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I I I I oc I 1 5 J T L r a 5 r F unit 10 3 1 z HP nH l s 5 i all H gif 0 7 l g P P C Copyright 1918 Continued from irom Yesterday I Ime I CHAPTER XVI Continued Inn I II e e STA STAMMERED L Sir T 1 know now absolutely ab noth nothing u. u 0 rl un t. t s easy to see I he 1 roared I that stupid ft ftc face c t tells tells tells' II s I I I I me that Shut Sint lIl up G Get e t OU out t but I think nn you yon are a damned lia liar just the same n Hack Bach ac to your tour bat battery j I I lOr sal saluted and ancI made m my exit That night the captain s sent nt for tor u us With fear and trembling we went to his dU dugout ont lie He was alone After ACter sa saluting saluting sa- sa wo we stood at attention In front of him and waited His Ills say was short II Dont you OU two ever n r get Jet It Into your our heads that Morse Is a dead lan lan- an- an guage bUne Ive I've known It for years cars The Tho two of or you oU had better get et rid of oC that nervous ous habit of ot tapping transmitters ts Its It's dangerous That's That all I We c saluted and were Just going out the door of the dugout out when the captain cap cap- tam tain e called us UI haste hack and ancl said Smoke Yes Ys Well eU there ar are two tins of or them on m my ta tar ta ble Go back to the battery and keep your our tongues between your our teeth Understand Understand Un Un- We c understood For Ch five we weeks ks afterwards afterward our batter battery bat- bat ter fry tery did nothing but extra fatigues ues Ve We e were satisfied and so o w were wert re the men It rt was worth north It to put one over o on Old OM P Pepper to sa say nothing of or the injury caused to Fritzs Fritz's r filings feelings lin fi When Wilson lson ha had finished hl his story I looked up and the dugout out wa was Jammed An artillery artmer captain and two officers had also entered and stayed for tor the tho finish Wilson lIson spat out an enormous quid of ot tobacco looked up saw t the e captain and got ot i as its red recI as al' a aI carnation naHon The captain smiled and I T I ual 1 II ini u cu u iv v iii rue BUme me me Yank Tank I sec see where I click for crucifixion That captain Is the same one that chucked us II the tile cold dold- flakes es in his dugout and IH here re I have have been chucking me mo wel weight ht about In his Ii hearing I Wilson never lIe clicked his crucifixion Quite a contrast to Wilson lIson was an another another an- an other character in our bri brigade alle named Scott we wo called him Old Scotty on account of his age HP lie was waR 5 57 al although although al- al though h looking 10 to Old Sott Scotty h had lJ been en born In the northwest and had ban ser e served with the northwest mount a police pollee He lie was wag a typical cow puncher and Indian CI fighter and was wasa a dead shot with the 11 rifle fie and took no pains to disguise this fact from us He lie used to take care of at hi his rifle as if it it were ere a baby In his spare moments you could always 88 see him cJ cleaning It or polishing polishing polish polish- Ir ing th the stock Woo Woe betide e tho the man who b by mistake happened to get Jet hold of this rifle he hc soon oon found out his hie er error er- er Scott wai was as deaf as as a mule and it was 8 was t amusing at parade to watch him himIn himIn himIn In the manual of or arms slyly glancing out of the corner of his eye CC at the man next to him hint to see Ice what the order was waa How he passed the doctor was a mystery mystery mys mys- ter tery to us U us he hc must have bluffed his way through h because he ho certainly was as Independent ne Beside him the Fourth ot of Jul July looked like Good Friday Frida lIe He worn wor at the thc time timo a large sombrero had a 3 Mexican le ican stock saddle over o his shoulder a lariat on his arm and a forty five hanging from his hip Dumping this paraphernalia on the floor he lie went Hip up to the recruiting officer and shouted Im ini from Crom America west of oC the and want to Join john your yom damned army Ive I've got ot no use for fOl a German an and can shoot some At Scotland Yard they turned me mo down said Raid I