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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVILLK. ITA11 - vyirvwvw-v-- ovmwi! and they dont scare worth ay cent! Shelled coming In, at Vole da ,, and some more this aide of Champlllon several casualties. No confusion nothing like a panUv-I-al- d down and waited' for orders did exactly as they wr told fine j FIX BAYONETS! rw yrflii companies were waiting. Hla own i tlllery appeared te have lifted Its Cha-telle- men, range; you heard the shells farther In, In the depths of the wood. The air snapped and crackled all around. The sergeant beside the lieutenant stopped, looked at him air P ! Pigiiin Utvktm MrWitWa trmtOfficmmftU CHAPTER III ''IV' The Bois de Belleau; Coming Out. with a frozen, foolish smile, and crumpled Into a heap of old clothe. Somethin took the kneecap off the lieutenant's right knee and his leg buckled under him. lie noticed, as he fell sideways, that all hta moo were ; there tumbling over like was one fellow that spun around twice, and went over backward with bis arms up. Then the wheat shut him In, and he heard cries and a moaning. lie observed curliuJy that he was making some of thp noise him? self. How could anything hurt lie sat up t look at his knee It wsm bleeding like the douce! and as be felt for Ids first-olpacket, a bullet seared Ids anoulder, knocking him on Ids bmk again. For a while he luy quiet hiiJ listened to odd. thrashing noises around him. and off to the left a man began to call, very pitifully. At once he beard more machine-gun Are lie hadn't seemed to lo ur It before ami now the bullet wore and striking tb ground ricocheting with pecull.tr whine In every direction. One ripped Into the dirt by his cheek end. tilled his eyea and hit mouth win dust. The lamentable crying sti.ppcd; most of the crawling, thruahlng mdses stopped. He himself wus hit a gain and again, up aud down his legs, and he lay very still. Where he lay he could Just see a tree-tohe was that near the wood. A few leaves clung to It ; he tried to calculate, from the light on them, how low the sun was, and how long It would be until dark. Stretcher hearer would be along at dirk, surely. l!a heard voices, so dose that ha could distinguish words: Caput? t alien Later, forgetting those voices, he e tried to wriggle backward Into a that lie remembered passing. He waa hit again, but somehow he got , into a little or got bis body Into It, head first He reflected that he had bled so much that a position wouldnt matter, and he didn't want to be hit again. Men all dead, he supposed. He couldnt hear any cf them, n seemed to pass out, and then to have dreamy periods of consciousness. In one of these periods he saw the sky over him was dark, metallic blue; it would be nearly night He heard somebody coming on heavy feet, and cunningly shut hla eyes to a silt . . , playA German officer, ing dead. a stiff. Immaculate fellow, stood over him, looking at hltn. lie lay very still, trying not to breathe. Tb d Boche hod out hla pistol, a on hla It rested left Luger, forearm, and fired deliberately, ne felt the bullet range upward through the sole of hla foot, and something excruciating happened In hla ankle. Then one called, and the Oertnuo passed from his field of vision, returning his pistol as be went . . . Later, trying Ls piece things together, he was In an ambulance, And being Jolted most Infernally. later he asked a nurse by hta bed: I aay. nurse, tell me did we get the Bola de Bellenu? -- Why, last June! she said. Its time you were coming ont of It I This Is August duck-pins- They tried new tactics to get tbs bayonets Into the Ih.l de Belleau. Ilatooos very lean platoons med In small combat groups, deployed In the wheat, und ee; ont tw ward the gloomy wood. Fifty batter-le- a were working on It, all "the field pieces of the Second division, and what the French would lend. The hells rl pied overhead, and the wood was full of leuping flume, and the smoke of H. E. an shrapnel. The fire from Its edge died down. It was late In the afternoon; the snn was low enough to shine under the edge of your helmet. The men went forward at a walk, their shoulders hunched over, their bodies inclined, their eyes on the edge of the wood, where shrapnel wns raising a hell of a dust. Some of them had been this way before ; their faces were set bleakly. Others were replacements, a month or so from Quant loo; they were terribly anxious