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CHAPTER XIX Continued.
Now the automatic and the rifles
front tho redoubt to which the Drowns
had ratio back opened flro. So
close togotuer wore those bullot-ma-chinos
that tho orbit of each one's
wing made a spray of only a few
yards' breadth over tho redoubt, whoro
tho IlrownB' gun-tiro hud not for n mo
ment eoaood Its porotstcnt shelling,
with Inoroanlngly largo and solid tar
gets of flesh for their practice Tho
thing for thoso tnrgots to do, they
know, waB to Intrench and begin to
roturu tho lnfnntry and automatics'
flro. Desperately, with tho last effort
of courage thoy roso In tho attempt
roBO Into playing lioso streams of bul
lets whono closo hiss waB a steady un
dortono between fill oil bursts. In tho
garish, jumping light bravo olllcers
Impulsively stood up to hearten their
commands in their work, and dropped
with half-uttered urglngs, threats, and
oaths on their IIdb.
Tho bullotB from tho automatics
missing one mark wuro certain to find
another, porhnpB four or five In n row,
uch was their velocity and power of
youotratlon. Whoro shells mado gaps
and toro holes In tho human mam), tho
automatics cut with tho regularity of
tho drlvou teeth of a comb. Tho mon
who oeoaped all tho forniB of slaughter
and staggered on to tho ruins of tho
redoubt, grossed their weight on top
of those In tho craters or hugged be
hind tho pyramids of dobrls, and oven
mado brcautworkB from tho bodies of
tho doad. The more that bankod up,
tho moro fruitless tho efforts of tho of
floors to rcstoro order In tho frantic
medley of shell screams and explosions
at a time when a mlnuto scorned an
ago.
Meanwhllo, between them this
bankedup forco nt tho chargo's end
and tho Drown redoubt with Us auto
matics, tho Gray gunners wero making
a eono of shell burstB in order to glvo
tlio soldloru tlmo to make their hold
' of tho ground thoy had gained secure.
Through this zona Strausky and his
mon woro to lead tho Drowns In a
countcr-attnek.
At tho very height of the Gray
charge, when ull tho reserves wcro In,
dark objects fell out of tho heavens,
and where thoy dropped earth and
floah wero mingled In tho mucorutlon.
Llko some giant reptile with Ite ver
tebrae breaking, gouged and torn and
pinioned, tho chargo stopped, in writh
ing, throbbing confusion. Thoso on
the outer circle of explosions were
thrown against their follows, who
urged back in another direction from
an explosion In tho opposlto quarter.
From tho rear the pressure weakened;
the human hammer was no longer driv
ing tho ram. Blinded by tho lightnings
and dust, dizzy from concussions nnd
noise, too blank of mind to bo anno or
insane, tho atoms of tho bulk of tho
chargo In natural instinct turned from
their gonl and toward tho place whence
thoy bad come, with douth from all
aldcB still buffeting thorn. Staggering
ly, at first, they went, for want of In
Itattvo In thotr paralysis; then rapidly,
as the law of self-preservation assorted
Itself in wild Impulse
Ab snoop driven over a precipice
thoy had advanced; as mon thoy fled.
Thoro waB no longer any command, no
longer any cohesion, except of legs
Btruggllng In nnd out ovor tho uneven
footing of dead nnd wounded, whllo
thoy felt another pressure, that of tho
mass of tho nrowns In pursuit. Of nil
thoso of FracnsBo's company whom
wo know only tho Judga'a son nud
Jacob Pllzor were allvo. Stained with
blood and dust, his tcoth showing In
a grlmaco of mocking hate of all hu
mankind, rilzer's savagery ran freo of
the restraint of dlsclpllno and civilized
convention. Striking right nnd loft,
ho forced his way out of the region of
eneil tiro and still kept on. Clubbing
hie rlflo, ho struck down ono ofllcor
who tried to dotaln him; but nnothor
ofllcor, quicker than ho, put a rovolver
bullet through his head.
Westerllng, who had buried his face
In his hands In Marta's presence at
tho thought of failure, must kcop the
pose of his position before tho staff.
With chin drawn in and shoulders
squarod tn a sort of petrified military
habit, he recelred the feverish news
that grew worse with each brief bulle
tin. He, tho chief of staff; ho, Hod
worth Westerllng, the superman, muBt
be a rock in the flood of alarm. When
ha heard that his human ram was in
recoil he declared that the repulse had
beon exaggerated ropulaes- always
were. With word that a heavy counter
attack was turning the retreat Into an
uufiuvumuuio roui, no uroKo into n
torm. Ho was not boa ten; ho could
not bo bcaton.
