TL ie ;ReeI ]M i r a g e 2 \ S to ry o f the Fren ch L e g io n in A lg i e r s B y I. A . R. W Y L I E (AU rights reservsti. Th« Uuhb«-M«mU C a ) SYNOPSIS. When Sylvia Oroney. a beautiful F ng- llah girl, return» from a »earth In A lglcr» for her mt*»tng brother, her lover, ltlch- • rd Fsrquhar. And» »he ha* fallen In love with Captain Arnaud o f the Foreign l e ­ sion. In Captain Sow er'» room Farquhar get» deliberately drunk, but when young r*re»ton loaes all his money to Dew*. a Shady character, Farquhar forces Sower to hav» Preston'» I O. U .'» returned to him. Farquhar 1» helped to hla room* by Gabrieli« Smith. “ The call of fighter* to the fighting m an "— do you know what It means to respond to the call of your country when it asks you to defend It against threat­ ening enemies? Imagine what the sound of bugles and tramp­ ing feet and the sight of stream­ ing khakl-clad men means to the Englishman these days. CHAPTER II—Continued. “ Now He down. Your head Is aching furiously I have no doubt, and prob­ ably you have work lu front of you like other mortals. I have some eau- de-Cologne upstairs. Don't Jeer. I am going to fetch I t " “ Walt a minute. Won’t you please tell me your name?” She put her head a little on one side. “ Gabrlelle— Gabrlelle Smith. Not very euphonious. Is It? But one's bap­ tism is the first occasion where the great law concerning the sins of the fathers comes into operation. Now—” “ And won’t you tel! what you are?" “That’» a large question. I wish I anew myself. Officially I am any­ thing from a traveling companion to an unsatisfactory nursemaid. In either case out of a job. Is that what you want?” Be closed his eyes wearl’y. “ I don’t know—you have been aw ­ fully—decent—it all seems rather like a grotesque, gigantic dream from which l can’t wake up— ” Hla voice died away. When she come back with her eau- de-Cologne bottle and a handkerchief he was asleep. CHAPTER III. The Great Law In Force. When Itlchard Farquhar awoke from Ms heavy sleep It was broad daylight He dressed, and by midday was on duty. Those who had witnessed the scene on the preceding night glanced at him curiously, but his face be­ trayed nothing— neither weariness nor the self-disgust usual on such occa­ sions. They saw he had changed, but the change was indefinable. They saw, also, that, whatever else had happened, he had not apologized to Sower. The two men exchanged the eurtest and roost perfunctory greeting. By seven o'clock he stood again in the Omneys’ library, end Sylvia Omney stood on the threshold waiting. She was simply dressed In a dark, clinging material which set off more perfectly the fair sweetness of her features. “ You wanted to speak to me. Rich­ ard ?” “ Yes; It was good of you to come. I know 1 hadn’t the right to ask. I behaved vilely last night” She looked up into his face with an Innocent wonder. “ Did you? I didn’t see I t 1 only thought that you were Just as I had always believed you to be—generous and chivalrous and loyal.” He still held her hand, and with a grave courtesy he led her to the great armchair by the fire. She sat there, her head ben» like a frail flower, and he turned away from her for a moment, his face colorless. “ I want to tel! you that I know,” he went on quietly. “ I thought It would save you trouble if I told you. One has a fine Instinct In these things, and last night I felt suddenly that I had gone out of your life. It hurt me un­ bearably for a time.” " I am to marry Captain Arnaud,” ■he said, with a note o f deflance In her low voice. “ That can make no difference. | take you with me always. You under­ stand?” “ Yes,” she said. “ Then good by.” She must have felt that he was bringing up hie last reserve of self- control, yet she rose impulsively with outstretched hands. “ Good-by, Richard. Forgive me__ and God bless you.” He turned abruptly and left her without answer. Outside a gray twilight already shrouded the pompous London square. Above the Immediate silence there sounded the note of a bugle, and ufter that the long-drawn-out wall o f the bagpipers. Some regiment on the march forward. Richard Farquhar lifted bis head and listened. It came down to him through the ages, the call of tighter» to the lighting man, the command o f duty. That much was left. Richard Farquhar turned and went homeward. As he entered and saw Robert Sower standing by the fireside, bis gloved hands behind his back, his whole atti­ tude expressive o f a cool self-certainty, his very pulses seemed to stop und then break luto a hammering gallop of triumph. He closed the door sharply, aud Sower turned. “ Well?” Furquhnr said quietly. “ I have come for your apology.” “Then you hare come on a fruitless errand." A tremor seemed to pass over Sow­ er’s body. The browu. slightly pro­ truding eyes flickered. Suddenly and terribly his self restraint broke down “ I am the Jew. am I not—the son of a Jew?— Very well—uow I shall act like one!” He began to pace the room with short, feverish steps. “ I aui going to tell you something no oue has ever heard before. Only three people know If. and they have held their tongues— your mother and Major Mowbray No— don’t Interrupt. You can't silence me with those damned eyes o f yours. You’ve got to listen. You don’t reuiem ber your father, do you? He was lu India when you were a child, and your mother does not speak very ofteu of him. You see bow well I know tiling^. But you are very proud of him—and rightly. He was a brilliant soldier and something of an Inventor He invented a gun that, though It would be twenty years old now, would still rank head and shoulders above anything we have. It was unfortunate that he spent more than he had and gambled with what he did not possess. The British government was. as usual, dilatory and parsimonious. Colonel Farquhar offered his Invention to a foreign power. My father knew ev­ erything. I was a young subaltern at the time. My father felt It his duty to inform the authorities. Previous to this he and Colonel Farquhar had been intimate. As a last act o f friendship be warned your father of his purpose