Aare wy eee Te ga ling 'in front senemy's | Wi som: y falls over his rifle and Be : -_ [it off, itis stre-to be he % MARGARET'S COUNTRY. ~|read several times and then -calt.in A Born Reperter. , : Mary Melvin" Miss Cook to explain before.she could} Up to within a week or two of understand it_entirely. . - {being wounded I had the same Part IL : "Dear Mrs. Keely: I want to polo-! who, in the months I knew him, prov= (Continued from last week.) gize about those nightgowns that be-/ed himself the most' delightful It was four o'clock in the afternoon Jonged in do'mitory 3. I am very,!panion. He was exceptionally in and still the confession was deferred.' very sorry I lost them. kK gent, and the most indefatigable ~ Every bundle in the clothes-room hadj Miss Cook to excuse me. nd Ij lector of rumors that I have éver m been taken down again from its shelf} think it was awful kindof you not' to! outside Fleet Street. He had an ---all the aprons, dresses, erwear,' punish me any harder than to send/traordinary knac getting. wi all the sheets, and pillow-cases, and|me to the country. Tell Alice and| coming events, and for the most wns of; Sarah that there is no mules what) his information was usually accu ESCAPED PRISONER. « -- Compel Yeung Children to Work. ~ *A Belgian citizen who has recently ! England after escaping from ¢ German army-zone of Valencien-| in Northern France, has told the of the terrible conditions in the pied provinces. No one, he says, allowed to enter or leave those pro- ces, and he was-extremely emaciat-| after his escape. He bore the scar: Ea EE ge n Soldiers Beat Old Women and not shot with the rifles. -Not : ' from there a girl of thirteen, an or- BY LOVAT FRASER, MILITARY phan, who was looking after two small eee children, was killed without warning CeINC ne as she was trying to cross the frontier pects Bait wiles carta ese *| Elimination jon ef Teutonic Warmakers ----__ ------- Accomplished When Alsace- TRUE HEROES OF THE SEA. Lorraine is-Restored. Daring and Devotien of the Steamer | The allies are fighting, as Mr. Florizel's Rescuers. Lloyd George has said, "for a just and . +4, lasting peace." We want a peac: seep hseades oe deg wind daring; Which will prevent 2 recurrence of is i | Now the only nation likely to : :. thirst for a renewal of war is Prus- what seemed certain " . ' : _{sia, unless she is soundly beaten ir Seed uke ieee ed i @ cee he field and the Prussian eagle's t disaster. claws are clipped, ; Our! It was he, I remember, who gave me, 'on his jaw of a blow from the butt of] One can guess what the gale must things are possible. Margaret was overwhelmed with! cow just gives only milk and butter! ful! particulars of the She wondered a little about/ and chews all the time: And there! the Hush-Hushes, as we Tanks whe®.@ German rifle that knocked out his ave been from the fact that an ex- her punishment for her carelessness. ; is no more than one house here, Ly me yet Suddenly she grew aware that Mrs.' won't either. Keely was standing at her side. |we drive to church in our carriage "Margaret, don't -you want to go! She tells me hew to spell atl the words with a lady who wants to take you to} I don't know. I guess this ain't the the: country?" 'she heard Mrs. Keely; same country Alice went to, There ask kindly. "Well, you're excused," | are flowers and a founting that runs she added, without waiting for an' water all the time like a.tap turned 4 et. - ; This orderly of mince had a perfect She is a kind lady and passion for night patrolling. He wasy It is now admitted that one of the call teeth, and he talked with great diffl-' perienced commander like Capt. Mar-|Teasons. why- the Germans failed "at And! them,-were-still-a most' profound s@>culty, She might even be sent to the coun-! the turkey gobbler he ain't gobbled! ¢ . ! and Mrs. Gillespie says he His story, as printed in the | 4, misjudged the headway the Flori-|the Marne and reverted to the defen: Morning Post, of London, is as fol-| se} me nee pan inst it en turned} Sive was that they had exhausted their jows: Cape Race, as ud cappcabd: too soon.|Teserves of ammunition. Guns and "When I left St. Amand (Northern: The coast is fanged with rock.