Show THE LIGHT THAT FAILED nD Author of Mine Own People The 1 Plain Tale from the lillis Soldier SollIer Three I It Etc I should Just think so This Is rn my section of the line They'll bo playIng playIng playing play- play Ing old Harry with my permanent way If It wo we dont don't stop em cm Right nigh to O 0 r said sahl machine gun sun through all aU Its Ha noses as tho time subaltern sub sub- altern drew tho the lover Jover home Tho The empty cartridges clashed on the tho floor noor and the smoke blew back through the truck Thero There was wa Indiscriminate firIng firing fir fir- Ing InK at nt tho r rear ar of or the train a return fire from time tho darkness without andU and unlimited U n in I ted howl howling I n g D Dick Ick e stretched elf on the tho floor wild with delight at the tho sounds and the smells emetic God Is Isery very ery good I good I never thought Id I'd hear beat this again Give live cm em hell hoIl mAn amen Oh give em em hell he ho cried The rime train stopped for somo obstruction obstruction tion on the lino line ahead and a a. party went out to reconnoiter but came back cursing cursing- for tor spades es The children of the desert had piled plied sand find and gravel gray grav el ci on the rails mils and twenty minutes were lost In clearing It away Then tho the slow alow progress recommenced to tobe tobe tobo be bo varied with moro more shots more shout shout- Ings tho the steady clack and kick of or tho the machine guns and a final Inal difficulty with a 0 lifted half Cl rail rAU ore cro the train camo came under tho timo protection of or the tho roarIng roaring roar- roar In Ing camp at Tanal cl Now you seo see why It takes nn an hour and a n half hair to fetch tetch her through h. h said Id tho subaltern un unshipping the cartridge cart cart- ridge o hopper above his pet pct gun It was a n lark larl though I only wish It had la lasted ted twice as long How superb su su- su It must have looked from outside outside out out- side Bide said eald Dick sighing regretfully It palls paIls after atter the tho first few tev nl nights I I IBy By the way when youve you've settled about your our mules come como and see seo what we wo can find to eat ent In my tent Im I'm Bonnil of or ortho i the tho Gunners In Gunners In the tho artillery lines lines lines- and antI mind you dont don't fall tull over my tent- tent ropes In the tho dark i But It was nil dark darI to Dick lIe He could only smell the tile c camels camel the tue hay bales tho the cooking tho time smoky flroa firos and the tho tanned canvas of tho the tents a aA ho stood ho had dropped from tram tho the train shouting for tor George Thoro was a n sound of ot lIght lIght-hearte kicking on tho tue Iron shin of tile the rear trucks with squealing and grunting j George was the mules The The engine as was blowing Vi g off ji steam I nearly In Dicks Dick's oar car oar a n cold wind of or orthe the cle desert crt danced between hi his JC legs 8 I he W was waa R hungry and felt tired nn ann nna dirty so dirty so dirty that ho tried to brush his coat with Ms liLa hands That Thata was a a n. hopeless Job ho he thrust his hands Into his pockets and began bean to count o over r the tho many times that ho had waited In strange or remote places for trains or camels mules or horses to carry him to his hi business In those da days ho could coul 1 see few ace few men moro more clearly and and tho the spectacle of ot an armed camp campat nt at dinner under tho the stars was nn an ever fresh pleasure to tho time eye Thero was color light and motion without which no man has baa much pleasure In living This night there remained for tor him hini only one more Journey through tho the darkness that never lifts lItts to toll toil n n. man maim I i how far tar ho he has traveled Then h h h. would grip Torpenhow's hand again again- i Torpenhow who was vas alive and strong I 1 and lived In the tho midst of ot the action that had once made modo tho the reputation of or ofa ofa orn a n man called Dick Heldar not In tho the least to bo be confused with tho the blind I bewildered va vagabond abond who seemed to answer Ver to the same samo name namo Yes h he would find Torpenhow and come como us as near to the he old life as might be he Afterwards Afterwards After After- wards he would forgot forget everything Bessie Dessle who had wrecked the Melan- Melan celia colla and anti so 80 nearly wrecked his 1119 I elan-I life Ute Declon who lived in a u stran strange o unreal unreal city full tull of or tin tacks and gas getS plugs and matters that no men needed that Irrational being who had ott offered red him love lovo and loyalty for tor nothing but had hadnot hadnot hadnot not signed her namo name and arid most of ot all aU Maisie who from her own owr point of ot i view was undeniably right In all she