The evening world. Newspaper, April 23, 1915, Page 23

The Evening World Daily Magazine. Friday. April 23, 1915 ‘LITTLE COMRADE/ — $50,000 Pelt = ox «Dy Robert Minor :i'sii% Gant, Mone We Be KEITH oF tHe BORDER i The Adventures of a New York Man f q end aWoman Spy tn the Present War Sy MPANDALL PAR RIOH By, BURTON E. STEVENSON | [ seaoensh sssebennesh ssiibbinscbiis . ” . . » . ‘ ’ ‘ thom dow Lovee ) toe defenders of t Hewart he . . weary of Prine bilndly at @ bet ser) (Wa ore : we. ey « l hot eee, were sending . moe ror, “ ut ty Uncover It | « thome 4 * t ow very bleh at ie * peti firm t two men tn tt mun * | pene A appem fepecks, but al " ry os he 4 etate most at « ey angie eune| come water 5 bs 2 were firing away & thowgh the the ° * - ehelle fell far shor Gradually it hoa a . oo circled lower and lower, ua if uncons | : . ‘ . 4 4 ecious of the marksmen tn the vale * we . " but the stati ne us oe + As !tewept past the bill Mtewart - ‘ jh we sis at neubing Biaghege wie the tevin (oerm gilmpsed the n quite plainty hack —« Qle t, perhaps, & ahah’ toe ad the ene with jaod thea melon . “ t wae fiwood, that It wae CHAPTER NI. aaning the ground bee | i alts He span ar 1, to find himestt ance toward the " « dow @ pair of unsseing eyes, eet ina face viien and An Army in Action, 4 they advanced, the sound of vr torted ae to tw seareely human, Mow fy Ps co nading grew flercer In lew & he repressed terror t fo An tach lower wh a ts nhape, etrateht toward the fort. rose in hia thee w h ° a la and fercer, and the under- Ghele, aireleet voir danger almont at i Tent cramp: See tee Co ee tone of rifle fire more ber once, and hastily elevating rome of sy ine with hed the bow Wed hatter hide ceptible it w evideit thelr guns, greeted the Ronee wis | quickly to ido ry. ‘ w 4 " etter Wi 7 sore sere sae / y came tri on i ent t yiieh . i that the Germans were TApidly get ete ee eta ae it nasend The Wi body, caught tn the at last “We have had @ hard day ting more and more guns into action, phove the fort a terrift ep wirl of ht turn and fob “Very well.” the gtrt wareed. "Tam and that the Infantry attack Was also shook the mountain to ita - i} 1, with an appearance malia. very tired) Where «hall we eo” Staring with bated breath, Stewart Hant pUrpom® Which Rent a chill up Stewart stopped and looked around. yess ing hotly pressed. told bh rif that that was the end, sapine Kicking frenalediy, "At the edge of those trees would In a level fold beside the road & pit ne ne stone of that erent edt © back Against the cur the bent pi he said aa! Jong tent on pitched, and above fortress remained upon another, but tent led. that" Laboriouals a ) it toated the of the Ked Cron» pag ton nitty hte yeney et f ets 2 Aine on \ ‘ ow al bes te the road and set off OG ae phan after the fleeing atrshtp told that the 1 what aeened lke a ward this re me ) Toward tt, along the road, CAMO & gory atiit @tood-—that the bomb h mont thon It’ drifted on Stewart wan asleep almoat before seemingly u Jing line of motor-am- missed tts mark, | down t eon and vaniahed tn the he tor 4 the grou ; but the gtr bulances: Pach of these in turn The aeroplane acouts, thelr vision dark lay for aame time with eyee opan, 998 the tent, and white. Shadowed by the broud wings of their | | ‘The girl's eyes opened and gazed staring up into the night, Then, ver Op Hed Opposite the. Lent, machine, had not seen the ein jupat him. Foran instant they gazed softly, she crawled to Mewart’s a clad ase\siants lifted out the stretch- Until the explosion brough m ers, enon with {te huddled occupant, sharp round toward Then with a 4 ; ‘ sudden upward swoop they leaped! and carried them quickly, yet VOrY porwarg in pureuit. But they were | carefully, Inside the tent too late to overtake the monster; it Along the road below them came ® was already far away, and In a mo- ‘ antiy and wildly, then a Mood of raised herself on one elbow ant crimson swept from ehin to brow, looked down inte his tae, and she atrugaiod to