m totmili li -Kl fi?L-i SESK MMWhtaMM iW of The PAMiLTcAtt finu soMimtm mTMEmmWEMWlfflm : : - . i i- --, N i . - - -" : ', ' aTi M'ir Hw, ." SH ' 'Tfl a nw n ,i,nM mKJ- mj THE SECRET WITNESS Jty ffeorge Ct'bhr ICoviirleht, tl", til rub lie Ledger Compepiy. PTER XXII. (Continued .now approacning ausx, nnu ne It for R person to whom he rVwtthniit arousing susnlcton. ttirned Into ah Inn at the cor- street and ordering beer. Sat mir'-a.' bench along the wall be- I tamr wooden table. The few men M drinking- and smoking gavo him a dance, and the proprietor 01 MpUahment, aware, of a stranger, M'tiA hla Htitv in learn something r'tBlailon to this small town and entity. This was wnnt itcnwicK .khd as the men spoke In Gcr- ttold with brie gllbness his well- storv. inviting his host to Un a class, over which they imntly chatting ns thiol: as r Ha was a newspaper writer. kraald. unon his- way io the MM showed the letter to General tsuSut h had never before been 'part of the country and In to aee It, upon the way. It was wetting town.' nnrtrei, a nne 'too. St Acgldlus. Had his host . sameid a long timer nn was a native, and very proud a: iraamons. ennnuins voiuuiy m fVto''Renwick's carolos questions. her ana granaiatner nau Kept mis In snd Indeed far nil. he knew thr' fathers. A nulet town, but ting to those who wer3 fond of ml associations. Renwlck listened dyslowly drawing the man n?a-er .'uhlert that was uppermost In ilnd. It was a short distance to it Pass, a very picturesque spot. A been told, one well worth a visit, Sjt not? ittbift parr i" Ram me man. , name known In the annals of the coun- litne days or jonn somesKi. iuhk the" railroad went through bf- ;va wonderful spot witn euiis nno jr T havo.heen there often. In the Ml,' before the. war, one drove thi-rc r,th view! Xow. alas! what with i lOJasacks running over Galicla. the I. nan more senoua iimtfea , mi, ii la easily reached?" asked Renwlck '.tne roau nejonn me town a bhuu .dim I) over jne mountains, uui cult at tnis time or tne year. Is a village mere; lew farmhouses merely. In the along the streams, ine giory 01 Kikia Is Its ruins." i-jof course, there arc feudal orlnna. Jagerhorn. Szolnok " inok!" said Henwlck with sudden "I have heard mat name uc- utiiRAri In a. nuzzled way. summer reamem-'u jftittor of 'Ifr VclfowDvtc ' Ct-nrioht, 1H1S. in D. AtvUlon A Co.) of t-SSwas tha su n?Kiidcek 4'thfln It In not a. ruin?" ill three years aso he lled there l habitable part wnen someimriK j happeneil. .No one about here -but the nlace has an evil name." t;i Interesting. Why?" i tacts have never Decn cieariy ex- Tne story goes inni u.irun wiii in thn tnidnt nf entertaln- meats a hunting party or Benne tt that there was a night of revelry arinKing. vur ui ic dv........ -the dlnlng-naii in me mornins. laron Kendeck Ivinc dead upon fcrth with a bullet wound in his The guests nau uiiappearcu as If the earth had swaii Mm." , the police?" '.police Wme and went. It was Strange. Nothing turtner was kef the matter, nut no one uuuui arlll ko within a mile of the place NWUfUI. ....... fc , lae servants wuui uctaum w Jinn Rhrnened. "They did not I Irera around here. They were Ger- ," who came witn me uaron. n wo i:ae aatisnea. i am. r man shrugged and drained, his . Athf i-aRtlpR nre ruined, vou say? cannot ne long oeioru niunum -Tneir rate since it is not ot- Lffsuggested Renwlck. ftaps," said the man Indifferently. . with a view to closing the con- pic ordered another glass or fuel aat looking out of the small at. winaow at rney pasacrauj, deeply. i inspiration of -Herr Koulas had at at him uDon a scent which still aim" true upon this trail. The ln itlon he had received might mean I or little. German servants? Had uaMl the servants of Baron Neu- Eillt "unraveling the secret of the I plans 7 tiaa tney Deen impiicatcu w am 1 nl.l 1.. I.nl.1 Ih.m 1,1a mtllttin Uiu lie iwm mini iiiu Mhva knowledge of their share i.'amlHv trnnR.irtlon? Threft vears H5aed since the killing of Neudeck. Ikt'kad happened In the meanwhile? 