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Show I THE MIDVALE JOURNAL ~~-,1~ their owner emerged, a tn!l man wear log the Insignia of o I'Rpt~ln of llclrl artillery. He shook hands vfolentl> with Sergeunt Eadie. "SpPnk of the devil," continued the cnptnln, "and he always oppenr~. Yesslr und be d-n I I'm glnd to ~ee you. llnl'e ynu got n CHEV RONS "YPS, sir." ~nid Eadie, a little tlfied. "Got any bullets for It?" Copyrlabt br O.Orco R. Doran Companr. STORY FROM THE START Sergeant Eadie and Private Darcy, lately discharged from a hospital. , behind the front, In France, become bored and dl•· gusted with life In replacement camp. They elude the guard• and go over the hill to find and rejoin their old outfit, the Scv· enty-nlnth Held artillery. At Vaucouleurs they are told their outftt has moved up beyond Tout Weak, tired and hungry, the two men seek food. Upon the promise of a "teal" feed, they split a pile of wood for an o!licer'o cook. When the latter orrers them bread arid salmon, they thrash blm. CHAPTER 1-Continued -2..,.. In the street on the othet sltle of wall, Eadie nnd Darry rnn henvlly Th!'y turned down a street led betwe!'n garden walls. a bnrl; unpavl'd. • The~ stopped nnrl lle·oea, holding their gasping breaths. was a distant clamor, 11 fnr-ot!' IOlllrllnll. In the Intervals of whlrh the could distinguish the words. "''hiAv•..,l Hey, crooks I M. P.'s up!'. "l.et's get oulla town," said Unrcy. feel O!'r'I'OUS here. We WOOl to g•> 'l'oul, don't we? Well, let's flnrl thf> Mnn, I feel beller nner pnssln· bird a bealin'. The Idea o· him out goldfish to " coup! a wound guys back from hospltnll I cnn dn heor o• wolkln' to snve my~elf n or so on the rorkpllt..." continued flown the street to end. and Into the hlghrond thnr there. Th~>re were some sol Idling 111 the for end of thr• there W3S a re~lnuront with soldiers ~ittlng hPfore 11. hur of them showed nny tntf're~t In strangers. Rurlie went bolrlly to one of the hrhles. tch Is the road to Tout, fellars?' asked. b ?" snld lire men, "I he road to Down the other slrle o'. tire II gops OUI by the ~~ I'. hat· tar Is 11 '!'' nsked F:nrlle. "Twenty·H'fe kilometers." They coulrl Earlie's heart 8nnk. make It b!'fore night, Twenty· kilometers tlll'<llll nhotll fifteen more thnn n day's mnrch for nod his Jrerl comprtnlon. IJe nnrl The~ went slowl.v nway. do.m r 8eernlngly enflles~ Mre!'t, and came out on the ot a meadow, oo the fur side nl wos a long row of trees, stretch away out of sight to the northeast bel thnt's the rood," snirl Earll••. looks like a mnin rood onrl il go!'" the right dlrecllnn." crosserl the !JOt field, mopping hrows. 1111d ot lnst nrrlved ut thf> of the roud, sol nnd looker! sad at th!'fr new shoes. Th!'l'e ~hn!'~ not yet broken In onrl hem•e their .feet sore. re g~>tting clo~er all the tlrne," Eadie. "1\'!''re bounrt to tinil th~ some day." some dny," agreed Uarc~ we W!'re three or rnur hun miles from the ou!Mt II ditln't hnlf as for ofT as It rlrJCS now we ain't but len or twel'fe. comes a motorcycle guy.