from herself from It wan not at all the face of the is eneireling arm tan whom she had met at the Kolne any now! Stewart protested, Hof two days before [t was thinner “Are you sure you're all right? Are and paler, there were dark virciaa ot mighty cannon, drawn by @ monater tractor, Stewart had never seen such & gun—had never imagined that such a gun existed, Its tremendous wheels were encircled with } savy blocks—the so-called caterpillar tires—to keep them from sinking into the road; ita jong trail seemed mighty enough to withstand the shock of an earth- quake; and the gun iteelf, pointing steeply upward, was of a girth #0 ment disappeared over the hills to the west. So after a moment's breath. less flight the biplane turned, circled ly above the fort and dropped n toward the town behind tt. Three minutes Inter a shell burat squarely in the midst of the German battery, killing many men and dia- bling two of the guns, At onee the horses were brought up and the re- maining euna whirled away to a new emplacement, while a passing motor ambulance was stopped to pick up the wounded, you sure you're strong enough to hold one You, yaa! she panted, “Let me wo He guided her hands to the hand. maelf that she grasped them firmly, then released her and swam to hia old position on the other wld {the box For a moment they Noated on in atience, (low foollah of me! she aald at last in a choking voice, “I auppose you waved my lfet exhaustion under the eyes; a stubb, beard covered the haggard cheek cross one of which was an ugly werateh. Yet the girl seemed to fin’ it beautiful, Her eyes filled wit tearn as she gazed at it; she Lightly +4 brushed back a lock of balr that hay fallen over the forehead, and bent o« if to press a kiss there--but stopper, with a quick shake of the bead, ani drew away “Not yet!" she whispered. Again Stewart awoke with the sun t ,, Stewart, who had been watching all “Oh, T Just grabbed you by the arm !n his eyes, and again, after a mo huge, of a weight so tremendous, that tniy with’ something of the feel hd held on to you tll you came to.” moent's confused blinking, he looke | it seemed impossible it could be hau of a spectator at some tremondous W&Sons, armored motors, artillery, said quietly; “if we are to get acroas, “Woe anust go back the way we shore, and he found that he could dT sereain around to find himself alon ‘The died at all, And yet it could be hag. panoraina, was suddenly conscious of tractors, ambulances and automobiles it must be before the moon rises." suid the girl, and they set out make headway against it but slowly, should rather think sol Fright- dull pain In his shoulder, as he sat a mighty stream of men approach- Of every surt, evidently selzed by the 1 me nearly to death!" up, reminded him of bis wound, fod y a WSS _-- «ain along the edge of the army, for the box was of an awkward shape M dled camly reget ee was the ing the river from the head of the army in its advance. ze stumbling across rough fields, orouch: and tse girl's body tralling behind it rouldn't help it, L was terrified, Crawling @ little distance back soon to be shown; for ile war—ths Valley, while a swarm of soldiers were | Looking at them, Stewart could not CHAPTER XII. behind hedge ng Mslde to #o much dead w Tt wane it wa lipped out of Krupp contri faa iets made, huriiay Fepairing a wrecked bridge in front but wonder how on earth they had “id a lighted house where some of- — “Slow but sur id reansur- | know,” sald Stewart quickly, “I soaked with largest slege-sun over Minny neither ofthe army, ever been assembled there, and, stilt The Passage of the Meuse. King merry. For per- ingly, resting a “You're saw it, Don't think about it—it's gone blood half-way down the right side. a missile so power mored concrete ‘This looks Ike invasion in earn- more, how they were ever going to be HE = they pressed on, with Quite all right?” down-atream.” "You are woundes cried @ stran: steel nor stone nor at est!” said Stewart. Kot away