'the, title of the property passed to ay Had me scnioss oeen ocuuintru the Baron's death, or was It de- 7V Me evoveu a meory rapiuiy. Rining to test it at once, it wuuiu t lmpruaent to ciuestion iunner nr. a. nubile character, and nd quite probable that' he knew urn than had. already been told. e, to the farmhouses In the valley prevea something. He would M.y had been saxlnt: out of the '.ibtit his attention was suddenly i'bv the figure of a man at the e the street, who stood, smoking watte. There was nothing un- I '4lt his clothing or demeanor, but IhiaaTt which had startled Renwlck nil in alertness was the rather W impression mat somewnere ne nau 'Me man's face before. A vague ton, Dut uennue m me sense mat wick the face had been associated 'amethlng unpleasnnt or disagree ?.'But even as Renwlck looked, the ; teased his cigarette into the cob- turning on nis neei waiaeu up t. nasslng out of Itenwlck's iefylslon. The Englishman started am his unnntshed glass with the i of following, but a second thought t eautlon. 'It was still light outside. fit the stranger's memory for faces Kfeetter than his own. a meeting fnce i would merely court unnecessary rMj 1 ""a i I aaSBl'aaaaaaaiR'i liaaawawpwiii i Hill feiolagiBlivlffBM II I L SVCOsPaV9vSaaKft4MVSafllHBWBWl I ll I laW. XKilOJiBflaKaaaStHeVflBtaiH4 I aWaVQn l j) llllll II $iiT " ' ataValiiiiiiiliiiiH III W rVI ('llllll lfc LjrKSBWB III. IV IV V XjVVJfcJt 111 II II iKml'eafl..lllllllllB.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH In I i ) A Wmf W-HHHIIIH mmmjM THE DAIL Y NOVELETTE "The Difference in the Khaki". By Riith E. B&rnham ' "There is a mjslcry altaclicil In Schloss Szolnok?' asked Kenwick i -.Renwlck returned In his hpnrh )JM4e a pretense of finishing his ,itkiiiiid in oaiciy me uttrKiiea. Mnao ne seen mts man DeroreT ascnea his mind with painful ghness wondering If the Injury .head hud. robbed hl brain of ef Its clearness. He. had seen this rate berore oerore bis sickness M sure of that. Hadivlser. I.ence. .tinder one by one he recalled the .service mem The race of the was mat or none or these. , shadowy some one out of or dreams. Could the Idea an born of some Imaginary" re ee.a some fancied t rernllcctlnn ? aBar was elusive, and so' he gave f Aware that U his brain had played jtricn. tnere was nere anomer itlon of his hope that he was on cent. - were me tnreaas con- jan that he now had In mind llni.ovcr the mountains afoot and quiet inquiries among tne i in the valley below the nass. .to Schloss Szolnok. And so iht had grown dim. he got un forth Into the 'street, 'nulllne ti hat well' down 'over his eyes. Ml nis way towara tne roaa to Dukla'Pass. He verified eier"s direction by inoulrv at ge the, main street, and as the M, vicar, set tortn DriBKiy upon Lover the mountain road, for the vending the evening in Inac pa' not to ne tnougnt or until facts resardlnr this Bchlooa : were.Jn his possession. uninnaoueai Ana' witn its I his own hope . . It was no leenair. Had he not coma ml- t from death and traveled safely i esraer. 01 tne eneniys country i, tne otner, as, tnougn lea or . Hint' secret Impelling force HUoii, rum hidden guidon or AAt each turn, at each dan aembered ha had acted with and decision, and had at no I .a InRR 'Viirtlin find fav. L my. m. w-...- ..-. ... to find ner. . . . And now if not at Schlosu Szolnok elsewhere. As the darkness of the mountain rnrtd deepened, swift vision came to li'.m. The poss.ble danger of attack. . . . Out of he Eloom"of Fhadowy rocks he had a tision of men who interposed, barring Ills way. h man In a cap asking the time. Vienna the night that he had l"ft Mailshka. when the three men had attacked him ! The face of the man In the cap and the stranger of Uartfelu they were tho same! , . , He could have shouted nloud In the Jov of the revelation. The man who ha'd attacked him in the iticets of Vienna this cigarette-smoking ttranger In Bartfeld. A German? Who Use?, I'erhaps the man who had shot at him -!n Vienna at the Knoplsht lallroad fetation, a minion of Goritz. Then Goritz could not be far away. Renwlck strode down tho mountain side toward the distant lights of the vallev. like a man In seven-league hoots, eaichlng eagerly meanwhile the gloomy peaks above him to his left for signs cf Schloss Szolnok. He could distinguish nothing amid the deep shadows of the mountain side. But the lights below beckoned warmly, pnd finding- a road to his right at the foot of the declivity, he went down toward them rapidly. Knociiins uuiuiy m "- door of the