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ments? What an irony! What jest
1t was true there was q change IL
him. He looked subdued, almost sad
ITO Karnia?" she asked, wher
Prince Ferdinand William Otto hat
left the room. "Officiallyi"
"Not-exactly."
"Where, in Karnia7"
81 ended" Milky confessed, 'ai
Wedeling."
Hedwig gazed at him, her elbows
propped on the tea table. Then,
she said, 81 think you know"
81 know. highness."
"And you have nothing to say?"
"Highness," Milky began huskily,
"you know what 1 would say. And
that l cannot. To take advantage of
Otto's fancy for me. a child's. liking, to
violate the confidence of those who
placed me here-I am doing that, every
moment"
"What about me7" Hedwig asked.
"Do l count for nothing? Does it not
matter at all how feel, whether I am
happy or wretched? Isn't that as i'm
portant as hOnor?"
Milky flung out his hands. "You
know" he said rapidly. what can /
tell you that you do not know a thou
sand times? 1 love you. Not as
subject may adore his princess, but
as man loves a woman ~
She drew herself up. ''Lovel" she
said. II do not call that love-"
"It is greater love than you know"
said poor Milky. But all his courage
died moment later, and his resolution
with 1t, for without warning Hedwig
dropped her head on her hands and,
forlornly, fell to sobbing.
81 counted on you." she said wildly.
"And you are like the others. No one
cares how wretched 1 am. I wish
might die"
Then indeed Milky was lost. In an
instant he was on his knees beside
her, his arms close about her. his head
bowed against her breast. And He'd
wig relaxed TO his embrace. When at |
asst he turned and looked up at her,
t was Hedwig who bent and kissed |
him.
"At least" she whispered, eve have |
lad this. We can always remember,
whatever comes, that we have had |
his"
But Milky was of very human stuff,
md not the sort that may live by
memories. He was very haggard
When he rose to his feet-haggard, and
lis mouth was doggedly set. II viii
ever give you up, now" he said.
aid them he realized their futility.
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CHAPTER. XII.
Milky Makes a Promise.

