— - i pe MN was a glorious fall evening In Par- 1s. We were seated in the club, on the Boulevard Germain, discussing the stirring events of the day. There had been rumors and reports of disagi ments between France and Germany. No man could say what would hap- pen next, Both nations were on the qui vive, armed, mobilizing, ready to fight at the drop of the hat, Brangere, the sculptor, drew up a small table and we prepared for a game of the fascinating American pok- or, which had just become all the rage in France. We had just dealt the cards, Brangere, with Ouyrard, the banker, Mongerval, former French am- bassador to St. Petersburg, and myself, made up the party. Suddenly Latour, the correspondent of La Vie, burst in upon us. His eyes were sparkling. Latour's eyes always contained a message of some kind. “Have you heard the latest?’ he in- quired. “No. What has happened?” Fa “War is declared! . We jumped to our feet in astonish- ment. “Mutual Insults have passe Germans have burned the French bassador in effigy. The French retall- ate by hanging a dummy Kalser, The streets are full of mobs, all of one mind Germany must back down. In Ber. lin the people are swarming the streets, demanding that Germany stand upon her dignity. Seo there you have {t.” “And 1 % he ams- what from the War Office? erval. rer our table and falr- vords: "The Germans alre They are Swarr oh, the greed of the commanders ar population, & been trained to obey orde ins had che re And heir season well of the Ger- when they 5 shall Img » PF a winter campaign. 1 | coms= ing from the cold regions of the north, will march toward a temperate cli- mate, and the advantage will be alto- gether ours” Latour left us on his chase for news. Our party was broken up. The im- pending crisis was too much for us all > “f shall go to the front and gather material for a wonderful group—ihe dying Generalissimo,” sald Brangere, throwing back his broad shoulders, “rne French will win’ sald Ouv- rard, smiling, "and I shall loan them funds-—ag much as they may need— without charge, for the sake af m beloved France™ And here he lled, for I knew that he would demand in- terest to the last sou. “Adieu” sald Mongerval “I mo te anaSirriant 1 shai] uree meditation, end I, myself, shall an smbasss to terms.” He withdrew commotion, ~ and heads in fans, who were In a wild citement cheered the Culrassiers!” while return shouted The civil state of ex- troops, “Vive les the dragoons In Fay 01 “A Berlin!” and “Vive a France At a corner I bourg, struggling He greeted me my way to the ‘My regiment met Captain Mau- through the crowd. seriously. “l-ffm on War Office,” he sald. is being mobilized, and I am called for conference, Come with me. You Americans are always ingenious, You may be o istance.” It was a memorable meeting-one that I shall never forget, Grave Sen- ators, uniformed Generals, and the President, with his Ministers, discussed the many questions before them until well nigh morning. For a time | wait« ed In an ante-room. Finally I was summoned, Captain Maubourg an- nounced me as “Monsieur Adams, of the United States, a graduate of West Point, the greatest military school of the world,” and intimated that I*Fmight have suggestions of value. I had spent my time, while waiting, in the study of a large war map of France and Germany. I had understood that the German forces were approaching from points south of the Vosges Moun. taing, with a view, perhaps, to cutting off a portion of stern France and ultimately mak! man territory, French troops were ng hurried to the frontier, assembling at Laneville, *haumont, nd at Belfort. It ap- k the Invasion wcessary to che “the Ger- 7 was similar the south, the Now is it likely ond time adopt | evidence have you in attack is to the sout} once. “If I mistake not,” I sald, 1 om NOTES AN ts of our bord« ident. “We | attack is the German tion” “They may be right” 1 it not be on to the north? for 3 ‘ t i I well to se What » But wou 8 going 1 nt first “It is not ere, famous y Heaven, M impossible onnoitre | that direct it Is several hundred miles to the Belgian frontier™ | “Let me suggest, then, with your permission, that this lead be followed at once,” I replied. "Can you not im- | press all the automobile in Paris, and hurry the greatest pos & num- ber of veterans to the northeast irene tier: a war ballon might be sent ime mediately to reconn« I should be glad to offer my services in this con- nection.” Very bold talk for an American In the presence of generals grown gray in military service. 