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' 1 ?. I. %%% % %?f | tki&i n^etns t I I \ | The only thli I | * j Bible Is drlul * f i be drunk, but I'wammrmi * ?___________ * e>'es open. ] J J i have a peep | cX Romance gf the ! J North Atlantic J BOW" ? * I slid back ' , ?? J entered slight I t floor was on * By * deck, and Its I RANDALL PARRISH i \ Author fT "My L.dy the ' b l,h t North," "Maid the ForMt,"?tc. * ? gripping t v i I whs aware i ' across my s Copyright A. 0. Mo Cluiy & Cot J st?rtl?'d "l?S 11 CHAPTER XXXI. painted4whlt< rVT f'S t 1. ed A^brl^tm" It was Gods miracle that we lived nml f, %yt and kept afloat; that we were uot . . ?.. Bucked under, or crushed Into drift-!*. f*f wood. To this day I know not what occurred, or how we held upright.! ... u -) ? *' , j with china an There was a crash, a crunching sound. . ?i?,?(inne? a nmd plunging of the tortured boat , , , . . ,7 , > t it* wineglasses lit under us. My hands gripped vuinly at .... . the steel sides slipping past?then sud- '. s ' '' denly the wild race ended with a jerk. . . . . with a leap of the boat through a surge . ' ss 1 , . ; **111 i1 those silent, i of water drenching us to the skin, and . . , , ,. .... . .1. wi i upright In the we struck the schooners shle n blow . ... . . . .. , . . . some sight I which. It seemed to me must crush ! . . every plank Info atoms. I held Vera n,m '( 'IU to me ready for the end, but Leayord " ' yelled wildly: J|Jo "That's It Red I make fast there! from hls^opn make fast I Lively now, before wo go j kon on down. The mlzzen clinlns. Olson I Up! hr)1 nI>pnn>nt you go, my lad?by heaven I he made rP(a,nlnK OXfl( sinned In life. I was on my feet now, understand- rp0 (lie Ing It all, realizing the value of each ^nnt was a tl second, knowing thnt the shattered j |V ou^ bont must be sinking tinder us. I also repUisive face got grip on the chains, and the three fn(V(j* ,nan Hin of us held on desperately, Red hauling ; rp,)v n8 thoi the single rope end taut, and looping It j 'even us booth xne mwnn. onuld bo more "Here, Olson; rtfach your arras tjH> gioam of down; take the woman first?there's fantastic curl no time to wait for help. Now, Vera? wore six altog quick, girl; the boat Is slaking under jn 8wivol chal *** " or loaning for She stepped onto ray shoulders, on the table, grasped the chains to steady herself;' nn,i partially then gripped Olson's hand, sprang up- j ways, and lay ward, and was drawn safely in. I the rug. Th* turned to the others. ! nien, and wer "Make fast, Red. There is nothing! of them plali more to he done hut get out. Ono at rings In his e a tltne now; here. White, you're crip- possessed the pled, go first?hoist hlin up, Masters; ship, now ease in there, Olson?good enough. I saw all You're next, Masters." ! glance. Ureal Leayord and I were the last, and we hack to me, left tlie dinghy swamped behind us, ! crushed ray ai dangling and crushed against the steel in ray ear: side of the schooner, upheld only by "See. captnl the strength of the rope. It was all all dead!" the work of a feverish minute. In "Yes," 1 am which thought was impossible because words, "then of the stress of action. Rut now, as I Something tei clung breathless to those lower nfizzen fall?call the ratlines, the seven of us Jammed upon I heard hlin the little platform, the green surge of companion d< water below slushing against the voice as he s! wreck we had just left, the strange si- 1 could distln lence of this vessel which we had feet on the dc boarded struck me with full force. In my gaze from heaven's name, what could it mean? cahtn. The < It was broad daylight; If there was n man nllve aboard, bo could novor have """""'B failed to see or hear us In this fierce '"'de, heli struggle for life. Yet no one was vis- w,,s so,nethln Ible; no sound of voice was heard; no flhout their e face peered over at us above the mil. "" R,'nsp? It was like a ghost schooner, and I felt me? '< the very heart of