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    THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
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liTe Last
Shot
By
FREDERICK PALMER
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(Ooprrlf ht, 1811, by Coarlea Hcrlbner'a Bom)
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CHAPTER XX Continued.
In tho Inner room,, whoso opening
door gavo glimpses of Lanstron and
tho division chiefs, a magic of necrot
council which tho juniors could not
quito understand had wrought tho won
der. Lanstron had not forgotten tho
dead., Ha could seo them; ho could
boo everything that happened. Had
not Partow said to him: "Don't just
read reports. Vlsuallzo men and
events. Be tho artillery, bo tho In
fantry, bo tho wounded llvo and think
In their places. In this way only can
you really know your work!"
His olatlon when ho saw his plans
going right was that of tho Instrument
of Partow'e training and Marta's serv
ice. Ho pressed the hands of tho men
around him; his volco caught in his
gratltudo and his breaths wcro very
fhort at tlmo, llko thoso of a spent,
happy runner at tho goal. Feeding on
victory and growing greedy of moijo,
his division chiefs were discussing how
to press tho war till tho Qraye sued for
peace; and ho was silent In the midst
of their talk, which was interrupted
by tho ringing of tho tunnel telephone.
When ho camp out of his bodroom,
t,anstron's distress was so evident that
thoso who wero seated aroso and tho
others drew near In inquiry and sym
pathy. It eoomed to them that tho
chlof of staff, tho head of tho machine,
who had left tho room had returned an
Individual.
"Tho connection was broken whllo
wo wero speaking!" ho said blankly.
-Tnat moans It must lmvo boon cut
by tho enemy that tho enemy knows
of Its oxlstonco!"
"Perhaps riot. Perhaps an accident
a chance shot," said tho vice-chief.
"No, I'm BUro not," Lanstron replied
"I am sure that It was cut deliberately
wid not by hor,
"Tho G3d Hoglmont Is going forward
In that direction tho samo regiment
that defended tho houso nnd it can't
go any ranter that It Is going," tho
rlco-chlof continued, rather Incoherent
(y. Ho and tho others no less felt tho
aows us a personal blow. Though ab
ont In porson, Mnrta had bocomo In
eplrlt nn intimato of their hopes and
councils.
"Sho Is holploss In thoir power!"
Lanstron said. "Thoro Is no tolling
what thoy might do to hor In tho rnge
ol tliQlr discovery. I must go to hor!
f am going (o tho front!"
'
A young offlcor of tho Grnye who
waB with tho signal-corps section. try-
lug to keep a brigade hoadquartors in
and thither with messages, in want of
wires. Commanders had been told to
hold, but how and whero to hold? Thoy
saw neighboring rcgimentn nnd bri
gades going nnd thoy had to go. TJio
mnchlno, tho complicated modorn war
machine, was broken; tho machine,
with-Its nerves of intelligence cut, bo
cnino a thing of disconnected parts,
each part working out its own salva
tion. Authority ceased to bo that of
tho bureau and army lists. It was' that
of units racked by hardship, acting on
tho hour's demand.
Gorged was tho pass road, over
flowing with tho struggling tumult of
men and vehicles. Self-preservation
breaking tho bonds of dlscipllno was
In tho ascendant, and It sought tho
highway, oven as water keeps to the
rlvor bed. Llko specks on tho labor
ing tide was tho whlto of bandages. An
ambulance trying to cut out to ono
sldo was overturned. Tho frantic
chauffeur and hospital-corps orderly
wore working, to oxtrlcato tho wound
ed from thoir painful position. A gun
was overturned against tho ambulanco.
A meleo of horses and men was form
ing at tho foot of tho garden gate in
front of tho narrowing bounds of the
road into tho town, as n stream banks
up boforo n Jam of driftwood. Tho
strugglo for right of way became in-
victory, and it Beems that tho woman's
voice thnt answered Is yours, MIba Gal-
land, So, General Westerllng, tho leak
In information wns over this wlro from
our staff into tho Drowns' headquar
ters, as Bouchard believed and as I
camo to bollovo."
So long had Marta expected this mo
ment of exposure that It brought no
shock. Her spirit had undcrgono many
subtlo rehearsals for tho occasion.