to do the right thing, and they watched xeubn-lthe sergeant and the corporals and the lieutenants who led the way with canes. One such group, over to the left, followed a big young officer, a replacement, too, but a man who had spent a week In Ilouresches and was to be considered a veteran, as such things went In those days, when so many chaps were not with the brigade very long. He had not liked now-for- K Capt JOHN W. THOMASON, Jr. flTMiM Wf tk AvHmt fru FROM THE START STORY how th Th author dorlb First battalion of th Fifth marine ara quartered near Marl? . during tha flrat part of Sena, 1911, whan thay ara auddrniy ant np north to rallava tha First division, baarlnr tha brunt of tha Carman offenslva. Tart of tha Fifth wrast Hill 14 from tha natnjr and wait thars for tha Garman countar offanslva they can aaa forming. A tarrifle Carman attack soon davalops, wreaking fearful havoc amonir tha marl aaa, tut not dislodging them. In the Immediate vicinity othor flares encounters ara reducing tha American troops and forcing tha necessity of replacements. CHAPTER II Continued It came out of the woods Into a pale stone town Chnmplllon. Then ware no Ilghta In the houses; the place had an air of death about It There waa a Th.D. from Harvard In that sweating file, a big, pale, unhandy private, hounded habitually by sergeants and troubled with Indigestion and patriotism. For all his training, a pack was not at homo on his shoulders or a rifle easy In his hands. He thought of the pleasant study back Cambridge way, of the sergeant under the "First to Fight recruiting poster Tour Job, too, fella I Come on an help lick the Hunt Tou don't wants wait to be drafted, a big guy like youl We can use you In the marines1 A hearty, red neqked rufllan extremely comIn his vocation, no doubt petent Good enough chaps. Yes . . . but . . . fire In the New Engtea by a seal-coland twilight and clever talk of art and philosophic anarchism one wrote fastldgms essays on such things for the more discriminating reviews . . . scholarly abstrac tions. . . . Of all the stupid. Ignorant, uncivilwar I Who coined that ized things, civilized warfare! There wa phase, no such thing I . . . Here, In the most civilized country on earth. . . . The . . . neighborhood of Chateau-Thlerrtown, wasnt It? The Montaignes kings of France bad a chateau near It once. And yet It was always a cockpit . . . since Aetlus rolled back Atttla In the battle. of the nations, at Chalons Napoleon fought Cbamp-Aubeand Montmlrall around here alwaya war The column waa through dipping Into a black hollow. More shellholea In the road here. . . . All at once there was a new shell hole, and the doctor of philosophy, Mimetime private of marines, lay beside It very neatly beheaded, with the rifle, that had been such a bore to Weep dean, across hla knees, and dried prunes spilling oat of the pockets that he never had learned to button. The column went on. At dawn, a naval medico attached to the marine brigade, .with a staff officer, passed that way. obOdd, the wounds yon see. served the naval man, professionally Interested. lie looked curiously. "I couldnt have done a neater decapitation than that myself. Wonder who took hla Identification tags with It I see. Replacement, by hla uniform (FOr the Fifth, and Sixth regiments had long since worn out their tnarlne uniforms, and were wearing army khaki, while the replacements came In new green clothing.) The staff officer picked np the rifle, snapped back the bolt and squinted expertly, down the bore. he said. Sure he waa "Disgustin', a replacement Yon never catch an with n bore like that flUhy I Bet there hasnt been a rag through It la a week. Tou know, surgeon, I was looking at some of the rifle of that, bunch of machine-gunner- s lying In the brush Just across from Battalion; they were besutiful Never saw better kept pieces. Fine seldlere In n lot of ways, these gold-nnd-blu- ahell-hol- shell-hole- e head-downwa- rd 1 al y rt Charo-plllo- forest-er-gre- old-tim- n. en er Bocher Meantime the column had ,, passed Into heavier woods, and halted where the rifles ahead sounded Tcry near. They mw da gouts, betrayed by the .thread of candlelight around the edges of the blankets that cloaked their entrance. One was a aresalng-station, bf the sound and the smell '9t It The officer named Henry docked lato me other. There a stocky major sat np on the Boor and rolled a cig arette; which be, lighted