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REYO’HeARTS BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE • * ' One Epboie Each Week OMArrsn XLVH. The LM Wmbi* hi tka akin. Heist-aka do wwd luk M that dear areolae. a chap-fallen ■a*ar oar crap* sluggishly lota tha Mtto mouutata Iowa of Mesquite at tha haata at two amthmes mulas. drtw * kj a chauffeur who steered with W head while the othar loiriiM a eraehUag whiplash orer tha hooka •t Ha rode atotlrw power. Its aaa Httkitir. a cripple aa help laaa aa tha oar ttnslf. huddled la a sonar of the rear east, tainted Mew qatta With a to art Though he waa |B •aro aaad of each rods oomlorta aa tha Iowa stead pnpnef to afford him. hie daaMoaer toward It was that of aao who tuff era an tadlgelty rather than baps accommodation Aad bow, aa tha cor crawled le a ■owos before the Mountain boose— ■wtilteh one oararaaserat—and Meeqnlto ltnelf. to the last ftea Mttea haoad. cat bared, noend to elew this Weadii, Mr. Trine'• Indignation aad chagrin distilled worde of poisonous fkr from reseating this, Meaqolte, ptpa la mouth, heads la pockets, ad ■Hod aad appiended and rather rw ■aoled tka change that befell when two of bar stranger* (whose earlier ap peoraaeo lo town had helped make that one day memorials beyond all athetg la Mesquite's history) charged out ef the Monotaln house nod Inter rupted tka elder devil with erica of •raotlac aad iwMIattoa. Tka leader of those answered lo the asaae of Martophot: his companion waa a person named Jimmy. Meo qcdu acquired thla Information through paying close aftanikHi to the substance ol their communications with Che cripple. Mara than thla. how •ver. K learned little. ffooMthtag ® eueu Meonpu<M by tha two, someth lug that waa highly gratify lag to Bsotca Trtae: for ha was nhoetltag almost mirthfully whcu Mod from tha aor uf carried Into tha hecsL twees tha trio after behind that b«4 M•eqmits could by ao Bat that a eelebrattoa rae ta prngr— waa ari hy tha fawaty with which Msnhphat and Jimmy called os tha her far more liquid refreshment hBd toward aUdalght one belated hifWi Want ta tha atrwet oatalda tha Kona tala bowse far esc last earl stars at tha lighted elude vs of far. Trips'! shorten. saw. Hearty sUhewetiad agaTaat the gWiwtwg shtoog at the wladov, the Mephistophelean profile of SeocOa Trtna, distorted with a grimace of the eratiaal Joy that srsr heart of mas case i sow Marroyhat ap Praai a druakao ■wag a speech which, though hdt ta tha unseen aa dttor ably afforded both of tha t mao ample excuse for ec •40th _ Toward Its eoaciuatoo Mr. Mamphat apparently capped tha »oah of jwbOatkm by tumbling lo his east pocket and bringing forth mme thtagi which stroogly resembled o tie* Ha l iri ho had eostrlred to lo mirth, the cripple made a tuently abolished which said quits is Bolthed. The Ka purpose! To HI" With a smart Jerk of his Mr. Marrophat asat the card out through the to looo Itself to the night “ it boo It fall, aad •I iifoniflnna||< tor It la the deep dost ilk* kU ha* (DM I a* I CHAPTRR XLVIII. I Full Flight. "Oh. what can It menaT" Roaa whia Mwl brokenly, clinging to har luiwh •w. “Bursty you don't think . . . Surety, H MUM ho accidental . . . sorely K cent mu-' “T* afraid tt doss," Alan Law re sponded grmraly, eyeing the traot of (he Mountain house. "Our luck holds aoostateatly—there all. U wouldn't b* hi If wa didn't pick oat the oaa Place where Manophat nod Jimmy eheee to atop over night. Fortunate ly, tt*a early; I doubt they*re up. With half a uhow wa ought to ba able M> had aome way of putting a good dMaaou between we and thla town before they waken . . . Tom!" Bat Mr. Barcas waa already at hla elbow, to thorough sympathy wtth Alan’s Interpretation of tho slgnlfi eaaoe to ba attache* to the cant that truMad la Roue's head. "Sharp's the word!" he agreed. "And there “a a motor car over thfre. fa front of tho blacksmith's. Prob ably we mm hire her—" "Trine's ear!" Aina ejaculated, twinging round and reconciling the aatomobOe at a gtaacs^CThcn he's her*, as welll" "Looks like