1 "Old House" Or, Dulcie's Confession boron mo to exhaustion. We huve, not a singly ta-ic iii common, and 1 would ra- ther die lhu m-irry him." After ih.'ri ubullition h felt iK'tter, ul thotuth a little UHhaniud. "How was 1 to know?" she, asked her- s-elf helplessly that Arthur and 1 xh'>u!d not get oil together? It wattn't uiy fault that Jim fell in love with inn. or that 1 prefer him to Arthur. How could I tell what wan going to happen? And now Jim pretend* hu doeao'', 'aro for m." At thin point she beit.in to cry, and to nity hirfell gfoatly. Here wax Dulcio f'arwardine who a few weeks ago had made up her mind to marry for money and position, in love with pennilexH Jim Heriotl. win dex-lan-d that tJie was a mercenary., and that he did not intend to liavi) anythiiiK more to du with her! Oh, why had he in.t been rich that she could , have, niari-iinl whom she liked? If (the had will tell you this- you i O ver such a 'ittlo money sho need not lovo. .1 may._be ponni; I marry Arthur Bellurli:-t, and by rights, file and Primrose oiiEht to have the money which had belonged to their mo- ther. Dulcie cried -with renewed vigor a she. remembered what Priiuroto had said about their father's determination to leave, them only a pittance. Then nlin suddenly topped crying and held her lin-.tth between quivering .sob.-*. "If there were no Will, the money would be mine, and Primrose's," she whis- pered. Her obe censed, and for a long timo sho stared with wide eyes into the dark- lies*. Before she fell esleeip, she had formulated a plan, which, if it succeeded, would, i-lie believed, bring her what she bad dmircd more than anything else marriage with Jim Heriott CHAPTKK VI. (Continued). "Pleann let mo go!" he cried, and Irugglod MI violently that he released her. "You muxt be, niad! 1 Imvo never eaid I loved you! How can I when I am engaged to Mr Itelturbet?" Heriott looked at her with surprise. "Do you mean to toll me." lie asked, "that you lovi Helturbet?" "Of course I do." replied Dulcio do- Bantly. "Vou poor little thing." eaid Heriott lowly. "I don't know what you mean." who re- torted, flushing. . "Oh, ye you do," uvrrrcd heY compan- ion with an unpleasant smile. "You un der-tand that I know you don't care a button for Itelturbet. It is h: house ami money that appeal to you. Well, you can have thorn . but I wjll never have hi. .-. ... ._ , . lens, but at least 1 love you. although I ' know you arc not worth it. But 1 have : done with you now. Take Itclturbet and hto money, hut don't forget that 1 have had this. Ho, caught ln-r in hie arms and kinsod her on the lips. "He never kicked you like that." he aid with a nicer, "and never will!" Hi. n Ii.- in'''.''! and left her alone in tone dusk of the wooju. Dulcio ran quickly home. Hho locked herself in her room, and endeavored to calm I.,' i-.-: i. Hut it was not easy to thake- off the recollection of Jim'H kii<*: tho memory of them pull moved her and tirnufht the color to her cheekn. Poor Jim, 'in- tbouk'hl. how fond In; wax of her! Quite different from Arthur! Vet what could she do? Give up Arthur for penni- lees J n: - No. Some girls might do il. but not Dulcio Carwardlnc, who uioant lo be domcthing more than thu hotiwhold drudge of a poor urui. Still, it was pleaKjnt to dwell on the recollection of Jim' love: it wax flattering to think nhe Could Illnluie Pllcll ti-clings. She longed to meet him again and tell him Low forry th wae that oircurn- t-t.i'ii'i-- would not allow her to return bin affection ; .r i-in- did like him. much bet- ter thun Arthur. She andMTltOOd him and could alwayx talk freely to him. ;ind he enjoyi-d b- merry jokes and gibew. 