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"To-night's meeting averaged about
four kernels Of thought per mile oi
words. The boys who spoke ought Il
have told us what they were talking
about before they began to speak. Their
we would have gotten 1t.
"Albertson's delivery was fine. but he
overshot the mark "a little. He was talk
ing to some friend downtown. Albertson
thinks that whenever he hasn't an argu-
ment he can slip in a yell and no one
will know the difference. I'm going to
wear earmuffs when he speaks next
time.
II want to say to Franklin that this
audience isn't afraid when he points his
forefinger at 1t. We know 1t ism t
loaded. A forefinger is a mighty poor
substitute for a fact, anyway. Give us
more facts, Franklin.
Simmons needs a guide when he de-
bates. He got Off the subject "a dozen
times tonight and wandered around
after 1t like lost dog hunting his mas
ter. Simmons ought to realize that
when he gets up TO debate unprepared
he advertises the fact by everything
that he neglects TO say.
~ can't criticise much Of Smiths ora :
ton. because | didn't wake up in time
for the peroration. Smith thinks the
way to convince an audience is to
smother 1t. The way to learn how to
speak is to learn how to stop II Smith
would begin trying to stop about five
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brothers parted and enemies lined up
side by SIDE for half of us went to
Gnothautii and half OF us to Adelphl
and between the two there was gull
as wide as the misunderstanding be-
tween the Republican party.
OF course, our constitutional object
as a society was TO conduct debat, :.
emit oratlons. produce extempore
speeches and perfect ourselves in the
art of ruling meeting with a firm
hand when in the chair and Of upset.
ting 1t in the interests of the minority
when on the fioor--two accomplish
ments on which the noble art of self
government was based until they be-
gan to ring in these newfangied and I'M
deepest and most throbbing interest
was our rivalry with Adelphi.
It was hereditary. The two societies
had been organized within a year of
each other and the first act of Gnot-
hautii was to defy the prestige of the
arrogant Adelphians. In the late 'i0s
the two societies fought on the streets
after meetings During the war Gnot-
hautii paraded its twenty enlisted men,
bers and jeered at Adelphi, which could
only produce fifteen.
In the '70s Adelphi produced its first
in all the impressionable youngsters on
the strength OF the glorious future
which the society generously provided
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ADVENTURES OF KATFMLYN-By HAROLD MACGRATH

And I helped him. To the temple
| She who confesses in the temple, her
person is sacred. 1t is the law, the law!
] To the temple, my lord!"
Before the high tribunal OF priests,
before the unhappy Kathlyn. before the
| astonished Umballa, appeared Ramabai
| and Pundta, between them the young
woman Of the Zenana,, now almost
| dead with terror.
Hold" cried Ramabai when the SOL
| diers started toward him to eject him
| from the temple. Let this woman
! speak,"
y dramatic moment followed:
silence so tense that the fluttering wings
| Of the doves in the high arches could
| be heard distinctly. Ramabai was n
great politician. He had struck not
only wisely but swiftly before his public.
Upon her knees. her arms out
stretched toward the scowllng priests,
the woman OF the Zenana tremblingly
told her tale how she had saved I'M
| balla during the revolt: how she had
secured him shelter with her sister. who
was dancer; how she had visited TIM
balla in his secret chamber; how he
| had coniided to her his plans; how she
had seen him with her own eyes become
one of the fake bearers of the palan-
qun.
"The woman lies because I spurned
her." roared Umba.la.
Away with herr" cried the chief
| priest, inwardly cursipg Umballa for
having permitted this woman to live
when she knew so much. away with
her."
"The law" the woman walled THE
sanctity of the temple Is mine"
| Hold" said Kathlyn, standing up.
| In her hating Hindustani she spoke 4:
81 have something to say to you all.
This woman tells the truth. Let
her go unafraid. You, grave priests,
have thrown your lot with Umballa.
Listen. Have you not learned by this
time that l am not weak woman but
a strong one? You have harried me
and injured me and wronged me and
set tortures for me. but here / stand
unframed.
This day I will have my revenge
My servant Ahmed has departed for the
walled city of Balakhan. He will return
with Balakhan and an army such as
VIII fatten the city of Alfalfa to the
ground, and crows and vultures and
tigers and jackals shall make these
temples their abiding places, and mer
will forget Alfalfa as they now forget
the mighty Chitor.'
