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A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AJ - - / * m t v ? > | A Beautiful Mew Line "T J Of Grey Boots ?gj? x i H i 117.11. il ana wanogany nam- jpg C ing Shoes will arrive Jgf| i this week. f. Smoothness of fit-that ^ ? is the story of these f ; new Ford Boots this f season. - . A The woman of to-day gives fully as much <- thought to the fit of Y \ 1?, Her boots as the hang I I . ? I v of her dress. In these a j j new Ford Shoes she | T J A will find boots that ? ^ hug the ankle and cling I % X ,to the instep as tightly V as she can desire. K C F01 iTA^k A^k A^A^AA^A^l A^AA^k,i "A""y^y vy ^,"^|t"^y"y"y"y"y"y"y V^ With the Roaring Guns. Promise of Thrills. ! . tLife on the firing line is not, as A boy just out of school, feeling ume suppose, a round of endless himself qualified by special study of Ighting. Trench warfare the same gas engineering, rode a bicycle 200 mb open warfare, is a series of bat- miles to join the pioneer flame and lies interspersed with periods of gas battalion. A number of chemists, ?alm. (electricians, and mechanics well Often the calm is deepest just be- I known in civil life were among the X fore the storm. The darkness of the \ first to respond to the call for this J Bight may enfold the battle front | service. with no sound but the whispering! American soldiers largely recruit? ?j +ho twink-line ! ed from Drofessions and trades, such * winas, iiuu ixu sj&ih ilhai. ?.u.v v.. ? \ stars. The mind of the sentry from as chemical and mechanical engineerx the mood of the hour may be lost in ing, plumbing and carpentry, are bethoughts of home and love. Sud- ing trained in this service to meet denly without any warning, the pro- enemy fire and fumes with flame and found peace of the night is broken, deadly gas. There is opportunity There is a muffled rumbling, follow- for a limited number of enlistments d by a reverberating roar, andj of men with mechanical knowledge, j where a moment before there was a! gas experts, carpenters, clerks, and peaceful trench, a ghastly crater now . muscular, ojuick-thinking men beyawns out of which come fire and j tween the ages of 18 and 40 years, smoke and the groans of dying men. j Men possessing the necessary qualiThe enemy has sprung a mine,! fications may volunteer^at anv rei ' ' the most deadly and insidious form j cruiting station by asking to join the f attack in modern warfare. There Thirtieth Battalion, flame and gas, s is a wide open gap in our defense. | forming at Washington, D. C. The men on the right and left flanks i ~T ~ ~ ~ " , , , , the waist and working for dear hie. " f the crater are dazed from the con- i. , . , , i In one minute twenty rounds have cussion. In a moment the foe will . ? , . . . , , i been fired, and from far and near be at hand with bombs and bayonets ., ... , . , . . j the night awakens to an unbroken to occupy tne crater. i . . , *L , ! thunder, as a thousand other guns An officer, whose nerves have been, . . , , . take up the note, so shattered by the shock that his . . , . . A ,. . . . , , A few moments later at divisional whole frame shakes, fires a rocket , , . 44rm , ? ,, , headquarters a general gasps Thank with trembling and uncertain hand. _ , ? .. .... ? . , God, as the group artillery cornFar up through the night soars a! , . . .. .. . .. . ? * imander informs him that the barlong tram of blue and crimson hgnt. _ , ., , , rage of our guns held up the enemy Down the trench someone has sent ... . . ? . . , . . , ? _ ? , while our infantry were able to ocanother. This is the S. O. S. signal.; .. . , ... . , , ? cupy the crater and consolidate. * the cry for help from the front line, *. . . . .. , . , ? , . , I p in the front line trench a comto the guns m the rear5. Behind at i . . . _ _ . pany commander encountering the each battery are the S. O. S. sentries,!, , _ . , , , lorward observing officer of the ar. straining their eyes through the ! ... . . 44..T , . , y , , . " ; tillery, exclaims: We ve got to hand darkness, waiting for this signal. j.. . , , . . . , . | it to your boys down behind at the The appearance of this rocket is gUnSi They're on their jobs down for them as the stroke of the alarm j there all ri?-ht " for the firemen. A moment before j A quick reply to an S. O. S. cry j all at the batter\ were sleeping j ,or ]iejp from the artillery is an soundh, onl> the march of the sen-1 eloq:uent testimony to the efficiency try was heard.. Now a voice cries J an(j Spirit of the crews who serve S. O. S.! Battery action! and out'the guns. Such actions as this calls of the dugouts or the pits where they; for the ?nest team work: each man sleep the gun crews leap to their, jlas exact place and instinctively appionted places. By night or b> t the alarm he leaps to iris post day the guns are always laid 011 per-. an(j witli utmost speed and precision j manent lines, known as S. 0. S. tar-1 performs his appointed task. Every gets, vulnerable spots or the enemv j man goes through the different j to be bombarded in an emergency. ! moves with the regularity of clock-) Down in the gun-pit there is a rush > work, only their perspiring faces! of figures, the crash of a breach-, and their panting for breath remind block and the lightning leaps from lone that they are not mere machines, the mouth of a gun. 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