Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-02
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leaders of modern Germany so prompt :
ly: but this feeling. in its turn, yielded
Let Us be moving" he said, quietiys
and led the way with Joos.
why did you give Andenne as your
destination" he inquired.
sieur. She is married to a man named
Alphonse Stauwaert- I had to say
something. I remembered Mime. Stau-
waert in the nick OF time"
But Andenne lies beyond Ideea To
get there we shall have to traverse
the whole German line, and pass some
sible"
I'VE must go somewhere"
True. But why not make for q place
that is attainable? Heaven-or pur-
gatory. at any rate-is far more easily
reached tonight than Andenne."
Il didn't say we were going there at
once" snapped the miller. It's more
than twenty-five kilometers from here.
and is far enough away to be safe
when I'm asked where / am bound for.
Ny wife couldn't walk it tomorrow,
',Andenne lies down the valley Of the
Meuse, too. doesn't it,"
"Ay."
Well. isn't that simply falling on .
rock into a whirlpool? The Germans
is France they are aiming at. not Bel
gium."
They talk mostly about England"
said Joos. sapiently.
Yes because they fear her But let
us avoid politics. my friend. Our pres
emit problem Is how and where to be-
stow these women for the night. After
that. the sooner We three men leave
them the better. ]. least, must go.
I may be detected any minute. and
then-God help you others,'
"Saperlottel That isn't the way you
English are treating us: No. monsieur.
fnlr
That ready disavowal of any clash OF
interests was cheering. The little
mans heart was sound. though his
temper might be short. Good faith.
tial now as good Judgment. and Dali
roy halted again at a corner OF the
square. To stay in Argenteau was
madness. But-there were three roads.
to the German frontier! The first two
were closed hopelessly. The third.
open in a sense. was fantastic when re-
garded as possible avenue OF escape.
Yet that third road offered the only
path toward comparative security and
rest.
Il wish you wouldn't look so de-
1ected." whispered Irene, peeping up
into Dalroy's downcast face with the
winsome smile which had so taken his
fancy during the long journey from
Berlin. I've been counting our gains
and losses. Surely the balance 10
heavy on our side: We-you. that is--
army. We've lost some sleep and some
clothes. but have secured a safe con-
duct from our enemies, after knocking
a good many of them on the head.
Some men. I know. look miserable
when most successful; but 1 don't put
you in that category"
She was careful to talk German, not
that there was much chance of being
actually overheard. but to prevent the
reaching suspicious ears. Britons who
have no language but their own are
often surprised when abroad at hear
ing children mimicking them by hiss
ing. Curiously enough. such 10 the
effect of our island tongue on foreign
ears. Monosyllables like YES" ''this,~
'its." and scores Of others in constant
use. no less than the almost invarie-
illusion. which Irene was aware of. and
guarded against.
Yet. despite the uncouth. harsh-
sounding words on her lips. and the
she was adorably English. Leontine
zoos was pretty girl: but. in true
feminine parlance, .'lumpy." Some
three inches less in height than her
SISTER" she probably weighed q stone
more. Leontine trudged when she
walked. Irene moved with a grace
which not even a pair of clumsy ga
bots could hide. Luckily they were
allk0 IN one important partlCUl0f.
Their faces and hands were sofled. their
hair untidy. and the passage through
the wood had scratched foreheads and
cheeks until the skin was broken, and
little patches Of CONCEALED blood dis
IT may look more detected than I
feel" Dalroy treasured her. I'm play
ing part remember. I've kept my
head down and my knees bent until
''Oh. is that it," she cooed, with q re-
lieved air. How could he know then
that the sabots were chatting her an
kles until the pain had become well
nigh unbearable. If she could have
have crept to the nearest hedge and
flung herself down in utter WEAKNESS.
Joos. having pondered the English
mans views on Andenne as an unat-
p1exedly.. Il think we had better 90
toward Herve." he said at last. This
is the road" and he pointed to the left.
ION the way we can branch on to .
clear of soldiers"
Any goal was preferable to none.
They entered the eastward bound road.
but had not advanced twenty yards
along 1t before the way was blocked
by a mass of commissariat wagons and
scores of Uhlans standing by their
horses.
Two officers. needless who heard.
There is nothing else for it. Herr
Hauptmann.' said one. TT doesn't
matter who is actually to blame. You
have taken the wrong road, and must
turn back. Every yard farther in this
direction puts you deeper in the mire."
But was misdirected as far away ~
Bleyberg," protested the other. Some
never-to- be- forgotten hound of he'll
told me that this was the Vervfers
road. Colt i'm himmel, and must be
there by dawn"
Dalroy was gazing at the wagons.
They seemed oddly familiar. The paint
ed legend on the tarpaulins placed the
matter beyond doubt These were the
very vehicles he had seen in the sta
ton yard at Aix-la- Chapelle,
At this crisis Jan Maertz's sluggiah
brain evolved a really clever notion.
The Germans wanted n guide, and who
so well qualified for the post as a car
ter to whom each turn and twist in
every road in the province was ia
miliar? without consulting any one,
he pushed forward. Pardon. Herr
General" he said in his offhand way.
Give ME and my friends a lift, and
Verviers in three hours"
Brutality is SO engrained in the Prus.
sian that an Offer which a man Of an
other race would have accepted civiliy
was treated almost as an insult by the
angry leader of the convoy.
You'll guide me with the point Of Q
lance close to your liver, you Belgian
swine-dog." was the ungracious an.
swer.
Not me-" retorted Maertz. Here.
papa" he cried to Joos, show this