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The Washington times., 1918-11-06
By Virginia Terhune
Van de Water
Copyright. 1918. Star Company
CHAPTER, ".

ACopyrtght. 1918. Star Company
CHAPTER, ".
THHE automobilists stopped at
the Bruce home long enough
to enjoy some sandwiches and
coffee. Mrs. Bruce insisted
upon this, as the night was chilly.
Mrs. Higgins will not object"
she urged. she knows you are with
me. and perfectly safe"
"Of course she does" Honora
agreed.
Mr.. Bruce Joined the quartet in
the dining room and proved himself
a delightful host. Honora had al
ways admired him. Tonight she
liked him better than ever. She
watched his amused countenance as
he listened to Mildred's merry chat
ter.
For Mildred was very gay and
happy this evening. Honora won
dered II IL was because she enjoyed
Arthur's company. Then she re-
minded herself that Mildred had
shown no especial fOndness for this
man In fact, she had even eriti-
cised him.
She was Just now telling her host
OF young Hilton's departure for
Canada
Don't you think it's a fine thing
for him to do, Mr. Bruce?" she de
manded
The elderly man smiled Yes,
my dear. do IL he feels that his
duty calls him. But you must re-
member that he has reasons for
wishing to connect himself with the
allies-reasons which many of our
American boys do not have"
what are they-if one may ask?"
Honora queried.
His grandfather as a Canadian;
his grandmother. an Englishwom-
an"
"Therew Arthur Bruce exclaimed
triumphantly. You see, Mildred.
that Hilton has some reason for his
desire to fight the Germans. II 1
were an Englishman-or'if my peo-
pie were English-which amounts
to the same thing-I would go, too"
"oh, no." The exclamation was
Mrs. Bruce's. cannot bear to
hear you even suggest such thing,
SOM"
you would have to bear IL ~ We
entered the war" the father said
soberly.
Tie Son PrOtestA
'T-Would never give my con-
sent." Mrs. Bruce insisted Let
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CHAPTER NI.

lsSir Henry stepped hack from the
stales and eyed the FISH which they
had been weighing. admiringly.
i''You see that, Mills: You see
Sat, Jimmy" he pointed out. "Slx
and three quarter pounds, ! was
tight almost to an ounce. He's-a
Abe fellow"
lt'A very extraordinary FISH. sir"
the butler observed "WHI YOU
allow me to take your OiIsllins?
Dinner was served nearly an hour
Ago
ssSir Henry slipped of his drip
pinE oyeralls and handed them over.
ts"That's all right" he replied
TListeH. Don't say a word about
ny arrival to your mistress AT pres
eht. / have some writing to do.
Bring me a glass " sherry ut orce.
ot mix a cocktail if you can do 80
Without being missed. and take
Jimmy away and give him some
tehiskey and soda"
'But what about your own din
nkr. sir?"
{f"I'H have a trav IN the gun room"
bis master decided. SAY in twenty
YOU say were dining?
1.-Two OF the young officers from
the depot, sir-Mr. Harrison and
Ar. Sinclair-and Mr. Hamar Less
inRham."
iE'Lessingham. eh?" Sir Henry re-
ptated. as he seated himself be-
tore his writing table. Mills" he
be added. In a confidential whis
per. what port did you server"
The buffers expression was one
Of conscious Tectitude.
lt"NOt the vintage sir" he an
bounced with emphasis. some
very excellent wood port. which We
procured for shooting luncheons.
S-he young gentlemen like IT,"
l!"YOu're a Jewel. Mills" his mas
ter declared. Now you under
stand-an aperitif for me now.
some whiskey for Jimmy in your
room. and not a word about my
being here. Good night. Jimmy!
Sorry we wers too late for the
fnackereI. but we had some grand
sport. all the same. You'll have a
day or two's rest ashore now"
Fave. ave sir" DumbIe replied
rWe got in just in time There's
something rrOre than a squail COM
Ing Up nor'ardS."
Sir Henry listened for a moment.
The French windows shook. the
rain heat against the panes. and a
Gull booming Of wind was clearly
audible from outside.
1--WE timed that excellentIy." he
Agreed. Come up and have a
ehst tomorrow. Jimmy. II your
Hife will spare you"
li"III be round before II. sir"
fhe fisherman promised, with a
Erin
SIR Henry waited for the CLOSING
OF the door. Then he leaned for
ward for several moments He
hads scarcely the appearance Of a
Feturned from q week or two
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Don't Hurry

