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" THIS STARTS THK STORY
lV 'A Hrltjsh sublieutenant is sent up.
llf,t?, lookout it! all observation
? ,ny a cruiser patrolling the No
bnlloou
forth sea
fcMW the summer of I11H. The cable
$Hho1dlng the balloon breaks, ami after
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5rfi-riiiinB lor nours in inc ciuuuit mv
L 5 ithllnntannnt flpitR lnnil. llimna With a
parachute and lands safely In a pas
fixture. He shortly meets n man, nnil
jp inking he has landed on enemy ter
1 rltory, addresses him in Gcrmnn. The
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. C man wurii nun nui iu nv iui-. u-v-:fXi
a nncuK-nril wlilrll the HuMtellteliallt
Mim(n.it nninnt ntt.t InairPfl lllni. Iltlt
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M tnot before the officer has discovered
fj5' he t on llritish territory, and the
man is a German spy. lie secures;
food and shelter at a small house on
.the bcaih, where he learns one Ken
dall owns the "island,' witch is one
nt a group used as a llritish naval
hnse. He determined to win recogni
tion from liis government by raptur
ing the spy. He adopts a (icrmnn
nicentaud weaes a rnvstcrious story
of his nirivnl to tell the islatidcrs.
Arriving at Ihc Kendall mansion, he
meets the owner and his daughter.
Who cons-ent to give him lodginguntil
he can complete his secret business,
as lie explains to them.
AND IIKRK IT CONTINUES
H1
ri: smiled slightly
Yo.i l.nd better stnj heie. Theic
Is no other lodging '
I began to thank him, but he cut
me short. ,
n :- TTnWin'u I'linke. said
he.
"and my house is not overcrowded at
present. Hac jou lumhcdV
"I am afraid I haven't "
"Come mid join us. My daughter
fend I had just sat down '
He moved toward the dooi
"I'have no luggage," 1 wd. (
v' "I can lend you what ou want
I thanked him again, and said biaz
enly: , . ,
"Ma.v I ask for the loan of a loat. i
am anxious not to exhibit my uniform
coat in the island if I can help it.
I thought he looked u trifle surprised
(it must be remembered that all this
time I was in n buttoned up otlskml,
but he merely nodded again and led me
upstairs to a pleasant bedroom with a
low ceiling and some heavj old fasli
Joned mahogany furniture. Tlieie he
.left me and iu a moment 1 chimed with
a brush and comb and a tweed oat.
I had noticed that iu one of the
drawers there was a kej, and as I took
the coat I aid l
"I hope you won't think me unduly
cautious if 1 lock ms uniform coat up
in one of these draw crs. There are tcr
tain papers in the pockets which I am
bound to be careful of."
Again I fancied I caught a brief look
of surprise, but it must have been verj
hrief. for his fate was as inscrutable
as ever as he answcied:
"Do exactly as you like."
A maid came with n jug of hot water,
ami then I was alone.
"I wonder it the man believes me,
1 said to myself. "Things are going a
little too dashed smoothly !"
jHowever, there was nothing for it
-now but playing the game out. 1 hrst
took the precaution oi suuueuu "
tiuietly opening the door. There was
nobody at the kevhole, so I took off
my oilskin and put on the tweed coat
and then locked up the top drawer and
put the key in my pocket. Hnrdlv
necessary to say that drawer remained
as empty as the others.
"I call that cither a very neat dodge
or a devilish silly one." I said to mv-
self "And which it U depends entirely
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on the results.
As I brushed my hair I thanked my
tars I was fair, for n shave was now
long overdue.
"What a pirate 1 u iook ii a i:i
unette'." 1 thought, nnd, us it was,
i l,V recollection of dainty Miss Kendall
made me determined to borrow a razor
forthwith.
