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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. James Adams, European representa tire for American manufacturers and graduate of West Point. is in Paris at the outbreak of the great war between France and Germany. le engages in a balloon reconnoissance for the French and barely escapes capture. be ing swept into northern France, chere he is werecked in the grounds of the Chateau Lagunay. He is rescued by the daughter of the Count Lagunay, Aimee. with whom he falls in love. The Germans advance: Adams defends Aimee from insult at the hands of Gricsqman. Colonel of Cavalry. Adams joins the Hussars. under Lowenberg, an old friend. and later assists in an am bush of the French. Word reaches him at camp that Aimee is again in the hands of Griesman. With Fleisch inann. a gigantic sergeant of the Em peror's bodyguard, he impresses an automobile and goes to her rescue. In a terrific sword light he kills Griesman and two others, and proceeds with Aimee to the home of her cousin at Bethel. Chapter VI. For two delicious days I remained at Bethel with Aimee. Then early in the afternoon Fleischmann brought up the big car we set out for camp, for ob vious reasons taking a direct road that did not pass the Chateau Lagunay. Reaching the outskirts of the camp we found a host of war balloons inflated and ready for ascent. Others were already soaring above us, and looking far to the south we saw the French balloons, high in air, observing the German movements As we went farther south (for the camp covered an area some ten miles square) we found that a large part of the army had moved. It was evident that events' were approaching a crisis. At headquarters I sent in my name to the Emperor. Fleischman- paing up and down outside in a fever of apprehension, for he dreaded his sovereign's wrath. As for myself, certain of m. ability to make satisfactory explanation. I waited calmly. When I was finally ushered into the au gust presence I saluted and related my story. The Emperor waved his hand as though to dismiss me. But I persisted;, and when 1 finally drew from my pocket the documents I had taken from Gries man's pocket, and told him of G"'voir, Griesman's supposed interpreter, his ex pression changed. He ran over the papers hurriedly; letters from a prominent French officer; brief notes of the German scheme of invasion: data concerning the German forces; and realizing that Gries man was really in league with the enemy 1 he forgave me, though it 'was with a curt comment upon my abrupt departure from the camp, and a caution that I conduct myself more circumspectly in the future. I told him that I alone was responsible for Fleischmann's leave without permis sion-that I had really abducted the big sergeant against his will. A little smile flickered over his face at this. Then he sobered again. "You will rejoin Lowenberg," he said in dismissing me. "There is work for you on the right wing. We will be in action to-morrow or the day after. You and Fleischmann cau redeem yourselves at the front. Until you offend again I forgive 1 you both." W\hen we had patiently endur. Lowen berg's scolding (he had been very much afraid for us, learning that orders were out for my arrest) we discussed the plan for the advance. I learned that the ene my was assembled in force between our) camp and the Marne River. The first contact had occurred the day before, when< a German brigade of armored automo biles undertook to reconnoiter to the south. The French had sent out a similar brigade for the same purpose, and they -met near a small village. The two forces came together in a mad charge. The steel conical prows of the great cars rammed'l at high speed, crashing into and over one another and finishing in a tangle of< wreckage from which but one German machine had emerged in condition to re turn to camp. An assault with such a 1 force upon cavalry or infantry would be irresistible; but upon an enemy of its own kind it meant mutual annihilation. It was a striking example of the unfitness of such machines for general warfare. At dark we were ready for the advance, < moving under cover of night to avoid the al1-seeing eyes of the airships. A brief statement of the military situa-< tion seems necessary in order that the reader may understand the nature of our undertaking. As has been stated, the French occupied the Marn~e River, from 14 Chalons-sur-MIarne to Bar-le-Due. Be- r tween these towns the south bank of the 1 MIarne rises sharply from the water to a t "THE TW'O I ho!::ht of~ prap two hund~tre f.at all- . the'' Idg ofthsdlf th.French'4'" hadikn ' '-reto'. ennnon * mutv' tn dih'ppanm" ca1":es. altrnain wih m"rt'r for. 