The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-10-14

l1Ousi4y pdA>tlI- Alal1s LILIES 10 listen. |
till he found an ascent to the top of
the sheer cliffs. Then he came upon a
great camp-a strange, unsentineled,
unguarded refugee camp-lit by the
embers of fires which glowed here and
there In irregular spots. As Jim erept |
close he could hear babies crying and
women grooming TO them anxiously and
trying to quiet them
..0h, baby, baby. I've got nothing for
you! / couldn't get anything to eat to-
nightr walled one poor mother.
The regents soldiers, Jim had heard,
gave little concern to such camps ex-
cept to take out all men of military
age. Half an hour later Jim returned
to the raft
We're still well within the regents
lines" he reported to Beatrice Logan.
There's big refugee camp just above
with the regents infantry bi1leted be-
yond. I found kid, a regular boy
scout, who was sleeping on the ground.
He says he knows where every watch
is stationed, and he made map for
me to show how we can get through
here and where we can hide during
the day. The kid wanted to come with
me, but lie he was caught guiding me
/ suppose they'd shoot him. so !
wouldn't let him follow"
North Of the ruins Of New York the
regents army appeared merely to be
maintaining the positions 1t had taken
during the siege. Their immediate OBJ
jectives were In other quarters. Jim
learned from refugees that an army
was moving against New England
During the siege of Manhattan col
umn had taken Bridgeport and cap
tured the cartridge works and manu-
factories of rapid fire guns and the
rifle and cartridge factories of New
Haven. Another column, moving into
New Jersey, had taken the powder
works and arsenals about Dover. The
regents armies were marching farther
now In both directions. One was adj
vancing upon Hartford and Spring
field. The other, cutting across New
Jersey and capturing the powder plants
at Parlin and Pompton lakes, was
moving toward the great gun works
at Bethlehem. The third army, landed
Il
| ports, was cooperating with this col
| unn. 1t had taken the munition plants
at Carney's Point and was moving
upon Washington.
But boys been movin west every
thing movable in way Of machinery"
| glOated an old refugee. The Spring
field rife machinery's at Rock Island,
| ILL.,, now, and the revolver company
that was at Springfeld's at Omaha.
they say. The Du Pont people We got
their plants going again at Kansas
City and Des Moines; Bethlehem's
mostly at st. Louis and Gary and Chi
cago now And the governments at
| Cleveland"
/ Flour already was gone; milk was
i gone, the cattle all killed. Already the
old men and women and children were
beginning to die by the dozens Of want
and exposure, and the winter was only
on the way.
Jim could take no food from these
people. Beatrice would take none. Jim
kept her close to him as he worked his
way north.
Though the countryside continued to
be a great miserable camp of refugees
there were fewer and fewer of the
enemy's soldiers. Now there were only
outposts and patrols OF the invaders
But during the third day of hiding
Beatrice disappeared. Jim had left
her hiding In an old, abandoned boat
shed by the river while he went to
find wood. When he returned she was
gone.
There were no marks TO show wheth
er any enc had come and taken her
There was nothing. She had just lis
appeared. Tie searched frantically
recklessly for her all the rest OF the
day, but found no trace Of the girl and
encountered nothing different from the
common woe of the homeless. hope
less people. The sight Of them, the
sound OF their voices. the cGoFs Of their
wretchedness. drove him on more reso
lutely TO the army
/ The American army. Every on
spoke of 1t now. lie was nearing ii
The army Tor which New YORK and
the rest of the seaceast had ieen sft
rificed. for which the men WHO haii
fought and died in Manhattan had gir
en- themselves with the city Tic army
Helm Ashby. with the others haf
won for il two months to tran anG
drill and make itself ready: the aYns
OF the American fai..iaIls. II la3sst scei
be ready TO redeem What had been 10 z.
Who goes there 2"
Friend .
"AdFance friend. and give fine com
fersign
\ don't know it: but I'm en- Amer
lean soldier was with the Tventi
eth Illinois infantry in the fighting at
New York.
Say, you werea''
Yes
i How'd you get here?"
BY the river at first and then by
land at nights mostly"
You look like you'd had an awful
time, friend Say, corporali Corporal
OF the guardl" The sentry blew a
whistle. Here's one of our boys was
at New York. he says. He was In the
fighting at New York"