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A European War story based on the drama of
ROI COOPER MEGRUE
SYNOP8I8
The chief characters arc Ethel Wil-
loughby Henry Streetman and Capt
Larry Redmond The minor characters
are Sir George Wagstaff of the British
admiralty and Charles Brown a New
York newspaper correspondent Ethel
a resident or Sir George’s household
secretly married to Streetfnan a German
spy though she did not know him as
such Captain Redmond her old lover
returns to England after long absence
From him she learns the truth- about
8tretman furthermore that he has
betrayed her simply to learn naval se-
crets The European war breaks out
Ethel prepares to accompany Streetman
to Brussels as a German spy In order to
get revenge and serve England
idASSSSi
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this Installment la given a
remarkable picture of Belgian
village life— Ite peacefulnesa and
hopefulness— Just before the
German host swept the little na-
tion In 1914 You will enjoy
Charlie Brown’s meeting with'
the Innkeeper and sympathize
with old Henri In his pathetlo'
effort to reassure hie frightened
daughter of her safety You will
thrill at the meeting of spies
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Capt Larry Redmond a British
spy discusses plans with a French
spy In a Belgian village Inn
CHAPTER XI— Continued
Larry swiftly cautioned him to be
careful
“Pardon! A slip of the tongael” his
ally apologized
“You have arranged matters as I
planned with yonr General Jacques r
Larry asked
“Yes! Last night we have strung a
wire from the fort to this Inn Even
ow the end of It Is dangling In that
chimney” He nodded toward the huge
replace across the room “I have
outside a telephone I wait
only the opportunity to connect the In-
strument” "Now sit over there!” Larry com-
manded waving the man to a chair at
one of the tables - The fellow obeyed
him without question And after a
quick survey of the place to make
sure that there were no eavesdroppers
Captain Bedmond Joined him
“Good!” he said "Now the Germans
will be here tonight” he confided a
he seated himself upon the table and
leaned toward his fellow-spy -“So
soon?”
“They march fast” Larry said
“Here the road forks One turns to
the left the other to the right The
safety of your fort depends on which
road they take” I
‘1 know” the other assented “And
“The Germans Will Be Here Tonight”
on their arrival a woman will send os
word by our telephone”
Larry bad not learned that
”A woman?” he exclaimed “Who is
eher
"I do not know m’slen”
"Is she here now!” Larry persisted
A suspicion had suddenly swept across
his mind filling him half with hope
half with fear that the unknown wom-
an might be Ethel Willoughby
The Frenchman shook hla head
"No m’sleu I ffalt her return” he
explained
“She wee not perhaps a Madame de
1 Lorde— ” Larry mused ’
“I was not told her name m’sleu I
em to find her by code”
"I thought possibly It might be a
Madame de Lords” Larry told him
“Until two days ago we were work-
ing together In Brussels Then I had
to leave 1 thought she might
have come this way” He slipped off
the table onto bla feet “Still no mat-
ter!” he added as the French spy
looked at him a bit too Inquiringly
“You can depend on this woman?” ha
Inquired
The fellow shrugged his shoulders
“She serves General Jacques He
trusts her” be replied as If that fact
- absolved him of responsibility
“Explain - everything carefully to
her” Larry cautioned him
“Everything m’sleu!” the little man
promised “Shall you return here
later?” he asked as Larry started to
leave him
“I do not know If my regiment will
stop here or If It will go on so I
must rely on you and the woman”
Captain Redmond warned him “Re-
member — It Is Imperative your general
know- If the attack be direct or by a
flanking movemeinL”
“Yes yes! Now I shall get
the telephone” the Gallic gentleman
announced And then be exclaimed
quickly In French "Vous avea rai-
son I”
Hie change to his own language ng
less than the Inflection of warning In
his voice brought Captain Redmond
aronnd sharply and he saw that they
were no longer alone It was the Inn-
keeper Henri Chrlstophe who had
come back to serve his leisurely pat-
ron "Ah gentlemen! Something to
drink?” Christophs asked them rub-
bing his hands In anticipation of the
feel of good coin In them
“No thank youl My friend Is leav-
ing now” the Frenchman said
“But I will be back soon” Larry
promised And with that Henri Chrla-
tophe had to be content
Again the Indefatigable newspaper
reader returned to his favorite pas-
time while Henri Chrlstophe regarded
him with a mild pensiveness The fel-
low had loafed much In bis Inn during
the past two days bnt he had been al-
together too abstemious to suit the pro-
prietor’s notions of what was due him
from a guest And then all at once old
Henri’s face turned happy once more
at the sight of a quaint little creature
who tripped Into the room and called
to him:
“Ah father! Yon are home agalnl
What news of the war?”
