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THE SECRET WITNESS
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(Copyright, 1918. tiv FuiHc Ledger Company.
Jathor of '7f WbwOore '
Copyright, 1SI. hn DAvvttton A CoJ
IAPTER XXIII
S'i c-i? C.L
llt'and day which followed the
vents In the house of the
kj were like nn evil dream
km Strahn . She slept, sne
ravx m he hurried on by her
.cantors, too III to offer reslst-
2ireffoTt to delay them. Hugh
WM dead. All the other dire-
nces as tober own inie were
r beside that dreadful fact.
at,- the man who. hat beside
' murderer I Fear loath-
I seemed even too vveaknnd 111
' lying for tne, nrsi pnn 01
fntirnev Inert ftmt hclnlcss.
. beside her watched her fur
m timp in lime, enturlnir at
lifund solicitude for her comfort.
Iteld not reply to nis questions
rinnir si him. At the house of
ijAU'ane recovered some of her
Mfcr and again upon the following
lai a small Inn not for f ram the
I DOraer, sne leu uiiu -i-h
f "exhaustion, from which she was
twlth difficulty. The machine
buitnerf fremientlv. and Its occu-
. ( . . - -- . 1 . ... . la 4tfi ntm rttl CA
I Were quesuoneu, nu. m -... ..
Un..Orltz produced papers from.
Socket which let them jmss The
k2H0W wen wuniii iiic w.w.o "
y.iand as tne gin srei B:,","'i.
came, and with It the thought
Mekpe.
.-tin snlte of her apparent Helpless
will, had een drugged her rhnt He might
aold a repetition of her attempt at es
cape. And now he was sparing ncy paln
to bring her back m health, dally send
ing her messages of good will and good
wishes wMfh flowers from the garden
In the courtyard, which, as Kna had reported,-he
had plucked with hH own
hand. lt was mcnMroUH !
,A few mornings ago "he had written
her a bote saying, that he awaited her
pleasure, craving ,the Indulgence of a
visit at the earliest moment that she
should care to see him Marlshka, much
to Kna's chagrin, had sent no reply
The very thought of kindness from such
a man as Otrltz a klndnes which was
to pay for Hugh's death and her favor,
mnde a mockery of nil the beauties of
giving a mockery, too, of her accept
ance of them, whether tacitly or cther
vvlie. A man who could kill without
scruple, a woman-baiter, courteous( that
he might be cruel, tolerant thnt he might
torment! Ilv torture of her spirit nnd
cf her body he had brought her nearf
death that he might gam tne ravor or
saving her from It.
He was of a breed of being with which
her experience was unfamiliar The note
of sentiment In his notes, while It
amazed, bewildered and frightened her a
HUle. She was completely In the man's
power WTiat was Schleps Rzolnok?
Who was (Is ovner7 Kn.i would not
talk; she had received Instruction Ile
fnrn her .windows was spread a won
derful vista nf mountains and lavlncs
which changed hourly In colcr from the
ahe was aware thM her captors opalescent lints of the dawn, through
St-
OOP
r. he
Lr."Vi.i- w naroftillv. nermlttlng
i""".,." "",r? "-.: Winn,.
rl,:Vrsa"on w , "'?,' , ' .he
'wr u ""-"""',... ,-,,e,l
1 W: the nouses wnerf iiivj "'"';-
tiklng turns at keeping guard out
But their ery precautions gave
In. appreciation of the risks tht
uratl. She was a nnuonei m .
iinlnr. All those she passed upon
iv'Joad were her friends. She had
f;jrv. --i.. .,. i.ieniitv unown. nu
& -7? '" "" -:,- , cain her
oojevi '" 1"'"u' "i,..
em. ssne was utor ... j-- -Z.J..
ki.i 1i( uhere she did not
SwT.the chautTeur Bpoke the language
r.. - MarUhW.n'n fcrnornnce of U
S -iSSSe Th'er task more difficult. But one
ft23-fFA "n In a small village, she
: Sunt a, ftlfl who spoke German, and m
IJ?Sent wnen the attention of her
(jatSl was relaxed, shewmanaged to
Skiahe girl understand, promising her
'JmSSi, of money If she would summon
LTUllce of the tow n, to w horn
3wSPu tell her story The girl
-S3Tand In the early morn ng just
sSthe machine came around to tne oo.ir
,WlWSund hlm-lf confronted by two
2:K..?C.,or'"-h hnrt been waiting,
''ifcwnMtnr. In her room above, came run
'jSEEAiim the stairs and threw- herself
-VJaShJthelr mercy, telling, her story m.u
fceeiAhelr Intercession
CwCaTwy lldness of Jver narrative
K.f-SSS.'amlnst Its verity in the irrinds of
1. U . ..ii. m! Asman
P?!?.U".n extraordinary ale."f said th
sfileWiinan. "nnd one which of fours
tlSK'S investlgated-an abduction ,!
