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I"OVE By An Amer Soldier WhoV EMPEY AND HIS COMRAD ATTACK MADE Synopsis.-i"red by the sinkli Ameriean lives, Arthur Guy Eripe goes to England and enlists as a1 short experience as a tcruilt ing o Ing quarters in 1"rance, whire he makes the acquaintance of 'cootI Empey's eonlpany is sent Into the frhis first turn on the tire step whiii leafn, as Coturadi' falls, t lint ti (haplaln dIstInguIshes Ii iiinself Ii tire. With p lek 11i1 shovel Einipe En No Man's Land. Excitug expi citing work tin oiservalion poi st writes and stages a successful 1 tt' I Emip3y gotes '"over It' top"' ini t ;erman li nes. CHAPTER XXIII-Continued. --19 A gas heluet Is uin1e of cloth. Irtu ed with ciem len Is. There are Iwo WIin dows, or glass eyes, In it, through wleI h o70U (a see. Insile Itere is a riibbur covered t-uhe, whleh goes in ti' iuo,:t i. You irentithe through your iose the gas, passinig through the iot Ii Iihitt, Ia neiitrailzed by tine nlt-ln of thi' ehernienis. The foul air is t'xh-tihd through the Iub1e in 1he 1o1uthtIi. this tube being so ('4nst1ruot ed thatut it Ire vents the inhaling of tie outsiIe, air or gas. One ieltnet is good for live hours of the strongest gas. ininI 'I'.ntiny carries two of th'lni slunig around his aholier in a waterplroof catuvais hug. He nust wear this hitag at all Ii nt's, .ven whie sle'ing. To haong,' :1 te fective' behnet, you take' out the niew one, hold youir breath, dill lhe obu on' off, ilaeing the iiew' ion' over your head, tucking in th' lous' etuis uinl'r the olhlar of your huini'. IFor a uuntiute, pandetnotilii reigined in our tr-nh'li - 'I'iiiinii'- ainju tiig their bielniets, hmiiibers rlulinlg here and there, antI ien turning 11out of the dugouts with ilxed hinyone'ts, to lnan the tire step. Re-entiforceueni'its were pouring out of the cornn1unietilon trenches. Our gun's crew were busy tuoihiting the nachine gun on the Iiarulapet 111)1 bringing uip 'x1ra iiuiitiion fron the dugiutu. Gerrnan gas is hevietr tha ( a 1i and Moon /31.s the trntaihes and iluieioutS, where It has been known to i auk fior two or three days, until the air Is pui fled by mens of large chetiicat spray era. W 7e had to work quickly, as Fritz generally follows the gas With nu1) in fantry attack. A conpany Iintin o1n our right was too alow i getti Ig ont hIs hi'hneat ; he sank~ in te groundiii, elui lhin ig act hIs thr:oat, andit ilt'ier ai f siacsmiod]Ic twistings went WVest (id'i). It was horritble to se'e hun1 dlie, but wie wvere pmrerless to helpi hlin. Ini thle corner of a traverse, a littlIt. muu lily nur tdog, 0ne of the i'ompl~anyl'sI'- 5,t wais lyl ui dead, wIth hIs paws overn hI s nose. lt's the' ilanils t hailt ffer Ithe most)5 --the forses, liluh's, ettleI, tdogs, entIs andI rats--thley haintg lit helmnets to save thei onu oony doe~ nth SYmupa thize withi ratIs In a gas alltait. At tlime's guis hus betenl kniown tol travel, wvith dirt' re'sults tifteetuilt's behind the lin's. A gas, or- smoitke hlmliet, 11s It Is calletd, at t' blest Is a ylle-sme-l ling thing, and It Is nt long before ont' gels a violent hentache fromu wea rIing It. Our etih' teen- iiui-ers weire bur1st - lng in No Mani's I Lad In an effor-t, by the artillery, to tdispetrse tilt gais flouda. Thie ftre sitep wals Ilnetd wi ertuchl lngtrmeni, hayietsit li'td, ando biombts near alt 1121ndi to reel-I t e.xpetcted iat tack. Onr arilleII.ry hadl Put at barrage taf eurtain ltre on t- tleran huies, t) try and brea k lul thelu alltack antd kt't A train~ed moy ma11clin te guo IItil htll trench and its bullts w erie rakiig thit Darapet. T1hen -ove'r they ciiriie, baiyonets glIs tenlng. Jan thi'r re'spira-tors, we l have a lnrgt' iatout In front, tey took .d lIke soaae ho~rriblt' nightare.-~ All alonig our trench, rifles anid o11 bline guns spoke, ourt shuapaiel wan, bursting over theIr lieadts. Tlhey- wet down In hleats, hut niew one's toiok tit places of thec fallen. Nothluig couli atop that lnnd rush. Th'le (Germnana leached our barhedI wlre, which hadit previously beeni ddemolished by thielu shells, then it wais bomb agaInst bomb11 and the devIl for till. Suddenly may heatd seemed to bursi reti loud "creek"t In my ear. Thea ay benoa began to swim, thiroa't go dry, and a heavy pressure on the lung warned me that mly helmet was leak ICE. TnrnIng by gun over to No. 2, thanged hlelies. The trench stairted to wind like snake, -and sandbags appeared to ba foating In the air. The noise was ho Uthie-, I sank onto the fire step, nteedit emed to be prickIng my flesh, the .6iaekness, (El.