It" Barcas admitted. "But ao much the better. Wall Just naturally take the darn' thing off Ms heads, and HI bet a dollar there Isn't another ear within a radius of ft tty ■Heat Well be wen oat of three giddy mountain# long before ba finds anything to ehaso at with." But hla coaftdeace arms demon strated to ha premature by the dis covery, which rewarded the first oar aory examination, that the ear was very thoroughly out ot commission. Two minute* later, however, their earnest Inquiries cttcltrd the fact that although Karens was Justified fa hla surmise that the neighboring country wag poverty-stricken In to ipect of motor can. Mesquite ttsetf boasted two motorcycles whose own er* were not Indifferent to a chance to eell them eceood-hasd at a ooe std^afale advance on tho retail Ust W* VI awvuiuui, ivucu ucw, And thus It was that, within tan mtnutaa from Roso'i tflaeovery of that chaae»ftaag warning tn tha rtnat. tha party was again In rapid motion. Hta beady sleep distorted hy Uta departure of the machine bearing Bareu* and Judith. Bcneca Trine roused on ao elbow and looked out of tha window Just In time to ase the •eeond motorcycle gathering momen tum. Alaa (tooting. Rose in the sent behind. Slaty seconds Inter a flaunting tjen kner of dust waa all that remained to remind Mcaqntla that romance had passed that way—that, and a serlso af pasaloaate screams emanating from the bedchamber ol Seneca Trine, where the cripple lay posses sed by seven devils of Inyrnaatv race HI* seres ins brought attendance; but It waa a matter of many precious minutes before his demands could be met and Marmpbat and Jimmy mused from thetr crapulous slumbers in ad joining chambers; and half an honr et a par d before the chauffeur, roused from hla own w-ll-earncd root, suc ceeded In convincing the pair that pursuit with the motor car was out af tha question. Bat the dcrll takes rare of hie own: within another half hour what seemed to be sheer, boll headed, dumb lurk bmugkt a casual automobile to Mes quite—a two Sea ted. high, power racing machine of lbe latent and speediest pattern, driven by two Irre spooslbte wayfarer* who proved only too auaeeptlVta to Marropbat’a offer of double the cost or the ear—f o. b Detroit—for Itc Immediate surrender The two pflrd out promptly enough: Merrophat and Jimmy Jumped In; Trine from bis bedroom window aped them on their murdoroua mission with b bleat of blasphemy It must have been an boar later when Alan, checking hla motorcycle ag It runaowated the summit of a long upgrade, looked back and dis covered. several mile* distent os the far-flung windings of the mountain mad, a small crimson shape lhat ran like a mad thing llroteealy purseed by a cloud of tawny duet libs a gold re ghoet. A motor ear, beyond all guegilon. and on* af aacowiBon road domerleg panltry; k might or might aot con tala Marrophat and tlmmy, one* more la pumk. Whether or sot. bitter anpeflaecn had loan nlace educated Alaa ht the gratia art of taking ao chanma. Tboagh It waa hla lift that they roaght ao parUaaaioaaty, no later than yaaterday (aad than hr no meanr foe Urn Amt tint), (hay bad prorad that If Reaa vara with Alaa they would •wehide bar ratblaaaly la whataoarar aabaam tbay might eontamplata lor Mb pergonal eg termination. Nor woald Tom Rnmi be rgenept. If they worn caught In company— tboagh TadMb might ha, la rtew of MarraphaT* Infatuation for tba girt Thaia two worn far abend, out of alght, Indaad: and mnet nemabow bn aeartaben aad warard -ao aaay mat ter, alaea tba machine which bora them waa, If anything, fatter tbaa AWe'g )nt aa the raring aatoambfla waa teeter than either. Alaa kept hla gaga eteadfaat la Ota road before (barn, daring aot oaea la look np aad roond or back ■a ala earn aad Bread art eg waa He eoarse. la 11 id. (bat Alaa aaldom aaaM •aa a bagltad yarda of It abaad. bat atom pad aa la panic fight, bapdag Mr tba heal that Jodtfb aad htoa waa id aaaa abaw np M froat. that !