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Show l THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVILLE, UTAH 'ALL WEARING THE BROAD SMILE OF VICTORY -- Christmas in a Dugout Hi 'Kt at cf i: ' By , 5 rhy-- ' Sergeant Arthur Guy ' Empey n Xr ITe returned In a few minutes with ships company to report progress as to whit they have done for the Christ- - a large parcel addressed to me. I mas feed whhh Is to be held tomor- - eagerly took the parcel and looked row at eight bells. Yank, let's hear for he post mark. It waa from Lon- don. Another pang of disappointment yours. 1 botone two dozen eggs, reported paved through me. I knew n one tles of white wjne, one bottle of red In Ixmdon. wine', eight pntkets of Gold Flake Then it all flashed ofer me In an Infugs" cigarettes), and one Quart stant. About two weeks before, I had bottle of champagne, which had cost noticed a collection being taken np la me five francs at a French estamlnet. the section and at the time thought It This report was received with a vtry strange that I was not asked to Author of Over the Top, -First CalV Etc. cheer. "Ikey llonney was next in donate. The boys had all chipped In order, IK proudly stated thut ho had to make sure that I would uot be forSaved his rum issue for the last gotten on Christmas. They eagerly 3 tXXk- , f i 5" " 0-0i eleven days, and consequently was crowded around me as I opened the able to donate to the feast his water parcel. It contained nearly everything Q 1 bottle f full of rum. This under the sun. Including some AmerK Mr. Empeys Experi- i would out in help making brandy sauce can,clgrett s. SevenHis ences During A man named Smith In our section for Bill InSailor the plum pudding. . teen Months in theFirst formed that he hud a fruit rake, a had been detailed as runner" to our Line Trenches of the bottle of pickled walnut, and two captain and was not present at the tins of. deviled ham which had been distribution of the mall. Three parBritish Army in France v. aetveV sent out to him from London, Each cels and five letters were piace on his man hud something to report. I care- pack so he would receive them on his (Oopyrlf bv tail, br Tt MeCUie fully made a list of the articles op- return to the dugout . SrBOieM) In about ten minutes a man came posite the name of tbe person donating them, and turned the list over to from the trench loaded down with It was Christmas eve, and cold; not Bill, who was to act as cook ou the small oblong boxes. Each Tommy, In- the kind of cold .which sends the red following day. eluding myself, received one. ' They blood tingling through your veins and were came Hall Lance presents from the queen of Eng- then Just Corporal -to be make and at up you WeXne pant AH are wearing the Millie of victory, All of these heroes helped iu the defeat of iTUhtdanisju. Into the dugnut.-an- d that warming hit land, and each box contained a small but-th- at kind miserable 'em," damp In off. front left the F w Marshal are come row, to, DuTVaiC of General wh, If plum pudding, cigarettes, a couple of the military wont right, FVrsfiTng:M4tlame hands over the fire bucket, mild : marrow of your -eata that into the Marshal Joffre. General of Dtfball. son. his and General Pelletier are the General and clgara, matches, and chocolates. Every Paris; somela to want hear Galopin governor "If you blokes bones, attacking yon from the rear and soldier in the British army received to rear, to either aide of Marshal Joffre. home will take that you thing one sending cold shivers up and down your EUgUtyrcome of these boxey on Christmas day. up Into the fire trench spinal column. It gives you a' feeling a minute." At last Sailor Bill announced that of dread and loneliness. we None of us moved. That fire buck- Christmas dinner was ready and WILSON TO VISIT MOTHERS GIRLHOOD HOME The three of us, ("Curly, " --nappy," In our no to respeclost time getting land myself, were standing at the cor-te- r et was too comfortable. After much tive packs, sitting around In a circle. and Sailor Bill, Ikey llonney coaxing of "Yankee avenue and "Yiddish Ilall out of the dug-o- Smith was the only absentee, and hla street" waiting for the word "Stand myself followed and up Into the fire trench. A parcels and letters, still unopened, to," upon which fit were to mount our we started were on bis pack. He was now a half machine gun on the parapet find go ou dead silence reigned, and and hour overdue. watch for two hours with our heads to return. Hall Blocked our way, Sallof Bill, noting our eagerness to whispered; held up bis ban and said;' sticking over theytop. begin, Just a minute, boys, and listen." ."Yankee avenue" was the name of Now boys, were all shipmates 'toPretty soon, from the darkness out gether. Dont you think It would be the fire trench, while "Yiddish street In front, we heard the strains of a was the communication trench leading to the rear. We were occupying "Y German cornet rlaylng "Its a Long, We sector of the front line of our brigade. Long Trail We're Winding." note died the last till entranced stood some In and The trench was muddy, a thin crust of ice was begin- out After about a four or places v -" ' L " ' 'r ' i wait tbe strains of fhe Suwanee jC, ning to form around the edges of the were wafted across No Mans Illver" v - ' ; s,v aw'1? 