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THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH. 1»27. » . ■. * THE BARNWKI.L PBOPLE-SBNtINEL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA JOHN W. THOMASON, Jr. ( u5d£rii& - SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I —The author descrtbaa A*w the First battalion of the. Fifth marines are quartered near Marianv -during the first part of June, 19U, when they nrW suddenly sent up north 4o relieve the First division, bearing the brfiht of a tidal wave of Germans Just breaking through for^a great of- fenslVIfr Part oif the 'F+fth wrest . Hiii MS from the enemy and wait there for the German counter offensive they -can see forming. Whlfe they lie pep pering the Boche a detachment of Second engineers comes to their as sistance. CHAPTER IT.—A te^flflc German at tack soon develops, wreaking fearful havoc among the marines, but not dis- lodglng them. In the -immediate vicin ity other fierce encounters are reduc ing the American troops and forcing the necessity of t - replacements which arrive presently.' -On the sixth of June the Fifth runs Into bitter fight ing In the vicinity of Champlllon . . for hours they try to oust the Pnche from his stronghold In the woods -sad succeed commendably, but at great cost. _ CHAPTER III.—This narrative cen- « ibout the activity of the marines eally stands as a cross section of he fighting done by Americana, acquitting themselves .marvel- at the Dots de Beileau and Hill lit early in June, Till, the First re ceived replacements to cover horrible lessee, fight eotne more and then are relieved, somewhat compensated for their heavy losses by a notable tribute to their fighting qualities Issued by the general commanding the Sixth French army, but the liberty In Paris which the battalion would have preferred la not forthcoming. CHAPTER TV.—Respite behind the Hnea la soon crushed by new orders to proceed far to the north In the Solssona sector, where the Germane are beginning a vast, new offensive After •an all night's grueling forced march the battalion finally arrives at the n> w front Their orders are to get Into touch with the Moroccan division fight ing with the French forces. CHAPTER V—On the morning of July It. after a barrage from every French end American gun procurable, the American forces, with the Sen egalese and the French Foreign I.e- fflnn. go forward All enemy positions are taken, aa ordered, though at fear ful cost, and the Ftrst battalion of the Fifth marines are withdrawn for rest and replacements, going back to 0 well-earned rest-over the ground they had taken frbm the enemy In the herd fighting of two daye before CHAPTER VI—After a. short rest behind the Phampngne front, the marines are again advanced, to assist the French In a terrific drive against IU«* heights of Rlane Mont After receltr Ing final orders the regiment marches up to the battle line t *n their way. o-hlle passing a cross mad. a German five-inch ahell screams down Just fifty yards from the men A direct hit would have meant the annlhllati-.n of whole companies of the marching marines, but the fortune of war la with them f >r the moment, only one casualty, a machine-gunner, being recorded CHAPTER VII --The ohje, tive now Is the famous Essen Hook, one of the strongest of (he enemy positions Here Gctory Is attained at a he^vy coal. _... but the regimental commander* con- l is .. elder themselves lucky to remove theft" -k Wn ° W nten without further loss. <»nre estab ** “ n * KI “ , ‘‘" llshed near th* dread Kasen Hook the -order la given to attack—Instructions being issued for the Fifth marines to act aa support troops for the Sixth. *JUk'a?e aiming to srlie Rlane Mont ^“ After a day's furious fighting comes hark (hat-the Sixth has ^ _ ned Its objective.- while the Fifth la*To register an attack on a different tangent v that same night CHAPTER VIII—The capture of 8t.- Rtlenne la the next task assigned the marlnea. and the depleted ranke go forward, the enemy shrinking from the slaughter wrought by the Ameri can bayonete. Fierce counter attacka h>v the Germans e*-e twice repulaed. and the marlnea dig In, holding all positions gained Then the shrunken battalion Is ordered back of the battle front for a rest In billets, that of ne cessity Is to be all too short for the war-worn men. ' CHAPTER IX—Again at the front, on the flank of the BoJe de Beileau. the marines move on the enemy across the wheat fields A smalt party, with a French colonel, make a raid, the ob ject being to secure a prisoner from whom Information concerning the en emy'a forces might be obtained. The party brings back two captives, the French colonel being wounded Then rest again, while the subjugation of the Boche Is completed by other or ganlzations of the Allies. SuTely the marines have reason to feel, with the rest of the American units, that they have'done their part In the operations