be over, and then waste must
stop; it muBt stop if we are to ad
vance In humanity and civilization
over and beyond the yawning gap
made by the lust of blood, pride of
race, and the vanity of kings. The
war has been in progress but a little
while and already the cost of It Is be
ing borrowed from future generations;
extra hard labor and sweat must
come from infants now at tbelr
mothers' breasts, to make good this
debauch of blood and fire. And In
the very measure that we waste Is the
sentence at hard labor upon the ris
ing generation prolonged. We cannot
get out of It by being American: the
debt Is upon us, In unequal measure
It Is true, but the debt the obligation
to make up the losses, Is upon us all.
Atlantic
Responsibility and Prayer.
"We learn on unimpeachable au
thority that Lord Fisher, first sea lord
at the admiralty, makes a habit of go
ing to a certain charcb practically
every day for prayer and meditation
before beginning his responsible du
ties," says the Church Family News
paper; we understand also that Lord
Kitchener follows out a similar rule
whenever he is In London." London
Globe.
ART GERMAN PRISON LUXURY
Captured 8oldlers Allowed to Sketch,
Says Embassy Report Canadians
In Modern Barracks.
London. The official press bureau
Issues a report of the visits of Doctor,
Ohnesborg and H. Rivlngton Pyne of,
the American embassy at Berlin to
the German prison camps for officers
at Heidelberg, Vllllngen and Igolstadt
and to the camps for other prisoners
at Stuttgart, Ulm, Nuernberg and
Wuerzburg.
The report states that Lieut. Ernest
McLurg and the Second Canadians at,
Heidelberg are confined to modern
barracks not previously occupied by
Germans. The rooms are large and
the food good. The German comman
dant at Vllllngen has Inaugurated
daily excursions of the imprisoned of
ficers. Bodies of fifteen or twenty at
a time walk through the surrounding
country In charge of a noncommls-j
stoned officer and three or four,
guards. Those who are able to do;
sketching or painting are permitted'
to go alone or In smaller groups with1
a single guard.
The report emphasizes the fact that
the men are all badly In need of uni
forms. FINDS BURGLARS UNDER BED
Policeman Make Rich Haul After
Jumping Through 6kyllght 8hot
1 Firsd at Officer.
New York. How Patrolman Thom
as Weber, while off duty at night
came to pull five young men
from under a bed on the top floor of
the four-story white stone residence of
Charles Muller, a stockbroker, at 474
West One Hundred and Forty-first
street. Is a simply told '(ale.
Weber was in his home, 476 One
Hundred and Forty-first street, when
a neighbor told him another neighbor
had seen a youth disappear through
the coal hole in the sidewalk In front
of the Muller home, the Mullers being
In Asbury Park for the summer.
Weber went to the roof of the apart
ment house he lived In, and thence to
the roof of the Muller home, In time
not only to see the last of four young
men drop through the Muller skylight,
but also in time to be mistaken for a
burglar by another neighbor. This
neighbor fired one shot at Weber.
Weber burst through the locked sky
light and yanked five young men from
beneath a bed. They were locked up
charged with burglary.
GERMANY'S MACHINE GUNS
Kaiser's Army Had a Stock of Fifty
Thousand of Them When the
War Began.
British Headquarters, France. It Is
almost impossible to exaggerate the
importance of the German strength In
machine guns, which they use with
the greatest skill and courage
They had a stock of 50,000 on hand
at the beginning of the war, and have
been keeping this supply replenished
constantly from their arms factories.
A favorite trick Is to leave a ma.
chine gun or two hidden in a cellar
or similar place of concealment until
the enemy's advance has swept by and
then open fire on the rear. The post
of the men serving the gun Is, of
course, hopeless, but they are fairly
certain to sell their lives dearly, con
tinuing to fire their gun to the last.
As an instance of the deadly swift
ness of machine-gun fire, it is stated
that a man coming under the fire of
one of these weapons and shot
through the head can be struck yet ten
times more In the second or two that
he takes to fall to the ground.
COSTLY FUNERAL FOR HORSE
Wealthy Vest Virginian Hat Coffin
Made for Favorite Steed Erects
a Monument
Clarksburg, W. Va. David David
son, a wealthy retired merchant,
scarcely could have been more grieved
over the death of a relative than he
was when John, his favorite riding
horse, died.
