Show S t I I i by IF Arthur F A i it Copyright 1018 t Continued r rodn Yesterday 1 nII n I CHAPTER XVI 0 Continued II T F tJ time the IC J Bodies should use IIse that road load again aam N to send 11 by tI time the t tap p system l the lie Inre target and range I h had a I previously rev i 1 tol told 1 him about our II cap captain f. f III talking out 1011 loud 1 if if he sending d through h h i 0 a as were 1111 ro II 01 tiers frs w Well I if till this timis happened T r was as to 10 send the time do lope dope to Ca Cassell s. s ell and he Ime would d I transmit TIt j t il it I to o er the le fn battery comman commander er as o officially t comin coming t through I h r lio n pOS t Then the hatter hatter- battery lattery would open up A Afterwards during the In investigation Ca Cassell Bell would swear he received It di direct di- di They Timey would have to believe belle him berau because It was blo from his post In tho the battery batter dugout out to know that the road was as being used at th that t time by br tin time Germans And also It was wa Impossible Im tin- possible for for- him to give I tho the target range and d degrees grees You know a battery batten chart Is IR not nol pa passed sed around amon among themen the tho themen thomen men liko a a. newspaper from Blight Blighty From him the Investigation would go goto goto goto to the observation r atlon post and the observing 01 ob Ob- s serving officer could tr truthfully swear that I had not sent the message by phone and that no rio orders order to fire lire had I been issued b by him aim The inc investigators In would then be up In the air all w we would b LA safe sate the Baches Boches would receive recel a aj good bashing and we would get our own bark on Old Pepper It was too good to h be he true I gleefully tell fell in with time the scheme and told Cas ell I was his meat meal Then I waited with beating t. and watched tho the Captain like a hawk He lie was beginning to fidget a again aln and was sas drumming on the sandbags s with his feet teet At last turning to me mc he said Wilson this army Is a blank ty blank washout hats What's the use of or haIng having haying hay hav ing artillery If Ir It is not allowed to fire The government go at homo home ought to be hanged with some of oC their red tape Its It's through them that we re have no shells I I answered Yes sir Mr Ir an and start started d sending this opinion o over or r the wire to Cassell but tho the Captain Interrupted me with Keep those infernal fingers still i What's the tho matter getting the nerves ner When hen Im I'm talk talking Ins to you yitI Oll pay par atten atten- tion My Iy heart sank sl Supposing he had bad rumbled that tapping then all would be up with our plan I stopped drumming drumming drum drum- ming with m my fingers and said Beg your our pardon sir sir Ju Just t a habit with me mc meW And a damned silly one too ho answer answered d d. d turning to his hie glasses again and I r knew I r was safe He lie had not tumbled to the meaning of or that tapping tap tap- ping All at once without turning around her he exclaimed Well ll of ot all the nerve Ive I've ever run across tills thle takes the cake c Those Those Those- Boches are using that road again Blind my eyes ees this time It Is a whole brigade of them transports and all What hat a pretty pratt target for Cor our Uis The beggars know Ino Inowe we se wont won't tire fire A damned shame I call caB It Oh just for tor fora tora a chance to turn D 38 loo loose e on them I was trembling with excitement From repeated stolen glances at nt the Captains Captain's range chart that road moad with Its range was vas burned Into m my mind Over O the time wire I 1 tapped D 1 0 38 battery batt batter bat bat- t ter tery n Target seventeen range three de degrees thirty minutes left lett salvo sa fire tire Cassell O. O Kd my message and with the tho receiver recel pressed against my mr ear I waited and listened In a couple of minutes very Yen faintly over the tho wire came the voice oice of ot our battery commander issuing the order D batter battery Salvo Sal 1 Fire Then a roar through the receiver as the foul four guns belched forth a screaming and whistling overhead and the shells were on their wa way Tommy's Tommys s Dictionary of j 1 the Trenches j jl I l I n. n 5 s. s 0 O. O Distinguished Service Ser Ordel OrI Or Or- I tier del Another nother piece of ot metal Issued Iss to officers for tor being brave e Tommy I sas says It Is mo mostly th won on in dugouts and calls It a Dugout Service Ser Or 01 der I A grease for 01 or boots I I Dud d A German shell shen or bomb I which has not exploded on account I of ot a defective fuse Tommy Tomm is 13 a aI I great treat souvenir sou collector so he gathers gath gatim- I ers era these dud duds Sometimes when I he tries to 10 unscrew the time nose-cap nose It I sticks Then In his hurl hun hurry to confiscate conI con eon I It before an officer appears I he doesn't hammer h it Just Jint rl right right right- ht- ht I and the printer o of the casualty laH list I has to use a little more type I Dugout A deep hole in the I trenches dug b by the time Royal Engineer I I Corps supposed to be It ItI I Is until a shell hits It It Rat Kat and I I Tomm Tommy find It an excellent I tion in which to contract rheu- rheu 11 I Dump An uncovered unco spot where h p I tr trench tools and supplies es arc are placed I It Is If uncovered so o that these will I become rust rusty and worthless from the 1 elements This po so o that the thc contractors contractors I tors at home wont won't starve nu Im 1 Tommys Tommy's French for bread