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iHu tiT'tv-fi r juqfi By OPIE READ CeemiM, .«*» B»n sm*to»t«, ta«. "NADINE LA VITTEt" SYNOPSIS--The time Is the late *SDb or early "70s and the scene a it«ambott on the Mississippi river. Ail the types of the period are present and the floating palace la distinguished by merriment, d&nctn « and gallantry. There are the customary drinking and gambling alao. Virgil Drace, a young northern man, is on his way south on a nls*t«K of revtnge. He meets an •coeVrlc character in the person of one Liberty Shottie. who is constantly tempting the goddess of chance. They agree to a singular pacDrape gets his mind off !>U mission by entering into deck •ports in which he exhibits an unusual athletic prowess. Drace. seeing ah opportunity to use Shottie. confldos to him that his mission is lo f'nd a certain ex-guerrilla. Stepho la Vitte. who had murdered Drace's father. It is his determination to hang La Vitte as high as Ham an. Drace falls in love with a striking young beauty on the boat. CHAPTER 111--Continued. "That's what comes to a hors£ that winders from his stable-lot oat on the frown pond." said Shottie as Drace came up to laugh at him. "You've made a rip In the skirt of. the ball sure enough," Drace replied, taking him by the arm. And then suddenly he halted, for he caught sight of a girl coming toward hlra. A moment before, there had been numerous young women In the room, hut •ow there was only one--the barbaric rose maid, the girl who had touched Ms heart with a torch. With her walked a tall, handsome and well-dressed young man. Her hand rested upon his arm, and she seemed to listen with pleasure to his evidently ardent wooing. She looked at Drace. one glance, and then turned her eyes hack to her cavalier and passed on. And a flame of Jealousy was added to the turmoil that already held possession of him. "Who is she, Shottie?" demanded Dritee. "I don't know, but I'll find oat. Lord, bat she is a fetcher." He moved off, dodging the' dancers here and there, while Drace sat alone fn a window, waiting. The orchestra struck up the sappermarch, and Shottie. stalking his prey, sqw the lady who had so excited Drace'* interest seated with her cavalier in an alcove and sapping daintily. Possessing himself of a plate and a goodly portion of chicken, Shottie relumed and brazenly seated himself near them, listening with all his ears. "Nadine," the cavalier was saying. *you wrong me in thinking I seek to Influence you through my friendship with your father. It is true he owes me much; and it Is true that if I were to become a member of his family I would forget that. Fat I want to make yon care for tile for myself. If--" "flush, Mr. Boyce," said the girl. There are people near--this is no place to discuss such things." The young man 'owered his voice, and Shottie could hear no more. He calmly finished his chicken and thea sought out Drace, whom he found pacing up and down impatiently. "Well?" demanded'Drace. "His name." announced Shottie, "is Boyce. Frederick Boyce, probably-- or maybe John. It would be John; I'd think." "Hang his name!" exclaimed Drace. "D<d you find out hers?" "Nadine." replied Shottie «ttl a triumphant sir. "Nadine." repeated Drace. and carmsed the name with his Hps. "But What's her last name?" • "Brown probably, or maybe ?£6nes. Or It might even be Smith." Drace scowled his wrath at such flippancy. "Look here. Lib." he said fTll give yon twenty-five dollars to find out her full name and where ahe lire*. I'll give you a hundred if you'll And somebody who'll introduce me to "It's a bet." said Shottie. . Hot I mast warn yon you're late. " Itoyce ' wants her to marry him. and he's got • hold on her father. Bat she stood him off." "H'm--she stood him off? My offer stands. Lib. She couldn't possibly throw herself away on a low-looking IWlow like that." Shottie asked for the twenty-five in advance, was denied and took himself «ft grumbling. He foand Boyce and the girl called Nadine just leaving the little alcove, and stopped them, bowing low. "Sir," he said, addressing Boyce, "I have been directed to Inform this Sady that she has been awarded a prize as the best waltzer to the room. If yon will be so good as to give me her name and address In order that It may be delivered lo . tier?" •» v Boyce regarded Shottie suspiciously. * "Well!" he exclaimed. "I didn't know thfy did that sort of thing here. What fal the prize and who Is giving It?" "The prize." replied Shottie blandly, "|S a--turkey. It is given bv the-^ H a leading butcher of the town," ' Boyce laughed, and the girl added her silver merriment. "I'm *ure p,u tattered.*; she said. "The name Is Siadlr.e (a Vitte, ar.d the a Idreas--" She broke iff. and flushed a little, fchottle's Jaw had dro;>].ed; ,h,.ri he gulped with an extraordinary coctorty> o of his fa.