The evening world. Newspaper, April 22, 1915, Page 19

| 2 PELOEE TP PODS IVI The Adventures of @ New York Man and a Women Spy in the Present War eal 4 teeek ae wt ty Rate Thora OF VAR EIING CHAPTER Bee tnd Mirren yee ne bat oY Ee ease e recta mast EF Tatet pte wal ta FLens, a es CHAPTER VII. Cowtie wed The Frontier. —~ Wa slender figure, #0 fine, a0 S deiteately rounded. Then es she sprang to ler feet, and anatehed up the cout, T will r nOlLFe oUF while you make your toilet,” #he sald, and «lipped out of wit among the tre Ten minutes liter Stewart found her seated # little Knoll at the edge of the wood, looking out acrom the country, “There ty @ house over there,” she watd, nodding to where the corner of @ gable showed among the trees, “Mut it may bo dangerous to ap- Broxch it.” “We can’t starve," he pointed out. “And we seem to be lucky, Suppose Tao on ahead?” . “No; wo will go together,” and she eprang to hor fect. Tho way led over a strip of rocky @round, used, evidently, as a pasture, Bat there wero no cattle grazing on @ then along a narrow lane between low stone walls. Presently they Teached the louse, which seemed to he the home of a small farmer, for It } stood at the back of a yard, with stables and sheds Krouped about It. ‘The gate was open and there was no sign of life within. Stewart start- ) e4 to enter, but suddenly stopped and looked at hit companion, . “There ts something wrong here,” almost in a whisper, “T we over her on feol tt “Bo do I.” satd the girl, and stared abgut at the deserted space, shiver. ing slightly, Then sho ad UD wal into the clear sky. if a cloud had come between me and the sun,” she added. “Perhaps it 1s just that everything ) seems so deserted,” said Stewart, as he stepped through the gate. “No doubt the people fled when they saw the Germans," she sug- gested; “or perhaps it was just a rumor that reached them,” Scewart looked around again. Tt was not only people that were mjss- ing from this farmyard, he told him- aelt; there should have been pigs in the sty, chickens scratching in the straw, pigeons on the roof, . cat on the doorstep. “We must have food,” he went forward resolutely to which stood ajar. rm was something va rin the position of th spen and half closed; but n ustant’s hesitation he knocked loud- y. A ininute passed, and then an- eher, and there was no response, ing himself as though for a ity effort, he pushed the door ind looked into the room be- evidently the room combined, » wilde disorder , a table was lying th one leg broken, shed upon the floor, Y all his resolution, epped inside, What fright- nad happen From irs and the di mily had been surprise t But w was the © had surprised them? What living roon and had— And then hie heart leaped sicken- sin one wall. 1 corn was the egoinst 1 @ woman. CHAPTER IX. Fortune Frowns. HAKING with horror, he } seized his companion's hand and led her away out of the descerated house, out of the silent yard, out into the nurs sow lane, where they could breathe ly He looked about him at the motlow Jandsoun owhere was there a ign of life, ‘The yellow wheat stood ripe for the harvest, The pastures stretehed lush and green—and empty. Mere and ther vo the frees: he caught a glimpse of farmhouse chim~ eys, but no reassuring smoke floated them, A peaceful land, trul wart (old himself—peaceful as above sho de: Gradually amt more broken, t sul see ste broken by eed thick the country grew rougher nd ahead of them Pp and rocky hill. deep valleys and wth of pin We most fin aid,” suid Stews art at ly we can't cl und down these And Ww out where we d Phere ty a eortaln hiek, but we must take il. Tt ts foo! ish to stumble forward blind! “You are right," his companion y, far below them, at the of a valley, they saw a white inding: ond to this ghey made Almost at once they came er way to @ house, in Whoge door stood a buxom, fulr-haived woman, with @ nein 0 her skirts. oiman watched them curiously and her face inctly frie said, stopp and fifting his uutation at "We scem Can you tell child yd morning,” hi r tep jat—an whieh the w ) to have lost “aay brother and TE have lost our way,” sald his companion, ip rapid \ man our wa - ste The Evening LITTLE COMRADE French, “We have bees | hide eu bo vede 5 dew beaten! Village te it to the “The pearest vil to Hattios,” anewered the Woman Ih the seine lan guage, “It We three biometere from here.” “There le & raliway etation there? “Bat corteiniy, iow ie it you de not know? We caine from the other direction” Vrom Germany" You,” aasented the girl, “we are fugitives, We ere trying to get to u the Germans beeu this No; f have