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Show 'TTM? By LEONARD - IKW1H flYEiS, Berueant Eadle and Prlvat Darcy, lately discharged from a hospital, behind the front. In France, become bored and disgusted wlih life In replacement camp They elude 'the guards and go over the hill to find and rejoin their old outfit, the At field artillery. Vaucouleura they are told their outfit has moved up beyond Toul Late next day they find their organization In the woods Both men are worn out and hungry but a drive on the German position Is to begin in an hour, and Eadle Is commanded to go along The Americans prepare to launch an early morning attack against the Germans at Saint Mihlel. The Americans are pleasantly sur-- . prised at the little resistance met In their advance; the Germans evidently pulled out In the night Eadle Is sent bad to report the successful advance to hla captain A few nights afterward, four sergeants, Eadle, Ham, Baldyand Short Mack, Inseparable comEadle panions sleep together finds his old friend. Bed lake, who has Just been transferred to hla company, and they stay together. On a night march the columns are drenched by heavy showers Eadle la ordered oui on liaison duty, to adjust fire and repair telephone lines. In a new He takes Jake along, attack and they are attached to a lieutenant The attack begins at dawn and this time It Is a real WNU Company. -- fight STTV. 9 the boards of a stage, that a bullet makes going into a man. The bochel The boche bad opened fire. Five seconds of that rain of steel convinced Fkidle that he had been mistaken. This was going to be a FIGHT. To his horror he saw that the advance. Instead of taking to earth Immediately, was still going forward. Men were dropping every where, some going down suddenly with a crash of equipment, others swaying like wounded animals, then sinking slowly to their knees uDd so to the ground. The slightly wounded, frightened by the pain of a bullet Just umler the skin, a finger shot off. or a "crease," cried out loudly. There was a clamor for First Aid" that could be heard above the machine guns. Eadle closed his eyes to shut out the sight of the men falling, hut tie fell himself, headlong Into an old shell hole, and bruised himself badly on the sharp stones there. A hand seized Ids shoulder. Where yuh hit, 'sergeant?" Jake's, homely red face, a little whiter than usual and the eyes wide open with concern, wns thrust Into Emile's. Tin not hit, said Eadle. getting Just fell down. Watch yourup. . self. never mind' me. . You in somethin' about say lids belli a Sunday school picnic lust night." said Jake, fingering Ids gas mask. We id n t gone, .to wrong church or anything like that, have we?" It imiv not last. replied Eadle. It looks us though It would last a h I ot a lot longer than we will,", Jake. muttered They heard the shriek of a shell ami thing themselves down The shell struck very near. Eadle eoiilil sweat he heard It worm lug Its way Into the earth It burst seen a man bit for some time. The battalion must be sheltered from the enemy fire. He could bear shells fall Ing, but they were not close at hand Come," yelled Jake, Ita time we moved. The boss Is goln' back the way be come." The major's staft be gan to scatter, hunting foi the com mariders of the companies to tell them that the battalion must change direction. The major, meanwhile, wuvlng his arm to such men aB were still Id sight, turned and begun to move back the way he hjd come, paralleling the swamp. Again clamor arose. If is a difficult Job to separute two mills that have collided and become Involved with each other. The officers and nonenms of each tried to find tlieli own men. but It was well-nigIrnpos slide. One thing that saved the situation was that the troops ot one division were all Infantry, while those of the other were mostly auxiliary troops And then following up the attack. again, numbers of the men of Eadle s 1 w-a-s CHAPTER Continued wns a wailing would have dune There that IV of whistles to a Mock of pulls The sound was Hiouls cheers, wild yells. Here we K, Hold the major, putting his watch Into his pocket, lie led the way along thf comnuinlcailon trench. up steps out In the parallel of the tire trench. and so out Jnto the field. The noise was terrific. A steady rmr nt machine puns, like the sound of a waterfall, might very well be the Americans tiring a machine pun hur rage. The advance began to go sharply downhill. The