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A little apart from the erewd of re
$ogees, he -leaned upon a low wa
overlooking • the French harbor—a
thickset malt h the dross of a ,peas
not At first, glance lee was merely a
grimy tramp, poverty.- strickem and
leameleas.
Bat the alert, middle-aged pesser•by
stepped at itis elbow, scrutinizing hint
up and down. .lie fidgeted, and it be-
came evident• that his left wrIst was
Roughly bandaged,
Addressed 'in the language of the
country, he half swung rousted, and
gt. .0 a•growl in response to the friend-
ly greeting. To a further question he
merely shook his head impatiently.
„You're English, by George!"
"Yes, I'm English," he admitted
grudgingly; "though I don't know 'ow
you guessed it, considertn' the togs
I'ni w•cariu ."
"And you're In trouble—eh?" quer-
ied his compatriot, with a smile, "Can
I do auythieg for you? I'm a war cor-
respondent. Yorling's my name."
"Mine's Rydd--Henry Rydd.,,
"Want to get back to England, I
suppose? Have you tramped far?
Semen anything of the fighting? If
you've got a story 1 can use in my
paper 1'11 help you all I can in return."
Veiny Rydd was staring over the
wall again. Below him, to the right,
lay the cross-(`honut'1 steamer. Her
gangway was railed off, and Outside.
the barrier all was bustle and coati -
WITH THE FRENCH HOSPITAL CORPS AT 'VERDUN
1
grrr
,flap.."•.2 m'R e?aXPAV ATAIRO.Wr;. 7.`�.i y 4:.Fa`I.
eicZe
ilte pleture Shows French stretcher-bearers removing a badly wounded man front one or the subterranean
passage ways is the Verden defenses, while the German bite shells fly overhead,
sign, Occasionally a few passengers
embarked. Some were turned back, see•--" He avoided the war corre
and loitered disconsolately near at spondent's gaze.
hand. Yorling dismissed the point with a
"I was hopin' to get aboard," he shrug of his shoulders.
stammered; "but—well, you see "About your experiences, now," he
"No Money? Well, that's not a prompted. "have any of the villages
crime! Let's hear what you have to you've visited been shelled? Have you
tell me." ' personally seen any civilians badly
Rydd hesitated. treated?"
"What part of the country have you "I've got there too late, mostly; but
wandered from? How did you happen I've been through places where there's
to get stranded here?" 'ardly a 'ouse left standin', where the
"I come over last year, sir. Been folks 'ave 'ad to clear out from their
dein' farm work, au' gardenia', an 'owes an' ruu off with just a few
such. I was engaged to come."things tied up in a bundle. Those
"'Alt! Who was your employer?" were the lucky ones, too. Some 'au
Rydd paused a moment before re -1 nothin' but the clothes they stood up
Plying, in—like myself, sit."
"I never could say 'is name pro- "Yes; that's what war means,"
• Rydd's face was working strange
He opened his mouth as If to spea
but only cleared hes throat sever
1 bines.
"I've business tis attend to now
'the war correspondent stated; "but
won't forget you. Meet me here in a
hour's time."
He left Rydd in his old position,
staring over the wall towards the
crossalliannel boat.
Dusk had fallen, and Yorling coul
not at first distinguish Rydd's figur
at the appointed place. Then he cam
hurrying across the roadway.
"I was afraid I'd missed you, sir."
His dull, hesitating manner wa
gone.
I've been making enquiries about
your passage," Yorling began, "and
perhaps, after some little delay, it
might be possible--•
"Never mind about that now, sit
tltankin' you all the sante!"
The war correspondent drew bac
in sutrori
perly.' !Yarling turned aside. "Have you met
Iie mentioned a district, speaking any of our troops?"
rapidly, explaining how he lingered on Henry Rydd did not answer. Two
after war had been declared. Then Red Cross helpers were passing.
for a time, he added, it became impos- ` "That dant chap with 'em, 'e's what
stble to reach the coast. Finally, ol,they calla Zou—
the advance of the German army, he:"A 'wounded Zouave—yes. T was
had disguised Minster and made his asking you if you'd met any of our
way by degrees to the seaport town. soldiers.
