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TheLast Shot
FRED ERICK PALMER
Copyright. 1914. By Chariss Scribner's Sons)

tine details for his departure. while
the rest Of the stan was immersed in
the activity Of the preparations for the
attack on Engadir. He knew that he
could not sleep II he lay down So he
spent the night at work. In the morn
Ing his successor. young man whom
he himself had chosen and trained.
Colonel Bellini. appeared. and the
fallen man received the rising man
with forced official courtesy
In my own defense and for your
aid" he said. II show you a COPY of
what l have Just written to General
Westerling"
brief note 1t was. in farewell, be-
ginning with conventional thanks for
Westerlings confidence in the past.
II am punished for being right" II
concluded. 1T is my belief that Miss
Galland sends news to the enemy and
that she draws 1t from you without
your consciousness OF the fact. 1 tell
you honestly. Do what you will with
me-"
IL took more courage than any act
or his life for the loyal Bouchard to
dare such candor to a superior. See
Ing the patchy, yellow. bloodless face
drawn in stir lines and the abysmaI
stare OF the deep-set eyes in their
bony recessee. Bellini was swept with
wave of sympathy.
Thank you, Bouchard. You've been
very fine" said Bellini as he grasped
Bouchard's hand. which was icy cold.
My duty-my duty. in the hope that
we shall Kill two Browns for every
Gray who has fallen that we shall
yet see them starved and besieged
and crying for mercy in their capital"
replied Bouchard. He saluted with a
dismal, urgent formality and stalked
out OF the room with the tread Of the
ghost OF Hamlet'e father.
The strange impression that this
farewell left with Bellini still fingered
when, few moments later, Wester-
ling summoned him. Not alone the
diffidence Of a new member of the
stan going into the presence accounted
for the stir in his temples, as he wait
ed till some papers were signed be-
lore he had Westerling's attention.
Then Westerling picked up Bouchard's
note and shook his head sadly.
Poor Bouchard! You can see for
yourself" and he handed the note to
Bellini. II should have realized ear
lier that 1t was a case for the doctor
and not for reprimand Mad! Poor
Bouchard! He hadn't the ability or
the resiliency Of mind for his task, as
hope you have, colonel"
1 hope so. sir" replied Bellini.
I've no doubt you have" said Wes-
terling. You are my choice!"
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sweep OF the lights OF tho railroad
trains on the plain; while in the fore
ground every window OF the house was
ablaze. like some factory on a busy
night shift She could hear the click
OF the telegraph instruments already
reporting the details of the action as
sheerfully as Brobdingnagian crickets
In their peaceful surroundings. Then
out OF the shadows Westerling reap
peared.
The apron OF Engadir is ours!" he
called. Thanks to you!" he added
with pointed emphasis. Back in the
house he had received congratula-
tons with a nod, as IL success were
matter Of course. Before her, ex-
ultation unbent stiffness. and he was
hoarsely triumphant and eager. Its
plain sailing now" he went on. "A
break In the main line! We have
only to drive home the wedge. and
then-and them" he concluded.
She felt him close. his breath on
her cheek.
"Peace!" she fastened to say, draw
ing back instinctively.
And then. The irony of the words
in the light OF her knowledge was
pointed by a terrific renewal OF the
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SYNOPSIS.