seen nothing of them, but | have heard that @ great army | tiny 1" ! fellow army. Tt te doing what it can to hold back the Germa he girl's face lighted with enthu- ani. Yi, how splendid!” “Hravo, Melrium! he Womun #miled at her enthe m, but shook her head doubtfully. Ido not know,” whe maid mumply. f do not understand these tings. only know (that My mun has gone she cried, that 1 must harvest our grain an our winter wood by mynelf. But will you not enter and reat yourselves’ Thank you. And we ar ary. Wo have money to p if you can let ux have rtainly, certainly The good wife bustied before them into the house, An hour later, rested, refreshed, with @ supply of sandwiches in the pockets, and armed a rough map drawn fr th ‘eotiona of | their hostess, they we udy_ to set out westward again, She told them that they could probably pass safer through Hattice, which was off the main road of the German advance and that they might find thore, a vehicle of some wort to Lake them 6 trains, she understood, | no longer running. they thanked her for tho | wo and bade lwe Koodby, | them godspeed and stood | watching them from the door until | they disappeared from view, hey pushed forward vigorously, | and presently, huddied in the valley | below them, caught sight of the red roofs of the village. A bell was ring- ing vigorously, and they could see the people—women and children, for the most part—gathering In toward the church, a small building marked by a gilded cross. dently nothing no doubt fire, and Rubbish! w stood carelessly Ons Berry w » who had seen them as they ouulined against the who had crept upon them in it, and apparently dropped off to sleep on the Instant, Stewart returned to the circle about 3 ‘ unheard the fire, nodding his satisfaction. had occurred to disturb the inhab- “swe ure friends,” Stewart answered ‘They ull smiled, as men do who have itants of Battic hastily done a kind de Reassured, the two were about to he soldier motioned them forward But Stewart, though doing his beat push on down the road, when sud- to the fire. The men there had caught 10 keep a placid countenance, waa far denly, topping the opposite slope, up their rifles at the sound of the from easy in his mind. One thing they ‘saw a squadron of horsemen, Chalienge, and stood peering. cau. WAS cortain—they must escape before perhaps fifty strong. ‘They wereclad (ously cut into the darkness; but the officer arrived. He, no doubt, in blue-gray, and each of them bore when the two captives came within would be able both to read and speak a long lance upright at his right the circle of light cast by the fre Englixh, and the passport would be. elbow. stacked their guns and sat down tray them at once, Without questlo: Uhians!” cried the gorl, and they again. “—Hvidently they saw nothing ® Warning had been flashed from stopped short, watching with bated breath, The troop swung down the road toward the village at a sharp trot. ‘Then suddenly it drow and wait- ed in the shadow of some trees until the bell ceased ringing and the last of the congregation entered the church, At the word of command the horsemen touched spur to fi and swept down upon the defense either St Their stack, t down king ol What a threatening and sat down headquarters to every putrol to ar- rest the holder of that passport, and to send him and his companion, un- der close guard, back to Herbesthal, But how to escape? Stewart glanced carefully about him, cursing the carelessness that had brought them into this trap, the im- becility which had held them staring at the German outpost, instead of tak- ing instantly to the woods, as they in the appearance of art or his companion, ptor added his gun to the hen motioned them to sit opposite them, eM iL them elosel are you doing here he de- re trying to get ered Stewart, in muster, “I through to the tow ) ext much German, Do’ you should have done, They deserved to 8 rt would have kel to no captured! the end of the drama, but he followed ux, you English? and the ‘The sentry was pacing slowly back his companion over the wail at {he piue eves glinted with an unfriendly and forth at the tunnel entrance, fit- side of the road, and then around the jene whieh Stewart was at a loss to teen yards away; the other men were Village along the rough hillside, 1 understand lolling about the fire half asleep. Tt At lust the valley opened outs ane “We are Americans.” ~tewart saw Would be possible, doubtless, to bolt below them they saw the ens rod with relief thet the iiss face soft Into the darkness before they could roofs of another village, 1 oe ened perceptil On the chance