Show I 1 6 1 e I 1 11 17 1 j r V I 1 N X 12 11 I 1 7 11 L I 1 t ipp 01 f rl I 1 4 1 I 1 1 6 I 1 d 1 T 4 4 ie SPELL or 4 0 A romantic areld france central srm in edical the town loon of 0 clarmont fernandt ferrani imi ce to cf puy de dome sis the tho mountain to so called ile he bit tor after to r american hotel two ii i at t the miriam LO and tt a friend lawm ml acted hy by ml donal jig H 1 I 1 B make her bc ac to endeavors and nd adl oil and td her friend igi nunice but hire liu lit n flo desista desists from m the tore effort and lw him himself la 10 iehl pacing lie ho eel trip mp to ibo ate top 0 of f tho the S and sees I 1 tho he rain PUN ue ded i aj ta H lie learns lit at t an r full 1 bihn loot feet of 0 the th mount ain that they E driven over and antl intend to walk ali short cut down tho the mountain monn liln h by a mh nn the U armoni ont ferrand rond road PA burn starts horn born find and W soldiers guarding n a EM to mi i detail of it of f the hie road rot arro lu rora I 1 blell ardill artillery y bart n acalee Is soon eoon to place lie H hurry along alon roach R ri abing obing ing the uilia 10 0 erd t the other of nl is ie lie ho realizes that ill t b hy which alch the th young yo iiii ladles I into if ie dangerous gee ec i to comi M 1 ira leaa 1 I 1 of 0 the road lie ile its tile french hint fit to atad word to them or to let lei co b bick a ai a d wa thero them tho the er i bif delusca to re do tiller just then la lew coming taum urn at ill tho younie ill I 1 the road jn in front ot it the margem lar PART ill III curiously lie be called the sergeants ution to them and the old fellow bingly igl iSly permitted himself adent fd ent action to observe thele their from his post ot of a they were wen two women h ail ad tiler after a long lone a anil a d careful 1 md d they cerp er con coming ing this way they were baere monsie urs adi di ne H was of 0 the opinion that were about opposite the most dis of 0 fe targets and if t the mere delayed 1 a I little it ft was nas pos le they might yet pass in safety linen en however fire are not rapid haera ers apor or goot gods sake can caa you not signal theries to delay cried Rai ra burn buro he e sergeant i mewed hita ahli vi with ith fifty I 1 rely not he ras mis not provided signals seeing it was not his big duty lae them there could too be no n no need ed it t It every one did his big duty lut lit my god man you must see bee li is need beed tor for it le sergeant shrugged his shoulders h in argument arEu ment was beyond him tro to ot of reasoning at lost last lie aider adder afier a long and pIn painful ful interval of that even it if it were por possible sible gnal ht he would not venture in t dethe he monthly practice or of the ath it army corps there was little agh it time tim before sundown t that first moment a low boom rolled I 1 the north ra rayburn aburn had been fig the tiny figures iv working lyal along onit the road but now n with ith A a a start he turned bonard tire faint int aloud was hanging against jue a of the sky tind and as he looked e came a flash a a puff of smoke i a later another boom II 11 another and another nn other as the tire lowly 0 I 1 V ly along the line irl flea od he turned aroln to the 1 I 1 be girls seemed in 0 have hare rov cov cabout bout a quarter of the iriki ad and still they bere ere m albing on I 1 apparent ignorance that their best ct ce of safety was to hurry back 1 ill all the speed peed they could command comma nJ la to suddenly denly they stopped thon claps Ps a shot had ran manscill or stuck struck r than before perhaps the shat is ifs of one of the targets had flail okd tham to a realization of the that those thone boo bookings want meant yr and possible death ne sergeant still tat eat upon hin I 1 X stolid and impassive hut but aisi aln 1 oula could restrain themselves noi no W and were wen way their ill I 1 r ars arms i reaming th that t em muni L he hy Y inaudible at halt hir the distance tm aich rayburn Kay burn even where lio bythe beside Ty them the cou coll hulsh ul sli at that moment the girls i 10 lo run then one or of them bank I 1 I 1 I 1 k I 1 L 1 I JI 4 ea 2 w i zel j 0 k 7 I 1 S I 1 44 N p L I 1 f I 1 if I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 it I 1 AT iq 14 i N e 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 