In the last 27 years there had been
few weeks days when Davidson had
not taken a ride on his pet saddler,
and sympathy had grown between
horse ana master. Davidson accorded
his four-footed friend a ceremonious
burial.
He had a carpenter make a hand
some coffin, In which the body of the
dead beast was laid, after the big box
had been prettily draped. A costly
blanket was placed over the body, the
cover was fastened on and the coffin
was lowered into a grave, on which a
mark has been erected.
'WANT AD' ROMANCE SMASHED
Couple Unable to Agree Upon Place
of Residence and Divorce
Follows.
Chadron, O. The echo of a want
"ad" for a husband placed In a Cleve
land paper early in 1911 was heard In
common pleas court a few days ago,
when Judge Terrenes Reynolds grant
ed Catherine Wilkes a divorce from
William G. Wilkes.
Wilkes answered the "ad," and nine
days after their first meeting the
couple were married In Cleveland,
where he was a wire worker.
Mrs. Wilkes claimed her husband
liked the city and wouldn't stay with
her on their Mlddlefleld farm. Wilkes
said he had 4,100 when he married
that his wife took charge of his
finances, and he hasn't anything but
the Interest In the farm.
MEANS FOR COMBATING FIRE
Buckets Placed In Tank of Water Are
Hidden From View Not Taken
for Other Purposes. 4
Means for combatlrj fire In the
early stage are always advisable, and
jften compulsory, and the typical row
of fire buckets so often seen In of
Dees and In Industrial establishments
Is anything but Imposing, and, exposed
is they are, the contents are often
pilled or evaporated or maliciously
emptied. The buckets In a tank
Handy Fire Buckets.
ihown in the Illustration are a recent
nvention and have a number of novel
features. The tank is filled with wa-
ter.and as there is a substantial cover
jn it the water does not seriously suf
fer by evaporation and the buckets
are at the same time hidden from
view. Another of the novel features
Is the weighting of the handles on the
buckets so that the ball of the top
bucket is always upright and extended
above the level of the water and as
It Is seized and raised from the tank
t Is filled to Its full capacity. There
upon the ball of the next bucket
swings upward ready for use.
CHIMNEYLESS STEAM BOILER
Combustion Gases Disposed of by
Passing Them Into the Steam
of the Engine's Cylinders.
The chlmneyless steam boiler and
furnace now In operation on a Rus
sian torpedo boat, the Invention of a
Russian naval engineer named
Schmidt disposes of its combustion
gaees by passing them into the steam
of the engine's cylinders. Liquid
fuel, easily yielding to combustion with
out smoke, Is essential. The combus
tion gases are cooled from about 3,600
degrees to 1,800 degrees F. on leav
ing the heating surface of the boiler,
and they are then passed into a tube
into which a fine spray of cold water
Is injected under pressure. This cools
the gases to between 650 degrees and
900 degrees F converting the water
into superheated steam pf the same
temperature. The mixture of steam
and combustion gases is led to the
upper port of the boiler, where it Is
mingled with the boiler's ordinary sup
ply of steam, and is sent into the cyl
inders. The boiler, besides requiring
no chimney, is claimed to have the
further advantage of very high effi
ciency, utilizing 90 and even as high
as 97 per cent of the heat of the fuel.
COVERING FOR BEVEL GEARS
Hood Consists of Cylindrical Piece of
Sheet Metal Cut 80 as to Pre
sent Triangular Form.
Bevel gears are the most dangerous
because on account of their Bhape they
are more difficult to protect. They are
especially hard to safeguard where
used on a shaft that extends both
ways from the horizontal gear. The
sketch Is descriptive of a hood for
covering such gears, says Popular Me
chanics. The hood conBlstB of a cy
lindrical piece of sheet metal, cut at
an angle of 45 degrees at both ends
Safety Covering for Bevel Gears.
so as to present a triangular form.
The hole tor the shaft should be so
large that the shaft cannot touch the
hood, the latter being anchored with
supports which are shaped to suit the
conditions.
Domestlo Vessels of India.
Most of the domestic vessels used
by the people of India are made of
copper or brass, and departure from
this usage Is rendered difficult from
certain ritual observance! of cleanliness.
A
r S
V
MILK MUST BE PURE
IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE TOO MUCH
CARE TO BABY'S FOOD.