■ nllif aright happen la bladar tba parnadt- aaeer Waowtag wbatbar tba hridar WM ar pained Aad tbaj^ eataatropbe bet an , . , i ed mountainside the motorcycle swept i Uk* a banted bare, and without Um least warnlnt came upoa Bure us aad Judith, dismounted. Barcas beading over Ms cycle and tinkering with Its motor. Jbr owe horvtpllatta* Instant oolM ftcm seemed unavoidable. Barcas end | Judith end the motorcycle occupied I most cf the width of the rood: there i was little room between them aad the | declivity, leas between them and the ; forest. Te try to pass than on the Utter elds would be only to dash his brain* out atalnst the trees; white Is make the attempt on tbe outside would be to risk lee Tin* tbs roe* altogether and dnable* oh into (pace . . . had It waa Impossible to atop tbs cycle—*o brief waa all Ms warning, la desperation Alan chose tbe outside of tbe road; and (Ur the apaoe of a oln*)e heartbeat thought that be ml*ht possibly make It, bat with tbe nan realised that be would not—seals* the front wheel sarin* ott over the Up of the slop*. At this he acted sharply and upon sheer Instinct. As the cycle Uft the road altogether he risked a broke* knee by reteaata* hi* craap of tbs handlebars and etral*kteala* out hie Is* aad driving r down forcibly Spain«t the roadbed. The sheet of this woe to lift Mm bodily trots the redr die: the is schist shot from beneath him Hk* toms strange projectile . hurled from the bore of a Croat cun; and Rose croaked acatasi him la the j same fraction of a second Headlong they planted as one dew* | the hillside, struck Its shelrln* sur face a good twenty feet from the brtah 1 -— j Vi iliv IWU, UN U)1D| l{Nn lUUlBim Iketr aaperato *|;I down tb« re mainder of the drop bud Into the friendly a bolter of the underbrush. Komothiui nearly miraculous aarad them whole. Beyond • taw aerate baa aad bruiaoa aad a aerara shaking up, they escaped anharraed. Aad they ware pleklnc ttsmaelesn np aad re gaining their breath and rs-eoUecUng tholr scattered wits wham. With laa pataa ao laaa tarriBc them thatr owm bad beam, the pursuing motor oar swung ronad tbs band aad barlad It self directly at the twa who remained a poo the road abore. CHAPTER XLIX becrtgce. But Tom Barcas hadn't failed to proht by the warning implicit la A lea's accident. Abut, ha toM himself shrewdly, would aarer hare run his cycle at ao foolhardy a pace without good rum sou: and under tbs dream stances good reason waa synonymous solely with pursuit He waa therefore on tbs alert, gulch to ase the racing automobile when K came hurtling ronad the bead, and la the rary nick of lltna grasped Jadith a arm and ewnag bar bodily with him back out of harm's way, amid the. trees that bordered the tastda of the road. Of naeaaatty his motors role ae Eared. ' A bead need la the nlldh at the read. I K waa a truck by the buffers at the' motor cat gad Eaag aside aa H E had ' Veen aothlag more ponderable than a trees of straw-landtag halt-way dawn the embankment, a hepeieaa taagls of aha tiered to Mag aad twtetad wire. At flret Weak the atreemstenee seamed eerprlsfag. that the W EM set amp. Bet than Barcea re mini ad himself that Marrophat aad Jimmy eoeld net possibly hare llmml the sodden! tatoWag Alas aad Boas, who, together wRh the wreck ef their atm eb las. rsmslatd wall cloaked bp the aaderbruah g| lha bottom ef the aa» yen. la ah probability, them, the ao- - seat Ins bad stasia id Chat Alan hod berried ah; had Maas their earn Em thatr -marry, whose Ufa they mast i <e**j- The racing car w*» barely rat of light whoa he (prang from tha •haltering trace and. Judith at hU bee la, petted head to eg down the elope to the ipot where the other* tnn lahad. To had them not only nUve but practically nacathed affected that loyal tool nlmoet to tea re But whan oowgrataUtloaa had bora mutually aachaaged. there tall an awkward peuea. Tha ayee of tha four ■ought one another'* ruefully, each pair quick with tha enntiered but In exorable Inquiry: What next’ la the outcome, it erea Mr. Barone Who Ed ran red the suggeetlon which woo adopted—though tbla waa It* re ception more through lack of a better I bin fur nay actual