The telephone bell rang with anx-
ious persistence. The doctor an
swered the call.
Yes" he said.
"Oh, DOCTOR" said a worried voice.
something seems to have happene
TO my wife, Her mouth seems Set,
and she can't say a word"
why, she may have lockjaw."
said the medical man.
do you think so? Wei. n you
are up this way some time next
week. ! wish you would step in and
see WIS, you can do for her"
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The ''Zepp's" Passenger
AIN ExCI1 ING AND ROMANTIC NEW SPY SERIAL
Iessingham Appears Surprised When
Informed Sir Henry's Desk Has
Been Rifed by Burglars.

frwise man." she pronounced, ris-
khE to her feet. Come, let us 60
sad help Helen pick leaves. She is
scratching her fingers terribly, and
4tn sure you have a knife. A dear
e5onomicaI creature. Helen" she
added, as they strolIed along L
40 perfectly certain that those are
destined to adorn my dining table,
I'D. with chrysanthemums at six
Fence each, you can't imagine how
Welcome them are. Come, produce
Your knife, Mr.. Lessingham."
sThe knife was forthcoming, and
ifesently they all turned their
Asces homeward. Philippe arrested
Eeth her companions on the ont
8kirts of the wood and pointed to
G1e red-tiled little town, to the SOM
Ger, storm-beaten gray church on
de eCge of the cliff. to the peace
fdl fields, the stretch of gorse-
aprinkIed common, and the rolling
atretch Of green turf on the crown
Sf the cliffs. Beyond was the foam
1ecked blue sea. dotted all over
N5th cargo steamers.
Il"Would one believe" she asked
s3tiricaHy, that there should be
scope here in this forgotten little
spot for the brains OF a-Mr. Less
6Ebam,"
ti"Remember that ! was sent" he
tfotested. The error, il error
here be. is not mine"
lt"And after ALL" Helen. reminded
them both, think how easily one
1day be misled by appearances.
You couldn't imagine anything more
hbnest than the faces of the villag-
Sfs and the fishermen one sees
About, yet do you know, Mr.. Less
ingham, that we were visited by
Burglars last night"
Seriously" he asked.
li"WithoUt a doubt. or course.
1Fainsail Haul is an invitation to
thieves. They could get in any
Fhere. Last night they chose the
French windows and seem to have
made themselves at home in the
library"
IL trust" Lessingham said, that
they did not take anything of val
us?"
"They took nothing at all" Phil
tppa sighed. That was the humiIi-
ating part OF II: They evidently
didn't like our things"
''How do you know that you had
bnrglars. II they took nothing
STay?" Lessingham Inquired. -H-s
ESQ practicaI' PhiIippa murnur-
~. LAS q matter Of fact, l heard
some one moving about, and rang
TIE alarm bell. Mills was ,noHn-
Stairs almost directly. and we heard
some one running down the ffive
The French windows were open. a
chair was overturned ir the library,
AID a drawer in my husbands desk
Hias wide open. -
.i''The proof" r. Lessingham ad-
nlitted, is overwhelming. You
were visited by a burglar. Does
you husband keep anything Of
value in his desk2''
4"Henry hasn't anything OF value
III the world, PhiIippa replied dryiy,
Except his securities, and they are
~ the bank"
ti'Without going so far as to con
cadet you" Lessingham observed,
With a smile. 4 still venture to
dissgreer"
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Mars Meets the Noon.

THE declining planet of war, redfaced Mars meets e
moon the celestial representative OF the sternly iudic
GUS goddess DIANA tonight and anybody who wishes may
see such augury as peases him in the occurrence Diana
has her bow stretch and the meeting occurs In the COLI
Estellation Sagtiarius. ,.-....-
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This Dav in History.