"Lot our guns cut a row BwathB In
tho mob!" ho cried. "That will Btop
them from running and bring them
back to a eenso of duty to their country."
Tlio IrrllntltiR tutor of tho bell tn
tho closet off tho library only Increased
his defiance of facts beyond control.
Ho wont to tho long dlstanco with a
reply to tho premier's Inquiry ready to
his lips. '
"Wo got Into the onemy's works but
had to fall hack temporarily," ho said.
"Temporarily 1 What do you mean?"
demanded tho premier.
"I moan that wo have only begun to
attack!" declared Wostorllng. Ho liked
that sontonce. It sounded llko the
shibboleth of a great leader In a crisis.
"I shall assault again to-morrow
night,"
"Thou your losses wcro not heavy ?"
"No, not relatively. To-morrow night
we press homo the advantage we
gained to-night."
"Hut you have bean bo confldont
each tlmo. You Btlll think that"
"That I moan to win! There Is no
stopping half-way."
"Well, I'll still try to hold the situa
tion hero," replied tho premier. "But
koop mo Informed."
Drugged by his dosporato stubborn
noss, Westerllng was believing In his
star again when ho returned to tho
library. All the greater his success for
being won against skepticism and
fonrs! Ho summoned his chiefs of
divisions, who camo with tho nows
that tho Drowns had takon tho very
redoubt from which tho head of tho
Gray chnrgo had started; but there
they had stopped.
"Of course! Of coursothoy stopped!"
exclaimed Westerllng. "They aro not
mud. A fow aro not going to throw
themselves ngulnst superior numbers
our superior numbers beaten by our
own panic! Lanstron Is not a fool.
You'll find tho Browns back tn their
old position, working llko beavers to
mnko now defenses In tho morning.
Meanwhile, we'll get that mob of ours
Into shnpo and find out what made
them lose their nervo. To-morrow
night wo shall have as many moro be
hind them. Wo aro going to attack
again!"
Tho staff exchanged glances of
amazement, and Turcas, his dry voice
crackling llko parchment, exclaimed:
"Attack again? At tho same point?"
"Yes tho ono pld"co to nttackl" enld
Westerllng. ''Tho rest of our lino has
abundant reserves; a noedlcss num
ber for anything but tho offensive.
We'll leavo enough to hold and draw
off tho rest to Engadlr at once."
"But tliolr dirigibles! A surprising
number of thorn uro ovor our lines,"
Bellini, tho chief of Intelligence, had
tho tomerlty to say.
"You will send our planes and dirig
ibles to bring down theirs I" Wester
llng commanded.
"I have every last one; but thoy
outnumber us!" persisted Bellini.
"Even In retreat thoy can soo. Tho
air has cleared so that considerable
bodies of troops In motion will bo read
ily dlscernlblo from high altitudes. Tho
renson for our falluro last night was
that thoy know our plan of attack."
"Thoy know! Thoy know, nftor all
our precautions! There Is still a leak!
You"
Wcstorllng raised his clenched
hand threateningly at tho chief of in
telligence, his cheeks purplo with rngo,
his eyes bloodshot. But Bellini, with
"Oh, the Murder of It the Murder,"
He Breathed.
his boyish, small faco and round head
set close to his shoulders, remained
undisturbedly exact.
"Yes, thoro Is a leak, and from the
staff," ho answered. "Until I have
found It this army ought to suspend
any aggressive "
"I wsb not asking advlco!" inter
rupted Westerllng.
"But, I repeat, tho leak Is not neces
sary to dlecloso this new movement
that you plan. Their air craft will dls
closo it," Bellini concluded. Ho had
done his duty and had nothing more to
say.
"Dirigibles do not win battles!"
Westerllng announced. "Thoy aro won
by getting lnfnntry In possession of po
sitions and holding them. No matter
of wo don't BurprUo tho enemy.
Haven't tho Browns hold tholr line
with Inferior uumbore? If they have,
we can hold tho rest of ours. That
gives us overwhelming forces at En
gadlr."
"You tako all responsibility?" asked
Turcas.
, "1 dol" said Westorllng firmly. "And
If w&M$MMk
w wlll.wauto no moro time. The pre-
mier supports mo. I havo decided. Wo
will set the troops In motion."
