Show the winning of acme by serg sergeant cant arthur guy empey author of over the top first call etc 0 0 0 r mr empens experiences during his seve seventeen n months inthe in First t line trenches of the british army in france th ey continued hoin from last issue that next twenty minutes of wait ing was liell hell then from froin out of tl it blackness over toward omir trench rang that old familiar alt aft who w goes there we hugged tile lie pi ground amul we knew what was comin then a volley from our trunch ind aind four typewriters guns turned loc loos c bullets cracked right light over our heads the ground about a foot from ta till and wont went moaning and aki tile i under his t breath bod were v oro in direct line of our own A the trench raiding party 1 i us L ours tit in our trench sure wore doing themselves proud tiie the bullets were cracking tind biting the grobol till i I 1 round around us 11 11 ll II between our trench in adi nud ou party parly cursed rang iut tit in german ns as the iho Ilo elies clicked the fire from tin the english arenc tre nelt li star shells wre were shoo into the air and dropping in III no ko sinns land it was mas a great gi tiit but terrible sight ellch met our eyes fritzs raiding party was sure beans beirl wiped out ton ten or fifteen dark forms the remnants of the german raiding part bushed past us in ili the direction of tho german trench we tile the ground it was any our only chance wo knew that it would only bo be a few seconds before fritz filtz fi turned loose it if we till lind lugged legged it for our trench we would hilve have beon been wiped out by our own alre you see our boys bois thought we ve were safely in ili then up till went fritzs star lights light 4 turning tinning night into day and cut loose their bullets were snipping twigs from the hedge over our suddenly tin tho fellow 0 on 11 ll my lily left by leaine emitted a muffled groan wid kicking 1 the ground then nev lie had gone west A bullet through tho ill napper I 1 i there were now alve nv o of us left suddenly leftenant new ill la in a faint clicking choking voice exclaimed got tile me frenel french I 1 itc tar through tho lung and then lien fu youre in ili see that lint ills 1118 died ny away pretty soon he be moaning poudly tho the gernian filst dinv heard these cotins because they immediately knod their fire on us french called to me lue jhonney frolin jr onney 31 1 come hero here my iny ind our on onic leer cr hits has clicked it 1 I crawled or on to n him ile iio was ans bitting sitt ingon on tho the grod agn id with tho cleften ant shead 9 liend rusting resting in its ills lap mid WM getting out hla his first ald aid packet told etolil him to get low or lie ho would krould click it ile iio answered since when dots does u ii bloo bloor aln lancet corporal corp orill take orders from a P bloody 11 1 1 vale you tell the hc rist rest of tho the boya lr if as yet KODO gone west to leg tt it back to ench tit nt tit the double and set get a airi icher and you toil go with tin in this lad ind 01 oc ours oura has haq got to get ine in edical dival attention and damned quck toy tou if wr we war want it TT stop this civi jit L n n ermnie C star owl land I 1 ed ten feet from trona us and in ili its white gli ghostly light I 1 could see eee french pitting r like n blo aln statue his hands covered trying to make it a K out of a cud his 1 I told tot tho rot to c got in and flea gt get tup tile stretcher they A 4 no second and soon french was wag left there alone sitt lAg on tho he ground li 1 l iia ii a 11 artt x 7 N ci z holding his dying Of fisers head Ns lying dying officers head in his lap A pretty picture I 1 call it ile he sure was ft i man was french with ill alif I 1 bullets racking overhead find and kicking up the litt dirt him juar th thi i happy butted in with wore were you one of the men who went in ili for or the lie stretcher llovy akoy answer answered none of your d business if you want to hear th biroy ahrin li rin roy Pilli lirou rough Kli dont interrupt happy vouchsafed no answer about ten minutes after tit alio fellow left for the stretcher french got a bullet through the left arm allor S mil interrupted hero here illow how do you know it was ten minutes U t us 71 ity IRY IR Y blushed and answered nn french told me when lie got hack back tp to the trench you fee lie he carried ill the brick back through that ore fire be c the stretcher bearers took booi too ion in n coming coining out I 1 a ts sred bcd ikey how low corporal french riff ng wounded himself could curry carry I tenant ne newall vall in because I 1 knew newall to ho be a six footer and no lightweight you see I 1 lie had tit at one time been in ili command of my plat platoon oon tit at the training depot in E england ng ikey answered well you blokes give me tile the proper pip olp and you can all bloomin well go tali in h and lie he shut up like it a clam hungry fox foxcroft croft got up tip and silently withdrew from our circle in about ten minutes 5 lie he returned followed by it 11 tall fair haired corporal who wore ft little strip of gold braid on the left of his tunic denoting that lie he lind been once wounded and also wore 7 i little bItic and red ribbon on the left airen hi t of ills 1114 tunic til lile the field insignia insign la of the distinguished conduct medal IT hungry lit in triumph brought him into our circle and handed him a flig fag which lie lighted in the name from ill the cAl lidle on oil the aws tin and then hungry introduced him to us hoys I 1 ant want you to meet corporal r french 11 ile iio shook fiands wit with I 1 all VIC the hoys boys luey iley got reil red and was trying to pase ease out of the candle light when sailor nill grabbed him by tho tunic and held liliu hill then hungry PoT foxcroft croft carried on Pr french ench im gong boag to ask you a mighty personal quest lau and I 1 know ymell answer it how in h lid did you lilt lift in the left arid arm bring kcf tenant newbill back from that reconnoitering reconnoiter ing patrol 4 ranh grow a little red and answered weil Wel lyou you see boys it was waa tills this way anti I 1 stuck out there with him lind taking tho the slings from our gitles alonney made inneo it sort of rope which lie he put around my shoulder slin ulder und and under tile the arm of the and Il tinney getting tho the leftenant by the legs wo vc managed to get him into the you know I 1 got ft D C va M out of tuo the affair because I 1 was tile corporal in charge DrIn damned ined ini unfair fair I 1 call 14 it because they only handed ilou hoo ticy ncy the military tary modal but if the true aarts farts were known lie was the bloke who deserved not it I 1 D C al but a V 0 victoria cross we all turned in IIonno Ifor ineys ys direction nill bill in hla his flit interest erest lind imd rele released nied his hold on conneys Hon Ilon tunic odd and alonney hail had cuppy asked french if tho the leftenant ind had filed in no maasland Finns Mans land french with tears lu in its ills eyes an no so but tile laws after ter wy ve got him to thi alu bijl n ing tation und mid licit day we ic t him in the little cc cemetery me tery at im ls les ile he surp sui r done ills his lilt till nil rabi blame balme nu me and here I 1 nm ain well with a ribbon on oil my bliest 11 A bend silence fell on oil the croil ench one of us was us tho the mod esty of those two real men french and alonney II ll onney hut but such Is the way in the english firmy the man 10 who lo wins the modal nl ways says that thu the other fellow deserved lc it and germany Is still wondering achy liy they cannot smash through tile the ung iash lines |