She swung round toward the priests
You have yourselves to thank. At {
word from me Balakhan enters oil
stops at the outer walls. I have tried
to escape you by what means I had q
my command. Now 1t shall be war!
War. famine, plagued"
Her young voice rang out sharp an,
clear, sending terror to all coward,
| Continued nm EIffeenfh paaa
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THE
CHAPTER XXIII.
.HERE is an old saying in Rajput
that woman and the four winds
i were born at the same time, OF


TN, 70 an o'u sas.ns III iIaJpul
n ~ ~ "''u
"'e oo'" at 'ne SAM '1n'e, Vi
tt, -, 80, 49,
Nv e"'u' oan''Iis OF 'eihprs'uous'y'
'io"A On po'"'S a. o"ee' ie' maps
In the zenana or me royai palace
there was woman tail, hthe, with
SKIN Oh ivory ana roses ana eyes as
90 ."' .,,N Vi var ,"'H'nu',
-" n.' o"' ""N'' ",ie gym H'.' uS'o'
49, 80. 10 y. n'
'"ei." so', Iounu 'er heeh rope vi
a"N anu an.
,app.,''''' E'u S''" s'' was "''
"aPp''
FROM Tune 10 ume her myers
s'ra'heo at 'he roofs oi her glossy piack
nan anu me WINS VI nv, great eyes
'H'",u' Sne w ner nps 10 Keep
ION 'ne S''s ''o"unS III "'r 'n'o"''
nne "vsseu her minus t"s''ner 81
"sn''y 'nat Tue i'''ie h'ueh'es e'aeheu'
Al az sne walled soitiy'
s,e pa" we v''',' LIE ~ nei ,""'n-
- '"P, "
,an'u %Ha''ou VIC Ma'I, ne. 'aee 'Iu-
- IA :" "., ~
,a,,,a "7"'''' VIC '''' '''' Wv vi '"e
'"'.''''
truman nature IL maze UP or CON
'rarles' way When we nave had the
courage c""lIy 10 plan murder or 20
aid or suESes' H. why must we d"
trouoieo win reinorSe more IMAM
'niS' why must we Matte AGAINST lh'
Sn'y Impulse 10 zen me hrs' we Hi'eI
VIVA, we nave """e' ''"'orse' what
Is H'
Now, this woman or the zenana he
| lioved not in the God of your fathers
| ana mine. She was pagan; her
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minutes before he begins speaking he
would get done in reasonable
time"
And so on, night after night, until
we hated the critic with flendish vim
and worked on our orations and debates
as II we really expected to save the
nation with them. II l were a boy
again and wanted TO start out for the
Presidents chair I'd join a good liter
airy society in a small college and bang
away for four years. It's the best
recipe I know.
Literary society night was a great
feature at old Siwash. Friday and Sat-
urday nights We frivoled and on Sun
day nights we studied. Mondays, Tues.
days and Wednesdays we filled up In
various unholy Nays. but on Thursday
nights we went to literary society. or
Thursday night chums separated
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self down before the catafalque, pas
sionately kissing the shroud. She leaned
back and beat her breast and walled.
Ramabai was vastly puzzled over this
demonstration. That handsome
young woman should wall over the
corpse of an old man who had never
been anything to her might have an
Interpretation far removed from sorrow
Always in sympathy. however, with
those bowed with grief. Ramabai
stopped and attempted to raise her.
She shrank from his touch, looked
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A most ridiculous country: to crown
Kathlyn again (for the third timeD
and then to lock her up! Next To SUI
perstition as barrier to progress there
stands custom. Everything one did
must be done as some one else had
done It; the initiative was still chained
up in the temples; 1t belonged to the
bald priests only.
But Umballa had made two mistakes:
he should have permitted the white
people to leave the country and given
a silken cord to the chief eunuch, to
apply as directed. The are no writ
ten laws among the dark peoples that
forbid the disposal Of that chattel
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tice, was their man; but they no longer
dared serve him. since 1t would he at
the expense of their own lives.
MY lord!" whispered Pundita, pres
sing Ramabai's hand. Courage! For
Pundita understood the man at her
side. Had he been honorless, she would
this day be wearing a crown.
And hand In hand they stood before
the catafalque, FORGETTING everything
but the perfect understanding between
them
al, al!