~ He to o <'loud of rlust approach from thE' direction of the town. In of which could b~ sPen the thlr• of a motorcycle with Its rirler. The motor<'yl'le approaeherl. slnwert and ns Onr<'y stood up to hall rider, the machine stopped. The was 11 large, husky solr11Pr, 11 capohle looking gun swung from hlp, and his arm bore the hlu~ rBIBBt'd with two white letters. lnr;::r gl11rlng-M. P. ''Oh, misery I" mutterl'd Eadie. The !log of this policeman bodetl tile rattd~•I'PI"" no good. It would mean " to be shown the authority for wnnilerlng at large, and lll;e Slmoo. Indeed they had not The military pollcemnn ap "Are you the two guys that bent Of.J cook?" asked he. "What cook?" couoter_!!d Eadie. The At. P. grinned. "I ain't askln ly." snlrl he, "bot just as one to nnlllher. That bird lin> been •lf,orftn' for a rubbln' dow·1 f(Jr some Come cleon, now, ain't you two ones tho! slipped It to hi~? You the descri ptlou, two t<>ugh salvage uniforms, phony wounrt toughest <>ne a sergeant." I," rold Rotlle, "we hud a few with a guy bark there-! don't about his befog a cook." a cook, all right," sold the M "lle cooks tor tile big tw.,.star that hang around corps head llar·ters. Tell me, Is It true yuh hfm dowo and kicked tbP out of him?" ,..somethln' like thnt," snld Darcy got us to chop up a curd o' wood ~eld he'd give us a feed for It an be Issued out a can o' g-olrlfish." him," said the M P. "He to cook for our detnll. Well, he promoted to b" cook for the t·orp8 on' we got all set to lire off the o' the land. Whr, we give him a the night he left thnt set u• a month'e poy aplet-e. So then a week later, wh!'n he'd never near us, a couple ot us went up blm a call. He was sltrlu' In llhl'd plrklu' away at what wa~ of 1 roast suckln' pig. Well, lo words, he didn't offer us none ao for It, 11n' maybe said rome words. What does he do hot us In for botherln' him no' hnng· round hls kitchen I An' ou the sbi'Ct Is lodorsl'd by bid Tur· himself, 'Severe sentence.· still puylo' the blind. By G-d I' the M. P., "Iemme ~·hoke bonds you guys! Ht sold you broke hone in bls body almost." sbooli bands violently with Dart'} ·~No, by IRWIN MYEI\!l, D. S. C. WNU • und End1e. "Now then," suld be, "you wanta gel awoy from lrere. Llsleo. now, there's a rotlon truck golo' up to Totti In nllout ten minutes. 1 saw It loadlo' when I come out. I'll curve bnck to town on· tell ·em"Jo he on the lookout for ~·uh. ,Jump In nn· stny oullo E·lght. No one'll l<>ok for yuh In Toul." lie mounted his motorcycle, swun11 It nhoul, nntl wns gone. A few mlu· utes Inter a trm·k come to a groaning ttnll us the two wanderers wn•·ed their arms nt it. "You two the guys that bent up the cook?" called the drl'l'er. "'l'hnt's us.'' answered P.ndle. "Well, get In the hock," directed th~ driver, "no holler when you're lu." The two hoosted each other lo over Jlie tailgate, yelled to the drll'er, anrl ~way they went, "Well, con you· tie thnt?" o;·kecl Oarcy. "F::reryone In this county I~ our friend because we bent up the cook. lie must have been mean as ringwood ond twice os nasty." ~Boy," solrl F::n<lle, "wh!'o that ~1. P. shunk hnnrls with rue I was more sur· prifed than If Kal~er nil! himself hnd rlune lt. Why, think of the rlrng h(> would have had with the general I! he'd arrl'steil Jhe men thnt hucl tmn~:ed I he general's <'ool;! I know oue mess thai will eat noor for a few weeks." "Hey!" hellmv!'d o •·oke from the front of the trurk, "you bircl' hun;;ry?" "Tiul('s our nrldflle nume," nnsw!'r ed Earlie. "We're always hungry.