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HEAJ CHAPTER XV--Continued. --24 "Oh, I've been napping there in that chair, where I could keep ole eye on you. I'm terribly selfish; I enn't bear to lose one minute." After i a while she said: "I've made a discovery. Father O'Malley snores dreadfully ! Jua nil never heard anything like it, and It frightened lham nearly to deat i. IeI says the father must be a very flerce man to growl so loudly. lie says, too, that he likes nie much better than his mother." It seemed to Dave that the bliss of this awakening and the sweet Intimacy Of this one moment more rewarded him for all he had gone through. "I've been busy, too," she was say hng. "I sent Juani to the village to learn the news, and It's not very nice. It's good we stopped here. lIe says Neuvo Pueblo has been destroyed, and the federal forces are all moving south, . away fromn the border. So our troubles aren't over yet. We must reach the river tonight." "Yes, by all means." "Juan is going with us as guide." "You arranged everything while 1 stitcozed, eh? I'm ashamed of myself." Alaire nodded, then pretended to frown darkly. "You ought to be," she told hint. "My wife!" Ile aib his lips against ier hair. 'T'hey were standing beside the wvin ticw, speechless, ohltilnius to all except their great love, when Dolores entered to tell them inhat supper was ready and Hiuat the horses were saddled. CHAPTER XXV. The Dawn. Juoan G;areia proved to he a good ,tittdle, andI lie saved the refugees inny twiles on theIr road to the Rio Grande. Itl every farm and every Villinge was it tennice, and at first they Were forced co mnake nutnerous detour.. As lte utght grew older, however, they rode: a rt4raighter course, urging thirl ho Sthe liuit, hoping against hope to Dach the border before daylight over I ook them. This they aight have done had It not been for Father O'Malley ai Dolores, who were unused to the Aatlde and un ble to maintain tle pace J nan set for them. About midnight the party stopped on the 'rest of a flinty ridge to give their horses brenth 1 and1l to estimat Ie their progress. The night was line and clear; outlined agtinst the sky were the stalks of colitless sol-plants stand Iig slim and, bare, like tile uptrighit linces of an armny at rest ; ahead the road imieandered across a aies, etov eret with grma grass and black, formn I ess bhtts of' zshrubibery. Father' O'Malley groaed and slift ett his weighi. "Jamu tells me we'll niever' r'each Riomer'o by morning, at this iate," he said ; and Dave was forced to lagr'ee. "I thik you mind lie and Alalire huid better go on aind leave Dolores an1(1 mie to follow as best we cain." D~olores j* inintively secondIed this suggestion. "1 would ratheri be burined at the stake t.hana sittf'r these aigonles," shte confesse I "My b~ones are broken. Th'le devil Is in this hiorse." She began to weep softly. "(ia, senora. Save youriself l It Is my13 acculrsed fat stonm a('h that hinders mec. Tell Blenito that I perIshed breathing Ils name, and see to It, when hev remiarr'ies, that he retains nionie of moy traeasuires.'' Alaire r'eassur'ed hetr by sayIng: W won't leav'e you.' Be brave and make 9 he best of It." "Yes, grit youri teeth and hold on," Daive echoed "WVe'll manage to make ft somiehiow.'' But progri ss was far slower' than it should have *)eeni, and the elder woman ('ontinuaed t(' lag behInd, voling her distress in tiroans and lamentations. Trhe prIest, who was mtade of sterner stuff,. did hi best to betar his tortuires cheerfully. In spite of theIr eff'orts the first rosy hieraldl of dawni discovered1 them still a long way fro'n the river anid just enter Ing a more thIckly settled country. I)~iylight cant e swiftly, and Juan finally gave thiem v~ arning. "We can't go on ; the dlanger' Is too great," lhe to. d1 thetm. "if the soldier~s aire still in Romanero, what then?2" "Ihave you no friends hereabouts ,wvho would takce us in?" Dave inquired The Mexlean shook his head. Dave consid-er'ed for a moment. "Youi *nust hIde lie-e," lie told his comnpan ions, "white I ride on to Ronmero andl see what ca a be done. I suspect Bluaco's trooi,s have lef t, aid in thai case everything will be all right." "Suppose they hiaven't?" Alatiro in, qutred. All night she had been in th<~ lightest of mosds, and had steadily re fused to takce theIr perils seriously Now her emile, chased the frown fron Iher husband's face, *"Well, perhuaps I'll have breakfas with them," he laughed. "Silly. I won't let you go," she tok himn, firmly; said, reading the expres taion in her face, he felt a dizzy won der.