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M urk looked Into the keen, apprals- 1 N I RINCt, W R IT E S TO P A P A morning when the papers were trans In* eyes of Mrs. Hanson with dlsllko sends apect*l DaUvary Lsttar Aftsr ferred. I'll vouch for you, Wallace and disgust. MMtlug Ignorant Yanks. Will, I presume, vouch for me. and you, “You'd better let him go. Major Kel-1 I presume, will vouch for Wallace." leriumi,” he said. As he s|mke he s a w ■ Reprinted tor th,. third time by The alnlster look on his face affect Mrs. Kensou bite her Up vindictively. riquts ed Mark more disagreeably than ever. “Oh. I'll leave him to you,” respond- * ' Da the Kuu, Somewhere in France Mark felt nettled, though the words ed Kelleruiun airily. “ You'll excuse me, Everywhere in } runes had been fair. Wallace. I’m sure, hut Mrs. Henson's «• D,.ur Faddcr: l .un'wnting on der “If there'a been a leak," he said ”lt nuto will he here In u few moments.” run. us der bravo and glorious soldiers seems to me It's up to the Brigadier Murk, hot with Indlgnutlou, answer- ••*> command have not seen der to discover It. It’s outside; It Isn’t ed nothing, hut raised the man from “ '"'«A ll, v hltv" , , . . . . . . hack dirt wry, iiud ot course I am going our business to locate It. W e're doing the ground and got him outside the ,„it deni oh. ladder, dere hits kieeu our part— what more can we do?” gate. As he did so he lieurd the door some offel ding* happened here in oA Romance (be “Come aloug and tell the Brigadier of the house close softly. Prance. First I started in my tug of that." suggested Howard. A m erican A rm y M C c t f it S U l/ j/ o t v .................. « » t a 't unroiim'lou.. & l ^ b M S r i : « ’ S ‘ l l f c ' . l S « 1 Mark, notnlng loath, accompanied aud muttering vaguely. j military tictaes dat dey won’t lie Fighting on the Bat him to the General's room. But the “Four Pour years since 1 I’ve ve peen seen her, her,” be he crushed^like > rustioii like 1 i vaut yarn ’em. em. 1 i sent my meu incu tlefield« gf France Brigadier was more furious thau How niumhl mhleil. ”1 didn’t want money. Only ,,‘or in «ayos and veii doy ard. the w ord ikul Ituowa 1 woulilu I httvu us loud H n dt»> could boiler Veil, u. " I don’t know how It happened. Col taken money from her as ho said, the cording to what you have always told By j me, do Auiern uus should ought igl to biiio onel, and I don’t carol" he cried, pUr__•• turned and run like ldar.es Itut vat do thumping the table. “No great harm “ Wus she your wife?” asked Mark, you 11ilkT Hem find Americans don't has been done so far, and of course thluklug that he saw light. know anytiug about war. aud iustead none of the departmental clerks can “God forbid 1” ejaculated the man of ruuutug do odder vav, dey came right iCopyright, 1 KU, by W . U. Chapm an.) be suspected. But It's got to stop, and with convincing s|aiutunctty. "W h o toward Us. Home of item was singing Issued by the W ap and Navy Department« we've got to find out how It originated.” are you. uuywayT” he demanded, look “ Ye von't corns ha« k till it ’s over over dere,’ ’ or some odder foolish song, mid It was on that night that Mark felt ing at hltu directly for the first lime. some of do iu wore luffing like tools Commissions on Training Camp Activities But dov are so at the end of his powers. “ What were you doing In that place?” l»oy are so ignorant. SYNOPSIS. offel reokless in it dere guns, sud ven It was early, he had dined and was He grasped Mark by the arm. "Aro dov come toward us it vas dut my mon C H A P T E R I —Mark W allace, * vounc sitting disconsolately In his apartment; you another friend bf hers7” tie risked, took a notion dev wanted to go hack to offlvar I d the Untied States arm y, la nothing seemed of any value to hint at der dear Ye “ don't “Or didn’t you know that It's the swell 'l“’ '* ’ old 'l‘* Rhine. 