S:"!,.!!" p.eJrm I KSv Is" mv1 wl'fe!
Tl 1' 1.. "Th o lnrtV
P-W-.W"" V .i.. -nrih for the
LT. you observe'rshe Is the sub-
-fidelusions-r . . ..ii.i,
rZ.' -. tiina " rriri iMHriourva
'iiirultly. "I beseech you to listen
5rCrtuiate " ...
R ?V " rearet." said Uorltz. vvim a k''"
Fifteenth Army Corps. bearlngVi
M jELSdnet from General von Hoetzen-
' dEi'tf-Vlch all police officers of tne l'.m
jSS3i constrained to respect. Head
"vH'S''lrl-j.j t,em ihe m.iclc paper
Lffieady had done him such serv -
g men. reauii. ....--.. --"-.
kd not a imie iwr, ,o. .,
lairt -a Pltjlng , rjance upon
which too wen inuiti
In Interfering in the affatis of
,auch authority. .
iz. .!.. ...in mr, Biimmun tne
!S -... r on is the truth In the
rof-the Holy Virgin. I swear It "
ifof the men crossed himself and
..Urnilv UDon her arm and guided
ITtearard the machine ... .
K TTVSie. Anna," he said in a- oo".
fcV 'MtiSnt'"- " be well-all will
mm wah."
"lew
aBaY 1
mtur
- ike
'Wiuv
the garish sjiectrum of da light to the
doen inirnle shadows of the sunset, to
the crepuscular opalescent again. Under
any other conditions she would have
been content to sit and, muse nlntie with
her grief nnd Hugh He was con
stants present In her thoughts It wns
as though his spirit hovered near. She
seemed to hear him speak, to feel the
touch of his hand upn her brow, sooth
IngJier anguish, praying her to wait
nnSne patient. Sometimes the Impres
slnn'of hip Presence beside her was so
poignant that she started up from her
chair anu lOOKen nrouna tne vasi rucin,
as though expecting him to appear In
the snlrlt beside her. And then realizing
tliat the Illusions were born of her weakness-,
she would sink back exhausted
and resume her gaze upon the restful
distance.
Kna. her nurse, was very kind to her,
leaving nothing undone for her comfort,
sitting most of the while beside her, and
nr.itillnir of her own vouth nnd the fa
therland And so, sure of the woman's
growing Interest and nfrectlon, she slow
ly revealed th Mor of lvrmoplsht Gar
Hen, her share In it and the events that
had followed. Marlshka could see that
the woman waa greatly Impressed by
Her stnrv. which lost no conviction from
the pallid lips which told It And t.f her
own volition, that night, Hna promised
She girl to reveal no word nf her con
fidences, and gave unreservedly the out
ward signs of her friendship for the
tender creature committed to her care
She had believed that the kindness of
Herr Hauptmann had meant the begin
nings of a romance
But she understood, and aware of the
sadness of the sick woman's thoughts,
did what she could to delay a meeting
which she knew must be painful
In reply to Marishka's iiUi'stlons now
she .was less ntlcent, and told of the
long ears at Schloss Szolnok under the
Barons Xeiideck, father and son. of the
coming of Herr Hauptmann Gorltz and
of the threat which had hung over them
for three ears since the drendful night
when her voung master had been killed.
Thero had been no heirs to tne estate.
and no one knew to whom the half,
ruined Schloss belonged, but each month
mnnev had arrived from Germany, and
so she and Wllhelm Strohmeer. her
man. nnd two other servnnts under or
ders from Germany had remained Sho
had lived here almost an ncr inc. me
people In the village a mile away were
ihe nenrrst human folk, and Bnron Nell-
deck had not endeared himself to them.
for once he had beaten a inrmer wno
had questioned the excellency's right to
shoot upon his land And so the country
people pissed aside and did not venture
up the mountain road, which Indeed had
become overgrown with verdure. And
for their part the servants were content
to stny nlo!1 It was very quiet, but as
good a place to die In as any Hlher
Marlshka listened calmly, trjlng to
weave the complete story nnd Captain
Gorltz's pait In It Whether Schloss
Szolnok was or wns not the property of
the German Government and It seemed
probable that It would have been confis
cated upon the discovery of Baron Neu.