that, so there was only only Herve. Around EK’ If the soldier could not speak English, the sentry to fear, and the danger broad pastures and flelds of yelloW ialther could he read it, he impres. from him would not be very great. ain, Suddenly the girl caught wart by the arm. look she sold, pointing to the fleld lying nearest them. A number of old men, W children were cutting the ing it into sheaves and sheaves into stacks, under pervision of four men, men were clothed in blue carried rifles in their hands is our si tary of see that the Unite were past find no walk, W upon the men and im, tye piling toe the sue. ose four ‘ay und sively produ and decided to folle rq But it would be necessary to keep to ® the track for some distance, because, | Where it dropped into the tunnel, its sides were precipices tmpossible to scale In the darkness, The danger, then, lay in the fact that the men might have time to snatch up their rifles and fire down the track before the fugitives would be able to leave it. But it was a danger which must be faced—there ssport paduect from our Seer sta id "You: wil ix sealed with tho seal of ed States, My brother and I wed at Herbesthal, but could conveyance and started to © lost our way, but stumbled » railroad some miles back, y It until we camo Aten Oo” ilae, w far away is the way auguthe, phelter of the woods aig net know." suid the man Bacar Cte oa vastcane’ tha at ne e After a ow y of y aa iis Preuss Oe ae Tie took the passport and stared at MY In the shadow of tho cliff, and xide above the line of the railroad. ‘A sentry, with fixed bayonet, stood the cire xuard over @ solitary engine co its 9 for him the road se pocket serted, The fagiuves follo You f it for half a mile without se quir one eis ’ “LE kne an't keep this up." said must wa Stewart, flinging himself upon the ~ stewar ground, “We shall have to tike [9 at his bh the road to make any progtess. DO” iy, y 1 think we'd better risk tt 1 curiously, Then he ¢ saw that she was turning restlessly from side to side, us if fevered, With real anxiety Stewart hastened to her, knelt beside her, and placed his hand ntly on her forehead, At the touch she opened her eyes and stared up at him, “Ask for some water,” shoe sald weakly; and then, in the same t We must make a dash for tt noment they salute their officer,’ Stewart t soldiers assed it around finally came back placed it in his and it or, Who Ww correct?” Stewart In- tnd it ow nothing i until our offic t felt a sickening sensation art, but he managed to smile, i not bo long, 1 hope,” he who “Wo are very. tired and hun- were listening with inquiriny Let us watch 3° for a while,” the 50 b : My brother is. feve S wink ROEROREG. uiohed! te 4 “Vfe will not be long." answered the plained, "He asks for w’ drink of eye wat and watched the ros fo will mg Deine munebing their sandwiches wae talk: witice got out his pipe and One of the men was inetantly on ing in broken anatches, ‘Ten minutes 41.1" iit h tohawce tewnre glanced his fect, tunacrewing his canteen and passed, but no ¢ mie tn Flat a compan She wan eeitting Holding It to the sick boy It scems sal ugh” she wat hunched up. her arma about her Stewart supported his ny staring thoughtfully at the head, She drank eagerly with a sigh of satisfaction, lage is Fleron,” said her eyes. hig rough map. | "Tht AN Wwe INURE Walt ere eee iit so to sleep now," mld miles from here, aps BAI thal olen wenives, DO ee" stowart, ‘1 you!" Pa Enel “My brother doas Stewar Thank you ‘ 8 about ten miles Plalned in Vinglts Po eeeetted ta. He limsel® took o drink from the further, Can we make it fo-nieht fel mnderat cai German,” he added to mean He wan wurnecimed to find how OWe jet" id t Mereely, Ae ‘0 He wsh Ne at a By the time the 0, Lineal and Mt cue with them, t ClOMGY he Raw that it we Hreux night had ¢ Tt Is no use to arguo with them, Vaceum bottle, with outer and inner they made only ue, and Suppose? , shelly, He handed tt back to its were soon back on th ad again, They will a wher with a nod of admiration, with scarcely five miles more to go. anything therasels ut iw very clever," he sald, For an hour longer they plodded on wholly upon their offic “Everything seems to have been darkness, snutchs adily throws! oh wearily, stretcliod herself, thought of-" ing a few minutes’ rest once or twi stam) tas if it were asleep, ‘ex, everything,” agreed the other, too weary to tale or even to look to and t n again and closed “Ne army is equipped like oura. right or left her ayer. ked very young and — "We shall be in Paris before they ‘hen, as they turned a bend in the fragile, and way