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THIMISPAY. AUGUST 13. 1914.
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War Lor<l Against Fighting Man
IN the absence of detailed information from
the centre of war. speculation of all sorts
grows apace. One of the most interesting
lines in which it is indulged leads to a com
parison between the most conspicuous figures
of the countries engaged. Of these coun
tries. Germany and Kn gland are the most
powerful and have most to gain, or to lose,
and, therefore, come foremost in the mind of
tho American public.
Germany's war lord is undoubtedly. the
directing force of both army and navy. His
is the final say. and to him will go the credit
or the blame for victory or defeat. George
V. Is the titular head of the fighting strength
of Great Britain, but his leadership and au
thority are largely matters of courtesy.
England's forces are really under the com
mand of her Minister of War. Viscount
Kitchener, and Kitchener of Khartum has
been a first-class fighting man since ISS.'l,
when he was attached to the Britlsh-lCgyp
tiau army. Fly sheer force of ability, lie has
won his way from subaltern to field marshal,
and he has fought no battles in throne rooms.
It will be instructive to observe a titanic
conflict between an hereditary war lord and
an experienced fighting man.
A Repent cut AutomoblUst
-fME report comes from New Jersey that
1 the owner and operator of a motor car
which ran down and severely injured a child
grieved so greatly over the accident that he
has committed suicide. As a testimony to
the tender-heartedness of automobilists. this
evidence is somewhat weakened by the fact
ihat the unfortunate man is said to have
been a sufferer from an organic disease.
Still, it appears clear that the unfortunate
man did actually make way with himself
under the pressure of the frame of mind in
duced i" him by the maiming of the small
boy. The man is said to have been in no
way to blame; the child got in front of the
moving vehicle, and tliis was as near being
an "unpreventable accident" as such things
can be.
Mere we have a rather tragic illustration
?>f the truth that by far tho majority of
??hauffeurs, particularly those that own and
drive their own cars, are very careful men,
and possessed of as much keenness of sensi
bility as is to be found in the average human
being. Of suoli men one hears but little.
They avoid accidents, and so do not appear in
the reports of fatalities. It Is only on an oc
casion such as this that they come out of
obscurity, to prove that all motorists are not
Intentional killers.
Council Substitutes Judgment for Precedent
THERE is in evidence a constantly grow
ing appreciation by Council of the fact
? hat the efficient administration of the city's
affairs is precisely analogous to the success
ful conduct of a large business, and in no
manner has this modern conception of mu
nicipal government beci**?fnad? more appar
ent than by wise departufes".from precedent.
Precedent is all very well: without direct
ly conflicting precedents, for example, we
should have no lawyers to inform the courts
of well-established principles of law. But
10 business men precedents are merely sug
gestions, not rules. When circumstances
and conditions change, precedents are of
little value.
Precedent forbade an issue of bonds for
surface Improvement of streets; expediency
and wisdom demanded it. therefore, Council
authorized it. as the directorate of any pro
gressive corporation would have authorized
a similar issue, under like conditions. To
night the Common Council will be called
upon to consider the ordinance appropriat
ing $ 100,000 for the improvement of the
roads of Henrico County, which lias already
been adopted by the Hoard of Aldermen.
Precedent opposes concurrence, but sound
business judgment urges it, and there is
little fear of the result.
Responsibility of Hankers
C"*OMMKNT1NG upon the report that bank
^ ers in some Southern communities are
withholding money from the regular chan
nels. in order to take advantage of possible
speculative opportunities in New York,
hould the European war bring a strong ad
vance of the rates tin money, the Manu
facturers' Record says: "From every point
of view, this is an unwise and improper posi
tion for the hank to take."
