Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1930, Page 43

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 15 1930—PART TWO. - g - - fronf the men, cheerl “Since I saw you this morning the | to make the dash in to collar some |t in the meantime. It's a damned nwmummmndd,lnl! 4 efi.::p!lgr,yn ;:w’:fm:::fl: tl::eh': gnetl’:on "ign jeomhms nxlns thenr: Brigadier's been to see me. As I told | Boche.” nuisance, but, after all, it's necessary.” | had l'l;lyl :;-ng] lull-l pain l?\!’_ f keen abaut things, like he did the kids | you, its almost certain that the attaek's| “Whom do you suggest, str?” asked | He Tose to go, but at 'the foot of the [more an other tellows. He could o1 JJ hay at school. I'm awfully proud to think | to come ow Thursday morning. Stan! quietly. dugout steps he turned. “Well, 50 long, -lng;hm hemwumk no't. read, so nul_“ i A \ he’s my friend. got _information from more than one ‘Well, T sul Osborne for one. | Stanho) 0 you at 8 o'clock. | on bed ing it over un v il gt g “That's all” Osborne concluded. | source, but they dan't know where it's level-headed chap. He can | DO you like fish? recognized the colonel's volce in t- L) e " - i next dugout. He sat up on his bed a. ‘Shall I stick it down? going to fall the hardest. The Boche | gire: Fish, sir?” sald Stanhope, who was 7 RC Ske szfflfld Vernon Bfll’l/efl Stanhope still did not move. He | began relieving his front line troops still thinking of the raid. listened. - fl s 7 Osborne smoked reflectively. Then | kept his face hidden, but he muttered, | yesterday and they are bound to put in| The colonel hesitated. “Well, there “Yes, we've had some fresh fish sent S0 there was to be a raid on t ‘ - S e AT v he picked up the envelope. He looked YP , please,” through his Ts. | certain regiments where they intend to | Trotter,” he sad doubtfully, “but he's | up from rail-head for supper tonight.” | German trenches. Hibbert's heart be it e re - - B ng sitting huddled up with | Osborne licked he gum op, the envalope | make the hardset puh ibe coknsl t lsn't het Not much good at theSplendid, sir,” said Stanhope, lost {n {reguarty, Suppose Do were LY . = s 3 his face hidden. And he made a sug- | 8nd carefully c it. Then he went spoke slowly, ugh he been g oug! g ] ever L_(Continued From Yesterday's Star.) “But s private. T dldn't know...."| gestion® “Shan'T Slaace tirouign oo | SExees oM (A, Snd peaceied i s 1o posinces T e e nod wealter the lr’::fln:'gug:'ihs‘;";m bers o!”oth‘e“g:ld}:l"d'pl'r‘lz :E;onu “Weve 8 1ot of wiring to do,” he sad | ;o poey nerrstand an order? Give | oul ' he askdd, Mason peeped through the curtains i | general wanis us o make & rad to ind his hands clasped behind his back. | UpOD Bim? They couldn't they mustn Osborne at length. “Tve arranged | ™SRt U 4oy nothing. . » “Tdont want to it N TABouL L it Io% 1| ot Who ks coms: nto' thw' s oppo jaked the colanel, hesitating fo express| _Tnis raid made all the diference. o e o - for two parties to in at 8 o'cl -3 h ry £ “Youwd r. I ean't.” 3 Al own opinion How the devil was he to break the news | . b and Sergt. Smith with two, I wi | i of the envelope. T & while he ¥ n' . e e sald. | 24 hours under fire? And this wretches J . &S them to sirengthen ‘the wire ai mnt | b e turned toward Stanhope. “D'you want | AnYthing out of the ordinary had hap-| “As soon as possible. He said to- sergeant, sir?” | business of the letter was all the worse | CAme Stanhope's reply. T don't il the front. Every