The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
day the SUN was covered in a mist

Second WOman-They navo KILLED.
him? They have killed him?
Silvina-You must not speak Of It!
My God whittier should go. l can
not bear this: ! cannot understand It!
tWeeps softly.l
Fourth woman-They say there are
twenty millions OF them, and they
have already set Paris on fire. They
say they have cannon which can hit
| hundred ldlometers away
Henrie tta-My God, my God And
all that Is coming upon U.S.
Second Woman erciful God. have
pity on us,
Fourth Woman--And they are n.y.
ing and they are hurting bombs from
airshps- bombs, which de-
stroy entire cities!
uenrietta-My God, What have
/ they done with the sky Before this
| you were alone in the sky. and now
those low Prussians are there too
Second Woman-Before this, when
my soul wanted rest and Joy looked
| at the sky. but now there is no place
where a poor soul can look for resi-
/ and Joy
Fourth Woman-They have taken
everything away from our Belgium
! even the sky, I wish ] could die at
once. There IL no air to breathe now!
| ISuddenly frightenedl Listen. Don't
, YOU think that now my husband. my
husband
| Henrietta-No. no.
Fourth Woman-Why is the sky
so red? What is It that is burning
there?
Second woman-Have mercy on us,
q God The fire seems to be moving
toward u.s.
'tSllence. The redness Of the flames
seems TO be swaying over the earth.1
The fourth scene. which was pub
lished in THE SUNDAY SCN, represents
the dramatic situation in which the
King OF Belgium and the foremost
Belgian poet decide to break the dams
and flood their own country rather
than Weld to the invading army.
SCENE VI.
1.-THE same hour of night. Al the
right. a half destroyed bridge. In
the distance fire is burning. From
time to time the German flashlights
are seen across the dark sky. Near
the bridge an automobile in which the
wounded Emil Grel!eu and his son
were carried to Antwerp. Jeanne and
young physician are with them
Something has broken down in the
automobile and a soldier chauffeur IL
busting about with. a lantern. trying
to repair II. A distant, dull roaring of
a crowd Is heard. Then the crash OF
c@ha - yvotltfa
horns. The searchlights arc swayine
from side TO side
Emil Greheu-It 10 they.
Doctor-If We don't start IN . guar
, ter Of an hour
Emil Grelteu--In half an hour. Doc
? tor
, Maurice Father. how beautiful and
2 how terrible Il Is. Give me youl
, hand. mother.
: Jeanne-What In itf
D Maurice want 20 kiss II. Mother
YOU have no gloves on
l .Ieanne-what a foolish little beJ
YOU are. Maurice.
Monsieur Langloi sale
that in three days from now I ma,
remove my bandage. Just think o.
II. IN three days will be able q
take up my gun again! on
who IL that? Look who IL that?
Z Ian near the automobile assume de
, tensiys positions. The chauffeur anC
2 the doctor draw their revolvers. A
I tigue appears from the field, approach
. ing from one Of the bitches. peas
: ant. wounded IN the leg comes III
= slowly leaning upon a camel
= Maurice-Who IS there
. Peasant-Our own. our own. An
Q who are you? Are you going TO tn
; city?
Naur,ce-Yes, we're going TO m
city. our car has broken down; we'r
{ repairing H. What are YOU DOM
here?
Peasant-What am / doing here?
[Exam.nes .he unfamiliar faces curl
ously: they also look at him atten
-. lively, by the light OF the lantern,1
:. ChaufYeur-Give me the light
Peasant-Are you carrying
wounded man" ! am also woupdec
- in my leg. l cannot walk. II is yer
= hard. must lean on my cane. Ar
YOU going to the ci,y? lay there 1
the ditch and when heard you spea
, French I crawled out. My name
,Iaaular.
Doctor-How were you wounded?
Peasant i was walking in the fiel
and they shot me. They must hav
thought ] was a rabbit. Laugh
hoarsely. They must have though
was a rabbit. What Is the new
gentlemen? IL our Belgium lost
[Laughs.l Eth? Is our Belgium lost
Maurce-Dou't you know?
Peassnt-what can ] know? I la
there and looked at the sky-that's a.
know. Did you watch the sky
Just look at It; I have been look,n
at Il all the time. What is that I ne
in the sky. en-? How would you Ell
plain it'
Emil Grelieu-Sit down near US.
Maurice Listen, sit down here.
seems you haven't heard anything
You must get away from here. u
You know that the dams are broken
DO you understand? The DAMS
Peasant-The dams?
Maurice-Yes Don't you hear n
cries over there? Listen They M
crying there-the Prussians'
PeaAant-W Water?
MauYice-water. II must be reach
ing them now: they must hav
learned Of II by this time. Itste,
Il IL so far and vet we can hear.