1'oor Jim yen, and |x>or Dulcir. too! She lik- ed to have hu arniH found her, and to have lr kit-- ft. It wa very hard to be obliged to marry Arthur Helturbet ! Dulcio began to be intluenc<'d by ^bought* ami feclingH to which -!"' had hitherto been a at ranger. It might be a'l very well, -lie decided, to flirt lightly wilh a man; but i > diocover that hu wa in eariu-st. and that die ha'd l diwouratti- him because n'ne was engaged , to nome one for whom -he did no: <-aie in the lean. wat a i-criou* matter. Before long. her feeling* towards Jim underwont a change. It, vi.is several day*, however. iK'fore fhc reaiize<l the real meaning of the alterat-on. She did not Utit their private letter- boi, and npent her afternoonn in dreary tolitude. wondinng how on earth nh could get through the coming winter her only reiaiauon from -the tedium and qui?tnei of the noue wai to tx- a morn- ing walk with Arthur Bi-ltiirbftl. On the fourth day after Ucriott de- claration. Ou'i ,.' conquered her pride uf- j Boiently to viit th letter-box. Il con- j tallied nothing She experienced :\ great Miik in- .it heart, and before xhe reached Blue I'..-'- felt that the- only thing thai mattered wax .mother meeting with Her- iott. A thought titruck liert Suppose he had left ()1<I House? But il he had. sure, ly Belturbet would have mentioned It, I she miint see Jim omeb.OW and put things right with him. She wa-i feverinhly nnxlnux by lhi liniH. and vi-.tfd the li-ii<v--box very freely dur- ing the- next few day. but without riwult. One in -ruing ihe nut a uhfet of notopap'T between the tttuiien and wrote on it the word?: "Stone (la.|>. Sis-thirty to-night. | "If he d<Mwn't go to our pillar-box,' In- , won't know I have written to him." xh told herself, 'and if he doe* go. he will come to Slone Gap." He wan there when Dulcie arrived a few mlnutiw late. I though- I xhonld never get here. " xlie aid brwiiblwilir. Marlli.t ha" waU'lied me like a <-at w-itch* 1 ** a inoiMe. ' She mile<l ul her lover, bill no anwer- Ing umilo met her gar.i-. Jim regurdtxl hr with hard evne. "What <ln you want to *e* me for?" he axkcd brn^uuelv. Du'cie. wh'i hud upeoted a very differ- ent (treet ing. fell a ho<'k f urprta*. For inanv I-MMOII*." xhe said in an -ift grieved tout-. HI quick ax you can." w:' the I,,, .ii.-.- I have only a few ieing Will CIIAPTKK VII. donn in Primrose. ' Well, b rx>! retort aiinuteo i- V .u an aid r>u!' ! tion. "I .im forfMttnc your cl -mKOM ing with manner*.' mortiflca- forget again that you ro engaged to Arthur Belturbet.' wax tin- xiirn.n<"int n-nlv And nince you re. it will be better in future for us lo ee very litll" of each other. You made .1 fool of nu- one-, bin I don l propose lo iiportunity of doing: HO a 'diiigly rude!" <-riiMl Dul riot diwimi my tn.inriprs." re- Yon witlicd 10 BIO uie, and give you I r iwcond tinn 'You ; r rie hollv. We nc.v,| FliiHl Jim. am hen- Hu looked .it her iiiiin.n i-il. Dololl ptruirglfl with her dllAppolntlMnt. In- xtead of the lender woriln iiiul glunciv -lli' >iud exlJi'<'NMl, :unl. indei'll, liopisl for. >*hi encounter i only ibi< '_/ demeanoiir! "I think you irn very unkind." ih>' -.ml In an iniured lone, which, howover. ap- pcarx'l to It I 1 .-' no erTe<-l on the man who Ktood looking at her. 'Very unkind in <l..-il 1 am xu iv u iv.i- not my fault thai you fell in love wilh IIIH; you knw I wax nig igixl t*t Ariliur I xuppoM) it wan wrong of tin 1 t" meet vou hern; but I don't -'i- .-- bv you need he ii-.ii .I or un- kind now Hhe looked palhetioallv at him with wimful blue i -vex. Dulcie. In- replied xternly. "I nm not going to .'i."i'- with you but I want you lo iindtT-i i ud that I havt me to my n*n*' I '.'v.' ti.