again. Also, he thought how } mist of early evening jing of sentries always at thelr right, —“Yos, You mustn't worry about m A shadowy shape emerged from the glied voice. In an instant could stand against it atched — The girl nodded without replying, €aslly might they be ent tw proces by } had settled over the river outlined against the gleam of wcat- He glanced buck at the shore, whe rkness shrouding the eastern bank, rade Was on her knees beside him, «vw io mighty the fe of destruction pass her eyes on the advancing columns, Miattica: posted on that ridge acrows J fj and wiped away every v be 4 lights, Then, gues shaneay the lights of the camp shone dimly and they heard the rattle of oars in her face pale, her lips working. “And this im fhe cavalry was th " er, wera no more lights and they 0 st, rowlocks, ot tell ¥j alpag the road to its appointed task, The cavalry Wis the Gist to reach the Toei: acroas, he saw that the ige of the army, save the know they had reached the limit of Swine cine mel Oh eae) ning bridge, and filed rapidly across ring dle : fo right It nami cheered iv wildly, for reinforce thelr comrades; ‘then the &F@Y chiefs had forseen that danger faring lights of the camp kit- the encampment, camp,” be Said; “but they can't to rig 4 ¥ bo infantry pressed forward in solid ®94 guarded against it, for a strong Chens and the white lamps of the mo- There were sentries here too, but ui AE meant that they To veharge. whlch column, body of cavalry had been thrown tor: * "We're going to drift past the “They heard you scream,” sald © Ktewart ina low voice. Phey've sent that In the voice, In th and it will make our landing out a patrol to Investigate,” eyes, in the treinbling lips, which sont ‘< ore f moet but the creaking of the wheels, they eit me tones oe apart ane eufer tr wo conte CaN get lag With all his strength he pushed on Giararta, heart boundi into bis cross the ryyer to screen the adv: h he fugitives no int 1 be rather emba: oO the farther de throat, jut, bj meant almost certain death, neigh Above all other sounds came while nicnat tbs bank, behind hasty the pounding of engines, and the slipping between them A moment raasing wouldn't it, If we found a bGapel ie ie i Ka ory i eee ce kept his ac! ing tee on Gane Bcarcely had the first siege aun Rone the PlenOne ab ELON sa antent ah but well-built entrenchments, long TesUlar tramp of countless feet told later they had scrambled down a patrol waiting for Ua on the @hore? the lout cucacrons the wut aweop- hi by when @ sonra Akiy more 'formi ploded in the pial a NUMred s beh Ines of artillery had been massed to that the German advance had not steep bank and atood at the edge of Now for another swim!" ing up and down, dwelling upon this a third, each app yond it. A minute later yhere. repel any atta t direction, slackened for a single instant. OOD tS ape - ret a Ho pushed ahead until he found plece of driftwood and upon that, — he could, “That's not 'a wound—it i+ jong train of ammunition came another shciek, and Chis thne | Hut no attack came, ‘The little Bele Hand in band, Jest they sould bo- met ncrona!” ee ene A texson | Genet areantey sae punnne. tie” bos Penge ae i Sis ae each nee a anne teal Germans are a wonderful third atieliecthe tiga teeitt Sila full e whens, wad Wea vars ao las Biases ates ry in the darkness, | Ho looked out across the stream, “There's the bridge!” he ald aud- ved them from the searchlight, If L could only wash it"——— id Stewart, following the — surely, Stewart told himself, the “eed. as the roar of firing ho up art and the girl worked their some hundred yards in width and denly on awit ro is @ little stream back yon ‘Nonsense! ho sald, an lightly de dable than the others, Behind them by came & ng with all his peopl oW h ay ci susly do red s flowin strong and P| o « ° h, Just ahead they {hree monsters with his eyes. “We pridge will be cleared; that ¢ and down tho river testified. Ax the WAY cautiously down stroam, Just out Oh ni JiTOne an