Tillamook headlight., May 03, 1906, Image 5

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À Modern Ah Sin.
OLD
VOLUME.
THEY ALL WANT IT!
My «tory relate« to another Ah Sin:
Translated at Ethnology Bureau
Not Bret Harte a, but my own; my own
After Many Others Fail.
kith and kin.
Tia a city of
flowers,
A city where laws are made
By statesmen great, by statesmen
small,
Of every degree and grade.
■s a glorious fall evening in Par-
■ were seated in the club, on
Klevard Germain, discussing the
■ events of the day. There had
■Liners and reports of disagree-
■ beiween France and Germany,
■n could say what would hap-
■xt. Both nations were on the
■e. armed, mobilizing, ready to
■t the drop of the hat.
Kgere, the sculptor, drew up a
[ tabje and we prepared for a
[if the fascinating American pok-
|ich had just become all the rage
lance. We had just dealt the
f
Brangere, with Ouvrard, the
|r. Mongerval, former French am-
B r to St. Petersburg, and myself,
hip the party.
Benly Latour, the correspondent
[ Vie, burst in upon us. His eyes
sparkling. Latour’s eyes always
Ined a message of some kind.
[ve you heard the latest?” he ln-
What has happened?”
is declared!”
jumped to our feet In astonish-
it
■utual insults have passed.
The
Bans have burned the French am-
■dor in effigy. The French retali-
■y hanging a dummy Kaiser. The
■ts are full of mobs, all of one mind
»many must back down. In Ber-
■ the people are swarming the
Kts,
demanding
that
Germany
Ki upon her dignity. So there you
A it.”
[nd what from the War Office?”
[d Mongerval.
[tour bent over our table and fair­
pissed the words: “The Germans
fc already invaded France.
They
[swarming across the frontier. And
[the shame of it—we are not ready.
re _____
are __ no
_ troops in the field. It
£^■110 asininity of the Government;
littleness, the selfishness, the
^■ed of the commanders and the min-
^■a tour's breath gave out. He was
^[ays tragic. Our game was forgot-
We looked at one another in
^■nb astonishment.
For none knew
^■ter that we the unpreparedness of
French, against which stood the
^■ghty power of the enemy, her teem-
population, every man of which
^■d been trained to carry a gun, to
■oct, to obey orders. And the Ger-
■ns had chosen their season well. I
^Bailed a pronouncement of the Ger-
■in General Staff in 1905, when they
■id. “We shall impose on the French
■winter campaign. Our soldiers, com-
■g from the cold regions of the north,
■11 march toward a temperate cli-
■ate, and the advantage will be alto­
gether ours.”
■Latour left ng on his chase for news,
■ur party was broken up.
The im-
■ ndlng crisis was too much for us
■1.
■ “I shall go to the front and gather
■aterial for a wonderful group—the
■ing
Generalissimo,”
said Brangere,
■ rowing back his broad shoulders.
■ “The French will win,” said Ouv-
■ard, smiling, “and I shall loan them
Binds—as much as they may need—
Krithout charge, for the sake of my
Keloved France.“
And here he lied,
[or I knew that he would demand in­
terest to the last sou.
I “Adieu,” said Mongerval. “I go to
the President. I shall urge meditation,
[n<l I, myself, shat be an ambassador
Ho arrange terms.”
He withdrew
grandiloquently.
_ „
I was left alone—I. James Adams,
la plain American of adventure, to per­
form a part of which I had then no
conception.
.
It is dangerous in France, or in
Germany either, for that matter, to be
secretive. Suspicions are sure to be
aroused if your business is not well
known and openly stated. Therefore
It was well that I was allied with larpe
American manufacturing
”‘‘5
offices In Berlin, Hamburg. Paris and
Calais. In France I was careful to be
French in sympathy and
too. In Germany I became a Teuton
to the core. In addition to this ready
adaptability, I was P?rs°"a‘Ur_a1fn
qualnted with the French and German
rulers, had excellent German connec­
tions, and was well known In Belgium,
Holland and Italy. And Inasmuch as
It often became necessary tor me to
Compiled by Wm RifacKrill
and heads in commotion. The civil­
ians, who were in a wild state of ex­
citement cheered the troops, “Vive les
Cuirassiers!” while the dragoons in
return shouted “A Berlin’" and “Vive
la France!”
At a corner I met Captain Mau-
bourg, struggling through the crowd.
He greeted ine seriously. “I am on
my way to the War Office,” he said.
My regiment is being mobilized, and
1
called for conference.
Come
with me. You Americans are always
ingenious. You may be of assistance.”
was a memorable meeting—one
that I shall never forget. Grave Sen­
ators, uniformed Generals, and the
President, with his Ministers, discussed
the many questions before them until
well nigh morning. For a time I wait­
ed in an ante-room.