me chill as I stared vnnrp. '""1 Into the blank faces of my huddled s,""d. I have companions, and along the shiny sides, others, nl and the deserted rail. their present ""m k ; ma go, sir." ventured ; I.eayord soberly. "Ain't she pot no1 hlanchiiip of crew?" ' oath which 1 "I don't know what to make of it." sw'ft. Incrodu I confessed, "hut we'll soon find out. rppoPnlt'OIh n TIelp the lady. I.eavord. Olson, come He was stnrln with me." : ,v of thp We footed (he ropes, and swung m " ''^"n s" to the rail, clinging there long enoupl tj Hearty of to pain swift view of the deck beyond. " Isn t f.a It was as clean as a millionaire's! nf 'ns^ yacht, and had the appearance of one. I He leaped f with hrasswork glistening, and palm u"'> " xingl fresh and bright. Every rope seemed whatever the coiled in r'nce the sail gaskets firmly querlnp all fe Tumi, Mf (HiinKs spotless tne canvas n> "" 11 white us though .lust out of (he sail *lifn ho stltTe loft. My eyes surveyed the whole for? body stricken him. his Jaw and nft?the low forecastle, the look's instant he st< galley, with door standing wide open, form seemed revealing a tireless stove, the boats In lifeless to the chocks, not one missing, the after | j sprang ti cabin on the deck level. Its companion gripped ,, door ajar, the wheel astern, outlined "Hands of against the sky, swinging slightly to a srn,lim<,,j ?\ lashing of rope?and nowhere a human on H?y ?f being. I could scarcely believe the evl- i y?u do." dence of my own eyes. "What do j "Heavens, Olson ; there's not a sailor "The most on deck," I gasped. ever contrive "No, sir; it heats me; I've been at T,u'n 1,nve aea a long time, sir, hut I never see ? curren nothln' like this?they ain't left, fer w'dr l"*" the boats are all there, an' the wheel T>,,n f ,n"v<> " 1.1 la !i d. Site's Just a sailln' herself." ' ' * '' "There's no sign of any trouble i ^ou nro' aboard. Why, those decks ore scrubbed j I'erhnps hf like n Dutchwoman's floor. Ilurry up, ^ could nevei Leayord ; the schooner seems deserted, those dead i Como on, mate, we shall have to clear ,,w> ,irftvy this mystery up." ' doorway. We sprang down on the deck, and !t sppm?d to the others came tumbling over the rail 1 deadly after us, each face expressive of mys- spp,npd fo dh tlflcatlon. Vera touched my sleeve,: ,f rpnspd "hr (ber eyes searching mine. nu'"What cun have happened?" t( Av, that "I do not In the least know," I an- ' it It s snfr swered. "The mystery Is too deep to J',u ''vor guess at. There has been no storm, no Are, no evidence of desertion, every i - ? 0 lie Id Its proper plac ig I can think of as pa t. The whole crew ma : that seems Ul^e a drean > can't stand here dolu lte, you are not of muc t broken arm, so remal is Carrlngton. Keep you Leayord, you and I \vl Into that cabin; the ref le forecastle. Be carefu 't miss anything?scatt* the companion door, an lj In advance. The cabl a level with the mall glass front flooded tli light. A glance reveale id I stood motionless, m t In my throat, my ham the edge of the dooi that Leayord peered li lioulder, and heard hi Iter one muffled exclamn a low-celled apartment !, with ports along tli ly staterooms being aft 1 rug covered the tlooi re leather dtvans undo ie table in the center wn a meal, covered with i and glistening hravel; (1 glass. There was foo< \ partially eaten, nn< nlf tilled. I saw all thesi called them afterward? st Instant of horror, th? t upon me was merely o notlonless figures sittlni ir chairs. It was a grew A great monster of i \ his white ghastly fao ive a shaggy gray heard open eyes, staring ful A. wineglass had fallei led fingers, and lay hrn deck. Indeed, everyom ly died as by a stroke ?tly the posture last as t of the broad-slionldere< lln, young fellow, scarce teens, but with a hard , and at his left a dark lost a negro, grinned nor ugh death had Strieker he laughed. Notlilnj awful to look upon thar his teeth, beneath th< of his mustache. Then ether, five sitting