'r hurl'i'g novel p r ' til's 4 tIf wh i lC h r had a "hie "llcin ll's "''ain' aa thesrc d to"the rie.coss arw. ston- brie-- ....turn ..tow r Rhm. ha n,. th' n'rh ""id.. of tti rie Itahe bank 1 mi"- orth-.nort - a .''an west formma '(I The river an d' I"-d" hei". '-reathm som te fmrl':d th-.' 'th French ha' massed theirof 011r~ ::. third~ amies. and lery wt let holdn b n s o the Aane R i -r t w s t s t OF a e p IL, t ROMN~h5'1~DOBSIRYAfIONS Com'jied by Wai.RMacKtr1fl. The cenler would then attack, press the French back upon the river, and before they could get across strike them on both lanks. or drive them into the water. To t Lowenberg fell the special task of moving further up the Marne to Monte Pelier, the only other point at which the French could cross. Here the south ban% fell away and the north bank rose in three hills. the center of the trio being really a small mountain, with a flat top, which ommanded the bridge below and the b:ks of the Marne for some distance. The French fortifications did not extend I this far. and the main danger owas in -nc possibility of an opposing force reach:ng the hill before we could get there. With a detachment of ten infantry regi ments and one of cavalry we pushed on through the night, and before dawn reached the Sillery -forest, which extended to the base of the Monte Pelier. Here we encamped to await the signal to advance and the arrival of a regiment of artillery. Early in the afternoon we heard firing rway to the east. The battle had opene t Hourly it grew heavier. The sharp, snappy bark of the high-power field guns blended with the roll of rifles and the wierd howl of the new multiplex ribbon t Gatlings. which sent out a continuous tream of explosive bullets. bursting on he slightest impact and tearing tiuair vic ims horribly. Presently the great twelve ich guns on the high banks came Into play. Their booming reports echoed hrough the heavens, bespeaking enor nous projectiles. The din was fearful. I t thanked my stars that I was not within V range. 11 As the darkness came on we could c :atch the flashes or ight as the French f uns belched out their tons of iron and he mortars their pots of acid fire and f Liquid gas. It was not until afterward hat I learned the full extent of the devil- t shness of man's inventive ingenuity in providing means for the destruction of n uman life. Then came our signal. High in the air. 1 :o the east. appeared a shower of golden n ;parks, and the mysterious echoing boom f )f an aerial projectile was borne to our 1 mars. The sparks paled and fell, and from a :heir midst floated three blue stars. ",It t neans that the French are retreating to u :he river and that Monte Pelier must be :aken," said Lowenberg. He gave an f yrder and the word was passed on. The b trtillery had not come-it never came. as i matter of fact. Some one had blun- s lered. But we waited not. Here was our d :ask, and we moved toward it with 0 ilacrity. n The woods came to an end. In front of V is the hill loomed up to the sky, a great, b lark, rock-strewn mass, its shadows inky V )lack in the starlight. Lowenberg, leischmann and I were in advance, and I ts wa emerged from the woods, the troops c )res.3ng behind, there was a flash directly t n front of us and a sharp report.* A bul- t et whistled past my ear. Another flash t tnd report, another and another, each v arther up the hill. Silence fell, broken I )nly by the tramp of thousands of feet. a Ve saw that our advance was known to he French, but we pushed on. It was no tj ime to stop. h We had covered half of the distance and S vere climbing steadily when the whole n op of the hill lighted up and a hail of lead a lescended. The front row of cavalry went n lown, a struggling mass of men and C >orses. It was no place fPr cavalry. kain and again came that terrible flash. A l'he crashing report as of thousands of g iles and the song of lead in our ears was s, errible. The storm was too heavy. Offi- I ers and men alike threw themselves on P he ground and sought shelter behind the r; >oulders with which the hill was strewn. d ir in depressions in the ground. The fire T >ecame continuous. And now the French S< oisted great searchlights that revealed g >ur ranks. The sharp white rays dazzled si ur eyes and we could see nothing. Some P ight thousand troops hugged the ground. t< heltered and unsheltered. Men groaned a md cursed and shrieked in agony. u Mtrses, maddened with pain and fright. F taggered to their feet and went galloping