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The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-28
st determination on both

the grimest determination on both
sides. But wherever the tanks
moved-and nothing served to swerve
one Of these from whatever course it
chose to take-the ranks of the enemy
melted into disorderly rabbIe Of panic
stricken fugitives.
"A shell from the howitzer found the
Charming hacienda and laid 1t in
flaming, smoking ruins about the ears
of Huroh and his staff.
Thirty minutes after the tanks had
inaugurated the offensive, the inva-
sion had been turned Into n rout. The
roads beyond the border were choked
with fugftives. HurokI and his per-
sonal aides forced their armored motor
car through the milling mob upon the
bridge at the border and regained
Mexican soil bare minute before an
other howitzer shell destroyed the
bridge utterly. and with 1t hundreds of
fleeing Mexicans and japanese.
The last action of the battle was an
engagement between American rough
riders and Mexican cavalry, In which
the latter. attempting to cover the rear
"CiS
dissipated, sent scurrying into the
south In disorder as great as that of
their comrades and allies whom they
had sought to save.
But In this engagement Rodmnn
Pillsbury fell, killed instantly In ac-
ton.
Ordering her batteries up to the
boundary line, Patria instructed them
to shell the fugitives merciIessly. Fur
ther than this line she would not per-
NIT them to move. Nor would she per-
NIT one of her declmated little army
to carry the war into Mexico.
In defending her own property
against aggression she had acted with
In her rights as a private citizen. If
reprisals were to be visited upon the
aggressors, that was the prerogative
of the government of her country-not
her prerogative.
Thus the invading army of Baron
Huroh and his dupes and allies melt
ed away into those sun-baked plains
and arid hills of Mexico, and was no
more-like the army of dream.
sAMURAI.
In the heat of that breathless after
noon the armored motorcar, grim
gray unit of mechanism rendered only
the more grim and gray by its heavy
coating of dust and the evidences of
hard usage it wore, lunged heav-
lily around the wide curves of the
military road penetrating the secret
heart of those Mexican mountains. de-
bouched on downgrade with the
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swiftness of an angel of death into
the great valley devoted to the allied
encampment, and drew up sharply, as
If checked by some invisible but i'm
movable barrier, before the adobe
building dedicated to the uses of the
commander in chief and his staff.
Half dozen men, worn, haggard, 81
lent, in uniforms stiff with sweat and
dust, allghted from the car and weari-
ly threw themselves, rather than
walked, up the steps to the veranda
In front of the headquarters building.
Deepest disconsolation was the key
note of their common demeanor.
In the lines that furrowed their dust
masked faces. In those red-rimmed
eyes which stared out of them, despair
was written plainly-the despair of
gamblers who have staked all on a
single throw and have lost
Foremost In their number was Baron
Huroki. that arch-conspirator. that
manding distinction even In the shad-
ow of defeat. disgrace, and death.
AT his heels moved his shadow, that
one whose devotion and loyalty to his
master passed even that devotion and
loyalty which was the due of his en-
peror-Huroki's aid de camp of today,
his body servant of yesterday, his IA
miliar spirit of all days. that japanese
who answered to the name of Kato.
Their four companions were officers
Of high rank. subordinate only to the
commander in chief of the army which
Japan had thrown into Mexico to CO.
operate with the native troops In that
great drive" designed to split the
United States asunder by invading the
Mississippi valley via the Southwest
ern states, leaving the Pacific slope de-
fenseless against invasion by way of
Lower California and the sea-.
AS Huroki moved toward the door of
the adobe building japanese orderly
came out, paused, saluted stifly. with
a countenance expressionless, and
proffered folded paper.
Huroki recognized the form on
which incoming telegraphic dispatches
were transcribed. He could have
hazarded shrewd guess at the ma
luTt VI liils oiiliisuuItdliOu " IL put
to 1t, could have foretold 1t almost
word for word.
None the less he extended a steady
hand to accept 1t. unfolded the paper,
read 1t without permitting the slight
est phase of his emotions to be re-
flected in his face. and deliberately re-
folded it.
At pause before the doorway, he
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manded the wandering interest OF his
fngged staff with single glance, his
pose gestureless. With single i'm
pulse they stiffened to attention.
After moment he addressed them
In level and toneless voice. with
the manner of one imparting informa-
ton concerning a person Of particular
unimportance.
"Gentlemen." said Baron Huroki. 'ft
becomes my duty to impart to you GER
tain advices. 1 have here message
from his majesty, the emperor"
| He paused to make obeisance to the
efigy symbolized by that name.
II need hardly remind you that. up
on the untimely death, day before yes
terday. of the late commander In chief.
Count Nogi. l. acting on authority
vested in me by his imperial majesty.
assumed the functions of commander
In chief, and in my supreme discretion
Initiated that invasion of the United
States which was the ultimate pur-
pose of our presence in Mexico. For
this action / assumed, professed. and
accept full responsibility.
THAT my action was ill-advised is
beside the point. alone was, and am,
liable for its consequences. The onus
of failure rests upon single head,
my own.
by my lack of sound judgment. my
haste and rashness, / have brought
down defeat upon our forces, / have
needlessly sacrificed unnumbered fell
low servants of his majesty, the en-
peror. l have wrought confusion with
his imperial designs, l have set at
naught his ends.
so be II. l explain without attempt
to extenuate the consequences of my
madness. 1 accept without protest
the penalty of failure.
1.-THE command of our scattered and
shattered forces / resign to your
capable hands. You are instructed
to reorgunize them as quickly as
possible and . withdraw from this
part of Mexico, marching westwards
to effect a junction with the army en-
camped at Magdalena Bay. This you
will do not only with all possible ex-
pedition, but with all feasible secrecy.
81 have one request to make of your
pity; II 1t be within your power. l
would like my dishonored body to be
conveyed to Nippon for burial.
Gentlemen, / go to join my fore
fathers, in full confidence that the
honorable fashion of my death viii
secure for me the freedom of their
company"
Huroh ceased to speak, drew him
self up, and saluted his staff. That
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-28
FIFTEENTH EPISODE
The Sting of Victory.
DARK HOURS.