first house to which he came. . A nM man n nnn rpd hts summons, ft tall old man with a long plpo .in hif' hand, who lnspeciea tne visnor nai rowly. "I have lost my way." said Renwlck with a smile, "and thought you might let me have a cup of milk and some bread, for which I will pay generously." The man In tho doorway waved Ills hand In assent, and Renwlck followed u, ir.rn thn linn, where his host made iinntlnn for hlm to be seated. A girl. and a woman sat by the table knitting, nnrt nn old crone sat In a large chair 'by the fireplace, in which some embers Still glOWCU. IKTIIWitiv naa iiuiihi.., uui not nearly so hungry as Impatient for the crumbs of information that these worthy people might possess, and so he Invented a story while he ate which the girl, who spoke German more fluently than the old man, translated o her elders. The woman at the table spoke a little German and shyly added her. share to the rather desultory conversation. Eartfa was npt'far, only a few miles over the mountain a short distance by wagon or horseback, but something of a distance for one who was weary and footBore. Herr Setoff had come all the way from Mezo Iaborcz and afoot? A newspaper writer! That waB a danger ous occupation In times like these. Renwlck. having finished his bread and milk, deftly directed the conversa tion to the possibilities or uukia 1'aBS from the Russian point of view las a means of invasion of thft Hungarian plain, and It was soon quite clear that this possibility had not been absent from their minds. Renwlck praised the effec tiveness of the Austrian army which he had seen, and quickly reassured them. For Dukla Pass, as he had heard, was but a silt in the mountains, which the Austrlana could easily aeiena. a tew guns upon the rocks, and a million Cos ark could not break through. It was encouraging, the man put In in his patois, for 'they had been greatly disturbed by rumors among the country folk ana many soiaiers aireaay una passed through. "It Is a Place of. historical Interest." said Renwlck' easily, "a schloss or two perhaps." "Javorlna-7-Jngerhorn. yes but mere ruins, long agp the property of the Rakoczy family. jnd Szolnok " Here the man paused," glanced at the girl and the woman, and they both made the sign of the cross with their forefingers at their breasts. In the slight period of embarrassment which followed, Renwlck regarded them with a new interest. The old crone at me nrcsiae, wno naa been leaning rui-, ward with a hand, cupped at her ear, caught the significance 'of the gesture kind solemnly imitated them. "Yes. It was there," he said quietly! "And the place Is no longer occupied T' asked the Knglishman. No ono replied. "There Is a mvsterv nttnnliiwl in Schloss Szolnok?" asked Renwlck, light ing his pine. "He asks If there Is a mystery.'.! Kala the woman dully And then followed as before the strange ceremony of the cross. "I am a stranger In these parts," Ren wlck went on. "and no nilsphl.-f mntenr. This story interests nic. I should like to know " Ho paused again, ns tin old man leaned forwtud toward him. and laid his skinny forefinger along Ren wick's knee. "It is the nbodc nf the devil," he whis pered, and then crossed himself ngan. ' t. .nmnlliliiw .,,... nlm... 4 i fvniviiiint. iiij on;i lima 'It Is not a matter which wp lalk about.ln this house. We are poor, hard working people who fear God. But strange things are happening up yonder night after night. Here ,ln tho valley, we no longer go near by day Jior evtii look." , . I 'Ah. I see. Then the nlace has Inner been unoccupied?" 'rne oia man was silent, nut tne wo man, gathering confidence, took up the story. It was always. a place of mystery even In the days of Baron Neudeck, who was an . evil man. The servants were Mrumfers to our people and spoke not at all. They "never came Into the valley." "And-they did not come for food for rnllk'.' eggs, butter?" ;',Szolnok farrn was above the Schloss upon,- the .mountain slde. They, had' what they needed." "Ah, I understand. .And since the (Jeath of the Baron7" " "We dor not know. We do not go there. Two years ago a' young man from this "village went thcro teeklng a sheen which had gone astrav Ho never came back. And tin- sheep kln was found some days later nt the foot of the precipice. And