- "We'll find a nice secluded spot then we'll sIt down aand wialt for nJghl to come. We'll pretend we're having a pienic." Dnlores .:sighe a ten ,.gel RT OF' By Rei Copyright by Ha "Tiit would be heaven, but: there can be no sitting down for tme." (arcia, who had been standing in his stirrups scanning the long, fit road ahead, spoke sharply: "Caramba I I lero come those very soldiers now ! See I" Far away, but evidently approaching at a smart galt, was a body of inounted miien. After one look at them Dave cried: "Into the brush, quick I" lie hurried his companions ahead of him, and when they had gone perhaps a hun dired y rds from the road he took Juian's repeater, saying: "itide in a little way further and waitt. I'mi going back. If you hear me shoot, break for the river. Ride hard and keep under cover as much as possiblle." Before they could remonstrate he had wheeled Montrosal and was gone. 'T'his was luck, he told himself. Ten miles miorue and they would have been safe, for the trio Grande is not a di ficult river either to ford or to swim. lie dismounted and nettie his way on toot to a point where he could coin iiitotnd a view, but he had barely estab lihed imlinself when he found Alaire at his side. " 1 ;, ('k,'' lie told her. But she wouli not, and so they waited t oget her. There were perhalps al dozei men in lthe approaching stIjund, and Dave saw that they were henvily accoutred. They ri'ole fast, too, and at their hend gal loped ia large man under a wide britn(ed felt lat. It soon beclae evi. (lent t hat the soldiers were not uni forined. Theret'ore, Dave reasoned, they were not federals, but moire prob ably somne rebel scouting band frnm he Scou th, and yet-- lie rubbed his ryes and tared again. Ibive pressed forward eagerly. in cr'ialously ; the next instant he had brk'en co'rver withi a shoat. Alaire was a,1 his shid, clapping her thands and hin ;:1hing with exelteinent. The cavaleade halted ; the big man t unb .1 t fronm his saddle and came ( He Took Her Hand in HIs and They Rode on Silently, a Song In the Heart of Each of Them. stradndling thirough the hlgh gra ss, wvay lng his hant and yellIng. "'Ilahzel Yo old 1( scounidr'el!'' Dave eried, an~d s0ee oneW of the rnnchnman's painms wvhile Alaire shook the other. "Say ! We're right glad to see you all," Jones exclimted. '"We reckoned you might he hav~in' at sor~t of .uleas-(tt aintness with Longorlo, so we organize, ull anid caine to get you." The other' horseimen were cr'owd1ing close nlow, and thelir gree'tings wer': ntoisy. There were the two Guzmsan andto ai nltiiiber of JIonesvilleb's youngel' attniore adlveitturous clitizenus. Ini tile mid(st (If thte tumault Bienito ins quired for his wife, and Dave rollev'ed his anxiety by calling Dolores and Fe. thter O'Malley. Tfhen, in a nswer tto the questions shtoweredl upon hImt, he swilftly sketched the story of Alailre's rescue and their flight front La Fet'ia. Whent 1he hiiid finihed Blaze Jonles drew"t ai deep'l b~reath. "W~e're mlihty glad you got out safe, but you'v,: kieked the legs fr'omi undier one o my' pet ambitIons. I sure had pl(med t( null Lottgorio's hide on my harn dior Yes, and you've taken thte briead out 01 Sthe mouths oIf tile apaice Writ ers am11 sob sisters from here to H~udson's bayt Miz Austin, your picture's it evera itewspaper in the country, andl, beilev 11e, it's thte worst atrocity of the wvar, "WVar !" Father O'Malley had jolne the group now, and ho asked, "Has wa been dectared?" "Not yet, but we've got hopes," T Alaire Blaze explained: "Ellsivortht in WVashington, wavin' the Stars an StrIpes and sintgin' battle hymns, but reckon the government figures that th orIgInal of thtese newspaper pictur'e would be safe anywhere, WVell, we'v got our own ideas in Jonesville, s sonme of us assembled ourselves and d< 1 cared war on our own hook. Thes genttlemen"-laze