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tend of the fourth day, Captnln
i tolned her at the supper table.
'ow discarded his Austrian unl-
wore a rougn sun ol "w
Miliar to the peasant cinmn.
i'a husband wore. He greeted
..... l... naV& him tin mips
.' t.1. ...,... unnn linr minril
(ml ways was against the unknown
' in me man, wiuvn "" im
mritv. But after he had
the cloud which had hung oier
uHMail in nags, nnd he leaned for-
r smiling at her across the table.
I nave been obedlent7 he nsKcu
t else Is left for me?" she smiled
jure wondered where you were.
I",he laughea, "you missed mc7
il good. You wondered what
I'h&DDen to 1'ou It I did not come
i-
K ,-. t... lUlifAil 1.1a dtrnr.
;si"T nm nnt so easily to bo lost, I
uyou. I hao been through Dukla
linv Bold ers Hale cone mrnugn mr
Ittoday many this morning many
s this nfterncon "
Pm T nav them."
M'And the Russians?"
Lr8"tlft .was silent for a while and then
KlllWka 'very quietly. "They are coming
L"Line maue no suunu inu mcihi .w
fmHttn Into Immobility by the Import of
3M information.
JWITin Austrlans have fortified the
Her n end or tno rass, uui il i r..."
Russians arc in great numbers.
Mtilnir everything before them
.Pnemvsl ! Lembcrg '"
Fvi'TLemberg has fallen The fate of
irmysl hangs in the balance He
akIWWSTed. "Tomorrow, perhaps, ma ee
l'IC6sacks at Dukla 1'ass
Kix"And then " . ,.,
sw'y?,.- ..c, i...iA.i ,m,h h.in nasbea
l;5S5 Schloss Szolnok. and it still stands
Kil,m not going to run away
?iS'S3S:..; r. .,., . nnthhir acalnst sc
&,''? .... . ..,.. iq T think
&x,rrney win iiul uul,,. -. - -----RMk'iMMgiK.
-nii see. have passed u
tMf.' They are taking all their artlllerv
Iwjivorina and Jagerhorn and mount-
Sit, them upon the old empiace inem l
EUfciiin The defense win De m.iuc
W.-mm -where the gorge is narrower.
Wii'X "t V.. .i,r ,r.hlvnered fearfully
ur-.i.-- via enniini rnnif" uric
& laughed easily "Ah Countess, I
w,R?i. hnif.iisifl Liller. after all7
fe -'The Cossacks !" she repeated
lv,What can .you do?' u
Efe'&.VThe place Is Impregnable sheer cliffs
El pon ail siaes uw uunaj -----
riion-. i couia jjiv.-iv iiio" " ""-.,,,' y-
ttom Mne top oi me i. '",',' "h
i-tmnrhririVn nn. we are as safe as tnougn
:1mm waiv In Vlpnn.1."
& si'But their artillery?"
EJ "They will not think us' wortli their
W while. In
the armory there are six
M toMAtino- liimtlncr rifles and four shot
K?r"""" "; . nlpnilfnl " He
J&broke eff and. rising, came over and
MK .nnH halde her. "But we win not tninK
K of unpleasant possibilities. It has been
fJSao long since l nave seen yuu iuu w..i,.
KWShe let him tako her hand and press
Klt-'to his lips, DUl Idlism "' -""-J...iAn
,11.1 nnf sppm tn be enough.
ftMa fell to one knee beside her and would
BL6- . t, t.n,,f Y,oy n-i at If hr
EAd not risen and struggled away from
ELV'TTou forget, Herr Hauptmann. tne
atoenaence ct my iiusiuuu nc, ...-.
.Mk you. 'Vhateer our personal reia
MonVua delicacy for my feelings must
Sf.vaKra W11
g&?I?Martshka!" he broke In. "What does
BFi&iean who loves as I do care for the
K"-evnticns of the sham world you and
5X1Mt bo far nemna i auoro ju. ""
;M nout me."