"Yes, that Is true," sho heard herself
saying, n little distantly, but very
quietly nnd naturally.
Wosterllng fell back as from a blow
In tho face. His breath camo hard at
first, llko ono bolng strangled. Then
it sank deep in his chest and his eyes
were blood-ahot, as a bull's In his final
effort against the mntador. He raised
ii quivering, clenched list nnd took a
step nearer hor.
But far from flinching, Mnrta seemed
to bn greeting tho blow, as If sho ad
mitted his right to Btrlko. Sho was
without any sign of triumph and with
ovory sign of rollof. Lying was at an
ond. Sho could bo truthful.
"Do you recall what I said In tho re
ception-room at tho hotel?" sho nskod.
Tho question sent a flash Into a hid
den chamber of hie mind. Now tho
only thing ho could remember of that
lntorvlow was tho ono remark which
hitherto ho had never included in his
recollection of It.
"You snld I could not win." Ho drow
out the words painfully.
"When you said that you brought on
this war to gratify your ambition, I
choso to bo ono of tho weapons of
war; I fought for civilization, for ray
homo, with tho only means I had
against tho wickedness of a victory of
conquest tho precedent 'of It In this
age a victory which should glorify
such trickery as you practised on your
people."
'I should llko to ohoot you dead I"
cried Bellini.
"And you let mo make lovo to youl"
Wosterllng said in a dazed, groping
monotone to Marta.
Such a wreck was ho of his former
self that sho found It, amazing that sho
could not pity him. Yet she might
have pitied him had ho plunged Into
tho fight; had ho tried to rally ono of
tho broken regiments; had ho beon
able to forget himself.
lar on tho pass road and many field
batteries wero trotting along a parallel
road. Their plan doveloped suddenly
when a swath of gun-flro was laid
across tho pass road at tho mouth of
tho defile, as much as to say: "Hero
wo mako a gate of death!" At tho
same tlmo tho head of tho Brown in
fantry column flashed lte bayonets over
tho crest of a hill toward tho point
where tho Bhells wero bursting. Theso
men minded not tho despdrato, scat
tered rifle-fire into their ranks. Boforo
their oyes was tho prizo of a panic
that grow with their approach. Kinks
wero out of legs stiffened by long
watches. Tho hot breath of pursuit
was In their nostrils, tho fever of vic
tory In their blood.
In tho defile, the lmpulee of ono Gray
straggler, who shook n handkerchiot
aloft In fatalistic submission to tho In
evitable, became tho Impulse of all.
Soon a thousand whlto signals of sur
render wero blossoming. As tho firing
abruptly ceased, Marta heard tho faint
roar, of tho mighty huzzns of tho hunt
ers over tho size of their bag.
Some doctors of different regiments
thrown together In tho havoc of rem
nants of many organizations, with tho
help of hospital-corps men, wero try
ing to oxtrlcato tho wounded from
among tho dead. Thoy heard a wom
an's voice and saw a woman's face.
They did not wonder at her presence,
for there was nothing loft In tho world
for them to wonder at. Had an Imp
from hell or an angel from heaven ap
peared, or a shower of diamonds fallen
from tho sky, they would not have
been surprised. Their duty was clear;
thoro was work of their kind to do,
endless work. Unite of the broken ma
chine, In tho Instinct of their calling
they struggled with tho duty nearest
at hand. They begged her to go back
to tho house; this was no plnco for
hor.
But Marta did not want safety. Dan
ger was swoot; it was expiation. Sho
was helping, actually helping; that
was enough. Sho envied tho peaceful
dead thoy had no nightmares as sho
aided tho doctors in separating tho
bodies that wero still' breathing from
thoso that wero not; and she steeled
horsolf against every ghastly sight
save ono, that of a man lying with his
legs pinned under a wagon body. HIb
An insulated Telephone Wire at tho
Bottom of a Crater.
crenstngiy wild; tlio dam of men,
horjios, and wugons grow. A Brown
dlriglblo wan descending townrd tho
great tnrgot; but on closer view Its
commander forboro, tho humauo Im
pulse outweighing tho desire for retri
bution for colleagues In camp and
mess who had gono down In a holo
caust In tho aerial battles of tho night.