uprlgh irs, screwed to the deck ward with heads resting The sixth, grny-halre< bald, had fallen side ' in a shnpeless heap or ?y had the look of sea e roughly dressed, threi lly foreigners, one wltl ars. The big man aloni ? appearance of leader tills in that one swlf tli had nut come sobbing when Leayord's ham -111 and his voice ruinhlec In ! they're dead ; thev'n swered, choking over tin ? Is no doubt of that rrlhle has occurred here other men " stumble out through tin tor, and the roar of h!' united to those forward guisli the sound of theli ck, hut eoiild not retnovt i that awful slelit in thi eyes of that giant deu< at me so fixedly nerosi d me as in a vise?then g so ghastly, so terrible xpresslon, as to rob mi all courage. The met I.V ??1 l>r"i|MFiM ruit'i imk III pushing pnat where no recollection of seelnj though I felt and henn *e. But I snw him ? sudden stop, the quid his fnoo, nnd the short nirst from his litis, tin lous look of surprise, 01 hich lenped Into his eyes g straight into the ghost giant opposite. T douh w any of the others, the devil !" he shouted iston de I.vs' ?o you'v you old hound." orward. circled the tohh e stride, hole, memory Impulse might he. con u r u i n irt*S iitowl lii w? lioin <<l, ? ? !? ^1 l|'|? 'I ? * i-iid m:<n'.s shoulder. Am nod, cvry muscle of hi ; I coil hi see dentil striki sot. Ills eyes fixed?m >od rljrid; then his whol to contract and he fel dock. iwnrd him, hut Master nd hurled me hack, r ? all of you!" h Vnlt! Don't lay a tinge in ; you are dead men I you mean? What Is It? diabolical hit of devlltr d," he nnswered. "Thes on killed by electricity Is still on. I heard th dynamo as T came af ntll I find the switch an nr God's sake stand wher was gone five minute.' tell; I saw nothing hi men; heard nothing hi onthlng of my mates I No one spoke; hut one me, I caught the throb ( dynamo, yet even as fitlngulsh the faint sunn uptly. Masters pushed I was the truth," he sal enough now. Dord; d ir of such a d , col e. See here, men, the vl his job well?here a e. I tli* wires along the deck, pressed info | ? j a seam, and connected to each swivel 7 , chair. Bee. the circuit If complete, and a.! no one woti1<J fver suspect. All he had 8 to do was stand back there In the stewh ard's pantry and press the switch, n Those six men died before they could ir wink an eye." " "But the fellow who did It? What , has become of him?" ' | Masters shook his head. 'r I "I don't know, sir; but there must have been one; there ain't none o' d; these dead men could have turned the 11 ( trick." " "Perhaps It was that cuss dangling e over the side, captain," said Whlte'a d voice, from hack behind the others. * "What Is that?" d "There's a fellow got Jammed In a * small boat alongside, sir. I Just hap 11 pened to look over, and saw him as hangin' there." l~ j We were glad enough to escape that cabin of horror, and I slid the com? pnnlon door to, and bolted It, before ' following White across the deck to "' the starboard rail. Excited as I was, I obsessed by this awful tragedy, my s mind yet grasped every detail?the II shining brnsswork, the spotless dorks, v the white boats In their davits, the ' snowy canvas aloft. The very lmmaculateness of the vessel seemed to p add to the horror, and It was a shock ' to even rend the schooner's nntne, ' painted on a lifebuoy?Hose of Gnspe. A glance below revealed the whole story of tlio accident. It was clear enough to be read instantly by a sail1 or's eyes. The man In bis efforts at ^ escape had chosen one of tlie smaller boats, but one staunch and well equipped. No doubt It bad been secret*1 lv prepared In advance, for the lockers contained food, and a beaker of fresli water was securely lashed to a ' ! front thwart. There was also a spar ~ and sail aboard, safely secured, together with a pair of serviceable oars. ' What had happened, as seemed elenr " to us. was this; a heavy brass-bound chest, of odd workmanship and dingy nppearance, had been stowed away In tho bows. It must have been placed 1 there with rope and pulley, for no ^ single pair of arms could ever have 1 lifted It over the rail. Then the fellow 3 had clambered In, eager to be off, no 3 doubt, and undertaken to lower the ' boat, standing probably amidships, where he could manipulate both ropes. 