appeal tatrtaile la the propoaltloa. "Wbit we broke down. I mw," ho featured, with a backward Jack of hi* themb to Indicate the road, “a can yon branching off from thla ooa about a quarter of a mile over yonder If lt'1 atl tha Mine to you people, wo might ■troll round that way and mo what It* natural attraotioas may be—u any Bat Kb tare a mighty poor tort of a canyon that doean't lead anywhere— aad aothing could poeatbly be more fatiguing to OUT mercurial aad root le** temper* than to equal down bore and fold our band* la our laps and wait for eomelting to turn *p—and anyway w* coat be wore* off than we are—and—" "SuffldefitI“ Mr. Law Interrupted with a bleak dalle. Crooking a deferential arm. Barcua offered It to Judith. "Bverythlng la lovely in tha formal ----- * a garden.- aa insisted—“ae sweetly rr> nuntlo. Are yon game for aa Idle sauatar. lost to while the Idle hosri iwiyf The wom«n band iptrtt enough for a waa smile aa aba tucked bar band gratefully beneath his arm "Touro the cbeerfalest aoal I arar met." ebe aald demurely "What I'm going to do without yon when—U ever —%o get out of thte awful business, goodness only knows ” "Lot's talk of something also," ha anggsatad hastily. "Unless. Of course," she pursued with unbroken gravity. "I marry you. ..." "Ilcavcn," the young man prayed fervently, -forfead'" "That la hardly gallant—" "1 mean—heaven forfamd that you ■ hould throw you naif away?" "HumUb!" aba muted Perhaps you re tight" Their baalar waa not without a aublla oblect. aamaly, to raasenra the •lrl who followed, supported by her lover's arm. la the coarse of the last 14 boon Rose's Jealousy of bar atater'a nsw fOoad friendliness with Alan had besoms acutely evident The toast courtesy which dreumstaaoas now nad again dam ended that be show Judfth or seam a boor, waa enough to do ad the countenance of Alan’s betrothed. Nor. Indeed, was Boas altogether destitute of ptamalble excuse for thte feeling. 14 waa undeniable that be tween Alan nad Jndlth a bead of sym pathy bad grows oat of tbs trials aad hardships (bay bad of lata suffered la eoaomoa. R Wag undeniable-hut area la bis meat private thoughts Alaa deal ad tt Reroelp. Jndlth. oa the other head, set only acknowledged M frosty to herself, bat secretly da rtvdd a strangely sweat aad potgaaat pleasure flaw the knowledge that aha loved aa madly aad h~fTlinlj That bar lava waa hopalaaa aha know hat toe writ Bvsa thoegh Atoa might sot ha altogether todWaraat to bm accorded bar, and Quickly, and' that the sacrifice it should demand would be oooiplete. . . . Now prayers are sometime* an > ewered when tha boon orated la good for (he soul . . . Slowly and painfully these four tolled along an obscure trail that fol lowed the windings of the little riser, until a branch struck Into the mala stream and eo discovered to tkem yet another trail leading Into the west ward canyon. Than again slowly and pain fully they ploddod on following blindly an other trail biased by Tates as blind as they. Abore them, on the road they had abandoned, the crimson racer doubled bach to the point where It had passed Judith aad Dsrait; Its oocnpsats do •oaaded. explored, and came present ly apon tha trail of Ihe fugitives. Bloodhounds could not have sab tied down apon a scent with more good will and eagerness than Mr Mar rophat and his faithful aide. Tha tun was high and biasing shore tha nan yon whan Ihe pursuit came within rifts shot of the chase. A spiteful shot roused ihe qnar tet from a passe of lethargic dismay due to tardy appreciation of the {act that they had penetrated witlessty al most to the end of a blind alley. A hasty oouncll of war armed Alan I with Judith's revolver and posted him , behind a bowlder commanding the ep proechee to the chasm. The weapon, a powerful .16, had a range sufficient to numb the Impetuosity of Ihe as eaaatne and keep them uader cover aad out of Bight of the desperate es says the fugitives were making to ncuupasa so aeeapA For In tha shed behind an abandoned lug cabin—souvenir, no doubt, of eomo forgotten