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v ' GUEST OF TROOPS How Soldier's Sweetheart Saved Hit Life. By HAROLD CARTER. "Impossible!" ihouted old Colodjl Baundo.rs, chewing at hli steel-gray inustacbe; and for tho 'lrst time dur ing forty years of active Bervlce he actually trembled. The horror of this I was more overpowering than the hiss of tbe Moro boloa when, drunk with bhang, they cloaed In upon the skir mish line. "Impossible!" he muttered, and sank back Into his chair. Outside tbe hot sun of the Philip pines burned tbe parched land, send ing Its scorching rays Into the white washed house In which he sat. Upon the table In front of htm his orderly had placed a closely-typed document of five pages. Ii was the findings of the court-martial which had sat on the preceding day. It had passed sen tence of death upon a certain William Ollfoy for having Joined tho Moro forces and fired upon his former com rades. If Colonel Haundera affixed his signature to the document the death aentence would be carried out not a yenr hence, nor a month hence, nor a day hence, but now. There waa death In the quiet air. In the hushed expectancy of the camp; lu the rows of white-washed cells In the barracks also, and in tho barrack yard, where a grim post, like an enor mous carpenter's square set upright, creaked ns the executioner tested the mechanism of the 'rap. "His sweetheart!" muttered the colonel ngaln. "I can't see her I won't see her, Walters Tell her " "May I come In?" inquired a gentle voice outside, and a girl entered a typical American girl, such as Is to be inCt In thousands in the little towns and villages of (he New Kn gland atfttcs. Phe might have be n twenty five; her fare had Inst the Bweet Im maturity of youth and had been re placed by thai, gentle and half mater nal look that is to be seen sometimes on the faces of good women. "I am MiM King," she said, smiling happily nt Col On a! Saunders "1 sup pose Vllllam has told you that that we are to be married here, now that his term has ended " A alight blush Come In?" ruffused her face. "Hut they told me In the barracks that Mr. (illfjy had gone to Manila to meet me there," ahe "Httld. "It seems a dreadful mistake, doesn't lt?" Inwardly the colonel blessed the fun-thought of his men. But he might have known that thore was not one man under his command who would have told her he might as well have Killed her. "nut I am so glad that he has served hi country with honor, and has come safely through theso terri ble dangers," Miss King continued. "He was well, a little wild Hut he has redeemed himself, as I kuew ho would. Congressman ijtthrop " she hesitated Thon. seeing the colonel's look, and mistaking It. she continued: "He told my father that William vould be safe under your care, Colo nel Saunders. That Is what everyone says about you at home. They cell you" she hesitated "well, tho 'Fath er of the Regiment.' " In the brief moment that elapsed .before he answered her a thousand thoughts rushed through the colonel'B brain A minute ago he had actually dipped his pen Into the Ink prepara tory to signing the death warrant. Now tho act seemed impossible. He thought of Ollfoy he had beon wild, but a good and brave soldier, conspic uous in many engagements until the devil of lonollness that waa eating out his heart summoned tho drink devil to his aid and the two together fud dled the boy's brains until he turned traitor and disgraced tho regiment and his country. And Ollfoy. crazy from the vtllalnouB native potations, bad been like a man In a nightmare; tie had remembered nothing from the day he deserted until ho waa captured, firing his rifle wildly Into the air, alone In the deserted hut. He might have saved him by a few kindly words. Instead he had commit ted him to the punishment cells for his first offenses, had bullied him, disciplined him, let him go to perdi tion he, the "Father of the Regi ment" "Excuse mo, Miss King," he aald abruptly. "Pray be seated. I will be back In a few minutes." And he strode away under the blazing sun In tho direction of the barracks. Insldn the