was deaf deaC and andIO HO sn I am I dont don't ont hanker to ship In with a n damned mud mUll crunching outfit 1 but hut the cavalry's ca hull full so I guess this regiments regiment's better than none so trot out ant your papers and Ill I'll sign em He lie told them he was 10 and slipped by I I was on recruiting service at the time he applied for Cor enlistment It Jt was Old Scottys Scotty's great ambition to h be a sniper or bod body snatcher atcher aa as Mr Ir Atkins calls cans it The da day that he hewat was wat detailed as brigade ade sniper he celebrated celebrated cele eels I hi his appointment b by blowing the whole platoon to fags rags Being a Yank Tank Old Scotty took a ilk Hk- Ing I to me me and used to spin some great greal yarns a about bou t th the e plains D and nd the whole platoon 1 would drink these In and md ask for more Ananias was wa a rookie compared compared com com- pared lared with him The cx plainsman and discipline could not agree but hut the officers all liked him even en If he was hard to manage manase so when he was w detailed as a sniper a sigh of or relief went up from the officers officer's of of- mess mes-I. Old Scott Scotty had the freedom or the th tn J rl lIe He used to draw two or three dB days days' rations and disappear dill with his glass range finder Cinder and rifle and we e would l see or hear no more of oC him until until un un- tI til sudden suddenly he would reappear with a n couple of or not notches he added to those al already already at- at read ready on the butt of his rifle Every ery time he got a German It meant another another an an- oth other r notch lie He was proud of these notches But after a few tC months Father Rheumatism got him and nd he was waa sent to flighty Blighty th the air In the wake of ot his hb stretcher wa was blue with curses curse Old OldS S Scotty ott surely sorely could coull swear some of his outbursts actually burned you ou ouNo No doubt at this writing he Is somewhere In Blighty pussy footing foot foot- Ins ing It on a bridge or along along- the wall wan of some plant with the GR G n. n or home defense corps CHAPTER Out Ont In FrontI Front FTER tea Lieutenant Stores of ot our I A AFTER section came into the dugout and informed me that I was wan for tOI a reconnoiterinG reconnoitering recon- recon patrol and would carry six Mills bombs At 1130 1120 that night twelve men our lieutenant and m myself s 's C went out In front fronton on a a. patrol In n no mans man's landWe land and We e cruised around In the dark ark for tor about two to hours houra Just lust knocking about aboul looking for trouble on the lookout for Boche working parties to see what they were doing At about 2 In the morning we were carefully picking our way about thirty yards In front of ot the tho German barbed wire when we e walked Into a Boche covering part party about thirty strong Then the music started the time fiddler ren ron rendered rendered dered derod his bill and we pal paid Fighting In the time dark with a bayonet Is not very Yen pleasant The Germans German took It on the run but our officer was as no novice no at the game and didn't follow them 11 lie gave ga the time order down on the tho ground hug It close Just Tut In time too because a volle volley just Juat skimmed over O our heads Then In low tones tones we wo were told tola to separate ana and crawl back to our trenches each man manon manon manon on his own Wo Ye could see sec the flashes CJ of oC their rifles In the tho darkness but the bullets bullet were going over O our heads We c lost three men killed ana aria one ono wounded In the arm If It hadn't h been en for our officers officers' o quick ulc thinking he the whole patrol would have probably b y been I 1 wiped out After about twenty minutes minutes' wait wat we went out again and discovered ered that the Germans had a wiring party put working corking on their barbed wire We 1 returned to our trenches unobserved with th th the Information Information mation matlon and our machine guns gun Immediately immedi Immedi- immediately h att got ot bus busy Th The next nl night ht four men were sent out to go over o and examine the German Ger man mn barbed