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Show EPT.UTAH nraV'-Ju ! PAGE TWO c f Tin nrf S X CHAPTER VI Continued 14 : "AH tight, men," be said, "and, Adolph, pa; attention and If yon have any suggestions, be sure to interrupt me. This place that we're In la a triangle, tri-angle, two sides of which are formed by gulches and the base by onr line on the woods. We're up In the nose of It The enemy bat appeared on oar left and that's the place that we most watch the closest The right Is nnder Are from the division on that side, although al-though It's a little way back. Onr rear is protected became the enemy can't cross the plateau In the face of our troops in the woods, who are only waiting for night to advance and get ns out of here, Meanwhile, I want each of you men to take charge of thirty men. Take the first thirty yon come to, let them know who yon are, talk to them, explain what's going on, tell them that there's nothing to be afraid of as long as they obey orders. Then inspect your thirty men. See now much water they have, if they have any food or not how much am-munition am-munition they have. Keep 'em under cover. I'll be walking up and down and keeping my eye on you all the time. I left the other machine gun there in the ditch with Lieutenant Connor and ten men. They can keep the road clear. The second gun I'm going to use as a reserve to run to any threatened point We won't bave any attack anyway, because the enemy . have no Intention of holding this sector, sec-tor, and they know very well If they take this bill they only lose it tonight when the army advances again. Any questions? If not posts. I'll be around In ten minutes to see what dispositions disposi-tions you bave made." There was a droning bum like a huge fly buzzing against a window-pane. window-pane. Everyone flattened himself against the bank, for there was not a man there but knew that that sound heralded the approach of a German plane. It swept over them suddenly, flying low, and It seemed to cast a Mack shadow that remained even after it bad passed. It swooped, circled, cir-cled, went westward, banked around, returned, and then making a circle over the sunken road, flew back the way It had come. "Never saw as!" mattered some one. , The general looked questloningly. at Adolph.'. . "The boche send him to see what gum her attack up," said Adolph. "Did he see us you think?" "Oh, yes. In two minute, dat barrage bar-rage she stop on de road an' we bear de mosheen gun. If de boche come t'rough, good. If she don't dey go back an' she starts Its artillery." "Well, lump out men." said the general. gen-eral. "Work fast Shell Are makes n lot of noise, but we've got good cover here. Posts!" The men went away at a trot, leaving leav-ing Jake, Eadle, the sergeant major "and Adolph with the jeneral. "Do you think It's likely we'll be rushed?" asked the general Adolph shrugged his shoulders "Dat depenV raid be. "Blraeby when It ets darker, we go out an' try to catch one two prisoners. If she's a bunch old fellars, dey shell us all sight. If she's young ones, Just back from Roosha, mebbe she comes In to see us." . The general looked around. "You telephone men, Jump down to the end of the road and get thaf wire working. Sergeant major, find out where the blinker Is, and see If we can get a place to use It without exposing our selves." Eadle. to lighten hi nisei t, tore off bis slicker and overcoat His pistol and Wit he rolled In bis overcoat and then tucked the bundle under a bush. Ells slicker he put on again. "Where were yoo wounded, sergeant ser-geant r asked the general, noting Eudle's stripe. "5 was 6hot in the leg, sir," replied Eadle. "Fully recovered?- , "Yes. sir. Come on, Jake, let's go." The two trotted down the path toward the place where they bad last seen the wire and the telephone. "1 was wonderln how long It would take yoo to snap out of It an say you was hit" grinned Jake. "It s Just as easy to say you was knocked over by s bullet as to say yon got a month or ro in hospital by mistake, They ain't goln' to make yoo peel down an' show your scar." , ... "That's Just what I decided." replied Endle. The telephone they found bung to s tree by Its carrying 6trap and guarded by a sad-eyed Infantryman Euillt- around the crank, , "Hello P replied a voice at the other end of the wtre with a suddenness that wag surprising. "Walt a minute." Eadle sent Jake running for the general, while the In fimrymuo who bad guarded the tele-ih..ne tele-ih..ne and the sergeant bad a ciga