J."l7 !... 1 TT'n.il vnu rnrp fnr me
litliwere a woman without delicacy or
UcBut he had held her by the hand and
Swould not release her.
asStrl aaore you ana you ""i- ;s """
JWii-ii i Vi,,('i Vnniv Ynur lnd fference
f C " -- T. U T nn, rtt "O .1hp
aoens mt i-maj ... ..--. - --
i ana must nut ue juur-u ...y
dards than my own, which are sur-
it lor myseii as iney muuu uo nu
t for j'ou. You know that I J
.in on that hv staving here I
;aVt forgotten my duty to my country
jjat a time -when I am most neeaea. uon
;it mean nouung m yum v..... "" ";
"iit r n lnvfl like mine which lives
-b1v in vour happiness and hangs upon
iyour pleasure? I worship you, au
J' St.hUo .TiiBt nn kiss, to tell me that
-,you cate for me a little. I will be constant-
"
f 'i She struggled in his grasp, her tear oc
B aim jenaing ner more siitmi" ;
ft, Itnst Hugh's: Never never as God
LM r1tnsapil
.i "One kiss. Marlshka -"
S&J. She struggled free and struck him with
fjLfcer. clenched fist furiously, full in ine
fitfece. and then ran to the window, as he
i.iiipic hpr. hreathing hard, trembling,
Kt'fcut full of defiance The suddenness of
the anair ana us cuiinuimui. .. u...v..
h.T h-th numb. Marlshka with terror.
OpriU with chagrin at his mistake and
'-Jr.il. .4. h. fpmoritv. iTn touched his
V.tace with the fingers of one hand and
r-liL .t ho, with eves that burned with
jkllcXnre in the pallor of his face-
SfAad then, with a shrug, "That was not a
&MISM Juld not speak for verj- terror -of
fei-A-j .nhinrr Viim nnrrnwlv. one nana
LttBon the window ledge beside her.
r.l5JtrTil1 t V. nelraH nrPPTltlV- "arft VOU
3?iil.'S., " -
$J?You you Insulted me," she gasped
iKsf'-Whatever I have done, you have re-
:ff3tJ5--f nf n fhA wlnrlow into the
Vwijirk void beneath. ....
fctfr T am not afraid to die, Herr
ilkl oVja ei M
:!v- M.iierhr thA "mpnnlner of her dance
Bt,d her poise by the window ledge and
fittMHT Blgnincance nutiru .... .,.-..."j
VMeMlrew back from her two or three
Hfces and leaned neavny againBi an
v?Am I so repellent to you as that?"
tAiVr Hps are mine," she said proudly
Ve tnem wunnpiy ui iiuifl. ..
Kym caze nicicerea anu ien uciu.t- n.
Hah resolve tnat ne reau in mr i.
Hi'Awd her courage entnranen nun.
B54?TT2-r. r5' via miittprpit "vou have
&ever been so beautiful as now. Ma-
.HMU!.. . v ,,.
8he did not repiy or mute, ui un
MfTHe, paced the floor stiffly, his hands
at3'Viit-jr.l etmccllnP' frtr his RPlf-COn-
',a .k V.. 1,1m etnnrtllV.
JvS-' Attd the better instinct in him. the
-ui iiiiu ,ik .. i ir ...-
Jtfcraffarlshka at scntpss bzoiiidk. w
PA-kuli lnrvtrtVi'int 1
r gr7rri.i- Ana mitrVi nr uttlp " ho Raid
fr".!-. r . . ir sa& Vn inn0frfl
WIT ai wu "."-"-,-" H .h
ds of mere platitude. A woman of
j training pernaps ci-.nno. irera '"
., . m ltnpnnvention. I nave
at you no harm But that you should
: misunaersiuim ,
. ihinf nniv T understand that
Itt have violated the hospitality of
iH BZOinOK.
f -her of you
I 13 true. as your Riimnroo. jv,.
ay, your consiaeraiion uui w.c
to that end? I can never believe
i neatn.
"you mean that?"
5? .. .',. loo. mH nffpptlnn
I. is m" nut.., .i., "
J'irvlVe togeiner."
rr T.t .
n never xrusi yuu aBin. -v , v
at that you will excuse me."
owed. "If that Is your wish
ued ana wawea 10 me wmuow
.hiip Mnrinhkn. found her way
italrs and so to her room where
t upon her bed fully dressed. In a
ate Ot licinuua ui,.."...,
4;krixiATrri7n YYV
.., JifJ. i i
"& ,f irt. o;. ; .1.. nV
i JC l ' ' VV
RENWICK In his Dorrowea
Bgc. strode forth beforedawn.
chine a spot where the valley
into tne gorge ana marneu
outline of Schlosa Szolnok
t fna iignieiiinB cii, biuwijt
,inB ruKiseu biupc ui ..o ...uu..-
HIS leu wnicn mceu u xie
-spend the morning in a stuay
uyroacnes 10 ine i:aswe anu ii
levisa some means by which
'Inspect It unobserved at closer
ayllgnt touna mm percnea in
DW -""""r ur ip' icixjwvvig
v PuhUc .rrfiicr Coihrnrii. Citvrloht, lilt, bv D. Atttettn A Co.)