1 had only passed through West Point. Because of a artial eolor-blindness 1 had never een admitted to the service; yet had studied war for several yea and ad learned that it is never trust to mere reports of agents. For an hour more the pian was Bis cussed, and finally adopted. And th strategist, President, it must red However, i IR “But, | § fa not n fre hall a plain American of a Soom a part of which I had then no conception, It is dangersus In Francs, or In Germany either, for that matter, to be secretive. Suspicions are sure to be aroused if your business is not well known and openly stated. Therefore it was well that I was allled with large American manufacturing firms, with offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris and Calais, an France 1 was Steal to be French in sympathy an xen, . Im Germany I became a Teuton . In addition to this ready adaptability, 1 was personal ace auainted with the French and rman rulers, had excellent German oonnec- tions, and was well known in Belgium, Holland and Italy. And inasmuch as almost unwittingly, I became involv in a series of the most stirring Incl. dents-~the war balloon reconnoissance, my marvellous escape, the terrific biting at Monte Pelier, the spectacle of the greatest naval battie In history, and personal encounters in defense of the sweetest woman in the world all these will live in memory to She end of my days When the French Oovernment He- cides that it wanis anything belcnging to its citizens, there is no red po to be unwound From the moment that the plan was adopted, orders flew thick + 4 fast, by tatograph * tele phone, by word of mouth, Within ten hours upwards of five thousand auto- mobiles were assembled on the out. skirts of Paris The response of it often became necessary for me to citizens and of automobile companies © 0) sormy shoulder, “Look,” he sald, quieuy, pointing below us. He had been sweep ing the country with his fleld glasses, and his eyes, trained to keen obsers vation, had discerned what we were all looking for. I turned my glasses in the same direction. There was the vindication of my theory, Far below us, stretched the fields and woods of the German Province of Lorraine, with here and there a town resembling clusters of red and white flower Through this falr country the highways, like white ri! what was that silent, sin Illke movement on every tending for miles? Troops and of soldiers, helmets and gun-<ba glittering and flashing in the sun, As far as the ey ntervals between ern] Martini tur rument and cl Knew tha ts in the Eiffel Tower Station, } German rush across the southeastern frontier wa but a blind; that the main movement was to the north: and that Paris wa in danger of isolation from Calais and from her ally, England. For my own part 1 felt a ultation In the face of war, I had advanced an o wit Sut of had urged great ex- masters of inion with- ' a geq t LI } wind won out d France he 4 Modern Ah Sin. My story relates to another Ah Bin: Not Bret Harte's, but my own, my own kith and kin, It was only a few short weeks agone An that city you so well know, Which the Bride and the Groom se oft . frequent Where the south winds gently blow, "Tis a city of flowers, A city where laws are made By stlutesmen great, by statesmen small, Of every degree and grade, shade and a city of Fer whero bic And the task before me I hate, As there's much that's true and more that's sud the story 1 now relate, there is good, there is also In By invite I came on a Saturday night For a friendly game of cards, Nor 1 since have thought it was just] the thing, | professing the kindest re- gards, While A By f(r as AB C, nds, whom each to ma boast, fhey'd wipe up the table with me, this mpi I tho other 1 On evening In dropped in the Major, whose prize, question I simply On 1 friendship To be tr ipped Into an unknown game, |! gal r of aught but a friendly OKe, of the war to swap lies. And was the good friend, Bu fm 4d Innocent mate: | And these two suggested a nlee, quiet game, Inter to take. ding my Doctor, iest ar ducats a curious game to iG, an innocent { surprises honest ha fled uff is called down by unfalr, nd is so frequently a pair, are dealt out, only one at a you're not “suited” you tf oe While 2 “flu . mod “To be | s not always the most t sign, 211" is far better than all And should there be dealt you a real “royal flush,” 6 is the luck yo® have met; Still wor { a surprise, and of feat at the hands of her old enemy. We now realized that we were dis- covered b¥ the