~ The| Shells can only be accumulated by knowledge of fear. When wa 'tions had become unbearable. The | ship with such power that the Pro= crawling out into No Man's Land _**, Germans have organized slavery in' spero was forced to stand by all night. viet ee eee belt: the army zone. All the men from 17| When-daylight made it possible to with excitement, his keen eyes 8 +, to 50 have been taken away. ing the shadows all around for the' ' "were sent to Douai to work on a rail-; but three dories set out on the work. *}a lad who was born without aM¥i France) a few weeks ago the condi-| wind was driving breakers over the!POWers which have access to unlimited ' stores of iron and steel. debar Germany from direct control of 4 f we can he iron fields by means of which she Some 'begin,the rescue, not only life-boats | W8Bes war we shall strike thz sword rom her hand forever. e of answer. "Go, get ready; the lady is! on. waiting to take you now." All around her Margaret heard the And Mr. Gillespie says it ain't! sight of no waste. . lindefatigable collector of souvenirs,! "Tam awful sorry about the night- and I have seen him, in an atmospheres sympathetic murmurs of the other] gowns and I remain your. girls. Mrs. Keely thought these lit-| "Grateful and respectable scholar, breathe, calmly scrutinizing the but- tle sounds were of congratulation, but argaret Glenn."/ tons of a long-departed German. Margaret understood. She was sure| "P.S.---I wish I could tell about my| In the Battle of the Somme he was that Miss Cook had told Mrs. Keely|country to all the about the gowns before she had a They don't know anything about this | and cheerful, by my side, and it chance to be honorable and tell on) one. i country as her punishment. ples on our trees. 2 i Thirty minutes later she was stand-!| Miss Cook was a busy, wiry little' ther a mournful frame of ing in the reception-rcom beside the! body wha was lady. | than her sharp voice and quick jerky' ship, "Oh, here you are," she said, taking} manner indicated. the child by the hand. "How do! "Oh," she said to Mrs. Keely in ex- you do, dear?"' "Thank ; | sel "Now, Margaret. you must be very | child would be worrying about them. with me. obedient to Mrs. Gillespie," said Mrs.i But I'm glad she's so Well placed. Do! Keely kindly. ~ you s'pose they're wealthy?" { "Yes, Mrs. Keely," said the little; Just a little later when the house-- girl, without daring to look up. } "Good-by, dear," called Mrs. Keely accounts with Mrs. Keely, she was} from the door. | surprised to learn that they could' not, "Good-by, ,Mrs. Keely," answered | receive attention just at that time. 1 3 e wocbegone child as she climbed' "No, Miss Watson," said the heud/call of the cock pheasant <9 ------__--_--~ t j ety THE LOGGERS. on in British Woods. a Hun. He was also a most way line, others to Alsace. The un-| The sea was too rough to make the Peace nations would be good, but alse so pestiferous that one could scarcel¥ ti}. girls, from 12 to 14, are prevented married women, under 40; are obliged i to work in the fields, and even the lit- | from going to school and sent to col-, lect acorns and nettles. i shore, and a second transfer had to be 'let us take away the culprit's dagge! made at sea of persons half-frozen, 2nd pistol. ; ; ; and wholly helpless, by men almost a3 Lorraine Mines Essential, battered by five hours of ceaseless} The iron deposits of Germany are struggle and exposure as themselves. estimated to represent a total of 2,- little orphants.' shot down as he tramped along, quiet} 7" ie wane Qh, yes! there is potatoes: my privilege to bind up his wound, herself, and the worst had come--the coming up from. our ground and ap- give him a drink, and see him off, 3 ! Blighty-wards, on a stretcher heh = Siidewnin auke: a cvedk really much kinder | the breaking up of our long partner-; I4vas delighted to hear subse-' 'quently that he had made a good re- covery. Within twenty-four hours of. i planation, "thease gowns were found, |losing him I had, in succession, three you, ma'am," stammered; Mrs. Keely, in the teachers' laundry! orderlies, one of whom was 'wounded, Margaret, yery much ashamed of her-! the very night Margaret Glenn left! and the other killed. Laden with "sou- , |here. [ clean forgot that the poor) yenirs," the third came out of action keeper came in to go ove™ her table) tow a Big War Industry . is Carried} Not or will not do this you are shut up One of the Most Extraordinary Occur: | Many a wood hitherto sacred to th€)fyce ~ second time then you are sent , . now ré-to Germany---and one o the three-seated rig to drive off} of Belle Wait positively. but with a! echoes to the shriek of the steam S8W)Pback alive from Germany. "Everywhere you mect civil prison-!If in such circumstances most of the 800,000,000 tons, and of this total 2,- s or deporteés under the guard of saloon passengers perished, it was! 100,000,000 tons are in Lorraine. That German sentries. Those of