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I OJC IVILAIYCIV Autta of the TARZAN and MARS STORIES
STKOPSIS,
. Blllr Brrn, ','tha muoVer," thief and
thuar. It hanhal1 Aboard th fcrlranttn
Ifalfmoort In san Franolsoo, wMn h ha
ami to escape arrest.
Ha hi, flstle encounter with Ward. th
mate, and other member ot the ratnanlr
crew, but haa nn antfnathv for any ona
'J aboard the rssstl except ona DTlne, tha
v' tola pasjenser. who, Blllr ltarna, Is direct-
I tnj the Tors re, which la financed br on
1 Clincher, of Ban Franoltoo,
' Ha oerheara Dlrlne and Captain Blmms
. Blot to kidnap Barbara Hardin, millionaire
I ntlress nndjoausnter or Anthony Hardlnr,
i whose yaoh-f? the Ixtus, Ilea at Honolulu.
I, Therlere. tha seeend mala, under th name
I pi Count da Cadenet, aocompanlea Ward
i l!..a ?'" to . Hardlnr. On their return
B'llr. learna their came, Barbara la to
, Inherit 120.000,000 from her grandfather l(
I will m,rrle aecordln to tha term of. hi
, . Dlrlne mean to marrr th lrl, after ab
ouctln her, with Slmma'a connivance. Ther-
i (ere alao.deatre to wed Barbara and Induce
Blllr to join a counterplot. . . ,
..On the stcond dar after Marine- Jtonolulu
tha Halfmoon slant tha ateamer and
changes eouras. Sail are furled and dis
tress alinals flown. Anthony Hardlnr and
Captain Norrla, ot tha racht. aee them and
declda to extend aid to lha euproeedlr
wrecked veeael. Blllr Mallorr. a passenser,
discover, amok arlalnr from the brlaan
tine nnd belleTea ah Is afire. Thlr appear
ance Is a runs of tha conspirator. Therlere,
smitten by Barbara, hopea to oblliate her
lather and win the rlrl, maklnr away with
his accomplices and throwlnr Ward. Blmma
and hi antaronlats Into Irons. Tha' fire
hoax spoils his plan.
Meanwhile tha boata draw clone to tha
racht, 81mm announces himself aa Cap-
tain Jones, of th Clarlnda, Frisco to Yoko
hama, with drnamlte. Fire has followed a
disabled rudder and abandonment la.neces
aarr. Captain Norrls Is saeptlcal, but
Hardlnr ordera all taken on the racht.
Blllr Mallorr and Barbara watch tha Half
moon's crew a ther clamber aboard. Mai
lory's proposal ot marrlare Is Interrupted
br shots. Hardlnr I aurrounded br tha
"rescued" aallors, who are armed with re
volvers, Captain Blmma Is seeking Bar
bara Hardlnr, Establishing her Identity by
a ruse, ha ordera Urrna to ''fetch the girt.'
Mallorr, a farmer eollera athlete tries to
save her. Ha and Blllr rrapple. Tha
Mucker conquers and, vlfh Blmms's aid.
taNte tha girl to a waiting boat. Ward and
half a dosin of the Halfmoon's cr ars
left aboard the racht. The others return
to tha hrlgantlne, which sails southward,
Tha racht. with Harding, hla guest and
crew aboard, Is set adrift. Divine and
Barbara meet. Ha tell her he Is 'a prison
er, hut his trim annearanca makes her
doubt his story. She telle him of the
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Cadenet . Incident.
Ha say he acted
tinder compulsion.
Gradually trio girl. In her lonellneel.
ecta tllvln.'n nnat.lr. Ona day aha m
Ther'ere. He explain hi action as a prae-
Divine
tlcal Joke nnd protend to have been de-
AalVAil hv Tllvln.
1 She hear Blmma and Divine dlscusslnr
. their plot for her abduotlon. Therlere leaves
1 her after suggesting that he 1 her friend.
Blllr Brrno passes. Her expression ot con
tempt causes him to threaten violence, which
Therlere prevents. The mucker attacks and
knocks him unconscious. II takes a re
volver from Therlere' pocket. Blmms and
tha crew revlvo the mate. Blllr defies them
from below deck.
, , Therlere obtains his release after on
I day' Imprisonment. Tha Halfmoon en-
countera a gale and tha crew Is In panic.