R e I 1 v I 1 a 41 I 1 I 1 4 im 10 J i 1 1 g 4 4 r I 1 t I 1 f X tv X K I 1 I 1 ie 1 i 11 I 1 11 i I 1 i 14 I 1 A II 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 ii it I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 11 f I 1 r X I 1 I 1 I 1 ni jwj i 1 i ll 11 1 WL fl W I 1 L r I 1 I 1 itta I 1 M 4 L ai t 71 7 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 take her first said the girl I 1 and the other bent over beside tince it med unlikely that she ehe had been 0 tor for 1 the tall fall came cam during luran the interval bet e the lire fire of 0 ft 4 from most probably aMi she ate ia had 1 libber terror lint but the flan dan CM 11 a ably terribly augmon td d and hayi fare face 1 tt set hard hern heen taoan a S a pretty I 1 football loot ball man buk i in n hta his college ua me mop as aa n a rell 0 ackler rc leki kler er jhc thc there e sat at thi the french yoni lit on life il her hariw f with fill the rela kOd r aneal the eil beat mt of 0 the cavalryman cavalry inan in 1 next instant and no ono one how it happened he I 1 W tavy tw vy in the th grata brasa by the A and ana the animal if P the road was galloping with rayburn crouch at unon his bla hack back a K sergeant recant rn cant sprang to ree rage his feet wild tal hot ills were in tho tatt and 1 lila 12 carbine was uio 0 raad badale le slung here bere tt I 1 afa Dl bie ahle I 1 an and 1 the th he terez I 1 f 4 in 14 honor honer carbines brackell ackell cr J much to the F french reach army doubt ih the y Q the S far ra cheth ahn nn er hey were wera alst n I 1 how jul could be ilsc he fire no such ouch scruple 4 of 0 the field p if re ie line pieces culled ja it its if an ai battery after battery itil clit to ot at the aluir 1 K if e tur gried i the most dug I 1 part into antu f urn 10 1 5 ya m not ot ania t a afraid he AN wan a merit n air I 1 r all d lo 10 t na mave evl hit hl arme in fit p ul alki an ad yet tl his hl nind mind it it y 1 m I 1 I 1 ly S n nl 11 alanl calel ali nl buri iw it t en I 1 6 sing the hn 11 1 5 impulse ho he bent still loner loer along the horaces neck and duff clug ht belr into his sides until the gallop berain became bei a mad run then he glanced glance I 1 fit at the embattled ridge to the north noting how an aa the fire fir reached one end the tha guns vere nere loaded again and the smoke had 1 lifted at the other until detonation to followed lowed detonation with in hardly ar illy a few seconds between them he ie co could i lid hear the shot ANN swish ish through t the he air above and around him non arld and jt it was all done more rapid ly than I 1 have told lold it lie he found himself pulling the horse home to its haunches chero miss lowell stood beside the JAlli fainting ting form of alfs a hodges quick up lie he shouted gasping for breath take her first the girl pointing to her companion its faburn burn looked tier her straight in the eyes you po go first he bald slowly or I 1 stay here till you yoa do thais what I 1 camo came forand forand I 1 would bugge suggest 5 t baste debol e cither of them knew just how low it happened she h waa in the saddle he on the horse close behind her and leaning in forward SO 0 o as to throw hla his body between her and the runs guns as if a rifled fieldpiece won would in make ake any account of two five human aggregations of mesh flesh and bone the short distance was wag soon covered and they were well beyond the last target she sprang to the ground you will go she sh began quickly then she aha looked nt at tile the line of belch fire and hesitated but bill rayburn had spun ills his horse around around and avas riding back lie he was conscious that he vas iwas frightened tiow now for the exultation of a 9 few minutes ago had vanished still there was more work to bo be done and ills I 1 il I 1 1 i I 1 A I 1 I 1 1 I 1 t Y I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 as I 1 4 I 1 it kj N 1 J 11 cant I 1 get you mounting he took miss hodges in his arms arm and climbing back upon the steaming animal turned him once more toward the point of safety scarcely a furlong away it was and he had bad almost reached it was even beginning to con hider how the tendency toward fainting at critical moments night affect the development of the lic new w wom woman an then he felt that something had given away beneath