company leaves it for | .pere ™ Dounie me! Stanhope's | to hear?” pened in the officers’ dugout. night. g S 3 k a sergeant. The | now. He ought to go and apologize— | he's the man, i - the next one to do. There are great e. Youre not at school Ge| .Isuppbse I'd betser know.” e Ofk ub that's sbeurd,” protested| men expect:offivers 1o Isad & Tald. AS| he Sould 15 Ne s Ty CoOSIR-—s| e decn reliet) hat be o holes blown out weeks ago. Then next | p, Jame. achid g “He begins with a description of his o mgnhorm ¥ & matter of fact, Stanhope, I'm think- | one never did get any privacy in the | 80 WAS marred by an overwhelmfi Dight we'll start putting & belt down | *"gnebect your fiftest’ to intervene, | Betting here. No places mentioned, All TANHOPE was writing one of the I told him so/” agreed the colonel & | ing of that youngster I sent up to you dugout, and he not going to hunt | Shame. Stanhope didn't think he W' both sides of us.” - P ettt i no | Stralghtforward stuff. Just thef last innumerable reports which found | little wearily. “I said the earliest would | jast ‘night.” him out. There'd be time enough to| the man! He had tried hard durl: ‘'What's that?” Osborne straightened | good. = Raleigh stood. if uncerainey o | PIece is about you.” their way to some clip or spike | be tomorTow afternoon: a surprise day- | o It ad to be Jimmy. There wasmt| PPk o ple. Besides, he'd got other | those three months, and all to no pu up suddenly. “Down the sides?” | &5 toot o the svepe. unth Stanhope | “Go on,” urged Stanhope impatiently. st brigade hesdquariers when bt o v Hfigke;cm& {,“_’;‘; Aot the colonet | D8 to think bout, what with all the fosa. nfufl?.‘ i ot SlsecponE Yes. We'll wire ourselves right in. | shouted at him: Osborne took up the letter and read the cclonisl pame down the atepe | Lie rench mortar people. I think day jus ype,” the colonel | arrangements for the raid ss weil as gat Raisigh, and pot he. wouid O If this attack comes, I'm not going to | “Don't you understand an crder?” the last page aloud. “He sa; ‘And | into,the dugout. It was not often that now, snd. i’y vitel went on, “plenty of* nerve. for the German attack on Thursday . | - v A y important to get| " “He's awfully new to it all” sug- ing. Yes, the Raleigh business | On¢ think about it—the men, Osborn trust the companies on our sides to Raleigh stared at his company com- | now I come to the great news. I re-|one saw him twice in the space of a few hold Of & Boche or Lo, Two GBRcsrs ) Ig- | morning. ‘es, Ralelgh himself? There wasnt & 3 ' | sald » rted at battallon headquarters, and | hours and Stanhope immediately had | hold of a Boche or . gested Stanhape. would have to wait untll chance ? 3 ‘rt’did“‘.ita \ "s'.',?-s nT}(,‘:vr(;:‘x;): Q;‘a;sg;\'e?‘ g ?:éd‘l;mmu&,fitm 12 :h:;&(« '.‘1?&; fi. mno'ne) looked in mquz book, and | an uneu_l):h mm‘a. txhnnsubmen:x;\x wes ?;dullg x’a’\‘:rr;m g:zh;,h ':3"13: :r\,lllyuvgn;‘ursg: m« All, to the ~ood. His nerves are r,lr:ugm tlg;mt together -when nobody ffi{f\’.’, hinnmlms F -4 ur:lflqrne.-l hl:zd‘:n!_ O rats el autack as the 21t | went quielly up the steps. ~As soon as | 5ald, “You report % ‘C' Company— | wrong, The colonels first words con- of No Man's Land. *Tonight the trench tten sending a fello R the gt and the other dugout was in silerie “That's Thursday.” he was out of sight Stanhope relaxed | Capt. Stanhope.” Can't you imagine | firmed it. s tars ean blow s Bois & the Boche Totten sending a fellow who's| In the nelghboring dugout Hibbert He'd gl 4 5. ' » ve | what T felt? I taken along some T'm glad you are alone” he said, | mortars only just arrived. was fighting out & battle of his own. §0_ an ope. 