4 ‘ ' like do wounded at the battle of Santiago. W hile " I do not bellcva hood. Every en- w andering alone In the jungle he cornea that moment, and his thoughts were ........ .. I - . » «. It nn eXMSaeratmn •c ro ss a dead man In a hut outside of ranging round their eternal subject. «le u v o r Ima b een Murk took hliu by tho shouUIom. tVl luu^uu^«*. Di'v know nutting of to nn y limi no unity which • little girl Is playing W h en he inaila to m irro u m l Had It been necessary that he should "W hat's your name and where do you Wultur, uud say such offel dings right is rescued, he takes the girl to the hospi ever before u m n c m i - the m en. b o th lie ra tal and announces his intention o f adopt have treated Mrs. Howard and El- ' before us. And dev talk such blasphemy bled him bird nuira ing bar. live? he risked. “ 1 haven’t time to too. Vat you tmk dev said right in mid abroad, w ith tb a conscientloua n n d eanor boorishly, to protect himself? waste on you. hut I'm reurly to help Dout of my facet One big husky from pulriNtiiklng thought klml of e n v iro n * C H A P T E R I I - H i s commanding officer, H e put on his hat aud went out, ¡f | a blare dev call Missouri, he said oh, given tn tin- proteo- nient wlileli i\ tie- M a jo r H ow ard, tells him that the dead ... . ......................... I fadder, 1 hate to tell you vat au offel meaning to pay them a visit, or, at • lull mul »tlmulntlon m o rra ry ow e» to m an w as Hampton, a traitor who sold My mime. Hartley. Good enough ting ho stud, but I r a n ’t help it- he of Ita mentili, munii w a r department aeciets to an Interna least, to walk toward their house while thune wtio fight In liauie, Isn’t It? Live? I haven't lived »aid 'T o hell nut der kaiser ' IMd you l«C lillJ I1 W.U-V.44 tional gang In W ashington, and w as de und phyalwul muu- ita b e h » If." making hts decision. He had not de- tected by himself and K ellerinan while «•ver henr anvting so uffelf 1 didn't link they were working In the same of tics ! elded by the time he reached Massa for more years than I remember. I’m mivbody coutil aay »uch ir offel tiag It a corpse— see? 1 wanted to live. mudo me »e mad. 1 \ nubili't .tiiud nud w ith him. H o w a rd pleads to be allowed chusetts circle, and. as he stopped In to send the child home to his w ife and That's why 1 came here when I heard henr such un offri ting, so I tintici! they agree that she shall never know her doubt, he saw a tutiu across the road, she was In Washington. Wnlked from nrouinl and ritti init dar odder boys. Va» fath er's shame. staring up at the house. New York. Why should she be here I righi f Yat f And uh, fadder, you kuow drm breantplatm vat you »cut us O f a sudden Eleanor's story recurred CHAPTER I V —Years pass W a l now, unless there's nuotlier poor young — you can »end »ome to put on our lace la stationed out W e s t o n the out to his mind with vivid force. The muu break of the European w a r Colonel H o w fool like mo for her? Where the car- buck». You kimw ve nre going de odder 11’’ YOU S A W IT FIRST A'1»I S A W IT IN TH E S E N T IN E L w as obviously watching the house, ami a rd secures him a staff post In W a sh in g ton. c - . isji Is, there nre tlie eagles— or Is It for de cowardly American» nre »hooting he meant to stay there. ua il» right rigar in der tier bark. ones. Nome .-some nf or our boy» Hoy» But, as Mark started toward him, vultures*?'' C H A P T E R V —H e finds E leanor there, der brenatplate» mid put 'em on Murk drew the nuin s arm through the center of attraction, also Kellerman. the man seemed to take fear, and »... .. ...In, „ behind, but (1er fool A inerii* hum nre plmv 1« whom he discerns an antagonist. I reseutly a ¡Bß . Star Hpnngled Banner' mit rna shambled away. Something tn his gait his miu I led him away. brought back to Murk's mind the recol cub came eruwlttig up. He hulled 11 chine guns on denr brcuNtplirtea. t'nn't (you help u»f You remember in your C H A P T E R VI. lection of the muQ whom he hud seen and gave his address. He took him home and