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AA P% was a glorious fall evening in Par is. We were seated in the club, on the Boulevard Germain, discussing 'he stirring ev. Ls of the day. There had been rumnors and reports of disagree ments between France and Germany. No man could say what would hap pen next. Both nations were on the qui vive, armed, mobilizing, ready to fight at the drop of the hat. Brangere, the sculptor, drew up a small table and we prepared for a game of the fascinating American pok er, which had just become all the rage in France. We had just dealt the cards. Brangere. with Ouvrard, the banker. Mongerval, former French am bassador to St. Petersburg, and myself, made up the party. Suddenly Latour. the correspondent of La Vie. burst in upon us. His eyes were sparkling. Latour's eyes always contained a message of some kind. "Have you heard the latest?" he In quired. "No. What has happened?" "War is declared!" We jumped to our feet in ast.nish ment. "Mutual insults have passed. The Germans have burned the French am bassador in effigy. The French retali ate by hanging a dummy Kaiser. The streets are full of mobs, all of one mind -Germany must back down. In Ber lin the people are swarming the streets, demanding that Germany stand upon her dignity. So there you have it." "And what from the War Office?" asked Mongerval. Latour bent over our table and tair ly hissed the words: "The Germans have already invaded France. They are swarmin across the frontier. And oh. the shame of it-we are not ready. There are no troops in the field. It is the asininity of the Government; the littleness, the selfishness, the greed of the commanders and the min isters!" Latour's breath gave out. He was always tragic. Our game was forgot ten. We looked at one another In dumb astonishment- For none knew better that we the unpreparedness of the French, against which stood the mighty power of the enemy, her teem ing population. every, man of which had been trained to tarry a gun, to shoot, to obey orders. And the Ger mans had chosen their season well. I recalled a pronouncement of the Ger man General Staff in 1905, when they 3aid. "We shall impose on the French a winter campaign. Our soldiers, com ing from the cold regions of the north, will march toward a temperate cli mate, and the advantage will be alto rether ours." Latour left us on his chase for news. )ur party was broken up. The im Dending crisis was too much for us Ill. "I shall go to the front and gather naterial for a wonderful group-the lying Generalissimo," said Brangere, throwing back his broad shoulders. "The French will win," said Ouv ard. smiling. "and I shall loan them funds-as much as they may need without charge, for the sake of my *eloved France." ~And here he lied, tor I knew that he would demand in terest to the last sou. "Adieu." said Mongerval. "I go to the President. I shall urge meditation, ad I, myself, shall be an ambassador to arrange terms." He withdrew grandiloquently. I was left alone-T. James Adams, a plain Amt rican of adventure, to per Form a part of which I had then no conception. It is dangerous in France, or in Germany either, for that matter, to be secretive. Suspicions are sure to be aroused if your business is not well known and openly stated. Therefore it was well that I was allied with large American manufacturing firms,. with offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris and Calais. In France I was careful to be French in sympathy and outspoicen, too. In Germarny I >ecame a Teuton to the core. In addition to this~ ready adaptability. I was personally ac quainted with the French and Garman rulers, had excellent German connec tions, and was well known in Belgium, Holland and Italy. And inasmuch as it often became necessary for me to THE 'TROOPS WERE MURRIED change my colors and affiliations sev eral times in as many weeics, my ac - quai'ntance stood me in good turn. Aside from my personal interestS ftI was no light niatter-this already 30 tive demonstration of forces on thie part of Germany. The disagreement which had grown out of the Algeciras controversy was only one of a series of causes of war. The many slight misunderstandings between the two nations, complicated by European dip lomatic twistings and turnings, had fanned the flames, already arising from Germany's openly announced dream or world-wide hegemony. Added to this. the propagandist publications of the Pan-Germanic League; the annexation of Austria, German expansion in Asia Minor. the ruin of English sea-power, and the political and economic dom ination of Europe, permitting tne flooding of the world by German prod ucts through the four ports of Ham burg. AT.werp. Salonica and Triests, had stirred to resentment the material interests of France and even of En gland. Although France desired no such convulsion as was sure to be produced by war, she was not content to lie supinely and see her opprituni ties wrested from her peTople L., Ger man hands. What wonder. the.1, that all France rose in one patriotic cry: "TO ARMS! TO ARMS:" I left tae club and made my way through the crowded streets to the Avenue l'Opera. Reaching the Grand Hotel, my ears were assailed by a clamor, which rose and fell and burst like a storm. Bands of civilians, thou sands in each. composed of laborers and artisans, were marching boister ously up and down the streets. cheer ing and singing the Marseillaise," with fings and banners flying of every color and description. Presently I heard the trampling of horses coming down the street. mingled with the loud cheering of