Pe “ w / ¥ re SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP TERS. Fames Adams, praduate of West Point, and European representative of Amerccan manu. faciwrers, ita Paris al the opening of the wa betroven France and Germany. narrowly escapes capiure by the German The atr ship nay. Adams vescued, and 1s ] Counts daughter, Avmee, with whom he fal in lope. The Germans advance and lake th Chateau Headguarters, Adams Arsmaoe against v Anacked down by the Karser, meent as a French sympathizer he ente (3) for Fearing trea ment of Hussars, under his friend Col. Lowen- 4 spy is coplur od and turns ont to be {dams. berg. Latour, a Parisian Arrangements are made away to the heme of her cousin. yf club friend or {immer lhe y be take Germa army moves west, leaving (rriesman in charge regiment! Report reaches him of the Chateau, while Adams and his wmbush a French column, thar Aimee has left, taking n ith her Latowr the spy. Griesman goes mn por susl to vhoet, creat an automobile and go to defend Aimee. CHAPTER IV 1 suddenly found myself riding among great comcourse of mounted ofi®ers left and te right, through the fields, th regiments were pushing ahead At inter wnls groups of officers left the road gtruck ont toward the northwest, J their troops And ‘ tiled down steady trot, Lowel explained to m the mover then wny The bul i (ime between of the Al (we streams sirection, and fifty miles, being milles apart Bet ing for perhaps thirty of Argonne, n nrea, consistin regular hill CSR inn ns we burg nt nnder ¥ i AT tr r Fmperor issued order advance of the left wir of the Chatean, and cm ting entirely henry cavalry, west the Argonne upon the "rench colnmn Te Lowenberg, with his magnificent hus cars, was assigned this Important duty In addition to his own command were thre regiments of culrassiers, ufantry, and two of lancers—in all about eight thousand men. These were mounted and were armed volver, and a sew magmaths on Y Ing sixteen shells high power, each Terilet econstracted that upon ee however, was panic and dispersal, rather than sauibiiation, as producing a8 more dis “trows affect upon the main French army An hour after mduight we reached the Aisne river which had been hours before Ly a pontoon shadow of high Argenue hil to push direct st, and fall For corpe in in IT was in He engages in an air skip reconnaissance for the French and is wrecked al the Chateau Lagu- wur sed by the defends | insult by Col. Grievman and 1s | Fa reg with orders {dams and a Sergeant Fleischmann yr iO and nally to a three of mounted well | with sabre, re. enrry- | siewl], bridged some the win} a “TROM Compiled by wWmRMackrill. wt when 1 beenme conscious of a rambling sound the south, 1 held hand to my ear, straining to hear and loter pret the Fleischmann heard it the same moment He gripped my sten,'” he sald, tit is the nom coming north,’ For some thoe we stood Keen suspense A breeze blew from the ith, rustling the tree tops sound came ngnln-—n low, as of heavy wheels on a +1 full n minute we heard it died away as the breeze fell to sound in 0 hard road plainly; then ee | Lowenberg “God, how let ns move down descended through the end of the said they creep Well, Wi reaching south the lines proach of the reported th way Later onme They had seen the cavalry, followed batteries twenty They were + | an hour It was n ferred with his stand there heside Fleischmann, with excitement I wondered what shonld do when the crisis arrived i armed wit revolver and bat 1 not wish to fight, for 1 was friendly to French Yet I knew that 1 could not withdraw tl they would strike at nd that | must strike back « | he clatter of bend In the road wvalry appeared ‘ i trag ngs flashing In thundered by, a nk, harrving f« lacked but two ho trocps the forest, wonds and awaited the pecting Gauls two hundred lanear French -—a by Infantry thousand covering formed uns road re np yrds " e the n division and more six men loss about Loweuber and 1 co wait COrs, trying ¥ id 1! sabre wore esting south ’ git > a ttened then tor wd] them nto ay shrieking My reared and wa bddat, g£ humanity