THE STORY In the city of New Orleans, In 1821, Loren Garde, recently an officer under General Jackson, is surprised by the appearance of three figures, in ancient Spanish costume, two men and a woman whose beauty enchants him. Re- senting the arrogance of the eld- er of the two men, Garde fights a duel with him with swords, and wounds him. He learns his opponent is Adolfo de Fuentes, colonel In the Spanish army in Venezuela. Garde overhears a plot to overthrow Spanish rule in Venezuela, Discovered, he fights, but is overpowered. Garde finds himself a prisoner on the Santa Lucrecia, ship bearing arms and ammunition for the Venezuelans. On board are the conspirators, the lady of his love, her brother Polito, and De Fu- entes, From the girl, Garde learns her name is Dulce Lamar- tina. He loves her, but does not reveal his love The vessel is wrecked and Garde reaches the Venezuelan shore, alone. He en- counters a stranger and Dulce with De Fuentes and Po- dito learning hig history, the anger, who is Captain Mona- of the British legion under urges Garde to join the ielans, but his mind sing Dulce” Monahan friends In Caracas, supplied by Mona- secret sign of the lcomed at the rev. headquarters. With a nion, Manuel, Garde goes cathedral, where the wed- ding of Dulce and De Fuentes is in progress. Dulce recognizes him and leaves De Fuentes at the altar. She is torn from Garde's arms He escapes, aeons Bolivar, is set compa to the CHAPTER V ls Adios fiven as I entered the spacious home of Thomas Carrasco a file of soldiers deployed and surrounded it. Verily, Morales moved swiftly—and I knew I would never win free of Caracas, Yet, I had held her in my arms again, had lost myself in the sweet depths of her eyes, had heard her call my name, had feit the touch of her fin- gers. To my starved soul that was very much indeed, so I laughed gaily as the good Tomas, all of a tremble, hurried into my comfortable quarters. “Do they seek thee, Senor-—these soldiers?” “Aye, Tomas; I am very valuable to them, for I have just disarranged a wedding, and I have put a lasting hurt into the heart of Colonel Fuentes ™ “Ah, misfortune, Senor; it will bring death to all us!” “Not Tomas; will death only to a poor French sallor who would feast soul the beauty of a lady. This inn of yours is open to any traveler who has money to pay for You know nothing of me; I shall as- sure them." As a sergeant and Lieutenant Polito—marched in from the patio I chose the side of the room farthest from the window, that I might stand as much as pos aible in the gloom. The sergeant turned to Polito, who shook his head and touched his band- aged throat with caressing fingers, then the sub-officer addressed me: “Are you the devil, Senor, who has put a spell upon the Senorita Lamar. tina? “There is too much flattery in your words sergeant,” I said. “You as- sign too much power to me, and I think it is the Senorita who has cast a spell upon all of us” Polita started and stared. “What are you called, Senor? “Timoleon Sourdez,” said I, choos- ing at random the first name that came into my mind, “a sailor raised jn the Indies, who will work for any- body, on any ship, at any time, I am a floater—that's all” “How came you, cathedral? «*‘1 sat alone, this morning, in the dza San Jacinto, while people passed into the great church, A swarthy saiilor, doubtiess having sympathy for my loneliness, led me in so that I might view the wedding of the beauti- ful ludy of Spain and the wise Colonel Fuentes. If evil has been wrought in the cathedral, Sergeant, It Is no work of mine” “Yet you—" “The Frenchman, Senor, Is ever a lover: and if I stared at her is it any- thing a thousand others were not do- ing? “Yet she—"' “Ah, must I let her fall, fainting, to the carpeted aisle; would that have been the act of a Frenchman? We are a chivalrous race, Senor, and we offer our arms-—-and our hearts—at all times. May one do less?” Polito swung his legs, a half-smile on his handsome face. The sergeant shrugged his shoulders helplessly and turned toward his superior, “If the lieutenant desires to question him—17" “Not at all,” sald Polite, His volce was a hoarse, rasping whisper, yet so pny an effort sent him off into a phroxysm of coughing, “The Senor Lieutenant has an at. rocious cold,” 1 ventured. Whereupon he smiled at me in the friendliest manner. “I was In a storm,” he explained, “lI am sorry, and your head-—17" “Is doing nicely, thank you; It enme in contact with a spar” He studied wy face for half a minute, “Things might be worse, Senor.” “A philosophic view indeed,” sald I, “and one in which