Scarcely it month ago a venturesome vnung man from Hartfu climbed tho road to the castle In the dead of night on n wage. Whaf he saw no one will ever know, for ho came run ning down the road to his companion stricken with, terror, and has , never spoken of the matter from that day to this. It was a ghost he saw, they say " t The man was growing reticent and his family followed his example. The character of the occupants of Szolnok was not a popular topic for conversation In Dukla Valley. But this man could help Renwlck, and he determined to upe him. And so as the woman bade him good night and went upstairs. Renwlck rose and w'ent to the door, where the old man followed him. "It Is late, my friend." he said, "and a weary walk for me to Bartfa. I will pay you well for a bed." "Wllllnglv. If we but had the room " "Or a pallet of straw in your stable I am not fastidious." "Ah. as to that, of course. It can b' managed." Renwlck took out a hundred kroner' note and held It before the man s eyes. "If you will do as I ask, I-wllI give you this." "And what' Is that?" "A place In your stable tonight breakfast at three In. the 'morning, and the clothing you now stand in " "My clothing?." 1 "No questions asked, and silence. Do you agree?" "But I do nqt .understand." "It is not necessary that' you should I shall do you no harm." "A 'hundred kroner it is a large sum " "Yours If you do what I ask " And he thrust the note" into the old man's fingers. This bound the bargain. (CONTINUED TOMORROW) "Ah, I remember now," said Renwlck with an air qf'seriousness which match ed their own. "Was it' notat -Szolnok that Baron Neudeck was killed?" The old man glanced at the others before speaking. Great demand for -the KVKNINO PUntilO I.KIKIKK may rami you to inlix an lmtollment of this Aery Inttreitlnc story. You hud , better, therefor, telephone or write to' the Circulation Department or auk your newndeater this afternoon to leave the KVKNINO I-UI1LIC LEDGER at )our home. JERRY slowly opened, her ejes, and -for a moment she Was startled, then she laughed softly as she glanced nround the little camp bedroom surely It had been familiar enough a year ago. She sat up and 'reached for her watch as she looked out of th window' 6 o'clock and a beautiful morning. She would take the canoe, she thought, paddlo; around to the little cove and dream un til breakfast time. Her1 hostess -would understand. Ten' minutes later she softly closed the door nf, thA scretned-ln norch and stood 'on the little float. The canoe wns gone ! I t-ernaps uick. tne nusDana 01 ner nus tess, had gone on an early errand and Would be back soon." She sat down to wait ' ' It was all so familiar, the float, the lit tle camp with the screened-ln porch, the beautiful lake I How many good ,tlmes and happy days she had spent! mere last aeason, sitting quietly on me piazza, paddling on the lake, strolling along the country roads! The pictures crowded through her memory, and al ways beside her In them all was a tall figure In khaki camping clothes a lazy figure, content to do her bidding, with apparently no other aim In life than the. pleasure at hand. It had all' been very pleasant and hapny. and then ho had proposed. As a chum and playmate he nad fitted admirably, but for a husband she wanted a man, a competent, com manding man, she had told him, not an Indolent boy in khaki trousers and flan nel shirt. So it had ended. Her friend ship with his sister had remained un broken, but the good times had ceased, and now,, after a winter of hard work, she had been glad to uccept Sylvia's kind Invitation for the .week-end, with the tacit understanding that the fellow In khaki camping clothes should be ab sent. Then rudely her Mrcam was broken. A canoe came gliding Into view, atld there was something familiar both in the craft and the straight figure pad- "Stephert!" she cried as the canoe scraped the landing. The tall, good-looking figure in the khaki uniform of Uncle Sam s army looked sguarcly into her eyes until her lashes dropped. Then he steadied the canoe with a hand on Uyo .float and held out the other hand. "Get In !" he said, and there was noth ing Indolent either about voice or man ner. She stepped squarely into the center of the canoe, settled, among the cush