f HVi' ,! EYMXN&. PUBLIC ,IiEDGli ' ,'atf'g?g' -V. &VERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE TO READ mm "i Mr . '-, I.J.. , THE SECR XhUmM WwS&yr'M y GcorQC Gibbs- (Copyright, lilt, THK STOnY TIILS l'AU H RKNM'ICK. under secretary of rttlsh embassy In Vienna, and the IlSBsJ MAKhllh.i sui.iii.M. wnoni bal nvprhmr on June 11!. 1914, the ttnatory opens, a conversation In the f ftro'ns at ivonopmni wihctii hii mm Uilitr Vnn Tlrnttx nml the Aun ".Archduke, In whlcn fine destiny ot tf": l eld. pact la destined to niase tne rrn-r-and his morganatic wife. Hophle - lmnortant flaurcs. MarlshKa Is a Jflend of Sophie, hut ne decides her ul la to her lountry and the Aus tria' monarch. Kiani Josef. While she llljhliui to him. Renwlck Is Informing his ttfff. This means an estrangement he wjB lluah and Marlnhkr,. HIK tWiNIll. cniei ni me juiiriwii ft bervlce, la Instructed to thwart any i to save tne ArcnouKe, wnu una ikm.-h td murdered In Sarajevo. He cau- . " if i ' v ii ro tT Ilenwlck and XlarlsnKa, tvno were ..Wffn to warn Hophlr W wCfTAIN HOK1T.. of the Uetman Secret fi'.cWlr. ractnres Martshkn from Wlnilt r.VinKl-sromlsea to help her. but not to re j'.bate her. They arrive In Marajeto jut "too late to prevent me asiisBinauun m im , .? Avehduke and Sophie. Hemvlck. released '"Vtft' Wlndt. Is trailed to Sarajevo hy (. stave I,WKC, in me Austrian cruicv .-...-- -Renwlck locltes Marlsnavs main via"-. 1. .,.Oorlti urirea Marlshka to send for .Hen He "wide Plapnlnr to kill him. ilarlshMi. fO.Wver. aeeka to brlhe her Jailer the L . fBr-l Ratal, llcnwlck reaches Marlshka . . .iil.. i .on .laiainn i in ill &Yvroach of Oorlti he hides In a suit of S'armOr. and when Oorltz tries lo for; S-Marlshka to leave with him. tne man in ,'mrmor points a revolver m "". t , . (Renwlck Is shot by Oorltz and wakes W& W And himself In a hospital. KciiXPTER XVIII (Conlinuctl) SS.Jii'rrJCn belnc ilcclarcil, Henwick woulil KrwV.h.v. heen elveil his passports, anil ?$wW have left the coiintry. No one I. JsV-JtaraJevo knew the r.ngllshman, lteu Wttt.,.' .. 1,,-tif nn.nne who WOllld bl be Siltkely- to connect the mn of mystery K?of.'thye Landes Hospital with the former P,.ecreury of the Brltfn ctnoassy m feVvnna- .i B8.frAB his min.l had grown a, "" ir.Mnn. nf his decision became mole gm.fparent. If a mnKlstrats, ,,"ine. ;e ?ftf iwotlld. be oin sen in bci- iim. ". .... Wv,;- ht 1,1a nerioil of Illness could BK. cover a. multitude of remembrances. LT. tl m. ln t-nn ,. I It n I (1 . ailfl r.r. .,( ino.i ...trh nn air of importance ySllenwIck realized that If he refused to v answer. lie mlBnt inuhe niiuaen uj t"i'of suspicion and endanger the chancer . '..: kin lnqm iinnn recoerv. and so. . HS1Vvi1i,vt1ft was not under oath, he invented TO', .iir..n.. . IW ."What'' Is your name?" !" "Peter LanBer." STt-l . ''U.'Ki .fttlnnfllitv?' r.T A tklai. If vnn tll.e 1 am citizen S. Jl """-". . y-ol the worm.- Ei?i- . The maclstraie exammea nun "ei mi S. - JThe world Is lame. Kroin what part 'Vienna.'" "Your parents are Viennese? if "Tliev were in icnnu wnen ".i younfr.- r 'Tr.-ii tliat Virti-T, there'. 2 J" jlf ili nnt 1. iiv. ' i - "It Is necessary that ou should." ut, "J arn sorry If it is necessary, i no no: M kiow." ..... p "What broust jou u, .laraiHu fct " '"I am a wanderer, i Wisneo to see inc I? world." ).1!'A wish that has almost proved fatal J- .-.Vm havi, tin liiisiiiess?" i 1Jii"Merely the business of wanaennc. & The maRlstrate frowned. ti A! bee that you will take this matter fvu .w .- .. .. ..- .... , stiiousiy, lierr ,nnfrer. a-'-I'do. It Is not in the least amusing. a The man consulted Jils notes for a .. 'tnntnent. C'.ftV "Where were you on the night of June " .i"! have been 111 for a month. Dates mean nothlnc to me. My memory Is i fcUld." ' ,,"An! well, then, wnere were you m- lijlje night of the assassination?" V I If IU1L MBBJBOIlUmWll . MiSt ;"The assassination ot the Archduke," ' 4. replied the magistrate sternly fcwt' Vxaturllcii. Hut in what jilace?" Hiiv"In the street, perhaps or in a houe. iaonL rememDer. K?i"V bee that you make the effort '. remember." to I T-f 't"I cannot, said, ilenwk-k auer psuse. I ; "you ijusl "My inlnd Is clouded." JK With the nurse who stood at the head of I ItM'Athe bed, and spoke to her. "This man ESf 'talks to you quite rationally?" ; e X" Krauleln Hoth hesitated and then fWRald; "Yes, But he has been ver ill. I .should suggest that ou excuse him where possible V "H ml This Is a niater of creat seil- A'viousness. A nonce otllcer has been nutr- wXi tiered hy a person or persons unknown r ry viuio uiiaii nan uiunu I f'it them left for dead. &LM"It ia not possible 'vims man was Touna near nis nouy, uom that he can haet WpTH forgotten the circumstances the fight. ,, xne Bnooung which prpceded hlaun-iwith And then to Ttnw iok , (i "Ynn itnpw Viphfilno Sinrvn'1" '" "No." r , .T nrnlit.l Am In a f.