yard the executioner was still fumbling with the trap over "May I Come in; wnlrh a dummy hung suspended, hideous bound thing of a ma : weight, dangling grotesquely from the cord The colonel turned his eye away. inside hie cell William Ollfoy was seated beside his cot, staring vacantly through the bars at a wisp of blue. When the colonel entered he started w uen uie coionet entersu ne maneu as a man awakening out of a dream, j The colonel aat down beside him upon , "Ollfoy," he said quietly, "your I sweetheart Is here." GUfoy looked hard at him "She hasn't been told?" lie sUd Im passively. "Not yet, Ollfoy." The boy smiled bravely. "I think R would be best o have It done as I soon as possible." he said, "nut, sir must sbo know?" "She shall never know." answered , the colonel. Then he bent forward and took the boy's hand In his. "Ollfoy," he said, "you have taken no life. It was not you who betrayed your country It was your devil, you' own personal, private devil, the one I who lies in wait for each man to trap him wften he revolts against the dom- Inanee of his better nature. A cavalry troop leaves for Santos this evening. You will accompany It and there take ! the train for Manila " Ollfoy half rose, and suddenly sat down again and buret Into tears "I ought to die." he sobbed. "She will never " "She will never know anything." tho colonel answered, completing the sen-1 tence He called to the Jailer. "Private GUfoy Is pardoned." he said. "Ilrlng him his uniform nnd set him free." "Yes. Miss King, you will hnve to ' go back to Manila," said oionei Saunders five minutes later. "If we had known you were coming well, we might have made different arrange- ; ments There will he a cavalry troop lenvlng for SantoB. the terminal, to- , morrow nfternoon. Till then you i must be the guest of the regiment " j He passed his hand over his eyes, nnd. suddenly Bolr.lng his pen. he i scrawled "Verdict disapproved" across I the paper He looked up. "Tell Con- j pressman l-nthrop tlint I shall try to ! live up to my reputation hencefor-' ward." he cont'nued. (Copyright, is)!, hv W. O. Chapman TRANSLATION A HARD MATTER; Few Make Success of Work, but There 1 Are One or Two Instances Quits Recently Brought to Light. Hendinr Shaltespi.re in a foreign ! language is generally weird expi rl ence not without Its amusing side lt ma'lers little what language one se lects, for Shakespeare has hern trans lated into all of them, and the transla- ! tlonsare In all grades of badness. Arthur Bennington writes In the North Ameri can Review Similarly a Frenchman reading Cornollls in English Is moved I to laughter or tears, and an Italian reading Dante In English scarcely re cognizes the divine poet. Good translations are rare. For a faithful rendering of mere words much thought, backed by Intimate knowl edge o' the subtle shades of meaning of the words of both languages la a primary requisite. Hut more than words are to be translated; thoughts, spirit, atmosphere, art, ure more Im portant than words. And It Is In this that most translators are nn exem plification of the old Italian epigram, traduttore, tradltore. This Ib not to Bny that every trans lator Is a traitor Among the case IB the desert are one or two of the more recent translations of Shake speare Continental Europe Germany excepted Is really only Just beginning to know Shakespeare as we know him. Italy Ib ringing with praises of Diego Angell'B version, of which four vol umes "The Tempest," ".Inline Cae sar," "Hamlet" and "Macbeth'' have already appeared. France was thrilled two years ago by Maeterlinck's trans lation of "Macbeth'' and applauded Dt Cramont's "Julius Cacsnr" lu 1906. Entomologist's Pet. An unusual "pet" now Is harbored In a box ut the office of the state en tomologist, Charles H, Huldwlu, at tbe state house. The "pet" Is a praying mantis, an Insect shout one und one half Inches long, with a long, thin neck, blunt bead and heavy body. On Its front feet are claws, shaped much llko those of a crawfish or lobster. The insert has become so tamed that lt eats files and nuts from the fingers of Mr. Haldwln's