1 Hut the forward rope must have ' i Jammed in the pulley, permitting the *: stern of the suspended boat to sag 1 suddenly enough to send the heavy chest sliding aft. Before he could 3 check the fall, or save himself by leap1 Ing overboard, It laid pinned his legs 3 against the stern sheets; and there he dangled still, his face burled In the green water alongside, Ills knees f crushed helplessly beneath the weight 1 of the chest?an Inert dead body. "The fellow got his, sir," said I.ea' yord solemnly. "T.lkely enough killed by the very thing he wirs tryln' to 3 clt away with. What shall we do with the boat ami what's In It, sir?" 3 "Untangle that pulley slowly, and hoist up even with the rail." I an swered. "We'll have a look at the man, | hum mm inn wuui s in uie cnesr; 11 H rn odd-looking affair." ' i I helped balance it, and with White using liis uninlurcd arm, we drew the ri ?]<?:i<1 man's body In over the rail. The J two mates released liis limbs from the grip of the ehest. and we laid him nut | Men the deck. He was an Ill-looking |! fellow, deeply tanned, with a Uvld sear J ii.tiihj e .? eheek, and an anehnr fattened on Ids forearm. Lenyord drew a j noper out of the inuer pneket of hi* 1 shirt, and passed It over to nie. Tt " was a letter with no dateline or sig' nature, and had been so soaked in salt i water as to he almost Illegible. The ' j only connecting words I could study " | out were: "I>e I,ye has all bis men but c a cook; try to get on! He'll never know you after these years." "Does It tell you anything, sir?" f asked Olson anxiously. "Not much; only this fellow sailed ns cook, and got the Job for a purpose. 1 lie had known De Lys years before." *T>e Lys?" ! "Yes; that was the name of the big 1 fellnw in fho nuitln ho ntnaf 111!vo i been nt the head of the pnrty; the one . Liverpool knew as Gaston de Lys. Get thnt chest onto the deck; no doubt the secret Is there." I (To Re Continued.) ? The Eiffel Tower. ,, The Eiffel tower Is Just twenty-eight II yenrs old, having been erected for the | Paris exposition of 1889. Although g It was denouncodjis ugly, for the same reason as a skeleton, because It Is une usual. Its rigid lines are really graceI ful. It has outlived Its popularity as f( a pleasure resort, although It offers a | wonderful panorama of Paris, hut It ^.J serves a far more Important internaI tlonal service as perhaps the most lin,'p portnnt wireless station In Europe, for ..lit Is In direct communication with ,! Canada, 2,500 miles olT. Its mass of f' 8,000 tons of Iron Is 084 foot high, or, (j If Its lightning protection be added, >e Just over 1,000 feet, which Is five times I the height of the monument on Fish Street hill. In England William IIol; land's enterprise In imitation of It, the |f 151 nek pool tower, still flourishes, but I Sir Edward Wntklns' scheme, the (i Wemhly tower, had the fate of the Jj Tower of Babel, and the uncompleted I fragment, which was for years a land,1 mark on the (I. C. R? has long been ln swept away,?London Globe. Woman Preacher 107 Years Old. ! The oldest woman preacher In the l 1,11 United States Is Mrs. Mary Ooddnrd | '|*l of Brunswick, Me. Mrs. Goddard. j I though otve hundred and seven years | " I old, continues to preach occasionally to ' congregations of Friends. MfCAWtTS. C. CROWING OF COCKS Y B Rooster's Midnight Alarm May Be Haunt of Soldier? N byw glim Historical Events Are Quoted to 8how ,,on Effects of Call at Regular ! Hours. | v|sl) ' Nun Is the crowing of the cock the, p]n| haunt of soldiers? I Bud Philosophers might nsk themselves, stan this question, fools might hesitate long is si euough with a ray of