3 ay J ' "wi puddles, r.' X felt lonely and VYe had wrapped, our feet and legs Land toward us. with empty sand bags, and looked like homesick, rv snow shovelers on Fifth avenue. My j. Out of the darkness from the Are teeth were chattering with the cold, boy on our left a Welsh voice started LongTrall." If nappy was slapping his hands on his I singing "Its a long, German cornet The was beautiful.tblghs,whtle Curly bad unbuttoned must beard It, because he hare his on overcoat, buttons one of the player and with his left baDd was desperately picked up the tune and accompanied never trying to reach under his right armpit the singer on hla cornet, f had life beautiful so marIn heard my "cootie" a bad no doubt anything gone German from th music The before. dinner. Its Christmas for keting TifinrifM Then came the unwelcome "Stand trench suddenly cessed, and in the air for overhead came the sharp crack on the was President Wilson, during his European trip, will visit Carlisle. England, where his mother spent her girlhood. to, toand Itour upmounted. flrestep crack I of machine gun ballets, as took This us, gun get The photograph shows Carlisle castle, which dates back to the Roman days. some Boche gunner butted in on the about five minutes. We ducked and returned to concert was Curly, while working awsy, our eve, dugout muttering; Bllme me, Christmas TWO MARINES WHO WON DECORATIONS police The men were all tired out and and ere I am somewhere In France, soon rasping snores could be beard alf starved with the cold. flippy-wrihumming "Keep tbe from under the cover of blankets and Hi-- , Home Fires Burning." Bight then, to overcoats. The next day was Christmas, and me, any kind of $ borne fire would I Eagsrly Took ths Parcel. we eagerly awaited the mall, which have been very Welcome. It was black aa pitch In No Mans was to be brought up by the ration better to wait a few minutes mors for Smitbr land. Curly stopped muttering to him- party at noon. Wa all assented, but In our hearts self and Happys bumming ceased. Not a 2ot or ahell bad been fired There waa serious work In front of us. all morning. Tbe tun bad come out we were cursing him for his delay. Ci e For two hourt we bad to try and pene-- 1 Ten minutes passed fifteen then although the trenches wera that blackness with onr straining j pery witti mud, still It waa warm, and twenty. AH eyes were turned In Sailor the Christmas spirit running Mils direction. He answered our look eyes to see that Frtta did not surprise I W0 os with some Christmas stunt of hla through our veins We all turned tn with : . Go to It, boys, we cant wait for Suddenly, nsppy, who was standing tnd cleaned up the dugout Making on the firestep next to me, gripped my J reflectors out of ammunition tins Smith. I dont know whata keeping y arm, and In a low, excited whisper, sticking them Into the wall of the ilm, but you know his name Is In orasked ; dugout we placed a lighted candle ders for leave and perhaps he is so Did you see that out In front Yank, j on each, the rays from which turned tickled that hea going to see his wife A and three little nippers In Blighty, that a little to the right of that black patch Dlgiit into day. j In tbe barbed wire!" Bill waa hustling about preparing hes lost hla bearings and bas run Turning my eyes In the direction In- J the Christmas spread. He placed a aground." o We started In and waxed merry for dlcsted, with my heart pounding j waterproof sheet on the floor, and few minutes. Then there would be my ribs, I waited for some-- 1 blanket! he spread another j sheet over the top for a an uncomfortable pause and all eyes thing to develop. waterproof Sure enough, I could make out a J taj)le ciothf ftD(j arranged the mens would be turned In the direction of -- 1 - -the vacant place. slight movement- - Happy must have pficka around the edges for chairs. seen It at the same time, because he to seemed Uneasiness prevail. Presently the welcome voice of our entrance to the dug-othe of entrance carefully eased his rifle over the top, Suddenly came from the sergeant alMiss Gladys McGowan Ballard has was darkened and a form came ready for Instant use. My rifle was the dugout: waa been made a sergeant of the Lafayette fumbling In ready position. Curly me lads, lend a hand stumbling down. With one accord we on. "Come battalion of the police reserve In New WJ with the flare pistol Suddenly, "plop! with the mail." . all shouted : Turk. Miss Ballard, who Is a niece of as he pulled the trigger, and a red "Come on. Smith, youre missing one There was a mad rush for the enDavid R. Francis, American ambassastreak shot np Into the air as the star-she- trance. of the best Christmas dinners of your-life- ." ae or In a couple of minutes dor to Russia, comes from Louisville, ( described an arc out In front; It a under boys returned, staggering Ky. She is considered one of the most hit the ground and burst, throwing the Our sergeant entered the dugoutr As each name was . beautiful fclrls of the state famous out a white, ghostly light. A fright load of parcels. look at hla face waa enough. We One a parcel would be thrpwn for Its beautiful women. ened meouw," and a cat, with speed read off, knew he waa the beargr of 111 tidings. My II ere are Lieutenant Jackson of Denver and Lieutenant Godbey of