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TICK 8TORV THUS FAR
RKNWIfK. under secretary of
jrltfsh rmhnftnv In Vlnnn nnd thf
15SR MARISHKA fTKAMM, Whom
I. overhear on June 12. 1014. the
..the story opns a convfrsatlon In the
M fardens at Konoplsht between the
pan Kaiser von Tirput ana me auv
Jtrcnaukt in wmen - ine aeminy ui
Is sealed.
ft pan is aesunea 10 ihikp me au-h
and his morranatlc wife, Sophie
k Imnnrtnnt flrurej. Mnrlshka l a
a friend of Sophie, but she decides her
duty Is to her country and the Am
'A
i monarcn. tTani joei nne nr
llnir to him, Rennjcx is miormins mi
This meam nn e-uranBcmeni w
Hush and Marlnhka
BK niMiT. chief of th Austrian
t Service. Is Instructed to thwart any
; to save the Arrnai'Ke. wno na own
d mnrdered In HaraJo He cap
fltonwlrle and MarHhki. who were
in trt a.ran tnnM
BAPTArV fiORITZ. of the Ormin ecret
Wee, raptures 5IarlnKa irom vinni
f ,? pfomlaes to help nor phi not 10 m
JM " They arrive In Rnr-ijevn tint
KiJfco lata to prevent the as.inlnatlon of ti
r?SWArcliiluk and Sophie. Uenw Ick relens
,iSSjr Wtndt. I" trailed to Sarajevo bv Ou
r!L,a Lanice. in inn jvusiriun n-r-n ,-i-t.i.
J-,Rnlck locates Marl'hka'a hldlnn nl lee
' A 1TL1 OmHI nrivH llarlahlra In Hml for Ren
i?Sf"jrlclt plannlnir' to kill him MyrlshVri
IRr3V-Sowever. aeena to rrine ner inner n
twS'iiSw of Ratal. Ttemvlck evehes Marians!
l,fl-f",fot either plan can develop
. 'Tvrr.Ti villi . li
; ' ViXliVrllilx AVU onuuuuu i
It vTTE kissed her tenderly t
Jtvk XI Besslon the greater fo
the Joj of pos-
XI session the greater for the dangers
rJ. that they ran.
pjL iTou're trembling. MarlshKa
Don t
Uf ,??Iry-
,nut sne ciung to mm ar
"K anything sliouW happen now
,tjt I have you again "
' "Dearest! I too. have itiffered with
Toil but I nnien't dcpalretl I would
ver have given you tin. you know,'
hesald with a smile
"I've never wanted ou to give me
'up,'' Hugh. I've tested ou cruelly be-
"It had to be, Marishka But you ve
orvlved It "
. "Mr love li greater greater than anv-
' tlilna; In the world to me,'' sne murmured
' i'Daxnger lias proved it and vours "
-'"It needed nothing I love jou now
mnd always."
' "Tou forgive?"
He kissed her again and again, and
S for a long moment they clasped each
ther In silence, their lips together,
questioning, replying in broken sjllables
To the woman, nothing eWe mattered
If death came now, she knew that It
would be sweet And it was Renvvlck
who louna nis reason ursi n nuus ,
till In his. he leu ner to me winuuw.
.where he scanned the garden anxiously
YBut there was still no sign of anything
suspicious, nor, in ine nouw. ". u.i.
But llenwlck now questioned her quickly
""Tou sent me a note In Vienna?"
"Tes. A warning. I was afraid. I
urged you to return to England, but I
hoped "
"Ah ! The note a forgery '
- "What do you mean?"
"Your'note told me to come to Sara
jevo to the Hotel Kuropa. where you
twnittis) nnmfntin.p'il'A with HIP ' t
kXs '"A forgery! Gorltz' Now I under-
Bi ViMand. He said mat ou wouia ionovv.
VSt, i VOoTiXx the limousine chap: He is
as; , ri"
iii-"v, T Ann'i Vnnw T hoven'r seen him
M IL'ihice tola morning. Hugh! He has
In- rL,j i.laHa n. trill Vnll tpn"
S-t;Vsire shall outwit him "
iW,ry""But I am frightened, even now with
A fMi Iipa hAsldp me. Hueh He Is clever
.Tf T am no mateh for him I wrote vou
'iJ-iW "'come tonight. It was what he
jswunea. Don t you understand: a trap:
irr?7Tu..re in dancer nere now
Vl'jUVb.. Y 1.1. .1U H . A. H 1A
liuSUl XVCIIWIIiiV uiu nui ntrtrui iw uc
.ote'apTeMly disturbed. His mind had cleared
gfc3Jt,"W Bhall fight him with his own
SJ'LWfapon "
Mi??.Sini frightened. Are you sure that
,A ;VinPoltlve." And then pursuing hi
,'fiN,JMWiI. "10U sent a note to ine ttoiei
.ti y; ' . . . -. ,- w..
f p- -' Kunmar'
1 'Kr r"Ye-i." sho stammered, "this after
BP'-- alA. X ..1....1 .,, n nnn,A liara In.
tLJTdff'J 9KWFI. OIt-U JUM IU liunia ,,v, tw
KjSgtf, W- ' w08 Intercepted."