-t-'i .t rail t'> make lovx to you .n lleltni-bi'l' .ibeiu-i>. and worxo than a cad U) buhavx at I did when > jiml. met; Inn .ix viii are going to ni.inv lleliurlM-t. I h.ivd doteriiiiinxl to tint yon Out of my mind. Phllippn tun) I are n 1 turning lo London nest wnek. and when we meet agitm you will lio B*lttirb*t'l wife, nnd wi> Ktiall hnve both forgotten th folly of l lim Hummer." Hi* calm -.'.-. and lb<> flnnJIty of hx frordrt angeri-il Dulcie beyond control. I conifrnl nliite ymi on Hie wisdom of /our declftion." fbw naid. "It innnt. be rclii-f lo v.r.i lO Iliol I he '.vnilllll that lin-ti'iule.l A i -o deep. . only i i-iip.-?' flcnil x.-,- it,-li!' II i.. .'r. y..n -iinnixe. n greni eoMoln. (Ion I t nlc. lo* inxwxrf,!, 'ami it unit.) Clxo be a relief to vou to know thut you ii v.' .nil 'i.c'1 no ncrni. iiienl injury." Dill'"' laughed livbtly. "Of courfo. I .un bound lo belie-ve, you. ' he 'aid ' Th niddpnnei.ii of the cure l< KlniOKt 'ix remark. iblo :ix 'ho iitimknexs wlili which you ciiught th complnlni. no.Kl-hvx. Oio my kind regnrdw to your With -i 1 i'li' "il i-he loft him uml re turne<l 10 hfi room full of aimer and loiiKihinic v.'iv mu-b like ilinmaT- Herioll. whom H|H> Iboiiitht h< eoulil twist nr.innd her llttln llngor, luul IIIIPX- fecti-dlv be -oiiiii a viu y dlfferoDt iiprinn. hn ardent lover h<l turned into thnccol rrllic who admitted Ibai he hail behaved dlhi>n.>r:iblv. but w.m determined to do o no 111. ii'-. Such a diwovcrv wax exln-niely iinfln 1 - torine. nnd Dulcix, who,-" rxgnrd for .Inn )i ul h.-.-n Ki'iiwiim warmer, fell <-hilbsl wllb dmaiuinintnii'i't .' Ill" ropulxo f h,. hi.. I received dim iniwi.'iit thought would not lonvi> b.-r Jlin would hii" nothing iii-iie lo .In vrlih her. If wax in- unpnrnii.i'ibli'! win- For several dayx Dulcie meditaU^d whether to tell Arthur Belturbet at once that she only loved him aw a brother or in plain bind-on, to end her engage- ment to ii:m i to wait until bhe watt uts sured of a definite pwitiou. That wa< how ulic preferred to diwribo the situa- tion in which sho would fliul her&elf after the termination of her fathor'n illnesd. John Carwardine was undoubtedly dy- ing. Martha's grmi features woro, if pos- HI bio. a harder look, and I'rimrtwe's pale and pathclic f;-e, her deeply nh.idowed gray eycu. tilled Arthur Itelturbet with the ke*'iieist (lixtrt*>rt whenever IIB saw her. It wan not very often, for he xcldom caJled at Blue 1'oxt I, and Ilulcie had reduced her wulk with him to onu every other day. on the plea that r-h.- wax nei-dcd in the in- valid'" room, but in icality MokOM xho fearixi t-he iniubt belrny her-elf when abe wax alono with him. Ci-li iirbei. wax relieved, but politely exproxjed his re- jirct at *-eeing her so litl'.e. K\erything t-eeinx different now father IH ill," Dulcie said to him vaguely, onu day. "I don't tH-eui to know what lo do or think." Uelturbet rcniurked Ihat illnexs wan very unxeltling. He felt that hu wax uii- sympathetic, but. his engagement with Dulcie wan HI unnatural that be wae un- , a-ble to attempt to con-ol or comfort her a a lover miould have don,- He t-.uv that I'rimrow wa far more in need of help than Dulcio, and it wax for Prim- rose that hu hc;trt ached. Dulcie, he knew intuitively, merely regarded her I uii : ..'i:.- -. now the firm xhock wax over, an an irksome and unpleasant biwi- \\trt~ which could terminate in only one way. He AiippoHed that when Dutcic/ wax ! fatherlesff, tie would have to marry her j act noon as ilM'oruui [lermiUtHl; it would' naturally be c.xnccu-d of him II. biaJm-d Ir.iiiHi-lf repoaledly lor hie folly in hi-:ng begmlod hy forcet-ini'-not blue eyes and red linx If I'hilippa could have read Ul thoughts hhe would have been able, to xay wilh truth: "I could havii told you r-o. only you would not have believed mo" ' A hiu.dred timex. he wixbed h.nii-c'f back in his chambers, a brieflesx bar- i-iittfr. poor, il ix true, but happy and un- fi'ttored. bound by honor to no woman, and at liberty to woo where he cboxe. He had bee.li far ha Diner, lie told himxelf bit-' torly. a year ago. There was no doubt about it, be wax a fool! He eoofMMd it many timen, yot he was prepared to abi<le by the consequences of lux folly. it never occuried to him for a moment that Dulcie might give him bix freedom. She seemed HO entirely satisfied with bin perfunctory attentions ihat. be look it for granted that hix extremely cool woo- ing .