Undor tho awful spoil of tho pano
rama, sho did not boo Westerllng, who
had stoppedsonly a few foot distant
with his aldo and his valet, nor did ho
notlco her as tho tumult glazed his
oyes. Ho wnB as an artist who Jooks
Rather, you mado lovo to yourself jaw had been shot away. Slowly ho
was weeding to death, duc no uiu not
realize It. Ho realized nothing In his
delirium except tho naturo of his
wound. Ho was dipping his finger in
tho cavity and, dab by dab, writing
"Kill mo!" on tho wagon body. It sont
reeling waves of rod before her oyes
Then a shell burst nenr her and a doc
tor cried out:
"She's hit!"
But Marta did not hear him. She
heard only tho droadful crack of tho
splitting shrapnel jacket. Sho had a
sense of falling, nnd that was all
Tho next that she knew sho was In
a long cnair on tno veranda and tno
'vague shadows bending over hor grad
ually Identified themselves as her
mother and Minna
"I remember when you wero telling
of tho last war that you didn't swoon
at tho sight of tho wounded, mother,"
Marta whispered.
"But I was not wounded," replied
Mrs. Galland.
Marta ceased to bo only a' conscious
ness swimming in a hazo. With the
through nib." sho answered, not harsh'
ly, not oven emphatically, but merely
as a statement of passionless fact. "If
you dared to enduro what you ordered
othero to enduro for the sake of your
ambition; If"
Sho wns interrupted by a sharp zip
In tho air. Westerllng dodged and
looked about wildly.
"What Is that?" ho asked. "What?"
Fivo or six zips followed llko a
chargo of wasps flying at a Bpeed that
made them lnvlslblo. Marta felt a
briiBh of air past her cheek and Wes
terllng wont chalky white. It was tho
first timo ho had been undor fire. But
theso bullets wero only strays. No
moro camo.
"Comoj general, let us be going!"
urged tho aldo, touching his chief on
tho nrm.
"Yes, yes!" said Westerllng hur
riedly.
Francois, who had picked up tho coat
that had fallen from Westerllng s
shoulders with his start at tho buzzing,
hold It whllo his master thrust his
hands through tho sleeves.
"And this is wiser," Bald tho aldo,
unfastening tho dotachablo insignia of
rank from tho shoulders of tho great-
"It's wiser, too, that wo walk,"
on tho ribbons of tho canvas of his
touch with thp staff during tho retreat, painting, or tho sculptor on tho frag- coat
two or tnroo mlleB from tho Galland monts of Ills statuo. Worso still, with ho added.
bouso, ma scon what lookod llko nn in- no faith to give him fortitudo oxcoDt "Walk? But my car!" exclaimed
ulatod tolophono wlro at tho bottom tho materialistic, ho saw tho altar of Wosterllng petulantly.
or a crater in tho earth mado by tho his god of military efficiency In ruins. "I'm afraid that tho car could not
explosion of a heavy shell. Tho In- Ho who had not nllnwatl tlm wnnl rn. cot throunh tho nross In tho town."
urucuons 10 an BUbordlnntoa from tho trcnt to enter his loxicon now saw a was tho reply. "Walking Is safer."
enior ot intelligence to look for tho rout. Ho had lauchod nt resorvo
lourco or tno leak in Information to
tho Browns mado him quick to boo a
elow In anything unusunl. Ho jumped
flown Into tho crater and not only
found his pains rownrded, but thnt
me wiro was Intnct and rnn under
urounu in ounor dlroctiou. Who hod
lam u Not tho Gravs. whv wnn it
thoro? Ho callod for ono of his men
to bring a buzzer, and It was tlm wnrk
ot llttlo moro thnn a mlnuto to cut tho
wiro ana mnKo au attachment. Then ho hnd nttempted no ropulr: ho had al
UUu.u u wumnn-s voico talking to lowed it to thrash Itself to pieces.
a I i i i nny r no wait- Tho artillery's maceration of tho
ea till ho hud heard enouch to know im
Hint li i , i " - w. wwm.v i'uwttti't) i
h it 8 U0"0 tlmn Lanstron because tho gunners had Beon tho Red broken, quavering gust of words which
tho chlof of staff of tho Browns, nnd nrnsn tinr? whlnli n Anntnr tin.t Mm lin heard confusedly In trade mockorv.