“Nothing ' mi petite!” he said
“Nothing! Do not be alarmed”
“But all say the Germans are com-
ing through Belgium” she told him
plaintively
Her remark seemed to exasperate
him ' What with poor business and
the worry of tha last few days — for
Henri Chrlstophe did not entirely share
the complacency of his more placid
patrons regarding rumors that were In
the air — what with those things to
trouble him his patience had become
finespun The good God knew that he
did not desire war to sweep over bis
fatherland He hoped passionately that
It might escape that calamity And
dreading It as he did he took occasion
whenever the possibility was men-
tioned to denounce the contingency
as being beyond reason Somehow he
derived comfort simply from asserting
his disbelief In such a thing
"All say It!” he repeated after her
with an Irritation which was strange
In him "So always It Is with you
women — you exaggerate every rumor”
he cried “I tell you — your father— we
are a neutral country All the big na-
tions they have promised us that our
land Is safs from Invasion It Is near-
ly a hundred years since they gave us
their wprd and always they have kept
It”
“But still I am frightened” bis
daughter reaffirmed She was In truth
a timid little thing— Just the eort to
be thrown Into a twitter of excitement
over a mouse— or a war It mattered
not what one might tell her to calm
her She would still be alarmed And
now Jeanne looked up at her father
with eucli fear In her great dark eyes
that he forgot his anger In his attempt
to soothe her
“But why?” he asked her more
gently “They did not come through
our country In 1870 In the Franco-
Prussian war Why should they now!
The Germans make much money from
us and we from them They are our
friends No ma petite thanks
to God we need fear nothing"
"I hope father you may be right”
she said albeit somewhat doubtful
still
"You ehall see! You shall see!” he
reassured her He made his way to the
cigar counter and busied himself set-
ting things to rights there “What
worries me far more than the Ger-
mans my little one” be went on
“what worries me Is that we have so
few Americans antomoblllng this sum-
mer Always In August there are
many and they pay well”
“Perhaps It Is the Germans who
keep them away” she ventured unhappily-
“Will you cease?" be cried angrily
“Always you talk of the Germans
Soon yon will have me nervous like
you” he complained as If be were not
already that
“I am sorry mon pere” she said In
filial repentance
“There there!” he exclaimed as If
shamed that he had chided her “I
did not mean to be cross Cornel For-
get your fears and pray to your saints
that business will be better To think
tbut In August we have only that one
lady lodgerl”
At his remark the French spy
glanced up quickly from hie newspa-
per He had not known that there was
a Indy staying In the house And he
wondered whether ebe might not prove
to be the person for whom he was on
the lookout
“And what do you suppose the Is do-
lug here In Courrolsler?” little Jeanne
asked her father It was not qnlte the
usual thing for foreign— or any other
— lady to stay In an Inn wlthont an es-
cort "That I do not know — nor do I care
ma petite” Henri Chrlstophe said
"She Is not French as she says One
may tell from her accent” the girl re-
marked It'was patent that her worn-
a”’s curiosity had been aroused by
their femliilne guest
“But she 'pays my little one— and
she minds her own business” her fa-
ther responded "Let us do likewise
Wipe off the table yonder!” be
directed Jeanne' as If he would give
her something te tMbk of that would
tifke her mind off such idle thoughts
Little Jeanne took the cloth from a
nearby hook and proceeded to polish
the table top at which the two peas-
ants had lately eat And while she
was thus engaged their too frugal
French guest folded up bis paper rose
and left them
CHAPTER XII
Lost— A Warl
A stranger— unmistakably American
—pedaled a decrepit bicycle up to the
very threshold of the Lion d’Or before
he threw a leg wearily over the rear
wheel and stood there leaning heavily
upon the handle bare and saddle It
was Charlie Brown though hie beet
friend might not recognized him
without some difficulty -He was both
dirty and disheveled and hot and tired
as well Dust lay thick upon his
shoes And now he gazed monrnfnlly
into the Inn somewhat as a thirst-
parched Vanderer in a desert might
have looked upon an oasis with Its
promise of shade and cooling water
Henri Chrlstophe did not see him at
first for his broad back was toward
the street But he sprang up quickly
as Mr Brown called to him In very
bad French—
"Musseer le proprietor!”
