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PTER XX (Continued
WICK caught the man by the
Jhoulders with both hands nrnl
t him.
erelv because this Is the woman
Excellency like and ou""
t I am does not matter
ed kroner If jou tell the truth "
hundred kroner "'
eyes searched nemwcK eagerly.
then. "Tliere Is Utile 1 would not
'for a hundred kroner, but "
WIlBiii not of the notice. 1 tell von
"Thfi lady Is an Austrian noblewoman
,. ln danger."
Sai ."And the Austrian officer
U " S'-'I no Austrian,
but nn enemj
ACMtria-
,.'!.' Ser
l1h?.- ...
"55S"Who are you'"
5 - 3H
9mp
t- 3P
Mwm
: iW-
rt MH(
?mm
-
ri j"Wht does tn
i jfj'fcllm shrugged "Nothing perhaps
.'Lfailll "
0'And i r tel1 J-ou. you wl" keep
Fi-!V BHEni I
')jfv;.'A. hundred kroner will make me
?- W'l am an Englishman," .-aid Ren-
uwtCKV aiier a moment.
L-rAsf'Ah a spy?"
ftV.'Vi.''ro. A prisoner who has escaped
-Mf '"'That Is better."
-" JC'KnMlfl"
i&tf ?.And as the man still hesitated. Hen- .
jlVWlck unpinned the notes in his pocket I
' ? na tossed one oi mem upon me mine
i$tL" 'f'l nm nulto wnHv tn helleve anything
...1U 11UIIL U, llllll UE1II I 1UV. ... .us-..,.
&$ ou- say " "
Jjut Jtenwicu seizeo nis wrist in n
' strong grip "You hae not spoken
yet.'
. -VI wilL. tneak. then," said Zaldee
4 "Sellm Is a fool to hesitate. I mir- d tho
tti"& Excellency ior two mpmi ".
li I cooked her eKgs and chicken and foup
tW- bui' she would not eat Sho was er
K,ij much frightened."
FM'ff The, man he treated her badlj '
fa,i,,Oh no. Very politely, and paid u
SBP'our serlcc, but the xcellency a
Wi:rrignienea. i was miiu iu nn, .nu ''
y wao grateful, but she tpoke nothing
feSfc of where she was golne Perhaps she
Wtt did not know. But It was not to take
tffr the waters." . ...
RLr-heard the men speaking? What "did
B'. K ,Vir1drrt
-How can I remember? They planned
gAtt C1- 4..... ...III. n )nqn Hilt T !l n ft
RJ. no Interest "
"What map '
BSi r "A map now snouiu i mi
Kf i. -of Hungary "
"Hungary 1"
And then, scratching
it nis neaa. ios, it mupi Hint; men wl
fh? Hungary, for thev spoke of Budapest
his head.
. . i. I .... .. t
EK "And ihat else? The Danube the
if f"rf , remember"
Vnn mil.t.
Henw ick s linger
fSSt etosed ataln upon the kroner note
if?5 which Sellm had put back on the table
i "What goou wouiu it uu
If 1 lied
to you 7" , ,
"Think, man, ininh :
They made
marks upon the map?
Rfa' "Marks? "h ! mirks
A' . uwv i .1 U
t up anu uuwn, in1
way they were
j, BtttmgT- w. ,
s. "jres. i intnu so i.v uu- m-iu .n
Kthe Prophet I You can't txpect a fel
JtI low" to remember such thinsi as this for
iftt'two months."
"Did tney speaK oi mounuun.
Mountains !" Sellm scratched
El? BIB head again. "Ilow Mioum i Know :
rrA, -The Cnrnathlans?"
&s?i t. famntMnns. Perhaps Ah "
fe "Sellm tapped his brow with a stubby
far wrennger.
& '1'Tlhere -was a name they spoke many
'..fiirieB. It was a strange name.
-i , JTfllKI
iSW"! 'can't think.'
"Zaldee, ou
heard?"
Henwlck
could not
eked,
i ."I -was
listening, but I
.understand.1
! "Was ft a city?"..
."! do not Know '
Kaschau? Agram?
"Was. u tjracow .
