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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH 1 By Fred McLaughlin SYNOPSIS Tho Capt Francois de Vigny, earring with Maximilian's army ing Mexico, tells the story. A royster-lngroup of officers Is discussing La Anita, who. junior says, has lured French officers to death or i.srtlon. Summoned by Maxl-t- n titan to make explanation. De Vigny undertakes to deliver the At La message to La Anita Anita's home De Vigny rape's Colonel Lopes, Mexican a, who bears a wonderful re- semblance to De Vigny, except that he wears a beard Angered that Anita should bt called before the emperor, Madrella fortes a due) on De Vigny, in which the Mexican is wounded Assisting to his carriage, De Madrella Vigny picks up a paper that falls from his pocket. It proves a pass, granting Madrella age through the Mexican Laid before Maximilian, It pass- lines Is, of since It proves him a spy Questioned by Maximilian, La Ant'a denies luring French officers to danger, and Is given her freedom I told Continued . them nothing of I. ope, and Utile as possible concerning the Of the potent glorious I .a Anita. pass made out by Benito Juarez the certain death warrant of Mndrel la which rested even now In rn.v pocket. I said not a word, for my plan was to use that pass myself. Ah, Francois, cried the empress when I had done, we would be dev astated without thee! murmured Maximilian, A pity, that more men such as Francois do oot stmrwtd tne. And yet, even now, your majesty. 1 come to ask you for leave." Thou also, Francois?" snld he. This week the empress leaves me leaves me to go to France and to crave more favors of Louis Napoleon. 1 did not know until then that the third Napo.aon had refused to send more troop and funds to Maximilian. And 1 pictured the army of Benito Juarez a scarce hundred miles to the southwest, of Escobedo full of his successes at Matamoros moving In from the east, and of other Liberal forces encamped not so many leagues to the east of the historic city. Truly Mexico was an armed camp. Yet I was sure that the emperor with the French army behind him, and with Austrian and Belgian legious had power enough and to spare to hold his empire. But this leave, your majesty. Is required because of the necessities of your service; It Is the work of the Empire that 1 do. This day, by your majesty's leave. I shall go to bed In my quaiters on Avenida Tnsuyan with a dangerous case of smallpox, and who has had Lieutenant Neville, smallpox, will wait upon me. No one else will be permitted to approach me. Lieutenant Neville, who comes from St Simon, will I trust with my life. How long, Francois, questioned the emperor, still smiling, "will this dread malady possess thee? Two or three weeks, sire; or un til such time as a luxuriant growth of beard shall mar the smoothness I had not of my countenance. told them of my resemblance to Madrella. In a sickness so serious, you will perchance, require the services of s My physician a trustworthy man. own, Francois Doctor Bartscb shall serve thee. Now I was filled with confusion I cried. Ah, your majesty Indeed he shall, said Maximilian, he has earued a holiday. Besides, ne has often commented on your skill at chess, and he will doubtless find It convenient to take a lesson or two. Is there anything else that I can do? The activities of Senor Madrella y Gutierrez, sire, should be curtailed. A summons delivered to his home demanding his appearance before your majesty as soon as his wound shall enable him to be out will, I dare say. have a strong tendency toward keeping him In bed. I do not know how serious hs his hurt; yet, abroad, he Is a menace. The summons, Francois, shall be sent, and a guard placed at his home So taptain Vigny, of the staff of his majesty, Maximilian, was stricken suddenly with the greut Mexican scourge, smallpox; and, save Lieu tenant Neville who wus Immune and Doctor Bartscb. no one entered the modest quarters on Avenidu Tusa-yan- as . One day I heard, through the barred window of my darkened chamber a clatter of hoofs on the cobblestones and the faint crunch of carriage wheels rliut slowed gradually to a final halt. And a voice reached tn ears-de- ep arid rich and nmslcal-a- nd I looked again at the liaml that she had touched that day before the listened -l- istened with emperor. my very soul. She asked about Monsieur le (unite nnd Nevilles deep voice told tier that he wns doing very well Indeed She 1 expressed regret nl his indisposition and volted tin nope -- Just before the departing hooMienta began aguln-tl- ml the patient would soon he out Ah. Hint was a day t Neville can.e In and sat upon h bench. Win e you lie ruiiow, The news you bring me, friend of 1 fills me with happicried, ness! Dont let excitement raise thy The loves of La fever, Francois. Anita are legion, yet she regrets the defection of one. It Is the way of a woman. There Is Lopez, and Cupido and her estimable cousin, your own foolish self and now Lestrange." Not Lestrange? Impossible! Of a surety. Truly he brought me disturbing news. Lestrange had gone to the home of Senorlta Arrellanosl