wire and see If Ir th they had nad cut lanes through It If Ir so BO this presaged an car early morning attack on our trenches Of or course c I had to be one of or the four selected for tor the time Job It was ju just t like sending a n fellow to HIP under tinder undertakers undertaker's takers taker's to order his own coffin corrin At 10 o'clock we wc Hta started au out t. t armed with three bombs hombs a bayonet and amI re re- re volver After Arter getting Into no mans man's land anel we rye separated CIa Hn Crawling four or five feet reet at a time ducking star shells ns ith strays strat's cracking crac over head I reached their wire I 1 scouted alon along this l Inch b by inch scarcely breathing I could hear them talking In their theil trench my mt heart was pounding against my ribs One false move or the least noise from rom me mc meant discovery and nl- nl al almost almost most certain death After Actor covering cO my 01 sector I quietly crawled back I had gotten Jotten abo abort it half lJ wa way when I noticed that my revolver revolver re re- reo volver was ml missing It was as pitch dark daik I turned about to sec see If IC I could find It It couldn't be bc far r away awaL because about three or four our minutes previously pre I had felt fell the butt In the holster 1 crawled around in circles and at last lost found Cound it It then started on m my wa way back to our trenches li as I r thou thought ht Pretty soon 1 I reached barbed Ire and waa n-as Just to tn give the pa password s when something told nit nic me not to I putout put putout out mv my hand and touched one olle of or the thc barbed wire stakes It was Iron The British are arc of wood while the German German Ger Ger- man are arc Iron My 1 heart stopped beatIng beatIng beat- beat Ing h by mistake I had crawled back J to the German lines 1 I turned slowly ab about abut ut and m my tunic T I Ii Tommys Tommy's Dictionary of I the Trenches I I I II Pa Pty Extra pa pay p Allowed II I I I by lIy the government o for tor long s sere l nite n I l Ice ite It I e. Tomm Tommy Is vcr very efficient lf if I he manages to get It from the I J I I government I 1 c Mi-j Mi One of ot our guns I 1 I I which fires an pound eighteen I II I shell used for destroying GerI Ger- Ger GerI Her 1 I i 1 I I II i man barbed wire previous to an I attack if It docs does Its duty fluty you j I I. I b bet e et Tommy Is grateful I to th the tho I I elgh teen eighteen t 1 I Dugout A large safe and 1 j I room roomy dugout br braced b by hel heavy I II r I steel tee ribs or girders ls l's j I I g I J A position mad made of ot I 1 I earth or 01 sandbags from which n a a I I sup sup- supposed machine gun un Is fired It Is sup sup- J 1 ft posed to h he Invisible to the enemy rn ft Thc They generally blow Mow It up In III the time 1 course of a couple of ot days Just t I 1 j i ib b by luck of at Cour course c I II Il i I l l fool A spade like tool I II j I to dig tHI hasty entrenchments It I takes about a to dl dig a decent docent de- de I I cent hole with It so hasty mustI must I haw have another meaning I II I on mm Put Pul on equipment I II I I for COl drill or parn parade e I I j 1 A guard guald of soldiers ol who j conduct prisoners to different I pointy points Tomm Tommy Is Just as aM liable f j to b be a prisoner as an escort scort C Ct I A French pu public hl bonito l t I I I or saloon where muddy d water I is I II 1 sold for tor beer i t f caught aught ou on the wire and antI ma made e a n loud I ripping noise A sharp challenge rang out I sprang to m my feet felt ducking low lown and n ran madly madly mad mad- I ly 1 back toward our ou lines The Thc Germans Ger- Ger GerI I i I mans started firing bullets Time The were j i i biting all around me une when hen bang Iran I Iran ran smash mash into our OUI wire and a shai sharp p challenge Alt who comes there ran rang out I gasped out ant the password and groping my way through h the lane an I in the wire tearing m my nw han hands R and uniform uni- uni form I tumbled Into our trench and i iwas was os safe sate but I 1 was a nervous wreak wre k i I Ifor for Cor an hour houI until a drink of rum M brought me round I Continued tomorrow |