V. 6 1 J2 "AT THEBACK OF THE , , , . . Si British War Nurse, held by the British Censor, Tells in Vivid Terms the Difference Between a "Civilian" Hospital and the Mass of Human Wreckage Literally Dumped Upon the Overworked Staffs of the War Stations Shrapnel Wounds, Long-Ran ye Guns, Muti lated Bodies and Artillery Duels Are, After All, but Names for Things That Are Scarcely Understood by the Average Ameri can Far From the Field of Actual Battle in Devastated Europe rilAFTKK I. ANTWEItl'. TXTHEN war was dcc.arod August '" 1, 19H, the great upheaval Kent It waves of excitement beating against every whore till It touched tho whole World. Away In the Northern Midlands of Kngland thorn is a county hospital. Enrolled among Its nurse were scv ntl Who belonged to the Territorials. Scarcely had war been declared when their marching orders came. Proudly they went away. cWl In military uni form, while tho&e left behind envied them with an almost bitter envy. 8peaklng for myself, to want a thing bAdly means to get It - If possible. "When the Serbians started I went to tho matron and Asked permission to be released to offer my services. Her answer was: "Walt a little: your own country may need you." Meanwhile she sot permltslon for me to go. But permission to go and a zeal to servo one' country are but tho preliminaries to Active service at the front. Not only women but men constants meet with bitter disappointment and many Obstacles put by a vviso government js tests to temper, discipline or some Inscrutable reason which like another great Power "moves In it mysterious way Its wonders to perform." To mike a long story short, after having filled up many forniB. stating whether there was any Insanity In or near the family, and what the victim's great -grandmother died of. and how many foreign languages she could speak finally I was told by the Bed Cross, St John's Ambulance, the Military Nursing Reserve and "auxiliary bodies of many varieties that my services were not required, as thev had about 30.000 nurses on their lists: In fact, about one nurse to each soldier! "Ten Nurse Wanted" Two weeks dragged by when the post brought a correspondence card from one of our doctors with tills sim ple legend posted thereon: "Ten nurses wanted at onco for Antwerp; must be voluntary." Quickly I sent a Hire Offering my services, then Waited two more interminable weeks. Tr.-n-ine .given up hope, one evening a wire wa handed me. "Be ready to start tomorrow. A lawyer came that iilcht .ii helped me make a will- In case of pecjaents. Meanwhile my friend gut two aayg- leave to come up with nip. Antf next morning vye, were off to JXdon. Tfte lady who was the organizer ot .our nospitai nan not. I should Judffe", any previous experience of hospitals or thqlr management. Wo all felt this, and therefore were quite prepared, at an early date, to fall Into the hands of the Germans, so, a precaution we nurses each provided ourselves with a tube of morphia tablets to take In itnv emer gency, (They came In useful later for others, tas. you will see, given in, smaller doses than we contemplated taking.) We were to live in tents and nurse the wounded therein. But, what evr may have been lacking in tho medical arrangements, our directress had certainly secured tho names of some of the most prominent and In. "flu'intial people In Europe. Influential Patrons Our patroness was no less a per sonage that her Majesty Queen nilza- vbeth Of the Belgians, and tne Duchess do Vendome was associated with her. Otlr chnlrman for some tunc was Lord Northcllffo. and afterward Lord Syd enham, while many great names fig ured on the committee. Our houu sur- DEL A WARE RIVER SUPREME, BUT RJV ALPORTS ARE BUSY JPhanncl Project Makes Headway With Appropriation for $1,100,000 ftcw York. Boston. Baltimore and iSorfoll; Generously Treated By CONGRESSMAN VVahlnelnn. April I'.'. Si i "10N3IDKBATION or me river ft . - . V . .. - 1-lh i,-.l s harbors bill In tne tiouso mm . rltnessd the passage of the Delaware Rlver Items, in which Philadelphia U greatly IhteresUd. Kor the thlrtj-nve-foot channel project from Allegheny venue' to the sta Jl.100.000 Is provided, fit which 650,000 Is for new worl: and J4J0.O00 for maintenance. The upper Delaware at Trenton also receives 15. 600 to complete the Improvement that is Mng made above Lalor street. For continuing the Improvement on the flehuylklll ISOO.OOO Is also provided, the Utter appropriation putting the Hchuyl Kill In line for a thlrty-five-foot Im provement which has been denied, so Ut as the Ooverninent Is concerned. Incetho last appropriation was made during the Ashbr'dge administration. tn order to keep up the original cstl--. . . i, ihirtv.flve-foot Delaware Channel project there .mould have been . larger appropriation this year, but "for several reanons the amount wr.s left Is above Indicated. In the first Place. to satisfy those who light river and harbor bills as "pork-barrel" measures. thft committee attempted to cut down all appropriations to the very lowest amount sufficient to keep the channels open and ..4,w-.t u-aatf Anniher of the economy . arnimenta was that because of the with- drawal of United J5tates army engineers for war purposes and the general tylnr im of vessels. Including dredges and the , scarcity Of labor, nb more money coulfi b (pent on such projects as the Dela-to.