thp populace. It was a troop of' Cuirassiers. and in anothe minute I was in the midst of a seet'. ing crowd and could perceive nothing and heads in commotion. The civil ians, who were in a wild state of ex- I citetment chee're'l the troops, *'ive les I Cuirassiers!" while the dragoons in a return shouted "A Berlin!" and "Vive la France:" At a corner I met Captain Mau- t bourg. struggling through the crowd. v He greeted me seriously. "I am on u my way to the War Office," he said. t "_My regiment is being mobilized, and b I am called for conference. Come c with me. You Americans are always 'a ingenious. You may be of assistance." t It was a memorable meeting-one v that I shall never forget. Grave Sen- i ators, uniformed Generals, and the t President, with his Ministers, discussed o the many questions before them until g 'well nigh morning. For a time I wait- s ed in an ante-room. Finally I was - summoned. Captain Maubourg an- s; nounced me as "Monsieur Adams. of G the United States, a graduate of West t< Point, the greatest military school of o the world." and intimated that I might f, have suggestions of value. I had i< spent my time, while waiting, in the 'I study of a large war map of France a and Germany. I had understood that b the German forces were approaching v from points south of the Vosges Moun- i: tains, with a view, perhaps, to cutting fi off a portion of eastern France and ultimately making it German territory. u French troops were being hurried to m the frontier, assembling at Luneville, o at Chaumont. and at Belfort. It ap- b peared necessary to check the invasion p at once. t "If I mistake not," I said, "the Ger man approach of 1870 was similar to cut Paris off from the south, the source of its supplies. Now is It likely that they would a second time adopt this plan? What evidence have you that the main attack is to the south cast of Paris?" "We have the reports of our border agents," replied the President. "We .re advised that the whole force of the German attack is in that direc tion." "They may be right," I rejoined. "But would it not be well to see what is going on to the north? What would happen if, for instance, the Germans struck across the south of Belgium, and cut off communication between Paris and the Channel? Is that move out of the question?" There was no reply at first. They were thinking hard. "It is not likely." began General Brugere. famous as a strategist. "But, by Heaven, M. le President, it is not impossible. We must reconnoitre in that direction. However, it is several hundred miles to the Belgian frontier." "Let me suggest, then. with your permission, that this lead be followed at once," I replied. "Can you not im- r press all the automobiles *in Paris, nd hur;y the greatest possible num ber of veterans to the northeast 1r on tier: a war baPon might be sent im mediately to reconnoitre. I should be f4 lad to offer my services in this con ection." Cc Very bold talk for an American in N the p'resence of generals grown gray pa in military service. I had only passed a through West Point Because of a y partial color-blindness I had never a been admitted to the service; yet I B bad studied war for several years, and he had learned that it hs never safe to ce trust to mere reports of agents-.t For an hour more the pian was ais- a nssed, and finally adopted. And thus, tc amost unwittingly, I became involved p in a series of the most stirring inci- ti lents-the war balloon reconnoissance, A my marvellous escape, the terrific b: ighting at Monte Pelier, the spectacle v of the greatest naval battle in history, gg and personal eacounters In defense of s the sweetest woman In the world- t< all these will live in memory to the d end of my days. . When th French Government de- e ides that it wants anything belonging to its citizens, there is no red tatpe rl to be unwound. From the moment that the plan was adopted, orders flew 15 thick and fast, by telegraph, by. tele- c phone, by word of mouth. Within ten hours upwards of five thousand ar'0- ci mobiles were assembled on the out- p skirts of Paris. The response of a citizens and of automobile companies t! d - t 1.Y MOVED TO TH-E BORDER was immediate. It was a national mat ter, and back of the Government stood every man, woman and child of the Re public. Before twenty-four hours hadt elapsed every road leading north, eastC and west out of Paris was swarming with the puffing machines, each bear ing from four to ten veterans, se lected from the flower of the Army re-11 served in and about Paris. In acidi tion the railroads were cleared, and a dozen special trains, loaded with mu nitions of war, were speeded to tne front. But ahead of them all, through thea night, went four huge touring auto mobiles, rushing over the matchless French roads, their horns echoing so norously without Intermission. In the first car sat M. Rechere, a noted bal loonist, two expert assistants, and my- i self, in the next the renowned Sal vatore Martini, of the General Staff, 5 his aides. and a wireless telegrapher; and, in the following, the apparatus - of a light but strong field war-balloon. On and on we swept, through towns and vilages, without pause. The dark paled Into dawn: the sun rose anda dissipated the mists: noon cam", and finally darkness again. There was no stop. We had but one object. Our ra tions were dry biscuits and canteen wine. And as we sped northw rd, the conviction grew that 's. were on the right track. At (lawn of the second day we-f reached Camplitte. near the BelgianI frontier-the point agreed upon as ai base of reconnoissa~nce. Tn an