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Show THE S4TJVA SITN. jSATJNA. TTTIT Pigeon blood P exclaimed Jake. It aint our fault an yet tbere'a no way CH By LEONARD NASON Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS, D. S. C. WNU Servle. STORY FROM THE START Sergeant Eadie and Private Darcy, lately discharged from a hospital, behind the front, In France, become bored and disgusted with life In replacement camp. They elude the guards and go over the hill to find and rejoin their old outfit, the SevenAt field artillery. ty-ninth Vaucouleurs they are told their outfit has moved up beyond Toul Late next day they find their organization In. the woods. Both men are worn out and hungry but a drive on the German position at St,. Mlhlel Is to. begin In an hour, and Eadie Is commanded to ' go along A 'ew nights afterward, four sergeants. Eadie, Ham,- Biddy and Short Mack, Inseparable companions, Eadie finds sleep, together. friend, He'd Jake. On a night march the columns are drenched by heavy showers. Eadie Is or- dered out on liaison duly, in. a .new attack.' He takes Jake along, and they are attached to' a lieutenant. The attack begins at dawn and this tlme'lt Is a real fight. An officer asks Eadie to send up signal rockets for a barThe rockets attract an rage. enemy airplane, which does damage, but after a time, the Americans get the needed barrage, and take refuge In. a ruined town, from which they drive the enemy. All the officers who are with Eadie and Jake are killed. A row Is made over-aAmerican battery that was shelling an American outfit. The German fire, In view of the fact that the Americana were not advancing, began to slacken. Fire another rocket, Jake," directed Eadie. Which one?" asked Jake. Why, the same kind that you fired the last time, hammerhead! "I don't kuow what kind It. ' ' Jake. Why, you picked It out of the book and then off the pile all yourself. N'aw," grinned Jake slyly. "I seen the one. you wus going to put In the pistol but laid down again when you give me the book, and .1 picked- that one up and fired It. By G d, .youre learning to be an observer, anyway," '.said Eadie.-- : Lis--tenit. wit, 'The rocket you want Isa yellow smoke.' Well; hunt around In your pockets and see If youve got smoke. It's marked' on the bottom of the eartrtdge." . Jake hunted, 'but after hehad taken out all hie rockets and laid them In a neat row In front of him, as Eadie bad done with his. hecould not find what' he sought.' There it Is.! snorted Eadie, picking nue up and showing the words to Jake Fumee Jaune- on the base of the. cartridge. Its as plain as the. nose on your-face"Aw,- what the h I does fumey John mean to me? cried Jake. "Im a white man.' I dont savvy no frog ' ' lingo." Shoot. the rocket! said Eadie.'. Away went the rocket and while' It was stlil In air, shells began to curst" In front.. They did not form a. hurricane of fire by any means, but. they made a comfortable noise. Emile, counting the hursts, decided 'that a battalion, three batteries, was firing. "About ten minutes or. so of this and 'we can advance again,' said 'the captain Cheerfully. ' It Is warming thing, to have a barrage arrive-ianswer to a rocket.. So many- times a whole dump full of rockets Is Bred and the ' barrage. Is nonexistent... And .other, times the barrage, lands In astonishing places, Anywhere but where It' will. do good.-Iu- t this one wa's well placed, .it was enthusiastic, and the Infantry watched, it with pleasure. Between the barrage ami the. one pounders and machine guns the Germans would have to. pull out. ' . or he killed. ' A half In ur the barrage, continued to play., then suddenly stopped. The Infantry,' without waiting for the order, sprang forward. struggled through some half destroyed wire and found themselves In the Intermediate position. It was empty Of die' defenders of the trench there was no sign. There were neither wounded nor dcud. and the fire ol the German machine gunners, that had. been so long quiet, on ?e more .cgan with redoubled fury. Well, lets keep going! yelled the Dont stop here! Theyve cnptnln. pulled out, men, lets get after them! Tlie 'officers with the compautes urged their men forward and the battalion climbed out of the rear wall of the system and went on. The battalion staff followed the ad vauce, hurried from one Hank .of the battalion to the other and. directed the placing of the when any place appeared that looked as though It might he occupied, the staff