IMHHlHK9BHHBMnraBIHiHBnBPlwSSHPfnBSMHHBKlraBRW''' 'vTOaBMHl3HHHMnKaHHHHHMHH ,1 fsff v ,- EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-J?HlLADELMrX?,: WEBMSAY, JJUIiY 17,:918viCf fEVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE TO READ - w" .5 ECi rQfft. THE SECRET WITNESS 4 George JwT (CopyHaht, tstt, IPTER XXI (Continued) ICK made a gesture of Incoin- enslon, wondering meanwhile -he could kill the man on the platform without attracting Hon. e' train from the south was crowd- to.dav." nald Knlvak In German. . "Crowded? Yea " .SfW you come from Brod orTlrltzka?" FTpm Brltzka, said Venn Ick vv Ith hesitation, and then with the cour iHl se desperation nave seen you Deiorc, lie went on, ily puffing at his cigarette. T thlnlr fht anmit (iTittmaatfin ' yVtour name Is Splvak of the Secret brvlce ' t- SV',My name ,s rarl -Mer." f-v was a Kamnier a ennnce inai leen- ,k, took. If Splvak tntlm -fftlif' rmai hut he did nol Imateiy Knew nor rind the -J dftrontery disarmed him tSSrtJTou are Carl JIovc-7 I must have st.itMYi you, he muttered "I lime been 9 Jim "Vienna a little with Herr Wlndt T, ji'jut I am of the Hungarian branch. ou ViJiMtf been In Sarajevo?" ' f.S"A"Ytn." said Ilcnwirk cisllv following &.- out a wild plan that had cume Into his KJwVyi'tnrt "1 lima Iiaaii nninlmnrl lv I!im cvv?Barohess Itrcowltz to find the Countess Jj<arlshka Strahni " ; TSgSSrp.'Ah, I see It has come to- that Vnd 3-: .,. then, retrardlnr hln romn.inion w ith a jfrAaOiew interest, When did ou mme fiom ra?3Sr1vo?" nf,j' -. -- - - -'- - - - b -A ,-?. J 4"T.at nlfflif. If In a Rtrnnpn r.lfif. ' C . t if falTV """; .. ;".".," J?.., .. V'tefZAiSfi'' AHU JDU IlilVC LUUIIU U ICHU I tMfm-"St! eral " f J? "You can do nothing against such a I .-5siStti"tt i. Gorltz ves hut f will And her VfetStfiri have to go through Germany with MasJ'aTiirrow." SyB& jt'They !me not gone to Germany, my t fcMbilrlend. Even- gate out of Hungary hrs l-HfiSsoeen closed to them since the assasslna- y.B<on;" n."ii-v.enviei smiled, me thing nan ?W"J "l"111 ' l"V .ruling hlni K W " n,m lts cr Inipudence fascinated Ttejir S'Perhaps "' he replied. "Still, a man r'iy tfho could outwit NIcIh las Kzaiv.is. " Mjworked. The spirit of the venture glowed iri & v luu Ullllh llf l.lllfu oil K'ftV Whispered Snt,ak easerlj P.4& "If nt himself. It was bv his orders fe3Cil-V A V.Jr 1nn.l1nUmnn . lnnrl, Ki i ""Renwlck." Kfwft- """J've found the evidence that Ilenck jJih W MrflB llla ti WnralAlil Hn In mkrittnil la if'iSff'i secret dangerous to Germany ami so ri llnrltz ktllnl him " Hy Vfe "And this Peter Langer w ho escaped i'SfrlM from the hospital ?" asked Snhak ynlcally. fK?' C IIIUMIICUI Ul .IWIIIO, Uli IWl UUI'I Kiii" n me ngnt witn .--zarvas and sin nnen fjff" t his clothing to hide nil marks of StTOAjMentlty. It is no wonder that he wished 5 .-iX',to escape The Kngllshman broke tap; or witn a rougn laugn ana rose "uui 'Oii,rj,thi won't do, I'm giving ou all inv '4TwT thunder. Heir Wlndt does not relish ! .VV yiV' Amtltnlrt1AIl trl f Vita iiarvlno tint ultimi &IJie has accomplished nothing ou cninnt K?JgiIame my clients I am on my uaj to SkWji Oermanj. The surest way to catch n f pv''Iox Is to smoke him out of his hole" 'Ajjfi .-Splvak took a few paces away, and ByVfA loen siowjy reiurneo. taSj5f'i'"What you sa Is Interesting, Herr rvpi" I f0J cr, iiu (lie (iitui uauK iUKtint'i. ,nCtL Ut you will waste jour time in Gei- m, .el -vlnany." Evv VWhy?" .. m. It!9iiea rantntn Clrwitr to still In Hungrary." 15: What lurtner reason nave you for believing that he is here?" 'r?8plvak smiled and hesitated a mo jftment. And then. "You have talked Ireely. One good turn deserves nti- KVa T ...111 nll no TTT.. Ir,. I liii, llv'1"11 .ill, lilt juu ,,r ntiun tnui -fe'Caotaln Gorltz is still In Hungary be- "KS. use within the pai-t week the Wil-.hrtmstras-e has sent urgent messages to "IjA Vienna Inquiring for him." .WSVlck . Blovvly, trvlng to lilde the throb iV.,vvtjtrlumph In his throat. "Then sou -fe- iflli tftlnk ? rkiS!i'-'"Mere!y that he Is In hidlng- with, the "irlsiio Kpjfi'lidy," said Spivak with n leer "I 'vfcL .new thin? for a man. to iro in rnew thing for a maiL to go In hiding Vlft. n InHl," -y, "With b. adv.' ?ftS.X 'Renwlck's laugh was admirably man- Sri area, for tury was in nie neart "inis Fr-x' tmormaiion is neiiirui. ne saiu. "iou y-l7,J -J W itie 11 10 11 uc , 5.t.s&. "I am sure. Berlin is aniious be- iSvl cause he has not returned. I do not Mi know what they suspect over there, hut tKSUf'th situation Is changed The war-has .TJpiWjC""" UlllClcuvc, c- a , c ,,u ,,.in 1$" where he has gone All that we know fcVw'l t"at ll wl" be vel-y difflcult for him ; XI'o ret out." R jaKi'-ln the distance the train was rum VjP11nF u' the fack, and Renwlck was xnanniui uu nv e-aulie nil' ie-uow uy iAfSJ d "You are a good fellow, SpUak. If, t-tajT" .t inv time nu u si 10 le.we int? ito ,&r.i"". r .