KjA'? JK don't understand."
B" Ai'jl.t. ln..Kn .T .!. iiunil Tla
i1 " the luckiest thing In the world that I've
leuna you.
Ho kissed her again, and then quickly.
Tho harem Is where?"
'She pointed to the door with the
rill, and he regarded it with a new
..interest. In the silence that followed
they heard again the murmur of voices,
-avwoman'a and a man's.
TZubeydeh !" she whispered. "The
troman here and a man's voice."
"We must find a way out quickly.
ilfcey may come around this way."
He noticed the door upon the other
iMtof the room.
("Where does that lead?"
To the selamllk I think. But it Is
better to go by the window. I can
etimb. Let u? go."
, H shook his head.
s 'Tit's dangerous. The stairs "
ir' fit la dark below. I don't know whero
KPt, tfcfcy lead."
ffo tne garden rney must. The
4oor Is locked on the Inside, but per-
f-ijj nae meres anotner exit at tne rear.
L" , Ceme."
Iji' Ha drew his revolver from his belt.
e - f luitiiiti lit I u iii iiaiiu, nu iicr LU
hiX. ' stair, and there they stopped, for
jnnKa ciuicnea ms arm in sudden
r;,-srternatlon. From the harem came
KS-4 auaaen mumea noise as tnougn some
wf - -, nae 'were Dealing upon a carpet.
.f'hots!" whispered Renvvlck. "We
Jnaat hurry."
upshots! What does It mean?"
(''I'll explain later. Hurry.'"
, iTnere were cries now the shriek of
wj a woman, and above, all, a hoarse bellow
:of some enraged animal, llenwlck
1 ,i,BWI micuit urDicimru a lew sieim, lia
A; .'rlehka following him when the door
tL 'lomo eciuiiiun ujiemm nmi a lemaie
L.i Acure clad- in Marl'hka's silk drapery
Lt, .rushed forth. It was Yeva.
fi. tr'Tauiein ' she whispered In awed
Lt'OffJtones to Mar'shka. "Forgive me!" she
'i'fld. "I have seen. It was beautl-
jr3;l. I could not see harm come to vou
Ki-'3Bw Excellency has been in the street
(fc' nww utvci ui me nuuie, uui wncn ine
Ipfi wrhtlng began came up the rear stalr-
y wy oi me seiamiiK
i- uurus i Biummereu lansnKa in
v. .rr'.: :.. . . ....
.vt irisux. i nave locked tne upper door.
.,v v u , wuiov ut.v, r i .
fyZ1. 1 vciiciii;j iiiusl b ii mere is yet
LJ. vt.r'vJS- j ...
Ii.i .'v il ina caraen !
''W-.p0!" Ba,d Benwick. looking about
', ' fs a place of concealment. "I shall
fej?"- fit is death " whlsnered MarlahV.a.
S"i rSut Yeva was resourceful. "The ar-
S,, iMerl" she whispered. "I have often
v'fcWden In It from Zubeydeh. Quickly,
"'iwuencjri ii uuiiiaa upon DracKeis in
aa w4i.
na vvnue Atarisnka watcned tne stair-
In terror. Yeva helped the Enirllsh.
'Into this strange place of conceal
L Excited as Yeva was at her share
i" tne anair. ner nngers were nimble.
ahe buckled tne straps aulcklv.
'turning, fled Into the selamllk and
eked the door. But Goritz by this
had managed to find a way to the
rs to me maoem, ana came un steaitn-
riTJistenlng eagerly to the increasing
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- .'' " MHraotlon In the herein. He found Ma
.,'..'' Mswka and Yeva hand In hand at the
f Tl Jaai1 of thf Relamllk. starln? In rnnatpr.
k J.'' saitlnn at the door of the black frill
'jrtre were no more shots, but more
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wiUHa n.vii ii.. B.tw.o .ivtu ittc euHiiua
voices, strained, subdued, tense with
rt the heavy breathing of men, the
h!nr of furniture, and then, at last.