wus not unwieldy, for it consisted only of Gaptain Lawrence, Sergeant Eadie, Jake, and a runner from Cap tain Lawrences company. The captain pulled men from h .les and slmved them forward with his hands. He personally directed the surrounding and rapture of a light machine gun that was all that was left of a strong point organized In some artificially deepened and con nected shell holes. The captain hud no tgetlcal plan of advance Ills only Idea was to keep the men going for wurd. Their objective was still a long way off, hut he had hopes of Its achievement during the night. At sunset the battalion Had progressed to where they could look down a funnel-shapevalley Iw the woods on their left. This valley was strongly organized by the enemy, for the Infantry now received a heavier tire than any they had yet experl cuced. Here Gaptain Lawrence was hit In the arm, hut beyond putting on a bandage he paid It no attention He was hit again five minutes later, on the same wrist. They've spotted the staff." said Eadie. They can see us running around and waving our hands. Look at those sons of nr the hole over there! cried rhe'eap-tainThat's what disgusts me! He pointed will, his good arm to a half dozen gallant defenders of democracy who had huddled into a shell bole and. having ullnwed the advance to pass them, now began to timidly make their way out with every in tention of breaking for the rear and was,'-muttere- . . ' . : - . - . n ' . CHAPTER IV .... Continued . 10 The Cerinnn resistance stiffened.' The element of surprise was gone, the beaten zone of the American artillery had been passed, the Ormans knew wlmt was going on. .This was no feint, this was no demonstration; nine divisions, n qunrter of u million men on a front of less than twenty, miles, meant a drive. And the German had something to defend here, he laid a railroad that was his jugular vein. If It was out, he perished, lie. threw In fresh troops, brought tip re. erves by truck, by. rail, by narrow gauge, and on foot. lie I.isued orders to stop .t be advance 'and the troops that held the front line did' their best" to comply with the order. The troops of Eudle's battalion soon found thut the easy time they had had since they had left the town was over. The tire of the machine guns was terrific. I mst 'rose In clouds, for the gun..ers fired low and many of their bullets slid along the ground throwing up dirt and stores.machine gun battalion had occupied Pill Box hill and was laying a barrage over, the heads of Itf own troops. There was a line of resistance In front of the battalion. In from of the division for tlint matter, and the Americans, Instead of being able to attack It with the vigor of the morn Ing, when they were fresh from the Jump-of- f and the enemy still stunned from the bombardment, must go to the assault weary, their nerve already shaken and their strength already drnined by a days casualties. As for the enemy, they were doubtless fresh troops brought up from the rer during the afternoon. This Is the Intermediate position weve hit," said Gaptain I.invrenee to We were due Imre at ten Eadie. now. Were o'clock. It's only six hours late. Well likely be later before we see the other side of this trench system. What do you think the chances are on a little fire from the artillery?" "They ought to be good," said Eadie. Weve got balloons up ami the birds In the balloons know where If ' shoot up an S O. S. we .a.re. rocket we ought to .get some action. We aint got no halioons, Interrupted Jake. They was all shot down I seen it on the hill." long ago. where those planes went That's that were Happing around over us," Im glad they left u said Eadie. i lone this afternoon. Planes are had , four-thirt- y nuff. Well, shoot me a rocket, ordered me captain Eadie consulted the code i.nd then tmnded It to Jake. You might as well gel some In H ruction." said the sergeant. If Im tiit, youll have to carry on. Hunt In t ie code for an S. O. S. signal and then shoot IL Here's the pistol. Juke selected a rocket and putting It Into the pistol, snapped the tip shut and extending tils arm. - nt the signal sailing "Theyll see it. said Eadie. "yellow riiioke, at a height of seventy-livyards. There's a parachute holds It up and it stays up there abmil-iesecond'. Look, captain, tf there are unj units too close to the tioclie, they'd better pull hack because the barrage might fall a little short. Small chance. replied the captain Were still the farthest advanced ot