Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-30

The night Of July rs. The scene Is
the table c1uttered sidewalk before the
Cafe Pytheas, where the Cours st.
Louis hings It's night tide of idlers
Into the broader stream Of the Came.
blere. Marseilles' Broadway-the white
street Of the great Provencal port.
Around the news kiosk at the Cafe
Pytheas corner . constant stream ed.
dled. Men snatched papers from the
plle. spread them before their faces
\ ana blundered into their fellow pedes.
TRANS - they walked. buried in the
inky columns. Now and again half
naked urchtns came charging down the
Cannebiere, waving shinplaster extras
above their heads Il 'Allemagne
ssarmei La Guerre vientw Up from
\ the Quai marched dosen sailors from
. torpedo boat. arms linked 80 that
they almost spanned the Cannebiere.
back ct cocky angles on their black
heads, and a. they marched they shout
ed IN time: "A Berlin! Hou hour
Tho black shadow Of war-ths nrst
( Authorizations Of the great madness
gripped Marseilles
For Captain Woodhouse, Just in from
4 Berlin that evening, all this swirling
excitement had but an incidental inter-
!: est He mt alone by one Of the little
Iron tables before the Cafe Pytheas
slipping his Doc, and from time to time
i his eyes carelessly followed the eddy
Ing OF the swarm about the news kiosk.
i Always his attention would come back,
however, tn center on the thin shoul.
den Of man sitting fifteen or twenty
feet away with wine cooler by his
aide. He could not see the face of the
: zvT.: ;ii91 SS.:..:kks:: &c I'D mt want tn.
{ All he cared to do was to keep those
thin shoulders always in sight Each
/ time the .solicitous waiter renewed the
hottie In the wine cooler Captain
Woodhouse nodded grtmly, as doc
tor might when he recognized the
symptoms Of advancing fever in pa
don't.
Do for>two days, from Berlin across
to Paris, and now on this third day
hero In the Mediterranean port, Wood
house had kept ever in sight those thin
shoulders and that trembling hand be-
yond the constantly crooking elbow
not pleasant task. He had come to
loathe and abominate the very wrin-
hlSe In the back Of that shiny coat.
Bot 4 vdry necessary duty 1t was for
OaStaia Woodhouse to shadow Mr..
Hilly Capper until the right moment
1 should arrive. They had come down
on tho Same express together from
Paris Woodhouss had observed Cap
per when he checked his baggage. a
! sinSis shoddy handbag, for La vendee.
4 the French line ship sailing with the
{ dawn next morning for Alexandra and
Port Said via Malta. Capper had
|. SQUARED his account at the Hotel Al
leaa de Meilhan, for the most part q
! lii for absinth frappes, after dinner
that night and was now enjoying the
niaht life Of Marseilles in anticipa-
tiorl evidently Of carrying direct to the
!. steamer with him as his farewell from
France all Of the bottled laughter Of
NJ peasant girls he could accommo-
late.
Woodhouse. who watched, noted only
one popularity in Capper's conduct.
] The drinker nursed his stick, plain,
crook handled malacca, with tender
ness almost maternal. 1t never left
| Ms hands. Once when Capper dropped
il ana the waiter made to prop the
rick against nearby chair the little
nv leaped to his feet and snatched
gtho cane away with growl. There
aftsr no propped his chin on the han
die. only removing this guard when he
Md to tip his head back for another
draft Of champagne.
Eleven o'clock came. Capper rose
from the table and looked owlishly
] about him. Woodhouse quickly turned
iii back to the man and was absorbed
III the passing strollers. When he look
IA back again Capper was slowly and
little unsteadily making his way
around the corner into the Cannebiere.
saWooahouss followed, sauntering. Cap
per began a dilatory exploration Of the
various cafes along the white street.
His general course was toward the
city,s slums about the Quai. Wood
house, dawdling about tree boxes and
! dodging into shadows by black door
vars, found his quarry easy to trail,
md he knew that each of Capper's SO
9iou1ns In an oasis put period to the
lenkth Of the pursuit. The time for
lin TO act drew appreclably nearer
B WITH every tipping of that restless ell
sh0H
Midnight found them down In the
sSpeE ana weller Of the dives and sail
M frolic grounds. Now the trailer
found his task more difficult, inasmuch
/ 90 not only his quarry, but he himself,
40 marked by the wolves Dances
! ID smoke wreathed rooms slackened
when Capper lurched in, found a seat
md ordered drink; dock rats drew
asido ana consulted in whispers. When
6Capper retreated from an evil dive on
Sfhesyery edge Of the Quail Woodhorse,
Nettlng by the DOORS, saw that he
~ NOT tine only siiadower. = Close
aaninst the dend walls fianking the
q axyow pavement sinking figure
M y i6ted ana writhed after the drunk
III. now spread eagling all over the
/ In q. ss .5i
codhouse quickened his pace on
M opposite sidewalk. The street was
4 one lined with warehouses, their close
I ~ Shattered windows the only eyes.
Eopper dropped his stick. lahori0usly
/; ia AM started to 60 back for 1t.