Show Finished Reading the Story II r I T I I D By P. P CASPAR HARVEY This tale talc li I. an up date up-to-date dale to-dale variation vari arl ari- ari atlon of or Frank Stockton famous story The Lad Lady or the which was nai published more mor than twenty five years nata ago allo In lh lb ib Century Cen Cen- tury lury Magazine had hod been a prisoner working work work- Ing In a 0 German Germen factory tar for el eleven Ien I Men en days before the chance come came to make the request I 1 had bud almost finished rending reading The Lady or the by hy Trunk S S. Stockton when hOn ordered Into In instant action netlon The upon which Iwa I it I wa wn printed d was taken from nie me when I 1 was vaa captured Would It be III too much to permit me We to that story Memorandums Memorandum of your w n w I ll l be sent nent nt to headquarters tIe the on ary replied I days later the th nl 1 of ot tile the plant explained to tIt From your jour home your Klutt- Klutt and your our sweetheart 8 muse lime l Ii be v bruu tt ht here and the entire s sory rv rw rt to them Tn Two o tabernacles alke are h being built now nt tine thC flu lr of elf III the u stood odd In n one will III rest a u II In the till Ether will n a O ter hr terman T man 11 This you mi 1 I ull wIli III lie he one hundred paces nets u uthe of the two All prisoner n nt nl till this enter center w will be La tn to li nl l I lit field lil Your Bluer en rt will ull willbe willi be tIe brought ten Ien paces p In front of lit you Your our sweet sweetheart 8 will then across till the field to open tik whichever henr portal par por tal she chouses chooses She shall shull be he guided hy by no other agency us as tile the story say suy than her free choice and nn an impartial and chance No ro one ne mixing those present will know behind I Is the ot cr 1 or which the death dealt squad If It she bhe open the one the firing squad will appear She shall die lie n nhe atthe ot at he the Instant the last word Is spoken n by Mm who will r rend to you the lust last o otlie of tle lie Stockton story Your sister shully shall shull ley y the slime same act ad be adjudged not net guilty She H is charged with J murderIng murder murder- InK Ing her weeks two infant one oDd and that Its father was a German soldier and she n a consenting non-consenting mother mothr If It your our sweetheart opens the theother theother other portal there will come tonne forth an on officer omler who Is to 10 become horne the tine futher fattier of a child she sine hall shall bear the Father laud land and tine the the tiring squad will kill your sister adjudged by the tine same aeto net act o ns ne guilty gu I It 11 was vas a drear dream cloudy doudy day Not ot a aray aru ru ray ruy of ot sunshine had shone Bhone for tor days Pierre was led out to tine tile field nt at the hour 11 Ills position was Wl nt at the tile north side The two tabernacles were directly op op- They Tiley were constructed d partly of ot fresh boughs and partly of ot what t to Pierre to 10 be he discarded tentIng tent Ing material Time tabernacles were w re Identical The sun Bun come came out for tor a 8 fleeting moment mo ran- ment meat mentA meatA A bugle bUlie sounded pounded Marie and Arsena were placed before them eyes S 'S had been Intent upon the tine tabernacles The sun suo shone In the west for but one swift minute Buthis nut But his bis watchfulness had hud been rewarded He lie detected a n faint taint but moment movement move mo ment meat of shadows In opposite directions through almost the length of the shade case cose by one of at th the tabernacles Pierre knew v In which tabernacle there was more than one person World famed efficiency to take Into account the tine place In the sun these tabernacles might occupy MarIe Mario looked into loto the face toce of her loi lover er Arsena Areena stood expectant With calm colm assurance Pierre Inclined Inclined Ills his head bead to the tine left The French l woman started toward the tine tabernacles with easy confident ste ste. She went directly to the one on ou the left and raised the latch certain Pierre hind had not erred An orderly finished reading rending to the last of Stockton's story |