I foresaw that lunch would be a func
tion demanding considerable tact, bec
.. laf T had decided, rightly or
i foml lhe Lord knew which!)
not to trust these people, they had to be
Vrnt in a nice eouiliDrium dciwii uu"-
and confidence. To persuade them too
thnrnnehlv that they were entertaining
it " ,.!.:!. .,nl nffippr w mud be
tb Vtfifa'Tlt they were treasonably inclined,
JT . . --.-I... :r !,. wore not.
i4-j u anil a serious raiHm"1- - .
m H anu a scriu . the other
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again in a
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them wo su?ii-iv ..-- . rt,.irf I
ltl thev were treasonable, but would j
. probably end my adventure it tney were
.honest; .,,, wfl. . Wend of
J 'WeV r gardTng my business breezy
?yA . ' mmtttal tonics and an oc-l
' lanS I left them to" make their choice).
Here area, few choice excerpuroi,.
I . mnirPrsation. wmtu
like whisky and soda.
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Mr. enuai i--"-""". , ,hnm.
.i irSnnen to be acquu.u-
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metaphor was safer,
MvseU (filing ratl,et an osa' but
. -ii MvU "I meant no rcflcc-
ffi r w "youTcenar. Miss Kendall. I
3 merely aiming at local co lor.'
At this Polut I fell abruptly silent,
J. ..h. as it were, frozen on ray
I. ' t .. nt mr. plate and then
L'UXve fa youZslandl Wke chanv
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IS glanced furtively at my host U was
P viug them their choice). The next
! Irliment nf conversation which I re-
! member rau somewhat thus.
' Oi ' (leadlnB up deliberately to the
.test question): "There's one. thing I
, "nVy the natives of thU happy island.
What a wonderful show of wild flowers
they lave! Do they make good
"gnutlng?1
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STlUnWI (again drvl : ! on
lutppens to "have. rmu. ., -
)lvn they are edible
1 MIm BemWHttlfatlr. hut trident y
Unkindly) I "Mr.Mertoa was probably
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good many. Arc you anxious for
statistics?"
Myself (concealing my disappoint
ment under a brac smile)! "Oh, no.
l'lease don't mistnkc ;uc for an intelli
gent inquirer."
I turned the brave smile on to Miss
Kendall. She smiled hack very slightly.
In her face I seemed to rend n trace of
skepticism ; as if she did not quite ngreo
with my modest estimate of myself, hut
at the same time thought nouc the
better of me. I would hnvc given a good
deal to know exactly what was In her
mind. Did she'susprct something? And
if so, what.?
I had one more shot. It was an in
spiration which mine to me nt the end
f ju,It, v,hcu IU )10St offered me a1
,c.is,r.
"Matches?" he observed, pushing a
box toward me.
j Again I looked at him hard and
askc,i:
' "Have you such a thing as a wax
' match:"'
lis ejebrovvs rose s ightlj.
I "If you prefer to light a cigar with a
'wax match 'I daresay I can find one."
"if Mr. Merton doesn't mind waiting
for half an hour perhaps I might dis-
cover a box in the storeroom," said
.uis ucnuiiu, unu sne huucu ucmurciy,
"beside the champaguc."
My only consolation was that I was
making an idiot of myself in a good
cause.
Sunday
ight ca
T SAID good-night early that evening
J- and
1 flid n hpnil nf thlnkinrr in mv
' bedroom. Nothing that seems to m'e
"mv io up worm rccorumg nau neen
..said or done since luncheon. I went
for a solitarj walk in the afternoon,
i as much as to carrv out Hip nnrt nf nnp
with some business in the isle as for
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J tactfully to convey a suspicious im
pression. one of them, however, had
seemed in the least likely to-bclong to
the gang I was after, and the sheep
nnd wax match conundrums had left
them cold. It was the less concerned at
this
was
since I liad realized that the day
Saturday. Tomorrow in church 1
and give them n chance of taking stock
of me.
, That night my thoughts ran chiefly
on my host and hostess. I had learned
n few more factR about them and these
I now put together to see what picture
they suggested. In the first place, the
Kendalls were an ancient family in
these parts and had owned their prop
erty for some centuries. As all my prej
udices ran in favor of old families, old
port and old furniture, this was so
far reassuring.
