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gazine Friday, September 11; 1914 A Complete Novel Each Week In The Evening Worid v _ The Evening orld Dai it MSOn Wing ‘escaocrsancersisian van By H.C. Chatfield Taylor C I I 1 Told from a New Viewpoint. 3 ; Oo: OSE mC OOBDOO Or By Arrungement with Duffietd & Co, about the town, and he inquired the & 5 ogi Then the road bent suddenly and tone. “We were hurried on to js only In She turned at the so on ad (Copyright, 1902, wien 8, Stone & C0.) reason for this activity. ‘ i od testy of Agi gleaned ahead. pesieres, to reinforce MacMahon, !t# moments that wo live at all. We voice and came toward hi bay i, Grworms oF pRrctixa cnarrens, “The Emperor had relinquished hia Arig,” but he could Hot aon teamed, We arrived too inte, and when we f/Orset the physical ag soon as it is ater,” he murmured. » Cour Ladvig von Leme-Waleam, 0 cartan ot COMMANG,” answered Ludwig, “and dened horee; he was in a road be. learned of the dlaaster of Sedan, tnd; It must rerch mevond ctarmitye Ane, held @ tumbler to WAfiipe. . Reston Woman, At Ba on fhogh, mma « only offered to surrender hla own freed two walls, and he could not Gen. Vinoy, who was with us, ordered Sho paused as if standing before ‘a “I'm atrald 1 talked tof muet ; boyhood eweetheart, hie cousin, Marcelle 1s a n into a windin ‘oot he ” ti or " beak, & French girl, War te declared between Senet dha tabitaneun bela te ) dashed, where rain-drene di stones £ Radel ih fi evra? fentt faity arreie aca eat Je 6 sort of & ull bee SO are you so kind to me?” he | ie eat Prose, and Lodwig joine the "Oh, | akin fae it silstened between two rows of lights. oA tat dk het iat ently. tng CoMsclousness looking Into tho glow asked. ‘gd fen Fie A, Sg lS pated in chien ti ’ [Mom of dereease, ee res Le nan the at day we kept up @ running of the candle which burned beside fie felt her hand upon his forehead, Lo ya ne Aeaaaeid ot A ‘oe or In case he I9 foole by bid ty ha her outs a ae fight with ahians and cuirassiers, and the bed, not daring to move. smoothing bis hair softly for a moe - a uae ish onough to try to break through.” foo, then, euadenly aacuae’ ¢ the then we learned toward nightfa “God! Dear God,” ahe sald, “it was ment. Mometion ha A battie' le fous, “Yes, sit,” said Ludwig. “Poor Aticad he saw the giint of bayonets, ‘At the enémy was at Rothel"— fired of The to,nend him to me, even erga rend th a r 4 ” d . she Said With « little nervous prisoners one the at "me leaded for flan ae wees ella asa “Fumabied numa be Py pea the tinconoia’ stabied PH ~ 8 ee am . ol ' ; a ‘whispered, a oe ie ee “i. the honors of war, and he pleaded for ie ee hand bad acted “Our retreat to the west was cut hor. Lookligr up, ehe saw tho kind she felt the gaze of his eyes % tara ber, The Crown Priste orders Meretie’s himself; for he had only arrived the 2 the bridie, in the frenay of the mo- off,” she continued, “eo we turned to- the locket auicily among tho. phinia unon ner: but she was thinking of A ber Regened he French linm and decorates day before the battle, and when Mac- 3 pe oe ol pees ward the north. At duak we went and bandages on the table beside the fickered before a mirror, and ae tag Get tet: orl pores gd tem Mahon was wounded he bad been ° "He felt.a quick, Gtinging paint the into camp. The Prussians had Ly and yee toward him with @ seemed to see him bending toward her, — pth lle forced to take command when the 2 earth sprang up; the lghts danced shelled our rear guard, and we tm- “fai not think that you would *usped and trembiin you are wait was ated to pet he sipeaare @ tn B bing ane ‘nape aro ro, he earth Late that sent, when wan at more cle thoughts it aster to "come at" ve CHAPTER XVII. at pu ignature to an ¢ grew red, and ts an ove ering o that might, when I was at work night,” he answered, walking on tp- sted one he repeated with @ unconditional surrender. In a frensy > foment fo images croween upon among the wounded, T heard gallop- toe toward the bed; “france-tireure WOK a ona can oft (Continued) o despair, he returned. to Sedan 3 him—his mother, his 4 father, and, !9# and cries In the street outside, are in the forest of Avaux.” ‘ she answered. s ms ia Vanita: reatening to continue the fight.’ floating In a crimeon hase before his and as I ran to the door I heard a ‘Francs -tireurs,” she repeated, understood but vaguely, for the. Omnia Vanitas. “Aad meanwhile, Metthe ta not 5 Se ae eae eee eo cr hot. A horse was floundering in the *huddering. 9 altepinie r burned in hie temples, : HE little General reined in caught napping,” mused Sheridan, 5 Marcelle. Vite nites ond, ne Won- mud and beste bim lay a wounded goititr, be iS as soe laches Gomer ae Ff his horse. Ludwig caught with @ significant glance along the the look of those quick, German lines, shrewd eyes, and his hand At the picket line near Sedan they dered—was thin dying? pas Prussian—s courter, the soldiers sald, “They shot a Pruastan courier last 4 phials. without pain or regret, he beca: and by the lantern they brought to sight, he sald, “They make no pris- “iho grew red as the rose and steed consctoun, a o ‘with het eyelids drooping. "Will he ive; oh, doctor, win he Pearch for despatches I recognised “Mon Dieu!” aho cried out in ter ity Len evetide drooping. ote flew to his forehead in “salute.” drew rein, while Ludwig made in- live?” your fac ror. “Is there no place of safety?” Th as “I wonder if it's safe to tackle this quiries about the lost vehicle, While ‘He heard the words af in a dream. The sunlight had gone, and in the nce itook bis head. | To meve Bim me tr or Mg eer ee Indistinct forms moved dbout t! face bent over hi: a cool, refreshin 8. officer in French?" he heard him say they were there a carriage rambied to his companion. through the gate of the town and A smile trembled on Ludwig's lip. drove toward them along the high- “It’e safe to tackle me in English, way. ar, Ludwig glanced curiously, A Gen. Sheridan laughed. strange sight in war time, he thought “Since Gravelotte I take no —that imposing barouche, with the chances, A squad of soldiers held me gold-iaced liveries and three French up there and wero going to shoot me Officers galloping beside it. Ae the on the spot. My forage cap and my ©#rriage passed he saw the letter “N” dusk he caught her long gaze fixed wal! upon him . “They are forming corps of france- fi juld touched hi “The surgeons sald that you would tiroura, A Blue Hussar may pase CHAPTER XIX. Nwrhere oak 19° be murmurs: die, but I told them you must itve= Tore words ran like fire tried = One and One Ending. “Hush!” came tn a voice he seemed must, because you breathed har pine, cmmed Her eyes and Oey Play i) to remember vaguely "You are too name—the one for whom you bad a cold set smile upon the lips, but ] ) URING the weeks white hel?” room; a womat retereioretore’ weak to speak.” " = The room faded before his eyes, He Deen waiting.” pene and fell like the ua: lay convalescing Marguerite | felt them carry him away, felt ¢ Hie eyes brimmed with tears, but “Tio wounded mam moved uneasily seemed to Ludwig like the | Jolting, jolting of @ cart, and @ ter- the worde he would have spoken died upon the pillow. sunlight of those gray Sep- upon bis lips—they were too inade “Come,” whispered the Doctor, tember days, She filled the rible aching pain—then black gre ehesenereseisie) bb Ki into "y ” 4g goatee,” ho added, with an indicating @Umounted by an tmperial crowa eae: quate, leap 1s the bent medio ine. tn, ‘ad. Foom with brightaess when she cam Gesture to the tuft upon his chin, Upon the brass-tipped harness. “They sald tt was a waste of time, joining room. and left it cold and cheerless when she « for F ” behind them went. Da: face grew ‘have a French cut, I guess, and, as Within sat four French generals CHAPTER XVIII. wat wa