shivering from head can mobilize enough men to stop road, they drew back in alarm, for to foot us. It will he 1870 over again, ‘Tho just ‘ahead of them, close beside the "My brother is not strong," sald war will be ended in two or three ‘track, a bright fire was burning, Stewart to the attentive group. “L months,” ¢ lighting up the black entrance of a fear all this hardship and exposure — 'T certainly hope so," Stewart tunnel, before which stood a sentry will be more than he can bear.” agreed There was a mi leaning on his rifle, Vive or six othe One of the mi ith a gesture of silences “How mu longe soldiers were lolling about the fire, sympathy rose, unrolled his blanket, we have to wait?" he asked at last. smoking and talking in low tones, | aid spread it en the bank behind the — “Our officer should be here atany Stewart looked at them curiously, tir moment,” They wore big, good-humored-look- “Let the young man Me down “it {4 abgolutely necessary that ing follows, fathers of families, doubt- there.” he said. we walt for him” loss, and honest men with Kindly “Oh, thank ! erled Stewart. “Yes, absolutely heat he added, touching "Weare very hungry," Stewart ex- Ww ia?” calied sharply Stowart spun round to find himself facing « velled rifle, behind whieh he could see dimly the face of a man wearlog @ spiked helmet—a patrol, a voles behind Stewart wird ket, n on the Meer cones." She opened } arm, “Lie down till solider pondered for a mo- reyes, saw the blans ment, and Men rose to is. fe ded slew and, rive “1 think f can give vou food." he swed Stewart to it. Lying seid It is permitted to give food, is jt nov?” be asked his comrades, permitted bim to roll her Magazine, Thursday. Apri ~~ a — o '@ When they nodded be opened bis = They knapsack and took out a package of Kreat rock. hard, square biseutts and @ thick roll breath slic lually their gasping and the pounding of sausage. While Stewart watched of their ow quieter. with watering mouth hi tthe mu ropped my cap in usage into gencrous slice: wed a that xeramble," she sald at la wiles on each of the biscuits and — “I feel as if Chad been flayed alive,” passed them over. he suid. “Thoxe driers were pretty “Splendid!” cried — Stewart. “r don't know how to thank you; but at least 1 can pay you." He dived into his p ed a ten-mark yp soldier shook hin hy dad, It was lucky we didn't break « we stop a bullet,” he added, ‘© must not run such risks again,” had lew 4—the eket and pro- better ce—his last, ad. tls for the whole squad,” added until we he of this Stowart persuasively, “You will be hill, and then we ean rest till day~ needing tobacco some day, aud tha light.” will come in handy.” “All right,” agreed — Stewart. The soldier smil coin, and pla t You aro right about the tobavco,” he said. “I thank you,” He sat down again before the fire, while Stewart hastened to his com- panion and dropped beside her “Whither thou goext, L will « The ground grew less rough as they pre od, and at last they ceame to end of the wood. Ov head # full moon Was sinking toward the West moon whieh lighted the rolling meadow before them, and which seemed, aft darkness of 4, took the little dit carefully in his what I've got," bo sald. tie woods and valleys, as brilliant ay 4 tne aun, She opened her @: struggled to “We must be nearly at the top,” a sitting posture, and held out an said the yirl 40 ills tall « hand. A moment later they meadows on their summits, both munching the sausage and the peasants pasture their biscuits as if they had n tasted And so it proved, for beyond the meadow there was another narrow ‘Oh, how good that was!" she sald strip of woodland; and as they came when the last crumb was swallowed, to its farther edge the fugitives She waved her thanks to the wat stopped with a gasp of astonishment, ing group wbout the fire, “Remeni- Below them stretched a broad val- ber,” she added In a lower tone, as ley; and ax far as the eye could she sank back upon her elbow, 9 Teach it was dotted with flaring fires, instant” “The German army!" suid the girl She stopped, staring toward the Tho two stood staring. Evidently « tunnel, one hand grasping the blanket. countless host lay camped below Stewart, following her look, saw ine but no sound reached them sentry stiffen, turn on his heel, and the occasional rumble of a train hold his rifle ‘rigidly in front of him i some distant track, The as a tall figure, clad in @ long gray Kaiser's legions were sleeping until coat and carrying an electric torch, the dawn should give the signal for stepped out of the darkness of the the advancean advance which tunnel. At the same