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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA. UTAH VRQNS Illa-ttralion-- IRWIN MYERS, D. S.C. 0or(, By LEONARD NASON CHAPTER V mans are going up that gulcb to pull Continued 13 "So yon came In across tbe Held, . VVeve muttered the ragged officer. tried to get runners through there, but they havent seemed to be able to make It Well, what's the answer? You men want to commit suicide or did you come up here for some dell nlte purpose? Weve brought up a wire from the Information center, replied LieutenHe had been ant Connor coldly. thinking more and more tlmt this ragged officer was probably a tempo No one rary second lleuteuanL htftight. expensive uniforms like that except newly commissioned officers ot the general staff, lienee he, Connor, was preparing to do some heavy rank . lng. Youve brought up a wire?" cried the ragged man. .Well, I call that tine work. If Id known yon men were bringing ine a wire Id have let go slugs at you myself. This Is the .first time In twenty-ninyears of serv Ice tha't Ive bpen able to draw a free breath anil do as I pleased. What the h I do want with a wire? Ive got a blinker running and thats enough' It only runs one way, thats why I. like It Who knows how to hold thl? road, me or old Foot In the Grave ten miles hack and ninety feet down?, Before wpdlsetiss the question any further." remarked Connor haughtily, .lets settle the question of rank. Tin a first lieutenant Banking from July . JO, 1018 iWhnt are you?". The ragged mans Jaw dropped with 'almost a distinct click? He seemed st a loss" for words'. Up . gasped. . . Itank?"tfinnlly .breutlied tHa ragged man In a husky voice. , are they all .crazy?1 Don't worry about rank, lieutenant.; When T w"as"a" first nontenant, you- 'werent born. , Go 'bring ine that wire." . One of the men that had come up with Emfie.detaclied himself from- the group and In a few. minutes appeared with seveia I more, tugging the end of the wire after them.. Lieutenant Cou nor,e who had an Instrument! ,al Inched the end of the wire and aftei. .some minutes. of cranking and calling .. hello," he got a response. There you are, said he to. the You can talk, to them.' ragged miiu Hello, begun the' ragged .man Whos this? Ah, . well put. me Hello, Sherithrough to Sheridan. dan? General MacLeod speaking. Im up here In the woods with a com poslte battalion. They belong to ev ery unit In the A. E F. The rectltt cutlon of the line was very poorly done and so we were pinched out. I can hold but until night. Weve got 10 have some air by then though. Darkness and all that. I haven't got any machine guns to speuk of. Can you hear me?" The ragged man. who said he was a general, wound the crank of the telephone, lie listened, lie called Into the mouthpiece, and wound the ernnk I guess Its gone," he sgnln. Well, they know we're alive What the h I Is eating you? A doughboy, holding a portable pick In his hand, had Joined the group, Speak up I said the general. The man gave a dry croak lioche! he said, and pointed with his free hand. The group all looked Id the direction of the place where the road went downhill toward the west That place bad a few seconds before been full of doughboys digging holes, arranging shelter halves over holes already dug or chopping down bushes for camou These had suddeuly disap- Huge. Nnred and now one could see noth log hut a helmet or two, a few rltle barrels and some men prone In the road, who were looking at something downhill below them. "Lieutenant! said the general quickly and sharp'y, you and I are H e only officers here. Go down to tl e other end of the rond and take charge. Have everyone stop whnt he's d Ing and find cover Under no con s ieratlon let any shooting start J imp! The rest of you, follow me! Eadie, Jake, the men who had guarded them, and two others tnat lo had not noticed before, went hur-t d!y to the edge of the hill. Here lliy cautiously looked down. There was a deep gulch there that ran diagonally across the mad, wlnu-- i .g away to the southwest Through tv gulch marched a great many tier i n soldiers, rifles slung, full packs, i . helmeted with that dark steel hood that looks so much like a coal scuttle. 