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rent of words that tried their best to
be harsh and failed. From around the
obstructing house came an old darby.
When his eyes fell on the Barbadian
he rushed forward. "Lor, Misteh Nal
colin, when did 20 get back?"
Just now, Charles" said the Barba-
dian. whats the matter here?"
The darky's eyes rolled. "Mattah,
Misteh Malcolm? Why, that ole Cum
mel Stewart he's jes' so hatchery par
simonious that he requires me to pay
rent TO- havin' ma house on his Ian,
so l says to ole nanny, We'll jes'
move this here residence on to gentle
mans Ian, and Misteh Malcolr men
nanny N the chile are jes' a-movin'
it on to yo' old cane fell"
The Barbadian laughed little dryly
and shrugged his shoulders. The driver
got down. protesting and helped the
family carry the house across the road.
Then the cab went on and soon turned
up an avenue under fiery canopy Of
acacia namboyante.
AS they progressed, thick. twining
growths, spangled with brilliant
blooms, walled in the avenue. The air
grew cool but heavy with scents and
the full-favored spice Of tropical gar
den under blazing sun.
The air made Gerry dreamy. He
woke with q start when the Barbadian
said to the cabman, "This will do.
You needn't drive in. Wait here"
The cab stopped. Just ahead was
the ruin of great gate. The two pil-
lars still stood, but they were almost
entirely hidden by vines. To one Of
them chung the rusted vestige Of a
gate. Beyond the pillars there was a
winding way. Once it had been a
road continuation of the avenue, now
it was but tunnel through the dense
ly crowded foliage. Along the center
of the tunnel was narrow path.
Even it was overgrown. The Barba-
dian led Gerry down the path.
They came out under a grove of
mighty trees whose dense shade had
kept down the underground, and be-
yond the trees Gerry saw a vast, If
regular mound of vines, with which
mingled giant geraniums, climbing
fuchsias, honeysuckle and rose. Then
he spied broad fight of marble steps
at one end of them an old moss-grown
urn, at the other, It's fallen, broken
counterpart. Above the mound rose
the roof Of house; through the vines
as the two drew nearer, appeared shut
tered windows and a door, yelled with
creepers.
The Barbadian went up the steps
and tore the creepers away from the
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Infant Mortality In China,

There is a high infant mortality in
China. The English authorities in
Hongkong have endeavored to keep
statistics, and the results indicate that
only 70 Chinese Children in 1000 sur
vive the first year.
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|VAwhen a chap tells you he's a man
Of the world you ask him if he ever
had a drink at the Ice house. You
don't have to say In Bridgetown.' Ever
have a drink at the Ice house?' Just
like that; and if he says, NO. you
know he meant he was town rounder
when he said he was man of the
world"
Gerry smiled and fell naturally in
step with the Barbadan as he moved
slowly on.
Eyes" said the old man. cts sure
test. The man that hasn't crooked his
allow at the big, round deal table in
that old, ramshackle drink-house can't
say he's really Travelled. Long-lost
brothers and friends have met there,
and when men that roam the high seas
want news of some pal that's disap-
peared down the highway of the world
they drop in at the old Ice house and
ask what road be took. It's halfway
house to all the seven seas"
"Have you lost anyoneT' asked
Gerry.
mo, I'm not thirsty for a drink just
now" said the Barbadian with a
smile. "And you"
"Nor l." said Gerry, laughing. I'm
out to stretch my legs"
"You can't DO that here" replied the
old man. you don't know our sun.
some with me-" He hailed a ram
Ahacke victoria.
Gerry hesitated. "You must have a
1ome you want to go to and friends
TO see. Don't worry about me. I'll
be careful about the sun"
boy" said the Barbadian, give got
n home and I'm going to see it, but
heres no reason why you shouldn't
tome along. AS for friends-the ones
left here won't get up to meet anyone
till the last trump sounds. Come along
You are the only company and I'm the
only host in our party"
They climbed into the rickety cab
and the Barbadlan gave directions to
the driver. The driver answered in the
! soft cultural of the West Indian black
Slowly they crawed through the
crooked streets of the town. Gerry
leaned back and gazed at the freak
ish buildings. They were all of frame.
work. Some swelled at the top, and
Gerry wondered why they did not
topple over; some sweled at the bot
tom and he wondered why these did
not cave in.
The Barbadian watched his face
Funny town, eh2"
Gerry nodded.
Presently the found themselves or
, country road. 1t was so smooth that
che weighted carriage pushed the old
horses along at an unwonted pace
Little houses-hundreds of them-that
ooked like big hencoops lined the road
uddenly the carriage came to a halt
ne of the ltte houses was trying tc
PADDLE the road. From around Il
|ne screams and cries. Nov, then
Gladys, when alb say heft, 20
2 osfsS poured out an angry tor
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Approval.