played the 1 • *> «**} Y,,u nothing could »tand be outside the Misses Harpers' school. I _ _ . fore . . . de . . . bruve . . . . Gemimi w lv , . , . , Oh. v,„ fad ' ' »oblierai But Mark refused Colonel Howard's And he began to follow him. It was Samaritan, washed Iris wounds, | der, I don’t believe deao ignorant Artier Invitation to become his guest, and a role that he had never played before, plastered them, and gave tlr»- man a icuu» ever rend your speech for dev ruu «voided the house in Massachusetts but Justified, In his mind, by the neces- bed in his living room. Hartley had »D e r u* i“» 1 *‘ke v« va» a bunch of rub circle as much as he could with de sity of discovering the fellow's Identi cency. He was courageous enough to ty. Without any very clear Intention leme. He looked dubiously at Mark ja v a y f Dey don’t know how terrible ve analyze his reasons and be did not tn his mind how he was to accomplish all the while he was receiving his min - are. C an ’t you move my army back to Istratlons, and would say mulling. Belgium vere « von all our glory » My conceal the result from himself. this. Mark made his way after the soli ..v- , . , „ , . men can vip nil do vimiuen and children H e wanted Eleanor with all the pent- tary figure, keeping well behind It. Now. please understand, sain sat dem Belgian» can bring ngmn»t u» up longing of the denied years in the It soon became clear that the man. Murk, ‘T v e brought you here beeuuse But deie fool Ameririin» nr»* ho rough. you s 4 h * iu to me to be up Mpimst It. ^ * eHn 1 n»ukc 'em undrrutaud dat ve desert. His love was the strongest although he looked like a tramp, had a The door’s unlocked. Ami I'm trusting « • d**r e.*M> »>»« passion that he had ever felt, and yet, definite objective. Mark pursued him , _ . , veo ve try to Miiitf DeutHchland uber ■trangely for a man of his years. It had dev laugh like u lot of monkey» toward Pennsylvania avenue, until he you with my things. Those cups are silver. Hartley— 1 won them at West But ve are getting de be»t of de Ameri In it much more of the paternal ele discovered that he was nearing the Point. That liltie picture Is by Griffin v* outrun 'em Fadder, If ve ment than of the lover. All his life least desirable part of Washington, be had been almost kinless, his only ...... . ; ; ; whose location, so near the residence * » “ « « • » • » « ' « * ' • » ...... . ■later was dead, he wanted Eleanor's of the chief executive, has always been about all, 1 think— but 1 wimt you to up nut us ven ve link of der dear old understand you're free, and I'll help Rhine, and mv army never tmk »o much presence, Eleanor with him, to see the wonder and scandal of visitors. you If I can ” ° f 'Ini deur old river. I-«‘t me right avay bar every day, whether as wife or H e was In one of those streets that , , „ . . . know vat to do bv return postoffice. daughter. Yet he was brave enough Hartley flushed rattier oddly, Mark " J u ly 2« time».’ ’ start bravely In the city and debouch to acknowledge that this love, selfless C L O W N P R IN C E VII.I.IE. Into the low-lying land In that interme thotiglit, tiut said not a word. It was ' In a measure, threatened to become a a foolish act, he thought repeatedly I -------------------------- diate and hardly reclaimed region bor consuming passion If he did not hold dering the Potomac. The houses here before he fell as...... but he must win p| . r „ c n c r s T e himself rigidly In check. were old. many appearing vacant and ‘ man s coniidet....If wus to learn the mystery. And he was satisfied | He, the middle-aged captain, and tumble-down, and for the most part that his interest In Eleanor’s move- Feline« Set Ancient City on the River Eleanor, with her station, her pros standing each in a little garden. inent boiled no hurm to her. Dee In an Uproar, Following Call pects and her beauty— It was an im Mark was beginning to think ot Iu the morning. Heriley was gone, for Rat Killers. possible