Intelligence to lted remark, "It does look funny." The that cock sounds his lirst shrill clarion cull tery ut twelve o'clock, midnight. ! Tl Ills neighboring cock from an end- been nent perch in an apple tree hears It i thej and answers "auwk-er-uk-er-oo-o." by t Then he sleeps ugflfh uud an hour onw later sounds the second watch of the niosi night. lie sleeps some more. He If y< sounds the call from the barrucks and see his neighbors join iu to make the, glnn dawning welkin ring. i youi Through this Eastern section, where s"m eastern and central time changes and <1 the country Is thickly settled, there Is his an hour difference In the time of the hut midnight crowing of the cock within pleti u few miles' ride of the traveler. T1 Since the war began In Europe and Rods the nations engaged in that conflict High set the clocks back an hour for mill- nnd tary reasons. It is said that the cock nnd has adjusted his midnight crowing to hy 1 suit the hour by thvrclock. j sinll Beginning two weeks before Christ- | sinil mas the cock crows first ut ten o'clock wull at night and then at the regular hours to tl as before until after Christmas eve. disn When the Unman empire claimed Its nail, null nuic iiu ilu> ,,..t.1.. two or tnree minutes, me emciem i working of an Intricate and compll-1 cated system Is carried out almost entlrely by a staff of women numbering over 000. 8uggests Decoy 8otdter. We have beard of tin soldiers, but It has remained for J. Rurgess, an officer In training at Fort Sheridan, 111., to bring to our attention o camouflage soldier of papier mache. Ills plan Is to place n large number of these dummy soldiers beside the regular troops on the firing line, to serve as decoys for the Germans. Unable to j distinguish between the real and faked soldier, he believes the Germans will waste a great amount of ammunition """ on the papier mache figures. In this Instance every hit will he as good as a miss.?Popular Science .Monthly. Cause of Trouble. "Whnt makes some of de trouble," said Uncle Kben, "is dnt a man's liable to git mo' neighborly applnus< foh winnln' six bits in n crap gam.: dun fob earn In' two dollars by work In de flame amount o' time." '1' vm tiiv vuiju/oio vniil^UllUU ,vx and its armies as legions, the watches thinj of tlie night were sounded by the bu- rose gle of the sentinel from ids tower sta- to s tloned wherever tiie mighty country wist' hud laid claim to domain. It was thcu time that the crowing of the cock seems to cons have become connected with the sol- utif< dler's call of the watches of the night, thes "The cock shall not thrice crow this the night before you shall deny me." It sum is mentioned in the lJlble to denote heat the watches of the night. The Christmas festivities in the early days of Christianity lasted several days, beginning prior to Christinas day and the revelries of the night, 1,lps in which wines flowed freely, doubt- !>r% * less led to a curfew cull which descended to the cock as the other watch j ? ' ' calls of the soldier's bugle. I . In the present world war when the j ^ haunt of the soldier Is again world- | wide, it is not Unlikely that it might ' exert an Influence on the life of the J ^ ^ domestic animal. The horse, it is j ' s ( claimed by scientists, can scent the '! ] battle from afar und his nature even feels the approach of war. 1 scioi Kvcn again the time of the unl- j versal crowing of the cock might be, ? changed bv the effect of the military change of the people of the day. , f Cyclist Messengers Satisfactory. One of the dilllculties that has been j experienced hy Infantry following up a retreat, has been the quick trans-1 mission of reports and the maintenance of touch with their thinking column, writes a war correspondent. In ; cyclist training no little time Is de-1 voted to perfecting the system of com-1 municatlon, and experience has proved ! that cyclist messengers are both a speedier and more reliable means of communication than either telephones, which have to be laid, or visual signaling. Prior to 1914, there were mnny who asserted that cyclists were too vulnerable to be of use. It lias been proved already that they were wrong, even though the character of the war in the West has not been peculiarly favornble to cyclist operations, and that cyclist battalions are and will continue to be one of the most important and valuable arms of the service. 