It was like music In the Innkeeper’s
ears
“A customer and an American!” he
exclaimed under his breath “Oul
monsieur!” he responded delightedly
"I am very tired” Charlie explained
—though he scarcely needed to dilate
upon that obvious fact “I desire a
chamber with— a bed Immediately”
“Oul monsieur — I have a very good
room on the mezzanine floor — excel-
lent for monsieur! Ten francs
a day!”
“Ten?” said Charlie "Cheap enough!
Go to it!”
And while little Jeanne went to pre-
pare the toom for him he threw him-
self Into a chair and cast a paper par-
cel — his sole baggage — upon the table
In front of him Beyond a few fresh
collars its contents were negligible
“I want to go to my room now
Charlie Informed his host “I’m dead
to the world” Unconsciously he had
lapsed Into his own vernacular And
then he realized that a Belgian Inn-
keeper In a country town could by no
manner or means comprehend him
“Oh how the devil do yon say T want
to go to my room In French?” he
groaned
“But I speak English sir” the Inn-
keeper Interposed He bad a decided
accent It was true But to Charlie
Brown’s ears the words were as grate-
ful as the sound of a rippling brook
npon a hot summer's day -“You
do? Why didn’t you say so?”
be demanded
“Pardon me sir!” the politic Inn-
keeper begged him “But so many
Americans like to exhibit their knowl-
edge of French that I have found It
wisest never to speak English to an
American until I am asked”
“Say — how did you know I was an
American?” Charlie asked him with
sudden suspicion He would have liked
to know Just what It was about bis ap-
pearance that seemed to stamp him as
a Yankee no matter where he went
"Oh! I could tell at once
The voice the manner Oh! I
cannot explain It is a some-
thing” Chrlstophe groped “an air-
one can never mistake It”
Mr Brown grinned at him
“Bight there with that French ‘gaff1
aren't you?” he said
Henri Chrlstophe smiled
“Ah m’sleu I understand” he ex-
claimed nodding his head sagely "But
you do me an injustice 1 do not flat-
ter I speak the troth” -All
at once the American remem-
bered that he was a newspaper man
"Well then have you seen anything
of a war around here?” he asked
"No eirl”
"Neither have 11” Charlie volun-
teered "And I've been looking for It
for a week”
"Oh there will be no war here"
Chrlstophe assured him “It Is always
like this— Just our peaceful little vil-
lage! We harvest our crops we brew
some beer we make a little wine-
good wine Monsieur shall sample It
and see” he added parenthetically
“We go to church on Sunday we live
and die In the quiet sunshine
There will be no war here”
Charlie Brown did not like to break
rudely in npon the good man's placid
dream But at the earns time be saw
no reason for dissembling If trouble
were coming— as he believed— be con-
sidered tt so well that the Innkeepa
should he prepared for tt as well as
might be t
“But they say the Germane are com-
ing through Belgium” he ventured
Henri Chrlstophe picked up tha
checkerboard that the two peasants
had used to amuse themselves and
placed It upon the counter
“Ah no m’sleu! And even should
they our people are good people They
will not touch us” be said as optimis-
tically as he could
“Well— I hope not" Charlie agreed
“But at least I'd like to see some of
the beggars It's d— d Irritating to
look for a war and not be able to
find It" He rose stiffly from his chair
and strolled to the cigar counter “Got
anything to smoke?” he asked leaning
over the glass case The lnnkeepet
fumbled Inside the showcase and laid
his wares out for his guest’s Inspec-
tion "Gosh Peter!” Mr Brown exclaimed
in delight “And a real cigar counter
“Great 8eott! You!” He Cried
tool Where on earth did yon get
that?"