Thsrlero Is knocked senseless br a giant
wave,
Hilly" hotter nature asserta Itself and
he drags th mate out of tha path of a
second wave. Therlere now regards the
mucker aa a friend.
After three days tha Halfmoon, disabled, ,
rides out the storm. Barbara Is won br
Therler'a arguments to look upon him as her
protector. Blllr still holds the Frenchman
and the girl In aversion. He throaten Bar
bara, who tolls him hqw mean and cow
ardly hla life and actions .have been. Ileall
atlnn of his true character dawns upon him.
Tha Halfmoon, meanwhile, neara land.
Tall ellRs appear and Blmms endeavors to
Iooate a safe harbor. All hands strive to
eep tha ship oft tha rocks toward which
aha la hsadlnc.
OnAMEIl Vin Continued
Tun Halfmoon was almost upon ths
clIfTs baao when a narrow openlnc'
showed hardly a cable's length before her
nose, an opening through which ths sea ran
In long, surging sweeps, rolling back upon
Itself In angry breakers that filled the
aperture with swirling water and high-flung
spume.
To have attempted to drive the ship Into
such a place would have been tho height of
madness under ordinary circumstances: No
man knew what lay beyond, nor whether
the opening carried suflloient water to float
tho Halfmoon, though tha long, powerful
sweep of tho sea as it entered denoted con
siderable depth.
Skipper Slmms, seeing the grim rocks
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rising Close beside his vessel) resided that
nothing could keep her from them now. A
coward at heart, he lost every vestige of his
nerve at this crucial moment of his life.
Leaping from the wheelhouse to 'tho deck,
hs ran backward and f6rward shrieking at
the top of his lungs for some ono to save
him, offering fabulous rewards to ths man
who carried him safely to the shore.
The sight of their captain In a blue funk
had Its effect upon the majority of the
crew, so that In a moment n pack of
screaming, terror-ridden men had sup
planted the bravos and bullies of the Half
moon. From ths cabin oompantonway Barbara
Harding looked upon the disgusting scene.
Her lip curled In scorn at the sight of these
men weeping and moaning In their fright.
She saw Squint-Eye Ward busy about
one of the hatches. It was evident that he
Intended making: a futile attempt to utilize
It as a means of escape after the Halfmoon
struck, for he was attaching ropes to It
and dragging It toward the port aide of the
ship, away from the shore.
Larry Dlvlno crouched bcslds the cabin
and wept
"When Slmms gave up the ship Barbara
Harding saw the wheelmen (there had been
two of them) desert their post, and almost
Instantly tho nose of the Halfmoon turned
toward the rocks. But scarcely had tho
men reached the deck when Therlere leaped
to their place at the wheel.
Unassisted, he could do little with the
heavy helm. Barbara saw that ho alone of
all ths officers nnd men of the brlgantlne
was making an attempt to save the vessel.
However futile the effort might be, at least
It bespoke the coolness and cournga of the
man.
With the sight of him there, wrestling
with death In a hopeless struggle, a little
wave of pride surged through tho girl.
Hero Indeed was a man! And ho loved her
that she knew.
Whether or not she returned his love, her
place was beside him now, to give what
encouragement and physical aid lay In her
power.
Quickly sho ran to the wheelhouae. Ther
lero saw her and smliod.
"There Is no hopo, I fear." he said j "but,
pardleu, I shall go down fighting; and not
like thoso miserable yellow dogs!"
Barbara did not reply, but sho grasped
the spokes of the heavy wheel and tugged
as he tugged. Therlere made no effort to
dissuado her from the strenuous labor
every ounco of weight would help so much,
and the man had a wild, mad Idea that
ha was attempting to put Into effect
"What do you hope to do?" naked th
girl. "Make that opening In the cliffs?"
Therlere nodded.
"Do you think me crazy?" he naked.
"It Is Buch a ohance as only a brave man
would dare to take," she replied. "Do you
think that wo can get her In?"
"I doubt It," ho answered. "With another
man at the wheel we might though."
Below them tho crew of the Halfmoon
ran hither and thither along the deck on the
side away from the breakers. They fought
with one another for useless bits of plank
ing and cordage.