Ttnt hev marie no sign.
i"Th!nk!" said Itenwlck. "At the top
of the map away from them near the
ctim oirii"!reri honelesslv "I can't
ET Mmamhiip" he K.lld
'Renwlck despaired.
xS- "Was the map large -
Wok. I remember that. It coered
Ah then you can tell me how they
F?f toodr' ,. ,
fcj. "V T can tell vou that
He got up and placed himself at the
Bide of the table "The Excellency was
here the msp spread out
"Did he lean to the left or to the
rlghtr
"He leaned well forward with both
elbows upon the table straight forward
yet almost across a pencil in his
tund-the other was pointing. The
. i.n .. tiii.r there " pointing to
13 the left center of the table
"The lamp was on ine n;i'
Yes to keep It In position
, "On the left-hand side?"
'Yes "
i'"And' they didn't move the lamp?"
fim' t "Vn it remainea mere umii urej
i,4 raised it to take the map awy
Wfti. ."i unaersiana. im ""'..'."""'
H marks up and down with a pencII7
aw ".iaeiim Din uiiF.u. t
Hi"It ts -what 1 tninit, nierci
M AHQ UlO name "- ,
i .xTAu. an nnt he sure of a name?
Is a wonder Just now that I can
' remember my own. Had I known what
&! io.h.aPPei?.-rr . ,?? , !e. ,hraBReu
aSh th nollce ? What has
&ildee said to the police T'
titer - Merely that the Excellencies erc
r& here In this house '
Jvn . j- vn. it wnulti seem that
If' too- have forgotten
.JSi i i,! lrnner will make me
ti ' ine iiuiiui .w..-
iliimb."
i?9't ''And Zaldee""
I " "I -will not speak'
?" "Nothing of me. you uiiucjuihu.
fcV in but Stefan Thomasevlcs
BW "Jt Is understooa.
BS "And jou remember nothing more'"
-MNOimns.
' "You are sure The Kxceuency jeii
? no message no note
ft' .. "Kothlne." ...
'. - .- . r ....I..J Yl hnnrtrprt urnner
' ,ote toward Sellm and straightened
, - 4V... hava rlnnA TT1P a. bCrVlLC. tJrjinii.
''fh have Eone to the east of Tatra
" i -.j .nJJanlv ahniltpd Sellm. '
S ta4umDhantly "It Is the name!"
P ."S you i sure?" asked Renvvick, ex-
uottedly, ., . RnnuR
Kafjitrfor half an hour. Eh Zaldee?"
K'Tes. it Is the name.
, lVa 'I -lir-.t llldt IB 1 bt .- J J-
," RejivvtcK pacea mc ' ",.. ...,
.5$8llm." he sold at last, "it Is now
irir- I must go at once.
ttJSH "Tomorrow."
S"A..TTnniht. The stars are out
"- He moved to the door and peered nut.
"You will Keep Biienw ?!
. ,"Have I not promised?" said Sellm.
w. raucht them both by the hand.
&?& ."Allah will bless you."
W)k-X hundred kroner that is blesslni
Ife'r-i.iiih for one day, Stefan Thomase
IAdleu W Itemvv Ick. and walked
hf ... -t
fru. CHAPTKK &l
,- f .'...it
645... ""'"'f'"" ""
SlTiliBAST he now had a goal tne
A.enter of the map, near the top"
Ww Tatra region Dy vvniijn uoru mo
naaeed (if he had not Deen lntercepirai
tii nntieia u nd so Into Germany. Aside
'nam the value of Selltn's information.
t-OlIlftr laCl DWVU UU.. io oici
(Knit demand for the EVUNINO
VJUillC J.KI1GKK may nun you
Ite.wlu an Inntallmenl or tlil Tery
I jft '-- tory. You had better,
fNpreoret iriepiione or write iu me
Stouttloa Department or auk your
JEVKNINO rUBLIC LEDOEB at
SECRET WITNESS
Gibbr
ti riibHe tfrforr ComnaHi,
Cliurtelil 1)1!,
Kenuiik ralmly look out
serMce men who had Islted Sellm a
month ago had not returned. Did thN
mean that Ilerr Wlndt had already suc
ceeded In closlnp the door of escape'
The passes through the Caipathlans
could of course 1-e ensil guarded and
closed, for there weie few of them ac
cessible to trallle b niitoiiuibllc. W3
Ttenwick'ti goal, after nil. tn be there
antl ""' neor.i He nan put in one suni-
i IIII'I" in I 1 11M rr.i ia,i itli ' ml in
i ;v.." : .,,.. : . ,'
'?'a "J tlu l.mb.i-sy and lie knew
'"' ' 'iaFs i. net. i cisiuh a-iu ruggtu
'milium piol.lemfl ...f the Austro-Hun-
gHrl.inem.pln .mcl Ittni.-k munlitred
ihi inipoit.uui of t.ie T.iti.i as a natural
hirrler to IlussUn ambitions The short
est nutomohtlf rnad into Mlesia lav to
Hit" east of the Tutr.i range and the
p.isses through the r.irp uhians at this
p lint were few anil will known. By pro
cess of cllmin itinn. Uenwick had at last
assured hlmsrlf that his first theory was
tenable, for Sellm had contlrmcd it.
