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Make This Bank Make Your I Help Win th You c;jn help \ subscribing' to These bonds ar the United Sta interest at 4.} sued in denom: JOUU.UU, JiIOUVj This bank wil: for you ENTIS " I1C UAUi Of|Newl "The Bank)\ ________ Eveready t While the1 ^ m sell a two TAT* J-ilgiit, for 59c. a limited s T53ST ) R 1 Mayes book . The House of a h : II . i Ct Over the l c I ofLuct^and I jA j j Serg't Arth' By the flare of the explosion of tl: which luckily landed in the trench. T saw one big Boehe throw u his arms and fall backwards, while h rifle flew into the air. Another or wilted and fell forward across tl sandbars?then blackness. Realizing what a foolhardy and ris* thing I had done, I was again seize wit6 a horrible fear. I dragged myse ;to my feet and ran madly down tl lane through the barbed wire, stur bling over cut wires, tearing my un form, and lacerating my hands ac legs. Just as l was anour to rwu No Man's Land again, ihat same voi< 6eemed to say, "Turn around." I d pr>, when, "crack," another hull' caught me, this time in the left shot der about one-half inch away from tl other wt und. Then it was taps for in The lights went out. When I came to I wa^ crouching i a hole in No Man's Land. This she hole was about three feet deep, so th: it brought my head a few inches helo the level of the ground. How I reach* this hole I will never know. Gormi ^typewriters" were traversing l>a< and for h in No Man's Land, fhe bi lets biting the edge of my shell ho Your Business Home dollars e War vin this World's War by ' the 3rd Liberty Loan, e the direct obligation of tes of America and bear per cent per annum, isinations of $50.CC, $100.00 00 and more. [ enter your subscription J ;ELY FREE OF CHARGE. anorp Rank jerry, S. C. |of the People" i flashlight 17 last I wil cell Flash >rth $1.00, I have only ' upply. & Variety Store i Thousand Things i >p Wiih the Best } | Give Them Helll" | 1 L I | I I I I I by ? - : =s t ^ ur Guy jbmpey j j: K, f and thro- :ti? dirt ill! over me. ;r; Overhead shrapnel was bursting, p | I could hoar the fragments ship the is J ground. men i weru out once mure te i When I came to everything was silence ie and darkness in No Man's Land. ] ! was soaked with fclood and a big flaj :v 1 from the wound in my cheek was hang .(] | ing over my mouth. Th$ Mood runIf | ning fr<;m this flap choked me. Out o1 { the corn?r of my mouth I would trj n-; and blow it back, but it would nol !j. J move. I reached for my shell dressing td I and tried, with one hand, to bandagt >h i my face to prevent the flow. I hac aa awful hurror of bleeding to deatl ; ' j id and was getting \ery faint. You would pt have laughed if you had seen my i'- ludicrous attempts at bandaging witlj one hand. The pains in ray wounded e. shoulder were awful and I was getting | sick at the stomach. I gave up th<j in bandaging stunt as a bad job. and the?i '11 fainted. When I came to, hell was let loose. w An intense bombardment was on, and ^ on the whole my position was decided* in Jy unpleasant. Then, suddenly, our ^ barrage ceased. The silence almost hurt, but not for long, because Fritz *e; turned loose with shrapnel, machine ( I I guns, and rifle fire. Then nil along <>in | line onme a eln-t-r arid our boys can> j over the top in a charge. The first wave was composed of "Joeks." They ' were a magnificent sight, kills, flapping : Jn the wind, bare knees showing, and ! their bayonets glistening. In the first i wave that passed my shell hole, one of < the "Jocks," an immense fellow, about j six feet two inches in height jumped i mm* if>a An thp riorhf }irwl left ' j ll^Ul UUl UiV. V ? V..W j of me several soldiers in colored kilts : were huddled on the ground, then ove? ! J came the seconu wave, also "Jocks." j j One young Scot tie, when he came j abreast of my shell hole, leaped into | ; the air, his rifle shooting out of his hands, lnnding about six feet in front j of him, bayonet first, and stuck in the [ ground, the butt trembling. TJrts im pressed me greatly. j