'r:m ?&fis‘ :;fuszd -dnvm the day | ;:1@‘:‘:‘1‘1“:‘1“::;’{&35‘»3‘;: r‘?;fié’é"&‘%m‘}";? trenches e-lx-wl sho'w': a dugout. 'There “I've ..,f lam'; ;‘nme{huiml\ru x;&a ;l:e m::: Y:;l ;‘;g ';\,l_:nlchm};o‘:‘;fl“’; m;ll':ne lgloé:x;le‘ln:l!;mng {lu! -goultm ’: lue )llnd yfii""fl :'g‘« for a -l:ep l:hn.er g;::‘:'dhl“;mttnn feverishly, and wer after tomorrow. Then it'll come while | protest, was an awfully nice officer there—quite| ~“I'm sorry to hear that, sir. YOU| suntng In 1o (inger Witk B i e Y 2% WhO eHe T e Trtu was s withs | FRE him without ' " “ ld—with gray hair—and then later [ have s drink?” [ g e there?” he asked. could send an|working party repairing the com- inhope greeted en Ee TN oo et et L T T QAT ST R Svening to discuss everyihing, I'd like ffom " another company, of | munication trench.” Nobody' i ‘said | thysiasm. g mni And we shall be in the front row of the | Stanhope turned on him furiously. | that's because he works so frightfully | mug with a moderate dose of whisky Wfiv Cmm—ck o ou you? course. . anything to him about the German ol c'wm -;, i g\;q you wer Stalls. The colonel gaid that when the | “Look here, Osborne. I'm commanding | hard, and because of the responaibillty. | In it Unitks %tragl:pe r?.!l:!en ded lfive yo;zs\‘n‘ b L interrupted Stan- attack, :‘u; Svery ane seemed to ;;Efi: AP b Rt of Bine: T - from behind. "Ve're not to mo }m‘f.fifl?e"y‘ Rk Toramiiie wsg ::;n.x w:e‘;;e‘:?\tflugld me .fin-b:\fi | which stood on the table. “Here' X you want me to go with them,| The colonel breathed a little sigh of | hope any more that the battalion would | S0TT¥, but I'm afraid I can't stick it an here. ‘We've got to stick it.” “Very well,” sald the other, and went | Dennis. He said that Dennis is the | he said, and sat down on the edg sir? relief. “Then I suggest Osborne to | be resting out of the line when it came. byt o . see” said Osborne. So that was | back to his seat at the table, He care- | finest officer in the battalion, and the | the bed. Stanhope pulled forward & | “Oh. no, Stanhope” protested the | direct the raid and Raleigh to make the | He'd ha§ three months of this now, At _slightly whining volce alway: the meaning of this silence which had | fully relit his pipe, which had gone out, | men simply love him. He hardly ever |box fo sit upon and awsited the | colal. ots onnope.” Jou go. I want | dash with 10 men. You select the men | each day getting worse re was no | Annoyed Stanhope. impressed even Trotter and Hardy. | while Stanhope sank down on his bed, | sleeps in the dugout; he's always up colonel’s new: one officer to direct the raid and one and talk to Osborne and Raleigh about least no decent way, out of it They were going to get it “in the neck as Hardy had put it. “I'm glad coming at last,” he commented. “T' . sick of waitin The curtain of sacking which hung over the entrance to the servants’ dug- out bulged, and Mason appeared. % “Would 'you like a nice plate of sardines, 8ir?” he asked Stanhope. ' “I should loathe it.” ‘ery good, sir”; and Mason returned z » to his dugout to supervise Hammond's washing up of the other breakfast things. g “I told Trotter,” Stanhope went on, “and all that worried him was that Friday's his birthday and parcels may Mu.ltut:’e rather nice fo have no im- n.” “A bit