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IRDOCK
D BITTERS
CURED
;PEPSIA.
stomach is kept in good
)ocl will ant digest Pr9Ver1,
se a rielng and sourmg
e of rawness in the stomach,
stomach or a feeling es if
were lying there.
Blood BiUscsmnot
a cure few dyspepsia and all
Nes.
R. Barns, Balmoral,
at two 'malts ago I was badly ;
dyspepsia, saxl a/Uld not
• I tried most everything,'
- doctors seeming to do met
Date day a friend to mei
els Blood Bitters, as he halt
tied. I did so, and hY tite;
bottle gone I felt bettiril
ing *see bottles macaw. ,
welly leccarnend it to =
maradattnred only by
tinitexl. Toronto,
dysPes'
-
pronanentr tne
at verioas poet offices
:ouch v;iLr, parti(s drasv-
iu -to -whom
the zzdVantages of econ-
nphasize desirability
g a portion of the money
Office S'avings Dank.
te Elte Nowadays.
.ie a natural death?"
I understand, He was
the streets of New York."
Employ Soldiers.
int Australia, local cora-
' being formed to work
irection of the War Coun-
lifferent States in, cannec-
xe scheme far finding em -
T digeharged soldiers a,rtd
an on the. land. An en -
be made to place the sol -
:in grouts, s'O' that it
y to appoint an overseer
,griculturi.„St to supervise
and givt them advice.
aable men to interchange
nents and help each other
•aration Of the land and
[rig of the crops. The
r Council. Tihave received
Of applications for land.
?. returned soldiers naerely
oeultry run,but some of.
,mbitions desire grazing
a suggestion -is that these
iers should not be puton
.•11.otit their fitness for the
ftrr,t acxortained, and
er that .the authorities
re at a decision gn that
en should be given a pro-
eriod in the State expert -
In New South Wales
'ps ve taken by a COW-
,qcar an area of several
acres. It is intended to
into "€.1riniets" of a fi.w
and to make- the blocks,
available for
v 1-turu from the
Peetense.
Tat T:.t%
eel to t1iiii LLe the re-
t whi;•11 they pretend to
seta up fy-L* a sl I.:4 sure
er. end a men who boasts
stinuer is sure to have
maudlin. suiveling, bit of
nut him. etitieh ia enough
a humbug.- Indwer-Lyt-
Carefttl Mother.
drank from the sarae
red the old veteran_
int erftW-ed his grand-
eentimeats of that song
ntlay, but I fear they may
teraet certain health rules
trying to iieach little Wai-
n know an2,7 songs about
idng eups?"-Kausas, City
Palpitated
e to Sit Up in Bed.
F SNOTKRING,
cis Madore, Alma,
heart was in such a bad
Quid not Stand any excite -
times when I would be
tieart would palpitate so
fed Mee fThng At night,
d go to bed and be lying
I would have to sit up
teen minutes, as I would
I was sueotheting. I read
per of a lady who had been
ondition as I was, and was
ing -Milburn's Heart and
0 1 bought a box, and they
tch good, my husband got
before I bed used half of
x I was coMpletely cared.
gh I can never say enough
Heart and Nerve Pills."
ideart and Nerve Pills are
• the vety hest heart and
and stimulants known -to
and are for sale at an
be mailed &met by The
Limited, TerpuM, Ont.
te per box, or S boxes fee
JUNE 30, 1916
st
1915,.by th. Bobbs
aroutoe
I ed whe
We Were reliving' for Pitrisetheiiexi :
morning, so mademoiselle and I spent )
the afternoon buyine,* various articles
'that Dr. T. had suggested. as his re-
port from France was that most hos-
pital supplies were failing. Ny,, tee
tuned tie our hotel late and t 1:.so ! ,• r
demoiselle insisted we ge P• ,
One. I think she thoutd•
the change. But it wese
--Ien.ce. The dining re, -
Irtal. There were 1
...Witt dozen tables occe!:
r'llitting next to us we ,
ilarr-a mither, father e :
kirata being a young Eugii.e :.
felt instinctively, wae not or tee tee e s
family. She was tall and slender. with
lealoiely white and pink coloring, such
ISO I had never seen before. It made
liar appear to me as unreal as Undine
as beautiful. Masses of shining °
%lend, hair' framed her face. - She fas-
41aated me, and unconsciously my eyes
ned again and again to that table.
young man was a soldier. I was
g already to know the type.
tall,. clean cut, he looked the scion of
hiking race.