me units of this division. The di visions only got about a mile and a half of front. You'd think we could Where's your barrage?" get on la.'H-rIt mhos a minute or two to figure the fire dope and lay the guns," said Eadie. lr II take em some time to because they'll have to gel dope out what the rocket means." Five. ten. fifteen miuutes passed. n to get out of It If I don't git killed, me an the liaison detail parte company rignt off the minute we get outta range." Lets drag," said Eadie, and see what we can see with the major's nice new glasses. The only way to go out with no questions asked is to get hit" Not gassed? suggested Jake. No, not gassed, you big skull. Didn't you hear that crack the captain passed about ray wound stripe? Dont get gassed, Jake, youll regret It the rest ot your life. The began to make their way forward again, and Eadie bad only taken a few steps when he stumbled against something bard and fell. He got to his feet muttering and began to feel about to see what had tripped him. Ills hand came In contact with a round cold object, a handle, then a It was the long flat surface. and as Eadie started on again, his hobnails clanked on the tripod. Of the crew there was no sign. They had abandoned their gun and gone to distant and quieter parts . . d "Ill fix fin," muttered the captain Here, sergeanh help me put a dressing on that wound. It hurts like h I. They tell me Its only the slight wounds that hurt. How about It? Youve been wounded. 1 wasnt wounded, said Eadie. winding a first uid bandage arouud H. Copyright by Georg, Doran Company. the captalna wrist I was gassed. We dont give a d a whether you Do they let you wear a round go or stay, said the sergeant Theres r barrage of military police stripe for that? In back of you that a rat couldnt get Eadie made no reply, but continued to wind the bandage. He made a througlu ' And If they get their books knot, secured It, and tucked the ends on you youll wish youd teen killed under. up here. This Isnt my first scrap, ' Now then for these skulkers!" said I know what Im talking about. I the captain. lie drew his pistol and wasnt shoved Into the army with a the. three men started for the group bayonet, nor shoved onto the front In the other shell hole, some of whose lines with another one. If you were members had already gone back. any kind of a man I'd Hck you for What organization do you men bewhat you said about the regx.lars, but as It Is Ill give you t good kick If long to? asked the captain sternly. The men suld nothing, but nervously you open your mouth again. If It clutched their rifles or began to fumhadnt been for .us youd be" wading ble. at their masks. ' around the Atlantic ocean now to save Were all thats left of II com yourself from being a boche prisoner." Huh I grunted the other, sarcaspnny," said one man finally, "Our officers are all dead and we dont see tically.' ne birched the sling of his what good we can-dby. staying here rifle and looked around- for his and' getting killed. frlends. They were some distance off, "You can stop, a bullet from killing .moving to the rear. . a better man ! answered the captain. said Jake, ' yuh. better Gwan, Who gave you authority .to run? start runnln now If you want to catch Tills Isn't the Russian army.- Youre up with 'em.. Lie put his a. bunch of yellow' Huh I grunted the' other man Ill, give' again. . Then he turned wleh a sneer pistol back In .Its holster. and went off In the .direction the othyou fifteen seconds to get back to the line or Ill. give you the d dest lick-.Iners had taken, ,. ever a man got If I shot you Theres a hero for you," said Ea some one might think you had died die. Hell go. home and be president a heros death. of the Society of Veterans of the Tin not afraid of getting killed, American .Excavationary Forces yet-He'said the first speaker, but I am not Just the kind of a bird to shine. Im no sheep ; In public life." going- to be butchered. I dont know but what hes Im an American .citizen.-"The capright, tain strode, forward and, swinging his said Jake. We wont do no good to get killed. - This outfit has run Itself down like a kettled steer. Lets go. No-dont lets go I" objected Eadie. I want to. Just as much as you .do. " but; thered be too many explanations to make. .And no alibi goes either.