THIS is the anniversary Of the DEATH in 1872 Of General
Meade the victor of the Battle of Gettysburg. the
threeday struggle in which General Lee beaten and
which, with the victory at Vcksburg the same day,
July 1853 marked the turning point Of the Rebellion
Meade thanked by Congress
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biOn's Daughters Weave Nets for the Hun
Women of Euqand ShouO Their Aptitude in Performing Tasks
Once ThOuqht ONLY Possible for Men,

Thousands of hare been laid of the coast Of GTsGt
Brtaia restrict the of actUitg Of the
Uboas Besides the English kGvs used thousands Of
yss of bar the progress of the pirates The up
keep of of defense requires constant Uor and here
the England Themselves steady Of
These photographs shOW girls mine to boat
and q group repairing of the meta.
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OF
THE FAMOUS

y OLDIERS have no illusions.
They believe in blunt facts,
and General Hansin IS no
exception to the rule. An
amusing story is told Of him by
an artist from the Latin Quarter
OF Paris.
The artist was commissioned to
paint the generals portrait, and,
as there was no other place avail
able. he visited the general in his
dugoUt for the sitting.
After he mad sketcfIed q rough.
bold outline OF Mangin's severe
features, he was asked by his yit-
ter to hand over the sketch before
proceedings.
"Ah. that's perfect" said General
Mangin. perfect, Don't touch 1t
again: il you do, you'll natter me-"
In the fighting sense, 1t is good
to be big these days. Ia the eat
ing sense. II is good to be small.
According TO Ernes; Pyke. who
encountered HackcnsChmidt during
his experiences at EuhIeben. the
famous wrestler is today mere
shadow. weighing considerably un-
der the eighteen stone which once
cIasped MadTali Gu the wrestling
mat.
Il have twenty-seven cards en-
titIing me to twenty-seven differ
ent rations." complaia"d IIacken-
schmidt, but cant get any. and
the only thing for me Is TO rat III"
cards"
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Sidney Nicholson. recently ap-
pointed organist at Westminster
Abbey. is confirmed wanderer.
This explains why he holds the rec
ord for playing in more churches
and cathedrals in England and
abroad than any other living or
ganist he started at Frankfort.
Germany. and from there drifted to
Barnet. Eton. and Manchester.
At the latter city he founded the
popular midday organ recitals for
working people. These proved 80
successful that the scheme has now
been extended to the T-H Of the
Northern country.
II il not only in the rnterpreta-
tion Of sacred music. however. that
Mr.. Nicholson has proves himself.
lie Is an organist. composer. and
conductor rolled into one. and has
written an exquisite setting to some
OF Rupert Brooke's poetry. The
two were fast friends at Oxford.
and the Organist's music is an elo-
quent tribute. to the dead poets
genius.
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Lawyers Have Fine War Gardens

Messrs. Eide and Sinkler, attorneys
have one of the finest war gardens in
the county at the Sinkler farm 10
miles north of the city. Every day
they devote the hours from S to 8 to
working in their garden, DOMINIC
with 2. VIZ. VIZ. that would do credit to
practical farmers. Their tract con-
sists of two acres Of potatoes two
acres Of peas and one acre of onions,
besides good patch of sweet corn and
other edibles. Whether their eff
forts result in growing enough pro-
duce to pay for the St. Jacobs oil,
liniment and other remedies they have
been obliged to secure in order to keep
fit, is matter which is now engag-
ing the speculative proclivities Of
friends who are watching their en-
deavors with interest.
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AROUND THE STATE

Because it is said to be the quick
est way to get to France, many North
Dakota young men are endeavoring
to enlist in the tank service.
The North Dakota food administra-
ton insists there is no excuse for the
high price of -four substitutes, but
the people still have to pay.
North Dakota papers are devoting
a lot of space to letters from the boys
"over there" and some of them con-
tain information Of a decidedly inter-
esting character.
In North Dakota the rye acreage
was 40 per cent and the wheat 10 per
cent larger than in 1917, but some Of
the winter rye had to be reseeded to
spring wheat.
With bone dry laws it seems to
be case of dry rot with the South
Dakota prohibition organization which
for the first time in years, shows no
political activity.
George w. Wilkinson, removed as
postmaster of Fargo, for cause, is q
candidate for the democratic nomina-
ton for governor of North Dakota.
As smile provoker, Wilkinson seems
to get results.
North Dakota architects got law
through providing for licensing ar
chitects, but the supreme court says it
doesn't prohibit unlicensed architects
from practicing their profession, and
there you are.
There was such a storm raised by
loyalists against Randall, convicted at
Red Wing of disloyalty, making a
North Dakota speaking tour, the
Townley machine was forced to cancel
his dates.
The guest at Fargo hotel who
protested the Federal allotment of
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The United States
War-Gairden Army

is the new legion in which every child can
play "a practical part.
A little vegetable gardcn-let us cnnse-
crate every available inch of soil to
raising food.
You will be amazed at what your child
can do with Il few feet Of ground and q
few cents worth Of seed. Then multiply
what your child thus produces by all that
twenty million other little ones bring
forth and you will appreciate just what
this juvenile War-(;ardcn Army means to
the total of our cOuntrys food supplies.
The term war garden" is simply the
short for Il win-t c-War-g gar den.
Call up the principal or the nearest school
for the particulars.
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Let the Children Help!