'Their conversation had the familiari-
ty of a devoted family and was unite
guesting to the outsider. We soon`
latt1W that the young soldier was going
Men the morrow to the front and that
the lcrvelk girl -was his fiancee. The
Others talked a good deal, but the
lexamg girl said little. It was as if she
411d not trust herself. Her great wide
One eyes were scarcely ever, even for
ja. moment, taken from the young offi-
ieer. Once I heard her say something
*bout "the great danger," at which the
Young man leaned toward her, and
here was in his voice a note I had
liever heard. He spoke with deep con-
srictIon. I shall never forget his word.s:
"You must remember, dear, individ-
Valls cannot count We are writing a
new page of history. Future genera-
tions cannot be allowed to read of the
'decline of the British empire and at-
-tribute it to us. We live our little
lives and die, and to some are given
the chance of proving themselves men,
ind to others no chance comes. What-
ehfer our individual faults, virtues or
ellailities may be, it matters not, but
'When we are up against big things we
must forget individuals and act as one
a!;reat -British unit, united and fearless.
'Some will live, and many will die, but
:count not the loss. It is better far to
go oat with honor than survive with
sthame." ..
as he was speaking I watched the
faces of his hearers. There came into
the eyes of his mother an expression
almost exalted -it even flickered In the
great, soft eyes of the girl, but only
S. moment, and then there fell ,over
them a heavy, dull curtain of pain.
Fier expression hurt me, and I looked
aiway, for I had a premonition of hap-
piness foredoomed to sorrow -that this
hopeless expression had come to stay.
The mother probably felt just as
'deeply, but she had -fortitude ---a mask
that was never raised. Only the eyes
of _God, I was to learn, are permitted
to see naked an Englishwoman's soul.
CHAPTER 111.•
Ominous Sighs of War. •
WAS oppressed -this was the
beginning of war -I was be-
ginning to see its face, and its
face was - ominous. Madenaol-
selle, who loaew my every mood, some-
times before I was conscious of it my-
self, realized the- shadow on my spirit
and suggested we have coffee upstairs.
Two,Men. one a soldier in kilts, en- I
tered the dining.roora, and stopped at
orir neighbors' table. As we passed I I
heard the Scot say to the older Inas
with him, "Father, this is Captain —
ofthe." die. not hear the regi-
ment. - -
Months after, under conditions.
which had I known at the moment I
would have 'frozen . the blood. in my
veins, I was to learn the name of his
regiment and all that it stood for.
The next day we started for Bou-
logne. We arrived in a pourieg
Finding we had hours to wait tor our
train I decided to look up a Miss Rus-
sell, a Canadian, who had for several
years been Dr. Curtis' operating and
office nurse in New York and diad vol -1
unteerecl at the beginning of the war.
When I doubtfully asked a patter at
the station if he knew where base
hospital 13 was Le replied laconicelly,
"It's next door." s nd so it was.
The shed over a e tracks had been
hurriedly converted into a great re-
ceiving. hospital. Wben I asked for
Miss Russell the orderly at the* door
looked at me suspieiously and asked if
I had a permit. As I as about fo re-
ply in the negative a tall, slender wo-
man with soft, pretty gray eyes, dress-
ed in a straight coat and sailor hat,
came toward me. Somethingin her
ntanner made me feel she could help.
She asked, smiling:
"1r raere something I can do for
BY ,
AI LE
LEN E.A.1.1
Morrill
Russo
vanti
:eruh
hOSpil‘Li I
he first.
he hist o
f -times
ards,
aanes, w
Later t
tin gettin
attlefiel
flierean
channel
sands of
Wbile
train, fro
surgeon
brought
Oar of w
Was cak
hair and
instances
lumps.
M
oftener
picked u
field.
As I w
running
for a mo
a Germa
somethin
quite w
ravttLg
been wa
;that the
'nurses i
i that wh
gouged
eye.
that sm
whe ha
that .pur
more thin eighteen, fro
and ign
1..W.t. i
pened, r..
ne her ill ,
e to leave al
ach daY she gt .
d she knows
-ands and hW.er.lee..
e headl surgeon to I it ni.
the Men straight from
as they dide treating t e,
putting them directly on th
l
oats udoubtedly saved ou
ves. i
was .there an ambul c
the front came in, and th
erm1ttd me to Isee the pie
. It kons1sted i of car
unded and dying. The
d onithelr clothes, in
their wounds, Until, in
they 6u1d kiaock it off
aseptic wound did not ex
had received first aid, bu
ey caine as they had ee
, striqght from the b
s leaving, Miss ,Russell,
ut and asked if 1 wouli g
ent into a Small ward wher
boy ekas very excited a
thek couldn't make out
at. I Went, to find he w
out " uffragettes." He hajl
ed by his mother in a 1 tter
e were'suffragettes actin as
the different hospitals ani
the
out th
felts
11 room
pened
ose.