Your father murdered him. “ My father lived a few hours.” Sower went on deliberately. “ He was a Jew, but he was a great man. He held your father In bis power. He could have had his pound of flesh. He had mercy. He let your father go— on three conditions. The first condition was that he withdrew his offer to the foreign power, the second that he re­ signed his commission, the third that he left the country. These things be did.” “ My father died in Africa,” Fsr- qubar said. “ So I have been told.” There was a long silence. Rower studied the younger man out o f the corner o f his eyes. There was some­ thing he did not fully understand— a phase o f humanity that did not fit In with his carefully drawn up catalogue. Tills red-hot temperament grown sud­ denly cold frightened him. It was like handling an unknown explosive. “ Your father signed n confession In front o f witnesses. You will under­ stand that In view o f the circum­ stances It was felt necessary to have some hold over him. Here is the pa­ per.” Farquhar accepted the neatly folded document and took It nearer to the light He read It carefully without any trace o f emotion. “ I understand.” He held the paper thoughtfully, as though weighing It. “ O f course It is obvious that this Is o f great value to me. How much do you wnnt?” “ I am in no need o f money. It Is your career or mine,” he said. “ You must resign. H alf ar> hour since 1 would have been satisfied with an apology.” Farquhar nodded. “ I give you my word o f honor that 1 shall send In my papers tonight In re­ turn for this letter.” “ I accept your word. The letter Is in your hands.” Farquhar started slightly and then smiled. “ Ah, I might have burned It. You are a man of remarkable discernment. Well, our bargain is closed. I dare say I have to thank you for your long si­ lence In this matter. But virtue la Ita own reward. Good night.” Sower took up Ids hat from the table. He frowned at hi* own hand, which shook. “ You ure confoundedly cool about II nil,” he said. “ One would thluk you didn’ t care.” The door closed. Farquhar went back to bis writing table. He did not tear up the yellow, faded letter, but propped It against a bronze candlestick and sat there staring at It with blank eyes. Then be began to write. He wrote four letters. Otic was to the war office. When he bad finished he opened a drawer ami took out an army revolver, which he examined and then loaded carefully. He switched off the electric lump. He went over to the hearth and stamped his fathers confes­ sion Into Hie eitiliers. The polished barrel winked like an evil silver eye In the reflected firelight. “ Mr. Farquhar—are you there?*' Ills hand still lifted, frozen by sur­ prise Into 1'iinioblllty. he »aw In the glass opposite him that the door hud rise r «•ten glad that I helped to save It. Good-by." " I may see you again—" “ We may meet again, but 1 think not. I have a Job, and nai going abroad noon. May I take this with me ns a souvenir?” She had picked up the revolver from tin* mantelpiece, and their eyes met. "Yea,” he mild simply. Once again we see what the Influence of a good woman will do for a man. How do you think Gabrlelle Smith will affect Rich­ ard's life from thia point for­ ward ? (T O IIK C O N T I N U E D . ) John Adams a Hard Loaer. John Adams, second president of the United Staten, was not a good loser. Ho wanted another term, and worked hard for I t None of the can dtdatca received a majority of tb* electoral votes, ami the election was thrown Into the house of represents “ No,” She Nodded, “ You Were Going lives. But Adams had no choice there, for he wan third In the race, to Kill Yourself.” and only the two having the highest opened. Against the dimly lighted number of electoral votes could be passage outside be recognized the neat voted for. Thus the choice lay be­ silhouette of a woman's figure. The tween Jefferson and Burr, and Jeffer next Instant the room was Hooded with son won. Adam* was very much dts light. gruntled, and did everything In hi* "Oh, I beg your pardon. It was so power to make things unpleasant for quiet and dark I did not know you his successor. Ho filled every vacant were In. I eatne for my eau-de-Co­ office he could lay his hands on. so logne—” She stopped. He bad turned as to leave as little patronage a* poe Instantly, but not In tlrne. Her eyes slide for Jefferson Not only so. but rested on his hand. “ Oh!” she said In the closing hours of bis admlnlstra under her breath. She closed tin* door tlon he and his party associates ere and came quietly across the room till ated twenty three new Judgeships, for she stood opposite him. “ What were which there wan no necessity, and you going to do. Mr. Farquhar?” worked till the stroke of midnight on He threw back bis bead. He was March 3d filling out snd signing com still very young, an I lu a minute niort missions for these “ midnight Judges,“ be bad counted on facing the tnyste- as they were called. LAKE TAHOE ONCE HIGHER « -------------------------------------- Some Ancient Volcano Became Active and Great Rocky Block Sank and Formed Pool Bed. 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At Tahoe City the most distinct of these old beaches Is a terrace thirty five to forty feet above the level of the lake, and It Is this terrace that makes the level ground on which Ta hoe tavern Is built A Different Sort of 8tudlo. "A funny thing happened last night,” she was telling him an they were seated In a car. “ You know those two girls who hnve taken such n fancy to me. I don't know why? Well, I dined with them In tholr stu­ dio. It was a lovely little dinner they had got up for mo. I wan about to aall In, when all of a sudden they looked at each jth cr and ono of them said: 'Shall wo say grace?’ 'Certain­ ly,' the other aa!d. And with that they bowed their heads and aald a silent grace. 1 bowed mine, too, and did the same; but I muat say It was the first time I'd ever seen such a thing done In a studio where only Bo­ hemians are supposed to live.” Effects of Blasts. 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