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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-21
|NE BLUFF BOY
 IS IN HIGH GLEE! ITS CIRCUS DAY
hnkee Robinson's Three kjng Show Exhibits at l Martin and Main.

To-day is Circus Day.
 Eiycus Day is always spelled with kital letters, out of deferenee to the hli boy. whose influence is strong D tar-reaching. and who considers day almost as important an event This birthady.
 Today the small boy will he Ill his ly--if he can get a chance to car {Mater for the elephant, feed the fses, hold tent stakes while some Nv drives them into the ground, or ID out in any one of the several Snsand things to be done at the cir ] grounds-and ill return for when trustfully expects tc get 'du- \" which means d ticket to the w.
 fhe Yankee Robinson three-rllrs cus. with it's various we'll known burtenances. will arrive here from
 Springs this morning and about O'clock will begin unloading, az frth avenue and Walnut street. The |Eus will show on the grounds al lin street aud Martin place. ana re will be an afternoon perform e at 2:15 o'clock and night per mance at S:15 o'clock. A street tade through the business section be held about the middle of the fhe show grounds at Main and Mar are not large enough to hold all
 show properties, but all the exhi- Ion tents will be there, while the ble tents, the cook-tent, and other Eate tents will be placed on other fant lots nearby The merly--go md will occupy the vacant lot at in street and Sixth avenue. but all other exhibition tents of the snow he main tent, the -menagerle, the shcws-will be on the grouhds Main and Martin place.
 Robinson au Old.fimef.
 The Yankee Robinson show IS one (the oldest and best known i'll the 4ntry, and has always ranked Wlth
 highest and best. Fred Buchanan proprietor and manager; C. w, Bu- Hnan is assistant general manager brge F. Meighan is general agent l.. Salvall is manager of the annex lch includes all the side shows :, |rvcy Hale is advance agent, @no arse number of other veterans Ill
 show business, make up the lls' officers who have charge of the bw.
 military band of 2S pieces. sala DC one of the best in the Dus,neSs Fompanies the show and is directed
 Prof, Theodore stout, who Sdinco
 directors baton under such mas
 as Sonsa and Thomas.
 Ancns the best of the big feature s which are here with the shows
 Captain Vincent DeGuerla, Wlti llllllg acts in which six lions take
 Ill huge sict Legged arena {, Pns' John HeIiiott i'll display o' ht performing bears, lnciudr'e
 n novelties as roller skating, ,ano E. Helliotts tango with q big bru-
 Katherine Smith, with 40 ,tralneo
 s that are said to do |'evelytblns
 talk" Ralph Houser's exhibition
 lhe clover stunts of IA educated Nes; Abe Bishop i'll a douhie
 lersault over three elephants all,
 eamcls:s and, for, ,sthes partitcuial
 eflalnment oi the children. 'lacs
 Bert Fisher, sarlncipal clowns
 T 70 assistants.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-21
Berlin Flrcmcn'e Wat.rJaekets.

In Berlin the flremen wear wase'
 Jackets with a double skin which the! ore able to fill with water from the nose. If the space between she layer' oecones oyerilled the water escapss through valve al the top of the aei met and flows down over ethe nreas1 Ike a cascade. protecuuC n'u 9oup4y
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-21
iarhla One Qidf

1 correspondent writes uS of Sun ay school child who was asked. ",h&t IS The chief end of man q ana ho replied promptly: 'sfo slcr1H .,o snd annoy him to,Svar.s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-21
Aia GnnferfN

F1i6 ScntcHCS.
 sI knowed how things 'ud turn out of he kept on !oolin' wid politics" said the old darkay, "an' now { aint 2 bit surprised, Dey done took nn' sont him ter de legislature an he sho' haz Ros ter Earvs hia time ou4 "
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-21
Births.