-iiileil her mood. Many plans wore maturing in Dulcie's iiretty head, hut xho feared to break with Belturbet, lext tbn pn-i a ul nut., xhe had taken to prevent, heiholf and I'riiiinixe bi>- ing left practically DKUlllWI on her fa- I thor'x ieath should prove iinsucceMful. t The HeriotM bad left Old llou ,e an.l i-i. '.I to their flat in Ijoudon. both in Ii4t titniiHTi* owing t-o tin* failure of their plans. Jim worked ftmouxly in hix little workMnop. haunted by ex<'etMiingly un- ' iilt-.ix.inl recollect ionx. He had made love, to Ihc girl hill bext friend ... en|i.igeil to. and ended by <|Uarrelling with her in fact, ho had behaved liko a cad all th way round. He knew Ihat Dulcin wax a pretty, mercenary little crenture. but diner, lie happened lo he in love with her. he n-garded her failings and pecciulilloes with a very lenient eye. She* might be xoltl-th and mil nil hfn! uml a hoxt of other things, hut i-h. wax bewitching little Dul- < ie t'arw irdme. and IIH loved her, and . ilicre it. wan! So he unlit hiiiixelf up in j hix workxhop and xpoilt a large <|iiaiitity f good ni.iieruilri in a xavage endeavor > io invent *iniel hiug tlint would to ueo ! hi* own wordx iiiako the engineering world "-it up." While Ii.-'.'- wax trying lo make up l her mind to regain her freedom. Hellur-i bet xtruggling ii> ns'oncilo bimxelf to the' iinenviiiblti statt^ of being engaged to a girl he did not love. 1'rimnwe xtriving to i underitanrl why everything had gone wrong in her little, world, and <i!d Muilh.i trying her hex! to conceal the triumph i Mlie felt In having achieved the object for! which xln> hnl Hchcnml dining the last: ten year*. John t'arwariliiKi died. The day that follownl wan to Primrose i and Dulcie a waking nightiuaie. Beltur- I ,,j.,,..i bet e. tiled and naw ! 'vo white-faced girls j '"' l11 " with eyex awim-uiing in leaix. To I'rim- MHO lu-r fn:hoi'ii deaih >va pitiful in Itl I lonolinexx. and sbo xorrowed btincxtly for j him. Dulcin went in svinpalhy and bo- caiixt her lears camn easily. They hud few friends, nnd IVI'.urhet wax nlnnwl IhKii- only vmitor. Maltha pomexhiHl It.'iHi'lf of the keyx of ih honw, anil I'ninrofi' felt too 111 to rei|iio; them to h lianili'<l over to her. "You are I"" yielding. Primrose!" Mid Dulcie Hill nover mind, perhaps Mar- tha ix not iinito an clevwr an xhe hctiovra bi>rolf lo lid. There i nni-h a t'hing as your clucK^nx before they arc left me a legacy," he "aid with a ton* of her head. "Be told me more i ban once he wan going to do no." "That id very possible," uid Mr. Nor- ton gunlally. looking at John Curwur- -I'l.'-V daughters, but neither made any lomar).. 1'rimrone was anxiouK to know the wonit. and she fo!t too tired and un- nerved to toy anything; Dulcie feelingf were very different. "Mr. Carwardlnc made a Will w'.ien nr ni'. 1 1.' . died ten year* ago," laid .Mr. Norton, "under which he divided his money 'between hix two duughti-:- " "It wan our mi.: in r r. money, y.u linow. Mr. Norton." uaid Dulcie difltini tly. "My father had not a penny of II'M own when uiy mother iuarried him. to naturally our mother's money will <-om to ua " "Quite o." >-iid i: <-b.ird Norton ploa- antfy "and I have hero the Will that leavcx tho money to you and your fci- ter." As he from his from tho cba.tr on w'hi<-h ehe had seated herself and spoke brurf<|uely. "Mr. Carwurdino made- another Will noine wiveks ago he, told me so." ehe an- nounced. lodged," said Kichard Norton, ra,ie hirt eyebrowi. 