I cannot share, for soldiers at this moment surround my place of abode” He laughed, a sorry effort, but suf. of $0, this bring his spon accommodations, and five soldiers — Senor, in the Author of “The Blade of Picardy” Copyright by Bobba-Merrill Ce, (WNU Bervice.) -~ ficient. “A temporary arrangement, I think. Perhaps they lmagine that the tall sailor, who has really offered only the Frenchman's worship to beauty, might escape-—-like a moon- wraith” A wild surge of Joy went over me, Polito knewame, he was my friend, he was telling me that I would be free! I could have thrown my arms around him. “And the guards, Senor Lleu- tenant—7" “Have been placed there by order of Colonel Fuentes, and will be re moved, therefore, only by his order, 1 shall see him, however, within the hour.” “I pray, Senor Lieutenant” I said fervently, “that I shall cause no fur- ther disturbance—if, indeed, I have been the of any. When my guards have been removed I shall take the way to La Guaira, where some ship—' Now, witching his face, I saw that Polito did not brighten at this pros- pect, and 1 was glad, for, so long as the Senorita Dulce remained in Vene zuela, would I remain, “Adios, then,” said he. I heard, in than an hour, the crisp bark of orders and the sounds of feet on the stones of the patio; sounds that, fading swiftly, told me that the guards had gone, and that I was free again. Yet, free, 1 hesi- tated to leave Carncas, even if I were permitted, If I were free why should I go, why should I leave the Senorita, who still the Senorita, and not yet the Senora de Fuentes? [ could not hope to disarrange another wed- ding, and If Dulce were willing to marry Adolfo today why should she be unwilling tomorrow? Yet she did not love him; of that I felt very sure. Why, then should she marry him at all? While I pondered thus, accomplish. ing nothing, a subtle fragrance filled the room, I dared not believe my senses, The Senorita? It could not be. Dulce would not come to see me here. I was dreaming: my insane worship had touched my brain, and I would see her, doubtless, all the rest of my life. I had heard of such a thing, or read of it, and had laughed. A slim figure stood in the doorway, a figure all in lacy black, with a heavy vell that effectually concealed the fea. tures, One might not have known whether she were dark or light, but I Knew, “Aguin I said, bowing over a slim hand, "you find me In a prison. The visit of an angel could not " She touched my hair with trembling fingers. “It was light, was it not, Senor? 1 have dreamed of your halr as being light! was all that just a dream—and am I dreaming now? “I hardly know what has been real, and what" “Did 1 not see you first in the moon- ight, Senor, hatless, and with a strange light In your eyes? Did you not come to my ald when 1 called, and did not you find me in the storm? Did not your eyes draw me away from the altar? Are you pow only the spirit of the man who was lost in a raging sen 7" I tried to laugh. “I am only a sort of shadow, Your Majesty, which will follow you everywhere, Wherever you go there will I go, for you are the star of my hope: your volce—" “You are mad, Senor. You-you came to the cathedral, then, to—7" “I went to the cathedral to stop the wedding.” “Mother Mary!” she gasped. “And I went to the altar with Adolfo to save you, You should have left the city ere this. They offered to sell me your life, your freedom. Why did you not go when you had the oppor tunity 7 “My life, and my freedom, belonged to me. You speak in parables, Your Majesty” Now her blue eyes—a haunting fear in their depths—searched my face, “Oh, 1 am ashamed” she sobbed, “ashamed. I would save your life be. cause you have offered so much, They told me you were a prisoner in the dungeon, and were awaiting execu- tion, and that I" “Your Majesty,” I said, helpless be. fore her, “Your Majesty , , . 1 feel very, very happy-—and very humble” “It was little enough for me to do, for you had saved--" “If you do not love Adolfo, it was too mucl for you to do “Marriages In Spain, Senor, are not arranged by those most Interested, cause there leas shod was Senorita ™ have been Our parents did this long ago. In the three years that Colonel Fuentes has spent in Venezuela vast changes have come over him, and perhaps in myself as well, I do not feel so sure of my- self as I did some time ago.” Now, although I was sure this visit of the Senorita Lamartina would be my death warrant—for Adolfo would know whither she had gone—I laughed in the fullness of a great joy, for I knew that De Fuentes had lost, “Has the alr of