T h e R e d M i r a ige A S to r y o f the F ren ch L e g io n in A l g i e r S B y I. A . R. W Y L I E 1 from ttie door, seeming to ylnld. never for an Instant relaxing Ills tenacious hold upon the other's arms. Suddenly he wrenched himself free and sprang hack to Ills writing table. “ If you touch tliut door I shall shoot you down now,” he said quietly, Farquhar turned, conscious that his ow n rage had suddenly burned out. lie saw that the door which Destlnn had protected had opened, nnd that Sylvia Arnaud, white nnd large-eyed with terror, stood trembling on the thresh­ old. Furquhnr recoiled a step. Colonel Destlnn had replaced Ills revolver on the table. There was something ukln to pity written >n his hard face. Sylvia glanced at him and thou ut Farquhar. Re III lid tier fear there had already tie gnu to iNwn the knowledge that tlie altuntlon was dramatic and wholly In her hands. “ I knew that you were a trotfnr. Richard,” she said. "Rut I thought you were still u gentleman. It seems I was mistaken.” Her manner wss tearful, childishly resentful. He turned from her without nnswrer. ” 1 owe you nn apology, Colonel Dee Him.” he suld simply. “ Do you trust me enough to let me place myself uu der arrest7” “ I trust you enough to ¡et you And your punishment under lire.” wn* the courteous unatver. “ I shall need brsve men.” ” 1 thank you.” They saluted each other— gravely, with resjiect. ns unreconciled duelists who have learned each other’s worth In the bitterness of battle; then, with a slight ( hiw to the woman, standing against the dsrk background of tbe Inner room. Rlcbnrd Farquhar passed out of the open window. “ Aux armes! aux nrmes!” He laughed to himself, his teeth clenched. Rut the u»u»tc o f thnt storm signal was ns tbe call o f the blood, a challenge to (he lighting spirit of his race. He swung himself lightly Into the saddle and drove his heels «gainst ttie horse’s dripping flanks. “ En nvnnt. (»ra n «!” The animal swerved. Someone had caught at tbe bridle. Farquhar tient forward, peer­ ing Into the darkness. “ Who Is It? My God—Gabrielis!” Yes: I thought I recognized you. Where have you come from?” “ Colonel Destluu's— ” “ Is— ” "Y es; she Is there.” ‘ Captain Arnaud Is asking for her, nnd I suspected. There lsu't a mo­ ment to be lost—” 1 -------------------------- ------ 1 lA ll n a b li m ervevL Tha Bobba- Merrill C a l SYNOPSIS. — 14— flrst I was frightened, angry, fasci­ With rapid, stendy Ungers Colonel nated against my will, and tiieu— In­ Dost Inn broke the seal» nnd hurried S y lv ia O m n ey, h e r lo v e r, R ic h a r d F a r - tensely. unutterably grateful.” over the half a dozen lines of precise ftuhar. finds. has (alien In love with Cap­ He bout over her aud lifted her to writing. When he had flu I abed the tain Arnaud o f the Foreign Ix-slon In Captain Sower’s room Farquhar force« her feet. whole man had changed. The mask Sower to have Preston's I O U ’s re­ “ You have been honest,” be said, in was In Its place, so absolute lu Its dls turned to him. Farquhar Is helpeil to his rooms bjr Oabrlelle Smith. Sower demands a changed tone. “ That is all I wanted. guise o f energy and st«>eled purpose an apology. Refused, he forces F a r q u h a r \Ve wear musks—every one o f us—and that what had been before now seemed to resign his commission In return for possession o f Farquhar'» father’s w rit­ I mine. I am uot absolutely a devil. a grotesque Incredible comedy ten confession that he had murdered Sow­ It’s hard to believe, I suppose, but "The First marches at midnight.” h* er's father. Oabrlelle saves Farquhar there was a time when I was fond o f said, half to himself. “ The order* were from suicide. To shield Arnaud. Sylvia's fiance. Farquhar professes to have stolen — all sorts o f unlikely things— flowers already given when you left?” war plans and tells th‘e real culprit why and music, and men and women—and “ Yes. Corporal Goetz'* men were In he did so. As Richard Nameless he Joins His hands released hers, campaign but five minutes after the the Foreign Legion and sees Sylvia, now children.” Mme. Arnaud. meet Colonel Destlnn. and he walked restlessly to the table, signal.” rarquhnr mets Sylvia and C.abrlelle. and learns from Corporal Goets of the c o l­ where he stood a moment In silence, “ You were badly wounded. What onel's cruelty. Arnaud begumea a drunk­ his back toward her, bis head bowed. are you doing In this business? You ard and opium smoker S\lvla becomes "This Is a miniature of my son.” he friendly with Colonel Destlnn. Arnaud aren’t flt \o carry a rifle.” becomes Jealous o f Farquhar. Farquhar. said abruptly. She came softly across He saw the tightening o f the dogged on guard at a villa where a dance Is In the room and took It from him. There Jaws, and for a moment there flashed progress. 1.