'Who drew up tiro and witptvi-cd il ?" The maxter asked Doctor Crewe to -write it for him. and the. d'xitor witrie&ied it, and Juiueri the gardener," replied Martha shortly. "Indeed." rnmarked Mr. Norton aguin- "Do you know where the Will in?" ' "I licard tho maxter ask the- doctor to put it in one of the d r awors of hi* writ- ing-dek hero," she looked toward tho deik in (ui'etion whicfi t-toxl in a recexs in t'he room. "And I believe the doctor did BO, nnd'locked tho drawer and ro- turned the koy to the mauler." "We had better xee if we can fijid thifl d'M-iin.cnt." said Mr. Norton drily. "I doubt, howeyi-r. whether llr. Carwardine'e medical udvi/<-r could draw up a Will which would bo legal. Nevertnt>r". we wifl have a look at it. Have you the key of your father's desk. '!--: Carwardine?" "Martha took all the keyx immediately our father died." (-aid Dulcie "By what right I have not tho pHghtCit idea, be- cause I cannot believe ,-),- ix entitled to do so." "The keys, of course, should he in Mie Tarwardiue's p'*-. --:'. n." replied Mr. Norton. Martha -hot a vonomoua glance at t.he two L- i i... f i, fii, -i a hand into a caparioue pocket, drew out a heavy bunch of keyti and flung them on the writing table. "There they are!" xhe . .1 .1 rudely. Mr. Norton picked them up and handed them to Primrose. "Do you know which is the key of the writing-table?" he axked. THE DEFENCES OF PARIS STRO X <; KST FORTI Fit 1 ATIOXS IN THE WOULD. iiuir .Million Men Necessary to Invent the French Capital. While detail* of the defences of Paris are guarded with strict secre- cy by the 1* rench military' authori- ties, yet their general character and formidable strength aro well known to military experts, who re- cognize them as among the strong- est fortifications in the world. The fortifications consist of throe distinct circles sweeping around the city first, the solid wall of masonry 18 feet high, extending for 22 miles around the old sections of Paris; second, the system of 17 detached forts arranged at intervals, two miles beyond the wall, and making a circuit of the city 34 mites long, and, third, an outer girdle, of forts 75 miles long on the heights com- manding the valley of the Seine. Each of these circles of masonry and steel is a complete defence in iUelf, the forts being linked toge- ther with redoubts, with and glacis, which permits Wai tan's [deal CX- $2.50 to $50.00 Fbumainmi There is never a time when the skill, perience and resource back of Waterman's Ideal is at rest. Can anything more be done for its users? is the constant problem the aim of its makers. Users of Water- man's Ideals have the world's best to-day. If to-morrow can improve the slightest detail, they'll have it. Try Them at Your Dealer* L. E. Waterman Company, Limited, Montreal. Stbstkates bastion cross There were a good many drawers to be opened :ind a cguu.nl it? of papers to bo searched through, but Mr. no trace of a will. "There d<'en not seem to be any such document," he .i.il. turning to Martha. "It must be somewhere." she assorted aowndlri "I remember the master tell- ing Doctor Cro-we to nut it in . _ou to paper*?" Mkao Dulcie hapx Martha can find it." Thereupon they all began to search the drawer)* of the doxk. Martha with feverih lit '.