assistants, while sitting on their hands lu the position from which lt derives Kb name pray ing. The Insect sits almost upright and. folding Its long front cluws up In communicant attitude, remains for several minutes. The Insect In gen eral appearance resembles the outline of a horse. It Is not poisonous and devours flies and other Insects. Many specimens have been found recently In tho northern part of Indianapolis, lt has many of tbe hablta of a grass hopper. Courting In Church. The Rev. F. H. Meyer has been de claring at Leeds that be does not se riously object to a "little courting" In chapel. One recalls an Incident in a Midland chapel eomo years ago. The preacher was annoyed by the sound of whispering coming from the seml-darknesB under one of the galler ies. At last he paused in his sermon and declared: "If the young couple making love under the gallery do not como to me In the vestry before service next Sun day morning I will namo them to the church." It was a chance shot, but next Sun day he found twenty couples awaiting him In tho vestry! London Chronicle WOMEN SHOULD BE PROTECTED . - c , Against So Many burgical Up- nation. How Mrt.Bethune and Mrs. Moore Escaped. Pikes ton, Mo. "For seven years I suf fered everything. 1 was in bed for four . I, ., i .iy .i . . r ,. i , : or uvu urtya m it uiiib cry lli. and so weak I could hardly walk. I cramped and had backache and headache, and was so nervous and weak that I dreaded to see anyone or have any- onemovelntheroom. The doctor, K.ve me medicine to ease me at those Umes and said that IWgBtlO have an operation. I would not listen to ?u.; . iZZLj UlllV, Kill ....m v. told him about I.ydia E. Pink ham's Veg- ctiil.li- Compound and what it had done him t, if.. T waa villincr I., take It Now Hook the picture of health Aid feel likelt,too. I can do my own housework, hoe my garden, and milk a cow. I can entertain company and enjoy them. I can visit when I choose, and walk as far as any ordinary woman, any day in the month. 1 wish 1 could talk to every aiiiTerinir woman and irirl." Mrs. JJKMA Bkthune, Sikeston, Mo. m IIU in ! K. ..v-n tm. dia E. I'inhham's' Vegetable Compound for u.very bod case of female trouble . .ii ,,., My HI Iti I I i i . 1 ' I'M U TV VII nuuiaii health was all broken down, the doctors mill I must have an oneration. and I was rca(Jy to(foto v hospital . but dreaded it ,Q , ,HBan tnkin(f y(,ur ComK)und. , got BonK BO wel ,j,8t t gavi, up the jn.,.r ,.mi mm Bnv.y from the onera tion."- Mrs. Charles Mooke, K. R. No. 3, Murruyvillc, 111. Ml Safe Betting. Little Andr.'W had boon ropaotadl) urged to hasten his dressing Sudden ly he knelt, crossed and clnapi-d Ills i capital In another farm (river front hands liki- a pictured inigel and voiced age) nnd some trackage lots 100). also this snrnotl petition: a purchased homestead (river front- "Oh. God, don't let me dnwdle Or. I age). 1 remained as Manager of the Ood, keep me from dawdling. Hut If Farm I had sold on a thnc years' you want to, oh, God. make my j contract at a fine Balary and house, mother reconciled to my being slow!" "There, mammu," he exclaimed, rla ! ing. "I've done my best, haven't 1? j 'Course, If floil chooses to keep me j from dawdling he will, and If go don't ! I can't help It. Hul," with a inddon, I Joyous i ni rgy, "I'll bet you I dollar I II be Just as slow tomorrow us to day." FACE ALMOST COVERED WITH PIMPLES AND BLACKHEADS Atchison, Kan "For a number of I years I suffered very greally from Bkln eruption. My face was very red and Irritated, bring almost covered with pimples nnd blackheads. The pimples were scattered over my fare They were a lino rash with the exception of a few largo pimples on my forehead and chin. My face burned nnd looked red as If exiwsed to either heat or cold, lt was not only unsightly but i very unromrortublc. I trieu several i remedies but couldn't get any relief. I was recommended to use Cutlcura I Soap nnd Cutlcura Ointment. "I applied the Cutlriira Ointment In tho evening, leaving lt for about live mtniilea, theV washing It off with Cutlcura Soap nnd hot water I