prospector— Dareus had nn earthed a length of stout hempen rope With the aid of a rusty shovel he h IB If Afi ithia Inf n Itgn amial Lindlha One of these lengths he proceeded to mke teat around hie owe waist, then around Roea'a. The other ha left to bo aleallarty employed by Alan and Judith. Tor tt was agreed that they h«M climb, and while the cliff offered no problem to daunt a mountain ctimb or of any prefenstooa, tt was consid ered boat that th* fugitive* abould be hitched up la pair* agalusl any pos sibility of a slip Th# pairing had boeat determined by Che fact that Rareus boasted some alight experience to mountaineering, while Roe* aaa plainly the moot exhausted of the two women, the least able to help herself Ho had worked hla cautious way. with th* girl In tow, to a point mid war up the face Of the cliff, following a tong diagonal that provided the *** loot climbing, when Alan otole back to Judith and reported that, on the evidence of observation and belief, he was convinced that th* pursuit had turned back—perhaps tor want of am muattion. perhaps to exocut* some Inns haaardoua attempt upon th* live* of th* fugitives. Without delay, then, he made the free end of tbs rope fast arouad hla oum waist, and, follow lug th* way Har ass had chosao. began the aaceoL Two-third* of th* climb bad been accomplished, aad Rose and Barcu* had arrived in safety at the top. be fore th* temptation to took down proved Irresistible. immediately beneath hla heels th* taco of the cliff was deeply hollowed out. leaving a drop of *o foot to a shelving lodge of shale as stoop as a roof, who#* eaves—perhaps aaother fffty feet below—tutted out over an other fall of a hundred foot. Alan ahudderad aad swallowed hard befor* resuming the ascent Aaother » test brought hla to a ledge quite six feet wide, offering a broad and easy path to the summit He gained this with a prayer of heart fait relief and waa oa the point of rtatng to hla toot when a cry of horror from Rareus and n acresm of terror from Rosa watching over the upper edge, warned him barsly In Ume to enable him to saalch at and grasp a moo oc rocs Mron jaans■ weignc tntaMd the rope between thorn and Jerked Alao'a lags from under him. HU foot sad legs kicked the empty atr Wyoad tha Up of tha ledge, be lay taoe downward, clutching deeper tidy the knob of rook. praying that It might not eerno away la hla grasp, that hu grasp might hold, that Rereus might arrive in Uae to aavo them hath. Tbe rope was cutting Into his waist Ilka a dull knife The drag of Judith'* body waa (rightful. Ha could foal bar swinging like a pendulum at (ho sad ef tu Pd feat, and eoald imagine bat too vtvtdly wbat would bappon If the rope should prove faulty. . . . The flail of SO toot to the shale raof wae nothing What would fol low would, however, spell death. The Uapaet at bar body would aet tha Hih la motion. Uka aa avalaaebo— and bayaad Che aaras wae oaly emptl aaae sad tha bewlder rtrwwn bed ot the df, a has dr 11 (eat below! Tha sweat poured from hts face like rata. Bis eyas started U their sock •U tha blood drsmmad la hu aara wfth a roar resembling distant thun der. Bis huger* grow auaib. hie throat Ba fall that ha eoold not hold on »aother tsstaat when, abruptly, that lartaru waa aa sort The rope had basa fettered of Ms burden Bo heard #*• shorn than tbs thump of Jadlth'a body tklHag so tha aha la than the alKhertag rumble ef the laadaUde Judith had aomahow escaped being precipitated over the eaves ot the shale roof rouaed him and gars him nerre enough to resume the ollmb. It wit true, when be found courage to look and aee for bltnself; ahe lay witbln three >erde of the brink lu pine. her face uplifted to the run. un ■tlrrtng; ahe dared not ittr: a ilngie I-1 His Screams Brought Attendance. movement was calculated to sat the shale bud again In motion. Painfully be realised that If. as Bay ous assorted, she had deliberately cot the rope herself. Judith had offered up her Ufo to spare his own. CHART!A L. Retribution. And yet the very consciousness of the girl's danger