at a guttering candle. Jileplaeementa In? Well, . wfcat do they look like?" Same men 1 taw In the training areas last month, air. A sprinkling f marines Sergeant McGee, that 'we broke for something or other - Ortl-llm- 1 e I'anama, It with eqv and the rest them r young college Ind and oya off the farm fine material, air. Not much drill, but they probably know how to shoot, they take orders. ... short-barrele- From Captain Notebook. Thomason's Don reaches, which he entered at night, and where he lived obscenely In cellars with the dead, and saw men die In the orange flash of mlnen-werfshells, terribly and without the consolation of glory. Here, at He thought, lart, was attack. absently watching hla flank to tee e that It guided renter was the word of the old men who had brought him up to the tales of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. In the war of the Southern confederacy. Great battles, glamorous attarks, full elan of the color and the The battalion lay In unclean holes of chivalry. Jackson at Chancellor-vllle- ; on the far face of Bola de Belleau. Pickett at Gettysburg that which vras now United States mawaa a charge for you the rel South- rine The ann waa corps entirely. ern battle-flags- , leading like fierce lew over Torry, and all the bnttalloo, birds the locked ranks except certain designated Individuals, of fifteen gray brigades, and the slept The artillery, Boche and Amerscreeching Rebel yell, and the ican, was engaged In counter-batterfife and drum, rattling out work, and the persecuted Infantry -The Girl I Left Behind Me; . enjoyed repose. JTig. senior lieutenant of the Forty-nintcompany,' bedded Oh. If vvr 1 gvt through this war. And tha Lincoln boya dont find me, down under g big rock with hla orrm coin to co. right back again derly, came up from infinite depths To tha girl 1 laft behind of' slumber with hla pistol out. all No music here, no flags, no bright In one swift motion. You awoke like words, no lines of battle charging that In ilte. Bola de Bollean. . . . with yell Combat group of weary Jennings, company runner, showed at him and said: Sir, men, la drab and dirty uniforms, two dressed approximately on g line, the cap's waiys to ace you " They crawled delicately away from spaced oo that ont tbrspnel-burs- t cennot Include more than one group, the edge of the wood, to a trail that bantook you back under cover, and found laden like mules with . dips, the captain frying potatoes In bacon doleers, grenades, ehaut-chatrudging forward without haste and grease. Going out tcnlghC by plawithout excitement, they moved on toons. Start aa soon as It's dark, an untidy wood where abrila were with the Seventeenth. We are next. breaking, a wood that did not .answer Sixth regiment outfit makln the reback, or abow an enemy. In Its si- lief Ninety-sixt- h company for n lence and Anonymity It wae far more They've been here before, so yon ram- needn't leeve anybody to show, them sinister than any ' - or stone walls with topped the ground. Soon as they get to you. part. old from honest beat It Got a sketch of the mapf crashing volleys muskets he considered Have your platoou et Bola Gros-Jeathese things and noted that the wood you know, beyond Brigade, on the was very near, and ttrat the German big, road a; daylight.. Battalion baa shells 'were passing high and break- chow there. Got It ? Good (TO BB CONTINCLD.) ing In the rear,. where the support er ... true-guld- high-hearte- bright-winge- ft. lilt, d d field-musi- c, y Naipr W-a- Sv a lltlla.of thy thy hidebound pockrt and thou h(tn to thrive cr y with an (In neither will . buck-teet- . h gas-mask- s, ut flag-crown- n block-powde- r, XXXXXXX0XXX$XXXXOXXXXd'XXXXOX0XX0X4 Gestures Tell More Than Spoken Words A ta one cf the most difficult things In the world t set a lie. Gesture Is. In fact, far' more revealing end far more truthful than speech. Comparatively few person posses complete control of this language of th body. Neither a golden tongue nor n voice thrilling with passion Is guy, match gesture or glance. for n contradicting -Scientific Study of gesture has shown that they fall naturally Into two cla sac acceptance or rcjectloru Almost every gesture of which we are capable belongs. to one or other of those .classes, for. In truth, the language of gesture U muen aimpier than tb language of the Ups. Upwurd movement of the bead, bands, arms or eyelids belong to the former class; 1 end