- niver than wan nrovlded. tt Is believed by the engineers In Washington and by the local engineers that they will be able to keep thp ' "prerenf depth Of rfiannel throughout the year and to make considerable progress '. on the main project Director Webster. f the Department of Wharves. Docks f a1 Ferriea. and aeorge V. Bproule, c5r5ttary Of the commlssionera of nav , -,i uim u.r in Washlmrtoii while ''" f& kin unrisr dlscuksion. brought -.if S .1.....d.u.H.. .,.,,. !, th. Ihlrlv MlilBnviur' ""w :, KW cliaiiiir; was noiums iu uu u.V depended upon On tide. UWSJU Whose Name Is With I geon for some mouths was Mr. Souttar. !'. 11. 0. .. one of the surgeons of the London Hospital, while after he re turned to his work other men from the same hospital of ciiual repute and skill took his place. Arriving In London wo found our direct! ess much dlstiessca uecause some of the nurses had backed out lltov felt It too dangerous. I expect, Quickly I urged my friend to accept a varancv and nrcompany me. She saw the committee, whs approved, and we sent tho following seductive wlic to her parents. "Lord and the com mittee have accepted (J- - n nurse. Please ulrn consent." Inter on came the answer "Cannot rcfnc. find bless ou." Like l.lltlr line We all met nn Victoria Station . motley ciowd. Nine nures In Dotting violet cloaks and sky-bltin dress, four or five men. doctors in khaki, three students from the London, Hospital nlsn In khaki, four ladv-doctois. tore or four lay-helpers ladles well known In soclctv. three or four esntlemen chauffeurs, and last, but not least foui lady. farmers. The latter were dressni In tfllccr's uniform- khaki tunic and .breeches, with sun helmets. Thev were highly connected ami highlv Inte estlng personalities. They brought with them u farm wagon and a drn horse, iiiesumnblv because we we e called u Field Ambulance: Late, wr abandoned the wagon mill horse, with other Impediments. We seemed to create a sensation ' Folkestone, where we spent two nights. A lllm-ctiniciH operator lion orerl us wllh his attention as we marched on to th quay. Incldnntalh my friend -cut a wire to our matron saving she would not bo bark Hint night and please accept her resigna tion. Wc were casual in lhosn dn Life seemed cheap. Matrons', whom we had hitherto looked upon as the rulers of our destinies, seemed Mr away in a forgotten world. Wc crossed at Ostcnd at night. A In t Ic destroyer accompanied us, run ning on In front and sometimes round and lound us like a little dog out for a run with his master. Oecaslonallv I wondered If li was n Herman sub marine. Our rccention at Otcnd-was not In spiling. We woic turned out hefore dawn in the wet on a large glass-covered station; the place wob quite de serted ami trafllc was suspended. We all huddled Into a waiting room; there we lived for two days and nights, placing the red plush cushions from tho train cars on the floor, where we nil slept doctois. nurses and chauf feurs. Thero we waited for tho sum mons Of her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians. After two days her message came to" proceed to Antwerp, where she hail prepared for us a build ing as a hospital. Arrival at Antwerp That night a train went to Antwerp wlih part of our staff, we watched them go out into the dark, wondering whether out of the night one of thque wandering bands of Uhlans would suddenly spring upon them and wipe them out. Next morning the rest of our party embarked In our five motor cars. Along the flat roads of north ern Flanders we rushed, past Zee britggc nnd Bruges and many llttlo villages. At each place the inhabi tants came out and waved their caps nnd handkerchiefs, shouting "Vive les Anglais!" And we shouted back. "Vive les Beiges et a has les Alle mands!" The whole journey was one great ovation. My first sight of the serious pari of war was at a little town leading to (Jhent. There I saw a broad pha lanx of soldiers clad In long, dark blue overcoats, marching grimly nnd slei nl along. No music leo them, but J. HAMPTON MOORE I of thirty-four feet had recently gone up and down the river. I As is usual when the Delaware Biver Items are reached there was some die- ' cushion of the merits of the proposition. sit is .not yet known to many of the l members from the hinterland that tho I Delaware Blver haB attained a very I great distinction since Washington crossed It In a bateau a short distance above Trenton The patriotic fervor of wartimes recalls to the minds of some waruiuus icwiiio ....,....