rwte to cheer them. The general was b lo a minute and picking up the rweiver. asked for a connection. flint's all, men." be said over his shoulder. The men retired, bat they Hull i!t taken few steps when Kmilf wttose cigarette bad developed a t'iifc iu the side, paused to tick It riit inrt thfu. light It again. The itin'i two (Mopped to wait for him and Hit) iht tieard the general begin bis tv:vrniitiin. jV-k. I twiw." said tut general Into the 'rlefiiione. "but I'd like to know i.;it mure 6olng to do about It Wntti I thr main question, water and fix d. Can you hear me? We haven't H By LEONARD NASON . Illustrations by Irwin Myers, D. S. G Coprrlfht by Oorft H. Doran Company. WNU Sarvlc got any water. I've got twenty-two wounded here. Dow about artillery fire? Can yon help me any? Mow, that's a feeble excuse I" The three men looked at each other and continued their way. The general bad dismissed them so that tbey would not hear and If It suddenly cut short bis conversation and found tnem listening lis-tening be might be vexed. "Wnadda we do now?" asked Jake. "Well dig ourselfs a bole," said the Infantryman. "When in doubt dig In. If the boles I've dug was to be put end to end they'd made a trench from here to Weebawken." Be took off bis pack and nnslung the spade carried car-ried there. "Now I'll find me a hombre that's got a pick an' well make out to get underground." De went down the dltcb. "It's bandy to know a fellar that's got a spade," observed Jake. "Want to dig yourself In?" grinned Eadle. "No," said Jake, "but some of us are liable to need buryin," "lou want to keep away from shovels," shov-els," remarked Eadle. "The next worst thing to being burled yourself Is a burying detail. We'd better find ourselves a rifle." For a while great activity reigned In the sunken road. The men were digging themselves fox boles In the side of the bank, the sergeants were Inspecting their new platoons and checking np on the amount of water, food and ammunition available. The reports from all were the same. The men bad been fighting since early morning of the day before and their water was about gone. What little there was bad been commandeered for the wounded. There was no food beyond be-yond one or two boxes of hardtack, and this among two hundred men was mockery. There was a fair amount of rifle ammunition, but very little machine ma-chine gun. The wounded had been laid aside where the overhang of the bank gave them a little shelter and some medical corps men took charge. Only about six of the twenty-two bad stretchers. . The general returned from the telephone tele-phone and, commanding Jake and Eadle to follow him, went up and down, exhorting. The men were cold, hungry, and frightfully tired Thirty-three Thirty-three hours of fighting Is a frightful strain on the system, mental and physical, phy-sical, and it Is doubtful If a man that has undergone it Is ever the same afterward. "Keep your rifles out of the mud,'' ordered the general, "and be sure to make yourselves good shelters. The boche won't attack us, but we're liable to get some shelling during the night Relief is coming at dark, but they may be some time getting across the field Everyone get bis hole dug and try to get some rest" There was a sudden sound, clear cut and distinct It was close at bond, excited, frantic. It took the listeners but s few seconds to decide what It was. It was the gun on the main road In action and It meant that the enemy ene-my was trying to come up that way. From the upper end of the cart path came a burly-burly of cries, then from the field to the west a hoarse shout "Doctor and again, "Hoebl Bochl Eadle seized a bush and swung himself him-self up the bank to where be could see through the hedge. An army In gray overcoats and coal scuttle helmets was coming across the field end coming fast They were not ten yards away and their first grenades barked as Eadle leaped Into the dltcb again. His feet landed on the cart path and to recovering bis balance bis band lighted on something bard. The Germans came through the hedge, then, bayo nets foremost Eadle dazedly endeavored endeav-ored to parry a vicious thrust with whatever hi bad picked up. It was a pick and the end of It clawed a German's Ger-man's rifle out of his grasp. Then be and the sergeant clinched. Eadle bad been at grips with many men on different occasions. But this was no wrestling match, nor was It a task like that of putting a violent soldier under restraint uor yet the rollicking fierceness of cafe