mzZbmmirwoWmF -a. TT FOLD FOR LAMBS COVERED AMBUSH OF TEUTON GUNS British Battery Major Senses Ruse in Time to Save Command DEAF TO OLD MAN'S PLEA By ELLEN ADAIR trrlllcn Specially tor Kfcnlnu Lcdoer LONDON, April 6. It was morning In Flanders, nml the dawn lit mi n sccno of ruin nnd de natation. True, spring wns In the air, and when the early mists rolted off, the distant ruins of Ypres, with tho plundered framework of the ancient Cloth Hall, could he clearly seen. An English ofllccr strolled quietly out Into the morning air. How spcndld to take a long, deep lireath nfter tho stuffy ; atmosphere of his llttto dug-out ! Lighting n cigar, he sentcd himself on a little cm- i Inenco mid gazed around the quiet country Bide. Yes, thero was ruin everywhere. The uncut wheat of last year's crop lay rotting on a nclghhorlng Held, lllg shell holes fc loomed dark nnd threatening, like tho craters of Rlumhcrlng Milcanoes. The bones of dead cnttle lay whitening In tin sunshine, nnd uearhy, a horse, killed at the harvest time, had fallen nmong the splinters of a broken renplng machine. Tho EngtlHh battery major paused re flectively. Ho had been eyeing tho charm ing greenness of some rich pasture land, which stood out, serene and solitary, nmidst tho wreckage. At Its edge was a line of stunted trees nnd follnge. Ap parently somo haystacks were there too or wero they tiny huts? The Mnjor ad justed his field glasses with circumspec tion nnd took one long, careful look. TIIH OLD MAN'S FLEA. Ho could discern nothing clearly, ex cept what was that? A figure was surely emerging from tho undergrowth nnd com ing toward him. Yes, ho was right. An old, old mnn wns walking painfully ncross the fields. Tho artilleryman leant buck nnd calmly lit another cigar, awaiting fho nrrlvnl of tho Interesting stranger. Slowly the figure approached, grew nearer yet, then paused. What an old, old man It was, with a long white beard that i swept tho shrunken chcstl And, ".Monsieur, 2 hnvo come to beg of you a boon!" snld tho voice. Tho nrtillcryman stared. Not since his childhood days .when Kather Christmas was his hero had he seen any one quite so oldl "Speak on, old man," said the Major, "and Ict'H hear what you want." "Tho noble English, monsieur, are over kindly toward all or g and tender things," was tho nnsw .-, "Ue genorou-j as you nro brave, I beg of jou " "Tho point, man! Clet to tho point!" cried the ofllccr testily, "There's no time hero for long-winded speeches!" 1 The old man trembled visibly. "Such a. small favor, kind m'sleur," ho mur mured, "I only ask of you to spare my lambs! From yonder belt of trees 1 como nil that I possess lu the world Is there my flock of sheep with their tiny offspring In the little huts beneath the trcts. See, I bring you a little one as a gift!" Opening a queer bundle, tho old man drew forth a forlorn lamb, and laid It at tho Major's feet. Tho Major blared, amazed. "Kind m'slour," continued the old shepherd sadly, "the English guns llo hid in that wood behind us, and perchanco thoir fire will turn toward my sheepfold ! Ah, m'sieur, I'm an old, old man. and may never see the sunshine of another spring. Grant mo this favor sparo my lambs !'' "I'll attend to the matter." said tho Major rather Hharply, "but tako this trib ute away will you tako it back to Its mammy!" "My heartfelt thanks, kind m'sieur I" j SUSPICION IS AROUSED. Picking up his bleating burden, tho white-bearded man departed. 