The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-08-09

CAPTAIN @ n. NM yM AAaAw I W. IA AM
honor HIN imfpNHAH NAN tha N4raat hFl#
taiM has dacT@rRA War hpon Ger-
rnIarlTs' ThaD NW0 HRaply tanned OAi-
cerg RaInfad HUIBnaHAyr aE bafitted the
.rrfanmafF,n rTrt, aTt fTE Nm few words, Col
aairhfnr ..T,r71r rihiAAg officer Of thu
BrifIah miiifary RpFt In Kardar, in
south arnmoaf Egypt, ON the very
edge n fhe sudan Desert, gave mis-
auhordfna4o nf'ocf and the next in
COMMAND the contents Of the meagre
dispatch.
aSevaral divisions are to start inn
inedfafelv Far drive against Bag
dad mi we ara TO join the forces
nnerafinr arainst the German colo
aers by the next runner
The officers Were interrupted W.
Beth. Captain JDhnson'a daughter
and her companion Roger Hammond,
@ remittance manT though apparently
in fha emUIuy uR thS British govern
rram1f nn WI BecrBt mission to Egypt.
Hia f.nn1inT IMAM disturbed the seren-
ftv oF tha distant post far out of pro
nnrfinn fn Hardmond'S Importance.
Ha MAJ taken "A violent fancy To Beth,
muah sfo #iB disgust and anger or her
fafber Befh, Ill her turn, was hard
" old enough To regard this fashion
pra4e from London seriously, but she
found Il interesting and rather nice
"a have him so remarkably attentive
6adv Mary leighton had viewed
Rnrer,s coming with particular
alarm. They had been sweethearts
before her marriage and Lady Mary
had been indiscreet enough to- write
Hammond number Of very feTvid
love letters which he refused tO give
mr ahg feared what Time Colonel
rniRht think Of her if he ever saw
flan1I fpr ha W. a soldier of the old
achDoa amd discretion was one of hiS
WafnhWurdE Roger had lost large
surna of money in gambling while NC
tl1a uogt, aAd had just made de-
rnand otl Lady Mary for money. It
was strained situation all around.
CaDtain Johnson strobe over to the
startled couple Sending Beth into
the house with an imperative gesture,
he addressed himself to Hammond.
CAS- Beth,s father 1 warn you to
keen away from her" AS he turned
uD0H
smile was lost ON his expansive and
austere back But. it was all over
the little post that trouble might
come out of this situation. It came
sooner than was expected that
night, in faEt.
Knrdar WA but a tiny outpost Of
civilization barely strong enough to
irnnress upon the native tribesmen
the far-raaching power of England's
naaEIlt. Oh one side stretched the
buunaIeas, trackless desert; on the
other. tlIe4 alI-cOncealing tangle OK the
TROPICAL jungle Had the sentry been
able To look few feet further into
its dense shade, he would have seen
three strange tribesmen watching the
post from their vantage-point with
restless, eager eyes. Their dress
was quite different from any other
native people, and their features
we're not African in the least. A
closer study of the three men would
have convinced an ethnOlogist, that
in appearance, dress, speech, man
ners and religion they were more
lika the ancient Phoenician peoples
who had inhabited the eastern
shores Of the Mediterranean when
tha world was young. They we're
WnrHhHppers of the moon, and Gheir
s0l@Hnm manner and ceremonial
movements indicated that they were
engaged in very important and pos
sibly religious expedition
Lady Mary decided TO confide i'm
CAPTAIN johnson. He would under
stand where the colonel, her husband,
would not. And besides, something
must be done that very night, for
she had received a peremptory sum-
mons from Hammond to meet him in
the garden that night at nine O'Clock
and to give him thousand pounds
for the letters. The captain told her
to meet Hammond, az he desired.
It was a fatal meeting In the
struggle that took place when Cap
tain johnson demanded the letters,
Hammond was killed with his own
Fun. TO protect Lady Mary, the cap
taim refused to explain anything, and
w. placed under arrest by Col
Lei#htOn, who refused to permit any
One tO zee him, not even Musa, the
captain's faithful servant and body
guard, who had earned the captain -
eternal gratitude by rescuing Beth
mother a few months before Beth was
born, after terrifying experience in
the Jungle. Musa was a silent man
OF d strange tribe, which the natives
called the Moon people. No one had
ever found their stronghold.
Beth. accustomed to come and go
as she chose, visited the colonel
once as soon as it was day. While
waiting for the colonel, she saw on
the table u newly opened dispatch.
No one was about and she read Az
the dispatch was or the utmost Inn
pDrtance. and Beth's knowledge of
its contents was of the greatest im-
portance tO the whole British Empire,
as M turned out
Holy war declared she read with
widening eyes for the, like every one
who lived in Africa, was more afraid
of that phrase than or anything else
I'LL fhe wide world. This declara-
ton III the form or a document in the
hands Of an alien enemy somewhere
IN Egypt. It must not pass through
Kardar southwark.
@(Signed H. +. S. Cairo.
The colonel came in as she finished
reading. He was very sorry, but
very firm. The captain must be tried
by court-martial, and Beth could not
see him. Beth did not know what i
all meant, and she started out to her
favOrite dreaming place in the jungle
tn think ii all out. III was almost as