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I 1 ir-y. i FLAGS "OUIDA" ) So the boy zouave's scrawl, crushed nd blotted and written with great dlf- I bid you If that remorse be sincere. Write me out here that title you say he should bear and your statement that he Is your brother and should be the chief of your bouse, then sign It and give it to me," He seized her hands and gazed with Imploring eyes Into her face. "who are you? ' What are you? If you hare the power to do It, for the lore of God rescue him! It is I who have murdered him I who have let him lire on In this hell for my sake!" : She brought him pens and paper from the Turk's store and dictated what he wrote: f 'V: - 'rt "v.-' " has had to endure. I do, I hate watch ed hiuij I tssrt scco tiie brutal tyranny of hla "chief, who hated him because the soldiers loved him: I have seen his patience, his obedience, his long suf fering beneath Insults that would have driven any other to revolt and murder; I have seen him I have told you how at Zaraila, thinking never of death or of life, only of our nag. Look you! I have seen him so tried that I told him I, who love my army better than any living thing under the sun that I would forgive him if he forgot duty and dealt with his tyrant as man to man. And he always held his soul In patience. .Why? Not because he fear ed death he desired it but because he loved his comrades and suffered in peace and in silence lest, through him, they should be led into evil." Hla eyes softened as he heard her. but the inflexibility of his voice never altered, "It is useless to argue with me," he said briefly. "I never change a sen tence.'. ; -Tth.-p: ' ":s:v''( "But I say that you shalli" As the: audacious words were flung forth she! looked him full in the eyes, while her Toice rang with its old imperious ora tory. "You are a great chief. Ton I are as a monarch here. You hold the Tit BeaovoIeee of CoTcnor Kjre. Back in the sixties Governor Nye of Nevada was an inveterate poker play er. One time while at'Stlllwater he was playing poker in 'the presence of Capsue, peace chief of the riutes. Capsue asked the governor to play with bint, and the request was granted. The play was two bits ante and a dollar limit The Indian's capital was flO, and the governor, who cheated oufc rageously, t ton won all the money. Capsue then put up his saddle, which quickly went with his cash. His blan ket followed. His pony - was staked . tea ycisr eye":G73:; your reflected face in your truthful mirrcr. Iz I such as Nature gave you in color and sxiozihizz mm A A iV. - - , . i 1 I hereby fflrm that the venom Krrin In the " uw ruueiir oi me empire, Chuwun d'AMqoe under the nam et Louis vi I ont because of that, because you are as I tor ti mj rider brother, Brti Cecil, towtuiir, by I Prance in my eyes,-1 swear, by the I Inheritance, the Viecount Boyallieu, peer of Eng land. I hereby tits acknowledge that t hare euo ceededVto and borne the title illegally under the uoPQiitioB of hi death. , Bnuurr CtsoUn ; "You ham hU faoeP' she muttered. "What art you to himr' , Acuity, ran in its brief phrases that the low muttering of the old shoemaker drew out In tedious length. 1 Cigarette heard. She never made a movement or gave a sound, but all Che blood fled out of her brilliant face, leaving it horribly blanched beneath Its brown sun scorch, and her eyes, distended, senseless, sightless, were fastened on the old man's slowly mov ing mouth. . Shot!" she said vacantly. "Shotl" ' Her vengeance had come without her. ; once lifting her hand to summon it "The blow was struck for her," she muttered. , "It was that night, you bear-that nightr - "What night? Thou lookest so trangely. Dost thou love this doomed . aoldlerJ" Cigarette laughed- laugh whose echo . thrilled ? horribly through -the lonely Mores co courtway. "Love! Love! I hated him, look . you! So I said. And I longed for my. ' vengeance. It Is come!" Then she crushed the letter in one : band and flew, fleet as any antelope, " through the streets of the Moorish - quarter and across the city, to the quay. - 1 The people ever, gave way before ker, but now they scattered like fright ened sheep from her path. There was .something. .that .terrified them Jn .that ' bloodless horror set upon her face and in that fury of resistless speed with which she rushed upon her way. Once only , in her headlong career through the throngs she paused. It was as one face,, on which the strong' Whither she had come was to a for- He let her draw the paper from mm and fold it away In her belt He j watched her wltn