who boasted that he never mixed women with his business. He had gone there so said Neville-fi- rst with Colonel Lopez, and every day thereafter by himself. I knew Instinctively that no good could come to us from the activities of Colonel Lopez, and I feared also that to approach his majesty with my suspicions would he worse than useless, for he trusted l.opez above all . men. And now Lestrange I studied my face in a small mirror Sly heard was black and silken and Whereof a pleasing luxuriance. upon I sent out Neville for clothes; for a peaked sombrero similar In shape and color to that worn by Madrella, for a long coat of a cut and shade that 1 described with Infinite detail, for black trousers that Hared at the ankles as his had done and for hoots like unto- - his own. From Doctor Bartscb I had procured a wash which, when applied to my face and neck and arms, had given to me that deep, olive tan that was the color of Madrellas skin. While the lieutenant was gone 1 took scissors and trimmed rn.v newfound heard with the greatest care, nnd when I had donned the habiliments that Neville brought buck, I doubt If my own mother would have Les-irang- to be course, Madrellas death warrant, CHAPTER IV Bobbs-Morri- mine, officer and the girl's cousin, Pablo Copyright hjr Cow W. N. U. Servico "groAing that stupid beam which make' vou look indeed lust like a hnneire nedgehog the senor It u culls and asks a hour vou will in her lovely eye.'' grsvs con-er- Has not Senor Madrella entree to the home of his cousin? "Assuredly, but there Is a distant chance of meeting my double." Neville gasped. "Do you look like him, Francois? So much like him, in fact, my friend, that tonight I scarce know whether I am he or myself. If one should place me beside Madrella one might note at a glance many things unlike between us; yet, with this new complexion of mine, with this beard, and these clothes, and the possible aid of a light none too searching, there Is an excellent chance that I may be taken for him. If I enter, wait for me here. The lock of the grilling over the third window that I examined had been broken, and a temporary fastening of wire had been made, which, I when removed it, permitted the grilling to open to my touch. The window Itself was open, and beyond the casement hung heavy purple draperies. I smiled to myself In the The library I The room gloom. wherein we had fought our duel. The walls of this house were three feet thick, and between the purple was a hangings and the window-sil- l space sufficiently large for me to stand, or even to sit. The sound of voices came to me, the clear Hit of a womans laugh. "Hes funny, captain, she said; Colonel Lopez has an inexhaustible fund of wondrous stories." Captain who? 1 wondered, but 1 wasnt left long In doubt, for the dispassionate voice of Captain Lestrange He saves them for you, broke: senorlta; he never wastes them on us." 1 beard the tinkle of a bell In the distance, and the Senorlta Arrellanos and the two men came through the arched way Into the library, where they stood, waiting. While they waited thus the front door opened and closed, and Madrella stood before them. said La Anita. My cousin Just out eh? questioned Lopez. Senor Madrella took both the slim hands of his cousin In his own, made a move as though to kiss her, but she unconturned her head whether I could not tell or and not, sciously he dropped her hands, laughing rueNow he turned to Lestrange, fully. and a cold rage shook me, for the two men struck hands as friends are wont to do. Is It We gain," said Lopez; not so? the We do," answered Madrella; gilt on the emperor's crown grows thin I The laugh of Colonel Lopez was the loudest of all, and, had I possessed a sword, I should have dashed from my hiding place and run him through, for treachery has ever been with me That a crime beyond forgiving. Lestrange should have sunk to such depths filled me with horror, and 1 marveled that love could have done such a thing to him. But there were guards at your said La Anita ; home, Bablo mlo, how did you evade them; and has It Is Work of the Empire That I Do. your wound? My wound, dear cousin, was never known me; and Madrella himself, haa more than a scratch; a rib deflected he met me on the street, would doubtIt was painful, but not his thrust. less have thought 1 was bis ghost In three weeks It has and serious, I But had no Intention of meeting Madrella of all men. My plans lay healed almost entirely. As for the guards, Anita mla. Captain Lestrange beyond that worthy cousin. La An here, Is master of the guards, so Ita, manifestly, was using the blind and go as I choose. roine men that had her for to fur worship Now, dismay took possession of me, ther the cause of the Republic, to build around the emperor a fabric for ray plan was to be abroad as lav of treachery. And 1, In my Service Bablo Madrella while that worthy wounded and under guard of the em to the emperor, must, perforce, fore perors soldiers. This new situation go my own desperate love for that more care and anticipated glorious magnet of Avenida Flores, required and do my earnest best to block