- . Ihe beautiful painting of "Washington Grossing the Delaware." the work of a r ....... nt-tiut hv tit wav. ?!l(l the lll-lliiuit ......... .- ... . cakes of Ice Impeding the prottrcas of the frail craft of the "Father of lllr ,-. .., r,nntrlhnte ttt the rommercial Lum . tv..... . .- ---- - Importance of tho river In the estinta- tlon or a ie i " """"" " House who hail from sretions whero "Cow Creek" and "Mud Blver," or the Tlockv Mountain Cascades are about "the biggett rivers on earth." Tho real facts about tho Delaware must some times be explained to tbeHe gentlemen. It Is never difficult to convince any onu who comes to Philadelphia and wno takes a trip of Inspection, that the Del- . Ktr.u, ttin citv is a nauuiiai un set but tt is dlfllcult as It Is Important to keep all Incoming members and par ticularly those WHO OO noi nan iruiu large cities, properly informed. So during the discussion some new facts wtre pntenled, Strange aa It may seem (he criticism of Hog Island helped tho situation. It attracted sttcnt(lon to the -, ...,. tl,a. una cnmnlltl -thA fie fendera of the Administration to stand by. Members of congress wno are put ting their faith In Woodrow Wilson are not Inclined to attack Hog Island, noi any other shipyard, tho construction of which Is a part of the war program. Therefore, ,when the declaration was made that the Delaware Blver had come to be the greatest of all inland rivers of the United States, particularly In the matter of shipbuilding and the ma'ktpg of munitions and that Hog Island would be Its largest shipyard, there was no one to dispute the state ment. The facts were conceded. It la npl easy any way io oeme a EVENING PUBLIC EVENING PUBLIC FRONT, " A H B ""l s L " K 7fEr-lVIS. Hf!3t- 4, tt i " J. ' ' ' - Km-m V MMVZM MM ! AB cT dK ' U "tiit -tflte.. 14MAtfAaMAMe. 'K 'Inn incidents, the writer sajs. will remain forever in her memory. The former is the lirsl iniprcs. sion or devastated Mallnes; Hie oilier the arrival of "Churchill's .Marines." Above, at the riRht. the British sailor-soldiers, with their old nine!) -s.i. pound loads, arc seen inarchiiiK into Antwerp. Since those days their knapsacks hate been considerably lightened ticlou is ruined Malincs, showing the hollow remains of the "(Juilclhaiis of the Archers" and. at the left, the nicked lower of the famous Cathedral. The third picture shows two ltcltfians carrying a famous Van Djkc painting from the Cathedral Id Antwerp for safekeeping. on they came with tCt facts, looking iih though thuy would tear down im email all before them. Uelemilnatiuti written on every couniciiance. I'pon entering o"o of the great squaroi of Antwerp tho citizens stop ped us. brought out wine mill sand wiches and insisted upon pushing our cars themscives, shouting Willi de light, "Tho Kngllsh luue come!" A Charming Hostess On the Boulevard Leopold a tine building had been nlm-cd nt our dls-Jios-iIj fornicrlj It was a Puke's pal ace, and reccntlv a grammar school. Quickly we Installed ourselves, and (in- the next three das our hands were full unpacking crates nnd' getting all Into working order. Scarcely had we finished when a pn feet nvaliinrlic or wounded arrived. 170 In nil. moro than we hiul beds for. We nurrcii turned out of our bedroom, but oven then we had to till the large landings with beds and stretchers. Kvcry patient we received was rcrlously. If not dangerously, wounded; the operating theatre was going all night: our .nine nurses were scarcely able to keep abreast of the work, nor to direct the zealous, but often dangerous, ener gies of the body of lay-helners who swarmed In from the neighborhood. At 3 a. in. we had most of the patients' wounds dressed nnd their poor man gled bodies resting in something like comfort. Among Hie Belgian ladies who of fered their services was u i-liarmmg little Madcmulsello It . Mei-mg " were without any resting place, le called her futher and he insisted on stream upon whose banks In t in !Uate3, there are now a dozen snlpva n wlili ltfi .par.itc shlpvvays oomplitrrt ir under construction employing tn nil. about G2.000 men For we have ionic n. culculato that OI.OOO workmen represent the wage-earning power for a papula tion of about 300.000. Philadelphia, 100 miles from thf- sra the greatest industrial center along the Atlantic coast, canhol well afford to fall behind Baltimore. Neither snuuld It fall behind Norfolk, which ts looking up us Baltimore Is looking up, and which has an equal depth of water. The channel at Boston, being closir to the sea than that leading to Philadelphia, is alrtady deeper than the Philadel phia channel, and a spirited agitation la on for a forty-foot depth. New York tias forty feet from the sea through the Amlirovo channel, but more signifi cant, as far as Philadelphia Is con cerned. Is tho successful tight made by tlie New Vorl, members tills week to provide by law for a forty-fool channel In tho Fast Blver