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Indeed the whole adventure would have ,been disastrous had not the subaltern to whom Tom had spoken reported the conversation to a superior officer, who had hurriedly given orders for a num- ber of the Black Watch to be brought up, As it was, although our .loss of life was heavy, we ..did not have to yield any ground. When the affair came to an end the Colonel of •Tom's battalion sent for him. "Now, my man," said the Colonel, "tell me exactly what you heard." Tom told his story straightforward- ly. It was little he had to say, and although the Colonel cross-questioned him very closely he was not able to shake him. ` "This is very strange," said the Colonel to the Major when Tomad gone; "no one breathed a word t our plans, and as you know 1:T aid everything before the General at the Divisional Headquarters. They were good plans too, and if the Germans G. D. ROBERTSON, Manufacturers' .Agent, 77 BAY ST., - TORONTO a9� Nettm IUI el? ull a, , i sej2 CA./ Author of "A11 for a Scrap of Paper," "Dearer Than Life,' etc. Published by Hodder 8e Stoughton, Limited. Landon and Toronto CHAPTER VI.- (Cont'd.) was now nearly one o'clock in the "But surely she can't be such a morning, and the night was cch illy; a fool as to refuse Harry! Why, there breeze having sprung up, th s isn't a better chap in Brunford! He's' had rolled away. an only son, and his father's brass will He distinctly heard a shout, and as go to him when he dies." far as he could make out it came from But Mrs. Lister did not speak a the German trenches, which were not word; in her eyes was a far -away look, far away. as though she saw something which HolloaI„ her husband did not see. "Holloal" said Toni, "what is it?" As for Alice, she sat for a long He thought one of the other men on patrol duty had spoken to him. time Harry's thinking in silence. n ; don't "ou ubelong to the Lancashires, Harry's words still rang in her ears,. ' the memory u?" had not got hold of thein -we should have made a big haul. What is the meaning of it?" The Major shook his .head. "It was the biggest thing we' had planned for months," went on the Colonel, "and I can't tell you how -sick I am. We had everything 'in oiiT ou think?" f t There must be some treed- y• 1. 'i. �i l^ Re.;.ucing; The war has so increased the cost of living, the housewife must make her money go further. By using Red Rose Tea, which chiefly consists of strong, rich Assam teas, she can keep her tea bilis down. The rich Assam strei g h requires less tea in the pot—and there's only one tea with the rich Red Rose flavor! - Kept Good by the Sealed Package quick and sensible too, and Pollard is one of the best of them. My opinion of him is that he is utterly trustworthy and intelligent." . "Now then, Blundell," and the Colonel turned to the Major, "what do ay s oe. i - I "Of course we must report it to cry somewhere." "Where can the treachery be?" ask- Headquarters at once," replied the ed the Major. "You know what the. Major, "but for��the life of .me I can't Staff General said. It was to be see through it. kept absolutely quiet; the men were to know nothing about it until an hour befort the time, and all the junior of- ficers were to be -kept in darkness. You know how careful the General is too." "But the fact is there, man! cried the Colonel, "we have the evidence of this lad, who could not possibly have n in - been mistaken. He seemed a telligent lad too; you saw how closely I cross-questioned him. Who is he? "I will send for his Sergeant," was the Major's reply. ' - A few minutes later Sergeant Ash- worth appeared on the scene It was the sergeant to whom Tom had spoken when he first came to Ypres - "Tell me what you know of Private Pollard," said the Colonel. - Sergeant Ashworth spoke freely about Tom. "A smart lad, sir," he said,-- "in- telligent, and well-behaved. I spoke to him about whether he would like his lance -corporal's stripe, but he didn't seem to want it.. He would make a very good non-commissioned -oficer, sir.,, "He seems a lad of some- education," replied the Colonel "Yes, sir, a lot of those Lancashire lads are very well educated; they are of the look on his face y° ' course Ido," replied Tom; j as he Left her. still remained; Still„ n-. ,-0 .t V',.^ -•was- wile -to fir, liked ;s+N,-..,2 'ay she a r'r', ed locate she liked Harry, m a way she admired from the voice now, and knew it came him. - He was a teacher in the Sun- from a German trench. day School, he was a good business "I have got something to tell Fou," man, he was clever, and he was res- and the words were followed by a pected in the town; and yet she, laugh. hesitated. Whoever it was spoke in perfectly Hour after hour passed away, and good English, although with a German still she could not make up her mind. accent. In spite of Harry Briarfield's words I reckon it'll be lies," was Tom's she had not forgotten the lad from! repBIY this time another sentry, hearing whom she had parted months before., she hadTom'Wira was it? She s voice had rushed up to him. forgotten him. He had been thought unworthy I "What is it? Who goes there?" be of her; he had taken up with a girl ;called out whom she despised, a coarse, vulgar I Listen, whispered Tom, "It's one irIand she had heard since that' of the Bosches speaking to me. What g ' is it?" he asked aloud. "Only this," and the Gorman laugh- ed as he spoke; "you Lancashires are going to attack us at sit o'clock ton Polly Powell had been walking out with a number of young men. And Tom had preferred this kind of crea- ture to her love. Her pride had morning, eleven lnindre been wounded, her self-respect had morrow while oand mornwe'ring, ready for you. been l en3 socked, and thinking of Harry Briaeven rfield's That's all," and again the German proposal, her mind reverted to the boy laughed. 