She struggled free uiiil struck
a crelcs of rock among some trees, i
thrniifrh thp knp) nf which Im could I
cleans- see the distant mass of stone
hich rose In "ollt.iry dignity, an Island
above the mtts of the valley, a grim
relic of nn age when such a situation
meant Isolation and impregnability.
Indeed. It seared cemcd less Impreg
nable now, for upon two sides at least,
the cliffs roe beer trom the gorge
until they were joined by thP heavy
buttresses which tapered gracefully until
thev joined the walls of the crenelated
towers and bastions. In the center of
the mass of buildings rose the square
solid mass of the keep, with Its
crenelated roof and small windows com
manding every portion of the space
Inclosed within the gray walls He
marked the dim lines of a road which
ascended from the alley upon the
further mountain, now scarcely visible
because of the egetatlon which grew
luxuriantly on the hillsides.
He studied this approach to the castle
most attentlely the straight reach of
nil Viitll -! irn ti km n nh tf tlm I'hrffl
bcyo,ndi perhaps, two hundred feet long
ana six nunureu wide xnis was me main
entrance to the castle, a narrow caute
mv, that to'iunated at the gate where
ho marked a drawbridge now raised,
which hung by chains to the heavy walls
abjsc
The only means of access? Perhaps,
and if the gate were guarded, impassable
by night as well as day. Hut Henwick
was not sure that tiierc was no other
means of Ingress To the lefi of the
keep, and on a leel with the top of the
long curtain of wall, the building fell
away in ruins, for portions of old
bastions were missing, and there was a
breach In the northern wall, which had
tumbled outward oer the yieclplce Into
the ravine I.tlow
As davlicht camo Itenwick watched
the windows and ramparts intently. There
was no sign of life, but remembering
that here there was no need for tarly
rising, he waited patiently, gazing stead
ily through the leaes acroi-s the valley.
At last his patience was rewarded, for
from a building in the courtyard near
the central mass he made out a thin
pale blue line which ascended straight
Into the sky. 'Smoke ! Ureakfast was
cooking. His heart gave a leap. There
pra nr, ilnvllo In CiVilrtQC Knl TlP.1r. hll t
Gorltz ' In a short while, still watch- I
ing Intently, he saw a figure pass from
tha gate toward tho main buildings,
where it disappeared Henwick would!
hae given the remainder or his hundred-kroner
notes for a good pair of
field glasses, by which It might ha8t
I been possible to distinguish the identity
! of any figure that could be seen But
he realized that he had accomplished
the objict of his xlslt, for the raised
draw bridge Indicated that whoeer occu
pied the castle seclusion was important l
tj him Deciding that he knew enough I
to warrant closer 1 1 '.-titration, Hinivi -k
moved Mowl along the mountainside
ii'o the borge. undT Hie cover jf n.cks
and undergrowth, slowly descending
toward the load, with the idea of cross
ing the stream and climbing the rugged
cliff bejond, from which he could gain
a nearer liew of the northern and lulned
end of tho castle
But after nn hour of careful progress,
as he reached a projection of rock which
hune- over the road below, he crouched.
suddenly listening For ho heard the
sound of lolces, a rumble of wheels, and
the creaking and clanking of heavy
metallic objects. The sounds came
nearer, swelling In proportion, now
clearly distinguishable; and so lying flat
upon his stomach, he parted the bushes
it the edge of the rock and peered oier.
There was a cloud of dust and the
clatter of Iron-shod boots against the
flints of the road, and in a moment ne
made out long ranks of soldiers, march
irg rapidly to the northward Into the
pas. Henwick knew that the northern
end of the pass was already strongly
guarded, for his host had lold him that
many soldier had gone through during
tho weeks before; but the s'ght of these
'lurrying men. the shrouded guns which
lumbered amid them, and the long line
if motortrucks and wagons which fol
lowed, gave Henwick a notion that
events of military importance were pend
,ng in the Oaliclan plain beyond. He
tried to form some Idea of the number
of men that passed. A regiment two,
three, four artillery three batteries at
leist For an hour or more they passed,
and then at last, "ilence and solitude.