Venezuela, Your Majesty, tarnished your tin soldier, or perhaps the moonlight of New Orleans—1" “Can you jest so, Senor, when you must know they are seeking you out even now? You should never have come here; there is danger here for you." “Assuredly ; yet wherever the Seno- rita goes—" “Caracas Is mies.” Ave, Senorita, ever had filled with your ene- and 1 have the best friends here, friends that man fervent patriots who are working for the freedom of a great empire; men whom Spain will never conquer, soldiers who follow a8 man of destiny.” An expression of her “Yet you that you did not sadness touched told me, Senor, serve Bolivar” “1 did not serve him then, Your Majesty, but since that time. I have looked upon the dead city of Tucayan, and a people who can sanction such an act of senseless brutality—" “Ah, Senor, this nightmare of mur. der This Bolivar who has brought about all the wars, and the killings, Would you serve this-—this vulture, Senor? She caught the lapels of my rough jacket in trembling fingers, “Senor,” she sald breathless ly, “my father spent his life in the service of Spain, and Polito, my broth- er, will doubtless do the same, One's country is one’s life, Did you come to Venezuela, Senor, to offer service to Bolivar?” “As you very well know, I followed the Senorita Lamartina to Venezuela” “Did you journey to Caracas to serve Venezuela? “lI saw the Senerita riding toward Caracas, and 1 followed her, as I would always™ “Did you visit the cathedral today because of your love for the fervent patriots?” I heard the sounda of marching men, and knew that the guards had returned. This, then, was the end “I would not hurt you, Senorita, yet I must tell you: I would tell you that my worship for you has been a sort of glory in my life, that your face has filled my dreams, that your voice has seemed" “Please, Senor, 1 “Under happier circumstances, Your Majesty, 1 could have very much, but with the soldiers waiting to take me to the dungeon, I can only tell you that I love you, can only offer gratitude to you for the joy my wor ship has given me™ She faced me, her eyes shining with tears. “There have been too many soldiers In my family, Senor, for me to love an enemy of Spain” “love is not a matter of national- ty." “No,” she sald sadly, “it is a mad. ness, 8 wretched insanity.” She held our her hand and I pressed the fingers against my lips “Ah, Senorita, I love you so!” “Dios!” she gasped. “Today 1 tried to buy yiur liberty, and you didn't need it; tomorrow, when you need it, I shall try again, for you have offered so much. You will be free, then, to Serve" “Ah, Dulce mia, “Adios, Senor” * . * * * ® ® As 1 sat through the passage of the leaden hours a darkness settled on my prison, and on my soul as well I waited with the dull fatalism of the condemned for the coming of him who would see to my execution. Hay- ing lost the Senorita, there was noth. ing more that I could lose: life with- out her would be a futile thing, a vain effort, empty of all that which should make a life worth while, A full moon, thrusting above the rim of the eastern hills, had just be. gun to spread its golden mantle over the city when Adolfo came; his guards, eight in number, stationing themselves outside my door that led into the patio, The recklessness that comes to one whose hours are num bered had laid a spell upon me. “Well” 1 cried gaily as he entered, “if it isn't the stranded bridegroom!” He stabbed me with a baleful eye, “You might not deem that quite so clever, Senor, if you had known I am familiar with your English” (TO BR CONTINUED.) eyes, CANNOt— ‘ iffered may I-71 The system of tarring roads has come Into great vogue throughout France and several objections have been raised. In the first place, it is sald that the dust arising therefrom gradually strangles the trees along the roadside, but a more serious matter is that Doctor Forveau of Courmelles has uttered a cry of alarm and awak- ened the fear that tarred highways may cnuse an increase of cancer, He bases his fears on the existence of experimental cancer in mice succeed- Ing local applications of tar on the skin and on cancers observed in work. men who handle tar, Doctor Forveau fears that the dust of the rond, when composed of sili. ceous granules with sharp polots and % edges, and impregnated with tar, may cause traumatisms of the mucosae of the respiratory and digestive tracts, capable of producing cancer, just as pulmonary tuberculosis may be facili tated In cutters of millstones by the siliceous dust that they inspire Maze Has Attractions Herodotus tells of an