Right now I can see the butt of that I pun trembling. The Scottie made a I complete turn in the air, hit the ; ground, rolling over twice, each time | clawing at the earth, and then re| mained still, about four feet from me, j in a sort of sitting position. I called to j him, "Are you hurt badly, Jock?'' but j no answer. He was dead. A <T;irTr rod ! cinnriw w?s rnminir throuirh his tunic I ' ? ~ --i right under the heart. The blood ran ! down his hare knees, making a horrible j sight. On his right side he carried his j water bottle. I was crazy for a drink I and tried to reach this, hot for the life of me could not negotiate that four I feet. Then I became unconscious. When I woke up I was in an advanced : first-aid post. I asked the doctor if ; we had taken the trench. "We took j the trench and the wood beyond, all j right," he said, "and you fellows did * ? ?- "? At-.x j your Dit; our, my mu, uiai was uun.v! six hours ago. You were lying in No | Man's Land in that bally hole for a day j and a half. It's a wonder you are alive." , j He also told me that out of the twenty that were in the raiding party, seventeen were killed. The officer died of wounds in crawling back to our trench and I was severely wounded, but one i fellow returned without a scratch, with-, I out any prisoners. No doubt this chap was the one who had sneezed and im-. ; properly cut the barbed wire. ! In the official communique our trench i raid was described as follows: "All quiet on the western front, excepting in the neighborhood of Gommecourt wood, where one of our raid-1 ing parties penetrated into the German lines." It is needless to say that we had no . ; use for our persuaders or come-alongs, I ; as we brought back no prisoners, and j j until I die Old Pepper's words, "Per-1 ! sonally I don't believe that that part ! of the German trench is occupied," will j always come to me when I hear some' i fellow trying to get away with a fishy j statement I will judge it accordingly.1 I i CHAPTER XXVII. Blighty. I From this first-aid post, after inocu- j lating me with antitetanus serum to; prevent lockjaw, I was put into an am-1 iiulance and sent to a temporary hos- j pital behind the lines. To reach this hospital we had to go along a road j about five miles in leugth. This road was under shell tire, for now and then ! a flare would light up the sky?a tre-1 mendous explosion?and then the road j trpmhlp. We did not mind, CCl.lliVU IV ia >. w. . . ? though 110 doubt some of us wished < j -X. V I Ai = >?> " ' : . 1: ? i jM / :' "v.. :. If Vf ' ? f ' - ; ' : F#" # ' IM I ~ , rrrftf ' - 1 1 P '" ':J ' J ''} I ^ ' !' ft- -I ml ! n '* 3!! ~!ity." that a shell would hit us and end our. misery. Personally, I \v;is ;. -i parficu-, l:ir. It was nothing i?ut j? It, rattle. fiml hang. Several times the drive?* v.- ;! 1 turn around ami aive us a "Cmvr<\ mates, ' we'll soon i'o there?" h:- fellows, those ambulance drivers, a lot uf them go West, too. ' We gradually drew out of the fire ! zone and pulled up in front of an immense dugout. Stretcher-bearers car1 1 ? ? 1 ... ,.t* . | T1 ^ 1 . I10U Ilie down a IllIIili.K'1 VI placed me on a white table in a brightly ' lighted room. ': A sergeant of the Royal Army Med*; ; ical corps removed mv bandages and ; j cut off my tunic. Then the doctor, with his sleeves rolled up, took charge.; ' vie winked at me and I winked back*. I i find then lie asked. "How do you feel, * i smashed up a bit?" I answered : "I'm all right, but !'<$ j give a quid for a drink of Iiass." He nodded to thp sergeant, who disi appeared, and I'll be darned if he j didn't return with a glass of ale. I I ! could only open my mouth about a ; nn-irtor /?f ?>n imh liUT T ?> *?' :?