Show the fusilier gants under fire 1101 D am by Sergeant arthur guy empey author of over the tha top to first call B etc tc 0 C 0 0 mr Emp cys experiences during his seven degn teen months in the First line trenches Tren dies of the british Britis li army aimy in france copyright 1917 br th continued from froin last issue 1 I 1 inc 1110 a fool listened io to her tind 9 gave ave nn nil unwilling assent tito tho men looked their gratitude joan jean the manservant sen tint tell led ibm out to tile tho burn barn wl where lore tin in of liny buy had been thread for their beds I 1 was following abon a whisper in ili my tar ear made my head dont go yet my serg sergeant dant sta stay y with alth me inc 1 I stayed worse luck ye lye oat ou on n settee tallan tall und and her ann r III stole around tny my waist I 1 sl blow w either and its as you ehnow bahk yahk 1 I h leavo it a pretty good reach once she pole to me ino in french oat but I 1 shook m my licad in ament inn in a foil few aln utes tho servant returned I 1 and aarl enne sho she told me ino hor namo called him 10 her and said jean go down 16 tile tho no ciar rind get some ot that old 01 ii L and elvo it to elio llio Boldt cra ot or hnud yn ud poor buys it will umu sho she added comet something icing lit in 1 r cath nel I 1 could not baand then ah added 1111 eave a bottlo bottle here for the ser ber genet and ny nw 1 I protested against moro w tia fol foi tho the boys iler her pleading overruled le d my illy eathl judgment judg mont and I 1 consented tito tho v left to do her mission aion and I 1 prop proposed ased her answer r was a kiss I 1 was the bap happier roan man in franco france presently jean beturne A and silent w ly placing a 0 bottle and two classes ou OL the table withdrew wo we lir w ri PP aanne lose 1 she the bottle and pouring out n Q glass of wine it to hop her lips anil and handed it to rad me with this I 1 t 1 trink ruy roy bergerot drink to car drink to U ersick P te W ja land drink to tho the con tuon of ou our enemies 1 1 I drunk with ith roy my fool heart pounding i my ribs then blackness V n I 1 awoke I 1 was lying on oil the in fetteh my licad bursting with pain tito tho gray dawn was flIt ering through the curtained windows und anil there lit in tho ali middle of the room with my illy idil little in ills his arnis amis stood a or of III Ul ulinna 1 inns uns I 1 anas AN as a prisoner I 1 saw it till all in a flash slit klip giai betrayed me inc now I 1 know eliy kiy sit alio had wanted no guari guan lo osted that bilue we ve pledged our troth in was drugged what tin nn ass I 1 had been I 1 1 I doted my eyes and nna pretended to bo asleep they were talking in ill mail pretty soon bonn the captain rnino over and roughly lbook tuo IUA I 1 only greated grua ruil tod ted with nn an exclamation of gust lie ho called rould out in Ger german ninn tw to troopers came in und and lifting tile 1110 by th the 0 shoulders and feet carried roe me out into tile tho clr I 1 slightly opened tuy luy eyes ani ILI I 1 ke 16 1 I 1 vou you poor english pool fool male make love to me ale will you saw aba chati t 0 I 1 was being carried out to uia the gate where I 1 wo horses were standing with their reins thrown over a hitching post by the equipment I 1 knew one of ux the emres Kod to tile the capt captein nin wh I 1 the other was wag the orti erlys tle tim two troop oi quin quindici ficI tue ru iown down on tho the rond road out one me a kick witti with ills ilia boot I 1 wins was lying on my left side and by a certain hard pren cure on my ribs I 1 fenew they had to search f hait team my mr aUtoM 19 pistol x A fooling of exultation rushed over le me I 1 would euchre them chent yet vet tato into worked into my handa A lanil in gorman german came from the stables and ono one of the troopers left to answer it tito the odds were even ono one against one I 1 slowly turned over on my face no na it in sleep and my iny fingers grasped the lie butt of the automatic but just thou I 1 livard heard steps on the gravel walk tito tin captain and adrienne were coming coining toward me she stopped beside nio me and said in english you poor english toot foell I 1 slake jake love to rue me will you iou aboa gooday iy ay my foolish gannt while you are rot ting ling in prison orleon think of your adrienne bull babil 11 hie altie lutt butt ol of my auto rn mr r l list squeeze t I 1 wi it IL hand on my sh 0 u could cougil play that go gj lil III to the in the lie direction of wua my chance tet ret ond and leveling the nin I 1 grabbed tile from the post anil darly auprly came run running nang i i 4 out lit in german and it n rs ra emerging from the u t to 0 act quickly nulL kly I 1 alo anted tile tho captain rc ir r tiia lis revolver nol Lr I 1 covered litant with alte nul aud with a shriek of terror adrienne threw herself in front of tho the uhlan captain to protect him I 1 saw her too lute late my aly bullet pierced her jett breast and ami it red smudge showed on her white slik blouse as she r palt nit to the ho ground I 1 shot the ord orderly aly s horse to t prevent present lin fin mediate pursuit nud and then away on a mad gallop down the road hoail it was a long cluse chase but I 1 escaped them thein the rest of my men were captured at our oui headquarters I 1 hid to lie like a trooper told them we lind hail been ambushed and wiped out it was the only way to save sae my skin there were acro no witnesses against me so BO I 1 got oft off with reduction to tile the ranks and a tran to another regiment they the led a rat nil all right but had no proof isn so alint Is my story yank tank just forget that I 1 ever capr told it to sou enough to brumle nal e a follow fellow get tho blues occasionally it just pass me a 11 tag f and take inke that look joel off your file face I 1 gave him tho ci cigarette garett e and without a word went out of tile tho dugout Iti gout and loft