avauly, “eae bond ion softiy, baie a ‘oad ii peril ane viie beside ahe sald, looking at Bim bed, happy in the consciousness of nwavering eyes, "40 U6 being near him, the “crimson wing conquest” seemed to flutter far away. ‘What mattered it to him that an em~ © 5) Dire had fallen and guerre a l'outramee. <j «| T couldn't spoak German, and they with white-gloved hands resting upon ¢ f couldn't speak English and I daren't their sword bilts. One was emoking é i D The Badge of Nobility. operate, and thon during the night we spoak French, I thought surely my @ cigarette, His head had dropped / i 5 N the table beside the bea *t orders to march. For foar they hour bad come, till an officer of the upon his breast, and hie long gray wore phials and bandages *HOuld not take you I covered you 14; General Staff came along and rescued hair fell from under bis crimson kept oF and the room was strange, T!th an army overcoat and puta dead “Yesterday, when I was leaving you mo. upon the collar of @ military cloak <a S 3 lean and white, ™82'e kepi on your head. At last they ! thought as I turned into the high “The hero of Wined ae A > but tt was clean * tumbled you tate Ateg eh road that I saw bebind a hedge ‘was the clamor of France, when the 4 or Inchestor deserves ® That heavy, silent face, wii ATHHOCD BEODODDOOOGOVI. G9 HOOQIOHOGSDOHOSIOS) and through the open cane- &@ market cart wil Kin cap—the glimmer of a gun ; Setter tate; oe.” pitas ends tb the AEDLDLAGOHOOOOOODO2 Mahe etreatred, Lud. @ BOF Hittle recruit who was dying ; radiance of her eyes filled the it@e * ‘y 'd z. jer! °, warm suniig! re J ¥ nf |. Bhertdan lookod at Ln-.ig closely. watery eyes and the basiemarn the road with their dust, while the al GP Gen, Rhetnbbaben’ fares et cea 46 alee Bieseait epen ee on T got upon the seat with the “Then they are, watching | the agrees Van tul ee. ‘ ‘are you on American, he asked. the mouth under atitdy waxed mus- side che Whlta: biséeotas ofthe potato pelaalal iawipseide: res nto the bow, but he felt a sharp, agonising oe Rrep opel ote Piocked with! AOS, eee ne te en” Coe aaa Mee cae seemed @ ¥ Wiscuae pte ine face of ghastly pallor! feld, his gold-leafed cap aslant upon storm until he met a patrol of hussars pain: tho ra uclcleaea bie pity re alent Waa very | blade bak when I i cerhaps my old eyes did not ase of true nobility, and more than onset isclia\ Gs Oud tes tars Coe sihaaed 7. bis companions, his bended head, his white-gloved —an outpost of the fifth division. The “stinct an dali ati : we bad turned to the north toward “At all events we must hope © Wounded man has come to » Pr ppp ratdhedag ht itive? ena ‘mperori” whispered Shert- hands twisting tpgether behind his bivouac of thelr squadron was near at A woman's step fell softly beside Wasigny I formed a plan——" for th@ beat.” that love's ideal is near to being love's 4 reap Gea, stooping back—a@d still a cigarette hand, they sald, and be turned aside bim, but in his delirium he mur “What! You knew the country?’ ,, HOW long will It be before he can recipient. Not that Ludwig had failed H. the Crown Prince. Meanwhile the soldiers by the rond- betw: Is mured the name of Marcelle. he be moved?" she . in thoughts of Marce! 5 “Gen. Forsyth, my alde-de-camp,” sid . ween Tis ips) wast must his’ into! the forest. he exciaimed in astonishment. “Two wooks at least, and then it bi e—she was Bis 5 , © stared in stolid wonder at their thoughts have been? Boulogne, Paris, Euddled about the spluttering rem- Hla soul fought long within ite shat- Her wis ha y * faith, bis promise—but be could gala Sheridan, turning toward bie falien foe, and the barouche rumbied Solferino, Mexico—and now Sedan. seat iil acl compan! nants of a fre he found a group of tered prison to escape, yet the thin ‘she sald in a voice fall in grati to her whe ‘ tad _ face on along the treedined road toward Exile, adventurer, President, Empe- bedraggied