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7) rere and a Woman Spy er PRS me eh A. Benen Oe ee ee ee) TROPA OF FER EDING (UArrTRe fe nte ne omee As vay ate ont the ‘he @ rye ee fn on just be amvulacces somew CHAPTER XIV. ehout . ile paused, listening, for the firtow Disaster. a! the barricade had siarted furiously was beside her tn an ine «gale @tant, his arm around ter, ,,)) Ht be back In & moment,” he aald raising | Me scarcely Suddeniy he found him face to heard the whistle of the with the Helgian officer, blond bullets; he knew only, as Aiained, demonian, shouting encour. | wrement to his men * eyes Naahe he knelt there in the romd, that lis a wih amazement when bh aw 8 ° little comrade had beon stricken oy shld sont the aed down, back! Go back!” he shouted He stooped to lift her “My comrade t# back there!” pant. “tn a to the fo Stewart, and tried to pane Going to carry you “ u the officer caumht tis arm. Here, wave my handerchie® © Mad: he cried, “It tw death! te show that we are friende:” and to ft, t way” * hand “Now hat ia that to met” demanded he thrust it into her hand Stewart, and wrenched bis arm away, your arm about my neck The officer watohed him nine “No, no!’ @he criel, "Put te stant, then turned away with a sahrug, down. Here are the letters. Bee, 1 After all, he reflected, It wan none of am putting them into your pocket, Now, put me down and save your ort" “He atill!” he commanded, “Don't struggle eo! oT will not put you down, Wave the handkerch “There in cavalry down yonder," she protested wildly. “It will charge in @ moment!” “I know it, ‘That's one reason why I will not put you down! “Another reason is," he said dellb- erately, “that [ love you! I'm telling you pow because I want you to know, If this should be the end. I love you, love you, love you!” And then he bent his head and kissed her. “Like that,” he satd hoarsely; “only a thousand times more than that—a million times more than that “she pollod herself up until her pheok was pressed to his; and her eyes were like twin stars. “And I!" sho whispered, "A million times more than that, Oh, my prince, mily Tover’ *'Sfewart’s veins ran fire, He threw feck his head—what fate could harm him now? “And yet you wanted me to put you down!” he mocked. “She snuggled against him, warm ‘nnd womanly; she gave herself to him, “Oh, hold me close!" she seemed to ‘hold ime close, close! 1 am yov s now!" *Wave the handkerchief!" he added. “We're getting near the bar- ricade, Life is too aweet to end just the amiled up into his eyes, and waved tho Lundkerchie? at arm's length above their heads. Stewart, glancing up, saw a row of heads In queer black shakos peering curiously down from the top of the barricade. “They have seen 1" he sald. “They're not fring. They understand that we are friends. Courage, little gomrade: “I'm not afrald,” she smiled. I love that name—little comrad “Here are the last entanglements, and then we're through. What is the cavalry doing?” Bho gave u little cry as she looked back along the road. At the same instant Stewart heard the thunder ‘And she screamed, ut me down!" sped Stewart between hia, teeth, and glanced over his phoulder, The Uhlans were charging in solid mass, their lances couched, There was just one chance of ping thom. LITTLE COMRADE The Adventures of a New York Man BURTON E. The Evening World Daily Magazine. Saturday. Apefl 24. 1915 ~ oo 7 rk ae) J srccereemeeerer'¥ Men Who Fail—XXIV._ - . Pet Mies - in the Present War { STEVENSON | Very . ine Tou have # end the formule” N he pared an are about MMe meck ond drew hom wt lower Kine me And Btewar ken, clrourly beppy, preset * 0 @ jong, Clone, passionste em wel he onl prom: forgotten the elgne she frew ber arm away y red,” she wh epered dreamtly vi ” y, very happy. 1 40 Mot belleve an go Ob, dear one 1 will get « wagon of some kind @ hand-cart, If nothing better, There hin affair; hia task wae to hold the Gerinans back, and he threw himself into it “Bleady, mer "Steady! Our reserves are coming And Me men cheered and held « firm front, though It comt them dear “so firm and steady that Stewart | found he could not get past it, but was carried back foot by foot, t extausted to resist, entangled hope- jeasiv in the retreat, The Germans Pressed forward, filling the atrest from side to aide, compact, irr And then the Relglans heard be- hind them the sound of shouts and the roll of wheels, and their captain, glancing back, saw that a machine