That there is any widespread disposition
ot: the part of the bankers of the South to
pursut this course is. seriously to be doubted,
but it is more than probahle that some of
them are considering its advisability, if they
have not already taken the step Superfi
cially. there is justification for it, for the
hanker may argue that his duty to the stock
holders of bin bank impels him to take any
legitimate step to further their interests and
increase their proflir In this he Is not mis
taken, but to withhold money from the regu
lar channels nt trade la not legitimate. It 1s
decidedly illegitimate, for the renson that
the public interest? are greatly injured by
such action, and a bank is h semipublic In
stitution. Other public service corporations,
kf, the Record points out, have already ac
knowledged that "the people have certain
rights as well np the owners of thepp invest
ments."
This ia even more true of banks than of
street railways and electric lighting com
panies. for money 1b the life blood of busi
ness. and anything which takes it from Its
proper channels paralyzes business, thereby
bringing inconvenience and even sufforing
upon llie communities affected. The banker
who sinks his duty' to the public that the
stockholders of his bank may earn extra divi
1 dends is not pursuing legitimate banking
tactics. He is menacing alt the people that
a few of thom may gain, something he has
no right to do. even though the stockholders
do furnish the money with which his bank
is operated. As the Record well remarks,
"men who do not accept this view of the
banking business had better tnke their
money out of it as quickly as possible."
They had better do it for their own sakes
as well as for the sake of the public. Some
time they will be compelled to accept this
view, and compulsory regulation is not as
pleasant for the regulators or the rcguleted
as voluntary action.
The Authenticity of Relics
IT is really too bad that any doubt should
have been cast on the authenticity of the
anchor which was recently "dedicated" In
Reading. Pa. The anchor in question 1b
supposed io have been part of the battleship
Maine's equipment at the time it was sunk
in Havana Harbor. Secretary Daniels states
positively that it is the real thing, and yet, as
time rolls on. it is to be feared that tourists,
of whom doubtless many thousands visit fair
Heading in the course of a twelvemonth, will
regard the relic with a skeptical eye. All
because somo Goth has insinuated that the
anchor had nothing more to do with the
Maine than it had with the good ship
! Hesperus.
i And yet it is doubtless a perfectly good
! anchor. Even If the Maine never carried or
was held by it. still such might have been
j the case. If that shocking Goth had held
i his peace, the shining anchor would for 1
j centuries have enthralled all beholders, who ;
I would have felt rise in their bosoms all those '
? tine emotions which anchors invariably j
j evoke.
But now. alas, Reading's Bister cities will '
! probably wink the other eye when they gaze !
I upon Reading's anchor, and may even hint j
that it is all fluke. For a relic, like unto |
Caesar's well-known wife, must be above re-.|
proach. Once cast a doubt upon its authen- ]
ticity, and all the varnish in the world will >
not remove the blot.
Hut if Reading Itself keep faith in its
anchor, all is not lost. For It was Mark
Twain or somebody else who told us that 1
many forests must have been felled to sup- i
ply all the pieces of the true cross which j
European churches contain?and each piece .
is known to be authentic In the city whose J
treasure it is.
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War and Immigration
'HOUSANDS of foreign born residents of
the United States are now homeward
bound, and It is possible thai the exoduB may .
! assume alarming proportions should the war
! be a long one. Industry would suffer by the 1
| withdrawal of workmen, and, while this
would have the efTect of increasing wages, '
that consummation would scarcely compen
| sate for the accompanying evils.
However, there is another side to the pic- j
i ture, and that, too. may possibly be a dark '
j one. After the war is ended poverty will be |
widespread throughout many countries, op
' portunity will he small, and the peoples of the |
prostrate countries will be driven to these j
j shores for the opportunity to live in decency. J
j The immigration will far more than counter- !
I balance the emigration, and the net result I
will be. probably, the largest foreign popula- '
| tion the United States has known in her!
whole history.
Therein lies one reason why the United i
: States would bo the gainer by the defeat of I
i Germany. That country's ruin would drive '
to our shores German immigrants, whLle its
> triumph might swell the tide of less desir
| able immigrants. The Germans would make
I us good citizens, and we could readily as
tsimilate all of that nationality who might
come. Germany's misfortune would he our
good fortune.