Jar of heavy bodies falling a cry of
pn ana silence.
lain Goritz had folded his arms
waited, expectant.
It Is very strange." he said, coollv.
HVeva. "Some one has broken Into the
V
Excellency. I do not know. I was
rthe, other end of the house. The
leln was frightened and called to
' she lied glibly.
"IJtMs not to be wondered at" he
with a utrange smile, "rney have
noise enougn to raise tne dead
I a pardonable curiosity as to what
opened." But. as he strode to
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The man in armor strode into the
"I would suggest. Countess Strahni,
that you go with this girl at once Into
the selamllk 1 have no Idea of what has
happened, hut it must be something
quite disagreeable nn Intruder within
the harem the penalty Is severe "
Marlshka was leaning against the rail
of the stalrwav near the suit of armor,
and Goritz watched her curiously
"I shall not .o," she stammered,
faintly, wondering at the growing mys
tery
He shrugged 'As vou please" he
muttered, 'but I warn ou that the
situation may be unpleasant "
"I shall remain ' she said again
There were sounds of heavy footsteps.
and the door ot tne dutap .swung optn,
revealing the Beg of ItatnJ. torn,
and disheveled, his face distorted with
passion He paused In the doorway, and
looked from CJorltz to Marlshka, breath
ing rnpidlj
"Ah Hxcellencv" he gasped "I call
you all to witness A man ha entered
the harem a Christian Yeva, I knew,
was not there, but I saw him and fol
lowed from the street vilth my friends
my son, my brother-in-law, my cousins
He is here We have killed him"
Goritz glanced at Marlshka. but she
stared pat the dreadful apparition Into
the corridor, behind him, Incapable of
speech or thought
"A Christian'" said Goritz "Incred
ible !"
"You shall fee " said the Kffendi.
And turning to those within he uttered
a phrase In Turkish, and preventlv Zub
evdeh and a man came forvvjrd drag
ging something behind them Marlshka
hid her face In her hands, and crouched
nearer the corner where the armor was.
She saw Goritz suddenlv stnrt for
ward, his gaze upon the prostrate
figure In black, which Its bearers had
deposited none too gently In the middle
of the rug. Then he peered Into the
upturned face, starting upright and
glaring at the Effendl.
"Vermalerdciter Hallen " he cried.
"It's not the man '"
"What do you mean. Excellency?"
cried the Beg.
"Whnt I say Idiots "
"A Christian In my harem'" walled
the old rultlan. "He has ruined my fur
niture and killed my brother-in-law and
my cousin "
"What do I care?' cried Goritz furi
ously. "You got u all Into trouble
with jour bungling. Do you know who
this man Is?" he stormed.
"Who. Excellency?" cried the Effendl.
"Nicholas Szarvas the most famous
secret service agent In Hungary."
"What say you, Excellency?" the Ef
fendl asked bewildered.
"You have heard "
"It Is Impossible. This was the
man "
"Bah ' You are a sheep's head "
"Sheep's head I am not "
"Then you are a fool '"
"By the beard of the Prophet he was
In my harem," muttered the Effendl.
"I call you all to witness "
"I wash my hands of the matter," said
Goritz furiously
"I am within mv rltrhts the
harem "
"Bah You have killed a police offi
cer of the empire !"
Ann you; ino urrenars race was
the color of that of the man upon the
floor, but his eyes glowed with fear and
desperation.
"I know nothing of the matter." con
tinued Goritz. "A Christian comes Into
your harem and you kill him. If he
turns out to be an ofllcer of the law,
what Is It to me?"
"You will pay me that which you
owe," shrieked the Effendl. "The man
has broken my furniture "
"It is a pity he didn't break jour
head. I pay jfiu nothing."
And then to Marlshka, "Come coun
tess, we must be upon our way."
Marlshka stood staring at Goritz. a
new horror in her eyes. She now un
derstood. The Effendl thrust himself
between them.
"You will pay me that which you
owe," he stormed again.
"Stand asldo!" said the German, and
then to Marlshka,
"If the Countess Strahni will be good
enough to accompany ine," he said
civilly.
But Marlshka stood fixed, staring at
him with alien eyes, as the Effendl
rushed forward toward her, his arms
extended.
"She shall not go. She will see what
has been done. He Is not the man. She
will remain here In my house until "
"Stand aside, Effendl "' cried Goritz
furiously, and as the man did not move,
he caught him by the shoulder and
thrust him roughlj- aBlde. He scorned
to use a weapon, and the other man and
the woman seemed completely domin
ated by his air of command.
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room and pointed a revolver at Gorilz,
'You will please come at once,
Countess Strahni There Is no telling
how soon the police will be coming."