Germans. white smoke appeared below presently the shriek of small was heard around the balloon? This was uncomfortable; yet there was no way to avold It, save by going higher, Ba jase wns heaved aS wo Rise “uf oid bare us, and | shells As he Jars of our electric battery. Another cut a rope at ane end of the basket, and we lurched uncomfortably. We threw over more ballast, rising steadily. Suddenly there was »& screech; & three-inch shell hurled toward us gave a shout of dismay. “They have hit the bag” he cried “We are falling.” It was true ooking up I saw a rent In the silk, and heard the hiss of escaping gas. The balloon swayed, like a wounded bird, Slowly ii sank. Objects on the earth came into plainer view. Below was a great plain, and | could distinctly see the fleld batteries popping away at us ineffectually, un« able to keep the range us we sellled through the thin alr “What will they do to us?" 1 asked my companions General Martin shrugged his shoul- ders. “Oh, they will shoot us at sun- rise tomorrow,” he replied. “It is no matter, We inve saved the d France will not be surprised. Already additional troops are pushing north” My elation was over, I loved | very dearly..And now to dle miserably, to fe shot In a German fleld, without even an opportuniiy to Jet the folks at ’ WE DISCOVERED THE GERMANS TO BE FIRING ON US Pufts of | To change my bad luck, Jack Pot I me know what had become of me utter Gagust I sat down In the ear, for it was now lurching violently as approached the earth. Bullets whist around us, several striking the basket work Well, 1 would die like a ma: would show my companions, and also our hospitable German friends below, that an American can meet his fate with a shrug as light as that of a Frenchman, at least — THE TROOPS WERE HURRIEDLY MOVED TO THE BORDER. change my colors and afillations seve eral a in as many weeks, my ao~ quaintance stgod me in good turn. Aside from my personal inte it was no light matter—this ac tive demonstration of forces on the part of Germany. The disagreement which had grown out of the Algeciras controversy was only one of a series of causes of war. The many slight misunderstandings between the two nations, complicated by European. dip+ lomatio twistings and turnings, had fanned the flames, already arising from Germany's openly announced dream ot world-wide Fe emony. Added to this, the propagandist publications of the Pan<Germanic League; the annexation of Austria, German expansion in Asla- Minor, the ruin of English sea-power, and the political and economic dome ination of Europe, permitting the flooding of the world by German prod- uets through the four ports of Ham- burg, Antwerp, Saloniea and Triests, had stirred to resentment the material interests of France and even of En- gland. Although France desired no such convulsion as was sure to produced by war, she was not content to lie supinely and see her opportuni. ties wrested from her people by Gers man hands. What wonder, then, that all France rose in one patriotic ory: “TO ARMS! TO ARMS!" T left the club and made my way through the crowded streets to the Avenue 1'Opera. Reaching the Grand Hotel, my ears were assailed by a clamor, which rose and fell and burst lke a storm. Bands of civilians, thou« sands In each, composed of laborers and artisans, were marching bolster. ously up and down the Streets, cheers Ing and singing the Marselillaise,” with flags and banners flying of ever color and description. Presently heard the trampling of horses comin down the street, mingled with the lou cheering of the popula t was a troop of Culrassiers, and In another minute I was in the midst of a seeth- ing crowd and could peroeive nothing around me but a sea hands, hats was immediate. It was a national mat. ter, and back of the Government stood every man, woman and child of the Re- public. Before twenty-four hours had ela every road leading north, east and west out of Paris was swarming with the puffing machines, each bear- ten veterans, pes ower of the Army re- served in and ut Paris. In addi tion the railroads were cleared, and a dozen special trains, loaded with mu- pitions of war, were speeded to tne ront, But ahead of them all, through the night, went four huge touring auto- mobiles, rushing over the matchless French roads, their horns echoing mo. norously without intermission. In the first car sat M. Rechere, a noted bale loonist, two expert assistants, and my« self. In the next the renowned Sal vatore Martini, of the General Btaff, his aides, and a wireless