A hundred ennjectures llas-hed Into the
nngllshman's mind as he trudged on
ward, to be one 1. one dls.nls.sed nnd
relegated tn the limbo of uncertainty
But asuniinj tim SHun had told the
truth. Itenwlck hid found the trail, and
would follow whereiei it might lead
him. to Its end
His Idea of tr.nellng afoot bv night
and of hiding l day at least for the
first part of his Journey, was born of tht
desire to lease nothing to chance. Ills
own capture meant Internment until the
end of the war. or possibly nn exchange
for some Austrian in Knland But thev
should not catch him ' Concealed In
his belt he wore the American revoKer,
and carried some cartridges which
Zubejdeh had restored to him
The weather fortunately had been tine,
and the dajs and nights in the open
were rapidly restoring him to strength
The dibcoiifort of the wound in his lod
which had bothered him for a few davs
had disappeared Ho was well. And
with health came hope, faith even. In the
star of his fortunes It took him two
weeks to reach Pollshka, below which
hn crossed the Save at night In a boat
which he found moored to the bank,
and daylight found him at a small Mi
lage through which n railroad ran north
toward the plains of the Danube Here
ne pauseu ue.ui-tireu for food and rest
The Innkeeper, who spoke German
of w a tLlHII
i ?TitH'.?5 j mmt ti i tf"
THE FOUR MINUTE MAN
The Meaning of America
America means liberty, even as Germany means slavei.v
The war in which we are engaged Is a war between two schools of
thought, wholly Irreconcilable.
Here in America we, are taught that all men are created fiee and
equal; that every man has a right to life, liberty and the puisuit of hap
piness; that It Is the province of the State tn Insure that right and that
the citizen's allegiance to the State is contingent on Its perlormance of
that dutv.
Hut in Germany the subjects are taught that the State is supreme;
that the State can do no wrong; that the subject is wholly subordinate to
the State, and that the State has a right to exact from the subject obe
dience to any law whatever, moral or immoral. That, by Implication,
means that lying, thievery and murder are not crimes, but virtues when
committed at the behest of the State as witness Belgium and
the Lusltania.
Germany subscribes to the doctrhie of the burvival of the fittest;
arrogates to herself the claim of being the fittest, and thus justifies her
aim toward the domination of the woild. How does she seek to secure
that world domination? By any means whatsoever but principally by
violence.
There Is no foul crime committed by the Germans in Belgium or else
where for which there is not found Justification in some German book.
How shall a democracy combat this menace? Only by voluntarily
putting itself into harness; only by temporarily subordinating the indi
vidual to the State.
A people must be Intelligent as well as fearless to take this course.
Failure to take it has reduced Russia to chaos. Ability to take it has put
America in the front rank of nations.
Kvery little bit of personal liberty we sacrifice In thee trying days
is a'guarantee of our worthiness for the world freedom that will come to
us after the war.
Now as always, America means liberty. G. A.
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Juthiir of 'Tt' YelhvQoie
bv l. Afptclon J Co,)
a cigarellc and Iighletl it
fairly well: swallowed Henwlck's storyM
his taste somewhat stimulated by the
signt of iie ten-kroner piece which the
lhiglishm.ui used In paying for his
breakfast.