And as Marlshka did not move
' You heard'"
"I will not go." stammered Marlshka.
Goritz paused, examining her kccnlj-,
as though he had not quite understood
"I have asked jou quite courteously.
Countess " ,
"I will not go.' reptated Marlshka.
Her voice was Ice-cold, like her bodj",
which seemed to be frozen Into Immo
bllltv "I beg to remind you of j-our promise
to go with me "
"t will not go." she said again.
"Then I niU3t take j-ou, ' he said,
striding toward her furinuslv, and reach
ing out a hand to seize her bv the wrist.
Then a strange thing happened. Tho
man In armor, in the corner behind Ma
rlshka, strode clanking forth Into the
room while a voice leverberated In the
Iron helmet What It said no olio un
derstood The Effendl gazed at the
moving thing In terror, and then with a
shriek lied down me stairs, Zubej-deh
and her companion calling In loud tones
upon Allnh, at his heels. Goritz glanced
at the thing and then stood Irresolute
n moment, as the man In the armor
slowly raled an arm, for at the end
of tho arm Goritz saw a revolver point
ed illrectlj" at him
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
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Ode to My Daily Err
Immortal egg, whose golden pulp
Gives way to Destlnj-, to quicken
The waj-s of Nature at a gulp,
And breeds her masterpiece, the
chicken,
Thy ways are mine, Immortal
Egg!
Like mine, thy habits, always
.stable,
Conduct thee dally when I beg
To meet thee at the breakfast
table.
But one dread fact of this our
meeting
Cannot but fill my heart with
grieving,
For, lo, the ardor of mj- greeting
Will put an end to thy achieving;
Why must thou die, thou prop of
nations?
Fall without lienor or a bullet
Ending momentous operations
To perish in a greedy gullet!
O Egg, why can't our hapless meet
ing Keep thee in thy place, me in
mine?
Then thy career would not be fleet
ing, Then thy bright future still
would shine;
In stiff, unyielding Christian
Science
I'd contemplate thy virgin shell.
And smile at thee In firm reliance
That thou hadst tasted very
well!
Harvard Lampoon.
An Even Break
"Do plain girls or pretty girls do
better In business?"
"It's about a toss-up. The plain
girls don't make so many mistakes,
but there are fewer kicks about
the blunders the pretty girls
make." Boston Transcript.
Is No Pacifist
DREAMLAND
Bu DADDY
THE LONESOME BEAR
A complete new adventure each teeefc, begtmitnij Monday and endino Saturday
CHAPTER II
Urounie Oul Declares War
Pcoov is invited fo the llirds' liar
vest party. On her, wav to it she
frees llrownic Oivl from a hole in a
clay bank,' where he has bcciP Im
prisoned, but slides Into' the rlver
and Is in danper of being sucpt
away when Hilly Belgium swims to
the rescue.)
B1
river strongly and swiftly But It
seem a long time to Peggj-. who felt
the clay oozing steadily toward the
deep current. Would he come In time?
To add to her alarm she snw that
Billy Belgium was being carried down
stream He would have to land below
her But If she was swept away he
might, at least, be able to catch her
as she went by.
Billy Belgium, however, had no In
tention of waiting for this to happen He
climbed on shore, then raced to the
top nf the clay bank Down It he came,
holding out a long pole to Peggy.
"Grab hold' I'll pull jou up'" he
shouted.
"Brownie Owl first," answered Peggy
Brownie Owl grabbed the pole In his
powerful beak and clung tight as Billy
Belgium raised It Just as he would a
fishing rod, throwing Biownle Owl to
the top of the cliff
Then the pole came down again, and
Peggy took hold tight Hilly Belgium
braced himself on the narrow ledge and
pulled strongly and steadily Slowly,
oh so slowly, Peggy felt herself drawn
out of the sucking cia'. Once freo of
the ooze, she was able to climb with
her feet, and soon Billy Belgium had
her safe at the top of the bank
"You're a hero. Hilly Belgium," cried
Peggy, gratefully "Another minute and
I'd been bwept awaj"
"You. ought to know how to sw Im,"
answered Billy Belgium
"But I do know how to sw 1m Only
I had Brownie Owl and the clay held
me so tight and the current llowtd so
fast I didn't know what might happen."
"I declare war! I declare war'" came
a mournful hoot from Brownie Owl, as
Judge Owl tried to free him from the
dried claj-.
"The quickest way to get that claj' off
Is to wash It off," declared Billy Bel
glum, picking Brownie Owl up.
"Don't wash me," hooted Brownie Owl,
for all the world like a bad boy object
ing to his Saturday night bath "It will
ruin my health and beauty."