-Well- , what " can. we do? .asked Jake. We havent got no officers. Jump Jn '.the hole, said . Eadie Well think- It over. He' surveyed the darkening battlefield. There was nothing to be seen' that .would Indicate that some twenty thousand men were- within a mile There 'was nothing' to see .but the roll' Ing ground, the black woods against the fading crimson of and here and there, at scattered Intervals, two or three men in olive drab; or the quick gleam of a bayonet. Jake plucked n't Eadies sleeve. Sargiut,. said be, I'll never 'make a liaison jpiy,' I. can see that from this, days, work.' Sargiut, Im goin sign. I been a hard-rocmail all my .life an what T think of a skinner I could be. hung for. but Ill' go back to' drivi'n team an', welcome." The . sergeant apparently did. not . hear. Sargiut" cried Jake, its' time you an me was goin-Were goin to get What ' Organization Do You Men Beourselves killed!" long To? Asked the Captain Sternly.Shut up, ' now," said Eadie, Im . arm In a short jabbing motion.' . tryin to think. knocked the other man Into a whlnu I dont Forget It! said Jake. poring heap. The captain drew back want to get killed today. I got some bis arm for another blow. business to fix first: Sargint, I made' Git I" he commanded. over my Insurance to a aunt an Im Another voice spoke, a voice of sore .at. her now. I want to change steel, the hooting of an oncoming my benifisbary. Man, I'd roll over in shell. Eadie threw himself down, hit my. grave If I thought she. had all ting a rock and bruising himself budly. that money. Lemme go hack and do Sv.AM I As though some one had that an you can. kill me as many hurled siiut a gigantic cellar flap, a times as you want to." pause and then the sound of eartn Nix." said Eadie. Weve got to Eadie" Sensed falling In shovelfuls. hunt up some officers. If this outfit that the captain was still- standing once establishes a line, then we can and, turning his head to see. he made go out, maybe. Theyve heeu fighting sure that he was. all day and their officers have all been Get up! directed the captain, tip killed off. Also their nerve must ho and on your way I" Eadie got to his pretty ragged after seeing' their dead feet, sniffing the smell of the high ex so long. They might pull out and go plosive for signs of gas. The cap clear hack to the Jump-off- , and then tain's knee shook Just the slightest. . how would we know where the line B.v G d. hes been hit again. was when we were asked hack nt the. thought the. sergeant. Too many 'explanations to outfit. Some of the men In the shell hole The .sergeant reached', make, Jake. got to their feet, others only to their out of the hole find picked cap knees, and all looked at the officer tains pistol. "I may . need this bewere He had re. fore we They Impressed get through." he remarked mained on tils feet .while all the resi Imd .flopped. The captain opened his mouth to speak, hut no words came lie clenched- Ids fist' and started toward the skulkers, but his knee shook-agaiand this time It went out Many nnd widespread are the dls from under him entirely, so that he fell forward Into the anus of Eadie parities In the longevity of animals, birds and fishes. Scienilsts are un and Jake, who' laid him. gently down Where'd It gotcha? asked Jake able to say why some species live many times as long as others. They earnestly. Never mind. snld Eadie. "lie's have no explanation, for instance, of the fact that a tiger.' a lion or a hip I know hv the dead. way he feels. Two or three Infantrymen popotatnus will die of old age long he over and watched Eadie fore an elephant has reached his fold the captains hands and put his prime An elephant might live te be two helmet over Ids face. "What did he want to stand up like bundled years old A tiger Is old at that for? twenty years, a lion at twenty-fivmuttered, one of them vears. a hippopotamus nt forty years "Gan you tie that?" lie wanted to show us he was and a bear at fifty years A swan ran survive for onp hundred years and an hrnvern us. replied another. teli yuli this place is a poor one to be older duck or a parrot for more than two hundred years. A tortoise might hrave In. Hve to be three hundred years old Let's get to h I out of here. sug Insects usuall.vhave short lives, but gested some one. The man who had been knocked some ants have lived in mpilvlty fm down hv the captain now came over fifteen years. Queen bees live-froto the group. - - ' , WmJnJWMh - to-re- . k - . . . . - up-tti- . ' S' e if,. 