Finally I was
summoned.
Captain Maubourg an­
nounced me as “Monsieur Adams, of
the United States, a graduate or West
Point, the greatest military school of
the world,” and intimated that I might
have suggestions of value.
I had
spent my time, while waiting, in the
study of a large war map of France
and Germany. I had understood that
the German forces were approaching
from points south of the Vosges Moun­
tains, with a view, perhaps, to cutting
off a portion of eastern France and
ultimately making it German territory.
French troops were being hurried to
the frontier, assembling at Luneville,
at Chaumont, and at Belfort. It ap­
peared necessary to check the invasion
at once.
“If I mistake not,” I said, “the Ger­
man approach of 1870 was similar—
to cut Paris off from the south, the
source of its supplies. Now is it likely
that they would a second time adopt
this plan? What evidence have you
that the main attack is to the south­
east of Paris?”
“We have the reports of our border
agents,” replied the President.
“We
are advised that the whole force of
the German attack is in that direc­
tion.”
“They may be right,” I rejoined.
“But would it not be well to see what
is going on to the north? What would
happen if, for instance, the Germans
struck across the south of Belgium,
and cut off communication between
Paris and the Channel? Is that move
out of the question?”
There was no reply at first. They
were thinking hard. “It is not likely,”
began General Brugere, famous as a
strategist.
“But, by Heaven, M. le
President, It is not impossible.
We
must reconnoitre in that direction.
However, it is several hundred miles
to the Belgian frontier.”
“Let me suggest, then, with your
permission, that this lead be followed
at once,” I replied. “Can you not im­
press all the automobiles in Paris,
and hurry the greatest possible num­
ber of veterans to the northoast lruu-
tier: a war ballon might be sent Im­
mediately to reconnoitre. I should be
glad to offer my services in this con­
nection.”
Very bold talk for an American in
the presence of generals grown gray
in military service. I had only passed
through West Point. Because of a
partial color-blindness I had never
been admitted to the service; yet I
had studied war for several years, and
had learned that It is never safe to
trust to mere reports of agents.
For an hour more the plan was dis­
cussed, and finally adopted. And
almost unwittingly, I became involved
in a series of the most stirring inci­
dents—the war balloon reconnoissance,
my marvellous escape, th® terrific
fighting at Monte Pelier, the spectacle
of the greatest naval battle in history,
and personal encounters in defense or
the sweetest woman in the world-
all these will live in memory to the
end of my days.
When the French Government de­
cides that it wants anything belonging
to its citizens, there is no red tape
to be unwound.
From the moment
that the plan was adopted, orders flew
thick and fast, by tele«raP,L.iZ.nte}®:
phone, by word of mouth.
Within ten
hours upwards of five thousand auto­
mobiles were assembled on the out­
skirts of Paris.
The response of
citizens and of automobile companies
shoulder.
“Look,” he said, quieuy,
pointing below us. He had been sweep­
ing the country with his field glasses,
and his eyes, trained to keen obser­
vation, had discerned what we were
all looking for. I turned my glasses m
the same direction. There was the
vindication of my theory.
Far below
us, stretched the fields and woods of
the German Province of Lorraine, with
here and there a town resembling
clusters of red and white flowei».
Through this fair country stretched
the highways, like white ribbons. But
what was that silent, sinuous, snake­
like movement on every road, ex­
tending for miles? Troops and troops
of soldiers, helmets and gun-barrels
glittering and flashing in the bright
sun. As far as the eye could reach,
with brief intervals between them, we
saw the thousands and thousands of
German soldiers. General Martini turned
to the telegraph instrument and clicked
off a message; and I knew that within
five minutes the General Staff would
learn, through its watchers in the Eiffel
Tower Station, that the German rush
across the southeastern frontier was
but a blind; that the main movement
was to the north; and that Paris was
in danger of isolation from Calais and
from her ally, England.