'J hey flowed along the gulch like s 1 reftw rtinuiug uphill, not in any if formation, hut Just as Vine any crowd of men would scramble along over rough ground. Eadle tried to remember something be had learned a long time ago uhmu I he number of men In column of fours that would pass a point In a given He couldnt remember lime were not necessary, anyway. There were a whole lot of Germans there, sad that was enough. You. said the general In an un rterton- - to Hi two Infantrymen, "Juuq out ntd tell tho-,- e men in the ditch DuJ to start any shooting. Those Ger e . - - Fig-ore- s off a flank attack on our Hues We mustnt let them back. farther down by Eadle. The sergeant, looking at him, recognized him as one of those who bad been with the general. know ua Havent seen any, said Eadle here. They outnumber Were boldin em I about five to one or more anyway Have they begun to fall back?" Sergeant Fletcher, run back to the btloker and send, Enemy In jarge No, not yet They arent doing any Watch more rushing, though." numbers moving southwest. left I Go on, you others, get all those The other man spat In the J si riflemen back here. You there, you road. Ain't this a picnic for a man man with the mustachedo you know above grade seventeen to get Into I I where the machine gun Is up there? was detailed to go with that high Jump up and tell em oot to fire on flyln staff bird an carry bla camp their lives! chairs an stuff. Im sergeant major The men turned to go, but there was with Brigade U. Q. Figure me doln a sudden crackle of rifle tire and a It! Boy, theres a Jinx on this out burst of yelling straggling fit I Where the b I . did that shell down the road. The Germans below shocked lieutenant come from?" ' hnlted Instantly and stood listening The one with me?" asked Eadle Two patrols detached themselves from Whats be 'done now, bawled you out the mob and. began to climb the hill for not saluting?. . . toward the Americans . The machine' ; H I, no. But the general Him? gun that was on the upper edge ot .told him to go back and hot.. let any the road went . Into, action with s shooting take place. They cut loose sound like ripping cloth, the two pa before he got there, but he soon trols melted Into lumps of motionless stopped lL . Yeeslr, .he. was.tbp man In men the went down and tight gray, thut wasnt going to let It happen, iy massed troops below, beaten down Vhen the general got again, either. by the machine gun fire as grass Is by back and the scrap was goln there, The sight was water from a hose. on like a bouse afire,, this iooey has too much for the concealed American Infantry. The. place began to sizzle with rifle Are. . Ah, d n JUe .iu.ck ! muttered the Ue bit Now theyre off." general. his lip a moment. thentnrned to Eadle and Jake. "Is either of you a he asked. . Im. sergeant, sir, refilled Eadle. Good . Were In for a yed hot fight. Im going back to get. the wounded out of the road and to. see how things are l here. Stay here and when mmes-sengep- s come back dont let them go away again . Ini leaving you tu charge uow. Don't let anyone start a panic. The Germans, recovering froifi the shock of their surprise: unable to retreat, because of. the number behind, and unuble to go. forward because of luckof cover, begun o ascend the hill In .the . face of. the American lira had heard somewhere that the Germans did. not. know, how to. shoot, hut these he now faced were ao exception to the rule. . T.helr rifle fire was hot and accurate, and the exploeinus of the grenades were uupleasunt-lclose. The Americans, firing down hill and wildly excited, were tiring too high, hut as Hie range became uiore urn) more polnlbhink their bullets begun to find marks and the advance Eadie Had Heard Somewhere That It slowed buf It continued, slowed. the Germans Did No.t Know How to nevertheless. Shoot, but These He Now Faced middle on his the stomach In. Eadle, Were an Exception to the Rule. of the road; watched the enemy come hearer ant! nearer. An explosion at .the men afl lined uj) emptyin their his ear nearly split the drum ammunition belts into the road sos Who the h I wus that?toTrfed,rtie they couldnt do any more unaurhor sergeant, looking around with his hand ized firin. An' all b I loose at this ut his ear , . The sergeant rnajoi end o' the road I I didnt mean to Me, said Juke. chewed and Boy. upoD a twig. paused hold the old gat so uear you Cook It well the Medal of Honor out of get the aquareheuds Axin' their hayouets this fight 1" be yelled, us or our Theyre gonna rush us I Gil out your folks." guu, Eadle, unless you want 'em to There they gqt" cried Eiidle ex come up here an' shake hands with cltedly. ."Theyre pulling outl We've us!" licked em. G d n their lousy souls were dan It was true, the Germans Look at em run! gerously near. Eadle drew his pistol Outta here I" howled the sergeant In the general dlrec and pointing it . to bisJejah utta don of the Germans, flred'away a clip I You men down there, fall here In us came Ills breath gasps though hack I He took a whistle from bis he had been running a long time and blew upon It with lung and his heart bent with such sliced that lie pocket force. "Blow your whistle I bursting seemed to he suffocating. The enemy lie cried to .Eadle, get these guys were closer than ever, he could, even I said the The outta here general see their faces now. There was one minute they started to go to run like In particular, a man with a. blond mils tnehe. This one was in the right hand ditch and showed himself from time to time to throw a grenade. Eadle aimed at him and fired. A