going was extremely heavy. The ground had been pounded and pounded and there was not a place where wan could put his foot that was not a shell hole or the edge ot one. The fighting for Head Man's Ml In liilfi and 11)17 had used this ai etor roughly. Vuu see? yelled Eadle, seizing Jukes shoulder and shouting In his ear. No casualties! What did I tell you? "1 see," said Juke. I'm scared. I ' aint used to this like you are." "Hah. hah." laughed Eudle, "you toil em. kid I Ilia laugh, however was a bit hoi low lie was ashamed of hlmsell that he had to figlu buck feHr the way he did. Iteason with himself ns he would that he tirnl boon all through this he fore, that the Germans were licked and had tnken to their heels hours ago. and that this attack was hut slightly more dangerous than the bayonet charges on bundles of fag pots In Hie old training camp days. Eadle was afraid The mdse terrified him. A man's nerves are not con atructed to stand the strain ot the cowtlnual shock of high (lowered explosions. any more than his body Is made to stand continual immersion In water. The advance went steadily downhill making progress In spile of the rough nature of the ground The major just In front ot Eadle. hud a compass In hi? hand and besides the artllleri liaison olllcei he had an engineer oil! eei also with a compass. Wlmt the other halt dozen officers were Eadle did not know There were ton many of them. Moreover, they were going all In a molt, faster than the Infanlrv men about them, that the stall found Itself very soon among the auto riflemen ot the first wave. I'osslhly the major had done It purposely to h sine his company commanders were going In the right direction. The fog and the smoke shut out everything; Eadle could only see the rolling, pitch lug ground for all .the world like a rough set. except that It was station ary the corkscrew ends of German wire posts sticking up here and there rusty, broken wire, and men going ui mid down In and out ot the shell holes, ami straddling wide legged ovet tangles ot wire. As they went steadily on Eadie mi tlced the blackened runks ol long dead trees, shuttered and lorn Into stumi? a hou I the height of a man His feet begun to sink lien the mud There whs a swiro.p here find the men kept petting deeper and deeper into It Eadle 'sel at the major, to sei It they hart lost their direction, hut the or twi at hi? beyond a glam-nap, did no seem disturbed. Eadle w .ded In the swamp to his knees Tills was disagreeable he going, thought, bill It would soon oe over He had not yet seen casualty The sergeant became suddenly con acinus of a new note I? the turmoil of noise, a new note such as one hears In a symphony, when a hrass hegins to play among the wood Instruments It was faint sut as Eadle listened it began to sw-i- i, as though the unseen orchestra leaner swung his baton In one long motion. Crescendo I A stern metallic note In tne storm that drowned all others. The rush of a torrent over rocks, the cracking of tnoussnds of bullets that soft nhlt ! phlt ! phlt I for all world like a duncera toes on g I1I.A.M! F'lrst aid First aid I muttered Fhidle. He re membered a time when he did not. 8weur,- hut that was before bis first battle. The advuuce continued ; blindly. druij;enl.y, It reeled through the fug. More shells, more machine guns, bullets splashed wuter Into Ea die's face. There were a lot of packs- scuttered. here, a few dead, and men with white brassurds frunllcall.v binding up the wounded. This outfit had gone quite a wny, thought Eadle. before they had ditched their packs. And those first aid men certainly had guts to be s far forward. A column of ineD with stove pipes weiit by. going across the front of the advance. The stove pipes were In reality Stokes mortars, and this mortar company must he tost. After them came men with telephone wire. What the h I Is all this?" cried Eadle. Stokes mortar' detachments usually are he last of all In an ad vance. and telephone details are fat behind the first wave. And these men were going right across the puth ot i he advancing first wave. Hey I cried Eadle. splashing ovei and seizing the sleeve of the artillery utllcer. were going the wrong' way We're running Into the hack ot some other outfit See all these pucks wJi.it that gang of men going across out front? Thats the Inst wave of an ad Tha Advance Continued; Blindly. Drunkenly, It Reeled Through the Fog. ! 