1t was shortly after sunrise when the
hrst shots signaled the attempt of
Patria Channing's little handful of pa-
tr1ohc adventurers to stem the inva-
sion of American soil by the allied
force of Mexicans and Japanese com
manded by Baron Huroki.
Patria's first move then, was TO dis
patch kilograms to the nearest post of
the United States army as well as to
washington. giving notice of the inva-
sion and asking for help.
Within an hour, Japanese field bat
teries, shelling with shrapnel the ad-
vanced trenches which commanded the
international boundary line, had rem
dered them untenable and japanese
infantry had swarmed over them in
pursuit of the retreating defenders.
AT the same time Baron Hurok and
his staff, taking possession of Patria's
hacienda, had converted It into field
headquarters. From its patio Huroki
directed the efforts of his troops to
overcome the resistance of the de-
tenders.
The latter had meanwhile occupied
their main lntrenchments, far strong
er position furrowing the ridge of
range of low hills lying back of the
hacienda and something slightly less
than mile north of the border line
Here they took root stubbornly. De-
spite the disparity between their num-
bers and those of the invaders they
threw back charge after charge of
Japanese and Mexican infantry, with
ering and blasting them with the ma
chine-gun fire which sprayed the ter
rain with death as garden hose
sprays a lawn with life; while their
batteries, cunningly secreted back of
the hills and directed in mastery fash
ion, kept the guns of the invaders too
busily on the move to permit their do
ing much damage to the trenches.
But if the defenders fought with un-
shakable determination and fearless
ness, they fought with despair in their
hearts. For their commanding eleva-
tion permitted them to overlook all
the land between them and the bound
ary, and they could hardly help being
appalled, by the flood of allied troops
which was sweeping across the bor-
der and arraying against them.
Again urgent prayers for aid were
dispatched to the authorities.
AS before, they gained no acknowl-
edgment of any sort.
Failing to take the main line
trenches by assault, Huroki ordered
his forces to fall back and dig them
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clamor of the pacifsts. contending Mt
once that to prepare TO resist agrees
sion was to invite aggression and that
the defeated invasion had been mere
ly minor skirmish between cow
punchers and Mexican raiders, an nf-
fair exaggerated beyond reason; the
simmering down of popular interest;
the return of the common apathy; the
renewed reign of lethnrgic indiffer-
ence to the need for "preparednessl !"
And so she began to understand
that the victory of that day was but
n barren one /; that she had fought ard
endured and sacrificed lives and hap
plness and treasure to no end what
ever, but only to be beginning; that
the battle, the battle of her country.
the battle of common sense patriot
ism. was merely beginning; that he
who would save his country In spite
of itself undertakes labor as unend-
ing as 1t is thanlSless.
Nevertheless. to this plough she had
set her hands; and there could be no
turning back.
She must fight on und on and on,
shoulder to Donald's shoulder. his
hand In hers.
Bending forward Patrla tenderly set
her lips to the lips of Donald Parr,
dedicating anew her life and his. that
was hers to do with as she willed. to
the service of their country, that 1t
might be saved.
(THE END.)
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selves in-which they did with trained
expedition and efficiency, throwing up
a line of intrenchments roughly par.
alleling those on the hlllcrest.
And their batteries. presently finding
shelter. ralned shells upon the Ameri'
cans to keep down their fire. until Pa
trials guns again searched them out !;
when the battle passed into tempo
rnry phase of big gun dueling, and the
infantry had a little time to breathe
and take account of Its losses.
These last proved astonlshingly
slight. but none the less terrible In Pa
tria's understanding. Already the field
hospital accommodations which she
hnd provided were overcrowded and
the staff of surgec-S with their as
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salute returned. he executed an about
face and strode into the adobe build
ing.
After him went Kato.
For an hour he sat In the office of
the commander In chief, industriously,
methodically putting In order all his
affairs, official as well as personal.
When there was no more to do, he
rose without hesitation, and strobe In
10 the adjoining room. which had been
his sleeping quarters.
Here Kato was awaiting hIm-Kato
translated from the trim and soldierly
nese army into u figure that might
have been conjured from some Japa-
nese print, servile, fawning. obse-
quious figure in the robes of his race
and humble caste.
Upon the plain canvas cot which
had been Huroh's bed were laid out
the magnificently embroidered robes
of Samurai.
Beside the cot stood the steel trunk
which had contained these robes, and
which for manly years had formed an
essential adjunct to Hurokrs travel
ing gear.
Assisted deftly by Kato. Baron Hu-
roki divested himself of his soldiers
clothing, bathed and dressed in the
robes of his nobility.
Throughout neither uttered a single
word.
And in silence Huroki turned and
entered the room beyond. leaving his
footwear at the threshold.
The door closed behind him. On its
other side Kato. the imperturbable
knelt and ground his forehead into
the dust of the floor.
In one stride Baron Huroki had
passed from Mexico to Nippon. Paper
screens masked the earthen walls and
the matched roof of the room. The
floor was covered with a clean white
cloth in the middle of 1t rested
small rug of glowing sanguInary scar
let. At the edge of this small rug
was a low stand on which rested a
jeweled dagger in a jeweled sheath.
Kneeling on the rug. Baron Huroh
swiftly denuded his body to the waist.
Then taking up the dagger and draw
ing II from Its sheath he tested Its
edge and point upon the thumbnail.
Satisfied, he held the dagger be-
fore him on his two hands, outstretch-
ed, open palms uppermost; and In this
posture remained motionless for many
minutes, his grave, intelligent eyes
fixed in meditation upon point. or
scene. or memory. thousands of miles
removed beyond the narrow confines
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At the Wedding Feast.
(THE END.)