-t: j ..i . . a .,i. !fIiSly,wnnieiii service aim uikc t rhuu iiuk. Mm e ln Vienna " vhJhM "Thanks, Herr Mo. I shall reniem- tHber. You are Kolnir on to uudapeai. -rxZ.x, HY. And ou?' '?ft I am detalnrd here to uatuM for "ifisff-KUBSlin spy who is trvirg to get inrougii !&ffirtO'the Galiclan border.' He laughed. feW"Tou're Bure yu'fe not ,- ' , , EAi- ""Thafo a good Joke. Kplvak" he L-A-fi--W'e chance- And then as the train 5,TJ,?SJSrrolled in B3Sjn '-"Don't foi get Ferdinand f -vjrt-iir "P" l .. Stratre, Mj "I will not. Adieu1." i2Hl?:if "Adieu, my friend." vEgjf. And with a final wave of the hand .W' Tinnuichr luruea ana siovviy moumeu nu" KMVli'B, third class carriage The flan had Wit .worked and the ma" It seemed, had not he k- aiivl,,aii BiiMt!,, tip uim as Iten- K! wick remembered 'ura Konop'sht, not HScfiWnfalllble. and the ease with which Ren- irS".wtck had accomplished his object mm '.it the remarkable nature of his newly ykt acquired Information could onlv be ex- EsL-rft - mmt.irir.tw ih iiiiiHlan nnd not himself. iTte'&AMd by the boldness of hl Impel sona 'ttti'y&tt.inn which had immediately pierced the F--?St crust of sSplvak's profes-nonal reserve '? f All had gone well, nut a seeuieu an a-e c'ti-tp-'before the train drew out of the sta S3fftlon. Renwlck did not dare to look out 5&,iW the window to learn If the man were ML. si 111 there, and until the bell of the rv3w5 locomotive rang announcing the di-par- MX4- ..A n !.. tr.ln hu wtl. 1111 till .1K.1 tit lV mTixiiH nervous, for fear that a suspicion might P tWtZ dawn In the man's mind which would tlAvfvKad him to pursue the conversation. I. v?' - tAn.vipL- npipi- Ipnrtied whether wl. Hplvak's vecond thoughts had vvarned jmAt JUrn that all was not as It should be, for -l4V 7,. ..!( ntT iihunpDvl trip 5ff? "??. "i ""5 -";, "".h" trIn ut iVVif '!.-. a.u un. tinH rflintiiifrfil Into the mc lliai vji unu .,.,-- . iarknesa. ,. ,., .. It was witn a leeunK 01 eiaui; .- llh nmirehenKon that Renwlck made fci. -ojav forward. Illation because of iT, -the new crumbs of information, appre Mi 42hnion because of the definite assurance iSthat Uoritz still held Marlsnka a prison S." .i,ro u-llliln the horders of ....iWil .. npflnitp it ppmed. for Solvate bad spoken with the utmost confidence F Wot things with which he was Intimately V&fomauetTi.&. The trail narrowed. It seem- trtM though provmence. aware 01 pas- .YiUIBinoaillons, wan uciie wn ui,pi .,-- ..3.1.- .,v,n l.uil snffprpil murh from her i4feVfavor. The sudden appearance of ' r BlilvaK. vvmeii nua ueenieu eu imcnin ' VdI-aipr. had been turned by a bold "' ' BtrokB from calamity to good fortune. ,1---5ut Renwlck determined to avoid further '- i "W .nflntmlsN If TIORRtble. And SO. ?eumlng tho mode of progress which Ittid been bo euccuve un mo aj n. ,Tula. he walked at night, and slept un. i aWr coer by dayr reaching a town uion houaht new clothing, a stravy hat., a Aange of linen, and a hand uag wun f StTlpR ( renresentlna himself as a grain '.Sfiiirchant of UjvldekL'he boldly boarded eVteamer upon the river, reaching E awdapest without further Incident. . . ...... 1 .ha L'npnh, Pr.r-r m. nn h.e.v ... iciD mut.v ow.u " "."-.- . -:L-",'':i.. .. - t.KcnwicK oreaineu cunir- r.aafe, finding his way to hl Imme- .r.imri with ihp Kna-llsh secret serv- nvniMiian. iib jjuimc u- f . w.. P.n.W " " - , j ... -llto, whofe care ne connueuny cu- nimaeii. if. PDIDTDD VYfl JrU NtedU to the Hmyttack KOULAS wai by birth a Greek Gibbr bv Pu'ylto Ltdotr Company. Copyright. ISIS, aSvLL-1 mm. dWLr He ralinlv bnunlctl a steamer tary He knew his Hungnrv fiom Oilen huig to Kninstadt. from the Save to the Caipathlans. and rtenwlck, while t.ome wll.it dubious as ti Die wisdom of hif visit under the clreunistances fuunil hhustlf received at this excellent man's home with a warmth of welcome wh!"i left no doubt In his own mind as to th unselnshniss of his hott liven befoii the war ltenwlck and ConstantiiR Koulas had met in seciet so that If trouble cuue no plan shoulil 111,11 tin- mans im- peccable charnci.r in Austrian eves Mul Itenwlik would not have cimi to him now hail not Ills own need lieeu .top,.,., i.imr. .t of ...... its which wniilil nil his iillirrlmace to the north at least, of its nosfX ions dangers' ' ' , ,., , , .. , lie was rtadv with Information, too, anil ouireu a minii iii " iic-cuna. lltv other Interest. Leo Guilt?. Onlv lat .vear theie had been a contest of wits be tween them, both under (over, and I Koulas had managed to get what he ' wanted, not, howevei, without narrow lv 1 escaping the lev elation of his own part 1 In the investigation, i.oritz wis a cievei man and a dangeious one, ouns. bril liant handsome, unscrupulous, who wore an ainior of Impenetrability which hid not vet levenled a single weak link. And vet. Ilerr Koulas reasoned, brood Ingly, that there must be one A weak link. Wheie was the man without one? The messages fiom the Wllhelmstrasse ! Vli had Gnritz not returned to Heiiin upon the outbreak of the war? What was keeping him In HungaiV He was In the Tat! a region. Possb!v Which were the passes bv which lie might tij to go" I'zoker, Dukla. or perhaps etn iililuiika The itussians wcr aircauy . battel Inc at Przemy"! I'zoker Pass was . ., .t .nl.1....tn ,lin, .. Jd int nf tli riiietllon .lablunKa that shh iw iirer tho tint ni.in liordpr. hut cairrlv ..