"Nonsense," leplled Peggy severely.
"Your beautj- Is ruined alreadj- and you
certainly don't look a lilt healthy with
that claj' sticking to j'ou."
Billy Belgium paid no attention to
Brownie Owl's squawking, but plunged
him Into the river and boused him up
and down
"I declare war' I declare war!"
screeched Brownie Owl He looked so
comical with his feathers all limp and
sticking to him that Peggy couldn't help
tittering.
She was surprised to see how Brownie
Owl shrunk under the effects of the bath.
With his feathers fluffid out he looked n
very large bird With the fluff a-ll
washed out he appeared only half his
usual size.
When Billy Belgium got through
Brownie Owl shook himself and hopped
on one leg trj'lng to get the water out
of his ears. "I ileclare war!" he re
peated over and over again.
"Who on?" asked Teggy.
"On the peskv Crows," replied
Brownie Owl. "They met me on the
way to j-our house and chased me Into
Mr. Sand Martin's hole In the clay
bank. I could have whipped one or
two of them, but I couldn't fight the
flock not then, but now I declare war
on the whole army or them and I'll
never give them anv peace until the
forest lias been made safe for Owla.
I'm mad clear through."
"You look It," tittered Pcggv. "When
jou fight the Crows I hopo I can help
you "
"I'll put that down." replied Brownie
Owl. "Princess Peggj- will whip the
Crows for me."
THE FOUR MINUTE MAN
The Meaning of America
America means opportunity; opportunity to change one's place or
one's gait; opportunity to improve one's mind or position. The woodchop
per may become President; the teamster may become commander-in-chief;
the train butcher may become scientist; the office boy may become cap
tain of industry; the roller may become astronomer. And, by the same
token, the sons of these men have the opportunity to fall as far as their
fathers have risen.
And because "opportunity" puts It squarely up to the man, America
also means responslbllltj. Before a man can keep the freedom his father
has won for him he must prove worthy of It.
Forged In the flames of freedom, fanned by the winds of tyrannj',
welded into shape by the hearts and brains of early patriots, and assem
bled by patriots succeeding, our Government Is a machine with a soul.
It Is still a machine. Small wonder, then, that Its wheels were clog
ged with material dress In daj's of prosperous peace.
It still has a soul. Small wonder, then, that it readily responded to
the clarion call of righteousness when righteousness was threatened.
For America is not only a countrj- It Is an Ideal.
It is this fact which makes it possible for an alien to renounce alle
giance to all foreign potentates nnd powers, especially the potentate or
power to which he aforetime owed allegiance, without losing his self
respect. He Is not selling the country of his birth for material gain. He
is vowing allegiance to a system of government which promises freedom
to all men. He is becoming a citizen of a country on which the 'sun of
righteousness never sets.
It is this fact which makes it possible for the man whose ancestors
came over on the Mayflower and the man who himself came on a later
boat to be brother Americans, alike in spirit and principle.
For, In spite of an ardent patriot's passionate love for the land itself,
his home land, a natural and admirable feeling, true America's boun
daries are moral rather than geographical. G. A.
ADVENTURES
f
hold! I'll pull
he shouted
That wasn't what Peggy had prom
ised, but she didn't argue the point, as
Billy Belgium was urging her to hurry
to the Birds' partj'. He led tile way
to a bridge and then through the wobd
to the Birds' ballroom. This Peggy
found to be a pretty glade on the bank
of the river. It haa n soft carpet of
moss and was prettily decorated with
vines and ferns. Billy Belgium looked
around anxiously.
"Where can the Birds have gone?"
he said. "They were all here when I
left."
They searched the glade, but not a
Bird could bo found. At the opposite
end from the river, whero a dark ravine
led back Into the woods, Billy Belgium
suddcnlj- dropped to his knees and began
to examine the ground.
"Come here, quick!" ho railed to
Peggj'. She stooped over nnd followed
his finger as It traced a large track In
the soft earth. ,
"What s It?" she whispered.
"Some large animal," whispered Billy
Belgium. "Majbe a bear!"
Peggy's heart gave a quick beat. A
bear In the forest! But it wasn't pos
sible. Thero hadn't been any bears
around that part of the country In jea,rs
and years.
"Booh !'' came a loud shriek. Teggy
was so startled she jumped forward,
tumbling over Billy Belgium. And sud
denly the whole glade was filled with a
roar of wings and twitters and shrieks
of Bird laughter.
"Wo scared you ! We scared vou !'"
screamed the Birds In glee, as Peggy
and Billy Belgium picked themselves up.