In some parts Of the country 1t Is
the custom to send congratulatory tele-
grams to friends ut distance who are
being married. That is. the message
Is timed to arrive just after the cere-
mony, and during the feast which US
ually follows.
Now, certain man. a large farmer,
was about to be married. and shortly
before the time he heard. that one Of
his cattle had strayed 1t being a
valuable animal, he told his bailiff to
let him know at once when it was
found. The bailiff. being an econom-
ical man, combined the two affairs,
and the happy bridegroom received the
following message just as they all sat
down to dinner:
Congratulations. The beast is
caught u
1t is fair to conclude that the tele-
gram afforded at least as much graft
fication to the assembled guests as to
the actual recipient himself.-Tit-Bits
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Proverbs. s.

Proverbs have not always been an
unmixed benefit to the world. There
are several very mean and malignant
proverbs embodying the wilt of one
man and the ill-nature, not the wis
dom, of many men. One Of the worst
of these proverbs Is, ''There Is 40
smoke without fire"-a proverb which
has lent its aid to thousands of gross
calumnies. Perhaps we might ven
ture to adopt counteracting proverh
which has at least as much truth.
physically and metaphysically, as the
foregoing one. 1t Is: 'The less fire
the greater the smoke."-Sir Arthur
Helps.
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The Kind Of Floors He Wanted.