On the other hand, Mr. Kendall had
apparently lived much abroad, but he
dropped no hint as to -whether ,he had
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Rojourned in foreign parts for reasons
of pleasure, health or business. In
fact, he was close as a clam oil the sub
ject. Add to this that I had heard he
was hard up, that he had no wife to
look after him, and that he evidently
took a caustic rather than an enthusi
astic view of life, and In my present
state of mind there seemed a prima
facie case for suspicion. Anyhow he
was a man to be vuitchcd.
As to his daughter. I had learned
that her name was Jean, that she had
been to school nt a bomevvunt select
seminary which I chanced to have
lienrd of, and that she had finished her
education a souplc of years ago in
Switzerland. "
llac ou such a thing as a wa? match?'
"Xothiug very buspicious in all i
that," I thought. "Still, what is this
surprising apparation doing in this out-of-the-way
island? 'Looking nftcr my
father,' she'd say. But why look after
him here instead of some more amusing
place? Perhaps because they arc hard
up. On the othc,r hand, perhaps not."
Then I thought over the pair simply
as one thought of any new acquaint
ances before war was dreamt of, and I
am bound to bay they came out of the
ordeal very creditably. He was well
born, well bred, and very far from a
fool. She was well, I don't mind con
fessing that that night I considered her
charming, in spite of the pretty obvious
fact that she was not at all charmed
with me. Or if she was, she concealed
her feelings admirably. She had a good
enough excuse, cither way; whether she
were honest nnd thought me a traitor,
or whether she were treacherous and
thought me honest. Besides, I had not
yet shaved.
So I forgave Miss Jean her preju
dice ifnd reflected on her attractions.
I changed my mind about them later, as
will appear, but that first evening she
seemed to me a most piquant and. dainty
houng lady. Slim, trim and demure.
with eyes like stars (I borrow the
metaphor unblushingly), and a pleas
ant spice of mischief in her tongue,
and a touch of the devil very carefully
and properly hidden away; that was
my first impression of Miss Jean Ren-
dall
And then j turned ln and slept that
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dream
Sunday was another gorgeous day.
The breeze had almost quite died away,
the sea glimmered through a heat haze
and the colors of the wild flowers were
brighter than any palatte. I came
down shaved, but found Miss Kendall
still cool, and her father as inaccessible
as ever.
"Anyhow," I consoled myself by re
fleeting, "I have eliminated my bristles
as a cause for.my unpopularity. They
have something else on their minds!"
The laird lent me a felt hat and as
the hour of noon drew nigh we set off
for the narish kirk. There, won an
other church in the, island (as' In every
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Author of "The Spy In Mack" "The
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sclf-rcrpccting Scottish parish, I be
lieve), but by the greatest good luck
the rival minister was. away .and the
congregation? were assembled together,)
I gathered afterward that this nappy
result was partly due tb the -hope of
seefhg the laird's mysterious guest, and
!hat sovcral very prickly theological
scruples were swallowed by divers of
the other congregation. At all events
the church was crowded end I had the
chance I wanted.
As wc approached the kirk I thought
I had never seen a plainer, tnorcjiriml
the little building even in a Scottish
klrkjard: no spire, no ornament, noth
ing but gray roughcast walls (what
they call in Scotland "harlcd(') and a
roof of small yellowish flagstones, set in
a bed of mingled nettles and tombstones.
Amid the tombstones stood the congre
gation, all in black and staring stead
fast! nt the mysterious stranger, while
over the door a plaintive little bell
creaked and clanged.
We entered the little church and I
shall never forget my surprise. It was
the year 1014 without; it became the
year 1514 (or .perhaps some centuries
earlier still) within.
On one side two minute windows
pierced a wall quite four feet thick.
The other wall was broken only by a
groat empty niche whence an image
once adored had vanished. It is true
there were now pews, but they were
not of yesterday square boxes where
people sat and faced in four directions,
and the odor of damp Bibles smelt
prehistoric.
The bell ceased clanging, the people
trooped in and filled the boxes, and
presently there uprose in the pulpit a
grim venerable man in black. By this
time my better feelings were under
control and I studied this figure cri
tically. He represented one of those
four "civilized" and suspect bouses.
