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BY. RAFAEL SABATINI.
The Master Tale -Teller, Author of "Bardelys the Magnificent." Another
Stirring Story of Adventure and Love in a New Settiug—
The Peninsular War.
CHAPTER I.
A GENIAL HOST.
It is established beyond doubt that
Lt Butler was drunk at the time.
This rests upon the evidence of Sergt.
Flanagan and the troopers who accom-
panied him, and it rests upon Lt. But-
ler's own word, as we shall see, And
let me add that however wild and ir-
responsible he may have been, yet by
his own lights, he was a man of honor,
incapable of falsehood, even though it
were calculated to save his skin.
In further examination it may
truthfully be urged that the whole
hideous and odious affair was the re-
sult of a misapprehension; although
I cannot go so far as one of Lt. But-
ler's apologists and accept the view
that he was the victim of a deliberate
plot on the part of his too -genial host
at Regoa.
Lt. Richard Butler of the Irish Dra-
goons set out on a blustering day in
March with his troopers, Cornet O'-
Rourke and two Sergeants, into the
valley of the Upper Douro, Wherehe
was to report to one Bartholomew
Bearsley, an English wine -grower,
who would aid him in the purchase of
100 head of cattle.
Mr. Bearsley, however, had lately
left his place at Regoa, for England,
there to wait until thedisturbed state
of Portugal should be happily re-
paired.
But had he been at home Butler's
dragoons could have received no
warmer welcome than that which was
extended by his steward, Fernando
Souza. Rations had been short of late,
and for four and twenty hours the
troopers abode at Mr. Bearsley's
into thanking God for such com-
"An instant yet," he implored. "Mr.
Bearsley would never pardon me did I
let you go without what he calls a
stirrup -cup to keep you from the ills
that lurk in the wind of the Serra."
He implored it almost with tears.
Lt. Butler had reached that state of,
delicious torpor in which to tale the
road is the last agony; but duty was
duty, and Sir Robert Crauford had the
fiend's own temper. Torn thus be-
tween consciousness of duty and the
weakness of the flesh, he looked at
O'Rourke.
"In your, ,ace I should let myself
be tempted,, says O'Rourke. "Ten
minutes more or less is no great mat-
ter."
The lieutenant discovered a middle
way.
"Very well," he said. "Leave Sergt.
Flanagan and ten men to wait for me,
O'Rourke, and do you set out at onee
with the rest of the troop. And take
the cattle with you. I shall overtake
you before you have gone very far."
O'Rourke's crestfallen air stirred
the sympathetic Souza's pity.
"But, captain," he besought. "will
you not allow the lieutenant—"
Lt. Butler cut him short. "Duty,"
said he sententiously, "is duty. Be off,
O'Rourke."
And O'Rourke, clicking his heels vic-
iously, saluted and departed.
plank to his men and the lieutenant Final Report of Peat
started toward 'revere, Sergt. Flan-
agar began to grow anxious. lie knew
the Peninsula from the days of Sir
John Moore, and knew the brutal fer-i
ocity of which the Portuguese peas-"
entry was capabi3. I
lie had seen evidence more "than)
once of theunspeakable fate of Ft•an h
stragglers from the retreating army
of Marshal Soult. ]Ie knew of cruci-
fixions, mutilations and hideous; abom-
inations practiced upon them in these
remote hill districts by tho merciless
men into whose hands they happened
to fall, and he knew that some of those
fierce peasants had been unable to dis-
criminate between invader' and .de-
liverer; to them a foreigner was a
foreigner and no more. Yet since it
was not for him to remonstrate' with
the lieutenant, he kept his peace and
hoped anxiously for the best.
The little expedition .at length
reached the village of Tavora, and in
xeply to Lt. Butler's words:, Conyento
Dominicano?" a woman pointed to a
massive, dark building.
A moment later the sergeant, by Mr.
Butler's orders, was knocking upon the
iron -studded main door. A quavering,
aged voice demanded to know who
knocked.