"Would you like the floors in mosa-
icl" asked the architect.
The Springfield man looked dubious.
would you like the floor In mosaic
patterns"
"I don't know so much about that"
he finally said. II amt got any preju-
dice about Moses as n man. and maybe
he knew a lot about the law. AS re-
CARDS laying floors though, kinder
think I'd rather have them unsectar-
ian."-Harper's Weekly.
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Touchy People.

Beware of touchy peoplel There
are always some about, ready to poster
you In some way. Hurry on past, so
you cannot hear them, and above all.
refuse to deny what they say. Just
keep sweet and go ahead, and let their
unlSind words swelter in the cleaning.
How much time and patience are vast
ed on touchy people. And yet such
people think they are the salt Of the
earth and everybody else dirty water.
1t Is real wickedness to be touchy.
1t is as bad as lying and cheating.
1t does the world as much harm. 1t
spoils more religion than swearing. If
you find touchy person In your
church, turn him out as soon as pos
sible; If not. he will infect the whole
brotherhood and sisterhood with his
sin. We knew a touchy person one
time whose loneliness struck In on
him and he died. We hope all our gen.
tie readers will escape SO sorry fate.
Ohio State Journal.
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OF that little room In the adobe build
Ing In the mountains of Mexico.
There was neither hesitation nor
mutiny In his temper. but only repln-
Ing that his efforts in the service Of
his emperor had been so Inflated.
He would have been glad Of n long
er life II that permitted MIN to repair
the errors of which he had been guilty.
But he had had his chance, and had
failed.
What must be, must.
With sudden. swift turn OF his
hand this unhappy gentleman Of ia
pan reversed the point of the dagger
and drove 1t In toward his diaphragm.
THE COST.
When Patria appeared In the door
way the nurse rose and with friend
iy and 'reassuring smile slipped out Of
the room.
Donald Parr lay moveless on his
cot, asleep. The girl sat down on the
chair by his side and gently dropped
her hand upon one of his that lay
outside the sheet. dark. strong hand
that seemed, in her sight, to dwarf
and render altogether puny and In
significant the slender white grace of
her own.
Still Donald did not stir. She was
content with that. Sleep was what
he needed, the best of all medicines
for his hurts. She asked for herself
no more than this, that she be per-
mitted to rest little by his side, to
touch his hand, to know that, though
his wounds were grievous. he would
live, and in day to come be whole
and sound once more-and hers.
She was very weary. The need to
rest oppressed her like n heavy bur
den. Yet she did not dream of clos
ing her eyes in sleep. She had too
much to think about, the victory of
the day to contemplate, its cost to
reckon. Her brain seemed to burn
with thoughts, doubts, fears, regrets,
memories; the screen of Its vision re-
flected in endless succession flashing
scenes from the splendid, awful
pageant of that day and night of
fighting.
1t was three o'clock in the after
noon. The last shot at the routed and
fired hours ago. The last fugitive had
long since disappeared. The last
stricken horse had been killed, the last
wounded man had been found and
cared for. the last dead man buried.
Remained only the stricken field,
bloodied and defiled and trampled and
furrowed almost beyond recognition;
the consciousness that the day was
won, the invader dlsastrously defeat
ed, the country saved in spite of IT.
self; the bitterness of victory.
Sitting there In that close little room
that reeked of iodoform. with her
hands touching the hand of her be-
loved, the girl abandoned herself to
reverie, her dark eyes fathoming i'm
measurable depths of thought.
Unconsciously she began to con the
toll of victory: Donald wounded nigh
unto death, Rodman Plllsbury and
Bud Morgan dead-and these but the
beginning, names that headed the hun
dreds upon the lists of casualties
merely because they were most inti-
mate to Patria; the hacienda wrecked
beyond repair, the fair countryside
that surrounded 1t turned into stink
ing shambles, great treasure expend-
ed in ammunition and the business of
war.
And all to what end?
She foresaw quite clearly what
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would happen within the next few
days and weeks; the storm Of popular
Indignation; the massing Of troops
along the border; the Interchange
OF diplomatic amenities: Japan's stu
diously polite disavowal Of Huroki
and all his alleged works: Mexicos
disavowal Of the part Its troops had
played in the conspiracy and the at
tempted invasion; the administra-
lions grudging acceptance Of both:
demands for measures Of prepared
ness voiced in congress: the shrill
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Correctly Defined.