him and that he was going stilt still forward but down and turning somersaults as he went the blood kept getting in his eyes as a s hot he scrambled to his bis feet but lie he bair tile the her horse wallowing by the roadside shot through both haunches and miss hodges lying in a comfortable heap whre where she ehe had bad fallen limp and consequently uninjured there was something wrong about hla his ifft if ft str hut he maringer ma managed ringed somehow to tuck the th woman under his right arm and proceed to half carry half drag her the few remaining feet that had to be covered mish lowell lowein hurried forward to hel felpi by the time she ehor reached them they were pretty well out of even the line of 1 I chance fire so BO ho only frowned am let ift her feeling at tile tho same flat time P a renewed henho of Ind indignation lUnation against aless hodges then he be was waa conscious of a desire to sit down jil in th ahr i load aryn anywhere here and as there beani to be anything else important for him to 10 lo do lie ii proceeded proc coded to gratify his inclination forgot all about tile the artillery practice and the martinet end and the mangled horse horbe unil and even niles miss miriam lowell lomeli it must have been a long time before lie opened his taw OY for or hla big aur ur were ere very different ile he was in bed in it ft tather lather pleasant plea wont mant room and it seemed seamed full of ft pe ii ale at airet rinal ly the number nuin tiAr dwindled down to three A L little fat man in fen il military houas ho bustling about with a very important air IL a handsome handsom 0 old gentleman gentle manIn in uniform with at an e empty slid and a breast covered v ith decoration and kitiss lowell n g beside ahlm bimbo 0 o hla his surroundings a as s far at as lie he cared about thim them BO be after all aher t tto ant I 1 the matter aed as asked 11 a aburn as his hl eyes wandered front from miss lowell lowall around the elie room and back ablin to flip th starting point in lias ma broken his clavicle and his him head Is in cut all it avi will li ripe u at ta la replied the little man inan oming up v hen he be found his pa auant aas conscious then the n tho the billeck stepped forward ferard and spoke pike monsieur ta IS at the th cafe at tho the tool foot othi PUY de di dorrit and in charge of 0 rw my surgeon Bur tro I 1 will send an ambulance tomorrow ono ir 0 ay that will take lake him to chr mont a lid thun lie paused and with a brulz cical look went on moil blew will unde reland that fiat lie la Is under ilert tor for alt allot oking kin sergt orbil u f his lii duty but montleur mont leur it 14 so RO brave a min man that thai I 1 dirt dicio 0 annone n one to tiki take gairc of mm him anih ani h and he lulled pro foundley to niles lo 10 we 11 when mon p le ur in convil lexcen t ho he added stepping stepp to the Ici cir may I 1 beg bac mademoiselle mols eto le to see bee that ho he reports to gen SO fauret at clerma t ferrand I 1 desire hn him company at doriner dinner he went out hardly waiting for rayburn acknowledgments and a moment laur the surgeon followed him to look after something that was needed thore there wa was o a short silence and then it the to invalid knew that his nurse and g euord I 1 was peaking 1 I 1 have to apolo apologize gite to you nery i cry embi huml lr y sav 1 le said id for or my li It londs and my lil Y 0 own wn bal bad d manners and I 1 am going to b be e fril frnnk nit about abou it t we a avoided yo yon be ea I 1 ibave abw always ays had a 0 foell 11 prejudice eju cc against the tn nn colsh dayburn started N up p im not english lie he blurted out in amazement im at an american what gave aou ou such an idea why badamo said when we asked and then she stopped short and blushed very i cd oh you asked commented rayburn as if to himself can cant t I 1 get et you anything dont you yon want to BEO APO the surgeon cur geon or cir or site she had ilsen not now he said reaching reach lne out his sound arm aim anil and halt half forcing her back into the chair and front from all that I 1 can rather gather it mus must t hai have e been at least three quarter 9 of 0 an hour before the surgeon returned turne d THE END gen hy by clinton it rion ON aello guilior r ol of tim the scarlet coat coal vill ft begin tomorrow |