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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1916)
WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earl UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS HUNT Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Spokane grocers and butchers are discussing the question of advancing prices on their goods. , A Klamath Falls, Oregon, sheriff pours 200 gallons of Be i zed liquor into the Main street sewer. Because of the car shortage, Fort land fuel men are employing auto trucks to transport wood to the city from nearby forests. The British'steamer Bornu has foun dered 25 miles west of Ushant in a heavy gale. All the passengers and crew were saved by the Norwegian steamer Rein. Andrew Carnegie has bought from S. P. Shotter, of Savannah, Ga., the Shadow Brook estate in Lenox, Mass., and will occupy it as a summer home. The deal is said to involve more than $400,000. Miss Jessie Ashley, sister of Clar ence D. Ashley, former dean of the New York University Law School, is adjudged guilty of distributing birth control literature in court in New York and fined $50. The importation of goods for private use in Petrograd has been prohibited on account of traffic congestion. Spe cial permission of the ministry Is re quired for shipments for other than government purposes. Frank Moore, injured 16 months ago when a motor car he was driving was run down by a Southern Pacific train near Thurston, Ore., leaves the Eugene hospital almost fully recovered from his injuries, which included a broken back. A $1,000,000 timber deal was con summated at Tillamook, Or,, when Wallace McCamantt of Portland, as master in chancery, received from John P. Oleson, of Chicago, a $25,000 check to bind the sale of timber lands in Tillamook, Washington and Lane counties. G. C. Burris, a Superior Court juror at Seattle, was taken from the jurybox and lodged in the county jail, charged with disobeying a court order directing him to pay $10 a week for support of bis wife. Burris was arrested on a lazy husband warrant last May and re leased on promise to make payments. Short skirts and military footwear are chiefly responsible for the high cost of shoes, according to C. E. Bos worth, special agent of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. "Three years ago," Bays Mr. Bosworth, "there was no market for glazed kid. Skirts then became shorter and shoes lengthened, which used up the supply of kid." Mrs. Mary Fairbanks, mother of ex-Vice-President Fairbanks, died sud denly at Indianapolis at his home Tues day night. Mr. Fairbanks was cam paigning in Illinois at the time. Mrs, Fairbanks, who was 87 years old, had been enjoying good health and took a long motor ride just before Bhe became suddenly ill. A wireless press dispatch from Bucharest sayB an official decree has been issued committing for trial on a charge of conspiracy two men named Babosh and Thot, who are charged with having attempted last year to as sassinate Premier Bratiano, of Rou mania; M. Costinesco, Roumanian minister, and the late M. Filipesco, former war minister. At "a Bale conducted under the direc tion of the United States District court at Cleveland, the Wheeling & juaxe Brie railroad was sold to Blair & Co. and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., of New York, for $12,000,000. The reorgan isation plan callB for the addition of $9,984,708 to the road's treasury. Stockholders are to be assessed $27 a share to provide this amount and in return are to receive 6 per cent pre ferred stock of the road. The new Trolpastta canal in Sweden has been opened by King Gustav. The canal connects Wener Lake and the North Sea. Ten persons, mostly school children, remained for an hour and a half in the municipal hydraulic elevator at Oregon City, Or., when the cage stuck mid way in Its 90-foot shaft. Detectives in St. Louis haw recov ered $18,000 of the $32,000 stolen from a paymaster of the Burroughs Adding Machine company in Detroit August 4. The British mine-sweeping vessel GeniBta has been torpedoed and sunk, according to the British admiralty. All the officers and 73 members of the crew were lost, only 12 escaping. Even the price of stale bread has been increased in San Francisco. "Yesterday's bread" used to sell two loaves for a nickel. Now the price is three loaves for a dime or four for 15 cents. A greater Canada, industrially and politically, when peace is declared, is predicted by Baron Shaughnessy, pres ident of the Canadian Pacific railway. Nine aviators from the army train ing school in San Diego, five of whom were flying: for their junior military viators' licenses, made the round trip to Los Angeles without mishap. Everything in the port of Constama that would have been useful to Field Marshal