open field we set up the gas generators, and soon there rose above our heads the ~ vast bulk of our air-ship, la Jaune. By noon the gas bag was full. Martini and I steped into the car. accom. panied by the balloonist, Rechere. TheC cable was cast off. and we rapidly as cended. A wireless telegraph, mount ed on a shelf inside the basket, would' enable us to communicate direct with th EF'rel Tower station. We had reached a height of perhaps two miles. proceeding meanwhile rap idly east, when General Martini, a ed b K ecKTRI. houlder. "Look," he said, quieuly, iointing below as. Hie had be-en s-weep ng the cou-itry with his field glasses, .nd his eyes, trained to keen obser ,ation, had discerned what we were 11 looking for. I turned my glasses in he same direction. There was the indication of my theory. Far below s, stretched the fields and woods of hie German Province of Lorraine, with ere and there a town resembling lusters of red and white floweis. 'hrough this fair country stretched lie highways, like white ribbons. But rhat was that silent, sinuous, snake ke movement on every road, ex ending for miles? Troops and troops f soldiers, helmets and gun-barrels littering and flashing in the bright un. As far as the eye could reach, rith brief Intervals between them, we aw the thousards and thousands of -erman soldiers. General.Martini turned ) the telegraph instrument and clicked ff a message: and I knew that within ve minute the General Staff would marn, throughl its watchers in the Eiffel 'ower Station, that the German rush cross the southeastern frontier was ut a blindl; that the main movement as to the north; and that Paris was i danger of isolation from Calais and rom her ally. England. For my own part I felt a great ex Rtation. In the face of masters of 'ar, I had advanced an opinion with ut support; I had urged that my plan e tested; I had won out. More, I had erhaps saved France the humilia on of a surprise, and ci possible de WE DISCOVERED T HE GERM at at the hands of her old enemny. We now realized that we were dis 'I' >vered by the Germams. PuffsQ of hite smoke app~eared below us, andl aydt avoi i, sve ygigigh. aolder. 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Ah simla enle court was insitvendha in ay to0 nder hm lesatoieacgo thig end hougt h enirnmeffrtsher thn riia Cbon ftxed Asdsoied toar thrwarg-hearoyent orgaitisethd .ndivalg wTheaul originlers." 90 aid the foud ati lonrtelega maxty dnery whic the eiehd statute out A Modern Ah Sin. My story relates to another Ah Sin: Not Bret Harte's, but my own; my own kith and kin. It was only a few short weeks agone In that city you so well know, Which the Bride and the Groom so oft frequcnt: Where the south winds gently blow. 'Tis a city of shade and a city of ilowers, A city where laws are made By statesmen great, by statesmen small, Of every degree and grade. For where there is good, there is also bad. And the task before me I hate, As there's much that's true and more that's sad In the story I now relate. By invite I came on a Saturda:Y night For a friendly game of cards. Nor I since have thought it was just the thing, While professing the kindest re - gards, To be trapped into an unknown game, As simple as A B C, By friends, whom each to the other made boast, They'd wipe up the tablo with me. On this evening in question I simply dropped in On the Major, whose friendship I prize, Not thinking of aught but a friendly smoke, Or with tales of the war to swap lies. And there was the Doctor, another good friend, Such a modest and innocent mate; And these two suggested a nice, quiet game, Intending my ducats to take. Twas a curious game to an innocent kid, So full of surprises unfair, Where an honest hand is so frequently bluffed And a bluff is called down by a pair. Five cards are dealt out, only one at a time, And If you're not "suited" you "call;" While a "flush" is not always the most modest sign, "To be full" is far better than all. A.nd should there be dealt you a real "royal flush," Still worse is the luck you have met; .ot a player responds when you open the pot; .5'.'' . c NS TO BE FIRING ON US. Not a sound greets your offers to bet. ro change my bad luck. Jack Pot I suggest, But no brighter nor better my lot; kfy name became Dennis, and I had bloomed forth A Jack Ass, instead of Jack Pot. .n spite of all "fusion," I quickly caught on, As I savvied their tricks and their wiles, Vhen they dealt from the bottom, and rang in cold decks, Each deal adding wealth. to their piles. B3ut to all patient waiters the good Lord hath said Every good they shall reap all their days: so I bided my time for a final Jack Pot And then boldly "'saw"~ every "raise." When the betting was over, and all hands laid down, Two flushes, two fulls and four kings, Cspread out "Four Aces" and then blandly smiled As I gathered the several piles in, F'or two aces I had, and two more I had drawn (From my sleeve), like our old friend, Ah Sin; And I murmured that song of the old "Ivy Green," "I gather them In," yes, "I gather them in." American oysters in the shell are shipped as far away as Shanghai. The Mongolian pheasant is one of the most beautiful birds in the world and one of the hardest to shoot, Most song birds are of more sombre hue while those of bright plumage, like the jays, parrots, and birds of Paradise have harsh voices. Michael Beudin, the "Giant Drayman of Paris" is dead. He was s'ix feet seven inches tall, weighed 392 pounds, and could easily lift and carry a barr'el containing 126 gallons of wine. 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