Lille ure' because of their slighter physique and js the whole -point. If Germany is making concrete at Mortagne and feebler resisting powers. Nothing that' compelled to hand back Lorrainz te jwear a yellow brassard; those of Val-. could be done for them was neglected. ' France, she can never again wage war brassard. A!: There are Iron Crosses and decora- on the grand scale. She is fighting great many Belgians are working at tions "Pour le Merite" for men who with the resources of the filched pro- Calenele and Montbray; they wear a: torpedo ships at sea and send down vinces. It has been said that four out white brassard. Sometimes you meet Women and babies to a lawless death. | of every five shelis fired from Ger- a man with-his brassard tied round: Nothing prompts to such heroism as man guns are made from the French one of his legs tg show that he tried, the Florizel rescuers showed, except metal of Lorraine. German munition- to escape. I also saw an old man, manly strength and stout hearts. That'! makers, in a secret document drafted over 60, with a large cross painted on' @ man must do what he can at such a'jn 1915, stated that "if the output of his back, but could not find out the! time-is the simple creed. of the heroes the minette ore of Lorraine were to reason for this. of the sea. 'pi Saictinied the war would be us | Timusands Are Depieted. me ; OWhee Blitarcl and Moltke too aaa pdpedbadlae nada ae -- aon eee ee Alsace-Lorraine from France in 1871 }eondemned to pay a fine, If you can- 'neither of them can have realized that ;Germany's capacity for waging war woul ultimately depend upon the pos- Nothing more extraordinary in this' session of the northern provines. The war has occurred than the instance of fact was not grasped even in 1914, comes. the motor boat that caught a sub- but to-day it is clear, and it re- In spite 'enforces a thousand fold the demand in the cell of the prison until the fine. .rences of the War. is paid or your time is up. If you re- seldom : 'ine with her anchor, with her "lady." And thus Margaret slight quiver in her voice, "I cannot, for the woodsmen are busy in the: bof this a great many men prefer to ~~ bse Rutted) swater hont oo cooks soe . Glenn left forever the Belle Wait; verify those accounts, now. This is| plantations preparing pit props andl deported rather than to work for cnn eae in the English Pt Pe pes age-is ether _ Orkhanage for Girls. jthe children's play hour, and while | heavy timbers for the trenches, say8{ithe enemy. I saw a great many Bel- wel found ten: eemidn. Binh atieawed pi te ry P ples ght I was four or five days after Mar-| they are all together I am going up to} an English weekly. 'fgians deported in this way. 'them in a cannon duel. The "subs"! -What. it tiny: Te waked: Sail tin the garet's departure that Mrs. Keely re-j| tell them 'being of the latest type had heavier ' : about Margaret Glenn's 1 ceived a letter which she had to re- jcountry." quainted with far-away i itants 0} 5 a ' the wie = n- ma ESE ae Young officers, going out to France| have grown 'up 'safety. When, they have to go along, traffic, with rows of sidings, where night, if on emerging | workers in blue overalls of-the Ameri- m their dug-out they do not happen! can pattern, and smart, bearded ond day | for the first time, are often apt to dis-| huts, and quiet roadside stations have ORDERLIES 'negard this rule, made for their ownj blossomed forth into great centres of jthe trench at TIC LD -. a eaten P fro | . ARTICLE ON A LITTLE KNOWN to see their orderly, they will hesitate; men. of 'strange speech, toil all SUBJECT. to call him. loading trucks with timber. "Let the poor beggar sleep!" is! Here is a Picture of Faithful Servant just along the trench!" 'the more extensive weods, and their . . ' The results of this disobedience of Workshop may extend for two or three By a Writer Who 'orders have often proved fatal, Let Miles im every direction, marked by Knows. me tell you what happened to a young the piles of pit props and- heavy tim- friend of mine, who, aroused by the ber stacked ready for the lorries, anil In the days of chivalry the knight' sound of bombing along the trench by heaps of logs sawn off the ends, went forth to the wars accompanied one night, went out hastily, and did "hich are usually sent into the near- by his squire, who bore his shield and' not wait for his o 'derly to aceompany : °St large towns. Dotted about are helped him into his afmor, and his him. Unknown to him the Germans' little saws worked by oil engines, and page, who waited upon him at table,; had raided the trench. Having killed under the charge of a Canadian non.