-.. Ihnl ihU I . t U.. Pt"P . rrwuiu iLiiiiiiu ju tiim !' I iiiu Efjtf v man wno was lounct neiu oesuio jou. ;t , , uiu nuv hy nun rj What are your recollect luny jf 'he l1 ' ) vntnp' T ha v tiiPtirmtnarl " r have no recollection?. j. j.ou saia mai j. ii were in it, nuuee. E.M"Or the street I forget ' 'OTou remember having an altercation PSSBfe'1" y dream? . JIany." .flUI BVIWC UllCi Ltfv "uut oerore your ureams, when you firere conscious? jv 'Sxarvas was stahbtd Hid jou see Kvimm attacked? 1CX .4- MT AAA nnt KPf "Have you any Idea who shot you?' Ss&th A mnn who was mv neim. 1 should TBay.' .1 "An you nan an Miem . "What man hnu not?" $- JTtif - uub n nn mo nail" . i'Sn " don't remember." uis t 1-l manlslr',!. nl III, f t.ii'tit .1 unH ft?Tni-il nn and rinvvn lllp rnnm. Ills linntla behind hia back. W? 'l should advise ou. Heir ljtncp"-. yw,'that It is my opinion that 5011 nrf will-Si-J fully' endeavoring to Impede the ftcps of Siini lnvesiigaiion. 1 wouiu reiuiuu Rlyou also that those who try to thwart 'the otncerR of tne law in tne iieriornianee f nt thali- .lull- nra nllkn mil.nuhln In It. KnToui; reticence 1 can call It by a less f Dlearant word Is aidlnK anil abettinc PSCn' criminal, who must be broUKht to justice. ' "It la not likely " He paused. 4. '-V-'What?" r,-.1 rhnl I nlintllil wllh to HHVP 11 mall i; f-A.',lfjio had tried to murder me." j,,j"But this is precisely what ou are R.T;0JnK." I .- rjvcil"-l piiiiic. .,',"What would you? Have me invent 'tfiw'Siorjr jor your rcuru . i mu iwj nu tore, than i rememner i renieinuer IkaHhinK. -The magistrate took oft his slashes M ruDoea mem MKuruubiy. as il uy uu Hag he could clear his own mind as what had best be done. Then he put upon his nose ana iook up nis nai Daoers. It was certain that the ent's brain was still far from strong. shall not pursue this investigation i" he said to Nurse Moth. "I shall omit a. few days In which Herr linger my' have time lo relied. He l still . itery weak. In the meanwhile, Herr YLsrfiger. I would tell you that it would 'Bar wise for you to recover your nrd'es. lire which I sincerely share,' MM Renwlck with a smile. ...rif i ' not." continued the magistrate with MT most magisterial manner, "you wUl 6f. detained, as a material witness. In Sna levn " 1 have no Intention ot leaving Sara- ..." . .. ..t ,.i ... U unless some one hiiuuiu im-piicu i' r'my railroad fare." replied Itenwlck lr"y ..... .... j i... i.i. ,.i..i. ne man leu. luuuvtuu '-" vnpsn rtiith rinsed iIih door behind When me sounus ui men mui- i,.h faiie.1 nwnv'nlnne the corridor. turned to tna lauie wnere sue rri Kniim rnspH in a. vuse. fou lie very Ingeniously. Herr ty-elght." she said with a smile. .muiIIi rcrn riled her calmly. b la tint mv nature. Nurse Ilolll. that a cracked skull doesn't improve the LjV l.enentll.'-' ttw cams over to him quickly, and .AMlKnliln ttlR bed. ' "Teu have, some reaBon for concealing -l VMir identity I know that you reinem- ?ji-far whatfoapiwiied. But l will protect ii o far as I can, upon one condition." it aiui'ihitr1 naked anxiously. A - . . gft-vVMun aww Ki &;3E2 "J."' 1 . ET wir .itithor Iv 1'nllic l.rdot (KinjH (. hi J3&k - 't , 1 ilis iwitiuil liuil liraleil anil In lit I "That mi will cite me i honor that It was not ou in word of who killed Nicholas Szarvas." He caught her bj tile lianil anil smiled up at her with a look so genuine thitt there was no question at to his sincerity. i-I Rive It. I did not kill Nicholas Szarvas." "Thank uu,' she siail simply. "I be lieve you." "I wish 1 could tell you." he uliispeieil earnestly, "for I know that you are my filetii . nut anil lie rennuuisneii ner hand "hut 1 must keep silent.-' Hhe touched him Kently upo.n the wiumir ill unveil in iiiiiiei.