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The Last Shot BY FREDERICK PALMER (Copyright, 1914, by Charles Scribner's Sons) 9 SYNOPSIS. suggestion. who was ev At their home on the frontier between the world 1 the Browns and Grays Marta (;alland and flower!" he her mother, entertainlng colonel Wester ling of thie Grays, see Captain Lanstron. She ran f staff intelligence officer of the Browns, and was bas injured by a fall in his aeroplane. Ten years later. Westerling, nominal vi'e but first wounds real chief of staff, reinforces South Ia stretchers ( Tir, meditates on war, and speculates on the comparative ages of himself and Mar- up a hand ta, who is visiting in the Gray capital. bandage wb Westerling calls on Marta. She tells him of her teaching children the follies of war center. Th and martial patriotism, begs him to pre- the surgeon vent war while he is chief of staff, and predicts that if he makes war against the sent on up irowns he will not win. ()n the, march distant, whi with the 53d of the Browns Private Stran- sitioned vel sky, anarchist, decries war and played out patriotism and is placed under arrest. men were Colonel Lanstron overhearing, bogs him fulness. T off. Lanstron calls on Marta at her bnome. lie talks with Feller, the gardener. Martia done their tells Lanstron that she believes l"'ellor to proof of it be a spy. Lanstron confesses it is true. Lanstron shows Marta a telephone which ars. Feller has concealed in a secret passage Some of under the tower for use to benefit the peaceful fi Browns in war emergencies. ,anstron de- pea clares his love ktr Marta. Westerling and their condi the Gray premier plan to use a trivial in- wonder, of ternational affair to foment warlike pa triotism in army and people and strike be- their cons( fore declaring war. Partow, Brown chief be near. 'I of staff, and Lanstron, made vice, discuss the trouble, and the Brown defenses. Par- by a hosp' tow reveals his plans to Lanstron. The story of cr Gray army crosses the border line and at tacks. The Browns check them. Artil- in explana lery, infantry, aeroplanes and dirigibles ing a head engage. Stransky, rising to make the anarchist speech of his life, draws the Many o Gray artillery fire. Nicked by a slrapnel Marta eve splinter he goes Berserk and fights-"all a man." Marta has her first glimpse of It was gaO war In its modern, cold, scientific, mtur- an, her e derous brutality, and it wat way she a CHAPTER X-Continued. r esponse response This was the very thing to whip solemn m her thoughts back from the knoll. He spirited, c was thunderstruck at the transforma- major bsur tion: hot color in her cheeks, eyes distribute aflame, lips curving around a whirl- remark ofi wind of words. the gelat "You name the very reason why 1 theI like wish to stay. Why do you want to that yello save the women? Why shouldn't they thatYou di bear their share? Why don't you want Yes, he v them to see men mowed down? Is lines, " it because you are ashamed of your "Say, profession? Why, I ask?" smile? It The problem of dealing with an "And a angry woman breaking a shell fire of him whis questions over his head had not been he fired." ready solved in the captain's curricu- "Miss, i lum like other professional problems, "They i nor was it mentioned in the official cheek wa instructions about the defenses of the "Once Galland house. He aimed to smile It seeme( sot ln1 . mFn. >~l e "It is an old custom." he was say- I'll be bal ing, but she had turned away. "Yes; 4 "Lanuy's plan-mow them down! neat littt mow them ow them w them down!" "We c, she went on, more to hersel than to when th shem. der if Was there nothing for her to do? jumped Could she only look on in a fever of "Our restlessness while action roared "Not around her? The sight of several au- ger!" tomobile ambulances in the road at Oh the foot of the garden stilled the -h-h throbs of distraction in her temples ing of I With an answer. The wounded! They "Hell were already coming in from the field. goingI She hurried down the terrace steps. both gl The major surgeon in charge, sur- "Sh prlsed to find any woman in the vi- on cinity, was about to tell her so auto- of a sl matically; then, in view of her inten sity, he waited for her to speak. "You will let us do something