down resis CRIne in thelr | great hoofs crashing the skulls of two who My very soul | on | straight through the | were struggling to thelr feet sickened at the borrid smash On we went, seething mass of men, and wheeling sharply tin the field herond the road came back in another ond ree Suddenly Lowenberg's horse waversd, and went down with a bullet in | his brain Fiolschmann was at the left fighting like a demon, Ms long heavy sabe {playing havoe In the huddled groups of de noralized Freoch But as the Colone! sank hin Fletsetmann closed ized him Ly the ragged him of iron stombled, “tend in > - ’ Ca OTES AND OBSERYAHONSE faint, my nti nrm., French cans attitudes of Hghtly | The well-defined roll, | For | It “They are not less than tive miles away,’ ma worked After advancing a couple of miles Heouts n- skirmishiors, af field or wiles con- | mt quivering 1 was now an, i I tarasd to the gonally to the Pmperor, recelving his con« gratulations, then retired to our tents for food and rest. But the surroundings were so novel and of such interest that 1 hunted up Fleischmann, the modest center of an enthusiastic group of admirers, and him made a tour of the camp. It and horses and apparatus of war for two hours, taking in the several camps golog to make up the greater We rode At and discipline ln the highest degree of pers fection stant touch with his troops, It mattered to nmmunition, rations, health, spirit, of any given number of his men: the answer, exncet and acearate, was before him in an incredibly short of time The tele- phone was relied for communication, and wires were always up and working where needed The field hospitals, admir- equipped, were close hehind The en | gineers worked almost without seeming to discern the need in advance, The comuissarint, Your German caring wore nbout quantity quality, Nothing irritates lin se much | hunger and thirst; on which circumstance he furnishes the most unpleasing contrast to the French soldier, who Is always pats lent and commonly cheerfual under such priv utlons But here no wan could complain lof a shortage of food or drink, nor of {of variety The countless wagons, load with supplies fo wen and aunhwals, In pressed mie cousts ruth, 1 1 fl Ariny proof Opposed to tl nck of spoken that eve space on {ably too, BETTS soldier is enter, than us 4 houg HOves the Fre Laiton ub ty rieomit food ind preparation cipline of which ing in the Cl fatal she (RETA E | cteristic y Wi for COMMON rye would he Perhaps th known cock Ire no wn German A any appreher of fullare Ww W vhe wire ure nd gav bat was on Verdun US arr w roa Lite olfle corps od from A seounting expeditic were re and heavy) mission “Permission the devil I ask permission of no man I started for the corrsl, to get my horse I was so Bllssd with rage, that I nearly ran te & huge sateomohile standing in the read Instantly 1 Seow whet! to do ehnuffenrprivate i= the Vinton machine, 1 see : agent for its sale. Lot n yw It ry The private sainted and stepped out eaped to wheal seat Fleischman I said Lot * see he in me OY wi a perio utoanetile . eyed Spe t ! {i ADS dark ness of n feel the den i Ales nd heartily wished myself back at the chatenn looking into her Beautiful even and listening to the music of her voles I knew that at daylight she would be on her way her cousine at Bethel, and by the time we reached the top of the ridge my Inter eat in the approaching fight drove all other thoughts from my mind Following the usunl methods, every eaution was taken to avold unnecessary nels, and lancer scouts were sent south Talking was permitted ouly In whispers Even the horses seemed to understam Importance of silence, and forbore w hinny ng and stamping The bill sloped sharply away in frokt and Lewenberg and I, standing In advance of the line, had an unobstructed view below us the serpentine Alsne wound its Way north, showing here and there In the moonlight like a sliver ribbon. How peace ful was the scene, how almost holy i through thought of : I toy Iet loose In that quiet valley As we sisod talking, someone stepped up hoside us and laid a hand