-e In the endeavor to wask his astonishment. "And the address?" he pursued. y The girl and exchanged a ffrtuMed look. "1 think." Interposed Itoyce. 'It would be better to take the ; ^he fowl home tonight, Perhaps you JNWjO' Koaii enough to deliver it to he delayed some ten minutes in dark thought before he sought Drace again. For Shottie \vajited the hundred dollars, and if he tvere to ten Drace that her name was La Vitte! Could it be Itossible that she was Stepho's daughter? He presented himself before Drace at length. "Master," he announced, ' her name is Nadine Brown and her address Is Carriage Number 297." "Carriage Number Two--. Bat that Is no address. And--" "Listen, Master," went on Shuttle hurriedly. "I have a scheme--a magnificent scheme." Not only shall you be introduced to this lady, hut you shall be prerented to her in the role of • protector and rescuer." "How In the world will you manage that?" "Very simple. At ten minutes past one. you are to be standing on Blank street just beyond the lamp at the corner of X street. Carriage 297 will drive past. From out the shadow of a garden wall two men will spring out and stop the carriage--attempt to rob this Boyce fellow and that girl. You will rush up with a cane--a cane, Virgil, no pistol--and drive off the robbers! You are a hero--the lady thanks you. Tableau J" "But--but--" "Leave it all to me--but give me that twenty-five dollars. I know fellows who'd, hold up the dagil himself for five." '• At ten minutes past one o'clock Virgil Drace was standing in the shadow of a tree near the street-crossing decided upon, cursing himself for a hairgalloped off with the ramshackle vehicle lurching behind It. Nadine turned to Drace, her face lighted with gratitude. She held forth her hand. With a grace that would not have mocked a Highlander who, schooled In France, had followed home the Queen of Scots, he bent over It and reverently touched It with his lips. Wild was her nature, this halfbarbaric maid, and she snatched her hand awry, but repenting instantly, smiled and spoke. "I thank you much. Tola art brave. You are like one on the stage, the hero." Her words came freely, and with just enough of accent to convince that they were sweeter than if there were none. Drace asked her if she remembered him, and her black velvet eyes flashed dark in astonishment. "How could I when never have f seen you? -You must mistake met No." "I saw you on the boat, at the ball at the St. Louis," Drace said. "But come to think of it, I know that it would be vanity on my part to believe that you have seen me." "No, it would not be vanity," pleasantly she contradicted him, shaking her head, her cloud of hair. "The brave do not be vain, but I did not see you. I am so sorry. You sorry, too, ha?" She laughed, and Drace thought that never till that moment had he heard music in its sweetest purity. Thee Boyce and Shottie returned, panting--* Shottie to disappear again In pursuit of his vanished vehicle. mm I k About two thousand were killed and many more thousands made homeless by the earthquake and great tidal waves that bave swept through Chile. This photograph shows the city and port of Taicahuano, where Chilean naval vessels slipped their cables and escaped to sea when the tidal wave warnings were received, lie city itself was badly wrecked by the combined quakes and floods; . ... I ' *. t r : ^ j. Old Industries Priest Started Movement When , Woolen Prices Went Soaring During World War. EXHIBn AROUSES ENTHUSIASM Clergyman Gets Looms and Weaver te Teach His Parishioners -- Many Spinning Wheels and Loom#, • '• mIMssHow in Operation* Dublin.--A itregtg movement tor the . revival of the ol(| Irish Industries has Sir, I thank you most heartily for 8et ,n aw* ls «****»« assistance and your assistance," said Boyee, grasping encouragement from the wliole coun- Drace's hand. -My name ls Boyce- tr*' Am,ong the Peculiarly Irish pur- Rupert Boyce May I--" "• 8PInnln8 and weaving with the ..... „ . ! old treadle machines has received . ' 18 V,rgI1 ^!?ce* great impetds of late from patriotic toed that young man. "I am only too dividuals. glad to have been of help. I'm afraid, I . ntt,e tm K,|lo^ ^ however, you'll have to finish your County Longford, ovier 300 spinning Journey on foot May I have the pleasure of walking with you?" wheels are working dally. Some time ago the parish priest, Father Conefrey, Possessing Himself of a Plate and a Goodly Portion of Chicken, 8hettle Returned and Brazenly Seated Himself Near Them. This suggestion, however, Boyce de- started the village with one wheel. He dined. And although Drace Insisted was aided by friends from both the as far as the bounds of courtesy would north and south of Ireland, irrespeopermit, both Boyce and