The giant figure of the black cook,
Blanco, roso above the others. In hla hand
was a hugo butcher-knife. When he saw
a pleco of wood ho coveted In the hands of
another, he rushed upon his haplesa vic
tim with wild, bestial howls, menacing
him with his gleaming weapon.
Thus he was rapidly accumulating tho
material for a ltferaft.
There was only one figure upon the deok
that did not seem mad with terror. A huge
fellow ho was, who stood leaning against
the capstan, watching the wild antics of his
fellows with a certain wondering expression
of Incredulity, the while a contemptuous
smile curled his lips. As Barbara Harding
chanced to look In his direction, he also
chanced to turn his eyes toward the wheel
houae. It was the mucker.
The girl was surprised that he, the great
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. Mary Smith, Anna Jones, Jennie White
and I decided to spend Saturday afternoon
In the park. Wa had a supply of food.
Wo took with us a rope to play with. When
we arrived at the park I saw a beautiful
bird. Ills name was Robin Redbreast
Later we sat down to eat our luncheon.
After luncheon we played Jumping rope.
Then Mary Smith found some beautiful
flowers. They were daisies, wild rosea,
spring beautlea, also buttercups. Near the
park was a forest In the forest was a tree
which bore dogwood. We all took some of
the dogwood.
The parft was a beautiful sight It had
lovely green banks. In tha distance there
was a spring where nice cool water flowed.
Under some of the shade trees were benches,
where parties might plcnlo. We all thought
our afternoon a lpvely one.
Vacation Notes
Two little girls from Catasauqua, Pa,,
send such pretty letters of application that
It is a pleasure to publish them.
"Kind Sir," writes the first little one.
"I ara a little girl, nine years old, and 1
read your club news every awning Just as
soon as wa get ths paper. Z think it is
vary Interesting and I like th. slogan that
you have adopted very much. If you will
accept mean member, It will make me
yery, very happy. Catherine BlckeL"
"Kind Sir," tys her little slater. "I am
Just a little girl and I am a sister to Cath
erine BlckeL I read the things you say
every night In th Rainbow Club, I ant only
just past seven, but I can read a wfe$le lot
because I always try to learn. Wtib love,
MARGARET, pIClCEL.
est coward ot thefn all, should be showing
no signs of cowardice now. Probably he
was paralyzed with fright
Ths moment that the m... ssw tno two
that wr in the wheelhouse, and A work
that they were doing, he sprang quickly to
ward them. At his approach the girl shrank
closer to Therlere.
What new outrage did the fellow con
template, now ho was beside her?
The habitual dark scowl blackened his
expression. He laid, a heavy hand on Bar
bara Harding's arm.
"Come out o' datl" he bellowed. "Dat's
no kind o' job fer a.broller."
And before either she or Therlere oould
guess his Intention, the mucker had pushed
Barbara aalde and taken her place nt tho
wheel.
"Good for you, Byrne I" cried Therlere.
"1 needed you badly."
"W'y didn't yeh say so. den?"
With the aid of Byrne's herculean mus
cles and great weight, the bow of tho Half
moon commenced to come slowly around
bo that presently sho was almost parallel
to the cliffs again ! but now she was much
closer In than when Skipper Slmms had
deserted her to her fate. So close that The
rlere had llttlo hope of being able to carry
out hla plan of taking her opposite the
opening and then turning nnd running her
beforo tho wind straight Into tho swirling
waters of tho Intet
Now thoy were almost opposite the aper
ture, and between tho giant cliffs that rose
on either aide of the narrow entrance n
alght was,rovealed that filled their hearts
with renewed hope, for a tiny cove was aeon
to lie beyong tho Assuror a coye With n
long, wldo, sandy beach up whlcli tho
waves, broken at tho entrance to tho llttlo
haven, rolled with much-diminished vio
lence. "Can you hold her alone for a second,
Byrno?" aaked Therlere. "We must make
tho turn In another moment and I've got to
lot out sail. The Instant that you see me cut
her loose put your helm to starboard. Sho'll
como around easy enough, I Imagine and
then hold her nose straight for that open
ing. It's ono chanco In a thousand, but It's
the only one. Are you gamo?"
"You know It, cul go to "t," was Billy
Byrne's laconlo rejoinder. .
As Therlere loft the wheel Barbara Hard
ing stopped to the mucker's side.