A own the hill, killing and maiming many. tl it brikf and regular intervals came that F heet of flame and the hail of bullets. It tl as death to retreat and death to remain. ;o we lay until daylight.g As the dawn broke and the sun lit the 5 ky the French continued their destruc- o ion in a more diabolical fashion. From r1 he top cf the hill they rolled great balls q >f tough paper, which brok~e on the rocks ti ad scattered1 burning acids and noxious g ases. Directly above the point where we 3' hree lay there was a well-defined hum- 5 nck which deflected these hideous imple. t< nents of warfare, else I should not have P :urvived that experience. Of those who I vere not so protected few escaped. The r1 hole side of the hill, for half a mile, was g overed with dead and dying. fl During the night the firing on the east p ad diminished. but with the dawn it r pened again, and the heavens were rent h ith the crash and roar of mighty guns, t: vhich continued all day without intermis- n ion. The firing above us ceased, how. n ver, and the horrible balls of acid came 0: o longer. Lowenberg concluded that the c3 rench ammunition had given out and si hat an -.ttack was again possible. A sin- rn ORCES CAME TOGETHER IN A TERRI. IC C) Aergmnt hd-l be \n let-hn ar !: us a ma gnihint sight to~ sue themb ife from tic wvo ds an cl imb the sloi Span order, sncaking from rock to ii k--tiir. werec ni trees to give shlter.1 Vhen ther reac hd .1 we x rose and lod d1 'am I ki-pt niiarI Fliischmann. wxho was *n. aj f w yardsl~ 'at ia-m WIe were T -th::n hndar'd ynrds' from th.opr ang ou t th- menI straightenedi nta tir rou'hing po-itia-nsend. drawivn" top iy.u :.nt up on th- run.' houting their stir-ring -r cry':' "orwaerts. Preusen" l As we reached the l-ast yard of the as-s cent the very air over our heads burstm to fiame. Had we been a foot higher inh uur whole line would have gone down as b id the cavalry the night before. But the e rech aimed too high with this, their last r olley, and the next moment we were ai po them, clashing against a wall of si ilng bmaynts. Stee1 struce seel all I long the line. Fleischmann had fallen ack, slipping on a loose stone. Now he tirly leaped ahead of us. his great sabre weeping down a row of bayonets as a :ythe in ipe wheat. The french stood a pit dug around the brow of the hill nd fought like demons. There seemed to e thousands of them. Our revolvers were mptied immediately, and it was then a rimitive tight-hand to hand, face to face, loulder to shoulder. I struck out to right nd left with but one idea-self-preserva on. As in a dream I heard the deadly lash of metal. the puffing and grunting f straining men: the blasphemy; the hriek of the wounded. Farther around the hill top our men rere falling back; and farther yet they ere clear inside the line, driving the 'rench before them. A few of our men athered about us. and, almost surrounded y the infuriated French. we held our wn, ilghting with the absolute despera ion that comes into a man's heart but nec in a lifetime. We were fairly wa:led 'I with the dead: yet as fast as they went own others came forward. There seemed o be no end to the cut and slash, the purting of red blood, the glare of angry yes looking into our own with murderous te. Lowxenberg was on my right; at his ight Fleischmann. wielding his sabre like flail. "Steady, boys." he cried, and gain, "Steady. We'll have them on the tin." But in my heart I knew that it ould not be so; that we must go down in lood and dust, victims of a misguided rinciple. Then an ugly, squat Frenchman. who ad been felled some time before by one f Lowenberg's lightning strokes, wriggled p through the heap of dead, and with a esperate thrust sent his bayonet into ,owenberg's vitals. Ah. God, how it sick ned me. My beloved friend sank with a asp. A mist obscured my sight; for 'a oment I weakened and my sword wa ered. Before I could recover, the bttt of mu;ket appeared in the air immediately pfore me and descended upon my head. ly ears rang like a foundry. The whole orld seemed suddenly to be whirling like Fourth of July pinwheel. with multi udes of sparks flying. I tottered back ard and fell heavily upon the pile of cad in the trench. As I went down I oked at Fleischmann. He stood erect, rith feet well spread, like some great rar-god, a sabre in each hand, hewing, mashing, cutting. his lips compressed, his r met with determination. He had rown away his coat long before; his hat ,as gone; a cut on his temple let the lood trickle down over his bronzed h'cts. Into my heart came a great love :r this mighty fighter. Then my