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ahy at real aacriflce. An Inter-
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Turning to thetn again. MYoo
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j aa linllviiluata. and I Ilk# a lot of
I their gem-ral waya. too. I admlr# tb#
I «»av B»lng faaitloo In which tli#r do
| l.uaineaa. 1 coroinend tb# fact that
th#y won't talk ahop or#r a luncheon,
i I Ilk# their afternoon tea." II# anitl#d
at Mlia Wllloughhy a« b# aatd that.
-1 like the fact that knlghtaaml ladlea.
clerk* am! ahopglrla take their half
hour off for It. I like the way they
reapect their own lawa—when tb#y de-
cide to make one they decide at the
I an me time to k##p It But. collectively.
' the Engllah Irritate me. becnime they're
! «o hlameil sure tliey're a tittle bit su-
perior to all the rest of the world.
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Sir George w.,.u« .. .K. Br„i.h .d- ..J •,
miralty, Includes Charlie Brown,
American newspaper reporter, and
Streetman, a German apy. The group
la discussing a possible European war.
CHAPTER VI—Continued.
"You do talk like a Germnn." he
told Streetman after he had blown out
a cloud of smoke.
"That la a matter of opinion." the
-other replied atlffly.
"Yes, I think he talks like a Ger-
man, too," Georgy Wagstaff chimed
In. "But as we know he Isn't one,
does It really matter? ... Go on.
gentlemen! Argue!" Sir George's
daughter was having the time of her
young life.
"Here's one thing I'd like to know."
Quy put in—"where on earth Is all
the blooming money to come from?"
"My dear boy, there's nothing so
Castle as national credit." his friend
from the States replied with a calm
assurance that came partly from the
speaker's having, at one time in his
career, conducted the financial page
for'hla newspaper. "Why, down in that
two-by-fonr affair in Mexico, one of
-their week-end presidents ran out of
money; so he Issued an order for fifty
thousand dollars, stuck a gun in the
other gentleman's chest, and said.
That la worth fifty thousand dollars'—
and It was." »
Mi». Falconer felt that It was hard-
jy proper that the men should monopo-
lise all the conversation.
"I can't believe there will really be
a war—a great war," she announced.
"Think what it would mean—absolute
barbarism! And this Is the twentieth
•century."
"It would put us back a hundred
years," Sir George declared wearily.
He both realized and dreaded the hor-
rors that he knew must Inevitably at-
tend such a titanic struggle as seemed
Imminent
"It's too horrible to think of," Ethel
Willoughby exclaimed with something
approaching a shudder. "It doesn't
«eem real that we're sitting here quite
calmly talking over even the possibil-
ity of such a thing.'
"And this won't be a war like other
•wara," the American pointed out
-There'll be no personal heroes—no
charges up San Juan hill—no bands
playing or flags flying. It's going to
be a cold, deadly thing of matbemat-
tcs and mobilizations, of big guna and
submarines, of aeroplanes and ammu-
nition 0f millions of little mites called
men. who will be only little, unimpor-
tant cogs in the big machine. It'e
going to be brotal. cruel, barbarous
murder, conducted on the moat modem
•dentiflc baa la."
"And afterward® what'11 we de for
quality that's made 'em win out
thousand times. If Eneland goes to
war. It'll take the English aliout a
year before they realize they have a
war—they really are slow, you know-
but once they wake up to It theyj|[
raise the deuce, and 1 think they II
win."
Sage nodding* of various heads and
the exchange of approving glances on
the part of the members of the little
party—or of all but Henry Streetman
—set a seal of appreciation upon
Charlie Brown's views.
"Please God. you're right!" Sir
George Wagstaff cried fervently, with
a show of emotion that was, for him,
most unusual.
"Please God. he Is!" Mrs. Falconer
agreed.
"I do hope so! The Germans are so
aggressive!" Ethel Willoughby ob-
served.
"And so rude!" Georgy added. She
could not forget—much less forgive—
having been shouldered off a sidewalk
in Berlin by the kaiser's haughty offl
cera.
'Ah! But I fancy that pride In one s
country is a universal trait in every
nation," her more moderate father said.