"Whoo ! Whoo !" said a deep voice,
and the Birds, their voices suddenly
stilled, whirled about to where two aw
ful, stary eyes glared at them from
the buBhes. In a panic they darted
screaming for the shelter of the trees.
Ah they did so, Judge Owl stalked out
from the bushes. It was his new gog
gles that had frightened the Birds
Then Peggy and Blllv Belgium had
their turn to laugh, and they gurgled
afid giggled until thej- almost cried as
the grinning, crestfallen Birds fluttered
hack from the trees and tried to make
believe that they had known all the
time it was Judge Owl.
(Tomorrow vHll be described the
birds' party and the startling Inter
ruption that comes In the midst of
the fun.)
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dgCOIPOBAL OSBORNE DEVAQILA
BATTEtaY C. SIXTH U.S. FIELD AISTIL.UEISV
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(Copyrloht, i8, hy fie Public Ledger Co.;
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CHAPTER X
Clashes (Pili the Enemy
OUR sharpshooters let go when the big
German plane came within easy
range .
The shooting was wonderfully ac
curate nnd put the finishing touches to
the nmbltlon of the boche aviators to
bomb the American position.
The Germnn machine gunner was seen
to lurch heavily forward as If he had
been badlv hit A bullet from a Yankee
rifle smashed through the oil tnnk of
the airplane, and other bullets fired by
our crack shots riddled the wings of the
machine. The German pilot saw he had
struck a hornet's nest, and he turned
toll nnd hiked back to his own lines.
This Incident demonstrated to the Huns
that In the Yankees they are contend
ing with the crack sharpshooters of the
world
In one place our trenches were less
than slxtv feet from those of the Ger
mans, while In another place fully a
mile separated the opposing forces. Our
trenches were located In marshy ground,
making the use of "duck boards" neces
sary nt nil times except when the trench
water nnd mud became frozen In winter.
The trenches were verj- shallow when
our Infantrymen moved In, but they
began Immediately to deepen them and
Imnrove them In other waj-s.
In every dugout the soldiers worked
almost constantly pumping out the
wnter which seeped In. The presence of
this water wns disagreeable, of course,
hut In one way It served a good pur
pose. Rats detest water, and thev gave
these damp dugouts a wide berth, for
which our boys were supremely grateful.
Every man In the lino 'at all times
kept his eyes peeled for two kinds of
colored rockets. One Is green and the
other red. The first means asphyxiat
ing gas, nnd the other calls for a bar
rage. And the green light to the men
In the line means more than anything
else for In a gas attack they know that
their lives often depend upon the speed
In which the gas masks are adjusted
after an alarm Is given.
During November, 1917, the Huns
made several attempts to raid the Amer
ican lines, but were nlvvavs beaten bnck
with henvy loss. The Germans made
an attack early In the night of Novem
ber 12, bringing up five machine guns
and opening a cross-fire on the Yankee
lines Not one of our men was hit.
When tho first deluge of bullets came,
the American lieutenant In command
telephoned for the machine Suns to
4 come up on cither flank and fire toward
mo Hermans In No Man's Land. Ob
servers at listening posts reported that
there were 200 boches in tho raiding
party.
Machine Rons Resin Peppering
Our machine guns began peppering In
less than a minute after the first German
shot wns fired. A few minutes later
the artillery In the rear was laying
down a barrage where tho Germans
were supposed to be. The Yankees In
the trenches, shielding their faces with
their steel helmets, climbed on the
shooting ledges, aiming at the flashes
of the German machine guns. The at
tack was continued for more than a
half hour before the Germans retired.
It Is believed that they timed the raid
to take the Americans by surprise
while a relief was entering the trenches.
Both American nnd French soldiers In
advanced listening posts reported see
ing the returning Germans carrying
bodies. This Indicated they had suffered
heavj- losses.
In the early morning of November IB
the Huns nttempted nnother raid and
were repulsed. The Germans moved
several machine guns Into No Mnn's
Land and swept our communicating
trenches with a heavy fire In prepara
tion for an advance. At the same In
stant American flares disclosed the raid
ers and the French and Yankee batter
ies dropped a grilling barrage In the
midst of the foe. The Huns retreated,
suffering several casualties.
And nil the whllo the Yankee hoys
were fighting cooties as well as Ger
mans. These little pests are certainly
tho bane of tho life of the soldier.
Sometimes I think that eventually they
will gobble up nil of the German and
Allied soldiers and flght this war out
between themselves.
When the boys got leave from the
trenches the first thing they did was to
go back of the lines and take a gasoline
bath. This rid them of the lice. Then
they would put on new underclothing
and fresh uniforms and feel like men
again.