waved his han proudly at htis nelghbors--"constitut the Jonesvlle Guards, the finest bod of Anmeriean men that has invade Mexican soil since me and Dave wen after Ricardo Guzmnan's remaint Blamed if I ain't sorry you sidetrackel our ernedition." FIlE SU V Beach rrper &! Brothers It was evident, from the words of the others, that the Jonesville Guards were indeed quite as heedless of interna tional compiilications as was their comn nmnder. One and all were highly in censed at Longorio's perfidy, and, had Alaire suggested such a thing, it was )atent that they would have ridden on La Feria and exacted a reckoning from him. Sxuch proof of friendship affected her de-ply, and it was nqt until they were ll under way back toward Romero that she felt she had made her appre ciation fully known. When she reilect ed that these men were some of the very neighbors whom she had shunned and slighted, and whose honest Interest she had so habitually misconstrued all these years, it seemed very strange that they should feel the least concern over her. It gave her a new apprecia tion of their chivalry and their worth; it filled her with a humble desire to know thema better and to strengthen herself in their regard. Then, too, the esteem in which they held Dave-her hlusland-gratifned her intensely. It ainde no more difference to them than to her that he was a poor man, a mnan without authority or position; they cvi (ently saw and loved:in him the qualil ties which she saw. and loved. And that was as it shotild.be. They were gentle and considerate meon, too, as she discovered when they told hei', bit by bit, what had happened luring her absence. She learned, much to her relief, that Ed's funeral had beetn held, and that all the distressing letails of the inquiry had been attend ed to. Jose Sanchez, It appeared, had confessed freely. Although her new friends made plain their indignation at the manner of Ed's taking away, they likewise let her know that they coinsidered his death only a slight loss, either to her or to the conitmnity. Not 'ilt of them pretended it was anything I exce)t a blessing. The journey drew to an end very (uiekly. Roimero, deserted :now by its garrison, stirred and stared sleepily at I the invaders, but concerned itself with their presence no more than to womler I why they laughed and talked so siirit edly. Plainly, these gringos were a ha rharouts rut ( of peole. wha t with Stheir ru-:hing here and there, ard with their loud, senseless laughter. God h,:d wisely )laced them beyond the Ria (rande, said the citizens of ie ero. ''he crossing was made ; A laire fou:nd herself in Texas once IgaIIin, and it seened to her that the sun had nevr been so bright, the air so clear, the inky so high, the world so smiling, as here and now. 'The mhen wvho had rid len forth to seek her were smiling, too, andi they were shaking her hands and congratulating her. Even the Guz. man boys, who were shy in the pres ence of American ladies, were wishing her the best of fortune and the greatest of happiness. Blaze Jones was the Iast to leave. With especial emphasis upon her name,I she said :"Miz Austin, Paloma and mec would~ like to have you come to our house and stay until you feel like goin' hacik to Las Pahndas." When Alaire declined with moistened eyes, explainin~g that she could not well accept his invitation, he sIgninied his understitandinrg. "We're goin' to see a lot of you, just the same," lie promised her, " 'cause we f. el as if you sort of belonged to us. h .lete's a lot of good people in this banrt of Texas, and them that ain't so Roodl. God and tihe rangers issol 'Acedin' out. WVe don't talways know THISSEAL HI Mammal Got Into Trouble Through SNosing Around Too Promiscuous ly Among Strangers. t!Seals are very plentiful among the Orkneys, and are sometimes caught when asleep on the skerries. They ar'e attracted by musical sounds, and at ~one time a consider'able number were saidi to make their appearance in the hay of hloy when the bell of the parish ychutrch close by was rung. Seals1 are ustually much on theirI guard against the approach of men, hut when unmolested frequently come close to boats or people ashore. An insatanee of this occurred recently off S'kraill bay, in