« shot down by Arnaud. A r­ naud Justifies his Insanely Jealous action was a moment In which they seemed between them a strange sympathy— to Colonel Destlnn. Arnaud goes to a ilanc- to pass out o f each other’s conscious­ the sympathy o f lighters to whom Lnf r* w ho loves him for comfort. Ga- nrlelle meets Lowe, for whom she had ness. Then she looked up timidly. Ills lighting Is the greut essence of life. It sacrificed position and reputation, and head was still bowed, aud the sharp- passed like a streak of light In the tens him she Is free from him. Sylvia meets Destlnn behind the mosque. A r ­ cut Indomitable profile gave her no darkness. Colonel l'estluu turned naud becomes 111 but Sylvta will not help clue, no indication. away. hitr.. nor Interfere for Farquhar. Ga- He died?” she said almost In a w ills brielle. aiding Farquhar, who la under “ Give my compliments to General * punishment. Is mistaken by him In his I P*r. Meunler. I shall be with the rsglment delirium for Sylvia. "No. It was I who died.” He straight In ten minutes.” ened up like a man shaking off w s s w w .v .v .v .v .v .v .v .’ This time there was no answer. The ' dream. “ I am getting sentimental, 5 What does duty mean to you? j Sylvia. You are young and very beau silence seemed to Impress Itself slowly * Despite his position of power, tlful— and I am an old man who has on Colonel Destlnn's cousctousneMS. He looked up over the top o f the letter the situation in which Colonel | murdered the best In him—” Destinn finds himself is hope­ “ 1 never think o f you us old.” she which he still held to the light and bis i Interrupted thoughtfully. "There Is gaze rested for a second on the little less. There is nothing to live Ivory fan and the white gloves— then j something about you— ” for, apparently. At this mo­ passed upward, as though drawn by an “ What was that?” ment sounds the stern call to She had broken off abruptly, her fea Irresistible fascination, to the face of duty, but an instant later temp­ tures white with panic. He lifted hU the man opposite. He. too. had seen. tation in the person of Sylvia A minute later their eyes m et In the head, but did not look at her. stays his response. Will duty distance a bugle chanted the Region's “ Did you hear anything?" win? “ Someone rode up— I heard the war signal, “ Aux srmes! Aux armes!” Richard Farquhar swung round and • W . V . V . V . V . V . W . V . V . W . V . i horse's .hoofs— there is someone com- closed the door behind him. Instinct­ | ing— now—” CH APTER XIV— Continued. Her voice was dry. Terror had ively Colonel I>estlnn hail placed him stamped out all trace of beauty from self between Farquhar and the door Once past the sentries, the spahi j her face. Destlnn crossed the room and leading to the Inner room. It was tnrned Into one of the quieter avenues held open a side door. typical o f him that he did not threaten leading to the barracks. He had not “ Go in there!” he commanded quiet or attempt to deny the vital facta of iV .V .V .V .'.V .V .W .V W JW A decreased his speed, and his horse’s ly. “ It is probably a message. In five the situation. In an hour this man hoofs struck a metallic, ominous music minutes the man will have gone. Don't might lie arrested and shot down— but Has Captain Arnaud discov­ out o f the cobbled roadway. Colonel come In till I call you.” ered his wife's uttsr treason, not uos. Richard Farquhar picked up Destinn heard It and It seemed that and started out to kill her and She obeyed unresistingly, and with the fan and opened IL another sound bad caught bis atten­ her men friends? A fter what “ Colonel Destlnn. n man I knew one haunted glance over her shoulder, tion, for he went to the window and you know, would you blame the j crept past him into the unllghted room gave this to the woman he was to have stood with his hand on the clasp, his husband for anything murder­ j He closed the door and went back to married. How did It come here7" head bent. Something rustled—some­ ous he did? Colonel Destlnn looked Into the his table. He was now perfectly calm thing white flashed out from between Someone knocked Imperatively, and he blnzlng eyes o f his opponent and r / A ’V W . W A V A W . '. W the trees and came gliding hurriedly It was the flrst sign of answered the summons with tranquil frowned. (T »i UK C O N T I NUKU.J toward him. Indifference. As the door opened be yielding self-possession. “ Sylvia!” he muttered. “ You are brave. Courage Is the one Quiet In tha Trsnchea. She almost flung herself Into his i thing I can respect You are free to A soldier at the front, who write# a arms, clinging to him with a child's go. Englishman." letter to a Rritlsh provincial paper. panic, and for the moment that he held \ Not till you have answered.” «ays that there Is usually an evening her their shadows were sharp cut I shall then have double cause to bombardment, and after It Is over against the light. Then he half order out a shooting party on your be­ everything Is very quiet. "You «-an dragged, half carried her Into the room ! ll a If.” then wander through the comiuunlca- and closed the windows. There were : ” Wbat you Insinuate Is a damnable Ron trenches.'' he nays, "for a mile heavy curtains on either side, and he lie— ” or more without meeting a soul, and dragged them across. Save for the Destlnn Inughed. x hen the tire trenches aro reached, soft Jingle o f his spurs and her own “ At least you have the courage of one often sees nothing more dreadful quick breathing there was no sound. your convictions,” he said almost with than a man In the depths o f a dug- He came back to her and drew her veil | regret out peaceably cooking his evening from her white face. The legionary made no answer. He steak over a coke brazier.