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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH o I had entered this, the headquarters of the Spanish forces in Venezuela. I went into the store, traded, five silver pieces for clothes and the privacy of a room where I might change, and came out again garbed in the coarse, suit and the blue, brown, turban-lik- e cap affected by many of the French sailors of the islands. . The road I had taken led to the Plaza San Jacinto, where I turned south and asked my way to the home of Tomas Carrasco, which proved to be a red and brown, rock and adobe structure of considerable size. Tomas was ; his dark W.NMme with eyes Picardy grave concern, surveyed and after assuring himself of my S 2V C . strangeness, he announced sorrowat least a fortnight. He sighed. I fully but with unmistakable firmness think your need of food and quarters that he had no quarters that might will hardly last so long. Then ab- be offered to travelers. Expressing ruptly: I I cannot dissuade you from my disappointment in halting Spanish, this mad mission? I offered my hand in parting salute. I shook my head, and he went on : As he grasped it, vastly relieved, I If Caracas is your goal I might tell folded my third finger into the palm. He gasped, his swarthy face went you that, in the humble home of Senor Tomas Carrasco, which lies less than an ashen gray, and his sharp eyes two hundred meters south of San searched my face. He turned my Jacinto plaza, you will find safe lodg- hand and studied it. There is a comfortable room for ment, and in the Cantina Merida, presided over by the faithful Carrizal, a you, Senor, and food. A chiva, lately few patriots sometimes gather. I am baked, frijoles, tortillas, sure that when you have had further the sauce of papaya; fruit luscious opportunity to study the methods of peaches from my own garden, oranges Spain in Venezuela you will come to and melons from Coro, wine from us, though you will need a vast Madeira, and rum from Cumana . . . amount of luck to get into Cara- and a house of safety, Senor. If there is anything jou might require cas and safely out again. You are very kind, Tomas, I said. And these few patriots who someA dozen listless loiterers sat at times gather in the menage of Cartables or leaned against the bar as I rizal how shall I know them? He extended his right hand, third entered and made my way toward Carfinger folded into the palm. That, rizal, who stood behind the bar. in shaking hands, is the sign used by He considered me with the calcumembers of the Socledad Patriotico, lating eye of a man who anticipates an organization founded by Simon a sale. I gave the subject of my orBolivar and Miranda nearly ten years der Careful thought I did not dare to ask for American whisky, and wine ago. He pressed my hand in a warm firm was still Considered a European drink. I think I shall not see you While I pondered thus a familiar voice grip. There is no rum In all again. Too many forces are against canle to me: yon. the world, Senor, like rum from But he erred, for I was destined to Cumana. fight, side by side, with Captain MonaIll take some Cumana rum, I said han through a bitter campaign against to Carrizal, as another voice agreed the Spanish. I was yet to meet the with the connoisseur of rum. The connoisseur, whose back was turned to me, turned at the sound of my voice, turned swiftly, the mug of rum poised between the bar and his face. He opened a wide mouth that still showed traces of the bruises from my fist and let out a great laugh that two-piec- e 0f Aragoiv Fred McLaughIin. 3 he Vale By cWathor Copynttk-- k f cJke TMade bf Boils -- Mtrrill of C,o. THE STORY At nightfall, In the city of New Orleans, in 1821, Loren Garde, recently an officer under General Jackson, is surprised by the appearance cf three figures, in ancient Spanish costume, two men and a woman whose beauty enchants him. Resenting the arrogance of the elder 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, fleeing from gens de'armes, over- overpowered. Garde finds himself a prisoner on the Santa Lucrecia, a ship bearing contraband arms and ammunition for the Venezuelans On board are the conspirators, the lady of his love, her brother Polito, and De Fuentes An attempt to seize the ship fails. From the girl, Garde learns her name is Dulce Lamar-tinHe loves her, but does not reveal his love. The vessel is wrecked and Garde reaches the i a. Venezuelan shore, alone. Making his way inland, he encounters a stranger awaiting the arrival of the Santa Lucrecia. He tells him of the wreck, and sees Dulce, with De Fuentes and Polito. CHAPTER III Continued 6 He pulled at his pipe, his broad shoulders shaking with laughter. I am Monahan, he said at length, Captain in the British legion under Gen, Simon Bolivar. The Liberator will be deeply interested when I tell him about the American Senor Gardd, who loves the intended of Colonel de Fuentes and who rides the wings of the storm alone when his ship comes to grief. Bolivar can use such men, my friend. There was a frank friendliness about this transplanted patriot, something that called for confidence, so I began with the Cabildo and completed my account with Tucayan, skipping only those portions which dealt with the Senorita Lamartina, and failing utterly in my deletions, for, when I So the blond had done, he said: Loren will hie himself to Caracas, whither the dark beauty, his ladylove, is bound, and he will find there all the power of Spain in Venezuela against him. It is worth a try, at least, I said. Of course, but you go, not to a love tryst, but to fight a, battle with death. I have fought such battles before, as you have also, no doubt; I have been too close to death in the past to fear it now. That yellow thatch He chuckled. of yours will sink you, for it cries your identity to all and sundry." I touched my chin, which bore about whisa weeks growth of I fear you are right; if you ker. might suggest ? He picked up a stone and hurled it into the foliage of a near-btree, and half a dozen objects resembling our huge green walnuts thudded to the ground. He crushed one under the heavy sole of a grenadier boot. The juice of this pulp is an excellent dye," he explained ; It will make your hair an& beard a very dark brown, and it will give to your too fair skin the deep bronze of a man who has spent his life with ships. As the pigment will last some weeks, you need have no fear of it fading before the Spaniards are prepared to hang you. So, usfng