T h e Red M i r a g e
A Story of the French Legion in Algiers
By I. A. R. W Y L IE
«AU rishto e
1 with the sand slid the glare of the sun
, Rut they neither cursed uor com
plained. Duly from time to time they
glanced at one another, and always
with that smoldering, searching Inter
rogation. "Is It yet?”
The «laf was cloudless. Since «lawn
no shadow had oro**«*d the brascu
I monotony of withered axure. Yet there
was darkness In the air as though light
bad hurtled up light Itself. Sint ll*e
great hall of the sun had sunk behind
Haw it on hand
a yellow, transparent veil of suuihler-
ing. scorching ruin. Suddenly to tb*
southeast the darkness gathered; the
\ formless gloom hovering shove the
slow-moving line swept together In
one stupendous shmlow whlrli rushed
A L IN IM k NT
ilowu upon them. Colonel Destlnn gal-
loped furiously along the wavering,
For Cuts, Burns,
stricken line of men.
"Caiupes! cam pea! Each nun for Bruises, Sprains,
himself!"
Strains, Stiff Neck,
Then It was upon them. The sun Chilblains, Lame Back,
was Motled out. The sand was every Old Sores, Open Wounds,
where. It caiue like a bins! out of
hell's furnace and crept Into their eyes, and all External Injuries.
their mouths, their lungs, their very Made Since 1846 .
hearts.
It eddied round their feet,
Price 25c, 80c and $1.00
mounting steadily t<> their knee*, and
around them there shrieked the hurri
cane Itself, an awful army of articu
late. destroying myriads.
In that first moment Karquhar reelr«1
Extra! Great Scandal.
forward. Instinctively fighting the gull
Two fulr maids met In a shop and nt
ing storm with the fierce physical mad- : on«'« began gossiping, In spit« of the
neas of a lK»«ly goaded by Intolerable fact thut th«'y were hindering other
torture, then he dropped quietly to his customers
“Oh. have you heard about I'hyllls?"
ku«*es ami waited for the end. He
hoard the acreum of n horse In terror, 1 exclaim«-«! the on« lu the white topp' d
ami a thud as of something falling ' bools, suddenly.
"No.” replied eh« of the pink
close beside him. but he remained In-
| plumes. “ What has she done now?"
different. St uhtstriily, doggedly, he
“My «lear” In tones of horror—
awaited the final consummation of tils "she's broken off her engagement!"
release.
"Whatever for?"—In tones of still
Then something touched him. He | greater horror.
“tthe went with her flanee to a has
awoke with a curse of resentful agony.
A hand hud groped through the dark ketbnlt game nud now she says he got
ness. It gripped him. and he dragged far more enthusiastic over the game
himself to his feet, lifting the heavy, than he has ever been about her.”
invisible body with him. Tiie snnd
'
H e M e a n t B u sin e ss
Is-at down upon them. He turned hts
Mrs. Rennett arrived at the conrlu-
hack to the storm. He stamped the stun that the attachment of Teddy
shifting, whirling mass uruter his f«<et. Nolan, the policeman, for her rook
nnd with a woman's generous tender- must be luvestlgat«-«! lest It prove dls
neas sheltered the motionless unknown natrons to domestic discipline
One morning she took Annie, the
man against his shoulders. No word
was s|siken. Eternities of suffering. cook, to task regarding tin- matter.
In which each moment was the last, Annie admltte«! his attentions.
“Do you think he means business,
bore down u | m > ii hltu. There was no
Annie?” asked Mrs. Bennett.
time In that hideous, revolving obscur
“Yta, mum. O! think so.” repll«*«!
ity—all the Inmlmnrks of life had tieen Annie “Annyway. he'# begun to com
swept away, and he was pltte«l against plain about my cooklu,’ mum." Sun
the full for«.'« of death Itself.
lie Francisco Chronicle.
dropped t>nck. With an effort he gatb-
Quit# Expensive.
cred the unconscious lunn closer, keep
“We have to bring every hit of soil
ing Ills fa«e uppermost. Then he lay
still, wondering If this were death. . . . down to thlx seashore place to make
our garden«.”
“Rut doesn't that cost very m uch?’