European War and American Music
IF the European war continues long, and
drafting becomes general In the countries
involved, it is likely that the United States
will suffer severely on one facet of its ar
tistic side. Per, unless operatic artlstB can
| be obtained from American studios and agen
i cies, it is quite within the bounds of possi
bility that the great opera organizations of
this country, and the Metropolitan Opera in
particular, will remain next season inglori
ously mute for lack of singers.
Italy has not yet become actively entangled,
but if she should?and many believe that a
declaration of war from her Is only a matter
of time?Gattl-C'asazza himself, the general
director of the Metropolitan, who is a naval
engineer...might be drafted. The conductors,
Toscanini and Polacco, would also be sub
ject to a call to arms. Rut, worse than all,
from the standpoint of the public, is the fact
that Caruso. Amato and Ruffo. and even the
older Bond, might be compelled to serve
Mars Instead of Apollo.
And this dire thought lakes no account of ;
the lesser Frenchmen. Germans. Austrians.
Hungarians and Russians?singers, pianists,
violinists and artists all?who are to-day
penned up in Europe thinking of their dear
United States.
Upllfters' organization reports that New
York State Senators are bossed, and In a few
years it will probably discover that Queen
Anne Is dead.
Now that Mr. Warburg has made a good
impression on the Senatorial Banking Com
mittee. the Senators know how the rest of
the country feels.
With due regard to the fact that oceanic |
: commerce is practically at a standstill. Mr. j
Rush has been named collector of the port 1
of New York.
The French President has asked the wo
men to gather the crops; well knowing that
it Ik the women that reap war's hitter
harvest.
The German military experts are pretty
much like other efficiency boys: their suc
cesses are surest on paper.
As they are perfectly at sea, the sugges
tion is made that the Progressives be must
ered into the navy.
Al Jennings was defeated In Oklahoma,
and he claims it was accomplished by bandit
methods.
William might remember that Napoleon III.
'also took the field In person.
j Hope Mr. Kipling is content at last.
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WAYSIDE CHATS WITH
OLD VIRGINIA EDITORS
"Norfolk Inn eutral," the Lodger-Dispatch an
nounces. Possibly waiting for the returns to
come In.
"There Is not much ground for entertaining
the hope that ex-President Taft and others are
correct In assuming that the lesson of tli* pres
ent European war will be such ns to Insti"* pcace
In the future," the Kredcrlcksburg Dally
comments. Something familiar about that
name?Taft. To be sure! It recalls the philoso
phical jingle of somp popular writer of long ago;
"When once you have been President.
And aro President no more.
You may drive a car or tond a bar or run a
grocery store.
The gang laughs loudest at the Jest
Of him who bought the last.
Tho mill will never grind for you
With tho water that has passed."
If William Tell were performing with his bow
on the Swiss circuit this season. Bailiff Gcssler
would probably hesitate about providing him
with so expensive a tnrget as the upple. The
Virginia crop Is abundant, but the Fredericks
burg Journal foresees an embargo on the usual
large exports. The Journal says: "Unless the
war in Europe is brought to an end very quick
ly the market for Virginia apples, of which ;
largo quantities are shipped to Europe, cspe- \
daily from Albemarle County and tho Valley, j
will be largely curtailed." It's an ill wind, etc.;
Curtailment of the foreign shipments will put j
the Albemarle pippin within reach of the man !
who lives next door to the orchards.
Where has tho Prohibitionist editor of tho j
Harrisonburg News-Record been sojourning'.';
In the l,and of the Sons of Baal? lie writes in j
a recent issue of that absolutely pure an 1 per- j
fectly harmless paladium: "We hear a great j
deal from our li<iuor friends these days to the j
effect that If liquor is banished by law the
blind tiger makes conditions worse than they j
were before. That Is not a fact, as any candid
observer 111 prohibition States will admit. The '
editor of the News-Record has been In lands :
where the concubine still flourishes, where ,
gambling is still openly practiced, where the '
lottery still holds sway, and where race track I
betting still Roe? on unchecked, and there are
1,000 reasons to be thankful that It Is not so !n |
our land." Verily, the biblical admonition,!