Egyptian maze renowned 2300 years before Christ. Whether the labyrinth wae designed originally as an Ingenlous means of recreation, or as a no less ingenious means of inflicting psycho logleal torture, Is not determined. It might serve either purpose, Showmen nt fairs and expositions have found it a profitable attraction. REAT BRIT- nin’s economic and financial crisis has resulted in the formation of a nation al or coalition minis try which is expected to hold office for only a few months and In that time to work out the grave problem of balancing the budget. Prime Minister Mac Stanley Donald found him- Baldwin self caught between the two fires of the demand by the Conservatives and tion of fusal of the trades union accept that expedient for the financial relief of the country. Eight of his cabinet of Laborites resigned, $0 Mr. MacDonald gave up the strug and hurried to Buckingham pal nce where he handed to King George the resignation of the entire minis try. The king. who had rushed back from Scotland, called Stanley Bald win, the Conservative leader, and Sir Herbert Bamuel, acting leader of the Liberals, ‘into conference and it was decided that a government should formed Liberals for reduc- absolute re Congress to the dole and the members lp Rif national be At the Mr. Baldwin, Mr. MacDonald was persuaded to re sume his place as prime minister, and a cabinet, small as in war time, was selected, these being the members: Laborites—Mr. MacDonald, Philip Snowden, J. H. and Lord Sankey, suggestion of Thomas, laldwin, Samuel Conservatives Neville Nir Hoare, former chancellor of the ex chequer, and Sir Phillip Cunliffe-Lister, Sir Herbert marquis of Reading Eight other ministers without inet rank were appointed. In a radio address Mr. MacDonald defended the reduction of the dole Mr. some elsewhere a hero his personal polit out of Stanley berals Samuel and cad iroposed I denounced In traitor, and as almost has sacrificed ambition and perhaps his MacDonald is f.abor circles as a is being hailed Fle seemingly jeal future to help his country distress, The Herald, gan of the Ls party, charges that the fall of the Labor government dictated by the United States Federal bank. A condition to the granting of further credits, It says, was an drastic reduction in the dole, This was flatly denled by Spowden und others. High officials in Washington sald they had not heard that an ad ditional loan had been asked of the federal reserve system by the British government, It was their belief that the coalition ministry would be able to rescue the nation from its difficul- ties, financial its Dally chief fondon or Reserve Wis headquar ters in the great building of the De partment of Com jerce in Washing. ton, Walter 8. Gil ford, bead of the American Telegraph and Telephone com pany and now direc tor of national relief, is rapidly getting *eady his organiza. ’ tion for the strenuous YW: 3: Gifford work of combating unemployment and distress throughout the country. His able assistant is Fred C. Croxton, acting chairman of the emergency committee on unemployment which has been busy since last fall gathering infor mation. And the 52 members of the advisory committee named by Presi dent Hoover, representing all sections of the land, are rendering such serv. ice as they can. Then, too, there ure many capable volunteers, and also hired experts to handle technical mat- ters In connection with the great cam- paign for funds that is planned, Mr. Gifford spent the week end with Mr. Hoover at the Rapidan camp and they discussed the problem thor. oughly in all its phases. The Presi dent received telegrams from Gover. nors Emmerson of Illinois, Rolph of California, Tudor of Maine and Wi. nant of New Hampshire and from oth. er individuals assuring of their co-op. eration with the relief group. Gover. nor Roosevelt of New York sent a message concerning unemployment to the state legislature which met In gpecinl session primarily to handle other mntters, Plans worked out by the President and Mr, Gifford call for complete or ganization of the entire country for the relief task the nation must face this winter. All relief agencies are to be welded Into one system so there will be no duplication of effort and no section of the country will be neglect. ed. Under the direction of the Wash ington organizations communities which have not yet begun to prepare for the winter re expected to make new efforts to obtain funds with which to supply local needs, The President and Mr. Gifford were in agreement that (he relief load must be carried by combined state and com- munity