9.
1
got the chance the
wounded priso
re be had been p
with another Ge *'a 1
o be unConscious fir
e was oply a lad nit
the ohs
orant a e
co
of it
frontier, simple
pity for his pe ce, I was able to
vine hua oftLie utter absurdity
all..3 ,
Not o ly all the men in Bou og e
were w urine, khaki, bet wornefn 4o
clad we e acting as military chau eu s.
often I was puzzled to decide svh th r
'they we e yourg boys or women. TJ
i
der Vie caps an
d'in their smart mi i-
tary coats they looked like fresh ac d
• lads. 'bile Waiting for the tr tin I
, saw on& of thelrn change it. tire. Wi h
no help she di4l it in just seven min-
utes. ,Prue, it was a demon table
rim, but that as good work. It t r-
estecl me parti ularly, as even ithi a
chanffet r to hp me I had never ben
able to accomplish it in less than six
and a half.
Wai ig for the train to pull o t, e
ASTOR IA
Par kitati'tiod Mita
InitfaipPatereirtOlf
Ablier:«Ete
sigasumg et
THE HiLliON EX.POSITOB
WOMAN AVOI
0 ERA
Medicine W ch Ma
geon's Work Unne
Astoria, N. Y. - "For tw
was feeling ill an took all
tonics.
ingworse
I had chill
would ac
always ti
not walk
because o
in mybac
pains in
acb. 1
doctor an
raust go
operation
not go.
the pap
• Veget
usband a
g will hel
and- Mame
mg from the very st bottle,
Weeks time I was able to sit
eat a bearty breakfast wit
• band,whIch I had not done for
I am now in the -best of
did not have the operatics
JOHN A. KOENIG, 502 Plus
Astoria, N. Yl.
Every one dreads the surg
and tbe operating table.
neeleing else will do ; but
-ay they are neces
t. Letter after le
..alT1 Laboratory,
'ere advised an
-.if performed,
.nkham'aVege
and goodleal
It advice
zh41311. Med
LYnna.
Lydia E. Pinkh
pound and told my
said 'I know nothi
will try this.'
N.
He as Rav ng About "Suffragett s."
watched the khaki world about us, tor
'nano -De was IiI117-11811, not / Ch.
Male toiselle said when the train be-
eset n °tang: nAs splendid and (.az ling
os ti' uniforms used to be, I nd this.
quiet habit has a spell all its own It
:.eatensts efileiency and eternal fit ess
[lad ,f . the badge of a great co1Iivi9.tiOu
zind t e courage of that convict ton "
1 Our train was a long one, pre y ell
I
trilled with sOldiers, mostly Fre ch ex-
eep t. or a sprinkling. of English Oa ers.
a e laere many hours en route, as at
0\-(...y. station we were sidetra ke to
,
allot' the 0 oop trainsto poes. I
j
eom
mpartel tte
accompaniee y h
pink, slender, Lily -like V m
say, twenty-eight or thirty,
like, in color. Mademoiselle afjte
DS
ION
e Sur-
ary.
years I .
kinds of
was get-
veryday.
,my head
eaw
. couldE1
straight
the pain
and I had
stoni-
ent to a
he said I
under an
but 1 did
I read in
✓ about
ble Com -
out it.
zne but I
f improv -
d in two
down and
my bus -
two years.
ealth and
.,1 pars.
Avenue,
on's knife
ometimes
any times
ary when
r comes
Bing how
were not
no good,
ble Com -
followed.
te to
elflike°.
4;i1.011,1,0a
th,
saa
Ing
ed•
"It -.1
Ing yoke
der suee -ea
added reflectively, "1 am no
the cleverest intelligence i
frequently confused or hyp
certain situation e and sc
weaker ones filled with t
forms- of illusion. My ow
preseions of Paris were con
turbing impressions, which
at all valid." Her -blue ey
ed off into space, as if s
again, while before my (4
sions of Napoleon, the Lone'
taurants, wide boulevards,
artistic perfection envelope
like atmosphere.