holding sacar aaa ae Maes Pepannine tthe Some! Os eathoae eae aE a ier must give them credit for tha packed column will not be exposed to {ltIves walked on along the hill. of sight of tho line of sentcies—who nana. back hed dee nee ae! h A ould’ fear uripped. atew> it ewent on, y Cine | Op nechage yeu Cannot walk! weom prepared for everything. a risk so awful, But It pressed on, Side they saw that one avenue of ad- E y stream, ‘ Krom sheer reaction Stewart's body ne put Ber arms around him te I rarely touk tho trouble to glance Into south iP Dre 1 aera panton, withont a pause, without. a break, Yanee would soon be open, for a lark the dari everything except one thing.” t must be the soldiers’ thoughts force of engineors, heavily guarded Coy d that?” as they waited for the third shell! by cavalry and quick-firers, was re- an ar “If we could fin oat!” “the apitit of a people who love lib- “Again that high, hideous, blood iring a bridge whose central span ee nat ahe ad 2" “We saw plenty A Ware thin atin he « erty. ‘They thought Belgium would curdiing shriek spilt through the air, had been blown up by the Belgians | | si nett and black = and in” etand aside in fear.” , 1 the next instant a shell exploded 44 they retreated th Ll . tat me nacing loomed above “But surely you don't expect Bel- squarely tn the middie of the bridge. The bridge had connected two little bedi Me dbs oae they should be sinst one of the abutments ard in the heart of France and art's heart, Su must yet go many miles before It swept hispered Stewart sud- "ined tho sea, and th dropped imply hrough the wate ag if from an instant help him up, He rose with a laugh ? rbound- | “Really,” he protested, “1 don't sen 4m, box shattered to fragments? how «@ scratch on the shoulder cowl! tight hold with both hands, affect my lem res, loned. "Don't let go, what wely. “We'll get there yot, Hold — "The blood—It frightens me, Are dare not use @ boat," ever happens fant! you very weak?” pan od, We anould be’ pene ey He swung himself round to the “xeing his teeth, he dragged the — “If Lam,” sald Stewart, “It to from game in?” Ste had a moment's vision of a villages, that on the eust bank of th he church tower!" breathed the upo! je ween and prone of the box and tried to plerce pox toward the shore with all his Want of food, not from lose of blood. Bh cl But every day she holds tangle of shattered bodiem then he Fiver deniinated Gea tenet ene girl after w moment, “Bes there are “Nyt UDOm" amr the gloom ahead, The centre of tho strength. In a. moment. the water | haven't lost @ spoonful, Ah, here's Oe ae cry nerelem Dato WON LOOP TRSE (Ee budge eee aang ANd. chart end, by 8 Keautiful white Fuing all wbout Iti ie the village demand an to swim?” Stewart ives would ‘be clear, be tuld bim- was only to his shoulders--to his the brook! 4 $38 France, Ob, the whole world Will the river filled with drowning men, Of the villages motiing rememned reg Wey burned" “He more careful,” ahe cautioned, #lf, and they must be noarly In the chort--he could wee that his comrade | He knelt boride it, while ahe washed 7 honor Belgium now! See, the army weighed down by thelr heavy ac- smoking bi Their hands tnstinetively tightened “some one may hear ua.” Shi centre, Then he heard the confused was wading, too, an mm of rune, and @ fi as the blood from, his’ handkerehlat ai woe ger ad- ov eme le could > ty ova the ‘aaahowae their clasp as they stole forward into hf ’ a 4 tread of many feet, the current He stopped, peering anxtously teaderly bathed the Injured shoulder. Bae pean, stepped RUS AG REY See eoarman hes thread, Ried ate tes Tienes od that it bal the shadow of the houses, wong whut punk. cUnturte ey atom oF the sremed to quicken, and he glanced Up ahead. ‘There was ho light anywhere Stewart watched her @ith fast-bea\ Vathey pressed forward again along in the current; then the cries ceaned, term eee) tO & AUnEe headquar- hid once been w street, but was now but no doubt von enc * to mee that they Were