cleanouts. This man wanted to kill him. In Just the second before their bodies met Kadie bad seen the other's eyes. Tbey were bard and blue, and hate and bloodlust blazed from them. All the nakedness of a man's soul gone back to primeval savagery looked out The German's teetb were white and Arm bare to the gums In a snarl of rage Then their bodies bad met. The German Ger-man was the stronger, that was plain at the first grip, yet Eadle managed to catch his beel behind the other's anl bring htm to one knee. The German was up Instantly, however, but both reeled in the slippery footing Eadle got one arm free and Jabbed for the other's Jaw, but the blow lacked force, for the men were too close. At the same moment the German, bis arm tlkewlse free, shot up bis band like a striking snake and seized Eadie's throat In a grip of steel. "Gab!" Thus the sergeant There was the thud of a blow and Eadie found himself on his back in the mod. on bis back, but free. Be scrambled to bis knees, but the German was roll tug about on the ground In the strangest strang-est kind ot contortions, Jerking back ward ail the time, as though be were a crab. Now why Eadie raised bis eyes and saw a doughboy tugging and hauling to free tbe bayonet that be bad plunged Into the German's back. Elsewhere the fight raged as before. The Americans and the enemy were too closely mingled to allow the use of even pistols. It was bayonet pick, shovel, trench knife, atits and teeth. The Germans still poured over the hedge, but their own numbers hampered ham-pered them. Tbe Americans, their backs against tbe bank, had only to hew at the gray mass with whatever weapon came to band. Eadle recovered recov-ered bis pick and swung with It Be chopped at rifles, at bayonets, at heads, feet hands, arms, backs, shoulders, shoul-ders, anything In gray. Be swung until bis bead swam. Ills breath came In gasps, there was a taste of blood In bis throat his mouth was dry as desert sand. Bis arms ached and there came a time when It was Impossible Im-possible for him to raise the pick from the ground. It fell finally from bis bands and be sank down against the bank exhausted. Be bad done what be could and now there was nothing to do but wait for death. Feet tramped op and down, mud splashed, men rolled oo the ground, twisted from one bank to the other, fell down, got up, and fell again. Eadie's breath finally returned, bis arms grew stronger, the dryness la bis It Was Bayonet Pick, Shovel, Trench Knife, Fists and Teeth. mouth disappeared. The fight still boiled and it behooved bim to take part In It again. Then It was that his eye discovered a dead doughboy beside him and this man held a rifle loosely in his bands. Eadle took It threw off the rate, saw that the magazine bad cartridges In it and then looked about for a target The Germans had ceased to come in over the hedge. At the lower end of tbe cart track stood two Americans with their hands In the air, but at the upper end stood four Germans Ger-mans In the same attitude. A German was walking calmly op the path from the tower end, a man whose bearing, well-fitting uniform, and thin gold shoulder straps proclaimed bim an officer. offi-cer. Be had a pistol In his band and motioned with It to Eadle to lay down the rifle. Bim Eadle ehot at point blank range. Another German turned at the slam of the rifle and fumbled at his belt for a grenade. Eadle shot him, too. Then a rushing, trampling mob poured down tbe path, and bounding against the blgb walls and falling Into the ditch, destroyed all opportunity op-portunity for rifle shooting It was over. The trampling mob had been a number of Tanks from the upper end of the road who bad cleared their sector and come to the aid of tbelr comrades In the lower end. The Americans were In possession of the sunken cart path. The general, pistol In hand, strode down the road counting the bodies of the slain There were two and three Germans to every American, but what ot that? The Americans bad lost two-thirds of their effective strength In killed and disabled. Jake appeared, walking side o side with the gloomy doughboy wtio bad guarded the telephone. Jake aw a wreck. Bis gas mask was gone en tlrely. the strap of bis helmet dan gled In two halves, sod bis blouse, ripped from collar to waist gaped wide, ebowing bis barrel of a cbesi thick with matted red hair. "There's the sergeant." cried the gloomy doughboy, "there be la. Are Tub hurted?" . "No." aid Eadle dully. "It was me that socked that bun." said the gloomy man. "1 