for them?" Marta asked. "We will make them some hot soup." He was immediately businesslike. No less than Dellarme or Fracasse or Lanstron or Westerling, ,he had been preparing throughout his professional career for this hour. The detail of caring for the men who were down had been worked out no less system atically than that of wounding them. ,'Thank you, no! We don't want to 'waste time," he replied. "We must get them away with all speed so that the ambulances may return promptly. It's only a fifteen-minute run to the hospital, where every comfort and ap pliance are ready and where they will be given the right things to eat." "Then we will give them some wine!" Marta persisted. "Not if we can prevent it! Not to start hemorrhages! The field doctors have hrandy for use when advisable, and there is brandy in all the ambu lances." Clearly, volunteer service was not wanted. There was no room at the immediate front for Florence Nightin gales in the modern machine of war. "Then water?" The major surgeon aimed to be pa tient to an earnest, attractive young "We have sterilized water-we have everything," he explained. "If we hadn't at this early stage I ought to be serving an apprenticeshiP in a vil lage apothecar shop. Anything that w means contusion, delay, unnecessary tl excitement is bad and unmerciful." n Marta was not yet at the end of her n resources' The recollection of the dy- Ii ing private who had asked her mother r for a rose in the last war flashed into f mind. "You haven't any flowers! They won't do any harm, even if they aren't I sterilized. The wounded like flowers, don't they? Don't you like flowers? Look! We've millions!" "'yes, I o. They do. A gdod idea. Bring all tbs flowers you want to." The major surgeon's smile to Marta q not ajether on account of her the \ tti Lw suggestion. "It ought to help anybody as stuillnps g who was ever wounded anywhere in the time beiw; n the world to have you give him a in the knoll Sflower!" he was thinking. the dilrigible . She ran for an armful of blossoms out of the tip and was back before the arrival of the After all. tl it first wounded man who preceded the ftit ln th . stretchers on foot. Hie was holding iof~it mon the r up a hand bound in a white first-aid of taly 1101 1 bandage which had a red spot in the progress of a tr center. Those hit in hand or arm, if siftings ofrl e- the surgeon's glance justified it, were sults n tohe º sent on up the road to a point A mile stron overloo h distant, where transportation In requl- stron overloO n: sitloned vehicles was provided. These meae the v; t. men were triumphant in their cheer- eyes. of t I" fulness. They were alive; they had story of twt ta done their duty, and they had the larly nouf tw tO proof of it in the coming souvenirs of torye, mult scars. knoll by ten ge Some of the forms on stretchers had knoll by tere ha "' peaceful faces in unconsciousness of There ha n i their condition. Others had a look of of transceht In- wonder, of pain, of apprehension in the charge. N- their consciousness that death might some grim a Let be near. The single word "Shrapnel!" triggers tic ar- by a hospital-corps corporal told the minutes. l story of crushed or lacerated features, down the til- In explanation of a white cloth cover- trench and les ing a head with body uninjured. targets of Many of the wounded looked at rushes to nct Marta even more than at the flowers. Reinforced, of It was good to see the face of a wom- tom of the ur- an, her eyes limpid with sympathy, fire. AbovE and it was not what she said but the lets sent ar way she spoke that brought smiles in ceived rose response to hers. For she was no tor!" whicl hi solemn ministering angel, but high- other Broa He spirited, cheery, of the sort that the The litter 1 ma- major surgeon would have chosen to move the distribute flowers to the men. Every ready deat il remark of the victims of war made its article of distinct jad indelible impression on larme's me Y I the gelatl!, of her mind. at Stransk: "I like my blue aster better tl.s.n right. He to that yellow weed of yours, Tom!" stock. Hi. hey "You didn't know Ed Schmidt got it? sky put it Is Yes, he was right next to me in the and the eIt Sline." cases. It "Say, did you notice Dellarme's a show of smile? It was