\v:iV with H i '? ?... ...X.., .,rn - every drop of that ale. It tasted just j like Blighty, and that is heaven to Tommy. I The doctor said soriK thin.sr to an or- | derly, the only word I could catch was j ''chloroform," then they put some kind j <>f an arrangement over my nose an'I mouth and it \v:is me for dreamland. When I opened my eyes I was lyin^ on a stretcher, in a low wooden building. Everywhere I looked I saw rows of Tommies on stretchers, sorn? dead to the world, and the rest with fags in their mouths. The main topic of their conversation was Blighty. Nearly all had a grin on their faces, except those who didn't have enough face left to grin with. I grinned with my right eye, the other was bandaged. Stretcher-bearers came in and began to carry the Tommies outside. You could hear the chug of the engines in the waiting ambulances. I was put into an ambulance with uiree otners ana away we wt-m mi eighteen-mile ride. I was on a bottom stretch vr. The lad right across from me was smashed up something horrible. Right above me was a man from the Royal Irish rifles, while across from him was a Scotchman. We had gone abouc three miles when I heard the death-rattle in the throat of the man opposite. He had gone to rest across the Great Divide. I tnmK at the time I envied him. The man of the Royal Irish rifles had had his left fogt blown oil, the jolting of the ambulance over the rough road had loosened up the bandages on his foot, and had started it bleeding again. This blood ran down the side of the stretcher and started dripping. I was lying on my back, too weak to move, and the dripping of this blood got me in my unbandaged right eye. I closed my eye and pretty soon . could not open the lid; the blood had congealed and closed it, as if it were glued down. ? An English girl dressed in khaki was driving the ambulance, while beside' her on the seat was a corporal of the R. A. M. C., They kept up a running : conversation about Blighty which almost wree1 . my nerves; pretty soon fro- ? s retcher above me, the Irishman h ir -> aware of the fact that the u from his foot had become loose; ? must have pained him horribly, because he yelled in a loud. voice: "If you don't stop this bloody death wagon and fix this d bandage on 1 In a Real < In order to sec are offering our s tee to raise the pr leases. You are f in a short time. C price of " cents p Our leases are justly famous Wa bring in a well tf prospect the Maiii tana and tlie Clar E I proven Kansas nei fortune for our st< 8 BBfl | PES s 1 TWO RIGS PU: 3 ('. P>. I\I'-Monamin, Capita! *2"0.0 Far value 10 iwiumwm? ! ?? ? IT1.L PAYMENT i CLARK FORK OIL CO.. I desire to subscribe f( of Cark F'ork Oil Com] ? ? - j ;> cents a snare aim herewith fc in full payment for sam( s-f; ] : i:i my hands bcfor 5 van*-?, It is understood I not fully satisfied afte cfived your irfonnpfior m:;itor this remittance turned to me in fill ar a in ton days from this da Stock to bo in the nam* Street and Xo To\vn or City , Stnte my foot. 1 will ;?reL out aim waiu. The girl 011 the scat turned around and in a sympathetic voice asked, j "Poor fellow, are you very badly wounded ?" The Irishman, at this question, let out a howl of indignation and answered, ''Am I very badly wounded, what bloody cheek; no, I'm not wound* ed, I've only been kicked by a canary j bird." The ambulance immediately stopped, and the corporal came to the rear and fixed him up, and also washed our ny right oyt1. I was too weak to thank him, hut .c was a great relief. Then I must have become unconscious, because when I regained my senses, the ; ambulance was at a standstill, and my I stretcher was being removed from it. It was night, lanterns were flashing here an<] tjjere, and I could see stretcher-bcarers hurrying to and fro. Then I was carried into a hospital train. The inside of this train looked like heaven to me, just pure white, and we met our first Red Cross nurses; we thought they were angels. And they were. Nice little soft bunks and clean, white shoots. A Red Cross nurse sat beside me during the whole ride which lasted ihree hour*. ?hf? was holding my wrist; I ibought I had made a hit, and tried to tHi her how I got wounded, hut she would put her linger to her lips iiiid say, "Yes, I know, hut you mustn't talk now. try to go to sleep, it'll do you good, doctors orders." L:iter on I learned that she