Patience-Have you seen Peggy's
new suit?
Patrice-Yes; isn't it too ridiculous
for anything?
Eyes, like 1t, too"
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CHAPTER XxxlII-continued.

In those days when once more his
thoughts demanded to be seen in their
relation to Alix, that steady voice
within him was his only comfort. The
R}ood at Fazenda Flores had swept
way all that his hands had done, but
Me things that Fazenda Flores had
done for him could not be swept away
by any material force. They stood and
feared nothing-eXcept AliX.
Wherever his mind turned, it came
back to Alix and found in her an i'm
passe. Alix assumed more and more
the portentous attributes of one unat-
cached, sitting in judgment over his
acts. His memory of her frailty, Of
her fiowerlike detachment from the
bones-the skeleton-of life, her arti-
f1ciality, made her seem ludicrously In
eongruous in the role of judge. He
could not picture her, much less esti-
mate the sentence she would pass His
thoughts led him daily up to that i'm
passe and left him. Then came the
doubt and the question-why should
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still fighting this point when
Barbados but there an Incl
which brought a new light
d and then a new peace
pne ashore at Bridgetown
1se his whole body per-
by three years of long
was crying out for more
the narrow decks of the
afford.
tile group of passengers
with the exception of
old returning Barbadian,
I'D in the same direction
lmmon impulse.
badian glanced at Gerry and
iii head at the disappearing
Ven Of the world in the big
be said.
at Do you mean" asked Gerry.
said the old Barbadian, who
tanned and whose kindly
The sun., 1916-12-10
GERMANY JUSTIFIES
SINKING OF SEEBECK
Says Vessel Sailing Without
Lights Was Thought to BE
Armed Transport.

w~AsHINoroN, Dec. s.-Another excuse
or explanation from the German Gov
rnmen for the sinking Of a hip WITH
out warning and the consequent placing
in jeopardy of American lives was re-
ceived to-day at the State Department.
1t concerns the steamship Seebeck. sunk
IN the Mediterranean on OCTOBER IL.
Berlin says the submarine commander
believed the vessel to be an armed
transport.
The German Foreign ONCE was asked
about the case because there was an
American aboard the ship. The facts as
ascertained from British sources indi.
Gated that this instance. k 4 series OF
others about which the United states
mas inquired. gave evidence OF violation
of the German pledge.
The German reply which has been
sent to President Wilson pleads prac-
tically the same excus as In the case
Of the Marina and the Arabia. The ship
according to the German view, was In
the vicinity Of a hostile naval port,
looked like a warship as she was steam
ing with all lights out and led the sub
marine commander to presume that he
was dealing with an armed transport.
In this case. as In the Arabia case
Germany acted on the presumption that
the vessel attacked was a warship. Thu
Imperial Government virtually admits
that II does not know definitely whether
these prcsumptions were justified.
The sun., 1916-12-10
PREDICTS NEW ERA
FOR JEWS IN POLAND
DR.. Haas, Member Of Reichstag.
Says They Will Have
Religious Liberty.

ux,,, 49,, u,,ro,.. no, a n,
," $500
''aas' p" "e"'"er oi 'ne Nc'c"S'"s """ ~"
officer OF the civil administration OF the
Government of Warsaw. explained to-
d,,, tho r,r,oso ~ tho orv,r,z,,io, r..
~ =
'eh''s es'a"'s"e" W represent wv 'e"S
Of the occupied Polish territory. pr.
Haas is one of the lea ding members of
81. p.,um..,. p.on,.,, n,r,, o,, ,,.
~
long oeeh PROMINENT III JEWISH orsst''Ha-
ton work.
."rbe foundation OF the Supreme ,'oun-
ell will. I trust. mark the beginning OF
a new and better err, for the Jews of
pola I'M he said. conditions among the
Jewish communities were terrible. and 1,
was essential TO abolish them. Under
the new regime we shall have well or
vanized ~ommunitie with the RICH, OF
se,f-government and taxation
..The self-Coyernine bodies not ONLY
w,,, do construction u,ork among ,hem-
selves bu, nil, renresen, tho .Jews In
,hsir ,,,erco,,r.s with other yrouns Fur.
,harnnrs oil At, 10 rano,ad as 70 ,ho
...,'. 81. ,.n.,., ra,,ntan r,a 80.
-. .,,.ra,aa. ,...,u aa.
- 80 80 ns."
-" ~" ".
'yn 'y'ue"
The sun., 1916-12-10
IN PROTEST.
German Leaders Agree "a Oppose
Belgian Deportation.