the more danger, yet danger has never been a strnnger to me. plans of those who should be serving There Is much to do, continued the Empire, but who were, In very Madrella. who, by the wnv, with Its enemies. truth, leagued exactly as I hiding behind the purple draperies was dressed CHAPTER V "The affairs of men will never wait B.enlto Juarez seeks counsel; he plans The Kiss of La Anita this week to march on Cuernavaca. We waited for darkness, Neville And Cuernavaca. said Lopez, "Is and 1; and I hade adieu to the good the back door to Mexico City." And when Cuernavaca falls Mex Doctor Bartscb, for I knew that I Ico City Is doomed. might never see him again. We chose the shadows In our long But, Bablo." questioned the senor silent walk toward the lodestone of Ita. how will you penetrate the lines love and of Intrigue. "1 might have of the French, that lay beyond the city to the south, and the Belgian legion, known you would come here, growled l.es Neville, as we waited In the deep which, according to Captain shade ot an elm nnd considered the trnnge. waits even now at Cuerriu vaca ?" house of Arrellanos, half hidden In "All, Anita mio," said Madrella. the trees. I there Is. In all of us, the Latin knack studied the lowering clouds, and listened to the distant thunder beyond of act lag. Browsing In the front yard This Is no night for of Juan Ortega, who. as you know (Tiapultepec. I lives Just outside the city on the road love, my good friend. snld; "dutv calls I am Pablo Madrella y Cutler (o tuernavma, Is a friendly burro, all rez, Juarisl spy within the Impeiiul packed and ready for travel. Within the hour I shall he on my way. and lines. My chief, Benito Juarez, walls for me beyond Cuernavaca, and on tomorrow, people along the broad the morrow I take him tidings of road that lends to Cuernavaca will never recognize Senor Madrella y Mexico City Ciiiltcrrez In the barefoot, stooped. Are yon crazy? cried Neville. A.ve. friend of my youth. peon, with his lorn, said I ; his brown, ragged with sombrero, We win dreams. my "crazy Mexico first, and then La Anita dollies, nnd his heard all gray with alkali dust, who leads an ever lag but Mexico first. the Iron fence and gard burro and his overwhelming We climbed made our way hy devious dashes from load. come to Cuernavaca, where So, the doom of one- - tree to that of an other until we stood within the deep the fat and apoplectic Manuel pro shmlovv of the house Itself. prielor of the Hole! Montezuma will What do we do now?- whispered take good cure of me. will furnish me Neville with a tine horse, so that I may ap We et.Vr the house ty a window , prune h General Juarez In n (emiiet To more befitting to uiv station. , or. rather, J en.er it. 1 Benito Juarez I will say that less than five thousand Belgian soldiers hold Cuernavaca, and that Maximilian has no more to spare, for the wise and selfish Louis Napoleon refuses further uld. Will that not be welcome news for the President? It Is, at least," agreed Lopes, worth drinking over. Preceded Jy the dusky Agostino they went again through the arched way Into the dining room, whence came later the clink of glasses and the sounds of high laughter. 1 pushed recklessly through the heavy hangings that had furnished so secure a shelter. I must know all or nothing. I stood, for a space, In the darkened end of the library, waiting. Slowly, carefully, 1 moved across the silent carpet toward the dining room. I had gone too deeply Into this thing to hmk out now. Even as I cd out my hand to touch the purlieus, which might serve me as a shield, I beard a gasp behind me, and, looking around, I beheld the dark-facemozo standing beside the walnut table. Uls heavy lips half parted showed yellow teeth, and his black eyes held an evil gleam. There was fear, and startled surprise, and a sort of animal defiance, In his face. As we stood tensed, alert, poised the deep laugh of Madrella came to our ears. In a harsh, sibilant whisper Agostino voiced one word, a Mexican Carraca! oath: Then his tithe body took the air in a long swift lunge toward nte, and a knife, appearing magically In his right hand, glinted In the lamplight. 1 had no weapon, but, by good fortune, my outspread fingers found his wrist, and closed upon It; and, because I saw that he would cry out for help, the fingers of my left band gripped his throat. Across the floor we contended desperately. I do not know how long we fought 1 was taller than be, and, doubtless, somewhat stronger. 