Sandwick, where some 1 Yawis wer'e at haddock fishig, a writer r in tile Edinburgh Scotsman says. A seal made its appearance, and ta show.ed great curiosity as to wvhat was ts goig on. It swanm repeatedly between [I tw~o boats a short distance apart, and I tultimiately devoted its attention to one e of thoem, diving under the boat and a comning up first on one side and then e oil the other. At last it made a spring o at a fish wh'lich w~as being hauled out - of tile Water on a hand line. It failed e Ito get a proper hold, but the fish was 1d thrown back to afford another chance, e Iwhich the seal qalickly seized. It kept ti ermen got holdI of its tail, and by the t assistance of another it was taken into 1. the boat. I It was a young one, about three feet in length, nt did not seem toap.vmeiat VSET tit ones we like best until something happens to 'em, but if you'd heard the prayers the folks of Jonesville have been sayin' lately you'd know you was our favorite." Th'en, with a meaning twinkle in hila eye, he told her, gravely: "It seemsi a pity that I ain't younger and better-hokin'. I would sure cut short yotir grief." Then he raised his hat and rod- away. chuckling. Alaire tur ''d to D-ive In dismay. "lie knows !" the cr' . "I'm atfraid 'hey all .now. But don't worry ; they'll 'tespect our wishes." Father O'MoI0ey had ridden on ahead with Benito n-i Dolores; Dave and Alaire followet' leisurely. Now that the moment of ' heir parting was at hand, they lingetl by the way, delay ing it as long as iw.nible, feeling a nat ural constraint at what was in their nai'ds. "How long-will "t be?" he asked her, finally. "How long before I can really have you for ifs own?" Alaire smiled inte his eyes. "Not long. But you'll be pW.'ent, won't you, dear?" le took her hand ix his and they rode on silently, a song it the heart of each of them. (THE EN).) The Geologists' Clotk. The fossil shells of the early Inver. tebrates are always of greet impor lance to geologists, for they Indicate the period in which the reck beda that contain them were formed-la other words, the age of the rock. i'very rossileiferous rock bed contains ('har icteristic forms, or groups of fMims, that determine the period in whiet' it I was mud or sand. The economic ii.| portance of geology has been repeatcd ty shown. In the earlier exploitation f anthracite coal, thousands of dal ars were wasted searching for coal :eds in New York until the geologist f the state showed that the beds in hat state could not contain enl, since the fossils showed that they be anged to the Devonian age, whereas .he Pennsylvanian anthracite rnal )eds are of the Carboniferous age, a nuch later period. That discovery ;topped the useless expenditure. The tudy of the animal and plant remnins hat alre embedded in the rockai has hus becorr.e an important part ('' ge .logy, and although the specialism en ;aged in the study are few, their *ork s of the highest importance. How Houses Explode. The most remarkable phenomenoa 0o!neeted with tornadoes is the &z. plosion of houses, which literally burst, scattering their fragments in all Mlrect ions. Sometimes substanlai rlwellin~gs are carried high iato the air indl then explode. It is now under stood that this is due to the tact that the "funnel cloud" (revolving at a rate of at least 500 miles an hour) has ai vacuum inside. Thus it sucks up e'verything in its path, even emptying wvells. It sucks all the air from around a house over which it passes, and the house (a vacuum being thus created outside of it) promptly explodes, ow lng to the pressure of the uir, at 80 pounds to the square inch, from with in. .The house, in a word, Is traha. formedl into a bomb. Just So. "You are constantly surrounded by jesters, sir." "Yes, always got my wits about me," responded the king, who was some tImng of the sort himself. ID CURIOSITY its niew quarters, and made strenuous efforts to escape, but was kept a pris OnerP until thme fishing ceased, and then takeni ashore. Subsequently tihe seal was restored to its native element, which it seemed to appreciate all the more after its detention. Trial- by Ordeal In Early Days. Tril by ordeal-. goes back to ear liest (lays, and in thei Book of Num bers there is