"Exactly! And as Mr. Brown has
pointed out, we English have a tenden-
cy to be somewhat superior also." Aa
he spoke, Streetman rose. He was be-
coming restless under the galling of
that one-sided discussion of the merits
of the nations.
"Well, I hope there isn't any war!"
Guy Falconer said fervently. "If there
is, you can bet your boots I'm not
going near it"
"Guy!" Sir George turned upon him
with incredulity writ large upon his
fine face.
"Oh, I mean it Sir George," Guy
Insisted shamelessly. "If it comes to
war, this will be a war of millions.
If there are a thousand men killed in
a battle or only nine hundred and
ninety-nine, what difference does It
make except to the thousandth man?
. None! But If I happened to
be he, it'd represent a deuce of a lot
to me, and, with my luck. I'd be the
first man shot anyhow. . . . No,
sir! Military service Is not compul-
sory in England, thank heaven! And
if there is a war, I'm going to ait
home at my club and discuss very
harshly the mistake# of the war offlce."
Guy's mother regarded him with no
Idi amazement than did Sir George.
"My son—you're not Berlooa?" she
exclaimed, scarcely believing what ahe
heard.
-Of course he lsT said Georgy. "I
never saw a man who thought aa
much of bia own predoaa hide—ao
much more than anyone alae thlnka of
*r
man d#«-:ared "It waa only two montha
ago at the Kits In Parta that I met a
young English officer. W# got to chat-
ting. II# aeenied very down In the
month—norn# trouble ov#r * girt, he'd
been Jilted, or hadn't enough riiouey to
propose, or ahe'd married aomeone else
—usual aort of thing, ao I paid no at-
tention to th# Incident But one ntght.
walking along the Champa Elyaeea. a
man ahead of me suddenly turned
aside behind one of the trees. Silhouet-
ted against the moonlight I saw hla
hand go to hla pocket as if to draw a
revolver. I ran up to him. and seized
the pistol. ... It was my young
English friend. I dare say the moon
had gone to hia head. He was quit#
desperate—really started to struggle
with me at first We stood there for
an hour talking. I'd taken quite a
fancy to him. It seemed such a waste
of good material for him to kill him-
self; but he was quite firm. Finally.
I appealed to him as an English officer
In his majesty's service. Some day his
country might need him—I told him—
and he wouldn't be there, because be
was a coward—a traitor. . . . That
hit him. 1 pressed the point. And
eventually he gave me his word."
They had all listened eagerly to
Streetman's vivid recital
"Did he keep his word?" Ethel asked.
"I dou't know! I've never seen him
since; but he's the sort of man who
would. I merely mention the incident
to show that when nothing else count
ed, his country did. And most men
are like that," Streetman added, as he
patted Guy Falconer on the back.
Somehow. Guy resented the familiar
lty. But he merely moved away. So
far as be knew, Streetman was a de-
cent enough chap. But he did not rel-
ish belu$ patronized by him.
All at once Sir George Wagstaff no-
ticed for the first time that the after-
noon light was fast fading. Looking
at his watch, he rose hastily.
"By Jove!" he said, "I'd no idea It
was so late. I shall have to be getting
back to the admiralty."
"I must be leaving, too," Streetman
announced.
"So must I," said Charlie Brown.
"Good-by, Miss Willoughby!
"Oh, don't you hurry off, too!" Ethel
protested. "Stay and have one more
cup of tea!" In some inexplicable way
she felt drawn toward the outspoken
American. And she could not avoid
the impression that they were destined
to know each other better.
"I can't resist you." he said, yielding
at once to her cordial urging. And he
accepted another cup of tea.
Sir George and Streetman were al-
ready at the door when Charlie Brown
called after the older man:
"If there's any news of your fleet for
publication. Sir George, you'll let me
know ?"
"Surely, surely!" came the good-na-
tured answer. And with that 8Ir
George left them, accompanied by
Streetman, to whom he offered a lift
in bis car.
CHAPTER VII.
Redmond of the Irish Guarda.