"Let mo help you," sho Bald. "Wo need
every hand that wo can get for the next
few moments."
"Beat It!" growled the man. "I don't
want no skirts In my way."
With a flush tho girl drew back, and then
turning, watched Therlero whore he Blood
ready to cut looso tho sail at the proper
Instant
Tho vessel was now opposite the cleft In
the clUTs. Therlere had lashed a now Bheet
In position.
Now ho cut the old o"he. The sail swung
around until caught In position by tho ntout
line.
Tho mucker throw tho helm hard to star
board. The nose of the brlgantlno owung
quickly toward the rocka. Tho salt filled
and an Instant later the ship was dashing
to what seemed her Inevitable doom.
Skipper SlmmB, seeing what Therlere had
done after It was too late to prevent It,
dashed madly across the deck toward his
Junior,
"You fool 1" he shrieked, "You fool ! What
are you doing? Driving us straight for the
rocks murdering tho wholo lot of usl"
And with that ho sprang upon the French
man with maniacal fury, bearing him to the
deck beneath him.
Barbara Harding saw tho attack of the
fear-demented jman, but sho was powerless
to prevent It who mucker saw It, too, and
grinned he hoped that It would be n good
fight; there was nothing that he enjoyed
more. Ho was sorry that ho could not tako
a hand In It, but tho wheel demanded all
his attention now, so that ho was even
forced to tako hla eyes from the combatants
that ho might rivet them upon the narrow
entrance to tho cove toward which tho IIlf-
RAINBOW CLUB
STORIES OF CLOUDLAND
Tulip Heart Talks to tho Bed Knob By
Fanner Smith
One morning after Little Tulip Heart
had come to Cloudland to marry Prtnoe
Marmolade she woke up In her little gold
bed and yawned. She opened her mouth
very wide and when she shut It there was
a delicious strawberry In her mouth.
Little Tulip Heart's eyes popped open
and she looked to see where the strawberry
came from. There was no one In the big
bright room and the roses In the silver
dish on the little pearl table by the bed
seemed sound asleep.
But as Tulip Heart rubbed her eyes she
noticed that one of the gold knobs on the
rail at the foot of her bed was smiling at
her. It was Just a round gold knob, like
you'll see on lots ot beds, but it had eyes
and a nose and a mouth. The mouth was
open, showing very white teeth, and the
eyes were open and very blue,
"Don't be frightened. Tulip Heart," aald
the bed knob. "Bumble, the king of the
bees, brought that strawberry In i and
dropped It in your mouth, I saw him do
It"
"But who are you?" aaked Tulip Heart
"Are you alive r'
'Tm only half alive," said the bed knob,
"I'm being punished."
"What are you being punlahed for?"
asked Tulip Heart
"I took the Sand Man's bueket of sand
away from him," said the bed knob, "and
put the Moon to sleep when he ought to
have been awake and shining."
"How runny I" laughed Tulip Heart
"Yea," said tho bed knob, "I thought
It was funny till they turned ma Into a
bed knob. You know I was one of Prince
Marmolade's page boys. I used to ride
round with the Prince In his flying cloud
and turn the crank. I was going to the
Blue Foret of Alaska with Prince Marroo.
lade to find you, when the Moon ordered
that I be turned Into a bed knob for 30
days."
"Oh, then you won't always be a bed
knob?" cried Tulip Heart feeling much
better.
"Only two days more," answered the bed
knob,
"But what Is your name." asked Tulip
'Heart
"Zu Zu," said the bed knob. "I am
Zo Zo's brother. She Is going to be your
maid, you know, when she comes back from
Toyland tomorrow." .
"What Is she doing over in Toyland r
asked Tulip Heart
"Her steam butterfly ran down," said
Zu Zu." and she took It over to Santa
Claus to get It fixed. She didn't know you
were coming so soon."
"I'll Just lov to meat her." cried Tulip
Heart "and It'll be lots of fun when you
get out ot the bed knob. Have you got a
sUam butterfly, too?"
"I've got an automobile beetle," said Zu
Zu. "but I can't rid on H again till the
Sand Man gets over being cross at me."
"I ha very angry t" asked Tulip Heart
"So angry he breathes smoke," laughed
Zu, Zu. "Yon know ho enly cats green
cheese, and pow the Moon won't glv him
any more for ft month."