wonderful." enemy. an "And old Bert Stransky! I heard Suddenl; e of him whistling the wedding march as from the i een he fired." gether. E icu- "Miss, I'll keep this flower forever!" what this ms, "They say Billy Lister will live--his course of Lcal cheek was shot away!" proach by the "Once we got going I didn't mind. to allow tl mile It seemed like as if I'd been fighting Individual -vole no bigger than a lead-pencil, crawl upw sa- I'll be back in a week!" where the "Yes; don't these little bullets make furnish wn! neat little holes?" blaze of wn" We certainly gave them a surprise "Over Ln to when they came up the hill! I won- the!" der if we missed the fellow that "That's do? jumped into the shell crater!" dozen!" er of "Our company got it worst!" ready co oared "Not any worse than ours, I'll wa- be grinn al a- ger!" looked I ad at ,Oh--oh--can't you go easier? plainly e O the Oh-h-h-" the groan ending in a clench- nature h mples ing of the teeth. The c1 They "Hello, Jake! You here, too, and naled bt field. going in my automobile? And we've gan cra steps. both got lower berths!" "Over ), sur- "Sh-h! That poor chap's dying!" Dellarm the vi- Worst of all to Marta was the case After D auto- of a shrapnel fracture of the cranium, three 1 Inten- shoulde ette, a ing for with th 11 make "Oh, "That tesslike. brains, :a sse or p - and wt essional they ta letail of w turned re down midst i them.o spade want to either Ve must to cipta promtly. sin g m to a the Aw ti -t and apry t ser mint eat." r ochdoin hi em oher or h l note o- they h Nothto m r orde Id doctors be phad advisable, ley the ambu- t aAfte enel a was not poorl fl w di om at the singly, e wtdmer e Nightina assth .ne of har. eil d wascen n. " of we 'yWhy Do You Want to Save the eto i I her moth mie Asultiro oeliriumf in weh ypoer eers! They the answer to Marta's question if the PI ifhthey aren't poor fellow would live. lie flowers? and again singly, the wounded were Ic coming in from a brigade front in the; d A gdod Idea. region where the rifles were crackling lI Agwant to." and the shrapnel clouds were hanging nile to Marts prettily over the hills; and stretchers a ccount of her were being slipped into place in the ( buln le arta k er seras instead of r ambulanes ar eof hell. give then post. 1' haVe much mo at "For our hlen, n .ti, ,," said the majo on us!" they rcl)t'a tilwo:l ta ,icting section of I in words as if they rra 1 stimulant. _vtoat :r, But 1)ellarme CHAPTER XI. not take much to .. lie himself felt At the Galland Hous that knoll half a A,` unit ,,vngros5sed in wn at his watch an work Every man taught ho ak For seven hour link may brak a chain and g The Grays' trey hitmsl f a a link and only a ihe breadth of the ,,srin m of eu ineers forgot M, ex- were coming u ist n as an ,rror of his sub tea mander of the ciaught hi:ss (e, and he went ion make sure that the :\meiu to cut closer to th nd, ceeded. ody as stutols gave cover for rifle or At last Dell the time' b- ing lie had no more eat regimental hea in the knoll than in the wre of flag that was Sthe dirigibles which were d nd drawal. Could the first lieutenant out of the fight. After all, the knoll was only gle had gone on h ,e A t on the vast staff map ne geant was den ling omany l oint of a struggl ose nial warse. Us( theprogress as bulletined thr the emies, he had s, if sittings of regimelntal, brg lvi- posing himsel slon and corips headquarters in re- had been shot mie suIts to the staff. partow n- "Men of the l stron overlooked all. Their kn go called, "you u ee madeo he vast map live und eir the greatest c eer- eyes. ut our concern is the know that yot had story of two reglmlnts, and c "Oong-gol larly of two companies, and is the first sect -s of story enough. If you would the throats repeal whole, multiply the conflict the "Those wht hadknoll by ten thousand. their fire!" is of There had been the eng e 't ?Cover the )k of of transcendent emotiOn in re ng trench!" In the charge. What followed w like Every foul s eight 0 grim and pl)assionlas tra ith ackward on triggers ticking off the slow. ing low the as l the minutes. Dellarme timed ti p mbs brougt edown the fusillade from sc e arted ona over- trench and yet not to lect t r alley and targets of the reserves advan by her knoll A at rushes