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Scene In
(PMr'fM r the National orphl
Society. Washington, D. C.)
THE long, (weeping curve of a
crescent bay the storied Bay of
Algiers here fringed with yel
low sand, there, at one end,
edged with gleaming black rocks, and
everywhere backed by the steep slopes
of a seml-clrcular chain of low hills
rising abruptly from the water's edge
and crowned with white villas In ver
dant gardens flaming with Bougnln
Tlllea and polnsettla.
Behind the hills lies the narrow, fer
tile plain of the Mltidja. In spring
time blazing with the varied hues of
wild flowers, the yellow of oranges,
the green of cornfields and vineyard.
Towering above the plain In rugged
grandeur the mighty chain of the At
las mountains, seeming to support the
heavens on their snow-clad shoulders.
And the clouds gather round their
peaks and leava the sky clear and
blue, almost as blue as the waters of
the Mediterranean below.
At one end of the bay are the spa
clous harbor, the busy wharves, and
the terraced houses of a white city
climbing to the hilltop.
Algiers, the White City! Its story
runs from Hercules and the Golden
Apples to the flesperldea through the
forgotten chrontcles of Numldlnn.
Itorann, Vandal, Byzantine, Arab and
Turk to the last of the Bourbon kings,
to Napoleon III, and the French re
public Not a century ago It was the
haunt and headquarters of the cruel
est. most bloodthirsty pirates that the
world hns ever seen; today It Is a
bright and beautiful city of modern
France.
Alongside Its quays He great steam
era being loaded with the produce of
a bountiful land: Its wharves are piled
high with cask and case. Immediate
ly over ihem rises a high, cliff
like wall pierced with caves mer
chants' warehouses and offices In
vaults.
Two Contrasting Quarters.
Along the summit of this wall
stretches the beautiful Boulevard de
la RepnMlqiie. the beginning of a
quarter that might rlvnl (lie best hit
of Ports between the Opera nnd the
Seine, a quarter of well-built streets,
where the hroad sidewalks shelter
nnder arcades, of shady squares
where white mosque front huy cafes
and palm trees wave before the elee
trie trnm that link the town with the
suburbs stretching around the curving
bay.
This Is the quarter of theaters, ho
tels, and commercial offices, of attrac
tive shop, of crowded streets where
automobile and electric tram dispute
the . right of-way with five horsed
carts. Welt-dressed European men
and short shtrted. sllk-stocklnged
French girls pns veiled women and
Stately Arnln In flowing bumooses.
But a short dltance hack frnrn the
aeawnrd wall the level censes and the
gnyly colored, crowded houses cllmh
on each other's shoulders up (he steep
hillside, as If striving to look over
their neighbors heads out to sea.
Flore Is the nntlve quarter, and In
It dwelt 'he pirate population that
lived by hloodr crime on the face of
the wiser. Every being In It man.
woman and child. Moorish pnshn and
Christian slave had a personal In
terest In watching each sail that lift
ed above the distant horizon. It mlzht
be an Algerlne rover loaded with
plunder and chained captives. It
might be the herald of a Frnnklsh
fleet coming to batter down ti e pirate
stronghold and set free the slaves.
Upward and still upward, house
fops house, until one comes to the
Kasha, oma the palace fortress of
the I)ey, the tyrant of Algiers, who
claimed his shnre of the booty that
each murderous sen wolf brought home.
Whether It were plunder from sacked
towns on European shores, or weep
ing women from " Italy, ' France or
Spain.
Houiss of tbs Nstlvts.
The houses hemming the streets
thrust out their upper stories, sup
ported on Inclined wooden struts, un
til they sre not a yard npnrt, often
they are built completely across, so
that the narrow lane must pass under
t
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lor
Algiers.
them In a dark tunnel. The few win
dows, small square openings, are
barred with gratings bent outward:
and here and there a painted face
looks out from them and smiles down
Invitingly on the wayfarer.
But usually the houses present a
blank front to the outer world
blank, that Is, but for a carved door
with a small, twisted column on either
side and a stone crescent above It
One of these doors opens nnd three
tiny children toddle out. laughing
one a boy in red fes and a small
shirt, the others little girls with flow
ered blouses, colored skirts, and gaudy
handkerchiefs twisted around their
heads.