At their home on the frontier between
fhe Browns and Grays Marta Gailand and
Ut mother. entertaining Colonel Wester-
ef the Browns injured by fall In his
Seropiane, Ten years later. westerlins.
ominal vice but rSa1 chief of stan. re-en-
2rees Sout4 La Tir and meditates on war.
arLa teliy him OF her teaching children
~ (of war and martial patriotism.
Snd oegE him to prevent war while he Is
ciet OF stan. Lanstron calls on Marta
keheves Teller. the gardener. to be a spy.
anstron confesses II - true and shows
Der q telephone which Teller has con-
eaiod In secret passage under the tower
Sor use to benefit the Browns in war
emergencfes. Lanstron declares his love
or Marta Westerling and the Gray
mar GO foment warlike patriotism and
etr1ke before declaring war. Partow.
rown chief OF stan. reveals his plans to
IAnstron. made vice-chief. The Gray
xhe Browns check them. Artillery. in
entry. aeroplanes and dirisibles engage.
Narta has her hrst glimpse of war in its
Hhty. The Browns fall back to the Gal
md house. Marta sees night attack.
Hne Grays attack In force. Teller leaves
Tuns. Hand to hand fighting The Browns
fAli back again. Marta asks Lanstron over
me phone to appeal to Partow to stop the
lighting. Vandalism in the Galland house
westerling and hts stan occupy the Gal
ynnd house and he begins to WOO Marta,
Eho apparently throws her fortunes with
NE Grays and offers valuable information.
ne calls up Lanstron on the secret tele
phone and plans to give Westerling infor-
nation that will trap the Gray army.
Westerling forms his plan OF attack upon
yhat ne learns from her. The Grays take
Bordfr. Through Marta Westerling Is led
70 concentrate his attack on the main line
% Engadir leak OF information is BUS
Sected. Bouchard Is relieved chief in
'0nlligence officer.
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CHAPTER-XViI-Continued.

All on the subject for the present!
When 1t was taken up again his sue
eessor would be In charge. He, the
mdefatigable. the over-intenee. with
medieval partisan fervor, who loathed
tn secret machines like Turcas, was
tho first man of the staff to go for in
competency.
And Engadir is the key-point," Yves
seerling was saying.
Yes" agreed Turcas
So we concentrate to break through
-there," Westerling continued. while
We engage the whole line fiercely
enough to make the enemy uncertain
where the crucial attack Is to be
made"
But, general, IL there is any place
that is naturally strong. that" Tur-
Gas began.
The one place where they are conf
dent that we won't attack" Wester-
ting interrupted He resented the
Stairs professional respect for Turcas.
After silence and a survey OF the
saces around, he added with senten-
't1ous effect: And 1 was right about
Bordir,"
To this argument there could be no
answer. The one stroke of general
ehip by the Grays, who, otherwise, had
succeeded alone through repeated
mass attacks, had been Westerling's
hypothesis that had gained Bordir in
q single assault.
''Engadir it is them" said Turcas
with the loyalty OF the subordinate
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Who makes sUperiors conviction his
own. the better 70 carry IL out.
Hazily, Bouchard had heard the talk.
while he was looking at WesterlIng
and seeing him. not at the head OF the
council table. but in the srbor in eager
appeal TO Marta
i shall find outi ] shall find outi"
was drumming in his temples when
the council rose; and, without a word
or q backward glance. he was the first
60 leave the room.
When Bouchard returned TO his desk
he guessed the contents OF the note
awaiting him, but he took a long time
90 read It's stereotyped expressions in
transferring him to perfunctory duty
well TO the rear OF the army. Then he
pulled himself together and, leaden-
besrted. settled down to arrange rou-
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thunders and the flashes far up on the
range, and she could not resist re-
Joicing in her heart
That's the Browns." exclaimed
Westerling in surprise.
The volume of fire increased. With
the rest of the frontier in darkness.
the Engadir section was an isolated
blaze. In it's light she saw his fea-
lures, without alarm but hardening in
logged intensity.
They've awakened to what they have
lost! They have been rushing up re-
serves and are making a counter
attack. We must hold what we have
gained. no matter what the cost"
His last sentence was spoken over
his shoulder as he started for the
house.
Without changing her position.
hardly turning her head, she watched
until the firing began to lessen rap
