The sun., 1916-09-10

lone who was more dear to me than
any on earth
She smiled sc%ornfully. and he felt
far too weak to press her any further.
The tears wclled up again. his throat
was fun: the sanguine vision Of
TrOyon and of ROsey rose before his
eyes.
go. co. he said brokenly. with
out a word or a look Melanie left the
ROOM
But she returned. During his long
sleepless nights she came noiselessly
to his. door to eavesdrop. She hoped
To catch some chance word in the muir
murs Of an invalid that might estab-
lish her suspicious as to what had
passed with regard tn Adolf. To a
certain extent she succeeded. She in
terceptcd enough OF his cries and
prayers to know at least that he had
sought the others death. With this
knowledge in her heart she left the
roof that sheltered him and went to
volunteer as "A field nurse In Belgium.
As for Won Derkersburg. the paralytic
wreck Of the one time pushing. driv-
ing Major. the secret of his wife's de-
parture IL kept from him for a brief
while. But in the flight before the
Cossack invasion the absence Of Me-
LAME can no longer he concealed. The
invalid guesses the true ret sol OF her
flight from what those abcu can tell
him. In the dark. f'oundering coach
az i, rolls over the country roa with
the Cars hoiscmen in pursuit the
Major shoots himself through the
heart.
with the destruction of these two
men. types Of all that il opposite in
German character. the book might
end but for Mclanic. She. as the i'm
p~,rsonation of her peoples aspirations
, nd idcale has yet to follow her own
,rscc path to it's end. Her final
catastrophe IL that which the author
presents Us. the catastrophe of the spir-
itual element IN the German nature.
crushed and annihilatcd by the cspe-
cial horror Of the wicHcdness wrought
on Bel How can Gcrmanys bot
ter self approve the faithless ~raNag.ng
Of u fair land. bound to Germany and
tn the world 10y compelling ties" How
can the German better self forget or
remedy ar eXpiato what Germany has
done" S~tilgebauer's answer to these
questions lies in the relation OF the
fate Of Melanie.
M.lanic in her new occupation took
III. NAME OF Nurse Irene. as II she
wished in that name '"peace'| to wear
7 the emblem Of a new aspiration She
travelled To Belgium in the hospital
train Of Dr. Wilhclmi. one Of tho great
surgeons of Germany. OF Wilhelmi's
al. - t.A. .. ,l.,.N..Na that pnIN 1n
appl cable to many u German surgeon
and physician.
III, recalled the lectures which not
lon. ago he gave in the principal towns
of the empire and abroad. In these
lectures he had spoken "f the insurance
OF workin-n against accidents. of meas
res that might le taken to regulate
the conditions ~ labor in factories. in
mines and ON railways. of tre pro-
\ isivn "f iaiium {" cure cancer. o! ~"
erection OF sanatorii for tuberculosis.
Sow. he told himself. all lis strenuous
Efforts TO alleviate the suffering OF hu-
mainly were useless and ridiculous.
What did they signify to-day, these
workmer. these cancer patients. these
consumptives for whom he had cXerted
! himself. ~ whom he had devoted his
NJ. and his studies"
what did they signify compared
with the thousands lying on IA. pain.
~ Flanders and Pn'and. in the
trenches. in the armor-d forts, on the
s~.ihanks. spending their blood. vast
ing their lives"
Wars cruel realities had red ice the
q SEPARATIONS Of science To- "A hsurd!ty. The
'wo viewed Hrusscls and l."urain In
Brussels Irene H. overcome 10y the
memories of Eemout, celebrated 10y the
German poet t;oetht. Til" connection
Of German aud belgian tradition was
.nto,.rthly close II u, mod aS II Ger
mars rad DESTROYED spiritual posses
siuus Of Their own, IncAtr.CaUiy linked
with the abiS.d city. NJ. l.ouNain II;
vas worse
she .ad not expected that would
he 50 fGi!hiiul. How "fr.eAtfll, Black
sned and lettering walls. ruins and
ashes wherever she looked
Was 1t Of much AVA, thai. al the
last mom.nt, they came +" their senses
and >aN ed the jewel of Gothic ar,hi-
ectup the Town Han. from the
flames" Did not this jewel once stand
there. tie crown OF the great square.
that y piled the spirit Of the Middle
Ages" Did il not stand now in the
midst ~ a heap Of ruins Was Il
not m,.e terrible now. it's beauty APP
pcalinG to heaven, than If Il, had en-
tircly disappeared from this blood
soiled earth" Were not the university
and library of l.ouNa,n in ruin" Did
rot the rents in the walls T -. Peter.
rents produced by German bombs. cry
out to- God: Notwithstanding all as
%suran""s la the contrary given in a
momcniary Impulse ~ shame. was not
l.ouvain now merely a name. a mere
trace of what il had BEEN
She taoueht Of t~heerentur.cs during
which the builders Of this city had
coine to trade at the fairs Of Frank
such ancient bonds. deserve To 90
down in ashes because Of some ,iti-
zcn's mad act"
No: "a calf dragged without any
comprehension to the shamHles thar
was I.ouvain to her.
"%l.ouvaiu' l.ouvain' |I.onvain' Like
a cry of torture, III" unforgettahl.
name is as immortal as Troy. Lovely
l.ouvain with the crown Of thorns ON
your head. YOU who once wore the
~fairest crown Of all RclGium's cities"
Irene had come MO the thirk OF the
battle Of the User. Like two mad
dogs the opponents kept hold of each
other; neither will give way. neither
~rrtilrS one step: breast to breast, they
fight on The country was soaked in