almost beneath along the shore, and no sound broke ing heart, Surely whe cared; surely Pwooged hillside. ‘Twice they Nad and the river swept. moat of them u : am, Jittered and blocked with fallen w mM not what would be called the bridge, Yeu, the stream ahead the stillness, there was more than friendly con- tov codeen valieyé (hat TAD DACK SWaye “Only wivery few managed to toi PM Ripwart at deat. wit and debris of every kind. kivery- export, but think Lcould awim acram Was clears but! what were (hows tt weomm all right” he Whinpered. cern in That “white face, in those id once they had Senay ine looks as if we shall have to watt until where there was the stench of halt ‘thre tive ne swim ACTORR Tita down along the water? “LE will go ahead and make eur it ering lips. Fe eens RCCRYAIEY. BAe RTOWOUL Pik hip face in-hile-trems 2 6 fellows clear out. Wa can't get burned woody and another stench, fume 10 try ae au eee ond And then he auw that a boat was I safe, you will haar me whiatle, Keep so Ain L hurting you?” she asked ans trol which came cantering past 80 piling hands, It was too hideous! It | koe the ven Aa aany as there is @ mere enetra ting, more nauseating. — be too great a risk." moored there, and that men were belind the box, for fear that search- lously, for she had felt him quiver, ) close upon their heels that they had could not be! He could not bear it | barely time to throw themselves into —the world would not bear it, {f it the underbru: knew! "At last they came out into a plain. “A sharp ery from his companion Liege, with its towers and terraced told him that’ the awful drama was P wtreets, was concealed from them by & not yet played to an end. She was ACK bend in the river and by a bold blu pointing beyond the river, where the “"! Novant waning the which thrust out toward it from the cavalry and the small body of ine o¢h2 they Sat down behind the ser east, ‘The bluff was crowned by a tur- fantry which had dot across acomed Of @ clump of bushes and munc exa—p : $ a their apples while they watehed t reted fortress—perhap thrown into sudden confusion. Horses goin. Wihow, “stewart even ventured his companion's hand f we had a plank or log Io the supports with light may awe , squeeze bis and drag him suddenly hold on while you pushed Ialong it ahhe Che engineers Nad hastily Fe. Phen Tanaka cone ate lanS, Gah ARNT IE So sem LO Che Seraree SHAT Nal ne cbreathed, and yee TAN, tired You eould rest and paired the shattered abutment, Tho bunch was deserted, and, cross been cleared awaye “It will be avite dan SiG they comored bebind W ihaus at TAlled Shere” Ge , With frenzied energy ho pulled the ing it at a run, he assured himesit Well in two or three days. I shan" the darkness, Let us walt masonry ‘ ie wt nothing of the sort box around so that his companions tat there was no ambush in the wood @¥en have a scar, — I think it might MPhon Hlowart peered out cautiousl ane the shore, thongh they xearched head waa hidden bebind it; then, WIth behind It, As he turned back to the have left a scar! What's the useo? Wau ihosu ue i, shy yh by ep fi ‘or some nee, but opposite the only his nove out, he floated ently waters edge he noticed a growing being wounded if one hasn't @ aear th Was sore one coming, Far foun me upon a pile of on, They would not seo him, he told Hand of light over the hilla to the to show for it? And I shall prob 1 down the street ahoad of them @ tiny the square wooden ‘sand-hoxes” In they were too busily at work 4 abl ” Mt Hawhed, disappeared, flushed which castings are mnie, When pron if they did, they could? make Cutt: and know that the moon was bly never be under fire again, rhaps, when they begin to ad- they will leave a break In the line somewpere,” his companion sic- Kested. "Or perhaps w neross 4 » thy way again, and “Not a bit; the cool water feels de Deapite hi tant they Bnd seen the HiEht Feared and fell, men dropped from to int hia pipe again by asd diseppeared Stewart saw them he chuckled with nothing