St I clutch open, darted from the wire in over to the expectant Tommy. as With tears In his eyes and a catch tn I heart was beating with eagerness Great Soldier Democratic. Louis, officers of the U. S. marines, who were given the D, S. C for courage froDt 0f us jumped over our gun and his voice, be asked: General Sir Douglas Haig, British under most severe shell fire. disappeared Into the blackness of the "Which Is Smiths pack?" W tll and Amercommander In chief, called at an trench. Curly ducked his head, solemnly nodded our beads In the diican headquarters, and around this Happy let out a weak, squeaky laugh. rection of the vacant place. Without a I was frozen stiff with fear. Pretty eadquarters they still talk much of WHERE CROWN PRINCE SAW HIS MEN WHIPPED word the sergeant picked up the let. was la visit They soon the pump action of my heart ters, parcels and pack and started to The headquartera'was In the edge of resumed, and once more I looked out leave the dugout. a wood. It had been raining. A serInto No Mans land. Sailor BIU could stand it no longer, geant found the general trying to keep For the remainder of our two hours and Just as the sergeant wa about to we his 'footing on slippery duckboards on guard nothing happened. Then - be asked : leave while he endeavored to ascertain the "turned over" to tbe second relief and, hapwhats comwith "Out It, Aergesnt, .whereabout of the -- American half frozen, wended our way through pened T manders hut from the sign boards. the icy mud to the entrance of our . The sergeant turned around, and la The sergeant led him to the place he dugout. a choking voice, said : came j earth of the ought, but the American commander From the depths nd most of his staff, following hi "Boys. Smiths gone west. Some the notes of a harmonica playing; advanced more a Old for Your In had left troops, bloody German sniper got him through "Pack Up Your Troubles P. C. Two second lieutenants and two the napper as he was passing that Smile." Smile. Smile, and Kit Bag, bashed-iwe sergeants were holding down the repart In Yiddish street" the down muddy step Stumbling Bill Sailor . office, ; ejaculated : cently vacated entered the dugout. About eight boys I Gone west!" Then Tra Haig." said the general In such Smith old "Poor on their of our section, sifting pack, . an Tm Bill' Janes" tone of voice that he paused and sobbed out; "My God, had formed a circle round a wooden the Americans didnt realize who their think f his wife and three little nipbox. In an old ammuEKT&n tin six vbdtor was for a full half minute. shudwere pers watting la Blighty for him to candles burning. I Inwardly lYhen they did they explained that sudcome home for the Christmas holidered at this extravagance, but their commander had gone up ahead. Christdays." denly remembered that It was said Jut wanted to wlh him tuck,"hands I believe that right at that moment a mas eve. "Sailor BUI" was making the general. Then he shook vow of vengeance Registered solemn a of flames cocoa over the "Tommys i fes- with the two lieutenants and the two cooker," while "Ikey" Honney was "Did You See That Out In Front, Itself la every heart around that fire sergeants and left. Stars and Stripe. trench of a toasting bread In front V. Tbe next day we buried Fm'.th la a bucket, the fumes' Dorn which nearly Death la Ghosts Embraces tbe sergeant picked up each parcel; little cemetery behind the lines. While us. choked I Tte old churchyard of Trough, conn-t.- v A soon as we made oar appearance then a rang of disappointment as tie standing around his grave our artillery ant-; wr ha long Monaghan. Treand, In the dugout the circle stood up, and, name was read off. suddenly opened Up vl'h aa Intense ed by an evil spirit In the form of a Each man In tbe dugout received bombardment on the German line-?- , ufcuaf with the English, made as Is beautiful colleen, uho ued to etpear room for ua to get around the fire from one to four parcels. There was and as every shell passed, screaming to yourg men and extract from them a r e sent a prayer of venbucket to thaw out our stiffened Joiats. still one left. I could fed 'their eyes overhead, Kl i me. . premise to meet her there In a month with with It, the or minutes geance V sympathizing In about twenty lime. The compact uas always sealed BIU whispered something to As tbe gTave was died la I Imrg'm 1 Sailor X tbe trench was forgotten and cold by a st rles of passionate kisses. WithWhen the Americas troops captured the hill and village of Montfsucon we joined In site merriment. The, mu- the sergeant that I could not get. The a huge rainbow embracing the graves in the month the young man Invari- they di an otw nation pot la the upper fart of the houe that Is sician put hi harmonica away, and, sergeant turned to me and said; In that cemetery on which, in letters ably, however, died, end was laid to seen in the ohotegraph. from which the crown prince ! supposed t have burr, tel with Importance, Sailor Bill br.me me, Yank, I mut be of fire as written Peace on Earth, Why. rest la the chun tmird on the day of j wgtrhed the slaughter of Us troops during their futile attack ou Verdun In . gdn balmy. I left your parcel up Good Will Toward 113." -But such U war. tack." 1 Irt the trench. 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