4
! The chancellor lived alone, in hi!
little house near the palace, house
that looked strangely like him, over
hanging eyebrows and all, with win
dows that were like his eyes, cleal
and concealing many secrets. A grim
gray little old house, which concealed
behind 1t a walled garden full of I'M
expected charm. And that, too, was
| like the chancellor.
MathiIde kept his house for him
mended and pressed his uniforms
washed and starched his linen
quarreled with the orderly who at
tended him, and drove him to bed at
night.
Mathilde was In touch with the peo-
pie. 1t was Mathilde, and not one of
his agents, who had brought word of
the approaching revolt Of the copper
smiths guild, and enabled him to check
it almost before it began. A stole, this
Mathilde, with her tall, spare figure
and glowing eyes, stole and patriot.
Once every month she burned four
candles before the shrine of Our Lady
of Sorrows in the cathedral, because
of four sons she had given to her coun-
try.
On the evening of the day Hedwig
had made her futile appeal to the king,
the chancellor sat alone. His dinner.
almost untasted, lay at his elbow. 1t
was nine o'clock. At something after
seven he had paid his evening visit to
the king, and had found him uneasy
and restless.
tSit down." the king had said. Il
need steadying, old friend"
"Steadying, sire?'
II have had visit from Hedwig.
Rather stormy one, poor child" He
turned and fixed on his chancellor his
faded eyes. "You still think 1t is the
best thing?"
1T Is the only thing"
"But all this haste" put in the king
'Is that SO necessary
Hedwig begs for time. She hardly
knows the man."
"Time! But thought" He hesi-
laLeO. HOW say " a dyih6 man iAuS
time was the one thing he did not
have7
another thing. She was incoherent, |
but / gathered that there was some one
else. The whole interview was cy-
clonic. 1t seems, however, that this
young protege Of yours, Larisch, has
been making love to her over Otto's
head"
Mettlich's face hardened, gradual
process, as the news penetrated in all
is significance.
"A boy and girl affair, sire. he is
oval. And in all Of this, you and are
eekonine without Kari. The princess
,ard(y knows him, and naturally che
> tefffned. But his approaching visit |
VIII make many changes. He Is . nne
Igure d man, and women"
''Exactiy," said the king dryly.
vhat IN chancellor meant was that I
women always had loved Karl, and the
Ing understood.
"Hb Wild days aro OVER" biunuy !
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he ,euecueu. 1.-The next thing is to
discover II he knows who his assail-
ants were. That, and the person for
whom he acted-however, / sent for
you for another reason. What is this
about the Princess Hedwig?"
"The Princess Hedwig!"
"What folly, boy A young girl who
cannot know her own mind! And for
such a bit of romantic trifling you
would ruin yourself. 1t is ruin. You
know that"
Milky remained silent, little sui
len.
1.-THE princess went to the king with
her story this evening" The hoy
started. "a cruel proceeding, but tkSa
young are always cruel. The expected,
result has followed: The king wishes
you sent away"
II am at his command, SIR"
The chancellor filed his pipe froD
a bowl near by, working deliberately
Milky sat still, rather rigid.
May / ASK" he said at last that
you say to the king that the RESPONSE
bility is mine? No possible blame ca,
attach to the Princess Hedwig. / love
her, and-I am not clever. l show wha.
l feel"
"The immediate result,T said the
chancellor cruelty, twill doubtless be
putting forward Of the date of her
marriage" Nikky's hands clenched.
"a further result would be your dis
missal from the army. One does not
do such things as you have done, light
Iy.1
"Lightlyw said Milky Larisch.
"Heavenl"
But" continued the chancellor, Il
have a better way. 1 have faith, for
one thing, in your blood. The son Of
Maria Menrad must be-his mothers
son. And the crown prince is at
tached to you. Not for your sake, but
for his, 1 am inclined to be lenient.
What shall demand for that leniency
is that no word of love again pass be-
tween you and the Princess Hedwig.-
1T would be easier to go away"
Milky closed his eyes. 1t was get.
ling to be habit, just as some people
crack their knuckles.
1--WE need our friends about u.s. the
chancellor continued. 1.-THE carnival
s coming, always dangerous time for
is. The king grows weaker day BY
lay. A crisis is impending for all OF
IS, andswe need you"
Milky rose, steady enouga now, but
White to the lips.
= give my word, SIR" he said. II
hall say no word of-of how I feel to
1edwig. Not again. She knows--and
think" he added proudly, that sh6
.nows shall not change. That I shall
ways"
"ExactG!' said the chancelldf. I:
Vas the, very pitch Of the kings dry
Id voice. "Of course she knows. be-
1g woman. And now, good night
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the letter and gave 1t to him, her face
proud and scornful. But she was not
easy, for all that, and she watched
from her balcony to see If any messen-
ger left the castle and descended the
mountain road. She was rewarded, an
hour later, by seeing figure leave the
old gateway and start afoot toward the
village, pale faced man with color
less hair. A part Of the hidden guard
that surrounded her. she knew, and
somehow familiar. But, although she
racked her brains, she could not re-
member where she had seen him.
That day, toward evening, the huge
man presented himself. He brought no |
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Milky is TORN BETWEEN LOVE AND A SENSE OF DUTY
AND LOYALTY TO HIS KING.

Ferdinand William of
Ilvona of the terrosts republic His
attachment formed
the of Archduches Annuncata
Ioyewi whom She
committees will helps
prince king who is ILL., dies
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1--WE win Go Away, Milky" She Said.