1 tolci know It," said the officer. (lie ui Jv: ;..me time ago Ills coin pass Is oft or he's lost his nerve The englneei otlicer was killed Its none of nut business, thank God!" Fladle'a haltalhui cum limed to floun der through the mud and In a minute I or two It whs definitely Involved In the mass ot troops that seemed to tie crossing Its front.. When that hup-pencil there was no longei hii doubt In any one's mind hut that the hat lullnn hud lost Its direction It hud collided with troops of uuoiher tllvl shut and the smoke, the. tog and the confusing effect nt. continually lying down and getting up to avoid shell hursts was now trebled by the fact that men were going every which way Titer" was tumult. Here, where the ti I are you men going?" cried an Irate officer "Wlmi organization Is this? This tsni yut sector, get the ti I out n here! Men could lie heard raging everywhere You ninety day wonder! bellowed anoi her nfih-ehaven't yon got liralns enough- to know dial this lirook runs east ami west? What do you wunt tP go east along it for? Gel your men oni ot here or I'll have mine fire on von Steady!'' called some one A knot tlmiering maps came splashing through die mire At rlieit head, skill tearing his overseas cap with one silver star walked a tall elderly man. You've lust yum direr I to don major' he said you know where yon are?' lie began to explain to hla dies iiihJoi nmv die mistake nilgid have been made, and Iiovv p should he rectified.' Eadle. sitting down on a stump, watched the othet division going by. I ll say we rt oil our track, tie That till'd Is a lulgade muttered. rotnmundel Those men going by ate engineers or pioneer Infantry. Iietu-pick and shovel and ladders to bridge trenches with." More men passed, signal corps men telephone llnsemen, stretehet hearers, a Catholic chaplain with a stole ahum his neck, asking the wounded on the ground If they had need of him. Eadle remembered that be uud Dot men. all e sw,-vpin- g . j . TATT where the ground sloped away again, and on each flank, where shadowy figures with slung rifles kept coming over the hill. Jump out and tell those company commundera to hold up a minute or Tell them two," ordered the major. well have a halt io that they cun get their outfits reorganized. Then come back to me and report the companies location." The enlisted members of the staff went away at a trot They were cora-nanrunners and each went to find his nwB captain, like homing pigeons to their loth Eadle discovered that he could see his own shadow. Ill, Jake." he called, here comes the sun. Didn't I tell you? When the sun comes out well all feel better We cun see the scenery, and things will be a little warmer." "Ill say they will, muttered Jake These here boche aint flxln to let us come Into their back yard ao' go breakln' their windows without let-tifly a little rock salt at us. I ain't had much to do with krauts In France, but Ive had some truck with 'em In Wisconsin an' theyre bad Indians The time to start runnln Is when you dont see anyone In the apple or chard." The runners had uot come back before the sun was out In full force. The major expresstfl his satisfaction and. opening a map, began to check off the prominent points on the land scape. The ground went slightly down In front and then a plateau sloped up to the white skeleton of a town Pe yond this towD was a hill, a sharply outlined knob, that shut off all view In that direction. To the - left were woods, and a crooked valley. In which occasional shells burst sending up a cloud of smoke like steam from a locomotive. Eadle decided that these were American shells, since he could see the flash, and the smoke would have already begun to drift away before the faint slant of the explosion was audible. The runners came back, an otticei from one of the companies with them They reported to the major and he seemed very satisfied Not so bad." he remarked to the staff, even It we did get a little bit off the track; we got hack on right away. And we're all right, the coin panies aren't lost or gummed up Well, time to be going. He blew his wills tie and a number of othet men ..blew theirs. The officers of the companies In front could he beard nrging the men forward. A few stood up The urging? became more Insistent. Tome on I roared the majoi. "get going there Move out! The few men moved forward a little and others followed hesitatingly Some Jumped from one shell hole to another, and turned about to see who was behind them. 1 redont