sun had been posted in the middle of the street, “Steady, ment” he shouted. “We have them now! Steady till I rt he outed. the word!" He glanced back again “I'm Waiting For Somebody to Tell Me What to Do.” and caught the gunners’ eignal. —— - aw = iene _ _ “Now! To the alde and back!” he screamed. again, will be our part in this war— would have been shot immediatoly too bittter, too terrible, But as be more simple, more direct, more Tue men, with a savage cheer, {® hold them until France has tine And then again that dark stain his vision cloared, he saw on every unaffected, than the letters them- sprang to right and left, into door: {© strike. But J pity my poor coun- upon the floor flashed before Stew- hand the evidence of war's desolation. avives, A mwitt doubt swept over ways, close against the try! ‘Weil _me, my friend,” he added art's eyes, Perhaps that bad really » road was thronged with fugi- him, Perhaps, once In the presence gun, with a purr of delight, let loose 1" Anowher tone, “why did you risk happened. Perhaps that blood was tives—old men, women, children—feo- of the General, he would tind that he fis lightnings into the advancing (ath tn that reckless fashion? Why hers! ing westward away from their ruined had played the fool--that there was Honda. did you kneel beside that bene’ “Tow can I learn her fate?" he homes, away from the plague w Ding in thes letters “It was there L left my comrade,” froancd, “1 must know the truth of anal, ‘Their Stewart, who had been swept aside was devastating their And yet a woman had risked her with the others, without understand. Stewart answered brokenly, his face it!" faces were vacant with despair or for th Face to face with ing what. was happening, gasping, Convulsed, "She was wounded—-she “Yos," said the other gently, “it ts Wet with silent tears, Kor whither deur, gho had made him swear to rubbing his eyes, staring down the Could not walk went to look for a the missing who cause the deepest Could they fee? Where comld they deliver them, Well, he would koep cart—-for an ambulance —1 had scarcely taken a step when the Ger mans swept over the barricade and One can only walt and hope Nope for food and sheiter? How could ‘That 1s acl that vou can their Journey end, save at the goal of do—that and one other thing.” death? anguish: and pray. his oath, Ho Was still very tired, and at 1 he lay t the cushlons, ftreet, saw the blue-gray line sud- denly stop and crumple up. Then, with a aavage yell, 1t dashed forward 4 « monk nd ati n. He aaw an officer $8to the town. When I got back to “What other thin, Stewart de- The car threaded tts way slowly Cloned his oves, utd tried ae eee come then fall crashing toe house where I had left her she munded among ‘these heartbroken’ people. It Cloned Ns oye, and tried to alerp the street; he saw that instant of in- W48 not there. “She intrusted you with a misston, Passed throuch silent and deserted rake equeaked ant groped 4s decision which ts fatal to any charge “Ah!” said the other, looking down did she not?" asked the little captain, Villages, by flelds of grain that would 900° Wure Manitoaa gh ethat bey eae and then stark terror ran through the @t Stewart thoughtfully. “It was # “Living or dead, ahe would be glad Hever be harvested, wlong quiet Ly. oNaia igoked about him, Ahead ranks; and they turned to flee. woinan, then?” to know that you fulfiiied it, for it Streams which would aoon be fed with fh Th lente OF a Cowal be Rut the pressur> from the rear cut re c was very dear to her. You still have Bidvd. At last it came to BL ‘Trond, Kamen, tie Innis OF toling past oft escape in that direction, The ‘Your wife? the letters and etopped before the town hall, song tno river hank Pe an Neod burst: into the houses _ “She had promised to become my — Stewart thrust his hand into hig OM Whose beautiful old belfry MYNME LM Clee iy conoquy be on either aide, swept through them, Wife: and Stewart looked at the stand brought them forth floated the Helginn flay. twean the chauffeur and & faRe In out across the flelds and away, And Other steadily, You are right,” he sald, and rosy “If you will walt here, sir," sald th® unirorm; a paper was examined by steadily the little gun purred on, as | “You are an American, are you iy, “Where can I’ find Gen, officer, and jumped to the pavement the iuht of an electric torehy then if revelling in its awful work, until not” and hurried up the steps THA GHAR AteDped to cob aide end