downward, movements to the lat ter. There ere few exceptions to this, but they only prove the rule. For example, there Is a way of raWn the eyebrow that expresses s sneer, but then s sneer Is deliberate, whereia e th gesture that are really ere always made without deliberation. it -- tell-tal- Fortune in Short Order Reck Prolific Fish f Me t-- - danog the Hub's nmn, lifetime, will lay 7,000.000 ggw A sturgeon, H and sown wilfnovor irrdltorv thro, n.r hungrr tli, nor want oipr--tnot nakednem, frooro tliro Th whole hrmiKt'hoi r ohiiir bilaht-er- , and plraaui o apilna up III rvory coruor of thy h ml Hi n j.unla 5fnyy atmy yfrom w It has killed your Peterman's Franklin. USEFUL HINTS "A x'um! the world of our good inun NtilpVv ncMhurlni! .M'hcd . , The tile of weUlit mid .pro us uf pol'IioiiN lues mid ii i ihle of t lie tOie f used it.iloN will be a In pint around' fur l"ONT walk a A pint suuar equals n mmlpled pound Bww't on Iiin Ixditwit ninlM, oqu.iU I't outlies A p!pt of m.tp'e sii.ir u A ils outlet's. pud of graham tlu lr Only pint of wheat Hour equals omues. A meal equals 10 pint of ounces. A pint of soft butter equals 1(1 ouncex or one pound. A pint of grated breud crumbs equals nine ounos A pint of seeded raisin equals 0 ounces A pint of dried currant equal 111 S A ounce. pint of dried hominy equal 13 ounces. The white of 8 ordlnury eggs "111 All one cup. Nine large egg (hen' egg) will welch one pound. of butter Two level tnblespKnful un ounce. equal Fight liquid ounce equal one cup. Two tablet'jwHinfula of aide equal an ounce. Four level fableepoonful of flour eqnnl nn ounce. A pint of rice equals 13 ounces. An ounce of grnnuluted sugar equals two tublespoonful. Three lahleyjeonfula of cornriurih espial an ounce. of grated Three tublespoonful choelute equal nn ounce. Four tablenpK)nfuls of coffee equnl an ounce. Soak mildewed linen In buttermilk; after an hour, .prltrkle with Milt mid lay In the sun. Repeat until the tqot Is removed. To clean white chamois or the kind, in fact any kind of kill gloves, ue flour dunipeued with yawn line, washing and nibbing the soiled xts. But the glove on the bands and wash Just as one does the band Rinse In dry clean flour and bung on the line out of doora to air Underwear makes the finest Lind of cleaning and dust cloth. A nice dish cloth, soft and large enough, mny be made from two small salt sacks sewed together. Wash white silk gloves In naptha soap and water, rinse In bluing water gad hang In the shade to dry; they will look Uke new. Make aprons from the hack and The two fronts of men's shirt. amnller pieces can be used for pocket and holders. When opening a can of plnenpple for salad, use s slice for cabbage A d 1 salad. Everyday Foods. When the warm days roiiie. leaving one languid, get out for a brisk walk, filling the lungs good fresh dir, cut down on with the protein foods, and cat plentifully of fruits and green vegetable. That tired feeling Is nature's way of telling us that our blood is dogged with too much waate,. which It Is unable to dispose of. House cleaning should begin on and In the txdy. Btop stoking the furnace and rlcuo out tho ashes. Brtwn Nut Bread. Take two cupfuls of grab am Hour, one cupful of wheat flour, one-hacupful of molasses, one tablespoonful of augur, one teaapoon-fu- l teaspoonful of aoda, of salt, one cupful of raisin, one-anf cupfuls of walnut meats; mix well and bake to a moderate oven. Scalloped Fish Pick any leftover cooked fish Into bits, carefully removing all bones. Take a pint, of milk, add a alk-- pfpulon. a sprig of pars ley minced fine, two tablesMHnfuls ol butter hod the same of cornstarch nixed with little cold milk, iuilt and pefr.ler to taste. Ubok all together-unti- l smooth and well rooked. Lucullus 8auca. Beat oue fialf cup ful of heavy creum until stIT, abl three ' tablcsponufula of -- tnaymiriHise dressing, two tablwiNH.nfnU cavil of horseradish (grated), vluegur. one tcasponnful of made mustard, out half tranpoonful of Halt and a Id I ol , cayenne. the tomatoes are Tomato large, cut Intp thick slice.; If mlt rut Into halve. On each slice or tmlf, heap a leuspoouful euch of celery and cucumber fx-oluto tine piece add m blf of minced onion and top Uli n spoonful of thick nmyotiualNc. Ibieb ovfr the top a sprinkling of paprika - lf mt Wf A r.itu. - m-ra.- Vkini lira. p lit I k 1 CUM s Vt k. NT M01rwnrUte salt. 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