woul.la spiked him sooner, ouly you two dom-the dom-the BIghland fling so lively I cooldut see oo chance. Then, all of a sudden sock I I thought my sticker was in him for tbe rest o' the war." "Boy." cried Jake, retting bis helmet hel-met and trying half-heartedly to tl the ends of the chin strap together. "1 ain't bad so lively a time since the night I sung the Battle o the Bojne in a caffy full o' the Twenty-slxtb di division. Sargint If you'd been born south o' the Line. I'd say yoo w itettin' rid of your dark blood." Eadie looked down In astonishment A long stream of black stained U front of his blouse clear down below the waist What tbe h-l-there was a long wound In bis gas mask and this wound wept black soot wun quiv. and apprehensive gesture Eadle seized the major's field glasses that he carried car-ried in back of his mask. The leather from the right hand side bad been shorn away as by a knife. Bis gas mask rattled and a tiny flow of charcoal char-coal sifted out "Soldier," said Eadle, "you rammed that bayonet clear through that Jerry and into me. If It hadn't been for thaf pair of field glasses you'd have spiked me, too. Look at my gas mask. What the h 1 good will It be now?" "Teh, I rammed that sticker Into him, that's the truth." agreed the gloomy man. "I was near an hour get-tin' get-tin' It out again." "Yuh wanta be kinda careful with that d n thing," said Jake hotly. "This ain't no second lootenant he's a sarglnt Tou don't wanta go klllln' no sargintsl" "TJhhuhl" agreed the gloomy man "Well, that was a nice little fight" Eadie noticed that the doughboy bad a brace of German helmets In his right hand and that Jake had about his waist a leather belt with a brass buckle that bore a crown and the device, "Gott Mit Cns." Into this belt was thrust a Mauser pistol and a saw-toothed saw-toothed bayonet with a red and white tassel attached. "I'll say," muttered Eadle. "There was a time when 1 thought the party was over and we were licked and all of a sudden It was the boche that were licked." "Yep," said Jake, "we seen that too. I ain't above explalnin' that when 1 seen the Jerries Jumpln' over the hedge. I took my foot in my hand. Enough is enough, en' like I explained, I don't want to get killed before I fix np that little insurance matter. But I rua the wrong way. I run up to the end of the road where the machine gun was. Well, you'd never believe It. but the Jughead gunners bad It off the tripod and were tappin' beads with It Well, 1 ain't kiddin'. we done a Virginia reel there for a while. Then the general comes wadin' up through the crowd to know where the h I the machine gun Is. Be sets it up himselt Sargint I wish you could have seen the loop-the-loop that gunner gun-ner turned and It wasn't no kraut that bit bim either. Well, the gun gets goin' an' that stops 'em from Jumpin' over the hedge, an' we got to workin' on those that was already over." "An" It wasn't long before their name was Excrement neither," added the gloomy man. "Teh, but the h 1 of it ls,7 said Jake, "that they shot off all their machine ma-chine gun ammunition. They ain't got one cartridge left." The Americans bad beaten off the attack. Score one for the ragged doughboys, hungry and cold. They had beaten off a savage attack ot three times their number. Tet another one like it would finish them. Their rifle ammunition bad not been depleted but their machine gun ammunition was gone, they bad sixty wounded in place of twenty-two. and thirty dead, among whom was the sergeant major. There were also eight men missing men who had been sent out Into the field as scouts. Why had they not given warning of tbe attack? Who could say? They were all dead now, all eight ot them, and if one looked cautiously through the hedge he could count their bodies among the grav ones that dotted the field. In the sunken cart path there was great activity. Men bound up each other's wounds, there was a continu ous rasp of first aid packets betas ripped open, others searched the belts of the fallen for ammunition, still others dragged their own dead to a place apart and threw the German Highest Authority for One reads for thought and (or quotation quo-tation not less; If be find bis thought more finely conceived and aptly ex pressed by another, let him quote without with-out hesitation or apology. He has the highest authority for the practice. How rich Is I'lutarcb's page, Montaigne's, Mon-taigne's, Bacon's! And what they borrow bor-row Is of a piece with their own text, giving It added