instant the man would be as thoSsweep of an ava- about the fire sprang to their feet. lanche, crushing everything in ite anything so delicious—a. never had. indeed, they Now!" said the girl, and threw path. back the blanket “Oh, look, look!" cried the girl, and Tn an instant, hand in hand, they caught him by the a To the weat, not far away, a flash of fame xleamed against the sky, CHAPTER X. then another and another and an- other, Jn a moment there drifted The Night Attack. to their ears a savage rumble os of SAVAGE voice behind them “stant thunder. shouted “Halt!” A bullet What ts it?" asked Stewart, stare Ing at the ever in flame, “Lt is the forts girl hoursely The Germans tttacking then, and they resist, brave little Belgium!" The fring grew more furious, A reasing bursts of “Not « battle, surely!" t Liege!" erted the bad glided Into the darkness, sang past, and @ rifle ex- ploded with a nolse like @ cannon so \t seemed to Stewart; then another was the sentry, of bullets after them. Stewar' dogen searchlights began to play crept at the thought that any In- over the hillside before the noures: . a on fort, and they could dimly see tts out- pasate ate ol bring #'v joa tla ) Jin’ on. the hilltop ngely lke a would sweep the track with a storm dreadnought, with {ts wireleas mast of lead, If he could look back, !f he and its armored turrets vomiting knew thane, Above it, from time to time, % ‘ ' the shell from the German battortes burst Suddenly the girt pulled him to tho shell from the tevenan mattodias Dura right, and he saw that there waa a yy evident that the assailants had cleft in the steep bank, Even as they nol vet got their guna ap in any. sprang into It the volley came, thon a aulnber, 4 second und a third, and then the , Then, suddenty, below tho thunder a ke, d ronning of Me Gannon, there surged a vicious bs shouting voices and runging undercurrent yund which Stews feot. Savagely the fusitiv nuit be the reports of mas aps of rifles; and below the fort i= s fought thetr ¢) Way MHRA. Ser Fooka, throu flashes stabbed up briers—seratehed, bleeding, summit, Surely ine panting for breath In the day- Y attack suco 4 po- time 1t would have been a desperate *!in, Stewart told himself; and then ee * he held bis breath, for, fall in. th seremioje; now {f avon hecame a sort 45, he #earchlights, he could see of horrid nightmare, which might end Yyju! med to be a tidal wave at Instant at the bottom of a sweeping up the hill. cliff, re than once ewart told | A ve re y of Airing ame from the himself that he could 1: OR Hab an, An Ii nanndé the cont we rad his Neurt would burat if he took an- ‘to I another wave ‘swept. down other step~and yet he did go on, up to moet it, ‘The firing slackenod, al and up, close behind bis comrade, jnos! stopped, and Stowart, his blood who seemed borne on superhuman pounding in bis temples, knew that wings. the etragule was hand to hand, breast Alt last she stopped and presied to breil It losted Dyt a minute; Jose aginst bit, He could feel how chen the attaaking tide Mowed bark her} rl was thumping. down the bill, and in the mac “Wait whe panted Ieten guns of the fort took up that deadly Not a sound broke the stillness of ehorus, tha wool They have been driven back!" 1th wa are sife, she euld ped the gir “The Germans have ‘Lat We rest & wbile.” been dnivea back." 1 By Robert Minor! t down side by aide on a tl 22, 1915 ee i. How many, Plewart wondered, were ying owt ¢ the bilmde? How many ts fivee in +’ And the bet the fret weand euch chareee ‘he hewt ueand auch Mowe nt 0 the big were ene ft and the wudaes . bey feor an alvebip attack,” 4 the piel, amd and Bow od a a the miirht Mhetia from tn feein to buret abowt th * cune silent, an ro fort, but te tay fe crouching as If in terror, Only He soarchlights swept back and forth, Huddeuly & aun op could [nee the Mash of ite d jinely straight up into the air, te second and a third; and them the pearchiiehis eaueht the great bulk of tin and held it clearly it ewept moron the ok: « furious burst of ft ship sped on unharmed, tie renee of the a blotted out the setting mo nt and was gone t did net dare pass over the fort,” wirl “It was flying too low, Verhape it will come Back a! 4 yreater laititude, f have seen them at the manoeuvres in Algace—moving Hhe Sthe wind.” | Phie way ond that the searchlight Lrea acrona the heaw= swept in Kroes ene, in frenzied search for this ny [ater of the air, but it did not retur Perhaps it had been damaged by the cup fireoor perhaps, Stewart told Shimaelf with « shiver, |t was speed | onward toward Varia, to rain ror from the Aw ky “Gradually the (rin 4; but the more distant forts were using their woarchiights, t Reolng ¢ mn all aroused and Vigilant, the Germans did not attack again, Their surprise had failed; now they must walt for \ y ene asked Stewart at Inat, would be well to stay then we can see 1 and how sntly we can't think it here till morning; how the army is Pf Dont to wot baat I vi a to-night, eeiin deadly. tired,” sald Stewart, looking about him into the darkness, “but L should Like « softer bed than bare ground.” Let tin go to the edge of this mea- dow.” the irl sugested. “Perhapa we shall find another field of gratr Hut luck Was against them, Heyond dow the woods began again. meadow js better than the maid Stewart, t least it has some gras#on It—the woods have nothing but rocks “Lat us stay in the shelter of the hedge. Then, If a patrol stumbles into the field before we are awake It will Perhaps they will at- us, smpt a pursuit in the morning, They will guess that we } for the wont, 1 don't think there's much danger. It would be like hunting for # need jn a haystack—in a dozen haystacks! But won't you bo cold?” “Oh, no she protested aqutckly, “the night is quite warm. Good night, * friend.” vod night,” Stewart answered, Ho withdrew a few stops and himself as comfortable us he could, here were irritating burmpa in the ground which seemed to come exactly in the wrong place, "but he finally ad- justed himself and lay and looked up it tho.stars and wondered what the morrow would bring forth, He was awakened by 4 touch on his arm. He opened his eyes to find the sun shining high in the heavens and his comrade looking down at him with face almost equally radiant, hated to wake you," she sald, it tt ia getting late.” ne led him away into the wood. Presently he heard the sound of fall- ing water, and his guide brought im triumphantly to a brook g over the mossy rocks, at who was a shallow basin. “There is my boudolr,"" sho sald. “The secret of beauty is in the bath. I will reconnoltre the neighborhood while you try it for yourself." Stewart flung off his clothes, splashed joyously into the cold, clear water, and had perhaps the most de- Netous bath of his Mfe, There was no soap, to be sure, but much may be done by persistent rubbing; and there were no towels, but the warm wind of the morning made them al- most unnecessary, He got back into his clothes again with a sense of as- tonishing well being-—except for a noe persistent gnawing at bis stom. ae “1 wonder where we shall breakfast to-day,” he mused, as he laced his shoes, | “Nowhere, moat probably, Oh, well, if that dear girl can stand tt I oughtn't to complain!” And he fell to thinking of her, of , of the curve of her red ‘onfound | he said. "I can't stand it much longer. Friendship ts all very well, aff the big brother act may do for it up fore won't!" And then he heard her calling, in the clear, high voice he had grown to love. “all alon 1" 1 While, but I can't keep , and’ what's mora, [ © right!" he shouted. “Come senuy she appeared between the and he wa 4 ber with beat- ing hearty straight, so supple, so perfect in every line! “Did the magic work?’ she inquired wayly. Partly; but it takes mom than water to remove & two days’ growth of beard. Stewart ran a rueful linger over bis stubbly chin, “But can it be only two days since you burst {nto my room at the Kolner Hof and threw your arms around my neck and kiawed me? “Please don’t speak of pleaded with crimson cheek: not an easy thing for a girl to do; but that spy was watching, so — neryed myself, and’’- "You did it very well tndeed," he said reminiscently, “And to. think itt Not ave since then” duce Way quite enough, “Oh, 1 don't blame you; T know I'm not an attractive object, People will be taking us for beauty and the beast.” “Noithar the one nor the other!” corrected “Well, L take back the beast, but he beauty!" ere were to be no compligients iL we were out of German eho 3 KEITH oF THE BOR - ~* - Zz @y RANDALL sol shanty $5 Mn Toot hae ope ore sa Soy he Ride er tan i! oe how rd rao belore \i@ owt inte the @eadew, igok down youder!” lomiag doen, Fewer ew mae ormy whieh bed been ores France ye could reach, mde to aide of the broad viretehed masee of men vorees and Wagons and arti feos sot meneee thoussnde thousands me upon mile, A ighway ran alon ther side and slong eadh foad « compaet poved wleadly westward toward Suddenly, from the weet, thete come the thunder of heavy guns, aad Btew knew that the atinck had commented agua. Agalu men were being driven forward to death, as they would be driven day after day, until iy the end, whatever that whatever