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itV ,tJ * W,'.. j^> IV,1 lit €• '• h$\ • &S. : C% i , £ / fev- • * c >'• f-yf SS v > fc§v^ ' Y ' > • By REX BEACH SpoDfrs," "Hetrt of the Subset," Etc! t v*'\>, , '^'-r « 'CmrrUht, by Harper and Brother*) ^s ' *V V I «•- & * * c " ^ST: ; 4'&i";, ifv;;' ^ I . ^ M -v,-1V* tfc :.Mi 4-; jis 'Iffr ir: f/- •,&r - • • iw; Sir jfe. W"4 J, iV^' 'w1,,'Vr sir v • ,^' Si. !• l ••: % CHAPTER XVIII--Continued. I »' --16-- | "I have been close to death so long that it means little to me," she con­ fessed. "I have you, and--well, with you at my side I can face the worst." "Oh, we won't give tip until we have to," he assured her. "If I had money It would be a simple proposition to bribe some guard to pass us through the lines, but I have spent all that Gen­ eral Betancourt gave me." He smoothed back Rosa's dark ha'lr and etnlled reassuringly at her. "Well, I'll manage somehow;"so don't worry your pretty head, I'll find the price, if I have to waylay old Don Mario and rob him. Don't you think I look like a bandit? The very sight of me would terrify that fat rascal." * "To me you are beautiful," breathed the girl. Then she lowered her eyes. "La, la! How I spoil you! I have quite forgotten how to be ladylike. Isa­ bel was right when she called me a bold and forward hussy. Now, then, please turn your face aside, for I wish to think, and so long as you look at roe I cannot--I make love to you bra- eenly. See! Now, then, that is much better. I shall hold your hand,, so. When I kiss it you may look at me again, for a moment." Drawing her­ self closer to O'Reilly, Rosa began thoughtfully: "Before you came I more than once was on the point of appeal­ ing to some of my former friends, but they are all Spaniards and we are no longer--slmpatico, you understand?" Rosa paused for his answer. "Perfectly; I'm in the same fix. Of all the people I used to know there isn't one but would denounce me if I made myself known. Now that Fve been fighting with , the Insurrectos, I daren't even go to the American consul for help--if there is an American con­ sul." Rosa nodded, then continued, hesi­ tatingly: "I had' a vivid dream last night. Perhaps it was a portent. Who knows? U: was about that stepmother of mine. You remember how she met her death? I wrote you--" Tes, and Esteban also told me." "It Was he who recovered her body from" the well. One day, while we were In hiding, away up yonder in the Yumuri, he showed me an old coin--" "I know," O'Reilly said quickly. "He told me the whole story. He thinks that doubloon is a clu^ to your father's fortune, but--I can't put much faith in It. In fact, I didn't believe until this moment that there was a doubloon at all." "Oh, Indeed there was! I saw It." There was a moment of silence dur­ ing which the lovers were oblivious to all but each other, then Rosa mur­ mured: "How strange! Sometimes your eyes are blue and sometimes gray. Does that mean that your love, too, can change?" "Certainly not: But come, what about Esteban and that doubloon?" . With an effort the girt brought her­ self back to earth. "Well, it' occurred to me. In the light of that dream last night, that Esteban may have been right. Of course nobody outside of our family credits the old story, and yet my father was considered a,,very rich man at one time. Pancho Cueto believed in the existence of the treas­ ure, and he was in a position to khow." "True 1 Perhaps, after all--" O'Reilly frowned meditatively: Rosa lifted herself upon her elbow, her eyes sparkling. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if it were true? Just think. O'Reilly, cases of Spanish gold, sHver coins in casks, packages of gems. Oh, I've heard Isabel talk about It often enough." "Don't forget those pearls from the Caribbean, as large as plums." Johnny smiled. "I could never quite swallow that. A pearl the size of a currant would buy our freedom right now." After a moment he went oq, more seri­ ously; "I've a notion to look into that old well this very afternoon. I--I .dare say I'm foolish, but--somehow the story doesn't sound so Improbable as it did. Perhaps it Is worth inves­ tigating--" He made up his mind swiftly. "I--I'm off this very Instant." When OTtetliy emerged from the hut lie found Jacket Industriously at work over a fragment of grindstone'which he had somewhere unearthed. The boy looked up at his friend's approach and held out for Inspection a long, thin file, which he was slowly shaping into a knife-blade. "What do you think of that?" he queried proudly. "It may come in bandy when we are ready to clear out Of this pesthole." , *Where did you get It?" *0h, I stole it. I steal everything I can lay my hands on nowadays. One can never tell when he