-...- .. -..- .. -- -- w. watched even In tlnfes of peace. 1 he rallioad went thtough .lablunka, a nar- row highway with no outlet for many m'les It was not the kind or eul-de-sac that Gorltz would have cho-en Dukla Perhaps. A little failher to the east, of course, but not jet menaced bv the Rus sian advance The thing was puzzling, but interesting verv. The abduction of a lojal citizen nf .viiutrlj n lndv of noble birth a hurried flight by unfiesiuented roadsand I then an Impasse ! Had Herr Wlndt bloeked the way? Was the lady 111"' Or had something else detaineu mem.- Renwiclc sat In the back room of the small hiboratnrj, Ills arms folded his brows tangled In thought, as Herr Koulas. pulling great clouds of smoke from his long pipe, thus nnavUcd the sit. nation , "I have thought of all of these thing-. Hirr Koulas." Renwlck muttered, "and on- mind nlw its comes back to tile same oo'lnt If I know that Gorltz lias come to this region, if I know that be has not gone out of It I al-n know that hi re mains. 1 do not circ wh mv que tlon Is wheie where? Koulas ran bin long forefinger over the map upon the tnbU "It Is the map Gorltz might use -a load imp ot tne uovernmcui. -ne grumbled ..... ., ... The center near the top Poprad he would gt through theie with dltll itilty " . . . . Renwlck had risen and pjced the floor slnwlv. 'I have not been through Dukla. It Is ii-cpslble?" "Ves Svldnlk to Przenivsl Rocks n scliloss or -two " He turned "It whs there that the Baron Neudeck was UtlPil ou remember three jears ago-' "I have forgotten Neudeck an Aus. i la i ?" "A German Vcudeck was selling mil itary plans to the Russians Goritz '" Koulas sprang to his feet triumphant ly Gorltz' It was Goritz who discov. ered him " Renwlck was listening eagerly and Koulas turned vv'th a sluug "Nothing much mv friend. And et a coinci dence perhaps Goritz. Neudeck. Dukla. Gnritz Strahni 'the center of the map at the top." It might be worth tr ing." "I shall try it. There is nothing else for me to do. The pass is used for transport?" "No. The line of communication is througbj Meo Laborcz." 'CAP" STUBBS Who's willing K' ,;,;.y Wf. S'7, l" UBr0n i - H"r S' "T '! " nnrt !" Kciiiu- mi ...- i..,u '".!' "" Vi, .r.it took I"'' I"'"" I'-T-'k to Germany, This wick presentid I he fact that the gi eat , hlMoiv a nine das' wonder m.H.'d'in thf.'ii, Vein it . Indlvldu- ,iut ll " ""-"J n,,fl """ ll n eT "-'0"- Involved m tni- anaii icnc 11 an inuiviuu- . , ,, iw, i.,,ti i,.. uhni v,p cmt " alltv which delracud nothing from Its lIrel "' "aH oirvcd what he got mHmWK't ' IvSfl Sili j'Jk m! T m -11 ..Killlif. Juthor of 'Tb YchvQore ' by D. Apslcton ( Co.) ' It will be rlskv " Vo unliss vou make It so With luck oii blull bear a letter to General l.iilinltz (which joii need never deliver) .is a w rltei for a newspaper' That can be nnnaged?" ' I hope believe 1 am confident." Utnwkk Mnlled Hen Koulas was -mm thing of a humnrl-t leu me mote of this Neudeck case" a-Uul the l.ngllshman I There Is unfortunately little more tr till N'euderk was a derma m hnr,m it, m ,,ri coiuiections. not too rich ' "' ""-' 1'UKia wnere some uussian '"""fs w.re invited for the shooting. , Thoj did m.t.know bow- little they were to mjov It Koulas chuckled and blew pi,i ,.f unu "fr,r iioii ho v..Udck before tier virv eves, and nd since his death, who lives Sen los Szolnok?" "1 don't know " He laughed again "You jump very rapidly at conclusions, inv friend " ' "Time passes. J must Jump at some thing 1 am going to Dukla I'ass to morrow. If .vou will help me." "That goes without saving. For the present vou shall go to bed and sleep soundly 1 would like to go with vou, but alas' I am not so v 01111c as I was and 1 can best serve all vour interests here " Renwlck shook Koulas hv the hand and took the bedroom candle that was offcri d him ' Good night," he said '"I pray that no harm mav come to .vou from this imprudence of mine 'Do not woiry mj friend I am well bulged about with alibis. Good night" The net evening after dark Renwlck. iiijvi lien iin .JVIUMi in llir- t irni.1 .,, ltlln supI,ip,j th a )lass which Herr k0UiU. i,v means tf his underground now Herr Ma Schoff of the lencr michlnerj. had managed to procure, took the night train for Kaschau, which he eiihed in the earlv morning of the fol lowing elaj cning on later to Hartfeld, the terminus of the railroad, a small and ancient town under the very shadow of th mountains Here, it being late in the afternoon lie found the Hungaria hotel to which he had been directed, where he made arrangements to stop for the night whlh he leisure pursued his inquiries Vow- at last, se verv near Ills destina tion, lie was curiously oppressed with lie futility of his prllgrimage. He had I come far braving the danger of detec tion and death fmt he had no illusions iigardlng the status of an englishman approaching the battle lines umiv the guise nf a newspaper writer. If taken, li would be as a spy and he would be Heated as such Herr Koulas had warned him not to be too sanguine, for the roads out of Hungar.v were many and Pukla Pass. tnutpli lippn.tcp nf n lilt nf fl.TI-nttpn I ...