One was untenanted, two I had now
visited, and the fourth I was now al
most ready to discharge with a cleared
character. Outwaroly at least this se
date divine suggested nothing but the
austerer virtues.
For two hours the minister prayed,
the minister read and the minister
preached to us; at intervals we were
allowed to sing, and abused the privi
lege shockingly; and all the time I
studied that congregation. I recognized
the Scollay family, Peter elder, Peter
younger, Mrs. Scollay, the two rosy
daughters, and even poor Jock. The
three or four people I had spoken to
iu the. afternoon were nil there too. In
fact, I saw every one I bad consciously
met before in that island, with three
exceptions. The doctor and O'Brien
were not in cbdrch, and narrowly
though I looked, I saw no sign of the I
ancient with tinted spectacles and a
taste for wax matches.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Little Ho me
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BRUN'O DUKE
Solver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD
Copyrtiht.
THE PROBLEM OF THE FIRE IN
SURANCE AGENTS
Good -by to Keehoo
fTIO THE surprise of all of us, the of-
-'-L fice of Marlow & Brown had a nurii-
bcr of Inquiries relative to the course
of Insurance which Fretl Marlow was
to give that fall at the T. M. 0. A.
Several people came to the office for
information. Marlow gave the best in
formation he could to everybody, but
was scrupulously careful not to mention
his own business. ,
''The more I see of this thing," he
said to me one day when in a par
ticularly confidential mood, "the more
impqrtant it appears. I, want to give
a real helpful service, whether It helps
us or not, and, therefore, under no con
sideration will'I allow ou business in
terests to be mentioned. It people want
to give us their business, that's another
matter ; but so far as the T. M. 0. A.
U ntnivmHl. thev'vc treated BIC SO
white that I'd feel a low-down cur If
I used their good will except on a
legitimate purpose."
.Nevertheless, it's a fact that much
business came to the firm of Marlow &
Krovvn ns a result of the publicity Mr.
Marlow's fine course (for it proved very
successful) gave them.
Not only that, but Marlow began to
receive requests from church men's
clubs, business associations, boards of
trade of nearby small towns to nddress
gatherings on insurance. Marlow has
what Duke calls "a fine stage pres
ence," nnd being possessed of a fund of
insurance stories, some pertinent and
most of them humorous, he made his
talks bright, happy and practical.
Of course, long before this the twenty
boys who had taken the "fire insurance
census'" for them had completed their
work.
At Duke's suggestion an "ice cream
party" was given the boys, at which
they were thanked for their good work.
Each boy was also given a "letter of
appreciation," which certainly tickled
those lads.
They decided that Marlow was "all
to the candy" and even Brown was
"all right." Three cheers were bois
terously given for Marlow 4 Brown,
and after the meeting twenty boys de
parted as twenty vigorous boosters for
Marlow &. Brown.
A clever touch was given the whole
affair when Marlow asked the boys if
they wanted some more work part
time, ot course, as the schools were
soon to open.
"Sure, if it's with you!" was the
prompt response.
"No, Marlow smiled happily, "not
with us, for there's nothing else you
can do; but youv done such good work
that I'll be glad to advertise for jobs
for you.
The result was shown when the fol
lowing ad appeared in both the papers
DO YOU NEED A REALLY
BRIGHT BOY?
If you need a real good worker,
part time, wc can recommend the
boys wbo took our fire insurance
census. We have their names and
addresses and a record .of what
they dld'for us. This information
will gladly be shown to any one
desiring reliable, hard-working
boys.
MARLOW & BROWN
(Insurance) Market Street)
Several business men asked about the
boys and a number got good jobs as a
result.
And so the reputation of Marlow &
Brown spread and their list of business
acquaintances grew. Their problem was
solved, they were well established and
in six months accomplished all they
hoped to do in two years. Another
success was added to Bruno Duke's al
ready long list.
TODAY'S BUSINESS QUESTION
What it "Composition" T
Answer tcill appear Monday.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S
BUSINESS QUESTION
"Compound Interest" is interest
on loth principal and interest.