With flerco energy he sot to work
detaching unite of artillery and In
fantry from every part of tho line and
starting thorn toward Engadlr.
"This means an Improvised organi
zation; It breaks up tho machine," said
the tactical expert to Turcas whon
thoy wero alone.
"Yes," replied Turcas. "He wanted
no advlco from us when ho was taking
counsel of desperation. If ho succeeds,
success will retrloro all tho rest of his
errors. Wo may have a stroke of luck
in our favor."
In the headquarters of tho Drowns,
junior officers and clerks reported the
words of each bulletin with tho relief
of men who breathed freely again. The
chiefs of divisions who were with Lan
stron alternately sat down and paced
tho floor, their restlessness now that
of a happiness too deeply thrilling to
be expressed by hilarity. Each fresh
dotall only confirmed tho complete
ness of tho repulse as that memorable
night In tho affairs of tho two nations
slowly woro on. Shortly boforo threo,
whon tho firing had died after the
Drown pursuit had stopped, a wireless
from a dirigible flying over tho fron
tier camo, telling of bodies of Gray
troops and guns on tho mnrch. Soon
planes and other dirigibles flying over
other positions wero sending In word
of tho samo tenor. Tho dilofs drew
around tho table and looked Into ono
another's oyes In tho significance of a
common thought.
"It cannot bo a retreat!" said tho
vice-chief.
"Hardly. That Ib lnconcolvablo of
Westerllng at this tlmo," Lanstron re
plied. "Tho bull charges whon wound
ed. It Is clear that he means to make
another attack. Thoso troops on tho
march across country aro Isolated
from any Immediate service"
It was LauBtron's way to bo sug
gestive; to let Ideas develop In coun
cil nnd orders follow as out of council.
"Tho chance!" exclaimed some one
"Tho chanco!" others said in the
samo breath. "The God-given chance
for a quick blow I Tho chanco! Wo
attack! Wo attack!"
It was the most natural conception
to a military tactician, though any man
who mado It his own might have
bulldod a reputation on it if he knew
how to got tho car of the press. Tholr
faces wero close to Lanstron as they
leaned toward him eagerly. He seemed
not to bco thorn but to bo looking at
Partow'a chair. In imagination Par
tow waB there In life Partow with
tho dome forehead, the pendulous
cheeks, the shrewd, kindly eyes. A
daring risk, this! What would Partow
say? Lanstron always asked himself
this In a crisis: What would Partow
say?
"Well, my boy, why aro you hesitat
ing?". Partow demanded. "I don't know
that I'd havo taken my long holiday
and loft you In chargo If I'd thought
you'd bo losing your norvo as you are
this mlnuto. Wasn't It part of my
plan my dream that plan I gave you
to read In tho vaults, to strlko If a
chance, this very chance, wero to
como? Hurry upl Seconds count!"
"Yes, a chanco to end tho killing Tor
good nnd all!" said Lanstron, coming
abruptly out of his silence. "We'll
tako It and strike hard."
Tho staff bent over tho map, Lan
stron'a finger flying from point to
point, whllo ready expert answers to
his questions wcro at his elbow and
tho wires sang out directions that
made a drenched and shivering sol
diery who had been yielding and hold
ing and never advancing grow warm
with tho thought of springing from tho
mlro of trenches to chargo tho enemy.
And ono, Gustavo Feller, In command
of a brlgado of field-guns the mobile
guns that could go forward rumbling
to tho horses' trot saw his dearly be
loved batteries swing Into a road In
the moonlight.
"La, la, la! Tho worm will turn!"
ho clucked. "It's a morry, gambling
old world and I'm right fond of It so
full of the unexpected for tho Grays!
That lead horse Is a llttlo lamo, but
ho'll last tho night through. Lots of
lumo things will! Who knows? May
bo we'll bo cleaning tho mud off our
boots on tho white posts of tho fron
tier to-morrow! A wholo brlgado mlno!
I live! You old brick, Lnnny! This
tlmo wo are going to spank tho enomy
on tno part or tits anatomy whoro
spanks uro conventionally glveu. La,
lu lal"
CHAPTER XX.
Turning the Tablet.
Through tho door which tho nldo
had left opon tho division chiefs, led
by Turcas, filed In. To Wostorllng
they seomod llko a procession of
ghosts. Tho features of ono were the
features of all, graven with tho weari
ness of tho machlno's treadmill. Their
harness hold thom up. A moving plat
form under their feot kopt their legs
moving. They groupod around the
great man's desk silently, Turcas, his
lips a half-opened seam, his voice that
of crinkling .parchment, acting as
spokesman.