1 CHAPTER V Lieutenant Connor The first hour or so of the night Eadie and Jake passed In calling out to men they heard plodding by and asking them If they knew the whereabouts of any battalion or regimental command group. .Sometimes the men Aspirin is the trade mark of did not answer, other times they s.al.d Bayer- - Manufacture of Monoacetlcacldester ot Salicyllcacld No; at other times, they laughed harshly and directed Eadie to. find the deepest dugout ten miles back, FIRST AID TO BEAUTY prophesying that there would be a AND CHARM command group In It. Nothing so mars an otherThese guys are all ' goin back," wise beautiful face as the Jake observed finally. Im for goin Inevitable lines of fatigue with em. and suffering caused by tired, aching feet. ALLEN'S Lets wait a little," answered the the Antiseptic, YouUl get just as much sergeant. Healing Powder, insures shell fire and Just as much machine-gufoot comfort. It is a Toilet Necessity. Shake it peeve as you will here. Ill give in your shoes in the You you another lesson In liaison. morning. Shop all day see those flares that keep going up? ) Dance all evening-th- en let your mirror tell Well,' the. boche dont shoot those over, the story. Trial packand e a age rear their areas, "they go up. from the Doll sent Walking front line. And as long as they dont Le Roy N Y. Free. Address Allen's In a Pinch, Use Allen's Foot-Eas- e get any nearer, we're safe from get' ting gathered In. Unhook your ear from them guns a minute, continued Jake, and see what you hear. ' "I dont need to, answered the ser-- . geant bbtfkly. In the daytime-- when a man Is hit, the niedical penvtnnel. or the stretcher bearers can see him, but at night this is .hot possible. The wounded have. a very, real fear .of being left to die - ia the darkness. and tlfcey give, voice to their feelings These men are not MJUl Druggists a few. After an assault they faDER about2MKIT'cn request. like leaves and. th.elr voices flOjy I . Inc. make-quita .clamor. . ' NEW YORK Neither-maspoke for a long time. That's my big fear," said Eadie Doesn't Go Out finally, to' be badly wounded' and left In this Mistress r Has the. electric toaster i country . for a day or two. ' What have you got to purchased fast week proved Satisfac' . eat on you? tory, Norah?Hardtack and- bully, .answered New Maid Indeed, 'maam, It has. Jake. Look, why can't you- an me The thing hasn't gone out yet. . go back to that town an get In the. cellars of it have supper, sleep, an', come out again at daybreak?" DO Well, I'll tell you. replied the "You're not deaf and you sergeant. must have heard the cracks that humorist, has. been every would-b- e passing at me because I went away . on a mission up there on the Marne and never came hack. Well, they can TKanks to Lydia E. Pink-ham- s all go. to h 1. My conscience Is clear Vegetable Compound and Ive got the old G. CL that says can wear a wound stripe, hut this I think there is Denison, Texas. stuff about gold brick and jawbone-wounno tonic equal to Lvdia E. Pinkhams stripe gets on .a man's nerves Vegetable Comafter a while. This time I dont want pound for nerv- ousness- and I anyone to have anything to say. . I think you're a d have used Lydia d fool I reE. Pinkhams How many men we seen plied Jake Safiative ' Wash. killed done. get today? Bing! Its and- the Pills for Look at He was going I Constipation, to he 'a hrave hoy an not flop for the can certainly shell. I'll never get the feel o his praise your mediblouse with the blood coinin through cines for what the holes i It out o my hands if I they have done for me and I .live to a hundred. Whats a wound wish you success ' stripe?' Sargint, a guy get wounds m the future. I can do any kind of in this war he'll take the. scars of to work now and when women ask me he an his grave, dont rate no wound has helped me I recommend what . stripe, for 'em. either I" . medicines.' I .will answer anv your ' (TO HR CONTINUED.) letters I receive asking about them. Mas. Emma Gregg, Eoute 3, Box . FOOT-EAS- n Foot-Eas- Foot-Eas- e, ma-.'Jti- , - GAN NOW ANY WORK . . . - , xxxxx.:xxxvxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-:.- ,53, Denison, Texas. x Hard to Get Correct Figures on Longevity . Wlmt outfit do you men belong to?" he asked. Were artillerymen." said Eadie. from the Third division." Oh!'' cried the other. "The g d d d regular army They shove us in here to crack the hardest nfit In the whole sector Just because we're men that can earn our living on the outside. These are the guys that want to shove ns up against some more machlue guns!" 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