A New "Bruno Duke' Story
Episode No. 7 '
The Problem of Getting Commission
Salesmen to Stick
This seventh episode will prove of
Interest to all business men who em
ploy salesmen, as well as to all
salesmen. ' .
It will be of great practical benefit
to all who need salesmen to sell
anything that comes under that
broad classification of commodities
specialties. While the problem is tied up to
automobiles, it is equally applicable
to any other article. A new plan
of getting the right kind of salesmen
is given that is simple, practical and
profitable.
HAVE YOU A BUSINESS
PROBLEM?
Let Bruno Duke help you. Write
direct to the author Harold White
head, in care of this newspaper.
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DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-Bu Daddy
"THE QVEST OF iOYOVSNESS"
(Peggy end BUly, punutngJoyout'
nets, have a happy time, but Frotcn
infcPhtl, beoauie of hit 'discontent,
miittt all tht fun.) " .
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Phil Finds Joyousnejj
TOTOUSNESS sat at the head of her
dining table, with Peggy an'd Hopeful
Smiles on on.e side and Billy and Cheer
Up on the other.
"I cooked tht meal oil myself," said
Joyousnesa nroudlv. Anil t
and Billy feasted upon til? most delicious
u.sucs mcy naa ever eaten they -agreed
she wag a marvelous took. .K ""
It was a happy, jolly dinner. Vilh
every one laughing, talking and'having
a good time. Indeed allVere.so merry
that it wasn't until Ppri. l,,i'.-'. i
last mouthful of strawberry shortcake
nil Ia ....... iL.. i .r .. . .
". 7v ""'"i' ne naa time to think
of Frowning Phil and WnHk !
"Oh, please, may I lake nhnand
wich to Frowning Phil and WantifvMy-
way.7 she asked. "They mustbVcry
hungry after their perilous trip d'own the
mnnntnln " ..
"Yes. but rive thrm inf nna a.n.l
wicu apiece," said Joyousness.- "Those
wno make themselves dlu!rriiihl !....
invited to my feasts must suffer the
consequences." ,
Frowning Phil 'and WnnHtMr
were still on their heads, kicking their
"c" " lne air, when thcothers came
from the dininsr room. Thp ni
over in a hurry when Peggy gave them
tuu ouuunJCllCS.
"Oee, these are good better than any
? A?..1 CTer atc'" "claimed Frown
ing Phil, who Tind missed the whole
dinner because of the fuss he raised
when he learned that chicken was not
on the bill, of fare.
"Now for a show!" cried Joyousness,
and la-m jiffy the train has whisked
them back into the theatre where they
had seen the dancers. This time a moving-picture
screen held the stage and a
photoplay was flashing its iiin t i,.n.
To their intense surprise they found
that the story was about their own
DIARY OF TOTE'S TRIP HOMEWARD
' This is the t-rand of a series of arti
cles covering the diary of Sergeant Carl
Zelsberg, of the Seventy-ninth Dlvl
sion.j Sunday, 5ry 11. Ndthing to report
(or, in the crisp army lingo, N. T. It.)
except that troop trains rolled westward
from Nantes and hat headquarters waa
scheduled to go lo St. Nazaire Wednes
day and to sail Thursday.
Monday, May 12 Headquarters was
scheduled to move -Thursday and sail
Friday.
Tuesday, May 13N. T. R.-A ru
mor was : Headquartcrswill move Fri
day and sail Saturday.
.Vt edncsday. May 14 Definite orders,
in cold black and white, instructed
headquarters to move tomorrow to St.
Nazaire. The P. C. the last head-
quarters of the division in France, was
officially closed. Baggage was packed,
rcuuy ior an cany move in the morning.
Thursday, May 15 For the last lap
of the many linked land Toyage to the
sea we were up before the clock bell in
the village church had tolled five. How
ever early that might be, the old
French woman, living around the corner
in the shadow of the church, was up
and waiting for the straw to be emptied
from bed sacks. In her years of wis
dom she had seen other Americans "psr
tir" and she knew they had straw, and
she had a cow and the cow had to have
a bed and why not hospitably throw
open her stable door to the Americsns,
who seemed only too eager to accept
her motioned invitation to rid themselves
of the now useless mattressing? It was
a happy solution of the straw problem.
