3Thp Sim rjsMU i? P at r h I'uhllnhed f?frr liny In the year hy The Ttmro-Oliijmtch I'uMIkMiik Co., Inc. THK T1MBS. Founded. THE DISPATCH, l'ouuded Aridrean nil rommunli'ntlnns -I'm: TiMCS-nisivvn ii, Telephone, llnndolph 1. Pul.Hc.llnn OtPoe 10 Soufli Hlehmond ,,,,,, ! PeternhurR 1? >? ^^?n,''r.r l.y nclihurg . ?ls l?l*hth street II WltllOOK. STOIIV A 11HOOKS, INC.. snrotnl Advertlnlnic Heprenentntlrew. Vrir >?\rk ^vfnnt ? *lillmlrl|>tiln Mutunl life i hl< nK<> ' l'eoplrn ?.n? llulldlntr SCBSCItlPTIOX RATBS. !t\ One Six Tlirrc Onr , pit?iTi<;i: rxm. \>nr. 'io?. I?si 11 y nml stl?(|ny *?.0? Sjj.OO * .50 ? .BB Dnlly only " kn suitdny only 2"" , ow B0 *2S1 I lmpN-I)Hpn??-li ?'*rrlrr Delivery Servtco In lllohmnml nvml mihurh*) ntul I*rtcr?t?urgi lInIIy tilth Sundny. one vreek cents Mfilly without Suiiclny, one Treek 10 cents Sundny ctnly ? centa cmrrril .Innunry 27. IPO.'., nt ni.hmond, Vs., n? aecond-dn** mnti'T under not of Confirms of Mnrcli a, 1 ST P. ___ THIMISPAY. AUGUST 13. 1914. Keep In touch wltli home netr* durlnjs laentioii liy rcnillnn Tlie Tlmeit-Dlspntcli War Lorf 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. iT' 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. \ I 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 lill 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 11 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 !.? '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*;." """" ?"""??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