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rr cKrill SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTER ONE~ ry Adams, European representative^of 'can Manufacturers, and a H'est Point, ate, is visiting in Paris at the time of rtiveen France and Germany. He was l into conference with the French General The German invasion has begun on the astern border. Adams declares this a He urges balloon reconnoissance to the nst, and detail of troops to block advance, housand automobiles are impressed, filled roops, and are sent northward. Adams, al Martini, Rechere {expert balloonist), wireless telegraphy, lead the advance, car- a field war balloon. The ascent is made \e main German force is discovered mobil- tn l^orraine. The balloon is struck by a us shell and begin- ‘o 'ail swiftly into the of the troops. CHAPTER IL jurtlhad found its mate, Ail, 1 was try much in love. «9/1- Ad*y * was 80 much _On the better that that 1 insisted on rising, and a »came and assisted me t® dress. r., valet - ,M vFclnt ho« were torn to shreds In the ’Myjclothes balloon wreck, and I found myself compelled to accept the count’s offer °* a complete outfit from his own wardrobe. Behold me, therefore, seat ed in an easy chair, clad in a handsome suit of plum-colored velvet, with short breeches, white silk stockings, silver- buckled shoes, and a long-tailed coat. What with lace and ruffles and all the trimmings of royalty, I felt like a trussed goose; but Aimee regarded me as the very apotheosis of perfection and grace. This I had from her own sweet lips. And so completely satis fied were we with each other that be fore night I had kissed her a thou sand times and obtained her consent to an ultimate marriage, with the un derstanding that I should be acceptable to the Count, whose reserve I had not at that time courage to penetrate with my request for his daughter s hand. “But there is no hurry,” I said. “Let us wait a few days, my precious.” And I took her in my arms, kissing her again and again and calling her all manner of pet names. Very undigni fied and breathlessly hasty love-mak ing for an American of thirty-five. But in love are we not all fools? I know not how the practical, every day part of my mind suddenly got to work again. I was seated in the gar den, on the fourth day after my descent upoa Lagunay, musing I io balloon was now within half a , of the earth, and settling steadily, eath us was a sea of troops. The ets came in a shower. Rechere b a groan and sank by my side, ; through the heart. Martini's hand shattered as it gripped the rail ¡he basket. I expected death, and d erect again, grasping the sup- ;lng cable at one end of the basket, eemed miserable to be thus a tar- for the bullets of a thousand sol- s with no opportunity to reply, ilenly the basket gave a violent h. Instinctively my grasp tight- 1 on the supporting cable; and well zas, for at that instant a well di ed shell from a rapid-firer cut the le at the other end, end the car yed, hanging by the one slender B rope. I drew myself up and got rm hold of the network surround- the gas bag. There I hung, grip- j for my very life with both hands; as I looked down I saw Martini rling over and over In mid air, and body of poor dead Rechere falling a plummet. Then the single sup- t gave way, and th® basket went r'n after them. closed my eyes, sick with horror i faint from my tremendous muscu- efforts. As in a dream I was con- tus of swift flight through the air. i sounds of shooting became fainter, i whistle of bullets ceased. I real- l that the balloon, freed of Its ght of passengers, apparatus, and ket, was rising rapidly into the up- air. Ah, then I would escape, after I tried to collect my thoughts, »wing that should I lose conscious ly my grip would weaken. uddenly I felt that I had entered a itum of cold air. It was sweet and e. It stimulated me, I opened my B, and glanced below me. Earth Id not be seen. I was in the clouds. Remember, now, that I hung by the [> of two hands, from a coarse net le of half-inch rope forming a ca»- r for the balloon. I knew that I AIMEE. luld eoon be compelled to rest or I gone _ to the st let go and follow my late com- charms of Aimee who had „ lions. Summoning all my nerve, I house to attend to the preparation or ew up one leg, and as luck would dinner. Somewhere near by a heavy re It, caught my foot in a mesh of door shut with a slam. It shocked me, i net I pushed my leg through un- like a pistol-shot. I jumped to my the rope was under my knee; then feet with a shout. The Germans—the ted for a few sweet minutes hang- War—the French—Martini—Rechere—• ! there like a crab, one leg swing- all the exciting events of the past ten ' free. Presently I secured a similar days swept upon me like an avalanche. d with the other foot; then working Here I sat, in the very path of the in wly and carefully, managed to get vaders, passing my time In a Midsum- ;h arms into the meshes, and for a mer-nignt-dream of love and seven ssed interval was relieved of severe teenth-century indolence. I ran to the ain, though my hold was by no house. Preparations must be made against the