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Show SHEIK SIIPER li 10 Mi'S IMF Lone Outpost Is Made More Efficient and at Ease by Tobacco Supply. An engineer of the American expeditionary expedi-tionary forces now in service on the French front took his sandbag, found a position in front of the trenches and, getting his rifle in a handy position, made ready to snipe a few inquisitive Boches who protruded their heads at intervals above the Hun trenches. His ears were filled with the huzz-i huzz-i buzz of the whirring air planes recon-noifering recon-noifering nbovp him. .Shafts of flame from a burstuig shell in the distance occasionally met his gaze. At times the ground beneath him trembled as by a quake when one of those Gargantuan laud battleships, a taiilc, crunched along in his vicinity. The ground upon which our hero lay was probably damp and cold as the result re-sult of recent rains and snowfall. You could hardly describe his position posi-tion as being one of ease and comfort. But there is one thing that could palliate pal-liate the unpleasantness of his circumstances. circum-stances. A smoke! If he had a smoke he could forget to a certain extent the disagreeable-ness disagreeable-ness of his surroundings. If he had a smoke his heart would beat with greater steadiness. If he had a smoke his nerves would cease trembling. If he had a smoke he could do his job more efficiently. If he had a smoke he would be at ease. And there are many other advantages advan-tages that would result in his case if he had a smoke. If we at home here felt the burden of our duty conscientiously, we should not be under the necessity of puttiug a hvpothetical case. We could say, "He had a smoke." Let's show a little real good fellowship fellow-ship for the Sammies and get those smokes over to them at the earliest pos-; sible convenience. We can do it with a little effort. Address vonr contributions direct to the Tobacco Fund, Tribune, Salt Lake City. |