a curious, dreamy sense of bis own Impotence against the : fierce and fiery torrent of her bidding, , "Can bis life yet be saved?" "His honor may his honor shall. Go to him, coward, and let the balls that kill him reach you, too, if you have one trait of manhood left in you!" Then,- swiftly as a swallow darts, she quitted him and, flew on her headlong way down through the pressure of the people and the throngs of the marts and the noise and .the color and the movement of the streets. : v xae sun was scarcely aeennea ires its noon before she rode out of the city on a half bred horse of the spahis, swift as the antelope and as wild, with . her only equipment some pistols in her holsters and a bag of rice and a skin of water slung at- her saddlebow.,; She bad a long route before her. She had many leagues to travel, and there were but four and twenty hours, she. knew well, left to the man who was con demned to death; four and twenty hours left open for appeal, no more, be twixt the delivery and execution of the sentence There were 50 miles be tween her and her goal Abd-el-Ka-der's horse had once covered that space in three, hours, so men of the army of d'Aumale had told her. She knew What they had done she could do. Once only she paused, to let her horse lie a brief while and cool his foam flaked sides and crop some short sweet grass. - Then Bhe mounted again and gala, went on in her flight The horse was reeking with smoke and foam and the blood was coursing from his flanks name ox r ranee, mat you snail see justice done to him after death if you cannot in life. Do you know who is he, this man whom his comrades will shoot down at sunrise as they' shoot down the murderer and the ravisber In their crimes? He is a man who vindi cated a woman's honor. He is a man who suffers In his brother's place. He is an aristocrat exiled to a martyrdom. He is a hero who has never been great er than be will be great in his last hour. Bead that! What yon refuse to Justice .and mercy and courage and guiltlessness you will grant maybe to your order." -. ; She forced into his band the written statement of Cecil's name and station. The French marshal glanced his eye on the fragment carelessly and coldly. As he saw the words he started and read on with wondering eagerness. ' "Eoyallleur he muttered. "Royal lieu!" The years had been many since Cecil and he had met, but not so many but that the name brought memories of friendship with it and moved him with a strange emotion. He turned with grave anxiety to Cig arette. . v ' AtT . m - . ou speac srrangeiy. ; now came this In your hands V "Thus: The day that you .gave me the cross I saw Princess Corona. I hated her, and I went no matter. From her I learned that be whom we call Louis Victor? was of her rank, was of old friendship with her house, was exiled and nameless, but for some reason un known to her. ; She needed to see him. I took the message for her. I sent him to her. He went to her tent alone, at night That was, of course, whence he came when Cbateauroy met him. I doubt not the Black Hawk had some foul thing tojilnt of his visit and that the blow was struck for her-for her! ii eti, m me streets or Algiers I saw 1 THB OOVKBNOB S FAOB W0HB A WICKED , BMIIJC. and lost The governor's face wore a wicked smile, "Governor," said the Indian, "you got my money, my saddle, my blanket and my pony; now I bet you my squaw." The governor's ex pression at once became benevolent "Capsue," be explained, "I cannot take your wife. The paleface does not in dulge in double blessings of this vari-1 ety, but if you will promise never to play poker again I will give you back your money and your property." Cap-! sue was delighted and always after that told the story to Illustrate what a i great man was Governor Nye Stevenson Property By order of court we wiO on the fth day of Jul) , I lose, oner i or eeie ai ine coon now aoor m Kin ton, N. C.. at the boor of it o'clock noon, to the higheet bidder for cash, all of that property aitnaiei on ihe north comer oi Queen and Cordon afreets ir the town of Kinaton, N C better known aa the John H. Stevenson property. Fronting Queen street with one hundred feet, running back one nundred and tea feet, nukin a frontage on Gordon street one hun dred and ten feet. 1 he object of the sale is to main division between E. H Stevenson and Mary A. Stev enson. Sale will be made subject to approval of court This the aed day of May, tooe.; T.C.WOOTEN, Commissioners of Court, or have freckles, sunburn, tan, sallowness, etc., clouded its former flesh-tinted