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Show HE FOUND THE EXCITEMENT Hoosier, Seeking Battle Lines, Discov ered Liberal Share of What World War Offered. Few bucks can equal the record ol Ralph G. Patterson, Hoosier nf strcnj irisn extraction, who went A. W. 0. L. looking for the battle. He found it. Patterson left lis quiet home In Uuneie, Ind., early in search of ex-clteraent ex-clteraent He found what he wanted In the cat-, tie ranches of the Northwest. H i s life la riding the ranges was the most exciting career he had heard of until un-til he convoyed a carload of cattle to Chicago in April, 1917, and found out that America had entered the war. So did Pat. Going to France with Headquarters Troop of the First division shortly after Pershing, Private Patterson was stationed in the peaceful French vil lage of Gondrecourt for weary and drab months while the battle was go ing on without him. Finally he and two buddies hopped a French meat truck bound for the front. It took lliem as far as Bar-le-Duc, from which place they hiked in the direction of the firing. They found the front line trendies around Luueville, introduced themselves to the amazed poilus and declined to leave because they couldn't |