13 ut the Major seemed dis-iuletcd in his mind. "Methlnks," said he softly to himself, Btarlng after the retreating figure, "me thlnks my shepherd doth protest too much !" Another pause for reflection. Then: "How did that ancient worthy find out that our guns lay behind In this wood?" he soliloquized. No answer could the Major find to his question, iud tho day woro slowly on. When shadows lengthened and the night at lust descended, tho officer was still turning the vexed problem over In his mind, Approaching tho lines, he selected a Tommy and entrusted Investigations to him. "Over there," ho Jerked his head In tho direction of tho distant belt of trees, "there's an Innocent little sheepfold a lambing creche, to be precise, full of plump young bleaters which I want ex plored, with care arid circumspection. Re port to mo everything you see and hear. And tonight's the night !" "By the way," added the Major, "should you chance to run Into a much-bewhlsk-ered old gentleman, cither give him a wide berth or a free pass Instantly to Jordan's hospitable shoro! Remember! 'Ware white whiskers and keep your eye skinned!" Slowly the night wore on as Tommy nnd another private crawled cautiously through the grass to the distant sheep fold. Tho journey was quite uneventful, Not a whlbker could be seen waving In the breeze; and when the pair gained the belt of trees and lay quietly In their shadow, not a sound could be heard to break the silence of tho long night. "Curious?" said Tommy softly, "I won der where those lambs can be?" A wisp of moon rose In the heavens and In its lurid gleam they saw the little sheep huts, roughly thatched. Raising his head quickly. Tommy emitted a long and quavering "Ba-baa I" "Surely that'll fetch em I" he added gently. No answering bleat came from the little huts. Remarkable! How soundly those lambs slumbered! And: "I can smell something." whispered Tommy, "but It ain't no sheep. I'm blessed If It ain't yes, t Is It's a kind of human smell tike a workhouse on a hot night well, I'm Jiggered!" Covering himself with a sheaf of wheat, bold Tommy crawled forward closer to those Jittld huts and soon was swallowed up in darkness. Time passed. The other man waited anxiously. Then suddenly tho wncalsheaf reappeared, trembling fn every car", though therft Teas no breeze to account for this remarkable palsy. "How's everything, old boy?" whis pered tho other eagerly, "Any luck I Any lambkins?" "Not" gasped the shaking wheatsheaf, 'Never so much as the waggle of a tall I But guns gunn German guns In all their little huts I Scores of cml Back, for your llfol" Morning onco more found the battery major at his llttlo emlnenco and still placidly smoking a cigar. But he wns doing something else, too. Ho wns talk ing gently Into the receiver of a llttlo portable Instrument, a bright Jltllo tele phone, whoso copper wlro slid Vay back Into tho valley behind. "Range, four thousand. D'yo hear? Right I Then let her rlpl" A sudden terrific roar broke tho morn ing stillness. Tho, Major's face wai wreathed In a grim smile. "Just In the nick of time!" ho murmured cnlmly, as, again adjusting his fleldglasscs, ho walched the British shells mako havoc of the distant sheepfold. "Another 10 min utes nnd they'd have had us I Farewell, farewell, my would-bo shepherd nnd his would-be lambs I" U-BOATS HIT BY SOUND; "EAR" TELLS NO TALES Periscopelcss Submarines Strike Without Looking No Wake for Witness BERNE, April 21. German submarines have abandoned tho periscope In most Instances and are now shooting without looking, according to reports current in Berne. Tho torpedoes nro now fired by sound alone. In tho course of tho past 20 sinkings In British waters no ono has seen a sub marine, nnd In but few cases has tho white wako of the torpedo been observed. Only tho discovery of bronzo bits of tor pedoes or tho nature of tho explosion has offered proof that the ships wero subma rine victims. If tho pcrIcopelcH3 suhma rlno Is a success survivors i torpedoed ships will never ngnln be nblo to say: "Wo say the trail of tho pcrlscopo In tho water." Tho new periscopelcss submarine, as It Is described In Switzerland, has a great steel disk for an ear, on either side of the boat. Telephone receivers, connected with these disks, lend to the ears of nn of