1 . w. u ...-- Hvkwa I tiiu i w- -
tno womnn must bo a spy. An ortlorly prosonco of mind to wavo. Westerllng Ho mado no answer; ho did not oven
... .. cmor or 'ntonigonco turned from a sight worso to him than look around. Head bowed and hardly
:uu u' "UW8 riunieu with tho or- tho killing that of tho flowlnK rotrout soolng tho path, ho pormlted tho aide
along tho toad pressing frantically
over tho dead nnd wounded In growing
dlsordor for tho cover of tho town.
Near by wero Bellini, tho chief of In
telllgonco, and a subaltern who had
arrived only a mlnuto boforo. Tho sub
laughed
armies in last night's feverish doflanco,
at Turcas'a advocacy of a Blower and
Buror mothod of attack. In thoso hours
of smiting nt a wnll with his fists and
forehead, In donlal ot all tho truth so
clear to nvorago military logic, if ho
had only oven a few conventional di
rections all thlB dlsordor would havo
been avoided. His army could havo
fallon back In orderly fashion to their
own rango. Tho mnchlno out of order,
Tho nbsqnco In him of. that quality
which Is tho Boldlqr's real glory, tho
picture of this deserted leader, thlB
god of a machine who had been
crushed by his mnchlno, his very lack
of stoicism or courago all this sud
denly appealed to Mnrta's quick sym
pathies. Thoy had onco drunk tea to
gether,
"Oh. It wns not personal! I did not
think of mysolf as a porson or of you
as one only of principles nnd of thou-
Bands of others to end tho killing to
savo our country to Its people! Oh,
I'm sorry and, personally, I'm horrible
horrible!" slio called after Mm in al
4or
"Drop everything and roport to mo
in person at once.'
"For this I havo mado my oacrlncop
Marta thought. "Tho killing koos on
to chooao tho way, which lay across
tho boundary of tho Galland estate.
CHAPTER XXI.
to havo como in from a hard rldo. Both
ty Lanny s orders, not by WostorllnnV
. , . - - tJ I - ' ' " . .... v vw ..U DUUIilUU
U11D UIUU.
Leaving hor mother to enjoy tho
prospect, a slow-movlng figuro, trnnco
llko, she wont along tho first torrnco
paui 10 n pomi nenr tho vornndn
The Retreat.
Marta romalnod whoro Wosterllng
had left hor, rooted to tho ground by
5
whoro tho wholo sweep of landscape realization of
wun us panorama or rotreat mag
netized hor senses. Llko tho gray of
lava, tho Gray soldlory wnB oruntlnc
from tho range; In columns, still undor
tho control of ofllcors, keoplng to tho
wero watching Mnrta, aB If waiting for tho monstrous spoil of tho developing I
nor to spenu. Sho mot Wostorllng's
look atoadlly, hor oyes dark and still
and In hla tho reflection of tho vnguo
moro than ho hud
guessud In hor relations with him.
"Woll," sho bronthod to Westorllng.
"tho war goes on!"
"That's It! That's tho voice!" ox-
clalmod the subaltern In an oxploslon
denies; in awarmB and batches, under of recognition.
mo control or nothing but thoir own A short, nhnrp laugh of irony broko
emotions. Mostly thoy woro hugging from Bellini; tho laugh of ono whoso
covor, rrom instinct ir not from dlrec- auspicious aro confirmed in tho mix
tion, but somo rolled on straight linos turo ot tho subllmo and tho ridiculous.
panorama of soomlngly limitless move
ment. With each passing mlnuto thero
must bo a hundred acts of heroism
winch, u isoiaieu in mo giaro or a
day's news, would mako tho public.