"English soldiers," answered the
lieutenant in Portuguese. "Open!"
A faint exclamation suggestive of
dismay ivas the answer, the Shutter
closed with a snap, shuffling steps re-
treated and unbroken silence followed.
Mr. Butler completely lost his tem -
r.
"Seems to me that we've stumbled
upon a hotbed o' treason," he cried.
"Break down the door!"
"But, sir," began the sergeant in
protest, greatly daring.
"Break down the door!" repeated
Mr. Butler.
The troopers fell upon the door with
a will. Presently, as it began to yield
a bell suddenly gave tongue upon a
frantic tocsin, summoning the assist-
ance of all true sons of Mother church.
Butler, however; paid little heed to
it. The door was down at last and,
followed by his troopers, he walked
under the massive gateway. into the,
spacious close.
Then, from a huddled group, a fig-
ure rose, and advanced with a solemn,
stately grace.'
"I had thought, said a gentle, melan-
choly woman's voice, "that the seals
of a nunnery were sacred to British
soldiers."
For a moment Mr. Butler seemed to
be laboring for breath. Fully sobered
now, understanding of his ghastly
error reached him at the gallop.
"My God!" he gasped, and turning
to flee 4n horror of his sacrilege, he
clu ,
fort.
Nor was this all, The benign Souza.
was determined that the sojourn there.
of these representatives of his coun-
try's deliverers should be a complete
rest and holiday. So he had his own
laborers go into the uplands and bring
back the bullocks, which were driven
into Regoa the following afternoon.
Our lieutenant would have set out
forthwith to return to Pinhel, knowing
how urgent was the need of the di
vision.
"Why so you shall," said Souza -
"But first you'll dine."
"Sir Robert will be inpatient," de-
murred the iieutenant.
"But half-hour," protested Souza,
"What is half-hour? And in half-hour
you will have dine."
"True," ventured Cornet O'Rourke,
"and it's the devil himself knows when
we may dine again.."
Butler, never dreaming—as indeed,
how could he? --that Fate was taking
a hand in this business, gave way, and
they sat down to dinner. Henceforth
you see him the sport of pitiless cir-
cumstances.
They dined within the half-hour, as
Souza had promised, and they dined
exceedingly well. Emptying his fourth
and final bumper of rich red Douro,
Lt. Butler paid his host the compli-
ment of a sigh andpushed back his
chair.
But Souza detained him.
There's a Treat
for you and your children in
the Peppermint sugar jacket
and• another in.the Pepper.
mint-ftavored gum: inside.
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CHAPTER II. crashed headlong into t pillar, and,
stunned by the blow, sank unconscious
THE AFFAIR AT TAVORA. to the ground.
Came presently three bottles in a Meanwhile the alarm bell of the
convent had done its work. The vill-
agers were up, enraged by the outrage,
basket, and when the first was done
Butler reflected that since O'Rourke
and the cattle were already well upon and armed with sticks and scythes,
the road there need no longer be any flung themselves upon the dragoons.
hurry about his own departure. A herd Two saddles had been emptied; and
of bullocks is easily, overtaken. it is doubtful if a man, of them would
It was perhaps a more potent vin- have survived, for the oddswere fully
tage than he had at first suspected, ten to one against them, when to their
and it played havoc with Lt. Butler's aid came the abbess. She stood on a
wits. balcony above, and called upon the
.The steward was deeply learned in people to desist. They obeyed with
wines and the talk was confined -to obvious reluctance, and at last a lane
that subject in its many branches. was opened in that solid, seething
'Indeed, as you say, captain, this is mass.
a great wine," said the steward. "But (To be continued.)
we had a -greater." 0_
"Impossible, by heaven," swore But-
ler, with a hiccup.
"You may say so; but it is the truth.
We had a greater; a wonderful, clear
vintage it was, of the year 1798. Mr.
Bearsley sell some pipes to the monks
at. Tavora, who have bottle it and keep
it. I beg hint at the time not to sell,
knowing the value it must come to
have one day. Bu he sell all the same.