Hut the time had now come for the
execution nf a bold plan which for some
d.is and nights Itenwlck had been turn
ing oer antl oer in his mind. It was
a good plan.' he thought, a brave plan
which stood the ten of argument pro
and con The British Kiiib.issy in many
of Us Investigations during times of
peace lm est igat Ions ol a puiely per
sonal or liuaiHi.il nature had been In
tlin h.init of calling in the set ices ot
one Carl Mojer, an Austrian, who ran a
prliate Inquiry buicau In Vienna. He
was an able man. not directly connected
with the secret service department of
the Kmplre. but frtiiucntly Drought Into
consultation upon matters outside the
pale of politics Itenwlck s Interest In
.Moer had been limited to the share they
had both taken m tome inquiries ns to
the standing of a llu"-lan nobleman who
had appioachcd the Ambassador with a
scheme of a lather dubious, character
But a physical resemblance to Moer,
which had been the subject of fiemieiA
lokes with Otway. had now given Iten
wlck a new and very vital Interest In
the personality of the man which had
nothing to do with their business rela
tions. Moyer was thinner than Itenwlck.
and not so tall, but their leatures were
much alike. When at tlrst the idea oi
an impersonation had come to Henwlck.
he had rejected It as dangerous, but the
notion obsessed him The veil boldness
of the prolect was in its favor. He could
now moviVreely along the railroads and
it one Ignored the hazard of meeting the
man himself or some one who knew him
intltnatelv. he could pursue his object of
following the trail of Captain Goritz
with a bravo front which would defy
suspicion. True, he would have no pa
pers and no credentials, but this, loo,
was a part of the guise of a man who
might be movirg upon .1 secret mission
Carl Moyer, disguised as an Austrian of
the laboring class, moving from Bosnia
to the Carpathians what could be more
natural?
As Henwlck ale his breakfast in tne
small Inn at Otok, ho came to a sudden
THE DAILY NOVELETTE
For Hrmcmlirnnce
II) Uorarlhy M, Marrslica
H1
through the tiulet aiIes of the
woods, lost 111 thought The birds sent
up catols of Joy to their Mnkei. and the
wind sang softly through the tree,
but Uie clrl neither heard nor saw nnv
or the tieaut.v which surrounded her
An obscrvei would have stopped to look
twice nt the glil. who, In het dainty
pink dress, her golden hair catrlilng the
gleams of the sun as It filtered through
the leaves of the great tree, eenieil
to be spring Itself come to life.
She flnall.v came to a rustle sat.
screened from the path bv the foliage
where she sat down, and nulling a let
ter from her pocket, read tt once more
finally she spoke
"Oh. Bob, dear." she murmured. ' how
can I let ou go wlthrut seeing ou" I
haven't seen u for ten ear, and now
jou re going to fight for Uncle Sam and
I mnv never see .vou again'"
"Helen, do jou care for m as much
as nil that?" aked a clear, boj Ish voire,
which caused Helen to jump to her
feet, so startled wa Fhe She turned
swiftly and confronted a joting man In
khHkl
"Hullo, little plnvmale. don t jou
know mc" ho queried
"Bob Aldrlch. Is It rcallv ou" she
cried jovfullv , ,
"Ves, 1 guess I'm all here ' he laughed
as she gave an admiring glam e at the
straight voung soldier before her "Vou
didn't think 1 was grmg across with
out saving gnod-bj to mv little play
mate did vnu" nd besides a. I only
have nn hour to stav I want to tell jou
something ele. dear ' . , ,
So as thev walked lowlv back
through the woods, he tcld her the old.
decision to pul this Lold plan into prac
tice And so, eshibltlng another ten
kroner piece he made known his wishes
to the Innkeepci He was a Bosnian, he
said, but In Hungarv lie did not wish to
attract attention by wearing his native
costume In parts of Hungarv there was
a feeling that the Bosnians who llvei
near the Serbian border were not lojal
to the Emperor and this, It had been
said, might make It dim. ult for him to
obtain euiplojment His pure was not
large but l his host would procure for
him a suit of western clothli g. n coat,
a pair of trousers, n shirt, a ir.iv.it. and
a soft hal. he, Thomasev ir. would of
fer his Bosnian clothing in exchange and
do what was fall in the matter of
money The t-ain from Biltztta did not
go north for an hour Would it tie pos
sible to find thesi- things in so short a
time" The Innkeeper regarded the worn
and mud-stained garments of bis guest
rather dubiouslj li.it the teini of the
ofTer in the matter nf moncv having
been made clear, the transfotniatlon was
accomplished without dlilluilty and Iten
wlck boarded the tram l .tt lit p jubilant
at the celerity and sped of his journey
Bv nightfall, with luck lie would be
across the Danube and well within the
borders of llungarj. mingling in crowds
where all trace of his identitj wituld be
lost He spent most of bis afternoon on
the train trvlng to recall the manmrlsms
of the man Moyer. a trick of gesture,
a drawl and a shrug which he thought
he could manage Carl Mo) er he now
was, on a mission fiom Bosnia to the
north, in which the bettir to disguise
himself he was permitting bis hair und
beard to grow.