von Mackensen's forces was destroyed by Russian sailors before the fort was evacuated, says a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd. ALLIES DEVELOP OWN RESOURCES; - BECOME INDEPENDENT OF U.S. New York The necessity for the United States to show a proper appre ciation of the business received in the way of war orders from the entente al lies is the subject of a statement is sued here Tuesday by Henry P. Davi son, of J. P. Morgan & Co., detailing his impressions of the financial and military situation that he found on his recent trip to Great Britain and France. He returned Monday from England, after having assisted in the arrangement of the new $300,000,000 British loan. "It is perfectly clear that if we re gard Great Britain and France as de sirable customers and wish to continue to Bell them our products," the state ment says in part, "we must treat them as a producer usually treats a de sirable customer, in which event I am confident we will continue to supply them largely, not only during the war, but for the reconstruction period which will follow. "Great Britain and France have not only carried on the war on the West ern front, but have at the same time developed their own manufacturing re sources in a way which surpasses be lief, so that today they find themselves well equipped and in a position to pro vide not only for themselves, but in a large degree to assist their allies. "In stating this I do not mean to imply that there are not many things they will require from us, as they did before the war, and will after. I do mean that there are many supplies which they would rather purchase from us than produce at home, reserv ing the resources required for such production for other purposes to their better advantage. The point is that today their position is one of indepen dence compared with that of two years ago. " Loss of Life May Reach 200; Greek Naval Officers Bitter Athens The torpedoing of the Greek steamer Angheliki on Saturday near Piraeus, with many Greeks aboard, was carried out without warn ing, it is said here. This action is be lieved to indicate that since the cap ture of Constanza the German sub marines have obtained a new supply of benzine, enabling them to resume operations in the Mediterranean. Greek naval officials are particularly bitter that the attack seems to have been made within Greek territorial waters, only a few miles from Salami, where a formidable allied fleet has been stationed since September 1. The loss of life is now said to reach 200, though the full number aboard the Angheliki is not known. The subma rine, it is further said, warned ships endeavoring to rescue the Greeks to keep off. Chrysanthemum Show On. Washington, D. C. The govern ment's 16th annual chrysanthemum show opened here Tuesday and will continue throughout the week in the big hothouses of the department of Agriculture. The exhibit includes 260 varieties, many of them indigenous to England, France, Australia and Japan. Among the new specimens are Mrs. G. G. Mason, Dawn of Day, Lord Hopeton and J. T. Raynor. England is repre sented by HiB MajoBty and Queen Mary and Earl Kitchener, and France by MarquiB Visconti Ventosa. Government to Find dobs. Seattle United States Commission er General of Immigration Caminetti Tuesday announced extension of the Federal government's work for the un employed of the nation to women and girls, teachers' and others following professional vocations, honorably dis charged army and navy men in fact, everyone in soarch of a job in a far reaching plan to place the department of Labor at the Bervice of all people. The movement, he said, had been ac corded the enthusiastic approval of 21 of the leading women's organizations. Everett Repels I, W. W. Everett, Wash. When word was received Tuesday that 45 men, said to be members of the Industrial Workers of the World, were coming by boat from Seattle, 200 citizens gathered un dor the leadership of deputy sheriffs and stood guard at the wharf. When the Bteamer docked and the men came ashore the waiting citizens loaded them into automobiles and drove them beyond the city limits, where they were warned to return to Seattle. Railroad Needs $10,000,000, Seward, Alaska The Alaska Engi neering commission will ask congress for between $10,000,000 and $11,000, 000 for construction expenditures on the government railroad during the next fiscal year. The commission Monday bought 10 lots at the foot of Adams street as a site for a terminal pussonger station. Italian Destroyer Blown Up. London A dispatch to Exchange Telegraph from Athens says: "The Embros Corfu correspondent reports that the wreckage of an Ital ian torpedo boat destroyer blown up by a mine laid by an Austrian submarine off the Epirus coast, fell upon the sub marine and completely