~ "There's a cnse o' Jnm oren and "ome brencl In o b3g there,'' yelled back the mnn. "Dig in.'' The two opened the jnrn, helped them;·elves to ti loaf of llrend und atP heot·tity, The trul'k rattled on. the rain drov~ ngnfnst !lie cul'er, thl'y haliecl wlrll~ tire dril·er t1~ld comersution with unseen nwn. anrl they prol'PPtled ngnfn Tralfic hernme thicker 3nrl l':adle could te!l when they were nl a crossroads lly the free comment of I he rlril'er nnrl his nsslstnnt und the faint, yet flitter rep! ies of umt>en soldiers. "We're gettin' n!'nr the front," suid Darcy, p!'ering nut the hack. "Titese trucks nre nil runnin' wiJhoul llgllls." Llurdly hart he snid this when tbe truck lurched l'lolentl,v several times unrl then earn!' to n lmlt. lie "Vitclred !" decided !'tulle. wnited f,r the dri,·er to hurst into pro faulty, hut he heard them clirulrlng down from their perch in sllent·e. ''\\'hot's tire runtter?" he a~ked, 88 two dripping tt;;mes appeared at tile tuilgnte. "Xul hin'," said one or them. "l'hl~ is ns far us we go. '!'Iris is 'l'nul." "Do you suppose we could slePp In the truck tonight?" a>·ked E<ttile. "Sure." salrl. the driver·, "there·~ ro11111 In here for 11 nrilJion." lie ond his cornpm.torr lind lleddlng rolls like oltlcrrs, which tlrcy unrolletl on top of the loarl. lo:utlie UIHI Durcy. howe,·er, hod untiring hut tt.eir blan l;en; untl o1·erro:rts. Tirey put the~e down und, u>ing tlll•lr gus lllasks for pllluwE·, wi;:t;ied nruund like snakes to lind a plut·e where they could lie and escape I lie shu riJ corners of llrP rution cases. CHAPTER II Field Ordera 36. Very !:cret In the nrorulng ruin still ftcll, llucket· ihg duwn slantwise llefore u enid winrl The two wande•·e•·s Junked sadly out of the trutk. Tirey were in Jl1e yurd of n great cuserne, u ha1-rael; square ~'\lrrouurled by high t;ulldurgs, emprJ uow and cheerless. A long line of trucks like their own wa~ waiting to unloud. "\\'here do you go from bere?· F:udie usked the drl\·er. "\\'e unload un' go lruck to Vnucou leurs. Who! pi nee do you wnnt ?" "I don't know," suld Eadie, "hut 1 thought I'd go in ond osk the billeting officer where the Seventy-ninth ~·teld Artillery Is. g,·er !rear of ·em?'' "No," snlu the drl\'er, "I never did But there's ten million octflis or·uunrl llere. Bluck Jack hlm~elf ne,·er heard ot bnlf or 'em." "Come on," called Earlie. ·•Len dust out of here." They went across the yard on<' our the main gate of th1: cns~>t·ne. Their hair was long, their hunds and face~ begrlmmed with coni dust from riding in trains, and road du~t from pnun!l log the hlghwnys. Their uniform~ happily, were co,·ered by their slick ers, whfcll, put on o\·er their paek~. gave them a decidedly hump·burkerf appearance. Tbe two went down the hill, knuw lug that this must lead to the r~nter of the town. They crossed a brlrlgP above the railroad ond so came to thP old-fashioned city gate. "Look ot the At. P.," sahl Dorey In a whisper, Indicating u man In a slicker who twirled ~ club under JhP porch of a sort of guardhouse. ":s'ever mind him," replied Eadie under his b~l'ath. "Keep right on gn lng, just as though he dld'l't menu anything to you." ''lley?'' yelled the M. P. The two stopped. "Hey, where you guys go in' t" "We "Down town," sntrl Enllie. wunt to tlnd the billeting office!'." "Got a puss?" "No," answered F:Hdle. The 11.1. P. waved his club lo a gesture thnt said, "Outside, bum I" as plainly as If be had spnkeo lt. Tbe two turned wltiJOut comment and retraced their steps. On the rallronrl bridge they halted by common consent and leaned against the rolling. "Don't It beat alii" sold Darcy. "You on' me a coupla wounded guys tryfn' to get bock to the front. You'd think e,·ery one would gffe ~ n hand nut us 1 'How's chances oo a fi<•P for the night?' 