Births. Pvfn, to MT. and Mrs. g. T Sanger .leir home, 1506 East sixth ave tuesaay morning, 9 bsy.
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gripped 1t firmly between his teeth,
and sawed the cords round his wrists
against the r%azor-sharp blade.
Before Alan could turn and run he
saw a vanguard Of flames bridge so
yards at a bound and start a dead
pine blazing like a torch.
And then he was pelting like a mad.
man across the smoked.nlled clearing,
and in less than two minutes broke
from the forest to the pebbly shore Of
q wide-bosomed lake. and within q
few hundred feet Of . substantial
dam. through whose spillway q heavy
volume Of water cascaded with q roar
rtvaling that Of the forest.hre itself.
Two quick glances showed Alan two
things: that his only way Of escape
was via the dam; that there was .
solitary canoe ct. midIake, bearing
swiftly 70 the farther shore Judith
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then-it came to pass that We loved
ono woman, your mother. I won her
all but her heart: too late she real
lied 1t was Law she loved. He never
forgave me, nor I him. Though he
married another woman, still he held
from me the love Of my wife. I could
not sleep for hating him-and he was
no better of. Each sought the others
ruin: It came to be an open duel be-
tween US, in Wall street. One Of us
had to fail-and l held the stronger
hand. The night before the day that
was to have seen my triumph. I
walked in Central park, az was my
habit to tire my body so that my brain
might sleep. Crossing the East drive
I vas struck by a notor-car running
at high speed without lights. l was
picked up insensible-and lived only
to be what I am today. Law tri.
umphed In the street while I lay help.
less; only a living remnant Of my
fortune remained to me. Then his
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him overseas to this mortal pass. Bea.
turs for feature. wen to the hue Of
her tumbled hair. she counterfeited
the woman he loved: only those eyes.
afame with their look Of inhuman
ruthlessness, denied that the two were
one. I
He sought vainly to speak. Tho
breath rustled in his parched throat
like wind whispering among dead
leaves.
Thrusting the Indian roughly aside.
the woman knelt in his place by
Alan's head.
NO." she said. and smiling cruelty.
shook her head-"no, I am not your
Rose. But I am her sister, Judith. her
twin, born In the same hour, daughter
of-can you guess whose daughter?
But see this!" She flashed a card
from within her hunting shirt and held
1t before his eyes. You know 1t, eh?
The trey of hearts-the symbol OF
Trlne-Trine, your fathers enemy.
and yours. and-Rose's father and
mine! So, now, perhaps you know!"
A gust of wind like q furnace blast
swept the glade. The woman sprang
up, glanced over-shoulder into the for.
est, and signed to the Indian. sf.
I'm ten minutes" she said, 8 bee
woods will be your funeral pyressE
She stepped back. Jacob advanced,
picked Alan up, shouldered his body,
and strobe back into the forest. Ten
feet In from the clearing he dropped
the helpless man supine upon a bed Of
dry logs and branches.
Then, with a single movement. he
disappeared.
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thumb. Then he jumped up from the
chair and glared suspiciously rodnd
the room. It was true that a prac-
tical joke in that solemn atmosphere
were q thing unthinkable; still, there
was the rose.
There was no one but himself in
the library.
Perplexed to e~xasperation. Alan fed
the club, only pausing on the way out
Ito annex the envelope he found ad-
~dressedNto him in the letterrack. L
It was q blank white envelope Of
good quality. the address typewriter,
the stamp English. and bore q Lon-
don postmark half hlegible.
~ Alan tore the envelope open In, alb
sent.min,ded fashion--and started ac
IL stIng. The enclosure was q sim.
pie playing CARD trey or hearts!
Al for AlanstLaw, heaswandsred
homeward In . state Of s~tupefaction.
He could read quite well the message
Of the rose. He would not soon for.
get that year-old parting with his
Rose Of the Riviera: You ray you
love me but may not marry me-and
We must part, Then promise this.
thalt II ever you change your mind,
you'll send for me" And, her prom
lie: 4 viii send you : rose"
But tho year had lapsed With never
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CHAPTER ".
Many Waters,

Many Waters.
Overhead, through a rift In the
foliage. a sky was visible whose ebon
darkness called to mind q thunder.
cloud.
The heat was nearly intolerable;
the voice of the fire vas very loud.
A heavy, broken crashing near by
made Alan turn his head. and he saw
a brown bear break cover and plunge
on into the farther thickets-forerun-
ner of a mad rout of terrified forest
folk, deer, porcupines, a fox or two, a
wildcat, rabbits, squirrels, cartridges
"a dozen more &c.
Two minutes had passed Of the ten.
Something was digging uncomfortably
into Alan's right hip-the automatic
pistol in his hip pocket, Of which
Jacob had neglected to relieve him.
Then a sharp, spiteful cracking
brought him suddenly to q sitting posi-
ton, to find that the Indian had
thoughtfully touched a match to the
pyre before departing. At Alan's feet
the twigs were blazing merrily.
1t would have been easy enough,
acting on instinct, to snatch his limbs
away, but he did not move more than
to strain his feet as far as their bonds
permitted. Conscious of %scorching
heat even through his hunting boots.
he suffered that torture until a tongue
of flame licked up, wrapped itself
round the thick hempen cord and ate
it through.
Immediately Alan kicked his feet
free. lifted to a kneeling position. and
crawled from the pyre.
As for his hands-Alan's hunting
knife was still in its sheath belted
to the small OF his back. Tearing at
the belt with his hampered fingers. he
contrived to shift it round until the
sheath knife stuck at the belt-loop
over his left hip. Withdrawing and
conveying the blade to his mouth, he
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Trine and the Indian-thO latter WELD.
ing the paddle.
In tho act Of turning toward the
dam he saw Jacob drop the paddle.
The next instant q bullet from Q Win
chester 80 kicked up q squirt Of peb'
bles only Q few feet In advance Of
Alan.
He Q%uickened his pace, but the next
bullet fell closer. while the third 40
tually bit the earth beneath his run
ming feet as he gained the dam.
Exaggerated. he pulled up. whipped
out his pistol and fred without aim.
At the same time. he noted that the
distance between dam and canoe had
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CHAPTER 1.
Tho Menace Of tho Ro,e.