He say we have plenty, and now we
have none. Some sons of dogs of
French who came with Marshal Soult
discover the wine and guzzle it like
pigs. But the monks at Tavora still
have much of what they bought, I am
told."
Lt. Butler stirred, and became sym-
pathetic.
"'San infern'l ehame,"'said he in-
dignantly. "I'll no forgerrit when I
, meet the French. And now the
monks drink it?"
He was a good Catholic, but Souza
looked at him in sudden alarms, be-
thinking himself that all Englishmen
were heretics, and knowing nothing of
the subtle distinctions between Eng-
lish and Irish.
In silence Butler finished the third
and last bottle, and his thoughts fixed
themselves with increasing insistence
upon a wine reputed better than this
of which there was great store in the
cellars of the convent of Tavola.
Abruptly he asked: "Where's Tav-
ora?" He was thinking perhaps of
the comfort that such wine would
bring to a company of war -worn sol-
diers in the valley of Agueda.
"Sonne ten Leagues from here," an-
swered Souza, and pointed to •a map
that hung upon the wall,
The lieutenant rose, and rolled un-
steadily across the room, He was a
tall, loose -:imbed fellow, blue-eyed,
fair-condi:eltioned, with a thatch of
fiery red hair excellently suited to liis
temperament
"Why," he iraid, studying the map,
"seems to me 's if we should ha' come"
what way, Ps thorrer road to Pes
eat ire than hy the river."
"As the bird fiy," said Souza. "But
the, weds he bev ..-.,just mule tracks,
wlal'.e"y the !.'ver the road is toner-,
,tb, 4 g ."
'Yet," said the ;is utenani, "7 think
I:h;a.l ;go back the' why."
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his preps() had been made
Vo -
Lachrymose People.
"What lachrymose people the Eski-
mas must be."
"How soy?"
"They indulge in a blubber so of-
ten."
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Minard's Liniment for Colds.
So. Unnecessary.
Mistress (to new maid)—"Nora, you
don't seem to know abotit finger bowls.
•
Didn't they have them where - you
worked last?"•
, Nora—"No, mum; they mostly wash-
ed theinse'lves afore they come: to the
table."
London's Milk In Glass tanks.
• During the past eight m.onths,1,800,-
0�00 gallons or milk have been brought
in glass -lined tankers from country
depots to Lond,on.
Committee.
The
r b i tme of
1 a lsk t
I i`ha9 prospect of the e to as
a peat fuel industry° in Canada has
been materially advanced by the in -1
eesti,;;ations carried on by • the Peet'
Committee, according to the final Te- l
port of thet body, published by the ,
Department of Ivlinee, The Peat Cone
mittee was appolntecl jointly by the
Governments of the Dominant of Cran-
i oda and the province of Ontario, with
the object of finding, if p esible, a
eracticai-working andcornmea ciaily-
feasible method 'of making aivailahe
the products . of our extensive peat de-
posits as an auxiiary source of fuel
supply, especially In the "Acut Fuel
Area" of Ontario and Quebec, The
foreword to the committee's final re-
port states that agratifying measure
of success had been met by the com-
mittee in its .investigations and that
the objectof its appointment had been
subetantial'ly attained.
The unsatisfactory situations which
have arisen in parts of Canada, par-
ticularly in Ontario and Quebec,
through the dependence on anthracite
of foreign origin brought forward the
necessity for a dorne:stic source of fuel
supply for this area. An investigation
into the possibilities. of peat as a sub-
stitute fuel was undertaken and the
ooinmittee began its investigations in
1918. Field operations were carried
on by the co2nmittee at the peat bog
near Alfred, Ontario, about 40 Miles
east of Ottawa. During the period of
investigation machines were designed
and methods developed by which the
rnoduction -of peat on a commercial
b i ,1d b accomplished The in -
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What the Artist Wants.
Last night we satlate over the fire.