llccr nnd the approach of a ship Is henrd with unmistakable dellnltoness. As tho ship approaches the noise becomes louder In one car or the other. When tho sub marine commander hears an cqunlly loud noiso In each ear ho knows that the ship Is straight ahead. "Fire," ho orders, und the torpedo shoots toward tho surface nt a carefully calculated angle, hitting tho ship will below the wntcrllnc. The sinking of Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish ships would bo readily explained If the Swiss reports nro tiue. The sub marine commander, guided to his prey by sound alone, would have no way of fixing tho nationality of tho ship attacked. TENNESSEE SENATE MEETS AS IMPEACHMENT COURT Consider Charges Against a Criminal Judge and Attorney General NASHVILLE. Tcnn., April 24. The Senate of the Tennessee Legislature met today iih a Court of Impeachment in the cases of Criminal Judge Jesse Edliigtou nnd Attorney General ' N. Estes, of Memphis. Ediiiglcm Is charged with accepting bribes, with being a partner In a brewing business, offering Attorney General Estes $50,000 to resign, permitting records In his court to bo falsified and permitting fraud ulent cost bills to be collected. Estes Is charged with putting post-dated checks Into the cash drawer of a brewery agency unlawfully engaged In tho snlo of beer, getting tho '-money nnd paying no attention to tho maturities, with the re sult that through mistake a young mnn was accused of n serious charge, also with having the criminal court clerk Indorse an enormous sum for himself nnd then approve enormous cost bills, which were for tho benefit of the clerk nnd others. Passover Services at Synagogues Special EerIccs in all synagogues were held last night In celebration of the festi val of the Passover ono of tho most ancient and Impressive of the Hebrew holi days. Tho closing of tho festival, which opened on Monday, will be celebrated by reformed Jews tonight, while, the Ortho dox Jews will celebrate Its close tomorrow evening. Tho feast commemorates the de liverance of tho Jews from the bondngo of Egypt. Since last Monday all relig ious and devout Hebrews have abstained from eating bread, substituting In Its place matzoth, or unleavened bread. Whitefield-Boyden Co. Stock .00 All Famaua Mundanl k'utrhra In I Nala at !. Thun Vt Haunt I'rlcet Tlirra hn nvcr Iwcn .mich an opportunlti prmruted to Hie imhllc befor nor liaa this oflrrlnc "" had lis dunllrutn In wliulrmila bulng, Hernui- tlie err 33-Jrtirt fold-Illlrcl watrhrit wrra Hie ule SHI tnlnr uf Ilia late llrm of W lillclitlJ. Ilojdcn Co. lie Imve literally rut that price In half- an iinhrard-ot iirhlrte neni. Come thi urrk mid own one for only 13. That la our stupendous offering- and He .now ou'll neier lime unothrr rliunre lILe it, bo itt one NOW I l-PK&SSHS TtomwimzL, I'l'i'llir-yrfnii '""' 3C i33r"12T MtGsr JW0 &"& K ' Villi Jewel JfJL 9m xt t &&WnSKWiW&rljr VtVtiWM,?(yX WJLiz w ymBM&vKiwrMir "HONOKIFIGABILITUDINITATIBUS0 KEY TO SHAKESPEARE MYSTERY Simeon P. Mokemacher, Savant With Degree, Up holds Shakespeare Puts Famous Controversy in Anagram Glass and Stirs Baconians Simeon P. Mokemacher, the well known meteorologist, by whoso Unofficial fore casts Eveninci Lr.DOEa readers last year changed from heavy to light and let down their shoes according to season, re fuspd point blank to talk on weather when seen last Snturday at his laboratory somewhere near Andalusia. The Evemikci LedoeR reporter had n hard time dis covering tho retreat of the celebrated savant, who seeks retirement from tho public prints In order to avoid the visits of tho curious and to keep tho result of his researches secret from the prying eyes of rival scientists, Jealous bf his fame. Howover. the reporter was guided to tho concealed habitation of tho erudite weather man by Iho fragrance of onions. Dr. Mokemacher he Is entitled to this