to the support of the th. alland hou r. Reinforced, the gray streak at thebot- tervals. wom- tom of the slope pourdn in a heealer Once acr athy, fire. Above the steady pckle otbul. les of stel It the l6ts sent and the whistle of bullet) re- ce, behit e in ceived rose the cry of *PDoctorl Do bags, the Sno tor!" which meant each time that an em had i h ogh- other Brown rifle had e6en lle ter fnis1 It the The litter bearers, hard pressed t r en in an en to move the wounded, left the dead. ose awa' Every ready death was a familiar sight- o each o ,de its article of exchange in, which De mile. Tb n on larme's men dealt freely. The a orror tha at Stransky's side had beep killed on transky ' tL.n right. He lay face down-on his rift Marta, stock. His cap had falltoff. S w him. gotit? sky put it back on the n' hea "You at in the and the example was fol4ed in othe he said cases. It was a good id to keep U 'Come in arme's a show of a full line of.;aps to th He toll enemy. t heard Suddenly, as by comn the hining rch as from the base of the knooied alt k, won gether. Dellarme unde at one 0 womI ever!" what this meant-then ep IIIth poken 'e-his course of a systematic, ti a as goo proach by superior num I was ith a mind, to allow the ground scout d ce. br hting Individual gray e 1 me pencil. crawl upwakiif t0 where the contour of the id st a ake furnish some protection *Whe blaze of bullets from the. - urprise "Over their heads! Don ry He I1 I won- thetl!" Dellarme passed of hung w that "That's it! Spare on# to broadel dozen!" said Stransky, rnn ushed ready comprehension. H seem wide al Swa-be grinning every time that De was in looked in that directioL He d bu asier? plainly enjoying himself. His ~eau a lench- nature had found sport to its tas The creeping scouts must ha and mi to, and naled back good news, for grou of imP1 e've gan crawling slowly after the in b "Over their heads! Encourage -as a lng!" Dellarme commanded. a pup, te case After they had advanced t r eyes canium, three hundred yards they S , S shoulders and hands exposed in tho ette, and began to work fe yyou a with their spades. "D "Oh, beautiful!" cried S , more "That baby captain of ours h The brains, after all! We'll get th and and we'll get them when they kF But they did not run. Unifal ly hood' they took their punishment w at het turned over the protecting so toget midst of their own dead and his n SIn a few minutes they had broug spades for rifles, and other a e either crawled or ran forw re ye cipitately and fell to the task ing the isolated beginnings a ing? single trench. "I Again Dellarme looked tow i "O mental headquarters, his ie er for smile not wholly masking th a he p in his eyes. The Grays had wo y or three hundred yards tdo en they should make their next in lips order to reach the crest. Bu e ing had fifteen hundred to go vaI gent ley before they were out go. with After their brave resistance f the * enemy they would receive di 1 bullets in their backs. This the qel time to withdraw if there n be pool assurance of a safe retreat. But 5,was no signal. Until there , he han must remain. kis SThe trench grew; the da on. a ~- Two rifles to one were no ying you against his devoted compa hich had had neither food nor since len o Save the early morning. As he c his pre thinning line he saw a o lood um, In which lessness and hopelesrnes erg he nne included on the set faces of which he wn a sesnn,lmo- so fond during this ordeal of th lelle fr hmis the men were crouching t b for o be ut out o f effective aim. 8 iu hypodermic "See that you fire low! your ar' i, and "On the heads up!" he called. your sa mmunute wase heomes, your country and God! in uuestion if the pass the word alongl" p arched throat after pa throat co s, at intervals, rev ated the message h and m wounded were leaden shoulders raised and dde front in the dust-matted eyelashes nar sharp were crackling ly on the sights' ot s were hanging "For the man in us!" g t irt a and stretchers sky. "For the favor of n birth a to place in thelthnt gave um the right tiou' U er sers instead of Akltts! For the joy hn.ve . .n In (.'