sho shedid dl did 1 but oh Oh at this distance so tan- tan tal fair J I Georges George's hand on his arm pulled him I Iback Iback back to lo the tho situation i And nd what now said George Georgc I Ind Oh yes of ot course What now Take me to tho the camel l men Take me to where the scouts sit when whon they comein como come In from tram tho the desort desert They Thoy sit by their camels and tho the camels eat cat grain out of or a black black blanket held up n at t tho the cor- cor I nors nees and the men eat ent by their side Just like camels Take Tako me mo I The camp was rough roush and rutt rutty and anti I Dick stumbled many times over tho the stumps of ot scrub The scouts were sitting sitting sit sit- ting b by their beasts as Dick knew lenew tho they would woul Tho The light of the dung dumig tire fires flickered on their b bearded faces and the camels bubbled and mumbled beside bo boo side aide thorn at rest It was no part of ot Dicks Dick's policy to go Into Inlo the desert with a a. convoy of or supplies That would lead to Impertinent questions and since a o. blind non combatant Is not needed at the tho front ho would probably bo be forced to return to He lie must go KO up alone and go Immediately Now for tor one last bluff tho bluff tho biggest of ot all ho he said Pc Peace ce be bo with you OU brethren Tho The watchful Georgo steered him to time the circle of at the tho nearest nearest near near- est fire Tho heads of ot time the camel sheiks bowed gravely the tho camels scenting an European looked hooked sideways curiously liko broo brooding Ung hens half halt rca read ready to get to their feet feel A itA boast beast and a n driver to go to the fighting line tonight said eald DickA DickA Dick A luI l salu sale a voice scorn scornful Cull naming the best breed baggage thai ho bo knew A returned Dick with I perfect gravity A without saddle galls Therefore no chargo charge of or thin shock head Two or three minutes passed Then Then Then- Wo We be bo knee haltered for tho the night Thero There Is no going out from tho the camp Not for tor money Hm lim Ahl Ahi English money Another depressing interval of ot sil all ence How much Twenty tivo pounds English paid Into the tho bund hund of ot tho driver nt nl my Journeys Journey's end and as much more marl luto into tho the hand of ot tho the camel sheik here hete to tobe tobe tobo be bo paid when tile the driver returns This was royal payment and anut tho the sheik who know knew that ho he would get gel I his commission on the tho deposit stirred in Dicks Dick's behalf For scarcely ono one nights night's Journey Journey- fifty Land and wells and good trees and wives to make u IL man milan content for tor tho time rest ret of ot his days Who ho I speaks 7 said Dick tI t I 1 said a voice I 1 will go go hut but there thero IM is no going from tram the tho camp Fool I know that u. u can break his and tho tile sentries do not tire fire If It ono one goes In Twenty rIve pounds and another twenty five pounds But ut the bea beast t must be a 0 good I will take take- takeno takano no baggage camel Then the tho bargaining began besan and antI at nt atthe the tho end of at half halt an hour tho time first do- do posit was paid paltI over to tho the sheik who talked In tn low tones to tho driver Dick heard the tho latter an say 1511 A little wa way I out only An Any baggage beast bC will serve Am I a n fool tool to uste m my callI for tor a blind mart And though I cannot sec sec Dick Dick lifted his voice oleo a little yet YOl yot I 1 carry that which has six eyes and tho the will sit flit before mo rae It if wo we do not reach tho the English troops In iii tho the dawn ho he willbo will bo be dead Hut But JUH where In Gods Goda namo name are the tr troops troops' Unless Unless thou let another man ride Dost thou know ber It Il will bo be life lira or death to thee tho I know II said a the tho driver sullenly Stand back from my beast I nm am going son to slip him Not Nol so swiftly Georgo George hold tho the camels camela head hend a n moment I want to feel reel his Ilis cheek Th Tho hands wandered over the tho hide till tm they they found the tho branded half circle that Is tho the mark of ot the the light built riding cam l. l That Is well vell Cut this ono one loose no blessing of ot God Coil comes on those wh who who- lr try to cheat chent the b hi blind 11 i nd mI The men chuckled b by tho time fires at the tho camel drivers driver's discomfiture ture H Ho lie had Intended to substitute a n slow sad and dlo galled die baggage fo colt Stand back ono one shouted lashing the tho l harln under tho the boll belly bally with a 11 quirt Dick obeyed as an soon noon as os he felt tell the tho nose none string lI tighten In his and a 11 cry went vent up Aho lI Ho lIe la lit loose 1005 Continued Tomorrow |