The American soldier on leave from
the trenches has the time of his life.
His Undo Sammy has seen to that. The
American Government has taken over
the famous watering place, Alx-les-Balns,
on the borders of the Alps, and
turned the place into a paradise for
Yankee soldiers. For fifty cents a day
the American doughboy Is allotted a
room which millionaires In ante-bellum
days were glad to secure for $50 n day.
The Y. M. C. A. and other organizations
are spending vast sums at Alx-les-Balns
for the entertainment of American sol
dlers on leave.
Sergeant Marsh spent two months In
the front lino trenches and then, one
morning at 2 o'clock, he waB put out of
commission In a boche gas attack. He
was taken to a hospital and remained
there .until he was selected with others
of Pershing's forces to return to America
and aid In the third Liberty Loan cam
paign. I will now resume the story of my
experiences with Battery C, Sixth United
States Field Artillery.
After our battery had fired the first
gun and had spent two weeks Improving
the position back of the Yankee first
line, we groaned with disappointment
when the order came to move to winter
quarters. Every man-Jack of us con
sidered It pretty tough to bo yanked out
of the scrap Just after we had poked
our nose Into It and were beginning to
warm up. But orders are orders, and
of course we had to submit.
So very sorrowfully we began a three
days' hike for the winter billets many
miles back of the line.
The village which had been wished on
to ua for winter quarters was far from
being a spotless town or a model com
munity. If that town had been located
In America It would have had the Board
of Health down on It In short erder.
And the Board of Health would have
had to put In some hard work to bring
the place up to the American standard
of sanitation.
After we had been In the village five
minutes wejleclded that we had an Im
portant duty to perform, and that duty
was to clean the place up. There were
evidences that .we would have to edu
cate the people before we could bring
this about, but we determined we would
do that If It was necessary.
The little village was strong on the
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map, not because of Its commercial or
agricultural Importance, but principally
because of Its astonishing variety of
odors. You could smell that town ten
miles away if tho wind was blowing In
the right direction.
In front of almost every house In the
village was a manure heap, and before
he had been In town an hour our com
mander decided that these heaps would
have to be removed.
The edict nearly started a revolution
In the village. Tho villagers seemed to
regard these manure heaps as heirlooms,
nnd I guess some of them were. The
Inhabitants appointed a committee to
call upon the commander and protest
against the removal of the historic piles,
but our ranking ofllcer was Arm and
said they must go. The next day we
went at the heaps with shovels and
carted the fertilizer to a place a con
siderable distance from tho village. The
village smelted BO per cent sweeter after
mat, and lire was less burdensome.
Billeted In Rama
We were billeted In barns historic
barns, I should have said, for there was
every evidence that they had been built
long before the time of the first Na
poleon. Wo slept In these barns along
with tho horses, cows, pigs and chickens,
nnd at night ns we lay In the hay we
could look up through holes In the roof
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"The Way of a Girl With a Man"
By JEANNE W. BLACK
MTJELEN, x wonder who that dls--"
tlngulshcd-looklng stranger can
be who passes here so persistently every
few hours In that gray roadster," said
Mrs. Burk as she peered from between
the curtains of the parlor window.
Helen blushed furiously and turned a
conscious face to her mother. "Oh, yes,
mamsey, I forgot to tell you about him.
Ho Is a guest at tho tavern. I call
him my Prince Charming," said Helen,
laughing. "His, name Is Leroy Tal
mage. They .say he made loads of
money In Kalamazoo, Tlmbuctoo or some
outlandish place, and came back to
civilization to spend It. Then came the
war. He has been to France and In
cidentally covered himself with glory
and medals. He wears the military
cross nnd the Legion of Honor upon
his breast and looks like a man who
really counts," finished the girl with
sparkling e j'es.
"Bye-bye, mansey, I'm off. I'll take
the Marsh habj- along for company, and
give poor Mrs Marsh a chance to get
her Jelly made. Baby can roll In the
clover while I pick berries." "Well,"
thought Helen, with a giggle, as she
tripped gaily away, "that'o the time I
put one over on mother. If she dreamed
that her unsophisticated little- Hauirhtpr
had actually flirted with the handsome
stranger I tremble to think what would
happen to little me. But I should worry,
everybody talks to soldiers these days."
wiinin nair an nour. me Marsh baby,
a nlnk and white morsel In romners. was
stumbling among the clover on unsteady
legs, picking the "pltty-plttles" while
neien picked berrleo In the pasture on
the other Side of a rail fence, stllririenlv
the silence of the summer morning was
uroKen Dy me low-tonea nonk-nonk of
a motorcar, and a familiar ernv muriate.
of 'aristocratic lines came purring along
me ruaa una ground to a stop opposite
the busy berry picker. A. transformed
Helen nodded a gay "good morning."