The Message Of the Rose.
Tapped deep in the leather-bound
luxury of an ample l~ounge-chair.
walled apart from the world by the
venerable solitude of the library Of
London's most exclusive club. Mr..
Alan Law sprawled largely on the
nape Of his neck. and, squirting dis
~contentedly down his nose, admitted
that he was exhaustively bored.
Now the chair filled so gracelessly
stood by an open window, some twen-
ty feet below which lay a stable
walled garden, an old English garden
in full flower. And through the win
dow, now and then, a h~alf-hearted
breeze waited gusts Of warm air,
sauve and enervating with the heavy
fragrance of English roses.
Mr.. Law drank deep of it, and in
spite of his spiritual unrest, sighed
slightly and shut his eyes.
An. unspoken word troubled the
depth of his consciousness, 81 that
old memories stirred and struggled to
its surface. The word was Rose"
and for the time seemed to be the
name neither of q woman nor Of a
flower, but oddly of both, as though
the two things we're one. His mental
vision, bridging the gap Of a year, con-
jured up the vision Of a 1.-THE. sweet
silhouette in white, with red roses
at her belt. posed on a terrace Of the
Riviera against the burning Mediter.
ranean blue.
Mr.. Law was duly conscious that
he ought to be sorry about something.
But he was really very drowsy indeed:
and so, drinking deep Of wine-scent
Of roses, he fell gently asleep.
The clock was striking four when
he awoke; and before closing his
eyes he had noticed that its hands
indicated ten minutes to four. So he
could not have slept very long.
For. some few seconds Alan did not
move, but rested as he was. incredu'
lousy regarding a rose which had ma.
terialized my%steriously upon the little
table at his elbow. He was quite sure
1t had not been there when he closed
his eyes, and almost as ure that 1t
was not real.
And in that instant Of awakening
the magic fragrance of the rose-garden
seemed to be even more strong and
cloying sweet than ever.
2 Then he put out q gingerly hand
and discovered that 1t was real beyond
oil question. A var red rose. fresh
plucked, drops of water trembling and
sparkling like tiny diamonds on the
velvet Of its lfeshy petals. And when
impulsively he took it by the stem, he
discovered q most indisputable thorn
which did service for the traditional
pinch.
Convinced that he wasn't dreaming,
Alan transferred the rose to his sound
hand, and m%editatively sucked his
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chauffeur. discharged, came to me and
sold me the truth; 1t was Laws cal
with Law at the wheel that had struck
me down-a deliberate attempt at as.
s~assfnation. I sent Law word that ]
meant to have q life for a life. Fol
what was l better than dead? I prom.
Used him that, should he escape. ]
would have the life of his son. He
knew l meant 1t, and sent his wife
and son abroad. Then he died sud.
denly, of some common ailment-they
said; but I knew better. He died of
fear Of me-" .
Trine smiled q cruel smile: II had
made his life a reign Of terror. Ever
80 often l would send Law, one way
or anotber-mysteriously always
trey of hearts; 1t was my death-sign
for him; as you know, u name,
Urine. signifies a group of three. And
every time he received q trey of
hearts,. within twenty-four hours an
attempt of some sort would be made
upon his life. The strain broke down
his nerve.
Then I turned my attention to the
son. but the distance was too great,
the difficulties insuperable. The Law
millions Knocked all my efforts; their
alliance with the Rothschilds placed
mother and son under the protection
Of every secret police in Europe. But
they dared not come home. At length
I realized l { could win only by playing
q waiting game. I needed three
things: more money; to bring Alan
Law back to America; and one agent
I could trust, one ~incorruptible agent.
I ceased to prosecute mother and son.
lulled them into a sense of false Sc
curity, and by careful speculations
repaired my fortunes. In Rose I had
the lure to draw the boy back to
America; in you, the one person I
could trust.
Il sent Rose abroad and arranged
that she should meet Law. They fell
in love at sight. Then l wrote inform.
ing her that the man she had chosen
was the son of him who had murdered
all Of me but my brain. It fell out as
! foresaw. You can imagine the scene
Of passionate Observation-Disclosures
Of undying cdnstancy-the arrange
ment Of a secret code whereby, when
she needed him, she would send him
q single rose-the birth of q great 70.
mance!"
The old man laughed sardonically. |
well, there is the history. Now the
rose has been sent; Law is already
homeward bound; my agents are
watching his every step. The rest is
In your hands,"
The girl bent forward, breathing
heavily. eyes aflame in a face that had
assumed a waxen pallor.
What is it You want Of me?"
Bring Alan Law to me. Dead or
alive. bring him to me. But alive, If
you a compass It: l wish to see him
die. Then I. too. may die content"
The hand of hot-blooded youth stole
forth and grasped the icy hand of
death.in.life.
Il will bring him." Judith swore-
dead or alive. you shall have him
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By o U JOSEPH VANCE
!oepyrighA ls1l. b. Lepia IQesph Yanes

