Evening star., 1917-12-09
CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY

0,nxTrxI-ED FROM LAST SUNDAY)
Thus by a mere turn OF fortune
wheel the enemy was changed INTO
friend. and a dangerous road made saie
and comfort-givirg. Jan sat IN froh'
Nitb the driver. and cracked jokes
with him. while the others nestled into
load of sweet-smelling hay.
..For the first time in my life" whis-
pered Dalroy 10 Irene. y understand
the precise Significance Of samson
riddle about the honey extracted from
The lions mouth, our heavy wittea
Ian has saved the situation We ehter
,yaryjers in triumph. and reach the left
Of the German lines. Just another
slice of luck. and we cross the Meuse
AT Andenne or elsewhere-it doesn
matter where.
irene had kicked off those cruel sa
bots She bit her lip in the darkness
to stif1e sob before answering. cooiIN.
shall be clear of the Germans
them"
"I-hope so Their armies dare not
advance SO long as we hear those
guns"
d:cr's way. She thought she would
hear those guns during the rest oi
her life Never had she dreamed of
anything so horrific as that drumming
of cannon. She believed. as women do
that every shell tore hundreds OF hn-
man beings limb from liniss,< In silent
revolt against the frenzy which seemed
To possess the world. she Closed her
ewes and buried her head in the hay:
and once again exhausted nature was
its own best healer. When the convoy
rumbled into Nerviers in the early
morning. having followed by-road
through Julemont and Herve, Irene had
30 be awaked out of deep sleep Yet
nf he
was still holding out. paranoiac des-
not was frantic with wrath. and civ
ilized Europe had yet another day to
prepare for the caging of the beast
which threatened its very existence
The leader of the convoy was greeted
hy a furious staff officer in such terms
that Dalroy judged il expedient he and
the others should slip away quietly.
This they contrived to do. Maertz rec
commended an inn in side street. where
they would be welcomed If accommoda-
tion were available. And il was. There
were no troops billeted in Nerviers-
ried to the front. Dalroy watched two
infantry regiments passing while
Maertz and Joos were securing rooms.
Though the soldiers were sturdy fell
lows. and they could not have made an
excessively long march. many of them
limped badly. and only maintained
their places in the ranks by force of an
iron discipline. He was puzzled to ac-
count IOr Inelr Jdue0 aspect An nouT
later. while lying awake in fairly
comfortable bed. and trying to frame
: some definite program for the day
which had already dawned. he solved
ing new boots, Germany had every
thing ready for her millions. He
learned subsequently that when the
German armies entered the field they
were followed by ammunition trains
& carrying four thousand million rounds
OF smalt-arm cartridges alone,
He met Joos and Maertz at dejeuner.
rough but satisfying meal, and was
faced by the disauieting fact that
leave the bedroom which they shared
with Leontine. Madame was done up:
cette course Ia excede. her husband
put it: while mademoiselle's ankles
were swollen and painful.
These misfortunes were,-perhaps- a
blessing in disguise. An enforced rest
was better than no rest at all. and the
constant vigil by night and dsy was
telling even on the apple-cheeked
Leontine
zoos wanted to wander about the
town and pick UP news. but Dalroy
dissuaded him. The woman who kept
the little auberge was thoroughly
trustworthy. and hardly another soul
in Fery.ers knew of their presence in
the town News they could do with
out whereas recognition might be
Irene put in an appearance late in
<he day. She had borrowed a pair of
clippers. and the landiady had promised
10 bry her pair of strong boots. Sa-
DOTS she would never wear again. she
vowed. They might be comfortable
and watertight when one was accus-
fomed to them, but life was too siren
nous in Belgium just then to permit
II experiments in footgear
When night fell Joos could not be
kept In 1t was understood that the
&ommandantur had ordered all in
-abitants to remain indoors after 9
CLOCK so the old man had hardly an
'our at his DISPOSAL for what he called
= petit tour But he was not long alb
'ent He had encountered q friend, a
cure whose Church near Aubei had been
f'iown TO atoms by German artillery
SIring frontier tight on the Monday
STternoon
fhls kentleman. venerable ecc1e-
si.stic- discovered Dalroy's nationality
after five minutes chat. He had in his
ISSUED by Won Emm.ch. II began: II
>egret very much to find that German
troops are compelled to cross the from
Tier of Belgium. They are constrained
10 do so by sheer necessity. the neutra J.
\v of Belgium having already been
iolated by French officers. who. in
Niseuise. have passed through Belgian
territory in an automobile in order to
Sanetrate Germany
q The cure. whose name was GARNER
N.ughed sarcastically at the childish
.Iess of the pretext put forward by the
comma nderin-chief of the army of the
Meuse- Was war waged for such a
fimsy reason ever before in the history
of the world" he said What fire.
eaters these disguised French officers
must have been. imagine the hardi-
hood of the braves who would 'pene-
trate' mighty Germany in one automo-
bile. This silly lie bears the date OF
18th August yet NV beloved church was
then in ruins, and a large part of the
village in flames
Verviers seems to have escaped pun
ishment. How do you account for il 2'
incurred Dalroy.
1T seems to be deliberate policy Or
the part of the Germans to spare one
town and destroy another. Both serve
as examples, the one as typical of the
excellent treatment meted out to those
communities which welcome the in
Naders. the other warning of the
tate attending resistance Both in
stances are absolutely untrue. Every
burgomaster in Belgium has issued no.
tices calling on non-combatants tc
avoid hostile acts. and Verviers is ex-
actly on par with the other unforti-
ned towns in this part of the country
The truth is. monsieur, that the Ger.
mans are furious because of the DELAY
our gallant soldiers have imposed or
them. 1t is bearing fruH. too. l. hear
that England has already landed al
army at Ostend''
Dalroy shook his head Il wish
might credit that" he said, sadly. 81
am n soldier, monsieur, and you ma,
take il from me that such a feat II
quite impossible in the time. We