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sAppi8g at the aoot. tsetlaeids who
vss nearest 81. like Gibson. re,tiessly
pacing. wrenched 1t open aud seized a
message from page
With this he advanced upon BARR
sen. sitting thin iipI~d where he had
sat throughout the waiting. his fingers
fumbisas an aimless fashion with
buttos ga his coat
Barrison took the message ripped n
open aud gave u a glance. A CHASTITY
palior swept his face. The hand which
held the bit of paper trembled so that
the sheet auivered In his grasp. The
other hand which hay on the arm Of his
chair. closed In a cswiike grip Of re.
peession
Darling gentlemen" he exclaimed
bosrseiy. struggled rs n for control
aad went on. Carton reports the Jap
anese as using q new weapon today
also HE has lost an entire battery
end 2.WD men since daylight and Is
now heavily engaged They are firing
upon him from q six mile range and
reach his position at will"
He crushed the message he held In
his grasp
President Gilson had sunk into q
chair and buried his face IN his hands
Not face In that room but was
blancbed and drawn and wide eyed
with horror Once more Monsels voice
alone filled the rooD with pitiless de
tail:
THE Japs are beginning TO close In. !"
The man at the phone cboked before
he went ON: "Mr President, the flag
ship is sinking They are saying good
by"
President Gibson Strengthened He
epened his lips. asd his words were
distinct. clear cut. In their enunciat ton.
"They have proved worthy" he cried.
God rest the souls Of the brave men
and help the nation they died to De
fend- Gentlemen. we face q crisis"
There was but little sleep for the
citizens of the city Of Greater New
York on the night of the 18th. The
news of the fleets destruction by
the mysterious weapon of the Japa
nese produced such a panic as the city
had never known Not but what
many denied that the enemy could
capture the port, no matter what they
had done to the feet
Up in the neighborbood of sixty
eAghth street however. there was com
psrative quiet, and Bernice Getheids
remained with her aunt
Somewhere around 2 O'Clock in the
morning her aunt dropped into rest
less siumber. and the girl threw her
self down on a couch and fell present
ly asleep. She awoke with a dull.
pounding roar in her ears For mo
ment she lay and listened and heard
II again and again-a heavy. porten-
tous pulse of sound. which throbhed
with dreadful insistence
Rising without waking her aunt,
who tossed and muttered In her sleep
she went to the window and looked
out Ii was dawn. with the sunlight
Of a new day streaming across the
park But she gave II a single glance
and turned her eyes to the street be
fore the house 1t was jammed. a
steadily moving mass of vehicles of
every sort-autos and auto trucks.
auto buses and auto deliveries. milk
They flowed steadily northward as
the girl stood and watched
Now she ran down to the front door
and out to the curb She spoke to q
man almost hrusqueiy:
why are you leavings Why are
you running away?"
He Iooked up and grinned a slightly
ruefu reply He was young fellow
with y well modei.d face.
Il might ask you why you are not
young lady. and point out that ! have
stoIIed"
What has happenedY' Bernice in
sisted
Nothing yet" said the man But
IT'S coming They are lighting at the
Hook forts. and the forts are getting
what the feet got We were trying To
get away before they boInt.rded the
city"
Bernice stamped her foot a sudden
rage assailed her heart Il don't ne-
lieve the city will he taken she lash
ed back. Il don't believe the forts
will fan"
Don't youi You've a better faith
than many-than ! have" The young
man shook his head Anyway. | want
to get my wife and baby to a safe
place You don't mean you're going 10
stay here?'
Out of sheer obstinacy she nodded
Yes
Then see here exclaimed the
man Let me bring our things inside
will you? This machine can't go any
farther I bate to ask you. bur We
didn't bring much How about IL
Again Rernicp nodded
Tho man waited no second permis-