-, , i, !,,-, nncsihllttv not in tip Im Elected ,, Koulas had also vvarned him ,iat ,he 1Iietho(ls n induction which had I been own to him hid also bi-en open to He Austrian sicrct service men who, pihrtps had already taken measures to follow tho saipe scent. And so it was that the gulden smile of Hi rr Windt still peislsted In Renwick's dreams hy.njiiht, and in his thoughts bv day. IfvSfiak had told the ,-tnr of his meeting JMth tile spurious Mnyer, ills conversation about Szirvas would immediately Ideu tlf.v him as Renwlck the Englishman. But howev.'i u ll- th two trails ran, Wlndt's men had not et come up with him, and until the.v did, Renwick knew that lie must move boldly and quickly upon his quest And so at last resolu tion armed him anew (CONTINCHD TOMORROW) r.rrnt dftnnml for the KVENINC. l'UIII.It' I.LIXiKIl may mum. joii to mUs an Inntiillnient of this very Interesting stor. You had better, therefore, telephone or write to th Ciriulatlon Department ur ask vour newsdealer thin afternoon to leave ' the KVKM.MI PUBLIC LKllfJKK at our home. This Party For, Anyway? 'And since his death, who lives in CI'VE XCCIUCB TO GlVErS) TPARty Fonvou'.j ' &.'. WON'T THKT l y SC GREAT'. I'LL HAVE TED, AN' PATTY, KN HILL, ft' T ZL Y NOVELETTE "Where Potatoes Grew" By Margaret M. Keenan F SI OXi: bend of the swift-flowing, snakc-llkc Illvcr Merrimack, could be found a tittle town named after the river. The town was Insignificant enough In name, nnd would have bten more so, had not nature taken a hand in the matter. Her swaying, sweeping willows, radiant fields of wheat nnd corn, gentle, nodding bluebells; crimson walls of Virginia marguerites and brown-ejed Susans were enough to In spire, not alone artists, but any one going that way. In such a place one would expect to lind ruinl people, and such they were. These quiet, loving, country folk were not to be left to their own dev Ices' and theories for long, once John Ucrry caught slgnt of the Utile Ivy grown cottage in the valley overlooking the river. "Peace's throne was usurped." In dignant farmers sought refuge In theli llttlJ town hall many an evening, dls cussing John and Ills, or what thej thought, preposterous Idea of potatc "lowing. Vet they had to put up with I It was a b.ilmv midsummer twilicrht when from 'itciosg the load could be wen the dim outline of .some one merrily whistling, evidently watching one of the faimera transplant something John's two cts gicw wistful when he heard some one t.aj "Don't aii nne around heie grow po tatoes? I should think they would grow good." "Hah, potatoes'" was the sarcastic reply. A whl.-pcied conversation en sued, and tluu a mop of dark hair parted the raspberrv bu-h and withdrew quickly, as tin- blue ejes spied John. Many an evmlng aoliu saw the same Hguio pe ling, inlliei wate.iing the growth of his potato,.-. So often did he see her that he named her his "Po tato Girl ' He only saw her In the evening. It Is true, but he managed to catch her quite accidentally, vet not without purpo-e. one evening; and from then on the acquaintance grew- She reminded John of some one he had once known, hut lie dined not ask her lest his dream be upset. Summer waned, autumn likewise. His potatoes hart .vlelded a faltly good crop for 11 first er Nevertheless the famine is wire just ns indignant as ever. VWuter followed a long, hard winter. Spring came at la-t John was unde cided ns to whether he should grow po tatoes this iar 01 not His thoughts wHiiiicreu nnck to 11 s "I'otato Girl It Is Itlst a val- .urn lonlirht flint 1 first saw vim Won't ou tell me our name?" With a toss of hei head and a leap across the load, she laugliinglj n piled: "Oh. 'Potato Girl' Is enough for me." ".Vol quite," was the sobei reply. "PotntoeLgrow in the earth, hut vou don't " " "(Ml. .ves, they do grow elsewhere," came the prompt rcplv. One looked at the other. haidl.v knowing what to av, when John relieved the sllcnc, boi.lfv F.ijlng: "If this was leap jear I might tlilni; It over, but as it isn't, is it true pota- I S By DADDY THE FIVE TRAMPS A complete neui adtenfure each ttcefc, beginning Mondnu CHAPTER Til Hi Ily Belgium Appears I'cuuv Hes to help Lonesome Hear, irio Is made a prhoncr by lie linmps, hut Is herself raptured. The blids attack the t tamps In an at tempt to i excite htr, hut she, fear ing that then will be killed, com mands them to flee) THK live tramps continued to thrash around with their arms, even after the Biids wete gone. Thej were like a crowd of hnja lighting a