arrival of the troops. At ans secure. The balloon seemed now to be mov- the porte-cochere I saw the count, just r swiftly in the wind, but neither alighting from his ancient chaise. I Ing nor falling. The steady gliding hurried to his side. "A word with you in private, I tion, the absolute quiet, and the ariness of body resulting from my said. The serious look upon my face We passed into the ht grip of the net, produced a ten- startled him. icy to sleep. I was compelled to house and entered his study. Here I k to myself to keep awake, and acquainted him with the events of (ding that even this would not suffice the past week, of my balloon recon determined to make myself secure. noissance, of the plan of the Ger Imminent risk, for I was getting mans. Living, as he did, in such com lefully cramped, I let go with my plete isolation, withdrawn from the [ht hand, and reaching in my pocket activity of the world about him since t my knife, opening it with my teeth. the days of the Second Empire, he had :ut through half a dozen meshes of heard only rumors, and was quite un- 1 net and thus made a hole large Dugh to admit my head and shoul- rs, pushing away the enveloping ds of the somewhat flabby balloon, degrees I worked my whole body itti a prayer of «•ough, and finally, with lyself anks to God found my — lying ------- flat ton the strong net work, my back [ainst the gas-bag. So great was the lief of this position that I sank mw Btant sleep. It seemed an age later when I awoke, larlng my name spoken by the voice a woman. I opened my eyes and oked around me. I lay in a b®d irrounded by silken drapery. My hole body ached, and my head seem- i to be several times Its ordinary size, hen a voice—that of the woman— ■toke again, in soft, rippling French: | “Monsieur must be quiet. It is best, i onsieur is safe and will soon be well fain.” . I looked In the direction of the sound nd saw approaching me what I lought to be the most beautiful wo- in I had ever seen. Fair and tall, of i® old French type, she seemed a ver- able angel. Upon her head sue wore white lace cap, which served only Lrtially to restrain her brown curls, er dress was simple—of white, with touch of blue at throat and shoulders, le came to the bedside and leaned r®r me. I shall remember to my dy- g day her soft, cool hands pressed >on my aching brow. Her loose «lce- js showed her fair, plump arms nigh i the elbows, and I recall even now, le desire, as I fell asleep, that I could ave those arms about my neck. I awoke again, some time later, feei ng much refreshed. My fair nurse rought me a glass of cool milk, ana eld my head In the hollow of her arm e I drark, smiling and nodding at me^ Then I lay quiet for a while, and resently found myself able to speak. • Where am IT’ was my first ques- lon. She told me that I wa» In the Cha- ■au Lagunay, on the west bank of the ieuse River, some distance northwest I Verdun. In the prettiest French, hlch I could readily understand. _kough my own pronounciatlon was execrable, she told me how at ■ny balloon had come crashing into IN grove of trees near the Chateau; how • gardeners hsd released me from aware of the approaching e rial a. But iv prison In th® net; and how I had )en brought into the house, by her he rose to the occasion, showing even other’s instructions, and cared ror In these declining year» unusual powey jrough the night. I was seriously of decision and action. _ruised about the head and shoulder«, Events moved swiftly then. The and they thought at first tiffit I was Count summoned his servants and re _ the wood» woods ^Bead. Later her father, a French tainers and secreted In Eble -**----- 4—------- ■obleman of ‘ the old regime, came --- to nearby a large amount of »liver plate, the bedside, expressed his pleasure coin In chests, and valuable heir that “Monsieur Ad-dams” (they bad loom«. Aimee was In _ great distress; insurances that th Earned my name from papers found In but I quieted her with assurances Biy pockets) had recovered, assuring I would protect ber, though bow »e that I need have no concern as to would stand off a G*rman army ■iv perfect welcome to remain as his had no Idea. Early the evening IL--'-, In ttC - .Z-*:.— gu* < in til 1 should be completely re- came n*ws of the approach of Lanc ■torr ? to health. ers on the east side of the Meuse, re ’Tl suppose It was the shock that blot connoitering for the engineers; and ted out. for the next few days, all shortly afterward, a French officer Mr Hl ect I on of my identity, or my re rode up to apprise the Count, with gent experience. I knew simply that I whom he waa acquainted, of the pres Was In Paradise, with tbls adorable ence of French skirmishers a short 1 always at hand to minister to distance to the south of the Chateau. figs ger or thirst, and to talk softly to It became evident to the Count that me at intervals between naps. She we w->uld be In the sone of battle. TT* te4d me much about herself. ffhe was accordingly made baste to m*ve to a but twenty, an only child, with no safe distance as much as poeslble of —“ther that she could rem*mt>*- She his personal property. My heart went I her father, and the faithful ser- out to the old nobleman Re made no ts. lived alone fifce seemed very complaint. We was ready for what (py And If she was happy, what ever might come though It should cost mywlf? Fofnro T was aMo to sit him hl« magnificent estate. AD through the night we worked and eat solid food 1 knew that my IQAA lawn. I went to the door and met a ponderous colonel ox Chivalry about to enter. 