Although adequately disguised, Ren
wick was in no position to be stopped
and searched, for if he wore no marks
of Identification, his automatic, and the
money pinned In his trousers lining,
would hae made him an object of sus
picion, the more so in a country where
soldiers were moving in so precarious a
military situation.
And so he descended slowly, hiding in
a copse at the base of the rocks, where
he waited for a while listening, and then
peered cautiously out Then matching
his footsteps to those of the soldiers, he
crossed the road obliquely and plunged
through the bushes down over the rocks
to the bed of the Dukla, where he waited
and listened again, crossing the stream
at last by a fallen tree and reaching
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him with her clenched fist
tlie protection of the undergrowth upon
'"p rartiier nanu
Though he had been able to learn little
in Budapest of the military Utuntlon.
even from Herr Koulos, the sight of
Austrlsn soldiers marching toward the
northern end of the pass assured him
that the Russians must hale won Im
portant ilctoiies In Gallcln, thus placing
all tho passes of the Carpathians In
jeopardy. But hateer his Interest In
onjectures regarding the possibility of
victory or defe, t, his ow n business was
too urgent to admit of other Issues, and
so he made his way forward cautiously
through the underbrush, which in places
was almost Impenetrable. Four-footed
things, startled by this unusual Invasion
jf their hunting ground, started up al
most beside him and fled rabbits,
squirrels, c wolf and a blown bear,
which rocked upon Its" four legs dubi
ously for a moment, and then lumbered
comlcallv away These creatures and
tho pathless woods advised hlin that
however frequented the mountain road
below, the Inhabitants hereabout were
not in the habit of traierslng the wooded
mountain sides. Moling forward slowly
he climbed the hills in the general di
rection of the castle, the sunlit bastions
of which suddenly appeared through the
foliage above him and to tho right.
He moved more warily now, for If
Gorltz were in hiding within Schloss
Szolnok. he would of course take pains
that oiery aienue of approach should bel
WBicneu I3ui u uareiui ui3iet-i.iuii oi
the crag upon which the castle was
perched, and from this new angle, led
Henwick to the conclusion that Gorltz
might be bo sure of Its Inaccessibility
from the north that no guard at the
ruined end would be thought necessary.
At first glance, Indeed, Henwick was in
clined to that opinion himself, for the
rocks, though fissured and scarred as
though by the blasts of winter, though
not bo high, were scarcely less precipi
tous than upon the southern Bide. At his
lery feet, perhaps already burled for
years In the loam and moss, were the
huge blocks of stone which had fallen
from the northern towers nnd rolled
down the steep slope of the natural
counterscarp which the conformation of
the mountain proilded.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
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The Height of Kissing
Cornell Widow.
"Eiery time Albert kisses me he
colors up to the eyes."
"You shouldn'.t put it on so thick,
dear"
Rookie Rhjmes
Willie Jones's fond mamma brought
Oh,
him to Plattuburg town,
To see his father at the camp go march
ing up and down ;
And Willie grew excited as the band
began to play.
And when ho saw his papa march, the
people heard him say:
CHORUS
"Oh, look at him, ma-ma, ain't he
simply grand?
See the nay ho holds his gun and
swings the other hand.
The captain's walking up In front, and
now he'o calling 'Hep,'
And every ono but my papa Is marching
out of step."
Minneapolis Bellman.
1
THE DAIL Y NOVELETTE
THE CURE .
By Rose Neuman
QJLAMt Bang! The door to the prl-
late office of Jack Willard closed
with a hanpr. The pretty blonde stenog
rapher winked sagely acrcs-i to the
bookkeeper and her fingers began to
work on tho typewriter keys with great
dexterity. "I guess young Mr. Wlllard's
temper Is getting the best of him," she
said smilingly.
"Miss Felton!" came from the office
of Jack Willard In a sharp, impatient
voice. Timidly the little dark-haired
private secretary stepped Into tho office,
closing the doer after her. "Miss Fel
ton, It Is very essential thntttheso let
ters be copied before you go homo to
day." Falterlngly Gladys took the great batch
of letters and went out of the office.
A sudden thought of rebellion swept
oi er her. As If she could finish those
letters before 6 o'clock I It meant that
she would have to work overtime, and
oh ! how she had planned ao very much
on going to the hall tonight, that won
derful hall, which was the talk of the
town And her mother, too, would feel
soiry after she had worked so hard to
finish her dress. Some men were so
selfish. He might have hft a few of
the letters for tomorrow. Well, It had
to be done, so Gladys set about to ac
complish the task before her.