deck's treachery the fact was clear that
Gorltz was now Its occupant and mas
ter She hnd not dared to wonder what
wns still in store for her at the hands of
Captain Gorltz. and had lived from day
to dav In the hope that something might
happen which would end her .Imprison
ment and martyrdom She heard noth
ing from the dutslde. and Kna.fwho had
long ago given up the viorld, was In no
position to Inform her i
But as she gained hrr strength
Mtirlshkn knew thai she could not longer
klenv herself to Captain Gorltz. The
mirror showed ner mat per ince,, wnue
thin and wan. wns sun coniei.v wis
dom wnrned Imr that, however much she
loathed the mart, everv hope of liberty
hung upon his favor. And so she gained
courage to look about her and to plan
some means of outwitting" him or some
mode of ecape from durance. The lat
ter alternative seemed hopeless, for It
seemed that the castle was built upon a
lonelv crag. Its heavy walls, which
dated from feudal times. Imbedded In the
solid rock. From ncr netiroom winnow,
below th- buttresFed stone, were, precip
itous cliffs, which fell sheer and strnlght
to the rockv bed of the stream which
rushed through the ravine 200 meters
below. But there would be other modes
of egress, and so, , feeling that her
strength was not equal to the task, she
determined to go fnrthhnd test the cor
don which constrained her. One morn,
lng, therefore, she called Kna's atten
tion to her pallid face and EUggested the
sunlight nf the garden as a means of
restoration. The woman was delighted,
and attired n a costume -of soft silk
crepe, which she had fashioned In her
convalescence from some posthumous
llnerv thnt Kna had discovered. Ma
rlshlm walked forth of her room downi
ntnnc stairway Into the great hall of the
castle, nnd so -Into the ancient cnurtj-ard
vhere the flower garden was.
She had expected Captain Gorltz to
join her and in this surmise she was
not mistaken, for she had culled an
armful of blossoms which she sent to
her room bv' Kna, when the German
nppeared She heard his voice behind
her, even before she had summoned
courage for the Interview.
(CONTINUKD TOMORROW)
THE BAIL Y NOVELETTE
A Member of the Home Reserves " ,
liy Ethel M. Farmer '
"Hc
Great demand for the KVHMNO
rtJIW.lr l.l'.IKIFR may ratine yon
to miss an Installment nf this very
Interesting story. You had better,
therefore, telephone or write to the
Circulation Department or ask your
newsdealer this nfternnnn to leave
the EVKMMI 1'L'III.IC LKIIflER at
jour home.
OW vcry'temptlng you look, 'flftv-
flfty'l"
Kleflnor ChaBe addressed this remark
to the steaming loaves of dark bread as
she carefully ramoved them from the
oven. Then very critically she surveyed
me results or ner morning s innor mice
"rve-eriisleil" nnnle nles. n dark. Plain
cake nnd an old-fashioned Indian pud
ding, besides the three lonvcs or oat
meal bread.
"I certainly have made the 'sub
stitutes' work to advantage this morn
ing," she laughed, "Now I deserve a
little rest In the cool hammock out under
the trees 1"
Eleanor did not realize that she was
tlc.,1 f,.. nnlti I.hao. Ihnl 4Ytr antt ,-MrtmV
hammock was a decided contrast to the
hot kitchen, where she had spent a
morning wondering nnd planning over
her cooking. Her eves rested longingly
on th "service flag" that was fljlng
proudly In front of the little home
"Oh. dear," she sighed, "1 wish that
I could do something. I wish that I were
Joan of Arc. or Florence Nightingale,
or my brother I"
The galloping of a horse broke the
stillness around her. It came nearer and
nearer until a beautiful white horse nnd
rider appeared In view. The rider was
r. woman flad in heavw, shining armor,
who seemed to be a jiart of the great
horse as he galloped along with the wind
Beauty and courage, were pronounced
In every feature of her calm face and In
every movement of her slender bodv.
Horse and rider stopped before the girl
in the hammock
With surprise and admiration Kleanor
gazed at the rider, ".loan of Arc!" she
naif whispered
The woman caught the whisper and
smiled.
"Yes. I am the Joan of Arc of today."
"Wha do you mean?" Kleanor asked
I mean that I am trying to do as
much for our country as she did for
hers, but this great 'charge' will need
every woman in me country in me
army! Do you want to join?"
"Of course, but how?'
The rider patted the smooth neck of
the now prancing horse while she an
swered the questioner.
"The same old stoiy, but n hard one.
tf we will itmservc the food, our boys
will gladlv fight to the end!"
Eleanor's face lighted. "I already be
long to that arm, but I will fight harder
than ever!"
The ilder smiled as the horse galloped
away In the distance.
No sooner hnd they disappeared than
a tall, white-ciad nurse stood In their
place The soft, white costume with the
Red Cross embiem nn the arm and cap
seemed very suitable for this hand
tome woman with pleasant eves
"1 am Kloreiio iVIghtingale and I
heard your wish," she said.