I'VE Will Go Away, Milky" She Said.
The eyes he turned. on her were, as
he claimed her, without hope. For
there was no escape.
Hedwlg, with shining eyes. was IL
ready planning.
.'We will 20 away, Milky" she said.
"And 1t must be soon, because other
wise"
Milky dared not touch her again,
knowing what he had to say. Dear
est" he said, bending toward her,
that Is what we cannot do
Nor" She looked up, puzzled, but
still confident. "And why. cowardly
oneT
because 1 have given my word to
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remain with the crown prince" Then,
seeing that she still did not compre-
bend, he explained, swiftly. He stood,
as many a man has stood before, be-
tween love and loyalty to his king.
and he was a soldier. He had no
choice.
1t, was terrible to him to see the
light die out of her eyes. But even
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letter, but an oral message. "Permis..
sion is given, madame" he said. Il
myself shall accompany YOU
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Continued Next Weekly
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SYNOPSIS.


 CHAPTER Hired by the news of the sinking of the Lusitania by a Germa n submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri- can, leaves his office in Jersey City and goes to England where he enlists in the British army.
 CHAPTER II-After a period of train ing, Empey volunteers for immediate serv- ice and soon finds himself in rest billets somewhere in France" where he first makes the acquaintance of the eyer-pres- ent "cooties"
 CHAPTER 4II-Empey attends his first church services at the front while a Ger man Fokker circles over the congregation CHAPTER IV-Empeys command goes Into the front-line trenches and is under fire for the first time.
 CHAPTER V-Empey learns to adopt the motto of the British Tommy 'If you are going to get 1t, you'll get it, so never worrY."
 CHAPTER VI-Baek in rest billets, En- orderly.
 CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the British soldiers are fed.
 CHAPTER VIII-Baek in the front-llne trench. Empey sees bis first friend of the trenches Ego Vest
 CHAPTER IX-Empey makes his first visit to a dugout In Suicide Diteh.' CHAPTER X-Empey learns what con- Btitutes a days work" in the front-lne trench.
 CHAPTER XI-Empey goes lover the top" for the first time in a charge on the German trenches and is wounded by a havonet thrust
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in rest billets. The next day our cap tain asked for volunteers for bombers' school. I gave my name and was ac' cepted. 1 had joined the Suicide club, and my troubles commenced. Thirty two men of the battalion including my self, were sent to L., where we went through course in bombing. Here we were instructed in the uses, methods of throwing and manufacture of various kinds of hand grenades, from the old jam tin," now obsolete, io the present Mills bomb, the standard of the British army.
 It all depends where you are as to what you are called. In France they call you "bomber" and give you med uls, while in neutral countries they call you an anarchist and give you ''life."
 From the very start the Germans were well equipped with effective bombs and trained bomb throwers but the English army was as little pre- pared in this important department or fighting as in many others. At bomb ing school an old sergeant of the Gren- adler guards, whom I had the good fortune to meet, told me of the discour- agements this branch of the service suffered before they could meet the Germans on an equal footing tfael- fists and small army people Tn the II. s. please read with care) The first English expeditionary forces had no bombs at all, but had clicked lot or casualties from those thrown by the Boches. One bright morning someone higher up had an idea and issued an order detailing two men from each platoon to go to bombing school to learn the duties of bomber and how to manufacture bombs. Noncommls- stoned officers were generally selected for this course. After about two weeks at school they returned to their units in rest billets or in the hre trench. as the case might be, and got husy teaching their platoons how to make "iam tins"
 Previously an order had been issued for all ranks to save empty Jam tihs for the manufacture of bombs. A pro lessor of bombing would sit on the fire step in the front trench with the remainder of his section croWdlh2 around to see him work.
 On his left would be pile of empty and rusty jam tins, while beside hlm
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Lord Mayors Banuuet.

What a lord mayors banquet was like up to the seventeenth century may be guessed from Dekkers de scription of one in 'The Shoemaker's Holiday" where the chief guest was Henry V. After being told that q hundred tables were filled and to be refilled with beef, pork, mutton, minced pies and marchpane, one reads that "venison pa sites walk up and down piping hot, like sergeants; beef and brewess comes marching in dry-vats; i; fritters and pancakes comes trowling in the wheelbarrows; hens and saul sages hopping in porters' baskets, col lops and eggs in scuttles, and tarts and custards comes quavering in in ost,snosSsS' ,.ssss
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 CHAPTER XIII.
My First Official Bath.

