Show HAUNTED RIFLE IN TRENCHES german gun captured in abandoned dugout brings trouble to new owner the latter believes ati officer in the european Lur trenches writes I 1 have heard many omens ap piled to certain towns or villages there is one on the tower albert for instance while certain dugouts are nl naiia iia it Is a bad omen in some of the line to stumble over a grave during alie late offensive a certain young officer found in a captured trench a german sniper s rifle with two small ivory disks let into the stock he kept it in his dugout intending to take it back to billets when chev a bated alie trench one morning he brought it out in the trench to clean and thereupon started strafing 80 that lie had to retire again to his dugout next day the same thing happened and whenever he brought the rifle out of the dugout shells would begin to come over binally the thing tot so on ills nerves that he refused to let any one touch the rifle it Is probably still in the dugout tor it Is certain that the legend was handed on to the next occupants |