-.Liiiiiuii .tiiu fjorn that moment said no more. The ilavs nassed slowiv. but It was evident to those ho wrrn inteiested In the case that Number -8 gained strength very rapidly Ills wounds had healed, and he was soon peiniitted lo get up and sit In an armchair near the window, where he could look out over the niln aiets of the city below the hill Put to all except Nuie itotli it seemed that the injury to his head li.ui done something to retard the leenvery or his memory. He poke quite rationnllv In Colonel Boh- ratt upon matters leganling his physical j condition, but somei lines even when the iheail surgeon was talking with hnn. he relapsed into a slate of menttal apathy which caused that worthy man to re mine his bandage and i xamine thf wound in hi head. After which the Colonel would leave the room with a puzzled expression And In consequence of this curious mi ntal condition, ii was thought wise to defer the visit of the of ficer of the law until the patient's mind should show a change for the iietter there was even a ccnsultatinn tinon the i nilvlsnbilit v nf another niierntlno mion ' the head "but the patient showed such ! encouraging marks nf crowing lucidity Utat the operation was deferred It w-as a dangerous game that lie was playing, and Itenwick knew it. for the time would come when he must tell who he was. or find a chance to escape from the hospital. Kscape was his hope and each day as he gained new strength he thought of a hundred expedients bv which it might be accomplished. He knew that even now he was under surveillance, and vlrtuallv n nrlsimer of ' ihe Austrian liovernment. until be could I give some account of himself, and of the i events of the night of the 28th of June ' And so he t'onsi'rwd Ins fnerEies rare- , lutly. quinine roiirnRp and weight with ! ach new day playlne tin pame of ddav i.ntll lit mm asstped of his strength and ihe moment was propitious. The ohi?f ulMleulty hfoh confronted him was a1 means to procure clothing". He was al lowed the priileg(s of the hospital, pei niitted to walk uphn thp ttiraue. hut he, had no clothing; except 'the sl-epmc ii't of cotton and a wr.pper-hkr affair which ii wore hiipii out or his room. Whether his retr tiune was bv negicci did not know, for nl' riction to this cov ed or hi design he 11 the other ciitnal- ecent whom he met out in the air wore the clothe? in which thev had come tit the hospital. The fact that he - liad been brought; here unclothed was of little comfort to him. and he feared ! request a change of garments for this might exnite suspicion There was nothing- for it but to wait, and when 3tiength enough came, seize the first np- portunity presented to slip quietly aa. He had been studying Ids chances a dlt-rrlmitiatlng eye. His room I wn upon the second poor, out there was a rainspotit Which passe jut De cide It. and given the strength of hand nnd wrlt to accomplish the descent, the matter would lie simple. Theie was a swim; Anxious Uulclier every fifteen arils " Here ' lion' r. TVS ; "CAP" ST V BBS It Was a Mean Trick -:- -:- -:- -:- -:- -:- . -:-. -:- Bu EDWIN A .rsMd v j r ir VFiruin 'i&tssn JicJ .:o ,0 -1, i r j. .' ' a r 137s nu &x tw:Jw .- -x- n. 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In mi in an iiriiiiluiir row of hiuhlici ni-t In low race, wliich led to a path over while hi' might lie lost under tbo night lint iven at night the fer tile hills, cover of he louhl olollil ni. not go into s.uaievo without For a while the uloa of anneal. nc to Nu rse fliltl. r,r.,.Mt'.i.1 In l.lli. !... lin nt last t ejected It. awate that she had al twill in vui i vii in iiiiii, u u l II CT lit ready done iniieh that could not be re paid, and unwilling to subject her to the alternative of refusal or acquiescence one of which might be hazaiilous to his own chances, the other surely fruitful of unpleasantness to herself. Ho had no right to iik this of her ! wished to incur no new obligations, for when the time came he intended to go, anil he lould not repay her kindnc!-s with de ceit. And so lie waited, simulating weakness, exercising in seciet, and gaining in strength for the hopeless task befoie him ile had made no plans What plans could he make when he hail no means of making inquii ie? Horitz w-as gone with .MarWIika. bv this time perhaps far be.Mind the Ceiimin border, the girl a prisoner or V -'or a moment lie paused a the new thought came to him, What would Id be the status of the I'oun n nine tin oullueak of war? The iondllinn which evicted befoie the pact of KiiiinpMU u el c no moie Her mann's ambition" Mollified ulna forgiving -both n,itlnn involved in a sicat utidei taking tlie prosecution of which must make thnn careless of nil less vital i-M!c! Had Ooriiz been re called finni 'hi-.