Show WILLIAM J ROBINSON CHAPTER XI preferred firing un line to hospital Hoi pital OON after this I 1 reported sick for S SOON the tb list time since I 1 bad been ju in the british ai aimy my I 1 bad a gi growth howth la in my throats throat and they sent me to a hospital in Armenti eres there they removed the tha growth and put me ma to bed on a stretcher I 1 was waa la in the hospital only three days and nd during my stay there the germana Gei roans shelled belled the town the anthe time I 1 felt awfully sorry borry for or the pout pooi fellows there who were helpless and dida t know at what motzen I 1 a shell might w come through and wipe them off tho face of the earth I 1 stood it for three das and when hen I 1 maw that the bad made no move to discharge me from froin hospital ho pital I 1 asked the orderly in my ward when hen ifould 1 would be likely to get out I 1 oh tie he bald you won t be out of here for a week yet I 1 won 1 17 I 1 1 asked well you just juat go down to the other end of the waid and turn your back foi a few moments and see whether I 1 will let out or not ue he said he bo coulon couldn t do a thing like that but the next nest time he was down there I 1 simply gut up and walked out in these so BO near the thing line are no such finch things as beds and one ilea on a stretcher with big c lombes all 0 i when I 1 the gathof gate of the hos hom 1 pita I 1 found n policed omun un on autv there but I 1 timaly bald baid tho the magic word ord I 1 duty alq walked right by him I 1 got a lift on a motor lorra for four teen miles and I 1 walked the other eight back to camp when I 1 and reported my self they asked we me for my dish disc h irge cheet but I 1 said I 1 had bad lost it so was nothing they could do about it in the spring of 1915 1015 the kaler kaiser paid a visit isalt to the merman german ti enches I 1 guess he be came very ey quietly for the firs firstie twe knew of it was when the germans in the trenches opposite wi us raised a big board above aln h parapet on which was waa printed something like this THE EMPEROR WAS HERE HERB YESTER DAY HAD YOU ONLY KNOWN J THE ENGLISH EVER SLOW BLOW our chaps printed a boand which went them one better belter it said THE KINO KING na BEEN HERB TWICE TIIE THE PRESIDENT OF 1 RANCE WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO FELL YOU NOW av nutz you ARE to carry the juke joke to the end somebody dug up a silk hat but from somewhere and about I 1 0 clock all the fellows began to cheer they stuck the bat on the end of a stick and carried it along the trench so that it could fie neen that hat was absolute riddled v with ith bullets but they it clear to the end of the trench aud then they threw both hat and stick oer the parapet so that the germans bould tee bee how they bad been tooled fooled and how our fellows fellos t the germans were so mad I 1 think they would have done us violence had they had the A lettla thing like that means a lot to the boys la in the trenches an I 1 it Is the subject of conversation for days and days afterward later we began to have more trouble with spies we caught bunches of them but there always seemed to be more about occasionally there would be a belgian among them but for the most part they were ere germans and we could not understand it ne e caught them in all guises but for the greater rr eater 1 art they seemed to fancy kilts as being above suspicion su on tap face ot of abi thing thina this 1 Is for who can imitate the scotch accent so as ag to geeby get by in the british linest in one week we caught fourteen met ger wang who were vs arIng tile kilt and they all seemed very much that they should have becu captured while posing as aa Scotch men to put a stop to this spring it was decided to close all roads for a period of 0 twenty four hours all meu men acre lre warned that from 9 0 0 clock on stich and such a night until 9 0 clock the following t they were not ilot to leave heir air units without the pass pasa provided for thee twenty four haars hoars sentries were placed yards apart on all the roads in the daytime and yards at night all these preparations were made very quietly and the greatest secrecy preserved I 1 was de detailed wll my car to patrol certain roads roada floring florl ng the twenty tweel tour foul hours and of course all the other roads bogda were patrolled too we had orders to stop every one we mete met and alq if they were not hot provided with the special pass we were to take them prisoners regardless of ahat hat uniform they vre ere wearing it looked like tiresome work but tt it proved to be rather exciting 1 I 1 started over my route promptly at 0 4 and you may be oure aure I 1 was waa i all au oa edge to make a caD capture ture my mj I 1 b ay Z I 1 THUS T I 1 IE i 1 R an american day boys va baptism of firs fire by WILLIAM ROBINSON J copyright attle browna borowi co the most mo graphic account ot of the great war that has haa yet beert written comet c 0 me from the pen ot of ft a twenty two year old beaton boy who ha has just r re turned from frinco france where as dragoon guardsman t dispatch dla patch rider and motorcar driver h he iier ved fourteen months month under the flag out ot of thirty one motorcycle dispatch riders be wa one ne of tour four survivors car vaas as rising the nag flag ot of the army corps bead headquarters quarters so BO I 1 was not bothered by the men sentries gentries tries stopping me I 1 went ment the route the first time with ot olt meeting a soul foul who jhb wasn gasn t quite all right I 1 was much couch disappointed toy I 1 thought I 1 would be picking up spies wholesale on the second trip I 1 agan to think that I 1 was going to have about the luck as aa I 1 did on the first for everything seemed very quiet