-, ~ was awakened by orne of tnly miat owng~ mny smoke helmet. How d RTHE can Arthur ( ent Machine Gunne Copyright 1917, by Arthur Guy Empey ES REPULSE A FIERCE GAS BY THE GERMANS. rug of the Lusitania, with the loss of y, an American living in Jersey City, 'rIvate in the British army. After a licer in London, he Is sent to train irst hears the sound of big guns and s." After a brief period of training front-line trenches, where he takes the bullets wiis overhead. 10rimpey ath lurks always in the trenches. rescuing woulndel men uider hot y huts exetritence is a trench digger itete nt listening post detail. Ex duty. Buick it rest billets E1mpey y. Ontee inure in the front trenches, successful but ct)lthy itt tacek on the I A strong wind had arisen and dis piersetl the cas. 'lhcy told tue tit I had been 'out" for Ihree hours; they thought I was ienti. The atttck had b"'on repulsed after a hutrd tight. 'l'itiee the (Germans had atinedt a foold 11In our trench, but uai Id een dlrive nut by counter-at tacks. 'T'he tretch wits illed with their died untd outrs. 'Tirotgh t periscope I onan ittd eighte en leadt Germans in our wire;I they were : ghastly sight in their horrible-looking '-espirtorns. I exaniinedti my first sinoke helnet. A hullet haul gne Ithrugh it on the left sit, jlust grazting my ear. 'The gas hiul tw nt'tratetl through the hole ri dt' iii I he clot h. tlut otf our wt'' of six we lost two killed itnd Iwo wvoundled. TIhait night we burled all of the dlend, txtpt'itiug thinse in No Nan's Lail. In (eattli there is tot rtntth distitieton ; friend tail foe are trtated alike. After the wind had distpersed the gas the It. A. M. t'. got husy with their cheineaI siprayers, sprayIig out the dugouts an Itlw iarts of the trenches to dlissiitte tny tounes of the Germatun gas which anty have Ieeii lurking in samre. Two days after the gas attack I was sent to division iea qitlutrters, in a i swer to an order requesting tht cap tains of units should detail a uan whom they thought ca1tiable of pissing ll extinlt ion ftr the dl visit lin la telligennce delpartiment. 1el'ore lenvi ng ftr (tIii sslgonent I went along the frbit -line trenich say ing good-by to may mates an d lording it over thet, telling them tit I had A Gas Helmet. (llekedCt a cushaly johtbhehindit the lines, antd how sorr~y I felt that thiey had to stany in tine front lint' and( argue out the warP withn iritz. Th'ley were enIvious but1 stIll good-natured, anti as I left the trentcI toi go to the rear they shoutetd after mae: "(;toud hick, Yatnk, old b)oy ; don't fonrget to sendl up a few fags to yourt old titates."' I promrilsed to (10 this and left. I repotrted at hneadqjuanrters with six tet'n thters tand paussed tihe reqhuired ex tabuti ton. Out of the sixteetn aplnl catsr four were seiected, I wais highly elte td heeaiuse I was, 1 thouitght, In for a cushy job back at the baste. 'Tie next mioarninig the four repotrted to ivlision headquairters for inistrue titons. Two of the mien were sent tc lairge towns In the rear of the lnes with an easy job. WVhen It came our tuirn the officer told us we were good men and had passed a very creditable examInation. My tin hat began to get too small for me, anid I rnoted that the other rman Atwell by name, was sticking his chesl out more than usual. The officer contInued: "I think I car use you two men to great advantag In the front line. Here are your order; and Instructions, also the pass whnici gIves you full authority as speeiai h a P. detaIled on intelligence work. lie e port at the front line according to you instructlons. It is rIsky wvork and a wIsh you both the best of luck." n My heart dropped to zero andl Al well's face was a study. We salute as and left. e- Thait wishing us the "best of luck I)y Rounded very ominous in our ears; he had said "I wish you both a swij TOP" .uy Empey r, Serving in France and painless death" it would have been more to the point. When we had read our instructions we knew we were in for it good and plenty. What Atwell said is not fit for pub lication, but I strongly seconded his opinion of the war, army and divisional headquarters in general. After a bit our spirits rose. We were I full-fledged spy-catchers, because our instructions and orders, said so. We immediately reported to the nearest F"rench estanilnet and had sev eral glasses of muddy water, which they called beer. After drinking our beer we left the estaminet and hailed an empty ambulance. Afteir showing the driver our passes we got in. The driver was going to the part of the line where we had to re Port. How the wounded ever survived a ride in that ambulance was inexplica ble to Inc. It was worse than riding on a gun carriage over a rock road. The driver of the ambulance was a corporal of the I. A. M. C., and he had the "wind up," that is, he had an aversion to heing under fire. I was riding on the seat with him while Atwell was sitting in the ambu lance, with his legs hanging out of the back. As we passed through a shell-de. stroyed village a mounted military po liceman stopped us and informed the driver to be very careful when we got out on the open road, as it was very dangerous, because the Germans lately had alcquired the habit of shelling it. 