The sun., 1916-09-10

lying WOUNDED ana crying Tor help.
This wonderful face ;ooi possession Of
all her senses and thoughts: the Mes
siah on the battlefield Of Flanders"
AT last she recalled her duty as
nurse. Opening her medicine case. she
tried to revive him.. All her efforts
were in vain. Was life really gone?
In order to give him more room 10
breathe she unbuttoncd his tunic.
From an inner pocket fell out a pock-
etbook, which she opened IT contained
a card which bore a nar1c-
JOStA DE EItt'IZ. :
MISUNDERSTANDING.
.......
"She was startled. She had lief ,rc
heard this name. but now for the hrs,
time it affected her sinyu.arly.
"Josua and with this Unusual Chris
tlah name the surname + de Eruiz.
"Josua. That was the same AS Jesus.
and de kruiz. that was The Flemish for
the English Cross Jesus Of the
Cross and she. Irene. the angel OF
Peace"
This strange bit of allegory suggests
with peculiar force the idea that Bel.
GUM has indeed suffered the fate Of
$50 800 "''''iiS hoNl'ilS. dIu mas Deen
crucified for the sake Of the rest.
Irene recognizes Josua de kruiz for
a renowned belgian poet. She lonscd
Ia save the ebbing. precious life. She
had josua placed IN the ambulance
and borne to the hospital. There they
were operating without chloroform;
the supply was exhausted. The rcd
figure Of W.lhelm' stood AZ the table.
HThs aNna 80 .... t.-.-
ward him imploringly. Thousands ~
arms would have stretched themselves
I'll, for him to hep If they could those
powerlcss arms ~ strong mon who
yesterday were healthy and now
manned and crippled 10y the war. "
which some SAID fors 9th that II could
not hay" boon avoided
The ambulance stopped ~ tho en-.
trance OF the hospital. Two soldier.
with white armlct, assisted 10 unload
II. TIL" door Of Tn" operation room
was opened. Nurse Irene saw the
professor in his overall. covered with
blood, the knife ia hand. The great
surgeon looked lIk" y butcher at work.
, she thought. shuddcring.
he strong Endure to the end. she
said to herself half aloud.
Even the ordeal Of ~ surgical opera
tion on tho undcad"nci. scntiont flesh.
without anasthetics was sought nv the
sufferers. Eut each had I" wait his
turn. This was u hoy of l. that
Will,lm! had under his knife. ho had
run away from his father and mother
and enlisted a. a volunteer. n.
laneod To 60. h" w"ul1 not rest. and
NJ last their only son ~fnrsnok The form
IN the school for the battle
field Of Flanders.
- bullet had shattered the collar
bone. II. ~whimpered with pain on the
table, oven hefor. Wilholmi had pu, in
lis kn::t: and tho r;0:CSso: mas; cX-
tract IN" splintcr'd bon" piece ny
piece. probing. taking hold with tho
forc"pS. cutting with tn" knife: and
all without Chloroform. Wilhclmi did
not venture 10 OFF, :, word of con-
ISOLATION. ENCOURAGEMENT or admOni-
ton. He began the ,erribl. work Of
carving the living. writing. sentient
body.
~ shea; lik" the below az an in
iIr"d hull. p"aled through IN" room
Wilhclml was uum"," ed. and nurse
Erica with two hospital "rd"rli"s held
the aconizod hoy down ON the table.
Nurse lren" vas almost falntin:.
hut with III" last remnant nf her
strength she controlled herself: and
in twenty 'oarful minutes that seemed
eternal Wilhclmi's knife had com
plct.d the terrible woik Nurse Irene
turned away her eyes Tn" handaGes
were ready. Wilhclmi came to her in
q%uirincly.
And whom Il" you bring here.