The Washington herald., 1922-09-22
CHAPTER ..
n Matter of Civilization,

NJ a frantic command from som,.
lHNi 'ihle source. Anthony groped his
WY inside. tie was thinking that
Tor the first time in more than three
years he was to remain longer than
nIEht away from Gloria. The
hnaIity of it appealed to him drea--
ilN- IL was his clean and lovely
Elr' that he was leaving.
They had arrived. he thought. NJ
the most practical financial stttle-
mont. she was To- have s%T5 a mont,
not too much considering that
over half of that would go in rent
and he was taking $50 to suppIe-
rnt his pay. He saw no need FOR
more; food. clothes and quarters
N"Nid be provided-there were TO
'"..LaI obligations for private.
me car was crowded and alreadv
thick with breath. 1t was one of
TIE type known as tourist" cars. a
sort Of brummaEem Pullman. with a
h'tTe ii"'r. and straw seats that
needed cleaning. Nevertheless. An
th"nE 3 eeted it with relief. He
hid vaguely expected that th,. trim
S'Uth would he made in freight
ear. in one end Of which would
stand eight horses and in the other
forty men lie had heard The,
'h"mmcs 40. chcvaux s" story So
Oft ten that ii had become confused
AID UminUus
As he rocked down the aisle with
mis- bdrrack bag s!uug at his shouI-
Ger like a INDUSTRIOUS blue sausa.-r
h' saw no vacant seats. but after a
moment his eye fell on n single
space AZ pTes"ut occupied hv ib,.
feet Of a short. swarthv SiciIfar
who, with his hat drawn over Iis
eyes. huHched deiantIy in the CO.
n"r. rs Anthony stopped beside
BIN he stared up with a <coyvI. eyi
IDENTIFY intended to be intimidatfng.
j." must have adopted it as 10
icH~e against this entire gigantic.
equation vt Anth0ny's sharp THAT
seat taken? he very slowly lifted
the feet as though they We're a
breakahle package. and placed them
'th some care upon the, floor. His
eyes remained on Anthony's. who
meanwhile sat down and unbuttones,
the uniform coat issued him at
camp Upton the day before. II
rhafed him under the arms.
Before Anthony could scrutinIze
th" other occupants Of the section
E"unG second lieutenant blew in
~ the upper end of the car and
waited airily down the aisle. an
n"uncinE in voice of appalling
acerbity:
There Will he no smoking in this
ar. No smoking. Don't smoke,
men. in this car
he SaI1r1
dozen little clouds Of expostulation
arose on all sides.
"Oh, or pc"
"Jeese"'
No smOkin'7"
Hey. come back here, feIla"
What's zee idea?"
Two or three cigarettes were sho,
nut through the open windows
others were retained inside. though
Kept sketchily away from view.
From here and there in accents If
orayado. of mOCkery. of submissive
numor. a few remarks were droppeJ
that soon melted into the listIess
and pervasive silence.
The fourth occupant of Anthony's
section spoke up suddenly.
"G by. liberty" he said suIlenlv
G'by. everything except bein' an
officers dog"
anthony looked at him. He WAS
a tall lriShman with an expression
moulded of indifference and utter
dIsdain. His eyes fell on Anthony,
as though he expected an answer.
and then upon the others. Receiy-
ing only A defiant stare from the
italian he gr0aned and spat nofsiIy
on the floor by way of A diCnified
transition back into taciturnity.
A few minutes later the door
opened again and the second IieE-
tenant was borne in upon his GUS
tomary official zephyr. this time
inEing out a different tidinE:
AN right. men. smoke IL Won
want to, My mistake, meni It's
al right. men, Go on and smoke
my mistake"
This time Anthony had a good
look at him. He was young. thin.
already faded: he was like his own
nustache: he was like a great piece
of shiny straw. His chin receded,
family: this was offset by a mag
nitiCcnt and unconvincing scowI, a
scnwl that Anthony was to connect
With the faces OF many young Of
t"ers during the ensuing year
Continued Tomorrow.