But success had nude him overcon
fident, for at the Bahnhof at Zombor
where he had to change Into a train
for Budapest, something happened which
drove all thought from his head save
that of escape from the predicament ln-
((
By DADDY
THE FJVE TRAMPS
,t complete, new adventure each xceek, hctilnnlna Monday
. rCHAPTER II
The Birds to tlw Reuue
(Lonesome Bear, after valuing his
freedom fiom l'elc, his master,
through the help of Peggy, is cap
tured by tramps. Peggy trying to
aid him is heiself made captive.)
PEGGY felt very small and weak in
tho hands of the tramp3. So strong
was the grip of the two men upon her
arms that it was useless to struggle.
' Now she knew how Lonesome Bear
must have felt when he was dragged
back into dancing slavery. Now she
knew how it was with tho birds when
they were prisoners of the Giant of the
Woods.
Lonesome Bear moaned continuously
as he was pulled and prodded along by
Tags
"My poor Trincess Peggj', I am so
sorrv I got you Into trouble." he
walled "I'd rather live and die in
slavery than have j'ou the prisoner of
these awful men '"
General Swallow, swooping back and
forth just above the tree tops.' was
shrieking a call to Birdlar.d at the top
of his voice.
"Arouse' Arouse, e people of Bird
land '" he shrilled. "Peggj our Prin
cess is a captive ! To the rescue ! To
the rescue!"
The call echoed and re-echoed through
the woods as other birds took It up.
"To the rescue ! To the rescue !
Peggy our Princess Is a captive."
Birds came flocking from all direc
tions. Like people running to a fire,
they dropped whatever they were doing
when the alarm sounded.
"To the rescue ! To the rescue ! Peggy
our Princess Is a captive !"
New courage leaped Into Peggy's
heart as she saw the birds answer to
the call. She had triends who would
fight for her; friends who would die for
her This was no time to despair; rather
It was a time to use her wits and nlan
an escape With so many close at handl
willing to risk anything to help her
there must be some way out of her
trouble
But what could the birds do against
the tramps, particularly If the tramps
were armed And they were armed
Peggy saw a pistol sticking from the
pocket of one of the men whom the
others called Hal the Fat. The birds
would be easy prey to men with weapons.
The tramps thought bo, too. Tags
looked up at tho gathering cloud of
uiras and grinned.
"Potple for supper! he shouted to his
jet ever new, story of a love born In
the dajs when they had plajed side bv
side, until ho had to go away to the far
West with his parents.
H had been In these same woods that
he had told her of his going, and ptesed
Into her hand a spraj of roscmarj
"for remembrance." "As If I ever could
fotget jou Bob!" Helen bad Indlgnantlv
replied.
And so It was there. In the place frp
grint which the sweet memories of child
hood's happy plavdajs, that she prom
ised Bob to wait for his return and
then become something more than n
plav mate to him.
A short time later, as the train that
was to carry Bob awny came bellowing
up to the little station wheie tli"
waited, Helen gave him nn envelop
"Open this when j-ou are on the train,
dear." she told him. "Good-bj', sweet
heart gnod-by '"
It was when a bend In the toad car
ried him out of sight ot his native vil
lage thnt Bob Aldrlch, his face still
glowing with the memory of his sweet
heart's brnve sweet smile, turtnd
again to the envelope "ho had glvm
him Within, carefullv attached to a
piece of white paper was something,
dried, faded nnd dlscoloitd --o with fige
that It waq almost past r cognition, but
underneath which weie vrltton these
four words, which sent a smile to the
lips of the bo who rend them
Hosemarj. that's for remembrance'
7'nmori nn 'a Complete Xotclettr
Mr ;:: rur.vrons annw
to which his Imprudence had plunged
him
He was sitting upon a bench on the
platform waiting fot his ttaln when a
man approached nnd sat beside him
Renwlck needed no second glanco to
teassute himself as to the fellow's
Identitj He via. Spivak, Windt's man,
tho fellow who had ke'pt guard on the
cabin at Konopisht The Englishman
feared to get up and walk away, for
that might attract attention So ho sat.