- -eci et mission to an other more impoitani '.' And if so, whei e was MarKlika? Could he have been released? Thele was a chance of It. hut it seemed a -slender one. Oioritz Something someMleenlv hidden Instinct ome suspicion harbore'd perhaps in the long days.aiul nights, of Ills ttnconiclou"- nes. some nanc nl tear poin ot pain and unrest, advised him that, behind the secret dutv vvhlfh had lirst brought c.orltz to Vienna, lie was now playing a game of his own. The brief glimpse he had had of the man. short but fearfully significant, bad made an unpleasant Im pression. He had seen the look in the eyes of the Herman as he had asked Mnrlshksi to un with him from the house of the earden. a look courteous and con- slderate. that had in it. too. something more than mere admiration IT the I man weie In love with her' And what . m:tn or am oi anv vwion. learning in kuow larNhka. could help carina for her Not love, surely! Not op fmni a man who .heltcied himself fioitv dancer bv using her as a shield He had been safe then Henwick could not have' fir d thn And florltz was clever enough to know it Hut the claMaidlitiess of such a truk Th"i e was a long cort- to pay between Ilenwlct; and florttz. a score the item of which had begun with the attempt upon the l'nglihmnnv nfe in Vienna and Konopishi. the bnpn-'ori-ment of Man-hka. and the shout ine: in ataieo width had nothing to do with politic. (t'ONTIXtnM TOMnliKoWl (real dmaiul for the i; KMN(. I't'UI.K 1 . 1 :i ( I : It mn enue u to inl Hit Installment nf IhU ery lntrelh.R vor. You IihiI better, therefore, telephone or w rite to the Circuit,! Inn Department or nU jour new Mlealirr thi- aflernoou lo tente I the i: i; iNi pi itLic i.i;ih;i;i: m ' j, our linme. his hu:u The Pas'lns Phow. -knocllng off a coupon "U i-.I P;JWrrfc tt iWTTt ?-' i-LU f V -3K ' r ' yx' n r i.1 Cirflr' iMi-i S 0 f,y-i I TTZm iOCJI WS-fiJiW 1. ' w ra , -- -- r r 1 1 THE DAIL Y NOVELETTE I'tnnning Opposite Hy STKU.A -. caw. -pvlJAIt mo !" XJ Paget, "il s lamented Virginia seems nn If everything 1 plan Intelv comes nut Just the ntner WI1V f I urn wlmf T wnHt II In I llon't III' lleve that 1 have planned a thing In the Inst month but what Just the opposite thing has happened.''. "So?" queried her brother Jim. Ir.oklng up Irom his book. "Yes, SO!" she replied. "Now. for In stance, I wanted to go to the I'oniert hut Thursday night, but on nccntint "f a se vere headache I had to stay ,nt home Sunday night I wanted to call on the Htow-ns, and Kate Hrlggs came In and stayed until It was too late to go. And then tonight I particularly wanted It to be fair, and It rained ! Kven the weather coiipulrcM against ine! And It iiIwiivk happens tfiat If I put nn n comfortable dress and prcpaie to spend a riulct eve ning at home, some one special calls' hut If I dress up and sit aioiind Just longing for pleasant cnmpani. I am doomed to spend the entire evening alone " Silence a moment, then Jims bniiK struck the table and his feel hit the I'o'r with a thud. "I say, Sis." he shouted, do you mean to say that tuei.v thmg jou plan comes out the npiio-lle way. "Yes, that's Just what I mean, she re plied. . , ..,!.. Well, you silly gooe ' he said, the solution Is easy. Just plan things oppo site from the way ou w.nu lliein lo hap- PCv"lt einla's face was still gloomy "Well, according lo my numerous expctl ences that rule would be successful, she ' "Sav, I'll tell vou hIihI." said Jim. 'Try "it for a week and see what hap pens. If the experiment Is n "'i-j-eBH. all well and good. If II ln t. yon have nothing to lose. Now. will V,'".."0 .'' "Humph !" said Vliglnla That h sliecr ".iust like a girl." laughed Jim ' t'oni I plain about a thing, and then. . " i ' . . m . .... . ........I i.,,t ,,r !intil - lemcdy la olTeicU ilumi ,,,,, "i'i'-.