telegrapher; and, In the ollowing, the apparatus of a light but strong fleld war-balloon On and on we swept, through towns and villages, without pause, he dark paled Into dawn: the sun rose and dissipated thy mists; noon came, and finally darkness again. There was no stop. We had but one object. Our ra- tions were dry biscults and eanteen wine, And as we sped northward, the conviction erew that we were on the right track. At dawn of the second day we reached Camplitte, near the Belgian frontier-the point agreed upon as a bage of reconnolssance. In an open field we set up the gas generators, and soon there rose above our heads the vast bulk of our alr-ship, Ia Jaune. By noon the gas bag was full Martin! and T steped Into the ear, accom- panjed by the balloonist, Rechere. The cable wan east off, and we rapidly ase oconded, wireless telegraph, mounts ed on a shelf inside the basket would enable us to communicate direct with the Eiffel Tower station. We had reached a helght of era two miles, proceeding moan wh . habe Nero of Sedan, laid his band on my IN JUVENILE COURTS, New Methods of Dealing ‘With the Early Misdemeanors of Children. In the March number of the Buneset Magazine appears, an I[unteresting ac count of the work of saving boys from crime and prison Influences A similar work is going on In many cities of the country. The Ban Francisco juvens ile court was instituted in May, 1903, under the legisiative act of that year, through the untiring efforts of the California Club, the Associated Char. ities, the Merchant's Association and other Ia «hearted organisations and individuals. The original law of 1903 iaid the foundation for the legal mach inery, which the revised statute of 1908 rfected and put Into operation, This aw provided, among other things, for an advisory committee, which ap+ points probation officers, secures funds and establishes the proper connecting link between the judge and probation officers and the general public, Since the establishment of this court over 2,100 separate delinquency cases and several hundred dependents have been handled under the fatherly care of Judge Murasky. His eyes, ears and hands are the probation officers and volunteer workers. One officer looks after the school records of the court's wards; another sees to thelr workin sido—is the oMeial “Job chaser”: still another is the directory and “dictions ary“~he knows every boy--his doings and undoings for years past, Concerning the Ban Francisco work, Arthur J. Todd, the present chief pro- bation ofMcer, says: “Mere numbers of cases are barren, and give no hint of sensational captures, tollsome investi. gation, patient probation, successful re- formation or oconsional fallure. Neither do they suggest the hearty cooperation or of the rapid development of the gen eral public's Interest. Already the Jue venile court has proven that it pays to study a child rather than brand him] to seo him as a growing thing respond. Ing to his environment rather than eriminal born, fixed and destined to wreck. Already, even, are men looking toward the employment of its methods in dealing with adult offenders.” — Of the Buez Canal miles of the ninety-nige ol through land. to bo cut "5 | most beautiful birds in the world and i My name In spite of a “fusion,” Not a player res; is Whey you open the pot; Not a sound greets your offers to bet y sSugEest, ut no brighter nor better my lot; became Dennis, and 1 had bloomed forth A Jack Ass, instead of Jack Pot. I quickly on, As 1 havvied thelr tricks and their wiles, When they dealt from the bottom, and rang in cold decks, Each doa adding wealth to their plies. But to all tient walters the good Lord hath sald Every good they shall reap all their days; 80 I bided my time for a final Jack Pot And ihn - boldly “su every raise, When Two the betting was over, snd all hands lajd down, flushes, two fulls and four ings, I spread out “Four Aces™ then blandly smiled As 1 gathered the several piles in, and For two ances 1 had, and two more 1 sleeve), 1liKe eur old friend, Ah Bin; And I murmured that song of the old “Ivy Green™ “I gather yen, “3 gather ( - in, them in” ——— tl —— American oysters In the shell are shipped as far away as Shanghal, The Mongolian pheasant is one of the one of the hardest 10 shoot. Most song birds are of more sombre hue while those of bright plumage, like the jays, parrots, and birds of Pamdise have harsh wvolces. Michael Beudin, the “Giant Drayman of Paris” is dead. 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