In which they had taken so prominent a part. CHAPTER X—At last the Rhine, and the end. but few of the Leathernecks with whom the narrative begins are there to see It The men march through old enemy camps mostly In silence. "remembering their dead." From ob servatlons. the genercl sentiment Is that the war should have been car ried Into Germany and the Boche "well licked." though the veterans are satis fled with the end of the bloody strug gle The famous Rhine makes little impfesslon qfi the Veterans, its‘size .and volume being a matter of Jest with men familiar with the mighty rivers of the homeland. The demeanor of the Ger man people also draws forth caustic Itents. as does the well-fed and rtable appearance of the children, Ve the wasted and waxen-faced Jncs they had seen tn Franc#: ...»-^oome. with lasting recollections of stern duty well done, and glorious ▼letonr. (CONTINUED FROM LAST WFIF1Q TUI* clump' showed unmistakably that It had been a camp; but then* was no litter; the Boche who bivou acked there had left It neat and dean. Along the road In orderly piles wera some hundreds of the round German helmets, and parked precisely In a cleared place, where ^horse-lines had been, was a battery of 103 field how itzers. The old Boche was jettison ing what he didn’t need. The battal ion observed and was thoughtful. “What about the ole Boche?—Tou think he was licked enough?** “No, I don’t That stuff back there, they laid it down under orders, like they do everything, it’s stacked—It ain’t Just thrown away. An* look how they police up behind themselves—" **Yeh! Remember the other day. when we was advance-guard, we could see their rear-guard, sometimes—perfect order, an’ all that—not like a defeat ed-outfit. at all 1” "Sure; I hope to spjt In yo’ mess-klt It aln ; tl An’ those little towns back yonder, with the arches an’ the flags and the welcome returnin’ heroes stuff—none o’ that was for us—" “They ain’t licked enough. Look at this country—winter plowin’ done—everything ship-shape— no shell-holes—no hart)’ wire—who In hfill won this war, anyway?" "You said It We oughter got np In here an’ showed the old Boche what It was like, to have a war In his own yard.” "Well. I’ve befen in all of It, an’ pers'nally I was glad when the shootln’ stopped. I got roe somp sleep an’ a full belly, an’ a pair, of ifew shoes—an' some fireman's under wear. too. An' I was right proud not to be killed. I ain’t prepared to die—’' "We know you ain’t, sergeant—we know" "Aw. belay that—I mean. I was glad, myself, but we oughrer gone on—oughter’ve finished It while we was at It He wasn’t licked enough, an’ now he’s gqfn’ home like a peacock wit’ seven tails—!" This was the consensus of opinion, delivered with consideration In the rain. , The replacements, especially those who had joined up after the armistice. In Belgium, were savagely regretful. The chaps who Imd come In after Champagne, and been among those present at one fight, were bloodthirsty, but t« a lesser degree. Only the veterans were entirely calm. The rain fell, the road grew heavier. The battalion, soaked and miserable, pi odd* d <*n. Tliey passed through many villages, all alike; all ugly and without character. The houses were closed and shuttered. You saw few people, but you alwaya had the feel- lug of eyes behind the shutters. Ont thick-bodied Boche. in uniform—an artilleryman, by hla leather breeches —stood In the doorway of a house, smoking a porcelain pipe that hung to hla knee. His face was *>( In a cast of hate. He stood and stared, and the battalion, passing, looked him over with respect. “I’mlerstand a bird like that" "Yeh—he’a honest. Those dam’ Helnles In the billet last night, they made me sick. That fellow that talked English. Says he was glad his Amer ican frlen’s. present hy agreement lu the Rhelnlnn’. to welcome—says that to me. an’ would the Herr Soldier tike a good cup of coffee?" -Dam’ hla Improved Uniform International crossed It. under German guard. The battalion turned' right on the eastern bank and went up the river, on a broad romj, between a cliff and the v swift black water. There werq many houses, a continuous town. It wan past noon of-a Jrlday, the 13th Per cember, and the Boche school-children were out They gathered to look at the passing column. The marines eyed them keenly. These kids were different They did not point or talk or cry out after the manner of children. They stood In stolid groups, wooden-faced, with un winking pale-blue eyes. The hoys were netudy all In field-gray-nnlform cloth—cut down, perhaps, from the cast-off clothes of an elder. Some of them wore boots and round soldier- caps. They carried books and lunch- boxes, knapsack fashion, on their shoulders.-—“Look, will you—that kid there ain’t moren a yearlin’, and they’ve got him In heavy marchln’ order a’ready!" "Yeh.