"Who loveth the. danger shall perish In It," must j
be meant for "the other fellow."
According to the Alexandria Gasette: "Victor j
Hugo once said: 'A day will come when these two !
immense groups, the United States of America
and the United States of Europe, shall be seen 1
placed In presence of each other, extending the
hand of fellowship across the ocean.' " And If
existing conditions continue in disunited Europe1
the hand in Hugo's vision extended from this
side will be grasped all the more cordially If it
proffers a crutch.
This light and airy paragraph appears in the
editorial column of the Newport News Dally
Press: "We are seriously Informed by a medical
journal that the silvery shade of one's hair may i
be due to the presence of more or less air In the :
hair. As though there were not air In all hair." !
Perchance tho Daily Press, which thus assumes
an authoritative air. can t?>ll us whether there J
Is moro or less air In the hair of an heir. Or. !
to put it in the vernacular of the Newport News
water front. "Is there ary air in the hair of a (
hairy heir?"
"We are not against Germany" is the caption
of an editorial In the Petersburg Index-Appeal.
How much easier Kaiser Wilhelm might breathe
In his hour of travail If somebody would ?;end '
him a marked copy.
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE j
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Some*rhnt Confunlng.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?Undoubtedly the women loathe an 1 j
dread war, as was made clear In a letter from
"Progressive," printed on this page yesterday,
hut it must be admitted that some of them
have a quaint way of expressing themselves.
'Trogressive'e" contention that the death of
war will be hearlded by the day that sees wo
man taking her place with man in the "gov- I
ernance and arrangement of exterr-il affairs of
h?r race" Is somewhat confusing when viewed
In connection with the methods of the fore
most and weightiest progressives of Kngland.
It Is difficult for the unenlightened mind to
hold unfalteringly to the belief that the death
of war will be accomplished by those who em
ploy assault, arson, vandalism anil dynamite as
arguments, or. to quote her phrase, "as a ,
means of arranging human differences."
Somehow, clubs will hurt, Are will burn, ham- j
triers will break and dynamite will dismember, I
whether wielded by soldiers or women. But j
maybe "Progressive" wasn't referring to Eng
land.
Richmond, August 12.
CONSERVATIVE.
The I,ate Encampment.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch
Sir,? In an article in your paper of August j
R exonerating Mr. Strickler of having locked |
his well during the Gordonsvllle encampment, :
you east a slur upon tho owner of the locked
well Why didn't your correspondent give the
facts tha: caused the lock to be put >>n the
well? The first day the soldiers came on the
lo: the owner drew bucket after buck.-t and
filled canteen after canteen for them cheerfully.
Tho I'ext time they crowded on tho lit without
inv!tatlon or permission. drew all the water
from the well, and by their rough usage put
four new well buckets out of commission, and
knocked the green apples off the trees In his
garden, against the protest of his wife. Tho
next time they crowded around tn? well, and
when they had drawn numerous buckets, the
ovr.er thought lliev had taken as much water
as could he spared and placed a lock ?>n tho
well for Ills own protection. Your correspon
dent failed to tell you that the owner took a
soldier who was taken ill near his place back lo
camp In his buggy, and was rudely slopped
twice for driving through the camp. He didn't,
tell you that the soldiers raided his place 'Xvhile J
he was at church Sunday and look off eight of j
his finest chickens. The secretary of thj tJor- ;
?lonsvllle Hoard of Trade was aware of /liese i
facts, but had not the candor to state them. 1 ;
nm an old Confederate soldier and know what j
H Is to suffer from thirst.
OWNER OK THE LOCKED WELL |
Gordonsvllle. Va., August 10.
THE BRIGHT SIDE j
No Ordlnnrr Storj,
"Is there anything special In the case?'
asited the reporter of the bank president whose
cashier had stolen $17.
"Yea,'* mused the president; "you may say
that we did not trust him impllclty."?Philadel
phia Ledger
No Time l.ont.