through llcll Gate to Long Iiand Sound. I'orl-I'not Claimants Win The New York members were fought by the Illvera anil Harbors Committee on the ground that the war necessity for the (Cast li'ver Improvement was not imperative and because of the great cost of cutting through the roth at I tot t Oate But the forty-foot project won out. and shortly after the vote was recorded Charleston. S. t, hohbi.il up with a forty-foot project leading up tho Cooper Blver to tho navy yard. And that amendment carried Then came Key West with a new channel project and It broke through the committee lines So the waterways spirit Is alive, along tho coast, and nn great city can affqrd to fall back hi the race for war utility or commercial supremacy. As at present constituted Congress is In clined to favor South Atlantic projects, and the present bill, carrying only $10, 000,000 In the aggregate, was considered too small. Hence, when New York suc ceeded In Jumping the traces and getting away with the Bast Bivcr forty-foot project. It was a foregone conclusion that Charleston and Key West would fall In close behind. The problem for Philadelphia, how ever, is to keep busy on that thirty-five-foot channel and to prepare to meet the competition that may bo expected from New York and Boston, Baltimore and Norfolk with their completed channela. What ono city secures other cities will doubtless strive tor, and the recent con gestion at New York has given other cities reason to believe that they will share In an equitable distribution of the tranTc And some of them are going after it. LEDaER-PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1918 LEPaERPHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, APRIL Id, mis WAR NURSE'S DIARY, SHOWS WHAT - ' M taking in friend and me to thcli house. Nevpr can 1 reply thine kind people for their hospitality. For nearly ls weclts wo staved In their beautiful homo as members of the family. After a whllo the other nurses were ar langed for. but many had no sleep that night, for there was only a garret tilled with desks and blackboards. Knelt night old M. It or one of his sons came to escort us home. Wo sat in n cozn fitting room with the family. wlille the three sons told ux an to latest news and rumors. These lads wcrn In tho Hardo Clvlque. so knew all what was going on iltlrm? lh c.eltenient and nnxletv of iho follow ing weeks. I low tliee live weeks passed Is Just a vague Impression of eollstnnt work lonllictlng minors', rush ami wearlnesr. I remember noth ing ibnscetitlveh. Notable, Kvenls My fiicnd ond 1 lintl a large flat containing fourteen wards, with seven ty patients to attend to. Wo had no orderlies ill those da.vs: our only help was -too shirtless charwomen, who talked Flemish only. All the patients were gravely wounded: they usually required two dressings u da and some much oftencr. The nopals nloim were a perfect nlghtmaro to get served, as scarcely any patient could feed him self: tho food consisted of stews and soups In bis bowls with coarse brown bread. To mid to the labor, the Krciit landing and two flights of circular stairs at either end were white mar ble. For the first two weeks thorc weie only two of us to do everything. The Belgian It. A M. ('. ofllccrH SPRING WHEAYPLANT LARGEST IN HISTORY Record Average of 20,000,000 in 1011 Exceeded by 1,000,000 i This Year M'nslilnKluii, April 13 America's I9IS tprlng wheat crop promises lo be the greatest since 1911. tht record rpring wheat year in the his tory of the country. llthnnirh anrlncr wliut tnti'inc 1ft still , a wcck or more aivay in mosi siuiions. ., , , , . , . . ' the house, anil wuen nicy wanicu io complied hero today show American ;al.p ',,,. 't00 8he ,,, tnl, si,o would farmers will respond to the world's cry l walk. Though deathly weak, she man r f.,,1 , , , ngid to reach the house whoro they had for food by sowing I.O0O.000 acres more carried Cyril. Thev gave her a drink or to spring wheat this year than last. ! ""Vlild'croVs Nation, thcy told Last year's acreage was slightly more I her. and the doctor would be hero In a than 18.000.000 and the record acreago UJ rC aTJier3 pK of 1011 was 50.000.000 at his bedside she saw Cyril struggling Department of Agriculture crop ex-, tu? , ? . "':. uhK rM,rllted .. ports say tho extra million acres sown j y wlum tho surgeon had examined hhn this year should yield an average otW'1 nolhUt he's bled a good fourteen bushels to the acre, adding ideal. Weil tee." Itl.000.n00 bushels of wht t rw.i .., They. i!UtwyliU. coat .ndwjnlrt I ,'r,u,.i s-.. . .. . ;, l nltcd .states and the Allies. vain, a niaie winch has not grown any spring wheat for more than fnnv years, will liavo about 6000 acres this year as result of a campaign for spring wheat sowing carried on by the Stale' and rederal Agricultural Departments. New York and Illinois am also sow ing spring wlicat for the first time In years. The bulk of the Increased