dream, or one that would ruin tackling the fugitive, who, uucousclous _________ _ ; as he expected. But he had taken uel- the girl's life If, In some wild moment, "Kellerm an pursed out his lips. “Well, ther the cups nor th* picture. Abuitt fourteen miles from I.lver|M>ol «he made It truth. Colonel, you know as much about It as i on the River Dee stands the rtty of (Continued next week.) H e had his reward In Eleanor’s In any of us," he answered. “There’s al Chester, whleh was founded by the creasing restraint, her quite visible In WHAT DO YOU WANT, ANYWAY T A SKNTINKI, ( KASSII'IKD Romans. It Is surrounded by a high W H E N TH E BOYS COME HOM E dignation. They had fallen apart again, ways been two of us present night and wall of old masonry, and eoutaln» lira AD. WILL (IKT IT FoK YOU (¿I K'KI.Y AND AT KITTKK COST after that single meeting. It was a Ot pursuit, was about fifty paces In ! ~ celebrated "Hows of Chester,” whleh poor reward, but the sort that Mark front ot nlm, when suddenly the man , If* l ire arelied passageways higher than had received all his life from fortune. turned in a the tiny g. d* < |> anj alrao»t dropped it again in su rp ris e But there were lonely nights when parenfly deserted house and knocked f ur the voice was that of my good old rhe street, through which the sldewulks life seemed unbearable, and he had to at the door, which was opened almost \ friend, and 1 .supposed him far away in run. There ure also many other pe culiar features In this sleepy, antique France. exert «11 his will power to keep him Immediately. " W h a t j back so soont’ ’ I exclaimed. iind very Interesting city. self In check. Mark had rented a lit Mark heard a subdued scream, and "D etailed for »pecial d u ty f’ ’ One of the historic legends of Old ‘ ‘ Yes, back,’ ’ he answered; and it tle furnished apartment In the North then the man's voice in angry alterca is found in a Steaming Cup of »truck me that hi» voice was »low and Chester Is an amusing story relating to west section, off Pennsylvania avenue, tion. older, as though the week» of his ab and he had found the desert more com He was talking to the woman who »cnee had been year». “ Buck— but not cats, Mary Hall Leonard writes In Our Crescent Cream Coffee. Dumb Animals. panionable. hu<l opened the door. She looked for special duty. There— there is an When Napoleon was defeated by the about five aud thirty years of age, and other reason.” One night he felt at the end of his And then 1 knew that be must be English at Waterloo, in lNlfi. he was her face, distinctly visible against the powers. That was after a grilling day The perfect blend of atrength, wounded. sentenced to exile at the Island of St. j light in the hall, wus well-bred, if Uut In the war office, one of those days Wounded— while here at home, I »till Helena, wlatre he finally died. May Iff. flavor and aroma, insures a cup attractive. She seemed one of those pursued ray ordinary course. Wounded— that sometimes come In Washington Ih’JI. Just before the ex emperor and of coffee that is really good to protect my home. Wounded— to k eep cosmopolitans who frequent the capi toward the middle of September, when Ills escort were embarked at I’lymouth tal; Mark was still uncertain whether my ehildreu safe. coffee. everything la as sticky as the asphalt It came over me of a sudden, as it — so the story runs— u curious hand her house was one of those residences never had before, that I am debtor to sidewalks. bill was circulated up and down the that are still occupied Iu this district him to an amount that 1 never can re- It had been a day of evil portent be old Rows of Chester. It stilted, In ef by the original owners, or whether she pay. sides. Colonel Howard, who had This in the coffee They will be coming back before long fect, that the Island of St. Helena had was the mistress of one of those gam Home seemed of late to reflect Eleanor’s you have been looking wounded. Home grown strangen been found to be dreadfully Infested bling establishments that flourish of old. But piost of them well and normal coolness In some measure, had greeted ut n 1 Hi. 40c for ask your grocer with rats; that his majesty's ministers necessity along the avenues of the enough, thank God him with a wry face when he came In. 2 II m . 