hlume them guys, marked Jake In a whisper, that bird got us lost once. I got my doubts fullerin' him myself.. More Infantry, seeing tliul the first men to stand up hud not been killed, stood np In their turn and. urged with boot and voice by their officers, began to cross the plateau toward the town More and more of them came out ot their holes and Ewlie looking around saw that there was a very respectahlp wave of Infantry climbing the slope They advanced steadily, although the line was rutlier ragged now gun oiiened on men dropped Some the advance Eadle did not look but he could hem the calls for first aid. n 1 A frlen'd had lolned the first gun two or three friends. In fact. The advance wavered a bit They re tn the town I cried' the Forward! IJush dial town!' major i ither officers shouted indistinct com maud.?. TAf-i'A- I A -- TAF-TAO! roar, a deafening clamor clattering The Infan Seafaring Men Long, Clung to Sea Serpent , d . division, realizing that they had come Into a part of the battlefield that was relatively calm, had not a great desire to leave It Get your rocke's handy," said the Unison officer to Eadle. Well tuny he want to hav a fresh barrage. The barrage was to hold on the hostile Intermediate position for thirty min ntes. If we get along. fust, well hist about- catch tip with It. Do you know where yu are?' No, sir. said Eadle. 1 never saw a map of the sector." Well. I can't tell you," said the officer, because I don't know either Let It ride until the fog lifts. They climbed uphill again, punting The slopes were slippery with wet clay and the shell holes so rhlcs that men Imd to wind their way single the among them The enemy left them alone elthei because all the defenders of the sectoi had been killed oi they hud retreated to a place more suited foi defense furthei on Fug and smoke hindered the advance hut It also hindered the enemy s ob t he would have no nervation, Idea of where the Americans- were. The' hultulion came out on the lop ot the hill anti Emile noticed tliul me lie counl fog was getting thinner, nee for quite s distance now In front 1 hor. over-beau- I 1" vHiice A T TAJ A five-minu- D.LC H. Doran floor. Bervlc-- Copyright by at TV 4 NASON IUiutntUai by STORY FROM THE START ? Sines the days of the first seafarer? peopled the ocean with mer mermen us well a? maids and with awful monsters, the Pellet in ?ea serpenis and similar marine won ders has been firmly held by many mariners. In modern times sea serpents were reported to have been seen Hlotig the coast ot the I'nlied Stales and ('mi uilu In IMNi. IS 1(1. I.S-uud IN4t. amt tn I he luller years similar creature? were rexirtei1 to be prevalent along the Norwegian coast. The first case which gained urry ere donee among selriitllK men. howevei wa? the report ot Captain Mizulin? d the British navy, coaimandot o' ihe warship I'aihlalus. who declareo i tun on August (1. ININ, while en 'rode front the Cape ot (toed Hope to Si Helena, he and his men saw a strung-meder ot groat size, having mailt who . Conversation at Its Best Great talk Is like a soug, like u glori II llves.lt goes live? the heavens with high beauty tiecaus'i It will go The imia who realizes himself In talk with u friend -- there Is a purity in him. he Is generous, for this reullzlna togethet having Its own beauty. Is it? owu end To see an Idea in a mans eyes before it bus shaped for his voiee to Intercept the unspoken, meeting It with whut yourself would not this Is a creation with con sclousness Itself. From "The Itoud to the Temple," by Susaw Glnspell. in huv-spok- Prolific Leather Supply Sufficient leather of all kinds to sup ply the whole needs of the world could Nt obtained hum sharks. characteristics of the sea 'vrpetit nt the popular imagination After long discussion, however, the scletitlfi world decided that the serpent'' wa a species of seal Inhabiting the Soutl seas. try knew enough to Urn down now, and did sa A gnat ot holleu swept Into the staff; the artillery officer went down, a runner cried oot, and Eadle made a leap for a deep hole, tnto which he plunged. He lay there for a full minute, listening to the shouting, to the backing of the guns, and a sharp barklDg sound, that must be grenades bursting. How bad was this going to be? Pbwltl A dimple suddenly appeared In the ground before Eadle's eyes and a few grains ot dirt trickled out Eadle promptly sought the bottom of the hole. A whole handful of bullets landed In the