effort. . While the federal gov. . ernment will ald In organizing relief activities and In the drive for funds, every attempt is to be made to frus- trate all attempts to pass “dole” leg- islation, Senator Couzens of Michigan has generously offered to donate $1,000 000 to the jobless of Detroit provid- ing $0,000,000 can be raised from oth- er Sources, In the effort to avold a winter short. age of food in drought sections the American Red Cross is sending fall garden seed to tens of thousands of rural families, YEVERAL congressmen, speaking on 7 behalf of American shipping inter- are protesting against the deal made between the federal farm board and the government of Brazil, because the 25,000,000 bushels of wheat which will be traded for coffee will be trans ported to Brazil in Brazilian vessels Chairman Stone of the farm board sald nothing could be done about It, us the negotiations had been closed, tepresentative Frank L. Bowman of West Virginia declared the action of the board in allowing Brazil to ar range the transportation was a “col lossal economie blunder” and in viola tion of the spirit of the merchant ma- rine The American Steamship Owners’ association sent a protest to I'resident Hoover. . ests, act. Probably, as Mr. Stone says, noth. Ing can be done In this instance, but it is more than likely that If the boar] makes sales of wheat or cotton te China and other countries, Ameri. (Aan si interests will be pro 1ihine ipping fected, Sc VERY man «+ employed by the Ford Motor company at Iron Mountain, Mich., will have to cultivate a garden next year if he ex- pects to retain his Job. Such is the edict of Henry Ford, thus family who hopes to relieve his employees from the effects of temporary He believes throughout the Ar measures Henry Ford depression other com country will He has been studying the problem while on a tour of Inspection and is convinced there is no use trying to help men who do not try to help themselves by raising vegetables for their families. “When the people of our country learn to help themselves they will be benefited far greater than they would be by unemployment insurance, as is being suggested in congress.” Ford said. “If our agriculture plans are adopted throughout the country such a thing as the dole system need never be thought of" Family men who have no ‘available space for gardening, Ford sald, would be supplied with land by the com pany, which would provide expert ad- vice for those not familiar with gar den work, He added that an investi gation would be started soon to de termine which of his employees need. ed Instruction. panies take sin HERE were Indications that the campaign In the Southwest to force the price of crude oil up to $1 a barrel would be successful, but the fields of Oklahoma and east Texas were still kept closed tight by the militia and those of Kansas were shut by order of the state public service commission. Several big oll compan- ies made overtures to Governors Mur. ray and Sterling, but both sald the lid would stay clamped down until all the major purchasers met the price of £1 a barrel. Meanwhile the prices paid for oll moved steadily upward in the states named, and also in Mon. tana. Wyoming, Colorado, New Mex ico, Louisiana and Arkansas, California refiners profited by the shortage caused by the shut down, shipping gasoline in large quantities to the east coast, A curtailment pro- gram is in effect there too, and pro ducers are drawing from their storage tanks to supply the eastern markets. AY by day the flood disaster In central China grows worse, Dis. patches describe the terrible condi tions in the valley of the Yangtse where all the country except the hill. tops is under water, junks sailing un. obstructed over hundreds of town and villages, Uncounted thousands of the inhabitants have drowned and hun. dreds of thousands of others are stary- ing or dying of pestilence. On every bit of land that is still unflooded are throngs of refugees without food, drink or shelter and most of them be yond help. The three great cities of Hankew, Wuchang and Hanyang are in desperate state, threatened with complete destruction, and Anking, Kiukiang and other cities are little better off. The tea crop of central China has been utterly ruined. Survivors of the recent floods In Vera Cruz, San Luls Potosi, Taman lipas and Guanajuatn, Mexico, are pow confronted with worse horrors than drowning, With the receding of w the waters has come an outbreak of yellow fever, dysentery and other dis- eases: and as if this were not enough, hordes of snakes are traversing the mud