1 had taken the precaution to uuu myself with a rapier taken from the wall of the armory, and with this slender weapon 1 felt reasonably se cure, expecting to meet only gentle men. 1 bowed to the Colonel. “This is pri vate property,” 1 explained. ”To the grounds you are welcome.” he pushed me aside with an oath and strode into the hall, lie was fol lowed immediately by another officer, brilliant with military trappings. The two surveyed me insolently, then looked around them. “This will do admirably,” said the Colonel to his companion, lie advanced to the immense drawing room. "1 think we may even have a ball here tonight, if Monsieur—” he bowed toward me, “will but introduce the ladies.” 1 felt the hot blood rising in me as 1 replied. "There is but one lady, sir, and she is accustomed to gentlemen.” He understood my lame German ex pressions, for his face reddened. But at that moment Aimee, brave as a lion, appeared on the stair, and approached us with dignity. The Colonel's face broadened in a leer. "Ah ha.” he cried. “Here is my lady now, to welcome me.' Advancing he threw his arm around her and but for her sudden shrinking would have kissed her. I was crazy with anger. Drawing my swora a rushed at him. “Dog,” I cried in good American. “This is the way we treat scoundrels.” My West Point swordmanship was not forgotten. Though the Colonel drew his heavy calvary sabre he was not quick enough. I caught ’m in the side, below the ribs, and ran him through before his companion could interfere. Drawing back I would have pierced his bowels had not a sudden shout at the door startled me. The next moment I was seized from behind in an iron grip and thrown violently to the floor, my rapier spinning a dozen feet away. A heavy knee came down upon my chest; a pair of strong hands held my own; two cold gray eyes looked into mine. I felt that I had met my master. Yet I protested, strug gling violently. "Let me up,” I cried. “I did but protect my sweetheart from the insult of yonder cur of a Colonel.” Then I became suddenly quiet, star ing into the determined face above me, smooth-shaven but for a pair of fierce, upturned moustaches. The recog nition was mutual. "Your Majesty,” I said ‘T acknowledge your superiority. 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The Meuse in front of the Chateau Lagunay was perhaps a quarter of a mile wide, running swiftly beneath high, precipitous banks in which there Made of superior quality of Batiste, medium was no break tor a considerable dis* tance n6rth and south. Some three high bust, long on hips, /nil bias gore ; hose miles down stream the river nap- rowed, at the town of Ramune, Where supporters attached, price, $1.00 per pair. If a massive stone bridge spanned the deep waters. This point was selected not for sale at your dealers, sent upon receipt by the Germans for crossing. Leav ing Aimee with a strong guard of armed servants, some of whom were of price by veterans of the Franco-Prussian war, I set out on horseback for Ramune, looking like a French dandy in my elegant clothes. • f I found the town in great confusion. Many persons were loading up their household goods and making ready for departure; others had already fled. So stealthily had the Germans approached that their advance at that point was unknown half a dozen hours before xny arrival. From a stone tower on a wooded DEPT. 25. hill back of the town I looked across into the valley beyond. As far as the eye could see stretched the ranks of GREA T SKILL WITH THE NEEDLE. the invaders. They had risen out of Prussia and Baden and Saxony, out of Wurtemburg and Brunswick, out of Women of the North Earn Money by Hesse and the Mecklenburgs; and mob Skillful Manipulation. Id ilizing rapidly had swarmed across the fro tier of Lorraine, that ancient bone The women of New England, from of contention, and neutral Luxemburg. As I learned later, once they stepped eanly colonial days, have been noted upon French soil they swept down like for their wonderful skill with the a storm. Spies preceded them cutting needle, yet It remains for the house telegraph wires in all directions. The thirty miles between the frontier and wives of Hancock County, Maine, to the Meuse River had been covered in utilize this art as a means of earning ten hours, the troops moving at a swinging trot. And here they were at sufficient funds with which to purchase the crossing without the least show winter clothing. More than a thousand Nearly three yard» long and one yard of opposition. women in this county alone are busily wide, they gather up nicely and furuiab Meanwhile the French were advanc engaged each winter knitting nippers ing with characteristic deliberation, an elegant drapery