As she worked she thought of her
employer. He needed a good lesson
He was selfish when there was much
work to bo done She would traeh him
to consider other people beside him
self. The time flew by as if on wings
Hnlf-past four' The stenographer
closed up her machine with a bang.
"Going to the ball Gladys?" she asked
as she passed her desk. "Sorry you
won't be there, It's going to be seme
affair." Gladys wished her a pleasant
time nnd kept on working The stenog
rapher sauntered out of tho office,
throwing up her hands In relief at the
door of the prliate office where her
emnlovcr was apparently still at work.
Hnlf-past 5, G. (i'.in nnd ? o'clock
passed and Gladys still worked. Suddenly
a smile overspread her countenance. She
had an Idea. She would teach Mr. Wil
lard a leFson. About ten letters were
still left to bo finished. When she had
finished the last letter It was 8 o'clock.
Suddenly she uttered a moan and fell
back in her chiir In a moment the
bookkeeper and Mr. Willard were at her
side. Mr. Willard dismissed the book
keeper with a curt, "I'll take care of
her." After the bookkeeper had gone
she heard him murmur tenderly. "Poor
little girl" and "Oh, what a brute I
am." He raised a cup of water to her
lips and her eyelids fluttered open.
Weakly she said, "I am feeling better
now," In answer to his anxious query.
She made no protest when he telephoned
for a taxlcab and offered to' escort her
home.
Twenty minutes later the taxi arrived
and he almost carried her Into the cab.
She murmured something about the let
ters and he ungraciously replied "Hang
the letters. They'll be attended to later."
In the cab Gladys found her emplovcr
so considerate and tender that she won
dered how she had eier thought him
otherwise. He continually asked her If
she was comfortable, etc., etc. Gladys
was almost glad that he had not gone
to the hall. She smiled to herself. The
ruse was working successfullv.
When they arrlied at her home he
offered to assist her Into the house, but
1
CHAPTER II
A Strange Kind of Fairy
(PcoiJV can't no to the circus 6c
ratur her father is out of town. She
sec? a mule, goat and dog escape
from the shoic, hi tuning uitli them
little Counteis Alice Jcny the
Clown, their master, pttisuci them.)
PEGGY'S heart went out In quick
sympathy to the crying clown and
little circus performer.
"Poor Mr Clown, don't feel so bad,"
she said, placing her hand on his shoul
der. "I'll try to get your animals back."
"It's no use. I give up right here.
I've got too many troubles for one man
to bear," walled the clown.
"Don't he a quitter." replied Peggy,
using advice her father had once given
her. "I'll send the Birds after your ani
mals." "Watch us bring 'em back whether
they want to come or not," chirped Gen
eral Swallow.
With that all the birds made off In
pursuit of the mule, the goat and the
dog. Countess Alice stared In big-eyed
astonishment at Peggy
''Why, you can talk to Birds, can't
you1? she whispered.
"Of course," answered Peggy. "Don't
you talk to your animals'?"
"Yes, In the way humans talk to ani
mals like through a fog. But you talk
to the Birds like a human talks to a
human. How do you do It'?"
"It's just pan of the gift of the Wish
ing Rose," replied Peggy.
"Who Is the Wishing Rose?" Alice's
eyes grew larger than ever.
"She's a fairy who gave me three
wishes long ago and Bent me on an ad
venture, In which I was crowned Prin
cess of Blrdland."
"I wish the Wishing Rose would give
father his wishes," sighed Countess
Alice wistfully, patting the clown's head
and brushing away his tears.
"What are his wishes?" asked Peggy
sympathetically.
"First. He wishes to see brother Bob,
our f-old'cr boy, who is due to pass
through town this afternoon on his way
to France.
"Second. He wants to make our act
the best in the circus, and he is in de
spair because the animals are cranky
and evervthlng goes so badly the people
Instead of laughing at our fun turn away
their heads to look at other stunts.
"Third. He wants the owner of the
circus who is here today to raise our
salary so we can glie better care to
mother, who is quite 111."
Gladys protested, and he contented him
self In giving her advice such ns to be
sure to retire at once and to rest. Of
course she must not think of returning
to work until she had at last a few
weeks' rest. Ho would come to sea her
the next day.