'Gft t'b-1 outta here I' 'Hey, guy, where's the Thir·· Dil·lslou bnod (llll 2' 'Sbow me .your {lass no' 1 Servleo 1'11 tell yuh.' 'Ain't goJ no pass. 'Git t'h-1 outtn here!'" "!low's asked C<·Urnge?" yonr F:nclie. "Game for a hike In the rnln?" "Sure, It's better thnn slttiu' here llitin' our thumbs un' wonrlerln' wher. we ent." "\\'ell, let's go again. Somewhere lletween here unci Germany we ought 10 find nn outfit that'll gl\·e IIVo good soldiers a job unlfl they Ond their own." AI surrset of the snme day the rnln hod ceased, but the sky was still low· ering. the wind rustled the wet i('oves, unci a chill cold damp wus oo oil the countryside. llnrcy nod ~:ndte tramped through the mud. They hod thot day progressed twenty-two t.llometers, rid lng In tru<-ks. on empty cnlssnns, bareb:tck on horses thut oenrly clofe them In two, In French country curts, nod lastly <>D a tank. They bad come to n thickly wooded section, toto the depths of "hose forests went narrow roods, new, ond ben ring the marks of much tro ftlc. "\\'e're gettln' closer to the frooJ all the time," said Dorey. "Kitchen~ no' everything will be bid In tbe my~ /-:m~~--.... ~ ··''\, \,/;, .. _:.•.'_, ';\/ 4'"'" \ (r'l;-'{!1 On the Wood, In Straggling Black Letters, Were the ' words, "79th F. A. Post of C~mmand." woods. I think we ought to duck rluwn one o' these ronds-whnt the h-1 Is hitin' you now?" The sergeant hnd darted to one sltle of the road nnd wns looldng into t~e air with Intense earnestness. "\\'hat'~ the mMtter?'' asked Da~cy ng:oin. "('orne here," snfd Eadie, "nnd see If you see what I do." narcy complied nnd found the ser· ~"nnl lnoklng nt a .JIIece or new '••lOll, hnlf t11e top of a box In whkh canned gnorl~ hncl been pnrk!'rl On Jhe wood. In st rnggling hlnrk letters WPre thl' wur·rls. "Se\'elll.\'·rtinfh F. A l'osl ot llnrlernPnlh, an arrow ('otnmand." J)(>intPrl clown one of tire narrow ronds. "It nln't real," snlrl Darcy. "~ure, It's renl," sntd the ~ergeanl ·•we hn•·en't hnd a drink for weeks. Our outlit'~ rlown this rood, !larc:v "'""' d'you thin~ of lhnl tor lurk?" "I don't lll'lie\'e it." snld Dnn·y Nnnly. "1\'ell, we'll go see." 1'l1e two ot them splashed their woy rluwn th" rmrrl. Beyond the first turn a con fllserl murmur become audible aM aftPr nnother minute's walking, they could SI'C a &ort of park under the treE-g. wagons half covered with tnr· pnulins, a plcl<et line, the horsE'~ tethered therenn kirklr.g 01111 SrJUeUI iog. I!J;tdle ancl Darcy turned In the dlrecllrm ot the picket line und dis· coYered thol the unrlerbrusb was thick wltb sheller Ients. ··well, If It ain't 8ployd I" cried Dar cy suddenly, "Well, If It ain't llarcy nn Serg~ant Eadie!" cried the 11111n udrlressed U< Sployd. "When did yuh gel huck~ By G-d. If you ain't nwre welcome thnn a month's poy !" "find supper yet?'' asked tile ser gE'nnl, wringing the other's hand. "Sure, long ago," snld Sployd. "I'm a hu~y man. I'll see you fellarl! In a second. There's the old gun crew, r>nrcy, whcelin· that gun outtu line there. Most of the old gung Is left. I'll see yu:, in a minute." "Where's the Old Mun ?" asked the sergeant. "We'\'e got to report to him nnJ then we'll se~ about chow." "lli& tent's over there unrler that big tree," said Sployd, pointing. "Well, I gotta hurry away." lie shook honds 