. sign from her, so that he had grown
accustomed to the un1attering belief
that she had forgotten him.
And now the sign had come-but
what the deuce did the trey Of hearts
mean? N.IN ~,
When morning came. London had
lost Alan Law. No man Of his &C
quaintance-nor any woman-had re-
ceived the least warning Of his dis
appearance. He was simply and suf-
aciently removed from English ken.
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cHAprER bod.

n The Trail Of rreachsry.
But young MI. Law was sole agent
of his WI evanishment; Just 90 he
vas nobody's fool, least Of all his own.
The hidden meaning Of the trey Of
hearts perplexedS him with such dis.
trust that before leaving London. be
dispatched aicode cablegram TO his
confidential agent In New York.
What do you know about the try Of
1earts3 Answer t~mmediataly.
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06kf AV00kA60SA0A IA Ma ORSVV
had absconded with every valuable
item Of their equipment.
Nor was his motive far to seek.
Overnight the fire had made tire.
mendous gains. And ever and anon
the wind would bring down the roar
of the holocaust, dulled by distance
but not unlike the growing Of wild
animals feeding on their kill.
Alan delayed long enough only to
swallow a few mouthfuls of raw food,
gulped water from q spring, and set
out at a dog-trot or the trail to Spirit
Lake.
For hours he blundered blindly on,
holding to the trail mainly by instinct.
At length, painting, gasping. half.
blinded, ho staggered into q little nat
ural clearing and plunged forward
headlong. so bewildered that he could
not have said whether he wat tripped
or thrown; for even as he stumbled .
heavy body landed on his back and
crushed him savagely to earth.
In less than q minute he was over
come; his wrists hitched together, his
ankles bound with heavy cord.
When his vision cleared he found
Jacob within q yard. regarding him
with q face a. immobile q though It
had oeen cast In the bronze II resem.
bled.
Beyond. to n side. a woman In
. mans hunting costume stood eye
Ing the captive as narrowly as the In.
dian, but unlike him with Q counte.
nance that seemed aglow with q fierce
exultancy over his downfall.
But for that look, he could have be-
lieved hers the face that had brought
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-01-28