The stable under the gargoyles of the
church was well-nigh filled.
Packs were, rolled before t breakfast
at 0 a. m. Let us dwell a moment upon
this momentous meal, significant be
cause, as it turned out, it was the last
meal prepared by the headquarters mess,
which was destined to discard its stoves
and greasy-pans and to be- dissolved,
like a sugar trust or a parliament.
Had the 'fact of this dissolution been
known to the hungry breakfasters, then
probably mouths long accustomed to
cursing the fare ot "Broadway
Charley" Moore; -the -mess sergeant,
would have lingered "fondly-and soN
pmnlr over the oatmeal and milk fevari -
orated), bread, molasses and coffee dish
ed out as a final offering. Bacon sand
wiches also were distributed to be taken
along for the lunch to be. 4
The Last "Fatigue Party"
If this last meal was a solemnity then
also the last "policing", or cleaning of
French billets was an unconscious cere
mony. No pains were spared to make
the lodging places spick and span. This
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was partly because of the reputation
earned or, at least claimed, oy tne
Seventy-ninth Division of having clean
ed so many French towns that It adopt
ed the name "Clean-up Division," but
mostly because every man -jack in the
outfit feared that untidy billets might
nnsslhly Incite the martinets of the
S. O. S. to held up the homeward sail
ing. .
Headquarters troop ana neaaquarters
detachment "fell in" on the drill ground
at 8:15 o'clock of a cool and cloudy
morning for the, five-kilometer hike
across the river to Nantes and the train,
I went with one of the baggageaetalls,
sitting witp the driver of the truck and
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Suddenly Phil grabbed him and
began to spsnk him vigorously
auest of Joyousness. They saw the
starting of the train through the tun
nel, the birth of Joyousness, the chase
of, Joyousness up the mountnlri.the
beautiful scenery, the drama ' of the
Snow'Maldenthe'wlld ride back down
the pass, and the, rich dinner at the end.
Phil, wno'jhad been standing 'on his head
when abig part' ou tills "was 'going on
was amazed to see all he had missed
through-his grouehiness.
v "Why, that's a lot better time than
I'd have had if I had had my own
way," he admitted. "Why did I listen
to 'Wantlt Myway?" v
"That's right, blame it on me!" re
torted Wantlt Myway, and with that he
threw Phil across his knee and gave him
a sound spanking. Phil took the spank
ing like a sensible child takes bitter
medicine, as if he knew it would do
him good. .
Now they all had another surprise)
for the picture showed that while they
thought they were pursuing Joyousness,
they were really only chasing her
shadow. Joyousness herself was right
on the train with them through the
whole trip, snuggling up close to Peggy
and Billy.
trying to look stern and noble in the
eyes of the populace, as the huge lorry
rumbled out of Rezc, waved at by chil
dren who ran, scrambled and fell and
Bhouted "gum," "good-bye" and-"cigarette"
all in one breath.
At a 'railroad crossing outside the vil
lage the driver suddenly brought the
truck to a -halt with a jerk.
',' !! '??!!" ho enunciated.
The gates were closed, and an Ameri
can resents delay In anything, especially
in his home-going.
"Hey, madame!" he shouted to the
gatekeeper. "Where's the train at
Paree?"
As a matter of fact the train was
much closer a( hand than Paris, being
only a few kilometers up the track.
In due time the cause of the traffic ob
stacle appeared: one of the "toy en
gines, pulling a string of tiny cars, its
whistle shrieking shril'. warnings to
distant gate -guards to lower the bars
against other camions of les Americans.