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moon was now plowing her way nt con
stantly Increasing speed.
The other members of the ship's com
pany, all unmindful of tho battle that nt
another time would have commanded their
undivided attention, stood with eyes glued
upon Ihe wild channel toward which the
brlgantlne's nose was pointed. They saw
now what Skipper Slmms had failed to Bee
the little cove beyond, nnd the chanco for
safety that the bold stroke- offered it it
proved successful.
With steady muscles and giant sinews
the mucker stood by the wheel, nursing tho
erratic wreck as no one would have supposed
It was In him to do. Behind him Barbara
Harding watched first Therlero and Slmms,
nnd then Byrne and tho swirling waters
toward which he was heading the ship.
Even the Btraln of the moment did not
prevent her from wondering at the strange
contradictions of the burly young ruffian
who could at ono moment show such trait
of cowardliness and the next rise so coolly
to the highest pinnacles of courage. As
she watched htm occasionally she noted
for the first tlmo the leonine contour ot
hla head, and she was surprised, also,
to nolo that his features wero regular and
flno.
Then she recalled Billy Maltory and the
cowardly kick that she had seen delivered
In the faco of tho unconscious Therlere.
With a little shudder of disgust she turned
away from tho man at the wheel.
Therlero by this tlmo had managed to
get on top of Skipper Slmms, but that
worthy still clung to him with tho despera
tion of a drowning man.
The Halfmoon was rising on a great
wave that would bear her well Into tho
maelstrom of the cove's entrance. Tho
wind had Increased to tho proportions of
a galo, so tho brlgantlno was fairly rac
ing either to her doom or her salvation
who could tell which?
Halfway through the entrance the wave
dropped the ship, nnd with a mighty crash
that threw Barbara Harding from her feet,
ths vessel struck full amidships upon a
sunken reef. Like a thing ot glass, sho
broke In two with tho terrific Impact, and
In nnother Instant tho waters about her
were filled with screaming men.
Barbara Harding felt herself hurtled"
from tho deck aa though shot from a
catapult The swirling water engulfed her.
Sho knew that her end had come; only
the most powerful of swimmers might hope
to win through that lashing hell of waters
to the beach beyond. For n girl to do
It was too hopeless even to contemplate
But she recalled Therlere's words of a
short tlmo ago: "There Is no hope, I fear;
but, pardleu, I shall go down fighting," and
with tho recollection came a llko resolve
on her part to go down lighting.
So she struck out against the powerful
waters that Bwlrled her hither and thither,
now perilously close to the rocky sides
of tho entrance, and now Into the mad
chaos ot the channel's centre. Would to
heaven that Therlere wero near her, sho
thought, for It any could save her It
would be he.
Since she had come to believe In the
man's friendship and sincerity, Barbara
Harding had felt renewed hope of eventual
salvation, and with the hopo had como a
desire to live which had almost been lack
ing for the greater part of her detention
upon tho Halfmoon.
Bravely she battled now against the
awful odds of the mighty Pacific, but aoon
she felt her strength waning. More and
more Ineffective becamo her puny efforta,
and at last she ceased almost entirely the
futile struggto.
And then she felt a strong hand grasp
her arm, and with a sudden surge she was
swung over a broad shoulder. Quickly she
grasped tho rough shirt that covered the
back of her would-be rescuer, and then
commenced a battle with the waves that
for many minutes, that aeemed hours to
the. frightened girl, hung In the balance.
But the swimmer beneath her forged
steadily and persistently toward the sandy
beach, to flounder out nt last with an
unconscious burden In his mighty arms.
As the man atagged up out of reach of
the water, Barbara Harding opened her
eyes to look up In astonishment Into the
faco of the mucker.
cHArmi ix.
The Little Brown Man.
ONLY four men of the Halfmoon's crew
were lost in the wreck of the veeael.
All had been crowded In the bow when
the ship broke In two; and being flung
far by the forward part ot the brlgantlne
aa It lunged toward tha cove on ths wave
following tha ona which had dropped the
craft upon the reef, with tha exoeptlon
of the four that had perished beneath the
wreckage, tho men had been ablo to swim
safely to the beach.
Larry Divine, who had sat weeping upon
the deck ot the doomed ahlp during the
time that hope had been at Its lowest, had
recovered hla poise. Skipper SlmmB, sub
dued for the moment, soon commenced to
regain his bluster.