nest of bum- nicnees Ana they ccitatniy inoKeu aMf thev had been badly stung. The Illids had used their beaks to good ef fect, and the facjs of the men were, covered with cuts and bruises, livery iiiki of them was slashed as though he had been In a real battle. XIa.vlic the Birds could have whipped them, after all. But even so, It would have been a costly victor), as the tramps would surely have killed a num ber of Blids, and Peggy did not want a single one of her feathered friends to i die for her. Sim was glad she had, -ent the Birds away. So sudden had been the attack, nnd o swiftly had they lied, that evtiy one had escaped without injury. "Was that a ej clone?" asked Beitlc the Boozer. . "It blew uway our poiple," walled Hal the Kat. "The birds thought they would have tln?ir meal llrst. Due of them lunched off mv ear," groaned Laughing Jake. "There's something quee-r about that girl a'nd those birds," growled Tags "They've followed us ever since we cap tured her" "Why did ou lnlng her here? Steal ing children is a mighty .dangerous thing." declared Raggedy Jim "This girl Is worm a fortune to p," answered Tags. "The way she dances with that bear would make the biggest kind of a hit with a circus or In a vaudeville show." "But kidnapping doesn't make any kind of a hit with the police. We'll all gel Jugged for this," protested Bet tie the Boozer. "And It doesn't make a hit with me," added Raggedy Jim. "I'm for taking her back .home this minute." "You're for doing what the gang savs to do," threatened Tags. "Just now the question Is who Is going to cook the stuff 1 brought from town for supper.'" "Hal the Kat is," said Laughing Jake. "Let Raggedy .."im do it," said Hal. "It's Tags's turn." said Jim "It's up to Bertie the .Boozer," said Tags "Let's play cards to see who'll do it," concluded Bertie. And that is what they did But be fore they began to play, Laughing Jake orougni out ms gun ana leaneu it against a stump beside him, declaring INDEETJ VOULLNOT'. I WON'T HAVE THE I iVtou Ui-incr tvbki nniiv TMncr tuvvO l-wwt. wv" V m-mW rrrmm mm 9 - IHAVESAWMIE, ATVn OLIVER. ANH THEM toes grow down deep in your heart, too7 She was a good runner, nnd con sequently John hnd to chase her around the well several times' before he cap tured her for her answer. The wedding day was set for the lat ter part of August, yet John was not so happy as he would have been If he had known her right name. He had to comfort himself, however, with the promise to know It the day of the wed ding. A week before the appointed day she returned to her winter home to pre pare for his reception. John was Johnny on the spot, the dav of the wedding and at an early hour was ushered Into the house by a servant. He wns still just as Ignorant as ever as to her name. The revelation came when she descend ed the stairs to giect'hlm Willi nn other leap and a bound, this time a race around the house, and finally the cap ture, he exclaimed: "Edith, how could r-ou." A long story followed In which Kdlth told how her uncle had praised him for his pluck, and had told her that he was the kind of n mnn to have. These city bovs, said he. are no earthly use. "John, It Is all true," she ended. "I knew I could win vou back. 1 am sorry I gave you up before." A happier couple could not be found anywhero that day. When thev re turned to the country 11 werk later a shower of potatoes greeted them John's potatoes were one grand success. They furnished their home and the farmers around. Many a lime John goes nbout singing: "Down deep In my he lit potatoes grow," for there is such a song so he says. Tnmon Die's Complete Xovclcllc 77; niFn:nExcr: rx rirn 7T.1 A'." The Sorrows of Sanely Long-legged Pandv Simpson, bv a' his gods he swore that he never knew a cauld wind blew until the kilt he wore. He shlvpred (n the mornln' and he shiv ered throurh the day. ns the lev blasts that Issue forth from the snow -clad re gions of the north around his knees did plav. ' The horsemen with their breeches, the footmen with their slacks are shielded frac the weather, and rheumatic attacks But the lad that wears the tartan must grin, nnd "bare" it, too, although mavbe he wnsna' built tae drupe roond wl' a flnppin' Kilt, when the cruel frost nips hlup Iong-tegged Sanrtv Simpson, he bore it for tlnce weeks, then sent haute tae his mlther for his s'lre-mlssed Sunday brceks. To break with old tindttions he never was aft aid; and so the trousers he did don, and over them bis kilt put on. e'er he went nut on parade But the colonel's hnvv was daik. nnd the colonel's language low. "K10111 where the deuce escaped. he roared, "this lamouflaged scareciow?" Rude rergennts fell on Randy before the lad could wink, and summoning a stalwart file that could but 111 conceal a smile, they march ed him off to clink. Ami there the luckless Sandv repents In durance vile, the day that he paraded as a fancy dress Argyll. And calls down maledictions from heaven high on those who send pulr laddies