1 paid no heed to bis kicking, my right hand hehl the long, evil knife away from me, and the fingers of my left hand closed ever tighter on his throat. It couldnt long continue, and It didn't, for soon the knife dropped from his nerveless fingers, striking the carpet with a light soft thud, and the kicking feet became the spasmodic Jerking of a man dying for lack of breath. He relaxed, and as I loosed my hold, be slipped limply to the floor, where he lay, silent, with the knife beside him. Acting upon an Impulse born ot necessity, 1 dragged him toward the draperies behind which 1 had hidden and tumbled him out of the window Into the garden. His leg or his neck. It was all the same to me; besides Neville was there. If he was dead, weir and good; If he was not dead Neville would see to It that he didn't get away; Neville would know that I hod sent this message to him. Now I turned back toward the library. As I peered again between the curtains Aulta walked through the library toward the front ball. I held m.v breath when she approached the knife, but she failed to notice It. Then I strode boldly Into the room and, having kicked the weapon under the table, waited for her. I had no more than ten seconds to d 1 heavily-ca- rpeted wait Bablo," she said. In some surprise, I thought 1 heard the door. The thunder, perchance, said I In a whisper, for I knew that a whisper does not carry the recognizable timbre of the voice. I reached ont a I cried. Ah, the hand. Anita! glorious privilege of calling her that counterfeit though It was gave me grent Joy. A little line of worry showed between the arched brows. Why She extended a hand, and Pablo? reverently lifted the fingers to m.v lips. That much, at least, would I have. She drew It quickly away then: 1 1 CKHXHKHXH5 ed 1 never saw anything like ltl li was wonderful Such color! 1 seemed to stand on a wall of taupe, fading away to a dim olive ecru In the dls tance. while on my left was a cathe drill of golden alrdale. touched with uloma. antique, and ashes of roses with Just a suggestion of bamboo and And in the distance walls beaver. walls of blonde, brick-dus- t upon heather and brunette reflected t tie dy ing sun In a thousand tints of nutria gamboge, hnneydew and horse-ches- t nut I And always the colors seemed to Kit fox faded to change and blend wild honey and died away into van dyke; Spanish gold blushed and be came tangerine, the sun kissed It anil it became sherry deepening Into 1 1 - I Colorful Javanese People The natives ol western Java are gmeraiiy consideied the most latelli gent and agreeable of all the millions Hie In the close populated Island varied amt radiant hues of their rai meat, the adornment ot finger and ankle and wrl-- t. the true artistry ot lend sarong ai occasional b.iiik them a p! 'uiesqiieness unknown to Alone the simpler garbed Tahitian. the wayside everywhere they me grouped in a colorful multitude, fm this Is Sunday inoining. nnd sec to It that Sunday Is, as fa' as possible, a day of rest In Java. FEEDING GRAIN TO DAIRY COWS' Wise Feeder Will Supply Balanced Ration. (By J. W. LINN. Extension Dairyman, Kansas State Agricultural College.) Balanced rations are just as important to the dairy cow In summer as In winter. To maintain the balance nnd keep up the high production ree-- i ord, grain must be fed. Gruln feeding Is always more expensive than roughage or pasture feeding In Kansas. If grain feeding lw more expensive than roughage or pastures, there can be only one Reason for Its use, and that Is to supply nu- triment that the heavy producing cow cannot get from the roughage or past-- 1 ture. Profit from dairy cows Is linked so1 closely with high production that It Is Impossible to separate them. In other' words the cow producing 400 pounds' of fat Is making two and a half tiniest as much profit as the one making 20t pounds of fat The wise feeder will feed a balanced rntlon nnd do so according to production. He will feed such as to have the same ratio between protein and carbohydrate about one to six. The grain ration that will usually be found most profitable Is two parts of corn to one part of oats or bran.. This will be true until the grass be-- , gins to dry up or grow short. It Is Important to again Increase the pro-- , teln part of the grain ration at which, ration which consists) time the of four parts corn, two parts bran or, ground oats, and one part cottonseed' or linseed meal should be used. The second important thing in profitable grain feeding Is to use the grain' according to production because the, cow producing CO pounds of milk will1 need about three times as much grain' as the cow producing 20 pounds. Production Best Guide for Feeding in Summer Out Through the Opened Window. opened window, nnd dropped t the grass beside Neville, who stood over the recumbent form of Agostino. "What Is It?" Neville questlored. She kissed me!" 1 whispered. AH he gasped. Name of G d this for that? You break Into the home of your Inamorata, choke one man near unto death and cast him from a window with no concern for the safety of his neck nor for the neck of some one who might be waiting below kill or malm countless others In that peaceful home, and then coine tumbling forth Into the night with an Insane song of kissing He stopped for breath, on your lips. and surrendering to his curiosity, conWho was In there? tinued : Lestrange, said L Of course; go on." And La Anita." You Intrigue me, Francois; I bad no thought that you might have kissed the coclnera. Pray proceed." 1 Lopez." Ah! And Madrella. Does not the news of Lestrange and Madrella being In there together give you food for thought?" (TO BE CONTINUED.) 