Ell not us grown folk be selfish
IL in our service. Let us give the
children, too, their chance. Let us
mobilize our twenty million willing
little hands in the great cause.
Let us enlist them in the freeing of
the world.
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SEQ Paid on Savings Accounts
$50 Paid on Time Certificates
Checking Accounts, Insurance.
Open Saturday Evenings.
First Farmers Bank Of MInot.
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PREFACE

There is a common idea that the age
of miracles is past. Perhaps It Ii, but
II SO, the change must have come about
within the past few -veeks-after es-
capped into Holland. FOR II anything Ii
certain in this life 1t is this: this book
never would have been written but for
the succession Of miracles set forth in
these pages.
Miracles, luck, coincidence. Provi-
dence-it doesn't matter much what
you call it-certainly played an impor-
tant part In the series Of hair-breadth
escapes In which figured during my
short but eventful appearance in the
great drama now being enacted across
the seas. Without it, all my efforts and
sufferings would have been quite un-
availing.
No one realizes this better than I do
and want to repeat 1t right here be-
cause elsewhere in these pages I may
appear occasionally to overlook or
minimize It: without the help Of Provi-
dence would not be here today.
But this same Providence which
brought me home safely, despite all
the dangers which beset me, may work
similar miracles for others, and 1t is in
the hope of encouraging other poor
devils who may find themselves in stu
ations as hopeless apparently as mine
oftentimes were that this book is writ
ten.
trust may be sooner than expect 1t
to bel hope shall have an oppor-
tunity to revisit the scenes Of my ad-
ventures and to thank in person in an
adequate manner every one who ex-
tended helping hand to me when I
was wretched fugitive. All of them
took great risks in befriending an es-
capped prisoner and they did it without
the slightest hope Of reward. At the
to pay my compliments to those who
endeavored to take advantage of my
distress.
In the meanwhile, however, I can
only express my thanks In this ineffec-
tive manner, trusting that in some
mysterious way a copy Of this book
may fall into the hands of every one
who befriended me. hope particular.
ly that every good Hollander who
played the part of the Good Samari-
tan to me SO bountifully after my es-
cape from Belgium will see these pages
and feel that am absolutely sincere
when say that words cannot begin to
express my sense Of gratitude to the
Dutch people. AZ
It is needless for me to say how
deeply I feel for my fellow-prisonere
In Germany who were, less fortunate
than /. Poor, poor fellows-they are
the real victims of the war. hope that
every one Of them may soon be re.
stored to that freedom whose value
never fully realized until after 1 had
had to fight SO hard to regain it.
PAT O'BRIEN.
Momence. ILL.,, January IA, 1918.
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whacks than I was looking for later
on.
Needless to say, my parents were
very much opposed to my risking my
life at what was undoubtedly at mat
time one Of the most hazardous "pas-
times" young fellow could select, and
every time had q smashup or some
other mishap was ordered never to go
near an aviation field again.
So I went out to California. There
another fellow and I built our own
machine, which we flew in various
parts of the state.
In the early part Of 1915, when trou-
BILE was brewing In Mexico, I Joined the
American flying corps. was sent to
San Diego, where the army flying
school is located, and spent about eight
months there, but as was anxious to
get into active service and there didn't
seem much chance Of America ever
getting into the war, I resigned and,
crossing over to Canada, Joined the
Royal Flying corps at Victoria, b. @.
was sent to Camp Borden, Toronto.
LII 81 W ACSCASC AASIh uSlAOA anu AutCA ~
instruct. While cadet I made the
first loop ever made by a cadet in Can
ada, and after had performed the
stunt half expected to be kicked out
of the service for it. Apparently, how
ever, they considered the source and
let 1t 60 at that. Later on had the
satisfaction of introducing the loop
as part Of the regular course Of in
struction for cadets in the r. F. c.,
and want to say right here that Camp
Borden has turned out some of the
best fliers that have ever gone to
France.
In May, 1917, I and seventeen other
Canadian fliers left for England on the
Meganic, where we were to qualify
for service in France.
Our squadron consisted Of nine
Americans. @. G. Robinson, 81. A. Mil
Ter, F. 8. McClurg, A. A. Allen, e. B.
Garnet, b. K. Boysen. 81. A. Smeeton
and A. A. Taylor, and myself, and nine
Britishers, Paul Il. Raney, J. R. Park.