35,000,000 Documents In One Room. One of the most marvelous organizations in the world Is found in the v new buildings at Kew of the claims and record department of the ministry m?m of labor. Here the whole work of un- j employment Insurance, formerly ud-1 ministered from varloas towns throughout the United Kingdom, is directed. In one room alone 85.000,000 documents relating to workmen's insurance are housed, and even in this labyrlnth it is possible to trace the name and full particulars of any claim in j "i rH THE NUMBERLESS GODS T tared and Neglected Images of uddha Give a Better Understanding of the Oriental Nature. _ u ow and again, In sdme forgotten ay, the traveler chances on some ipse Into the heart of a foreign uathat lights up the dark places with Bt ish of Insight. Such a glimpse may :iad Into the heart of Japan !>y a t to what are known locally as the iber'ess Gods. It Is dlfllcult to exii how these battered Images of dha can lead to a better under,11.,,. r ~t ?.? i??. i uiu(t ui wi iriiiiu iiiaiui'lfi, uuv IV "" life fo say that few men have vis- VH them without coming away feeling Pr they are a little closer to the inys- an of Japan, says a world traveler. he Numberless Gods are so known tuse, according to local tradition, ' cannot be counted. They stand ua he banks of a swift stream flowing tin ard to Tokyo, and they are old and bo s-grown, forgotten and neglected. *rI mi will try to count them, you will th< how the tradition about them orl- He ted. They are so much alike that th< count will never be twice the l>h e. True, the Irreverent tourist may lot own the line tapping each one with of cane and calling off the numbers, on that were a sorry way to treat n by urcsque legend. liey stand In a smiling line, these <*1* ? oi stone, worn nnd defaced by the ^? t of centuries; features softened sc< blurred by the years, mossgrown half hidden by grasses, forgotten lnj heir worshippers, smiling, always coi ing. It is the peculiar, inscrutable bo e of the Buddha, the only god who bo erf. Doomed to suffer, according Tli le Buddhist creed, until nil sin has Ge ppeared from earth, he smiles eter- ga y in all his images. In these neg- tot ?d stones, that would have some- nu it pathetic about them did they rep- ' nt any other god, the smile seems ha peak of a supernal knowledge, a tr< loui that is above circumstance and of! (. The smile of the image In an in- pa e clouded temple Is a haunting and Ac >rgettable thing, but the smile of no e neglected roadside gods under ha open sun goes deeper. It seems to ea: up the mystery that lies at the an "t of the most mystical creed. ! pa j th< m< Why the Weather bureau? < hy t lie weather bureau? This tai tion is likely to be asked, in more ro1 ?ss querulous tones, whenever the weather prediction falls, as it i in) 1 does, says the Popular Science : t]? tlily. The Inqifirer overlooks the j ,nj that the weather bureau has much fej ? important things to foretell than on lary changes of weather. It pre; with certainty great windstorms, ,n, /tuuresB 01 ty I An Ambition and f THE ne?d# of the South are tdenti / J of the Sojtbern Railway Ibc uu / J lb? Hpbolldior of tbe otbtr. yi , The toothers Railway wki no farora?n f [ i Ktoidol (o other*. V J The (mbitlon of the Southern Railway C y I unity of lnicrcat that I* born of co-operation I f * the railroad*) to are perfected that fair and f ran a \ ment of railroad* which Incite* the confid * f adencletiNo realixo tba t liberality of treatmer \ / to obtain tbe additional capital needed for