The open door gives a glimpse of a
wee tiled ball with a dwarf staircase
twisting out of sight
Farther down another door stands
Invitingly ajar. Pass through It out
of the dim alley and yon are In an
other world. A bright courtyard
opens to the blue sky above. Two,
three tiers of galleries with gayly tilt
ed parapet walls top carved stone or
marble pillars; a vine swings across
the void ; flowers In pots or Bougnln
vllleas dash notes of glowing color
Into the court on which women look
down and call shrilly to the serving
malds seated on the paving stones be
low, cleaning great brass water Jars
of old and graceful design.
But the glory has departed; pasha
and pirate have had their day, and
their mansions, too, have fallen from
their high estate. Instead of one rich
man with his harem of allken-clad
wives of many races peopling the
chambers that open onto the tiled
galleries and his wretched slaves fill
ing the dark cellars and noisome
dungeons below, a dozen or more poor
families Arabs, Jews. Maltese, Span
iards now crowd Into the one-time
palace. Often the beautiful court
yards are turned to utilitarian pur
poses, and a carpenter's bench or a
grocer's counter replaces the marble
fountain that once sweetened the air
with tinkle of falling water.
Figures In the Streets.
Out agnln Into the dark lanes and
vnulted tunnels. Stand aside ami let
this porter pass. Bent double, he
lurches heavily up the steep ascent, a
band around his forehead helping tit
support the weight of the Immense:
burden on his back. With his red cap
twisted about with a dirty kerchief,
his torn shirt and baggy trousers, hll
bare feet thrust Into heelless slippers,
he resembles and Is like to him In
feature as In faith a hamal, or por
ter, of Constantinople tolling up the
equally steep streets of tilnmboul.
Out of a dark alley come two white,
robed figures, veiled to the dark eyes
that, lustrous and beautiful, shine un
der the black eyebrows nnd fair fore
heads. Missive silver nnd gold neck
laces hang on their bosoms, broad sil
ver bracelets adorn their wrists and
heavy anklets surround the silk-stock-Inged
ankles thrust Into dulnty slip
pers. Their henna-tipped fingers are
loaded with rings.
Willi a lingering backward glance
these two enter slowly a carved mar
ble portal lending Into a hall walled
and floured with flower-designed porce
lain tiles. Inscriptions In French nnd
Arnlilc ti ll us that this Is the entrance
to the Moorish baths, open to men ut
til noon, to women In the afternoon.
The fair ones flock to It, Air It Is their
lounge, their club, their glimpse of so
cial life, their gossip exchange It
nnd the Mohutmnedun cemeteries on
Fridays.
The narrow alley dives Into another
tunneled passage under the houses
nnd emerges on a wider apace, a mar
ket. Spread out on the ground or on
rough stalls are meot, fruit, vegeta
bles, bread.
Arab and negro dealers shout nut
their wares and prices In Arable nnd
In French, while tnll men In while
burnooses, shrouded Moorish women
and dark-hnlrcd, bare-headed Maltose.
girls chuffer and bargain excitedly.
Buyers and seller shake their hands
In each other's face, scream with
rage, call on Allah or the God of the
Christians to hear witness, then quiet
down and conclude the deal peaceably
FLASH
The Lead Dog
By-
George Marsh
TUB TENN rVflllSHINO CO.
W.N.U.SERV1CB n
SYNOPSIS
l'p the wlUI watrt of the un
known Yrlliiw-l.vg, on s winter's
hunt, Journry llnu-k MrCntn and
Gnspnrt! Lecrolx, hla fr'rench-Crse
commits, with Klnnh, tirock'e
puppy and their dos Unm. UrorR e
father hod warnrd him of the
danger of hla trip A fur saveral
Putties with the stormy watera
they arrive at a fork In tha Yal-low-Lra;.
Hrork la aevarely In
lurd In making a portnKe and
Flash leads iinnpard to the un
conarloua youth. Tha trappers
race desperately to reach thalr
destination before winter eeta In.