acreage, how-over, is found in the Pacific North west, especially In Washington, where last year's planting was held up by ad verso weather conditions. Many furmers also arc turning to rye as cne of tho most profitable crops of tho year. The 1918 yield will virtually dobble that of two years ago, accord ing to Department of Agriculture esti mates. An overwhelming demand for rye as a wheat substltuta is largely responsi ble, for the rpurt in the rye acreage. It Is believed. Bye Is selling around U'.75 and will grow In regions too cold for wheat nnd on soli too poor for other grains. Bye. yield this year will be 8S.000.000 bushels, the Department of Agriculture estimates, scainst 60.145,000 bushels last year and 11.86: 000 In 1916. visited the waul each morning to Mnd on nil who could travel, then they all had to ha suitably clad, and the melee of mmUl.v, dlsrcputablo uni forms solid out nnd returned to ton proper owners. Two events stand out above the dally rush. The first was u vii-it to Malincs. In that ulcnolaicd town wc had n dicssiug-statlon, where a snrall irtrt of our doctors and students went .".all.v to lender tlrst-ald by the tifiiclies. Never shall I forget that jOLi'icy . Network of Defenses li wib Mild that Antwerp w.i. i in -piegnah'r. I was told that tho it v iiad three tines of defense : thc.outci i ninnieiiccd thirty inilc-3 aw. ,, circle of fortified towns; Tcrinondo nuil Woevie St. Catharine wcie two of them. Then about twelve miles uway were another merles of towns and villages of which Malincs was one. The two former towns bad fallen after fierce battles, the results of which poured Into Antwerp In am bulances, bleeding, broken nnd man gled. for us to deal with. Malincs wr saw: the cathedral was still standing badly damaged hut grand and mag nlfleeni. I'lecca of stained glass win dows, ninny centuries old. lav on tin ground. From Malincs to Antwerp was one vast network of defenses. Kverv where were reserve trenches, miles of barbed-wire entanglements all watt ing to be electrified to electrocute tho enem) ; great pitfalls covered with branches of trees contained sharp The Yellow Dove fltAPTBIt win iii:.ntit'AitTi:its , "A woman'" .he hrard a nun's voice I say at lur car. jhe was lying tiimn the ' (round, and strange laces were bending i uvei hir. "Well. I'm dammed." Kugllsh ! "And tile other'."' shu heard again. "Dead as a errln !" , Doris sat up. staring at them wildly. "Walt ! There's a duller ere yet." I I She heaid the other man say "Come. I Bill. Let's have im over to tli 'ouse." , Doris managed to tind a whisper. A i surgeon for hhn." she said to tho man isunnortine her. "Be will not die. He i I is OhlV WOUlldCd." It was her obsession U would noi leave her, Sh4 saw them carrvmg Cyiil toward i to sena ner nwuy, um nni. iit" . r ma and In U moment she heard f. .ll'a i-nlr. wlilAnerln hoarsely "Papers coat . pocket Sir John French." 'All right." "Id the surgeon cliccr- f'dly "We'll sec to that.' Doris. "Here, Cyril." , , "Itlppln' fine of you no mistake old girl " Ills whisper trailed off Into silence and at the surgeon's orders they led her away from his cot, hut she would not leave the room until she got the papers out of the pocket of his Jacket An orderly led her to a young officer with his arm in a sling who sat at k table in another part of tho building. He listened to her story attentively and read tho documents carefully, his lips as he-read emitting a thin whistle. He glaced at his watch and for a moment left the room. It Is arranged You shall go," he said when ho came tack. "A machine will be here In a moment." He paused, examlnlnr her doubtedly. She was spattered with grease and ell. but the pallor of her face beneath Its grime showed that lur strength was near Its end. "Wouldn't you trust those dls. patches to me? It's ten miles to head quarters and rough." No- po, I will go. I promised Hut he ordered some hot coffee ana Hike-- lo pinion I lie i,iv ah, v as they inhumed: fields of pointed stakes lay .ii Intervals to impede the horses. Im mediately outside the walls of Antwerp were btoad moats, alternated by high, yiiiss-covered earth fortresses, brist ling with guns. livery rod Into Antwerp led over n bridge; each bridge had been mined and by touch ing nn electric button the wlioln thing would blow up: great gates pierced the walls, where sentries stood nt atten tion. But none of these piepurntloiiH was .)' a i iv use; no ono had reckoned upon the siege guns and long-dlstiitice how itzeis The city fell In flames and i iiiii wiille the enemy were still eight miles ui moro dlstiiiii. lint of that a nou. Clitin hill's .Marines The other event to be cliionlelcil was he i;oiuliig of Winston Churchill nnd Ins marines. Antwerp was beginning io fear: the dty was packed with the constant stream of refugees carrying their bundles, nil swarming In from i uined towns and villages, while tho distant boom of guns cici't nearer