11gnln and hastil,v took his depnrtnre. "lo:1·ery one's in a rush," sni~ Endle. "'I' hey ru•u;t be going to hn re u n In· You go over nnd parley spectiou. with the gun crew, Pare.v. nnd I'll go tell the Old Man his two prodigals hove \'orue hrlllle. It's not much Iuter tbnn tire o'clock. They're rather early with rhow." ''Tell· the Old Alun we haven't hall anythlr.; since breakfast," sold Onrcy "I'll see If I ran'l hit these hombre~ up for some chow." "Good, I'll be back lo a minute." The sergeant gave a feeble brusb or t.vt at the mud on hiP slicker, hooked It together a little more neat· ly, oud started In the direction ot the big tree. He paused at a shelter tent from whlcb protruded a J;~Jlr ot feet The sergeant In officer's boots. coughed sllghtl1 and a tocr> p· •red OOL • "Cy G-d I cried the owner of the tare, "it's Sergeant lo:ndie bock again. ll~ll. well. You always come back at the opportune moment. f'll bet the police ore at your heels this time, too:· The boots scraped on the ground and from schcot I finally had to q ell t school, I wa9 so weak, I s11~ered for about two years ''~ fore I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.,_ Compound, then I picked up one of your bool\s and read it. I bcg:m taking the medicine. Now I am a housekeeper w f t h and I have tal{en it before each one was born. I cannot tell you all the good I have recei\·ed from it. When I am not as well a~ can be I take It. I have been doing this for over thirteen years and it &'!ways helps me. I read all of your little books I can get and I tell everyone I know what the Vegetable Compound does tor me."-MR.S. FRANK SELLEliS, 510 7th Avenue, VInton, Iowa. Many girls in the fourth generation are learning through their own personal experiences the beuetlcial effects or Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mothers who took lt when they were young are glad to recommend It to their daughters. . For over hair a century, women. have praised this reliable medicine. FOR IDENTIFICATION "Why tlre lint with tire lltll feather. t.corgette?" abkPd tile girl ('hum, Tricotine. "Th:ll fc111her mus1 be ot least two feet high." "Our c!uss of 07 glr·l£ Is going to hun~ a g1·oup plwtooruph tukcn." "I still rlou't unrlct'8tl11Hl that trick feather." "\\'ell, it J chip in, 1 wunt to Lie alii~ to prck m~·selt out." Tame Game "ll!'en on a hunting trip, eh! Did you bog nnythln?" "Oh, I got &orne ducl;s." "Huh! I'll bel you didn't shoot ·em; bought 'em, most likely." "I did both. Unfurtunotcly, Just as I was putting them In my bag, the farmer who ownPtl them come nlong." MUST BE HIS WIFE The news atnnds h;mdling out-oftown papers, which are scattered throughout the midtown section of Mouhattnn, are frequently watched by detectives in s~>nrch of men wanted hy the authorities In other cities. Sooner or Inter the fugitll'e from the hinterland, who thinks that he Is successfully hidden nmong the millions of Manhattan, visits one of the stnods for papers from the town where he Is wanted. Crooks, snys n dt'IE'Ctll'e who ~pend~ a lot of time iu mingling with the Hroadwny throngs, are vnln nod eng'l'r to rend about tlrem~Pives and lhe crime which they may lra,·e commlttE'd. A~nin, Ire says, they grow homesick and ~eel' to comfort themsell'es b~· reading their horne-town t>a· pers. necentl)' a \\'est('rn bnnk defaulter who had cO\'Pred his trntks In :'\ew York for nlmost n sear, but who tinnily yleltled to a tlf'sil·e for home· town news, wns tapped on the shoul· der one eq•nlng In front of tl1e out-oftown newspaper stand.