was taking my pulse every few minutes, as I was very weak from the loss of blood and they exmn omifiF 1+ Kllf T niiln't U ill v IV Ci4 Uil ?. by k/uc A V* From the train we went into ambulances for a short ride to the hospital ship Panama. Another palace and more angels. I don't remember the trip across the channel. I opened my eyes; I was being carried on a stretcher through lanes of people, some cheering, some waving flags, and others crying. The flags were Union Jacks, I was in Southampton. Blighty at Inst. My stretcher was strewn with flowers, cigarettes, and chocolates. Tears started to run down my cheek from my good eye. I like a booby was crying. Can you beat it?? Then into another hospital train, a Ground Floor 1 lire sufficient funds to start our driili tock at far below the par value. We ; ice of this stock as soon as our opera inis afforded an opportunity to double )ur advice is to buy now while you c? er share. in four fields, in':! nding one piece o rm Springs Dome. This is proven gro lere immediately without any difficult lovcnn Hnmp of Wrnrmnsr. the Carbon k Fork Dome in Wyoming, as well as ds. Oil from either one of these strucoekholders. *?* /j % 1? suy Hoy* pin f ork RCHASED AND REA Ppres. Chas. A. Lev. is, Treas. C 00.00 Head Office?Suite cpnfs Montana. [01 PON. i\oi Billings, Mont 3r shares CLARK FORI sany stock ar. am enclosing Please sonr )r * mation regan ' ^ want this Company. I e the next art[that it'lam about it beto r I have re- the price of 1 and printed will be retny time witu- Name te. 2 of Street and Xo Town or City | State nut* to 1'amnion, another anvItiilrUK'O rid'% and then i was c;:r;i?id into Muosey ward of the Anitrieaa Wvint'ii's War hospital and put iutD * real bod. Thi> real bed was too much foe iaj unstrung nerves and I fainted. When I came to, a pretty Ked t.'rosa nurSe was bending over me, bathing my forehead with cold water, lin n shd left and the ward orderly placed * screen around tny bed, and gave me 3 much-needed bath and clean pajamaa* Then the screen was removed and > bowl of steaming soup was given me, It tasted delicious. Before finishing my soup the rjtiraG cam* to ask me ray name antf number. She put this information dowtt in a little book and inen asked: 'Where do you come from?" T answered : "From the big town behind tite Statue of Liberty;" upon hearing iniSk slip started jumping up and down, clapping her hands, and calling out t*> 'hive nurses across the ward: "Come here, <rirls?at last we ha-r? sot a real live Yankee with us." Tliey came over and besieged me? with questions, until the doctor arrived. Upon learning that I was a? American he almost crushed my !ian<3 In his grip of welcome. They also were Americans, and were glad to see me. The doctor very tenderly removed my bandages and told me, after view* ing my wounds, that he would have to< take me to the operating theater immediately. Personally I didn't caxe? what was done with me. In a few minutes, four orderlies wbo? looked like undertakers dressed 1m white, brought a stretcher to my i?edf and placing me on it carried me out of! the ward, across a courtyard to the? ?- ? rtftivnc 11 O C3 TAVVIh operauug room ui |jii_vuicor ^ my calls it i I don't remember having the ane?* thestic applied. When I came to I was again lying iffi a bed in Munsey ward. One of thd nurses had draped a large American! flag over the head of the bed, andj ciasped in my hand was a smaller flagy and it made me feel good all over tflj again see the "Stars and Stripej?." _.J 1 (TO BE CONTINUED.) Proposition j n<r operations we f absolutely guarai)tions start on our vmir money with- I' in at the present i 3 f property in the ind and we shouH y. We will also ado Dome of 3Ton- , a large acreage in t'.ires will mean a I ,' -: V ^^1 1 ^ ^ ' ' } * <4 ' * 7 DY TO DRILL j : . G. Holcomb, See. 7 1-2 Selvidge BUlg 1 * riKY rorrox. I j ; V OIL CO., Billings, Mont | ] | 1 me at once full inforlinir the Clark Fork Oil | am anxious to know all re the next advance in r j stock. , i i i i i t ? , tnrt f