"Hitt ander haystacks an' places.I "No, sir." The reply was firm
Got these clothes given me. Found enough when 11 came.
myself in a wood, once, with the cne•` "1 -Fm! That's a pity! People al•
my's cavalry all round. Hada oar- ways like to hear how Tommy Atkins
row escape that night, sir." He held is getting on at the front. I suppose,"
up his wounded wrist. "But the folks Yorling meditated, "if you find your
in a Freuelt village were hind to me. sweetheart has been deliberately false
Offered me food an' a place to sleep." you'll enlist? Now's the time that
"Yes. yes; but did you see any of men are wanted; and, besides, you'll
the troops in action?" ( get over your troubles all the sooner
"Not after—" He broke orf ab•
IN en you've the country and your
raptly. "i'm renin' you, sir, I was duty to think 01."
hidiu' every day, an' in the night I'd The figure beside him gave a
cover a good few utiles. More'n a week ' start.
I've been gestin' 'ere --a fortuigitt, p'r- Sou don't catch me!"Ile growled,
'ops. Wouldn't cure to go through it "Aren't you patriotic:
again, not fora thousand pounds." "That's neither 'ere nor there. I've
age
To \ot g's rapid questions he now Bard tales o' what a doses life it is in
gave rambling, half -incoherent replies. the army I've been away from 'one
long enough, any'otc—too long, it
The war correspondent began to de-
epair of obtaining a connected aerie• sons like.
tive.
"You're in no danger here, though."
Rydd made a gesture.
"That's all very well, sir; but I
must get back."
"Among your friends, you mean?"
"I've 'act a toter," His eyes flashedit, when a thought struck hits.
as he fumbled in lits pocket. "You
guessed 1 must be In trouble, and it's "Are you hungry? I ought to have
asked l d b f Wait a bit, then. Here's
true-- nlor'n
"But think of the war's effects al-
ready. Think of the hardships. Think
"I can't think of nothin';" Henry
Rydd retorted in savage impatience,
"except my girl!"
The war correspondent produced his
cigarette case, and was about to offer
you think. My mother a qre.
ti lad
wrrite me that my girt, Hinny Felton— Ho beckoned to a tattered urchin,'
engaged to use, alte was, sir --she's and gave ]tint money and a message.
thrown me over since rye been gone, In a short time the boy ;seas back
an' taken up with old Caldwell for 'is again, Henry Rydd ate the food ray -
money. Or else Vs persuaded 'sr en oust y.
sonue'ow. At any rate, they're s'posed "Nowa smoke?" suggested Yorling,
to be married at tate end o' tite womb. after an interval.
Not if T can atop it, though --not if I With an ill lace Rydd accepted.
can be there in time!" "Now I'd ask you to come with toe.
"I understand," said Yorling, nod- It's not much to ask, surely."
ding. "Where to?"
1 was 111 when I got this note. T "Just over there. I want you to
started d'rectly I could- --not because hear me speak to some of those re-'
the Germans came. All the time Fro fugees. You may alter your opine;
been thlnhin' about Emily, an' worry-
in'.
orry
in', She promised to wait for ate.'
1 -Tis lingers worked convulsively.
Some little while passed before he
could continue.
Ions." j
Grudgingly Henry Rydd slouched
behind. The war correspondent stop-,
ped first beside an old man who,
seethed to be trying to comfort a little
"I've imagined 'et' married to old party of women and children. He
Cardwell, an' I've 'ad to set my teeth made an enquiry in French„ The old s
aid, sir, to prevent myself shoutin' man clenched his bands as be an-
ent. If it 'appened, sir, I don't know swered, r
"This family are homeless, Their t
cottage was burnt to the ground, al- 0
underliau(T work, thoughe i dare saythough they'd done no harm at all,
One crippled son, because he could
they've told 'er 111 Stever turn up not provide enough fodder for the h
again. An' J�" c'aruwell's rich, if he's llhlaus' horses, was taken out and 8
sixty years old," shot,"
TIe relapsed into a moody etlenar.. Yorling watched Rydd's face. The
t
"I'm afraid you can't travel by to. malt's sullen expression did not alter. e
night's boat," added Yorling rellec• Yorling addressed a young woman, b
tivoly. "We 111081 sec what. eau ba whose hair was prematurely grey. f
done. It's not just a matter of buying "Tier father and mother," he told
a ticket, in war-timne." Rydd gravely, "have disappeared. She n
Henry }tydd rouser' himself, 'fears the worst. Here two babies were D
"I'll ave to get papers--.perm.,,io,t ;killed wantonly. Her husband is in
to go'?" he demanded uneasily. "I Tow the tiring -line. She wishes she could P
long'll that talto?" tell him to talcs revenge Aren't. you D
inclined to offer—" ! n
Ss
lY. THE WORTHY WORTH.
k,—
as Interesting Stories About the Great
Parisian Dressmalcer.