1t was but a murmur; and the two
turned to witness the approach Of the
woman Of the zenana. She flung her
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known as a woman OF the harem. or
zenana. There are certain customs that
even the all powerful British raj must
ignore.
The catafalque Of the dead King
rested upon the royal platform. Two
troopers stood below; otherwise the
platform was deserted. When Ramaba
and Pundita arrived and mounted the
platform to pay their last respects to
kindly man the soldiers saluted
gravely, even sorrOwfully. Ramabai,
for his courage, his honesty and JUS
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7 We just been reading the romantic
story of Montague Barnes, who
L began life n poor boy with only
one parent and two shoes and who
had just taken his seat in Congress in
t-m, resounding tones. It's all excess
slvely interesting to me and would be-
even IL any OF the facts mentioned
were true. For I know Monty Barnes:
I've known him for years-ever since
the time we sat In the literary society
together at Siwash College and Monty
used to get up and make speeches with
a voice that sounded like "a dried leaf
in a wash boiler.
remember Monty's first speech as
plainly as il l had heard it. I can re-
peat II word for word. He said: M
mr.. CHI hartman, II m-murn we adj
joove." He was holding on to two
chairs when he made it. Told me after
ward that he stopped them as they were
going around him and used them as
substitutes for knees.
lie was the shyest man and the worst
speaker who ever got into the Ono
thautii Literary Society. He had sat
for a year before he dared make the
above speech. And it took him another
year to get so fluent that he could adj
dress the society with the aid OF only
one chair.
I remember how we used to look for
ward to the nights when Monty ran
the society As a chairman he reminded
me of puny child trying to herd wild
eats. You could chase him into the
raftcrs with a point Of order and para
lyZe him for whole evening with an
amt ndment to an amendment.
Monty was so meek when we took
him I'm that he had to have a written
permission to sneeze in chapel. / used
to watch him trying to arrange his
knees when he wanted to speak. You
know how important 1t Is that your
knees shall he In good voice when you
want to address a meeting. Time after
time he would get part way up with a
few remarks balanced on the end or
his tongue and then his knees would
balk and insurge, and by the time he
had braced them up he had mislaid his
remarks and the meeting had surged
on.
I used to pity him, though goodness
knows I wouldn't have gotten up at
that time for the world. I was worse
than he, but I was resigned to 1t. / re-
member, too the night when Barnes
suddenly found himstt saiHhR "'onS
about one thousand ".'s AMY. ,
level riding ms tralh "l 'no"snt anu
feeding new thoughts iht" MS ''''''u "''
fast as ne ehp'leu H. van sc ~"
the look or ecstasy on ms i"ce-li', |,
look or a man WIN" mas JUS wy, 49,
how to drive an a'r"p'a"' anu '''' Wv
gale on an even keel.
From that tihne ON W" '''.
head Barnes on lie pec",'e "''.s
nuisance, He debated ana "i",'u CIV.
remarked Al every inc''.hN' ~ -
a common thins TOT SOM nien',' ~, "
rise in the middle OF MS e'oque"'e anu
say: ..
"Mr. Chairman thlhk II IL ""'''
time to cap the gas wei
And now little Barnes Is III 'ohEr,ss
It's two years since n nuns OUT ms Ia"
shingle, III net ne s,ar'cu poi''..a ,
speaking before ne got ms sign pa'h,'"
and I'll bet they couldn't stop MIN e'''
until he had said what ne "ahteu u
I'd like to have heard ms cahphIEh
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up and for the first time seemed to be
aware Of his presence. Like a bubble
under water, that which had been srrrv-
ing Tor utterance came to the surface.
She snatched one Of Ramabai's hands.
"Ai, al! am wretched, lord,
wretched! There Is hot lead in my
heart and poison In my brain! I will
confess, contest"
Ramabai and Pundita gazed at each
other astonished. -..
His Majesty was murdered" she
whispered.
Il know that" replied Ramabai. "But
who murdered him."
! al. al Durga RAM It was he.
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And the members
were so pleasantly
frank about your
little faults OF speak,
ing.