75 c to Niipply you. (C-38) earlier alphabet. And we will stand along the »¡dew.lks had determined that It should he forth ‘T h e devil’s to pay, Mark," he said. . . . . . . _I to see them pass. How »hall we feel taut with cleared of these obnoxious ani 1 he inan seemed to be pleading with ,jav j WOncfer. “D raw up your chair. There’s a leak mals; and that an agent had been ap her, his gestures were growing fran W ill their eyes say to us ’ We were age In the department," pointed to purchase such cats und kit tic. He looked about five aud forty hungry for a bit of sweet, and you did “What7” cried Mark. tens as could he secured for this pur EVERY PATRON OF THE SKNTINKI, IS IIKLPINH To GIVE not think to »end it.” years of a g e ; his face struck Mark j ‘Things are getting known— for In “ We were cold and you let the hut pose. All citizens who had cuts that COTTAGE GROVE WHAT EMINENT AUTHORITY HAS STATED with a certain odd familiarity, though fjrea die; we were lonesome, and the stance, our dealings with the shipping they were willing to sell were Invited people. They’ve found the exact num he had never seen hliu closely before, movies »topped because there were no to bring them to the market place, TO BE THE BEST COUNTRY WEEKLY* PAPER ON THE COAST ■y on. " and bore traces of breeding, blurred ber of ships w e’ve requisitioned. You be th< message of their where the purchase would be made. either by dissolute hubits or by mis-i py(.M 1 to know whom I mean by ‘they.’ ” At the time appointed the staid old fortune. ( Or shall we stand confidently in their Mark nodded. The cosmopolitan In town of Chester presented a curious The woman answered him In tones presence, greeting them as men who fluences in Washington, whose ramifi appearunre. The streets were filled cations extended to the ends of the or quick anger, aud made a gesture of ,iaX® in^thrir absence, gave with a hurrying crowd carrying sacks dismissal. The man held his ground f r w ly of wealth and time, that there nr baskets from which Issued fearful earth, or, at least, across the Atlantic, were busy in every drawing room ex doggedly, the voices became angrier, might be warmth and cheer and comfort noises. As the crowd grew denser “N o ! No, I tell you!” the wornun over there? tracting news, the tiniest and least re . . . . They are coming back some day— per- nnd the people Jostled against each liable of which wus not despised, since crled. I don t know who you are! hjjpg sooner thmi we think. other the cat concert grew louder. And W ill you go?” And what will be the message of their us the people themselves grew excited many such single Items make up a co K RYPTO K glasses give to the Suddenly a man came along the ey*‘n 10 y ° uI by the din, they also grew quarrel herent story. eyes of middle age the natural passage behind her, currying u walk- some. At Inst they dropped their bur 'T h e Brigadier’s wild about It,” con eyesight of youth, and enable you Ing-cane with a heavy handle. He Why They 8topped. dens In the effort to extricate them tinued the Colonel, pulling at his mus raised It and brought It crushing down to see both near and far objeeta One morning recently the children of selves nnd an Indiscriminate scrim tache. “And It seems impossible to on the other’s head. the Indlunnpolls Orphans’ home were mage was the result. with perfect clearnei». detect how the leakage occurred. It The man fell to the ground, evldent- assembled In the auditorium. They Then the boys of Chester, who were must have been through the shipping companies, of course; yet they couldn’t ly half stunned by the blow. The man were pntriotlc