1 Fashions are simple in Paris this
h season; elaboration and extravagance
are severely frowned upon. It is a
bad year for the famous dressmakers;
there are no profits, and few por-
tunities to enhance their reputation by;
d new "creations." But few of them
o are complaining; they, too, are French
e and patriots, and they have risen to
the situation.
"Every dressmaking establishment
a of prominence in. Paris," declares Miss
Anne E. Tomlinson, "has done much
toward providing articles of clothing
and surgical dressings for the army.
Madame Paquin has opened a hospital
•, in St. Cloud, very near her chateau.
Monsieur Worth has a hospital in
k some of the rooms of his establish-
ment on the Rue de la Paix. The sol-
" diers who,are being cared for by
a Worth receive -visitors from one to
Y three in the afternoon, and many
delicacies find their way to these poor
. fellows through the generosity anti
, sympathy of the ladies who patronize
the establishment. So close to the
e showrooms are the hospital rooms
• that the odor of disinfectants per-
t mea es the whole establishmon ts. The
saleswomen and models spend their
moments in making respirators,
bandages and dressings. As ono en-
;, ters at Worth's door ib is not unusual
to see arriving at the same time an
"Never mind 1f I could go or not•
Rydd moistened his lips. 'Your piec
o' news, sir, 'as made me change m
mind.
"My news?"
"About the regiment, sir ---the Blank
shires. The colonel—God bless 'Ten
an' the rest of 'em! Atte officers they
were! Only seven left, You say?" H'
grated his teeth. "The rank an' file
too hundreds lost ! I—I couldn'
back out of it now, sir! I'd be asham•
ed!"
"What!" Yorling cried. "Then I
wasn't. mistaken, after all? Some-
thing made me suspect, when I firs
spoke to you---"
"It was all Iles I told you, sir."
henry Rydd bent his head. "I got se-
parated from the others—found myself
a mile away—'ad to shift for myself.
Hid my rifle, an' put on these togs.
Then I thought 0' this letter o' urine,
sir —"
"You're actually--"
"Private, sir, of the Blankshlre Fu-
siliers'. Ile held himself upright, with
]reels together. "An' I'm oft back—
yes, baclt to 'elp—to do my bit
—e
The war correspondent was clapping
him on the shoulder.
".end Emily Felton?" He could not
resist the question.
"If the girl's worth 'aving she won't
forget Inc so soon. She'll stick to me,"
declared Rydd jerkily. "1f not—well,
she's not much loss! Now can you
kindly tell me, sir, what I'd better do—
the quickest way to rejoin?"
Tltey went off together tower& the
town. In spite of his peasant's dress
one could now easily tell from his
walk that henry Rydd belonged to the
British Army.—London Answers.
WARSAW IN WAR TIME.
Poland's Capital Has Gone Pleasure
M ad.
According to an Italian correspond-
ent the population of the city of War-
aw has gone pleasure mad and has
entered upon a period of gaiety and
evenry never before known. Despite
he Iron German rule and the numer-
us ordinances and regulations, both
military and civil, the people have as-
umed an "I don't care" attitude, and
ave no other aim but to enjoy them -
elves in the fullest measure.
Within the last few months new
heatres, new restraunts and new cat-
s and coffee houses have been opened
y the score. Despite the high prices
01' food and drink, the people spend
their money lavishly, and nightly din•
ers and entertainments are given,
aiming has bebome a mania, and ev-
ry resort in Warsaw has divided off a
Dison of the dining room for dancing,
espite all precautions of the German
Metals. wine Is plentiful and most
f it is smuggled through, It is al•
ost at a prohibitive price, but. it Is
rdered freely.