covered lands, attacking every- one In their path, NEW YORK city, aroused to fury by the exploits of its gangsters which rival or surpass those of Chi- cago's gunmen, has started on & cam- paign to rid itself of those thugs. The police force was told to arrest all known or suspected criminals, A great mass meeting was held in Ma. ison Square garden and the speakers, who included Bainbridge Colby, blamed prohibition and crooked poll- ties for the gang outbreaks, The city administration wWhHS bitterly wunced, Mayor Welker coming in for some hard slaps, de. PPONENTS prohibition rejoicing in the ac quisition of an ime portant recruit to their ranks, He is Samuel Vauclain, steel magnate and lo- comotive builder, one of those captains of industry whose opin- ions are generally held in high respect. For years Mr. Vau- claip was a strong supporter of the dry law on economic grounds and because it abolished the saloon But he now declares the speakeasy has nullified the benefits of the law, the atteampls at enforcement are failures, and the Eighteenth amendment should be re- pealed. The national treasury should collect much of the millions now go- ing to the bootleggers, Mr. Vauclain avers, and he supports, to some ed gree, Senator Morrow's plan which would restore to each state the pow- er to enact its own dry laws Somewhat the same plan was ad- vocated by Senator Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio In an address before a big Democratic rally in Kenton, Ohio, In which he declared the right to con- trol liquor traffic should be returned to the sovereign states. Outlining a plan resubmission of the Eight- eenth amendment to the states, Bulk- ley sald he hoped such a plan would before constitutional con- rather than state legisla. tures. He urged a plank for the Dem- ocratic party “which would take pro- hibition out of national politics once and for all” Incidentally, Senator Bulkley is still looked upon as a possibility for the Democratic nomination for Pres. ident, of are 8. Vauclain. for placed SIDRO AYORA, President of Fcua- I dor since 1020, resigned immediate iy after their posts ak the of a re- volt™ the officers of the Chim borazo Before down, Ayora appointed Col. Larrea Alba as minister of government and he the Presidential powers in sccordance with the constitution. Avora took refuge in the United States legation In Quito. his cabinet quit aftermath “peaceful gmong garrison, stepping nssumed HREE hundred economists, in- dustrialists, labor leaders and govern ment officials were present when the world social economic congress began Its sessions in Amster dam, Holland, In the chair as presiding of- ficer was C. HO Van der Leeuw, an emi- nent Dutchman who is president of the In- ternational Industrial Relations as sociation. There were delegates from 20 countries, 35 of them representing the United States. The topic for the first session was “The Present Paradox—Unemploy- ment in the Midst of Economic Prog: ress,” and, to start with, a five-year world prosperity plan was outlined by Dr. Louis L. Lorwin of the Brook: ings institution in Washington. He said that a general five-year mora torium on all war debis and repara- tions payments was the first neces gary step to give the world a breath. ing spell from what he termed its most aggravating and dangerous post war problem, Such a moratorium would leave open final settlement of the debts and reparations question, he said, but the presumption would be in favor of further extending it, and a final cancellation if the effects proved as beneficent as expected, An entire session of the congress was devoted to hearing first hand re ports from the Union of Soviet Social ist Republics concerning the experi ence of the Russians In economic planning. C. H. Van der Leeuw ROBIBITION DIRECTOR WOOD cock, after investigation eof charges, has ordered all dry agents to cease the employment of women in gathering evidence, either as inform: ers or companions, He says it 1s un. necessary, thereby disagreeing with MeCamphell, the New York enforcer. OLONEL AND MIS. LINDBERG arrived safely at Kasimigaura nav. nl base in Japan, near Tokyo, and pro ceeded to the capital where they were accorded a tremendous welcome by government and citizenry alike, They planned to remain in Japan about two weeks and to fiy from there to China, Afterwards they may go on to Manila, and it is thought they are likely to continue on around the world, How. ever, the colonel declared In Tokyo they hind no fixed plans, . as Westors Newspaoar Union.) *
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