Show BlACK TROOPER WINS AIMS COVETED HONOR KUMOR CROSS PARIS Oct Th The The first and only trooper of the or French black troops from Senegal and Al Algeria Algeria Algeria Al- Al geria to receive tho the legion of ot honor from the French rench government Is Js a thick sot coal-black coal middle-aged middle Infantryman in infantryman infantryman In- In who went through one of the qu queer er experiences of the war While operations operation were active at the the- front a was given the small steel safe gafo containing francs in government funds to carry back to the new now p position He lie was given a donkey and started off ort with the safe sate and treasure Suddenly however al althe all the plans of removal were Interrupted bya hya German raid which swept the and all other troops with their hors horses s and supplies into the utmost confusion Many were killed and the whole force was wall badly scattered It was taken tor for granted that the with the safe and treasure was certainly certainly certainly lost as even those not burdened burdened bur bur- with heavy l loads blade ads had been swept away in the tho Impetuous raid Some days later the French outposts outposts outposts out out- posts were astonished to have the with the safe on on his back trudge into camp His IUs donkey had bad been killed for tor three days he had been Inside the German lines tines carrying a steel safe on his back He lie never let Jet et go of or the safe When the lines lineR were swept into confusion confusion confusion con con- fusion by the machine gun fire he first lost his donkey and then with I his safe sare crept under some brushes The German Gennan lines rushed past his hiding hiding hiding hid hid- ing place and he was left behind the German lines Ho kept concealed duri during g the d day r and at night with the safe oh on his back picked his way forward forward forward for for- ward through the German Gennan rear guard to some ome new hiding place This ThIa was kept up lip until at last he trudged into the French ch camp and laid down the safe and treasury treasur before the astonIshed astonished astonished aston aston- French colonel They gave him the legion of ot honor and whole regiment the whole regiment was drawn up as he received d It from the representative representative representative of ot the government who gave him the or kiss of ot honor honor hon hon- I or 01 on his coal black face I |