Kleatjor's ces brightened
"I sin so glad; 1 want to really do
something. I wish that I could nurse 1"
"You can do Something." thn stranger
answered. "Wje cannot atl be nurses,
anj more than we can all fight ; hut
those who can, and nre over there, can
do little without money You can help
more than you think by helping to swfv
ply their needs It Is big Job and takes
strong women to do It!"
Befote Kleanor could thank this brave
n oman she had disappeared, and a sol
dier stood In her plare. The once trim
uniform was torn and muddy, but his
.V.inuldent were straight and his hand
some head erect. In his eves there was
a new look a look of manhood and victor)
A FALSE ALARM
Ad t'mn Marlshka. wim one
last
?, " , . i., the direction of the
MUM biih-3 ;' ---------- .
- :m .vn.i,tert nersen ill uc
3"iS?"X"' Al' ' nhi. bv Cantaln
r SaSUbo. before the automobile de-
SnK3Xne'MlshkatwV service
uE glimpse that Marlshka had of
We aSice officers showed them standing
erne W-t d, their nngers a i i"1'
-SUr """ was hopeless. She had no
m '"! . r .. utinc-nrv. and
fSSaSoSned heri.ll to the "depths of
WZzZZiJ: Hnw rould she have ex-
i cope with such a man as this
aalS nothing to her ot arnliH5
mroaeh. but in the' same after-
fter drinking a cup of conee
le urged upon her. she became
dMwtarand siet. . ...
J &. ZPl IV "S"i droned' celling.
TSrtPon a' huge bed. raised high
Mttie floor, oeer the head of which
i faded yellow silken Hanging, im
.?." . ia v... hut she seem-
vVde.i;? to lea-rn the mean-
t It all, lying as one Dare'y anve,
' half conscious toward the nar-
LUt.i window near by, inrouuu
in had a gllmpse of njounu n
t patches upon the Turkey, rug
'Cai .rhinsr eves, and she closed
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nr
l Cjs;t "V ,, m
TaWN. She felt wre-cn..v .
iroai. wo .!""" "".- yl" h.,,H
weak tnaveven m inv ;
w " u ier n(aln.
.sri- She slent again
' : t" i ..ra nniv. even
,;Btriepi " -"?'- :, jr
WlPWi-SI Bom,e -.? "iTth nil He
am ina nniiii, jv in ......
tei.T left at her command, siv
i-rr-"... "!... .. anil raised her-
.u" '.'wv It was night, but
iTupon two tables shed a generous
"he .moved, a figure that : had sat
i the' root oi me uu, ioc " -
APrr -r. ... e. verv nirl woman
l wrinkled face and 'the Inturned
the toothless. But her face was
v fund her voice wnin ano i-
& WxSellency is feeling stronger?"
'NU''i. mnt iinnw-." said Marlshka
F ffi't,n.fi,?eTlie 1-
$ TSSaSKi Szolnok, Excellency. In the
-Sihlans." She laid her rougn nanu
SeTmrlshka's. "You have some fever.
JK?,lI.i
S -iSj , mw, .,'nmnn mn-d awfty I
OPCC . "". ... iu. ,.lc,l lr, l
anaaows anu ..--"""?."i .;;
eyes upon inesoujctm "
lre chests OI arawers, un
"' ?l,vt;, '
eecntoire wnn ormuiu ,,,v,u, 7,
-?S7 U.li.ino- tshle. nortralls let
55ie paneling, massive oaken chairs,
;V.tw,i.iere.l a roam of Some
leiuv Schloss Szolnok? What ma t
r'u in she was? TJeath at
m Ksolnok could be no worBe than
...usbaakatA uiAaunima 1 1 1 ri ini n c i -
Blcl!i .iiraVif t-ark Into her nil-
rVware tf her throbbing templa and
t- Hugh. Hoo. He was caM n to
i would come. nu, ,,....
her lips sne sann, again iiho
feV the very weeks that Hugh
.L I.., In Ih. IjltlllM liOBDltai.
K!l.. ... l,inll herl In the
"? ".cvi vv.;ri, .....iin.
attscnn
' nuA.A ,' lnrtnr hmuiht
horn who" staved In the
r.a werk until the danger point
a .m Ihen rnmj everv few
II the patient was well upori
, to recovery. Marlshka did not
hl until mucn later wuun, vu;i
he sat by the window, look
er tne suniii mouiuuiiiB -
.. .-..I then It. wnnHai nnd
let disappointment that Gorltz
niirea ner 10 uic.
ih" old woman, who bore
Tit Bna. related that the. Herr
nn.iiaii nimseii anven vne u
jrhlch brought the doctor In
i ec- nifni it asoifWK. vne wun-
, tl'Mrisnica naa tearnea 10
rtMias one ,interstea only
i or Imprlac-Bmenti and after
Kleanor looked with surprise and Joy
Imo the face of her brother.