-. Duloii. without much xign of anx- iety, and Primrose with careful thorough- lives. But they could discover nothing like a Will. fire against approaches from any di- rection. The magnitude of the sys- tem is shown by its area, which ex- tends 400 square miles. Third Line is Modern. The wall around Paris and the U detached forts two miles bevond the o^bo , wa ,, a were built by p hillippe . They sustained the German siege of 1870-1871, and the outer forts have since been greatly strengthened. __ The third line of forts, on the hills f! 5 ^'*",..^ 1 !}.? y "i!.?_ lo " k ' h ? oush . J j ( j 1 1 e .' St. Germain, Cormilles and Vil- "Miers, are of modern construction, with the latest types of batteries and heavy guns, m, Ine inner wall about Paris sur- rounds the best known and most im- portant sections of the city, includ- to fetch him.' ing the business sections along the grand boulevards, the residence sec- tions to t'he north and west of the city and the Latin quarter and other sections of the left bank of the Seine. Outside of the wall a circle Norton look- slighlly puz- M i.'i' i wont off hurriedly i and when &ho had gone Mr. ' ed at the two girls with u zlcd air. "Il in rather odd." he *aid. "that if your father intended to make another Will 1 he did not eml for me." "1 think it ii" -i peculiar." agreed Dal. ciiv "1 don't understand it at all. do you. Primroxe?" No," answered Primrose quietly, "be- ruuse if our father made a Will, it ought lo be hero." "Well, let tin have toa, and when Doctor Crowe comes, perhaps ho can throw somo light on the matter," said Dulcie. It wan nearly an hour before Martha returned with the doctor. "Her* they are!" cried Dulcie ae she caw thorn coming un the. drive. "I should 1'ke 10 xneiik lo Doctor frewe ii'-" 1 . with your permission." eaid Mr. Norton, leaxp do everything that ought to be the circumstance*. " replied fTo b* continued.) <i Kit. MAN DKAD MEKK LADS. French and (ioniums of Every I lass Lose Flower of Voulh. A Belgian despatch recently call- of suburbs extends for many miles, including Neuilly, Argenteuil, Ver- sailles, Vincennes and many others. The forts of the second and third line of defence are dotted among these suburbs, protecting them and the approaches to the capital. The wall contains gates. Some 93 bastions and 67 of these have been abandoned owing to the pressure of modern construction and trade. But recent advices received here from Paris state that all the gates still existing are now closed at 8 o'clock at night, with rigid regula- C-ount von Moltke emphasized that /he bombardment of a fortified place n the heart of an enemy's country was difficult, if not impossible, un- ess the invader was master fjf the railways or waterwaja by which heavy eiege artillery could be brought up in full quantity. He explains the failure to bombard Paris at the outset of the siege by saying it would have required 300 heavy guns with 500 rounds for each gun. these The movement forward of heavy guns would have re- quired 4,500 four-wheeled wagons and 10,000 horses, which were not available. At a later stage the Germans brought up their big siege guns at- tacking the enciente and ports, and dropping 300 to 400 15 centimetre shells into the heart of the city. Notwithstanding the fury of the German attacks. Paris withstood the sdege for 132 days. Since then the entirely new and outer third line of defence has been erected, and military experts say the fortifica- tions as a whole are far more for- midable than those which resisted the siege of 1870-71. WHY KAISEH !)'