. of hell. give them hell" ',S I let . at "For our hmew' l'or thi man in ri ht, as 1.:ai dt on us!" tlhey repeatel, aallin:g the far. IBut Sur lh in words as if they had the ta:,te of a and her)' ,ou a stimulant. again. Your But 1)ellarme know that it would places witlh ('1 not take much to lirýi Iitca a break. had a relativi 1 lie himself felt that h. i 1 ," n ",111 'o ", that knoll half a lif ,tine. ii looked I lellarun it wn at his watch and It '.as live o'clic)(k. good 1 ak For seven hours thl', had hell on. battalio)n anl I ug The Grays' trench l a\ a ompl1-to the Alvelrys. ll he breadth of the slIope; morre rserves The artlitr ex- were coming up. The brigade coIn- work, but that tes mander of the Grays was going to dIlel(ti'p. If ion make sure that the next charge sue- this want tll or nd. ceeded. We r At last l)ellarmne's glance toward cl ue(i. est regimental head(lllart: rs shoetl the 'ut in hkoll of flag that was the signal for with- put an itrn;tk nd drawal. Could he accomplish it? The If a pri tfa. first lieutenant, with a shattered arm, io this fashit y gle had gone on a litter. 'fhe ill ser- spoken to, It o no geant was dead, a victim of the cola- biag i hrae'h of niose al wars. Used to fighting savage en- that theyal ct o the emies, he had been too eager in ex- ,it .al coe lvi- posing himself to a civilized foe. Ile and e shalln g in re- had been shot through the throat. "You look bi n" "Men of the first section," I)ellarmne "You look i n go called, "you will slip out of line with thing, youngl; eir the greatest care not to let the enemy the fellow tl the know that you are going!" "Yesll, sir," Scu' "'Going-going! Careful! Men of "Well, was d is the first section going!" the parched "Yes, sirf." the throats repeated in a thrilling whisper. "lVe knowf t the "Those who remain keep increasing Stransky gr( their fire!" called Dellarnme again. , " Set "Cover the whole breadth of the As Fracas !e ing trench!" trench for t p like Every fourth man wormed himself that the en pan ith bckward on his stomach until he was w lang low the sky-line, when his stiffened eep mbs brought him to his feet and he se's arted on a dead run down into the et th fair alley and toward a cut behind an aby her knoll across the road from the the th. alland house. The others followed at at th bot' tervals. a hetaer Once across a road and up three se kle otbul ies of steps of the other garden ter bulleb reo ce, behind a breastwork of sand :tor! Do- bags, the company rested. Most of a, that an em had fallen asleep on the ground n silene fter finishing their rations, loge of ssed to r en in animal exhaustion. Some of dead. ose awake were too weary to give Ssight each other more than a nod and which e mile. They had witnessed too much / The orror that day to talk about it. But killed on transky foraged. on his rif Marta, coming out on the veranda, off. S w him. She "You are tired! You are hungry!" d in oth said with urgent gentleness. dnto keep u Come in!" tps to th He followed her into the house and ropped on a leather chair before a 0, the ft hlning table in a room paneled with - ed alt ak, wondering at her and at himself. at one o woman of Marta's world had ever . p th poken in that way to him. But It ti a as good to sit down. Then a maid I was ith a sad, winsome face and tender t d ce. es brought him wine and bread and e 1G m Giam. igulped dow thTy, WI tissues, while the a maid stood by to cut more bread. 1 i " When it comes to eating after fight * n- of the wo He looked up when the first pangs tions 1 o to of hunger were assuaged. Enormous, "The on n to broad-ehouldered, physical, his cheeks here f rri flushed with wine, his eyes opened You a tho -mwide and brilliant with the fire that have 4 t De was in his nature--eyes that spoke the to B nHe red business of anarchy and war. ront f. His *S-ay, bttt you're pretty!" talioni t Springing up, he caught her hand attach m mst ha and made to kiss her in the brashness sires ,or gro of impulse. Mlnna struck him a sting- befori rrthe in; blow in the face. He received it have o g as a mastitft would receive a bite from cessel a pup, and she stood her ground, her "So vced t r eyes challenging his fearlessly. thoug they ' "So you are like that!" he said acknl psed in - thoughtfully. "It was a good one, and spirit work fy you meant it, too." Bel "Decidedly!" she answered. "There's the I cried S more where that came from!" amor It ours Then little Clarissa