"Dan I" she cried.
He sat down beside her In the ham
mock and they both looked at the serv
ice flag."
"ho'yotl want a star In that7' lie nsk
ed nt last.
, She nodded assent.
"Well, little sister, I henrd our wish.
1 know how you feel, but jou have a
big business to do here. We will gladly
do Iho righting If you can keep things
going here. Keep us fellows posted
on the home news nnd do not forget us
nnd we will dn the rest 1" I
She put out hr hand to smooth ins
torn coat, hut he was not there 1 She
was alone In the hammock I Her cries
of "Dan 1 Dan I" were fruitless.
with a cry she Jumped to her teei
and rubbed her eyes. It had all been
a drenm after all I yet ll was such, a
real dream that she could not forget It.
Slowly she went Into the kitchen and
again surveyed her cooking.
"Next time those things will be darker
Irian that,-" she mused, as her thoughts
returned to her armor-clad rider.
When she discovered the letters to her
brother still lying unmalled on the pol
ished parlor table she Immediately start
ed for the little village postofflce.
"I wonder what I can do to really
help?" she asked herself, as she wan
dered along the quiet road
Then her. face flushed with a guilty
red, for she thought of the request
which she had refused that very morn
ing. Unconsciously her steps quickened
"I simply cannot do that," Bhe tried
to assure herself. "Why can't some
one else do 117 Now there la Dorothy,
nnd Bernlce and oh, well, plenty of
others who havo more time than I, 1
really can't," she ended feebly.
The white-clad nurse seemed to be
looking at her accusingly and saying,
"Remember It Is money that they need,
and every one must help!"
l.ieanor deposited me icucrs in me
little office anoSwent on up the road
Now her face was flushed with a de
termination and her step was resolute
Kor a moment she hesitated before a
oeautlful residence, then she went up
'the pretty driveway and broad stone
steps.
A stout, yet very energetic man, an
swered the quick ring of the doorbell.
When hc saw the caller there his fat
face lighted up with a smile.
"Hello. Kleanor." he shouted, cheer
fully, "so you have decided to he chair
man of me canvassers lor -war -saving
Stamps' for the town?'
"Ye, It you still want me," she an
swered. "Want you? I guess wo do Whv we
could not run It successfully without
you Want sou? Why don't you know
that every one voted for you? You arc
very popular, my girl !"
Kleanor smiled as the man continued
to give her,praises, for the dream peo
ple all seemed to say together, "Good
for jou, Kleanor!
Tomonoto'a Complete Xovclctte
CAMOUrLAOE."
THE FlfcSTSHQT
& COteP.PRAL OSBOfSNE DEVAQILA
B-TTE.r3V C. SIXTH U.S. FIELD AttTIL-l-EISV
who FxTed 4h, ritraf1 Gihe-inf Vk' -A-ir arieaxv -Aa-rntr
f
(Corvrlv'if. ltIB, bu the Vubllo Ledger Companv! Copyright r ISIS, bu John C. Winston Company.)
CHAPTER XVII .Continued) ""."" UJ.?.!? ? od deal to captuie
S "... ... . . i..., i.,m n icuuiu, uui ne maun up ma uiiiiu
TORIES of the great personal heroism llmt they wouW prty tnk8 iv (rom M
of the bojs down In the llrst-llne doad body. Ho and his men fodglft with
syen spiennio aiaor'tnai mey quicxi
trench, while the right was on, drifted
to our headquarters before Mhe day was
over. I will relnte some of them.
Sergeants Patrick Walsh nnd William
Norton were In a dugout when the Huns
landed In our first-line trench.
"Come on out, you Ahicrican dogsl"
veiled a German captain through the
door of the dugout.
"We're coming!" elled Walsh He
emerged with a rush with a 4r-cnllbcr
automatic In each hand: he killed the
borne captain wllh one shot, and men
aced the rest of the German crew with
his pistols.
"Come on out, shall we?" sneered the
spunky American sergeant. "Well,
drove the Invader- from the trench.
But the Americans enjoyed only n bi lef
respite. A force of fresn German" troops
to the numhel- of forty poured Into the
salient. Walsh quickly sensed n fight to
the finish.
"Boys." he yelled, "we've got tq step
lively now or we'll wake up tomorrow
mornfng In ft boche prison pen."
He "nad scarcely finished speaking
when the Germans bore down upon the
little American band, yelling and firing
their rifles. ' .