1�•ho lead gone away as a soldier. What does he mean?"said Tom The Town Hall clock boomed out the to the man who stood by his side. "I hour of midnight. Alice found her- know nothing about any attack. Do self mechanically counting the strokes You?""I something on foot," of the deep -toned bell. Then she fell replied knowsthe there'sothe"but �i g it is I on her knees beside the bed, but the elknow." prayer which she had been wont todon't you think ,:'e ought to tell on© pray did not come to her lips. Iter ctured of the yoou thoughts dsant werebattlefield; she imagi; she ned d the "Nay, it's not worth the trouble," boom ofuns; she heard the clash of was the reply; "besides, it's only a bit bayonets g she thought she heard the of bluff." cries of wounded men, too; then a Two hours later the English prayer involuntarily came to her lips: trenches were full of movement; evid- "0 God, save him! 0 God, help him ently, as the other sentry had told and protect him!" Toni, something was on foot, Orders Thus it came to pass at the time were given in low, tense tones, and Tom Pollard ,tried for the first time although it wanted some time to day- light, preparations were evidently be- ing made for an attack. The words which the German had spoken weighed heavily on Tom's mind, Of course he was only a private, but might not the news he ore he thought received asomething about t,the more he Wass convinced that the German who spoke to him told the truth. Tom had no' knowledge, and no warning, that an attack was to be made, and yet, within two hours from the time the German had spoken to him, pre- parations were being made for an at- tack. He knew, too, that his bat- talion was eleven hundred strong, hav- ing been reinforced only two days be- fore. Seeing a young officer he de- termined to speak to him and tell him in many months to pray, and to for- mulate his distracted thoughts, Alice Lister was kneeling by her bedside also trying to pray. CHAPTER VII. - Tom Pollard's mind was suddenly brought back to mundane things. It raatmaseambassesitaasTay If You Are Not Already Acquainted let me introduce you to the W all> er what he had heard. 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StnTk: �Fi:mr�r,;.,.•----..-.-n.... -+ice:-'.�i-.)f...Ai IMMO • GERMAN THEORY OF THE RED x CROSS DIFFERS FROM THAT OF ALL, CIVILIZED NATIQNS. British Officer Scolds Foes Into "Fighting" Fair" by Addressing Snipers of Red Cross. In the mud wilderness where the armies now confront each other there are many German dead and wounded out in front of our lines, writes a war correspondent from the British Head- quarters in France. German stretcher parties are continually at work ,re- trieving the latter. They come close to our posts and are never by any chance molested, but when 'they come close to our line our men have more: than once seen them hit by German shells. Our stretcher parties also have been moving about, but so far from being respected, it is a fact that in come units the proportion of casualties among the stretcher bearers has been higher than among the infantry' on the fighting line. Some of these casual- ties, of course, are caused accidental- ly by shell fire, but a much greater number are the result of deliberate sniping by the Germans who know well whom they are shooting. Two days ago a stretcher party was at work, when Germana snipers deli- berately shot three' out of four mem- bers, killing each one at short range. A British officer in a shellhele jump- ed from the hole, seized a Red Cross flag, and waving it conspicuously marched straight to where the snipers were hiding: He floundered in the mud till close to the German position, and the Germans, presumably out of curio- sity, held their fire.. Our officer spoke German well, and he lashed those Germans as they had rarely been talk- ed to before, pointing out that -German stretcher parties were moving about unmolested. A Lesson in Mercy. The Germans listened in silence, and when the officer had finished he floundered back, tossed away the flag and resumed his place in the shell - hole. That party of Germans stopped their sniping at stretcher bearers. I do not think the world in general has ever understood how completely the German theory of the Red Cross differs from that 9f all civilized na tions`l All international: Red *Crass workers in •neutral countries area aware that the German Red Cross is , not an organization . of mercy, but as much a part of the German military machine as the artillery. - Yon have been told how the Ger- mans have been of purpose bombing hospitals and torpedoing hospital ships. It unquestionably shows a de- liberate policy, the Germans arguing that in attacking our Red Cross they are striking at a legitimate military, object. It .is a mere truth that the German people and army authorities never had and have not now such a conception of the Red Cross as we and other people have. The saddest thing is that after the war the Red Cross societies of other nations can never treat the German organization again as an equal or admit its repre- sentatives to conventions as members of the same sisterhood of mercy. THE HEEL OF THE HUN. • Os' 9 World Domination For Germany Would 'Mean Enslavement. Since the time of Frederick the Great, the history of Prussia has beer a constant repetition of the story - of Ahab and Naboth's vineyard. Now, ,;grown powerful through depredations, it looks upon all other countries as vineyards to be taken. Its present course is as cruel and illegal as was the act of confiscation by Ahab. France, the British Empire and the United States are choice vineyards on which it has set its envious eye. Let this war end even by a "peace without victory," and Germany would be the winner. Out of the conflict she would emerge stronger than be- fore; and.the next move would be one whose end would be world dominion . for Germany, enslavement for the rest of us. The process would be one of unspeakable horror. There would be no distinction between victims. Rich and poor, white and black, without re- gard to race, religions or political be- liefs, all would come beneath the iron heel of .autocratic rule. She Loved Ferment. '. A little schoolgirl was told by her teacher to write the word "ferment" on her slate i;ogether -with the defini- tion and a sentence in which the word was used. The following is the r'e- - sult: "F -e -r -m -a -ti -t; a: verb signify- ing to work. I love to cls all kinds of fancy ferment." You can brag about yox1' garden a1P a winter if you 'have your canned evi- dence on the dinner table.