"The enemy seized his advantage,"
he Bald, "when ho found that our re
sorros were on the march, out of touch
with the wlro to headquarters."
Westerllng forced a smilo which he
wanted to bo a knowing smile.
"However, we had not propared our
positions for the defensive," continued
that very literal parchment voice.
"They bogan an assault on our left
flank first and wo'vo Just had word
that thoy have turned It, Nor Is that
the worst of It. They aro prosslng at
other well-chosen points. They threat
en to plorco our center."
"Our center!" glbod Westerllng.
"You need rest. Our center, where we
havo tho column of last night's attack
still concentrated! If anything would
convlnco mo that I havo to light this
war nlono I " Westerllng choked in
irritation.
"Yes. Tho ground is such that It Is
a tactically safe and advantageous
move for Lanstron to mako. Ho strlkos
at tho vitals of our machine."
"But what about tho remainder of
tho force that made the' chargo? What
about all our guns concentrated In
front of Engadlr?"
"I was coming to that. The rout of
tho assaulting column wus much worso
than we had supposed. Those who are
strong enough cannot bo got to re
form. Many wero so exhausted that
thoy dropped In their tracks. Our
guns aro at thlB moment In retreat
or being captured by tho rush of the
Drowns' Infantry. Your Excellency,
tho crisis Is sudden, Incredible."
"Our wlro service has broken down.
We cannot communicate with many of
"A Whole Brigade Minel I Live."
our division commanders," put tn Dol
linl, the chief of Intelligence
"Yes, our organization, so dependent
on communication, is in danger of dis
ruption," concluded Turcas. "To avoid
disorder, we think it best to retroat
across tho plain to our own range."
At the word "retreat" Westorllng
sprang to his feet, his cheeks purplo,
the veins of his neck and temples
sculptured as ho took a threatening
step toward tho group, which fell back
boforo tho physical rage of tlio man,
all except tho vlco-chlof, his mouth a
thin, ashy lino, who hold his own.
"You cowards!" Westerllng thun
dered. "Ketreat when wo havo flvo
millions to their three!"
"Wo havo not that odds now," replied
the parchment volco. "All their men
are engaged. They havo caught us at
a disadvantage, unablo to uso our num
bers excopt In dotall In trying to hold
on in fnco of "
"I tell you we cannot retreat!" WeB-
terllng Interrupted. "That Is the end.
I know what you do not know. I am
In touch with the government. Yes, I
know "
This brought fresh alarm Into faces
which had become set in grim stoicism
by many alarms. If tho peoplo woro in
Ignoranco of tho losses and the army
in ignorance of tho nation's fcollng,
tho officers of the staff were no less in
Ignoranco of what passed over the
long-distance wire between the chief
of staff and tho premier.
"I know what is best I alone!"
Westerllng continued, driving home his
point. "Tell our commanders to hold.
Neither general nor man is to budge.
They aro to stick to tho death. Any
ono who docs not I shall hold up to
public shame as a poltroon. Who
knows but Lanstron's attack may be
a council of desperation? Tho Drowns
may bo worse off than wo are. Hold,
hold! If wo aro tired, they aro tired.
Frequently It takes only an ounce moro
of resolution to turn tho tldo of battle.
Hold, hold! Tomorrow will toll a dlf
forent story I We are going to win
yot! YeB, wo aro going to win!"
"It Is for you to decide, Your Excel
lency," said Turcas, slowly and pre
cisely. "You tako tho responsibility."
"I tako the responsibility. I am In
command!" replied Westorllng in un
flinching pose
"Yob, Your Excellency."
And thoy filed out of tho room, leav
ing him to his Isolation.
After Marta bad learned, over the
telephone, from Lanstron of tho cer
tain repulse of the Gray aBsault, fatigue
sheer physical fatigue such as made
soldiers drop dead In slumber on the
earth, their packs still on their backs
overcame her. Her work was done.
Tho demands of nature overwhelmed
her faculties. She slept with a nervous
twitching of her muscles, a restless
tossing of her lithe body, until ham-
imers bogan boating on her temples,
boating, beating wun tno sound of
Bholl bursts, as If to warn her that pun
lshment for her share In tho killing
was to be the eternal concussion of
battle In her ears. At length she real
ized that tho cannonading was real.