wash- ; ed with the Cutlcura Soap und hot wo- ter also several times during the day. i After about four months of thle appll- cation, my face was cleared of tna plmph s 1 run use uio I utirura Soap." (Signed) Miss Kisie Ntolnon, Dec. 29, 1911. Cutlcura Soap anil Ointment sold throughout tho World Snmplo of each free, with 32-p. Skin Hook. Address posl-rard Adv. "Cutlcura. DepL U Boston." Alphabetically Speaking. Among u recent batch of candidates for appointment to the police force of Washington was a big darkey, evident ly of rural origin, who announced bis readiness to stand examination. "Arc ou a native of this city?" he waj asked. "No. suh. 1 am from the first state in the I'nlon." "A New Yorker?" "No. suh. I inn from Alabama!" "Alabama Is not the first Btute In the I'nlon, as the saying goes," re sponded the examiner. "Alphabetically speaking It Is. suh." said the candidate with conviction. "Alphabetically speaking" fttn. Wltislow' flootblns Syrup for Ctillilrva ttetbinfi. Mjflma tbe gums, rvdsee tnftmm tlnn.allart. i .in, cum wind colic, Be a Untie. aot. And every man who owns a dog thinks the animal baa more sense than bis neighbor. A CURB FOR FILES. Ool'a drboluMtlvo stupe Itching end and cures pilee. All druggists. K and 50c. Adv. Many a bewhlBkered man has been known to tell barefaced UeB ma GOT RICH IN THREE YEARS EXPERIENCES OF A BRITISH IM MIGRANT IN CANADA-WEST. The following straightforward state ment needs no comment to add to Its force and effect. It appears In a recent Issue of tho Liverpool Mer cury. H. Patterson, of Nutans, Saskatche wan, Canada, when he arrived from Li Tar pool, bud "Six of us to support," to use his own phraseology, and his funds were getting low. He secured a nnniestcad 32 miles out from Hun j durn aIld gtartcd lTlDg on lt April I.V 1907. The previous fall he put all his money, $137, Into a shack and lot, making sure of a home. As cook and caterer In a local hotel be made $75 at ? i 'I nnrl mil rvf thla Karl sstm n v,ngg Mt of whlch ho pal(I h brt,Bklnf- and ,mprovPment(1 on the ;homeRUiad Th(j JgJ ; . ...,. Thpn M, P.,tpraon . , ln lorv after ho had removed I ... , ,, , .. Z . m , his mnilly to the homestead: ,h lia. . strange and new that I hadn't time to think of anything, only fixing up our ,T ,,, 71 T ,, 1 " 0 ,ha' 1 dldu 1 kl,ow I between wheat and oata (I do now) ! j Between working out, cropping my Plac' aml wUh m' Kun- we managed comfortably for the three which time was required to put in my outies. t una utxuuiuiiiicu ".ulte " "or of horses, cows f"'l. ""I Machinery In the pigs, three years. "In October, 1300, I secured mypat ent to my land, so took u few days' holidays to Suskatoon to locate a purchased homestead (viz., 12s. per acre) from the Government. Instead of getting the purchased homestead, I sccurrd u half section (320 acres) on tli" Haekatchewan Hiver for $2j per ai re on easy terms, nine years' payments' w Ith a cush payment of $l,0i"'. I mortgaged my first home stead, obtained chattel mortgages on i my stock, nnd on December 21th, 1 1909, took possession; on June 10, 1910, I Bold out again for $t0 per acre, I clearing, besides my crop (140 acres), $4,80'' I nlao sold my first home- stead, clearing $1,800 nnd two Saska toon tOWB lots, which we value at $l,00i' each today. We placed all our garden, and numerous privileges. "So by the time my three years have expired, with my Investments und the Increased value of my frontage tnd lots, 1 am hoping to have a clear profit on my $137 investment of $rO,00. My land doesn't eat any thing, and it Ib nearly all paid for. I hold a good position (and secure)" Adv. Surprise for Mother. A certuln mother, given to mysti cism and impressive theories regard lug tor highly natural children, one evening was eiilrrtalnlng vlBltors Suddenly raine the sound of little feet puttering to the bond of the stairs The mother raised her hand In solemn warning. Listen." she said, softly. "The chil dren are going to deliver their good im lit message II always gives me a leellng of reverence to hear them tin y are bo much nearer the Creator than we