may have a throat to cut, and a file has good steel In if • "Since you are sflch an accom­ plished thief, do you think you could steal something for me?" O'Reilly in­ quired. "A piece of rope?" "Rope?" Jacket was puzzled. "Rope is only good for hanging Spaniards. My friend iK^the fish market has a volandra, and--perhaps I can rob him of a halyard." Laying aside his task, Jacket arose and made off in the direc­ tion of the water front. He was back within an hour, and under his shirt he carried a coil of worn hut service­ able rope. Without waiting to explain his need for this unusual article, O'ReUly linked arms with the boy and set out to climb La Cumbre. When at last they stood in the unused quarry and Johnnie made known his inte&tlon to explore the old well. Jacket re­ garded him with undisguised amaze­ ment , "What do you expect to' find down there?" the latter Inquired.*- 1 "To tell you the truth, I don't really expect to find anything," the man con­ fessed. "Now that I'm here, I'm be­ ginning to feel silly; nevertheless. I'm going to have a look for the hidden treasure at the Varooas." "Hidden treasure!" From Jacket's expression It was plain that he feared his friend was mildly mad. Even after O'Reilly had told him something about old Don Esteban's missing riches, he scouted the story. He peeped inquisi tively into the dark opening of the well, then he shook his head. "Ca- ramba ! What an Idea ! Was this old man crazy, to throw his money awa$T* "He--he had more than he knew what .to do with, and he wished to save it from the Spaniards," O'Reilly explained lamely; "Humph! Nobody ever had more money than he wanted." The boy's dis­ gust at such credulity was plain. "This well looks just like any other, only deeper; you'd better look put that you don't break your neck like that fool­ ish old woman, that Donna What's- Her-Name." O'Reilly did Indeed fefcl that he was making himself ridiculous; neverthe­ less. he made the rope fast and swung himself down out of the sunlight, leav­ ing Jacket to stand guard over him. Perhaps fifteen 'minutes later he reap­ peared, panting from his exertions. He was wet, slimy; his clothes were streaked and stained with mud. Jacket began to laugh shrilly at his appearance. "Ha! What a big lizard is this! Your beautiful garments are spoiled. And the treasure? Where is it?" The lad was delighted. He -bent double with mirth; he slapped his bare legs and stamped his feet in glee. O'Reilly grinned good-naturedly, and replaced the planks which had covered the orifice, then hid the rope in some nearby bushes. On their way back he endured his y#ung friend's banter absent-mindedly, but as they neared Asensio's house he startled Jacket by saying, "Can you manage to find a pickax or a crowbar?" Jacket's eyes opened; he stopped in the middle of the dusty road. "What did you see down there, compadce? Tell me." "Nothing much. Just enough to make me wanj to see more. Do you think you can steal some sort of a tool for me?" "I can try." , "Please do. And remember, say nothing before Asensio or his wife." Rosa met O'Reilly just Inside the door, and at sight of her he uttered an exclamation of surprise, for during his absence she had removed the stain from her face and discarded that dis­ figurement which Evangellna had fit­ ted to her back prior tq their depart­ ure from the Pan de Matanzas, She stood before him now, straight and slim and graceful--the Rosa of his dreams, only very thin, very fragile. Her poor tatters only enhanced her prettlness, so he thought. "Rosa, dear! Do you think thi» is quite safe?" lie ventured, doubtfully. Evangellna, who was bending over her husband, straightened herself and came forward 'with a smile upon her black face. "She is beautiful, eh? Too beautiful to look at? What did I tell you?" Rosa was in delightful confusion at O'Reilly's evident surprise and admi­ ration. "Then I'm not so .altogether changed?" she asked. "Why, you haven't changed at all, except to grow more beautiful. .Evan­ gellna is right; you are too beautiful to look at But wait!" He drew her *l'm Going t* Have a Look for Hidden Treasure." the aside and Whispered. "I've been down in the well:" Some tremor In his voice, some glint in his 'eyes, caused the girl to seize him eagerly, fiercely. "I may be wrong." he said hurriedly ;' "there may be nothing in It--and yet I saw something."' "What?" "Wooden beams, timbers of sojne sort, behind the stone curbing." It was plain Rosa did not comprehend, so he hurried on. "At first I noticed nothing unusual, except that the bot­ tom' of the well Is nearly dry--filled up, you know, with debris and stuff that haR fallen in from the curbing above, then I saw that although the well is dug through rock, nevertheless