Ha took Therlere to task for ths loss of
the Halfmoon.
"Ef ever we make a clvlllted port" he
shouted, "I'll prefer charges ag'ln' you,
you swab you I A losln' of the finest bark
aa ever weathered a storm I Ef It hadn't
a been fer you a mutlny-ln' ag'ln' mo I'd
a. brought her through In safety an' never
lost a bloomln' soul."
"Stop It," admonished Therlere at last
"Your foolish bluster cannot hide the bald
fact that you deserted your post In time
of danger. We are ashore now, remem
ber, and there is no more ship for you to
command, so If I were you I would be
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careful how I talked to my betters."
"What's that?" screamed the skipper.
"My betters? You frog-eatln' greaser you,
I'll teach you I Here, some of you, slap
this swab Into Irons) I'll learn him that
I'm still captain of this here bunch."
Therlere laughed In the man's face; but
Ward and a couple of hands who had been
shown favoritism by the skipper and first
'mate closed menacingly toward the second
officer.
The Frenchman took In the situation at
a glance. They were ashore now, where
they didn't think that they needed him
further, and the process ot elimination had
commenced.
Well, It might aa well coma to a show,
down now as later,
"One moment," said Therlere, raising his
hand. "You shall not take me alive, and
I think that you do not want to, anyhow.
If you try to kill mt, some of you shall
die with me. The beat thing Is to divide
up this party now, once and for all."
As he finished speaking he turned toward
Billy Byrne.
"Are you and the others with me or
sgalnst me?" he asked.
"I'm ag'ln' Slmms." replied th mucker
noncommlttally.
Bony Sawyer, Red Saundars, Blanoo,
Wilson and two others drew In behind Billy
Byrne,
"We all's wtd Billy," announced Blanco.
Dlvlno and Barbara Harding stood lit
tle apart Both were alarmed at tha sud
den, hostile turn events had taken,
Slmms, Ward and Therlere were the only
members ot tha party armed. Each wore a
revolver strapped about bis hips. All were
etui dripping from their recent plunge in
th ocean.
CONTINUED; TOMORRQWi
WAR WEDDING IN LOVELY SUSSEX
BLENDS PATHOS WITH ROMANCE
Mossy Minster, Centuries Old, Thronged at Nuptials of
Invalided Cambridge Don and Pretty Volunteer
Nurse Tommies Cheer Bride
By ELLEN ADAIR
TTriden'er th
LONDON, July .
I HAVE spent the last few days In a. Sus
sex hamlet where a great peace seems
to reign and where war seems very fat
away. Yet there are days when the dis
tant roar of guns and artillery drifts across
the English Channel from the battlefields
of Franco nnd mingles with the crash of
the waves on the Sussex shore. At such
times the villagers stop their work to con
gregate on tho village green, waiting pa
tiently for tho latest news to come.
For every available man from that little
village Is fighting at the front. Death, too,
has taken Its heavy toll. Squares of painted
cardboard, boarded with heavy black, look
sadly out from many a cottage window. If
you draw closer, you will read the words
"Roll of Honor" printed there, and then
a name and a date below.
It's n charming little place, this English
village, nestling In nn emerald setting ot
prim green fields. Tho red-roofed houses
are scnttered on either side of tho broad
whlto road which leads down to the sea.
From their deep mullloned windows you can
see tho English Channol lying very blue and
vivid In the sunshine.
Against tho bluo there are dotted patches
of brown tho salli of fishing smacks which
have dared tile terrors of these mine-strewn
waters. But more often there are ominous
patches of black cruisers nnd mine sweep
ers and torpedoboat destroyers. And there
are other things In that little English vil
lage whloh I must not Bpeak of, If I wish
to avoid tho censor's big black pencil and
heavy displeasure.
On a grassy rise nnd outlined against
soft blue English skies stands a llttlo
church. It has stood on that wind-swept
hillock for 00 years. Around it cluster
tho graves of generations, marked by stones
too nge-weary to stand upright and smoth
ered with green moss. If you scrapo Bome
of the moss away you will read absurd in
scriptions and poems. For In days of old
the shortcomings of the departed were set
forth as definitely as their virtues, "for tho
good of all who pass by,"
This llttlo church has been for centuries
n sanctuary for broken and hunted men,
as tho bullet holes on tho oakon door tes
tify. Thieves, murderers and traitors. If
they only gained the portals of this llttlo
church, were safo ngalnst all enemies. By
tho law of tho land, they wero on sacred
ground, and must bo unmolested. To break
sanctuary was a terrible crime In the old
days.