of this rough shape aweep- Tiiatlad pace SO Wine: Xe lege 9 apite “his ‘atife shoul Rariwe which was vomiting flamo and iron thoi aaddies, “The infantry throw ‘9 le) his pipe again. | ag | Crowding close together, they bur- matisfaction, ing down the river. Low an the whistle was, i neaehed muscies, he was Yery happy ae h. Saliba chat lotion Taine eae eee cements cata trots care dhe sles, commandeered, no doubt, all up (4, theniaclves deeper in the ruins Just the thing!” he aald. “Prov. Nevertheless, an they came within ihe bont—or. nerhupe it’ was mere pent above ihe cleat water, drank eet che intantey which wae doubts OS ial a came the and down the river, plied busily back “Ad Wilms could hear steps—elow, 222nee, 1# evidently on our side to- thy circle of light cast by the flaring chance that brought the searchlight deep, and bathed hands and face Jeas lying there, but In the valley just “"phe Reigians are attacking them!” and forth, augmenting the troops on Kit . La + otal torches, Stewart, taking a deep sweeping round Just as the girl rose What a woman she was! — cautious steps, full of fear~and the — "Lt hope ao,” breathed the @irl, and Hight appeared again, dancing from petween them they carried one of the 1 fide to side. Tt seemed to be @ lan- boxes down to the edge of the water. tern, carefully sha so that only Then, after a moment's hesitation, harrow beam of Mght escaped; ant stewart sat down and began to take Je as rapidly ag possibl below them they could see a battery oriea the of heavy guns thundering against the ¢) Belg..n fort. So rapidly were the “that cavalry, ao auperbly trained: uns served that the roar of thelr dis- «nat infantry, ao expertly” offleere Water and started toward the “What a scarecrow I am!” he said The light mwapt past her, When ho rejoined his companion. H hock again, and stopped full ruefully contemplated @ long tear ii ying figure, as light and his coat—mevely the largest of halls c ro driving the other ma the mee “They aro driving sng again Hewart marvelled at t i absolute order and system pre: in this operation, whieh ial asily have become ¢ breath, let himaelf sink beluw the surface; and not until the bleod was singing to bie ears did he cone up again. nt so There nas ont 00 , while * ; : ; They |. ‘They were eat ul as Diana's, a dozen. “L lost my collar in that dash #9 shelly as they huriled toward thelr {inv im ewept forward, with lances hurrying, but everywhere acalm and 1) Side along the street, In dark cor- | “Now, I'm going to launch the jwerad around the bo hont, and the splash of straining oars; didn’t dare stop to look for it. Ever efficient eelerity, ners, under fallen doorways hot,” he sald. 3 ° ver the ridge beyond. the eal Are you there? Are you all right?” and then Stewart was dashing for- {f we met the Germans now, there ‘ viet eo was something fascinating In CIP AU a ane ond the “Hut a great army cannot be con- neds At sropped and Stewart's “With his bundle under one arm, “Yes,” came the soft anawer. ward into the water, was by her aide, Would be no day they would take vor tho precine, calculated movement of Cuiice But the Belgians must have Yeved across a river in small boats, (Part ieaned Bick Net wn ak tacee yy Stewart turned the box over and He struck out again, pushing dl- bad caught her hand, and was drag- us for tranrpa 2 _ nee the sunners—one Crouching On ae eee ee ee the end of a few and tt was not until mid-afternoon, ‘ite face, staring up with eigutiows Gliswed Jt into the river, He bad agonally forward toward the bank &!nm her toward the bank y certainly — would, ah trail of the cannon, two seated on Panty tha (roRhare atie@elade bi When the repatra on the bridge vere ee ie eee eorccchelant hung Dect shivering in the night alr, but which be could not see, but which “io on! Go on!" he cried. laughed, "I know I look like a scare 72) vither side of the breech, wix others i in, eadly diminished in nun Anished, that the real forward move, UYOk 10 1} 1 LS HR