idly. Then she heard his step. She
rose to face him. summoning back
the spirit OF the actress.
This IS better yet! / came to tell
you that the counter-attack failedi" he
said as he saw her appear from the
shelter of the arbor
She wondered If she were going to
fall. But the post of the trellis was
within reach. She caught hold of 1t
to steady herself Failed!
THE killing-it must have been ter
rible!" her mind at last made her ex-
claim to cover her hardness of re-
Spouse to his mood
You thought OF that-as you should
AS / do" he said
He took her hands in his, pulsing
warm with the flowing red of his
strength. She let them remain life
lessly, as If she had not the will to
take them away the instinct OF her
part again dominant. To him this was
another victory, and Il was discovery
the discovery of melting weakness
in her for the first time, which magni-
fed his sense OF masculine power He
| frightened his grip slightly and she
shuddered.
You are tired" he said. and II hurt
her that he should be so considerable.
The killing-to end that! It's all
/ want" she breathed miserably.
And the end is near," he said.
| Yes. now, thanks to you!"
Thanks to her! And she must listen
and submit to his touch!
Then engineers and material were
ready TO go in" he continued. BE
/ fore morning. as I had planned, we
shall be so well fortified i'm the posi-.
| ton that nothing can bulge us. This
| success so strengthens my power with
the stan and the premier that I need
not walt on Fabian tactics I am
/ supreme. I shall make the most OF
/ the decentralization OF this blow to The
/ enemy. | shall not wait on slow ap-
proaches I'm the hope OF saving life.
/ Tomorrow ] shall attack and keep on
attacking till all the main line ia ours. "
| Now you are playing your real part.
/ the conqueror!" she thought gladly.
Your kind OF peace is the ruin OF an.
other people; the peace OF a helpless
enemy That is better" better for her
conscience Unwittingly, she allowed
her hands to remain In his. In the pa.
ralysis Of despair she was unconsoious
that she had hands She felt that she
could endure anything to retrieve the
error into which she had been the
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DRINK LOTS OF WATER
TO FLUSH THE KIDNEYS
Eat Less Meat and Take Salts for
Backache or Bladder Trouble
Neutralize Acids.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache, and feel like Jumps OF
lead. The urine becomes cloudy: the
bladder is irritated, and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the kid
neys clog you must help them flush
off the body's urinous waste or you'll
be a real sick person shortly. At first
you feel dull misery in the kidney
region, you suffer from backache. sick
headache, dizziness. stomach gets sour,
tongue coated and you feel rheumatic
twinges when the weather is bad
Eat less meat drink lots OF water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of lad Salts: take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activity.
also 10 neutralize the acids IN urine.
- Nv ''"sO' 10 " 9VoiIO VI HlIS-
ton. thus ending bladder weakness
lad Salts is inexpensive. cannot in
jure: makes delightful sTervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots OF Jad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while IT is only trouble
Adv
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The marshy ground OF the 0anges
delta, with its vast masses OF vege
tation, decaying under a tropical sun.
Is the native home OF the cholera.
In that pestilential region the choi
era and plague are found every yeas
and all the year round. Every choi
era epidemic which has desolatSe
Europe, every visitation Of the plaRsa
Is believed to have starred frops 81
mouth Of the GanRaA
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pound Ny back
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pains all over me,
nervous feelings and
periodic troubles. L
was very weak and
run down and was
losing hope of ever
b ing W ell and
strong. After tax
ing Lydia E Pink
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Coco resolutions are inexpensive
but taey are hard TO keep
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WASH Gay il sruile day IL You use Red
Cross Bad Blue. American made, therefore
the besi made Adv
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II is far better for man TO talk
through his nose than through his hat
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Even an obese family may have a
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Vegetable Compound.

