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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH t CAPTAIN SAZARAC By Charles Tenney Jackson AM I MISS Copyright by LESTRON" SYNOPSIS Under the name of "Captain Sazarac, and disguised, Jean Lafltte, former freebooter of Barataria, proscribed, returns to the city of New Orleans. He is recognized by two of his old companions, Alderman Dominique At the gaming and Beluche. tables Sazarac has won much money from Colonel Carr, British officer. John Jarvis, the citys first bohemian of the arts and e, friend of letters, an old-titells of a woman's face and smile. As his last wager, Carr puts up a woman, presumably a slave. Custom compels Sazarac to accept the stake. He wins. His old associates and Count Raoul de Almonaster accost him as Lafltte. A project of the youthful adventurers of New Orleans is the rescue of Napoleon Bonaparte from St. Helena, and a ship, the Seraphine, has been made ready. II Continued. ! h The stranger was watching young You are cuDe Almonaster sharply. riously constrained, sir? Raoul laughed It Is nothing shortly. Tell me What was on your Ups the moment before! ' s The Oh, nothing! must have their scandal ! What then, sir? I have sensed some Jest among the tavern drinkers? The count shrugged. The two old buccaneers stirred uneasily. They had heard that tone, the tigerish awakening of the master, in days of blood and splintering decks, went on Sazarac, as If Monsieur, ..orningJriKM Sfwood he wished to put away, my game vyas fair. As for the wench, I did not Want her. Nor shall I claim her now. The colonels lady need not fear for her yellow maid. blurted De AlmoIn very truth That Is why they laugh ! If naster. the gossip is true, Carrs act was that of a poltroon! What is the gossip? That I dare not claim this wager? He was upon the young man now, his luminous eyes narrowing fiercely, the line deepening upon his lean bronzed cheeks. Raoul tried to evade him. Come! They laugh at what? The tale, sir, runs about the coffeehouses but I do not, for a moment, credit It that, on the river trip, your eye was taken by his wifes The latest beauty of our companion. Esplanade ! And the story, sir, is that as a jest, he wagered her against your gold, knowing well The young man broke off as If ashamed to voice the rest You Go on! thundered Sazarac. shall prove the word ! I win at a toss an unknown chattel ! The jest Is that I dare not claim the ladys maid! That Is not the point Monsieur. The lady had no maid. The girl in Carrs mind was the one who took your 'eye upon the packet. Free, white equal to his wife in station He was silenced by the tense breathing of the older man. Then Sazarac stood quietly back. The two buccaneers were silent at his mood. Carr would roar with laughter If you so much as mentioned the debt. Of course he did not dream It would come to the ladys ears that would be Infamy beyond conception. An evil Jest of a drunken fool. But, doubtadded Raoul apologetically, less, there Is no truth to the gossip. The captain was gazing at the stars Old Dominique above the river. rubbed his velvet waistcoat Beluche lingered his sword of Cartagena. Sazarac at length spoke absently: About the wineshops they spread the coffee-house- i I , i jest? Ah, murmured De Almonaster, if the story Is true! The scoundrel deserves not a challenge, but a lashing from here to the German Coast levee, grunted but no, it is Impossible. Go claim your black-face- d wench, my captain. The colonels wife may give you a tongue-lashinbut think how she will scotch him ! The wench can lacky around the emperors suite when we sail " For I am grinned Beluche sourly. ! f a mind that Jean is to command What nonsense, old dog ! I in The captain stared anch madness! past the schooners ghostly sails against the stars . . . The Count da Almonaster alone seemed to guess his thoughts and he was silent. The Seraphine growled Beluche A prettier sight for a seaagain. mans eyes never the sun shone on ! Fast unknown In all the ports, gunned to battle the best of them! Ho, Dominique I think of her slipped free on the heels of the trafllc! Name Domi-nlquf- g, Company the fat housecat ships afloat these days when the last black flag has vanished! Ah, me! sighed the honest councilor. It was but last October that we hanged three buccaneers In the Plaza taken off the Belize. I went to the country the day that the three good lads danced on air. It was sad I drooled three hours over my luncheon. Old days are not so far , . , why, but fifteen years agone we were at the Red house on Grand Terre! But fifteen and none durst lay a ship In past the guns of our fort, or claim customs on a bale of silks we offered the city! Ah, me and I am fat an honest alderman! The two old fellows turned to the lost leader. The admiral of CartaA ship gena plucked his sleeve. and you cannot linger forever, disguised, in this dull town . . . and I have letters of marque from Colombia as well!" Sazarac was not listening. Now he turned to De Almonaster as the one who delicately read his thoughts. You will challenge, of course for the ladys sake said Raoul. Tonight I shall claim