I 4 i The Captain jumped as It If he were shot and let out a great big expressive e Damn and eagerly turned his Ills glasses In the direction of or the German road 1 I also strained m my eyes ces watching that target Four black clouds of ot dust rose up rl right ht In the time middle of the time German column Four Pour direct hits bits another another record record record rec rec- ord for D 0 The shells hells kept on whistling over o head and I had counted twenty tour of ot them when shen the firing suddenly ceas ceased d. When the tle smoke and dust clouds louds lifted lined the destruction of that road was as awful Overturned limbers and guns gum lInos wagons a smashed d up troops fleeing In all c. c lions The Time road and road roadside were spotted all over O with little field gray grM spots the toll of or our guns The Captain in his excitement had slipped off oft the sandbag and was as on his knees s In the tue mud the glass glas still at his e eye He lie was ns muttering to himself himself him him- self and slapping slapping- his thigh with his Imis disengaged hand At every ery slap a R big round Juicy cuss word vord would escape from h his Is lips followed by Good Fine Marvelous Fine Marvelous r Prell Pretty Work ork Direct hits All Then Timen ho he turned to me and shouted Wilson what do you oum Oll think of ot It t Did you ever see the tIme like of ot It In your our life Damn fine work I call It Pretty Prett soon a n look of or wonder stole stoIc over O his his face tace and he exclaimed But Out who In hell gave ga them ns order ordel to fire Range and everything correct too I 1 know I 1 Wilson lIson did I give I you Oll an any order for the battery hattery battery bat hat tery to open up Of or cour course e I didn't did I 17 I I ans answered red very emphatically No Xo sir aim you ou gave no command Nothing went through this post I am absolute absolutely lute Intel certain on that point sir Of or cOUr course nothing vr went nt through h h hp he replied Then his hilS face fell Cell and he muttered muttered mut mut- out loud But Out b by Jove Jov wall ail till tilt Old Pepper gets wind of ot tills this Therell There'll be fur tur tJ fly I ing n g. g f Just then n Bombadier Cassell g cut In Inon Inon inon on th time the wire sire Generals compliments to Captain A I A- A lIe He directs that officer r and i signaler r report at the double to Brigade I Headquarters as soon as DS rell relieved ved Relict Relief Re Re- Relief lief Is IR no now on the time wn way In an undertone to me Inc Keep a abrass abrass abrass brass front Wilson and for Gods God's rake ak stick I answered with nel Rely on me mate but I was trembling all over pr I I 1 gave e a th the G Generals General's message to time the Captain ln and start started d packing up I The relief arrived ed und and a as we left the post th the Captain SaRI said Now Xo for Cor the fireworks and I kno know they'll be good and plenty They were were ore When hen we arrived ed at the gun Jun pits the flattery Battery aUel Commander the thc Ser Sergeant Major Major Ma Ma- jor and Ca Cassell were waiting for tor U us Ul We c fell cli in line and the funeral march to Brigade Headquarters started d at Headquarters the time Battery Batter Battery Bat Bat- ter tery Comman Commander Er was waR th the first to be he Int Interviewed lewe I This ThiN was vas behind clo closed cd doors From the time rO roaring and explosions of Old Pepper it sounded as if I raw meat was waR being thrown to the lions Ces later latel described is as s sounding like a bombing raid In about about- two minutes the officer CI reappeared The rhe sweat was vas pouring from his fore foro- forehead ore ore- head and anti his face was the time color of oC a w. w D neet et He tie was speechless As lie ne passed the Captain he jerked his thumb In the the- direction of ot the lions don den and went out omit Then th the tho Captain went rent nt in and the lions were once a again aln fed ted The Captain stayed about twenty minutes and came out T I couldn't see ce lii his fac face but the droop In his shoulders was enough He lie looked like a wet hen The Time door of or the Generals General's room opened anti and Old Pepper stood in the With Hh a rear h he shouted Which one of you ou Is Cassell Damn m me get Jet your h heels together when I speak Come In here herc Cassell started to sa say Y Yes s sir 1111 But Out Old Popper Pepper roaT roared d Shut up Cassell came out In five th minutes Tie lie said paid nothing but bul a as ho lie pals passed tl me me he put hi- hi tongue Into his lils ch cheek ek and winked then turning to the closed door h he stuck his hlll thumb Jo to his nose I and I left Ct Then the Sergeant Majors Major's turn came He lie didn't come out our waY a Judging Tu b by the roaring Old Pepper I must have eaten him When hen the door opened and th the General beckoned to me m my kne knees s started d to play Home Sweet Home I against each other My I int interview t was wan cr very er short Old Pepper glared at me when 1 I I entered and then timen l let t loo loose e or Of course OU dont don't know kno you an anything anything any any- thing about if it IL Youre You're Just like the rest Ou Ought ht to have a nursing bottle around your our neck and a nipple In iii your I teeth Soldiers b h by ga gad you ou turn mv my stomach to look at you Ou Win In this war when England sends out such samples as I have In m my Brigade Not Now Xo sir tell me what you ou dont don't know Jenow about this affair Speak k up out with It IL Dont Don't be gaping at me like a fI fish h. h Spit It out aut Continued Tomorrow y I |