are. and they speak so won derfully, sometimes Hush! One of them Is speaking now." Then, breaking through the tense si lence, came a shrill whisper: "Mamma! Willy's found a bug In hll bed." Final and Fatal Question. j ,!ouby waB , an MVMlaUjp trying mood Btu, ha( aHkei, InaI,y nulli. tionn as to bring upon himself Bteru narental command to be silent, lly I ,n(i D. howarer, he bo humbly solicit I ed nermlsslon to sneak I hat this was ...luriantiv rrnnted And this wiib the t i ti t - when poor Hobby put his foot Into It With R TOngennoo, "I only wanted to ask," he said, meekly, "what made your hair all coma out, papa? Will I lose mine, too, when it's ripe?" Important to mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOKIA, a aafe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and aee that It Hears the xTsr . ,wr. Signature of CjCtjfTaCtZti In I'Be For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castori Tokyo's First Sky Scraper. With the completion of a seven story building, Tokyo Is able to bonst of the first skyscraper In Its hlBtory. The structure, begun In January, 19111, was but recently completed. It Is considered fire and earthquake proof. It wan designed for offices, and is especially noteworthy because It Is probably the highest of Its kind In the far cast. Negative Evidence. "I hear the gentleman who Is visit ing your daughter Is a coming man." "He must be, for he Is certainly not a going one." A man Isn't far from right when he's willing to admit that he Is In tbe wrong. Boooubo of thoee ugly, grizzly, gray halre. Uoo bT Smoke Pleasure and other Pleasures for the Man Who Smokes There is smokr pleasure in this pure old Virginia and North Carolina bright leaf. Tkouionds prefer it to any other pipe tobacco. Thoroufl'l nerd and stemmed nd then granulated. A perfect I ipc luUulll IkstMllg better tolled as a cigarette. One and a half ounccu of thin clioice tobacco cost only 5c, and with each sack you get n book of cigsretta papers FREE. Tbe other pleasures arc tbe presents that are secured with the coupons In each sack of LiggtH c Myeri Duke'i Mixture. These presents delight old and young. Think of the pleasure that you and your friends can get from talking machine, free, or such articles as fountain pens, i balls, skates, cut glass, china, silverware, . , Very Likely. Congressman Henry decried mer cenary marriages In Waco. "Only the love match." he said. "In sures beautiful and vigorous children. Hence I advocate the love match, und I sympathize hi artlly with a NOW York heiress to whom an elderly earl pro posed "The earl. gray, poverty stricken and decrepit, said to the beautiful young girl: "'Deur lady I love you more than words can tell. " "She wrinkled up her pretty nose. " 'Hut 1 suppose you could tell DM In figures,' she said, coldly " To Decorate a Bald Head. "My husband," writes Mrs. I'eiozzle to the rhnperon, "v.ns qulle bald when I marrleil hlin. although otherwise per fectly good I first washed his head with a cleansing solution nnd a stiff brush, then I sandpapered It, starting with the rough paper and using eoch grade down to the llntst. After that 1 nil. lied It at Intervals with my bare hand for several dnys nnd now It Is lovely It has all the dull rich finish so much admisvil and the natural grain shows beautifully " Kansas City Star A Husband In Jest. Solicitor (endeavoring to discover client's legal stutufi) Hut, mudam. how long lu It since you heurd from your husband? Client Well, yer see, 'e left me the day '0 was married, and truth Is, I ain't 'card nothtn' of 'Im since, nor wanted; least ways, I did 'ear caBual like that 'e were dead, but lt may be only is fun.-- l'unch. Thinking It Over. "Some of the old Egyptuini wor shiped animals " "Well," replied Farmer CorntoBsel, thoughtfully, "If I had n hen that laid the year 'round or a cow that wouldn't go dry, of course I wuuldn t worship 'em. Hut 1 surely would show em a heaps of respectful consideration." Appropriate. "What did tho banker's bride wear at the meeting?" "Oh, some check goods." 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