George Washington on Cursing
A man can't drive a truck through-
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a. r rencu wnu huu i ui w .--
heaven," observed the driver, steering
his charge over the now-liberated cross
ing. His despair- of ever, entering the
pearly gates soon became evident. In
the sinuous town or. l'ont itousseau,
bridgehead of v Nantes, his wrathfully
honking truck grazed two high-wheeled
straw wagons, three miniature 'delivery
wagons for boulangeries, boticheries and
the like, and one yellow trolley car, ap
parently a foreign cousin of the Mana
yunkcars; barely missed a bicyclist,
six pedestrians, two dogs, and a cart
propelled by- a woman and, a dog ; and
fjnally emerged triumphantly, if pro
fanely, from the queer tangle of traffic
on the bridge Into Nantes. It might be
noted, however that whatever chances
the driver may have had of entering
paradise before' his serpentine course
through Pont Rousseau seemed utterly
"Shattered "by the aforesaid course.
(innnra W h i n ton! when he was conr-
mander-in-chief of the young American
rmv. combated cusswords among' his
men and issued a, general order against
their use. "The GV';" order
' read "is sorry to be Informed that the
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cursing, and swearing, a vice heretofore
little known In an American army, is
growing Into fashion. He hopes the
officers will, by example as well as In-'
fluence, endeavor to check It, and that
both they and the men will reflect that
we can have little hope of the blessing
of heaven on our arms if we insult it
by our impiety and folly. Added to this,
it Is a vice so mean ana low, wunoui
any temptation, that every man of
sense and character detests and despises
It." When the counsel of tho lather
of His Country is disregarded l mod
ern-day world-politics, may we not par
don a truck driver? At any rate,
Washington never drove a truck through
a French town.
Aa AU'AB,erlen Trala
It was wearing along, toward noon
when the train that was to serve In the
last ralUrlp in France pulled Into the
Nantes tralnshed. The train was all-
American, from the tip "of the cow
catcher to the rear coupling apparatus
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"I'm always with those who try to
make tnemHives nappy," crled.Joyoui- i'yi
ness, laughing at their puzzled k looka. J
"JUots of folks who seek me but new
caicn me wouia, una me witn tBearlt .; .
all that comes to them, b It rain wnWtJ!
wc expect sunimne. or pore tenaer- 1 1
loin when'they hare their teeth set for
chicken."
Phil smiled shamefacedly at Joyous-
ness.
"I'd like to have you with me al
ways," he whispered.
"Then get rid of Wantlt Myway," she
answered. 4
Phil looked at Wantlt Myway .and
Wantlt Myway looked scared. Suddenly
Phil grabbed him and began to spank S
mm vigorously. f,
"ZmrlI" villw1 TC.nttf If.,..- ...1 '".
then he underwent a strange transfor-
minion nzawDeiore tneir eyes. ne i
roundness was spanked out of him, he y
crew slender and vrdpfiit anit Mi nl H?
face. became beautifully pleasant. In'
less time than It takes t,o tell, the egg- ,jt
.snapea ,awan, naa Dccome a handsome
boy-fairy. He jumped- nimbly from
Phil's knee and danced happily around,
v "I' am Pleasant Nature," he sang.
"An evil spell made me disagreeable
wantlt Myway, but now I am free, and
I shall strive to make Phil as happy as
Hopeful Smiles and Cheer-Up hare
made Peggy and, Billy."
. "Good!" cried Joyousness. "And I
promise you that when Pleasant Nature,
Hopeful Smiles and Cheer-Up call for
me. I shall come where'er you may be."
Blink! went the lights, and there
was Peggy alone back in her attic.
"My, I'm glad Frowning Phil spank Af,
ed Wantlt Myway Into Pleasant Na- f
tnre." she lftnrtied in hrAlf "Th '!
next time we go on a trip like that he
will have as much fun as Billy and me."
(In the next instalment Peggy re
turns to Birdland, where the meets
all her old frienit in a jolly adven
ture.) ot the, last, gray box car. Into thea
roomy cars thevoyagers scrambled,' all
of division headquarters and 31Gth In
fantry headquarters, band and first
battalion. There were twenty cars and.
about fifty men to a car, or 1000 men.