and nearer, and rumors glow wilder and more terrifying. At the street corners little girls sold newspapers, and the cheery "Mctropolc!" was shouted, but. while under the leading; column announcing the "Situation." wo were assured that oven thing was si rone, beautiful, .splendid! Then flew from mout'i to mouth tho news that Winston Churchill had come. The Hnglish had come! Tho marines, pari of England's- splendid navy, were here: Now all was well! Poor little Ger mans, we could oven pity them as wo rested secure In the power of our itavv ; tliey would bo t rushed like flics and swept back to their proper place, while wc hud a hit nt Cologne and Berlin. It was pitiful how the Belgians trusted the Faiglish. to them they were Invincible, the piotcctors of the v..,:!. ""'1 f-itten Willi rumors stnead mt6IB8eBMWIWlW'-8 K .. ... ., . ... . . . , J M ....... . ..V v,. -.-. ' ' frn if fff idnWi.1, t- -..my. iifiriii-Mi.rTTiT; r.M, r. mru.ui ""t'lffiinr f-- ,....... .aw..-. ..,.vv... . bird--, vc view m Sutwcip. -Iiowiny llir oi-eaii steamship ducks on the Scheldt in the lower left hand comer. A Boinanco of tho Secret Service. O By GEORGE GIBBS Authir of '"Tin tianilnx liwonl." "Mutctp." etc. bicnd. and thus fortified, when the mo-j tor came ainunil she was driven upon , ncr way. i ne young onirer rai iichuio her. eagerly listening, while she gave hhn a brief outline of their advcntuici'. "Amazln'!" he said fiom tlmo to time. "Most aninr.in' !" And then as she went on, he said quietly , "You'ie gom mi your neive. 1 think. Better save your rtrcngth until we get to headquarters. It Isn't far nuw." Slid tried to Keep silent, nut It seemca i as though she must go un talking. That . stemed to glye her strength to complete her task, fur when she sank back In her seat and tiled to relax alio only grew weak thinking of Cyril lying back there. hovering between life mid death. And I then she heard herself saying aloud. , "He will not die Ho has gp.io through too much to die now." The man beside, her glanced down at i her and smiled gcntl.v. i "No. lie Isn't going to die. Bullets don't kill nowadays unless they kill : at once. "Yes yes." she nsHcntrtl. 'That's It. 'If ho had been going to die. he would have been dead nuw.. wouldn't he?" She laid her hand rugerly on the young oftUcr'H arm and lie put his hand over hers. "I'ulmerston Is the best surgeon along this part of the line. He'll pull him through. Don't you worry " "I won't I II try not to you're aw fully kind. Would you mind telling me your name'f" "Jackson. Second l.elnstcr Dragoons. And yours?" "Mather Doris Mather I- I don't want to forget your name You've been very good to understand everything st. perfectly." "Oh, It's nothing. There me rraions I'm on Headquarters Staff, you know." That wag 'one reason. But another one was that there was a girl at home Just hs much worried over ids wound as Miss Mather was over Hainipersley's. They passed from the rjugh roads between gates Into a smoother one which was bordered with poplars At the cud In front ot her sue nuw lights ahd reached a doorway, where, un orderly opened the door of the machine tind sa luted her companion. Their arrival, It seemed, was expected. Captain Jackson took her by the arm and led her Indoors, fqr her courage or her nerve eecmed to be falling hertagaln, down a quiet hall Into a room where an officer with a gray mustache, sat before a lighted lamp at a table covered with papers, Slio recom piled him at onco from tho many por traits that had appeared In tho weekly papers, Ho spoke to her and she tried to, reply, but she could not. Hhe seemed only to have strength enough to thrust the papers forward Jnto his hand, When nor knees, gave way under her and she sank In a heap upon the floor. Oentle hands lifted her and laid her , OUR BOYS ARE FACING The Supreme Hope With Which the Belgian LooKca upon uw turning ui tne uritisH During the Early Days of the War Can Z?P Compared to the Enthusiasm With Which the Allies Have Welcomed Uncle Saml Fighters Into the Thick of Baltic Towns and Villages That Figure Anew in the News of the Teutons' Latest Desperate At Ip.nmtn in Break Throunh the A11.ip.tl ;..- Are Intimate Places to the Brave Young Girl Who Left the Security of England on Her Mission of Mercy it was said that the British had Is sued an ultimatum to Holland, that tho Scheldt was to bo open for six hours to allow British men-of-war to sail up and fire across the mud hanks nt the (iennans! The talo of our marines has ct to he told one thing 1 know, that every one or them was a hero. They fought as Briton." should -and died. That ex pedition was much criticized and ills Missed. Such thlngH nro not In a nurse's province, but we met some of the men. maiines nnd Tommies, ami their courage and eiiduranco umid overwhelming difficulties make one proud lo be British "Twice dmlng those weeks nil our wounded wcrn hastily removed to the one great sta tion, while