a case recorded of a Hlebrewv woman having been required to sublmilt to a test. Anbing the Bin dus the ordeal has been practiced by fire, by w.ater, by poison or drinking wvater ia whlech deities had been washed, by chewving rice, by hot oil, by red-hot iron, and' bya drawing two images out of a jar. L(vingstone de scribed the practice aa being common among all negro races north of the' Zamabesi, the natives having the gr'eat est faith in its efficacy. And it has not always failed, or the trepidation of the criminal before the dreaded ordeal lhas frequently betrayed him. On Floor of the OceAn. It is believed that to an enormlous extent the bed of the ocean Is covered with lava and pumice Atone. Still mforeO remarkable is it to find the floor 4)f the ocean covered in many parts wit the dust of meteorites. These bodiai whirl about in the heavens like mina ture comets, and are for the most par broken Into innumenablet fr....ento. kNnnNATIONAL SMAYSQIOOL LissoN (By REV. P. B. 1ITZWATER D. D., Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible instituto of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 30 THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD. (Review.) LESSON TEXT-Daniel 9:3-19. GOLDEN TEXT-The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plen. teous in mercy.-Psalms 108:8. A profitable way to spend the hour would be to make a study of Daniel's prayer as recorded in the lesson as signed for our reading today, and have the lessons of the quarter as illustra tions of the goodness and severity of God. Announcement of the plan mlay be made the Sunday before, and the different lessons of the quarter as signed to different members of the class to tell how they bear upon the topic of the lesson for this week. A broad analysis of Daniel's prayer is as follows: 1. Confession of the Nation's Sins (vv. 3:15). The circumstances of this prayer were exfraordinary. The crisi was so serious that Daniel sought after prayer to the Lord with fasting, sack cloth and ashes. In his confession the people's sins are placed in contrast with God's righteousness. He acknowl edges that their sorrows and sufferings Justly belong to them. Daniel, the holy man against whom there Is no record of wrongdoing, includes himself with his people. Ii. Supplication for Mercy and For giveness (vv. 10-19). le pleads for God's anger and fury to turn away, and his remembrance of the Holy City and his chosen people. The Lord's honor was at stake. He confesses that Israel had no merit, were utterly destitute of righteouness, and pleads consideration on the ground of covenant relationship. Another way to conduct the review would be to ask different members of the clasn to report on the different les sons by giving the vital and central teaching of each. The following are suggested as vital teachings of the several lessons: Lesson 1. God is absolutely holy. therefore those who have been sancti lied by fire from the heavenly altar are qualified for his service. Lesson 2. He who turns away from the Lord shall he judged by the Lord. Lesson 3. In Hezekiah's reformatory work the Passover Feast was restored, showing that the only way to get peo ple to return to God is to gather them around the Cross of Christ-the Atone ment by Blood. Lesson 4. Though our unfaithfulness.: and cowardice have shamefully humili ated us, we should turn to God in prayer. Lesson 3. God's gracious invitation is extended to all without money and -without price. Lesson 0. No matter howv wicked one may have been in his alvpstasy from God, if he sincerely repents, God1 will be fou~nd of haim. Lesson 7. Regardless of one'sond'f and experilence, God can usd4hirn in doing mighty-work if be ,wlll but open his jeart unto hipm. - tesson . -.Tile Word of God found and read~will -mightily convict of sin, and transform one's life and environ ment. L'esson 0. God's predictions as to the captivity of Israel were fulfilled to the letter. Nothinig shall fail of that which God has said1 he will do. Lesson 10. Jehovah is the shephlerd of captive. Israel, andl will surely gather thlem out from their,- wanderings and save them. Lesson 11. One should be0 unflinch ingly loyal to God under all circum stances. Lessons 12 and 