destroyed it." Invasion of England is Possibility. London Field Marshal Viscount French, commander In chief of the armies in the United Kingdom, ad dressed the volunteers at Derby Sun day. He Bnid that an invasion of the British isles was not a mere supposi tion, but a possibility. This they must be prepared to meet. Russian Cities Want Food. Petrograd Minister of the Interior Protopopoff has applied to the military authorities, according to the Rech, for permission to draw upon the military stores for food supplies for the popula tions of Petrograd and Moscow. Virginia Goes "Dry." Richmond, Va. Vinrinia entered the ranks of prohibition states at mid night Tuesday, swelling the total of 18. No liquor can be shipped and car riers have served notice that none will be received for shipment. NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon Car Shortage Reaches 2186 in State of Oregon Salem The car shortage on the Portland division of the Southern Pa cific Wednesday reached 2186, a new record, and indications that it will continue to mount are given in reports which have been received by the Ore gon Public service commission. The company reported that it had orders on file for 2557 freight cars and only 371 empty cars available for loading. Residents in Tillamook county who own stock are threatened with serious consequences because of their inability to obtain hay. Large amounts of hay are shipped annually to. Tillamook. This year only a few cars are available and a shortage in hay has resulted. The Public Service commission re ceived a vigorous complaint from Rosenberg Borthers, of Tillamook, asking for relief. They assert that they annually ship in from 100 to 150 cars of hay from the Willamette valley and store it in their warehouses. This season they declare they have been getting only one car every' 10 days, where they need from one to three a day. With no hay stored, the Tilla mook people foresee a serious situa tion next winter, when it will be im possible to ship in because of the un certain railway connections at that time of the year. Hood River School Board to Use Fuel Oil This Winter Hood River Hood River's high school building and the $30,000 annex to the structure,' now nearing comple tion, will be heated with oil. With a few necessary changes made the old wood furnace will be used. From a 12,000-gallon tank the fuel will be pumped to the furnace by the electri cally driven pump. By UBing oil instead of wood the school board estimates a saving of more than $275 will result this year. The oil delivered at the big new tank, costs $1.20 per barrel. Body fir cord wood is sellnig for $5.50 per cord. By the time the wood is sawed and put in basements the cost is increased about $1 per cord. A barrel of oil, it is said, is more than equal to half a cord of wood. Coos Tract May Be Cut. Marshfield A company of Marsh field men of whom W. J. Conrad is an interested member, is negotiating for the timber from a tract of Southern Pacific land lying west of Boulevard Park, an addition located between Marshfield and North Bend. The tract contains about 700 acres and had some of the only remaining old growth tim ber adjacent to the city of Marshfield. In the event the deal is consummat ed, the timber will be logged into Pony inlet and sold to the various mills on Coos Bay. The timber in question lies in the Pony inlet water shed, but its cutting would not affect the Coos Bay Water company's supply, Bince the reservoir is above the place where it is proposed to cut. Mail Service Improved. Marshfield Smith River residents, who live on a tributary of the Ump qua river, and have a stream navigable for 26 miles, are to have an improved mail service. Instead of receiving semi-weekly mails, they will hereafter be supplied three times a week. Cap tain William Dewar has obtained the contract, will leave Sulphur Springs, at the head of tidewater, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The mail route is between Sulphur Springs and Reedsport, but arrangements have been made for a private extension to Gardiner, three miles from Reedsport. Smith river is one of the most fertile and productive sections of Oregon. 