Charlie Brown had thanked his friend
of the British admiralty. And now be
said to those who still lingered there In
Miss Wlllougbby's Bitting room—
"You know, I think there Is going to
be new#—and mighty soon. You listen
to me."
"We have been llatenlng with great
pleasure," Mr*. Falconer Informed him.
"But now we must go "
He sprang to hla feet
-That la a bit of a bint" he #x-
clalmed. albeit with #ntlr# good humor.
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In another moment Captain H#d- .
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eertalnly n<> qU##tlon as to hts greet-
ing. ouy Falconer alt but fell upon
hla neck.
"Hello. g<»od people!" tb# newcomer
aald with an att-eiubraclng amtie. 11#
was Irish. Tb# hint of th# hrogu# even
In those few words showed that much,
had his dancing blue eyes left any
chance of doubt as to his rac#. Ad
miration, as well as affection, shon# in
the fsces of bis friends as they feasted
their own eyes upon him. for the cap-
tain was unquestionably a tine figure
of a man. In his sprue# uniform of the
Irish Guards. Ethel Willoughby was
the last to greet him. But when th#
rest had released htm she held out he*
hand to him.
"Larry. I am glad to see you." she
said from the bottom of her heart
He stopped short In his acknowl-
edgments of the others' greetings. And
turning abruptly to Ethel, as if he had
eyes for her alone, he exclaimed:
'Sure, not as much as 1 am to see
you!" And he fairly beamed his de-
light at seeing her once more.
"When did you get back, old man?
Guy asked, when they had introduced
Larry and Charlie Brown.
"Only this morning." Captain Red-
mond answered, "but I thought I d
have to come here directly to pay my
respects to an old friend-and I meet
three old friends."
Georgy Wagstaff pouted at that. She
was extremely fond of the dashing of-
ficer and she dearly loved to banter
with him.
"I'm not so terribly old." she object-
ed—"or do you think I've aged much?"
"In a year, sure, you've grown
younger. You're ouly a slip of a girl
now; and you were getting to be quite
a young woman when I left" he told
her. .
•'It's a whole year since you went
awav," Ethel Willoughby half whis-
pered to Redmond as he came nearer
"And it seems a hundred!" he de-
clared. Charlie Brown, catching his
reply to her, knew of a certainty that
he was Irish. But underneath the cap-
tain's fulsome remarks there often lay
a sincerity that was more deeply root-
ed than a casual bystander might sup-
pose. tt
Mr. Brown felt that he must really
tear himself away from that lntereat-
'""GwTby, Miss Willoughby!" be
said. "Good-by, captain! I hate to
bust up a reunion tike this, but Ty#
got to get back and write a piece for
the paper."
Still Mrs. Falconer would not let her
son's friend escape quite yet
"Mr Brown," she said, "for some
reason I like you. I fancy it's because
you amuse me. Why don't you dine
with us? Perhaps If I ask Captain
Redmond, Ethel will come."
"Let's dine early/' Guy said. "Don't
bother to dress. We'll go to the Savoy
grill and meanwhile I'll get tickets for
the Palace. There's an awfully clever
American girl there now." ^
"We'll pick you up here. Ethel, nis
mother added—"say in half an hour.
We might be able to motor to Rich-
mond for dinner and atlll aee the
■how." „
"Will you pick me up here, too r
Captain Redmond asked.
"In half an hour!" she agreed.
Id the doorway Georgy Wagstaff
cast a roguish glance back at her
pretty governess.
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bill aigbt iet#pboa# opaiaioi. *#at •«
Iba front of lb. #>rbaag# baildia®. of
po.it# tb# Hank of llato. m wbirb ih-
iobb#>* «*r* al work, and ftr*d »bot
after abut into lb# all. a""' " *
rrark*nt#n war# frightened flow lb#ir
work
Afiar a m#emw? with #dlto»* and
publisher, of J#wlab n#w.|wpara »a
N#w York. Kamnel l'nt#rmyar an-
nounced that be would bead a eom
tuttle.- of prominent J#ws. in tb# a*#nl
of war. lo recruit and outfit Ja«ri»b
aoldivis and sailor*
♦ ♦ ♦
Singly and by twos and threes,
thousand* of German resertists ha*#
been moving out of Chicago and Iba
Central Western states in the last two
weeks toward the Mexican border, by
routes designed to conceal thetr dc*
ilnatlon. Many of them have entered
Mexico by way of El I'a to and Browns-
ville.