innsjand he paddled off with a steady, cleanTstroke.. Not a word was utterca until thev reached a little cove which hut oft the view of the cottagers. Then he stopped nndMcoked at her until she could feel tho color dye her cheeks. "Where did you come from?" she stammered, tp coer her confusion. "Had a few hours' leave from camp. Came on the last train last night." he replied. , . . "Did you know I was here?" she asked, quickly. , No. I didn't," Stephen replied, Just ns quickly hut I would h.ive come just the same If I had. I had made up my mind to go to' Utston next week, nny, way, .Just to see you. I'm going to France soon, very soon " He heard her catch lier breath sharply ; then he went on very quietly. "You told me last summer you wanted a 'man' f jr a hus band, not a lazy 'boy, and It struck deep. Uncle Sam has been trying his best to make a man out of me, and I'm doing my best to help hint. They say that aDsence makes the heart grow stronger for some one nearer' home," but It hasn't my heart. x Jerry!" His eyes held hers until 1t seemed 'they looked Into each other 8 hearts. ''You do love me," he said as he leaned forward. ' "Yes," said Jerry, softly. She had found her commanding man. V Some two hour's later Sylvia saw 'them land at the float gild pull upitho canoe. Tbelr faces told the story as thcycame Into.thc cottage, and. she congratulated them, warmly. ' . '.'But what really Is the difference, Jerry, "bet ween the lazy boy of last sum mer and this bold young man before us?" asked Sylvia. "He was dreaming then: he's 'awake now," said Jerry as she held his arm tighter. . "Yes, but the real difference Is In the khaki." explained Stephen. "My camp ing clothes were to play around In and enjoy myself, and I did, too; but Uncle Sam s uniform makerf vou forget vour- self. It's a khaki Rult for a man w-iio has hard work to do and must be, cvrr on tne jod,' ana witn It on and your I 'In love or?' war?" lauchnd his sister. The soldier smiled tenderly down Into his sweetheart's eyes. I'Dmorrotf Complete Xovclcttc "A MEMBKll Of THE HOME ItESERVEK" i Progressive Atntta I hear" that some con-. vlcts.broke out Warr Is that straight? " Matta In a rash Wan Aw, quit yer klddln'. Matta Attempt to escape. ynn Oooooooohl ! The Pur ple Cow. '. Two's Company.' in of the superstitious boys In our battery tic-art tn r.n nil l.lnJ. -i a . goal before you you Just have 6 go for-J " ,h, l. L? "l """ ,lnere ward to victory."' 1 nt na"ht; hen they were on guard duty. one ot tne guaras came Into my dug out one night with his face as white as chalk: he was trembling front head to foot. . "That graveyard Is haunted.V he said "Tonight I saw a ghost out there as sure as yoirvare a '.foot high." "A ghost?" I hooted.. "There nre no such things as ghosts." There ain't, hey?" he scoffed. 'Well. ou ought to see the boy I saw." . 'What did he look like?" I asked, Jus' td kid him along. , "A boche general In white uniform said uniform glowing like a lightning bug; mustache like the Kaiser's, and steel helmet. And such terrible eyes; they looked like spots of fire." Mnyhe It was the Kaiser," I said tauntingly, "droppecldowii from an air plane tp curse the French dend." "No, It wasn't the Kaiser," said the scared' one; "It looked more like Bis marck. I figure that he was apologiz ing to the French dead for the Inhuman way the Kalr Is carrying on." Two or three more ot the bovs got" worked up over that gravejard, hut In all the time J did guard duty there I never saw anything to get crinkly over. I never could figure why anvbody shoula be scared of dead folks, for they arc peaceful, and nefer full to mind their own business, which cannot bo said of mo't folks who nre alive and kicking. Right through January and February we kept potting at the enemy with our 75s, and the enemy kep' potting back at us. I always had a number of shells beside my gun to ho fired nt a minute's notice. , Many nights we would wake up In our dugout with shells dropping all about us. We would scramble out of our bunks, race half-clad to our gun-pits and send n few over to the enemy just to show him that we wre wide nwak, One night I nwakened with the feel 'ng that I was being tossed about In the vortex of a Kansas cyclone. It was a trivial incident; a shell