H H m nU H B
"Well, It Isn't what you might «all
Has the time come for • rec
| dirt ch<-ap.’'— Raltlmore American.
ognition of kinship between
Mr. Stretcher— Y'ca, It'# cold, hut
Richard and one of his enemies
nothing Ilka* what It wns at Christmas
—Colonel Destlnn, or Captain
three y«-ars ago when the steam from
Arnaud ?
the engines froze hard and f«-ll on tha
a
line In aheets.
Mr Puffer—An<! yet that wasn't so
(TO UK CONTI NURD. I
i cold as In '87. when It froz«> the elec-
1 trlclty In the telephone wires, ami
Restoring Fatigued Muscles.
! when the thaw came all the machines
A very Ingenious physiological ; were talking tin hard as they could for
method of Increasing th« yield of la ! upwards of five hours.
"Well, gentlemen.” snl«l Mr. I.ong-
bor from any given group of muscles 1 l»ow. "the coldest year that I can re-
is described In the Deutacho Revue. | member was In the Christmas week
A c c o r d i n g to an abstract In Die Um- In '84. when the policemen hud to run
s< hau the author. Th Weber, claims to keep themselves warm."
that In practice a gain of from 22 to
Rut that was too much, and with si
40 per cent Is obtainable In the lent lookH of Indignation the oth«-r
amount of work done The device Is two left to his own reflections tin
extremely simple
When the given man who treated the truth so lightly.
group of muscles has reached the
point of exhaustion, due to the ac
cumulation of the products of fatigue,
they nre allowed to rest, while an en
tirely different muscle group Is set to
work vigorously. The energetic con
traction of these muscles causes an
Increase In h e a r t action and circula
tion. and the strengthened current of Mrs. Wynn Tells How Lydia
blood thus sent to all parts of ths
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
body partially restores tiie working
power of the first group of muscles
Compound Helped Her
by carrying away tatlgue toxins and
During Change of Life.
supplying oxygen
To Cleanse
and Heal
Deep Cuts
H A N F O R D ’S
Balsam of Myrrh
Th# b o bU -U trail C«J
—1 5 -
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All Dealers s S w
*
NEAT FLASHES,
DIZZY, NERVOUS
‘‘Policemen
ronfesnlons
land Press.
and
detectives often
from
English Used by Many.
tie English language is estlm
to be spoken by lUO.000,000 people
Next In order is the German lan
guage, which Is spoken by 130,000,00(1
people. The others In their order are:
each; ami Portuguese. 25,000.000.
English is spokf-n by 27.3 per cent
of the whole. German 22.2, Russian ,
17.1. French 11.9. Italian and Spanish
8.6 each, and Portuguese 4 3. in 1801
the English language ranked fifth, be
ing spoken by 20,520,000.
The Russian languago then headed
the list, being spoken by 30.770.000,
with the German language second and
spoken by 20,320,000 people.
Preventive of Tarnish.
To keep brass beds and other kinds
of brass work from tarnishing, and
also to avoid frequent polishing, the
brass should bo lacquered with gum
shellac dissolved in alcohol. The lao-
quer should bo applied with a small
paint brush. Ten cents worth of It
will lacquar a bedstead.
Richmond, Vn. — " A f t e r t a k i n g
ecven bottle» of I^-dia E. Finkhain’a
V e g e t a b l e Com
H lllH illilli! pound I feel like a
iM z m i new woman. I al
ways had a heaiinche
during the Change
of Life and wax also
troubled with other
bad feeling» com
mon at that time —
dizzy »pe!!a, nervous
feelings nnd h e a t
flashes. Now I nm
: ? it
In b e t t e r health
than I ever wna and recommend your
r«-medies to all my friends.
Mrs. L ena
W ynn , 2812 E. O Street, Richmond, Va.
While Change of Life is a most crit
ical period of a woman’s existence, the
annoying symptoms which accompany
it may be controlled, and normnl health
restored by the timely use of Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
Such warning symptoms nre a sens®
of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaches, dread of impending evil,
timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation
of the heart, »parks beforo the eyes,
irregularities, constipation, variable ajv-
petite, weakness and impiietude, and
dizziness.
For these abnormal conditions do not
fail to take Lydia E. Pinkham’a Vege
m
realizes tiiat It has lost Itself in a that envelope I dared not keep #1
crowd of straugers.
letice.”