officers in rain-soaked walls held until the Muttering pulse bites hari Meany iteanee et “and if the house nursed im svt ek Tae a; We na ypemivetcyer Donchery, For—and now to bean exile again. cloaks. Gratefully accepting a bis- beat stronger and the watcher by the |, | Wieu © was @ Silld f aro 18 {a watched alrondyt” nore Polsonous darte in the quiver of peli phbedoercthas “r bres Fagor to wituess ats, Ludwig To Ludwig, gazing in pity at that cult and a swig of brandy from these bedside knew that a life bad been peer my aunt's bine io ipattered * ae ‘ashen ‘as he ‘he little naked god are gratitude and pressed tt into the seeeital marries? fe fa een. ble Americans turned and broken man, so pale, so gentle, it brothers-in-arms, he munched bis spared. He moved his lips to comaee ae satohel end searched re Ladies ie and often the one i eo ha MY “Com f bel lo mile or more beyond the seemed beyond the ken of reason that hardtack and tried to gather Informa- Again he saw the clean, white room “Hush,” she whispered, “let me toll te neers “walt untit Sestee ent, quickened by the other will play a ake Lato you to Gnd it, err” praying carriage stopped and again in one life could be such adversity, tion. Tho French were at Novion and a woman watching beside him. my story” ok lod Gia SAS We Took) Rebldes Pa ee the wretched Emperor star. such triumph and ut the last such Porcien, not a mile away; Rheinba- yes, he remembered that moment in Tia gentad thabhy and eh raat: on, those franca-tireura were not 2°t bave confessed it, even to him«i? I> + » ing down at the white roadway with misery. ben's headquarters were either at far-off Ems when he stood with her |) hed a bottle of brandy PCaets” ahe said with a shudder; “if eelf, but during those days when he mighty glad to Gnd some one who those sunken, lustreless eyes, a look The Chancellor rode up finally with ‘Tourteron or Le Chenols; Ludwig's upon a balcony and a elnglo star from the stoton and Tene tt in, they fought ike me lay recovering, Marcelle, though still speaks English.’ of silent agony in bis pale, drawn an escort of beurded troopers in glit- best route was to cut into the high- shone bright above the mountains, eae hose, oe Wola u _ Aa ilies efoune aingcioes us een hie faith, remained within the shadow They rode on toward Sedan, while face. Then they heard the clatter of tering corsclets and tunics of white, way and turn to the left at the first put that dress of gray, with the Red pea side mo. je drank an ti 7 , muned tor; and having found Of Bis heart, while, rejoicing for the fhe General plied Ludwig with ques- hoofs and the giant form of Bismarck and when the Emperor had entered carrefour, whore there was an outpost Cross on the sleeve? Fis eyes grew drank, and when his head fell for the'packago he sought he closed the moment in itd’ sunshine, wes Mar) #19 column Anse8. role not unakin to love, He would | 4 on his breast I took the reins, 5, ‘ed tlons and fell to telling stories of his loomed through the dust. The Chan- hia carriage the cavalcade moved on of Brunswick hussars. dim, his throat was afire. we ne. do no good to wot suerite Clairon, devoted in a hunéred on own campaigning—indian fights in cellor dismounted and strode toward toward Bellevue; while Bismarck, re- After bis steaming horse had caught — “Water,” he called. plate tl eebd ad coon one bec er eet eet e (0 Gasae other ways than words. the far West and incidents of the the barouche. splendent in the clean new uniform he new breath he swung into the saddle She placed a tumbler to his ips bes a 2 turned to But not well enough to fight," she Often he tried to make her tell him eivil war, Ludwig was charmed by As the heels of his cavalry boote had donned, with a steel-spiked again, There had been a iull in the and he drank—drank; then he felt a the left near Wasigny, or perhap® said, trying hard to emi! “That of herself, but