- and generally attended to his bodily the sentries, they were actually in the om. the Portuguese work. necds., The knight of to-day--the posjtion, As he rounded a traverse _ Sometimes a tall tripod of fir trees young Britisher who has joined the my friend must have walked right 's rigged up to load the heavier tim- twentieth-century crusade against into a party of them, fur when the her, a horse walking back and forth Kuliur--finds, on joining his battalion supports came up and regained pos- | 25 It 1S raised and lowered. _ Huge lor- in the fictd, that he, like the knight of session of the section in question, they "es: which are sadly breaking up the old, has a personal suite of two--his found as the sole trace of the officer. roads, take the prepared wood to ire orderly and his soldier-servant, says only his helmet and revolver, with «ix "way station. ; « British officer. ;emply eases in the chambers. Most of the Canadians have now . . , ' v4 : ' 'becn dgafted to France, but the Portu- The officer is the pivot -on which! Unswerving Loyalty. 'yuese are ever increasing turns the life of his two attendants. | "No man is a hero to his valet,"| Between them, French and English, The one 18 there to be his right-hand says Moliere. On this fine of aVeu- Conndians, Portuguese, and loca! man in the fighting; the other to su- ment I'would claim tnat if an officer woudgnen are turning some of our pervise his bodily comfort. If the' in France is fal heights into baid expanses of a hero in the eves of his yom three--officer, orderly, and batman--' order'y, er vice Se a, then yeu may hillside, It if to he hoped that some be the right sort, then they live on the be sure that this op.sion has been arrangement will be made to plant terms of the most delightful intimacy | well tempered in the evurible of actual these areas as quickly as possible, for that ever existed between men. It iS expericnee. Vor inor other we sve told that thousands of youn an intimacy such as only discipline ma Vof the battainin th wets recs in the nurseries will perish if not can give, with all respect fer differ- a glimpse of the saked <u ' planted. and for many years to com ence of station, but based on mutual jicor. ve hail require all the wood we can respect, and cemented by dangers; Very oftes he siese can vay with prow, <0 that these clearings should faced- and hardships shared in com- truth if the ef] the wight aort he camming inte use again at a time mon, when thes The Faithful Henchman. --. When the battalion is in the trenches, or goes into action, the or- derly is the officer's shadow. The rule >' zs a Oh NARUC of the Army is absolute. Wherever an ; other, too, will fail in his duty. by officer. goes his orderly must go with! But the order iy does not give Vent herds of livestock Have been deplete: him. He must not leaye the officer's} '° his opinions. Tt he has any, he sinee the outbreak of the war. Cat- side. When the officer retires to-- his | keeps them to himself, Por the or- tle have been reduced by 16.5 per ceit, dugout to have a meal or to sleep, the derlies are picked men for the most sheep by 36.6 per cent. and hogs by orderly must be close at hand, within !P8tt, chosen for clean conduct-shects! 4.2 per cent. Canada has been sup- éall. s 'and good, soldierly cualities, and it is plying only the following, percentage - _ Herds on the Decrease. Figures compiled some months ago the French authorities show the It is the orderly's business * toi : aha : keep "his officer" in sight. If the lat-/ Mot the habit of the British soldier to' of the Ailies' import requirements: ter should unexpectedly dash out of ; "'iticize his officer. Beef 2.25 per cent., pork products his dugout and along the trench, in re- Varieties of Orderlies. (8.55 and butter 1.40, eg to some sudden alarm, his or-} Orderlies I have had myseif inj erly, if he has a proper sense of his France have descanted to me on the! : ae . ' eeiT responsibilities, will follow him un-' fine qualities of the officers they favel ie goa half oe be echo eel bidden. served with; but I never yet heard} one and one-fourth cups of corn meal. The object of this rule is twofold. It, them -say anything derogatory abouti , . : is e ensure that the officer, busied their officers. And I think the reason with the supervision of his men, may for this is that there is nothing bad4 «© ili " a have a bodyguard who will defend him | to say. for the close co-operation, be- ; wigan eae eat eg Sieve against an unexpected attack, and ; tween officer and orderly at the Front} vegst in luke-warm water pour boil- wha, in the event, of the officer be-| brings out the best qualities in both. ing water over rolled oats and let coming @ casualty, may return and} There are orderlies and orderlies.! stand until luke-warm; add dissolved report the matter to headquarters. The | An intelligent orderly is a gift from| yeast, cornmeal and flour Let rise orderly is also there to act as messen-! the gods, for he will act as'a second |, , : ger, "galloper," and, in brief, aide-de-! string to one's domestic staff in the camp. field. He will assist one's servant-in and put in, pans, light. iy : . : * - Quiet villages are becoming act! habitants of The Canadian and Portuguese camps their kindly thought. "I'm only going | re usually close to the highway in {one-half cup of brown sugar, three. jand three-fourths cups of flour, two. until light, beat well, let rise' again|tier are. posts of sentries, who shoot! objects imaginable is a man trying}and he like jelly. Bake when again "Besides. the civil prisoners the economic future of Germany if she is t ' i 'Mortagne and 200 English at St.' settled she began going out to sea un-! gest that Germany should be deprived | Amand. The English were specially | der some power other than her own.' of a share of the Lorraine ore. Sh2 | badly treated,"and they were all in. The captain raced to look at the an- would import it for manufacturers | Want of food. We had also some Rus- chor, and instead of being behind the just as she imports ore from Sweden. sians. Their sufferings were so ter- boat it was before. Something was_ France: Should: Have: Sarre: ; Tible that some of us decided to take pulling on the anchor. For gthree Yet. this-ikuok theshala, cexblen them some food, though, Gad knows, days they were towed thus. No Whe: ria a ate bank th Verona we had. scarcely enough for ourselves. amount of speed could bring the mys- /) 7°". ae aks : eee : > hand. anil ; ; a 1, iron fields she will not have the coal took a-bundle in my hand, and, at terjous thing that towed them to the sai Work Hem on the -cksment wente cot nightfall, tried to throw it over the surface. Thev towed a dozen buck- beta: pres acale : . <> mar : output. It is therefore argued -- that fence of their cage. A sentry saW ets astern as a drag and managed to ear ; ' liaw. 4 dead : ; . ay the restitution should include the small me, quite a young fellow, and asked prevent being dragged at any great fi a ss Z y eee: das he ; strip of land in the Valley of the ;me what my business was there. When yate of speed. Guire: 'hatieuen "Suarlaaie cad ane I told hjm he gave me such a blow on. Finally, with a great wallowing a PETES: 2 . é . sta, ies ; : 7 bruck, on the borders of Lorraine. The the mouth with the butt of his rifle: submarine periscope rose before them, ® : 3 a 3: es : h vide 2 Regi uae . Sarre Valley was torn from France ir that I lost all my, teeth. That was jhen her black and white conning tow- 8"! 3 ' S read meas aig. 1815 as a sort of extra punishment last May: 'er and finally the body itself with the race : . , . Fined 'op boat'® anchor firkaly wedbed-in for rallying behind Napoleon when he Imprisoned and Fined. . we clile "The Englishmen had their "turned from Elba. It was taken be "They say that in some places the ,jts ct : a ea the submershle cause it contained important defensive 2 oy gehe "aT! Yr P > a3 ers * + Peasants are better off than the work- cannon raimec 5 it nadan ig: sites points, but to-day the Sarre coul fiele ing people. It is not so in the region -from ei momen rod ca ue eh vould go far to rectify France's de- ;Of St. Amand. Everything was requi-' out of the deep. The sub surrenlers. po oan cpal:. See sitioned. They broke the clocks and ed. . bi ips Ceci ! This questien of the Sarre is a de- the lamps to get a piece of copper, eh WT OF OTHE rays batable matter. If Franse receive: her : THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS. ance sre suk : ripped the mattresses open to find the , ; ' aj : baek the iron' ffelds which are hers by wool; they even took the sacks and tho right, Germany can never again go to clothes. The farmer must declar2 Obtsinable tac the Peak war upon the modern scale. Let us everything---corn, hay, potatoes, veg- tunable An tne saat: stick to that point. Get the iron first, 'etables, eggs, poultry and cattle, The Dr. Walter Clark of Philadelphia" and decide about the coal afterward. Germans. help themselves und have recently has made soiae interesting in- long ceased to trouble ahout