thrill. At tho outset ot tho wnr sho
had seen tho Browns, as part of a pre
conceived plan, In cohoslvo rear-guard
resistance, with ovory dotal! ot per
sonal bravery a utilized factor of or
ganized purpose. Now sho saw do-
fonso, 'inchoaVo and fragmentary, each
part acting for Itself, all deeds of per
sonal bravery lost In a swirl of disor-
He Wns Dipping Hie Fingers In the
Cavity and Writing, "KIM Mel"
of flight and spoed of foot for escape. Mnrta looked around nt tho lnterrup- gnnlzatlon. That was tho pity of It,
Coursing aeroplanes woro playing a
now part. Tnoir wireless was Inform
tng tno urown gunners whoro tho
masses woro thickest. This way and
that the Brown artillery flro drovo ro-
treating bodies, prodding them In tho
back with tho fearful ahophordry ot
their shells. Officers' swords flashed
(n tho faces of tho boltors or In hold
lug rear-guards to their work. Officers
and orderllos wero galloping hither
tlon, nlort, on guard,
"You seem amused," sho remarked
curiously.
"No, but you muBt havo boon," re
plied Bellini honrsoly. "Early this
morning, not far from tho caatlo, this
tho helplessness ot onglnoora nnd ot
lovers when tho mnchlno was brokon;
the warning of It to thoso who undor-
tclce war lightly.
Tno urowns nno nnsuos Kept on
Bt adlly weaving their way down tho
young officor found In tho crntor mado slopes, thoir reserves pressing close on
by a ten-mob. shell a wiro that ran in tl ) heels ot tno skirmisnorB in groedy
a conduit underground, Tho wlro waa sv arms. A heavy column of Brown In
Intact. Ho tapped It. Ho heard a voico fnntry wns swinging In toward tho
thanking some ono tor hor part In tho m j rlad-leggod-, writhing gray caterpll
return ot hor faculties, sho noticed
Umt both hor mother and Minna woro
looking significantly at her forearm;
bo sho looked at it, too. It was
bandagod.
"A cut from n shrapnel fragment,"
cnld a doctor. "Not deep," ho added,
"Do I got an Iron cross?" sho naked,
sniiltng faintly. It was rather pleasant
to bo alive.
"All tho crosses Iron and bronze
and Bllvor and gold!" ho replied.
AU firing oxcopt occasional scattered
shots had now ceased In tho ltnmedl
ato vicinity, though In tho distance
could bo hoard tho snarl of tho firmer
rofllstanco that tho Grays woro mak
lnc at somo other point. The Galland
houso, for tho tlmo bolng, was Isolated
tn poBsosslon of nolthor side.
"Isn't thoro somothlng olso I can do
to help with tho woundod?" Marta
asked. Sho longed for action In order
to cscapo her thoughts.
"You'vo had a terrible shock when
you aro stronger," said the doctor.
"When you havo had something to
cat and drink," observed tho practical
Mlnnn authoritatively.
Marta would not havo tho food
brought to hor. Sho Insisted thnt she
was strong enough to accompany
Minna to tho tower. Whllo Minna
urged mouthfuls down Mnrta's dry
throat as flhp sutoutstdo tho door ol
tho sitting-room with her mother a
numborvof weary dust-streaked faces,
with feverish energy In their eyes,
peered over tho hedge that bounded
tho garden on the sldo townrd the pas a
Theso Bcout skirmishers of Stransky'i
men ot tho C3d Regiment of the
Browns mado beckoning gestures na
to a crowd, before thoy sprang over
tho hedgo and ran swiftly, watchfully
toward tho linden stumpB, closely fol
lowed by thoir comrades. Soon the
wholo garden wns overrun by tho lean,
businesslike fellows, their glances all
forret-llko to tho front.
"Look, Minna!" exclaimed Marta.
"The giant who carried tho old man In
pickaback the; first night of tho war!"
Minna was flushing, but tho flush
dissipated and sho drew up her chin
when Stransky, looking around, recog
nized her with a merry, confident
wave of his hand.
See, ho's a captain and he wears
an Iron cross!" said Marta a3 Stransky
hastened toward thom.
"Ho acts llko it!" assented Minna
grudgingly.
Eager, leviathan, his cap doffed with
n sweeping gesturo as ho made a low
bow, Stransky was tho very spirit ol
retributive victory returning to claim
the grouhd that ho had lost.
"Well, this Is llko getting home
again!" ho cried.
"So I see!" said Minna equivocally.
Stransky drew his eyes together,
sighting them on tho bridgo of his nose
thoughtfully nt this dubious reception.