dull, I should think” “It must be, rather. I suppose all his life Trotter feels llk; you and I do when pose if Trotter looks at that wall he just sees a brown surface. He doesn’t see into the earth beyond—the worms wandering about round the stones and roots of trees. I wonder | how a worm knows when it's going up | or down?" | “When it's going down the blood runs | into its head and makes it throb. “Worms haven't got any blood.” “Then I don't suppose it ever does know,” said Osborne conclusively. | “Rotten if it didn't, and went on | going down when it thought it was | coming up.” | “Yes. I expect that's the one thing | ‘worms dread.” smnhmnlannd at Osborne suddenly. A this life sharpens the I EETRES ,FU Q N I"l" Ull EP;\ . l_A Osborne nodded. It must.” “Whenever I look at anything now- | it o A g \ $5.00_A||owance g,;fr‘::l:ra?:i “Let’s talk about something else,” Osborne interry . 3-Piece Fiber Suites Cathedral Back Fiber The $19.95 Cavalier $26-30 J - One may have a comfortable Suite of Three Pieces ) Y EEne < Model ooking living Toorm 17 ished with a suite like this, : consisting of a settee, armchair Bt;znhope threw back his head and d. >N 3 2 and rocker. Pitted with cretos ¢ ] PlCtUI’ed at Left covered seat cushions, e e e I - $4900 A ; w, ou ‘ou just pre you . | T - do, t mae me feel all right.” { = Less $5.00 Allowance for. Your Fib i " with "5 jithe 3t the | & ; This elegant close-woven fiber Old Refrigerator er in his manner, “they suite is one of the most popular 3 Rocker never talk about it. They keep it to 2 \ of our fashion styles. It creates themselves.” < “Oh, well, that's all right then ; : £ $I4.95 Stanhope gave a little sigh of relief, settee, armchair that he had been more R > broad arms and his tone would have led . nmles. "'l“rr‘uly ‘ln exceptional 7 o Shine SR S perhays Cuhavme, io E P S This popular three-door style is made Y believe. “Hi, ""’}Lc&" g;u:d- 5 Ry Crodit Ton of selected hardwood, sanitary galvanized pad back “So eatly in the mormingr put in 3 'V ki metal lined. Large food and ice com- and seat 3 4 . partments. cushions to peJist s spot. Its damned cold in oo maveh. ; The Hub! : DRIP PAN IS FREE He took up an old magazine and be- —_— . 5 Iron Frame Bench ST show at e Hipprarome’s been | ’ HardwoodPorchSwing |~ sace of narawoos T hats thatr q'z“fx'—m‘ with George | Complete with metal chains. slats bolted to ron $2,98 b . d < ’ . frame, Rop;v:‘? Harper saw it on leave. Says &% = Rustic I hls $I4 95 I o -Icer i Robey’s pricelessly funny in it. What = K - Ced‘.f y " . P ks | 3 did you see, Uncle, when you went on | A e sk GF<ZH || Cavalier Refrigerator & - $1.29 A : Less $5.00 Allowance for Your Old der, making & rockery. In th ; venings T used 15 oh g s | 7 Refrigerator Tead, and my wife used o knit socks | and play the piano a bit. We pretended | & : An excellent food preserver for the there wasn't a war on at all—till my | —— - e ooy T e s b : .:; This Wicker small fanmiily, roviding ample space $9.95 L, soldier battle on the floor. Mowed them | Fevs for ice and food. It is lined with sani- that's grown on me lately to look right through things, and on and on, till I| . get frightened and stop. You—you | don’t think I'm going potty, do you?” “Oh, Lord, no!” Osborne reassured : g “It’s a habit g = Decorat- ? I saw nothing. I rather wish, | now, that I had been to some show.” | Porch Rocker down in fine style.” tary galvanized metal. “Poor old Uncle! You can't get away it, can you? Have a