70 Cars of Apples to Go. Roseburg That approximately 70 earloads of apples will be Bhipped from Douglas county to the Eastern markets during the present season is the esti mate of local buyers. The Umpqua Valley Fruit Union will handle about 80 carloads of apples, while the Pro ducers' Fruit company will ship about the same amount. In addition to the consignments handled by these firms not less than 10 earloads of apples will be assembled and shipped from distant parts of the county. Thus far this season 11 carloads of apples have been shipped from Doug las county. Economy Proves Costly. Portland Saving of waste paper and other combustible material by business houses of the city will necessitate the city incinerator once more to use fuel in the furnaces at the city incinerator. The heavy supply of paper and other inflammable BtufF has made the pur chase of fuel at the plant unnecessary for several years. It is reported that an insufficient amount of combustible material is being received now to keep the fires going. A request is made for a $2000 appropriation for purchase of fuel for the plant next year. Lumber Tax is Appealed. Oregon City The Weyerhaeuser Land company, E. S. Collins, W. R. Burt, Frank E. Dooly, and the estate of T. D. Collins, represented by C. L. Starr, Portland attorney, Tuesday be gan an appeal from the board of equal ization to the circuit court in an at tempt to obtain lower assessment on their timber holdings, assessed at more than $1,000,000. A similar case now is pending in the state supreme court. The county is fighting to uphold the Nease timber cruise, on which all tim ber assessments are based. China Pheasants Liberated. Gaston J. H. Wescott, of this place, has just recevted a crate of young China pheasants from the State Game commission, to be liberated in this locality. They were turned out on the Benjamin Ward farm near a patch of kale and will be carefully protected. --r . T" saved err thh .z&atia. if - , r mrrttw. w. BY rue .YACWAV owlvy- I SYNOPSIS. 9 The chief characters are Ethel Wll loughby, Henry Streetman and Cnpt. I.arry Redmond. The minor characters are Sir Georste Wanstaft of the British admiralty and Charles Brown, a New York newspaper correspondent. Ethel, a resident of Sir George's household, secretly married to Streetman, a German spy, though she did not ltnow him as siH:h. Captain Redmond, her old lover, returns to England after long absence. From hlin she learns the truth about Streetman; furthermore, that he has betrayed her simply to learn naval se crets. The European war breuUs out. Ethel prepares to accompany Streetman lo IJrusscds as a German spy In order to Kot revenge and serve England. Captain Itedmond, Ethel and Charlie Hrown turn up at a Belgian Inn as the German army comes. Here It a big opportunity fop Charlie Brown, the New York newspaper correspondent, to show either a world of good sense or a state of mind bordering on Insanity. The problem Is up to him whether he will stick by his frlend3, no matter what oc curs, or consider the safety of his own person. There Is a big thrill In this Installment. It de scribes the meeting and plan ning of spies. CHAPTER XII Continued. Ethel consented to the arrangement. She was immensely relieved that the quick-witted journalist so readily ac cepted her allns. "Good, good!" their delighted host exclaimed. "Sweet consomme, eh? Boiled chicken, an artichoke, a bit of salnd, and some coffee real American coffee, without chicory, eh, m'sieu?" He was already edging toward the door that led klteheuward, to begin his preparations for a meal that should forever perpetuate his Inn In the mem ories of his two guests. "Great! Sounds lmmensel" Mr. Brown rejoined with enthusiasm. "Yes, m'sieu lmmensel That Is your good American word. ... I shall serve such a dinner as the Lion d'Or never has seen before!" And Henri disappeared in high spirits. After the depressing dullness of the past weeks it was Indeed exhilarating to minister to two appreciative pa trons. By the time Chrlstophe had van ished Ethel Wllloughby had quite re covered her self-possession. And when Charlie Brown turned to her with a look of Inquiry upon his face she was ready to meet his scrutiny with a stout heart "You seem surprised and quite nat urally," she said, "at hearing that man call me Madame do Lorde." ""Well, that afternoon I knew you as Miss Wllloughby," he replied, "But I was then Madame de Lorde," Ethel explained glibly. "You see, Mr. Browu, I'd been married secretly." "Secretly?" "There were reasons good rea sons," she rejoined. "I could not ex plain what they were then; nor can I now." "Surely surely!" he acquiesced, for bo hud not the slightest desire to pry into her private affairs. "Hut what ou earth arc you doing In this dead-and-alive spot?" And then, In the next breath, he exclaimed, as a sudden In spiration came to hliu, "Oh, by George! How dull of in e I You're houeymoou lng, of course!" "Not exactly!" Ethel replied, Just a bit lamely, perhaps. "My husband Isn't here Just now. lie had some business lu Brussels, but I came on ahead." She had, Indeed, left Streetman In the Belgian capital. "Shall you be staying long?" she asked Mr. Browu. "No! I'm off In the ruorulng," he Informed her. The Information relieved her vastly. She had not relished the thought of having to confess to the American that Monsieur do Lorde was uo otbor than his erstwhile