slouched cartlcsslj. his bat pulled well
down over his eyes, awaiting what seem
ed to be the Inevitable Spivak one o'
Windt's men sent of course to Knmhor,
one of the Impoit.int railway junctions,
to watch nil arrivals from the south
Renwlck had been ready with his story
when he debaiked fiom the train but
there had been u ciowd and he had
been in the last canlage Renwlck's
mind worked rapidly, and to an Imagin
ation already piesclent of disaster, the
man seemed to be Inspecting him. i
Sphnk's chin lifted, Renwlck faced him
squarelj Their glances met and passed
Renwlck calmly took out a cigarette
and bending his head forward lighted it
cool!)' aw ate that the man was sajing
something In Hungailan.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
Famous Mais
Diplo
rimony
Door
Ince
ch
Auto
teawan.
The Pun
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
"Polpie for supper!" he shouted to
his companions
companions, waving his stick toward the
birds. The)' laughed and Hal the Fat
chanted:
Sing a song ot six pence, pocket full
of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds baking in
a pie
When the pie was opened, the birds
began to sing;
Wasn't that a dainty dish to set be
fore the king?
"If they stick around until I get my
hands on the old Bhotgun they'll do no
more singing and we'll have pie for a
week," chortled the third man, whose
name was Laughing Jake.
Peggy had new anxletj now. The
birds might do something rash trying
to save her and the tramps might klli
them. If she could only cry out to warn
them. They must not sacrifice them
selves for her.
ine gag In her mouth made it very
hard to breathe and soon Peggy was In
distress. Laughing Jake noticed
THE FIRST SHOT
6p-COtePOteAL OSBORNE DEVAI2ILA
BATTEISY C. SIXTH U. S. Fl ELDv AfSTll-l-EItSV
wHo FiTed -!Ke Frrs'l Sliot of Hie A.-mearican Army
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CHAPTER XV
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WE RELIEVED n battel y of Krench
Moroccaij, iirtillcr.vnien, turlous
Innt.Ing chaps, decked out lit khnkl unl
fo'ms red fcz?es, puttees and regula
tion French hobnail shoes.
These fellows are smashing good
fighters, but are the dirtiest in their
personal habits of anj' soldiers In
Fiance, with the exception, perhaps, of
the Indian troops from India.
Thev have black, fierce-looking
nmstach"s. and are continually reran-
ping among themselves. The.v have no
fear ot cieiitn ana win never nainn cie,
feat. The ducolit we moved Into that nleht
had been occupied bj" these troops for
nearly a year, and was alive, with ver
min. It was quite evident that the rat
kingdom had established Its capital
there for the place was overrun with
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rodents. Some of them were big enough
to wear helmets and gas masks and go
over the top In a bayonet charge. When
I waked up tho next morning I found
that a rat had eaten bis way through
my overcoat and blouse nnd stolen a
cake of chocolate out of my shirt
pocket. Part of the uppers of one of m
shoes was eaten away. Before breakfast
I shot one of the pests and found ho
was nearly as nig as a houso cat.
and ending Satutday.
and swung her up to his shoulder. That
made it a little easier for her. but she
found It was not nearly so nice riding
on his shoulder as a captive as it vvus to
ride In fun on the shoulder of her father
or of the Giant of the Woods.
After a while they came to denser
woods, and Peggy lost sight of the
Birds, although she could hear their loud
calls tiom the treetops. Tho tramps
forced their way through tho thick un
derbrush and came out upon n small
clearing at, the edge ot the river. Here
was their camp.
In the center stood a rude hut or wig
wam made of poles and branches of
trees. In front of it smoldered a fire.
Near the liver bank two more tramps
were nailing heavy slats on the side of
a drygoods box.
"Hello. Ragcedv Jim ami Bertie the
Boozer, have you got the chicken coop
read)-?'
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out one of Peggy's can'
tors. "Here's
a nice young chicken to
lock up in it
llaggedj- Jim and Bertie the Boozer
looked up in surprise. Then they sprung
to their feet.
"What's this? Where did you get
that glrrj" shouted Raggedy Jim, who
was the youngest of all the tramps
"We'll not stand for any kidnapping
stunts," mumbled Bertie tho Boozer.