the tho street was clear and Stewart es—I have my passport.” he other had risen, too, and wag So Stewart waited, an object of car started slowly ahead sought again the house where he and “And madame—was she aleo an supporting him with a stron hand, much curiosity to the passing crowd, — ‘Thy rambling train came to @ stop, Mary had taken refuge. American? That!l do not know,” he answe Other # dashed up from time to and Stewart, rubbing bin eye sf He knew tt (he inatant he crossed “No, she was a Frenchwoman, She “somewhere along the French fron: time, officers Jumped out with re- reiciiment of soldiers leaping from tt the threshold; yes, this the entry, was shot twice in the leg as w no doubt, mustering his fore ports, Jumped in again with orders, down to @ long, brilliantly lighted this was the room, there waa the set- toward your barricade—seriousl Stewart looked about him uncer. @ dashed away, Plainly Bolgium platform, They wore red trousers tle where she had been lying, was quite impossible for her to walk, tainly. was not dismayed, even in face of Lim ard jong blue coats folded back in He stopped, staring, gasping. The But when I got back to the house sie “If I were only stronger!” he began, great invaaion; she was fghting front, eettle waa empty. was not there. What had happened — “Wait,” the fittle officer broke in, coolly, intelligently, with her whvle With a shock Btowart reallzed that Slowly he stepped forward, gazing to her?” “T think | have it, Lam expecting in- @trength, they were French—-that these we about him, Yes, there was the buoket His companion gazed out over the structions from our headqu. And then an officer came down the ters at the nen w w of water on the floor, juat es he had meadows and shock his head. Bt. Troud—tney should urtive usany steps, jumped upon the fuotbaard of crea Mer ee fhe Been anes left {t; there were the blood-stained = “You looked in the other rooms?" moment—<and | n send you back in the machine and jooked at Stewart, avove the door of the station, tts rage: there was the torn sheet; but he asked. the car which brings them. At head- “I am told you have ® message," h@ name flashed. Into view--"Glvet." the settle was empty. ‘Everywhere—all through the house quarters they will be able to tell you sald They had passed the frontier—thoy “Comrade! Little comrade!” --she was not there! Ah, and I re- something defluite, and perhaps to “Yes.” were in France. But there was no reply. The rooma Frencn he added. struggling to help you." am a member of the member now,’ ‘The car rolled on, crossed the river were empty, one and all, a sitting posture, his face more livid, He glanced xlously toward the Salt, Can you deliver it to me by a lo: \¢ ni ‘ Thin was’ the end, then—this was if posaiule, than it had been hefore: east and they Gant cn eppeamiie eve “i was told to deliver It only to Wath Eater a eear Uae ldictaene the end, ‘There on the settle was “There was a great blood Ktain on the over the intrenshinenis his troops Fen Joffre.” Ing, every window of which blaaed where she had lain; it was there she floor that was not there whon [ left had dius “Wo can hold them back "AN! Ip that case*— with light. Streams of officers were had drawn him down for that Inst her. How could tt have got there? for a time,” he added, “but we need | The officer caught his lower Hp be- constantly arriving and departing. A caress; and the letters—ah, they J cannot understand!” reinforcements badly. Ah, there tWeen the thumb and little finger of sentry léaped upon the footboard; would never be delivered now! ‘The paroxyam passed, and Stewart comes the cart his left hand, as if in perplexity, So again the chauffeur. produced fis Hut at least he could die there, with gradually regained his self-control swerful ray motor epun down PAturally was It done that for an in- papers. An officer was. summoned his head where hers had been. Tlinded, choking, ho dragged him- self forward—ah, hare was the place! “You will, of course, do as you think his companion at last; “but erhaps be of help if T kne stant Stewar gu; then, hastily, he passed hand acrocs his eyes. did not recognize the his left who glanced the document, and Iminediately stepped back and threw open the door of the tonneau from the west, Kicking up a great cloud of dust, and in a moment the little captain had received his in- best,” ga) 1 could Stewart, holding the girl close, leaped “sr inte compact he murmured, more, How do you come to be in thi (i » offleer looked at him keenly This w f ” into the ditch beside the road and ay stig comrade rags? Why was madame dressed as a et etry ace tia( Pe ecgrnpioeeriaad 0 “Mave we pot met before?” he said ce Hat. if you please,” he thtaw himself flat against the ground, Qi q°he fell forward across the net- nan? Why should the Germans Kill nd) fead Ha contoata eugery. | Bien qj As tho latter rove heavily, atite with shielding her with his body: ie, hia face buried In his arms, while her? ‘These are thinks that 1 should ie te nia n Berlin, on the 224," Stewart an- long witing, the Frenchman held out The tumult died, the fring slick? 