on my shoulder I turned and looked up ito the face of a glant. It was Fleischmann sald that the Bmperor had ordered him for um, lo serve an a Wak a powerfol man, with massive chest and shoulders. Hix foot six he stood: and I doubt mat he conld have ploked us np, pavhang In one hand and me In the other, snd heaved us over his head. Yer, heavily muscled as he wos, of action. No one In the barmeks could wand aieinat Bw in 0 wrestling bout, | was glad to have him near Hardly bad 1 greeted the big sergeant, He nt | goad, He however, | pres | the | Far! er, | ere a few hours could pass, hell would be | he wan quick | ANCE FH OVE of the burden fairly moment inter and Fel : { ground, had Ix hnge riders ting and sinshing Our division pow separated and drove the frightened Infantrymen north and south | They liad no chanee to form ner sven In lond, They threw down their guns and fled A moh, a rable, every men for Bissell [ The attack then degenerated Inte merely in pues The envairy at the head of the colin and the artillery at the rear bees ine | inextricably Involved with the feeling In. | fantrymen, awd after a feeble attempt to {stand Joined In the Blight fo the river. whieh was wide sal slinilow. We pursued them for sev oral miles In the direction of | Chalets, net curing to overtake them, of hough our men 4 pop hem une mereibully with the new quintaple butte Their loss of fe wan not Beary: but the ground was strewn with wounded, and with guns, Knapsacks, bette and squip- ment of every description. Mach an utter | demoralization | comid not have Imagined | Our sncoess was complete A detall of two regiments was 10fY 16 care | far the dead and wounded (of whom we had | but few) and to gther op and to bring to {camp the abandoned sauipment It was { ight o'clock when we started north to join ithe army. The sun was just peeping over ithe Argonne Wiis, and ae the first my stroek [the helmets of onr eairassiors | thought of eles 4 \ hin rm A saddle the of » @ more cot to the bark in left imvded pen and was right “ re and "Latour. 1 cond Inmgine him standing there [in the woods of the chatean, his road hark agninet 8 tree, a frieg squad in front of | Wim, ! mw he og ie their dead) am, -mw m in m Hach Is war! yp Jot We reached camp at noon, reported per ALL the biroug moved the hrak opened i t the lever hh off with r the primary fosd, an wk slowly The big oa soft chug! Back eh nd another the smeoth the secondary feed speed teh and drew the open The car leaped for ward Hike an arrow from the how I st tied firmly In the seal, took the wheel In both hands, and braced myself for the ro fo the cohatean, twenty-five miles away Every minute was to me an hous Ales frst, T sid: and after Ales, Gelesman and woe upon Mm if he has ujured one hair of her precious head {To be continued) " Another » slid away dow Kirked open on the wide CA eve 1 aw road | threw throttle we w! SOME AFTERTHOUGHTS. A fn In Mrookiyn (IN. YY.) committed wee lofnume she was expelled from schonl. The sverage boy would simply have whooped with joy A London physiclan is sald to Bave dis covered that wood can he made nto a por ishing diet. We're ahead of Him © -~ American breakfast food man ufhetarers were wise to this long age When Chill Is thinking about having » fight with Uncle Sam. she would do well te remember that his appetite is already good snd he Is not In the mond ta take mur chill more It is gratifying to Noekpetler thos ge poor woman with whom he ones had bas! ness deslings. It Is peesy however that Mr. IL saved a few stivks fire nest winter learn that John D f load of wood to with | WHS An enormous aggregation of men, | lesser | every step 1 found evidences of organization | This was no haphazard invasion, | Through his staff, the Emperor was in con- | not at what hour an Inguiry might arise as | orders, | wits above critie- | an enormous | : : | clothe Bis own |scorrs 4 | | T WHITE Educated Indian Says They Are Like | the Red Man, As They Paint and Wear Feathers. Johnny Mine, a Kickapoo linguist {and philosopher, whose real name is Mab-mequa-che-mah-ch e.mah.n e