she only laughed. his frank, straightforward manuer clicked together and his hand awung helmet a-tilt upon his massive head, storm, but the rain began to fall again cool hand on his burning forehead ory ett oe » for tel war one oul be cranes aear—it'. be knew that she was po ons a Pie: ' and keen insight; he felt that the brusquely to the visor of his cap, the “ole proud and triumphant beside jn torrents. He could not seo beyond and he looked up and smiled. Kise He “a gs may le epealire| senths betere be aah bath toe duty, ‘Ure of impulse to talk of self with- Uttle soldier was aman among men. Emperor glanced up as thougu iud.iy the imperial barouche—hale, crafty the horss's ears—he could only trust face with the dreamy, m 8) tabuhit fopped and I18- he war will not last that long.” out revealing her love for him. But _ They passed a corpsc by the road- awakened from a dream; and his taco Hercules of modern times, bringing to the animal's instinct, Finally he eyes. ry teneds Dut 1 wes Rot followed. Ab, Months,” she thought, “and then?” one day in the twilight whea be hate eide—a Turco with his jaw shot away, blanchod with @ look of fright, then the Gallic boar to his master’s feet. entered a highway. Ho thought it ‘Why are you here?™ he murmured. how my heart beat when I saw thi Fr ce St. Be grown strong enough to alt staring to ‘heaven with bis Aimy he hurriedly removed his kep!, while Ludwig followed in the dust of the was the road he had left to visit the “Don't ask, When you are stronger pitied hip rede lad @unt sud- Fife Clatron goes back in triumph; UP by pillows in a big arm chair, eves, It made Ludwig think of Wis- Bismarck snatched off his white for- escort and saw the meeting with the bivouac, and that soon he would reach I ahall tell you.” sachs ee ee her Prussian lover comes, Paria asked her suddenly why abe had d¢. sembourg. Perhaps that Turco had age cap as though reluctant to dis- King at Bellevue, saw the pale Em- the carrefour; but in the blinding When he looked again # man a He saw her stoop from above him. hears the romance and falle at her serted France to nuree & wounded 4 been one of Marcelle’s defenders. rd the Prussian regulations about peror’s eyes fill with tears; then he storm be had taken the wrong path in beside his bedside—s Crigeett he ge , mites peecnit nee Seat she Seek, , Took at thn! LEGRt MEN RY Prvaras, OM The General's quick eye caught the uncovering the uniform. After an carried a basket of decorations while the woods and so passed the last out- a wise gray head, a kindly aa thal ctediee eee lien nae In’ the dim light he did not see | She shrugged her pretty shoulders, | young man’s look of pain. exohange of words, which Ludwig the Crown Prince distributed rewards post of tho Prussian cavalry. "ENON NY CREO ee ecar oe es eta salem, and that her eyes were like dead fire. “I wish to study new sonsations,” she “The older you grow, my YOUN could not hear, the Chancellor mount- among his exultant officers, It was @ The cold rain beat upon his face; work well," he heard him say. whon we carried you here Iatartad — “Como, here's a tonic to build him said, “] wish to kn Ow would i friend,” he aid, “the worse such 4 his horse again and the carriage day of eager faces and loud huzzas, his clothes clung soaking to his shiv- chap, it's lucky the bullet a wis the horse toward home. No one a he continued, handing her the ¢,., to love an enemy. Tika I re sights will seem. You will never get drove on, as the King and his victorious Gen- ering body; his tired knees pressed one centimetre higher. partes knows but my sunt and the dear old PH a ot the red label. turn to Paria I shall abandon faresa used to the horror of a battlefield.” Ry the roadside near Donchery, be- erals rode in triumph from camp to tremblingly against the slippery ead- it Just grazed the haart, een Wr, who brought me into the “Arsenic,” he sald. “The dose le and vaudeville plays to play Camille Ludwig was silent a moment. tween a clump of green bushes and camp; but it was a day of sadness die—and meanwhile tho weary beast Which of course woul t. It ia ap- Bish ° “ Swe dione 18 & Winemioes SVil OF “t was at Basellies this morning.” the white blossoms of a potato field, for tho young hussar, for Marcello slumped on through the mud, ‘To hopeleas from the start. 