4 choking cloud of #moke swept Into like to Know: but you will tell me OS “vrhe sixty-third will be here in *Wored an arm and helped him to aligit aned. What was that? A burst of { (hon ne iuch or as little as you please. hate ne, Gxty third will be here in "rhe oMcer’a tnce cleared, and he “You are vere lined, ie ie not eo? cheering i ean Hetore he was well awary of tt, x0 half an hour," he shouted. | Wi giaciod GvaE tha dor tata EMA Re, Ge Tae . not 60 Stewart ventured to raise his head ; hungry was he for comfort give those fellows a hot dose this Tyvh . and leok about him, With . gasp he CHAPTER XV. found en " ane ed | tp i CATA aR VAR apreloa Rint ME ORIA the way up the ate rew off a wolght, caught up lis 7 story. It flowed from his lips so is man cheered the news with pirst you mus RA. : into a jong room ‘where tore w ion, and mazecred to nis fen, Stewart Fulfile His Trust. jy) 60 brokenly, ax polsnant m waving shakes, then, with a CO ore loin NUE Fost a litle and Dave inany persons wore iting on benches eens «body which had fallen "1EN Stewart opened his ed through him, that more than eastward, fell to work aKiin om thie food) Tenn see that you have had @ uoynt dawns Of Slowly walking on him, It rolled slowly over on ity : tie Uri hia hatener stopped iin and trenches, which would have to be uxe fined tine a y ub sand down, eek as he rose, and he saw @ Kiastly eyes again, It was to find jana him to repeat. For the rest, he tended to accomm Re auintor a ee sien eee sn eeceatite dn KOM ANE avait there,” aAded the wound right between the eyes himself looking up inte @ sat staring out at the burning village, jenis, ‘Their capt opped close lO pody than it had. s vaaible be Ride. “it will not be long,” and he They have been repul good-humored face, which his eves bright, his hands clenched. the sito par ‘ 1 inad® could aver be ag Hewart jay back Nucried aw 4 pantad, "Wave the handherchiet: ho did not at first recognize, athe east, and maluted atiffiye tue Report omer who, #140 iinong the deep cushions of @ high= jorkel about Hon thee paneh and With his heart straining ea cieand tt was brown and dirty; thera was a Madama!’ he sald—and xo. paid TORU, CORMGREAUIEIL, EPO ADMIT ONDOIL et etn cone Nuon dE sOUTH> Women in the room~and he won stoegered Don't look!” he ad- threa days’ growth of beard upon her the highest tributo in a soldier's they gianced at Stewart cine Aneceooese TiSRARnE wt thelr prescace the but 4 ded, for the road Was strewn With cheeks and chin, and a deep red Wiens a eh etrictnn versauion ended with Hol pastiod under his finge i ¢ blah date same lB unl horrors “Don't Jol amiting SMMC Fan across the man's fore~ hen he ent down again, and there from ho officer In the car, ‘The other them into his pocket, He Tob divarea Kinde, ORAL eranee ne ne waned pm J head; but the eves were bright and What you have told me," he said Lt is he aald. “You will 1D: MOK an oF ey c 1H8 Roclety, Stowaurt was struck at once Tthall look only at you, my lover!" (he lips smiling, as of a man superior slowly last, “moves tae beyond be at st. ‘Trond in half ir; and had Deon here lraamine CY ue fact that they were all atlent, oust eta antes “| to every fortune, Stewart recognized Words. Holieve me, T would advance hn he the American tu mount into had denn ere ImnaxIN. eachanging Not w word, not even Stewart tightened bis kip and Bed thy ttle elglan captain whose (Nis instant, 1 would risks my whale the t Meg to aroma of her presen if us Mf it Was u point of honor #0 Wer are was the barricade, with troops had defended the village lightest chance of rescuing that in- sane MARR al The tho nae pad ae iabacte of cheering men upon it, exposing them- — “Will you tell me what happened?” trepid and glorious woman But there hove thy burning Vile, tion be written paper and hod read t Aedes eer art 5g ndaratecd: selves with utter recklessness to the Stewart asked at lant. Jano chance, ‘That village te held dropped into heat and turned to through and through, hoping vice, waiting to report to thelr chief hulieta which still whistled from righ’ an, we drove them out!” orfed the what could Bade happened?’ ly, BOOdbY to the low who some clue to the Identity of the or to A to some dificult ee ne Cana he cert nit? Could Captain, his face gleaming, “My men asked Stewart again. “W hate could Chern Rn PNe, CR coo ay he ee en at and dangerous task by on t » Could neu! : gonad! olglan captain wis i ith did not even know they were summoned, dia ar he voasibiy step neross (is boty behaved splendidiy—they are brave she have Ko © dean acip tone other, he avi back, Teltera Aid nel help Uorcuah the clon eae tid cette Suddenly he felt his burden lifted boys, as you yourself saw. We mude cannot Imaging, Tean only hope hand at the vigor > him ninad nothing Dut ine “At twot te-wam to ploware the we fom him and a strong arm thrown t'=-how you say%-—too hot for tae that sie |s Most probably she Monsieur!” ho sn ply, #8 hia nocent Nght-hearted, Im- senger caine. about hia shoulders, (iermans; but we could not remain has been ¢ no prisoner, Even it eyes met Stewart d tuen the car personal gossip, written appare y “This way, alr.” he said. 1!" he gasped. "We're They were pushing up in force on that case, there ts litte danger that started by one young woman to another. Stewart followed him out into the rvery side, and they had set fire to she will ever be recognized Stewart looked back and waved nis n” they were ad hall and into a room beyond a 8 © @ the place, So we took up ous wound- But why should they take prisoner hand tot ar figure, #0 could hove wept deep ante amber, where white en,” she said. “The letters are ed and fell back. At the last moment # Wounded clvilla Siewart per i) and indo A mist ot hidamled niin evar ha Hal tad etre d oie a creat uate your pocket, Should we be sep- I happen to remember that 1 had cannot understand It, un- came bet Would h papers. ‘The messenger arated——- ™ u you dodging along the gireet in ar waever see that frivnd again? wore in KE r for Stawart to pasa, then “We will not be separated." he face of the German fire, #o I look for voles in his throat, his Chance was all against An nour English-—and the env went swiftly out and closed the door broke in impatiently. “Do you suppose you in this house and in that, At face turned livid x ence, the Belgian might be lying in superseription, “Mra. Tradford Stew The man at the table examined his 1 would permit anything to separate last I find you in a room full of Unless what?" asked the officer, the road, a buiet through his heart; art, Spa, co of Liege, Reletuin.” visitor with a long and penetrating ‘ee now? amoke, lying across a bench, and { turning on him quickly. “What is Mt if not an hour hence, then to-morrow Rut ao far ay hie could aee they had his face cold, impaasive, ex “i know, dear of e.” she anid aoftly. bring vou away, Now we walt for you fear? or next day, And before this war was nothing to do with her-—they were pressioniess. “But we ahou , you W: carry tters to General J tate!” she cried. romise me! fre? Oh, do sey me an so much to me-—my lifo's 1 my = ambitions—all = omy another attack. our scouts hay It will come soon the Germans “Unless she wa Stewart recognized!” cried over, how many others would be ly! In “You are not one of our ust a part of the elaborate plot hoars j P aborate p he eatd neen 50, thelr arms flung wile, their eyes which he had been unwittingly en- t Inst. ireparing to advance. Then we fight But the other shook hie head. | ataring at the mky-—Junt an thooe tan ane “tono, Tam an American.” as long at we can an ae many ane ha on recognized —whiol youn, Germans had lain bac he ie - a ee ae we nm. and then give back to @ ‘a moi imiprohablemehe would not ae sa may yas} Fest Kid Pry veraeee vee Baye & msssnen? Rew position, That, over and over have been (aken prisoner at “Yes. She He thrust eueb thoughts away--they very perfect one, for nothing could ‘How came you by it?” By Robert Minor’ ee ee ee tntrunted to a +h me lr ome of os au of enetlement The man ov uP @ memor endum from (he dewk aod ¢ ‘ at tt Then he eprang to his te y part Mr fewer -~ 1 414 hot rateh you we on ft ad brato did ¢ wy t ob nd” anewered event y prementiy. tire o 8 written one? f two letters