had landed nearby and hlowji the top off my dug out. I ran through- the darkness with the rest of 'the crew tn the 7S. land Rent a couple of shells Into No Man's Land. Then I went back to bed nnd slept llko n top. ,. The next day n German dcrerter wan dered into our dugout I will tell vou how it happened. Down In our front- HaBeigaEVH Wfl S ' S laY'aVLalaaaUl . . London Opinion. Three e a battalion. THE F.I3STSHOT &r COEtPQQAL OSBQjSNE DEVAQILA BATTE'raV C. SIXTH U. S. FIEfLD AraTILl-E?av' wli Fixed HKe.'HiT'a't SKot of 0e' cricariNAT,xnM- (Ckfjrioht, IMS, III l PuMlo Ledger domvanv! CopvrloM, !, bu JohhC TTIiulon Company.) CHAPTER XVI (Continued) THK ambulance drivers a,re plucky fellows : they go out after the wound- ed. In the thick of the Btielllng. There was one chap near our lines who picked up a soldier who had one of 'his legs shot off at the, knee. The driver made a tourniquet by cutting some, rope off a horse's harness. Then he 'placed a hammer on the under side ff the leg over the severed artery and bound the piece of harness around the leg, tighten ing it -with np ordinary tlre,-tron. You have to be quick and resourceful, you know, when a man' Is bleeding to death. 1 have spoken of that graveyard right front of that battery. Well, Borne ( W 'DREAMLAND ADVENTURES' By DADDY THE FIVE TRAMPS ' i A complete, neto adventure each iceck, hepinnlng Mondaff.and cndlnp Saturday. i aaaaa.LKllLLLLLLLL.H 'taa..Hi.Ol....Hi.H; H aKaLLLLLLLI KjNnjHaLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLH im H tHH -','" TV? Si'"':"aalalalalalaHalalH ' avavavavavavavavavavavavava v- avavavavavavavavavavavavavavavaaavavavaB LV'V ' aaaaaaH ' nMLMaaaaaaaaH aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaH. Red Cross nurses wear gas .masks, in the trenches "' I "v line trench a doughboy observed a move- fire sweeping over No Man's Land, ment in the dead grans, and weeds among It CHAPTER IV Lonesome Bear's Revenge " V'eaav, sccklnv to aid I.onciomc Bear, who is captured by tramps, finds, herself a prisoner. The birds and Villa Belgium come to her icscue. Billy vets the tramps' nun, while the Woodpeck'crs cut thf bars of Peggy's cage so she can break out.) , THE five tramps were completely up set by Billy Belgium's surprise at tack. They shook and they shivered as they held their hands high in the air. Tags -yns the firut to recover from the shock. "It's only a boy," he growled, "and we are five to one." . "Don't forget to count the gun," Billy Belgium reminded him. "A boy and a gun might be able to. muss up five tramps a whole lot." Tags had started to let his hands. drop, butas Billy Belgium saidtthls thegun moved a bit in Tags's direction and he sent his hands' up as quick as a wink. "Princess Peggy, wlf, you see if they have any- knives or plstols-about them?" asked rtlly. Peggy wasn't anxious 'to go near the tramp?, but she gathered up her courage illU UIU UB..011I- J3CIKIU"! UirCCUQ, liWU of the tramps, had pistols, she found ana an naa knives. These she brought to Billy Belgium. He 'looked carefully nt the pistols.- "They are not loaded," he said. "Put thrt on tho box." , Peggy, piled the weapons on top of what nad been her prison, cell. ' "Line up," s-houted Billy to the tramps and they quickly formed a row. The shot gun was getting heavv for UHIy Belgium and .he rested the barrel 'on a tree stuint). keeping the muzzln nnlntxd so menacingly at the tramps, however, mac iiirj uiu uui time luwer ineir nanus. "What are we going to do with them?" whispered Peggy. . I "I wish I knew," Billy Belgium whis pered back. ' "I'll hold court, and try them," sug gested Judge Owl, who, with the other Birds, had flaked Into the clearing. "I sentence them all to. he spanked." "Who'll do the tpanking?" asked Billy Belgium. - "I'll thump them on the head," volun teered Blue Heron, picking up a stlcR. "Let me bite 'em on the ear," put In General Swallow. . . y ' "And I'd like the nose oflhat chap who was singing about "four and twenty blackbirds baking In a pie,' " rasped Red Wing Backblrd ' "That's It. let's make them Into? a .pot- Nl i ,W 'AN z. - ' W I 1 Help! help! he's squeezing me' to V death!" shrieked Tags ; ', -, I1"! " . - ie." spoke up Kllldeer, "bat I' don't n6w who-moul want' to" eat it." "Tied It