- IflP It ! n ; nit rn. aliow vnn. Jin mm i "i" "' squealer." she icplied "I will Ir.v von remedy for a week. If "("It ml. shall be made happ.v. ami If I ' ocm' t shall al least have a i nance to laugh ,n you! There now !" ,,,,, It was on the morning of the seventh day "Well. Virginia how i- '"" peilnient working out.' quest lo led Jim "Not at all." she milled "lleie I ve been planning .ippoxlle- all the ';''.' ""; simply nothing has happened m .lie a dandv at stlvlng pnihlems Well. oui lcputatlon Is ruined '." ..,, i,.,,,u Hut Jim temalned iiniutlled I'eih.ip,'; vou haven't done it in the tight Milt It. he said. "Yon mut plan llie-e i.ppo sites Just as If they weie teal y going to happen, .v on know No" . for instance, what ahoul tonight ?" , ... Tonight? Well, tonight I g''s 1 vvt put on an old die-, gel bulled in an in teresting book " "Which means thai von want 'ome one vou caie for to call on ou'. "Yes "And nu wtillld be willing lo some one nu care for call on ;iu. when von have an old diess on. "Cerl.llnlv lint. MUllhl I ill.lll have then. have aiinther dress wliele I i.m g Into It quickly." I "All'" excla.ined Jim 'I fell led so j Cheated everv night I -upon",. How can .vou expect the experiment to woikl out unless yoy are fall about It".' Nevei i mind that other dies lonlglit. but do I jut as If you leallv expected to ,-pend tile evening alone. Now. will nu?" A tnonient's hesitation, then Virginia's I "DREAMLAND ADVENTURES" By DADDY Till'; LONESOME BEAK .1 vomiilelr, nar aitrciitmr mrh week, licuinniiiti Minuhiii nml niiliiin Unlmthiu, , L CUAin'EIt IV Ihoun Hear Dances (V; In Imvliiii a jnltii liuir ill Ihr llliil' Ihincsl imrlii ivhcii n hlu liiuirn linn tiiiiivnnt nn the scrnv uik' iiiiiiix Inr lirr I'tlh autslrrti licit imirs. lirr Unit is riiutiht til n font mill slir luiiiitit iirair, but llillji ttrl iiiiiifr ii nn ril miltl iiilh hi ilnllii, enis o tlir rcsittr.) rpilb; lii'iir slopped slim I as llillj lt.1 L Kiuin jumped m flout ir him. IVr liaps he tliDUKlii Hilly HelKiuiu's Mnlln :i in"' kind "f n (tun UppniiiK his mouth anil showing Ins faiiKs. lit' paw a bin prised sort of Krunt anil giowl. 'I'" I'lBpx, held lielpless willi Inr foot tr.ip pul m tlie forked root, hi' lookeil nlaitr IiiKly llerte. And Uill. lleiKUim. d.iiiiu l.ssly ronnontlns him. seemed ei small. Ile could finish Ittllv with one lilt; Idle Then Hilly Helcium did 'the uueeresl , iniiiK ne neRRii lo piay nis xioiin. reKi-'j was astonished, anil apparently so w.is j 111.' binr. lie opened Ills inouth slill n ulei and then wrinkled up his nose In a funny kind of a grin. Hlllv Itelirmm nlneil the liclist tune In knew, a rollli kiln; Irish jiu. one of! I In kind that usually sel Penny's feel j lo daiii'ine And it liail tlie b:iiih cffecl ' on the heal. He In Ran to lock f i mil side I" side on his hind feel. Ills linrl.v swayed in time to iie music and his feel did an awkwaid diunTe. In a minute Hilly HelRium changed l n waltx. nnd mm the bear sfenied horouehly at' hoiue, for he danced , a omul and aioiind jim like old-fash- ' ioned folks that Pcgcy had teen at parties. "Jin seems In be a icgular rianeinc bear." thought Peggy to herself. "1 won der where lie learned to waltz'." The birds had darted for the woods an soon as the bear appealed, hut now the came back to watili the show And some one else was walching, ton. Three pairs of eyes looked mil from thV i underbiish, and when the bear in his waltzing turns happened lo pause for a ! moment on the brink of the river hank, I 1 two figures hurled thetnsehes tounidl I hiniv One was Hilly Uoal. The other i i was Johnny Bull. Hilly Goat, his head down and his uhole body as tense as a steel spring, reached the bear first. Hang! He landed on the bear full tilt. CAer the bank shot the surprised bear, not knowing what i had struck him. And after him shot I Johnny Hull who was going so fast thai he caught the hear In miihiii, grnhblng him firmly hy the tall. Down went the bear and dog Into the ricr kersplash. The water iu deep and both went under. In n moment tlm bear rose to the surface and began to buuu for dear life And behind him he decision was made. "Yes," xhe salil. "This Is the seventh night and not much can happen, anyway. And I will dress In the most horrible manner imsslblc, too. so If anything does happen well, it will have to be pretty nice, that's all-!" A young woman with untlDy hair, soiled dress and shabby nhocs sat In the parlor reading When suddenly the bell gave a sharp ring. Iteslstlng nn Impulse lo flee Virginia turned In the door. "1'crltaps, It Is Kale Hrlggs," shC thought consolingly. At Hie door stood n khnkl-clad flguie upon whose shoulder strap was the Kent ptinnt'n strlnes. nml across whose face was a broad smile, "flood evening, Virginia, he said. "I am home tor a few days and thought 1 would call on