We were arriving at A
outside :our windows we s
group of women laughing
tering. It came to Inc su
little of anything approa.c
I had seen lately. Lookin
with their adorably rou
scarlet lips, dark half atm
eyes, the Englishwoman
take up and put into -vvor
of thenght. She said to in
in French, nodding toward
with that little tonch of
hich a foreign accent len
"They may be c
times hears, bu
quant, sensitive
eyes showieg a
'what life has to
.a _pleasing contr
commonplace of the Engl'
sometimes think it is th
damp, cold and raw atm
has prodaced us, an over s
race." Mademo'selle was
our
aid,
of,
redden-
ard
4.14
'•sne
a man-.
,e rued
going
11(1 in
Ver-
a .1 s
are hay -
Paris un -
till,'' she
sure that
not very
otized .by
nes,' and
e wildest
first 'm-
using, dis-
were not
s wander-
ing it all
came vi-
e, gay res-
vetywhere
in a wine -
nis Own bospital, which was twenty
odd miles away, but before doing so
took me to call on Mrs. —, one of
the ladies of the American embassy.
She had just returned that day from
one of her "tours of relief," We found
her not only Very kind, but extremely
efficient. She seemed to have exact
knowledge as to what was needed
most and where. This last trip had
been to the hospitals near Dunkirk.
where she had gene, with lorries fol-
lowing her motor, filled -with bathtubs,
anaesthetics, ribber gloves and all sorts
of hospital sunpliesea She asked me to
write her as went about the exact
conditions I found.. "France, Yon
know," she sapid, "was not meditating
war, and that' accounts for the sad
lack of proper hospital provision for
eer wounded soldiers." Nobody gave
me such helpful advice, advice that
was destined to be of such farreaching
good in so many ways, as di
d`•
d`
Mrs.
After our visit we went to the pho-
tographer's, arid I had some instanta-
neous pictures made, for an army
. nurse's photograph must be carried on
c her card of identification. Dr. Curtis
laughed a good deal at them and said
the expression of ray face indicated
there was no crime I would not com-
mit, even to Seuttling a ship!
Back at thei hotel he bade me good -
by, promising; he would soe rce again
before I left, He felt sure I would be
In Paris some days loiager.
The next miming dawned clear and
crisp, and. it thanced I saw the Seine
as bright as a new dollar shimmering
against its stone walls. It has been
described as a "gay, dashing, quick:
tempered. s " and I felt it It
seemed "a rver on .a holiday." In
driving over ,one of the many beauti-
ful, graceful bridges which span it,
back through the Tuileries gardens; I
thought, "Only the fancy elf a monarch
could create a realm like this."
When we returned at luncheon time
I found a soldier waiting for me. He
brought me a letter from the raedecin
major. I opi*ed it with trembling fin-
gers. It read:
- "Yon are ordered to — field hospital
18. Report here tomorrow for further
instructions."
With difficulty I remained even mod-
erately calm that afternoon, for my
chance had cOme.
My instructions were brief. I was to
leave the net day by a-atomobile for
my post. It as 250 milee away by the
route we haj to take, and as we were
carrying hospital suppliee of various
-
kinds, especially anaesthetks, we were
told to go through practically without
stopping an4 were expeeted to do it
in at least e ght hours, for our motor
was a powerful one.
1
ens. Oust
w. a little
and chat-
denly how
g gaiety
at them,
ded chins,
nd shaped
seemed to
s any train
demoiselle
the group,
remoteness
s:
111
9.
ocedent, as one some -
these ...hapely, pi -
women, with their
subtle avareness of
oilier, co e to me as
at with the dreary
h type. I
'uniformly
sphere that
ber minded
silent, and
ve thought
illiant, frag-
ntests and
is I sadly
has found
under the
cords.".
noticed how
comparison
ed the rich
the English
es, too, in
.and high
it now and
the Gothic
nder, grace -
111
she continued: "
of France as a b
ile child, not m
brutal battles.
wronged her, as
France brave, e Ine poise
fiercest invasion history r
As we wearily Went on I
few trees there were in
with England, aed I mis
green mold wlaioh made
trees so lovely. ! The ho
the towns seeMed. narro
and crowded together, b
again I got a glimpse o
architecture, malzes of sl
ful, peaceful pi4nacles, soft graystone
carved into frar' oile lacellke designs,
and I thought hat an inSpiration re-
ligion must hav been in those days to
have produced s ch noble Jesigns.
I had always eard that ne finds no-
where else in t e world t e snap and
intensity of ens tion and iomance that
one finds ev rywhere in French
streets. But it was all lac.king Dist
night, and, wh"
words what co
between En..glis
felt it.