On his way home Jack called lilmsclf
everything he could think of. What a
brute he had been to make the poor
little girl work so hard. He had never
noticed before that his little secretary
was so good-looking. Ho had always
regarded her as being a good asset to
his business rather than a young ana
pretty girl. Well, he would make It up
to her now.
In her homo Gladys ound her mother
waiting anxiously for hr. Gladys burst
Into a fit of laughter as she told her
mother of her ruse. As she proceeded
to retire she laughingly said: "Remem
ber, mother. I am to be 111. I'm
going to make Jack Willard regard me
as a human being and not as a ma
chine. Tho next day Gladys received a beau
tiful bouquet of flowers from Jack, and
later In the day found hltn at her home.
He apologized for being the cause of
her Illness and1 blamed his "confounded
selflshnass.'" The visits continued for
many days. Gladys did not mind being
111 and visited constantly b her em
ployer, In whom she was becuinlng very
much Interested. She rather liked It.
It also seemed that Jack enjoved his
lislts to his convalescing secretary.
One eventful day Gladys herself ush
eud her caller In, as she was now fully
recoiered. After Jack had gone (for n
was he who called) a shining diamond
ring on the third finger of her left
hand was tho Impression left of his
lisit. Gladys confided to her mother
that night that the date for the great
uav was not. iery rar away. .
After they were married Gladys con-1
fessed to her husband the ruse of which
he had been a victim. At first he made
a pretense of being anerv. but then.
taking her tenderly Into his arms, he
said, "I'm glad you did that, dear, be
cause you opened my eyes to my self
ishness and brought me the dearest lit
tle wife In the world."
Tomorroio's Complete Novelette
"MY LADY INbOGXITO."
-The Bolsheviki
In the murk of the northern marshes,
Where the Slav lines fringe the sea.
The Bolshevik brothers flourish
In the filth of anarchy.
For them It's the red flag of license
And dreams that a madman knows.
While they follow a wraith with chlld
Isn faith
Across tho drifted snows.
They feast where they haie not fur
nished ! .
Can they reap where they have not
strewn,
Or plant the southern orchids
Where the frozen pole-winds croon?
Their faith is sublime and boundless
God pity their hapless zeal !
When men who are blind would lead
their kind
On the road where the nations reel
Chart Pitt, In New York Times.
His Only Objection
"What's your objection to this motto,
'work or fight'?" asked Mr. RafTerty.
"It's too easy," answered Mr Dolan.
"Many and ninny's the time 1'ie had to
do both." Washington Star.
'DREAMLAND ADVENTURES'
By DADDY
JERRY THE CLOWN
complete, new adventure each teeefc, bcatnnlnij Monday
"Don't be a quitter," replied Peggy
"Those don't seem so awful hard to
Bet," said Peggy.
"They are Impossible." wailed tho
clown. "Bob's train goes through right
during the performance. The animals
are getting harder to control all the time
and now they have run away. The owner
oi me circus win aiscnarge us u we miss
the show today Instead of giving us a
raise. Oh, oh, oh !"
"Hee-haw I Hee-haw ! Hee-haw ! I'll
be a good fairy and grant his wishes."
brayed a loud voice, as a mule, erect on
ins nina legs, came dancing from the
bushes.
"Circus Mike, you ought to be
ashamed to treat your master this way,"
scolded Peggy. "You go right back to
the circus. We'll arbitrate your btrlke
afterward."
"Who are you calling Circus Mike?"
brayed the mule indignantly. "That's not
nice of you, Princess Peggy."
"Can It be that you are Balky Sam?"
asked Peggy, much puzzled.
"Of course, I'm Balky Sam, and I
don't look a bit like Circus Mike. I have
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CHAPTER XIX (Continued)
THE manner In which Private John
McCormack, of the 165th, traveled
over a shell-swept area to obtain food
for his weary comrades fighting In a
front line trench, furnishes one of the
thrillers of the war. McCormack didn't
get a war cross, but he deserves one for
the way he conducted himself.
He gale up a good Job ns a keeper
In Sing Sing prison to answer the call
that stirred his Irish blood. His ex
perience is sulllclent to- thrill nil Ameri
cans who are proud of their fighting men.
He Is a big blue-eyed boy with muscles
as strong as steel. I heard him spin his
yarns when ho came back with us to
America.
"We went Into the Lorraine sector," he
said, "on the night of March 7. There
hadn't been anv heavy firing there for
two years, the French fellows told us as
they came out. They said it was as safe
as a church, .