00HOCHHJHCH0-CHCKHKHKKHCH- 3 How Nature Appealed to Fashion Designer high-peake- Iinlf-dresse- d Now, looking at her, 1 fancied that her chin trembled and tear showed In the wondrona eyes. I forgot tha murmur of voices In the next room, I forgot the deadly danger that lay so close to me, forgot everything save the evident unhappiness that bore I tilted the npon Anitas heart. pointed chin nntll she had to look Into What Is it, Anita mla?" my face. I cannot tell," she whispered; "things seem not as they were, Bablo, I I cannot kiss thee! Is It then," said I, a wild tumult of Joy surging through me, that you do not love me any more? She nodded. "I am afraid, Pablo mlo, that such Is the the" She didn't love him I Name of G d what a thing And I must look sad, and downcast heartbroken. I must pull my face Into lines of agony, while the strings of my heart were singing a pean of Joy. Was ever a lover In such a manner tried? Now she was watching my face, and In her eyes a sort of wonder grew. Horror seized me, for the look In her eyes was new, and strange Had she seen that I was not Madrella. had she discovered? It does Pablo, she whispered, not seem to hurt thee overmuch that 1 do not love thee." Now I put on a sad, sweet smile. "We are actors," said I In a tone of resignation, we Latins. Is It not so?" "Ah poor Pablo, she murmured, and raising swiftly on tiptoe, kissed me. Then she drew away, and while I stood, trembling like an aspen leaf In the fall, the great knocker clanged on the front door. As she disappeared Into the front hallway I went hastily between the purple draperies, out through the Jocky; glowing monkey skin became morning glory, became 6truw, became nut, became oyster, became pigeon became popcorn and sweetpen. only to blend Into a riot of brown sugar and Flesh cliffs changed to verdigris. nude and softened to French nude. I tell you It was wonderful. If I don't get a new shade of silk hose out Kansas City of It I miss my guess I Times. True Wife a Servant true wife In her husband's house Is tils servant; It Is In bis heart that Whatever of best he she Is queen. can conceive, It Is her part to be; wluitevet of highest he can hope, It Is hers to promise; all that Is dark lu him she must purge Into purity; ull that Is fulling In him she must strength en Into truth; from her, through ull rtie world's clamor, he must win Ills praise; In her, through all the worlds warfare, he must find his peace. lluskin. Its the high producing cow that needs grain while she is on pasture, according to I. W. Rupel, of the animal huslmndy staff at the Wisconsin State College of Agriculture. Some have the Idea that their cows do not require grain because they turn up their noses at It when they first go out on pasture. These men will find, according to Rupel, that as soon as the cattle have been on the new grass about a week, grain will keep them from slumping In production. The proper way to determine how much grain to give during thp summer, Rupel believes. Is to feed according to production. A Holstein, producing over 30 pounds of milk per day, should receive grain at the tate of one pound for every four pounds of milk produced above 30 pounds. That Is. a cow producing CO pounds of milk should have five pounds of grain. Jerseys and Guernseys should have a little more grain than Holstelns, and when the pasture Is poor, the grain ration, should be Increased. Equul amounts of corn and oats make a good mixture for the summer grain ration. A little oil meal may be added to make the feed more palatProtein supplements are not able usually necessary because sufficient protein Is obtained from the average good pasture. When jastures become poor during the dry season, some protein feed Is beneficial. ooooooocxxyaooooooooooooooo1 Dairy Facts Heavy producing cows pay best. To fepd cows well is to feed them profitably. In calf production, the Influence of a good bull Is of major importance. Feeding dulry cows according to tha amount of milk they produce Is a profitable practice. cant be manufactured without water. See to It, therefore, and salt that the cow, the ewe, and the sow. have plenty of both. Milk AH kinds of young animals thrive best on green pastures. A green patch, enclosed with a temporary fence, often solves the grazing problem. A Creameries which buy whey cream should have no fear of 111 effects from of mixing It with the regular supply the of whey cream, If the quality cream Is equal to that of the regular; supply. To keep the average butferfut production on a stendy increase, a herd owner must cull unpvifltable cows. of files Destroy all breeding places away manure daily and filth. preventing accumulation of any by hauling Good Story Unverified The Bluish war otlice tia been nn ntde to find nuy evidence supporting the legend that the original Thotiuo Atkins was a private soldier whose name became familiar because he fel dead of wounds while In rhe act delivering n message to the duke n Wellington during the Waterloo mi' ydgn. Since milk Is one of the most easily contaminated foods, It Is Important that It he kept away from disagreeable odors and In a cool place. A brick or cement mllkhouse furnishes the reeded conditions lu a most satJ manner. lsfuctory |