The HAGUE. Dec. 9.-The German So
cialist leaders. Philip Scheidemann and
Frederick Evert. attended a meeting
here Of the Executive I~nternationale
which was called In esponse to Presi-
dent Emil N~andervcldc's worldwide APP
peal to the affiliated groups regarding
the deportations in Belgium. President
Nandervelde Is the Belgian Minister OF
Munitions.
The German Socialist leaders asso-
ciated themselves with the executives
endorsement of the appeal and told their
Dutch comrades that both the majority
and minority In the German Socialist
party opposed the deportations. They
discussed the form in which measures
OF protest will be taken Ia Germany.
They declared they would continue to
protest to the utmost OF their powers,
although public meetings are impossible
under present conditions. and expressed
cordial approval OF President Wander.
velde's appeal.
Informed by the members Of the
Executive In%ternationale that unem-
ployment in Belgium was due tn the
policy OF the German Government. the
German Socialist leaders replied that
they would inquire into the matter and
at he proper time. would bring the
matter before the Government II 1t was
possible to raise the question In the
Reiclistag.
The conference endorsed the appeal Of
NJ. Vandervelde and added that they re-
jected the "sophisms'' with which the
German Government endea vors to de-
fend the deportations.
Camille Huysmans. secretary Of the
Intcrnationale, told the Associated Press
The sun., 1916-12-10
ANSWER ON
Germans Say Merchantman vs.
sailing without Lights.

BERLIN. Friday via London, Dec. 81.
The German answer to the American
inquiry regarding the sinking Of the
Seebeck has been despatched to Wash
ington. The steamship Seebeck. accord
ing to German information. was steam
ing without lights or any indication OF
its nationality in the immediate vicinity
Of a hostile naval port and there were
no means OF distinguishing 1t from an
enemy warship.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.-Reports to the
state Department say the British steam
ship Seebeck was sunk October IL on
her way from Liverpool to Alexandria
and that there was one American on
board. To-day's report from Berlin was
the first public mention OF the sinking,
The present case is viewed much In
the same light as the Marina, Arabia
and Palermo.
The sinking Of the vessel was alluded
to in a German Admiralty statement OF
October 90 last as the armed British
transport steamer Sedek. sunk in the
Mediterranean by a German submarine
on October H." 1t was sun that
the British steamer Seebeck. OF 1901
tons gross. built in West Hartlepool in
1909. was the vessel In question.
The sun., 1916-12-10
LITTLE FEAR OF SEA RArDrp
shippinG Men Not Excited o,..
British A%dmiraIty Wnr,,,.

Despite the warning issued nv H..
British Admiralty concerning , pos,,,,
German raider IN the North A,,,r,'
little excitement was aroused ,e.,cra.
in shipping and marine circles. IT,,
was chiefly because there have hoe,
several previous rumors OF the eyls.a,,.
Of the vessel. resulting in the more tina.
doubling of insurance rates.
No sailings were held up. for i, ~,
pointed out that any of the transatla,,.
liners from New York could easil, r.
away from the raider. which ~ renor,,
10 De a converted tramp STEAMSHIP
An underwater for one of tho la+ca.
marine insurance companies said vest,
day that the report that a raider h..
slipped through the British hlook,d.
first reached New York abpu' s.
night ago. when the rate Of insurar..
for European ports on the Atlantic We.
: per cent. II has steadily risen ma,
u is now ; per cent. The rate is ,o,
according to the underwater, As high y,
1t would go even II II were kno..
positively that a raider we're free In ,.
Atlantic.
At the British Consulate yesterday ,
was said that no word had been u.
ceived there direct from the Adrnlr,,,,
but It was believed the report ~,
correct.
The sun., 1916-12-10

public or answered with a further note
by this Government will not be decided
until the attitude OF the American public
has been sounded and the actual text Of
the German answer has been examined.
The State Department Ia conscious that
IL already has exceeded the conventional
bounds of diplomacy in making several
normal as well as formal representa-
tons in the cnse, but 1t is eager to em-
phasize it's position In every reasonable
way The personal views of President
Wilson are yet to he laid before German
officials by Ambassador Gerard. now OH
his way back to Berlin.
The general failure Of the representa-
tons III the United States. Holland.
Spain and the Vatican II causing in
crcasing concern here for the contlnu-
ance OF relief work In Belgium. especially
in view OF the second official statement
from England. published to-day. that
Germany's action was threatening the
whole foundation Of Belgium relief.
The sun., 1916-12-10
BLAME'S THE ALLIES.
Greek Envoy Here Presents Royal
list Side of Clash.

