The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-18

mo matter. / must not criticize
what / must not criticize. Further
more. it is my duty to whisper in your
ear a word of advice"
"If you please" said Patria simply
-SurmiSing what was coming.
Yet the general hesitated.
"You understand" he said. trace
embarrassed. Il am acting under in
Struction."
Il quite understand
"Then | must tell you-frankly-
that YOU are coming perilOuSly near
70 usurping IA power which the Con-
stitution vests with congress alone.
"The right to raise and maintain
standing army" Patria added.
"PrpciseIy. If that is not what you
are doing-on a small scale. but none
the less in an admirably efficient way
Il have misunderstood all you have
shown and told me here today"
"Perhaps." Patria agreed. smiling.
"And yet you will find, upon investi-
CATION. tfrat every man in my employ,
aside from the ranch hands and others
who have definitely peaceable labOrs
10 perform. is carried on my pay rolls
as a watchman!
IAN army of watchmen"
Again the eyes of the general twin
killed..
'PreciSeIy. The Constitution does
| not prescribe the citizens right to
protect his own property, 1 believe
| nv EMPLOYING men and arms 10 guard
/ il. That is all that | am doing here
on nv lands. I have my property
and my people to safeguard, and
! mean to do it."
No further reference was made tC
! the object of the visitation, hut the I'M
derstanding was implicit that a report
must he made to Washington and that
Washington would then take such &C
ton as il might see fit.
NOOn-and still no word from Res'
Morgan or the party which had riddeE
forth to rescue her.
But Patria betrayed no inkling q
the anxiety which gnawed at her mind
To confess that she was waiting tn
outcome Of an armed invasion of
nominally friendly land which she. Pa
tria Claiming, had authorized! Eve
the favor her patriotic spirit had foun
in the esteem of her guests could hard
ly mitigate the disaster To her plan
which must follow any such discOS
cry.
And it was nearly two o'clock befor
she was finally rid of them.
With heartfelt gratitude she say tn
dust of their wheels drift away dow
the road-then turned and jumpe
into her own motor car and had
moving back toward the aviation tiel
almost before Donald could take n
place beside her.
One of her fiiers was making a liant
ing as Patria alighted at the field.
He had nothing to report.
: Again clambering into the pilot
{ seat of her own particular biplan
, Patria committed her fate to the a
5 venture of the air lanes.
T For little she climbed steadil
I but not for long; content to leave Il
: greater range of observation to tho
on the higher levels. with their pOwe
: full glasses, she quartered the land b
!. vond the border at an elevation bar
: ly sufficient to escape the eddies al
|, currents that made navigation int
q esting if not devoid of danger abo
the SUBMITS of the lOwland hills.
y Here, comparatively close to {
ground. she might be able TO pick
I. Indications invisible to the airmen
e far above her.
And so. in the end, it proved.
e She had been flying a little me
It than an hOur-was returning from
e wide circuit through the south iowa
N her starting point. OF sudden 5
is was conscious that the monotone
n, drone of the motor behind her was
ing punctuated-one cylinder was
D. ginning to miss fire.
1 Patria began to foresee that
lie might be obliged to make a landi
at south of the border. She search
the landscape that swan beneath
m anxious eyes.
ne Then she saw a motor-car abruI
a sweep out of narrow gulley at so
d. distance off to the right, making
1g furious pace northward. The n
nv who occupied it wore khaki; for
nv instant she thought them soldiers
nd American uniforms. Then she
re that they were men of an aver
stature smaller than that OF Am
es can troops. They were standing
in the tonneat and firing pistols b