Flash ennngri In a desperate
right with a wolf and kills him.
liaapard talla llrock of hla de
termination to find out who killed
hla father. Tracks are dlacovered
and the two boys aepnrate for
scouting purposea, Urocg la
lumped by two Indiana and a
white man and knocked uneon.
acloua. He la held prisoner. C.aa
pard teacuea him while his cap
tnra sleep tlnspard tieltevea these
men killed hla father and la pre
vented from killing them By
llrock. While out alone Unspatd
le shot from anibunh bv an In
dian and kllli hla would-be slayer
While out on his trap lines llrrf-
la caught In a heavy snow storm.
He la lost and hla food glvea out.
Hie hopee are ralsrd when he
discovere a moose trail He kills
a moose and Hnds Gaspnrd'e trail.
CHAPTER VIII Continued
15
In the morning, because of the bet
ter footing ll guve (lie tolling husky,
llrock twik Cu-iinnl trail buck to
camp. At the hem) of the lake Brock's
eyes w idened In surprise as he si a red
at the tracks In front of hint Then,
he moved swiftly Into a clump of
young spruce and waited, ears alert
A chickadee ciillel, then the silence
remained unbroken. Cautiously Brock
wulkeU down the trail to what bad
stopied him.
The story the snow told was easy
to read. Some one had followed Uas
pard's trail up to this point, where he
had left It to trawl a hundred yards
to the right
"What rlmll I do, Flnshf queried
the puzzled youth. The trails were
not fresli. that wus evident. If Otis
pard had been ambushed. It bad been
two dnjs before. He was beyond
help. If they had cuptured him. It
was too lute to overtake them now.
Finally Brock decided to take the
meat to the cache, nnd return on Oas
purd's trail with Flash loose. He
would never again travel without hla
dog.
About five miles from the boys'
camp, the tracks which overlay Uus
pard's trail had joined It, leading from
the luke. Worried for his partner's
safety. Brock reached the cump to
find It undisturbed, and to meet a loud
greeting from three ravenous dogs
wired to trees.
Entering the tent now nearly burled
In snow. Brock found a roll of the
Inner burk of a blrcb on which bad
been burned with a stick diameters of
the syllable writing used by the frees.
Taught the phonetic symbols us a
boy by an old Cree nt the post. Brock
had often made use of this Indian
shorthand and easily read the mes
sage :
"Twice I hunted far for your trull.
Now I go to look for these people. I
will come buck In s few tluys, but If
you are not here, then (ii-piird l.e
croIx will go Into the north to Join
his father.''
"(iiMid old Caspard!" exclaimed the
youth, his eyes blurred by moisture.
"He looked for me after the snow
burled my trull, and hss given m up.
lie's not going hack to Hungry House;
lies' going north to hunt them down."
Starting a tire In Hie tent stove to
cook bis supper, llrock lost no lime
in deciding on his next move, tins
pard hud been gone at least two
days. In the morning he would take
Flash and nil the grub he could easily
curry In his pack and follow the trull.
If they hud captured his friend, the
snow would tell the story then what)
He would wave a good-by toward (he
south and those he held deur, ut Hun
fry House, and follow (Juspurd us the
hnlMireed hud followed Brock and his
captors. And ut the end, the boy
promised himself, Flush and Brock
Mct'uln would show these renegades
how a white boy and his dog could
tight tor his purtuer.
CHAPTER IX
The Return of the Lost
Thinking that Brock hud decided to
weather It out In his cump on tha
flunk of the great barren, Guspard
waited for bis return at the end of
the norther but Brock did not come.
I'uzzled, the hnl f breed went to the
outlying camp of his friend, where,
to his amazement he found that Brock
had not spent the two days of the
wind and snow. Where bud he gone?
Worried, l-ecroli returned to camp,
Ills partner had been caught, some
nyhere, while bunting. If be bad meat.
he would work his way homo. But
three days passed and Brock did not
return, (luspiird circled far to the
south nnd west, but found no fresh
trull of t ho boy nnd dog he sought.