en bt ue the water Was agreeably warm, could not be far away his was not He stopped to pick up shoes and crow; but you might have spare “tor bringinig up the shells from the cals. A£aln, sadly diminished in pum Ment besan. From that moment tt fwvn WA living hand caught Ub phen, holding the box akainat the going to prove such @ denperate ad- Comt, for sharp gravel warned him telling mete aw - nine won in the rear. An officer was ivan, leaving the infantry to its fate, SWePt forward Lit: d—tirst the th HOO eR Wh there WAR COR GurrEne it \ thre, After all, The worat waa that with unprotected feet flight ou!” cried Stewart. “A scare wwateh ing the ttre ctrut tiagsen Meanwhile, on the German bank of iy re ‘ection now th river, a battery of quiek-firers and speaking a wor Vat direction now: ‘he sven, a) aslery oF Sllske Nears remainder of (he ; batteries of quick-frers,'t ment after regiment of infan h anied by its trang. Stabbed Then he waa crow! Oh, no; you would attract the # nest he sald, softiy. or , once on land, far below the Would be tmp $8, S000 Ge ee ee te push WP agin and after her, acrosa the birds stones of the shore, toward the away. SAL right ‘she answered, and he turned «;) her sweet, appealing face n long the darkness almost ur darts of flame rward the kneeling figure, ad of frightening then. « nan troop eS ward to find themselves among °r'le oxime * , Oa the level oO durkness of the wood and safety—one "There ts @ village over yonder Ther tir evidently taking ef- tion, ond was singing Ita deadiiy tune Feximent iocompanied By its trans und the ruins rocked with a great bien from the {ve OF friends, yard two yards ie sho said, turning away. “Woe can se tect tar it was this battery thne dhe 1 hold the Belgiana back, Already Port, laoking down at the tangle of bo) tin Noh came just Beneath “Then Nis heagt ae ene nriy And always tha searehtight beat sone thing ta eat there, and find ov: . fo sbi to old th ' or nnd ) imo : . : apiee his hens And o: kunhern inthe fort, were OP Re company hal get saw that it was not really a tatt- pi n Sueweet ory nis ayes You wot @ firm hold Of the ee ee eae ee rror—and he Won them merciledmly, wh we are, Listen! What Is» Hilence-—tryiag. blindly wrdered arrangement, @fiin he saw a squad of soldiers, ele, but ‘There came a roar of rifles from that the river, a fash of fame, the whistle Away to the south a dull rumbling sate wiftly turned his head, to find that co! w er there. ba wate eyyay UO Comrade wes ne loneer of bulleta about bis ears; and then shook the norizon—a mighty shock nocks. Already some heavier were being hurried into post+ lefend a vw bridgs, which man rung wer hedue and a atrip 1 {itself smoothly and each armed with an electric torch, 4M Klanding about the body of the rob- ready, the siihaa on fa tenuous, quick Ink: wisp i The advance was slow, but It was ber of the dec, while their corporal nd let yatir body float out tn they were in the wood, and he had as of an earthquake, White smoke marked discharge the tneers began to build further vaceasini, and Dy nightfall at least Clptied bis pockets. ‘The corporal r. Don't 1 your head too CHAPTER XIII. her by the hand "The Germans have got thei: ia BF the projectiles. | Bo the Helwian down the stream, where tt would Pe ttoon thousand men had erosned the Kathered the hooty Into his handker: esau t ur hand alip HAPT. Not hurt;' he gasped guns into position,” ho sald. “The F Bunnors dropped their shells hither better mas Mt from the fortis attack: siver, Brill the hoat encnmped along hil, tied the ends together with @ pins at ones, IE don't want to The Last Dash. No, no! are attacking Liege again,” and gay And yon, hoping that chance might | Evidentls it seemed as great as ever, As one biutisiied grunt a gruff com- joss you, little comrade! ev: will Stewart forget the . “ThAnk Hanven! We are safe for Tho road ahead of them was blocked.» 