The theatres are crowded nightly,
nd from all reporte all places of am•
cement are doing an unprecedented
witness and their proprietors are get -
ng rich fast. The reason for all this
evenly and gaiety, says" the corres-
ondent, is not at first apparent, ex-
ept that it is a reaction from the time
1 depression and. sact1It a and suffer -
ng when the city was for months
ltreatened by the Germans,
Now that this is over, the residents
re hound to make the best of Gor-
man rule, forget the war, at least for
he moment, and enjoy t.hemeelves in
very way possible,
Bac news, ---
Bad like a soft' boiled
eg
horrid always he broken gently.
'what I'd do. But I reckon there's no.
body can stop Pim but toe. That's 'ow
my mother writes. There's been some
"One Dan never be sure;"
"If 1 'ave to 'nog about much longer 1 "T. don't care about enythin'," re -'0
3'11 be 'Onto too late! Elven if I sent al peated Henry Rydd with a growl, el
wire-. -" I "only my girl --only Emily! Are I 0
"If might be delayed, indefinitely. i want le go 'me," he persisted, as)
'An' it. wouldn't be the some as ar• they left the refugees at last. "The a
tivin' at the 'Dose myself. Besides,'er arms all very well for them that 11
people would keep the telegram front ' likes it, but I've got too much semis, b
;ti,mmly, sure enough,' 1Te .faced, yes. A friend 0 mine in the Tllanksbire 11
ling; } 011 know I'm . not; a. German, 1� tisillers -W ." r
sir, or a spy either. Couldn't you utakel Tho, war correspondetmt, shook his p
It a!1 right lot mi,? You speak the head slightly, 1a
lingguat;ia, sir.-._-" ry c I ai'lwitey were gallant men. They (lieu 0
you ' dont? 1 should hive g tautly.' i i
though'. that, living in the country for TTeney ll.ydd blurted a request for t
some' time, you'd have picked it up bby, lnformatiolt. I
now." I '"Che news has coins through," Tor- e
Once again llydtl allowed ;a ntainen• ling returned, "that the illa.nkahirss
tem. heeitalimmt• • I were amhrtsltecl by the treachery of a i
'Tit ttet•er he tun 1i good at the lin-; guide they (rusted. Out al the whole, a
go. Tho genllen - u Inc told you regiment -..upwards of. a thousand
about the one T've been workht for only • seven officers and two hundred
-'r Hared geed P:ngliel'm, sir. Bo yetioleoanewered the roll -call' next day." .
te,
soldiers:"
The Maison Worth, so long asso-
ciated with Parisian elegance, was
fourded by an Englishman; neverthe-
less, this is ithe second French war
in which its head has shown his ad-
opted country "a soul above buttons"
and a loyalty above question. In 1870, 0
after the fall of the Second Empire,
and the flight of the ill-starred Em-
press Eugenie, his most powerful and 1
brilliantt M W th
Study Cur to Get Best Out of It.
Here is the general scheme of
operation followed by an automobile
owner who had driven 68,000 miles
without the slightest accident to him-
self or others, without an arrest for
speeding, and with a maximum ser-
vice on tires, gasoline, and lubricants
He averages 1,000 miles a month and
his bills run about $30 a month, plus
an average of $11.16 a month for
tires. Last year his tire bill was
$133.94 and the year before $166.68.
The tires are thirty-four' by four and
a half measure, This owner has
driven automobiles for years, over the
bad roads of this country and the
difficult mountain passes of the Alps
of Switzerland, Austria, and Ita#y,
and the interview with him is given
not front and technical viewpoint,
but merely that of the ordinary
citizen who may keep his automobile
in excellent running order all the
time by the observance of a few
simple rules that can be applied to
every automobile, whether the lowest
priced or the most expnsive.
"In the first place," said the owner,
"I go on the assumption that every
automobile is in running condition
when it is turned out of the factory
and that if something goes wrong it
is mostly likely my own fault and
not that of the car.
•
Every One Wants Economy.
"Every man, whether of moderate
means or a millionaire, hvants to
operate his automobile as economi-
cally as possible. There are three
chief accessories -to watch, tires,
gasoline, and lubricants.
"Tires, probably, give the owner
the greatest concers. I have tried!
every suggestion on buying them, and
find it is an absolute waste of time'
and money to look for bargains in
tires. There isn't any such thing.
The average good standard make of
tire lasts me a year and more. When
a new tire can stand the hardest
wear. With this always in mind,
start your new tire in service on the
right rear wheel, even if you have to
change another to do so. This wheel
does the hardest work on the car,
because it is a driving wheel, is al-
ways on the repressed side of the
roadway and has the greatest weight
on it. From that wheel work the tire
around, taking it front the right rear
to the left rear, thence to the right
front and finally to the left front.