Right behind our rest billet was q large creek about ten feet deep and twenty feet across, and 1t was a habit of the company to avail themselves of an opportunity to take a swim and at the same time thoroughly wash them selves and their underwear when on their own. We were having a spell of hot weather. and these baths to us were luxury. The Tommies would splash around in the water and then come out and sit in the sun and have what they termed "shirt hunt" At first we tried to drown the "cooties,' y but they also seemed to enjoy the bath.
 One Sunday morning the whole sec tion was in the creek and We were hay ing a gay time. when the sergeant ma jor appeared on the scene. He came "Come out of it. Get your equipment on, drill order and fall in for bath parade. Look lively, my hearties. You have only got fifteen minutes" A howl of indignation from the creek greeted this order but out we came. Disci- pline is discipline. We lined up in front of our billet with rifles and bay onets (why you need rifles and bayo- nets to take q bath gets mel a full quota of ammunition, ana our tin hats. Each man had piece of soap and a towel. After an eight-kilo march along a dusty road. with an occasional shell whistling overhead, we arrived at a ,ls \. bank of q creek. Nailed over the door of this building was a large sign which read Divisional Baths" In wooden shed in the rear we could hear wheezy old engine pumping water.
 We lined up in front of the baths, soaked with precipitation, and piled our rifles into stacks. A sergeant of the R. A. NJ C. with a yellow band around his left arm on which was IS. P.' (sanitary poliee) in black let ters, took charge, ordering us to take off our equipment. unroll our puttees and unace boots. Then, starting from the right of the line, he divided us into squads of fifteen. 1 happened to be In the first squad.
 We entered small room, where we were given five minutes to undress, then filed into the bathroom. In here there were fifteen tubs (barrelS sawed In two) half full of water. Each tub contained piece If laundry soap. The sergeant informed Us that we had just twelve minutes In which to take our baths. Soarng ourselves all over. we took turns in rubbing each others backs, then by means of garden hose.
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washed the soap off. The water was ice cold, but felt fine.
 Pretty soon bell rang and the wa ter was turned off. Some of the slower ones were covered with soap, but this made no difference to the sergeant, who chased us into another room, where we lined up in front of little window, resembling the box office in a theater, and received clean underwear and towels. From here we went into the room where we had first undressed. Ten minutes were allowed in which to get into our "clabber."
 My pair of drawers came up to my chin and the shirt barely reached my diaphragm, but they were clean-no
 At the expiration of the time allot- ted we were turned out and finished our dressing on the grass.
 When all of the company had bathed 1t was case of march back to billets. That march was the most uncongenial one imagined, just cussing and blind- ing all the way. We were covered with white dust and felt greasy from sweat. The woolen underwear issued was itching like the mischief.
 After eating our dinner of stew, which had been kept for us-it was now four o'clock-we went into the creek and had another bath.
 If "Holy Joe" could have heard our remarks about the divisional baths and army red tape he would have fainted at our wickedness. But Tom my is only human after all.
 just mentioned Holy Joe" or the chaplain in an irreverent sort of way, but no offense was meant, as there were some very brave men among them.
 There are so many instances of he roie deeds performed under fire in res cuing the wounded that it would take several books to chronicle them, but I have to mention one instance per formed by Il chaplain, Captain Hall by name, in the brigade on our left, be- cause it particularly appealed to me.
 A chaplain is not fighting man; he is recognized as a noncombatant and carries no arms. In charge or trench raid the soldier gets feeling of con- tidence from contact with his rifle, re- volver, or bomb he is carrying. He has something to protect himself with, something with which he can inflict harm on the enemy-in other words, he is able to get his own back.
 But the chaplain is empty handed. and is at the mercy of the enemy if he encounters them. so it is doubly brave for him to 20 over the top, under fire, and bring in wounded. Also q chaplain iS not required by the kings regulations to go over in charge but this one did, made three trips under the hottest kind of fire, each time re- turning with wounded man on his back. On the third trip he received a bullet through his left arm, but never reported the matter to the doctor until late that night-iust spent his time ad- ministering 10 the wants of the wound nd lying on stretchers.
 The chaplains of the British army are a fine manly set of men, and are greatly respected by Tommy.
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AMERICA WILL SETTLE
 PRESENT WORLDS WAR
Liberty Loan Bond In American Hands is Most Effective
 Weapon.