This, at least, can be said for Austria: She
started a light in less time than It would take
t\\o white hopes to sign articles for a ten
round fake ?New York Press.
The Mother.
1 hear the blaring bands ko by; I hear th<"
marching feet.
All day they drum their dreadful dirge along
the dusty street.
I hear the crowds give cheer on cheer of fierce.
and furious Joy,
And wonder If they see him there my little,
little boy.
A baby only yesterday, with soft snd sunny
hair;
So helpless and so innocent, so fragile, and so
fair!
So strong 1 felt to shield him then, vafe shelter
ed in my arm,
It ?erm?d to me the whole wide world could
never do hlin harm.
And oh. the long, long nights 1 watched bealde
IiIh trundle bed
To tight away the pain tha\ racked hie little
fevered head.
I fought hie battles for him then: he leaves my
side to-day
To tight far greater ones alone, and oh, so far
away.
The little dimpled hand that lay so trustingly
In mine
Must grasp a rifle barrel soon along the firing
line. ,
My baby boy I held so close I felt his fluttering
breath
Has left 1110 empty-armed and gone to see the
face of death.
And never mother's voice to soothe, nor moth
er's arm to shield,
Krom all the direful perils of the smoke-hung
battlefield!
?New York American.
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO j
Krom the Richmond Dispatch Auituit 13, LSM.
General Grant wan In Washington on the ?th
"on military business," according to the Wanh
ington Chronicle. lie hail a long conference
with Mr. Lincoln, and went from Washington
to Harpers' Ferry, to confer with General
Sheridan.
Advices from Petersburg are to the effect
that Grant Is sending two corps of his army
away. The fact that the lower Chesapeake and
the Potomac are lined with transports seems to
confirm this report. Whither these troops are
bound beyond Washington doth not appear B8
yet.
The residence of the late Major John Seddon,
on the Rappahannock, was destroyed by fire by
order of Butler, as he paid In his order. In re
taliation for the burning of the home of Mont
gomery Ulalr In Maryland. The officers who
carrlcd Butler's order out said that Butler,
when he gave the order for the burning of the
place, was under tile Impression that the prop
erty belonged to Mr. Seddon, the Confederate
Secretary of War, but they had no discretion
and had to obey orders, and the fins mansion
wa? burned before the eyes of the widow of
Major Seddon and her children.
One thousand Confederate prisoners have
been transferred from Point Lookout to Elmlra,
N. Y.
Mrs. Althea G. Harris, who was brought here
from Georgia, charged with "treasonable cor
respondence with the enemy," was tried In the
Confederate States Circuit Court yesterday and
acquitted. She will leave for her Georgia home
to-day.
The village of Prlncc George Courthouse has
been burned by the enemy. It is claimed that
the fire was accidental, but It will be hard to
convince the people that this Is true.
William H. Carter, r citlren of Maryland, has
been tried in Washington as a spy, found guilty
and sentenced to be hangrd at the Old Capitol
prison. Lincoln has approved the action of the
court
General N. R. Forrest, who was wounded in
the foot at Tupelo, Miss., has recovered, and Is
again In the saddle.
Nine thousand Confederate prisoners are held
in the prisons at Rock Island, Illinois; 3,300 at
Camp Douglas, Chicago, and several hundred
at Alton, making quite a large Confederate
force In the State of Illinois.
Major-Genera! Dabnev H. Maury has been
promoted to be a lieutenant-general, and has
been given command of the Department of the
Cfulf, which Includea Mobile He succeeds
General Stephen D. Lee, who ha? been ordered
to the field.
The Daily Dispatch appears this morning In
nrw type The supply was bought in London,
and succeeded In running the blockade. This Is !
the first English type made to be brought to j
Richmond since 1S26. when the late Mr. FUchir. |
equipped the Examiner office with type made In
London. We hope our next supply will he I
Hlchmond-made type, and that after this cruel j
war Is over.
THE PUBLIC PULSE
Editorial Expressions From Leading
Newspapers
Valuable
A tourist in Scotland cams to a wide ferry.