In Paris we
we found Dr.
It was so good
we sat and
after. He e
what my life
9.
ft
always h
autiful, b
de for c
But in t
the worl
•
e I could
stituted t
and Fre
csat to th
urtis wa
to see hi
ecl until
lained s
s a nnr
though he felt sure I wouJ
for se
ys delays
there w
e three
in Franc
I was to
hospital,
y applica
made by him t that soci
"As nurses go, in Engl
ie said, "
but in Fr
er equip
013es, foi
eaking r.
ly be statione
There were alw
ty, especially a
tions, due to t
Cross societies
he understood
regular mill
des -Blesses.
e
not put into
e difference
ch people, I
1 HIS HEART BADLY
AFFECTED
HAPTER • IV.
Off. or1 Flying Auto Trip.
HE next morning at 8 we left
Paris. Medemoisalle was brave
at parting -no scene, no tears.
She had already absorbed some
t calm bravery of her peo-
ver Proved th be a French
.:enant F., Who had been
, not being able for active
ing good work in the Red
Cross. The motor was a sixty horse-
power machine, equipped as an am-
bulance. My few persoeal things and
supplies were quickly loaded, and I
climbed in beside the driver, and we
were off. The streets were quiet, here
and there a tradesman's eart or a street
cleaner, but of real life there was none.
It was all new and unroal to me, and
I found mySelf engrossed in every in-
. significant detail. ,
At the city gate we were held up by
traction trains carrying men, wagons
.and pro -visions to the front, but after
a few words of explanation to the
guard we *ere passed ahead" of the
long line, and then Out Over the great,
wide, magnificent bouleVard we sped.
At Vincennes a sentry stepped in front
of the car wad barred the way with his
rifle. We came to a stoe, and the offi-
cer beside we leaned out and whisper-
ed, "Constantine." It was the first
time I had I heard a conntersign used.
and it gave me a thrill. It was the
magic word, and again we were off
like a streak. I watched the speedom-
eter climb up and up, flicker back a mo-
ment and Still mount until -it reached
110 kilometers an hour. I am never -
nervous in a car, but if I had been so
inclined all traces of it would have dis-
appeared, as Lieutenant F. handled his
machine with a skill that amazed me.
I learned later he had twice won the
a.matelir cup for endurance and
speed races.
At noon -we stopped at what he told
me had been an historic abbey. It was
now a hospital completely officered by
Scotchveomen. They were orderlies
and even strete.her bearers. It was a
very distinguished hospital, as the ad -
minis' traizix was General French's sis-
ter. ,
These wOnderfu1 woMen were nurs-
ing not their own men, but the French
wounded. They were kind and gra-
cious, insisting on giving us hot lunch-
eon, although their own. meal was an
hour away. In return we were happy
to leave them a few hospital supplies,
which their sorely needed.
From there on we began to be told
that we prObably could Dot get throttgh,
as the G-erinans were advancing on the
run. Along the railways we saw trooP
trains going to the frpnt, the soldiers
singing, and ambulance trains crowded
with wounded coming back, generally
bound for Calais. Other trains carried
in cattle ears women, wrinkled bent
old men and babies.
An hour' later we made a slight de-
tour to take dispatches to the etat ma-
jor of the retreating army a the
French. Even he felt it doubtful that
we could get through to
Soon we -saw taube above us, hift.
they were following the army and were
soon lost to -view.
Speeding along a straight white road,
we suddenly came upon a little group
of soldiers evidently signaling vs. Sev-
eral of them came lipaphig hastily in
of the paten
ple. The dri
officer, Lieu
invalided an
duty, was d
"Fruit -a -lives" Soon Relieved
This Dangerous Condition
632 GERRARD Sr. EAs4r, TORONTO.
"For two years, 1 wa si a victim of
Acute Indigestion. and ,Gas In The
Stomach. It afterwards attacked iny
Heart anal had pains all over my body,
so that 1 could hardly Move around.
I tried all kinds of Medidine but none
of them did me any good. At last, 1
decided to try “FruitHa-tives". I
bought the first box laist June, and
now 1- am well, after using only three
boxes. I recommend "Izruit-a-tives"
to anyone suffering from Indigestion".
FRED J.1CAVEEN.
50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial si4 25c.
At all dealers or sent postPaid. by Fruit -
a -ti ves Limited, Ottawa.
our direction. I jumped iown and ran
to meet them.