distinction of reference as ho Is to receive nn honorary degree next commencement season, ho admitted modestly, though ho would not divulge Just what collego Is engrossing tho sheepskin ns a slde-IIno and by-product of his genius Is quite tho authority on the alliaceous family of vegetables. With tho cucurbltaceous, solanacoous nnd brasslcaccous families he will not have anything to do. Ho does not like cucumbers, tomatoes or cabbage. Ho serves leeks, dnlons and garlic ns a part of every menu. It was the aroma of the early spring planting of scalllons Dr. Mokemacher Is old fashioned enough to call them "scullions" Hint finally led the newspaper man to tho Mokemacher abode. Very fortunately ho had foregone tho temptation to hnvo beefsteak and onions for his midday luncheon nt An dalusia, though this was partly tho result of tho accidental penury which nffects Founded 1865 This is the last week for you to take advantage of the great saving privileges and (advantages offered during our 51st Anniversary. On Saturday night, at 6 o'clock, every one of the special features will be withdrawn and every article will go back to the regular prices and the regular terms. Every piano and player-piano in our store, even the Steinway, Weber, Heppe and H. C. Schomacker instruments, can now be secured at real savings, with many special privileges and advantages. Special discounts, special prices, special down-payments, special monthly terms, special free Life Insurance and Relief Insurance, and many similar advantages, are now available on every piano and player-piano in our stock. Savings Pianos Heppe Quality $5 Down $1.25 Weokly No Interest cure without interest Then in addition- You secure ment free to your family if yoii for it. You secure make half Payments if you become sick or out ment, ii You secure You secure free tuning for one year. You sJcure a 30-day refund which guarantees to .re- turn your money if you find a better value. ? , i Steps in Mokemacher Solution of Mystery HONORIFICABILITUDINITA TIBUS Quotation from "Love's Labor Loat." Act V, Scene 1, line 41. HOOT U DAC AND FI U BIL NI I BIT IT I S, Anarram In simplified form of middle r.rmllah of forrsolnc quotation. HOOT YOU, BACON, AND FIE YOU, BILL NYE, I WROTE IT, I. S. (for Shakespeare). Modernized upelllnr and ityls of ana cram. Journalists nt the weekend. Hence his flair for "Flor de Allium" was keen ftnd he finally nosed out Dr. Mokemacher. SAVANT BUST WITH ONION SETS. The scientist was busy over his hotbed, In which ho was Inspecting tho sprouting of onion sets developed from his trained hirsute variety which ho finds more In fallible than nn nnerold or any other typo of barometer In forecasting tho weather. "The City Editor hns sent me down, Mr. Mokemacher " "Doctor Mokemacher," the savant said, with nn Ingenuous smllo which disarmed nny thought that ho was making the cor rection peevishly, "Down, Doctor Moke macher," tho reporter resumed, adding the comma ns welt as ha could by his enuncia tion, "to ascertain If It will be safo for Evening) Lcdorr readers to wear their new Easter apparel tomorrow? Thero Is a wide divergence of view In the various forecast, and as bonnets will bo hand painted this season wo would tike to pro tect tho ladles from danger of having the pnlnt run. The nqURrclle decorations on hats nrc expensive so you can seo that what you may say will have n decided ef fect on tho cost of living" "Not a word, not a word on the weather for EnBtcr," the savant rejoined firmly. "As fordlvcrslty of opinion among the professional forecasters, what can you ex pect? They have not yet 'got wise,' as I believe Is tho colloquial phrase, to the alliaceous theory of meteorology. I notice Tkis is tlie H A eppe Aeolian on the genuine Think ofit yu Aeolian Play 'ian anteed?600 bf $395. You pay only $5 down in stead of the usual $25 payment required on player-pianos, You pay only S2J25TVeekly-- instead of the-dsual per mprtCh usually player-pianos All of these savingSjyou hich usually costs fronfS3f5 JESfe Insurance ich gives ould die Relief Insurance which allows you to a bench and 20 rolls all absolutely free. C. J. Heppe &? 