[Bracketed words appear in small type] 1 Where once a Belgian Orchard Bloomed. 2 "Here's another Yankee letter for private Paul Bergot! Where is he?" 3 "- Two days ago I saw him in No-Man's Land!" 4 "Next time, Cootie, you'll keep your head down!" 5 Then the Armistice, Peace and fleets of liners laden with immigrants seeking a newer Rainbow in the Land of Promise. 6 Ellis Island, the Funnel of America. 7 "Well, where's the Company?" 8 "My company - I captured him in the war!" 9 "The Crown Prince gave me this hat!" 10 "Take that! - and that! - and that! - and - -" 11 "I lift the heaviest weights in the world, and when I shoot myself from a cannon to a trapeze it's a sensation!" 12 "I tell you I'm NOT Mary Brown, and I never wrote to any soldiers --" 13 "And if you don't stop following me I'll turn you over to a truant officer!" 14 "Pardon, Major, do you know a girl named Mary Brown?" 15 "Sure - she passes that corner every day!" 16 "Sink that roll, Lily, there's a 'dick' trailing me!" 17 "Out of jail a week, and at it again, huh?" 18 "You were looking for Mary Brown, were you not?" 19 "Well, I'm [Little Mary."] 20 "What's a nickel! I've got plenty of money." 21 "The Russell Apartments!" 22 "Hey, there! You can't leave your women lying around like this!" 23 ["Room three, upstairs."] 24 "You let me out of here or I'll holler!" 25 "Don't let this leak out!" 26 "Where will I find the studio of Madame Browne?" 27 "In two days we open my new act in Cloverdale and the loafer is late for the train!!" 28 Cloverdale had once been a peaceful little border town. 29 But over-night Cloverdale had changed - Certain interests found it ideally located for a defiance of the law. 30 The Town Hall was re-named "The Palace" - and the profits ran into thousands. 31 "The Palace" and its attractions were taking their toll from village homes. 32 "Come on, Sis, come on home." 33 "If my Dad was here - he'd fix you!" 34 Justice and decency had fled before the new law -- Money. 35 The only force left opposing "Mike" McDevitt, owner of "The Palace", was Parson Brown. 36 "- It's useless to fight me any longer. Money talks louder than you! -" 37 "- Every man has his price! - Now what's YOURS?" 38 "The House of God is founded on a ROCK. For the miseries you have caused, The Master will destroy you!" 39 "Listen, fool! Continue these demonstrations against me and I'll give you something real to pray for!" 40 The church people of the town, horrified by conditions, rallied at the call of their pastor. 41 "Bretheren, stand firm! The Good Book says 'Faith can move mountains! - -" 42 "- For the Lord said unto Joshua 'March around the walls of Jericho seven days, and on the Seventh day the walls shall fall' - -" 43 "- This is the Sixth day of marching around OUR Jericho. Believe ye and Behold! The Miracle shall be repeated!" 44 "Hymn 339 - 'Onward Christian Soldiers'." 45 "Here comes 'Holy Joe' playing Joshua again!" 46 Onward, Christian sol-diers, Marching as to war; 47 "I believe in this - and wish I'd led a cleaner life." 48 "Aw, shut up! - pretty soon you'll be washing your neck!" 49 "'Holy Joe's' out there again trying to sing the shingles off the roof!" 50 "If that Psalm-singing idiot bothers me much more, I'll have his daughter in here as the main attraction!" 51 A few hours later - - another meeting behind the church. 52 Mary Brown, the Parson's daughter, saw the world through the eyes of optimism - perhaps because she was blind. 53 "Miss Mary; tell us that story again about the Belgian soldier who won the war." 54 "Once there was a plain little girl who dared to love a brave, handsome soldier - -" 55 "- But when he wrote that he was coming to America, she stopped writing and hid -- for she had never told him she was -- blind." 56 "Yes, this has been a dirty trip! Last night I gave my boy a bath and - -" 57 "Say, what did you swallow? - A fish horn?" 58 "If you feel like you sound you need a plumber." 59 "What's the time, please?" 60 "One more germ out of you and the Smith Brothers lose a good customer!" 61 "My head's clear! - I'm beginning to smell!" 62 "Glad you're here, Big Boy; the whole town's crazy to see your Cannon Act!" 63 "Where do you get the water?" 64 "Behind the church." 65 "Ask Mary Brown." 66 "WHO?" 67 "MARY BROWN." 68 "Are you Miss Brown? - Miss Mary Brown?" 69 "The little Mary Brown who wrote such nice letters to a boy in Belgium?" 70 "- And now he's right here in town - -" 71 "I'm him." 72 "Aren't you surprised to see me?" 73 "-- And in that town there was only one Mary Brown - and she was a Chinaman!" 74 "- And another one said ['I'm little Mary'."] 75 "They're howling for you - do your stuff or there'll be a riot!" 76 "If you want to get out of town alive you'd better please that gang out there!" 77 "Where's the Strong Man? Show us the big Bum!" 78 "Do something -- the longer they wait the tougher they get!" 79 "I paid for a Strong Man - and I'm going to have one!" 80 "Mister Zandow - I can't do the Cannon trick!" 81 "Bring on the Cannon trick!" 82 "Come on! Get shot out of that cannon!" 83 "We must be quiet -- There's a funeral!" 84 "The Kid's right! Let's bow our heads and pray for poor old 'Holy Joe'!" 85 "- And if 'Holy Joe' must sing, get him a ukulele!" 86 "- And may we soon have the honor of enter- taining Mary Brown in our midst!" 87 "A--Men!" 88 "It's a riot! Lock the doors and protect the money!" 89 "Drive the money changers from us!" 90 Once again Cloverdale tucked the bed covers beneath its chin and slept in peace -- 91 -- protected by the majesty of the law. 92 "Run along home, honey, I don't need any help!" THE ENDHome