N,aroN nao - statement
""""''''' ' 49,.
regarding inc ciash al A'he"s' "''o
ing the Allies demand that Greece give
,r ar,ns and ammunition to the Allies,
~ ST.. Dn,
"as p'eSe"'e" " Nv 500"
today ny the Greek Legation IL "e-
claTcd fun responsibility for the Incl
a.,, ,os,o1 ,n tho .l,ied NINA nders.
ana aharcsd ,bot the Anglo French
a., cnm,inrea ire horha rdment OF the
n',v ,,,or nm armistice had been de.
- IL is aiyned no Eoreipn
>,'rts,a r v.locos,as and saws
'n .cnnon has hrouvbt tho
,ha. :, "a pohar, CacII ansvering
=. uo,s" 30 Comrons Mr. Dalyialrs
uo,lon satd ,,at in snite ~ the reit-
- So h,, ,h.
The sun., 1916-12-10

workmen would be forced to labor on
munition work. IL is asserted In official
quarters that there Is not the slightest
foundation therefor. AS a matter of
fact Germany is now obtaining all the
workmcn needed for this purpose.
An official. who explained the Gov
ernments position In this regard, re-
ferred repeatedly to the earlier DECLARE
items that deported workbench under no
circumstance would be employed IN
war work or forced to labor against
their own country.
Furthermore. It is said that all the
earlier Corners to Germany are salts
fed with their conditions OF employ
ment and their high pay. and Belgians
who st!ll remain IN their own country
are quoted as declaring that the measure
IL desirable in the interests Of the uu-
employed workmen and the remaining
population.
The sun., 1916-12-10
U. S. OPINION TO GUIDE
Government viii Base Ia. steps on
the Public View.

WAsHINGToN. Dec. American pub
lie opinion will decide what steps II any
the Government shall take to follow up
its protest to Germany against the de-
portations of Belgians.
chancellor Won Observation-Disclosures
conversation with Charge Grew ~ the
American Embassy in Berlin has CON
WINGED state Department officials that
Germany's formal reply to the American,
protest will hold the dcportations justi-
fed on the ground of social necessity.
1t was admitted unreservedly to-day
that the action ri the State Department
ia publishing the tex, of tho protes was
for the purpose of sounding puhli"
opinion o n the subject now that the or
binary resources OF diplomacy have been
exhausted Officials We're not greatly
encouraged by to-day's press dispatches
outlining the forthcoming German reply.
so far as can be determined from this
summary the reply contains little,
officials believe. that had not been said
t. Charge Grew before the formal
American protest was sent.
Whether Germany's reply will be made
The sun., 1916-12-10
SECRET DATA OBTAINED
Lists Of Deported Get Through by
underground Railway"

HAvRE. Dee. o.--Thc Belgian Govern
ment through its orr nized system Of
getting information of what is taking
place in Belgium has received lists of
persons deported from various localities
Their occupations and Information as to
whether they were working or not at the
time OF the deportation and whether the
were Of Independent means or not appear
In the lists.
Some Of these lists which have just
arrived from Nivellcs. south of Brussels.
show that anon the dcported wer,
forty-two persons Of position, who owned
property and who were neither idle nor
INDECENT, such as farmers, small shop
keepers. the hotel proprietor. the sta
tionmaster and his principal assistant,
students and artists. Another list from
Nivelles names thirty-nine persons VIII
were employed and were MAXIM a SUI.
ficient livelihood but who were carried
OF to labor In Germany.
THE townspeople at Jernappes." says
al eyewitness account received here.
"were assembled and examined as to
their strength. age n general appear
ance very much as though they were
cattle. Five hundred were picked for
transportation. Each was asked to sig'
n paper saying that he engaged voiun-
tarily for work in Germany,
The men were told that ~ YOU sign,
II will he easy to place you in Germany
II you refuse you will probably be sen,
to the front to work In the trenches
Few persons signed the paper. One man
OF ~ who signed was overcome by re-
morse two days later and hanged him.
self"
Many narratives received by THE
underground railways describe trains
passing through towns packed with mer
who were being deported. sometimes
IL is said. they were singing The Bra
%banconne." the Belgian national hymn
or 1.-THE Marseillaise." and sometimes
they were curslng Germany n shaking
their fists at the German sentinels and
shouting insults at them.
The sun., 1916-12-10
SERBS CONTINUE ATTACKS.
Launch Assaults on Bnlsar Pos'-
tisns n Cerna BEND.