May | aoe ? Biewart hawtiated 1 promined " to Genes Jottre yp ee 1 understand, but ‘ very busy 1 mu @ the vette a went b ih hin fh audience Without a word ftewart passed then over He aaw the flush of ex element with whieh the other jooked t them, he eaw w hie hand he drew the sheets ther them } and touched a button on opennd ant the apy nera ed Joffre if he can ane ton # matter of the * mud the man. The Mirew. Yen, he added, ma for fiemt tin Tiesmenger bo of the fest tur “Hlere are the letters prive you, air, of the p an teuay 5 to Stewart, with shining ever twill not a sure of your- self placing them in hands, And itis your story.” The door opened and the monsenger aphoured “The ¢ Neral will be pleased to re- celve monmieur at onee,” he sald, and stood as f m pan At the end of the hall w room crowded with offi thin wae @ amatier with hin At . with white hair contrasted strongly with @ face ened and 6 ned by exposure to wind and rin, and lighted by a pair of eyon incredibly bright. He looked up as Stowart and his companion entered, " i, Fernan he sald. Stew- art did not know til afterward that his companion was the famous head of the French Intelligence Depart- ment, the eyea and ears of the French ariny--eaptain of an army of his own, ember of which went daily in pe 4 dreadful death, Jeneral,” said Fernande, ina Youre wh trembling earnestness man present suddenly ad, "L have the pleasure to you an American, Mr. Bradford Stowart, who, at great peril to himself, has brought you a meanage of the frst Importance.” caured every to raise hin hi of introduc Gen, Joffre bowed am to moet Mr, Stew art,” he suid, “What te this message?” t ois in) these letters, * paid yew in Stewart, and plac hin hand A the ¢ ‘The general glanced at them, then slowly drew out the encle “Wo ghall need a candie, Fer- nande; “also a flat dish of water,” One of the fecretaries hastened away to get the need articles was back in aie nt, and Fern having lighted the cand took his waistcoat pocket a tiny vtal biae Haquid and dropped three drops Into the dish, “Now we are ready, gentlemen,” he sald, “You are about to with a very Interesting experiment.” He picked up one of the sheets, dipped ft into the water, then held it Against the flame of the candle. Htewart, watching curtously, saw a multitude of red lines leap out upon the sheet-—lines which zixzagged this way and thi As wheet ff staff crowded t wed sheet the whole round the head of t table, snatehing them holdin, them to the leht, bending close to decipher minute writing, ‘Their were shining with excitement, th hands were trembling; they spoke in broken words, Phe en cinte-oh, a new work here at the left—-1 thought so-—three em menta—but this wall Is simply a mask—it would prsen UiMeuliles -that position could be flanked" It was the Mimselt spoke the fing who "he aald, sheet of all neer up mn he turned to Stewart, his eyes gleaming. Monsieur,’ he said, "l will net conceal from you that these are, nv Fernandes ha of first linportance. Will you they came into your pow papers the very tell us how wession” As bri ly as might be, Stewart told the story the ting at the Aix the arrest. at ' f ver the hilla, the passage of the the attack on the village, 4 nd his vol faltered despite effort tPoontrol it At first the staff had kept on with ita examination of the plans, but frst one and then another laid then down, and sat and listened. Kor a moment after he had finisned regarding him n Ger slowly to ls feet, and the of hin statf rose with Lim. ‘ he sald, “C will n to tell you how you w ve moved me; but on behalf inea [thank you; on her behalf | give you the highest honer whieh tt they sat silent, Joffre ros nembers sinur,” ain my power to bestow." H h 1 went to his buttontole and detached a red ribty from which hung « little five-rayed star of white ¢narir edged with gold. in a mo he ha eMtixed 1 Steevart's coa " Legion, 1 "ho sald, and he stepped bavi luted : A mist of teark t eyes, h throat sudden: tract rokeid “Tt i@ too much,” Jown at the decoration eniy. "I do not deserve tin the proudest order tn the world, monsleur,’ broke In the general, “but itis not too much. You have done for France a greater thing than you per- haps imagine. Ie there anything « that I can do for ? i T pray you to commend ma Rape ts i] KEITH oF THe BORD By RANDALL PARRIONM fame of = THE RED MINT” fe ER “ooort @) Nene gtekee OF 6 were i Odden conve | come he par. 14 aad: Pb og ate So ar e dettre