During the interval, between buying a
sort ot wame from a Spanish vender
and the departure of the train, I saw
Ralph Still, of Danville, Pa., mort'
lately of Phlladelnhia. who said that th
312th Field Artillery, his old outfit,
unu Baiicu yesiernay morning, tne nrst
Seventy-ninth Division unit-to hit the
western trail,, and thai ten boats were
waiting ior us at St. Nazaire. Ralph,
who wrote all the leading articles about
transit .for the V.vr.umn Int,r
T.wnM mwk 1 !..- . "i2rl
jjuucb wotn it was making city trans- 1,1
it a live issue in Philadelphia politics, At
had just put his knowledge of trans- N ft
portation to good use in an extended '
slghtseeinr Jour of France, including a
look at Germany, Luxemburg and Bel
gium, and, If I'm not mistaken, a peep
inio.4iaiy. u was now on' bis way
'""n the A. E. F. "University at
Beaune to rejoin his homeward-bound
outfit, the 274th Mlllinrv pni;. nxn.
pany, attached to the Seventy-ninth iW
.Division. . J$.
'Smell of the Salt" Oaee Mom
(The long train left the chimney pots '
ot Nantes with a roar that cairie from
about 160 carwheels and 1000 human
throats, and, bumping, halting and '
jerking its way down the Loire, brought
its occupants, at 2:44 p. m., Into their
first view of the sea for some ten '
months. I forget what it was. that the
immortal Ten Thousand Greeks shouted
wlun they first glimpsed the sea after
their big, drive against the Turks
something like "Thatassa! Thalaisa!"
or "Tallahassee! Tallahassee!" mean
ing "Tho sea! The sea!" Whatever Jt
was, here is-what a few'of these 1000
Americans' said upon once rhore he.
holding-the ocean in which. lv th.tr-
nath toward tim- ti.... -u. . i 'i
boys!"-; t
"Gee!"
"Ee-ya-a-a!"
"Yeah, .bo!"
Smell the salt?
Wheel"
xnere it lay Thn mn-.ith f ,.-. .3
Loire, snurlrllnir In Ik. ..ii.Li j 'K-J
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tween two horizon blue headlands, the- j
northerly tip. marked by the cranes In .
mo snipyaras ot Bt. Nazaire. Between 7
these two distant jaws of the mouth of
the Loire waa'a lighthouse, and .farther
out on the broad expanse of mui
sau, scarce discernible; beyond' that a.
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?iiuc, noming. isecause it was
nothing wo knew It was the ocean.
The reappearance of the ocean i.
curred while the locomotive was plug-Jf
ging away between TVinn. ..,? ir J
tolr de Bretagne, a big artillery center,
about' seven kilometers east of St.
rsaaalre. v1
"The next stop," shouted Joha
Purdy, jif 4038 Chancellor street, one
"' luo ",TU"nal observers, wth one
c on rd Kaupp, of Kensington, an
pu" tw, "is Jriahtown."
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Arrive at St. Naxalr
At 4 o'clock the trnln rMA
k. J.L. ... c. --" uj.
v uuvh ai . nauiip nM
view of the ocean'was blocked by ware-v
bouses and the mammoth. lit. .... ,ii.
of the transatUntie liner Paris, harf
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uation of looklnr at tl,. ..,..i.L
Ttrtthiif iaaL. l a. . , '
...,- .u mi waier.aid not laatft
Jong, for the troops were detrained ana '
marched five kllometera'to Camp No. ,
a process of embarkation far more m-,
vt ft f n m.cre,y '! l aboar"
harbor, the series of nmn. -t us.
Important American embarkation ceatr I
nrnfcvuicns pt uarap Meade, Th
by .duckboard Tvalks; tkjuwfde- omb
spaces.bart and sunlit thj lw
sandy; Bollthe'woodplf., the buaW
aIgBPts,-bulIeUn boardr rubbish bo.
"tl"" vi waitewasa, and an atmo
sphere of order "aad eleanllaeas, ,..
,V, "Lrvr "T uncouth froat,
ejl brought baek'mories,of tha Mary
141 eantonmeat, where the dirisiob was
born? , The embarkatinn .n,n.st..i.rT
WrMPhey wereaothiag rllkacthaV.
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