The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-30

head ached. n he ever 81 home asats-
which wasn't likely, for he certainly couldnt
90 unless be went this wsy-he would there
after forever be just Hugo West No ners
MacCulloch for him
His bead ached terribly.
He braved sig more ieonine and cosDs-
politan sales clerks In ~ many dens- Ihey
were all alike. 30 were the prices.
Reader. did you judge him hardly last
night, when he seemed perhaps q tribe friv-
olous In that gay French capitalf Oh, deal
gently with him novi The sounds OF rev.
elry continue; they are not for him. frsnes
keeps II up, but not the MarCulloch. In
city Of noise, be 10 silent; In the place o.
celebration, behold him mourn. furuve,
fugitive, hurrying down side street, to avoid
not only his compatriots, but his trans-Af-
lantic cousins, his signed bsnknotss are
the notes Of music fed; he has only
fr127 so; he does not eat. bis dignity has
dissolved. He IN scarcely clad. BE seeks,
and cannot afford, ready made clothes. BIS
shoes hurt. And his head And his ises
are bare.
80 fallen! - lost! the light withdraw.
which once he worer
BE passed half the afternoon dodging
American and British ofhcers. Paris was
populated by them. he was q fox before
the chase. It was awful.
His head had never ached 20 badly in an
his Life before
TT WAS not until nearly sunset, not unh
be was faint and footsore, sick and all
but exhausted from the hue and cry Of his
potential pursuers, that the great idea came
to him. But then did Hugo West-st heart
long since MacCulloch no more-asert again
his splendid self, resume the soul Of the
great strategist
Military science teaches that chance FOR
ever favors the attacking force. Nov, on
the pavements Of Paris, the hunted turned
hunter.
The French, we have remarked, are q gay
people. They were, after thirty hours Of
it, still celebrating Armistice Day. Foolish
bells continued ringing; silly crowds danced
up one side Of the grand ooulevsrds and
down the other. Major West had been for
long hours avoiding them: nov-but, oh.
not to partake Of their puerile joys!-hs
plunged directly into them.
1t was the supreme example Of the drs-
matte fourth act double" 1t drove out
his headache. Instead of avoiding, he now
sought; where he had fed he followed. No
longer did he turn away from Americana
BE did slight the British, but, seated at
cafe table near the Place de rOpers, be
watched every approaching officer from the
U. S. A, and studied him.
Major West was looking for q certain
soldier that he had never seen before.
TIE FOUND him. After an hours watt
II ing. he found him. The man came
waddling by.
Hugo grasped him by the sleeve
The mamie was a massy major Of ar
tYlery. plainly hard-boiled. and a htts
the worse for merriment-swuns assina
Hueo's table.
Hey cried the artileryman. LOOK
out, there!
lingo rose and saluted in what be had
heard was the proper manner.
ssWeel We psr-ruon q raw SANt, en'
4. ;mplored. "Ah'm q drinkin' mon meser
;.s, frae the frswnt-a Galloway lad
Neither Ar-rdweel-but i did use to be in
Cbeecaeo some year sine'-it was another
chance. but he took it-''sn' did be won
derin' wad ye do q lone mon tn honor t'wst
yer whustle wi me jes' vance fer the
SAX O. ure cawman vict'ry, sir"
The artilleryman shook hands. BE was
from st. Jo' $50 that was all right and
he'd sure take a drink.
"what'n it bei' he asked, as the sproned
waiter futtered to them.
"a drap O. dew" said Hugo.
He pitched his under the table.
UIT'S nav the time to quit, carle," be
L insisted an hour later. "Ah colt q
mickle theerst frae wypers. Who wsdna!"
He told his friend all about his life i,
the Ypres salient
That was at 6:15 p NJ. At z, Major
West again obliged with "a Wee Deoch
an Doris" a composition Of his schoolmate,
Meester Lauder. At $50, they sang -
gether:
"oh-h, a's nice to eat up 50 the mopr.is'
When the sun begins fskine!'
Major Vests feet were wet and felt the
better for it.
Best of all, the artilleryman was pay
ing his share.
THUS it was that, long before midnight,
= Major West led Major Somebody or
Other to'a quiet hotel. He undressed hin
and put him to bed.
Then he took OF his clotbe.-Anacr.o,
could not do justice TO the joy Of that kilt-