all the many hospitals were emptied: but after waiting sev era I bonis the poor fellows were brought back again on theli stretch rrs. cold, hungry nnd siilToiing. Nnt urally. If several thousand wounded from dorms of hospitals arc removed hastily. It means of necessity a gen eral mix-up of patients. Our dear boys. In whom wo had n personal interest, found themselves In a strange hospi t.11. while we had many of whose med ical history nnd treatment wc knew nothing. "Itaglime" That icmlnds me of "Ungtlme." I must tell you about lilni. Ills teal name was de llasiitlluct. hut. vvlien written hastily on a chart. It looked like ragtime nnd was easier to pro nounce. People who do not like med ical details had belter skip the next fevy llnes.t but 1 want people to tin--dcrstand .how- "Bagtlnie" suffered, lie was twenty-three years old nnd had wonderful brown eyes that spoke his gratitude when he was too ill lo titter words, lie came In with his ttrui broken in several places and bleeding; In ills abdomen were two large wounds which hud pierced the In testine In several places, lie illso had ii great wound In the back, which hud smashed up one kidney . At first he wnn too collapsed to operate upon. Such was the nature of his wounds that his dressing and the whole of Ills hcil had to he changed at least every two hours. Imagine lolling a man In that condition from side to side. Wc had very little wool, wo had no mack intosh sheets: brown paper was all wc Imd to put under him: we Just hart to manage with nigs which tho neigh hois supplied. I'ct I'aticnl Lost "Itaglime" was operated on; they nit out sov'cral feet of pierced In testine. Joined it together and closed up the two wounds in his abdomen.' Thu wound In the back was untouched limn a couch In tin lorner Of the room, i She tried to gel up. but cnuli! nut She I heard the voices of the officers In the room as fiom a great illsimicc. and then a w-om.ni enme and two men carted hi i upstairs anil pin her tu bed. She icullr.nl ' Mist she was talking incoherently of Cyril, of the Yellow Dove. They gavcj her something to ilrmk and her nerves , grew- mysteriously quiet. She seemed lo oe falling smoothly through the air higher, higher Cyril's lingers were pointing upward. She was tipping the wheel toward her ever toward her. and they rose higher They had'rrachcd the reglii of continuous and perfect day. Cyril turned Ida head nnd looked at her. unil then he smiled. It was broad daylight when the awoke, for the sunshine wsb streaming In at tlie window. A woman sat near In-r. knitting. She vv.i mi old woman of many wrinkles, kindly wrlnkles.whleh seemed to vie with one another to ex press placidity. As Doris rose In her tied the old woman roc. too, and came forward briskly, speaking In French. "Ah. inadaniolsclle is awake. Bon. She is feeling better?" "Yes. better but a llttlo tired." And then, as she realized where she was. "Could you tell me- ? flcncral French Fienrh c uilil I see him?' "All Is well, mademoiselle. Monsieur Ic (Jeueral he is not here now. But lie will bo back after a while. He will see you, then, but first it Is proper thai you haVe breakfast and a butli. Made moiselle needs a bath- I think." Doris glanced .at her hand, which lay upon the white coverlid. It was blacK. "Yes, I will bathe. But llrst will you tell mo ?" The old woman smlleil as she Inter rupted, "I was to tell you that Monsieur yonder Is better. That Is what Made moiselle wished to know. Is It not?1' Doris sank back upon her pillow In a silence which gave the full measure of her Joy. Cyril would recover. She had been sure of It. She had told them last night uod was good. The news gave her strength, and the coffee and cggH that were brought re vived her. rapidly. cr nerves still trembled In memory of what they had passed thiough. but when she was bathed and dressed In chan linen gar ments, much too largo fur her, a surgeon brought her medicine, Hut! what was better than medicine, news that Cyril was conscious and was asking for her. But they would not let' her go to him. Tomorrow perhaps. Meanwhile tne doctor would bo glad to take a message. Doris colored gently. The message that she would hve liked to send was not to be tranemltted hy thla means. ...s7.c"t nlm'" "'.V ",,d at las ouletly. that I am well and that I will see him when I have permission to do so," The Miles r smiled, gave soimv direc tions to Ihe old woman and went out. s..i,U. wa,". nt un!" lae In the afternoon, win diessed In her own garments which had been cnrefully cleansed and hLut l?d. ?V ..her nursi hat she was Kdmltted to Bio office of tho Kleld Mar shal. She vtas shown Into his room and hj greeled her with unmistakable as he could stand no more that it,. He came back to us antt we ,l:.lrl him with special care, along With' hi other Mxty-nlno patients When" .! dressed him he never moania ",'! groaned, nnd always gave u la. -..:' rierful smile. Then an order camaff nil patfentn to go to the station VJ. I time" went on a stretcher with tf I rest. After spending twetv. s...? 