toithet Crows and poison them. I declare, war on tho Crows,' liooted Brownie Owl,, who couldn't for get the time the Crows'walledlhlm up in the clay bank. I "No, I think, the tramps ought', to be 1 toasted instead or baked, "declared Mrs. Bob White., "That' would nay them for Lall, the Quail they have eaten." .i"iup nwl here pureed out his ches.t and hooted : , "These pesky tramps are awful rcamps, r- I think we all agree, ' )l we do right, we'lljock them tight , Wlthlp a holow tree." "That's the' idea." shrieked Reddy Woodpecker, "and when we've locked them in the tree we'll let Judge Owl bote them to death by reciting his pdmry to them." -v Judgt Owl looked solemnly at Reddy Woodpecker, then winked at Peggy as ie replied : "Oh, Reddy has u readv wit, 'Twould make n monkey have a fit. But in his head there's nothing moro .Thtm Just such talk to make me sore." " 'Bay, we re getting tired of standing this i way. Why don't you do some thing?" growled Tags. ''You'd get more tired If you were i" hlnB '" the army'" relTted Billy Bel- u"If you will iplease set me tree, I'll telj you what to do," said Lonesome Bear. . ":Oh, I'd forgotten you were chained up, cried Peggy,' tunning to release him. What s your plan?" " ,'T think It would be nice to hug them, to kiss them, to dance with them, to play with them, and go swimming with them, suggested Lonesome Bear very mildly, but with a look In his eye that made. Peggy wonder what he was think ing about. "No, no !" cried all the Birds. - ,"V?B: yes'" whined Lonesome Bear. "I think I ought to have my way, for I'm the one they treated the worst. Here goes !" ' i ..With that Lonesome Bear rushed at Tg8 and threw his paws around him in a mighty hug. Then 'Peggy understood that Lone some Bear's suggestion wasn't so kindly as It seemed. As Tags howled. Lonesome Bear, began to kiss him dog-fashion, rubbing his hie. L rough tongue over Tags's face. The tramp yelled louder thanver at this. Then Lonesome Bear waltzed hlm around, stepping on his toes, and finally falling over him, Down went Tags, with 'Lonesome Bear on-top of him. Lonesome Bear was heavy, and Tags gave a loud grunt us the wind was knocked out of him. Over andvover rolled -Lonesome Ln ...iw n- -lii.. il- :."V- . xcur wim- -lusN Ligut in nis ipawi, anu every time lonesome near came on top Tags- gave another grunt. His breatn was so squeezed out ot him ho couldn't Veil. , finally, lonesome Bear rolled Tags the American wire entanglements. Tense with expectancy, the doughboy put a finger against the trigger ot his rifle and waited. . The grass parted and ayellow dog Just plain dog emerged, paused Inquir ingly, his forefoot lifted In graceful ges ture. Then he trotted from Germany Into the United States, wagging the sig nal of "Kamerad1 with his tall. He was 'Adopted by the doughboys and stayed several days ln the first-line tlench, catching rats for his board. Then, he got sick of working so hard and deserted to oui "battery. He stayed with us for" about a week and then disap peared. Maybe he wasn't satisfied with the chow, or perhaps he got homesick and went back to the boches. We tried to solve tho rat problem ln our, dugouts by keeping cats', and -at one time we had as many as ten. But the cook fed the little beasts to well that theylald off the Job of rat catching nnd would do nothing tbut snooze in tho sun when they w'erc not enting. One day a shell landed and wiped out .five cf the cats, and the rest of them KUl HL'iiriU -UI1U Ul-ill it IU lill IB . U 11- known. We were not a bit sorry to lose them. We jumped Into real action on March 1. 1918, when a large body of shock troops, picked from the Prussian Guards, came over tho top and charged toward the American front line. Tho attack was met with conspicuous bravery by the -mcriean troops, and there were many shining examples of heroism on tho part of our boys. CHAPTER XVII Yankee Heroes THE attiiok was preceded by a heavy bombardment of our lines with lalge- caliber guns. twelve-inch type. The enemy also let loose gieat quantities of poisonous gas. Heavy shells and gas shells fell on our lines, in a perfect whirlwind for more than n half hour, A driving wet snow was falling and jhc visibility was very poor. . Tho minute th attack opened ws leaped to our guns