“ I-atcr, the "W here have you come from?” had thrust aside the Intervening table, star shells" begin to go up, and these “ From the Cercle. Desire left me. 1 and the next Instant both men were "shed a sort of silent glimmer over don’t know where he went to— but I locked together In a merciless em­ the whole flat country." ran here.” brace. There was no sound—scarcely “ I have watched Are nights for you.” movement The flrst fury o f Far- Why He Likes Chess. I “ I knew. It has been awful— the "W hat Is your favorite paatlme?“ quhar's onslaught balanced his fever temptation, the fear, the uncertainty. "Chess," replied Mr. Growcher. weakened condition nnd leveled their Every night I tried to make up my "Rut you don't play IL” respective strength to practical cqunl- mind one way or another, but I "No. I like It because It keeps the lty. Then the steeled muscles o f the couldn’t I seemed to have lost hold. elder man asserted themselves, and people who do from making a noise Oh” —her white baby bands clutched slowly. Imperceptibly, he retreated around the house.” at his dolman in helpless despair— "oh, i what have you done— what have you done?” In giving full praise to a stenog­ E Q U A L T O T H E E M E R G E N C Y band rapher who Justly deserved IL “ I was very brutal.” He led her gently to an armchair far from the Stenographer Saved Employer's Fam­ window and stood quietly beside her. \ In Boudoir Dress. ily From a Long Summer With­ his hand still bolding hers, his eyes , It Is related that a scene showing out Fresh Bread. turned from the bowed bead to the dis­ the Interior of a racing stable was ordered table, as though seeking a thrown on the screen t.t a certain This Is a tale wherein the stenog­ theater. memory. “ Some men are born brutal Each horse was covered rapher was not only o f vast assistance with a bright colored blanket. Little — some become brutal through habit, Sjrlvia. I have seen life too long from In the husband's office, but was In two-year-old Nan, who had never seen my deliberately chosen standpoint to valuable to the wife, as well, for at a stable before, exclaimed to her change. And then I meant there should least the summer months. The family mother: be no illusions— either for you or me.” “ Oh, mamma, see the horslos with bought one of the attractive camps In “ I have none,” she broke out bitter­ the Maine woods, well out of reach of their kimonos o n !” ly; “ they are all gone. I would not real helpful civilization and never reaU have come to you tonight I f you had ized until they arrived and unpacked Everything Due to Effort. not made me see my own worthless­ 11 the groceries that the one thing In all human affairs there are ef­ ness.” necessary to their happiness was not forts, and there aro results, and the “ I knew that. You would have played “ I Knew That You Were a Traitor. among them—a compressed yeast strength of tho effort Is the measure on the safe side o f the game and Richard,” She Said, “ but I Thought cake. And, what was worse, there of the result. Chance is not, "Gifts,” called It virtue.” was no place where they could get powers; material, intellectual, and You Were Still a Gentleman.” “ Paul, how cruel you are!” one; a summer o f crackers stared spiritual possessions are the fruits of “ Yet— you love me, don’t you?” glanced up. nnd the eyes o f the two them In the face. The wife. In de­ 81« looked up at him with veiled men met fixedly over the wavering spair, wrote to the stenographer to effort; they are thoughts completed, ■wistful eyes. candle-flame. It seemed to blot out look up yeast data of all kinds at once. objects accomplished, visions real­ ized.— James Allen. “ Yes— I believe I do. You are the everything but their faces. This valuable young person solved one real thing left me— the one real Richard Farquhar saluted. tho problem with her usual prompti­ What He’s Worried About. thing o f my whole life. I have been “ I have come with a messa „• from tude by going to a first class grocery fed on Illusions, my own and other peo­ General Meunler.” “ I presume you are giving a great shop and leaving order to have ple’s. They thought because I was “ The message Is urgent, then?” three perfectly good yeast cakes sent deal of thought to your forthcoming beautiful— more beautiful than most “ Yes. A spahi arrived this evening by mall three times a week at tht address on preparedness ” women— that I was also better, differ­ with news that the tribes nre rising. market price of two cent» each and “ Oh, yes,” replied the statesman, “ al­ ent. And I believed so, too. From our The outposts have been cut up. There two cents for first-class postage. 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