. ! LAKKI) WAR. Did >ot Want to be Called "Wil- liam the Coward" Again. There is no longer any doubt that, from a very early date aJter the news of Serajevo murder reach- Ma the ers other than Germany. He could, as a matter of fact, have achieved very different retults by almost any other course than chat which he actually followed, a course which led straight to a re- petition of the effort made success- fully in 1909 to humiliate Russia, and led straight to an unnecessary and immoral war with France and England. Against France Ger- many has no shadow of a case, and has merely unmasked her contempt- uous covetousness. FA.MOIS IRON CROSS. of the London speech from the ed the Emperor at Kiel, his je-sty had determined "to see thing through" to see it through against Russia, so says the Berlin correspondent Times. In his throne tu ;'ue Reichstag the Em- peror said that the Serajevo mur- ders "pened up an abyss." At any rate they caused his Majesty to lose his head. He hastened back to Berlin only to involve himself in a quarrel with Vienna about the State funeral, which after all for imaginery reasons of ill-health he tions against movements from with- in or without. The second line of forts includes the famous fortress of Montvaler- i went on .A Dfiumu UCJMIU-H.-JI ici;ciiuv call- . .. . ^. , . ed attention to the youth of the >. which was the cen re of attack : returned to Berlin suddenly (J.-rmaii tidier* us if this were a i ln Uie t-orman siegn of 1870. It is j July 26, to the open regret of strengthened by two groups of did not attend. His Majesty his northern cruise. surprising thing. But the German, like the French, standing army is, <if course, composed of boys be- tween the ages of eighteen and twenty-four. Kach year a third of the army goes back to civilian life! uml u new third is recruited. None of these are, of course, married; hence there are few widows being made by Uie German fighting round Liege, if this is any compensation for the loss of the flower of the country's youth. It is only when the French and German reservists join the first line that married anil older men are in action. This is, by the way, 01 works- Pautes Bruyeres and the Chatillon fort and batteries. South of the city is the row of forts at Ivry, Bictre, Mont Rouge, Vanves and Issy. North and east of the city are three great forts around St. Denis, and two others at Fort Aubervillers and Fort Charenton, commanding the approaches from the great wood of Bondy. Defrnri's Require 170.000 Men. The outer circle of forts, which are of the most modern type, have from 24 to 00 heavy guns, and 600 to 1,200 men. In all the three lines of ,,uitc unlike the record of our own dances require 170,000 men to you ' hutched. i'riinrmo Ui'iked lilatikiy at Piti<">, whii, in npil' of Ihn r-h:i<lnw th.it iuy on tho liniim*. did ii'il. crm particularly diiipir't- yBj, wi "Thi-n will bi> hrr. MII|>)IIN>O "Mr. Sm-uiu. tin- Inwy to-inorriiw," ih nalil. wi Ir.ill him* thi w..twt." "Don't wnrrv. I'rim," replied Dntolc vu- , .iliiinly. "I <l.iro n.'i.v thing* won't he .! \crv had iil'tiT nil. I c:in t hclli-vo tint f:itlu'r mi-:iii! il whi'ii hi- lol<l ymi llu>r li,. luui only left uii Ofty pound* u .vcvu- -h," Ho rokr> if ho did." 1 volunteer regiments in which so many of t.he men were married. As fur the French and German non- commis^ioned officers, they are, of course, in large part professional soldiers anil family men, like tlieir officers. But their soldiers are too often mere boys just out of school, without the faintest appreciation, perhaps, of what the war is all In iv sense these armies are de- mocratic, because the sons of rich and poor alike serve ; the educated for a year only, and perhaps in crack regiments; but there is no claH in Franco or Germany that will not pay a lerrilile price in voimn men for UK> inhumanity that is going on to day. IK. IVM. "Sii",vtH linngs o'.il a man's friends.'' ''Vt'i, lint if \Mit want to know your mil friends cmmt the fiw who -;ii'|Mrt vnu when \<ni don't seem ti> h;i\ i' a c'l.'iiict' l.i win." operate them, not counting troops assembled within the city. Accord- ing to