18. God is able to de liver those wh'lo trulst him, fr-om fire and from wid beasts. When God Probes. G0(d loves us too mnuch to let what wouldl hurt us stay with us. So, he (cause of tIs love, he himself is will ing to hurt us in order to save us fromt the greater hurt. Probing is done in order to get rid of something that wou1ld injure. And so, as Prebendary WVebster has said: "Do not be afraid of God's probing. He never wounds except to heal. He0 never hlumbles ex cept to exalt. Do let God deal with you; do nlot be afraid of his probing." Most of us hlave been afraid of it; weo may be dreading it just now. We shall not fear if we remember what kind of love is back of it: thlat all-sper-ificing lov'e that died for us on the cross. So we can safely, gladly let ourselves go ultterly into his hands and ask those nail-pierced hands to do withI us what they wvill. Then he can begin to shlow us his love as we may never yet have known the meaning of love.--Sunday School Times. Need to Catch Vision of God. When we are content to live on the lower levels of life it is because wve haven't caught the vision of God.-L. K. Smith. Martyrdom Sublime. Christianity has made(h martyrdom sublime and sorrosy triumuphant.-E. I, Capin. The Mother's influence. - There nev~er yet -was a mother wvho. taught her child to be an Inlfldel.-Hen-t ry W. Shaw. WOMAN SICK TWO YEARS Could Do No Work. Now Strong as a Man.r Chicago Ill.-"For about two years I suffered from a female trouble. so I was unable to walk or do any of my own work. I read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound in the news papers and deter mined to try it. It brought almost im mediate relief. My weakness has en tirely disappeared and I never had bet ter health. I weigh 165 pounds and am as strong as a man. I think money is well spent which pur chases Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."--Mrs. Jos. O'BRYAN, 1755 Newport Ave.. Chicago, Ill. The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be used with perfect confidence by women who suffer from displacements, inflam mation ulceration, irregularities, peri odic pains, backache, bearing-down feel ing flatulency, indigestion, dizziness, and nervous prostration. Lydia E.Pink ham's Vegetable Compound is the stan dard remedy for female ills. Kills Chills Good for Malaria. constipation biliousness -a fine tonic. Guaranteed or money back Ask your dealer Behrens DrugCo.,Waco.Tex. Ethel's Note. A womantii oi the north side who prides herself on her social position aind always Insists on having perfect service it every way for any occasion, was called on recently to give a recep tion on very short notice to it (istin giiishd clib woun who was passing through the lly, says the Indianapolis News. All three of her house serv ants were gone tihat day and only the cook was at home. "Elhel," she re(uested her little five year-old dhaughter, "you go to the door sand usher the guests in while I finish iny toilet." At first the ehilhil ohjecied, but final Iy she was persuaded to, go. The waotun went on with her prerpa ration, whli( was Iuterrupted several tites by had luck, the cook, aud ev erythiug else. A woiniu accustomiedi to a maid Is rather helpless when It s comes to iressiug without one. But she heard the guests couie In and take chairs In the reception room and she sujposedl all was wvell. At lust she wast readly. (Gotng to thle dloor to findi Ethel she was horr'ifled to read this little printed niot( lilunied1 to the back of' a chair. "Dere Ladles coni on in mam ia up Rtares' dlresling taulk ail sit dlowne Ethel." "What Make Is It?" A parlty of F~ranikt'ort folk spent a recent Sundaiy (diuring thir pPastor's vacation~ period) on Sugnr creek. One of the party, wh'lo relucta~ntly admits that he is some fisherman, soon land ed a fine bass. The crowd gatheredt around~ to adiire the fish, when an A oight-year-old mIss excitingly askced, "What mauke Is it?" Needless to say her father dlrives a car, ando Is not much of' j fishierma.-Indlanapolls Newvs. You enni't tell how well-heeled a mian Is b~y the slize of his shoes. WVhere there's a will there's always an hem'. If you never tasted Orape-Nuts FOOD you have missed one of the dood thinis in life A