9: Bend onc of them Into the batter tend to enter into that zone of fire, geraohment crossumd another came up mand. ‘The lichts vanished, and the “| will remember,” ehe aald, emttio ® moment. Cet on your shoes, We with fallen trees, strung with barbed, > Mhoy did nor sind Whe battery, Bul and the ‘fans A down Into ® from somewhere In the rear to tak> Sauad stumbl 1 ahead in*y the dark- wp at hime ia aaa x atark horror of that Inatent: can't run barefooted!” Wiro—and what wae that queer om. th found other marke—a _benutl, dogged, long-distance one, | tty piace, OhAs iDheR herawa ao." } never afterward did he He wns fumiling with his own bankment of fresh, yellow earth +» : ty villa on the first slope of | "We cannot ge 08 a ae ., % nt? . va Ua we momecit silence “4 he 7 » hi ’ elie a ahe hilleide was t asunder like & the girl at last. “We shall have to If Wo & throurh,” began the | Thera wae a momedty silence pushed the box slowly out into think of !t without @ shud- shoos as he ke, He managed to which stretched to right and left? girl, ass ine 80 the #trea In & moment the water thrust his briised fest Into them; he The Helens cried the girl. os and Stewart watched the Stewart's nerves were Bouse of canis and a moment later work our way down-stream until we der, It wan one of those tn- se convulsively he could wearcely was at hie oh stuffed Ne rocks Into the pocket of “Coma! Woe are safe at last!” ani Maine Hames oA Miad Of savalry: aro past the Gor rife ean Jol get through," he control them. He could feel his “Atl right?” he nwked again, stants—fortunately few—which atamp hin cont and wilpped into tt. ahs started to fun forward, a | BAAMURTthen Ivan Weavecntiereg: “tin gt pyre ne; mouth twitching ove themselves indelibly upon the brain, "Ready?" he aske: Hut only for an instant, As if the pecs suwh: tis Wy detnee i it Hutto get past the jormans proved “wre will mean more to F ethan “Weean't goon.” he muttered "We He took another st Anda then he felt cry of hers was an awatted signa A neasint ff and mother a far greater tusk than they had ane » forward: *h® which penetrate the apirit, which | “ft a moment eesti hastening along many. regiinet sue k the must got Tits is rribte, it eu Vand lifted hin off i her hand in hits, “Which way?! thera came a orash of musketry from + Bee canes COTES Rs HAR OD AG BINE Citinated, which contained the letter 1 fh hin Hewan to swim eaaily eve & mark not to he effaced, Ifo chanced back through the tree, the wooded ridge to the right and a! at rete ulottod a F a Bee? ‘There seomed to be no end to the vo must throug must OK rth nbil und Wis not sure of his It Was the fldeh of har white arin, ‘The bout was ut the bank! Its oot. answering cragh from the crest of the «a It was evident now that the Meuae &? Jed legions. after not fall!" She rose tehed of the ruin, slong the 1. ed sty stren s jong time since he as aha aank for the second t! that pants were lewping out, rifles in hand; embankment; and Stewart saw hi > ke: pte : i 7 ' t tow . Apiroht ept up 7 eding figure spin half net was the barrier witch had stopped brigade packed the stretch of lovel her arms high above he F Dear past the church tower, aer the had done any serious swimming, and y tinctively Stewart (A eecrochii@ht awept up and down, light and sper the army. ar up toward Liege were ground along the river, while the road God, you will not let ua fall!” whe road, over the wall, back into the he knew that he muet hugkent hin, saved er. Inatinetively ¥ “Pia way, 1 think,” and he guided round, collapse and fall limply to the | he ruins of a bridge, and no doubt was wided with an astounding cried. Then she tur and held clean fields There they flung thent self, Then, too, the eperent yaa clutched at tt, pelzed It, regained tha nar diagonally to the right. "Go care- road, tye OB tue otbem. hud been biown up by tangle of transport-wagons, cook. out ® baud to bim, “Come,” slo selves down ganpingly side by aiden etronger than it had seemed trom Une box at @ Vigorous stroke, \brew one fully! The less nolse we make the (To"Be- Continued.) .