drink?" || $L19 Erce G ot ividen you?" | Porch Glider 98c DRIP PAN FREE Made of hardwood Skt and fitted with a w0od and lae es, 1 relieve Trotter. " 5 ished with & “Raleigh had better g0 on duty at| Will add a lot to Artistic and well double-woven splint fhel wish s 1 o'clock and stay with you for an hour. | @% comfort on the porch $]5,88 . made. seat. soline seat. Then he can stay on alone till 4, when o this Summer. = Pad Hibbert relieves him. What's he doing seat and back; metal frame. no leigh? Finishing a letter.” Stanhope's voice suddenly went I “Did you tell him?” “About wha Mean it?> Of course, I mean e Of oisel Titben b 50c a Week Screen Door “Officially I'm supposed to read all 5 1. Y v your letters. Damn it all, Uncle! Im- agine yourself in my place...a letter . Payx for $|.98 goins sway from here...from that e i z 7. Bize 6 ft. 6 inches by ) 3 1t {nches. _Good “He'll say nothing rotten about you.” | ! e St “You think 50?” Stanhope paused, = i and then went on in a dead, even voice. - == S Window Screens “Last night when you'd gone on duty ' I got up to have a drink. I was feeling = = 3 > 35C ba I forgot Raleigh was out there ~ . 1310, hish, ¢pen with Trotter. I'd forgotten all about w5 o33 thehes. him. T just knew something beastly | =% < had happ Then he came in, and - looked at me. After coming in out of | the night air, this place must have | Teeked of candle grease, and rats. and | whisky. One thing a bov like that can't stand is a smell that isn't fresh. He Jooked at me as if I'd hit him—as if | T'd spat on him Ruffled Curtains “You imagine things." “Imagine things! No need to...." ] for the Bedsoom He broke off as Raleigh came into| £ 2 S E Savings on Cool Summer Floor Coverings o8¢ re | Congoleum Is Attractive & Durable! T \ “Just going up to inspect rifles,” said | Raleigh apologetically. “By the way, e o e later o e oo Oriental Grass Rugs in All Sizes P8 e LI The Hub Offers These Exceptional Values “Oh, just on the table,” Osborne told - 1 < 3 . ruffles and valance, Trim- him. “The quartermaster sergeant These rugs are serviceably woven of durable grass and are shown in a variety of pat- takes them down when he brings up ? e 3 med in colors. Felt Base Room-Size Inlaid b g Al terns. These prices are for Monday—at savings worth while, “Oh, thanks." Floor Covering . Felt Base Linoleum Raleigh was just about to stick the 9x12 Feet 8x10 Feet 6x9 Feet envelope up when Stanhope stopped Bl ou leave 1t open.” he said quietly. $3.98 ! $3.49 $|.98 . q. 3 Congoleum Make q 4 "’,’.‘f:‘é‘.‘?,‘m censor all letters. It's the Reversible Fiber Rugs Are VFry Popular Summer 39C $4.85 I.Og miilei(h looked down at his letter in Floor Covenngs ; perplexity and bewilderment. “I—I | didn’t realize that, I—I think—I'N just They are made with patterns on both sides—practically doubling their usefulness. leave it then.” He unbuttoned his tunic We stock all sizes in these attractive rugs. Ideal for porches, kiteh- Size 9x12 feet, congo- Every pattern and color Pocket to put the envelope away. leum fiake rugs—every oes through to the back " it e "'“:o':;* 1§:x:ym k::: one periect. \ghown in a e mhm'i. o coloring Stanhope rose and went across to 9x12-foot 4x10%/9-foot ean, ng variety of palerns. No or washing them away. nim < ve me that eter e com. | & pon% ey o, $7.85 pario FitisiHugs $6.95 7th and D Streets Northwest sérvicenbie, Dordedp: ; Perfect grade. “But—Dennis!” \ “Give nie that letter” Stanhcpe re- k:_llad. and held out & trembiing hand