You didn't have
to guess at those
faults-oh. no. At
the end of the meet
ing the critic got up
and told the society
about them. He
made his meaning
perfectly plain. We
always took care to
choose a critic who
had a good command
OF language. A crit
les report in Gno-
thautii usually ran
about like this:
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German Warships Sieze
English Merchant Ships;
England Calls Reserves

Briefly, the deOelopemeS in the European acar situation
Sunday
troops inUdded Germany at tCO points, Posen dn0
Bad ad0anced hedUy border patrol at other points
Germany marched 100000 troops through the independent
duchy Of Luremblg ndSsing them the French Border
reported to hare seized English
merchant oessels and sent them back to Germany.
Great massing Eastern
fleet in Chinese CaterS.
Dispatches from Arion Belgium, state that the German
troops defeded IN the first engagement French border
Heo0y firing is reported the North Sea and is beieced
q na0el battle mag be IN progress IN those aCGters.
Germany Austria and Haly concentrated their fleets
Chinese Vates and IN Eastern harbor.
Taoo German officers reported killed by the French troops
SiT miles inside French territory
A French aeropIane brought doUn by Germat
marItsmen 10hIe circling the German army
Austria dbGndonS her campaign against t
gipe military aid to Germany al her campaigns.
Car Nicholas orders Montenegro mobilize army
aid Serbia IA her campaign IN the south.
England calls ont Canadian for first
IN the history of the Dominion goUern4ne1a
German troops attacked the French post Cror
Getals of the engagement are lacking.
TVhdyavaI of merchant from in American
odter demordlizes all freight traffic.
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from leading his company of Alpine
riflemen in case France became en-
gagged in war.
Andre Magino, a deputy, has taken
his place as a private in a regiment
in his constituency. NJ. Magino was
formerly under-secretary of state for
war and as such had a seat in the
cabinet
The organization already has begun
in Paris of battaliols of foreign vol
unteers, notably Belgians, Savs and
Syrians.
Several hundred Italians last night
paraded through the downtown see
tion.
The mobilization order read as fol,
lows:
Ministry of Order, Order of General
Mobilization.
Extreme urgency. First day of mo-
DiliZatioI sunday August 2.
From all parts of France news
came today that the mobilization or.
der has been received with relief. 1t
put an end to the strain and uncer-
tainty for the last few days There
were patriotic manifestations through
the night in most provincial towns
and cities.
There has been formed in Paris a
committee of influential citizens to
take care of their countrymen in
Frauca who nppd assistance Ambas.
sador Herrick is taking an active part
in this work. Every American VINO
needs advance or aid will be accom-
modated and it is possible travellers
will be helped in cashing their checks.
MIR. Herricll has placed his residence
at the disposal OF Americans in
Paris.
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4NAT|O|VS
Of EUROPE
FIGHTING
RUSSIA, GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUN-
GARY AND FRANCE ACTUALLY
ENGAGED IN FIELD ACTIVITIES
BUT FRANCE AND GERMANY
HAVE NOT DECLARED WAR.

London, Aug. -Four great powers
of Europe, Austria4Hungary, Russia,
France and Germany, are engaged in
actual warfare, but two of them, Ger
many and France, have not openly
declared war against each other, as
far as is known here. and have not
even severed diplomatic relations.
This is despite the fact that Ger
many's ultimatum to France either
has been ignored or rejected.
The explanation of this would ap-
pear TO be that Germany and France
are each seeking to throw upon the
other the onus of beginning a war
that may plunge all Europe into
bloodshed. In fact, while the ma
tions of Europe are flying at each
others throats they are vieing with
each other in protesting their desire
to maintain peace.
In this curious situation France, ac-
cording to the British opinion, has
the strongest Justification. She was
the last to mobilize and to have taken
the greatest precautions to avoid
frontier collisions
On the other hard Germany, by in
yading French territory without max
ing formal declaration of war, has
violated the neutrality Of Luxcmburg.
The efforts of the British ambas-
sador at Berlin to secure such
pledge have been wasted. 1t is diff
ficult to see how Great Britain can
avoid being drawn into the conflict
to protect Berlin AID Dutch neutral
ity. On this point Premier Asquith's
official announcement in parliament
Monday is awaited with intense anXi-
ETY. The British house is no longer
under any illusions as to the gravity
of a crisis which trunscends anything
in their experience.
Short of actual formal mobilization
the British government is taking all
necessary steps to meet a situation
unprecedented in the nations history.