T camo back for tho "chanco to klsa
a good woman s nand," no ooserved
with a profound awkwardness nnd
looking at Minna's hand. "Yout
hand!" ho ndded, the cast In his eyes
straightening as ho looked directly at
her appeallngly.
Sho extended her finger-tips and he
pressed his Hps to them.
"I kept seeing tho way you lookod
when you belted me one In tho face,"
ho went on, "nnd knocked any an
nrchlsm out of mo that was left after
tho shell burst. I kept seeing your
faco In my last glimpse when the
Grays made mo run for It from your
kitchen door boforo I had half a chance
for tho oration cryinc for voico. You
wero in my dreams! You wero In bat
tie with mo!"
"This sounds like a disordered
mind," observed Minna. "I've heard
men talk that way before."
"Oh, I have talked that way to other
women myself!" said Stransky.
"Yes," said Minna bitterly. His can
dor wns rather unexpected.
"I havo talked to others In passing
on tho high road," he continued. "But
never after a woman had struck mo In
tho face. That blow sank deep deep
deep as what Lanstron said when 1
revolted on tho march. I say it to you
with this" -ho touched tho cross "on
my breast And I'm not going to give
you up. It's a big world. There's
room In It for a place for you after the
war is over and I'm going to mako the
place. Good-by till I'm back back to
stay! Good-by, llttlo daughter!" he
added with a wavo of his hand to Clar
issa as ho turned to go. "Maybe we
shall havo our own automobile some
day. It's no stranger than what's been
happening to me since tho war began."
"If you don't marry him, Minna, I'll
I'll' Mrs. Galland could not find
words for tho fearful thing that she
would do.
"Marry him! I havo only met him
throe times for about threo minutes
each time!" protested Minna. Sho
was as rosy as a girl and in her confu
sion Bho busied herself retylng tho rib
bon on Clarissa Eileen's hair. "He
called you llttlo daughter!" she snld
softly to the child as sho withdraw into
tho tower.
Marta remained in the chair by the
doorway of tho tower, weak and list
less. Now her lnshes were closed;
again thoy opened slightly as her gaze
roved tho semicircle of tho horizon. A
mounted officer nnd his orderly gallop
ing across tho fields to the pass road
caught hor desultory attention and
held it, for they formed tho most im
petuous object on tho landscnpo. When
tho officor alighted at tho foot of tho
garden nnd tossed his relnB toi tho op
derly, sho detected something familial
about him. Ho loaped the garden wall
at n bound and, half running, camo to
ward tho towor. Not until ho lifted hla
cap and waved it did sho associate this
lltho, dapper artillerist with a stooped
old gardenor In bluo blouse and toru
straw hat who had onco ohufllcd among
tho flowers at her service.
"Hollo! Hello!" ho shouted In
clarion greeting at sight of her. "Hello,
my successor!"
Only In tho whiteness of his hair
was he llko tho old Fellor. Mis tone,
tho boyish sparkle of his black oyes
thoso full, expresslvo lips playing
over tho brilliant teeth, his easy grace,
his quick and telling gestures thoy
woro of tho Feller of cadet days.
"Wonderful wounded ! Wonderful !
Was thero ovor such a woman?" he
cried. "Destiny has played with us
It Bent a spy to your garden. It put
you In my place. A Btrango service,
ours yes, destiny is in it!"
"Yes," sho breathed painfully, his
suggestion striking deep.
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Yes, It Could Be Done.
Pat Wholan, the now lodger, was en
gaged in lacing his shoes in tho
kitchen. His landlady, standing near,
remarked:
"Pat, would you like an egg for
breakfast?"
"Faith, ma'am," replied Pat, grimly,
'I heard of a man who ato two and ho
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chap.
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Official Denial
No War Tax on Homestead Land in Canada
the report that a war tax Is to le placed on
HoraeBtead lands la Western Onuitdu having
lieen ctven coiialderablo clroulatlou In the
Uuiteil mates, this Is to advise all enquirers
that no mu-h tax has been placed, nor la there
any Intention to place a -war tax ot any nature
on such lauds. (Signed) W. D. Scott, Supt. ot
Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, March 15th, 1015.