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Show mmm WJIIHfi LIE Thomas J. O'Brien Writes Interestingly of Life in the Trenches. T::oni.s J. O'Hrlen, who went ovrn i:5i1 is now with the Fifteenth settlor.. 'Vonvols Amos. near tho front. writtfl R Kolton at Hip AH: i-tuh as follows: WVll. here 1 am at the front, my final domination for at loaM a while. I rame out to t!us sovtion Trunin. X.' (Mt)t'-r . wtlli tun ntlirr mini. Thnv Is a tin.- W ho h li-ue. We tiro lit. if tl;n 1 1 ru-H, uiitl mm "I oi:r niH'o-(:i is itl..ml tin- iIom.-M OIU' Of till I'll pOMlM tO lltO 1 1 tli. It iiIm.ivn .H.miuis 1IK- a fourth uf .lulv t t i.'lnM i ion. ,ui.l :il ntt;lit wo r;ni 1 la in! ,v t lio .vtar ttlwlls from our Our rnini1 fill Kid mul we. w.-ro out m tin op.-n-air .ai fur ulioul an hour. A on un.lcrMnii.1 that tln-ro tiro m.un- hut tot n o,:tnl Ih'IuiuI lit Iliit N. I a; t ninht ( hf t o win on I v a short thMdiioo in our n-i-r aiul nnr to our rli;!ii. Thr o:v initio ratlior ronlnrtv, an, I our old oar was shaking shak-ing nearly all the time m.s the Kntieli shells went Sii a inlUK over our hen.N. Men wore working all aiomul us, ns ttio MiiiplU-s ami inurilt ions m i n till i-fi crifil in hy nluM, Troops were also oo!Uinnoii;-; p.ln' on tiu'lr u.iv to the trtin'tiefi a.i others wiTO coming our. Von ran not Imalno what thee t re no tu-s a re like until you mp t he in. aiul it will he import Mr twr the allies to fctvo full crotlu to the Kinn-h sol-ilieis sol-ilieis who h:ive otie In and eoni out of them now for three -ars, l.rtst nKht the tmal was up to the shoe- (ms j i 1 i I It was i 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 to heat thrA of ii kind, hill thi' !'! .'in IliiU'll W'rilt niari'ldtiu; past us hy the huhdr.-ds, n r 1 1 ; 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 . Just UN dtri Miiiicd and lull or flKht a i nvr, ttnowlri lhat lluv weir Kohm Into llioar It.-iu'li.-a u ndi r t hour i . a id it Ions to rruiu la their fur hums, Thrv are woialeitul. Thal M alt tlwn- 1m to It. We are uuiiMnied ino. h hi-tter than I rpa'lrd. Thero air emht of iih hi our ha i racks, which Is a diiK'Ut, lined tlnoimliotit wilh plank. We hmo a sloe tind r;i n l(rt?p vet V w.'iini wlien tu the hiinacks. In IiU't, our on n toiimen t was at out 1 1 me the. hradiuai tris of a 1'lruch urnfnil and Ids alarf, uu- food Is, of .im-', ind e la ho i ute, hut It Is W holi.-.omo a nd bii. l.iiulni,'. W'lu-n not on outpost duty. -ft have s.dtlnti up rxrreisrs at 7 n. in., hrral, taM at 7 :h and afterwards work on our c.irs If nrcrs-aiv. At we drill an hour and inaf around until Hopper, at ,r.:l;'i p. pi. Kaeh fe.Ilon has a French Mr-utriutiit and ours tu a pi'io'h. .S i l cr ' supper he Iraches iik I'readi for an hmir and wo Htr all In lud by S; or f o'elo !. W'e ar- not til-lowed til-lowed to Icivo our canl'tniiu'.nt at inn' tlnii". H, It looks hkr niv tirhalo pav of ,:;:', w 111 he all profit T.a.st nli:l:t JuM Jit we were Mt1 , for supper ih-- I'lrndi lieutenant c-inie tu ftpd told us all to et out K-is lla-ks and have tla-tn around "iir iieckn lie.'anse Die Itoclir" liml dioppoil a tew as shrlN durlnp lh rlav In our frctor, and he wanted us to he prepared til eai: one should Oo'iic over. This tndhate.i that we are not as f;i r a w a y from t ho I ntnt as Is ' ta h . I'ortunately. is e had no o.-rnslon t' I use them. W'e are not allowed in our oars without wearing a helmet ta tin dei -hv. Signed: TO.f OFRTIV, i5. S. 1 '. 1 r, Com ol:i Autos, Tar P C. M.. Talis, i-'iance. |