light rent out and the horrid noise of war Lded away into the great silence. It was Fleischmann's voice in my ears hat wakened me. I lay upon the grass 1 a small. open shed. le was bathing iy head with cool water. Quickly recol ction came back to me, and stung into etivity by my supposed danger I rose to iy feet. But the danger was past. Save >r the dead and wounded there was not Frenchman in sight. Flelschmann was s calm as before the fight began. He ld me that just as he was about to give p, his comrades came to the rescue. We ,ere in full possession, but at what a -arful cost! Out of ten thousand men arely five4iundred to answer the call. I found Lowenberg lying on a heap of traw, his light flickering, his mind wan ering. At intervals he gave orders, cried ut to his wife, or sang snatches of Ger ian ballads. One of his under officers, ,ho was a physician, sat near. He shook is head in answer to my inquiry. There 'as no hope. Presently my friend turn' 'is head and >oked at me with eyes s. denly grown lear. "Adams," he said. faintly. "tell -e boys it was a good fight. They were .ue Prussians. And tell-tell his Majes He half rose, and raised his arm ith clenched fist. "For God and the 'atherland," he cried in ringing tones, nd fell back dead. We turned the French guns in the direc on of the river and prepared to hold our ttle fort for the expected assault. For veral hours there had been little or o firing to the east, where the main rmies were engaged. It was late after non now. The sky was becoming over ist, and the wind .was rising. Presently the sound .f firing rose again. 11 the guns in the world seemed to be ing off at once. From our elevated po tion we could see far out on the plain. picked up a glass from a dead officer and Lt it to my eyes. There lay the pano ima of war. Like moving patches of ad grass appeared the opposing forces. lie brown khaki of the Germans and the )ft gray sea-island-cloth of the French are distinction enough. There was no unke. for this is the day of smokeless >wder. The center of fighting appeared >be well dcwn the bend of the Marne. nd as I watched I could see that the ater was full of black specks. The rench were being force1 into the river. large body of the gray was hurrying up ie river bank, making for the Monte elen crossing. And we with but half a ousand men to defend it! The wind increased in force. The skies rew dark. And now, coming from the uth, appeared a shoal of small airships. a new, dirigible type, with fans and dders. They circled ato .e us. hardly a Larter of a mile away, ad swung down ward the battlefield, heading into the tde in regular formation. And as I atched a strange thing happened. The -ps were poised directly over the vic rious Germans. Suddenly a seriles of cuiar popping reports came to my ears. sw''. the Germans breaking, scattering, ining away from the French. The round beneath them, behind them, in ont of them, sparkled, like the phos 'rescent ocean. I saw the whole army oving north, a struggling, disorganized arde. They left behind them a brown 'ack, and as the sky lightened for a toment I saw that the track was hu an-the bodies of men prone upon the rth. I called Fleischmann. "Look." I led. "The army is retreating. See the arks around them. What does it can?" ARGE." ioau the ylaisse to his eyes. "'Ah, : I- ' .-.r'an.-. "'It is dynamite. -glyrini-. s nme trileI. exploive. ire being blowni to pi'ic's. W\e can t ("s cp. Ihfore he e' nuld see more ky leeame black .y.ithi thi" aipprtoach tori 'and the rmin camne down i n et, 'shuitting out the pla in and the nild armv. e tok shelt-r under the lit tle shed. -resedc and silent. It was very lark. he wind blew fiercely. In spit" of the :in. h xaver. Fleischmann insisted in a king a tour of the lines to see that th.e - were on guard. Fa ithful Fleisch ann. Let m' pay tribute here to your 1wa'ring loyalty. I had dropped inito a doze. weary with o da's excitement, when t1-.ere came a nashand the little shed tumbled about ears. I heard a high-pitched humming the air above me, like the drone of a ''s wings, many times intensified. Some iormus buik hovered over me. I ached upward in involuntary defense. d my hands grasped what I knew in antly to be the basket of one of the it, fearing to let go. My feet dragged ovf the ground. and the next moment I swun off into space, but I kept my wits, ani throwing a leg over the edge of the ba, ket, clambered in. Though it was ir tensely dark I knew that I was rising. felt around the basket. It was unocci pied save by myself. In one corner small motor sparkled, going at high spee< I had