♦ ♦ *
American national banks have *et a
new high record for resources, again
revealing the United States as lncom
parably the richest nation In the
world, according to a report recently
announced by Comptroller Williams.
♦ ♦ *
Southwest.
Frnncisco Villa, at the head of a
cavalry force of 3.500 men. made a
determined attempt to capture Chi-
huahua City, but .was driven back with
the loss of 500 prisoners and 350 in
killed and wounded.
+ + +
B. F. Bonner and R. W. Wler.
Houston, Tex., lumbermen, have pur-
chased the pine timber off 86.000 acres
of land from the Lutcher & Moore
Lumber Company of Orange. The
fallen Into the hands consideration is said to be nearly $12.-
gether with the villages of Petit Ma . 8itUated in
WlltoughbyT
once?
truth
(TOIBL "CONTIN UKD.I
HARD FITE OF "SILVER SHIP"
Romantic Craft Once Owned by
Stevenson I* Maw Humble Hali-
but Ftoherwian.
The Silver Ship h*» come opoo e*U
day*L Oner a rich man"* expensive
toy. Miter the y*cht that <-*rr1«d ***-_
mrt Louis Stereo#.® to hi* la* Mom#
at Valtima tb# #"«tb •#•*. with b-r
wing* rtipfwd and ar lU^rnHMng g»s
rogtn# Oo.ng tbe work Ue€ *all* *^e
I# m>f'• wi
In tbe north Pacific ocean bringing
bome cargoea of fish.
The Silver Ship, the picturesque
nickname given the achoooer by tbe
native* of Fakarsva when Stevenson
#ai!ed to their country, aerred *otne
j ears as the private yacht of a Sao
Francisco millionaire, la 1«W8 Ste*
ren«M was Indwred by falllnC health
to try a desfwrate venture- lie l»-
re«t«d all at bia money. *100,«. la
the cMarter sf tk# Owf# witb th* l»-
t .nttow «f -few"** a few »«wtMa
rralMC IS ta» #*«» mmd
I a hook of travels. Tbe Journey ended
when the author cbone hi* Samoan
! home at Talllma. where be died six
| years later.
| After tbe Stevea*oo voyage tb*
! Caaco Joined the notorious seal poach-
ing fleet that wed to sail In the early
niaetlea out of Victoria. British Co-
itnaMa. Her wooderful *r>eed under
Mil many tlnsea aerved la good stead
at thi* hazardoa* game.
Whea pelagic aealiag Anally ended
fey Jniat treaty hetweew Or*at IMItala.
iapaa a ixl tba Called Btataa tha
Cam lay Idle until four year* ago.
when ahe was bought cheap, to b*
turned Into a fisherman.
risis, Verueuil and Coucy-la-Vllle. ac
cording to an official statement issued
by the French war office. This impor-
tant territory lies to the south of I^a
Fere and west of Laon. The French
advance has now reached the western
outskirts of the forest of St. Cobrain
and the upper forest of Coucy.
+ + +
Apparently a renewal of fighting in
Rumania is indicated, by the German
official communication, which says the
Russians have been prevented from
carrying out an attack south of the
Trotus valley.
+ + +
Washington.
Increases of about 6 per cent in
freight rates on all classes of com-
modities moving east and west by
way of rail and ship lines over the
Great Lakes went into effect when
the Interstate Commerce Commission
declined to suspend tariffs proposing
them.
+ + +
How an increased armed force may
be promptly secured for the present
emergency as well as universal train-
ing as a national policy were dis-
cussed recently by President Wilson
with Senator Chamberlain of Oregon,
chairman of the senate military com-
mittee.
+ + +
The administrative branch of the
American government has determ'ned
definitely upon a course of action to
meet the hostility of Germany. While
official announcement is withheld
pending the appearance of President
Wilson before congress, formal recog-
nition of the existence of a state of
war is expected to follow soon after
the extra session begins.