the girl evad- tlvc of the usual bugbear--politics-- ed consent. And they left him stand- and now spinning wheels are beginning ing thunderstruck on the street corner to appear in the districts surrounding --for the girl had said, giving him her KHIoe. hand again in parting: "I thank you ; Started Industry During War. once more for your help, Mr. Drace. j Actually Father wonefrey started I hope I may see you again some time. IM* movement during the war. The My name is Nadine la Vitte, and l am war sent the P^ce of woolen goods often in New Orleans." soaring unhealthily, so Father Con> Drace passed an uneasy night, his decided to encourage the women mind torn by his susptcion that Nadine an5* the town to spend tbelr la Vitte was the daughter of old Ste- 111 ^ spare time In the dark pho. And when liberty came to his ev r e",nff the,r own room next morning, eager for praise c,.ot | h K ,ng; the derision of many and reward, the truth came out. Na- «*£ fta neJ 8 couple of spinning wheels and set a few da"Kht" °f -J <* the elderly women of the parish, Stepho; Liberty had overheard enough who durlnK their h had * while disguised as the cabman to con- to teachinK tbe children to handle the firm that. But where she lived In New wheel. Orleans, Liberty had failed to learn; j The little industry soon caught a he had planned to drive them home, grm hold and gradually It became a but the runaway of the cab norse had regular occupation during days when brained fool and Shottie for an addlepated rogue. A rattle of wheels came to his ears, and a cab approached him. As It came under the lamp at the corner, Virgil was sure he recognized the flamingo neck of Liberty Shottie rising from the turned-up collar of the cabby on the box. "Good Lord!" gasped Drace. "He's done It. Pray heaven Boyce carries no pistol." The cab passed him. And then from the shadow of a wall a hundred yards or so distant two dark figures darted out. There came a hoarse command, a stifled scream, a cry for help. Drace ran forward and found Boyce, Nadlno and the supposed cabman standing with uplifted hands beside the vehicle while a masked desperado threatened them with a pistol and a second robber demanded their valuables. Now Drace played his part right gallantly, rushing upon the robbers with uplifted cane. The fellow with the pistol fired once-- then a blow oh the wrist from Drace's stick sent the weapon flying. The pain t.f the blow enraged the fellow, however, and as Drace mnde at the second robber, the first one struck him heavily, momentarily dazing him. The two supposed robbers now took to their heels, pursued half-heartedly by Cabman Shottie and energetically by Boyce. who had been robbed in good earnest.. And to complete the taelee, the poor cabhorse. frightened by the pistol-shot. sent that plan agley. • »' CHAPTER IV '"V-f the families could not work on their own or other people's farms. The wool grown In the surrounding country found a market in Kllloe. The seed thrown by the Longford „ y , . . Now more than ever was Drace -resolved to find where the girl lived, to village priest was blown far and wide.' find old Stepho, to-- What would he Edward Bohane, the director of the do when he found them? He was bent Royal Dublin society, the society which on revenge upon his father's murder- carries on the famous Ballsbrldge ers, on solving the secret of that horse show annually and which encourburled money; yet he was in love with aK®8 8tock raising In every shape and that arch-scoundrel's daughter. Ot ^orm:..be?anie lnterested ,n the expert- Was he? He must find her, make sur& -And he said as much to Shottie. "There are some things that cant be done by mere determination," said Shottie. his mipd on filling a flush. "No, but Judgment ought to be the master and director of determination. I tell you what we'll do. This afternoon we'll take the French quarter by streets and knock at every door." That aftern«»on they set out oa their quest. But the scheme of knocking fit every door soon seemed foolish and impertinent. They decided to halt only In front of habitations that seemed to invite Inquiry, consult their Instinct ; but as repeated failure blunts Instinct dull, hope became a critic, without creative adventure, and advised a return to the hotel. Then they thought that night would be a fitter time. They might catch sight of the girl or Boyce at the theater mp9t and got the Society to furnish fonde to enable the Kllloe' sp!niters to exhibit their products at the society** show, which is always a big event tal Dublin. in 1U21 the exhibit of the little villagers of Kllloe at the show was qaite largfc though limited to spinning and knfttiftg Then the Indefatigable Father Conefrey went to Donegal, where he discovered an Irish-speaking weaver working a wooden loom