Before the United States entered the war the conflict may have besn one for Europeans to settle, with, ths future of the world depending lipion the results. But since America de- clared war it has become distinctly our war
 It no longer is Ensiand's war. CT Frances war, but Americas war-the war of all the nations associated to de feat German autocracy. which seeks to dominate and enslave the world.
 The best way to support the war ia to buy Liberty Bond while the brave boys are at the front fighting for you and for your home and for eysrythiag sacred.
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lever, fitted into slot at the top, which extends half way around the circumference and Is held in place at the bottom by fixing pin. In this pin there is small metal ring, for the purpose of extracting the pin when ready to throw.
 You do not throw bomb the way a baseball is thrown, because, when in a narrow trench, your hand is liable to strike against the parados. traverse or parapet, and then down goes the bomb, and, in a couple of seconds or so, up goes Tommy.
 Tn throwing. the bomb and lever are grasped in the right hand, the left foot is advanced. knee stiff. about one and q half it's length to the front. while the right leg, knee bent. is carried slightly to the right. The left arm is extended at an angle of 45 degrees pointing Th the direction the bomb is to he thrown. This position is similar to that of shot putting, only that the right arm Is extended downward Then you hurl the bomb from you with an overhead bowling motion, the same as in cricket, throwing 1t fairly high in the air, this In order to give the fuse a chance to burn down so that when the bomb lands, it immediately ex- plodes and gives the Germans no time to scamper out of its range or to re- turn it.
 As the bomb leaves your hand, the lever, by means of a spring, is projected into the air and falls harn!essly to the ground a few feet in front of the bomber.
 When the lever flies off it releases a strong spring, which forces the firing pin into percussion cap. This ignites the fuse, which burns down and sets Off the detonator, charged with fulmi- nate of mercury, which explodes the main charge of ammonal.
 The average British soldier is not an expert at throwing; it is new game to him, therefore the Canadians and Americans, who have played baseball from the Kindergarten up, take natu- rally to bomb throwing and excel in this act. A six-foot English bomber will stand in awed silence when he sees q little fye-foot-nothing Canadian outdistance his throw by several yards. l have read few war stories of bomb ing, where baseball pitchers curved their bombs when throwing them, but a pitcher who can do this would make "Christy' MatheWson look like a piker, and is losing valuable time playing in the European War bush league, when he would be able to set the "big league" on fire.
 We had q cushy time while at this school. In fact, to Us it was a regular vacation, and We were very sorry when one morning the adjutant ordered us to report at headquarters for trans units up the line.
 Arriving at our section, the boys once again rendered us the glad mitt, but looked askance at us out of the corners of their eyes. They could not conceive, as they expressed it, how man could be such blinking idiot as to join the Suicide club. I was begin ming to feel sorry that I had become member of said club. and my life to me appeared doubly precious.
 Now that I was Sure-enough bomber I was praying for peace and hoping that my services as such would not be required.
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CHAPTER XII.
Bombing.

The boys in the section welcomed me back, but there were many strange faces. Several of our men had gone West in that charge, and were lying somewhere in France" with little wooden cross at their heads. We were
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NOTICE FOR REPUBLICATION,

Department Of the interior, u s. Land
Office at Little Rock, Ark, June IA,
1918.
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on the 23rd day of July, 1918.
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