and peaceful I 1 came to the village of herzeele ecle eele and turned into the load which leads to watou batou and as I 1 said I 1 was beginning to be sick of my job thee aber e was rather te a sharp curve in this road and as I 1 turned it I 1 saw by the light of ma m electric headlights two men standing in the middle of the be road 1 I he h minute caught sight eight of my lar ar they started blurted out arciosa a field as aa hard as they ther could go I 1 at them and jammed ou on my brales brakes they dida t stop so BO I 1 pulled my revolver and sent a couple of per snaders after them that brought them to a hilt all right and they started yelling 1 I ILlet i lend idl at the top of their voices I 1 timed ted the bean sear blight on my car around until the light shone full on thim and then I 1 called 0 o them to bep their bands untidy in the air and come back on the road I 1 they dian didn t wern very anxious about it but I 1 assured them if they dian didn t I 1 would fill thern them full of boles bolei I 1 tamly felt aleice enough to do it they lame awe up on to the road and I 1 made them twid stand one on each side of the car 1 I heu I 1 noticed that one of them had on a pair of german soldiers boots and then I 1 knew that I 1 had bad a fesh for sure sune I 1 got out and searched them but they were unarmed hat was a oz drying me was aa the fact that in taking them back one of them would havi to tc sit behind me in the car I 1 took off iny ay spare tires and put them in the linck lack of the car and wath the straps I 1 bound one fellows feet and hands bands I 1 plied piled him into the ton neau an nud made the other sit fitt lafront ln tn front with me I 1 assured him it if be made a single move I 1 dibut t like I 1 would pump him full of lead P D Q in this way I 1 took ahlm m into camp without accident they were shot as aa spi spies two dus later our haul for the t atty four hours houra was thirty one salea and every one of oihem them was a german one of the most terrible things I 1 ever witnessed was wag the destruction of at the chateau at hooe the chateau djs 14 in a very pe fullar position being on the fie dead ground between our trench PS 4 and the gentians sometimes we would auld hold it and sometimes they would and it offered great chances to both for stil sniping ping we held part of it and they would hold bold the other part ihen there was some great band to hand baad our fellows in orie one room would mould he digging holes through thal the j wall mull to riot pot tit at germans in the nest it vi mas as so ro close to our that we lid did not dare to shell she it and the sa baime me thing a applied appl ppl led to the germans 0 raf 1 it iva iiii decided to mine the thing and t low it off the face of the parth earth I 1 think the germans had bad decided the same name thing anil and it was simply a case of it who aho would get their mines laid first we got the jump on them and when everything was ready our bivs enticed the Gert genins into it and then the work of destruction started I 1 was wag sitting on horseback b hind some staff officers flera of e were about halt half a mile irom from the place but we me had our ears ear stuffed 8 with cotton to prevent the explosion from injuring our hearing bearing nhen the minea were set off we saw a sight eight such as one observes only once onca in a lif lifetime time the earth trembled a low gr oiling rumble nimble ensued then a mighty crash and add the air was tilled falth smoke flame bricks brick dust elving bodies heads beads lk gs anil and arms arma our fel lows low let out a mighty cheer and ed across ackois the crater formed bv the ex pl oslo the germans seemed stunned by the awful sight they had bad witnessed and we several lines of trenches from them with very little trouble the losses on the lerman german side elde were terri ble and we me lot lo t heavily ourselves the chateau at IT 11 mii me will always be remembered bv atoe who haw it als majesty the king paid hla armies a visit tn in the fall and as I 1 had bad never seen been king george I 1 was much interested I 1 had bad seen the klug king of beegi 1 ura um and also president poincare of france but up to this time I 1 had ne never T seen the king for whom I 1 was lighting fighting we ve were waned d the day before and every one lad had to be bright and shining for the big event the king drove up in a car bearl ienir the royal standard on it and you mav be sur surp P I 1 1 that car was given give anthe the right of way i ott arvo dispatch dI riders I 1 had dashed alone the road ahead of j the c cr r cleat dealing ing the way A ay so that noth ing should delai the royal party I 1 fas was one of a large detail of mounted men who jolted ns as escort to bu bin majesty when he left the car be mounted the beautiful horse borse that was waiting for i him and escorted by the guard he be rode out to the reviewing stand he ie j made a speech to the men who were formed u up I 1 on the parade and tie be thank than fed f cd them for diele loyalty and devotion to in her time of need I 1 I 1 could only hear a few words of his bia as I 1 was stationed quite a distance am away ay from him As he ae fin i libed labed the speech he saluted the fel k a N i t the king mounted the beautiful horse that waa wa A waiting for him lorn ios a threw their hats into tle air and let out a mighty cheer when this happened eiers horse on the ground including uty tuy on blood right up on his hind blud legs and reached for the blue skies above I 1 the king icing wits was thrown in some way and sustained injuries that were rather serious the at accident ident acted as aa a damper to the enthusiasm and the kings visit ended much differently than was as eap exp expended eted to be continued |