strength and grace. I know the fashion of our time affects disdain of borrowing. But who Is rich enough to refuse, or plead honorably honor-ably for his excluslveness? Somehow the printer happens to forget bis quotation marks, and the credit of originality goes to the writer cone the less. The plea Is that quoting often implies im-plies sterility and bad taste. Then Shakespeare and bis contemporaries were wanting in wit and fine rhetoric. Hear how Montaigne Justifies his practice: "Let nobody Insist upon the matter 1, write, but my method In writing. Decline of the Apron The apron is worn today by the woman who is not ashamed to work but In earlier centuries it was an article ar-ticle of clothing assumed by aristoc- racy and even royalty. The word has undergone a. curious decapitation; it was originally "a nanron." but th "n" became affixed to the wrong letter. me opposite process occurred In "an ekename." which was eventually transformed trans-formed lata "a nickname." bodies Into the dltcb. Tbe more prae-ileal prae-ileal lined the hedge with their dead enemies, to keep out stray bullets. Out of this welter of activity appeared the general again. "Come on, yon." he said to Eadle and tbe other two, "I'm going to telephone tele-phone some more. If the wire la out you'll have to go repair It" Be expressed no surprise that they were still alive, but stalked down the muddy road, past the four German prisoners, muttering something about "broad daylight" and "who the b I would bave expected It?" "Who was fool enough to take them tour boche?" asked Jake, ' - "Some simple-minded guy," replied Eadle. "It's lucky they weren't near me. I bad a pick and their beads look a h-1 of a lot like rocks." These four prisoners were guarded by a baggard, bearded man who looked as L be were trying to make np his mind to shoot them, but hadn't quite tbe courage. Tbe telephone worked. Five minutes min-utes for the connection and the general gen-eral began to speak. "Bello, 1 asked for Sheridan, who'i this? Oh. Good afternoon. lea, 6ir." There was a long pause while the general listened and Eadie could see his Jaw musciee tightening. The general suddenly hooked the receiving apparatus on the side of the Instrument Instru-ment and, taking the box by the strap, be swung it once or twice and then by a mighty heave, burled it out of sight over the hedge. The general's face had become very old, the lines from nose to mouth looked as If they bad been cut there with an ax. Bis cheeks bad fallen In like the skin of a squeezed orange. "There's an old army Joke," said be to no one In particular, "about the first message that comes In after communication com-munication bas been broken off for a long time. Tbey always asr yon, the men at the safe end of the wire, why you haven't rendered your ration return re-turn for the month of August ten years ago, or something similar. It's the ghastly truth. This ass has Just told me that If I have no better sense than to give away my position to the enemy by a lot of Indiscriminate firing, fir-ing, be washes his bands of me. Well, now when I get out he B'ues to Blois. I'm here from G. B. Q. and I can bave any man's bead in the A E. F. That isn't a threat that's a promise. I was a plebe at West Point when he graduated, but he never did have any sense. Be couddn't pour water out of a boot with directions printed on the heel." The general reeled a little bit and wiped the blood that trickled down from a stab wound In bis arm. He looked at the three silent soldiers with a glassy eye. "1 wonder how my machine ma-chine gun In the road is," be muttered. Then summoning bis breath, be put nis bands to his mouth and shouted. "Connor 1" Silence. Adolph came slipping along through the mud and the genera) turned at the sound of his footsteps. "How can I see bow things are with my gun out there without getting killed?" ne asked. "First," said Adolph, "we go down to dat road an' holler like n L, If she's no answer" "No," Interrupted the general, "she or he or they didn't answer. What then?" ."Give me your helmet," said Adolph, when they had come to the place where the cart path went Into the main road. Before the other could protest he had snatched the gloomy man's helmet from bis head. "Hey l" cried the gloomy man. out Adolph had already crouched and spun me neimet out upon the main road. "What's that for?" asked the gen eral. "We watch her two ten fifteen min utes, mebbe," said Adolph, "mebbe soma more. 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