acquaintance of the tea party Henry Streetman. But as a spy In his majesty's service, Ethel took as easily to subterfuge ns a duck to water. She surprised herself often by the readiness with which plausible tales sprung to her lips. "Oh! Then you won't be able to meet Monsieur de Lorde," she said with a note of regret "I don't expect him till tomorrow." Charlie Brown murmured his regret at that circumstance. "But what are you doing here?" Ethel asked him then. "Perhaps you've a secret In your past too?" she added gayly. But Mr. Brown could lay claim to no such romantic excuse. "Oh, I came over looking for a war," be explained. "Ami you havenl found It?" "Nothing like It at all!" he replied. "The day after I saw you I got a straight tip to beat It for Belgium. I bought you oue-aud-a-hulf cylinder 18-10 bicycle, aud I've pedaled away for three days, till I feel all legs aud back. My right nnuie, this minute, Is George W. Achewell!" Aud Charlie Brown sat dowu by the table upon which Ma dame de Lorde was resting her trim elbow. "Mr. Brown," Ethel said, "you're not English. 1 am; but you are an Auglo Saxou, aud you must sympathize with the allies." "8ur 1 dol" was his prompt re sponse. ' "Then, whatever happens while you'rt here," she coutlnued with an air of great earnestness, "whatever hap pens, I want you to remember that I am Eugllsh, aud that It Is England I serve always. . . . You will belter "Oh, of course I will!" be assured bar. And Immediately a thought cam Into Charlie Brown's bead that made him start. "And by the way," be said, "while I think of It, 1 want to warn you about that chap I met at tea at your place. Streetman, he called him self. You remember him?" To hide her confusion Ethel rose and moved a few steps a way from the table. "Yes, I remember him very well," she answered. "I happened that night to got some dope ou him," Charlie went on, in en tire Innocence of the effect his words had upon her. "He's what you might call a professloual spy working for the German secret service now, That's why he stuck up for them that after noon; hut really he's a Russian." "A Russian!" Ethel exclaimed, star tled, In spite of herself, by that sur prising news. "Yes," he continued. "He got kicked out of Russia ten years ago for some dirty business. Then he worked for the English against the Boers. They couldn't stand him either he's an. aw ful rotter. I don't know much about him after that. .Now he's with the Germuus. . . . You'll forgive my speuklng of this," he said, "but I thought perhaps as you're in the ad miral's family, he might be trying to pump you about some of the navy's secrets." "Oh thank you for telling me!" shf exclaimed gratefully. And, somehow, she felt the least hit guilty that she could not be frank wllh him. "And one thing more " she added, as he seemed about to leave her, "you won't speak of meeting me hero? . . . You'll promise, won't you, eveu though I can't expluln?" "My dear girl," he protested, "I've beeu on so many stories, I've Inter viewed so many people, I've seen so much of human nature, that I know pretty well when to print a story and when to kill It and I'll go through for you any way you want mo to." Ethel turned to him Impulsively, gratefully. "Thank you you're a dead" she told him. And at that moment the French spy he of the newspaper returned. And, paying scant heed, apparently, to Ethel and her companion, he sat down at a table, lighted another ciga rette, and resumed his iutent reading once more. As soon as he caught sight of the stranger Charlie Brown Warned Ethel with a quick "Ssh!" "It must be nearly time for dinner," Madamo de Lorde remarked carelessly, as If their conversation bore only upon trivial matters. "That's so. And If we're going to dine together I think I'll go wash up or the folks will think I belong hers," Mr. Brown said, glanclug down at the wreck of his once Immaculate new English suit. "Oh, I almost forgot my vnulty bag!" he exclaimed. And he retrieved his paper parcel from the tnble where he had dropped It. Then he went Joyfully to his room. CHAPTER XIII. " Der Tag. Meanwhile Ethel Wllloughby, alias Mndaine do Lorde, strolled aimlessly to the cigar counter and leaned neg ligently against It Her feelings were decidedly mixed compounded of pleas ure and uneasiness. As it turned out, she found it agreeable to meet Mr. Brown. It was a distinct relief to be able to talk to someoue against whom she was under no necessity of being on her guard. But at the same time, a matter of business had brought her to Courvolsler, and the Inn. To be suro, S- "I Hays Beneath My Coat Telephone." Streetman expected to Join her there later. But In the meantime Ethel ex pected to meet someone else first Who that person might be she did not know, except that the unknown was a spy In