a broad flat rock as a mortar, we crushed from the thick pulpy covering of a number of the half-rip- e nuts a quantity of pale liquid, which, on drying, left my skin a reddish brown and my hair and beard nearly black. You have funds? he questioned. None; the leathern wallet containing a small quantity of money and a few papers of purely personal value was taken from the pocket of my jacket while I lay unconscious on board the Santa Lucrecia. The good . Francisco' probably did it. Then," said Monahan, laughing, "as a friend of Francisco I would proffer such financial aid as you may require. He placed ten silver pieces the size of our American dollar into my hand. This will boy you a hat and clothes that shall be less identifying, and pay for food and quarters in Caracas for corn-colore- d y - I al golden-brow- hears a plot to overthrow Spanish rule in Venezuela. Discovered and threatened, he fights, but is n fairly rattled the windows. Loco," xhe cried, j Senor the sea has given up its dead!" I stared, aghast, for Manuel stood before me; Manuel, who twice had stopped my fist with parts of his face, and who could, therefore, have had no love for me. My thoughts were racing wildly. Manuel belonged to Bolivar, yet the Spanish Captain Alvarez,' according to the Senorita Dulce, had called him a good sailor , . . and Dulce had said he was stupid. Name of G d! And here was Manuel In Caracas, drinking and visiting boldly in a saloon less than a square from the plaza; free In the city, as unconcerned as though he were strolling along the levee in the safe city of New Orleans Are you not mistaken, Senor? I 'Is there anything about ventured. me that should make you ' call me crazy? moving spirits of that famous and Now he went off Into another com miscalled British legion, which did so vulsion of merriment. Did the sea much to wTin from Ferdinand VII in- water .dye he roared, whiskers, thy dependence for Venezuela and half of and that yellow thatch 6f thine? South America as well; hardy souls, Speak up, Senor Loco, and tell us how veterans, most of them, of the Napole- you came here and why. onic wars, who, after the fall of the I had made an unpropltious entry Corsican, could not go back to the into the stronghold of ' Spain, I had peaceful pursuits of man, but, chained failed ere I had and I had begun, to the chariot of Mars, must needs failed a grotesque twist of fate by follow the lure of the sword. because of the misplaced enmity of those who should have been my CHAPTER IV friends. Ah, well I could, at least, show them the American indifference toward death. A Wedding Disarranged It Is Manuel, I said, no? Manuel, As I set out that morning on the road to Caracas, and on the road to the sailor, who does not like the adventures beyond my wildest dreams, flavor of my fist." I smiled, extending the cool blue dome of the sky was un- my hand. marked by a cloud. The sun swung He, too, found my third finger foldoverhead and went swiftly down the ed into the palm. His mug of rum western path as I trod the smooth clattered to the floor, the grin disapstones that formed the road. The peared 'from his face, and the evil short twilight came and went, and a light that had been In his eyes faded ; golden moon pushed above the tim- he drew in a harsh, hissing breath bered range that lay beyond Caracas. and spat out a Spanish oath. In the moonlight, I bent my steps I cried, has this fine Manuel, toward the city, where I hoped to find Cumana rum touched your brain, or the lady in white, the gracious lady do you merely jest with a poor French who had come into my arms to find sailor stranded at La Guaira, and protection from the storm. seeking employment in Caracas? The city of Caracas, stronghold of Manuels left eyelid dropped, and Spain in Venezuela, and the key to its raised quickly again, and his face was control, lies in a vast, fertile basin blank. I think I should offer apology called the Vale of Aragon, the north to you, Senor; I must have been in rim of which forms a barrier between error, for you cannot be the Senor the city and the sea. As I came in Loco whom I saw fall from the deck sight of the city a morning sun, emerg- of the Santa Lucrecia. No man could ing from the mists of the east, touched have lived in that raging sea. Yet I roofs with gold. It was have seen you somewhere, or perhaps the a city of beauty, a city of dreams; it the rum has put a fancy In my head. held, for me, the present as weU as (TO BB CONTINUED.) the future. My mad worship would not permit me to consider the dangers Chicagos Tima of Agony that might beset me; I saw only the The great fire In Chicago October, face of her whose life, I hoped, was to 1871, destroyed 18,000 buildings with, be bound up with mine for ever. an estimated loss of 200,000,000. , ... , red-tile- d vm I had reached a tiny roadside store on the outskirts of the city before I realized that no plan had been made, no thought of what I might do after crcolIzcdUax Keeps Skin Young Gt kin i oanee sad me m directed. Fine particles of aged peel off until all defects each ea puppies, liver pots, tan and freckles disappear. Skin is then soft and velvety. Your face looks years younger. Mecoolued Wax brings out the hidden beauty of your skin. To remove wrinkles use one ounoe Powdered Sunlit lf dissolved in pint witch hasel. At drug atone. SOME GOOD POINTS IN POULTRY HOUSE Ventilation One of Biggest Problems. Most Obliging Diner Have you any wild duck? 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The only way to remove the excess moisture in the house is by ventilation or change of air. Air movement should be very slow, so that no draft of cold air is noticeable. In the average run of farm poultry houses the hens probably suffer more in severe cold weather due to too much venti lation rather than too little. Both the Nebraska and Iowa experiment stations have found that hens show no harmful effect from tightly closed quarters during the wiuter. While neither of these stations recommend a tightly- - closed poultry Imhouse, their findings indicate the been have portance of air purity may overemphasized in the past. half-monit- . in Your bowels! Poisons absorbed into the system from souring waste in the bowels, cause that dull, headachy, sluggish, bilious condition; coat the tongue; foul the breath; sap energy, strength A little of Dr. and nerve-forcCaldwells Syrup Pepsin will clear up trouble like that, gently, harmlessly, in a hurry. 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