Brock was a good hunter; ho would
not slnrvo, and ho wouldn't slay lost,
hu'd work mirth and homo. Thcu the
thought of how his father had van
ished lulu these, plillov while hills
chilled (itispard's heart Wns ho to
lose Brock, hla friend, also? Brock,
whom he loved ns a brother!
Sorrowfully, the half breed returned
to cump. The days went by and llrock
did not return. At length, hope tiled,
and (iiispant wrote the messi.ga which
he full the eyes of Brock would never
read, and started on his mini hunt
To the rich catch oi fur which they
had hidden In their cache In the
swamp, he gave no consideration. At
Hungry House this fur would buy
hi in much that he needed But Hun
gry House hud awn the liu'l of tins
pard Lecrolx. Brock wus gone, and
he had promised Ihem he would bring
til tu safely home In the spring. The
spirit of his father called him the
father whose tames had lain unhurled,
the sarl of bird unit beast whoso
death was in yet unavenged.
So, will) food fur a few days In his
pack, for tie would return once more,
then loud his sled and take the team
Into the north, (Jnspnrd started on a
circle beyond the head of the lake.
He had pimed the Inlet ten miles
from camp, when. In a thick stand of
young spruce, he turned sharply to
the right and from the cover of a
clump of seedling, wutched his hack
truck. What sixth cense hud given
hi in the uneasy feeling that he was
being followed, he could not explalu.
The morning was still, without wind,
but he had heurd no click of the
bows, no creuk of shoes on the snow,
dry ns powder. But the stalker would
have seen to that he would have muf
fled the sound No, If there was some
one on his trail, he was far back.
Shivering with the Intense Cold
which cut through his caribou skin
capote, the half breed ns fast becom
ing convinced that his premonition
uus false, when he suddenly stiffened
where he lay. The barrel of his rltle
slowly lifted as his right eye lined tbe
sights. A hundred yards distant a
hooded figure carrying a rl tie, moved
over the trail.
So they were hunting til in agnln.
were they these people who bad
hunted his fat her J Well, before the
snows faced In April he would give
them their bellies full of this little
game. The small eyes that followed
the Indian trailer over the rifle sights
glittered with hate. Slowly one closed.
Again the right eye covered the ap
proaching shape with the bead sight
of the muzzle. A finger moved and
the soundlos forest echoed with a
splitting rour.
With a scream, the crouching shape
on the trull lunged Into the snow.
From the thicket above which drifted
a wisp of gray smoke, clicked the ac
tion of a rltle as the lever tossed aside
an empty shell and pumped a cart
ridge Into the barrel. Again, silence
settled on the spruce. Slowly the
snow beneath a sprawled leg of the
crumpled figure reddened.
Then, circling cautiously until he
sow the gun of the would lie assassin
lying where It had fallen, out of
reach, Guspard walked boldly to the
unconscious Indian.
"Ah-hahl" he muttered. Then, first
drawing the knife slung to the Creel
sash and tossing It awuy. Gaspard ex
amined the wound Ills shot had gone
home. He had struck the thigh aa he
had Intended, and the Cree had fuluted
from shock and pain.
Quickly the half breed fashioned
tourniquet of the Crce's sash and
bound the leg. Then, shortly, he had
a Are going. Carrying the grounlng
man to the lire h,e luld hi in on a bed
of houghs. But In spite of the tight
bandage ubove the wound, to fliispnrd'l
surprise the hemorrhage continued.
As the Cree became conscious of his
surroundings, Gnspnrd forced hot tea
down his throat The stimulant did
Its work.
"You wish to live," rasped the youth,
In the Cree language, "you talk with a
single tongue.'
Fear-shot eyes In the seamed fea
tures of the stricken Indian searched
the cold face of the man who had out
witted him. Again Gnspnrd held the
block leu to the gray Hps.
"What you track me for to kill ot
luke met" begun Hie Inquisitor.
The free shut his eyes, but gave no
answer.
"Where la your c-mpT
The menacing face of Lecrolx ap
proached I lie other's.
"Far from here, In the north."
"How many Crees and while mcnT"
"Many eight, ten."
"Who Is the chief the bossT
"A white man who cuine In I ship
He has a red heard."
fTO DB CONTINUED.)