was all the stimu lant that Alan needed to recall him to himself Once srrlved with Bare us at the top of the cliff, he lost no lime In setting • host preparations lo effect hrr res cue. In this business Fortune smiled upon hlm. aa It were, by predisposition. A broad roadway run along tho top of the prectplou, turning off at a • little distance to the right, to descend the mountainside. And Just beyond this turning Providence had ekoeen to locafo the camp of a hydraulic min ing outfit Alan's appearance at the top. la fact, was coincident with the arrival at that point of half a dosen excited miners; and he had no more than voiced his demands than three of their number were hastening back to the camp lo procure rope and more hM(1* Within five minutes Alan, ■galcat the protein of Roes and Rarcns, was being lowered over the edge sad down to the shale roof on which he land ed at a spot far to on# tide of Judith, lo escape aD danger of sending e sec ond landslide down upon her. Picking bli way carefully down to the very brink, Alan edged along tkla, more than onoe saved a fall to death I only by the rope, until he ctood Im mediately below Judith. Than pansing, ha Instructed her carefully, tossed the end of the rope Into her hands, and whan she had wound It twice round her arm. crept tip to bar tide sad helped her make It fast about her body. Ilia signal lo tho miners that all was well educed prompt response There was a giddy Inturval In which tho two swung perilously between heaven and earth. Then they stood one# more In safety. ■••rrw' itauvin, < the quartet staggered loto camp. 1 their story, u condensed by Barons and breathlessly confirmed by Also, already winning theta cnthaeUatle Cham phone And thla waa very well tar them, tar they had no more than eeeted tbemaelraa and begun to appreciate what perils they had aooaped. when the ramble of a motor ear eoeaded be yond tba shoulder of the hill Startled by thla alarm oaoe more Into tall Command of hie flagging fac ulties, Alan rose aad eleatbled oat Into the roadway, taking oognlaenoe of auoh far lilt lea tar dafenea aa the oamp afforded and leaning InstructVooa with a Ttrfoe Tlbrant with fear, not for hie owe safety, bet for the safety of thoae whom be loved. Not far from the point where the road awaag from the did to thread the emmprthe hydraulic noule waa la action. Its terrific force of water melt ing the mountainside away ton by tea Toward this Darcaa res st top speed, gaining the mao la charge of the aoa Ite Mat aa tha car swung rowad the bead. Pausing only long enough to tasks ear tala that there non Id be’ ae mis take—aad having thla certainty made doubly awe by Jimmy's asttem fa Ha tag from ble seat sad Bring over tha wtadshleM polntblanh at Alaa aa thb last stood waiting la the roadway— Bitwi u4 UM dUmt wn| tBt io» ale roead uaul it bore directly aa the oar. The paver of Ha etraarn waa eeefe that the ear waa ehsoksd laetaatly la Ha traaka; aad before (he water aeald hare been abet eg or the streams di verted. the machine waa drives bask to the very Up af tha ami aad aver It esmpUtety, taking with K those twain epos whose efforts all the hopes of d lease Trias st taU had been w A death that wna maceSfal. la kg It wsa isstsatsasons. swattad thaw at the feet of the tUC. Triaa Waa Lifted From tha Car and Carried late tha Hated. WATCH THIS COLUMN POM MISSIONARY ITEMS The joint meeting of,the Metho dist, Presbyterian, Baptist and Chrie lian churches will be held at the Preabyterian eherch Friday after noon at 3:40 o'clock. The ladies take this opportunity ef thanking Mr. J, C. Clifford, for his kind and encouraging notice of this meeting. They are making plana now to Interest all people of the town If possible, in one of oor cherished ideal* which we fear la losing out. Th« plana ere not yet matured, but wilt be found in this column neat week. SOLDIERS' LIFE IN FRANCE BRIGHTENS Dismal Malay Days Hera Given Way To Weeks ef Sunshine. General headquarter, of the Brit ish Army In France, April 13, (via London).