payment. vestigations to find out how the old- If the peasant refuses to work under iime lighting conditions in his city such circumstances he is condemned to cempare with those of to-day. Lorraine, until she has been finally three months' imprisonment. If he Hie has discovered that until as late, beaten in battle. The way to a lasting tries to hide anything the German as 1955 only flickering sperm oil and peace lies through victory in the field, gendarme nearly always finds out,and candles were in use. Not until the Hearken to the words of M. Pichen: there are move fines to pay, however following decade did the "highly im- "The essential thing for us is to begin small the offence. | have seen people proved" kerosene lamp appear. »Gas_ by. achieving victery." dragged to prison for hiding a pound gid not come out until the period be- ------ of potajors~ Hiding ap egg involves jween 1865 and 1875. And thea "only -- Big Demand for Maple Products. a fine /of 5 marks. "i people live the wealthy could use it. It sold at; The Canadizn market. hag hithertc only gn the tations of the Comite §2.50 per 1,000 cubic feat! readily absorbed 73 per cent. of the id'Alimentation--four pounds of bread The Weisbach mantle came out ten Canadian sugar maple production per week, and with, from time to time. y¢ *, revolutionizing urcificial, The United States takes all we car a few potatoes or a little-riee, some ijumination. send and would gladjy take more. The cocoa and Some beans. _ The present era began in 1895, when demand for the pure products hes for "The regime is terrijie. A neigh- eas and electricity came into general years exceeded the supply, bor of mine, a woman, was deported tO gee---eas selling at $1 per 1,000 cubie¢ : Germany for keeping three pigeons. feet and electricity at 10 cents per} Another spent fourteen months in a tstowatt hour. German prison camp for hiding an Al- Eighteen Times as Vewerful as That many. will -not-yield-up a foot of the oecupied territories, still less Alsace- j In drawing out matiute we can nat he too careful about spreading it. A Since this time the was mantle and) big shovelful here and none there is satian absentee whose father was a" tho electric filaments-have seen vast not the best way. Give the fork < Frenchman. The non-commissioned improvements, so that to-day the aver- flirt when .throwing the manure out. , Officer, called Fleschmann, who discov- age family is obtaining about eighteen. and send the fertilizer flying evenly ered this man, killed him on the spot times as much light as the people of. over the land; that is what counts. without trial. The same Fleschmann. jalf a century ago had, though they | Cy | boxed the ears of a woman with such pay only about three-quariers asmuch} Barley is one ef the grains recom. 'Violence that she became deaf. When! fer it as their grandfathers did for; mended as an occasional substitute 'she said she would complain to Kom- the dim lights of other day., ifor wheat, and though it has-hithertc |mandatur, the sergeant threatened | ee maf emir wi j been principally used-for soups and her with his bayonet. - i We advise a steady selling ef pota-} gruel for babies and invalids; it is ' Shot at Sight. | | tines wather than holding them too! nourishing and palatable;- it builds "Quite recently } saw in the market long. Feed culls to stock. j muscle and makes bone. To use as 'iace of St. Amand an old woman, | . {2 cereal, wash four tablespoonguls of |who had been arrested. struck by a! ° ' :German soldier with the butt of his! planted as soom us the earth is dry! boiler with a quart of cold water and rifle because she was not able to walk | enough to work.: a teaspoonful of salt. 'o not stir | quickly enough. -- _- but let it cook for two hours. It should } "All along the Franco-Belgian fron- One of the most helpless looking; swell to four times its original size, j Raisins can be at sight. anybody. attempting to cross{ to sew on'a button, and yet it is some-| cooked with it, ff desired. Serve with the line. This has-been the cause of times necessary. - e cream, 4 x e : : t . . : Germans have brought behind their guns and forced the motor boat to flee deprived o principal supply of ied i of \for ber life. She sought shelter in'a 'iron ore? The. fi id= that e circumstances. ere were! tory to spending the night there. | give {t back. Bu en, ity. English and sixty French at, Within five minutes after she had! who are chiefly concerned, do not sug- But it is perfectly certain that Ger-_ Trees and hardy shrubs can be the barley end put it into a double - ~ .