Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-18

carry two handkerchiefs, one for use and
one In case Of emergency. such as q
bandage being In sudden .demano; SO S}.a no
cambric, which he folded cup-shape and
partly filled with milk. 1t was the pest
substitute he could devise for q strain
means they drank nearly all the milk he
had secured, and. with each mouthIul,
Irene felt q new eichor In her veins. Eor
the nrst time she gave heea 70 s,s me s,h ed
wide -eyed with wonder.
"I picked it up. at the door OF the
she'd" he answered. .
IT remember now. sne muImureu ,.
crept forward to investigate. and ! was
siiiy enough to 60 of in a dead faint
DID YOU carry me to the shear
..What a bother must have been. But
the finding Of a rife doesn't explain
The really important factor was the
cow" he said lightly. Now; young , hsG:
II little Kaa can far. salr 70 YOU so can VAIN
Have we?" she retorted, braysly
enulating his self-control II am glad
you have fxed on our destination. its
who really knows what he wants. and
He led the way. she followed. He
had an eye for all quarters. because Gay
feet OF Aurora. But this tiny section
OF Belgium was free from Germans. for
the very good reason that their
cohorts already held the right sn oan ,bs 81
engineers were throwing pontoon
bridges ecross the river at Wise and
Argenteau.
From the edge of the wood Dalroy
looked down on the river, the railway
and the little town itself. He saw in
stantly that the whole district south OF
the Meuse was strongly held by the
invaders Three arches of a fine stone
bridge had been destroyed. evidently
toons were in position to take its place.
twice already had Belgian artillery
destroyed the enemy's work, and not
even a professional soldier could guess
swaitinx a better light to smash the
pontoons q third time. In fact. barely
half mile to the right OF the wood. q
battery of four SIS was posted on
high ground. in the hope that the
Belgian guns Of smaller caliber might
be located and crushed at once. Even
while the two stood looking down into
the valley q sputtering r1ne nre oFoke
out across the river, 800 yards wide
at the bridge, and the volume of mus
kerry steadily increased. Men. horses.
wagons and, motors swarmed on the
roadway or sheltered behind ware
houses on the Quays.
As a soldier. Dalroy was amazed at
the speed and annihilating completeness
of the German mobilization. Indeed,
he was chagrined by 1t, 1t seemed so
admirable. SO thoroughly thoughtout IN
each detail, so unapproachable by any
other nation in its pitiless efficiency.
He did not know then that the Wanted
Prussian-m made military machine de-
pended for it's motive-power largely on
treachery and espionagt Toward the
close Of July. many days before war
Secfetly
massed 100000 men on the frontiers of
Belgium and the Duchy Of Luxem-
beurg. Her armies. therefore. had
gathered like felons. and were led by
sands of German officers domiciled In
both countries in the guise OF peaceful
traders.
Single-minded person that he was.
Dalroy at once focused his thoughts
on the immediate problem; A small
stream leaped down from the wood to
the Meuse. Short Of a main road bridge
its turbulent course was checked by
mill dam, and there was some reason
to believe that the mill might be
Joos. The building seemed a prosper
Gus place, with its two giant wheels on
different levels. its ample granaries.
and substantial house 1t was intact.
actual line of battle. At any rate.
though the transition was the time
honorad one from the fryingpau to the
fre, In that direction lay 1000. shelter
and human beings other than Germans,
SO he determined to go there without
further delay. His main purpose
now was to lodge his companion
with some Belgian family until
the tide Of war had swept far
to the west For himself. he meant
to cross the enemy's lines by hook or
by crook. or lose his life in the at
tempt.
"one more effort" he said. smiling
confidently into Irene's somewhat paliid
face. your uncle lives below there. I
fancy. We're about to claim his hospi-
taltty."
He hid the rife. bayonet and cart
ridges IN . thicket. The milk pail he
netrol the pail might serve a. an sx-
ouse for being out and about. whereas
the weapons would have been Q sure
passport to the next world.
It was broad daylight whom they en-