Tho bells of the little church were peal
ing merrily, for a war wedding wns about
to take place. And among a crowd of wed
ding guests I walkod through the nnclent
burying ground and entered the GOO-ycar-old
church. Jeweled lights nnd dim, cool
shadows greeted us. The damp Btone walls
wero here nnd there carved Into queer
figures, and sometimes a grinning gargoyle.
An air of peace wns In tho llttlo church. It
was a "pax dolorosa," but of Infinite calm.
The wedding was a. romantic one, ns
Indeed are alt war weddings In these days.
The bride had been a voluntary nurse In n
hospital tor wounded Tommies, and now
she was going to marry one of her patients.
Although ho was ranked as 'only a com
mon Tommy.' tho bridegroom was some
thing of a celebrity He was a Cambridge
don, and a landed proprietor of means. He
had fajlen In love with his pretty nurse,
and now that he was recalled to his regi
ment he was going to marry her.
The first three pews were filled with con
valescent soldiers, their pockets crammed
with rice and confetti, and their faces shin
ing with prolonged ablutions. Their bright
blue uniforms were carefully brushed, their
crimson ties Immaculate, and their crutches
propped up .In fror)t-Jf them.
A row of small boy scouts, dignified in
their uniforms, sat in. the pow behind.
One of them sneezed, nnd the others re
garded him with reproachful eyes. Such
a lack of self-control was unworthy of a
scout I
Then cams the bride's relatives. Her
father was a tall, gray-haired old man
whom the war had hit very badly. He
had lost one son at Neuve Chapelle and
another out In Gallipot!. The third was In
Mesopotamia, and that fact alone was suffi
cient to account tor his worn, anxious look.
His wife kept a brave face, though to her
life could never be the samo again. She
joined In the national anthem which pre
cedes all war-time services with a voice
that sounded almost exultant
At the back of the church, hidden by a
big stone pillar so that her new black
clothes might not caBt a shadow on the
wedding, sat the glrl-wldow. She had not
Intended coming to the church, for her loss
was very recent Her sailor-husband had
gone down In the great North Sea battle,
working his guns to the last He had been
a personal friend of the bridegroom's, and
the knowledge of that friendship and the
pressing Invitation of the bride had brought
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her to tho church. But she shrank from
meeting her old friends, and sat very quietly
through the reading of the solemn service
hidden behind her pillar.
The bride and bridesmaid both looked
beautiful and the bridesmaid In particular
smiled on every one. "Strange how that
charming girt does not marry," whispered
more than one person among the congrega
tion. But those who knew the bridesmaid
Intimately knew the reason why. They
had not been "exactly" engaged, she and
the good-looking boy whose name had ap
peared nearly a year ago In the "killed In
action" column. But she had promised to
give him n definite answer on his next
leave. That leave never camel
When tho service was over and tho bride
and bridegroom were signing the register
the wounded soldiers arose from their pews
and made a triumphal arch with their
crutches all the way down the aisle. The
brldo nnd bridegroom marched under that
stranga nrchway, and there were tears In
the cyoi of tho llttlo brldo and a lump In
the thrpats of tho spectators ns they saw
thow crutches held bravely aloft
When tho bridal coupla reached the bullet
riddled door of the church the Invalids
limped out after them, nnd a regular battle
of rlco nnd confetti took place. As the
motorcar dashed off with Its occupants the
wounded Tommies, waved their crutches In
farewell to the little nurse who had tended
them so carefully, and to her bridegroom,
who In four days' tlmo was duo to return
to the Flanders first-lino trenches.
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to be held In Colorado Springs August 14
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the party will take In the coming presiden
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Baby Scalded at Picnic
Thlrteen-month-old Frank Iloblnson, 3:14
Webster street was badly scalded by over
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parents and other children of the family
yesterday afternoon In Fatrmount Park.
He was taken to the Women's Homeopathls
Hospital, where It was expected ha would
recover.
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