"Walt until they get within ten yards,"
counseled Walsh, "nnd then pump the
lead Into them."
the wrerkage with bell n-poppln' all
nround him. and kept his plecp golns
until the order cane to cease firings
I talked with Bomo of the .German
prisoners taken by our bovs, and It was
.,,!., n m.l.,. n .11. nM. a. l.ntlT IhnV hllVA
t.utj ILIIII1AIIIK LU ,,1V".C ,,'.' ...,- .---
Jveen buncoed by the mllltnry leaders of
uermany. vve couiun t inane t inuoc,
prisoners believe vve were American.
They thought that we Were Canadians
and English dressed up to look like
Vnnks One nf Ihem Inld IIS that.NAVV
LYork had been captured many months
berore by tne German neet, ana mat ev
erv transjiort that had left the States
had been sunk bv boche submarines.
Ve hnd an awful hard time convincing
Ihem that vve wete real hohest-to-good-,
ness Yankees.
The German officers tell their men that
they will be subjected to all kinds or
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Tzzsawim'pxs
Stagy
The girls nit knuvv the world's a
stage,
The stagiest of stagy places.
Since art for art's sake Is the rage
They very promptly paint their
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we're out, and what In the devil are you
going to do about it?"
Walsh had now been re-enforced by
Norton and ten Apierlcan soldiers, who
had come forth from the dugout. One
of the hoches treacherously fired a shot
nolntblank at Walsh, hut the shot grazefl
the right car of thp sergeant and burled
Itself harmlessly In a fandbag.
That quick cowardly shot was just
the thing needed to warm good honest
American blood to the boiling point, and
the Yankees pitched into their foes, un
mindful of the fact that they were out
numbered three to one, ,
Walsh had a double incentive for
putting the best' In him Into that fight,
for In his bosom was conceiled the log
book of his company. He knew the
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-Th Pasalne Phow,
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
By DADDY , .
THE FIVE TRAMPS
A complete new adventure each week, beginning Monday and ending BaturdayT'
CHAPTER V
7ir Ginnf Appears
fPeinil, irrl.int) In (tee Lonesome
Bear from a pang of tramps, Is 7ier-
AClf t apt it i tit. .she lv uscuctl b)l
llllly Itchjiiim and the blitls. Lone-
some Uiar tinc lavs, one o tne
tramps, a pntiiiii hugging ana tnen
plunges uith him Into the rhcr.)
(trnHAT'S enough!" cried Peggy, as
1 lonesome Bear ducked the tramp
the fifth time
"Oh, I'm nnlheii rm unisnio:
sputtered Tags. sNiggerlng ashore when
Lonesome Bear reluctantly let him go
"No, you've Just begun," laughed
Peggy. "Youve got a lot or dirt on,
but you'll have to take a bath a day
for a month before jou'll bo finished."
"1 sentence him to take two baths a
day," chuckled Judge Owl who, with
King Fisher, hnd hopped out on a' limb
overhanging the liver, so that he could
better enjoy the show The judge was
wearing the Hark goggles which Peggy
had given him at the time of the Birds'
Harvest Party, and looked like a funny
paper cartoon as he gurgled and giggled.
Tags glanced angrllv at Judge Owl
He couldn't understand bird talk, and
didn't know- what the Judge waa saying,
but he could understand the hooting
laugh that followed.
Angrv over the washing- he had been
given and afraid to take his temper out
on Lonesome Bear, Tags suddenly
stooped and picked up a large muddy
sod. This he threw right at jtrtge Ow 1,
hitting him full In the face and knock
ing him head over heels off the tree
into the river. juuge um was
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"Oh, I'm fmUheil! I'n. lini-licd!"
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the bank "My, Isn't he the swell aris
tocrat, being given his evening bath by
his valet."
Hut Laughing .lakes Jokes quickly
astonished that he let out a loud squawk .gave place to howls ns Lonesome Bear
that ended In a gulp as hl3 head went I abruptly giabbed blm nnd went rolling
under the water. Ho was so flutTy that ( iver the liver bank They plumped
he couldn't sink and his head hobhtd ; into the water, and Laugnlng Jake got
quickly up again. Just us thorough a bath as Tags had,
"My glasses, oh. my glasses are yelling like a spoiled child all the while,
gone!" he shrieked. Sure enough, hl3 Lonesome Bear next went after Rag
precious goggies had disappeared Quick pfdy Jim, but the young tramp fooled
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K; f ADMITTEB
Lady (to uuiiutd soldier in hos
pital) You must have come
through some pretty tight
squeezes'
He (gulltilyr Well, ma'am, the
nurses have been pretty good to
me. Yale Record.
WONDERFUL SINGER
"My wife is a wonderful vocal
ist, why, I have heard her hold her
audience for hours "
"Get out!"
"After which 6he would lay it in
a ciadle and rock It to sleep."