PARIS. Dec. - Undaunted by the
strong requirements hat the Teutons
are sending to the front in southern
Serbia. the Serbs are again attacking
the mountain positions held by Germans
and Bulgars beyond Monastir. Berlin
a their attacks were repu,sed.
The French statement on the Mace
DOMAIN front issued tonight says that
the artillery fighting at various points
has been active. but that bad weather
continues to hamper the operations. The
German night statement nounc new
SERBIAN attacks In the Cerna Ben fol-
lowing the lighting described as follows
In the day statement:
The hill positions north Of Monastir
and northeast Of Paralovo were
shelled strongly. after which attacks
we're made In the Cerna Bend. which
were repulsed easily.
East Of Upper Tahlnos Lake
tStruna 'front.' Bulga rian v%anguards
repulsed a British company.
The sun., 1916-12-10
AMERICAN AIR SQUAD SHORT.
French ChRnge Its Name to the
Lafayette E%scadrille.
special Gable Despafch to TIE suS.

FAIRS. Dec. Sin difference to the
STAT Departments informal suggestion
the French authorities have changed the
name OF the American escadrille OF the
French Aviation Corps to the Volunteer
.~scadrille. When the days report was
read on Thursday II included the notice
that henceforth the name would be the
Lafayette escadrille. Some members
are wondering whether later a demand
will arise to commemorate aleo the
services OF Rochambeau to the United
states.
The sun., 1916-12-10

that the deportations are being discon-
tinued In the different provinces, presum-
ably in consequence Of strong neutral
action. N. Huysmans said Governor
General Won Bissins personally was OPP
posed to the deportations. but that Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg had urged
them,
The sun., 1916-12-10

NN~nHlNGTo". Dec. y. - Ambassador
shay at Paris notified the State De-
l'artnien. to-day that the Entente block
AIDE of Greece began Friday morning at
: o'ciotk. and forwarded the text Of the
blockade notice
The sun., 1916-12-10

Cyclades. under Wednesdays date the
correspondent says:
81 came here only to telegraph this
despatch. The island liz free from the
Greek censorship.
1.-THE royalist military action and the
reign of terror which followed in Athens
was most thoroughly organized. one
thing stands out clearly II the exc
% Greek r~eservists their inception was
The preparations were made with full
aid and connivance from the State.
'Damning evidence is now beginning
Of Thessaly during the days preceding
wagons laden with arms and ammuni-
tion, Eve with shells. Generally a
blanket was thrown over the loa on the
road from Volo inland. According to
Venizelists who fed, ammunition was
taken to mountain villages freely. La
rissa was the chief centre OF distribu-
tion OF arms, n commission being sent
from Athens especially for the purpose.
ION November rs the Government be-
gan rsqui'ittonlng carts. These were
rapidly filled with war material. Eigh-
teen carts were seen outside the bar
racks at Larissa loaded with rifles n
cartridges. Other carts distributed
Arms and later reservists. Officers went
"a the larger places, ~sergeants to the
villages. In some villages the reservists
were assembled in a given house. where
arms would he distributed on the ring
Ing of the church bells.
The sun., 1916-12-10

The request for permission for neutral
representatives to visit deported work
men and for postal facilitics for deported
men to correspond with their families
was granted, and representatives of the
Spanish Embassy will have the first op-
p~ortunity to visit the working places, be-
cause Spain IL the official representative
of Belgian interests.
This reply left only one objection re-
naming to methods OF application unan-
swered--the one referring to heads OF
families.
In official quarters G%ermany's position
Is reflected To the CORRESPONDENT of the
Associated Press as follows:
over and over again 1t has been re-
iterated here that the United States and
the neutral world in general seem TO
have "A distorted picture Of the Belgian
decoration question. basing their views
on information from enemy sources. gen.
eralizing from plumbers which are ad-
United to have occurred, and ignoring
the spirit In which. as the Chancellor's
reply contends, the German Government
Is determined to apply the measure. To
a certain extent at least. II il repre-
scented. the reasons leading the Govern
ment to put the measure into effect have
been misunderstood.
: Reference also is made to the military
aspects of the question. Not the least or
these considerations, 1t Is said. IL the
ever present possibility of an attempt AT
the landing Of a military force in Bel
GUM, in which case "A dangerous menace
! to the German troops would be presented
by the presence in the field OF operations
aud the immediate rear OF the German
defcnces of n large assemblage of able
bodied adults. who already have showr
"A disposition to make rouble As Is
usually the case in war. military reasons
prevailed.
As to the allegation that deported