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Show Animals Under Fire BOMBARDMENTS affect different animals an-imals in different ways. Dogs, as a rule, show great distress when shells burst near them and howl plteously. On the other hand, they have be?n known to dash along the front of a trench during dur-ing infantry fire, barking and apparently enjoying the noise. Cats do not care whether they are .sheiled or "machined" as long as they have a dry corner and food when they ore hungry. There have been instances of lost dogs and cats actually venturing into the P.ritish trenches during an engagement. Some of them lived in cottages near the Tiring lin long since destroyed and clung to the remnants of their homes; others strayed a long distance. A nondescript non-descript dog, with an Armenticres address ad-dress on his collar, turned up near Wyt-i-rhaete early one morning, spent the day with a territorial battalion, disappeared at dusk and was never seen again. A "West County yeomanry contingent was adopted In the thick of a fight near Fortuin in May by a black cat, which survived a bombardment that killed many men, and has since lived sumptu ously In billets with an Identification disk around its neck. Regimental mascots arpear to ha-re the best time, for they stay In billet, live on the fat of the land ajid are made much of by the local Inhabitants. The pampered terrier of a certain famous regiment of foot guards sat on the top of a transport wagon at the tail of the battalion bat-talion and barked at all the civilian dogs he passed. He Often Gets Stuck. AMONG the clerks in the office of one of the Cabinet members at Washington Wash-ington is a very dull young man who ceins never to be able to do anything without making mistakes. "WTiy do you keep that fellow?" asked a colleague ono day. 'He eeme a perfect per-fect fool." "Well," said the other, "the fact is, be Js one of the most useful clerks I have. Before I issue an order I always have him read it. If he can tell what it means I am sure that there can be no chance that anyone will misunderstand iC" |