They were wounded trench, trying
to make their way to the nearest col-
lecting station. With them, however,
was .an English subaltern, whose
strength had given out, and they were
not able to carry him. They had found
him among the debris of a ruined bel-
fry. He had been on obServation duty
and had posted himselfi there only a
few hundred yards aWay from the
Germans. For an hour he had regular-
ly telephoned his orders. Then he told
his men that he heard the Germans.
coming up the stairs and not to believe -
anything else they heard. A moment
later he had been struck dewn and left
Ritz, where
ting for us.
again, and
'dnight and
mething of
e would be,
d not actual-
eral weeks..
and formall-
e complies-
'fferent Red
However,
be with the
Les Secours
on had been
tY•
and or Amer-
ot at all up
ance you will
d than most
, you know,
tees have. in
ica, you are,"
to the standard
find you are be
of the French
only English s
our sense of the word. till Med nurses."
The next day I was intrioducecl to the
surgeon. in chief, who had been a
friend of father's, an i telligent and
agreeable gentl man, who was plensed
to find I spok- three la guages. Ile
assured me I would b helpful and
thanked me for bringing ertain equip-
ment Promising to sen me notice in
a few days as to when and where I
was to go on post, he ba4e us goadby.
Dr. Curtis had to retn n at once to
P
R
for dead. When we arrived he was
begging them to go and. ea.ve him, say -
lag France needed all the men slap
had -one life, even, wars too precf•
to risk for him. Of ceurse they
not dreamed. of doing sa, but, oh, .
glad they were to see us! We hastily
ran over to where he Was lying under
a demolished haystack. He was not
seriously wounded provided he had im-
mediate attention,. and his face light-
ed with joy when he feunnd we could
take them all. We laid, him on top ef
the boxes, making him 'as comfortable
as possible with rugs. The poor fel-
lows were all so exha.uSted from hun-
ger and fatigue that after giving them
-
biscuits and wine they slept, even in
the cramped positions in which they
were forced to sit. Thirty kilometere
away we gave them over to an Eng-
lish hospital and hurried on.
It was growing late. We ,had lost
some time, and Lieutenent F. began
to drive furiously. At the turns I
sometimes felt a little euxious. Read-
ing my expressiou, he said, "I didn't
like to tell you fer fear you might be
nervous. but we must 'reach W. by 5
ibis evening or we cennot cross the
river, as at that hour they are going
to dynamite the bride. We would
then have to go fifty kilometers up,
the stream 1o pass." after a pause he
added. "You know Sheyi are, so anxious-
ly waiting us -oar suPplii?s--we sim-
ply can't fail them." 1
- It was an hour and a quarter until 5,
and we had J.CO hilornetere to go. The
v:as good, and We Were devour-
ing- the distance whcia bang: went a
tine . lie said something very like
"damn,- then stopped the motor and
juieeed down. .
Without really thinkleg what I was
about I began ldeening, the extra
tires. Ile looked,at me for a moment
with amazement. Catching his expres-
aion. I said:
"sale I am need to this: Get your tire
off. I will have this ready."
We worked with a Will. and in four
minutes -we were off. As bis eye fell
on the clock be turned to me, laughing.
"You are what you Ray in America -
:I girl who goes after my heart." -
We reached the bridge five miuntes
before 5. There, was' a long line of
carts slowly going over. One motor,
an ambulauce, was palled up on one
side. The driver was talking very ea-
gerly with several sentries. The mo-
ment he saw us he jumped down and
came running to us in great excite-
ment. He was a Scotchtuan, and
whether he surmised We spoke English -
or in his haste forget that our flag
was French I do not know, but he
said excitedly: "For God's sake, what's
the password? I know it ends in `ined
I've been giving Clementine, Hazeltine
and everything 1 coultl think of." We
laughed a good. deal -about it, but as
they were waiting on the other side to
apply the fuse We harried across. It
was a graceful bridge, with beautifully
proportioned arclie,s, built M the time
of -Henry IV., and. itj seemed a crime
to demolish it -such wanton waste,
but -war and waste are synonymous.
Arriving at the other side, we found
a squad of English Royal Field_artil-
lery ready for their .Work. Lieutenant
F. asked me if I minded waiting a mo-
ment. Being an engineer, he was In-
terested in watching the English meth-
91.6*PU t•Tiftirsorompwar...*
Lieutenant -F, added eabaralaiibeets--
as he nnished his story.
"Oh, he only did his duty," the EaS-
lishman replied calmly.