1117-1119 Ckestmit St. 6tk and Thompson Sts. that your1 otherwise valuable paper I using- a rood deal of cpnes on ft new sys tem originated by Prof lY'lltla Moore, for merly chief of the Weather Bureau. It Is all wrong. AH wrotir," h repeated em phatically,, an he1 fingered one of the Juvenile onions' Incipient whisker lov ingly, "And by the way, have you checked oft Professor Bliss recent 'prophecies'? It Is to laugh, if I may be permitted the ex pression, nut I musf. not talk about the weather: Anyhow; the onions of this year's crop are not ripe enough," INTEllESTED IN CULTUItn- ''But I must have a story after this trip," tho reporter urged. "The city editor " "Is he a man-of culture?" Doctor Moke macher asked. "Well, the only classics I have heard him quote were tho 'Brown October Ale' Jong from 'rtobln Hood, The Stein Song' from the 'Prince of Pllsen' and a pnthetlo lyric about demi-tasses from Time's Night mare, the reporter replied. "Ah, a. convivial sort like Noll Gold smith, Kit Marlowe and other rare nnd radiant spirits of tho ages. Well, I'll give him Bomethlnr about Shakespeare." "But we published a whole supplement about tho bard today," the reporter Inter jected. "nightly, tool As Matthew Arnold Justly observes In his sonnet, which, by the way, you omitted to print! " 'Others abide our qunllon. Thou art free.' "I offer as my contribution to tho ter centenary Irrefutable proof that Shake speare and not Bacon or any ono else wrote tho choice and master dramas pub lished by Hemmlnge nnd Condcll In the First Folio of 1823." This looked Ilka a story, and tho re porter put his hat back on a garden rake leaning against a coldframe, "I will prove It to you by nn anagram," Doctor Mokemacher nsseverated, Tho reporter Bet his walking stick against the coldframe. This put a new anglo on tho story, although It was more than 300 years old. Tho assistant city editor, he remembered, wns always In terested In having a new angle to nny story no matter how old. Delln Bacon, Ignatius Donnelly and the others who had attacked the Shakespearean author ship hnd baaed their claims on cryp tography. He pulled out a wad of copy par.or so ha would not loso tho distinction botween nn anagram and cryptogram when the difference which he fait sure ex isted was divulged, The story wns rap Idly assuming the proportions of a beat. FOUNDED APRIL 19, 1865 last week only nniversary Player-Pianos for Pianola acU-die 0 V.. receivje an i uucuure a o muiiuis irec exehatige, which allows you full credt on an exchange if later Vyj2iJiWant any other style. You secureaten-year guar apteejyjairist defects in mate-w-MsHJrworkmanship. ofjfeua or the price You secure free delivery within 10 miles of City Hall. $10 is chapged for delivery beyond $io or u paid on this jnstan T "SUl of this 'ou se- J to&oJL simi rUcinn wp. xelL piano we yourinstru - while paying of employ Of O'on i taalonev Tyrwhlt, FUrnlvaL Furntss, Smyth, Rolfe, Hudson, Schelllng all the commentators had missed something so terlo discovered by a man who had never been In the public eye as a Shakespearean scholar. GIVES THE KErWOItD hIn your rending of 'Love's Labour's Lost' please spell It as William Shakes peare did, with n u' lld you ever halt over the word HONOIUFICABILITUDI NITATIBUS?" Tho reporter mutely conceded he had never tried to pronounce It, "Well, It appears In Act V, scene 1, line Hi Why do you think Shakespeare lntro duced such an extraordinary neologism?" Not being sure of neologism, the reporter declined to make any formal statement. 