in the little town of Ardara. He took him to Killoe and set him teaching his Industrious cottagers how to weave Donegal homespun. \Vlth the .equipment of this new loom and Its manipulator Father Conefrey's little grbup of spinners and weavers sent a striking exhibition to the Itoyal Dublin society's famous horse show this year. All phases of their work were shown. Including grading, blending, dyeing, gardening and spinning wool, and finally weaving blankets, tweeds and homespuns. As far as Balllnalee, In County Louth, the first town to be reduced to ashes by the Black and Tans, tailors are calling for the wares of the Killoe weavers and are providing winter suitings made of this native material/ Thea' Father Conefrey turned his energies to reviving the old home linen industry. At the show this year tStere was an exhibit of the old Jacquard damask linen loom, which still survives In Llshurn. Crawford Hartnell, a rich Dubliner, told the principal of the Llshurn Technical Institute, Cecil Webb, of Father Conefrey's urgent,need of a loom, which, as a token of good will and encouragement In his efforts to revive the cottage Industries, they save him. ' The Killoe spinners, acting on a third suggestion from their priest, sent more young men to Drogheda to learn to handle the loom. It is now operating, and also has served as a pattern from which to make more looms. The Longford county council has taken cognizance of Kllloe's Industry and engaged dyeing, spinning and weaving experts to advise the cottagers In putting the best finish to their work. The whole country is taking an Increasing Interest in this revival of oldtltne Industries; The Royal Dublin society, backed by a number of philanthropic Irishmen, has a shop in Urafton street, the main shopping street In Dublin, for the exclusive sale of Irish home-made goods of ail sorts. Other towns are rivaling Kllloe in producing home-made goods. Father Conefrey's enterprise has been enthusiastically welcomed here because persons o&all shades of political opinion on both sides of the troublesome Ulster boundary have become Us foster fathers.' Sxf? ; Trtft figdfr TlokaZdle -MM &3Ss£JSLis&2Us U. S. ARMY RETURNS ENGLISH GUN .. #• Mortar Has Been at Governor's Island 148 Years* - • •: e v. - f f Sent Back ti England as Token of Amity by the American Army-- ,r j^wnerc N jver in Action . f. Against Americans. r'Vasfelngt on.--An ancient brass tar bearing the royal cipher "GR," whleh has filled a peaceful role at Governor's island, New York, since the days of George II of England, has found Its way back overseas to England and into the hands of Its original owners, the King's Royal Rifles, St. Rode, Bournemouth. It was sent over as a token of amity by the American army and In reply, Secretary Weeks has received a message from George V of England, honorary colonel of the old British regiment, expressing a feeling of "comradeship existing between the military forces of the two Englishspeaking peoples." The weapon Is one of those known as "Coehorn mortars," brass 24-pounders long out of date, and was left at Governor's island inadvertently In 1774 when a battalion of the royal American regiment, a British colonial fdrce organized in 1766 with men from Virginia, Marytand and Pennsylvania, was withdrawn at the outbreak of the Revolutionary war and sent to Jamaica for service. Later, after service In other British colonies, the regiment reached England to be renamed the King's Royal Rifles, but retaining at the same time its old designation lo the British army, the Sixtieth foot. Some years ago American officers *t Governor's Island, led by Chaplain Edmund B. Sndth, Investigated the origin of the old mortars used there as decorations and conceived the idea of returning the old Coehorn to Its real owners in the British army. It had never been captured nor had the Rifles ever been In action against Americans. An exchange of courtesies followed. Standards of the British regiment under which It. bad fought, and a signed photograph of King George V being presented te the chapel at Governor's island. Taking the Dead From the Soangler Coal Mine "l am Colonel fth&tle, sir, and net Llbi* -|i (TO BB CONTINUED.) fceire^e-Cre-si e£ e<r*<?e<ret>e •e^e^ei>e-£reaeaeae<re<lret*e«ei*eaeaet*e* CARGOES THAT FRIGHTEN SAILORS Scenes at'the mouth of the Rellly mine, Spangler. l*un as the bodies ofTOcLad wereearried out. were killed"bf * fas exploatoa which aleo Injured a. iiut<u >ii II- *[ij|,r'ii lilt. Ijirj-fI|i|i jJhi.i'iTiijiniir Th. Eithe* Sugar, Coffee, or Cotton As» Considered Far More Pangs rows Than Dynamite. At first thought it would seem that dynamite was a cargo to be carefully avoided, but from a sailor's [xiint of view there are far more dangerous cargoes. He dreuds. for Instance, a cargo of sugar. Put