It had been 'a blustering day, but at
sunset the wind fell and the stars
came out in splendid brilliancy. Rosa-
lind had taken up her work, and we
were anticipating a lapg, quiet even-
ing, when the door opened and our
friend the artist walked abruptly in.
Without ceremony, he dropped his hat
and coat on a chair, wed almost be-
fore 'we realized that he was in the
house he was standing before the fire
warming his hands and, saying that it
was an uncommonly sharp night. No
more welcoxne guest ever comes under
our roof than the artist. °. , His •keel-
low-craftsmien are all talking about his
extraordinary work, and' -the world Is
fast finding him out; but he remains
as simple -hearted as a child. It isthis
quality quite as much as the genius for
expression which I find in him which
assures me that he has the elemennts of
greatness.
When, we were+ comfortably dis•
reefed • before the fire, said the talk,
breaking free frown personal incident,
began to flow in its accustomed chap-
nele Meryon anti Cot•ot were mention-
ed by Rosalind '. , It happened that
Yesterday Rosalind and T . Lad been
looking at an etching of Meryon's, and
we had naturally fallen to talking
about the bathos of, his life. .
"Don't bother 'about that," said our'
'fribnd, starting out of his .chair and
standing before till fire: "= "There is
nothing that a real artist cares lees for
than what ' you Call success. . . . No.
happier man ever lived than Corot dur-
ing thous yeasrs when there was Both-
ing to do but sit in the 'fields . :.
'and' watch the morning sky and that
go and paint it, AS for Meryon
he had the euprente satisfaction of
saying
hie say. He put himself on his
plates, and that was enough for any
Man, . . Donit you understand that
all an artist asks is a chance •to work?4
What we avant 10 not success, btlt the
chanes to get oursseTved onto car:vas.
>Vile n Q+ /( �Y'I•paint becailse I can't help it." ---Prom
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vestigators went further and made a
study of the uses to which peat fuel
could be put and how the bogs not
worieed for fuel and -those from which
the peat had been removed could be
utilized for agricultural purposes or
otherwise advantageously disposed of.
The outstanding conclusions arrived
at by the committee were that the
only methods or processes which oould
be economically employed for the
manufacture of peat fuel were those
employing air -drying, that the climatic
conditions in Ontario and Quebec were
favorable for the manufacture of peat
fuel for 100 days during the summer
season, and that the commercial pro-
duction of this form of fuel, on a large
scale, could be conducted on many of •
the bogs which had been, examined in •
detail, and which were favorably situ-
ated with regard to . centres of popu-
lation and transportation facilities.
At the Games.
"Why on earth is that fellow at-
tempting to jump with his overcoat
on?"
"It's
see?"
a spring overooat, can't you
Hands That Talk.
What is known as the deaf and dumb
alphabet is a common accomplishment
among those who are thus afflicted
and those who are responsible for
their welfare. But, if the researches
of a well-known scientist are carried
to a successful conclusion, a new
method of communication may be
'evolved, in which the hands will be
made to speak words and sentences in
exactly the same way as the mouth
does.
The scientist in•question is Sir Rich-
ard Paget, who, with the aid of bel-
lows and a metal tube, which take the
place of the lungs and windpipe, has
made his ° hands "speak" words in a
remarkably 'natural Way. In the
course of a demonstration, Sir Richard
eiplained that vocal sounds are pro-
duced by the action of air passing over
the opening of a cavity; he illustrated.
this by models made of plasticise and
cardboard. By supplying air to these
models he made them utter vowel
sounds and even words, such as "'mam-
ma," "Minnie," ''rather," and "well."
Then, discarding the models, he
used his hands only, and trade them
"talk' • so that everyone could hear and
understand. Moistening his hands to
prevent the leakage of air, he manipu-
lated then in eonjunctibn with a metal
tube and made them say, distinctly,
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-It takes real :strength to stand
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—Most of our troubles disappear if
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—Stinginess is probably the last'
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—A prejudice is an honest t:oirric-
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