and started to sing “The as fond of amusement ns American have pieced the thing together without with the cane raised It und brought It Finest Flag That Files.” Their leader boys would be, opened the sacks and GLASSES concerted action, which Is out of the down again and again upon the other’s and pianist had them slug the first baskets, and severul thousand of fright INC Oft Li INVISIBLE BIFOCAL question. Let’s go through the pa head and face, In a succession of sick- | verse. They did that so well she ened nnd angry cats rustic^ squalling enlng crashes. I asked for the second stanza. They and scratching through the streets of Through them you can aee near or far pers.” without removing your glasses from Murk ran to the garden gate. ITie started. Suddenly every child stopped the city. The excited citizens opened They opened the ssfe and went morning to night. their windows to see what was the man with the stick paused, raised his — not a sound escaped their lips. The through them one by one, but nothing K RYPTOKH (pronounced Crip tucks) head, and looked at him. Mark recog- lender, very rnnch surprised and matter, and In rushed the cuts, break was missing. are the only birocal» without those an As Kellerinan, In chagrined nt the sudden, unexpected ing china, overturning furniture and “Damn It I" growled Colonel Howard. nized Kellerman. noying line» or humps. making a general uproar. turn, recognized him, an angry sneer silence, snld, “What Is the matter?” “Tve been through this before, Mark I f your eye» need professional attention Then the people, roused to ven spread over his face. In one accord they replied, “W e we can be of service to you. — you know that. In that case there geance, Joined In a defensive* warfare “My dear Wallace, what the dickens «’«n ’t sing that next line.” was a traitor at work. W e found him. | Bhe looked nt the words nnd the against the disturbing felines, and In In this case there can be none, at least, are you doing here?” he demanded. the morning the bodies of some hun “Are you trying to kill thin man?" i n,'* t " nP •’"•'d. “Denr old Oermnny." In the w ar department. And I’ve told dreds of cats were flouting down the asked Mark. “Certainly not,” she told them, "w e the Brigadier I'll answer with my place Broken Lansas E Y E SIGHT SPEC IA LIS T Factory on Kellerman seemed nonplussed for W'B1 leave that entire stanza out.” She river. for discovering where the leak lies.” Premisos Quickly Replaced A N D O PTIC IA N the moment. not thought of finding anything H e closed the safe and strode off In Merchants and business meni Tlie like that In an American flag song. It 881— Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon. Telephone 362 “I hope I’ve given him his lesson,” to Kellerman's room, to return with Hentinel wants ynur orders for »ales Kellerman, looking angrier than be he answered. “He came here and de- hnd been written before the world and counter books. We meet all com petition. Pstronize home industry Or Branded money, and nearly frightened wur- IndiannpolI*. News, fore. der early, as we require 30 day» to fl “W hat are we going to do, Keller Mrs. Kenson out of her senses. Let 1 Q. Job priatiaf. T h i Bentissl. • • weeks for delivery. o lP fp d IF YO U S A W IT FIRST YOU S A W IT IN T H E S E N T IN E L me present you— _________ _______ _ inan r tw a s k e d . _____________ ________ WHAMS'MY'BOY BRIDE BATTLE DOING TONIGHT KEEPING OUR FIGHTERS FIT Tells in viviJ detail of (lie care Hie Govern- ment is taking of your Hoy in his oil duty hours. A fascinating story ot the lite in the big canton ments. VICTOR ROUSSEAU In a special preface, President Wilson says of this work: 75 cents each at The Sentinel office \nv now, und brenatplate» uru no eood ......... ................................. . *• iiS5 it' CHESTER S PLAGUE OF CATS The REAL COFFEE TASTE MAKE YOUR EYES YOUNG IN USEFULNESS AS WELL AS IN APPEARANCE K I V R Y P T O 1 K 1 SHERMAN i W. M O O D Y ^