It was stormy, and the wind was constantly in
creasing. The Scotch ferryman agreed to take
the tourist across, but told him to wait until
he had first taken a cow across, \fhen h* had
returned and started across with the traveler,
the latter became curious.
"Will you tell me why you took the cow over
and made me wait?" he asked.
"Weel, now," explained the ferryman, "ye
see. the coo wur valuable, and I feared th" wind
wud Increase so the, boat tnlcht upsei on th'
second trip."?Philadelphia Record.
Itrrord Bref Prtrr*.
Perhaps the steady advance in the price of
meat will prove a good thing for the public In
the end, by compelling a more systematic study
of the subject than has yet been made. If
beeves are selling at a record price, there ought
to be a great deal of profit in them for some
body. And if there is a good profit In them for
the man who raises them, It Is clear that there
will be an increase in the number of men so
occupied, unless arbitrary practices are such
that the profit goes to somebody other than the
raiser. ?
These are points that the government has yet
to investigate thoroughly, and when such an
investigation is made, relief may be obtained.
It is evident, however, that one of tha "tricks
of tha trade" is being made to play s prominent
part in the present publicity given to high
prices, and it Is against the hardships Imposed
by thii employment of this trick that the public,
should seek to defend Itself.?New Orleans
States.
\ aloe of Treaties In War Time.
There is a lesson for us in the patent dis
regard of treaties under the stress of war. Of j
course, there are certain International agree
ments and understandings which are respected
by belligerents, but they are always of a sort
which do not stand in the way of the vital in
terests that are being submitted to the arbitra
ment of the sword. A treaty that may serve a
useful and restraining purpose under moderate
strain, would under the pressure, of vital neces
sity be worth nothing at all. Whether the re
cent arbitration treaties belong In this class
has not yet been put to the test of actual trial
In issues grave enough seriously to threaten
war, but their value as safeguards against war
depends on many other factors than their terms
or phraseology. The efficacy of the decrees of
The Hague Tribunal likewise are about to h<>
put to a critical test. In the mad rush of war
preparations their existence Is apparently en
tirely forgotten.?Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Money Enough for Americana.
Very fortunately, since the new currency
law is not yet In operation, the Aldrlch-Vree
land emergency currency act still provided the
means for meeting the requirements for addi
tional circulation which come of the European
crisis.
Steps will be promptly taken to make avail
able the 55(10,000,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, which that act authorizes to
be issued. The notes representing that sum are
printed and held In the United States Treasury.
Under the emergency currency law, each na
tional bank 1#* permitted to take out additional
bank notes up to an amount equal to Its capital
and surplus, but the total amount tsken out
shall not exceed J500.000.000 Such note? ;ire
to he secured by the deposit of securities or
commercial paper whose acceptability is to be
judged by the National Currency Association's
executive committee and representatives of tho
United States Treasury Department. Commer
cial paper, however, shall not constitute more,
than 30 per cent of the collateral deposited by
any bank.
Under the safeguards provided, the additional
circulation will be perfectly secure. Through
the issuing of it, hanks will be enabled to
convert assets Into notes whose status will be
the same an that of other money, and thus to
supply any demand for added circulation which
may develop.?Albany Argus.
The Dogs of War Give Andy the Slip
OWE OK THE DAY'S BEST CAIITOONS.
From thf Kani&p City Star.
The Trey G* Hearts
Romantic Tale by Louis Joseph Vance
Copyright. '.114. br Louta Joseph Vane*
By arrangement with the Universal Film
M snufacturlne Company. It li possible to
read "The Trey O' Heart*" In The Tltnes
niipnii h nr.tl also to tee It In pictures ?t
the Superior Theatre. Synopsis of preced
ing chapters: Alan I,aw, a rich young
American, finds at his ?M?. upon awaken
ing In a 1 -ondon club, a ros*. which Is t'? .
him a token that the girl he loves com- ?
mands his presence in America. At the i
earn* time he receives a trey of hearts. !
which later he learns Is Seneca Trine'* sym
bol of hate for him and for V.ls dead father.