S y lv ia O m ney , h e r lo v er. R lc h a n l F a r
"Tell Mrs. Farquhar that I—I am—“
“I shall never be able to repay my
q u h a r, Hilda, h a s fa lle n In lov e w ith C a p
Rut Mrs. Farquhar was already In debt 1 hurried here ns fast ns ex
ta in A rn au d o f th e F o r e ig n l e g io n . In
C a p ta in S o w e r's room K a rq u h a r force# the room. She stood for a moment on press trains nud wretched French
S o w er to h a v e P r e s t o n 's I O U '» r e the threshold, smiling at them both, packet bouts could carry me. I wnut-
tu rn e d to him . I'a r q u h a r Is h elp ed to h is
ro om s by G a b r le lle S m ith . S o w e r d em an d s with tile delighted consciousness of ed to reach Sldl-bel-Abbes before you
a n ap o lo g y . R e fu se d , he f o r c e s K a r q u h a r having successfully |>erformed the part left.
You have given up your situa
to re sig n h is co m m issio n In re tu r n fo r
Her tion r*
p o ssessio n o f K a rq u h a r'# f a t h e r 's w r it of an agreeable surprise packet.
ten co n fe ssio n th a t h e had m u rd ered S e w appearance undoubtedly heightened the
“Yes.”
e r r 's
s f a th e r . G a b r le lle s a v e s K a r q u h a r
She wore a white
“Will you come to me?”
fro m su icid e. T o sh ield A rn a u d . S y lv ia 's desired effect.
fia n ce . K a r q u h a r p ro fe s s e s to h a v e s to le n dress and a white toque.
Moreover,
Gabrlelle Smith did not answer for
w a r p la n s and te lls th e re a l c u lp r it w hy
powdered, aud a moment. Her eyes rest.-,I steadfast
h e did so. A s R ic h a r d N a m e le ss he Jo in s she was profusely
th e F o r e ig n L e g io n an d se e s S y lv ia , now looked. If possible, younger end more ly, significantly, on the faded, pow
M m e. A rn au d . m eet C o lo n el
K e s tln n . daringly self-assured than ever.
For dered face.
K a r q u h a r m e ts S y lv ia and G a b r le lle . and
le a r n s fro m C o rp o ra l G o e ts o f th e c o l a minute, duriug which she hesitated,
"I think—better not. Mrs Karquhar.
o n e l's c r u e lty . A rn au d b e co m es a d ru n k her bright eyes rested rather earnestly
You know nothing about me—not even
a rd and opium sm o k e r. S y lv ia b e co m es
frie n d ly w ith C o lo n el I V s tln n . A rn au d on Gabrlelle Smith, who. bowing for whether I aiu respectable—”
b e co m es Je a lo u s o f F a r q u h a r . K a rq u h a r . mally. went out luto the courtyard
"You ore the woman who has given
o n g u ard a t a v illa w h ere a d a n c e Is In
p ro g re ss. Is s h o t dow n by A rn au d .
A r- with a grim amusement written on her me the hope that I may see my son
n au d Ju stifie s h is In sa n e ly J e a lo u s a c tio n small, suuburut face.
Whereupon again before I die. That Is all I care
to C olonel D e stln n . A rn au d g o es to a d a n c
in g g irl w ho lo v e s him fo r co m fo r t. G a- Mrs. Farquhnr advanced and kissed about!
I am an old woman. Miss
b r ie lle m e e ts L o w e, fo r w hom sh e had Sylvia on Inith cheeks.
Smith, aud what lies la-fort- me I* al
sa c rific e d p o sitio n and re p u ta tio n , and
“My dear Sylvia—my dear little SyL most beyond my powers. 1 need you—
te lls him sh e Is fre e fro m h im . S y lv ia
m e e ts D e s tln n behind th e m osq u e.
A r via—now I am sure I am the last per
my son uceds you. Will you think of
nau d b e co m es ill bu t S y lv ia w ill no t h elp
him . n o r In te r fe r e fo r F a r q u h a r .
G a son on earth you expected—an old th a tr
b rle lle . a id in g F a r q u h a r . w ho Is u n d er woman traveling lu a savage country
"Yes,” Gabrlelle answered simply.
p u n ish m en t, la m is ta k e n by him In his
It’s almost lude-
d eliriu m f o r S y lv ia . K a rq u h a r d e liv e rs a full of foreigners!