the service of the French. No sooner did he find himself alone with Ethel than the little Frenchman dropped his paper. "Ilonjour, madame!" he said. "I beg your pardon!" Ethel said. "Do not look around stay where you are!" the stranger told her crisply. All at once It occurred to her that this somewhat Inferior-looking Indi vidual might be be whom she sought. But she could not be sure. And the resolved to bide her time. "Really, sir," she said, with assumed hauteur, "I beg you to explain this mystery this " "Mystery" he took the word out of her mouth "shall we say rather the mystery of General Jacques," he corrected her politely. "Ob, you are " "A friend of France! , . . And your password?" He waited for her to supply the mystic word. "Courvolsler!" she said In a low voice. "Good!" he exclaimed with satisfac tion. "The other day to General Jacques at the fort you offered your services for France," be ventured. "Yes!" "He wishes now to take advantage of your offer." "I am ready," she answered quietly. He proceeded swiftly to the busi ness In baud. "The Germans will be here tonight, and here the road forks, one turn to the right, the other to the left you know?" "It is Important, the general says, that he should know which road the Germans take whence comes the at tack. . . . You are to Inform him by telephone." "But they will cut the wires," Ethel objected. "All that they can find," he agreed. "But last night, while the others slept, we have strung a wire from the fort to that chimney!" By the merest nod he Indicated the huge fireplace that projected Into the room, "Here?" she exclaimed. He bowed. "I have beneath my coat a tele phone," he continued hurriedly. "If uiadumo will be good enough to ehauge places wllh me and keep watch, while I connect the Instrument, the affair will be simple." "Of course!" Ethel responded. The Frenchman stole to the fireplace and crept Inside the wide opening. And while his head aud shoulders vanished momentarily up the chlmuey he busied himself with his work of at taching the Instrument to the dangling wire within. "All is well?" he called in a low voice, as bis deft fingers twisted the ends of the wire. "It Is done," the little man declared. He quickly brushed a few clinging particles of soot from his slceveB. "The telephone is In the far corner," he explained, "beneath some tree brauches. It cannot be seen." "Aud what am I to do?" she asked. "At the earliest possible moment after the Germans arrive and you have found out which road they take, call on that instrument An officer will be waiting every moment from now on. I have signaled that the con nection Is made." "I understand and you may depend ou me," she promised. And he hnd already reached the door to take his departure when he came to a sudden halt. "Now may I ask you are Madame de Lorde?" he inquired in his quaint English. "Yes I" "Now It Is perhaps best that you be told," ... he continued. "Before you came a gentleman In the service of your country, a gentleman who met you In Brussels he ask for you." Ethel Started at his announcement, And she drew nearer to him. "Captain Redmond!" she exclaimed In a low voice. "Ssh ssh madame!" he warned her. "It was be," he whispered. "Is he here?" she asked eagerly. "He could not wait. He must re turn to his work," he enlightened her. "But what was he doing here?" she demanded In alarm. The little Frenchman waved her to a nearby chair. "Not so close, madame!" he begged. She sat down obediently. "Whut was he doing here?" she asked. "He came to arrange about the tel ephone," the fellow told her. "It Is his plan." "His plan! Then he will come back" "ne could not be certain, madame." "But he's alive, and well" She could hardly wait for his answer. "Yes, mitdame, quite so." "Oh, thank God!" Ethel murmured,! In a tone of vast thankfulness. Her fellow-spy smiled at that a happy smile. "I am glad I have told you," he said. "I bad thought perhaps it was an affair of the heart He bad the look. . . . And now, madame, for what you will do permit mo to thank you. It Is for France." "And for Larry!" Ethel murmured softly. It was Ethel's turn to warn him then. For a door opened. Henry Chrh'tophe had returned. "Good day, m'sieu!" the little man said cheerfully. And he departed. "Ah, madame! Dinner Is ready!" Chrlstophe announced to Ethel. "And where Is the American gentleman?" "I fancy he will be here directly," she told him. "Ah, good, good! But we must not spoil the chicken," he said. He had taken especial pains with that chick en, and he wished it to be served at Just the proper moment "I say!" Mr. Brown exclaimed. "I just happened to glance out of my win dow. What's going on over there?" "Why, nothing, m'sieu!" bis host re plied happily. "And your dinner is ready. It Is delicious, I promise you." Curiously enough, Mr. Brown's In terest In dinner bad suddenly abated. "But something Is happening! Look for yourself!" he urged. Henrt Chrlstophe went to the door and gnsed down the village street. And while he stood there, looking through the shimmering beat-waves that flickered above the cobblestones, Charlie Browu took another survey of the commotion he bad witnessed from bis room. "Yes, yes, m'sieu you are right!" Chrlstophe exclaimed presently. 