Meanwhile, Seneca Trine, father of I
young Ijs''t ?we?Lheari. and her twin .
sister. Judith, ejnlalns to the la'ter that he
has lured Alan from England by the fal??
token of the rose, and commissions her to
bring- the young man to him. dead or a'lv?.
Alan lands In America and Is making his
way through the wilderness, accompanied
by an Indian guide
CHAPTER V.?TREACHERY.
Continually hts gaie questioned the
northern skies that loured porten
tously, foul with smoke?here a ilia-'
phanous nmear, there a sluggish pall
like a thundercloud, there Hgaln spew- ,
lng aloft dense, convoluted pillars that
blushed darkly with the reflection of ,
Infernal fires; a country-wide confla
gration driven by winds that restlessly
quartered the north from east to west,
threatened unless soon checked to lay ,
waste to all Northern Maine, bone-dry .
with drought.
Only the South offered a fair pros- I
pect. Anu the fires were making south- I
ward fat faster than man might hope'
to travel through that grim and stub
born land. Yesterday night little more i
than h dull glow dow n the horizon, to- i
day they were already an Imminent i
menace, closing In swiftly from the I
north, spreading rapidly In the east, '
hourly threatening the western trulls.
Even as he stared, Alan saw fresh
columns of dun-colorcd smoke spring
up In the northwest as the flames,
spurred by a freshening wind from
the northeast, made league-consuming
strides
Anxiously he consulted the itnpas- |
slve mask of the Indian, from whom his '
questions gained Alun little comfort, i
Jacob opined that rain alone, would 1
stop the (lames: refused to venture an> 1
weather forecast; negatived Alan's ten- I
tatlve suggestion that they turn back.!
recommended forced marches to bring J
them by to-morrow's noon to a spot he
called Spirit Eake. where cances might ;
be found to aid their (light; and with- ;
drew Into sullen reserve.
They traveled far and fast by film)
forest trails before* sundown, then,
again paused for food and rest. And
as Jacob sat deftly about preparing the j
| meal. Alan stumbled off to whip the!
little trail-side stream for trout.
Perhaps a hundred yards upstream
the back-lash of a careless cast hv his j
weary hand hooked the Slate of Maine, j
Too tired even to remember the ap- '
proprlate words. Alan scrambled ashore,
forced through the thick undergrowth !
that masked the trail, found his fly, j
set the State of Maine free?and swing
ing on his heel, brought up standing, j
nose to nose with a sapling, transfixed :
by the discovery of *i rectangle of j
white pasteboard fixed to Its trunk, a I
trey of hearts, of which each pip had ;
been neatly punctured by a .22-calibre ?
bullet.
Nor had It been long there. When
: Alan scrutinized it closely, he. found the
card Innocent of w eatherstalns, the pint
unrusted that held It. the wounds in
the sapling raw and da nip.
He carried It back to camp, meaning
to consult the guide, but on second
thought, held his tongue. It wiui not j
likely that the Indian had overlooked
an object ho conspicuous on the trail
or all other known signs of human
neighbors lhal must have been so glar
ing to his woods-sharpened wits.
So Alan waited for him to speak ?
and meantime determined to watch i
Jacob more narrowly, though no other
suspicious circumstance had marked
t.he several days of their association.
It might still turn out to be simple
chance which had thrown that sinister
card In his patch.
The first half of the night was, as
the day, devoted to relentless progress
southward; thirty minutes of steady
jogging, five minutes for rest?and re
peat.
No more questions as to the need for
such urgent haste; overhead the north
wind muttered without ceasing; thin
veils of smoke drifted through the
forest, hugging the ground, like some
weird acrid mist; and ever the curtain
ed heavens glared, livid with reflected
fires.
By midnight Alan had come to the
hounds of endurance; flesh, bone and
sinew could no longer stand that strain.