it is entirely curbed up with stones laid in mortar. That struck me as queer." "Yes?" ' * . I . "I noticed, too. In one place that there was wood behind--as if timbers had been placed there to cover the entrance to a cave. You know , this Cuban rock Is ftfll ot caveraa." Rosa clasped her handst she. began to tremble. "You have found it O'Reilly. You have!" she* whispered. "No, no, I've found nothing yet. But I've sent Jacket for a pick or a bar and tonight I'm going to pull down those stones and see what Is behind them." . ;.f "To night? Yon mosf let m^ go, too. I want to help." "Very well. But meanwhile^ you mustn't let your hopes , rise too high, for there Is every chancte that yo\i will be disappointed. And don't, mention it to Evangeliha. Now, then, I've a few pennies left and I'm going to buy some candles." Rosa embraced her lover Impulsive­ ly. "Something tells me It is true! Something tells me you are going to save us all." Evangellna in the far corner of the hut muttered to her husband : "Such love-birds! They are like jmrrakeets, forever kissing and cooing!" Jacket returned at dusk, and with him he brought a rusty three-foot Iron bar, evidently part of a window grat­ ing. The boy was tired,'disgusted, and in a vile temper. "A pickax! A crow­ bar !" he cursed eloquently. "One might as well try to steal a cannon out of San Severino. I'm ready to do any­ thing within reason, but--" "Why, this will do nicely; It is Just what I want," O'Reilly told him. "Humph! I'm glad to hear It, for that rod was nearly the death of me. I broke ray back wrenching at it and the villain who owned the house-- may a bad lightning split him!--he ran after me until I nearly expired. Tf my new knife had been sharp I would have turfaed and sent him home with.it between .his ribs. Tomorrow I shall put an edge on it. Believe me, I ran until my lungs burst." Little food remained In 'the hut, barely enough for Asensio and the women, and inasmuch as O'Reilly had spent his last centavo for candles her and Jacket were forced to go hungry' again. Late that evening, after the wretched prison quarters had grown quiet, the three treasure hunters stole- out of their hovel and wound up the hill. In spite of their excitement they went slowly, for none of them had the strength to hurry. Fortunately there were few prowlers within the'lines, hunger having robbed the reeoncentra- dos of the spirit to venture forth, and in consequence Spanish vigilance had relaxed; it was now confined to the far-flung girdle of intrenchments which encircled the city. The trio encoun­ tered no one. Leaving Jacket on guard at the crest of the hill, O'Reilly stationed Rosa at the mouth of the well, then lowered himself once more into it. Lighting his candle, he made a careful exami­ nation of the place, with the result that Esteban's theory of the missing riches seemed even less improbable than It had earlier in the day. The masonry work, he discovered, had been done with a painstaking thoroughness which spoke of the abundance of slave labor, and time had barely begun to affect it. Here and there a piece of the mortar had loosened and come away, but for the most part it stood as solid as the stones between which it was laid. Shoulder-high to O'Reilly there appeared to be a section of the curbing less smoothly fitted than the rest, and through an interstice in this he detected what seemed to be a damp wooden beam. At this point he brought his iron bar Into play, i It was not long before he discovered that his work was cut out for him. , The cement was like flint and his blunt makeshift implement was almost use­ less against it Ankie-deep in the muddy water, he patiently pecked and pounded and chipped, endeavoring to enlarge the crevice so as to use his bar as a lever. The sweat streamed from him and he became dismayed at his own weakness. He was forced to rest frequently. ( Rosa hung over the orifice above, en­ couraging him, inquiring eagerly as to his progress. During his frequent breathing spells he could discern her white face dimly illumined by the candle light from below. , After be had worked for an hour or two, he mjide a report : "It .begins to look as if there really was a bulkhead or a door In there." The girl clapped her hands and laughed with delight. "Do hurr£, dear; I'm dying of suspense." O'Reilly groaned: "That fellow, Se­ bastian, knew his business. This ce­ ment is like steel, and I'm afraid of breaking my crowbar." • Rosa found a leaf, folded a kiss into it, and dropped it to him. "That wiH give you strength," she declared. O'Reilly lost all count of time after a while and he was Incredulous \vhen Jncket came to warn him that daylight was less than an hour away. "Why, I haven't started!" he protested. He