few seconds Intel the blond man leaped up and a greti ade sailed In the sergeants direction The Jews possess the unique He did not bear It burst, for be had oi being the world's champion tired again at theJ&exiuan He missed cursei one of their own number dei, by a mile. clares In The Keflex. Tills wrltei furEadie Steady now," muttered ther points out that Uk Did Testa He rested both elbows tin "steady." r.ei.t contains more cursing tliur any the road ami steadied his right wrist other great book of literature. with Ills left hand. Tlteu he drew a Cursing," he says is common to careful bead ou where he thought the all oriental peoples, but neither the German would appear the next time Arab nor Hindu. Chinese or Japanese A pause. The German with the blond displays as much fantas: as does the mustache obligingly put his bead and eastern Jew. In doing that he follows shoulder out of the ditch. an old trudltlon. Cursing Is the one Hang I tiling that is not forbidden to the Jew I hit him!" shrieked Eadle,. By He nmy curse and bleas to his hearts O d. I hit him!" desire, but bis life Is such that ho There was no doubt of that. The hus more opportunity to curse than German was slammed back against ti bless. Yet the curses have their the bank as by a powerful unseen savor. The literary merit of Jewish hammer and he remained there, arms curses Is high. They form a distinct outstretched as though he hud lieeu artistic contribution. nailed to the ground. One or two uieu "For instance: May yoj possess took the time to look curiously at sixty castles with sixty rooms lu each Eadle over their rifle butts, but tlm castle, and may there be sixty bed The greater part paid no attention. air was full of unintelligible cries amt Tree Toads as Prophets eliouts, both In German and English and the men had other things on theli It Is quite commonly believed that minds than to heed them. Hie tree toads loud piping voice Is The messengers that the general had a sign of rain. Llk must weather seut out did not come buck. Eudle prophets, however, he cannot be de thought ot them now and then, hut pended upon. The skin of the tree all the men lie could see were Intent toad Is very moist and Is sensitive to on killing as many Germans as pos the least increase of moisture lo the slide. The enemy, he noticed suddenly atmosphere. He feels moisture lu the was not pushing the advance. It was air before most other creatures do Tin,) it Is his practice to let the world apparent, as It Is to a watcher on that the high water murk know he is thankful for It Where had been reached. he fools people, or rather where Have any of those birds come people fool themselves. Is In respect back? cried a voice In Endies ear to the meaning of moisture In the air At the same time a freckled hand It does not necessarily Indicate rain, splashed Into the mud and a mau lay but ninny believe It Joes Exchange. were f-- non-com- ? 571) . ! Just by r Copyright by H. Doran Company. WNU Barrie Smije WELL CHOSEN good. Me an the general an' Adolph was oat In the field, or wed Rastus, I understand that you have have got ours, too." become the father ot twins. Have youto the others and at last some of the This bunch what la left of the batmen In the ditch and In boles at the talion? asked Eadie, Indicating tbe named them yet?" side of the road began to pay atten Yassuh,.Ah done call the fust one hurrying men, most of whom bad now northIn to tbe tlon. The two noncoma waved their the ditch Adagio Allegro, and Ahm goin t call . disappeared the second one Encore." arms frantically and the men began ward. 1 Musical names, all right But why to come In, standing up and climbing guess so," answered tbe sergeant major. "They been stragglin' In all do you call the second one Encore?hastily out of the ditch or runnlug Well, suh, you see, he wasnt on the dawn the aide bill to the road. night. Theres squads left of platoons Go back there I directed the ser and platoons of companies, commanded program at all. New York Central Magazine. . geant major, shoving them along the by anything from sergeants to privates Well last till, night and road. They obeyed, bending almost first-clasdouble to shelter themselves from any then we'll get a summons to surrender, ONLY TO TALK ABOUT which we 'wont do, 'and then, the stray bullets, .Eadle looked around for Jake as' the boche will come In here In the dark last of the riflemen skipped down the and drive the livin'. tar. out.of os '.. . Walt an see. . road. The bad taken said an up a sitting position on the bank and .These are was firing a rifle that be bad picked unpleasant voice, these two. Just Ills bolt worked fas?, and .hts Granted "tfi poln them out., to you up. Jaws kept time. .The: light of battle uslnce. they Ton't. be finder my eye 6 . was in his eye. . It was nfeceesary to any more lieutenEadie an$aakeurned. climb the slippery bank a way and ant AJonnor