place where his head had Just been and covered him with dirt Zlnnnunnnl went a ricochet By G dl" cried Eadle. He very gently removed bis helmet and shoved It out of the rear rim of the bole. It came sailing buck to him with two long creases on the side and a bole through the top. The sergeant felt again that Icy hand about bis heart that he had felt so many times before Id battle. But this time It seemed to be a stronger colder hand. The bullets In the edge ot the bole, the ricochet, and lastly the return of the steel helmet pointed to but one The battalion was being shot up from the rear. Who would- - have thought It, that a battalion advancing so slowly as this one had would leave enemy machine gunners behind it How wns such a thing possible? Ah I But the major hud gone astray, one company and a platoon of another had followed Mm. and the other companies finding themselves out of touch with their flank units, had taken tn ground and waited for the major to show up. The major had first gone east, and then returned to the plateau diagonally, and having but a platoon or so left out of the men that bad first become mixed wltb the other division,- he had out covered the sector very thoroughly. Each division, afraid of again- colliding with the other, had drawn away, leaving a wide gup between the two, and from this gap machine gunners now made merry with the Americans. There was a sudden burst of shout: Ing and the hanging of grenades from the left front. In the direction of the THERE la nothing that has ever taken the place of Bayer Aspirin as an antidote for pain. Safe, or physicians wouldnt use it, and endorse its use by others. Sure, or several million users would have turned to something else. But get real Bayer Aspirin (at any drugstore) with Bayer on the box, and the word genuine printed in red: ' 1 town. Stand by for a counter attack ! cried some one. A hundred voices took up the warning. A counter attack! This battalion. Its nerve already shaken. Its confidence already lost In Its officers, scattered and disorganized In shell holes, was now to receive a counter attack. The Germans always tinted. thnmwell. Just at the moment when the enemys 'ourage was the weakest. Just at the Instant when the men were of two minds, whether to stay or run. Then the Germans would send over five or six hundred or a thousand men In a dense mass, like a football team bucking the line, and this mass would make np the mens minds for them. A counter attack I More shouting, more grenades I Eadle unbuttoned his holster and drew his pistol. How come? Was he bit? His hand came away from the butt wet and sticky. Blood? (osnioleriel Well. Im J d!" said Eudle. Here be was In a shell hole In the midst of a red hot fight, a counter attack under way and his pistol still In the cosm? lene In which it had been Issued. Is thick, heavy grease, the weapnu was full of It the barrel was packed with It. and even If he could get the firing mechanism to runcthm. the gun woi.ld Jain at first shot ft It did noi hurst. Well, he had his choice of cleaning It then and there with such materials as he had or o holding up Ills hands to the first boche that Cos-molen-e came along. The exterioi grease ne removed to a great extent hy wiping the gun on Ids puttees, lie tore a strip from his iiaiidkerchiet ami. taking a pencil from ids musette, prepared to clean the bar rel Ills hands shook like leaves and tils teeth rattled so that he several time? hit Ills tongue. The barrel of the automatic is removed by dismounting the slide. There Is a little hurt'iii just under the muzzle which Is pressed and this allows a locking cam to be. turned, so that the airrel and slide can be removed Eudie pressed this button down and turned the cam Now . mulei the button Is a strong spring that returns the slide to Its nor niHl position uflei it has from the shock t the cartridge being fired, and In Eudie nervous slate he neglected to exert enough pressure on this spring, so that once the cam was turned and the button was free, the spring leaped tindei Fiadies astonished finger and went souring out of the Aaplrln Is the trade mark of Barer Manufacture of Moooacetlcacldester of SallcyllcaU Methuselul Is repined t. have lived I slxt.v-nine to be nine hundred--ayears old hut there are no di eumental instances as remarkable hs that Ac cording to the parish register ol Si l.eoimrds. Shoreditch. 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