my wager from Colonel Carr, answered Sazarac quietly. Bond girl or free, I will go knock at the gates of hell for her and we shall see who, of the town, laughs loudest! I recall you won on the ace of Sazarac hearts, sighed Dominique. wins the lady of the Jesting. But . . NOm de Dieu! . Sazarac! What shall they say Jean Lafltte had to do with Sazaracs winning? The American governor would build another scaffold in the Place dArmes. Out of all the deep swamp from Spanish Gap to the Teche you would see old cutthroats pouring to wreck It about his ears " grunted Beluche. Black or white, let him seize his winning ! Ho, this Sazarac ! A good ship, and Sazarac! The wide sea, and Sazarac ! Dominique ho, robber listen ! Be still ! muttered the alderman. See that policeman by the city lamp? Tut, tut this will not do this howling! , I have not seen her, but there was a buzz when she appeared among us. Of an Illustrious Tory family, we are told, that fled from New York to Canada after 'the old revolution. You should know, sir! said There were two women The man took care Sazarac slowly. 1 was not Introduced. I think he assured them I was a common gambler. That, sir, Is why I took his measure at the cards that he put his women to despise me. I am sorry that he forced' his game upon me to his own ruin. The slave girl! chuckled Dominique. They say his ladys maid. I warrant she berated the colonel over losing the servant to you! A woman on a card " rumbled Seluche. It made me think of old days at Grand Terre women against gold . . . and the trafllc and the rum Bobbe-Merrt- o God La-fitt- CHAPTER Hit CHAPTER III The Wager Is Claimed. The shimmer of a young moon lay in the wide stone arch of the Hotel Orleans on the rue Chartres wheh, with the abrupt stride and bearing of a soldier. Captain Gaspar Sazarac. late of the American explorations, turned within it. The old concierge arose to greet the cloaked figure. Fellow, you will say to the British officer. Colonel Carr, that Captain Sazarac is at his pleasure. Oui, Msieu ! The old free man of color hobbled up the dim stairs. The visitor stood TO RELIEVE PAR IMP to confront Carr, fling an Insult at him no man might endure; challenge and kill him under the oaks of the Bayou St John road. And now he was gazing on the fairest face that all his adventuring life had shown him. Perfect in the moonlight the dark eyes cold, scornful; the shrug of her white shoulders above the lace corsage apparently Miss Lestron had been going to the opera of the Theater dOrleans, where, he recalled, Rose de Vries appeared tonight In Le But the hour was late Prophete. for this. I think, sir you cannot see him. It happens " ' She glanced up warily at the silent galleries where the con. cierge was mumbling away lneffectu ally on his return. Colonel Can will not receive anyone tonight She turned half from him with an air of dismissal The stranger bowed once more. His heart was beating with a curious relief. It was plain that the girl did not know of the Infamous Jest with which all the coffee houses were ringing. He knew now he would pocket the insult; a duel was imposlble, for it would driag her name deeper into the mire. Carr had guessed aright ; Sazarac could not claim his wager. In a private drinking bout Carr might roar with laughter at the gamblers dilemma ; but, for the ladys sake, Sazarac would not challenge; nor would he permit talk of the affair to go about. He drew his light cloak closer as hfe turned to go. But as he reached the areaway with its drowsy tinkle of flowing water, he started at a cry that rang wildly through the courtyard, the scream of a negro, and a vengeful shout above. Turning, he saw the girl In the court staring upward. Then her arms were flung out In appeal. And again that choked cry of a woman, but not in fear Imperious, determined: Have done beating the girl! What? and you strike me? Leaping back to stare up, the visitor saw a woman crushed out over the iron lattice rail. The moonlight struck the epauletted shoulder of Colonel Carr, who seemed bent on hurling her to the courtyard. The girl below cried out again hotly. And with a mutter Sazarac sprang past her, up the curving staircase until he gained the third gallery. The wife of the British colonel was choked and helpless against the railing as the stranger reached them. His hand wras upon his sword, but with the other powerful arm he caught the man squarely by the collar, tore him away, flung him headlong against the wall and then stood quietly, the gilded Insignia of His Majestys Service in his hand. Glancing at the epaulette, he hurled It to the court below. Miss Lestron had followed past the cowering serving-gibleeding on the staircase. Madame she cried sharply, are you hurt? But for this genteman, I had died, the wife gasped, and then checked it with new scorn. Madame Carr stopped abruptly, her eyes upon the unknown gambler of the river packet. This, began the girl quietly, is Captain Sazarac of the American Service. We must thank you, sir, even for this regrettable aid. You perceive the affair, without doubt a private matter, of which we entreat as you are a gentleman She