G. Nelmes, c. R. Moore, T. L. Atkin-
son, F! @. Conry, A. Muir, e. A. L. F.
Smith and A. @. Jones.
Within a few weeks after our ar
rival in England all of US had won our
'wings"-the insignia worn on the
left breast by every pilot on the west
eru front.
We were all sent to place in
France known as the Pool Pilots Mess.
Here men gather from all the training
squadrons In Canada and England and
await assignments to the particular
squadron Of which they are to become
members.
The Pool Pilots Mess is situated q
few miles back Of the lines. When
ever q pilot In shot down or killed the
Pool Pilots Mess is notified to send an
other to take his place.
There are 80 many casualties every
day In the r. F. G. at one point Of
the front or another that the demand
for new pilots is quite active, but when
. fellow II itching to get into the night
~ badly a. and my friends were !
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must confess that we got little i'm
patient, although we realized that
every time a new man was called it
meant that some one else had, in all
probability, been killed, wounded or
captured.
One morning an order came in for
scout pilot and one of my friends
was assigned. can tell you the rest
Of us were as envious Of him as If it
were the last chance any Of us were
ever going to haxp to get to the front.
As 1t was, however, hardly more than
three hours had elapsed before an
and was ordered to follow my
friend. I afterward learned that as
soon as he arrived at the squadron he
prevailed upon the commanding off,
Ger Of the squadron to wire for me.
At the Pool Pilots Mess it was the
custom Of the officers to wear "shorts''
-breeches that are about eight inches
long, like the boy scouts wear, leav-
ing space Of about eight inches Of
open country between the top Of the
puttees and the end of the shorts. The
Australians wore them in Saloniki and
at the Dardanelles.
When the order came in for me, I
had these "shorts" on, and didn't
have time to change into other clothes.
Indeed, was in such sweat to get
to the front that If had been in my
pajamas think would have gone
that way. As it was, it was raining
and threw an overcoat over me,
jumped into the machine, and we made
record time to the airdrome to which
had been ordered to report.
AS I allghted from the automobile
my overcoat blew open and displayed
my manly form attired in shorts" in
stead Of in the regulation flying
breeches, and the sight aroused con-
siderable commotion in camp.
'Must be Yankee" I overheard
one officer say to another as I ap-
preached. mo one but Yankee would
have the cheek to show up that way,
/ you know!"
But they laughed good-naturedly as
came up to them, and welcomed me
to the squadron, and was soon very
much at home.
My squadron was one Of four sta
toned at an airdrome about eighteen
miles back Of the Ypres line. There
were 1S pilots in our squadron. which
was scout squadron. scout machines
carrying but one man.
A scout, sometimes called fighting
scout, has NO bomb dropping or recon-
noitering to do. His duty is Just to
fight, or. as the order was given to me.
you arc expected to pick fights and
not wait until they come to you'll"
When bomb droppers 60 out over
the lines in the daytime scout squad
ron usually conveys them. The bomb
droppers hy at about twelve thousand
feet, and scouts thousand feet or 90
above them.
II at any time they should be at
tackled. It II the duty Of the scouts to
dive down and carry on the fight, the
orders pf the bomb droppers being to
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CHAPTER u.
] Became q Fighting seeu.

. Became Fighting Scout.
started flying in Chicago in 1912.
was then eighteen years old, but had
had a hankering for the air ever since
! can remember.
Al a youngster followed the ex-
ploits Of the Wrights with the greatest
interest, although must confess I
sometimes hoped that they wouldn't
really conquer the air until I had had
q whack at Il myself. I got more
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eTo BE coNT1NUED)
Why They Ars Lonely.

The people who are lonely in this
world are those who are always look
ing for something to come to them /;
they hope for pleasant adventures;
they exact much from their friends
and from their family-and they are
never satisfied. But the happy men
and women are those who never think
to demand for themselves-who give
and give and give again, and fnd Joy
whenever they find opportunity to give
joy.-Exchange.
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CHAPTER !.
The Folly Of pespaIr.

The Folly Of Despair.
Less than nine months ago eighteen
officers of the Royal flying corps,
which had been training in Canada,
left for England on the Meganic.
II any of them was over twenty-five
years Of age, he had successfully con-