'Without fond or nttentlnn . .si; ihauglity place, some or ihcm am. I hack to us. but not "Rngtm" Tv! I 1'lilt, rlnnlni. n..l T ...t.n .. . . . ...-.,, ..v. ..... nn., ,. ...... ii'ienaea Mm, 1 '' "V" ,.-i.v ouspiun ana nudt every Inquiry, with no result After three days a pitiful llttlo note came from "Bagtlme " Mng he , In a huge milittn.v hospital and ti... King tne to visit him f'athntir Sisters V "i-ii- in iii.ir'-, hum mr rules vreri strict. Ilnallv we saw luni nni mi.. who had lirep dumped there He cr4 K ,..t lim.lnrnl nin ,-,, ... , ...- ... A .., .,..,,.,... in, ,.v, ,.. iccne nim lie said his wounds had not bin dressed for three days Think of Itl When we dressed him tt was i. hourly, and It was most necessary, The reason for the neglect was tnat J nuns were not allowed, so I was told, in attend lo men patients below tni waist! (inl Him ItniU The lady doctor went rounit, and I'Icaded with them to lei us have him back, Init no. thev would not So I was determined. Mademoiselle anj j went round nnd asked for the (Jcneril. I In was In charge of this great hoipl- tal. I told lilin tuts nistorv ot the ca, cried and protested with real Belglan ciuotlon. pud finally the dear old (ten. cial began to think that here vrai real!' roniunrp! He let me have "fiat, ft time. 'The limy doctor sent ncr car nnd wc got htm back. Ijiter on we left liim in ,i hospital in I Slient. Months afterward wc had. an ordeiiv. an cx-prores .ot from l college. Wishing to join his family nt Client he rcttnyicd under the Ger mans. I sent by him a letter to "Raj iline." After many weeks a letter j smuggled thiough to me in Flemish.' telling hisw the orueily had traced him to a ccrlai'i lio-,pital and he w lvlng unconscious. This made me tffl that he was dying. But afier another long lapse of time another man turned up who mid that "Ragtime" had Jmt been operated on for bis kidney and hod been tinder chloroform. A year inter one of oui medical students met lis father In a London hospital. 1 wounded soldier. He paid that "Raf time" was nt T.tege convalescent After the war I shall make It my Usk to truce "Ragtime" in Belgium and llnd out if lie Is alive irij.NTINllHi MuNL-.Ui M titittimwmwt.mm '.'.y;x-$nsafflsaa;-i.-ir'-wrBrrfil ....nil .III,' r.r.,.l.. t.rti- ll.e rllAir IttXl Ids oh n 'anil congratulating her warmlj upj.i th.i sun irs ot her achievement M, CyrilY" 'J ' Yoo know." lie asked quietly. "IM,; oiuoiit.-, of these documents?" i "Vr Their Importance mad) It niietsary that I should " I "Then, of course, you reaha the ne-J cessnv loi the utmost secrecy: ! .In The gi-iiei-il snil'efl a I hei and broujH f, rwai-ii a lain of a ircenl issue e tho London Times. , "lll.l w.n l.nnvv lli:.l I'll the 13 tliri" days l-higland ha- ai lually stop ped criticizing me lo talk about youl. "About nie''-' she ask"d ! "Yes lead' he said smiling, aafl she looli Ihe onoer finin him. sm'.u, i.itn? (li,. le:iiiiiiru nf :i new . item hi painted out to her MIK.-i JIATllCIl STILL .MISSING MYSTL'LKlL'S DISAPI'LAIUNCH L,i.i , . -s. ...... .1 -V i i.-nP. ci 11,11 i .s. . ui. -.,,.' -:-.,-- LADY hUATHCOTK TLLLS STItANO" stiip.v 1 JLHN mzzii). THM FM"i;? ct LKl'TOI!. A OBILMAN M' 1 villi nun in me ii"wk himii "'"--u AIIIjoii Mather, or Ashvvatcr I HM helle-hig that Ids daughter is w 4 nllve. trdav offered a reward or ntt tiiniianil nound, to anv one 'a She slopped leading and P"t the P3 per now n . "Pour raddy !' she whispered. S!lr li. In, .ull vrtil lei hill! know- ....:i..'i'v.! ".";. jlon:,:n: ' yit M IVIHIW'H null. Jiu .lis- re. ...Zuirtl will a Iniigh. ,'Tho Soon--l thlnK JBf m in- I -need a. new uufiiu.i' "- "t)h lis h give It. I'm sure "Vuii pionilse?" "Yes." , II.. ,..nt.. I. 1.U...1 nnrl lOSf ta ;.s . "' .......... " - .., an oi lueiiiiftfctu. .,..-- ,,.: ,i hi Hx. I hone you will he aoiv3 Jon. us." ' . ,n "But. general " she paused at ! .:.., r it.' si.iiicu ai ner soiuy . ,, .. hn, if nil pu's well-you sniiii i - tomorrow.1: , .. v JH mis ii,.iii-ii jil-...,.. ---,. ,m seemed to kiovv. but she dUn t -'L'1X Tho world, in spite of its terrors, JJI a gaiutn or roses to uoris (CONCLUDED MONDAVI NAMES' AIR LICENSE BOARD ,....,.,-..... a.,,-1! is Announce, ............... . -- ., ,. ment or the personnel or mo '""" J ana navy nosru on ociuiii -.- ,3, . ...... s ..,-... -...mi sooly rJ3 ancir, 10 vvnicn rm""Di "' cioli-gifil Icenso to fly over 1110 1 nucu -"TrMii lurriiunui wuioid, nw'-' --. ssw and the Panama Canal -.ope ""JM made, Tlie meinDers or mo uu.- -- jj Colonel H. It. Arnold, signal wjl t ..... . r-., 1 l.i...,.i m. Itr tnE l-aouicomiv V uiuiici v ...mm - - - kw coast artillery. National Army, Ior..'Sj War Department, capiuin ;. - --..a Captain T n Y. Blakcly. Captain r.W C aril, for mo NBVy .-uajwi -'-Jti Oeorge O. 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