Hastening out-of-doors, as her
glanco Bwopt toward tho rango Bho saw
bursts of shrapnel smoke from the
guns of tho Drowns nearer than slnco
tho lighting had begun on tho main
line, and theao were dlroctod at bodies
of Infantry that wera In confused re
treat down tho slopes, whllo all traffic
on the pass road was moving toward
tho rear. Impelled by a now appre
hension sho hurried to tho tunnel.
Lanstron answered her promptly in a
volco that had a ring of relief and Joy
In place of the tension that had char
acterlzcd It slnco the outbreak of the
war.
"Thanks to you, Martal" he cried.
"Everything goes back to you thanks
to you camo this chance to attack, and
wo are succeeding at every point! You
are tho general, you tho maker of vie
torles!"
"Yes, the general of still more kill
lngl" she cried In Indignation. "Why
have you gone on with the slaughter?
I did not help you for this. Why?"
No reply camo. Sho poured out
more questions, and Btlll no reply. She
pressed tho button and tried again, but
she might as woll have been talking
over a dead wire.
One man alone against the tide
rather, the man who has seen a tide
rise at his orders now finding all Its
sweep against him Westerllng, accus
tomed to have millions of men move
at his command, found himself, one
man out of tho millions, still and help
less whllo thoy moved of their own Im
pulses. As news of positions lost camo In,
ho could only grimly repeat, "Hold!
Tell them to hold!" fruitlessly, llko ad
jurations to the wind to ceaso blowing.
Tho bell of tho long dlstanco kopt
ringing unheeded, until at last his aldo
camo to Bay that tho premier must
speak either to him or to tho vlco
chlef. Westerllng staggered to his
feet and with lurching steps went Into
tho closet. Thoro ho sank down on tho
chair In a heap, staring at tho tole
plioiio mouthpiece Again tho bell rang.
Clenching his handB In a rocking ef
fort, ho was nblo to stiffen his spina
onco moro ns he took down tho re
ceiver. To admit defeat to the pre
mier no, he was not ready for that
yet,
"Tho truth Is out!" said tho premier
without any break In his voice and
with tho fatalism of one who never
allows himself to blink a fact. "Teleg
raphers at tho front who got out of
touch with tho staff were Btlll In touch
with tho capital. Onco tho reports bo
gan to come, thoy poured In decima
tion of the attacking column, panic
and retreat in other portions of the
line chaos!"
"It's a Ho!" Westorllng declared
vehemently.
"Tho nows has reached tho press,"
tho premier proceeded. "Editions are
already in tho streets."
"What! Where Is your censorship?"
gasped Westerllng.
"It Is helpless, a straw protesting
against a current," tho premier re
plied. "A censorship goes back to
physical force, as every law does In
tho end to tho police and the army;
and all, theso days, finally to publlo
opinion. After weeks of secrecy, of re
ported successes, when nobody really
knew what was happening, this sudden
disillusioning announcement of the
truth has sent tho public mad."
"It Is your business to control the
public!" complained Westerllng.
"With what, now? With a Bpeech or
n lullaby? As well could you stop the
retreat with your naked hands. My
business to c6ntrol tho public, yes, but
not unless you win victories. I gave
you the soldtors. Wo have nothing but
pollco horo, and I tell you that the pub
lic Is in a mob rage tho wholo public,
bankers and business and professional
men Included. I havo Just ordered the
stock exchange and all banks closed."
"There's a cure for mobs!" cried
Westerllng. "Let tho pollco tire a few
volleys and thoy'll behave."
"Would that stop the retreat of the
army? Wo must suo for peace."
"Suo for peace! Suo for peace when
we have five millions against their
three!"
"It seems so, ns tho three millions
aro winning!" said tho premier.
"Suo for peace because women go
hysterical? Do you suppose that tho
Browns will listen now when thoy i
think thoy have tho advantnge? Leavo
pence to mo! Glvo mo forty-eight hours
moro! I havo told our troops to hold
and thoy will bold. I don't mistake
rnwnnllv telegraphers' rumors for
factB "
"Pardon mo a momont," tho premier
Interrupted. "I must answer a local
call." So astuto a man of affairs as
ho know that Westerllng's voice, storm,
lng, breaking, tightening with effort at
control, confirmed all reports of dis
aster. "In fact, tho crockory Is broken
for you and for mo!" said the pre
mier when ho spoko again. His life
had beon a gamblo and tho gamble had
turned agnlnst him In playing for a
great prize There was an admirable
stoicism In tho way ho announced the
newB ho had received from the local
call: "The chief of pollco callB me up
to say that the uprising Is too vaBt for
him to hold. There Isn't any mutiny,
but his men simply have become a
part of public opinion. A mob of wom
en and children Is starting for the pal
aco to ask me what I have done with
their husbands, brothers, sons, and fa
thers. Thoy won't have to break In to
find me I'm very tired. I'm ready. I
shall face them from the balcony. Yes,
Wostorllng, you and 1 have achieved a
place in history, and they're tor more
bitter toward you than mo. However,
you don't havo to come back."
