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OVER THE TOP. (Continued from page 3, column 3.) forbid Tommy from removing his boots, puttees, clothing or equipment. The "cooties" take advantage of this order and mobilize their forces, and Tommy swears vengeance on them and mutters to himself, "Just wait until I hit rest billets and am able to get my own back." Just before daylight the men "turn to" and tumble out of the dugouts, man ithe fire step until it gets light, or the welcome order "stand down" is given. [Sometimes before "stand down" is ordered, the command 4lfive rounds raplid" is passed along the trench. This means that each man must rest his [rifle on the top and fire as rapidly as [possible five shots aimed toward the German trenches, and then duck (with the emphasis on the "duck"). There is la great rivalry between the opposing tforces to get their rapid fire all off ~ 1 ? ?a i- ivu |M ifirst, oecause tne eariy oiru, m uii? m* stance, catches the worm?sort of gets jthe jump on the other fellow, catching ihim unawares. We had a sergeant in our battalion named Warren. He was on duty with lis platoon in the fire trench one afternoon when orders came up from the tear that he had been granted sevet days' leave for Blighty, and would be neiieved at five o'clock to proceed to England. ? He was tickled to death at these welcome tidings and regaled his more rst less envious mates beside him on the fire step with the good times in store for him. He figured it out that in two days' time he would arrive at 1 ^ ^Waterloo station, London, and then? [Seven days' bliss! 1 ' At about five minutes to five he [started to fidget with his rifle, and Ithen suddenly springing up on the fire istep with a muttered, 'Til send over (a couple of souvenirs to Fritz so that . jfceTl miss me when I leave," he stuck " his rifie over the top and fired two shots iwhen "crack" went a bullet and he . ft Lewis Gun in Action. tumbled .off the step, fell into the mud at the bottom of the trench, and lay still in a huddled heap with a bullet ' hole In his forehead. U ' A At about the time he expected to arA rive at Waterloo station he was laid :|r? " to rest in a little cemetery behind the ? lines. He had gone to Blighty. Zt . In the trenches one can never tell? A; it is not safe to plan very far ahead. ' After "stand down" the men sit on ^ the fire step or repair to their respective'dugouts and wait for the "rum issue" to materialize. Immediately fol lowing the rum comes breakfast, -V ? brought up from the rear. Sleeping is then in order unless some special work . turns up. Around 12:30 dinner shows up. vA j v * When this is eaten the men try to amuse themselves until "tea" appears A f at about four o'clock, then "stand to" A,A and they carry on as before. While in rest billets Tommy gets up about six in the morning, washes up, answers roll call, is inspected by his platoon officer, apd has breakfast. At 8:45 He parades (armsj wnn ms company or goes on fatigue according to the orders which have been read out by the orderly sergeant the night previous. Between 11:30 and noon he is dismissed, has his dinner and is "on his own" for the remainder of the day, unless he has clicked for a digging or working party, and so it goes on from jday to day, always "looping the loop" land looking forward to peace and Blighty. Sometimes, while engaged in a "cootie" hunt, you think. Strange to Say, but it is a fact, while Tommy is searching his shirt serious thoughts come to him. Many a time, when performing this operation, I have tried ito figure out the outcome of the war bnd what will happen to me. My thoughts generally ran in this Channel: Will I emerge safely from the next attack? If I do will I skin through the following one, and so on? While your frnfnd Is wandering into the future it Is likely to be rudely brought to earth 4>y a Tommy interrupting with, "What's igood for rheumatism?" Then you have something else to ?think of. Will you come out of this :war crippled and tied into knots with jrheumatisra, caused by the wet and uaud of trenches and dugouts V You. igiva it up as a bad job and generally: saunter over to the nearest estauaanw i . > to arown your mooay "jreDoaings in s glass of sickening French beer or to try your luck at the always present game of "house." You can hear the sing-song voice of a Tommy droning out the numbers as he extracts the little squares of cardboard from the bag between his feet. (To be continued next week.) in ? Kaiser Will Not Break Trough. Paris, March 29.?"The enemy will not cohquer our resistance," said Premier Clemencau when surrounded by deputies at the Bourbon Palace upon his return from the front this afternoon. "I do not wish to pose as prophet. That is not my habit, but, come what may, they will not break through." Anecdotes showing the wonderful morale of the French troops were related by the Premier. A battalion of territorial troops, arriving at the front line yesterday, were found awaiting the order for a counter-attack sitting unconcernedly in a mud field within range of the German shells, which were breaking in the immediate vicinity. ' "What are you doing here," said M. Clemenceau. 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