'The corporal asked the trooper if there was any other way around, and was informed that there was not. Upon this lie got very nervous and wanted to turn hack, i-ut we insisted that he pro seed (a(111 explained to him that he would get into serious trouble with his ('omimading ollicer if he returnedi without orders; we wanted to ride, not walk. From his conversalon we learned that he laid recently come from Eng land with a draft and had never been under fire, hence his nervousness. We conlvinced him that there was not much danger, and he appeared greatly relieved. When we at last turned into the open road) we were not so confident. On each side there had been a line of trees, but now, all that was left of them were torn and battered stumps. The fields on each side of the road were clotted with recent shell holes, and we passed several in the road it self. We had gone about half a mile when a shell camne whistling through the air and burst in a field about three hundred yards to our right. Another soon followed this one and burst on tile edge of the road about four' hun drlied yards inl front of us. I told tile driver to thriow in his speed clutch, as we amust be in sight of the Germansa. I knew thle signs; that hatter'y was rangilug for us, and thle quiicker we got oult of its zone11 of fire tile better. 'Thle driver wals tremn linlg like a leaf, andiv every inullte I 'xictedl 1him to y~lle us uip in t~he dlitch. I preferred the Germlan fire. Ill thle back Atweil wals hoidinig onito thle straps for dear life, and1( was sinlg lag lit the top of his8 voice: We beat you at thle Marne, WVe beat you at the Aisne, We gave you hell at Neuve Chapelle, And here we are agaIn. Just thlen we hit a smalll shell hole and neairly capsized. Upon a loud yell from the rear I looked behind, and there wvas Atwell sItting in the middle11 of thle road,. shlakin~g his fist at us. Ills equipmnent, whlichI he had talken off upon01 gettinlg inmto the .ilnbuluance, was .strunlg out on the ground, and his rifle wvas ill tile di tch. Empey Is called upon to do duty as a member of a firing squad. His description of the execution Is gIven In the next Installment. (TO BlC CONTCINUIED.) Traits of BIrd Lovers. Years ago. dulr~ng a winter's visit in London. I ulsed to watch the pier sons wbo regulalrly fed tile birds in Hydie parnk. I noticed that most of themi were people of apparently hum ble circumstances, a few pretty close to unlderfeeinlg themselves. It was, diellghtful to see how much pleasure thley all took in keeping these birds from hlunger. Two that I saw each day for a week or so,- evidently husband and wife, I ventured to speak to. IEagerly they talked ab~out the birds as they mighlt have talked about children, I. notIng and relishing individual char 3 acteristics. * "We have becom'e so fond of them," s aid thle wife. "They recognize us - now, many of them, and a few come to us quite fearlessly. We should r feel quite uncomfortable if we should 1 miss5 a (lay. They are like members of the famIly that have to be cared -for."--1xchannge. d A Swedishl engineer's stoking de " vice makes 1.8 tons of iullveriz.ed peal if produce as much power ta locomotiyer ~t as ain tnf oct . Late Sumn Those who design suits showed u just how adroit they could be whet they managed their early spring offer Itgs of wool. They had t be made o the shortest allowance of goods, bu the designers made a virtue of neces sity and the conservation of woo worked to the (lvadvltage of styles Later they turned to several new ann heavy weaves in silk as a substitute for wool and for nidsummer they were 51ble to forget il about saving mn I erials and dlesignl suits of taffeta anm Ratin according to their own fancy i'hese make the last of their offerings for now they must begin their wor for full. No one could ask for more than thet have lone this season in giving us va riety in styles. In the pretty suit a the left of the picture there returns ance more the banished plaited skirt with four double box plaits, to corn tmend it to the possessor of a slende: flgure. The short coat boasts sid< plaits below the waistline, the design er apparently determining to make thf most of the privilege of using plait. again. The coat opens over a narrov white vest, the straight pieces at enl skle of the front having the effect