for even very broad their main force being then at and j for the fishermen who sail out from around the great military camp of Gloucester, Mass. A fisherman’s nip windows for parlor or living room*. Chalons, some fifty miles to the south per is a heavy short-wrlsted wool mlt, west. They had been apprised on the previous day of the appearance at the with a forefinger protection for the frontier of several bodies of Lancers thumb and first finger, and a padded and Hussars. There had been no palm. It is designed for protecting the further reports, (the wires were cut Send us your name and address, and about that time) and it appeared un hands of fishermen who haul wet lines necessary to make any decided move. in cold weather. we will mail you 24 piece* of famous Of the detachments sent out in auto Fully 50,000 pairs of nippers are worn mobiles at the time of my departure in jewelry novelties to sell at 10c. each. the illfated La Jaune, I could hear out every year, of which more than 75 When sold, send us the |2.40, and we nothing. It was not until monins per cent, are knitted by women who later, when I returned to Paris for a will send you the curtain* at once. honeymoon with Aimee, that I learn live in the shore town east of Penob ed the facts. Our wireless message scot River. As a rule, a woman with Write to-day. Address had not carried. Martini’s sacrifice active fingers can knit four pairs a day, was vain. The scouts in their ma chines reached the rendezvous, did a in addition to doing her housework. little scouting on their own hook, The pay for making a set of nippers found nothing suspicious, and toured is four cents, which is taken up in leisurely back to Paris and Chalons, where they reported that the story or store trade from the agents. In actual 11 SARATOGA ST. a northern invasion was a canard. cash value no more than three cents a Therefore the mobilizing proceeded, all eyes being centered on Luneville, Bel pair is given for the work. East Boston. Mass. fort and Besancon, where th® German The knitters begin their labors late Crown Prince, with his Bavarian, army in November and continue until Febru manoeuvred at a safe distance, threat ening, retreating, building mock forti ary or later, the busiest season being fications, and steadily pulling th® Ger from December 15 until the New Year. man wool over the French eyes. There was no defense possible for It it not uncommon to see aged women Ramune. an old, provincial town with walking along the streets knitting nip weak fortifications. Yet the small pers in quickstep time, holding balls of garrison, with true military spirit an yarn in their apron pockets. nounced its presence by a volley of - . -____‘ cannon, which seemed to anger the A smart knitter can use up greater Germans. A battery of mortars was length of yarn than she can cover In !’h^ULwnUw.U thrown1» bi" dred"^. »»'king along a good road, her finger, more tixteen-inch shells, which brow®, outstripping het feet In a ratio Of 7 to 486 HILITARY FOUR. BIRDSEY SHERS Cl 3 W. 1 ©th St., .New Vork, IN. Y. FREE Two Pairs of Nottingham Lace Certains No Money Required. Columbia Novelty Co. A FEW MINUTES THE EN TIM TOWN WAS ABLAZE. and released a tlerld liquid emlttlnr a horrible stench. A shower of fiercely burning rockets was sent after the shells, and In a few minutes the en tire town was ablaze. The heat turned the strange liquid to gas—a dense, slow-burning, heavy vapor that settled upon the place like a pall. Buch of the residents as had failed te leave were Immediately overcome. People fell In th* Htteets by the hundred. It was a slaughter pen. Being high above the town I was not thus affected, and looken on with Indescribable hor ror at this method of warfare. Tet It was, perhaps, no less justifiable than an attack with exploding shells and death-dealing rapid-fire guns The pity was that It was necessary at all. Unhindered. the Germans swept across the bridge and climbed the steep banks passing through the town, now cleared of gas. I put sours to my horse and made for the Chateau. 1 had hardly arrived and arranged for carriages to take Almce and her servants away when I was astounded at hearing the galloping of horses In the courtyard. To my dismay I found a body of German staff officers bad taken possession of the ground«, and were picketing their horses upon the I 5. She Is con nt M > poor knitter who cannot knit a mile of yarn while she is walking a mile, though when knit ting rapidly a brisk walking pace 1» not easily maintained. The women carry their knitting work about with them, no matter wttat else they are doing. At evening prayer meetings the flash aid click of the needles are not nnusual accompani ment*. Cases are known in which women have taken their knitting to funerals, though near relative* of th* deceased are barred from tbls privilege. A* the communitiea are strictly ortho dox, no knitting Is done on Bunday* The nipper business furnlsne* good revenue to railroads, steamboat* and stages, and Involve* *n eipeadltur* of about 110.000 a year. Hyacinth* nd lutea ara arti Sciali y «olor*d.by.puiriM U«ir »temi la liquid d/W