"Nothing like that. We'll tell you
about It later," answered Laughing Jake,
swinging Peggy to the ground.
At that moment there came a shrill
call from the woods. "Charge to the
rescue ! To the rescue of Peggy, our
Princess!"
Instantly the clearing was filled with
Birds. They attacked the tramps with
wild fury. The. tramps fought back,
lashing at the feathered vvurrlors with
flying arms. Peggy felt herself picked
up and thrust Into the coop. A big pad
lock was snapped upon the door. . Then
she heard Laughing Jake shout:
"I'll get my gun ! Potple for supper !"
Peggy knew the Birds stood no chance.
They couldn't get her out of the cage,
and they would be mowed down by the
shotgun. Sho tore the gag fiom her
mouth and shouted with all her might:
"Fly for your lives, my Birds I They've
got a gun ! You, can't save me tills way !
Fly, fly. fly! Peggy, your Princess,
commands you! Fly!"
At once the Birds obeyed. As sud
denly as they had come they disap
peared. Peggy found herself alone with
the five tramps alone except for Lone
some Bear, and he was chained fast to a
stake at the opposite side of the clear
ing. Tomonow will be told how the
I bird's nnii Billy Belgium try a dlf
feient way to tescue Pcgyy.)
And the cooties say. I never saw
such cooties. They were fully a quar
ter of an Inch long, and when thej- drove
their pincers Into you, It fell like being
stabbed with a pair of garden shears.
The whole outfit was on the scratch
that morning; we ndjourned to a sunny
spot and took oft our shirts and went
on a still hunt through them, We were
thus engaged when a shell dropped with
in a hundred j-ards of us and exploded
with a fearful bang, We did not linger
a second. Leaving our shirts lvlng on
the ground, wo scrambled head-first In
to the dugout. There was another bang
that shook the sand out of the turf over
our heads.
When we peered cnutiouBiy out of tho
dugout we saw our shirts weie gone;
the second shell had lnnded right on top
of them and blown them to shreds.
There was no consolation, though the
blnsted cooties had gone Into kingdom
come with the shirts.
After much study of the coolie prob-
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lem, I discoveied a way to outwit them.
I woio two vests and turned each one of
them Inside out every two hours, on the
theory that It took the pests about two
hours to make the round trip ot the gar
ments. By this method I managed to
keep them on tho outside nil tho time,
that la If I didn't forget to turn the
vests. I quite frequently forgot to turn
them on schedule time, nnd then the
cooties beatnno to It and started chew
ing my hide again.
The Cook llad Cold Pert
The cook of our battery had a very
bad case of cojd feet, and consequently
the chow suffered. He was more afraid
of a shell than an old woman of n
thunderstorm. Every time be hcaid a
shell whistling he'd go under the bunk
head first It d dn't make any differ
ence w hat he had cooking ; he'd let ev
erything burn up rather, than come oui
before he thought the danger was over.
In order to bring tho chow to the boys,
the cook had to walk out Into the open
and go from one dugout to another.
And the woi'st of It was thnt the boches
always started shelling us around meal
time If a shell fell within n quarter of
a mile of that cook, he'd drop tho slum
kettle, spilling the contents, and do a
marathon back to his dugout. On tho
second day we got "back to the front, the
cook dropped three slum-kettles In that
manner, and we were some sore, for we
were as hungry as a lot of woodchucks.
In fact, we were so hot under the col
lar that we manned our guns and gave
the bodies a salvo, Just to show thei.i
we resented getting our chow spilled on
the ground. We felt better when our
observer signaled us that our salvo had
blown up three of tho enemy's soup
kitchens. The Huns didn't disturb us
around mealtime again for fully a week.
One day I tried to remonstrate with
the cook about his fear of shells
"You've got to die some time," I said
consolingly, "ro why play with this fear
stuff? If n shell hltrt )ou, jou'll never
know what struck )0U."
"Maybe I've got to die some time,"
he replied with a ccmlcal shiver, "but 1
don't want to go just now."
The American sector is near Toul, one
of the most ancient towns In Lorraine.
Before the war Toul had a population of
about 16,000. It lies In the valley cf
the Moselle at the foot of a range of Im
posing hills. Nearby flows the Moselle
River and a sleepy old canal, which In
times of peace connected Germany and
France, being the artificial waterway
from the Rhine to the Marne River. In
1870 Toul was captured by the Germans.
It Is now a fortress ot the first class and
Is much coveted by the Huns.