"Well, we hadn't been there four
hours heforo Fritz let go at us with
every thing ho had. There was only one
line of trench there, so there was noth
ing for us to do but get down into our
y
and ending Saturday.
a white spot over my left eye and he has
one oi er his right."
" 1 OU laZV ennr1-fnr.tinthtn miiU A
back to the circus lot before I tnke the
hide oft you," broke In Jerry the Clown,
snapping his whip at Balky Sam.
That s no wav to tnllr " i.Am,.D
Peggy. .No wonder your animals ran
2,,v.ay "Ides, this isn't your mule.
This Is Balky Sam, his brother. Can't
you sep that the white spot Is above his
icn eye;-
"Ah. I knew my bad luck wouldn't let
mo get my own mule back," walled
Jerry.
"Cheer up ! Balky Sam mav nrnvn
your good fairy after all."
i aon't know as I want to be his good
fairy now after the way he abused me,"
said Balky Sam, sitting down and wag
ging his ears stubbornly.
"He thought you were Circus Mike."
"That's so." said Balky Sam, jumping
up quickly. "And that no-account brother
of mine deserves all the abuse he gets.
He Isn't a bit like me."
"How will you grant his wishes?"
asked Peggy.
"It's Billy Belgium's plan, and here he
Is," brayed Balky Sam. as Billy Belgium
ran from the woods with a quick hello
for Peggy.
"My Idea Is that I'll take the place of
the clown," explained Billy. "You'll be
come Countess Alice, Balky Sam will do
the tricks of Circus Mike "
"l'l do my own tricks," Interrupted
Balky Sam.
"And we'll have Billy Goat and
Johnny Bull help us.'
"But why will you take my place?"
asked Jerry In bewilderment.
"So you can hurry to the station and
say good-by to your son.1
"Oh, goody," cried Countess Alice.
"Come, father! Princess Peggy Is a real
good fairy to us!"
"No, I'm the good fairy," brayed
Balky Sam, but thev were already run
ning toward tho railroad station.
Billy Goat and Johnny Bull Joined the
party, nnd Peggy wns Just greeting them
when there camo the sound of a wild
hullabaloo in the forest. With a breaking
of branches, Circus Mike, Nannv Goat
nnd Boston Blue came dashing through
the bushes trying to escape tho fierce
slashing pecks of pugnacious Swallows,
Woodpeckers and King Birds that clung
to their backs and dug Into them with
sharp beaks.
"Here they are," shrieked General
Swallow. "We rounded them up."
(Tomorrow tcill he told how Peggy
and Billy Belgium pay their first
visit to the mysterious lehind-the-sccnes
legion of the ciicus.)
Public Ltiacr Comtanv! Coptirioht. HIS, hv
dugouts. There wasn't any communicat
ing trench through which we could re
treat to our rear lines. We Just had to
hold tight and take our medicine.
"I was In a deep dugout with twenty
two men and a couple of officers when a
heavy 'mlnenwerfer' smacked on top of
It, and burled us all underneath tons of
earth. I was covered with earth and
debris up to my neck, and It was one
hour before I was able to make the least
movement toward digging my way out,
"There were a few groans to be heard,
but mostly It was silent In the wrecked
dugout. And no wonder, for of the
original twenty-two only three of us
remained alive,
American- troops in France getting ready for
"FInallv T worked mvself free, nnd
found the other boys who were alive. We
were sM hurt, but were strong enough to
try tq alg our way up to the surface.
'This Is how wo did It: One man
would .dig away earth with his steel
helmet, then pass It to tho second fel
low, who stood half way up the steps
leading to tho surface. The second
would pass the hat to the third, who
would chuck the dirt out of n little
opening at the surface, through which
wo were getting air.
"Corporal Helmar and Corporal Ray
mond were the other two feHows with
me. It took us four hours and a half
to dig our way out.
The bombardment, which started at
11:30 at night, lasted through until the
next day. And this was the sector they
said wa3 as safe as a church.
when we finally got above ground we
were cut oft by a couple of hundred
yards from the next sector of the trench
that remained Intact, but we had to get
over there somehow, so we took It on
the run, through a rain of all sorts of
bhclls. Wc made it all right.
"All day we stayed in this nlace fthe
boys were getting a strafing, too) without
any gruD. in tno alternoon somebody
said: 'Who'll lolunteer to go back to
the second-line trenches and bring some
chow out here?'