1 Me Oe “You trump!” he erled. “Ah, how Witter three times a day, increasing he said, finally. “Tho slaughter thero stood a little yellow cottage, and and her bedding France were alway8 give himself courage, h ke a Parent that the fellow wie Hires |i” cant thank your” ministering four drops, Take care, “Then I am but a subject om the was terrible, sir, I hall never forget the captive Emperor alighted to wait in bis thoughta, cheering word to the hc ani ShOb wae ss Eads ey calnigey te 0 caveat mae woe ene: It Ah fen Grope mean death” ith g Cberatium table of your heart?” those charred and ruined houses; the until the King of Prussia should At last he got his orders. All day mal pricked up his cars, and it made sod than this, ‘The hemorrhage ise ye see pe hae a ea ee * "Who knows?” she laughed. “Some. Bavarian and French dead, heaped deign to receive his sword. After ha on coming to him feel less miserable, Alone in the hose “The best tonio in the world,” he together in the atreots: the odor of bad been for a time with Blsnaren Cenirae ie a Weapon aueintons Garkueus ana. the sere, with Vion OUP A ee rrand that bulging MUAdenly the reat drops fell un jaugneq, “for deplored ood oF & mise burning fleah. The miserable inhe®- within the house, he came into the falling back from Moziores in the huge soughing trees and the patter- Men were clever ty Aue lia kt CT! checked and she turned and ran Hot t you, and gratitude will make yeu ftants had fought side by side with garden and sat upon a humble weav- hilly, wooded country to the west- Ing, pattering rain; it took all his {2 {he back whine ingueh Oo Boe Repleee From the Pam ween emnited, “eo think you care for ine, and we shell, the marines, and the maddened Bo- orm cane-seat chair smoking inter- ward, Rholms was the apparent ob- courage to go on, No, it was not his temperature rose and he refused , Ho lay for a long time In the twi- sis peep "it iocked’ up. ‘Two grains, 6° AWay together, Then, for a brief varians, when they stormed the place, minapie cigarettes, while his big jective of the retreating French— Courage, he thought, but the knowl- J think we must thank your Nght trying to understand the devo- you say?" moment, I shall be happy.” stood the poor inhabitants against the Reaper lcs Tin eke eotaiy pals sates’ ce) te RAGE Siete ca: edge fiat Le muareanustcbecnuae to tage eee tion of this strange girl. When #he “Yes, three times a day, Increasing “Only in the play,” he sald. Walls and shot them like dose—men ivi; diplomatic cruelty until bis ported assembling there—so toward Was a soldier's duty, What a weak, A NY Tae. senea the girl, came back he had fallen ayleen, and one each day, remember. And NOW te was close and she could eee the I muat be off,” he added, turning up whose only crime wad been LPhadeid colleague of war should have given ovening orders were nent to the front insignificant atom of life he was, after 1+ seemeed all vague and strang bis ees ee hiaocge: Try kismed tne collar of hie coat. for the moun- sudden light in his eyes. sci enya head vee stir ia ‘Me Anal twist to the tron vise, Lean, that the Sixth Corps and the two all. Only @ breathins particle; ony like an unfinished dream, and when wea ro aia polis her heeere a, pea We snd St eva: “Ab, but you will leave me,” ghey a air, abrivelied Moltke came at last, and ft cavalry divisions which bad been one of a million of monads in the iney wera alone again he watched Sinek’ abe Sendtads Te cece ula’ tOURtInE Wee ane NRO ne ' went