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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.,,..... ? - ?