"Every man who wants to know if
he is getting his money's worth in
tires should keep a small record book
of his tires. List eadh new tire at
the top of a page, with the name of
make, cost, when bought, when
mounted, time milage figure, when put
on a wheel, and whenever taken off.
As an illustration I find this mem-
orandum; $40.50, bought April 15,
June 7 of right rear at 8170; (second
turning of this speedometer) July 20,
ff right rear at 9890, run 1,720 miles.
September 16, on left rear at 11,144; t
Oct'obed 25, off left rear at 12860, run c
,706 miles. November 1, an left
front at 13688. February 3, off ler
front at 17243, April 8, on left Iron
at 19667; April 15, off left front a
19865, run 298. Tire blew up; tote
7,329 miles.
Long Journey With No Punctures,
"That record gives me a com-
parison -all through the 111e of the
1' e with other makes, 1 can also
watch the general performance of the
tires. I find one tree that gave
solid mileage of 7,210 miles on the
right rear before its first removal
and of another tire that started on
the right year, ran 2,000 miles and
then was put on the left front wheel,
whore it completed a run of 10,466
miles without a single puncture or
removal from the rim. When it
finally blew I tried another tube in
it with a blowout patch, but got only
ten miles more.
! 'There are many considerations to
take into account in the matter, of
tiros besides their own construction.
Every one knows that it is silly and
very grinding on tires to speed
around corners, jam on brakes, or
stop suddenly. But after eliminating
these things a man can save more
when he is running out in the free
country. He can distribute his fetid
more evenly and take a weight off
the tight tires by traveling along the
centre of the roadway, slightly to
the left side of the road, until he
sees a car coming from the opp,'stfe•
direction He will also save malty
punctures if he will occnsionay
proble with the end of a hey. or knife
into the fine s its of :na tire irsad,'
looking for pard:les of t;litss that
may have been forted into the rubber.
service your car g'"es on greases and
a OLD SCO1LAND
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER
BANES AND BRAES,
What is Going On in the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
t An insurance of $106,150 has been
1 renewed on the Gas Works, Arbroath,
to cover aircraft, and bombardment
rinks,
John Paettrson, Pones, one of the
town's employes in the Forester's' De-
partment, choked to death recently
while eating his supper.
The Aberdeen furnishing trades have
been granted an advance of one cent
a per hour in wages, and a possible fur
then one Dent In May,
Lubrication Needs Watching.
"Lubrication is the third feature of
an automobile's life and it should be
watched on a. very definite system
Determine on some mileage figure for
regular inspection, according to the
service your car gives on greases and'
oils. For instance, establish an. in-
spection point at every five hundred
miles of your speedometer. At those
points go over your grease cups, turn
them down and fill them up again;
look into your differential; see if
your universal has enough grease;,
observe your clutch, if it has separate
oiling system; look at the transmis-:
sion, observe the motor itself and
learn of the oil is at the proper level
and all the feed pipes free. Give the
magneto a drop or two of oil. Every
2,000 or 3,000 miles the crank case
should be drained free of all the old
oil, washed out with kerosene, and
the cylinder washed. Then new, fresh
oil should be put in. The cost is
nothing compared to the result. The'
steering gear should be cleaned two
or three tines a year by pouring
kerosene oil through .it. This cuts
out a great deal of the grit that ac-
cumulates, drawn in through the
radiator, and makes the handling of
he ear much less of an effort. Oc-
asionally cleaning of the ,.nuckte
oints will help also."
pn ron, onsteur or re-
mained in Paris and shared the rigors
of the siege. Business ceased abso-
lutely; but although there was no
work for his little army of designers, I
models, seamstresses and saleswomen
to do, he held himself responsible,
none the less, for the maintenance of
all these dependent women. When
other workpeople were starving, none
of his starved. He saw to it that all
were fed, with such food as could be
obtained. To be sure, it was some- bones!'"
times scanty and sometimes queer.