An Ex-Soldier Tell$
An ox-soldlcr tells that during the
war he was billeted In a certain vil
lage which had a charming river me
andering by Its outskirts. Hero, In
the bed of the stream, a stern-faced
man cultivated splendid crop of
Whtercress.
The soldier, In anticipation of aft
ernoon ten, sent his batman on Sunday
to buy some watercress. Ho found
the cultivator hard at work In the
middle of tho stream.
"I want slxpennyworth of water
cress," said the br.tman.
"No," said the cultivator, "I ain't
open on Sundays."
Sentenced
"So your father knows the exact
moment ho will die, does ho the ex
act year, month and day?"
"VesNuh, he ought to. The Jcdgs
told htm "
Mason and Dixon Line
Only Divided States
The Mason nnd 1'lxon lino was the
boundary lino between Pennsylvania
nnd Maryland, ns surveyed In 17(17,
nnd popularly accepted before tho
Civil war ns tho dividing lino between
tho free nnd slave stales, if (hut
Hue were to bo extended duo west
It would divide such northci states
ns Ohio, Indiana nnd Illinois nnd
leave Kansas In the south. As a
mutter of fact, the atates scutti of
the Mason nnd Dixon line which are
generally regarded ns southern states
are Virginia, North Carolina, South
Cnroluin, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Tennessee, Mlsalsslppl, Arkansas,
Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Ken
tucky, Missouri, Maryland and Deln
ware. Cumberland, Maryland, Is south
of the Hue. The slave-holding states
Just before the Civil war Included all
of (hose mentioned above except
Oklahoma, which wns not then a
stale. Slnvery had been abolished
In the northern states before thut
time.
Laughs at Advancing
Years and Blindness
A sixty seven year old blind pastor,
who must travel nearly 1(H) miles
each session day to serve, la chaplain
of the Connecticut senate. He la
llev. Edward 1'. Ayer of Brunford,
now serving his third term In the
olllce. IVsplle his years nnd affliction,
Ayer Is strong and active In his
youth before excessive study robbed
him of his sight, be was captain of
the Amherst college from Yule Div
inity school. The blind chaplain
heads an organisation known as tho
Society for tha Handicapped, a group
which seeks to alleviate the misfor
tune of the blind In Connecticut. Dur
ing the World war he donned overalls
and managed a slsuble "war garden."
In addition, he milked Ave cows, fed
threo yearlings, two cnlves and twenty-five
hetui and raised ninety two
chickens. Indianapolis News.
Philippine Coinage
Money coined for the I'hlllpplne Is
lands first arrived In the I'lilllpplnea
from the Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco mints In June, ItsiKI. and wna
first placed In circulation In July,
t'.i.'l. This wns done In accordance
with the provisions of tentative law
passed In W On June .'1. an
act wns passed to establish the stand
ard of value and to provide for a
coining system In the I'hlllpplne Is-
Innds. From that time on the San
Francisco mint when requested to do
an. has coined money for the Philip
pines. For the past few years the
I'nlted States baa not struck coins for
the Philippines. The old dies are atlll
In use.
Russ Ball Blno, I wnnt Insist, don't
accept substitutes. Grocers sell coast
to coast Adv.
What Do Yen Mesa. -AgedT
Sieaklng of Chief Bed Fox, sn ar
ticle anys, "Though hearing his six
tieth year he Is wiry and active and
able to engage In campaigns, were
they necessary." Age Is a relative
matter. The young reporter In refer
ring to any cltlr.cn past forty speaks
of him aa "aged." The other day we
heard an elderly gentleman eay,
"Toulb bus no time for age. I called
to tnke my niece, fifty-eight years old,
out to lunch, but she told me she had
luncheon engagement so I was com
pelled to lunch alone." Houston Post
Dispatch. Uteleee Attainment
First Explorer (Indicating gesticu
lating native) Can you understand
what he's saying!
Second Ditto Not a word.
First Darned lot o' good you are
with your university educnllon.
Bussing Show.
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"You have many times refused my
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"luin't you like met'
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enne. "I enjoy your visits nnd I want
yon to feel perfectly safe."
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