on quickly, ‘and the other will day I may write a play, and edall be the hero. In the play I love Ms 4 war?" Was safe to let the imperial ca; pitiless organism of an army, Sud- to forgive. Th 1 will forget, and Z ptive hanging on the onemy’s flank should a her moving quietly from place Impulsively she threw her arms en yor Bberidan's face grew thoughtful and meet the gentle-hearted King—safe march direct upon the city. Sealy Gat of the night mikMipour, place, putting the little white room Hee te nate ies Be or ek ot: cut hie neck and kissed ie coe, “hall dle like La Dame aux Cameliam, -' ‘Ane ° . 4 5 4 a hd e his lipe ot together Armly, 4 Decause the hapless Wimpffen had When later it was known at bead- n° order undellvered, a body to rot aright, watering the crimaon flowers Sea tal ie. Maer cee coca ioe eet anne Aisa ete ctor, only no Armand will come. ‘ “War is war,” he answered, “and agreed to the surrender, and mercy quarters that the retreating division by the roadside; who would know, ypon the window ledge. ry 4 4 ‘by her ‘ The old physician blushed and Ho sat very stil) with Bie epee ununiformed inhabitants who take UD to the fallen could not avail. had turned to the northward a: and who would care? Would Mar- ‘wstarguerite!” he murmured. “Mar- °° 4ragged down by her. beamed, turned toward the window. He could arms must be summarily dealt with After the Chief of the General Staff Saulces, Ludwig was deypatched with (lle? The word “Yea” Muttered custom AG se ant looking into his face, she “It I've done my little Marguerite seo the brownish hills and the sere” | | ; he see elve war bectmes a campaign against had ridden away the Chancellor's big orders to Gon. von Rheinbaben, whos yee her brown eyoa tremble over Nim Her wad face lighted up. He had thought of a day at Ems when she » good turn I ask no thanks, We aro forest of Avaux. He was thi «i had met him !n the colonnade beside very proud of you here in the Ar- x Mentitienant’ Gis aoniae dennos. Those of us who are not Of Marcelle and the day they guerillas, the mere bunting down of boots clanked down the path before cavalry had been last engaged, not “M him com- oriests or old women,” he added Tidden together up the mountain | | vello!”” he called aloud. “Mar- yemembered her name. hidden assassins, Tho proper strat- the cottage, and Bismarck, seeing the to rotire on Rheims, but to keep in celle The hours became a day, the day eGY Consiate fret in Inflcting as tell- iittle American soldier, stopped to touch with the French column anid 4, viva lat" came gruff through the | Nd ae ine anadows LOE, HOARE Nets Shae) 968: SstQHerly PB MARS hice her hand anon the ier Conast cen Ai aun be es Pe te cialis ion the eh, Cone an it ile ae aaa! ne elon 1 orm, ho placed her han oor brooks ‘and gullies droned to va) ing Pp Sreet him. inform the commanders of the Six! His horse crouched trembling, and, jn the room were dimmed, he wh ‘Smiling through the tears she could late! Q “All who are not priests or old music of swollen waters and the emy’s army, and then In causing the = “Did you notice, General,” he asked, Corps and the Sixth Cavalry division 1, he started from his reverie, pored softly: vome © tho , inhabitants so much suffering that “now the Emperor started whon we of tho enemy's movemonts. AIL" “erled a Voce, He na ene gar; won't you tell mer” Mot Kerp back, she unbuttoned her She tuned aod put Sut the lacey ublans with their pennoned lance they must long for peace and force met?” Twenty miles or more through tho GUrk figure, and | It Lecame | the oe drow a chair beside the bed - aren. A plain gold locket hung by a "Tho franca-tireurs,” she whis- clattered up the road ahead, m4 their government to demand it, The «yes your Excellency,” answered Bight, In the face of @ blinding rain~ down and reach the Prussian lines the fading sunlight tinged ber white ttle chain about ber neck, and un- Lach Wieh