out to freeze in a flapper's sklit that flaunts the breeze, though they be wobbly at the knees, or their legs are bent like bows Chas. Ness, in The Passing Show. "DREAMLAND ADVENTURES 'sj II v "- l She put her ear close lo the boards and listened he was going to get the potple If the Birds came back "My,-It must he awful lo be so lazy that ou'd rather go hungry than do the cooking," thought Peggv. She had listened vciy intently to their talk anil she felt that in Raggedy Jim she had a possible friend. And perhaps in Ber tie the Boozer, too, although he looked to wobbly and disreputable that It prob ably wouldn't make much, dlffeietice whether he was for her or against her. Peggy had now time to examine her prison. It was a very stout box, with heavy boards on nil sides except one, and on that side were slats so solid that she knew she couldn't break them. It seemed hopeless to think of trvlng to escape without help from outside. But help was nearer than she thought. She heard a stealthy chirp from behind the box She put her ear close to the boards and listened. "Princess Peggy, we are still here," whispered General Swallow, "Billy Bel glum has come, too, and he says he will tree ou ir ne nas to whip all nve tramps at the same time. He says tcv II wci i w ' W -W WiYirnr OOON'T WANT urns Mm mW ) 2L- THE FII2STSHOT 6cr COtePOI2AL OSBOI2NE DEVAQILA BATTEiraV C. SIX.TH U.S. FIELD AlSTIl-l-EISV wHo Fired HKe. TH-ps fi5-K- eC VUm. ATnariean'ArnMJ Mm (Copirlpht, lilt, bv the Public Lcdorr CHAPTER XV (Continued) s: OMirriMlCS it seemed to me an If the abandoned by men, so dead was the si lence that reigned. But at these times I found that the watchfulness was of the keenest, and that more Is to be learned of the enemy nnd his plans than In pe riods when there Is greater activity. The first necessity of war Is observa tion of the enemy's line. Upon the el dence produced day by day, by piecing together the reports of thousands of ob servers, the whole tactical scheme Is hung. For 'every mile of front many pairs of eyes are perpetually watching, each gleaning an occasional scrap of informa tion here or there, seemingly unimpor tant In itself, hut actually a fiber In the web of knowledge that grows continually at some far-off headquarters. The aim of all, this watching la to discover the enemy Intentions. Kor example. If he means to attack he will bring up and re tain a large number of troops In the' zone where the attack Is to be launched. If he nbandons the Idea, the strength will be reduced. A massing of batteries heralds a bombardment. Considerable movement behind the enemy's lines sug gests the relief of a division. It Is by continual consideration of these things that a commander deduces the plans of Ills opponent. The ordinary everyday observation is embraced under three main heads ground observations, kite balloons and airplanes. The ground observation work Is done II ground posts, and the duty of the men In these stations Is to keep their eves peeled eveiy minute on the enemy's front-line trench system. Sometimes the observer is concealed In a dugout on the side of a hill, or he may be perched on the top of a chimney, with a hostile hntterv.tl.vlne- every minute to knock down the chimney with a well aimed shot. The observer is provided w Ith maps, glasses, telephone and a note book t ' VJIint the Observer Sees Looking through his peephole the oh server sees immediately befoie him his own trench sjstem, then No Man's Land, torn by shell holes and tilled with rusty barbed wire. Beyond this runs the Ir regulat line of the front parapet of the enemy, and behind this the enemj's ie. serve nnd communicating trenches Still fuither back Is a country dotted with mined farms nnd clumps of trees shorn of their branches. To the easml on looker there is no slcn of movement In this scene of desolation, but the trained observer sees many things through hfs glasses things which sometimes help to win battles or enable our forces to an ticipate attacks from the enemy. The second night after our leturn to the front we were ordered to drop a heavy barrage Into the German front line. An attack was anticipated, I guess, and it was our job to see that It didn't come off. Kor forty minutes we pumped shells over .Vo Man's Land, mashing In manv aids of the boche fiont line and preventing the enemy fiom going over the top. The boche batteries, located about y and ending Saturday. be leady to break out when ever thing Is ready." "I'll be ready," whlspeied Peggy In answer. Peggv was very anxious to see what Billy Belgium would do. She couldn't Imagine how lie could set hei flee. As for his whipping the tramps, she knew he had the courage to try It. but It was altogether too big a job for one bo, no matter how brave he was The Birds, who had been very quiet for some time, ncu- "began a loud clat ter on the opposite side of the clearing The tramps stopped their game to listen, and Laughing .lake i cached for his gun. They