Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-19
SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

James Adams, European representa-
the for American manufacturers and
graduate of West Point, is in Paris at
the outbreak of the great aoar bet,oeen
France and Germany. He engages in
balloon reconnaissance for the
French and barely escapes capture. be-
ing si1ept into northern France, aohere
he is aorecked i'm the grounds of the
Chateau LGgundy. He is rescued by
the daughter Of the Count Ldgundy,
Aimee, loith l0hOm he falls i'm lone.
The Germans advance; Adams defends
Aimee FROM insult at the hands OF
GrieSmGn, Colonel of CdvdIry Adams
joins the HuSSdrS, under LO10enb berg, an
old friend, and later assists in an am
bush Of the French. Word reaches him
at camp that Aimee is again in the
hands Of GriesnlGn With FleiSch-
mann, q gigantic sergeant of the EN-
peror'S body0uGrd, he impreSSeS an
automobile and goes to her rescue. In
terrific sloord fight he kills GriesmGn
and tl0O others, and proceeds a0ith
Aimee to the home of her cousin at
Bethel.
Chapter vi.
For two delicious days I remained at
Bethel with Aimee. Then early In the
afternoon Fleischmann brought up the
big car we set out for camp, for OBJ
yious reasons taking a direct road that
did not pass the Chateau Lagunay.
Reaching the outskirts Of the camp we
found a host Of war balloons inflated and
ready for ascent. Others were already
soaring above us, and looking far to the
south we saw the French balloons, high In
air, observing the German movements
As we went farther south for the camp
covered an area some ten miles square)
we found that large part of the army
had moved. 1t was evident that events
were approaching crisis.
At headquarters l sent in my name to
the Emperor, Fleischmann pacing up and
down outside in a fever of apprehension,
for myself, certain of my ability to make
satisfactory explanation, L waited calmly.
When 1 was finally ushered into the au-
gust presence l saluted and related my
story. The Emperor waved his hand as
though to dismiss me. But L persisted;
and when L finally drew from my pocket
the documents l had taken from Cries
mans pocket, and told him of Grevoir,
CHEESEMAN'S supposed interpreter, his ex-
preston changed He ran over the papers
French officer; brief notes of the German
scheme OF invasion; data concerning the
YEman forces; and realizing that Cries
nam was really In league withlthe enemy
he forgave me, though 1t wassWith. "a curt
comment upon my abrupt departing. from
the camp, and a caution that II CONDUCT
myself more circumspectly in the futuTG
/ told him that L alone was responsiRIe
for Fleischmann's leave without peTmiss
sion-that / had really abducted -the. big
sergeant against his will. A little, smile
fickered over his face at -thts!S Then--ha
Sobered again.
You will rejoin Lowenberg,"- hersaidlin
dismissing me. There is work for. You
on the right wing. We will be- lin action
tomorrow or the day after! -Youl and
Fleischmann can redeem yourselves atlthe
front. Until you offend againsI forgive
When we had patiently endured Lowen-
bergs scolding Che had been very much
out for my arresD We discussed the plan
for the advance. 1 learned that the enc
my was assembled in force between our
camp and the Marine River. The first
contact had occurred the day before. when
a German brigade Of armored automo-
biles undertook to reconnoter to the
south. The French had sent out similar
brigade for the same purpose, and they
met near a small village. The two forces
came together in a mad charge. The steel
conical prows Of the great cars rammed
at high speed, crashing into and over one
another and finishing In tangle Of
wreckage from which but one German
machine had emerged in condition to re-
force upon cavalry or infantry would be
irresistible; but upon an enemy Of its own
kind 1t meant mutual humiliation. 1t was
a striking example of the unfitness of
sYeh machines for general warfare.
-(At dark we were ready for the advance,
moving under cover Of night to avoid the
all-seeing eyes Of the airships.
brief statement Of the military situa-
reader may understand the nature of our
undertaking. AS has been stated, the
French occupied the Marine River, from
Chalons- sur-Marne to Barbecue. Be
tween these towns the south bank Of the
Marine rises sharply from the water to