Elleen entered Slnce I t get th and pressed against her mother's the ten they skirts, subjecting Stransky to child- they n. U fal hood's scrutiny. He waved a finger not hment ey at her and grinned and drew his eyes hung cting so e together in a squint at the bridge of char end and his nose, making a funny face that ing 1 hey had ed brought a laugh. they id other "Your child?" Btransky asked Minna. thro ran w e "Yes." natu ,thehtas k ll "Where's her father? Away fight- to ineginnngs g a ig?" dint "I don't know where he Is!" Nov oked w gi "Oh!" he mused. "Was that blow hell o, his fe for him at the same time as for me?" hau asking th a he pursued thoughtfully. wh rayay h hd wo "Yes, for all of your kind." lec yyards ten "M-m-m!" came from between his heir next in lips as he rose. "Would you mind hold- I rest. B ing out your hand?" he asked with a son d to go val gentleness singularly out of keeping the ere oat . with his rough aspect. da esiWtnce" the "Why?" she demanded. wa r receive f 'e never studied any books of eti- sk ks. This the qunette of polite society, and I am a De Ii the tr be poor sort at making speeches, anyhow. out Sretreat. ere But I want to kiss a good woman's tu Jatil terhand by way of apology. I never mi tissed one in my life, but I'm getting ha '; the da on.a lot of new experiences today. Will c iwere you?" e reo She held out her hand at arm's th led no o length and flushed slightly as he or As he schis pressed his lips to it. saw a ,'You certainly do cut thick slices," se peslse enohe said mriling. "And you certainly w which he ton Iare pretty," he added, passing out of his orelo the door as jeauntily as if he were ready w chih idth for or another fight and Just in time to hi see the colonel of the regiment come w fir e low yor around the house. He stood at the: i caleed your salute, half proudly, half defiantly, but ii tr and od in nowise humbly. e long" ,"Well, Major Dellarme'" was the p t throat colonel's greeting of the compani com- a geshageeh and mander?" exclaimed Dellarme. aas arss ar' Yes. Partow has the power. Four u!"harof the aviators have Iron crosses al- t SreadY and promotion, too; and you avor o f birth are a major. Company 0 got Into h 1 me o gt troub ess and the whole regiment would joy h oavc tton In ope unless you Llid on . S 1 let \ Kay It all c(imti out I in riL:t, is la..,trn I lh: :nn d right soo the far. Pitt tir li",' ,s have twllen heavy Ya and her. oyiu are in the thick if it again. Yourc ( nii Ity may chlan ge lid places witbh ('on1nlan"y 'E, wlioch ha:i *tk. hadl a rilativ\tly ,asy tune.' on "No, s.ir, ve wVou:ll pIrel r to staY. NO Si .ed I ortil a 1n i ,,I , , li take thI bi ,ck. "Lod. iro vi, ill tak,; thlis on.. battalion a I I'll transfer G'rollr to the Alvery's. Ihad loss, AlvAry --thraplnel. .ves lThe, art ilI.rvy has betldoi uigly g - work, but that is all in favor 0gf the T'I1 g to defensi;'P. If we can hold themll on lilior suC- this lino till tmlll)1o)rrow I)noon, It's all st nlll we want toir the present," ho coil- out t ward cludid. Case lthe V(-I hol them! )on't worry!. M with- put in Mttr;anky. Case The if a privat,. had spoken to a colonel knov arm, lit this falhion at drill, without being liver I ir-i spokenl to, It would have been a glar- ach. old- lug breach of military etiquette. Now 1, colen- that they were at war it was differ- Let in en I lit. Real comradeship between officer remn n l ue a nd miil;ti htgins with war. taki at. "We sha, ll. h?" chuckled the colonel. and arn "You look big enough to hold any- wa Swith thing, young man! re! Isn't this bo enemy the fellow that lanstron got off? A "Yes, sir," answered l)ellarme. out "Well, was Lanstron right?" yo\ n o "Yes, sir." archiedr "Wonderful man, Lanstron! ans hisper.' "Hle knowt just a little too much!" an eaSaing Stransky growled. dr th s ne of the As Pracasse's men rose from their himsel trench for the tinal charge and found himself that the enemy had gone, an officer 1 ,s-!sa eI I Ilraxlield, " SII the Scotch n- to the brow to ,Hae ye at to Maurice SI'; the bar. e- N "No," w er- "Do ye' odf continued of "No," s nd interprete of what you' ive+L mnd uchAs to Y But Will da, The St !