didn't want another slashing and clawing from the Birds But no Birds came In sight and the tramps went on with their game. Peggy quickly saw the reason for the loud noise. In the mld-t if It Redely Woodpecker with a whole corps of Woodpeckers quietly appeared In fiont it her prison. They promptly attacked the bottom of the slats, drilling Into them with their shaip bills. The clatter of the other Birds drowned out most of the sound of their hammering and they were concealed from the tramps by weeds that grew in front of the box By vigorous work, at which they took turns so they could keep going at top speed, they soon had the slats cut nearly through. Wl'iile they were doing this, Peggy noticed an odd happening behind the tramps. General Swallow- darted out toward Laughing Jake's gun, and as quickly darted back again Into the woods Then the gun began to wobble. In a moment It fell over. The tramps were so wrapped up In their game that they paid no attention to it. After a short pause the gun began to move to waid the woods. When it was halfway there. It caught upon a rort, H seemed to try to get overitlio root, but stuck fast. All nf a sudden there ,vvas a loud bang ns one of the barrels of the gun was discharged. The frightened tramps fell off the boxes on which they were sitting. At the same moment Billy Bel glum leaped from the woods, snatched up the gun nnd leveled It at the tramps. He had been pulling It with a string which General Swallow had slipped over Its barrel. It had gone off unexpected ly when the trigger caught on the root. "Hands up!" shouted Billy. Into the air went ten pairs of hands ns the ttamps oheved "Break out. Princess Peggy," a'dded Billy. Peggy thiew herself against the weak ened slats and they gave way before her. She was free again, at least for the moment. (7'omorioio tt-IH be described Lone some Bear's revenge.) IT SOESN'T MAKE A SIT Opi JJIFF-ERENCE WHAT YOU WANT I'M inu rrsni i i Crmomu; ContrfeM, 1718, bv Johii C. H'lnjtdii Mmmm5LtSJmmWKm 1 MmIPBM mmWmmmUfBBm3ZMmW5zSlmmWMWmU 1 ' WKmWmWmWmmmmmWmWmlmmmmW narmmmmmmmnmimiwwiTnrvtliaiimM fflilin niimi iiiiiuiinmiiiii miiaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiitiiiiiiiiiiii mil n urn MMfl Amcriran planci aground anil 6500 arils away, began to reply hotly Shells hit all around us, blowing-up dug outs and blasting big holes In the land scape. 1 kept at my gun until it was hot; a six-Inch shell lit within thlity jards of me, and when It exploded I saw stars, half-moons and ot.ier con stellations. At first I thought my end had arrived, but when 1 felt mvself over. 1 saw I was O. K. A minute later 1 heard a noise like a bottle of water be ing hulled through the air, and then came the warning cry, "Gas: Right then and there I had my first cpeilence In n gas attack, and It was a iiummer. ' CHAPTER XVI The Gas Attack Wa ciar nlng, lapped on our masks like llght- and we were none '.oo quick, for already we were beginning to feel the effects of the poisonous vapors. Tho enemy s,ent over a total of one hundred shells containing phosgene and chlorine gas Five Americans were killed and slty-onc wcie sent lo the hospital. The gas shells were (lied from trench mortars (mlnenwerfers). Ofticers In the front line, ohonlng for barrage file to offset the gas attack, found the wires had been cut nnd sent up rockets as a signal to Hie artillery in the rear We responded to the signal with a will and within an hour had plugged 1400 shells Into the German lines, blnst'ng dugouts nnd mu-sing up enemy treuchen In fine shape. We -must have strnffled off a lot of bodies that nlghl 1 hive never had doubt that we squaied up for ih Yankee bovs who were gassid The Americans who weie killed In tne attack had taken refuge in augouis. It was certainly a strange experience firing a 75 with a gas ma-k on. I had a smothery feeling at first, and could hardly see the sights of mv gun But I got used to it after a while. Right in fiont of our battery was a graveyard where many hundreds or French sold'crs had been burled. Occasionally a shell would light in the cemeterv and dig up some of the dead ones Just then It was no place foi a superstitious pel son We were nil dog tired when the firing died down and we quit for the nlg'.lt. Mv bnttfi-v came into action nga'n oil Jamiaiv 29, when the Huns threw- a box barrage around one ot our listening posts, cutting off our men there. v hen the ban age lifted, one of the anks In the post saw four Huns approaching. He popped at them with his automatic and mw one of them fall. He kept on firing until shell splinters h't him on the head and arm. He lost consciousness, nnd didn't wake up until he reached the hospital. Right here 1 want to assure American motheis, wives and sweethearts that the best of surgical care In the world Is nvallable to their loved ones fighting In France. . , . First there Is a medical organization attached to each regiment, with a regi mental Infirmary for simple caws There is also