Often it was horse, not rarely donkey, .
at Mmes certainly dog, and there were
occasional rumors of cat and rat; but
it was food,
The landlady- of a little pension
where, before the present European
war, some American college girls were
staying' told them all about those days
of privation. She was a little girl at the following little story illustrates,
the time, and her mother, once one of On Christmas eve as a division
Worth's employees, had retired on of Hungarian Honveds marching
marriage. But the husband and fa- through the Tara district in Monte-
ther had left his job to fight, their negro were descending the serpentine
money was gone, and when some of road leading down steeply from the
her old friends still connected with
the establishment told of how they
were being helped, the wife, too, de-
cided to apply to Monsieur Worth.
Wibh her little daughter clinging to
her hand, she went to his house. He
left the table to come to the door whop
he heard her name; but he returned
to it hastily when he heard her er-
rand and looked on the two pale, fam-
ished faces,
"And Mien, once more, he came to
us!" cried madame, dramatically. "He
came with a loaf and a platter; and
after it he emptied the platter, saying
'This for to -day; to -morrow wvo shall
arrange for mora,' Mymother broke
off a bit of bread for me to eat on
the way home,—I could not have
waited, poor little greedy! --and when
we were back in our room we sat
down to a feast! It was cold monkey,
but what would you ? There were
worse Animals in the menageries, and
ail were eaten. Suppose db had been
crocodile or anaconda—we should not
have refused. Nevertheless, after the
Iasi. morsel Was devoured, I inquired
of my mother quite anxiously, 'But,
mamma, are we then cannibals? It
is trate that monkey tasted good, but
he may have begged me for sous in
cap and jacket just like a little boy.'
"And mamma laughed and kiase
me, saying, `No, indeed, little foolis
Dost thou think then, the goo
Monsieur Worth, who ate the firs
half of the monkey, is a cannibal? H
who is the best, most generous, ma
in the world? Fie, then! And to
morrow we shall have soup from th
•
a FRENCH WOMEN GOOD FARMERS
d British Investigators Admire Unaid-
alt ed and Successful Efforts.
The London Times gives a report
of the inquiry made by a British de-
n putation of women regarding the
_ work done by French women in Agri-
culture. The delegation, which
e sought to find ways in which English
women could give greater assistance
in carrying on the war•, returned re-
cently after a fortnight's stay in
France.
For most of their stay the party
was within sound of the guns, and
much of the time was spent on small
holdings on the battlefield of the
Marne. The members were espeeia-
ly impressed by the unremitting en-
ergy of the French women wives,
daughters and mothers of soldiers—
and their aptitude in taking tip the
heavier forms of farm work. One
soldier's wife ploughed mid sowed,
fifty acres of ground after two days'
lessons, and theta instructed her 12 -
year -old daughter in the same work.
On very few farms were mon seen
other than cripples or the agoti. The
French women seemed to accept the
carrying on of farm work as their na-
tural share in the winning of the war,
and they toiled hard without a mur-
mur. The self- dependence of many
of the farms also was remarkable.
The women took their grain to the
village mill to be ground, made their
own bread, produced their own wine,
eider, cheese and vegetables, buying
little outside except tea and sugar,
Every household kept a number of
rabbits and fowls, feeding the former
almost entirely on wild herbage.
STOP MARCH FOR DEVOTIONS.
Soldiers Light Candles at Wayside
Shrine in, Montenegro,
War de not alt homier and deaf
Mountains the first regiment passed
by a little wayside shrine of the Vir-
gin and Child, Two men stepped sud-
denly out of the ranks, lighted two
email candles and placed them before
the images.
Many others followed their ex-
amples and the number grew to prob-
ably a thousand altogether. It was
dusk and the spectacle of the tiny
flames flickering clear in the still win-
try air was a dramatic spectacle to
behold, 'So numerous were the field
gray worshippers that as the space
Immediately around the shrine gave
out hundreds of Hoilveds dug their
tapers into the ground around it. The
whole snow covered meadow on which
the shrine stood had been converted
into a mass of flickering flames. Si-
lonbly the men stood, sending their
Chrietmes prayers to the "Christ -
kind."
A private turned to his Lieutenant
Aad saki eddy, "Perhaps the dear
God has noticed this fire signal attar i
1111,"
Then Cha• snowy and the dark and
the slush of the road once mere swal-
lowed up the long column of the
Black Mountain's invaders.
As She Expressed It.
Aunt—You'll be late for the party,
wmt't you, demo'?
Niece ---Oh, ne, auntie, In our set
nobody goes to a party until every-
body else gets there.