'To catch tho nttentlon of future genera tions. It's simply tho 'psychology of ad vertising.' He was the victim of nn In trigue during his lifetime. Ho feared posthumous pilfering of his fame. I my self, as the prey of scientific conspirators, know his mood completely. He took the most unusual word ho could devise and used this as the basis of ail nnagrnm. Had he been living to contribute this to the 'col umn' of your Mr. Tom Daly, the Easter plug would certainly have decorated his slightly batd dome. But no matter. The laurels of tho ages nro green on his brow." "How does the nnagrnm go, Doctor?" Tho reporter Interrupted whnt wan appar ently Intended as n piece of literary criti cism. "Transpose tho letters In the keyword and you will have the following," said the Doctor, repeating the Jawbreaker with gusto nnd then Jotting down the follow ing apparently hieroglyphic, syllables on tho flyleaf of n seed catalogue! HOOT U BAC AND FI U BIL NI I HIT IT IS." "Pardon me. Professor," said the re porter forgetting tho amenities of acad emic address, "but this docs not mean anything to me." "Ah, It Is evident that you have never studied Anglo-Saxon or Middle English, Get out your Chauter or Gower or Lyd gatc or even somo of tho Quarto editions of Shakespeare and- you will find that what ts apparently rigmarole, so far as spelling Is concerned, Is really all right, I will modernize It for you. Thus: HOOT YOU. BACON. AND FIE YOIT, BILL NYK. I WItOTE IT, I. S. Do you sco7" "Shakespeare must havo been one of the early phonetic spellers," ho suggested. "I don't qulto get tho 'HIT' for 'WIIOTE.' " "A sapient observation, that about the IT 6 more days ! ' Sal Only $395! Heppe line of - ai- r this for a $5 first payment similar savings are available sell. HUH r Wimsr(iffii' r uJ iliffflffl nli SsBBDaBallaaaaaaBlaliKl 1 1 Hi if Ww H IbM On pianos we offer practically the same advantages on every piano in our stock. For instance, you may buy a piano of regular $350 value for $247.50. A down-payment of $5 only being required and weekly payments of only $1.25 all without interest. Life Insurance, Relief Insurance, the 30-day refund, a 1-year exchange, the 10-year guarantee, the free delivery, a stool and instruction book all are included. Surely no such opportunity was ever offered in Phila delphia before. And after next Saturday this offer will be withdrawn ! You owe it to yourself to investigate this at once I Mail This C.J. 1117 or 6 th i Please send me full par ticulars ahmir. vaii-f AnnivAv. i? eary Sale. I am Kama k- phonic t trfcr Ihis N tV mrST'i mon form ohoneUc'Hjrthirfsrtil'. flf an Irregular xtth n fihakexnearft's It flll l IrrefrllW. WltTTl?. WUfWli WRITTEN. It was irregular In AMU Saxon. Compare the old iorm WIUTYN Shakespeare was simply centuries afce4 bf Andrew Carnegie and Theodora Roos velt when It came to things thai "were phonic." It sounded Ilka "phoney" td th reporter, but ho did riot Ventura any com ment beyond saying he did not understand about the final s, THE BARD'S INlTIAIj PROVES IT. "Very simple," ha was told. 'That U the mark of authenticity. Can't you It Is Shakespeare's Initial?" "WJiat nbout Bill Nye?" the report!4 asked In order to cover the story com pletely. "Shakespeare had tho gift of presv clence," Doctor Mokemacher declared with absolute conviction. "He knew what a humorist Edgar William Nye would bo and forestalled nil Jests of tho loth cen tury. You can sea how his policy of pre paredness anticipated the huge honx of the Donncllyltes and Dellabacontans." "Well, good-by," the Bavant added, turning to the bed rf lcks with a garden cultliator. "I must get after the weeds'." 'lAs 'rnro Ben Jonson' said, Shakespeare was not for nn ngo, but for all time," he called over his shoulder In farewell as the reporter threaded his way among rows of alllaceae. Aged Negro Stabs Man to Death CHESTER. 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