stood there, pointing them shake the man's arm. Jakfc turned out to the general. . with unseeing, eyes. . . "rffound them8kulkingf went on. Come on, Jake!. .Lay off shoojing. and theyve several the war Is over. Come on, we got orthe lieutenant, times tried to get away from me. rm-to- ld ders to fade to b I Sway out of here I they made threats about killing Jakes Jaw stopped.its rapid motions' Friend Bill "Does she know Mrs. me when they got me alone.' and the gleam in his eye died. Cnsoo ca well enough to, talk to?" Mag-No- , Jones Man .he muttered. vThi aint no looking pair, They're tpngb 1 uonly to talk about was Just goin good! the general, a slight twinWrj way to do. Ue. arose stiffly, 'however, slung bis in bis eye,, but then jwe afl look a little the worse for wear. Cfvlllza-tidbj- j rifle, ahd then the three men, .bending Changing Attitudes no deeptff-.tlfaa. shavfi and a The politician gaylygreetsea frieifd , low, scuttled dogntliA road aftertlge others. lit We fouctf of the prssirfe Icon any- ? And calls hi?n "Brother, . . 'And maybe,, ere the.lrrterrtrangest end. .The general was there, ushejing ihe way. Ill keepmy eye 'on em." .. Says: Yqure another." o men off the road tothe.right, that Is., Ith The H.eutenaptfavored " . " an.d thn goin over? . . . northward.. There seemed to be a on last cold-loo. .A Solomon trend! or another road there, .'what Jt to the machine ghn embrasure, got . n ioe--4.Parisiah householder went tef the intb ft? There were several trermt was Eadle could mg qilite make out' 8 .V magistrate. , . ei-a Some men hurriedly hauling IB' a visible theYeaSBU Gms.fliain that .. .What fs you? complaint? wire that hnji. been laid up the machine gunners had theli weajjoq The dobr has a nols . In s5rt tafejnet. . the road, others tyeFfe ai;ratfging a . readiness. , I want thq place padlocked." of embrasure, in the ditch, so that a', Im leaving It to yeu, Ueufe.nant," jdano. coulfl be set up And have I.cant.takeaway the. man's liveli- machine-gusaid Jie general,, shaking th other's hood. Ill padlock the pianoLe . a clear field of fire down foal yet hand fjpip the edge. gf, the bole. Rire Paris. . em shells striking. near Keep bq protected-frooffmyoback. JVeIDkfiep em-of- f at tfand. The wounded had all dl yours and our own gang In tbe A Great Strain appeared, but .the line or dead .with (pods will. keep. em from crossing to , James--Ies- , sir, Iv. been opt of . .their .boots sticking .ouf from under the south, work for a long time, but I managed tbef blankets, still a remained Eadie ta get .a bit of a. Job last Sun'day, and looked again at those, boots. The .CHAPTER VI : .1 ' . .. .. ones were not rettiarljalile. hut I, earned Jt Parson What, Jame you Broke the there were some" Chat bad barS soles-wit. The Sunken Road Sabbfith? . . . a chain around the ar-cbut , The moaning cry of soarftfg shells, James Weil, eil', one of us had. to .most had those ridge's of rubber that heralded tbe be brokA . . . I the British Invented and call military 'seeking their prey . .. of 'the barrage. The general .soles. . . Eadie, Jake,' the sergeanto major and Generous ' . Lesson ln duties of.lialson .detail, ;. few stragglers Mid not awrfit Its, the Brown--M- y remarked Eadies Jake, Mrs. sensing husband is. one of .. arrival, but tore down thtf1 road and most generous of men. thought a Whats them with no hob . or ditetw or the trenfb into tbe plunged Mrs. Hobbs Thats nice... .nails? Officers.. How come they got. whatever It was that ran northward. . . killed? - They got between some Mrs. Brown Yes, I gave him a box ' a sunken road, hidden among the of doughboy an the skyline. How come (ln cigars for his bitrhday and hes bushes that lined It, aud( tbe thorny all away to his friends. they got all carried In here stead o. given.them hedge that crowngdtbe top, were the He hasn't bein left In the fields like the bucks? Imojced a single one Win- remnant! ofthe battalion. Itiey were Sos the flghtln democrats wouldnf selt- . packed In there like sheep, and having steal the gold outa their teeth. . Man. no officers, nor anyone who knew what theres d n few officers fills an un . .. . Foolish Query to do, .or where to go, thfe confusion known grave. They carry too many Doctor ha've You was dreadful terrible. . sayyou francs In their. Jeans. A man wearing a khaki uniform, but pains are they worse at night? . How come all these officers with Patient Brobably- .- but I cannot not of American pattern, came runtheir toes In the air? asked Eadie . . . . It needed no tell. : the to up . ning general. turning to the sergeant major., . look to tell. that this' mao was - Doctor Why not?.