THE PULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
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A LOYAL LOVE.
By EDNA LEE WATSON.
n This Department Our Readers In Fulton County and Elsowhero May Journey
Around the World With the Oamera on the Trail
of History IVlaklns Happenings.
GERMANS INTERNED IN THE UNITED STATES ARE WELL TREATED
With the capture of the first United States soldier by the Germans our
government began to arrange through neutral nation for their decent treat
nient nnd that of future prisoners of war. At onoe steps were tuken to let
Germany know how well those of her subjects who nre Interned In this
country nre treated. The accompanying llluHtratlon goes to prove that nllen
enemies under reHtralnt In America have no reason to complain. It shows
Interned Germans nt the Immigration itntlon nt Gloucester, N. J., the receiving
station for immigrants for Philadelphia. They undergo no privations what
ever, nnd . amusements are provided for them, an well as Rood food nnd
lodging. Tho men lire seen playing ten pins. At the left Is the one who Is
charged with the enre of the poultry raised for their table.
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Rorlf Hicy miss the strenuous exercise of the warship there ure horses, punching bags, rowing machines and other
rwuus to keep them In trim till their lenves are up.
Moving wounded Italians in mountains
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QUEEN MARIE OF ROUMANIA
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nt The wounded Italian soldier Is being removed from a nioun
wsltion to the dressing station below by means of a cable railway.
Queen Marie of Roumanla, noted for
her beauty and Idolized by her people,
photographed In Paris with her young
est child, Princess Ellana. Even In
the stress of wnr relief work the queen
makes the long Journey from Rou
manla to Paris to ree her children,
who are staying In the French capital
nntll their home is once more wrested
from German hands.
WHERE WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIERS WILL BE CARED FOR
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New bullillngs being erected at the Walter Reed Memorial hospital near Washington, I C. for the reception
of soldiers wounded, on the field in France. Twenty-five, buildings have been erected recently. They ore one Btorj
high nnd are constructed of wood, having screened porches running around them. A feature of the hospital will b
the building for reconstruction units. In this department soldiers who have lost their arms, legs or possibly thel
eyesight will be given instruction under trained men In various occupations that they moy be enabled to make i
living.
SOUTHERN PINE MILLS ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT
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The Southern pine mi:is are developing Into one of the most Important factors In the war. Their output Is belci
tripled, nnd they are working day and night turning out lumber for the construction of the government's emergenci
fleet. The photograph gives n night view of one of the large mills somewhere In M'ffcutli. '
"POWER EGG" OF ZEPPELIN
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This Is one of the "power eggs" of
the great new type Zeppelin that was
brought down In France almost lntnct
recently. These gondolas, strutted out
from the sides of the airship, carried
the air screws, nnd In each was a
mechanic us welt as the engine.
Eighty Years on an Island.
The houses, with their Moorish
styled Venetlnn blinds over heavy bnl
conles, were nn echo of old Portugal.
Don Cesar escorted us to the house
of James Muckay, British vice consul,
whose kindly help to various needy na
tionals has caused him to be known
throughout the Azores as "the Consul
of Europe;" to which should be add
ed, "and the United States," says
Charles W. Furlong, writing of his
visit to the Island of Florcs of the
Azores group. He appeared In a
frock coat and top hat the only one
I saw In Flores. During his fourscore
years and over he left the Island but
once by accident. American wliulers
nnd long voyage vessels from Good
Hope and Cnpe Horn lay off here
when short of provisions. During a
visit aboard ono of these a northwest
gale suddenly sprang up, making his
return Impossible, and In ten dnys he
found himself In England, but In three
more he took the first vessel back, and
here he has been ever since.
Early Morning Sprinters.
''There Is keen rivalry out our way."
"Tell me the particulars."
"Two suburbanites ore trying to set
tle the speed championship. Their
homes nre the same distance from the
rullroad station."
"Yes."
"One claims he covers the distance
In three minutes and four-fifths. His
swiftest competitor says It can't be
done under four minutes flat" .
WASHING SHOES OF FRANCE'S SOLDIERS
This young French woman Is engaged in one of the lowly but necessarjj
occupations connected with warfare. She If washing the mud from the shoes'
of the soldiers who nre defending her country from, the German hordes. Thli
task keeps many liu ' Irods of girls busy nil the time.
COUNT MINOTTO AND HIS AMERICAN WIFE
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Count James Mlnotto, who less than t years ago married Miss Ida Ma)
Swift, daughter of Louis Swift, the millionaire Chicago packer, has beeq
arrested by federal agents, being suspected of pro-German activities. Tht
count claims to be n Itallnn . cit'',tLJniLin'
(Conrrliht, 1117. Woitrrn Nwppr Unlon
"They nre yours, 1 belleveT"
"They nre mine."
. The man spoke with steely cold pN
clslon. There was a sneer In his ton-
a menace In his evil eyes. She m
his fierce glance with unwverin
tnien, with a dlflldence and content
(hat stnng him to the quick and sh
the bride of a month 1
"I congratulate you on your vower
bf deceit," he almost hissed.
