Show NOISIEST OF it Is al also so the most nearly invisible one man many fall by shells of foe that li Is unseen adieu my dear wife vive la france last message of dying soldier paris france A french officer who has been in the battle east ot of I 1 ahtens amiens in france asserts that this is probably the noisiest nois iest war the world has ever known it is also the most moat nearly invisible war many of the first line troops have fought in all the battles from belgium to the marne and back to the arc present ent position without actually seeing any germans save dead or wounded tho the men have become so curious to see their ene enemies niles that lately when the tha trenches are so close that the french soldiers can hear the germans shouting orders the french off officers leers have had the greatest difficulty in forcing thi tha men to keep their heads down the same officer credits the with being germanys germanas Germ anys deadliest weapon speaking of ordinary artillery he relates how a few days ago a french infantryman was wading through t the 6 in mud back to the iren trench cli and eating a pear A shell bu burst rat neap near by a piece of it striking the soldiers haversack and felling him ile he was immediately on hla ahter feet again swearing furiously les cochons cochins co chons they made me lose my pear writes farewell to family here are stories of two heroic deaths the first Is simply a letter found in the hands of a soldier who had just finished writing it whon when the end came 1 I am awaiting help which does not come the letter ran 1 I pray god to take me for I 1 suffer buffer atrociously cious clou sly ly adieu my wife and dear children adieu all my family whom I 1 so loved I 1 request that whoever finds me will send this letter to paris to my wife with the pocketbook which Is in my coat pocket lathering gathering my last strength I 1 write this lying prostrate tinder the shell ire fire both my legs are broken my aly last thoughts are for my children and for thee my cherished wife and compan companion of my life my beloved wife vive la ht prance francel dies at head of his men when a certain french colonel had bad walked a short distance ahead of his regiment to examine the german position yards away which he expected to attack an orderly handed him a message As he was reading it a german shell burst near by tho the colonel staggered with his thigh torn and agape tand and his boot filled with blood officers ran to aid him but ho he pushed them away gentlemen he be said 1 I beg you to stand back no not herel here dont support me no no riot not before my regiment making a superhuman effort the colonel pale as death staggered toward the awaiting regiment to which he mana managed gerl to read tho the text of tho order which lie he had bad ree received 9 alved suddenly a second shell burst decapitate ing the colonel who thus died the death which a french officer prefers above till nil others itt at the head of hla his men |