-l'hllndelphia !.euger. Benefactor Kept Waiting A gift of £ii,()(Ml hos been made to the Londnn Temperance hoRpitnl by a mnn who wishes to remain anonymous. "It was totally un~xpected, and a grent surpr·lse to me," said the secretary. "The donor wos kPpl wafting to see me, as I wns attending to one or two other people at the tlme, and [ did not know what his business was. At last he sent In u m!'ssenger saying he was in 11 hurry, nnd whrn he come Into my room he rlepo~lted bearer hoods on my desk to the l'nlue of ------··------1 ·1' Th~!~~ r£~~~~~ei~u~e1J . and the more !nllamed your throat ana lungs become. Gl ve them a chance tg , heal. £5.000. "His nnm!', when he melil!foned It, con\·eyed nothing to me, nnlt he re· murlted: 'You don't know me, ~nd you don't want" to.' "-London :\loll. I iBoschee's Syrup hi\S been giving relief for sixty-one , years. Try it. 3Qc and 90c bottles. Buy · It at your drug tlare. G. G. Green, Inc., Woodbury, N. J. 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Now Synthetic Wood Try Hanford's BalSam of Myrrh AD ...len oro aotltorlzo.l to ref..d JOIIC _,lor tl.e lirothttle ilaol ..~eL CONSTIPATION hupas,;ion!'d plt•n for my h:tnd.'' "I uon': hei!E'Ye It," the other wr>m· no rPplled. "Be1ie1·e It or not, n~ yon pll'a~E'. He hall fallen into R mnuhole." REUEVED • •• QUICKLY -·=:...J LIKE CALISTHENICS ., Carter'• Little Liver Pilll ...... Ve&ollble W.ti.. anove the bowelo free fro• pai.o and unpleuant IJfter efiectt.. They reUeve lhe •v•tem of constipa• tlon polaono w!W:h cauoe that dutlarul achln1 fee lin.. Remember they are doctor' a l)reICr~tion and can be taken bv rhe entire famlly. AU Drusai•to ZSc and 7Sc Red Packaaeo, * BoTrow Heads CARTER'S·:mHPDJS Owing to the strict opposition by"' the Dutch to the custom of head huntIng, the llcrneo tribf'~Juen. who once deemed fresh human ~rl'at!R nece;;sary for nwnv trib~l rites, now horrnw the heads, wirl'n lacking, from their neigh·bor·s.-l'hilndclphin Inquirer. W, N. U., Salt Lake City, No. 2--1928. Sure of That Algy-lf >·mr are a thnught rrnrler, why do rou rend my hand instead cof my mind? Madame-It's so much easier: I ran see at once that you hn,·e a hnud.Tii-Bits. "It nil \\Omen were made to t11tk the sign lnngua 0e we wouldn't hear so much of their wa;:ging tongues." "Thnt would nerer dol They'd all bn\'e broken urms." Not So Funny Undue Curio1ity thnt hen rd Pierette-Bn rc you Grace's uncle cut her off with a dollar? I'ierrot-A bobbP.d lrelress. lreh? "Doctor, would you-nil mind holrl· log the autopsy now so's whPn Ah dles Ah knows '1\'hnt killed me?''-The Outlook. Xoble thoughts are jewels that you should wenr in the crown of your head. .., .. Building proclurts, IU.e certain patented creal foods, arc now "shot from guns." A wood flher syntl•etlc lumller Is mnnufartured from saw1111fl wn,te by nn explosil'e process which shreds the chip." 