tet thm © aie ’ Hie fe feoed, grew tender ° ‘ eon adobe * oald. wed Peorethine poesiie aghall te . ore he aed 1 erent tt ° oe het Ve” . od Mewar, “Theat * moh what does it matter™ aad od, Heed re f= ore’ ite o ete! sutulanees “Yea, ‘ . cimentde lame Wilt fra « cm pS. amg . * honored to do so,” sai@ the ervre quiekty 1 will eee that it be (20) tomenrow 1 etl dhe beld out hie hand, he ® f eame to a eff salute, U nul tomorrow,” repeated Jiowed Fernandes to t As he pasted out he glanced bun Toe members of the bending abs thene vol-nned ote, ageraees room, muted * posmed: the * 1 (ie bal Came witty to atten Sleworte heart wae Witter, ry OW were to bom, alone and desol Monsieur tt we voice, low. vibrant with eympath: You ® pation me for what 1 i to aay but tT think # It was not alone for Dingelt was for that ‘as you Nave ealied #0 brave, #0 loyal, 0 indomit- able that my heart le at her feet. Is it not eo He came a step nearer, and laid « tend hand on ewart’s arm. Do not despa friend ath , | beg of 5 that she should be dead! ie oma not pe #o cruel. With ut shared a few splendid da: ert), Of trial, and of ecstasy: then you were whirled apart, bat only for a time. Bomewhere, some time, you wi nd her again, — it, I feel itt” eaten ey ‘ wut it was no longer Fernande that Stewart heard—it was another voice, subtle, delicate, out of the a@- known His bosom lifted with « dew, o fa} i convulsive breath, “You are right,” he wht too, feel it! Bome ‘ime sme w — ‘ 4 And his trembit: that trean ‘of Tustfous ‘wade, waren above his heart, Var away to the s the gray uniform of the German ~ cod slowly back and forth before @ great white house looking seretes terraced garden down Meuse. Three days before It bem the beautiful and orderly hi ot wealthy Belgian; now it oid the odor of ether and form. . in the spacious dining roont'an operating table had been tnatalled, aad @ izing apparatus simmered in ene corner. Along its halls and in every room rows of white cote were ranged -and each cot its bandaged oe- eupant, Hefore the door, two murgeons, ther- oughly weary after a hard day, eat smoking and talking in low tenes, Within, a white-ciad nurse atole fram cot to cot, assuring herself that all wor as well might be. 1 a tiny room on the wy floor a wingle cot had been placed. As the nurse stopped at the open door and held aloft her nlghtlamp, her @; caught the gleam of other eyos, ‘tet she stenped quickly forward. ewe in it? “ahe asked soft!’ ny ar "not # ? not in pain Sitial wakes << The patient-—« slender Inf, hee y. or could tt be a girl the made a nemntivn sien. Ns not know German,” heap said in French iy The nurse placed her cool eng lipon the patient's brow to aemure Ifyvelf that there was no access be ver. “Tana ak French a Nt whe eatt painfully, In that language. And the; eho hesitated Tell me, trader sie went on, after a moment, ‘how you eame to b wounded. % " wondered much,” ‘ ‘. wa have “My brother and U were try! net through your lines to Weneeene Whero our mother is," the othge auc awered re “T slipped on a suit of my roth thes, thinking to maké ess; but we were too lata. ight between two fires ir wien stormed that villngw! the smile, there was @ anxiety in’ th® eyés san upon the nurse, It as oe ry, but she had been able to The nurse, at Vise no better one, ast epted It unquestionably * ow terribl And your shimmer ¢ turned poor st et him ‘When T was wounded, he carrted me into a house, and then hi summon ald. Bi hack, your mon had taken brot uWay uid get is safe, at least?’ 1am sure of it he will come for you, wt 1s s00n AS he ean?’ ’ iam sure of that also!" was a subtie timbre in the volce that caught the nurse's ear, and ked down again {nto the lumi, You de not seem to mind your mis. fortun she said, “You seem ever, e eves which gazed up at het y. wonderfully brilliant. & color crept into the pale a whisper e nu stranmely an py." sald the girl, almost ‘very happy!” poused A moment longet thr iled, ‘Then her training at excite yourself," ahé ou must go to sleep, food Hight!" came the murmure@ “I will try to sleep.” 3 for long and long she lay stare up into the darkness, glowin, precious memory of a man’ vring about her, his ardent n here. Ho is safe!” her soul assured hers vill seek you up and dows the world until he finds you. You shall again upon his breast; you shall hear bis heart beating—some time some. where!" ong And with @ long sigh of contents ment she closed her eyes and leptin (THE SND.) j