IniionslsIo5uass an Der gsilt hss
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aornstis I'M AiEahisr : Atgimmi
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aerung bon Nlaini ieilasnommsn.
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iunss altih ben GisnIt auitiistt.
.Gr 1T n4l Sabre ipdter, Der Gpio'
mage psrbdalia, In transoFihs o.
fanasnih1Ii aeralsH, Elm G9idial,
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bernn9 aud 3htooor Donians, ben
6~iniabrissu pom aaiisr > 0ruHJ'
@ar0e > Grsnabitr . Wmimtni, I'M
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5u Den Grtibsitslrisssn bat Der
RUBIN Sbeo6or aorners ben ietntr
posiilh ptrduIagltn MaffsngtnOfen
iptit Hbtritrablt uno in BsrgsHnbeit
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Eorlttr, Der ipaltrtr 9tbrer an otr
8trlintr QrliltEisIhu in has qtis
Bolplhe &orps tingstrsien, In BEN
aud Soispb bon eiAennorif &C.
ldmpIt bat. GbtnIo Bat Mar bon
ShmtenoOrf, in iribersu admpim
srnillta ptrpunott, dls 5aIbiHpalibt
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men. Dis Is gali. Rapoleon in ben
9dmpieH Der buhosrt Tags sn0eiiliig
Hie0sr5uriHssn, iinbsn mir untsr Den
3dlnebmsrH an bieitm srpeiisn fraus
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bon Qlatsn. Sin anosrer iiibbsut'
ldsr gost, 5ritbrid Ridsrt, bate
fir feline Griegsbtgtiferune perssbtns
Grfiauug geiadt. @ersits 1909
polIts CT i'm pfsrreidiIdsn Seer ses
gen Rapolson ldmpien. lpirO dbsr
bitran ollr9 ben por5sttigen abidIub
bes arisges bsrbinOsrt. 5n Den Greis
beitslriegsu lam sr nur msbr nit.
Der 5eoer Ieinem gatsrIdnos bieusn,
un0 10 sntitsbtH igbt bic beriibmien
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psrau5 Der 3tit'.
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ghiflsi6rpsrn oit In bu peR ~
grad, born uu0 biHim mii'laanOsl
Dtrbunb,n dno. 3pii6m otn e'los1
qorbsrn bsfinbti fd stn Spilasg
raum BON 10 Wltitr grtiit' S9I
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leaf fh baB g6iif ibsr bsFm Gst
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l5rp,rn horie atttm bsruutsratlaIls e.
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BE astitn In gorb aufgemunotn pa
bas llntrItibooi cine gtriigsnoe pt
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baiien Bic gtuis In ibrsr Gage. Vlal
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pieasidt Elm tlsiuts 3orpsoobool
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asn, 70 bob bic Wiriung cine apnp
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9sier nnS e6Utrt.
gtdter nnb gaterlanOsuertstbiser bun
eiHit nub iekt.

@eun F9 nam6afte Dtdtsr bss
Quslanoes, etlpa Der 9elgier Waeters
lind ooer Der Srldnoer Sbap. nit
einem gifer, Der elmer befereu CD
DIE nlrbig mare, bsitrsbeu, Die oents
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8arbarei" aufpdrInen, tonnen Die
beutI6en 0iatsr nit StoI5 auf Die
grObe 3abl Der Sbrigen binpeiien, Die
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oenen bier nur paul Ostar 9oder,
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BON llnrutb oufgs3dbLt ieieH, ais
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ms 5elO gsriidt Iinb. 5iir bic gnts
pidlung Der Oeutifsn 9riegspoeie
lit bieisr 9organg nidt unpeIsntlid,
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Gpo4e aud sinsn psrtDoIlsn I~itsraris
Ibsn 4ieberialag finoen peroen,
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Di9ter, bic in Der 5tunoe baters
l6nOiIder gebrdngnis bic Jeosr nit
Dem Degen bsrtaui6sn, nur me6r Ell
nsr f66nen, alien Grabitton. SH
Der @dla6t BEL a~unersoorf III
glpaIo gbrtiiian bon GIetlt, Maj0r
i'm 9nuisnIGen aesiment unO Der BE-
riibmts gi6ter bss .5riibliHg", too
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aIeilt, oern IS nidt msbr Dera0nnt
mar. ben Nieberbrn1 bes perbdbten
8orIen 5a isbsn, it isin eniierutsr
9sripanbter. glua e. lit uripriings
LID Militdr qslpelen uno b1t als
iunger Gffisier Der yotsoamsr Gnrs
BE Da9reuD 6eS iransOFI4en RsDO.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
(Contnued1

which tho Waloona and their eompatdota farther west would bring upon
the kingdom and throughout the week or ten days OF
BELGIUM the advance from L1eKe 20 BRUSSELS many burE0masters
WARNED and the minister Of war issued daily and sometimes
WALLOONS hourly pF0olamatona In which they pleaded with the
people % observe the laws OF war Is bearing on the
obligations Of civilians and gave them the most explicit wafnins that the
participation Of civilians iH the hosdnues would bring the most terrible
penalties on whole communities and on innocent women, children. and the
red Copies nf these prucamahona. addressed "Aux Ciyua" have by
me Their language fs often passionate fin rs Boncituhe
1 asked an American gentleman who has lived for i've years in Belgium
and sbo loves the country, though he does not love the people Il refer TO
Lawrence Steme Stevens. an artist, why these warnings had so little effect
upon Tie Wnloon peasant miners, and metl workers. "Becanse" he
replied. .he number % llterate IS 80 largein Belgium that thousands upon
thousands Of The people could not read the prociamadonB"
And so, impoent and fnuess. these placards stared the people in The
face from boarduKs and dead walls and the firing from behind walls and
hedgeruwa began. It was tragic but e. was not wr. And Il was So utterly
barren Of permanent results. and Al drew such severe reprsas. that II could
quite underand the point Of view OF Maj Boyer, German commandant Of
Brussels when he said, These Bedans do not know what war means"