It's a wonder the egotist doesn't
Mee hie voice from singing hie own
praise,
Owing to a fall of the roof in the
Humph section of the Gateside Golw
liery, Oambuslang, one miner, John
Howieson, Cambuelang, was fatally In.
jua•ed,
Lord Derby, if hie: public dutiesepar,
mit, is to act as inspecting oiflces
at the annual review of tate Glasgow
Battalion of the Boys' Brigade on May
6th,
The Forth net salmon fishing has
now opened, but owing to high water
in the river. due to the rains and the
melting snow the opening was a very
poor one,
Sergeant John Id. Macdonald of the
8th Black Watch only sen of Mr. and
Mrs• Macdonald, Lanark, has been
awarded the D.C.M, for consp1cuous
bravery at Loss.
All records were broken at tate re•
cent sale of pedigree shorthorns at
Perth,w hen the champion bull fetch•
ed the remarkable price of $8,130, and
the second prize animal $7,575.
The Highlands. and Islands Medical
Service Board have arranged for a
medical service at modified fees in the
North - -
aioslay and
Wells districts Vof the County of Ork
hey'. In
Miss nes, daughter of the late Rev
James Innes, for a long period minis-
ter of Panbmidge Free Church, Car
noustie, has been rewarded with. the
Red Cross decoration by H.M. the
King.
The twenty-seventh annual report of
the Mid and East Lothian Miners' Ae•
sedation shows that over 2,500 mem-
bers have enlisted and the income for
the past yearn has amounted to •$44;
110.
So great has been the run on the
quarter -master stores in Buteshire,
that a large.number of recruits of the
Royal Scots Fusiliers have had the flat
Broderick cap issued instead of the
Glengarry.
Tne allcltotuian county authorities
have mad -e arrangements whereby in
the event of an air raid, the electrio
and gas lights in they arious towns
and villages will be imediately extis
guislted.
The late Mr. John Milne of Ravens-
ly, Carnoustie, has bequeathed the
residue of his estate to public chari-
ties. It le estimated that th® residue
will amount to about $300,000, of which
Dundee Iatlrmary gets one-half.
Mrs. MacRae-Gdlstrap of Ellen
Dorian, who has been oolle`eting for
a motor ambulance, 'states that she
has, now been successful, and the
"Glen MacRae" ambulance has been
put in hand under the auspices of the
British Red Cross Society.
FRENCH YOUTH A BATTLE HERO
Hid in Hollow Tree and Betrayed a
German Battery.
Marcel Marco, who lies in a Paris
ospital wounded- all over and hor-
ibly burned about the legs, received
the French War Cross the other day.
When the war broke out Marco
was a stripling, slender as a girl,
with beardless face, eyes large and
ack, and hands as white as a
woman's. At Verdun the other clay
e gladly faced almost certain death.
IIe emerged with a body like a sieve,
leg broken above the knee and a,
and that was a shapeless mass. His
allantry won hint the coveted decors -
ion.
A few hours before the French
vacuated one of the hills defending
erdun the commandant of a battal-
on picked the youngster for a der -
ng mission, The French planned to
teal away from the hill silently din -
ng the night. Marco was to stay
ehind, conceal himself and tape
special note of the ,emplacement of
enemy artillery when the Germans
rrived. Then, when night crone., he
as to fire off a colored light, so
that the French could get the range
f the German battery and destroy it
Marco hid in a hollow tree.
hrough a knothole he watches' the
rival of the Germain and the plac-
tg ofthe artillery, At nightfall he
'opt out, sett off a yellow light with
is cigarette lighter, and dodged
nolo into his tree.
Now he heard loud oaths all about
ni as Germans searched the woods
r the man who set off the light..
hen he heard a crackling. They
ds
ad set the wooon lira. to Mien lthn
ut as one does a rabbit. De gave
imself up for lost.
Attother sound crashed in his car.
ho French were blazing away in
sponse to his signal. The smoke
as burning his oyes. He hoped a
hell would end his existeziee before
a flames reached his tree. Thenere was an ear-splitting bung—the
tie flew into a thousand pieces acrd
s light went out.
When he came to he was in a
ren house, itis light had, enabled
o French to destroy the German
trees nod recapture the position,
hey told him how they found him
conscious its the burning wood,
th the flames licking Ms lop,
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