For my own part I felt a great ex­
ultation. In the face of masters of
war, I had advanced an opinion with­
out support; I had urged that my plan
be tested; I had won out. More, I had
perhaps saved France the humilia­
tion of a surprise, and of possible de-
THE TROOPS WERE HURRIEDLY MOVED TO THE BORDER,
was immediate. It was a national n>at-
on.l bick of the Government stood
every man, woman and child of the Re­
ni blk-m Before twenty-four hours had
elapsed every road leading north, east
and west ou‘ oi Faris w *’
with the puffing machines, each bear
Ine from four to ten veterans, »•-
"cted “om the flower of the Army re-
lerved In and about Pari’ , 1" “ ad a
♦ Inn the railroads were cleared, and a
dozen special train«, Ioade<i1?Jltth0
nitions of war, were speeded to me
ot Austria, German ®xPan.?110” *?Dower,
and° t’hebpoTit'lcaf^and ^economlcPdom-
flnood?ng oVthewCrtd
£*£
had stirred to resentment
En-
xlan”’1* AHhough'France desired no
ahead of them all. through the
nio-hf wpnt four huge touring auto­
mobiles, rushing over the
French roads, their horns echoing so-
norously without intermission. In the
first car sat M. Rechere. a noted bal­
loonist, two expert assistants, and my­
self. In the next the renowned Sal­
vatore Martini, of the General Staff,
h?s aides, and a wireless telegrapher;
md tn tbe following, the apparatus
of a light but strong field war-J,a,la"";
On and on we swept, through towns
and villages, without pause. The dark
paled into dawn: the sun rose and
dissipated the mists: noon came. *nd
flnalfy darkness again. There ’»» "<>
.ton We had but one object. Our ra-
were dry biscuit.■ andI «ntsen
wine And as we sped northward, the
conviction grew that we were on the
r* At* dawn of the second day. we
reached Camplltte, near the Belgian
frontier—the point agreed upon as a
base of reconnolskapce. In an open
field we aet up the gaa ^’nerators. aM
soon there rose above our heads th.
produced" brewer. she was "’‘9^
to lie supinely andsee heroppo
ties wrested from her
man hands. What ’™dPJ;tS
all France rose «" one, patriotic
“TO ARMS! TO ARMS
way
I left the club and made
cv. my
through the crowded »«reete
‘X the
„
.....
rf
the
Grand
Avenue l’Opera. Reaching x.—. <
?re assailed
by a
Hotel, my ears were
1
clamor, which rose and fell and burst
Bands
of
civilians
.
thon-
like a storm 1. F composed of laborers
In^’artlsanV" were
arching boister-
nurty^up anSdown «•
"and ‘"fcpVtol "^Ventl'y^ JJble was Xst off. and We rapidly as­
cended A wireless telegraph, mount-
X . *h*lf m.lte the
on.bl. o* tn communicate direct wlth
th. Hlffel Tow.r rt.tten
MrhaB.
W. h.d rmch«! » h.laht of perhaps
rn
miles,
proceeding
meanwhile
rap-
troop or . “
midst of ■ seeth-
ir “"it -be" oAeral Martini, a
' to of Sedan, laid hl* band on my
other
On this evening in question I simply
dropped in
On the Major, whose friendship I
prize,
Not thinking of aught but a friendly
smoke,
Or with tales of the war to swap lies.
And there was the Doctor, another
good friend,
Such a modest and_______
Innocent ______
mate
And these two suggested a nice, quiet
game,
Intending my ducats to take.
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'Twas a curious game to an innocent
kid.
So full of sui prises unfair,
Where an honest hand is so frequently
bluffed
And a bluff is called down by a pair.
Five cards are dealt out, only one at a
time,
And if you’re not “suited” you
“call;”
While a “flush” is not always the mo it
modest sign,
“To be full” is far better than all.
And should there be dealt you a real
“royal flush,”
Still worse is the luck you have met;
Not a player responds when you open
the pot;
Nearly three yards long and one yard
wide, they gather up nicely and furnish
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WE DISCOVERED THE GERMANS TO BE FIRING ON US.
feat at the hands of her old enemy.
We now realized that we were dis­
covered by the Germans.
Puffs of
white smoke appeared below us, and
presently the shriek of small shells
was heard around the balloon? This
was uncomfortable; yet there was no
way to avoid it, save by going higher.
Ballast was heaved over, and we rose
half a mile, until we could barely dis­
cern the landmarks. But what was
two, or even two and a half miles,
against the long range field guns of
to-day? The shells flew thicker. One
passed through the basket, smashing
the glass jars of our electric battery.
Another cut a rope at one end of the
basket, and we lurched uncomfortably.
We threw over more ballast, - rising
-------
there
was
a
steadily.
Suddenly
screech; a three-inch shell hurled
toward us. Rechere gave a i shout of
dismay.
“They have hit the bag,” 1 he cried.
“We are falling.”
It was true. Looking up : I saw a
rent in the silk, and heard the hiss
, ____
swayed,
of escaping gas. The balloon
___
like a wounded bird. Slowly it sank.
Objects on the earth came Into plainer
view. Below was a great plain, and I
could distinctly see the field batteries
popping away at us ineffectually, un­
able to keep the range as we settled
through the thin air.
“What will they do to us?” I asked
my companions.
General Martini shrugged his shdul-
ders. “Oh, they will shoot us at sun­
rise tomorrow,” he replied. “It is no
matter.
We have saved the day.
France will not be surprised. Already
additional troops are pushing north.”