—they start ’fra early — that’s howcome they’re the way they are—these Boche." There were round-faced little girls with straw-colored braids, in clonks. They did not look poorly fed, like the ! w ax on-faced children the battalion re ineinbered In France. And at ew»ry corner there were more of them. The battalion was Impressed.—"Say—yon see nil those kids—all those little square-heads! Hundreds of ’em. J1I | swear! Something’s got to be done i about these people. I tell you. these i Boche are dangerous 1 They Iwive too j many children—*’ • One more song—"lAmg Boy." One of the very few soldier songs that survived the Atlantic voyage- alt hough It suffered sotr.e sea change —was “l-ong Roy." It ran (with vurla tlons): "Good-bye, Mewl Good bye. Pa*v. Good-bye. mule, with your old bee haw. e-e • e e e e HI brine you e Turk an’ a Kaiaer toa And tbat’a about all one fellow can do. This file pictured above Is cheerlna hla soul In the angle of the bridge at Sllly-le-Long. Just outside of CogRjic Pete’s buvette. In a little while an M. P. with no ear for music will run him In. ITHE END ] tBy RtV. F. B. FITZWATER, D.D.. Deaa. Moody Bible Inatltute of Chleaco.) <<& 1»1. Weetera Xewpaoer Union.) \ Lesson for April 17 PETER’S GREAT CONFESSION LESSON TEXT—Matt. I«: GOLDEN TEXT-Thou art the Christ, th© Son of the Living God. TOPIC—Peter Pleasea Ja- „ -^OR TOPIC — Confessing Our Faith In Jesus. r^ IN £ BRME . DlATE AND SENIOR TOP- IC—Confessing Christ Openly. PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP-. Ic — w >»at think ye of Christ? The disciples had been with the Lord for-several years. They had heard Hlg Wonderful words and wit nessed His mighty works. Various opinions weee-extant about Him. Since remarks —how ’hoot the ecoffee?"' "Well. It tasted funny, but It was hot" "Old guy at oor Mllet gave us some engage. - Hot stuff I He didn’t let on. though.—You know those (rick eer- tlfcntes a soldier's family gels la Germany?—Colored picture like a CroP Guerre certlfcate. shows a fat. beer-drlnkln* Helnle angel stnndln* over a dead Boche—signed Wilhelm Advertise in The I ■ople-Sentinel. Well, this bird had six of them Id his front room, all framed on the-wall. I gathered they was his sons Four bumped off at Verdun In I31R Onu very recent—Solssons. July.—Wonder If we met that fella? He stood there un' looked at me while I was rtadin* thetp, an’ he looked like a wolf. I don't blame him. But how come ha gave us the cognac—?" Later (he battalion learned that the Boche had orders to be hospitable. . . . Toward noon the clouds lifted, and the rain slowed to a thin drizzle, al though It. did not stop. The battalion flletj between hills toward a great valley, dimly seen. The hills towered over them, dark, menacing— "No won der the ole Boche has such a mean disposition, livin’ in a country like this—" The battalion came Into a town with paved streets and trolley- cars and tall factory chimneys that did not smoke. Platoon commanders said It was Retnagen; those towers to the right would be the bridge. There was a bridge, a great steel strncture of high black arches. The battalion filed upon It Under It black water flowed swiftly, with surges and eddies dimpled by the rain. High rocky hills came down out .of the mist on the farther side. “So this Is the Rhine." remarked the battalion. "Hell 1*’ A few flies were Interested. A lank Texan said: “I don’t see modi to mike a fuss, about. You boys ever see the Trinity In over flow time? Ten miles froqj bank to bank. In the McKenzie Beud country —why, we’d call this a creek down where I come from—" “Naw.-lt ain’t ranch river—an’ no more is your dam’ Trinity! I was raised In Sent Louie— Ole Mlss’slp*. now—" "Well, rivers In this country are mainly over-tonted. That Marne, It wouldn’t be much more'n a branch, down Sonth. I never saw that there Vesle river, but a guy In the Thirty-second division, that was with me In Neuiliy. be says you could mighty near Jump across It" "Heard anything about chow?—Galleys went on ahead awhile ago-^when do we eat—" For four years no hostile troops with arms In their hands had seen this fiver; only sad flies of prisoners bed Working Through College Hundred* of college girl* are earn ing their way through school by doing hou*ework in the private homes of local residents. The duties vary from kitchen work to care of the children, and the usunl requirement Is four hours of work a lay in return for hoard and room. Overtime Is general ly paid at a rate of about !i*> cents an hour. If a girl Is e\|»eriemed in do- meatic work aud Is physically strong, housework of this sort will pay the largest Item of her college ex|»ense. and at the same time lend a feeling of security for her college career. Some college men do the same kind of work, including cleaning. They usually receive about 40 cents ap hour. Appropriate Name The baby’s name was George Ho nier, and In the vestry the clergyman who had performed the baptismal, service was making the usual entries. When writing down the second name he paused thoughtfully. Orange," he thought, ns he re called the original Homer, fhe great ^Jreek poet, ’it’s .ihe most curious ime for the son of a gentleman in thf« position.’’ he turned to the proud father. •VW favorite # poet?" he asked, pointing to the name. “Poet, sir?” repeated the man, with a surprised look. "Poet, sir? ,No;*l» keeps pidgins!”—Stray Stories. *~- With a collection of 2,500,000 speci mens representing: 113,000 species, the Smithscnian Institution in Watshing- -ton qualifies as the world’s largest bughouse. RHEUMATISM • x. While in France with the American Army I obtained a noted French pre scription for the treatment of Rheu- matisf and Neuritis. I have given this to thousands with wondetful re- suits. The prescription cost me noth ing. I ask nothing for it I will mail it if you wiH send me your address. A postal will hrlhg t- Write, today. PAUL CASE, Dept. 0-J48, Hbrng hg . PAUL CASE . Dept t-348 Brockton, Maaa. Jesus was soon to go to the cross It was necessary for the disciples to have a definite and true conception of Him, In order to help them Into the right conception. He provoked this confes sion from Peter as the spokesman of the group of disciples. - I. Patoris Confession (vv. 13-16). 1. How provoked. Two questions of Christ put to the disciples called forth this greaD con fession. (1) Whom do men gay I, the Son of Man, am (v. 13). . * 1. He first iuquired fbr tUe opinion of the people concerning Him. As a wise teacher He knew that this would help crystallize the view of the dis ciples. The people recognized Jesus as a teacher or a prophet, with more than human authority and power. To* day, as then, there is a diversity of opinion among the people as to Jesus Christ. The multitudes today recog nize Jesua as an unique personality and as having been a great teacher, hut that which offends them is His deity. (-> “Whom say ye that I am?” (v. 15). This question Involved the personal opinion of the disciples concerning Him. To lie able tp tell what others think of Jesus is riot enough. There must lie definite, correct and personal belief In Him. Personal belief Is worth Infinitely more than the knowledge uf what others think, for upon personal belief hinges charatter and destiny. 2. hat Peter’s confession Involved (v. 16). Two vital things, the Measlahshlp and deity of Jesus. That which Jesus <alled forth from Peter Is the burning question of today. "What think ys of Christ?" Is the question that must be answered by everyone. 8. Christ's commendation of Peter (v. 17). He pronounced him blessed. Truly he was blessed, for he both possessed and confessed Christ. II. Th# New Body, tbs Church, An nounced by Christ (vv. 18-20). Christ declared Ills intention of bringing Into existence a new body,' to the members of which He will give eternal life and Into whose hands He mould entrust .The keys of the King dopi. Peter was to have a dlstln gulshed place In this body. Christ de dared that Peter should be the founds tlon stone In His church. Christ Is th* chief comer stone upon which the church Is built. Christ's person and Messlahsldp were confessed by Peter and on this rook (truth confessed) Is laid the foundation of the apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:20). All believers are living stones of this house (I Pst. 2:5). The keys entrusted to Peter were used on the day of Pentecost and again In the case of Cornelius. III. The Cross the Way to tha Throns (vv. 21-28). From that time Jesus began to show unto the disciples how that He must go unto Jerusalem and suffer many things, be killed and raised again the third day. This Indeed startled the disciples. They did not yet realise that redemption was to be accom plished through the passion of the cross. So unwelcome jmen this an nouncement that Peter cried: “This shall not be unto thee.” Peter later saw through this darkness to the glory of the hilltops. A new hope then filled his heart (I Pet 1:3, 4). Many are yet stumbling over the doctrine of salvation and redemption through the suffering of the cross. Salvation by blood Is hated by the devil. IV. The Cost of Dioclplsship (v. 24). To follow Christ means to suffer. It means to turn one’s back ppon the worlds 1. There must be denial of self. There is a m’lde difference between self-denial and the denial of self. 2. Take up His cross. This cross Is the suffering and shame which lie In the path of loyalty to God. 3. Follow Christ This means to have the mind of Christ; to be like Christ. Christ will come in glory to reward all such. The Power of God Many a battle has been won by the arrival of. relnforcemehta. When. a man is fighting a battle against his evil tendencies, the coming of the power of God into his son! often means victory. The human reinforced by the divine assures us of beaveo.— Herald of Gospel Liberty. 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