a regimental surgeon and medi cal officer ranking as captain to each battalion. To each division there Is at tached an ambulance company, a hos pital corps and a division hospital for first aid. ,, , in action these work as one unit. The wounded are given flrnt aid at an emer gney station right back of the line, then taken on stretchers to an ambulance for transportation to an advance hospital some miles behind the front. Operations are to be avoided at this hospital unless the case absolutely demand; It When the patient Is able to be moved, or If ne can ne lorwaioea wiiooue uHiiKer uy postponement of opcrntlon, he Is sent to the rear by division ambulance and railroad to a base hospital. These are far enough behind tne Dame line 10 ne considered almost 'outside the army zone. The men In charge of these bat-e hos pitals are the very cream of Yankee sur geons and medical men, They rank as majors in the United States reserves, with 'he title of direc tors. .Many p( them have International reputations as specialists' In their par ticular lines. Some of these chaps have abandoned big Incomes to serve their country at a major's pay. I know of one surgical doc. who threw down a practice In New York which brlught him a cool 100,000 a year. And he didn't look a bit worried about it either. He alw-avs'had a pack of cigar ettes for us artillery buddies, and every time he passed our dugout he would stop and swan stories. My freckleu used to amuse hurt, apd pearly every time he saw me lied bawl out: "Hey, Reddy, when are you going to let me graft some decent white skin ov er those copper "potu?" "Never," I would call back, "Foolish boy," he would return. "You'd OLIVER,, nATrXV HAnGAKEr, SARAH- . SES--SI1 l Company.' in the air in France be quite a handsome chap If you let me eradicate those freckles.' Sometimes 1 think he was really serl ouy abou( it, nnd wanted to take a hand att experimenting with my freckles. But he didn't have a chance; my freckles and red hair arc the badge of the fight ing de Varilas, and I wouldn't part with them for nn thing (TO Bi: CONTINUUM TOMORROW) , TRENCH TALK tConttmtitl from Vcxtcrilay) OAS. The geneial name given to the vailous kinds of pol-onous or tear produclng gases sent over against the enemy by means of shells' or fiom cylinders In which the gas Is compressed and released from the trenches to be blown against the opposing foiccs by a fnvorable w ind. HAS MASK, The namo given to the protective device which the sol dier pulls over his head when n gas alarm is given. The soldier breathes through a chemical compound, which render.s the gas harmless. t.OAT. The disrespectful name given to n junior officer, which the sol dier isycareful never to mention In ills picsence. riOIM! WKST." The same as clicked it. filtllNAlii:. A small bomb, one foim of which Is mounted on a stick to be shot fiom a rifle and another an oval ball, which Is thrown from the hand. The latter form has a. lever which teaches down the nide.o'f the bomb and Is giasped by the' hand. At one end nf the bomb Is a pin to which a ring is attached, and just befeu e the bomb Is thrown this pin is pulled out nnd this leleases tha lever, which files off as tho bomb is thrown This staitsn time fuse which causes the bomb to explode In a fixed number of seconds from the time It Is tin own. illIV PITS. Kcav atlons dug for ar tillery to conceal It fiom enemy fibservaHon and file. ' IIA.NGAIt. A house or shed built to house airplanes. HICK-lion. The riving man's teim for a rumpus, bombardment, or,at tnck. IIOI.Y JOK. The usual and entirely respectful name for the regimen tal chaplain. IM'KMIIAIIV nnjIIIN. Another sample of German filghtfulness. These bombs, when they explode, throw out a flaming liquid which sets fire to anything burnable within a large area. These State Songs A few suggestions "I'm fairly dippy In Mississippi." "I'm pretty luck to leave Ken- ' lucky." "I'd hate to have a home-a In awful Oklahoma." "There's nothing; harder than old Nevada." "You bet I'll be fain to leave my home In Maine." "Could anything be finer than tb live In South (North) Carolina?" "I don't want to be a yoteriUj desolate Dakota." -? "I'm an awful ass to live" In, Kansas." "' "" "The heat gets- In a In (West) Virginia." "Love knows no law in Arkan sas." jv "I hate to go to Idaho." "My hated haunt Is old' Ver A ,, iiiuiii. jj "It surely cramps ya In old New Hampshire." "I prefer a banana to Indiana (old Montana)." "It is not fair In Delaware." "I think I'll ask her to leave' Nebraska." "The cooties v ex me to jln foul New Mexico." "Could aught be honlder. than rotten Florida?" , "It always wrecks us to live in Texas." Yale Record. By EDWIN A m i -a r 2; f I 'if ', ky 'cltlsenahlp in Austrian, and by 2' a cnemiat : out nw reai t (S?'i.vi . .. mQac-woiie nUUr,.M90 sNt la- ytev fijw ., ;i" " . , ' a , " tr9vfc"M, . " . t4- .U.1' 'K4.J.s . iJ 2NJi U DVS TV.ig;'.TCTH mm----W- M
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