• * * * *
*
Another second and the fnee woeld
be lighted, I dreaded to see it, and,
either feeling that or rememberina the
urgent need of our hurrying idea -
tenant F. said, "Wei, we must
The men shook hands, an 1 ea
ant 1?. said: "Goodby. is I'.
thing, we can do for you en
"Yes. If you will leave
the headquarters at C. 1
ed." He wrote a line
it to Lieutenant Fe al
again.
"Those English are -
said. "The Germans
them, and I confess
begin to appreciate 11,
value until in. the re;
the small British RTMY.
kept the German horde ,
abled our forces to fall '
And you know," he cont.,.
pause, "their coolness is a.
believable. They cook, make ..
nal tea, wash and even shave u..1..r
. fire. They are queer," he nnised.
"Sortie one has said of their army," •
I replied, "as the nervous lady sniti of
the mouse, 'Small, but a. horrible nui-
sance.'"
This amused Lieutenant F. greatly.
He translated it into French, and it
sounded. very funny.
"Speaking of the English," he said,
"their most admirable quality .is their
ability to stand. still or retreat. We
French are better at rushing. At tlae
battle of Mons they made the most
magnificent retreat that military his-
tory records."
"Yes, Kipling tells us, 'Tommy, you
are a hero with your inasterly re-
treat,' " I answered.
Half an hour later we were at the
headquarters at C. As the car stopped
several English officers came to the
door. Lieutenant P. called out that he
had an important Message for the com-
mander. Where was he to be found?
am he," the older of the men re -
Why Demanded
-Gin Pills 1k1 for my husbandlandme
xvhat no other remedy could. I lum advised
twA"., other parties to use them, one of thAntlt
bving my mother who has 'been agree suffer.er
irolvards of 20 years, and one box cured her.
• 4 , Iutble her to sleep on her left side,
F sedseee she could not do for many a yeaX.-
• O.., rs it)1(1 'her they could not -cure ber„
ve her by an operation for a
z:luey, but on actount of herage they
(1,,A t 11.12,- it ndvisable for her to go. Upon
1.1‘. Gin Pills whiels titred IteL
ever ready to Speak in
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COPY
4,aeutenant F. handed him tbe note,
and we were about to start when the
commander asked one or two ques-
tions. Then he apologized for detain-
ing us and thanked us for bringing
Captain Beaufort's message.
Captain. Beaufort's message!
It was Captain Beaufort who bad
lighted the fuse at the bridge. Lieu-
tenant F. had told him the story of his
own heroism!
We looked at each other a moment
In blank astonishment, and then the
Frenchman threw lip his hands, shrug-
ged his shoulders and said, "Mon Dieu,
and he said, 'Oh, he only did his duty,'
while I made a poem about it!"
After that every few minutes we
were stopped by sentries, and it was
growing dusk before turned into
the gate of the hospital court. It had
been a raona:stery before monasteries
had been suppressed, and lately the
French government had used it for an
asylum. It looked a heavenly place,
set in trees and rerraniscent of glorious
old days, with. its architecture of a by-
gone period, its windows reaching .
frora floor to ceiling and giving out
upon exterior balconies' overhung by
drooping branches. G-reat gnarled
trees encircled it, gardens gay still
with autainn, flowers 'were about it,
and ivy chid walls blended with the
soft way stone mellowed by years.
As we stopped hefore the door the
surgeon in command, Colonel S., and
the matron, a crisp, bustling woman
a forty, came out to meet us.
They were genuinely relieved to see
TIS, and to know -we and our precious
supplies were safe. "We are so des-
perately in _need of things," said the
celonel. 't/mi nest be dead with
fatenae," he.added. '‚ Go to your rooms
and met until dinner, 'which is at 0.
We dine on/y after the patients are
consurortabay settled for the night -that
Is, if we aee lucky," he added, laugh-
ing, and I learned that for weeks
many of -the etaff had scarcely known
a nighrs-xest, often sleeping -with their
clothes on, and snatching a bite now
and then. But there was a little hall
that day.
& Chemical
Limited. 'fob/alms
atarassaya
fl amPutatTon Wlf
he could replace.
- Steel Plate serf.--
b-
4errnan
we'll had t
..aL,sd the propos
plahied it to him,
the idea; he felt st
break: loose, the se
that in the end he
lent sepsis, brought
of such a toreigi
body.
After much pers
consented. The thii
ed to clinch the ux
two legs he could.
of a one legged
seemed to horrify 1
He was given spi
was very interests
read mad talk du
When it was 1311
doctor, the operatit
and said as they
"When I get home
to me about the
going to be blanke
may be sure."