+ + +
Awards to two rrivate ship yards
for the construction of additional sub-
marine chasers have been made by
the Navy Department. No figures as
to prices or the number of chasers
ordered were given out.
+ + +
Albert Pinkham Ryder, painter of
pastoral landscapes, who had been
called "the last of the Romanticists,"
is dead at bis home in Elmhurst. Long
Island. He was born at New Bedford,
Mass., seventy years ago.
♦ * *
Domestic.
I Kurt Ernlchs and Paul Zell. said to
have been traced from San Francisco
to Chicago in connection with an in-
vestment of war plots, have been ar-
retted In Chicago at the union depot
♦ ♦ ♦
It has been learned definitely that
th# American government has
000.000. The lands are situated in
Sabine and Newton counties, Tex.
+ + +
Under the leadership of their com-
manding officer, Col. A. M. Tuthlll,
every officer of the First Arizona In-
fantry has signed a pledge to abstain
from aloohoiic liquors during the pa-
riod of their service.
+ + +
Arrested at El Paso on a charge at
having two pairs of army Khoes in hia
possession, Graham Szmidt, a German-
peddler, was found to have made da-
posits in a local bank amounting to
$5,250. October 13 and 14 and Novem-
ber 17. Szmidt has been selling cheap
Jewelry and souvenirs to natioi||»
guard soldiers on the border.
♦ + +
A report that General MurguUQ*
troops had been paid with money for*
nished by Germans on the border waa
denied by Carranza officials, and It
was officially stated that the troona
were paid in Mexican gold sent fr<*M;
Mexico City.
+ * +
While no official announcement ha*
been made, the Associated Press h«f;
been informed by the government
leader in the Riksdag that King GtW-.|
tave has accepted the resignation of
the cabinet.
+ + +
Foreign.
The Associated Press has been lit*
formed from an absolutely authentic
source that the German government
will ask American officials and relief
workers of the American Commission
for Relief in Belgium to submit to a.'
pariod of "news quarantine,"kthe tbPf>
not to exceed four weeks, in' order to
prevent military information from
leaking out.
+ + +
"Germany never had the slightest in-
tention of attacking the United States
of America, and does not have sueh
intention now. It never desired war
against the United States of America,
and does not desire it today." Uras the
declaration made by tbe German im-
perial chancellor. Dr. Von Bethmann-
Hollweg, in a recent speech in the
reichstag.
+ + +
The Danish government ha* not re-
plied to tbe inquiries from Waahington
regarding the admission of armed
American merchantment to Danish
port*, but the Indications are that It
will follow the examgle of Holland in
barring tbem.
♦ ♦ ♦
In th* week ended March 25. 2.3U
ship* of mor* than one hundred tons
Killing OW "English koartww."
Tb* city of San Diego baa recently
taken steps to rid Itaeif of the Euro-
».-at» bouse stwrrow. better known a*
English" iiairow. Oe April &. 1H,
tb# city cwwkII pa**ed an ordinance
appropriating »1» for th* pnrpo** of
provKUng way* and «a#nna for th# «-
termination «f English aoanwwa la
th* city 9t flaa inego
gwvvauiai- aa- uw — — — —
knowledge of ^ny dereloproent likely net arrived at port* In the Unite*
to come befor* congress convene* Kingdom, according to sa offiHul
which would chai>ga the present situ- .tatement issued in Ixmdon In it;#
stlon between the United Stat#* and same period Mil veesele of mor# than
Germany i on# hundred tons net aail#dfrtan porta
+ + + 1 la th# t*ait#d Kingdom
Rear Admiral Jame* H Oliver, chief ♦ ♦ ♦
of naval Intelligence, has be#a nun#d
hr secretary Daniels aa gorerno# of Fowr thousand Genrt- #r' r*
the Dnatoh W#st India*, whieb bar* hav# maM th# life- two Holland
b*#a take* over by the Ualtnd State* se#fciag fo«*- "'"*41** le frontier te<
Fortifications will be constructed and rorts at the llagu» They are la n
th# i-ton's w-#« aa a aavsl baa* I Interned at S»olM
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