Bellevue, Ohio. -"I was in a terrible
state before took Lydia E. Pinkham's
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JUDGE cANARIEs AT CONCERT
Hundreds Trill, 0uaveF and Roll in
Auditorium in New York
for Prizes.

A committee of bird-music critics
sat in Judgment recently at Labor
temple, in East Eighty-fourth street,
on the vocal accomplishments of sew
eral hundred canaries which had been
brought here from various cities un-
der the auspices Of the Central Soci-
ETY. of Canary Breeders of America.
The birds we're brought into the au-
ditorium from darkened room, and
as soon as they saw the light they
burst into song. The critics listened
intently, observing each trill and qua
yer, and presumably in their reports
will tell those in good voice, whether
they sang artisticaily or not and what
the chances are of this or that yellow
bird making good if he studies hard
and remembers what the critics say
about him. Il
Prizes are to be awarded TO the best
singers.-New York Sun.
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The Swords Of Grant and Lee

Methinks tonight catch gleam
Or steel among the pines,
And yonder by the lilied stream
Repose the foemens lines;
The ghostly guards who pace this ground
IA moment stop to see
II all is safe and still around
The tents Of Grant and Lee.
Ills but dream; no armies camp
And Hesper's calm and lovely lamp
Shines on the dead alone.
A cricket chirps on yonder rise
Beneath the cedar tree sss
Where glinted meath the summer skies
The swords Of Grant and Lee.
Forever sheathed those famous blades
That led the eager van!
They shine no more among the glades
That fringe the Rapidan.
Today their battle work is done.
Go draw them forth and see
That not stain appears upon
The swords of Grant and Lee.
The gallant men who saw them flash
In cornradeship today
Recall the Wild impetuous dash
OF val'rous blue and gray:
And meath the flag that proudly waves
Above a nation free,
They Oft recall the missing braves
Who fought with Grant and Lee.
They slumber meath the pines.
They're camping In the mountain pass
Where crouched the serried lines:
They rest where loud the tenpests blow
The men who followed long ago
The swords Of Grant and Lee.
Their graves are lying side by side
Where once they met as foes;
And where they in the Wildwood died
Springs up blOod-red rose:
Ger them the bee on golden wing
Doth fit. and in yon tree
A gentle robin seems to sing
To them of Grant and Lee.
Today no strife Of sections rise.
Today no shadows fall
Upon our land, and meath the skies
One flag waves over all;
The Blue and Gray as comrades stand,
AS comrades bend the knee,
And ask Gods blessing on the land
That gave us Grant and Lee.
So long as southward. wide and clear
POtOmac's river runs
Their deeds will live because they were
Coiumbia'S brave sons.
So long as bend the northern pines,
And blooms the orange tree,
The swords will shine that led the lines
OF valiant Grant and Lee.
Methinks I hear bugle blow,
Methfnks hear a drum.
And there, with martial step and slow.
Two ghostly armies come:
They are the men that met as foes.
For tits the dead see.
And side by side In peace repose
The swords of Grant and Lee.
Above them let Old Glory wave.
And let each deathless star
Forever shine upon the brave
Who led the ranks of war:
Their fame resounds from coast to coast
From mountain top to sea;
No other land than ours can boast
The swordR of Grant and Lee.
Author unknown.
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Perborate Powder Prexents J Infect.io

Perborate Powder Prevents infection
The very latest treatment fol
wounds. cuts or broken blisters, il
which there is contamination or sus
pected contamination from the soil
is to powder them with sodium per
borate. This salt. when mixed with
blood or pus, liberates large quantities
of free oxygen and keeps this up fol
about twenty-four hours, according tC
DR.. A. G. r. Foulerton, who contrib
utes to the London Lancet an exhaus
tive study OF the effects Of the per
borate.
The bacilli that cause tetanus and
those that produce gaseous gangrene
are killed and prevented from sporina
by the oxygen. Doctor Foulerton says
that washing out thoroughly with per
oxide of hydrogen is the method tc
use when this treatment can be ap
piled quickly, but it is not always
possible TO do this. while soldiers can
carry in their first-aid package small
parcel of the perborate and can
sprinkle it on their wounds them,
selves.
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LEES SURRENDER
AT APPOMATTOx
Date Should Be lrrevocably Fixed
in the Minds of the Amer
lean People
BY J. A. MATRous.