' “Oh I was In New York" the other
told him proudly “I educated my
daughter there I was a waiter at
the Beaux Arts”
Charlie Brown stuck his hand out
The Beaux Arts was one of his special
weaknesses
“Greetings!” he exclaimed “And you
brought this with you?” He looked al-
most lovingly npon that familiar con-
trivance of oak glass and nickel
“I had wished to introduce here a
little of the American — what you call
It? — enterprise And this year I bad
hoped to purchase a book to reglstra-
tioa In and little boxes behind for the
letters and the keys” Chrlstophe add-
ed "But business has not been good”
He sighed
"You're a good sort old man!” Char-
lie told him “I hope if they do come
they’ll leave you alone”
“I hope so m’sieu” the Innkeeper
answered And he breathed a silent
prayer that the Germans would not
come that way
At that moment a lady In white
entered from the street and started
across the room toward a door that
led to the chambers above
“Bonjour madame!” Chrlstophe
aid politely It was his mysterious
lodger And since she paid well
there was every reason why he should
be affable to her
"Bonjour!” the young woman an-
swered She did not recognize her
fellow guest until he approached with
outstretched hand
"Great Scott! Yon!” he cried scarce
believing his own eyes
Ethel Willoughby— for It was she—
could not do otherwise than pause She
stared at Charlie Brown
"How do you do Mr Brown?” she
said Her manner was nervous con-
strained But Charlie Brown did not
notice that in his surprise He took
her hand with undisguised delight
"Imagine meeting you here!” he staid
with great good-humor “I suppose I
ought to say ‘This le a small world
after all’ "
Henri Chrlstophe had witnessed
their unexpected meeting with all the
Interest of a curious-minded resident of
a small village It pleased him more-
over that bla newly found friend from
New York already knew hla feminine
lodger
“Ah m’sleu knows Madame de
Lorde! That Is good good” he mur-
mured ns he beamed upon them both
Charlie Brown looked first at Henri
Chrlstophe— then back at Ethel again
And au expression of bewilderment
spread over his face
“Madame de Lorde?” he said to het
questlonlngly
"Yes yes!” she answered Impatient-
ly And he perceived then that she
was decidedly 111 at ease But all that
escaped the pleased Innkeeper
“And now I myself will prepare din
ner” Chrlstophe announced "Perhaps
you and madame will dine together”
he told Mr Brown
"Why yes sure— If madame will'
Charlie agreed promptly So far ae ha
was concerned nothing could please
him more
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Do you believe that Brown
will diecover for himself the
truth about Madame de Lord
and do you think he will Join :
hie friends In their epylng work! :
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(TO BB CONTINUED
BACK FROM CONFEDERATE REUNION
Dr Fowler Border
Much of the credit for the success of Oklahoma's part In the Confederate
Veterans’ Reunion at Washington was due to Dr Fowler Border of Mangumf
and Brant Kirk of Oklahoma City Adjutant General of the Sont Mr Kirk
organized the special train to Washington and Dr Border at his own expense
took a regular hospital unit to Washington to care for the veterans many of
whom are aged and decrepld 1
STATE-WIDE
NEWS EVENTS
ORDERS CHANGED REGARD-
ING CANDIDATES FOR
TRAINING CAMP
OTHER NEWS OF THE STATE
Little Incidents and Accidents That
Go To Make Up A Week’s History
Of A Great Common-
wealth '
Oklahoma City — Applications of
Oklahomans for admission to the sec-
ond officers’ reserve training camp to
be held at Fort Leon Springs Texas
commencing August 27 should be ad-
dressed to "The Examining Officer
Second Training Camp Fort SU1
Okla” according to information re-
ceived by Adjuatant General Earp from
the war department This is a revi-
sion of the previous order to file ap-
plications with the commander of
the Southern -department at San An-
tonio Applications must be made be-
fore July 15
The adjutant general also received
notice that Oklahoma’s quota in the
camp is 336 less than half the num-
ber allotted the state In the first camp
at Fort Logan H Roots Ark
The special order laid stress on the
more stringent qualifications for the
second camp than the first Persons
must have had previous military train-
ing or “be otherwise pre-eminently
fitted" Invitations to apply for com-
missions in the training camp are di-
rected primarily to regular army or
national guard officials below the rank
of captain retired officers or mem-
bers of the officers’ reserve not In ac-
tive service who desire promotion
While the range of ages for appli-
cants is between 21-end 44 years old
the war department will be able to
use only few under 31 years of age
CONVICT KILLED BY GUARD
8econd Attempt of Everett Mason to
Escape a Failure
McAlester— Everett P Mason re-
ceived at the penitentiary March 1
Da a twenty-five-year sentence for bank
robbery in Pontotoc county wae shot
and instantly killed when he tried to
make his escape from a gang working
on the Btate cotton farm here He
made a dash toward a clump of trees