been sufficiently associated wit aeronauts to know that this controlled tt steering fans, but that the ship woul float without its operation. And with shrewd suspicion that I might want tl power later I switched off the curren The humming stopped and I tioated as J a subterranean lake. I was very tired. My head was achir and I realized that I had not eaten for day and a night. Fumbling around found another switch. and. turning it. w: delighted by the illumination of the ii terior of the basket from several tiny i candescent lamps. In one corner stood wicker hamper. labeled "Provisio." opened it eagerly and found a supply crackers. ch-mse, sardines, canned me: and sweet chocolate. A rack on the sie held three tins of water. So. in reasoi able comfort. I sat there in the basket ar ate my lunch. The rain had ceased; ti wind fell; far above me appeared a pa mist, through which the moon broke j mellow light. The mysterious silence, t absence of apparent motion as I sail( thrnugh that moonlit sea, brought pea to my mind. I thought quietly of Aime, of Lowenberg. dead and gone; of brai Fleischmann left behind in the little for of all the happenings of that terrible figh It seemed far away, as though in the dea past a thousand years ago. And when I had thought until I w weary, I sent up to God a little prayer f( courage, knowing that my life was in in minent danger, and then lay me down 1 sleep. (To be continued.) AND THEY . NEVER KNEW, A Little Story of Real Life. The great financier burled his fac in his hands as a great flood of bittei ness crowded his soul. He had lockei the door of his private office and dE nied himself to every one all morning just as years before he had shut th world and Its people from his heart. When but a child he had beei branded as a "bad boy," and othe children were forbidden to play wit him. He had grown up asking him self why no one loved him. That h was bad he had learned as a parro would, but the real meaning was to vague to be und..rstood by his childis: mind. At school no one had understoo, him. Once, when he was disobedien1 a plan had been conceived to punis his favetite teacher. He was s grieved that he ran away for fear h might again cause -pain or punishmen to the one he loved. No one came an, asked why he did so- -he was expelle That to starve, to die, was bette than to live without sympathy, hai be-n his early conclusion, for trul; was he being eaten up with a gnawin hunger for sympathy and companion ship. Once, when he was a young busines man, successful, indeed, because b, gave his life-his whole energy-ti work, some one started a report tha he was dishonest in a deal. He cried out against the injustic of a world which would not see. H was tried, and the judge, who, n< doubt, meant to be honest, decide( against him, because circumstance were not in his favor. Not one came to say, "I know, I be lieve you are honest." No wonder like a haunted thing which would fi: to shelter from the eyes of the world he lived alone in his grief of beini misunderstood. Years after, when it was found tha be was honest, that he had been falsel; accused, no one came to rejoice witi him-and he cared but little, but rena ized anew how little the world care to be just ils eyes were kind and seemed t appeal to you to respond, but hi mouth was set and firm, and lines which once expressed sweetness, hai now deepened into furrows of care an< coldness. As he sat there dreaming his lif over, he wondered who was ever d( nied sympathy as he. A rap came on the door, and he ad mitted his bookkeeper, a woman. Sh< looked frightened, and there wer: traces of tears in her eyes. He asked her to be seated. Any ont in trouble was welcome, particulare this woman, whom he had more tha: admired. "I have come," she said, "to asi what you are going to do with me There is money missing from the safe There is no way to prove my inno eenee. for I believe I alone have the rombination, and I am too poor to re urn the money. Of course, you can not know or understand that I wouk not steal"-and the woman wept bit terly. "Why do you say I cannot under tand?"' he asked. "I do not know," she said. "I only elt you would not-no one ever does We are b)orn in one sp~here and forces o. live ill another, where it is all mis. rust anid bitterness." "I do know: I do understand," hi eplied. The woman looked at him through jer tears and saw two great eyes oj sindness. yet she dlaredl not believe. "You really do not think I took thi noney?" she asked. "And if I didn't would you care >ther than for the dliszraice-t "Yes, oh yes: I should want yor :o think me honest. because I know low you hate dishonesty." "Then I do believe in your innocence here are none who can so sympa :hise as those who have suffered, ant [only hope yotu may never suffer a; [have."' "Buht you, sir, arc rich."