discovered, much to his surprise, that he was ready to drop from fatigue and that his hands were torn and blis­ tered; When he had climbed the rope to the upper air he fell exhausted in the deep grass. "I--I'm not myself at all," he apologized; "nothing to eat, you know. But the work will go faster now, for I've made a beginning." "Do you still think--"Rosa hesitated to voice the question which trembled on her lips. "I'll know for sure toAlght." He directed Jacket to replace the planks over the well; then the three of them stole away. O.'Iteilly spent most of that day In a profound stupor of exhaustion, while Rosa watched anxiously over him. Jacket, it seemed, hhd peacefully slumbered on picket duty, so he occu­ pied himself by grinding awa£ at his knife. The last scraps of food dis­ appeared that evening. When night fell and it came time to return _ to the top of if Cumbre, ellly askM himself if hi* strength vyould prove sufficient for the task In hand. Be was spiritless, stire, weak ; he ached in every bone and muscle, and it required all his determination to propel himself up the hill. He won­ dered if he were wise thus to sacrifice his waning energies on a hope so for­ lorn as this, but by now he had begun to more than half believe in the exist­ ence of the Varona treasure and he felt an' almost irresistible curiosity to learn what secret, If any, was concealed be­ hind those water-soaked timbers at the bottom of the well. He realized, of course, that every hour he remained here, now that food and money, were gone, lessened the chances of escape; "It Begins to Look> as if There Really Was a Bulkhead." but, , on the other hand, he reasoned, with equal force, that if,he had indeed stumbled upon the missing hoard sal­ vation for all of them was assured. The stake, it seemed to him, was worth the hazard. Given tempered tools to work with, it would have been no great undertak­ ing to tear down that cemented wall of stones, but armed with nothing except his bare hands and that soft iron bar, O'Reilly spent nearly the whole night at his task. Long before the last rock had yielded, however, he be­ held that which caused him to turn a strained face upward to Rosa. "There's a little door, as sure as you live," he told her. The girl was beside herself with ex- was a fantastic idea, nevertheless citement. "Yes? What else? What more do you see?" 'Nothing: It appears to be made of solid timbers, and has two huge hand- wrought locks." "Locks! Then we have found It." Rosa closed her eyes; she swayed mo­ mentarily. "Esteban was right. Locks, indeed! That means something to hide. Ol), if I could only help youI" "Heavens! If I only had some­ thing--anything, to work with!" mut­ tered the American as he fell to with redoubled energy. He no longer tried ESKIMOS ABE HAPPY PEOPLE Have Net Pear of Death, Are Childlike in Nature, Humorous and. Inquisitive. In Herschel island. Where the sun shines continuously for eight weeks in summer, the Eskimos had a sun dance, not' always clothed in the garments of propriety. They had an idea that when the sun came back its movemeuts were directed by an invisible power but they had no tangible conception of a God. They had no belief in a future life, either of reward or punishment Today they are'"religious, truthful, kind to their children and to the aged. They, are ambitious to learn; they are prac­ tical, extremely industrious, sanitary in their habits, well clotned and well housed. Insanity Is unknown, but tu­ berculosis is quite common. They whale in summer and trap in winter. They are clever in trading, good workers on land, water and Ice. and take excellent care of their house­ hold effects. Tools, If broken, are neatly repaired. When at Herschel island or Fort Mcl'herson they eat the white man's food with great relish. In summer they eat their fish and blubber raw and In;winter frozen. The Eskimos have uo fear of death ; if told that death is approaching they will respond with a coiupiacent smile. They are a very happy people. Their natures are childlike and they do not continue in the same frame of mind for two minutes at a time. They are good-nat(ired and humorous and vfery Inquisitive. Their emotions are sud­ den and short-lived--uproariously hap­ py one moment and almost crying the next.. Encore. Hotel Proprietor--Did you enjoy the corftet playing in the next room to yours last night? . Guest (savagely)--Enjoy It! I should say not. I spent half the night pound­ ing on the wall to make the idiot Stop. Proprietor--Why, Jones told me this morning you applauded every on» of his pieces and he was going to send for some more music right awa^ si> that hA could play for' you ugat*k.t; ; to conserve his strength, for the treasure seeker's