- second . Battalion staff aDd company cotfi Patleat I am always asleep French. In the first platie .he wor.e (Danders," said the sergeant major no slicker, In the second, the kuttoni Lustige Welt Berlin The order come up to retire to .recon his uniform were gold, and in the tify the linejthe division on thg lefi -. havln left our flank flyln In the third platje he w(MP6"tefCord around, . He bad a number, his left shoulder. breeze for aboifl five miles. The bat of little loops of thread over bis left' tallon commander hhs Id his captain? breast pocket to suspend medals from.. to explain the retirement to n General, said the French, soldier. ' comes a shell, a mean Austrian we aiut got.no bullets for de odder S3, one of them that comes zlpp and gun. Anywa'y. shes broke' lt$ piston It Well. slammed right you're dead. . . in Free ekal.half an' lost one. Into 'em and when the smoke cleared h'w many?". their folks was all ten thousand bucks .And that leaves One now an de rudder oue whatis ' goPtfe lootenant. . Sergeant major,go round up all the noncommissioned, officers and bring them here. Wait here a minute, Adolph. well want your advice. ou . In each nom, and may'yod be shaken . Miss Passe I'm a great .lover of anfrom b.d to bed, .root roo.s to room, Adolph lighted a cigarette with a cient history. . front castle to castle. Or,. May I live "TTPiqueT'and looked calmly around. Miss Young Yes, youre always reEadie regarded him.. .He poled. the to sje you on one foot and may' yon have only one eye with which to see row of brisques or service chevrons calling the. events of- - childhood, I . . .. me. Or, May God send upon you that tlie French soldier wore, he noted know. foin mothers-in-law- . that he was small, bad lutensely black Smile Em Down . . "But the real cursing that Is done eyes and coarse black hair. The colOf troubles every one alive : of his blouse bore no device, but n Vllna, Kovno or Crakow Is lar straight Must have hla little pile; hitter and plain. It Is shocking In Its from the khaki uniform and the red But try to keep the lid on them of the of the Legion cord, It fourrngere Is brie and to the point. brutality; .The lid, friend. Is a smile. Fn- Honor, this French soldier helouged example, May the earth not ao to the Foreign legion. ' Eadie looked cej you; the cholera unto you; may The Native Hue the dogs eat your body and poison at the other's cuff. There was a dl Friend (viewing pictures) Your their stomachs; may God send a disagonal stripe of gold braid there. colors are How do you get excellent Where did you learn to speak ease Into your house so that you shall those blues? . .. asked he s ot he able to move; may English, sergeant? natArtist It comes Impecunious 1 never learn. answered Adolph spit upon you; or, may .your body ural, I suppose. I have them so often. I I was born wit It. swell like a mountain." seriously. Boston Transcript come from top Canadnw What are you doing In this crowd? Not Works of Romance The Explanation De boys show I dmino nniself. Newspaper men called frequently to me how (o lose all rim money shottln Why do you cull your chauffeur the offices of the United States Steel crap an' de officers ask me what kind a leaky vessel? Does he gossip about corporation to await for lengthy pe your affairs? wine it can get drunk on de soonest Hods of outcome of official No, but I'm always bailing the felIt An when I go to a French P. meetings, long wondered why Elbert II Gary, wants to know why de h I I aint low out. CostOD Transcript chairmun of the board, apparently was brung some boxes of cigarettes back so deeply In Interested nominee. wit me." Try the Rumble Seat Volumes ot 'Komuneps of History,' reYou must lend a tough life, Jemima, at tlie zoo, saw a zebra fot shelves Id office occupied eabl Aint It better than the first time. marked Jake. Rastus," she said nets otherwise given over to busl bein up in the lines an gettlo killed? wliat kind uv animal am dat?" ness and reference books, a re Adolph looked at Jake unhllnklngly. Rastus also gazed in much perplex porter, growing impatient one day Fink dls picnic to hrung Its tty and awe. He had never seen ont You sought to find in romance respite lunch basket and sit under tree? te before, either. Why, Jem dat er front tlie weariness of prolonged waitasked, nodding toward the road whu-- e are a sport model Jackass! ing. only lo discover that the volumes were merely fabric backs pasted on shells growled, ten growls to the ruin "You wait till night an see. cardbourd. a camouflage for heaps of ute. an F.ducation The sergeant major came splashing Mrs. Yearwedil -- You used to say catalogues, pamphlets and old papers. back along the road lending seven that I was all the world to you. men. The general whistled softly when Husband Yes, I've learoed Love of ones work !r of slow he saw them my geography since then. growth. It has to be half habit. (TO BB CONTINUED.) h I ourselves. They re gonna ahower down with G. L cansl" Ea dies whistle added Its shrieking to the - - .'. . .?' .. Hie-tw- k .;. n te .. o. hob-na'Ile- d .. -- h ...'. ,a?-riva- l. ,.. 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