Just across the road south of the state
property He ignored commands to
halt Three shots entered his body at
the same time all striking between
the shoulder and waist
Sanj L Morley warden said Mason
escaped from the puitentlary Oct 12
1916 while being held there for safe
keeping He got away by scaling the
walls with Tom Morgan life termer
from Oklahoma City and George
Smith in seven years from Okfuskee
county Mason was retaken at Day-
ton O Dec 12 1916 tried and sen-
tenced at Francis Okla The other
two were recaptured
Goodpaster Pleads Guilty
Muskogee — Charles P Goodpaster
former United States marshal pleaded
guilty to a charge of conversion of
government property and was sen-
tenced to a year and a day In the fed-
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth by
Judge Ralph E Campbell lu the
United States district court at McAl-
ester Goodpaster was arrested by
fellow deputies when he was found
loading liquor purported to have been
seized by him into automobiles
which were sent back to Joplin where
the shipments originated
Body Found In Tank Diamonds Gone
Tulsa — Police searchers found the
body of Charles Shaw of the Eagle
Loan Company in a tank filled with
oil In the Ramona field Shaw had
been murdered the officers say and
robbed of his money and diamonds
He was last seen at a roadhouse
northeast of Tulsa ten nights ago and
a search for him has been going on
since He was noted for the dia-
monds he wore Pollee say his head
had been crushed The suspected
murderer is in Tulsa and will be ar-
rested Shaw leaves a wife her
Brant Kirk
THRESHING IN COTTON COJ
Farmers Get $210 a Bushel For the
First Car Lead
Oklahoma City — "Oklahoma la hart
eating the best wheat rop in point o
quality It has ever produced” says T
C hatcher general manager of the
Oklahoma City Mill & Elevator Coi
’The wheat is testing the beet It bag
ever tested le freer from that and
dust than It has ever been”
Mr Thatcher said he had received!
a dozen or more samples from various
parts of the stats and that they tested
sixty-three pounds to the busheL
Threshing Is on In fuli swing In tha
counties in the southern part of the
state One car of wheat was shipped
last week from Cotton county Into
Texas which sold for $215 a bushel
It had been purchased from the farm
era at $210 The average yield per
acre is placed at ten bushels an the
heaviest yield eo far reported va
eighteen bushels an acre
Owing to pending legislation in con-
gress proposing to place the food sup-
ply of the nation In the hands of the
government mills are making no ad-
vance contracts It was stated The
grain dealers and millers are expect
lng the government to fix the selling
price of wheat and flour based on a
good profit to the fanner and a rea-
sonable profit to the miller ’
NICE TIME AT NEGRO PICNIC
One Dead and Three Others Are
Badly Wounded
Guthrie — Jess Jackson an innocent
bystander is dead three others are
Buffering from bullet or razor wounds
and Logan county officers are In pur-
suit of Will Moore and Lon Younger
as results of a general fight that oc-
curred at Grove near stop 42 9lx
miles south of Guthrie on the intercr-
ban line
The fight started when two negro
girls engaged in a razor duel Moore
and Younger escorts of the women
opened fire at each other with re-
volvers Neither pf them was Injured
hut stray shots killed Jackson and
wounded Ed James In the leg The
two women are suffering from severe
cuts and James is In a local hospital
with a shattered leg
All of the participants are negroes
from the Seard neighborhood A large
crowd was attending the picnic
BAPTISTS SELECT FACULTY
Instructors for Shawnee University
Next Year Are Chosen
Shawnee — Faculty members for the
Oklahoma Baptlstuniverelty have boon
selected for the ensuing school year
The list announced follows: F Erd-
man Smith professor of education
J W Kent registrar and professor of
economics ana sociology WD Moor-
er librarian and professor of Chris-
tianity William T Short professor
of mathematics J Louis Guthrie
professor of ancient languages E O
Kaserman professor of science L W
Courtney professor of English J Nj
Owen professor of modern languages!
Katie Sue Godwin home economics!
Ola Lee Gulledge Instructor In piano!
Inez Inez Mazy Harris assistant in pi-
ano and Instructor In voice Nannie
M Stevens Instructor in public speak-
ing and physical culture for women:
George Dale Hann principal of high
school work Leon M Cambrell mili-
tary tactics and history- Jessie
Crouse instructor of Indians and su-
perintendent of the hall for young wo
men -
Farmer Killed Wife Arrested
Ada— Enoch Jones a farmer living
five miles north of here died as tha
result of being shot In the forehead!
by a shotgun Death Is supposed to
have been Instantaneous Mrs Jones
and W A Stringer a farm hand em-i
ployed by Jones were arrested lateri
and placed in the Ada ' jail Botb
with three Jones children were at ths
farm house when Jones died Mr-
Jones and Stringer assert that Jones j
believing that chicken thieves were iaj
tlaate the disturbance
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