Qleutenant- Colonel u. S. A., Retired.)
n AM writing on Wednesday, April
5. but thinking of April 9, fifty
years ago, when two powerful
American armies came together the
last time to fight after having fought
for nearly four years in score or
more great battles, not 10 mention
many smaller ones; the day upon
which one of these armies, that of the
Army Of Northern Virginia, which had
been under the command of Gen. Rob.
ert E. Lee ever since June, 1862, sur
rendered to General U. s. Grant, com
mander of all the armed forces of
the Union.
It was great day for both armies,
and, for that matter. the whole ma.
ton, the South as well as the North.
though Lees army and the South did
not look upon IT from that standpoint
at the time. am OF those who have
always maintained that the supremest
kindness ever manifested toward peo-
pie was extended t. the South when.
under the leadership OF Mr.. Lincoln,
the rest Of the Union prevented the
South from leaving the Union TO build
up a southern confederacy. That is
why | say, fifty years after the mo.
mentous event. It was a great day for
both armies and the nation.
Many things happened at Appomat-
stos 2 'As ~ the one OFershadowine
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swered by slip of girl beside him
whose feet kept time on the curb. He
turned away from the last carriage in
sharp disappointment Ripton's fail
ure dragged him down a little, and
all that gaping crowd; even the young
thing beside him whose skirts the
skirtling wind blew back from sien-
der ankles. 1t shook out over their
heads. the passing hag.
Look. There he isl" she cried.
An iron-gray man in quiet suit and
plain tie. the feet within his dusty
shoes marking time despite their
weary lag; his face drawn in suf-
fering beyond weariness or weight Of
fiag-pole; but about his mouth the
look Of the grandfather who fought
under Perry. and of the ancestor who
fell on Lexington Common one April
morning; his eyes full Of the spirit
Of '61.
Shelby beamed on the girl. her
own pride glowing his heart.
''Mother knew him." she explained
shyly,. glancing at her black frock,
land father-that was he who waved
father and l found him on the train.
He wanted to go back three days
ago. But we asked him to carry the
| dag >--- --s-- - 'e-as-s ~ "-s-s
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NaturalIx coIored Photoe.

How can make Photographic prints
in the true colors OF the original sub
ject?
This question has been asked By
every inventor in the Photographic
field for many, many years. And II
remained unanswered until recently
when Frederic Eugene Ives, the Amer
lean inventor of the haIf-tone process
of printing and the three-color half
tone process, took oIt patents on this
new Photographic method.
The taking Of photographs In colors
as invented by Mr.. Ives, is said to be
SO simple that any intelligent amateur
can master it. Mr.. Ives has also in.
vented many devices N the field OF
applied optics.
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Because We Set Out 60 6e-or
Because We Want TO Be-"
on his 200 pounds. what you got
there. Bili?"
Warm for April" agreed Ripton.
hastily showing into his pocket a
square white envelope. His dropping,
shy defenselessness suggested failure,
and glasses stood on the table.
Takes the ginger-out of a man
to climb Midsummer weather
winter clothes
Billy" he finally continued. teeter-
ing back his chair, how about that
letter you chucked when you saw me
coming? Looks aristocratic, some
how. Society editor short o ma
terial?'
The older man flushed and smiled
sheepishly under the raillery.
They're not inviting me now" In
the rebound Of the admission he drew
himself up into q semblance Of mill
tary dignity. Young man" he said
sternly. stime was when j danced with
the belle of them all"
Shelby nodded briefly.
s'And q more slender waist. or q
trimmer foot he stopped under the
others curious gaze. Shelby, we're
none OF -derelicts-- because we set
out to be-or because we want to be. 2
The weak. loose mouth. the hand
shaking in its effort to steady a news
paper turned shelby away in pity.
Striking out at random, in kindly alb
sence of his former chaff, he coaxed:
What is the letter. Billy? Can't !
help?"
mo. It's--nothing. Just q little
fun the boys, are planning.
Well?
7 mean-the boys-my boys. Com
pany b"
"You-in commando"
YES" Years concentrated their
bitterness in that word. He handed
over the letter.
Nov. do you know. they never told
me that
And you never guessed? Oh.
know I've pretty well concealed It.
Even my walks mellowed now" The
crunch of th paper IN his hand ac-
cented his cracking mirthlessness.
It reused Shelby TO sudden deter
mination. "See here, you're going =
-Goingl Going where?''
why. to this here Memorial week
reunion they've asked you for
lin his eyes wandered over
his fimsy. faded clothes. I'm not
Git.,
You bet you're going" slapped
down Shelby. Don't You want tc
gog'
He had selected and rejected hall
a dozen suits before he got Ripton'a
reply. They would be-my own kind
-once more"
His glance wandered to, the glasses
and2bottles. They don't know. Each
tims I've pleaded illness or business
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Advice Needed.

Il win take the matter under adj
visement. announced the referee In
the divorce proceedings, 'and will de-
eide the case next week
But, your honor" put in her counl
sci, 1.-THE appellant is immensely veal
thy and"
That" said the referee. lis the
point upon which wish to be ad-
vised. This hearing is adjourned. -
Judge.