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Write Dr. Pierce's Clinic, Buffalo, N. Y., it you desire free advice, Ends pain at once! funny~'' ___ • D~me Fortune A Hcl<le jade, Dame ~·ortune; for We ne\'er know by half If she is smlllug on us or Is gl\·lng "" the laugh. Fickle There'• a Way She (to young mnn raller)-1 wonder It you noticed in the pnpl'l· that some people were poi,oned through eating chocolates? :-rr. Clo;;e-Yes, I did-why? She-Oh, nothing. I was just think· lng how yery s~fe we are. Standardization Ste>re Detecti\'e-!'m SU~flicious of that womnn. st.e s!'ems furtive. E'loorwalker-\\'ell, keep your eye on the furs, then. Prepared Huslrand-1 see tirE' wompn nrl' goIn~ to wear mNlie\'HI costumes at !he dance next week. Whnt are >·ou ~olng to wear, my dear? \\'lfe (sl~nfftenntly) -3Iy medieval hnt.-Tlt·Blt< A Golden Opportunity Court Oltic~r-Do )'OU swear to tell the trutlr, tile whole truthFair \\'itue,s-It will he perfectly toyel>·· if >·ou r~ally hnYe time to Hst~n. No Po•t MoTtern• Lady of the Ilousc-1'11 give you something to ent If y()n'll chop that wood. f'llvver Gyp~y-l'nrd·m, lady, but I'm a tree doctor, nod It's ngnln~t the rules of me profession to hold autopsies. ITO HE CONT!NUII:D.) Open Sesame If we observe, soon we are nble to perccfYe; If we perceive, soc,n we are nhle to understand, ond It we understand, soon we ore able to sympathize, nod If we truly sympathize, all the doors of nature nnd hum3o nature stnnu open to us.-Womnn's !lome Companion, Iowa.-"Wben I was sovca· bad to sta)" <~ 'V, · "1,,. 1... ~~~~ gunners.'' "Goo<l," sulu Eudie, "I'll g<> wltb you. I've got to ger some pistol bullets. too." In the center of n pile ot freslrly opened hnx!'s sat o dlstracte<l lookln~ man. About him were clustered sev· ern! others pr·otestlng. The distracted man's fncl 1vns wrinkled, hi~ curl~ hair was fading away from the top of his heud, un•l he wns older I.Jy ten yenrs than the oldest soldier nlrout him. l:iis nnnre was Cnkey Mullins nnrl he fulfilled the duties of mpply ser· ~:eant to the hatter.v. though he had heen redur•(>r) to the grnde of pril'ote sen>rnl months ago. Tire other men greetecl l•:adie and Col;ey ga"e \'Pol to a honrse laugh. "Here's Eadie back ng:rln. llnw·~ Eadie? [)irl they kirk you out of that IIOSplt oI?" "Sure," snfd Endle, "you don't think I'd come hnck otherwise, clo you? Gh·e us nhnul n hundred rounds of pistol nmnrunitinn." "Whoa, bny !" cried CokPy. "H'ar back there; Hundred rounds! Mnn who are you? l.istPn to him, boys I" Cokey thrust his hand into l burlnp hag and began counting. Enclle dirt not pny a ~rent deal of atterltion. lie wos ihinking what ne:tl lind 10 he done. Bls gun must be cleaned, gn' mnsk prepn red, some food put In hi~ stomnrh ond some In bls pnck, ond The sector hnd to lle the mnp! IPnrnecl hy ll!'art, the roads. where they came from nod whither they went, the names ond heights of all hills, the nnmes of all woods ond farmhouses, the locution of the enemy lloes. and the approximate ranges of any goon aiming points behind them. F.:adle's job with the buttery had heen ·a comhlnatlon of observer and llnfson sergennt. The guns, firing on the ene· my from some concealed point, coulil not see the target. Some one. lh!'re· fore, must be "·here he could S('e the falling sh!'IIS noel eonecl the nlm of the guns If necess~ry. This Joh hnrl beP.n nnd wns n~nfn to be F::ndte·~. In oclrlrtlon, when any Infantry sent tlark o rel]nest for fire, but neglecte'l to sPncl their torntlon, It wr.s F.adl~'s ta,k to go out nod tlnd sn!d lnfnn•.ry und then locate them accurately on the mop, so that the hattery, In glvtnl! the requested fire, would not shoot up the Infantry It lntentled to ald. And to locate units quickly and arcurotcly, ll mnn must have a \'Pry good ldt'a of the country In