Jou." Virginia's face burned with, embar rassment. Itobert Thomas! The man of the whole world who held the high est place In her heart. That he, of all men. should see her thus. Oh, it was too cruel' Hot Icars slung her eyes as she inwardly condemned hetsclf for the foolish experiment which had led to this' Hut with a supreme elToi t she gained her self-control, and smiled as she extended her hand. "Why, Itc-b-ert. I am so glad to sec you!" she said. "Come right in !" Nn one would have guessed the effort It cost Virginia to keep her poise as she engaged her caller In an animated con versation. Uut her heart sank as he rose. Surely there was nn hope for her after this Klio had tried the ex pel lment fairly. It had worked out to the letter, but by so doing she had losl the thing dearest to her In Ihe whole world. Then the soldier turned and look her hands in Ills. "Virginia," he said, "please forgive me If 1 have seemed to be unkind. Jim told me about the ex periment you were making and so 1 de cided that I. too, would make an ex periment. 1 have cared for yoif a long time, dear, but I wanted to be sine that you possessed those qualities which are necessary lo a soldier's wife I am now more than satisfied on that point for .vou have ptnvetl your gamencss by seeing tills evening tluough without a quiver, when yon must have been suffering agonfes. You have also proved .vour tiiistwoiihlness. and also your sense nf honor, by keeping our wold lo vour brother when Inwaidly you li belled against It. Nol that 1 aver really doubtfd, v.0'1 know, hut a fellow likes lo see things for himself. And what Is most Important of all 1 feel .sine that .vour opposite expfiimcnt worked out lo pei fiction tills time. I expel I to gn across soon. .Mio I take with me .vour promise to be my wife?" Virginia lifted a happy face to his "Yes." she Hhlspeied, "hut. oh. please excuse me a minute now. while I get on some different clothes " 7'onioirolc's' CittuiiU'lr Sitvtlrltt cixiHuiKi.i.A'ti xisri:::' At Pis. We mice knew a poor young Dr.. Who hadn gold watch, hut he Hi'. lie bought seats for n show-, Hut thp maid couldn't gn. And what lie replied must have Slir. Princeton Tiger. lamleil on lilt towed Johnny Hull whose, teeth were still set fast In his tall. The bear leached n big rock In the stieam and started lo climb up on it. Johnny Hull was forced under the water and had to let go the bear's tall, Hrilin diew himself up on the rock, and when Johnny Hull came at hhn again tlie bear, with a enaii. shoted his head under tlie water.. Johnny Bull came up choking and spluttering, but still gaipe. Again and again he tried to get hold of the hear, but each time bruin reached out a big paw and shoved him down, Finally, Johnnj' Hull, nearly drowned, swam to shore, where lie giowled savagely. When Hilly Ooat lilt the hear. Billy Belgium stopped playing and ran -to Peggy's aid. He held the forks of the i llic bear, full THE r COr2.POf2AL OSBORNE DE VAQI LA BATTEiaY'C. SIXTH U.S. FIELD AlSTIL-L-ElrSV wKo FiedKe. Krs-t Sliot of the American Ariw iwma ICoiwrtolil, 1DIK, tu Ihr Publla Ledoer Vn.t Vopyriuhl. 19IS, by John C. U'fiistoil Co.) CHAPTER XII Hack From 4hp. Front AltOUT 75 per cent of modern war Is plain, hard work. That dawned upon me with force be fore I had been very longln France. You see. Ihe Huns were a long time preparing for this thing, and thai is' why they had tho bulge on its at the start. They had such n wonderful machinery perfected that they could do a whole lot more than we could, and with less work. The Allies had to put in some mighty hard digs to even up with that forty years ot preparation of the Hun. Uut they ate bridging the gap fnst, and with I'm am lo help I licit be any nap el' soon. Th' laiter part of Novembei my bat ten was sent to a neaiby camp lo In stinct some gleen I'liited States urmy j ollicers how to handle hoises and how to ue the Flench aitlller.v We found we had home job on our' hands befoie we had been there twenty- four bonis. What some of those nf- (leers didn't know about horses and , guns would (ill several books. Some of! root apart and Peggy diew her foot out. She wasn't hurt a bit. Halky Sam. the mule, had quickly follower Ins chums Hilly i .o.it and Johnny Hull fioni Ihe wood". .N'ow he I w.is lnaiiig indignantly at Hilly ijuat. I pv-o!.- " " -.t" x"-""."-:!.'!."!'"';:?;'?; '.. ,':.:, ";sk,,v,'t; ".'T-r.'s's'7yr.vrs7i'!Tf'?'