Pennslvania Punch Howl.
struggling in his talons. And in the
fish's mouth were Judge Owl's precious
goggles. Judge Owl grabbed them In a
hurry and King Fisher gobbled the fish.
"My. isn't that a funny fish story!"
exclaimed Peggy. "Who will believe me
when I tell It?'
The other four tramps had enjojed
the ducking of Tags as much as the
Birds had. '
"Will some ohe please Introduce us to
this strange, clean gentleman?" Jibed
"I'll take mv own bath, vou tend to
the oilier fellows," he shouted as hc
came to the surface and hrlskly rubbed
his face. Lonesome Beat went after
Hal the Fat and Bertie the Boozer, but
they dodged him, finally wading Into the
river io escape mm. mere mey
scrubbed and scrubbed, though they
didn't like It a bit
When the tramps, very damp but
much cleaner, lined up on the bank
again, I'eggy gazea nt mem critically.
"ou looK much better, she said "If
scarcely believe jou lb be Huns and
traitors."
"We're not Huns and traitors. We're
good Americans '" shouted the tramps In
in angry chorus.
"Don't ou dare call .vours-cjf good
Americans!" warned Peggy, going right
up to them and shaking her tiny fist
In their faces. "Good Americans are
fighting and djlng In France today;
good Americans -.. making munitions
nnd building sh! good Amei leans nie
growing food and .vlng it; good Ameri
cans are giving tin lr money, their time,
vhelr work, their liver, to win the war!
"But wha,t are the Huns doing?
nui are traitors uoinc.'. VV Hat are vou
five tr.-lmns Hnlno-?' Peer,., nnlnl.' .n
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accusing nnger at eacn one In turn.
"While our brave boys nre struggling
against the inemv you aren't raising a
hand to help them. You are even steal
ing the food the .farmers are raising to
feoH then. V'nt n .A Irtln.r. . n.. . ..
'slackers, you are food .w asters, vou are
thieves! Shame on jou, Huns! Shame
on ou, traitors."
' "I'll not stand to be called.a Hun and
traitor," shouted Tags, Indignantly. "You
little vKen, I'll ." He made a sud
den move toward Pcggv,
"Shut un! The girl Is rleht!" de
clared Raggedy Jim. "She's holding up
a looking glass so vve can see ourselves
as vve are. And I tell jou I see a lot
clearer since 1 bad that bath. We nre
good-for-nothings, and we are traitors be
cause we arcn t Helping America to win.
But I tell jou I'm going to be a traitor
no longer. I'm through with this vcholo
useless life. I'm through with jou!"
Lonesome Bear rose up on his hind
legB to applaud this speech, but lost his
balance, and fell against Billy Belgium,
knocking over the gun which had been
holding the tramps 1n awe. The gun
went oft wlllv a roar, the shot whistling
harmlessly through the trees.
"Hah ! That was the only loaded shell
left in the gun!" shouted Tags. "Now
It Is our turn. We'll teach you sassy
children not to (Insult and abuse jour
eiaers. vv e u uirasn you wnniii an men
of vour lives." " v
"You'll have to thrash me first," cried
Raggedy Jim,- Jumping in front of the
children.
"It's four to One. Well do that In a
minute. Come on boj-s !"
The four tramps Jumped forward wllh
fists clenched, ''Then they Jumped back,
for a head appeared through the hushes
the head of the Giant of the Woods
"And jou'll have to thrash me, too."
growled the Giant. "Come on- and let's
start the partj-."
Laughing Jake, as Tags scrambled up I hadn't seen jou before jour bath I'd
(Tomorrow iclll bo told what hap
pens to the tramps, to Pegoil and' to
Lonesome Bear.)
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When the advancing horde of bodies'
had reached a shell hole about ten jards
distant, Walsh yelled:
"Fire I"
Bullets chugged from Yankee rifles,
and several of the Huns went down.
"Mix in, boys, now and kick hell out
of 'em!" shobted Walsh, Jumping Into
the thick of the fight and laying about
him In every direction. He put a bul
let into a aggressive Germany, nnd
cracked the skulfW another with the
butt of his automatic. The Yanks, In
spired by the plucky work of their lead
er, fought with the v.lm and courage of
American fighters of old. It was a hand-to-hand
fracas that would havo made
Israel Putnam, that fine old saint of
Yankee battledom, chuckle with glee
The Americans sweated, puffed, -swore
and grunted as thej- lunged with knives,
Hwung rifle butts and searched for Hun
nlfch windpipes with wiry fingers.
As for the Huns, they quickly realized
they had unwittingly struck Into a very
bad hornets' nest, and they retreated
in disorder, throwing away their lilies
and trench knives In their haste to get
back home.