~ she said. "Yes, in mioney', but as for friends [have none."' 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The frock is belted in long waisted iner and leather is the best material for the belt. -ash or serge would serve as a resister of wear soil, and with a belt and shoulder buttons of red, frock would be quite fetching. For the medium 2 yards of 36-inch material are needed. 70-sizes, 2 to 6 years. LLISADE PATTERN CO., 17 Battery Place, New York City. or 10 cents enclosed please send pattern 4770 to the following address. E ................................... E .......................................... DRESS ...................................... rY and STATE.............................. ................................................ ; i This Handsomeocomplste Base3aI1 outfit consistIng ef Flaanel Shirt, PantaCollegayleCapandstrong Belt. These suit. are modeled after the regulation outfit used by all base ball leagues throughout the Country and is a dandy. 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This is the greatest value ever offered for the money. The picture doesnotshow one hal the ri's beauty. It passes for a xo. ring. These signet Pangs are aR the rage in New York and are considered just the ring for either lady of gentlem Do not miss tis r chane but send 2o cents at once as on and after 3ay 30sb the price of this ring will be$.o. Send at meranytimbefore May 30th nd receive this beautifu! lgn~et Rig for only 2o cents. Address,TBBC. STANDsBD .6 Mith Ave.. s. Y. city EAUTF LTN Disrmet.ti aeo riteU to for onstwo den ptiecs oad or a9 new Swell Art Jewelr Novelties to sell at tens D) ARTIcLES and everyoy will be vr ia best eople. Return our $2.40 and we will immedaely 4. W rite today. Address l0, 1 lashiigton StNre2 Boston, IasS, PREMIUMS FREE R FAST-SELUINS 0 CENTS EACH. REPEATING RIFLE, :hem in one day. ed; we trust you. and address, we Thislsnotacheap. articles by mail, single shot riie, but' tad return us ther a gentune will send you ther hoose. We take REPEATING RIFLE sold. Send your________ stal card will do. Shos23 ie .834,80oSton, Mass.- without -:eloading. polished w a lnuat ise Ball Suit. reoetongfsaaecu give you Free this II tine huntingrinle for" [~iI~selling 23 articles at 10 cents each. Cold Watch & Chain. ShirtA perfect Shirtbeauty Solid Pants, Gold Laid CapEgae andg cs.Aei Beltcnmoe and imnwr BB . r ranli e; e cor-I 'Rule apeaantdo s2 Book. Solid Gold Watch. Gnaranteed 25 ehrmtef~ ars. Given absolutely Free to Shr bae o . or girls or anyone selling 25 11 andsom earticles atl10cents. ba.s.eleves GE NU I NE IN DIA N W IG WA M. inserted: 2 inch FEvery You will have more buttoned cult, Blo fun with It than you reinforced col- shoud have any Idea. Use. It lar. double neck have on your lawn~ .' ad: band andishonl- one. 'enjoy the out -dooid diers finily tn- air, goncamp ishied, and allr seemis di o u bl e' stitched. is' g Pants s a me @I iit l miaterial. mnade /.. the ganes and in st r on ge st , sports the boys mnanner.last for '. so dearly love. years; 4 heavy Playing Indian helt s tra ps. '.. and Hunter is l a rge h ip always dear to p o cke t. s il1k a boy's hear', and the addit:onal elast:' garter at fun dcrved from the posession of knee, thy front. a real Wigwaiin can hrdly be cal ~ a t aclaed Is feet ingh. 5ft. di smit: 1':ttsbuirn Clored (~ip and Flag."Side Deco Nationld syl-, rated-Ge1.nuine Indian Design. Sgores. fully linen, Supporedl by a Tripod. No Centre an vizur- P4l.. V1 Clear space Inside. vystrong web- HERE IS A BAA aIN roa ~clle nd d~u mnost renmarkale ever offered In tents. Th~ese Wiewams are the S. latest novelties. Do not compare it Free for sell- them with ordiinary tents sold for 10 cuts. $4.00 and $5.00. GIven Free for Ict- selling 30 artiteles at 10 centS each. RGE, POWERFUL ACHROMATIC TELESCOPE. ade by one of thle largest manufacturers of Europe. sure clnsed It inehes. and open overl3. feet in 5 sections. ae Bound. Bra.. Sarety Cap on each end to exclude dust. ,with Pewertnl L.enses. Guarasteed by th maar. Every urner in the country or at seaside resorts should certainly re one of these Instruments. Objecs miles away are tght to view with astonishing cesres. Given Free elling25 articles at 20 cents each. iholutely free. Be cure and write at once. Now, dear reader, act down and write us a le peat-paid AT'ONCE. 0. Dept+ 834 BOST4N,_ M ASS.