'There Is a cloud of dust and people are run ning down that road; some are coming this way." ... He turned away from the door. And upon his broad face there was an expression akin to bewilderment "What can it mean, m'sieu?" be asked. "It's the Germans!" Charlie cried In great excitement "Oh!" Despite the tight rein she tried to keep on herself, that one low cry would come leaping t Ethel's lips. Half fearful, half Incredulous, Henri Chrlstophe stood stock still and gazed stupidly at the American. "That I cannot bolleve!" he said at last But in a moment more be had to believe It Even little Jeanne knew It. i She came flying Into the room and Dung herself Into her fa ther's arms. "Mon pere, mon pere! The Ger mans are coming!" she cried In terror. Her father looked down at her ten derly. "There, there! Do not cry!" Chrls tophe said, trying as best he could to calm her fears. "They will not hurt you or me." As for Charlie Brown he promptly forgot all personal considerations. He became at once the newspaper man, the news-gathering machine. "The Germans are coming! And I'm In the thick of It! God, what a story I" he exclaimed. It was what he had dreamed of. Heurl Chrlstophe put his daughter away from him, as an uneasy thought crept over hire "Go to your room, Jeanne, and staj there till I call you," he said gently. A confused murmur, as of many voices shouting In the distance, pene trated that still room where they wait ed. And with every moment that passed it grew louder. From his post lu the window Char lie Brown beheld a column of people sweeping up the road. They were still "The Germans Are Comlngl" some distance off. But even through the dust be could see that it was horde of frightened people, men, worn en, children. "Where are they from, my frlendl" Charlie asked his startled host "They come from many miles away, I think, m'Bieu," he answered. "I know everyone In this neighborhood; aud these are strangers to me." "Here they come!" the American said excitedly, as the vanguard of the rabble poured up the street almost to the place where he waited and watched. "You'd better go to you room, Madame de Lorde," he told Ethel. "Yes, perhaps I had," she admitted. But she still lingered, fascinated by the contagious fear that impelled those peasants onward. A man, disheveled, wild-eyed, thrust his head in at the door of the Lion d'Or. "The Germans are coming!" be warned them. "You'd better get out- they're coming this way!" be repeat ed breathlessly. It was plain that be had run fur. And Immediately he started on again. But Chaille Brown called lo him. "Wait a minute!" "You are sure?" Chrlstophe Inter posed. The man came Inside then, "Sure! Sure! They're not a mile ahead!" he gasped between great sob like breaths. And already Cliristophe's neighbors crowded through the door way and peered curiously at the fet low. "They came through our town-. I saw 'em I I, Andre Lemalre. . . . I saw 'em all graylike millions of 'em nnd they're still comlngl There's no end to them!" "But we have done ncthlng. They will not hurt us," the innkeeper told him Innocently. The man turned his piteous eye upon Chrlstophe upon Chrlstophe, who hnd not yet learned what was la store for him. Does It occur to you that Madame De Lorde may b dis covered as a spy by the Ger mans the first time she tries to make a move? There Is a fine piece of graphic descriptive work In the next Installment (TO BE CONTINUED.) Fulfillment. The bees know not whether they wlH eat the honey they harvest . . . As they go from flower to flower, col lecting more honey than themselves) and their offspring can need, let us go from reality to reality, seeking food for the Incomprehensible flame, and thus, certain of having fulfilled our or ganic duty, prepare ourselves for what ever may befall. . . . The very sus picion of the possible slmlessoess of Its exhausting effort will only render tit duty the clearer, will only add nor purity, power, disinterestedness and freedom to the ardor wherewith it still seeks" Maurice Maeterlinck. Origin ef Opera, Opera originated "with the ancient Greeks in the libretto of Sophocle and Aeschylus. From the custom ot musically declaiming the chorus, and parts of the dialogues, cane tlM modern opera. A Phlladelphian la the Inventor ot a paper bag the top of which is re enforced and so cut that It forma a handle.