the a enlarfed facllltie* Incident to the demand fo I service | and. finally? To take It* niche In the body politic of f other treat Industrie*, with no more, bit will I rlfkt* and equal opportunities. x" The Southern Serves tl jjpjpl Southern Rail'1 -uctlve Hoods, severe freezes and ?t, r atmospheric visitations that en- wc ;er life and property on a large oc< > and collects climatic statistics for ttitic agriculture. Tm IX) A I) LP THE PIPES OF Tl Tear Out This Coupon, Fill It In and Can Spare to Buy Tobacco for t Dollar Iluys Four Pack To The Editor of The News: Lancaster, S. C. Enclosed And packages of tobacco, through "Out Fund" for American fighting men i I understand that each dollar hn a retail value of forty-five cents and will bo placed a postcard, ad<'-o-"?. ^ friend, the soldier, will agree to sen Name way System < to buy Boys in France Tobacco ** n France. iys tour packages, each with that In each of my packages to -nc, on which my unknown d me a message of thanks. StFeet ST cal with the needs ! A I natal of oiac mtui [ 1 / <o apeclal prtoOef* not Jr 'omponjr It to Itt that I between the public and ' po. k policy Intbc biiu(o ! | trace of povernmrnul . \ W. at ta^alrh will enable It , I niuialtlon of better and S\ t increased and better S J rhe South a Ion r aide of J b CMual llbertiea. euual he South." ilo .1, .vi a </iiiiii.v i u^u ii> mrnu 11 iinu in a cond the place Is blown to atoms nnd B hands have gone 'bllghty' for hnv- B X grabbed the halt. This gnine of * B Meeting fuses with gold chains, wine B ttles nnd portraits has been costing H mblng squads a large toll In losses. B io coveted goods are so fixed by the B rmans that when Tommy nnd the k fl ng have pounced upon them they B itch off the detonator of an Infernal B tchlne." B The Canadian told how 12 men who B d entered a dugout In the German fl mches formerly occupied by some B leers had their eyes on several oil fl lutings. The non-commissioned of- fl er who was with them, huvlng wit- fl sscd the annihilation of men who I d been caught by the bait In other fl sea, ordered the men out of the plnce I d then fired a shot at one of the fl lutings. In response to the shot fl ;re followed an explosion which de- V >llslied the dugout. 1 The allied troops are dally being 1 tght to keep their hands off all likely I iivenlrs when they occupy new po- I Ions. Even the business of search- I ; wounded prisoners Is being concted In a gingerly mnnner by Tomr. Tho game of tricking the other low has been a very serious matter the western front, nccordlng to thle leer, chlelly because the German sol>r does not hesitate at the most oclous nnd barbarous of schemes to irk harm to the enemy. On certain ?nslons German soldiers have feigned be wounded nnd while men swept st them have been guilty of sniping. v IE BOYS IN FRANCE. i i [ Send as Much Money as You )ur Fighting Men?Each ages of Tobacco. rUBSDAY, iAN. 22, 1918 l?| RICKS THAT KILL 1 r'* l^Br ermans Use Barbarous gr Schemes to Harm Enemy. H lit* Left In Evacuated Position* ' Prove Disastrous to Tommy, Who H Would Investigate. * * "The game of baiting the other fel- I v which the German soldiers really H light the allied troops Is still In B gue on the western front at the B' Hmn u cnl/1 n ??11 - ... oinu a nuuilUCU V UII1H11otllcer who was telling some friends 'B out (lie tricks which men ]>lny on B e another In trench warfare. B " 'Don't fool with the enemies' evac- H ted positions, especially the dugouts, B til you have experimented with wine B ttles, Jewelry, pictures and other Bnkets at n respectable distance,' Is B e first order given to advance par- B s. When the Germans drew buck to B a llindenhurg line in France they B indered and carried off all kinds of B >t. Now the finest place for a crowd ^B Tommies or poilus to capture Is B e of the dugouts recently inhabited B German officers. "Perhaps Tommy spots a pile of Jew- B y on an innocent appearing tuhle. B ,11 l?t IV.,,..... ? - ?