"Artificial" Feeding Means Constant
Watchfulness If the Health of the
Little One Is to Bs Properly
Preserved.
(Prepared (or This Paper by the Chil
dren Bureau, U, B. Department ol
Labor.)
When, for any reason, the baby can
not have breast milk, he must be fed
on a bottle. This method of feeding
Is known as "artificial" feeding, be
cause It Is an Imitation of the natural
way. 1
Since It was not nature's Intention
that a baby should be fed on cow's
milk, the baby finds It very hard often
times to adapt his digestive organs to
the strange food, and consequently
many thousands of babies, who would
have lived and thrived on breast milk,
die every year because they are un
able thus to adapt themselves.
On the baby's account, first of all,
every mother will do all In ber power
to secure breast milk, but on ber own
account, there are many reasons why
she should choose to do this.
Artificial feeding requires the con
stant attention of some one person
and necessitates daily, painstaking
work, which can be left undone only
at the risk of the baby's health.
The mother must first of all study
her milk supply. Then after clean,'
fresh milk has been obtained It must
have the most careful attention, and
'bottles, nipples, and all the utensils
employed In making up the feedings
must be scrubbed and sterilized every
day.
In addition, the baby must be con
stantly watched to see how his food
Is suiting him. His weight the condi
tion of his skin and of his bowels must
be noted, and the strength and quan- -tity
of bis food Increased or decreased
in accordance with these conditions, .
A simple rule for feeding the aver
age healthy baby after the first month
Is to give him 1H ounces of milk In
24 hours, for every pound of weight1
Thus, a ten-pound baby will need 15
ounces of milk in 24 hours, diluted
with water and sweetened according
to his age.
On the first two days of his Ufa
the artificially fed baby should have
nothing to eat except a little slightly
warm water, to which a very little
sugar may be added.
(The following directions for feeding
e baby have been prepared by a com
mittee of the American Medical asso
ciation. "Beginning on the third day, the
average baby should be given three
ounces of milk daily, diluted with
sevon ounces of water. To this should
be added one tablespoonful of lime
water and two level teaspoonfuls of
sugar. This should be given In seven
feedings.
"At ono week the average child re
quires five ounces of milk dally, which
should be diluted with ten ounces of
water. To this should be added ono
and one-half even tablespoonfuls of
sugar and one ounce of limewater.
This should be given In seven feed
ings. The milk should bo Increased
by one-half ounce about every four
days. The water should be Increased
by one-half ounce every eight days.
"At three months the average child
requires 16 ounces of milk dally, which
should be diluted with 16 ounces of
water. To this should be added three
tablespoonfuls of sugar and two
ounces of limewator. This should be
given In six feedings. The milk should
be Increased by one-half ounce every
six days. The water should be re
duced by one-half ounce about every
two weeks.
"At six months the average child re
quires 24 ounces of milk dally, which
should be diluted with 12 ounces of
water. To this should be added two
ounces of limewater and three even
tablespoonfuls of sugar. This should
be given In five feedings. This amount
of milk should be Increased by one
half ounce every week. The milt
should be Increased only If the. child
Is hungry and digesting his food well.)
"At nine months the average child;
requires 30 ounces of milk dally,
which should be diluted with ten
ounces of water. To this should be
added two even tablespoonfuls of su
gar and two ounceB of limewater. This
should be given in five feedings. The
sugar added may be milk sugar or if
this cannot be obtained cane (granu
lated) sugar or maltose (malt sugar).
At first plain water should be used to
dilute the milk.
"At three months, sometimes earlier,
a weak barley water may be used in
the place of plain water; It Is made of
one-balf level tablespoonful of barley
flour to 16 ounces of water and cooked
for 20 minutes.
"At six months the barley flour may
be Increased to one and one-half even,
tablespoonfuls cooked In the 12 ounces
of water.
"At nine months the barley flour may
be Increased to three level tablespoon
fuls cooked In the eight ounces of wa
ter." In the hottest weather the baby's
food should be weakened by pouring;
out one-quarter of the usual contents
of the bottle and adding an equal
amount of boiled water.
He should be fed with absolute regu
larity, once In every three hours, for
the first five months of his life, and
the Interval should be gradually
lengthened until at six months it Is
four hours. ;
Give the baby plenty of cool drink
ing water between meals, especially
in hot weather. .. 1