ni) Asae A bi cal, aaa “All my life I have waited for you,.) — people must be left nothing but thelr sheridan; “I noticed it." all in a soldier's ife, and he made i Into the face golden, fastening the clasp which hold It, she he monbes y rat Age nA Marcelle,” he said to her them, “and. — eyes to woep with over the war.” “Well, it must have been due to my the best of it. Von Rheinbaben bad ps fides he dug his spurt: ia “It was terrible there In Parie—the pened it and gased long at a faded “sng listened to his steps until she 1 mean to try to do something a M Ludwig looked at the great com- manner, not my words, for I said: ‘I been at Tourteron in the morning, but neck me excitement, the mobs, tho despair; 8 could no longer hi them, then, day I live to make you realise B” It was the Jacqueminot tho little closing the door, she returned to the value the only thing in lite worth; — flower girl had pinned upon hin attiia 700m where the wounded man still havin that day. slept. Stepping to the bureau. she He turned and looked at Marguers Majesty just as I would he thought he must bave gone to the "The entry Jumped from under th® and then my Hfe seemed ao fut! mander in surprise, This view of war pajute Yo bh sight so héurtless, so 8 we: aged, hoofs; a shot rang screeching throug! . meemed as first sig! my Kin, front when his troops were engaged, the storm, but unharmed be dashed It was the rich, soft voice he re. unnecessarily brutal; but the more What irony! thought Ludwig as he #0 he took the road along tho rail- ahead membered. placed the phial under lock and key. he thought the more he reniized that watched tho Chancellor swing into Way, hoping te find the General Shadowy forms sprang up from the “Quel succes! aho laughed sud- “How atrange life ts," she thou; “My complexion,” she thought, “shall He Reo} beside him in the the Gencral way figlit, It was war the saddle. somewhere in the neighborhood uf roadside and tried to stop his horse; gently, “La belle Clairon an ambu- ‘! met him when we had not thought I ever care?’ ieht. 9 7 he heard erles and shots behind him i % e At the closing of the drawer Lud- if to enjoy every moment she is from a soldier's point of view, His ‘ou had better go to the Chateau Saulces, He came upon detachments Yi, 204i Cpe And pete ete the lance nurse with Vinoy's corps, The f Méoting, and tn tho impulse of tho win Geen with me.” he thought, “if to ee : Deart, however, went out in pity Rellevue, General,” he beard him of ublans and cuirassiera—men of the’ French advancin, i o he Moment, he gave me this flower, a 3 is under cover of the company gave me a supper; the °° . Tle saw her pale and beautitul in toward those poor, misguided people gay. “The formal surrender takes Sixth Cavalry division, storm? Had he passed the carretottr? papera were full of me—quell re- ‘Unt We meat again’ he sald—how tno dim candle tight and ne tried to STUdse every moment sho ie away! is to be untrue to Marcelle-—then Ty of Bazellles, place there.” Then the bluff giant They had kept up @ running fight A Jumble of excited thoughts sured Giamet” strange the meeting, Yot until he think, but his head was feverish and : s : 7 through his brain; his heart thumped °@me! a 1 was contented with that other for a moment he lay watching her ™must have failed to keep my prom-—) Meanwhile Sheridan was examining galloped off toward Donchery. all day; the French wore at Corny la wildly against his side; Geeper into “I was with Blanohard’s division,’ 4 ahe pressed the rose to her with a dull, unmoving gaze, . ise.” the batteries being hurried into ine Staft officers came and went, filling Ville and Hois Notro Dame, they the horse's flanks went the spurs. she went quickly on, in an altered “Marguerits he called faintly. (To Be Continued.) ral isis Gotz | JOAN THURSDAY Struggtes to Make Good as an Actress By_Louis Joseph Vance |aundt titi iee tus j " K 5} ‘ . * eS f