it Waa, not 4 aim. man could be bronght to not @ single mained man imade who’ a sin dotlar of the treasure which was out Ike a ft It Wan all loat, wasted, Worse than Waated, sine It was being used to de- atroy, hot to create, neredible Impossible It could not be! Hven with that salty army be- neath his eyes, Stewart told himself for the hundredth time that it could be! vole of hiv comrade broke tn tate, We must work our way westward along the hills until we come to the Mourne,” she paid “This le the valley of the Vesdre, which flows into the no we have only to”follow It” prevail upon your fairy 0 provide | breakfast first ked Stewart, “I'm sure you have only to suggest It, and the table would appear inden with an leed Jon, bacon and exes, eriap rolls, low butter and a pot of coffe I think T can smell the coffee! cloned his eyes and sniffed, “How perfect it would be to sit bere and eat that and watch the Germans! Ob, well,” be added, an she turned away, “if not here, thea somewhere else. ‘Walt! Isn't that @ house over yonder?” It was indeed a tiny house whose Kable just showed above the trea, and they thelr way cautiously toward it, It stood at the side of a mall garden, with two or three out- buildings about it, and It was sbield- ed on one aide by an |. No smoke rose from tho chimney, nor was there any algn of life, Stewart, Who had been crouching bebind the bedge beside his compan. fon, looking at all this, rose suddenly to his fect and started forward. “Come on,” he cried; “the Ger- mans haven't been this way—there's a chicken, Her pointed to whero a plump hen was scratching industriously under the hedge. “There Ht another fap sald the girl, as they crowsed the garden end pointed to the ground. “The pete, toes and turnips have not been dug.” ‘It must be here we're going to that breakfast,” cried Stewart. He knocked triumphantly at the door, There was no response, and ho knocked again. ‘Then he tried the door, but it was locked. ‘There was another door at the rear of the house, but it also was locked. ‘Thera were also three windows, but they were all tightly closed! with wooden shutters, “We've got to have something to eat, thats, said Stewart doggedly, “We shall have to break in,” and he looked about for a weapon with which to attack the door. “No, no,” protested the girl quickly. “Let us seo if there is not some other way “What other way can there be?” “Perhaps there is none,” she an- swered, “If there in not, we will go on our way, and leave the house damaged, You, too, aeem to hat - been polsoned by this virus of war!’ yt only know I’m bungry,” said Stewart. “If I've been poisoned by anything it's by the virus of appetit “If you were in your own country and found yourself hungry, would you break into the first house you ame to in order to get food?’ @eha arked. "Cortainly not—you would do without food before you would do that. Is it not so?” ‘en,’ said Stewart in a ik tone. “That in so. You were righ! “See what I have found!" cried a volee. Hf» turned to see the girl running toward him with hands outstretched, In each ‘hand she held three eggs. ‘Very well for a beginning,” he com- mented, ‘Now for the melon, the bacon, the rolls, the butter and the coffee “I foar that those must wait,” she sald, ‘Here is your breakfast, She handed him three of the eggs. Stewart looked at them dlankly. “Thanks,” he said, “But T don’ quit geo" “Then watch. itting down on the doorstep, she ‘ked one of her eggs gently, picked way the loosened bit of shell at tts nd. and put the eee to her lips. “Oh,” he sald. “So that's tt!" Sitting down beside her, he followed her example, "And no! eert.” “Dessert! protested Stewart. "“L there dessert? Why didn’t you tell me I never heard of dessert for breakfa: and I'm afraid T haven't room for ft.” “Lt will Keep," she assured him. Leading him around the larger of the outbuildings, she showed him a 4 hanging thick with ruddy ap- ples “There are our supplies fer the cam- paign,” she announced. “My compliments!” he said. “You weula make a great Generel” ey one or two appl! and then filled thelr pockets. From one of be the girl drew @ pipe and pouch of baceo. “Wouldn't you liko to emoke?” asked, ‘ve heard that @ pipe is a reef confor in scl of stress.” ‘alling down blessings upon her head, Stewart filled up. Never haa tobacco tasted so good, never had that old pipe seemed so sweet aa w! he blew out the frst puf upon the morning alr. ‘They set happily off together, At the corner of the wood Stewart turned for a Inst look at the house. “How glad I am I didn’t brea int be said, ietiaas i she sald, “for the des- ‘ | } |