Adrlenne Mercer raised hevsell! tl
per full height. Unflinchingly she conj
Kinted him, chilling scorn In her beau)
ul face.
"If you have discovered what yo
(night have known, what the worU
could have told you long ago, that I
loved the mnn who gave me these
flea before I met you, It Is no revel
tlon of deceit. I know not what bal
ful power you held over my poor fi
ther, dead but a week, that he drovi
me to wed you, because you forced hi
to do so. I never feigned to even
Bpect you. I do so less than ever, no'
that you have dared to profane thest
(acred relics by striving to humlllati
pie with their abstraction."
" A model wife, truly 1" grated Judgl
Rolfe Mercer harshly. '
: "I am not that to you; I never wll
be," she returned clearly. "You tool
me from my happiness to cater to you
prlilo or vanity, I know not what
have never hidden from you that I wa
an unwilling sacrifice." '
lie could have struck that fair fact
In his mad rage. lie could hnve killed
Vance Orton, had he stood before him
All Impotent, In her case, was the re
ststless force that had crushed poll!
leal foes, that humbled his friends am
destroyed those who blocked his patn
"Have n enre!" he uttered througj
his si't teeth. "I shnll remember thl
fond lover of yours!"
Vile never was that. No word savl
of friendship ever passed between nt
yet I glory In saying that he had m:
whole heart, and never knew. W
two shall never meet again, but al
you may say or do will hot banish I
memory that Is tho one solace of m;
wretchedness."
She replaced the pretty fan, a llttli
cluster of shriveled roses, a photo
graph, some Invitation notes, the deal
record of the one bright passage In he
girlhood life, In her writing desk
whence the probing hand of her bus
band had unenrthed them.
He came home a day later, flushei
with drink and triumph.
"When you rend the evening paper,'
he pronounced In even, but malice
freighted tones, "and recognize thi
sudden dnwnfnll of your Idol and soli
pnttern of perfect manhood, Vance Oi
ton, you will perhaps comprehend tha
I hnve not boasted vainly of my pow
tr."
Adrlenne rend the account of tho de
scent on a gambling house while Iti
Inmntes were engaged In a riotous fro
rns. There was the nnmo of the mai
Sho loved. The Judge before whor
he nnd others had been brought ha
sentenced three of them. Including Or
ton, to six months In the city brldo
well. ;
Adrlenne then comprehended thi
full, despicable meanness of the ma:
Bhe had wedded. Itefore the wer
was out she had summnrlly left hlrr
She had means of her own nnd sougl
a distant seclusion. .Then begnn th
downward 'descent of Rolfe Mercen
mercennry Judge nnd crooked polltll
rlnn. He was ousted from his Judk
rial position for accepting a brlba
Lower and lower he sank, fortune nn
Influence gone, until he became a conk
hion drunkard and vagabond.
Vance Orton, after his unjust senj
fence, left the city nnd began a nevl
life In a border town In Utah. He wnl
ji natural leader among men, nnd bej
came Mich In the community. He wai
Mayor, Judge, and friend of everybody
nnd Idolized by the rough miners o
the district for his fairness."
One day a ragged, bloated, terrific
wretch was brought beforo him, proi
tcctod from the vengeance of half i
tlozen hnlfbreeds who sought to get aj
liim as he was brought Into the court)
room. At once Orton recognized hlmj
Ono of the Indlnns was shouting oui
the cause of tho arrest. Rolfe Mercej
hnd become a common thief nnd tramp,
had visited the hut where his mothej
lived, hnd nearly choked her to death,
forcing from her the few coins sh
possessed. The prisoner cowered Ilk
tho craven he was, as he recognize
tho man who hnd the power to retal
nte In full for past Injustice.
Suddenly, however, the son of tht
tndlan woman leaped forward, a nakei
blade In his hand. Before the officer
could prevent him he hnd plunged th
knife Into the side of Mercer, bnj
leaped through an open window am)
was gone.
"Care for the man In every way yod.
ran," ordered Orton. "His wife was i
friend of my friends In the long ago.j
Hut Mercer was beyond the power, oj
human aid. I
It was when he wns dead that an oft
fleer brought to Orton some papers
round In his clothing. Ono of thesl
wns of peculiar Interest to Orton. Foi
tho first time he knew that husband.
nd wife had been parted for years)
The document found wns a letter ad
dressed to a lawyer In a distant city
it told him that the writer, Mercer,
was destitute and 111. The unseen mlsj
live pleaded with the lawyer to Influx
enco his client, his wife, to assist blm,
In his extrendty.
"I nm going East for a few weeks,''
Orton told his secretary, the day aftct
Mercer had been decently burled. All
those years the remembrance of Adrl
tnna bad been vivid In his mind. Ha
mged to see her once again. '
His pretense for visiting the lawyea.
was that he wished to Inform Mrs,
Mercer of her husband's death. It was,
(n the office of the lawyer that ha,
turned of the separation of wife and
usband, and knew that Adrlenne bad
never swerved from her regard and es?
teem for himself. ' The next day aha
lent for him.
Truth dwelt In the hearts of both,
riielr paths Joined once more, and tha
lunllght of an undying love droTa
(way all tflose dark shadows of th