There was a scene of great enthusi-
asm outside Buckingham palace to
night. Five or six thousand persons
gathered before the palace, sang the
national anthem and called for King
George who, with Queen Mary, ap-
peared on the balcony and bowed in
response to cheers given for him and
for France.
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Government Aids Americans.

Washington. Aug 2.-TAe govern.
ment today extended a helping hand
to the thousands of Americans strand
ed abroad without means of cashing
their checks or letters of credit All
American diplomatic officers in Eu-
rope were instructed to exchange let
ters of credit or travellers cheques
for embassy checks or certificates.
These are issued by the authority OF
the United States government and
Secretary Bryan said tonight he was
confident embassy checks would be
holored by railroads, steamship COM
panies and hotels abroad.
Relatives and friends of Americans
in Europe can deposit funds with the
state department in Washington and
an equivalent sum will be adyances
in an embassy check abroad. Ameri-
cans devoid of funds will be given
loans, just as was the case in Mexico,
and an emergency appropriation for
this will be asked.
secretary bryan expressed the view
that there were enough ships running
to care for Americans who desired to
leave, but said if any emergency arose
everything necessary would be done
by the American government to assist
them to return home.
President Wilson gave his personal
attention to the problem OF aiding
American citizeEs and let it be known
that If necessary gold would be
shipped to American embassies to
cash checks for Americans
The government will ask big steam.
ship companies to have their agents
in the United States accept checks
or money for passage sent by their
friends here or to have them honor
embassy checks" abroad
Americans working abroad perma-
nently, paid by monthly remittances,
may be able to get money direct
from the American consulates as ar
rangements are under way to have
American companies pay their Euro
pean employees through the state de
partment.
Telegrams by the score to the de
partmeat from relatives and friends
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london Aug. 2-The greatest sus-
turn was known today. First the cab
met was in council. The while coun-
try thought it was wrestling with the
question whether Great Britain should
take up arms in support of the triple
entente
No official statement was made
concerning the deliberations except
that the premier would make an an
nouncement in the house of commons
and the cabinet would convene in the
morning.
The government took three meas
ured for defense today.
None is inconsistent with the pol
icy of remaining outside the conflict
If that should be her policy. The
naval reserves and naval marine pen
sioners were called out; the terrific
rials, assembled at the training camps
for annual practice, were ordered to
their headquarters; the home secre-
tary prohibited flights over the entire
kingdom and territorial waters, eX-
cept by military craft
Great Britain would feel obliged to
take these measures with a great war
raging close to her shores, even il
there were no question of her partici-
| patton.
Censors took charge of all the cable
offices in the kingdom tonight. All
code messages were prohibited and
telephone communication with the
continent was stopped entirely.
The king issued a proclamation de
claring a moratorium for month and
the suspension of the banking act to-
morrow appears assured. Parliament
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
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HOT SPRINGS
PEOPLE ABROAD

News that the passenger ships
and mail ships had about aban-
doned business between this coun-
try and foreign ports, together
with the fact that all the banks of
foreign countries had refused after
a certain date to advance money
on travellers cheques or other for
eign paper, has been the occasion
of some concern on the part of
friends and relatives of some Hot
Springs people who are abroad at
this time.
Miss Helen Convers and her
mother are in Paris.
Mrs. s. II. Sttt and daughter,
Mrs. Eugene Polk, are in London
Chester Klein and his bride are
in the direct path of the war belt.
in South Germany but may have
before this reached some more
likely point to get out of the
country.
Mr. and Mrs. w. +. Massey and
children are abroad, their direct
whereabouts being unknown but 1t
is not believed they are. in that
section where hostilities have been
opened.
All of the foreigners in the coun-
try of war will have difficulties
and fnpOnvouippoac u,1iob ut;Il
have to be overcome, and their re-
turn home may be indefinitely de.
layed, but no actual fear is felt
for their welfare.
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BRING DOWN AN AEROPLANE.

Berlin, Aug German troops today fired brought
to earth French flying machine Wese
Saturday night several other hostile air craft
Rhine provinces One observed flying from Keprich
Andenarch 10 miles northwest Cobenz Others were sighted
Duere flying the direction of Cogne Last night hotel
keeper in Kochem and his tried blow the
railroad tunnel at Kochem Their attempt failed the
shot and killed.
Wesel where the aeropane destroyed is about 1O miles
from the northeastern frontier of France.