left illin him alone I 1 arps v rd thiril ing of adrienne upon benching ren re citing ching the th tron it I 1 caused in avon wona t r and fri friglet glit the sky was as with a red glare tile inc din was A constant wishing swishing end and rushing through tho air intermingled with lan a sigi ling noan genvo testimony that our batteries were EW si eating venting blood the bruich seemed to bo be rolling like a 1 help arhip I 1 stood in ii 11 we w c this of ours oura i w vali as something indescribable an and a a shudder passed through eti tr tre e as aa I 1 thought of the havoc und and destruction anus caused id lit in ohp german unes blics at that alint moine nt I 1 really pitied tile germans budnot but not for long suddenly liell hell seemed to lo burst lonso from fioro the german lans us their kry opened up I 1 could hour hoar their nt all bics sere through tho the air and bursting in the i artillery tines lines in our rear occasionally a faroat fur oja rum huni hum rump rump crash I 1 uru u nn u fc 1 1 could be figard ns as ono ona ot of high came over and burst in our reserve rescue I 1 crouched against hie file parades hardly baldly biblo to breathe while in tills position 1 right overhead every instant louder came n german Gerr oiin shil biaz al bang s sl I 1 was b blinded by tho the cash down I 1 it into tho the mud ding to my foet fact in the red glare of the i I 1 saw that the traverse on nay my lett let ind iliad endredy covered with v ith mud weak and abid trembling I 1 could lipner what funded i like ilka fur distant cea coming from the ol of WL wa no aspia tit mull muil os s to td lentil vass me lut 11 band bendaw atze tyl tika 0 Is bronet fer a splint nio la is leg 13 1 3 0 1 not arf wit ht lla lut tit th rest e i miu ou bloum op lop it fir fer n stretcher tilo nilo les es got another ono quick bluick h a the poor blo lira 0 lentil quick ciup against tile par apet ere crp comes ti nother baneg ast gl another tur flare and once again I 1 was wag brown into thu the mud I 1 opened my avs ea bending oi nic me Ehi blinking thing me 1110 ly n tit alu leilur shoulder Should tr will atwell ills volve buo ouo minded faint and far inay away then I 1 a uini ini to with a rush hinline inline me tile nie yank that was a of celoso 08 one did it get your lie ilk helped nie me to my illy feet and I 1 felt myself till nil own SPI 1119 I 1 was ns nil all right lie ho yelled in my cur weve got cot to log it out af f ere cro fritz Is sure sare over or bilz whiz brings bangs ind 1 kumher ncr 0 platoon pl lit in lic linest next liu fire bay EU ell clicked kei it about olgh teen of them have gone west ivest collie on oil well see fee if we u can do anything tor for the poor blok bloks blokes s 11 we plowed through tho the mud hnud and anino into the next neat ire fire boy bay in tho the light of tho the bursten shells oil nn it junful voul sight mot met our ofir eyes P os tile traverses traver soa were bushed lild bild in the lire fire step was gone nud and in the parades was aa a hole thit that looked like it n sulm tty inco there was naud anid and blood every ery now ant and then ducking no a hl or Imi mile cattle vt u managed to got four nt nf the ali wound A oil alib 1 I to und atwell and henrilea one ona to wo mo loin to the first it ild dressing sta tinn WP we pursed tho dugout which velch I 1 lind left but a few ectore tie fore or at least what used to h be tile ho dugout Ingol lt nit aut tiow now nil all that lo ie 10 seen was vas u 1 ln mars t f flirt huge square cut timbers sticking out of nt the alio arouni KI unit silhouetted the light from froin bursting shells looking like hugo giants A shudder passed through me us a I 1 realized that it woo vc find iliad stayed lit in the lurous we would lieve now been lying fifteen to twenty feet lon down covered cohered by that avci ln earth airth and wreckage Ati atell viell jerked ills licad in tj the 0 direction of tho the in dugout and ns na ans ft as his wont remarked how allow about that faricy report you were oro riling out n few ngo ago I 1 tell you abat it never gilld to make out reports in abo he front line its best to walt wait until you got get to headquarters because lints tho the use uno of w ting till nil tint thit hally illy allne wb when 11 youre conre liable to lie iio burled in a degout gout turning my iny head to listen to atwell I 1 ran plump into a turn in the lie ardi A shout came from tile the form or the it stretcher why in the bloody ell dont you yon hinkes look ionic where youre coln think this was a bloomin Ilea dUly buss und and I 1 was out with my best girl kiil it j ilac I 1 mumbled weil my and ap pp el fonn reint tinto si leuce TO Tl if nitiA hw lauddy tonnyy in the stretchy to tariq ad 0 o mumble atwell a ric eo filk X adyth N g wa with I 1 11 it itow lia ila illitia illi j of till nu Tho bloody nerve dol lw vaa nl buly a bloody cintr 1111 ol 01 jt f dish ot of fish aud ahl critic and unile it glances ot stout f wo we alio arst ore s ing mallon we c carneil bur clinda cl inra to boino it adf A 31 C nl inan n nigil duc lalli and ciul running tigh the tion trench we vo lit at ll 11 mgt our fit tit the roomy and safe affiant dug outs 11 at last ive p ampro faiq lillias over tilt the I 1 fart vot of f men we eci cilmo inie to nil ili corner und ant elowitt cwi ill n tho the straw several randl rin dlos far ay iy burn ing around were a lot of commies tommies Tom mies their ane ei palo abid a frightened look in weir th clr avys ey strange sir ang e to say tile conver conversation lind had nothing to to do with vell they 10 wath W the filoi poor fellows in the front line who lug it 1 I must lieve dropped off to sleep when I 1 awoke it was aa alf ter drinking our tea und and eating our bread hrotic and bucon atwell lind bud I 1 reported to brI gride bend quarters and anere again det dutu llod tilled into tho the franf alno trench IV |