transparency? If so. apply . and redeem Nature's gift. Delightfully refresh ing, and entirely free from all injurious elements. It gives a complexion that makes a lady Ice!: years younger. ItUa LIQUID, easily applied and sold by dntgststs at 75c Keep out the pecty Cici by haviDgf your Docu and Windows fltt-i X7iZi a. "We make them to i any door or window. Come andeoe our Ideal and 20th Century . .;You enn GAtiF.. Ice Cream Freozprs. your life easier by I r-l as she reached her destination at last a man with a face like his own-dif. InT VOUT ICQ Cream from I buu lurew ueiBeu n 1118 Euuuie as Be sank faint and quivering to the ground. light of the noontide poured, came be fore her. The senseless look changed In her eyes. She wheeled out of her , . route and stopped, "You have his facer she muttered. "What are yon to him?" . To whom?" . "To the man who calls himself Louis Victor, a chasseur of my army?" Iler.eyes were fastened entirely upon frlnv keen, ruthless, fierce, In this mo r snent as a hawk's. He grew pale, and murmured an Incoherent denial. He ought to shake her off, first gently, then ejwj rudely. He called her mad jurtltrled to fling her from him, but the lithe fingers only wound themselves ; closer on his arm. ..." , . "Be still, fool V she muttered. "You re of his people. You have his eyes and his looks and bis features. He disowns you or you him. No matter (Which, he Is of your blood, and he lies finder sentence of death. Do you know that?" With a stifled cry the other recoileJ from her.' He never doubted that sho tress where the marshal of France, who was me viceroy or Africa, had arrived that day in his progress of inspection throughout the province. "Have a care of him and lead me to the chief." , She spoke quietly, but a certain sen sation of awe and fear moved those who heard. -. They hesitated to take her message, to do her bidding. The one whom she sought was great and su preme here aa a king.- They dreaded to approach bis staff, to ask his audi ence, i ' ; r: - - Cigarette looted at tnem a moment, then loosened her cross and held it out to an adjutant standing beneath the gates. , " "Take that to the man who gave it me. Tell him Cigarette waits and with each moment that she waits a sol dier's life Is lost Go!" - A few minutes and the decoration was brought back to her and her de mand was granted. The marshal, lean- ing against a brass fleldplece, turned to lerent, duc tne same race, look' you. I fJVi,A - I spoke to him. I taxed him. When J ' he found that the one whom I spoke of Delivered in BnV ClUan WBS under sentonp tt Atnth ha ,"wwu MUJ M" mad. He cried out that he was his tlty 1X001 OUO qUOTt Up. Drotner ana naa murdered him that Also our large lot of VJatop" CooIgi It was for bis sake that the cruelty of this exile had been borne that If his brother perished he would be hla de stroyer. Then I bade him write down that paper, and I brought, it hither to you that you might see that I have uttered the truth. And , now is that man to be killed like a mad beast whom you fear? Is that death the re ward France will give for Zaraila?" i As he beard he was visibly moved. We -a Phone I40. KINSTON, W. C rorWe maka you comfortable DIXON o If you want up-to-date HARDWARE, lie uearu ne yraa visiDiy moved. mrtMA He remembered the felon's shame that AaliOnng1 QOnO plaCO yOUr HOOKER. KIHSTOU, II. O. t Muuui.t--ii iuai BLur . . ... . , . . spoke the truth. Kone could who had uer wuu ia Bmue in ma Keen 8te looked upon her face. jeyes. "Do not lie to me," she said curtly. "What, brings you here?" It avails you nothing. Read that." t f Sho camfe up to hlm wltfl her rapid, She thrust before him the paper the 'i ; leopartliike grace, and he started as he pigeon naa brought, nis hand trem bled sorely as he held it ne believed In that moment that, this strange crea ture, half soldier, half woman, half brigand, half child, knew all his story anu an nis siiame from his brother. in years gone by had fallen across the hv)"i m'fW history seemed clear ns crystal to him seen beneath the light shed on it from other days. . . His hand fell heavily i on the gun carriage. . :- '. . ; .;- :" j j: "neavenst It was his brother's sin, not his!" The marshal swung round with a rapid sign to a staff officer. "reus and Ink instantly! My brave child, what can we say to you? I will send an aid to arrest the execution of I I 1 1 1 I 1 1 . 1 1 1 I . 1 . 1 1 I 1 1 1 , I I ! I 1 , 1 . 1 8. J. MILLS. 'Everything guaranteed with a guarantee that is good! Could you ask! fairer? 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