"Then I rely upon you. Here Is
m e ssa g e to rie s tin n a t n ig h t an d finds cent. Isn’t it?”
my card. Come to see me ns soon
S y lv ia w ith him
H e le a r n s t h a t It w as
Sylvia smiled falutiy, like someone as you can. We must act at once. Will
G a b r le lle w ho aided him .
awakened from a stupor.
you accompany me to my carriageT’
“Oh. 1 don't know. Won't yon sit
■
As Gabrlelle hel|>cd her silently luto
There are women who appear g dowu? ! certainly didn't expect nny
tiie
waiting victoria Mrs. Farquhar
able to fool all men with their .7 English persou in this dreadful place.
wiles, but they can't fool smart ’? If one can live In England—” She turned for a moment to glance liehlud
fSI ’
her. Her face, which had suddenly
women. Sylvia made men mis- § broke off suddenly. "What made you
grown old and lined with grief, tit up
erable wherever she went— § leave?”
with a flash of malicious enjoyment.
made them throw their Iive3 ■§<
"You see. I have been rather lonely.
“When we women g o to the devil
away recklessly. But the dawn 5- Since Richard left—”
we
go all tiie way.” she said. “We
of a day of reckoning Is begin-
“Ah. yes, of course.” Sylvia sat outdo Lucifer himself—we make hell
nlng for her, and a woman of
down with her back to the sunlight,
her own sort Is the instrument, rr her bands clasped tightly In her lup. a comparatively respectable abode
And men can't pay us out—can't get
“You must miss him very much.”
at us. Only our own sex know how
j ~. * .xT ggfela i
‘ *1 *W hig!
"Oh, terribly. Rut that's our fate— | to do that. I know bow to do It. I
CHAPTER XIV—Continued.
to have to get on without people we have actually made Sylvia Arnaud
have suffered for. You. for Instance.
"Faithful friend.'” He caught her I’m sure sometimes you feel sad—a faint." She sank back among the
cushions with a sigh of relief. “And
hand roughly from the bridle. "There little homesick—”
tiiat will be uiy consolation on my
is something in all this I don't under
"Often.” Sylvia looked up eagerly. deathbed." she finished, almost cheer
stand. Have I been mad—or dream- j
"We are alike, rather. We under fully.
ing?”
stand
each other.” Mrs. Farquhar was
“Dreaming, Richard.”
silefit a moment, considering the white
CHAPTER XVI.
“Oh. I remember—‘the men who fol
low mirages die.’ That was the night faced woman opposite her with bright,
In the Teeth of the Storm.
when she came to give me 'God affectionate eyes. "And so you are
speed,’ and it was for that man who sometimes lonely? If It were not for
During the first night of thut great
came to me that night on the plateau— Captain Arnaud I should pity you. Syl march southward they bad suug lus
via.”
who saved me? Was It you?”
tily. Now they were silent No man
“Yes, of course, if It were not for ■poke even to his nelghlior. From
“Yes.”
“And everything—all yon said—was Desire—” She stopped, ns though time to time they exchanged glances—
seeking for words, and slowly, beneath lightning, stealthy glances, which
a lie. a charitable farce?”
the persistent gaze of the blue eyes, passed unnoticed. Rut that was all.
“It was the truth.”
He did not speak for a moment. He the last trace of color died from her It wns the only sign that they were
bent lower in the saddle, as though cheeks. The hand that passed Mrs. still men.
to penetrate the twilight that hid her Farquhar's cup across the table shook.
The last village lay behind them.
from him. And suddenly it was her “I am sorry—but the life out here Two hundred miles away there was
makes one so nervy and Jerky."
hand that sought his and held I t
Sldl-bel-Abbes. In thus* two hundred
“I am sorry!” she said. “I did not i “Yes, I can imagine that," Mrs. Far- miles there had been many things—
mean to hurt you.”
quhar agreed seriously. “I had hoped and eight days! Flight days! They
“I have to thank you,” he answered to find Captain Arnaud here. I was bad ceased to count. Tbe milestones
so charmed with him, you know, and bad disappeared.
unevenly.
Their memories
Then gently he freed himself and, wished Richard and he had been more were blank. Mechanically as each dls
Poor Richard!”
Sylvia’s tance of ten kilometers was forced be
pulling his horse round In the middle friendly.
of the road, galloped back In the di band tightened on the carved arm of hind them they dropped stupidly Into
her chair. She made a movement as the burning sand nnd five minutes
rection of the barracks.