whlcb he Is operating. The mlstnklng of one farmhouse f<>r another, or a road running east and wl'sl for o pnrnllel rond a hnlf mile further on, Is a slight thing inr:leed and on a dark nlglll lo blinding rain might he mncle by nnyone. but sucb a mistake In lime of war means a lot of tmnec!'ssary rll'nths, possible loss of d position, 11nd even the fuliure of a g~neral ottork. "And, me," said Eadie aloud, "J've got half an hour to memorize the map ln." "What you wont, Sergennt Eodle?'' asked Col1ey. "Some bullets, and make It snappy." Cokey Mullins reached Into a l.rur· lap bug and brought out a bandfui of 'pl>·tol ammunition, from whlcll be These be counted ten cartridges. banded to Eodfe. Iowa Woman Found Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com· pound Always Helpful 'l :'t sir.'' "\\'ell, gel some pronto. llnng 8 tlrst-ald pnl'ket on yourself, b"E't u can of bully heel 10 put lo your poekel. nnrl drag yourself o\·er to Lleulennnl Sawyer. He's got the only ol her map of the sector. l'ommlt It to tnemory, ferge:rnt I Ah, ho~· I t'm glad ynu·re huck. I see ms w:ty rlenr now. Yuuu11 ~luck will tl;;ure tire elope onrl f'lnn l'llll he lioisnn ser;:ennt. Well. on your i way now, snar> I Oue hour Is ull you've got !n ''Sir," snlrt li:adie. "I ha'fen't had anything to ent nil day. Could I wult on thl' map until ufter I've eo ten?" Tl1e l'IIJI!n.n·~ lips shut firmly and he Jurned n cold g~r.e upnr. the ser· geant. The captain hnd blue eyes, as ex(Jre>slonil'S~ as the muzzle of· a pistol ond fully as nlarmf rg, "We't-e starting a drive tonight, "The buttery sergeant," sufd he. moves nt six 1>. m." ·• A h," ~oid the sergeant, "I see. Good. I'll get right nt the mop." "Heport to me when the battery moves out," directed tbe raptalo. Eadie saluted and went away. An hour! So many tlrings to do 1 All of the weorlne;s thai he had tough 1 ago i nst tIt roughout the wet murlrly mar<'h since they hurl left Tout rlescenrled on him at once. His gus musk wns new und would taste of ~ul· phur. The eyepieces must he greased. A drf"e I Ea<lie knew what & drive meunt. He hod beea in onE> on the It mennt no food, no ;·Jeep ~larne. for duys oo end. ond tlgbting tfghtlng, ull the time. It nreunt seeing mPo l;llled ond lying clown beside their un· buried bodies to walt for thc- hoche to tire of shooting mnchlne guns and flares; it mennt hunt111g Infantry at night In blac·k woods, alone. He must draw anrmunitioo, lots vf It! And he did not know a fool ot the sector I l'i\'e minutes of the hour hocl already gone. "HI, Eadie, home og3in ?" cried a voice. A man culled Ham. who wo~ a Uta!'hine ~:urmer, extended his hand to F:~tlie. ''Glad suu come bark all right e"ren If It does screw me outt n n.y new stripes." "Uow come7'' "I just got made," said Hum sadly, tlisploylng u sleel'e witb n brand new set of sergerllll'! chevrons, "brt now you come huck we'll hove more ser· geants than we're ollvwed an' me hein' dub, I'll fJrolralrly get broke again. \Yell. I got to rust!" nlong. I'm dt·awing iliSlol ammunition for the "Wanted" Men T rappel by Their Home Paper' J1. Few~~ GIRLHOOD TO MOTHERHOOD ~ Little ij ·a m esv;; gun?'' B y LEONARD NASON 11/u.strationo~ Friday, January 13, 1928 Even Neckwear I "Antl the tie for the little boy, uwdnm; Wl'Uld you like a long tie?" "¥ cs, ycry long; he grows out ot things so quiddy."-Aus,le. 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