~ Ointmen es fragrant ness. serve tt of the and I if negle re a of irrite with Free self. Addresl uever tBoston. d and º Daubel down cubist Ie the Want to Klu Good Woman' "Bu fight- Hand by Way Apology." to ha of the brigade stafitbrought instruc- "He pangs tions to the colonel. his pl rmous, "The batteries are going to emplace and tl cheeks here for your shpport in the morning. terpie )pened You will move as soon as your men' e that have eaten and occupy positions B-31 SAL1 ke the to B-35. That gives you a narrow fr. front for one battalion, with two bat talions in reserve to drive home your r hand attack. The chief of staff himself de Eat L lshness sires that we take the Galland house Ac a sting- before noon. The enemy must not lved it have the encouragement of any suo te from cesses." WI ud, her "So easy for Westerling to say," and thought the colonel; while aloud he it ge e said acknowledged the message with proper ing t ne, and spirit. authm Before the order to move was glve over, 'There's the news of it passed from lip to lip to f among the men in tired whispers. com entered Since dawn they had lived through n he mother's the impressions of a whole war, and clog ,o child- they had won. With victor they ad rei a finger not thought of the future, only of their bod! his eyes hunger. After the nightmare of the bad ridge of charge, after hearing death whisper your ace that ing for hours Intimately In their ears, and they were too weary and too far rhei d Minna. thrown out of the adjustments of any clot natural habits of thought and feeling en ay fight- to realize the horror of eating thei obli dinners in the company of the dead. tim Now they were to go through another E hat blow hell, but many of them in their ex- ciai for me?" haustion were chiefly concerned as tt whether or not they should get any t sleep that nighty an ween his nind hold- The satire of war makes the valet's ad with a son a hero; the chance of war kills ad Skeepingthe manufacturer's son and lets the bir day-laborer's son live; the sport of fol war gives the latent forces of a Stran sit oks of etl sky full play; the glory of war brings ac d I am a Dellarme quick promotion; the glam- tal s, anyhow, our and thi spectacular folly of wal I w oman's turn the bolts of the lightnings whic I never man has mastered against man. Per- in m getting haps the savage who learned that he ye day. Will could start a flame by rubbing two dry sticks together may have set fire to at arm's the virgin forest and wild grass in Lly as he order to destroy an enemy-and natu- k rally with disastrous results to him U Ick slices," self if he mistook the direction of the i , certanly wind. ning out of Marta Galland's thoughts at dusk t .-eereeready when she returned up the steps to the in time to house were of the wreckage the hot l mmet come whirlwind of war left. She was see ,ood at the lag fathers staring and mothers weep fanntly, but ing. Her experience with the wound ed drawing deep on the wells of sym " was the pathy, heightened her loathing of waR mpana com- and of all who planned and ordered it and led Its legions. She had been en lnarme. gaged since dark In completing the ower r Four work of moving valuable articles fro, cr coses al- the front to the rear rooms of the 0; and you house, which had been begun early Ii i got into h the day bY Minna and the coachman mme et would j ro TBE CONT UK-WD 'tS RITS" FOR BLUGGISH BOWELS No sick headache, sour stomach, biliousness or constipation to by morning. I ey Gt a lO-cnPt box now. he ' lrlu the rascals lut- te he ladache. onf liliOUslu s ,' i ie st 1011, the sick, .our all stomach aind f,il gases-turn them on- not to-night andl keep them out with Cascarets. M!" Millions of men and VtoniCn take a Cascaret now and then and never )nel know the nisery caused by a lazY 1ng liver, clogged bowels or an upset stotn ;lar ach. `ow Don't put in another day of distresS. ffer- Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; lcer remove the sour, fermentilng food; take the excess bile from your liver mel. and carry out all the constipated any- waste matter and poison in the this bowels Then you will feel groat. A Cascaret to-night straight'ns you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head. sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver uch!" and bowel action for months. Chil dren love Cascarets because they never gripe or sicken. Adv. their found Of More importance. officer Mr. Arthur ii. Engeibach, in his (.,' lectionl of aiecdOtls of tlhe Itritish bench, tells this story about Lord ,Iraxtield, who was among the last of the Scotch judges who rigidly adhered "tlae ye ony counsel, men?" he said to Maurice Margot, when placed at the bar. S!"No," was the reply. x "Do ye want to hae ony appoin tit contiliued the judge. "No," said Margot; "I only want an interpreter to make me understand Swhat your lordship says." LOOK YOUR BEST As to Your Hair and Skin, Cuticura Will Help You. Trial Free. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal. These fragrant super-creamY emollients pre serve the natural purity and beauty of the skin under conditions which, if neglected, tend to produce a state of irritation and disfigurement. Free sample each by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv. Impressionistic. Rankin-l understand our friend, Daubensplatter, won first prize at the cubist art eihibition. ' r~T e won a thousand dol d Womafil' *ap ,ra. O om "But I di, not know he belonged ,,,Y" I to that school." ght instrua "He doesn't, but the committee got e his picture upside down by mistake to emplace and the judges thought it was a mas he morning. terpiece."-Youngstown Telegram. ; your men -------- sons B. SALTS IF BACKACHY OR tha tw to bat- KIDNEYS TROUBLE YOU hmself de Eat Less Meat if Your Kidneys Aren't aland house Acting Right or if Back Hurts or Smust not Bladder Bothers You. When you wake up with backache ng to say," and dull misery in the kidney region le aloud he it generally means you have been eat e with proper ing too much meat, says a well.known authority. Meat forms uric acid which s was glve' overworks the kidneys in their effort am lip to lip to filter it from the blood and they be ed whispers, come sort of paralyzed and loggy. ved through When your kidneys get sluggish and ole war, and clog you must relieve them like you ory they bad relieve your bowels; removing all the only of their body's urinous waste, else you have tmare of the backache, sick headache, dizzy spells; eath whisper your stomach sours, tongue is coated, In their ears, and when the weather is bad you have and too far rheumatic twinges. The urine is tments of any cloudy, full of sediment, channels oft it and feeling en get sore, water scalds and you are Seating their obliged to seek relief two or three of the dead, times during the night. rough another Either consult a good, reliable physl tin their ex- cian at once or get from your pharma ncrcerned as t cist about four ounces of Jad Salts; hoold get any take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days * * and your kidneys will then act fine. kes the valet's This famous salts is made from the e of war kills acid of grapes and lemon juice, com Sand lets the binet with lithia, and has been used the sport of for generations to clean and stimulate rces of a Stran sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize Sof war brings acids in the urine so it no longer irri ion; the glam- tates, thus ending bladder weakness. ar folly of wM Jad Salts is a life saver for regular Ightnings whlci meat eaters. It is inexpensive. cannot .nst man. Per- j injure and makes a delightful, effer earned that he vescent lithia-water drink.-Adv. rubbing two dry vave set fire to Accounting for the Jumps. wild grass In Patrice-I see the sinews of the tey---and natu- kangaroo are specially desirable for results to him use it. surgery, for sewing wounds and direction of the for bindinlg broken bones together. Patrice---That accounts for Joe oughts at dusk junji,ing from one thing to another; the steps to the I alway.s thoug'it he had some of the reckage the hot kangaroo in him. • She was see -- d mothers weep Suspicious. with the wound "alow about this fare?" demanded he wells of sym the stranger in New York. loathing of wast "Fare's quite correct, sir," replied d and ordered it the ta,:' chauffeur. "I haven't over. 6he had been en charged you." completing the "I know you haven't, and why ale articles frol haIvei tyou? What sort of a game orooms of th e are you up to now?" en begun early Is ------- a the coachacs There are lots of people who speak %NUnD) twice before they think.