lust beset htm. Rosa looked on, wringing her hands and urg­ ing him to greater haste. . But the low, thick door was built of some hard, native wood: it was wet and tough and slippery. O'Reilly's blows made no impression npon it, nor upon the heavy hasps and staples with which it was secured in place. The latter were deeply rusted, to be sure, but they withstood Ms efforts, and he was finally forced to rest baffled, en­ raged, half .hysterical from weakness and fatigue. Daylight was at hand once more, but he refused to give up, and worked on stubbornly, furiously, nntil Rosa, In an agony, besought him to desist Johnnie again collapsed on the grass and lay panting while the other two replaced the planks. "Another hour and I'd have been Into It," he declared, huskily. , "You will skill yourself," Jacket told him. Rosa bent over him with shining eyes and parted lips. "Yes," said she. "Be patient. We will dome back, O'Reilly,..and tonight we shall be rich." * • * * • • • Colonel Cobo lit a black cigarette, leaned back In his chair, and exhaled two fierce jets of smokef through his nostrils. For a full moment he scowled forbiddingly at the sergeant who bad asked to see him. ' "What's this you are tetHng me?" he inquired finally. The sergeant, a mean-faced, low- bvowed man, stirred uneasily. "It is God's truth. There are spirits -on La Cumbre, and I wish to* see the priest about it." -- >. - "Spirits? What kind of Spirits?" The fellow shrugged. "Evil spirits-- spirits from hell. The men are buying charms." * "Bah! I took you to be a sensible person." "You don't believe me? Well, . I didn't believe them when they told me about ti& But I saw *wlth mt own eyes."" Cobo leaned forward, mildly aston­ ished. Of all his villainous troop, this mfcn was the last one he had credited with imagination of this sort. "What did you see?" "A ghost, my colonel, nothing else. La Cumbre Is no place for an honest Christian." ' " ' The colonel burst into a mocking laugh. "An honest Christian! You! Of all my vile ruffians, you are the vilest. Why, you're a thief, a liar, and an assaftsln! You are lying to me now. Come--the truth for once, before I give you the componte." "As God Is my judge, Tin teMjpg yon the truth," protested the soldier. "Fldg me If you will--rather the componte than another night in those trendies. You know that old quinta?" "Where Pancho Cueto made a goat of himself? Perfectly. Do you mean to say that you saw old Esteban Va­ rona walking with his head in his hands?" "No, but I saw that she-devfl who fell In the well and broke her neck." "Eh? When did you behold this-- this marvel?" "Two nights ago. She was there be­ side the well and her face shone through the night like a lantern. There was fire upon it She fame and went like a moth in the lamplight. I' tell you I repented of my sins. Some of the men laughed at me when I told them, as they had laughed at the oth­ ers. But last night two of the doubt­ ers went up there." (TO BE CONTINUED:) h Cement From Beet Sugar. A result of experiments In French factories is the production of an excel­ lent cement as a by-product of beet- sugar refining. The first step in the production of sugar from beets is boil­ ing them. It has heretofore heen cus­ tomary to throw away as valueless the scum formed 90 the caldrons. But it has now been discovered that this scum contains large quantities of car­ bonate of lime. It Is estimated that 4,000 tons of the carbonates can be recovered from 70,000 tons of beets. To this quantity of the carbonate 1,100 tons of clay is added, the resultant product being a good cement. The best scum Is pumped into largfe reser­ voirs and allowed to evaporate for a certain length of time before being mixed with the clay. It is then stirred or beaten for an hour before being fed into rotary ovens such as are used in making Portland cement--The Argo­ naut. The Parrot of Amiens. Possibly for English readers the fame of the Jackdaw of Reims has eclipsed the fame of the Parrot of Amiens. But Vert-Vert was a bird who made history in a small way. He was a monastery parrot renowned for piety until he was sent on. a visit, by canal boat, to a nunnery, and acquired a new vocabulary on the way--with terrible results, as can be imagined. The author of his adventures, Jean Baptiste Gresset, a native of Amiens, had to leave a clerical school In con­ sequence of the scandal caused "by the poem of which Vert-Vert waa the avian hero.--London Chronicle. New Hydraulii Air Compressor, A novel hydraulic air compressor, designed for operation by water under a head of 200 or 300 feet, has two lirge vertical cylinders, from which the air is forced by the direct pressure o? the water. When the air of one cylinder has been driven Into the hori­ zontal tank, a two-way valve auto­ matically releases the water and turns the pressure into the other cylinder, making action continuous. Thfe £loak of el-arUy Ji tfjap ml»ft|t*, < • ^ * r>- ' 1 ' • MtPA ,w#': tM-k: .