"No, I don't havo to go back! No,
I was not to go back If I failed I " said
Westerllng dizzily.
(TO DI3 CONTINUED.)
He Would Be Better Liked.
It seems a shame that a book agent
can't sit down and read his favorite
ttrffo 4ncrrm rt nnrttnr In Ttla tlmtl
j selling them.
WENT ON ERRAND,
STAYED 21 YEARS
When Papa Returned With Groi
ceries He Found Second Hus
band Was the Better Man.
ninghamton, N. Y. Twenty-on
years ago Adam Rundal of Lester
shlro obeyed his wife's request to go
downtown on Saturday night to get
groceries for Sunday. Ho returned
homo late Tuesday night with the
groceries on the list which his wife
gavo him 21 years ago.
Ho knocked at tho door and then
walked In. His daughtor, grown to
womanhood, mot him and acreamod
In fright, thinking him a burglar. He
"Hello, Anna!"
reassured her, and told her he was
her father and asked for her mother.
The girl told him her mother was at
dinner at a downtown restaurant with
friends.
Rundal found tho restaurant and
entered, picking out his wife from
tho members of tho party. Walking
up to her he said:
"Hello, Anna! I've brought the gro
ceries home. Let's go up and have
supper."
Tho wife fainted, but a man at hot
Bldo ordered Rundal to get out.
"Why?" naked Rundal.
"Decauso sho's my wife," replied the
ether, Henry Pickering, who married
Mrs. Rundal, ten years ago after all
hope of Rundal's return had been
given up.
Rundal was on tho floor whon a po
liceman arrived. Later ho was ar
raigned In pollco court
"I just went away," ho told the
Judge "I went to Warren Center, Pa.,
where I've been over since I thought
I'd llko to seo my family again and
camo homo."
"Go back to Warron Center and
never como to Lostcrshlro again. You
aro discharged," said tho judge
WOODPECKER ROBS A TOWN
Causes 8hort Circuit on Signal Wire
Resulting In Excessive
Water Bill.
Ilwaco, Wash. A woodpecker is
blamed for largo additions to Ilwaco's
bill for pumping city water.
The contract for filling the munici
pal resorvolr Is let to a power com
pany and an electric Indicator notifies
tho engineer when tho requlrod depth
of water has been provided.
For some months tho bill has been
regarded as excesslvo and the numbor
of hours required daily to fill tho basin
has varied to a marked degree
Investigation has placed tho blame
on an Innocent woodpecker which
chose ono wlro for a perch and with
Its tall touching tho othor wlro mado
a short circuit so that tho engineer's
signal to stop pumping was con
i trolled by tho woodpecker's rest rathur
than tho dopth of water provided.
BREAKS BANNS AT THE ALTAR
Brlde-to-Be Says God Commanded Her
to Be Missionary Fiance
Agrees. .
Elgin, Tex. At the chancol in the
Baptist church bore, whoro Miss
Ethol Sowoll and ErncBt Dyers wero
to havo been married, tho brlde-to-bo
mado a public declaration that she
had bocn commanded to servo God in
tho missionary field. The wedding
was abandoned.
Miss Sowoll, who comes from a
prominent Texas family, said that God
appeared to her In a vision and told
her that her llfo would be a failure
If she did not consecrate herself to
saving souls.
Dyers accepted tho doclslon of his
flanceo and accompanied her to the
church, where the change in plans
was announced to tho assembled
guests.
Confesses 100 Thefts.
Los Angoles. Thomas Carr, arrest
ed hero soveral days ago, has con
fessed to moro than ono hundred bur
glaries committed In and near Los An
geles, according to statements made
at tho sheriff's office Jowolry nnd
other articles estlmntod to bo worth
$10,000 have beon rocovorod with tho
old of tho prisoner. , ,
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