nnd worked like devil" out there In the storm. I nveraged to fire about twenty shots a minute, and the big gun.s all along our line w?re popping like niad. At 'the very begin ning I had put nn my gas mask, for the gas was coming over bad. At 6 a. in. the hoche brirrago fire lifted on the trenches to the light of the salient, nnd' the Huns, numbering 300, came' sweep ing forward under tho protection of their own fire. . We dropped our barrage right .in the midst bf them, nnd we yelled with Joy when we saw a score orvnore go down. The rest of them Jumped Into what was left of our first-line, trenches. But In stead of the "easy tlmo anticipated, the KaUer's shock t loops found the Ameri cans all ready for battle. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting began. Whlls the hand-to-hand struggle was going on; we kept a fierce barrag up to the brink of the river bank, and ot a sudden they, went over Into the water. Plunging Deneain me surrace. When' they came up, 'Lonesome Bear used his scratchy paw to give Tags's face a good scrubbing, following this by duck ing the tramp again and again until Peggy thought the knave would be drowned, i , (In the next chapter Peggy proves to the tramps that they are Huns, an dthey nearly escape.) caught many Prussians who were beat ing it back to, their own trenches. A boche shell dropped near my position" 'and exploded, f was thrown a distance of ten feet by the-concusslon, but was not Injured. When the enemy had been drivon out of the positions, the bodies of ten German soldiers were found In the American trenches. ' Two German officers were entangled In .the -wire. Majiy bodies were in sight In No Man's Land. Eight were visible through the snowstorm nt one point. The ground was littered with enemy hand grenades, boxes of explosives for destroyingdug outs and Incendiary bombs which the boches had no opportunity to use. My battery received orders to cease firing nt 7 o'clock. We were a delighted bunch of buddies because wo had helped ' defeat picked troops of the German army. A few of our lads were wounded,, but nono was killed. ,(TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW) . TRENCH TALK (Continued From Yesterday) KAMKRAD. The German soldier's word of surrender and plea for mercy. It has grown very 'familiar to our soldiers on ' the western fiont. ' KIWI. An olllcer In the groundiserv lce of the flying corps. The same is tnken from thatbf an Australian bird, j .. ' K. O. , Snort for commanding officer, l.ANVtllll Tho, lino which l n. tnched to the trigger 'of'a field gun.-J i no i:aiuiuueer jerius inn line toi Are tho piece. . " LEAD TEAM. A jleld piece is drawn by six ,horses In pairs. The first pair Is known as the lead team, and, of c9ur.se, 'directs tho gun. The left-hand horse Issaddled and ridden by the artilleryman, known ns tho lead 'driver. LEAD I'lEt'K. The nst gun of a battery section which leads the rest of tho battery. f LEAVE. The brief vacation given to b-oldlers, whtCh they usually spend in a , nearby city or, town. The soldier's entertainment ,;Ls, usually . mild, nnd on his return, when his fellow Sammecs ask him what hap pened, he Is npt to reply, "father of twins.", which Is his equivalent for the French phrXse pas de tout, which. , being translated, means "nothing nt all." ' , -, LISTENING POST.- A position near the enemy line, usually in a shell hole or In an advance section of the trench, wherd men lie quietly listening to what Is going on In the enemy , trenches. Much valuable Information abrut enemy move ments Is picked up In this way. MADEMOlNELI.E. Samiftee has quickly picked up the French word for "Miss," nnd any girl who seems attractive to him Is known-as a "mademoiselle'" MESS. The army term. for any meal, be it breakfast, dinner1 or supper.-. If, the cook happens to be afraid and the firing Is hot, the tenri Is apt to he literal . HE SAW HIS FINISH "CAP" STUBBSThe End of a Perfect Tank r Cartoons Magazine, t Bomb Inspector After lighting the fuse count fiVe' before throw ing the bomb. . j " I . Stuttering Rookie G-G-G-Good n-n-n-night! Bu EDWWA t.aach stage et his Journey raciea nia aiena Ja. talp direction, ten .with Tar' fortune ,arii9 n,, mmmm llvrlah. 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