In the sanrs attack n big Irish cor
poral ran Into two Germans near a
traverse In the American trench. He
was so close to the bodies, that he
couldn't use his bayonet, to he grabbed
one of them bv the neck and pressed
his thumb clean through the fellow's
windpipe, choking him to death, Tho
other German started to run, and the
cornoral snltted mm with h s bavonet.
An Amei lean private of small stature
engaged in a terrinc nana-to-nanu ugni
w Ith a' giant Prusslan.A.The boche was
as powerful as a bollerTiiaker, and bent
his adversary backward, evidently with
the Intention of bieaklng the spine of
the American soldier, uut tne lain;
grabbed a mess fork from his boot leg
and jabbed It Into the throat of the
Prussian, who died instantly.
When tho raid began, 'Prlvato Voile
started to throw a grenade at the enc
mj. The grenade slipped from his hand
nnd fell Into the bottom or the trench.
Telling his comrades to beat It. he threw
himself upon the grenade In the hope of
extinguishing the fuse. The Infernal
thing exploded and Voile's legs were ter
llble mangled.
Corporal Thomas C'osgrove had his
head stuck over the top when the raid
started, when, zip! a machine gun bul
let passed through both cheeks, knocking
a chew- of tobacco out of hls mouth.
Cu-grove was sorry he lost the chew, but
ho was mighty glad he had escaped so
casllj-.
An American doughboy was buried bj
a shell explosiqp, only his feet sticking
above the'earth. On those feet were a
pair of brand-new shoes. A boche came
along, unlaced the shoes, removed them
and beat It across No Man's Land with
his booty. When the doughboy was dug
out by his comrades he was so enraged
at the loss of his boots that his com
rades had to lay hold of him to keep him
from rushing over to the German
trenches.
Most of our boys wno were wounded
were able to walk to the first-aid sta
tions. When they arrived there the sur
geons would make use of, that famou.
Kngllsh expression, "Ale j-ou down
hearted?" And the doughbovs would roar back!
"No, we're going hack and get some
more ot tnose nocne aevus.
Sergeant Joseph Petrush. of my bat
terj was awarded the Crolx'de Guerre
for conspicuous bravery during this en
gagement. -
Shells exploded all around blm, but
he stuck to his post. The spo'ies of his
gun cairiage were blown awaj and his
shield was riddled with shrapnel. An
exploding shell wrecked his gun pit, but
Petrush didn't quit. He cleared awaj
abuse bv tho Allies if they are captured.
One ot the prisoners who was sent to the
hoslillal hecause of wounds wduldn't
eat any food until It first had been tast
ed by a nurse. He was certain that
poison nan neen piacea in nis enow.
A map found on one of the Germans
showed how completely the Huns pre
pare their rnlds. The map showed every
machine gun emplacement, every trench
nnd every depression In the ground with
in the American lines '
That raid made us so mad that vve de
"'ded to strike back at the Huns and we
did a few days later.
TO BE CONTINUKD TOMORROW)
TRENCH TALK
ll'onlhuicd From Jfcstertiau)
MI3SS KIT. Kvery soldier Is sup
plied with nn aluminum frying
pan, with folding handle, which
locks a similar dish on the pan as
a covdr. Inside repose a knife,
fork and spoon, and this outfit In
a canvas bag, together with the
army tin cup, mnke up what Is
, known as the soldier's' mess klrr
Wlth It, he can cook himself, from
his emergency-rations, a very ac
ceptable mini wherever he may
happen to be.
MIMINWERFKK. The German
name fur h trench mortar, n short t
Klin of sometimes large caliber
which Is equipped to throw- heavy,
mines or bombs from the bottom of
a trench Into the enemy's trenches.
MITItAII.I.KUSK. A kind of Ilia
chine gun. t
MI'I.K HKINNER. The soldiers
name for a teamster. .
MUNITION HUMP. In order to
hav an ample supplj- of shells on
hand, It Is customarj' to bring up
jiugc numbers of hlgh-exploslve
nnd shrapnel shells nnd pile them
somewhere near - the artlllerj-.
Tills dump then becomes a target
for the enemy's guns and airplanes,
which endeavor to drop a bonjb on
the .dump, which will explode the
whole. ' ...
M sTATtn OAS. A variety which
the Huns Itako great delight In
sending over against the Allied
lines. It smells like i mustard and
makes the eyes water.
NO MAX'S U.MI, The strip of ter.
t'tory Ijing between the hostile
trenches, which no man owns and
no man wants. It is populated
chiefly by shell holes and barbed
wire. .
NOSE-DIVE An airplane maneuver
In which the pilot points the nose
of his machine downward and
dives nt his adversary- with, full
eng'ne power on and firing hls.ma
chlne gun as he falls. Machines
have been known to attain a speed
of more than 200 miles an hour In
this maneuver.
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