.s:'A.'"?""-- iwiy iiiunt jou wait for me?" heiiing scolded. "I'd have kicked liiin clear. ai ios I lie rler "Well 1 think I did n pietty good nil" l,1e:ilM,l Itille 11,, h! tri'lm, li,n- t ia i,iar. " ' I'd say jiii did.'' snarled the bear. I'll not be able to sit down comfortably .ir a week." Tome back and gle me ic chance al u and you'll not sil down for a iimnlli." brajed Halky Sain. "1 dale : on to come hack " "Wlien I get hold of that tall of jours again I'll teach you not to scare Princess Peggj-." growled Johnnj' Hull. 1 w.tsn l scaring Her. answered Uu bear Indignantly. "1 was just iskingi i her lo dance with me. "Then you are really a dancing hear I" riled Peggy. "To be sure I'm a dancing bear, and ,a good mii If 1 do say It myself Didn't you sen me?" demanded tho hear. ' "Vou do dance loelj" admitted I 'cgc.v. "I was going to cite jon all a lre.it i with my dancing, when I col this terj rude welcome I tell you I think it Is a j mean ttaj lo treat a poor, lonesome hear I who never hurt any one In all hl life land who Is only battling for his free dom." To PeggyV surprise the bear began to s'.b and great tears rolled from I ill." eyes. "re jou a taine bear?" she asked. "I'm tame and I'm trained and I'm i nice," sobbed the bear. "And I want to dance at your party.' I don't Mam to sit out here on Ibis hard lock and have a butter and a niter and a kicker nunriej over which will be cruel to me. H in't jollte of them " "Shall we Invite him to Ihe party?" asked Teggy. ' ",iu'h!" cried Balky Sam, Hilly Ooat and Johnny Bull eageily Balky Sam kicked up his heels, Billy Goat lowered his head and Johnnj Bull showed hi? teeth. "I don't think I'll come." said the bear doubtfully, looking from one ani mal to another. ., "Vou can come as my guest." said Pcggj "And tho guest of Princess Peggy Is honored hy every dweller and visitor in Birdland," hoqted Judge Owl solemnly. "Come, Mr. Lonesome Hear," called Peggj' The bear didn't wait for an other Invitation, lie slid from the rock and quIcklyVwam ashoie. (Tomorrow Lonesome Hear will tell about his battle for freedom ) 0 -7?- . r FS them wero positively numb In (lie head and didn't appear to realize It. How some ot them buncoed their way Into olflcers' Jobs I don't know. But they didn't fool General Pershing very long: lie weeded them out ns fast as he got wlso to them, nnd replaced them by capable men who had the proper makings. Well, the olllcer that wrs wished on nie for training had brought three trunks of clothing with him from the States. He was somA dandy; a major general would have been content vylth his layout of tailoring. He must have thought that' the war was Fome sort of a big social function where you had to be ready to Jump at a nilnule's notice Into an Hngllsh walking suit or a dinner coat. Slaybe he thought It was the proper thing to go Into action In an evening suit, for he had two, and a GST SHOT- WT vincrifiiii 'oliliers making fricniN willi French couple of silk hats to match And inn- ' fomis! Why, he had enough of them to, 'outfit tlie staff of a brigade I hope Jie j paid his tailor lull befoie Ile left home, ! , for if lie didn't the poor suitinaker will i surely have to tile a petition In bank- iiupic.v. i nis cnaps mum couiun t nave, i lost a cent less than Slum bucks. ' My officer brought a portable balhtuli over with him. too. and every moiningl befoie he would consent to do anj drill-) Ins he would scramble around in the I l tun. At t lie tune i tell the sorest against I ,jmd. I this fellow 1 used to wish that he'd1 on their hands and knees the Amer , ill own In the tub. After he had taken . ,.!lns orclt tmvnrd lne Oerman trenchc? I his "barth, manicured his nails, and j st,i,iniv Bl!lr i,iis .t,,,i ,,.,i ,,., ! put some I'ose scent on his pocket hand- lei chief, the officer would get Into his . uniform and come out on the drill i i grounds. . 