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 Rh The stone apartments of what were once warm stables, where sleeping-shelves can be put-up—and the rest rooms are all prepared to lodge fugitives for the night.

The workmen of the Municipal Alliance and the Northern-Help have quickly and skilfully adapted these buildings.

In front of this first post-station there are already a hundred fugitives.

We are met by a lady, the manager of the relief point.

—I'm quite a veteran—says she.

—I was a sister of mercy in the Russo-Turkish War.

She takes us over the place.

It is in perfect order, a model establishment.

There is excellent strong soup, with plenty of beef in it.

—We often read in the newspapers about the various horrors connected with