I was so tired w
was asleep in two
for the last hour I
first time in my itt
od of operation. An4 he added, "Per-
haps you would, like ,to get out a mo-
ment too."
The English officer came over and
spoke to us. Lieuthnalat F. introduced
himself and recounted apropos bridge
destruction an incident he had heard
the night before 1. Paris, of where
the English in retreating had been
forced to destroy a bridge. The sap-
pers Iu attempting to light the fuse
were killed. Then one of the enejnedis
made a rush -he avec killed the first
few steps he made. Another took his
Owe. 'He dropped dead halfway. A
third man started to run the gauntlet
of the German fire, but was killed. A
fourth attempted it; then. °theca dash-
eitArut, until eleven had been. shot, and
then a twelfth man, a Captain Bean-,
Part, racing across the open maw
• dby the beittesothia dead and dr,
tag comrades, lighted the fuse that.
sent the bridge, up With a beam map,
FP/ a ixdraele, tater:aped. caII
°Ithut marvelous cotthasteh
"Oh, he only did his duty!" the En
Fishman replied calmly,
CliAPTER V.
Field Hospital 18.
gni. I drank a cup of tea the
meLron talked to me of the
work. I felt lissittuctively that
we would he. friends. She was
bushaess-like, kindly and had a quick
tmderstanding. She was especially
pleased that I could interpret for them..
No one in the hospital spoke German,
and now and then; she explained, they
had rather difficult experiences with.
their German patients. "Not so much
the men," she added. "They are al-
ways nice and reasonable, but tiae offi-
cers!" 'And she threw up her' halds.
A few moments later she led the
way up the three flights of worn .stone
stairs to the little room that had been.
assigned to me.
"I felt you would prefer being alone,
even though the room is so tiny, and
with all.its disadvantages-unlYr she'
added, senging as we surveyed it, "if
we get too marwded you mast be pre-
pared to share even this."
1 assured her I was happy and grubeit
ful to be allowed to ‘ serve 110 11atter4
what the conditions.
My bath finished, I 'Wan ItelltarfigiA
combing my hair when a meesage tame!.
that I was wanth(1 in Colonel S.Iss oftieul
at onee. Instil) putting on my nagei
form and. cap, I went down. starafn'tet
man officer had just been hhougit.A
from the front with an ugly woemptr
in the thigh, and big COnatiou NtrafP
serious, They had already got Mu:
warmed, his circulation restored. Ttli-
eianaination disclosed a large infected
-wound with several inches of the hone
torn away. The medecin major was
endeavoring to persuadethe Yeee that
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Tbe next morning while the
was taking Inc around the wari]a
plaining my duties a mes.sage ca
asking her to come at once to the noIcen
Del's office. She left me to go througlid
the German ward and do whatever
found necessary. That ward was in
wing of the monastery that had bee
used for a dining room. Lighted or
three sides, it was admirably adaPteel
for its present purposes, but because;
the German officers objected to sharinSi
their quarters with their men it Imei-ei
been divided about the middle by foes, -
huge carved oak doors, and. while tiit
were beautiful in themselves, thl
made the room far less airy.
I went at once to find the patient
the night before. He was resting cei
fortably-in fact, so ranch so that
insisted on keeping me to read mo ere
extract from an article written b -S..1
Maximilian Harden, the famous
itor of the Zukunft.
'tens style is," he said, 'so terse anta
epigramm-atic that he has been callefh
the German Ticitus." The article
plained that there was 00 much eliate:
ter about the shortage of food, Phtehttle
famine, but said the truth was it sine ,
ply was a campaign intended to arotis
the hafrea of Englaad. The artick
was headed "Eat Your Pigs or Youie
Pigs Will Eat You" and went on:
"In the brains of even the serious
people in Germany there has grown el
crazy theory that the German standard'
of living has depreciated. Everywherei
lectures, appeals, instructions, warnd
ings, about our food. Eat lI-3K breadfi
never scorn dry crusts. Cook your pe-cl-
tatoes in their skins. Collect yowl
kitchen refuse. No flour on S.undaya
Female busybodies with a craze for!
notoriety 1ll us what a der infati
mouthfui you can make from. the ey
and tail of a herring.
"Eat your mess yourself, you ebat
terbox: All this twaddle injures Ger-
many. We are in no danger of Inmine
This firebrand was merely merit
inflame hatred agalest our teeneas,
England?
And then Farden proceeds to drill:al
a picture of the real state of tainge
Tap sarg-,