&S" ^ 4 . ' I s c yr, V T *1 *»(* 1 We will win this war-- Nothing eke really matters until we do I 4: Flavor Lasts fcS * :f yr.-» 16 pr--. stop bd Distemper CURES THE SICK. And prevents others having the disease no matter h0^5 exposed 60 ceati and fl.lB.a bottle, $5.30 and $114)0 4|' 4tosen bottle*. All good druggists and turf goods houses*- Spohn Medical Co. Goshen, IrxeL, U. S. A. OFFICER WINS HIGH PRAISE Second Lieut. John I. Conroy of the ^J|«riiie$ Highly Commended by ( , ,• Commanding Officer. . T - The bulldog tenacity «.n<3 steel which characterized the opera­ tions of the United States marines In their classic capture of Chateau-Thier­ ry and Belleau wood in 4he second bat- tic of the Marne earned unusual com­ mendation for Second Lieut. John I. Conroy of the marines. The com­ manding officer of his regiment wrote to the brigade commander that Lieu­ tenant Conroy was "conspicuous in his services to the battalions" in line, carried on his duties at a storm cen­ ter of bombardment by enemy high explosive, shrapnel and gas shells. "Throughout this period he supplied the troops in line with ammunition, ra­ tions, water and engineer stores with tireless energy, marked^executive abil- Itj-, foresight and absolute fearless­ ness at all hours of the day and night. He never failed in a crisis and only bulldog tenacity and nerves of steel made it possible for him to discUarge his multifarious duties. When enemy iflre exploded an ammunition dump un­ der his charge his energy and cool­ ness confined the damage to a mini­ mum." . Lieutenant Conroy's mother, Mrs. John Conroy, lives at 59 Livingston street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Successful Cataract Operation*; Medical Graphic--Dr. H. E. Parry of Galesburg, 111., reports thirty-one successful cataract operations done by the new Aiajor bmiiii Opemiiou. Tiiese patients have been blind from one to eight years and they can see -to read now. The patients range in age from fifty-four to eighty-seven years. This lis considered to be above the average for successful cataract operatlons^Adv. Much Over-Rated. Attlla the Hun was a piker--a poor, doddering, inefficient, tender-hearted <4(1 fussbudget. We have learned that during the last f«nr years. No pep. No science. No poison gas. How did Weyler earn the terrific reputation that he had In 1898? He was a quiet, law-abiding, carpet-slip­ pered old Spanish gentleman, and aa harmless as a bowl of bread and milk. What did he know of brutality? Villa, dead or alive, used to pose as some pumpkins In the realm of polite butchery. Where did he get that stuff? He was only a movie crook. Nero got away with a lot of noto­ riety In his time as a first-class, all- around blackleg, but he was only an amateur. -For further particulars address W. Hohensollern, 1313 Main street, Pots­ dam.--Richmond Times-Dispatch. ^ Modfiied Request. - A ttamp went into a farmhouse re­ cently, and, seeing no one about but a very old womaiji he said in fierce tone: "Give me a good drink of mUk, or else--" But Pat Muicahy, the owner of the house, came behind hint suddenly, and, catching him by the neck, said: "Else what?" "Else water," said the tramp hum­ bly, » ... . ' r Any kind of success worth having .nevtfr arrives unexpectedly. LOSSES DOWN TO MINIMUM Warfare Mortality Statistics ShouWI ~GiV9 Comfort* to Those With . Loved Ones at the Front. ' dreat as the danger and lftf§e iiS the losses In the aggregate, the indi­ vidual soldier has plenty of chance# of coming out of the war unscathed ' oi at least not badly injured. %<;. Based on the mortality statistics the allied armies, a soldier's chancer; are- as follows: , Twenty-nine chances of coming ; home to one chance of being killed. Forty-nine chances of recovering from wounds to one Chance of dyinjf from them. One chance In 500 of losing a HmtSfe Will live five years longer becaus* of physical training. Is freer from diih * ease in the army than-" in civil llf#||; and has better medical care at tlMfc front than at home. f'Y In other wars from ten to, 15 me(j|tg died from disease to one from bullets; In this war one man dies from di#» ease to every ten from bullets. ?•; For those of our .fighting men wl|£; do not escape scathless, the govern* ment under the soldier and sailor In­ surance law gives protection to tfc#--;': wounded and their dependents and ft- the families and dependents of tho^gft who make the supreme sacrilfc^v^ll^Y their'couhtry. •fe. 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