My elation was over. I loved life,
very dearly. And now to die miserably;
to be shot in a German field, without
even an opportunity to let the folks at
home know what had become of me. In
utter disgust I sat down in the car, for
it was now lurching violently as we
approached the earth. Bullets whistled
around us, several striking the basket
work. Well, I would die like a man. I
would show my companions, and also
our hospitable German friends below,
that an American can meet his fate
with a shrug as light as that of a
Frenchman, at least.
IN JUVENILE COURTS.
change my colors and affiliations sev­
eral limes in as many weeks, my ae
quaintance stood me ln ^ood turn.
Aside, from my personal interests It
was no light matter—this already ac
tlve demonstration
eement
part ot Germany.
The diaa?r®®^ras
which had grown out of the Algeciras
controversy was only one otu se 1
ot causes of war. .The many siig t
nations^cornpl'cated byd|Pj
By invite I came on a Saturday night
For a friendly game of cards,
Nor I since have thought it was just
the thing.
While professing the kindest re­
gards,
Two books of 300 years ago, bound in
the quaintest parchment, have given
up their secrets, after expert linguists
and ethnologists pondered many weeks
in a vain effort to determine their
origin.
Many languages were consulted, Ara­
bic, Sanscrit, Malay, Japanese, Russian
and languages that have traces of
Latin, but the chirography within the
covers of these musty volumes com­
pared with none of them.
The American Philosophical Society
of Philadelphia gave it up. Savants
and sages of other literary societies
failed in their efforts to elucidate the
strange language. The books were
Anally referred to the United States
Bureau of Ethnology. Prof. Cyrus
Thomas withdrew the veil.
“It is the Cakchiquelche language,”
said Mr. Thomas, spoken by the In­
dians of Guatemala. “One of the books
was on Bible history and the other a
collection of Lenten sermons, written
in the sixteenth century by the mis­
sionary priest, Father Domingo Vico,
who spent many years among the In­
dians. It is believed that when the
Spanish Fathers undertook to trans­
late religious works into the Chachi-
quelche tongue they found the Latin
alphabet inadequate to express the cu­
rious accents of the Indians, and they
supplied the letters.“ ,
New Methods of Dealing with the
Early Misdemeanors of Children«
In the March number of the Sunset
Magazine appears, an interesting ac­
count of the work of saving boys from
crime and prison influences. A similar
work is going on in many cities of
the country. The San Francisco juven­
ile court was instituted In May, 1901,
under the legislative act of that year,
through the untiring efforts of the
California Club, the Associated Char­
ities, the Merchant’s Association and
other large-hearted organizations and
Individuals. The original law of 1903
laid the foundation for the legal mach­
inery, which the revised statute of
1905 perfected and put into operation.
This law provided, among other things,
for an advisory committee, which ap­
points probation officers, secures funds
and establishes the proper connecting
link between the judge and probation
officers and the general public.
Since the establishment of this court
over 2,100 separate delinquency cases
and several hundred dependents have
been handled under the fatherly care
of Judge Murasky. His eyes, ears and
hands are the probation officers and
volunteer workers.
One officer looks
after the school records of the court's
wards: another sees to their working
side—is the official “Job chaser"; still
another is the directory and “diction­
ary”—he knows every boy—his doings
and undoings for years past.
Concerning the San Francisco work,
Arthur J. Todd, the present chief pro­
bation rMflcer, says: Tbfere numbers of
cases are barren, and give no hint of
sensational raptures, toilsome investi­
gation, patient probation, successful re­
formation or occasional failure. Neither
do they suggest the hearty cooperation
or of the rapid development of the gen­
eral public's Interest. Already the ju­
venile court has proven that It pays to
study a child rather than brand him;
to see him as a growing thing respond­
ing to his environment rather than
criminal born, fixed and destined to
wreck. Already even, are men looking
toward the employment of its methods
In dealing with adult offenders.”
Not a sound greets your offers to
bet.
To change my bad luck, Jack Pot I
suggest.
But no brighter nor better my lot;
My name became Dennis, and I had
bloomed forth
A Jack Ass, instead of Jack Pot
quickly
spite of all “fusion,
caught on,
As I savvied their tricks and their
wiles,
When they dealt from the bottom, and
rang in cold decks,
Each deal adding wealth to their
piles.
In
But to all patient waiters the
Lord hath said
Every good they shall reap all their
days:
So I bided my time for a final Jack Pot
then
“saw”
every
And
**
* boldly
•’*
‘raise.”
When the betting was over, and all
hands laid down,
Two flushes, two fulls
four
kings,
spread out “Four Aces”
blandly smiled
As I gathered the several
For two aces T had, and two more I
had drawn
(From my sleeve), like our old
friend. Ah Sin;
And I murmured that song of the old
“Ivy Green,”
“I gather them in,” yes, *T gather
them In.”
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