Though Jacob declared that Spirit. Lake
was now only six hours distant, an far
as concerned Alan, he might have said
six hundred. They camped in per
functory fashion. His blanket once
unrolled, Alan dropped upon it like one
drugged.
The sun was high when he awakened
and Bat up, rubbing heavy eyes,
stretching aching limbs, wondering
what had come over the Indian to let
him sleep so late.
Of a sudden he was assalled-hy sick
ening fears that needed only the brief
est investigation to confirm. Jacob
had absconded with every valuable
item of their equipment, leaving A'lan
barely food enough for a cold break
fast.
Nor was his motive far to s-sek.
Overnight the fire had made tremend
9
KB Inn. Sow the ?ir ? "
ra"k with smoke th,t
watered and hH thr.' Alan a eyes
coughing-. And e Jr 'd*'. w,th
Wind would brlnJ? ftn?" lh<*
the holocaust. duMeJ bvMh,' r?*r ??
"ot unlike the e'l,, ' d'??*"??. but
mala feeding on their k?| W"d an'"
^r^VrTo77h:\^ """fed the
'??? .nou,h on to"
rrkeat<,dos tr?< - '^"r.-.r.Vru
nil "o'r.?zn::r- "<*
moment -?
bhnded"'^' """P'n*. half.
srs
headlong. no hou n.lert'i'"^forward
"ot have a. d wh er h*
or thrown for even ,, , "" trifP*"'
???vy body landed " l''.^?^ 'I
crushed him savagely to earth
'fl than a ml nut* ha n.. k
!<? enlblr' him'"!""
>.? 'o5?s i?cib iv,5,i; ,????".?
1...1 bV;T,'"V" -
aembled. U,? br?nze It re.
Peyond. to one xiri. -
man's huntinir mat n'oman in a
the canVive n? c?a,un,e *??od eyelns
?Han. hut unlike "Mm W2uha" 'h? In"
nance th.it seemed nplow i|th ? nT
exnutnty ?::r hln ''?wn^a"
heneied^ri^e \T. *' C?"!d ha
him overscan this moSipJ^0?1
ur" fo'- feature, even ,o ,he , 3J
^rr Kir-ir
aflame with their |n?t, , cyca
-thle.anes, denied the two* Tare
H? nought vainly to sneak n.
hreath runti/xi i? ?? r I ha
like wind J-hU " P^rhed throat
lea\?s hlrperlng anions dead
rhruMIn* the Indian reughlv aside
ihiW#B,,B k"Ht P'a- by Alan'*
l.aw" *h* faM "w?et?y?"So. Mr. Al.n
?ho?k bS'hSS:""" *ra""'e
?".??-"'"".HKb.'b";
i.- ? 1 aame hour, daueh
,e^r? yo" wl"'r- "auth
or"'!, he*;." """" ?"""??<?
??.???,?: nr-?
, , ' ou know it, eh'.' The ira\
Jot rT.r symbol or Tflne?Trine
jour father a enemy, and yours, and -
. O" 8 father ami mine! So, now per
haps you know!" ' per
A Rust of wind like a furnace blast
swop, the glade. The woman sp,^
?>P. ?,lanced overshoulder into the f?r
est. and sinned to the Indian
"In ten minutes," she aald, 'the.,
woods will be your funeral pvre
n,Sv*,"\?yp("' hRlk' H'lvaneeH
puked Alan up. shouldered his bod\"
and strode back into the forest Ten
the f,r?m U'n "o dropped
the helpless man supine, upon a i.e.i
of dry logs and branches.
'I hen. with a single movement hi
disappeared. ' "*
Overhead, through n rift in the fol.
las., a sky was visible whose e|)OP
darkness called to mind ;l under
co?d. Pencil h it veils, whorls and
slrango shapes of smoke of a r ?n
WrlSdf,JhostV',thU'art ,hC WrC"U "??
Tuo minutes had passed of ih?
prrSSSS
only croHscti his ronsflousncM ^ hphai1
were bla^lns merrily.
[Continued To-morrowJ