had hesitated, her dark eyes on him, her lip quivering in the moonlight A shuffle on the gallery floor; the drunken man was getting unsteadily to his feet. He reeled, grasped the railing, cleared his dazed eyes, and stared. Sazarac bah! Come then, Sazahe lurched rac, the gambler! Eh forward, and held himself up. Ho, the porter! have this fellow thrown out who dares invade my privacy ! Lionel! the wife muttered, and then was still. Monsieur Sazarac bowed to her qui- that Women May Depend upon Lydia E. Pihkhams Vego ' table Compound British Honor .Our Unknown Soldier when a wreath was laid on the tomb at Arlington by the members of the 30 club, composed Of British newspaper and advertising men, who were In the city as guests of the Washington Advertising club. The English visitors were delegates to the recent convention of the Advertising Clubs of the World at Atlantic City and succeeded In getting the next convention to take place In London. John Cheshire, president of the club, and who had five sons In the World war, placed the wreath on the tomb as the members of the club stood for a minute with bowed heads In silent respect for the soldier. Leaving Arlington, the party, In 17 automobiles, drove around the speedway and to the Washington monument, the Lincoln memorial, up Seventeenth d, n spects. The British visitors and guests were received by President Harding at the White House. Much favorable comment about Americas capital city was voiced by the visitors. One member of the club said, Certainly the hospitality here Is wonderful, everything for us and even arrangements have been made with the local weather man to provide some real English weather i Make Decisions of Great Importance brought to determine the of the maternity act were dismissed for want of Jurisdiction by the Supreme court, which refused to pass upon the validity of the law. Justice Sutherland, announcing the courts opinion that the cases could not be considered on their merits, pointed out that the cases In which the court hitherto had assumed jurisdiction differed from the maternity cases, which presented only political ' and not judicial questions. The highest court, Justice Sutherland said, was without authority to He aspass upon abstract questions. serted that a state had no right to bring suit to protect the rights of the citizens of the United States. The federal government must look after the rights of its dozens, he said, taking the position that there was nothing presented to distinguish the citizens to such an extent qs to give the state a right to net for them. Referring to the claims of a taxpayer, as represented in the separate case brought by Harriet A. Frothing-ham- , the justice asserted that the effect of the law upon future taxes was so remote that no basis was .offered under which any court of equity could entertain the complaint. The Supreme court will not assume jurisdiction over the authority of another and branch of the government, the congress, the justice said, and will consider the constitu- - tlonality of a law only when there Is a direct issue presented In which the legal rights of a citizen would be impaired by some enforcement which he is unable to escape. The governments injunction suit to prevent dealings In sugar futures upon the New York coffee and sugar exchange was advanced by the court for hearing on November 12. At the same time It was announced that it would consider at Its next term cases questioning the jurisdiction of state courts to try damage suits arising out of Interstate shipments of cattle, as raised In a case brought by the Great Northern Railway company against the Galbraith Cattle company and other shippers of cattle from Cody, Wyo to Seville, Mont States cannot compel national banks to surrender to them the deposits made In the name of persons who, under the state laws, are considered dead, the court held In a case brought by the First National bank of San Jose against the state of California.. In 1880, P. A. Campbell deposited $1,192 In the San Jose bank. Since then he has not checked upon the account nor made an addition to It His present address Is unknown. California claimed that under two laws passed in 1915, the money escheated to the state and that the courts of the state also took that view. The bank contended, however, that the national banking act and not the state laws controlled In such cases. CASES t - U. S. Army Tanks Mow Down Trees SAMS herd of were on display army tank school, Camp Meade, Md., in a demonstration put on for the benefit of some seventy officers and Instructors from the staff school at the army war college. Half a dozen of the, huge, lumbering Mark VIH giant tanks developed during the war, but too late to share in the fighting, and a whole flock of the n French type which did get Into action, participated in the show. The demonstration Is one of the UNCLE six-to- series of educational exhibits for the staff college students, all of whom are experienced officers whose military Instruction Is being rounded out to Insure an adequate supply of general officers and men with general staff qualifications. The present class