#
though on the edge of an impulsive later mechanically rose and went on
speech, then drew back, white lipped again. At night their white camps
CHAPTER XV.
and silent. Mrs. Farquhar bent for stretched like a string of pearls Into
ward and patted her on the knee. “I the darkness, nnd the bivouac fires
Mrs. Farquhar.
didn’t mean to hurt you. I know how shout brightly, but they did not sleep.
“And so we part company?”
delirtite and sensitive you nre, child. They sat. huddled together for shelter
"I think it better. Mme. ArnaSid."
Rut you must never worry about Rich against the blasting cold of the des
Sylvia looked up from her bo»k. It
ard. He writes me such wonderful ert night, and stared In front of th«-m,
was “East Ly nne,” and the condition
letters, and in each one of them be or nt one another. Refore the dawn
of the cover suggested assiduous read
talks about you, how good you are, broke they marched on again. Their
ing.
how much nobler and better you are eyes were red-rlmmed and bloodshot
“I dare say you are right,” she said |
than other women. Really—it is quite
lazily. “All the same, I don’t quite un
touching—” She stopped short Syl
derstand you. Miss Smith. You saved
READ CHARACTER fR O M F E E T !
me In rather an awkward dilemma via Arnaud had risen to her feet. She
stood
prfectly
upright
for
n
moment,
the other night. And now you want
staring in front of her with blank eyes Shoe Dealer Says Tney Are a Sure In
to leave me.”
dex to Their Owner's State
nnd then suddenly she lifted her hands
Gnbrielle smiled.
of Mind.
to
her
head.
“If I was of any assistance to you.
“It’s
the
heat—the
awful
sun
It was for reasous that had nothing to
Delegates attending the annual con
shine—”
do with you personally.”
vention
of the Ohio Retail Shoe Deal
Stie collapsed, senseless, at Mrs. Far
“Sylvia fidgeted irritably. "What do
ers'
association
maintain the feet are
quhar's feet
you mean?” she asked.
closely related to character.
•
Mrs. Farquhar got up. She looked
"Madame Arnaud, you are pretend
"Feet are not lowly parts of the
ing. You want to pretend that the down at the motionless figure but did anatomy—no pun intended,” said O.
lives that you have linked to yours not touch It. She rang the little ori K. Dorn, a Cleveland shoe dealer.
have really nothing to do with you_ ental bell lying in the midst of the
“It's possible to read character from
that you are not responsible, that you English silver.
feet. Just as a phrenologist reads char
are Just a beautiful, innocent woman
“Your mistress has fainted.” she acter from the head.
sitting among your dreams on a moun said coolly to the panic-stricken serv
“Women's feet arc especially good
tain top far above the turmoil of or ant who answered the summons. “I indexes of states of mind.
dinary mankind. And you want me think a little sal volatile Is all that
"No matter how serene a woman
to pretend with yon. IJut I really Is needed. I leave her, I ain sure, In may be outwardly, you can guess her
can't. As you said—I know too much. good hands.” She smiled graciously state of mind from the position of her
I ’m a discomfort.”
nnd went out into the sunny coifrt- feet.
The liberty curtains dividing the yard. Gabrlelle Smith, who stood by
“She may say a shoe fits, with a
open door from the courtyard were the fountain, trimming the luxuriant smile on her face, but her feet will be
pushed aside and Sylvia's English ferns, turned ns she heard the light, tray her. She'll sit with the soles
quick tap of Mrs. Knrqulinr’s French turned toward each other, or keep the
maid made her discreet appearance.
“If you please, made me, a lady heels. Mrs. Farquhar held out her soles pressed tightly to the floor.
wishes to see j'ou—Mrs. Farquhar, hand.
Again she may raise the soles from
from England."
“I have to thank you for your let the floor and press down with the
There followed a brief, poignant si ter,” she said.
heels.
lence, Sylvia Arnaud’s hand tightened
“There isn't nny need for thanks. I
"Turned-ln toes indicate restless
ronvulsively on the bonbonnlere, and hesitated for twenty-four awful hours. ness. Anger is shown by digging the
she looked at Gabrlelle with the help Rut I felt I bad to do something. Once heel into the floor, nervousness by
less appeal of a child who suddenly I had seen your name and address on tapping of the foot.
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