Flrnt American Sector
The country where the first Ameri
can sector Is located Is generallj' low
ground spotted with little hamlets and
towns, mostly shell-torn and criss
crossed by succeeding lines of trenches,
strong points nnd batter)' positions, all
part of the defense of both Toul and
N'ancy. The principal loads in the dis
trict have been pretty well camouflaged
with trees and with other devices known
to the French.
A large portion of our sector is
wooded, and there are picturesque little
lakes here and theie that gleam like
minors on clear days. Our foiwaid
lines parallel a low ridge, along which
are several towns Behind this ridge Is
concealed a network of American bat
teries. On a clear day we could see the dis
tant towers of the Gothic cathedial in
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tho German-held Melz, the capital of
Gtrman Lorraine.
One of the best things near ths
front line nre tho French co-opera-tlvo
stores which are run by the French
atnjy. They have been thrown open to
the American soldiers. Tho prices In
tl'.esi jstores are very reasonable. The
gloves they sell are very warm. We
have them beat In tho matter of un
deiwear, but they have many things
which our supply chiefs had not stocked
up on when we got Into the rcrap. These
Include flashlights, caps, self-starting
pocket fuses for lighting cigarettes and
other knlcknacks which make life in
tlin front line worth living
Kvery one In our battery enlisted as
artlilerjmen, of course, but Wo did all
kinds of extra work without a whim
per. Besides potting away at the boche,
we built three or four miles ot light
railway, made a lot of camouflage and
constructed dumps for ammunition.
Fixing camouflage Is interesting work.
gathering empty shells
The best kind ot camouflage Is the wire
netting sort, coveted with marsh grass
and stretched overhead like a roof. It
looks like a bit of green field to tho
G'.'i-man aviator fl)lng overhead, and
pievirts them fiom mapping out our
posltlcns. In going to and from dug
outs we were allowed to walk along on
patliF that had been carefully camou
flaged. If we had tnken other paths the
enemy airmen would have gotten a line
on our positions.
Frequently we constructed camouflage
carelessly as a decoy. The German air
men would fall for the halt and signal to
their batteries. The boche gunners would
get the lange -of tho spot covered by
the fake camouflage, and thsy would
pepper away probably with the thought
they weie raising Cain with an impor
tant American po-ltion We gunneia
would laugh hllniiously and feivently
wish the bodies would keep on wasting
their ammunition that way forever.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
TRENCH TALK
Continued Fiom Yesterday)
DOUGHBOY. The cavalryman's
name for an infantryman.
IIUCKIIOAUUS. Planks which are
laid along tho bottom ot a muddy
trench to give solid footing. Usu
ally two boards are laid down, with
crosspieces nailed on, and this sim
ple expedient has made it possi
ble to live in tienches which would
otherwise be nothing but mud
boles. DUGOUT. A cave excavated in the
ground and protected above by
sandbags, steel plates, etc., used by
, otllcers and by men In the trenches
to protect them from shellllre. In
the trenches It Is commonly known
as a "funkhole."
KNTAXC.T.EMKNTS. Barbed wire
strung on steel posts driven in the
ground outside a trench for a dep:h
of some ten to forty yards to make
It harder for the other fellow to
get nt the men In the trencher.
Before an attack this wire Is blast
ed away by a barrage of high
explosive shells.
FAti. Tho soldier's name for a cig
arette, often a scarce aitlcle in
the trenches and the first thing the
wounded soldier asks for when he
gets to the dressing room.
FIKING DATA. The instructions as
to elevatlqn, deflection, kind' of
shells to be used, etc., given to the
commander of a battery of artil
lery. FI.Altl'. A white rocket sent up at
night which Illuminates the ground
in front. It Is the bane of nlght
raldlnp parties, who are taught
that if they stand absolutely still
they cannot be seen. The least
movement, however, brings a blast
of fire from the machine guns of
the enemy, which Is apt to prove
fatal.
FKANC. A piece of French monej
worth about twenty cents of Amer
ican coin.
TRENCH "75." The wonderful lit
tle French field piece which has
a bore of about three inches. The
pollu calls this piece the "Little
Frenchman" or "Charlotte." This
gun Is capable of firing twenty
shots a minute ot shrapnel or high
explosive shells.
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