o scarf ends finished with pendent, silk covered balls. The suit at the right is of blaci Inexpensive Ha Three little linexpensi ve lhats for tia small girl, ini thme Picture atbove, deni onstrate t hat hteadwear needl not b) fine in order to be tasteful. Th'les shampes are well blocked andi very siam ply t rimniued with velvet or silk rill bon in narrow widlths andI good qual] ity. TFhe braids aret of thei (cheapie kind, but they aire subs)tantit enougl for t he short-ll ied millinery of th little mikx who Is apt to put their stay lng qualities to the test. At the left of the group the maos popula r of shapes for lit tie girls I shotwnt, inde of a heavy tuscan bral rat her closely wve'n. It Is the naturni strawV solor. Nairrow blue atin ril: bon is handed about it and1( finishes with a knot at the front, anid the ha is lined with luei silk. Very much the same shape is show1 att the r'ighit, (of white mailan hema Narrow satini ribbon, gathered alon; one edlge, is usedi to make ai bandi~ an< maedlions on the crown. Theisre nr three salnl medallions, one at ene& side and one at the back, and a large one nt the front. A little blossom I posed, with a bow of the ribblon, aI the banse of each mnedallion. In thi parttieular hat the ribbon is light blu satin tand the bilossom a pink wils rose. Thle odd lint of fancy braid (in tb niatural straw color) at the center C the pictutre is a Chinese inspiratior The curious peak in the crown dlistir gutishtes it fronm other shapes and I remiiiii5.ent of itiolle' hats andl turibant with disistinguishing buttons at the. tol Narrowv biown velvet ribbhonl makes hand with ends crossing at the frn There clusters of litte budsanr er Silk Suits L. . taffeta with a plain, moderately full skirt. Coats pointed at the bottom - have proved so graceful that this fea ture of spring styles is retained in this model. The collar, cut in points that are embroidered, is new. The girdle l at the high waistline is extended into points at each side of the back, and I these are embroliered also. The sleeves are gathered into flaring cuffs, ornamented with a row of rather large silk-covered buttons. Children's Clothes. There are many serviceable frocks of linen of heavy weave. For some reason, some of the smart children's outfitters have put out an unusual number of linen frocks in yellow and lavender ; perhaps because these I colors are oil the beaten track of children's equipment. We must all have grown a little weary of the in cessant pink and blue conventionally selected for little girls a few years - and more ago, observes a Paris fash ion correspondent. It does seem a lit tie odd to put lavender on a two-year old, doesn't it? And yet one of the 1 most charming frocks recently shown by a children's dressmaker of note - was of white voile, with collars and cuffs of violet organlle finished with loose, coarse buttonholing. ts for Little Girls tltcked over the ribboni. It would~n't b - possible' to Place trimming muore sim lly, and( that is what gives childish hat: their character. Washable Walls. ~ Why should childreni prefer to write on immaculate wanlls rather thanm on wrItIng lpaper? Because, first, their 4 mothers caution them not to (10 it, and, I second, bleaulse tihe wa'lls are whiter Si d the writIng looks better on them 'than it does on pap)er. But the time Shas come when the mother need fear for tihe white nursery walls nlo longer'. T1hey canm lndleed, beI chlangedl from ai I source of irritation to edIucaltion .1 alpurposes by umeans of a finish whIch C makes them washable. In other words I. all- pencil, crayom. and Pen) marks may a be washed away. 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Ilie was al strikinlgly hands~lomelt fig ure iln Ils unliforml as5 hei started out uponll his roundlt of' farewvell enli.. "And you'll think oft me ev'ery sin gle minllutIe whlen youl're ill those stup1id old1 tr~ehesi" (Iuestionled the sweet young thling upon01 whomx lhe first called., lie nlodded emphal~lltialy. "Etvery "And14 yo'll kis's myi pictuire every "'Twice a night,'' lie vowved, raishlly, pat tinig the pretty heald on his shoul.. decr. "An~d wr'ite meii lon~g, long letters?" ,I slhe inlsisted(. "IEvery spare ml lliute I have," he re alssured1 heri, nnd1( hurried away to the ne(xt name llonli his list. i-ere wvere tell in all wh'lo received his pri4lse's. When'l it was over lhe sighed. "I hope," he 111 inurmured, wvea rily, "there won't hie mullch lighting to (10 'over there.' I'mi goinlg to he4 s0 tremlendlous-5 ( 13' .hutsy."--LOnd~on Opin Ion. 0 & A woman1l's 1(den otf a con~genlial hus.. hnnd'is onie whlo lets heri haive her own way in everything. 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