military experts it would re- quire a force of 500,000 men to in- vest these defences. General Count von Moltke, field marslinl oj the German forces at the time of the siege of Paris of 1870-71, stated in a report on that siege that the French artillery armament con- sisted of more than 2.HOO pieves, in- cluding -JOO of the largest calibre of naval ordmiiice. There were 500 rounds for each gun, nnd a reserve of a,000,000 kilograms of powder. then but on the Foreign Office, as the British Charge T Affaires, Sir Horace Kunibold, telegraphed to Ixindon. As soon as the crisis became acute I made some inquiries about the Emperor's earlier frame of mind, and was told on excellent author ity that for the first time he had abandoned the part of "keeper of the peace." Thero were in fact to be no more German newspape-- articles in the press such as ap- peared during the under the heading "Guillaume le Poltron.' 1 I do not mean that the Kmperor was determined upon war. but he had removed his re- straining hand, and Germany drift- ed slowly but surely through the cross-currents to the Russian ulti- matum and to war. The more sin- cere the efforts made for peace, the more futile they were. Instead of drawing back from the "abyss,'' Germany tumbled into it. The only justification, if it is a justification, that can be offered of the F.mperor's attitude is that- he was deeply moved bv the SerajevL> murders and believed that their ini- quity would unite Western Kurop? even at the cost of the obligations und interests of the Western pow German Kaiser Revives Coveted In- signia Bestowed for Valor. Shortly after the opening of hos- tilities the German Kaiser, follow- ing the precedent established by William I., reinstituted the famous Order of th Iron Cross. The New York Staats-Zeitung fu wishes an interesting history of this coveted mark of distinction which is award- ed solely for the performance of deeds of the highest valor on the field uf battle. King Frederick William III. of Prussia founded the order on March 10. 1813, as a reward for ser- vices rendered to the Fatherland in the Napoleonic wars. The plain- ness of the iron insignia was intend- ed to remind its wearers of the hard times that had brought it into be- ing. It was a small iron Maltese cross inlaid with a narrow silver band just inside the bevelled edge. The only other marks upon it were three oak leaves in the centre, the royal initials, F.W , surmounted by a small crown, and the date 1M3. As is customary in the case of royal orders, there were two clasps and a grand cross, the later twice the regular size. In 1841 a permanent endowment was added paying fixed annual sums to the wearers of th decoration. On July 19. 1870. the day that France again declared warn Prus- sia, the order was revived by King William I. on the same conditions a-s originally instituted. At that time the three ak leaves wore dr v p- ped. and the letter W. the crown, and the date 1870 were substituted for the original marks, but th three leaves were restored by an order of die Imperial Council in 1895. The decoration as revised in 1870 has been bestowed on 4S.574 Gennan warriors of all classes, in- cluding those coming from German States outsid? of Prussia. The Grand Cross is conferred Morocco crisis i only on commanding officers who have won a decisive battle folio a ed by the forced retirement vf an enemy, for the capture of an im- portant fort, or for successfully de- fending a fort against the enemy's capture. In addition to the soldiers who have won the or\>s for indivi- dual acts of distinguished valor, it has been granted to all members of regiments that have performed es- pecially meritorious service. 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