t, and who can speak ten different lan. guages, was in Washington recently tin the interest the Mexican branch of his tribe He is said to be | most accomplished Indian linguist in the world, and withal Is a well ed- ucated man He has some rather un complimentary opinions about the | white man's governmental but he thinks the white man's wife is a person entirely above criticism “Not much difference between the white squaw and the red man,” ex plained Johnny. “They both paint, white squaw with white paint, red brave with red paint. They both have | to they're dressed up; Indian he wears eagle feathers white squaw wears any kind of feath- ers she can get White squaw’'s not much different from the Indian.” of wear feathers when NEEDED NO Ji Kline PROTECTOR. i and her celebrated song of “Throw Him Down McClos key" established a character of aggres which been followed by persons, Miss Margaret Jordan yoklvyn, and by the way a niece the masculine “Maggie.” Aunt's teachings when untered Joseph Sowalsky, a middle aged Sicilian who became famil far in sireet car a few weeks ago The blood of the family asserted it self and she smote the “masher sound rap on the jaw. He was left 1 VEN oRs has Fire she en LOO i a in id A _ - ™ TR TE & eet Sow Eh BEL A favora! pon the brave adopts i by that she was masher the way USES FOR BAGS, Paen’t throw away salt and flour bugs when you have used or emptied from them the contents Wash them out and tuck them in the drawer you | and and Y ie needed for dan) househola tasks For dust 1 | and r soft rnd elotim ¢ . lly ho vide tron cloths rE : hav where are they ght and & needed “ ork, and mine a thie the fant nd rags per ¢ the whe know tthe things make i hots the INCREASE IN FALSE HAIR Where It Comes From and Mow It Is Handled Great Care Required. London is the of nto the point of distribution for most the false hair which finds its way market Within the last five years, it is stated, the wearing of false hair in one or other of the many artistic and clever forms In which It is now offered has advanced by leaps and bounds. A conversation with one of the leading artificers in the | methods, | this line elicited many interesting facts He scorns hair from Chinese man or | woman, deeming it fit only for the! cheapest and most common of fringes | transformations, ets The markets he and other good manufacturers of art ficial hair frequent are mainly in Ger. | many, Austria, France and Italy. The idea that girls selling thelr hair de prive themselves of all thelr tresses At once is, it seems, erroneous. A girl bles with long silky halr, and wishing to make money out of It. goes to the hair merchant and tells him ex. actly how much of it she will part with, or she divides the hair horsey, and offers it to him, tobe cutoff. Sad to relate, the hair merchants, as & clase, have the reputation of sharp, if not actually dishonest dealings, and they are so lacking In principle and sympathy that they invariably lip SQUAWS. | { ! i i i i i i PALISADE PATTERNS. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SHIRT WAIST MODELS, are nlway for win themselves pracuce) ketched one of the PALISADE PATTERN CO, 7 Battery 1 ce Nt er ‘ ‘ follbwed | ber 6462, PRICE 10 CENTS. Nu off more than their allowance, the girl having to submit. It is only from convents that the entire hair of woman's head can be had, and the of the hair cut off a nun's head, hen she talks the vell, Is a O10 In neues Hair bought from the ordinary ms hant of the ° i bed Is 1 5 THIRTEENTH STREET LEAD PENCIL CO. 330 W. 13th Street, New York. aie FREE Oh, Boys! Oh, Boys! 5 valuabi« SOMm« ony ewly ins a i of we 14 weight ) al Fars LAAT IY. m~ fae Jimew oo” ' ne ™ aa 4 nor ¢ fe ¢ i w ¢ a NOSE AT TITLES TURNS UP American Maid Disappoints Impecu. PENDENT PARENT nious English Lords. -They had Uy obtaine Awaited Miss Rhea Reed's Coming Eagerly. Rs on ) vi Over i i wances obtained through us the year last past. We ol results, Candid and reliable advice as to title to pension given upon brief statement of facts. 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