hundreds of tons of cane sugar In casks in the hold of a vessel and let the ship steam through a sf**ll of hot w«-»ther. The odor Is sickening. The sailors cannot get the sweet taste out of th<*lr mouths, and crave vinegar or lemon --anything sour. They lose their appetites ami are always glad when • voyage on which the carg«- wa» sugar is over. Coffee Is as disagreeable as sugar, lu addition to being very dangerous. Cotton Is a really dangerous cargo. If a little oil happens te touch raw j.cotton the result is spontaneous coitv up- #Wiagfe It ts ordered for one j hufth'n. A sinute hale of c< not, sat- Veleefc--Nnml^er "W-" Bowing wlrh ; uraied wltb such s& oil as MM lis JfiNK® g*»oe, Shottie departed,, bttt! s**d and lytnc a|. the buttasa of the hold can he compared only to a slow match attached to a bomb. Adds snd other chemicals form dangerous cargoes. Carbide of calclum. for example. Is more dsngerotts tnna <1ynnmite. Acetylene pas la made from thin chemical, and the Kas Is constantly given off If the -Product is ex(M>sed to air. j,.! • Nat'onal Cemeteries, ^ There are 82 national cemeteries In the United States and one In the City of Mexico. They were established by a special act of congress and are under ihe supervision of the quartermaster corps of the army. Cemeteries at the national military homes are under the immediate supervision of the governors of the. soldiers' home* and subject to the rules of the home* Perfume Took Name From City. Tb;> original recipe for the ramoui perfume, ean-de-Cologre, was discot COLLEGE PROFESSORS STRIKE Nebraska University Teachers on \tyay to gecome Millionaires, Participate in 3,000-Barrel Weil In Mirando Field--Each Intends te Continue Teaching Career ' . Regardless of Weal**/?--' l1ttffaffdo City, Tex.--Three ' of the faculty of the ('Diversity of Nebraska are well on the way to become millionaires. If th<.y have not already actually reached that financial pinnacle. The fortunate "highbrows," as they are Joklngl. called by their new friends and acquaintances among the oil men of the .'lirandb Held, far down toward the Mexicra border, are Dr. E. F. Schramm, professor of geology; Dr. O.' J. Frankforter, professor of chemistry, and Dr. K. H. Barbour, Chairman of the geology department, jjrhey have all been connected with er*d lw |ia liatiai, m oology U /[ ^ Ontve«ity of J^mk^Boe several years and are well known la scientific circles throughout the country. It was while Doctor Schramm was making a geological Investigation of the Rio Grande border region that he came across a probable oil anticlinal near here. Small oil production had already been obtained here and prac-' fical oil men were only beginning to turn their attention to the possibilities *>f this regiou when Doctor Schramm's attention was attracted. Doctors Frankforter and Barbour Invested their savings In this region solely oa the strength of their confidence In Doctor Schramm. A well was drilled and a. few weeks ago it came In with a production of 8.000 barrels of h!g|>- grade oil .. day. It Is the largest producer In the Mirando district. Doctor Schramm still maintains his Tonnectlon with the University of Nebraska as does his two associates on the faculty. Accori.ng to information received here, both Doctor Frankfurter and Doctor Barbour expect to contiWM their professional dttUea, Irrespectt've ot how 'rich"they may Become. The former Is credited with the statement that he hoped to use a part of his early Income from oil In financing the building of a stadium for the university. while It M the ambition of Doctor Schramm to donate a splendid museum building to the Institution. Muskrat Douses Lights. , StevensvlUe, Ont.--This village. Which Is served fty a rurai hydro-hue. has been without electricity for three days- Workmen sean-hing for the cause of the trouble dug down to the underground cable and found that n muskrat had chewed the cable to get the beeswax on the Inside of the cover Ing and. had been electrocuted. Ral and cable are on displa; at the town halU. '.<Y'V Allll Knocks C*r Off T<f*(* Harrishurg, Pa.--A bull on the^Bon nymende stock farm, near Rutherford lost his life after a battle recently with a 'Harrlsbnrg trolley car. The bull, *ent at the trolley car with a r»«ar. Tliis Uui>act knocked the car off the tract and sent' passengers scrambling. The Reformer. 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This good old-fash- Ipned herb home remedy for constipation, stomach Ills and <>ther derangements of the system go prevalent these days ls In even greater favor as a family medicine Khan in your grandmother's BHIrf {J)ctn Pills • f or Li \ it I!Is | r>R Toni •]}{! -- | icunorrcw Alrioht ; * * ^ >•«' -3 m Shave, Bathe and S l u u a p o o w o n e Soap.-- Cuticara mi iiii ^ - 'i • M *•' St