"I was pretty hungry, so I said I
would go.
"There ivcro no communicating
trenches nnd I knew It was up to me to
beat It back over the open country.
"I will confess that the prospect didn't
appear very joyful to me, but when
a man Is half starved he becomes
desperate. So I started across.
"The whole German army started
banging at me and I had to duck Into
ai shell hole.
"There, hungry as I was, I had to
stick for two hours until Fritz let up a
bit. When there was a lull I started on
again.
"When I arrived whore the mess outfit
was located, I needed help to carry the
chow back to the boys at the front. Lieu
tenant Ellett and Private McCarthy felt
sorry for the hungry lads, and they said
they'd go along with me. ,
"We each grabbed two big tins of red
hot stew, thick with meat and vegetables,
and oft we went.
"We got there all right, after a few
stops at the way stations (the shell
holes) and believe me, those twenty
three lads In the first-line trench were
mighty glad to get the chow. But I'll
tell you that was the hardest dinner I
ever rustled for In my life."
These are the types of lads America Is
sending against the Hun, and In view of
this fact, I am certain that the Kaiser
has no more chance of winning this war
than Charley Chaplin has of becoming
tho Archbishop of Canterbury.
CHAPTER XX
Back to the V. S. A.
ONE night we noticed a series of light
flashes at a point about a mile be
hind our battery position.
Immediately after the flashes ceased
one of the boche batteries began a ter
rlfle bombardment, sending shells scream
ing to a spot in our rear.
Our suspicions were aroused after this
thing had occurred two or three times,
and they were verified the next night
when soma French soldiers bagged a
German spy over back of us In the wood.
The spy was a mere boy, and how he
got back of our lines nobody knows.
From a treetop this boy had been
my,
John C, Wlmfon Comtanv.)
sending flashlight signals to the German
lines, giving Information when ammuni
tion trains reached a certain cross-road.
The boche batteries shelled the cross
roads at the proper moment, with the
result that everal motortrucks were
blown up and a number of.men killed.
Our boys have to keep a keen watch
every minute for German spies. They
smuggle themselves In behind our tines
through all sorts of avenues. .They
employ all kinds of trickery to gain
their ends. Some of them land behind
the American and French lines In air
planes. They are disguised In American
and French uniforms.
Some of them hang around staff head-
dinner
quarters trying to sneak Information,
while others go boldly into the trenches
nnd mingle with the officers and men. I
heard of one case where a spy in the
uniform of a Yankee lieutenant appeared
one night In an American trench and
bald to the captain:
"We arc to fall back at once to" the
second line."
Tho faintest of accent's In the fellow's
speech aroused the captain's suspicions,
and ho turned JjIb flashlight Into the face
of the speakerTThe little circle of tell
talo light revealed the Teutonic cast of
the man's features, and the Yank leaped
at his throat and bore him to the
ground. The spy was hustled to the rear
under heavy guard.
That Incident showed that the Huns
have got to get up early In tho morning
to fool the Yanks. We are all from
Missouri and have to be shown.
In March. 1918, an American battery
to tho right of us In the woods was
subjected to a terrific gas attack. This
battery was In charge of Lieutenant
Hlrsch, of Philadelphia. The outfit was
under fire from gas shells for four days,
and as It Is Impossible -for men to keep
their masks on for that length of time
eiery man-Jack In tho battery was
gassed. Lieutenant Hlrsch refused to
leave the battery until the last man
had succumbed, .and then he was so
badly blinded that he had to be led
away.
Every clear day our airmen would go
up and meet the enemy. When he first
moved Into our sector the Huns were
slightly our superior In tho matter of
machines, but not for long. The French
camo to our rescue and loaned us some
planes, and In short order the United
States look over the control of the air.
Tho Americans have proved themselves
to be the most daring and resourceful of
aviators. They excel even the dare
devil French fliers. One day I saw an
American aviator dive down 3000 feet
Into a nest of boche planes, forcing one
to the ground and compelling the re
mainder to nee.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
Appreciation
Thd rae.ilne Show,
Her ladyship (after making an
other of her regular and extensive
purchases of "comforts" for ths
men In the trenches, cheerfully) If
this fearful strain and bUBtls goes
on much longer I'll be only fit for
a padded cell.
Expansive Shoekeeper (admiring
ly) Well, my lady, I'm sure you'll
deserve one.
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