—Mud which hampered tho armies in France end Belgium throughout the winter, virtually baa disappeared along tho British front. Dismal rainy days have given way to weeks of sunshine, which has dried up the roads, tranches and Unee of communication making the soldiers' life e paradise compared with former condition*. With the coming of clearer weath er there alto haa been e marked in craaae in the number of ssr.pl... reconnoisancet on both aides Half • doien aircraft maneuvered ever Ypres all Saturday afternoon. Moot of them were British attempting to bring down a German (Her who was trying to spot batteries at the rear of the Britiah lines. me sky wu uuflerked except by the cotton wool flakes of berating ■■hrapnel, aa anti-aircraft gone sought tha fliers. Although tha duals last ed for hours , no machine on either side was brought down. Broadly speaking, there haa bean no change in the British front tinea Nenve Chape lie was taken, trench warfare coatinning along tha whole line with only a few ceaumltiea here and there daily. Armflaa Practically Inactive. Tha Asaocjatsd Prase correspond ent * pending the afternoon in the British trenches at Plogstreart, Isas than 100 ycards from the German bn*, found the contendiag armies comparatively inactive. The mac, secure behind ramparts of sand liege, merely did some sniping, occasionally e« aa much as a man at target prae mortar. Peering through a periscope no sign of a living human being coold be seen along tha German line though EOW and. than bullets hlisai from loopholes. No man darae show tha top of hit bead. The danger was em phasised when the correspondent thrusting tha pelscepa higher ♦* was necessary drew a bullet which ifemad almost to grass tha Instru ment. Nearby stood a young British oflJear calmly firing through a loop hole at an opening in the rival trench and coot man ting on the hits and miss es as much as a man att argot prac tice. This sort of thing haa persisted for weeks and generally describes the condition along tha entire front. The monotony la relieved only by such dashes aa those which took place at Neave ChspdU or the actions of the French at certain placet. Artillery, both German and British la keeping op only a desultory fire. At one point where the trasschm are ices than 200 yards apart the correspondent taw three British shells fall in the German lines, one striking inside a trench and hurting debris high into tha air. Tha Ger mans lately are using last artillary than the British, failing to reply even to persistent shelling except where from their many observations they sight movements in the British lines. iiayM Graded School Oramatwal The doelng exercises ef the Hayne Graded School will convene on Fri day, April 23rd. At Ud* writing I •hall oot five the program la full, bat only make mention of the mora important feature. We have been to fortunate aa to ••cure for our (posher Supt. U L. Matthew., of Clinton. Ho will do liver the add roe* on Friday evening. I feel that the'time will be well .pent by all who bear Mr. Mattbewa, aa ha *• ■ T*rr *rong epeekar, and a man of much renown. The recitation to be repreeentod by ten or mote girls for which a gold modal will be given. Aleo two pao tomlmea, and several play*. Thaos ara a few of the incidents of our pro gram. Let me aay H behooves at aa teach* era to bring before the public la the closing exorcism of our through th* bey. and girie we hove had ander our care, such things aa wfll hava tendency to illuminate the boy* and girl., yea, the wholo earn* munlty whan we am gone. We ara putting forth aa effort to ghr# the good people the vary beet progthm poaaftte In th* riMag Good muaie erill bo *—nirii.il Ladle* and gxntlemm, you ara ear. dially Invited to witaeo* our program on April 13rd. Tours ruepeetfally, 1. C. WEST. Principal. Mr. P. S. Cooper laavm today far a buetnaa* trip ta Wthsbigton, WWta rtlla and Lori*, g C.
The Dunn Dispatch (Dunn, N.C.)
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April 21, 1915, edition 1
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