1 could see .that 11 shocked j the fellow terribly when he heard me ! swear, lor he would squint at me. through his monocle in the most Fuper I cllious manner. That monocle was the banc of my life, for the owner kept dropping it and. instead of picking It up himself, would insist that 1 bend and do the trick. After the glass had slipped out of hisj,, t.u. ,,,.,.,, tIle last wire without lie would say petillautlj Ah. fellow, I hate dropped my glais, pick it up. please." The only cotufoit I obtained from i stoi ping and picking It up was that it gavo me an opportunity to swiar somy without being detected. ('use f (irtiiiinl tilas. (me day when he dropped It 1 put my heel upon the thing when he wasn't look ing and ground it to bits. I thought then that 1 would be relieved forever from tlie job of picking up monocles, but 1 reckoned without my host. -Awkward fellow he obserted lan- Riiidly. when he saw that I had stepped upon his glass. Inwardly 1 groaned with despair when he drew a whole case of brand-new nion icles out of Ills coat pocket, daintily selected one and screwed It into his eje and put the case back in his pocket. lie iliopped the new monocle twenty limes that day if he did once, and my back ached from picking it up. I had my troubles when I undertook to give this immaculate fellow instruc tions in the unharnessing of teams. fler hn had scianihled tlie harness arc mid a few, minutes it would take me a half hour lo get out the knots and snails. The way he used to take off a ' bridle made me grit my teeth. He would buckle the checkstraps on the bit to get Uiu hit out of the horse's mouth. In taking the saddle off unbuckle the quarter horse he would i strap Instead of undoing the cinch. Some of these ollicers were. so fastidi ous that they needed two men to wall upon them, and they picked men right from the battery to polish their shoes and clean their clothes. It made us tery sore, for we figured that it was bad enrugh to try lo leach those boneliends, without having to act as their servants. But these fastidious officers kept dis appearing, and the Germans didn't get them, either. They simply returned to the States, where they found environ ments sufficiently ladylike to make them comfortablo again. As for me, I was relieved of tlie Job of picking up monocles and teaching officers how to harness horses when I came down with a eiy bad case of dozen feet. vs t -' ' 'v 1 i,W' -. " p; - ,:&yit,ai-',ik--;- III 1 waR sent to tho hospital, and It felt good to get tliero. The chow Was good nnd tyo caro was excellent. I spent tho Christmas of 1017 In tlie hospital, and I will never forget that day as long ns I live. There weie a lot of wounded hoys there nnd Tie had a Jolly time swapping yarns. ' I met n chap there by the name of Me Nichol, from Cleveland, O. He told mo that when ho first went Into Hie trenches his ambition was to cnjiture a real, live, ferqeious bochc. so he could write of his exploit to a crrlnhr winsome, blue-eyed lass In Ohio who had placed McNichol high up In the ll.it of heroes. The young woman had written some thing like this to the soldier. "Oh, please capture a bochc, solhnt 1 can tell all tho girls nboitt It." rliililren AlcNichol winie baik. Lizzie. Ill get a llun foi you or bust ni.v blamed neck trying " And MeNlcho! meant every word he said. (no. and from that time on planned ways and means. One night, when the mist hung low m No Man's Land, the lieutenant in charge nf McNiclioi's sector observed that It was :i fine night for a raid. A few minutes later flft.v men, includ ing .McNichol. sallied forth Into Xo Man's i . ,. : " " tne itun nrcasiworus, anil the Americans flattened out on their bellies, praying thej- would not he seen. They escaped detection, and when the blackness settled down again they resinned their slow ad vance. When the members of the little band came to the fleiman wire entanglements they pulled out their wire cutters anil began the daiige'rous and tedious work of opening up a path through the maze of vtet.l. I.1iil. weemeil tit lin it'lHi llt.ii, fnr being detected. The Huns were taken eonipletelj- by surprise when a few minutes later the Americans with wild yells leaped Into their tlrst-liiic trench. The Invaders hurled grenades and llred their auto matics. Mc.N'Iclioi had just one thing on lust mind, and that was to make good his piomlse to the little girl back in Ohio. After lie had tossed ills grenades and emptied the chambers of his revolver, he leaped upon the hack of the (icrman nearest to hhn. (COXTIM'Kl) TOMOKIIOW ) Spdi on Dm) Sidney null-tin. Amaryllis Oh, you poor thing, you do look tired. Have you' been waiting here long? Brlggs Got an hour's leato from camp and I've been standing in front of this Infernal shop for forty-five minutes. Agnes Is Inside buying a reel of cotton. SrfiCr 'Pfyfri .M Hi Little m mi 4 h 4,1 il aJ l
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