will complete Its course In time to go out to the summer training camps as Instructors in the higher branches of military work. To Introduce the student officers to the possibilities of modern tank warfare, Col. S. D, Rockenbach, commandant of the tank corps and school, n Mark sent two of his huge vnr monsters skirmishing through the heavy woods on either side of a narrow roadway. When the signal to advance was given, the land battle- 40-to- ships surged forward reslstlessly, tearing great swaths as they passed, as though twin, narrow-gaug- e cyclones had cut parallel paths of wreckage through the woodland. Towering trees went down before them like reeds, the tanks grinding them remorselessly under the steel-sho- d runners. At times each tank was knocking over half a dozen trees at tbfi same time, literally rooting them from the earth and lumbering forward over prostrate trunks a foot or more In diameter. The sheer power of the geared Liberty engines overcame every obstacle of ditch or bank or brush or tree clump, and not an Inch to right or left from the selected course were the monsters forced to swerve. Later a miniature tank attack was delivered over the rough, sandy field that Is the playground of the school herd. Three Mark VHIs led the drive, their guns roaring and machine guns snarling as they crept forward behind a smoke barrage hurled from their guns. They looked like crawling dragons, breathing smoke and flame, as they shouldered their way over ditches and sand dunes to disappear over a ridge beyond In clouds of dust and spouts of flying debris flung up from land mines that gave a realistic battle picture. had heard so Minneapolis, Mbnv-- "I much about Lydia khVege; iSEdl when needed to take something to relieve my pains and backache, and to help build me up I began to take that. I had been sick off and on for years and 1 weighed a hu rands, bat now I ave bad such good results that I aa Vegetable Compound Mrs. J. J . Bikbkb, 8939 to every one. L8th Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minn. Finds a True Friend half-doze- g, white-gowne- Red-face- stopped and called to pay their re- during our short stay. n ladles of the One of the party declared she thought things In America were perfectly all right and the only objection she had was, that your dollar bills fly so fast The members of the Washington Advertising club expressed themselves as fairly captivated with the pleasant build-nand affable manner of the visitors, and street, past the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Contiare all anxious to fulfill the On to nental Memorial hall and the Red London! slogan next year. Cross building. Herbert Hoover was the principal Passing up Sixteenth street and viewing the famous homes speaker at a luncheon at the New Wiland embassies, the party swung down lard. ; , What I have done, Madame I am answerable for. The matter explains Itself, doubtless. It shall not pass my lips." Sazarac ruined me, panted the Perfect In the Moonlight, the Dark A trickster fellow a sharpcolonel. Eyes Cold, Scornf- uler of the packet trade eh, get you In the shadows absorbed in the peace within your rooms, Madame! ; of this quiet spot. You precede me, sir, she retorted But as Sazarac waited he was con- steadily, you are In no condition to scious that someone had stirred across converse. the parterre. The figure of a woman Converse? Eh Sazarac, here? 1 had stepped from the shade to glance remember-- " he lurched to the rail up at the old black shambling along with hoarse laughter. An appointthe third upper gallery, his ring of ment, eh Captain Sazarac? rusty keys creaking at his belt The matter is settled, commented Que e la? the other quietly. You will permit d The figure started, me to depart. turning to glance out the arched enHe was passing when the dishevtrance. The stranger bowed, lifting eled officer staggered to the narrow his hat. He could see her figure grow space between rail and wall. He has rigid In the moonlight, her stare be- come, my dear, to ha, ha! per- came a thing to turn an intruder to chance to claim his wager! stone. At once he knew her and she Sir, you will permit me to pass. him. Sazarac, the unattached and Not so soon, sir Captain Sazagambler of the packet, rac whoever you are. Ha-h- a It was The stranger heard a stroke a coup you will Marie Louise. admit that, her quick indrawing of breath as she even If I lost, eh? looked away, toying with her Ivory fan. he stumbled leering, Your pardon, Mademoiselle, for the nearer, laughing loudly. intrusion. It was by appointment that I came Indefinite, It is true, but I at Colonel Carrs request You are love you, he said quietly. You will remember that." pardon me of his family? I am Miss Lestron the ward of Colonel Carr of Quebec. He bowed again. He had feared . . . (TO BE CONTINUED.) 1 on the packet he had mordantly not Easy to Believ. taken the trouble to ascertain which A naturalist says that a fly can walk was the wife of the English officer. But now there came some surge of 35 times as fast as a human being. feeling he could not explain. 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