The women were discussing their
marital troubles, when one asked: by
the way. what is your husband doing
nows"
"Oh," said the other, hes a-settin'
round tellln' what's goin' to happen
next election"
Then he's a prophet?"
mo, he amt. SO far ms this family
is concerned. he's dead loss"
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THE CAST.
SYNOPSIS.

anticipating the threatened Japanese-
Mexican invasion of the Southwester,
states. Patria Claiming an America n
~ Strt OF great wealth, with the assistance
Si ner nance, Capt Donald Parr date u.
lands into what is virtually an armed
camp; fa baron Huroki. commanding the all
Patria's preparations, and thinkinp tn NJ ~
tnei1 tnem In the bud. orders his troops to at
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Resented InsuIt

The Judge-You say that through
out this affair You acted like per-
feet lady?
Mrs. Casey--Sure, your honor when
he tips his hat to me an me not
KNOWN him. I ups with a rock an
caves In his face.-Puck.
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Natural Process.

'what do you think of having n
woman on the floor In congressT
"Why. naturally, 1 regard 1t as a
sweeping change"
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A stratealc Retreat.

"John, what is proletariatT
"Mary, my dear, l am astonished
you should ask me such question and
before the children, tool"
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Ambition.

'Pa, what is ambitlon?"
"Ambition. my boy, is that spirit
which prompts young man to work
hard so that he can some day stop
working hard"
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increase In Friends.

81 thought a five passenger cal
would easily hold all my friends"
"Well?"
Until got Ave passenger car"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-04
GOLDEN WEDDING.
Ex-Lieut.-GOv. and Mrs. VI. F.. Allen
Celebrate Anniversary.

Ex-Lieut.-Gov. and Mrs. VI. F. Allen
Celebrate Anniversary.
(From the Somerville. Mass. Press OF
September 2S.)
Ex-Lieut.- Gov. Martin r. Allen and
Mrs. Allen Of Burlington. VT, came to
Somerville Saturday Is the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. w. NJ. Newton of "a Bay State
road. Mrs. Newton is their daughter and
only child.
Fifty years ago. September rs. 1867. Mr.
and Mrs. Allen visited Boston on their
honeymoon trip and stopped at the ole
Adams House or Washington street
Therefore they decided that they could
not more appropriately observe the golden
anniversary of that event than by a din.
ner party at the same popular hostelry
which plan they carried into effect Tues.
day evening in a manner which left moth.
ing to be desired In the way of Fluctuations
from all the participants in a most Joy
GUS festive gathering. supplemented
by numerous kilograms Of congratulatior
from friends in different parts OF New
England.
Mr.. Allen was ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
Vermont In 1900. Mr.. and Mrs. Newton
have been residents of Sonervillo for II
years. They have four children.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-04
WILL HAVE GOOD SHOW.
Vermont to Be Well Represented n
Eastern States Exposition.


Vermont is to have a frst-ciass exhibit
at the Eastern States exposition, to be
held in Springfield. Mass. from the 18th
to the Goth of this month, according to
Walter II. Crockett and NJ. r.. Tolstrupp,
who have the Vermont exhibit in charge.
The principal features of the exhibit will
be dairy and maple products. They will
be displayed to much better advantage
than in former years. when the Vermont
exhibit has been in a tent. This year,
Vermont will have a place. Axis feet. in
machinery hall. which will mako her ex-
hibit equal In location to that Of any
other New England State.
1t is expected that A. A.. Carlton of West
Newbury. for a long time president Of the
Sugar Makers association in the State,
will construct a model of the battleship
Vermont out of maple ugar. Verinont's
premier product, for exhibition at Spring.
field. Mr.. Carlton is a veteran at this sort
of thing. he having made a couple of
models Of this same type before. n also
a model of the State House at Montpelier
out of maple sugar upon the occasion of
the meeting Of the Sugar Makers associa-
ton in the capitol city a few years ago.
e. L.. ingalls,, State leader of Boys and
Girls clubs, will be present at Spring
field and superintend the exhibits of the
State boys and girls. 1t is possible that
Thomas Bradlee and members Of the ex-
tension service also may be there for a
part Of the time.
A part OF the Vermont exhibit which
will be, undoubtedly. very interesting IL
the large number of photographs OF Yer
mont scenery which are to be shown
These will include farming scenes and
views Of work In the main industries OF
the State, giving a representative idea OF
what is going on in Vermont and of the
beauties of the scenery In the State.