Leroy Talmage climbed from hehlnri the
uteerlng wheel, and with one leap was
over the low stonewall, and with widen
ing eyes siooa looking down at baby
Marsh.
"Da da," gurgled the Infant, lifting
entreating blue eyes and chubby arms.
Why, Baby Marsh, you are altogeth
er too familiar." scolded Tfeln "If.
I plained the girl,
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ne sees uada.' " ,
with a bright blush.
and see the stars. Of course It was
pleasant lo see the stars, but It wasn t
so hunky-dory when It rained or snowed
and tho wet sifted down through those
holes In the roof. Many a time I waked
up In the morning and wiped away a
miniature drift of snow from my eye
brows. The floors of these barns were so
ancient that they were rotten, and sev
eral of the boys fell through and sus
tained ugly bruises. In a windstormthe
barn-billets rocked like boats at sea, and
when the weather was frigid we had to
burrow down under the hay with our
blankets to keep warm. The orders
against smoking In the billets were
rigid and we were not allowed to have
lamps or candles. Some of us had
flashlights, so we were able to maneuver
around at night without breaking our
necks.
Waking up In the morning in my
barn-billet was an -event.
A little red rooster served as our
alarm clock.
This little barnyard pest would take
a position on a high rafter and start his
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nt about 4 o'clock every morning.
My buddies would roll over In the hay,
mumbling curses at the aggravating lit
tle fowl. But I guess the rooster
thought he was being applauded, for he
kept It -up harder than ever, giving ua
alt of the shrieking variations of his
cock-a-doodle morning song.
Then tho boys would reach for things
to throw at their, tormentor. Shoes,
cans, pieces of wood and everything
within reach would fly up at the bird.
On rare occasions a missile would reach
Its mark, and then the bird would flutter
down to the barn floor. But by this
time all of the fowl and animal king
dom were awake and further snoozing
was an Impossibility.
Every barnj'ard cock in the neighbor
hood took up the morning song; horses
began kicking at the sides of their
stalls, cows mooed for their grub and
pigs grunted for breakfast.
But we got even with that feathered
alarm clock, all right. We laid In a
supply of rocks one night in the hay
mow, and the next morning when the
pest started In his ear-splitting clack we
let him have a hall of missiles. A heavy
stone landed on the music box of the
fowl, nnd we had him for dinner at
noon.
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"His father la In France nnd ho natur
ally misses him."
"Don't apologize for baby, Mrs. er
Marsh ; let me play with him. I am very
fond of children. But where does he
get his blue ejes?" raid the man, looking
earnestly from ono sweet face to the
other. "Ho does not resemble j-ou In
the least. He must bo daddy's boy."
"Yes, he is the image of his father,"
replied Helen, veiling her laughing eyes
beneath long lashes. .
"Won't you have some luncheon with
ua, Mr. Talmage?" said the girl, trying
to cover her confusion.
When luncheon was over the man sat
quietly smoking and watching the girl
with the sleeping child resting against
her knee.
"Mrs. Marsh," he began, "I was
amazed to And that you were a married
woman." After a tense silence he added
earnestly, "Would It Interest you to
know that I have never been In love
not the real thing?"
The girl sat with demure, downcast
eyes, twining the child's silken curls
about her finger. Suddenly she sprang
to her feet with nn exclamation. "Quick.
It Is raining; a big drop splashed on
babys nose; we will be soaked. Mr.
Talmadgc, will you kindly motor us
home?"
The man got to his feet with alac
rity. Berry palls and other belongings
were gathered -together and baby was
swung to a broad shoulder. They were
soon dashing madly along, rain falling
In great drops and thunder crashing and
bellowing about them. Ten minutes
later they pulled up before Burk cot
tage. Helen turned a roguish face to
her companion. "May I trouble you to
drive up the street a' block farther? I
must return Baby Marsh to his mother.
He was borrowed only for the day.
And I would like to Introduce myself.
My name Is Miss Helen Burk."
"Then you are not married?" ex
claimed the man, and he turned a
transformed face to the girl.
"Not that I know of," returned Helen
with a glance that meant much. "Won't
you forgive me, Mr. Talmadge?" she
said, trembling with emotion.
"I'll think It over, sweetheart. It Is a
small thing to forgive, when the ending
Is so wonderful." She looked up at
him sweetly, "There's a big life ahead
of us, dear," His hand closed over
hers In sudden tension.
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