Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1930, Page 21

JOURNEY'S END Mnson busied himself with sthe fire, while Hammond 1780 byodhe ONGuebefore it was light there | o avement in the signalers’ Dy light of a flickering | poor attempt at wash- ing cups which had been left dirty from the night. before. Outside all Wwas so quiet that it seemed difficult to believe therg” were any Germans within miles, Tt was bitterly cold Theeonly sign “of the coming dawn | WA the gradual paling of the stars. ason pushed aside the curtain of | the officers” ‘dhgout and touched Stan- hope on the shoulder. He woke with a ~~he never slept soundly now. | “Hullo,” he said; “that you, Mason? What is it? | “4ATf-past 5, sir.” “Oh, right!”" He sat up in his bed and stretched himself. “Damnably cold in here. You don't get a chance to sleep. Good Lord, I'm tired.” “I've made some ‘ot tea, sir.” “Good! Better wake up the other| officers and take them a cup.” ! “Very good, sir.” | As soon as Mason had returned to his_own dugout Stanhope got slowly to his feet and began to make ready | for his work. His fingers were 8o | cold that he fumbled angrily for sev- | eral moments with his shirt-stud. His | head was aching like the devil. If | Jerry was going to attack he had chosen a pretty beastly morning for it, and the dugout was so cursedly lonely now Osborne's bed was ' empty—bloody cold and lonely. As’ Stanhope was brushing his hair in front of the little meeal mirror | propped up against a jamtin near the | candle, Trotter came in from his own dugout. His face was partly hiddenq by thick white lather. 1 “Wash and brush up, tuppence!” he | announced. 2 “Hullo, up already? Good mén! The | others awake?” Trotter nodded. Then he went| acress to the steps and peered up into | the trench. “Sounds quiet enough out there. But you never knows, do you?” | His face lit up as Mason appeared, carrying four mugs of tea. “That's| the ‘stuff for the troops. A good cup | of tea!” | Mason put one cup down at Stan- | hope’s elbow. “Nice and ’ot, sir. And I've cut a packet of sambridges for each gentleman, sir.” ‘Then he went off to the inner dug- out with the other three cups held in | front of him, and Trotter, still busily i:l::ering his face, following behind | ‘Trotter was right. It was quiet enough out there. The sky was be- ginning to turn gray. Very nearly time for “stand to.” Could it be pos- sible that, so few yards away, the Ger- man infantry were crowded in their trenches, ready to attack: that so few miles away the German guns, camou- flaged under branches of grass-covered wire netting, or deceptive blotches of paint, were waliting in their thousands for “zero hour.” whep they woyld burst into the greatest uproar the war had known? Very quiet—eten to the north by Ypres there was, for once, no noise. | Stanhope turned sharply from the | dugout entrance and went to the | table. After all, he had plenty of | work to do. He lit a second candle, and, by its light. ran through the | notes he had jotted down in his mes- | book. | !" he callgd. | “Coming. sir.” e appeared with a | neat packet wrapped up in newspaper. “Your sambridges, sir. 'Arf bully.beef and ‘arf sardine. Sardine on top, sir?” | “How delicious. No pate "de Yole | grasen “No what, sir?" “No pate de fole gras?"” g ot SR Mason hesitated before he replied. | The captain seemed in a good temper, “No, sir,” he said, “the milkman ain’t | been " Then he hurried on—for | you never knew with the captain nowa- | days. . . . “You called, ‘sir?” “Yes. "Clear up your kitchen a bit, fi:g, and join your platoon in the o “Very good, sir.” » < “If things are going well at 11 o'clock, come down here and do your kest to get some lunch for us. We shall come down in turn when we get & chance.” “Very good, sir.” Stanhope turned back to his notes. “Runner!” he shouted. A signaler eame in from the servants’ dugout, and - saluted. | “Ask the sergeant-major to come to see me.” “Very good, sir.” From the inner dugout came the sound of Trotter's voice, singing plaintively, “There’s a long, long trail a-winding.” No chance to work with s row like that going on. What an odd bird, too! Nothing ever upset him. Stanhope’s scowl disappeared. He pulled a few coppers from his pocket, walked across to the entrance of Trotter's dugout and threw the money inside. The singing stopped abruptly. “Thank you kindly, guv'nor!” Trot- fer_called out in his cheery voice. ‘The sergeant-major had arrived, and stood at the foot of the steps, stiff, in- scrutable, and correct, until Stanhope spoke to him, when he became human. He reported that the wiring parties had just finished their work, and had made a very decent job of it, with wire on each side of the, company’s sector, Tun- ning right down to the support line, “Good! Everything quiet?” “It's all right opposite 'ere, sir. But the guns ‘ave started a ‘eavy bombard- |0 Raleigh appeared. “Very likely. The officers will be up | in & minute. Theyll stand by with their platoons.” “Very good, sir.” re the men having their tea?” essir.” Let ‘em have a decent drop of rum." again, sir attack may come any midday. After then, I it will come till tomor- all, I' think, sergeant- sce you up there in a “Yes. The time up till don’t. suppose “Very good, sir.” Stanhope went across to Trotter's dugout again. “Ready?” he called. “All ready, skipper. Want fe to go P “Yes, I think so. Go right round the line and see everything's all right. T'll be up very soon. Just got a few things to settle up. . . His voice broke off as there came the faint whistle and thud of falling shells. The two men listened in- tently. { *'Ullo! 'Ullo!” said Trotter, | Stanhope strode over to the doorway | end went up a few steps. “Four of | them. Over on Lancer's Al where by the reserve line,” nounced. ! Before he could come down again | three more shells exploded. The pre- | liminary whistle was shorter, and the thud louder. lighters coming nearer.” Yes. I think yvou'd better go up, Trotter. Call the others. I'll just speak to battalion headquarters.” Trotter shouted to Hibbert and Raleigh, lit a cigarette over the candle, lingered a moment and then went slowly over to the steps. “Cheero, skipper!” he called in his hearty voice. Now Trotter had gone. Stanhope rang up the battalion headquarters and explained where the last three whizz- bangs had fallen. Then he opened his message book to write. As he did | “Do you want me to go up now?" | he asked. Stanhope lowered his head scribbled busily in his book. you'd better. Trotter's gone.” “Right. He walked to the foot of the steps, and then turned. “Cheero— Stanhope,” he said shyly. “Cheero, Raleigh. I shall be up in a sec.” Stanhope still kept his head lowered, but the hardness had gone out of his voice. It was all right. They understood each other now. Stanhope took a cigarette out of his case and lifted the candle to light it. His hand trembled and sent shadows flickering over the beams and corru- gated iron of the celling. There 10-Day Excursion to Western North Carolina (Vacation Land) Saturday June 28th, 1930 ROUND TRIP FARE Washington to Asheville $14.00 Proportionate Fares to Other Western North Carolina Resorts. and “Yes, ‘Tickets honored on all regular trains leaving JUNE 28th, except CRESCENT LIMITED; tickets good in Puliman cars upon pay- ment of regular Pullman fares for space occupled. 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Hibbert came in. He was terribly pale, and moved uncertainly. “Come along, man!" Stanhope said sharply. “The others have gone up a long while ago. For Heaven's sake, get a4 move on.” Hibbert hesitated, as though he were hunting for some excuse for delay. Got a drop of water?” he asked. ‘What do you want water for?" “I'm so frightfully thirsty. All that| champagne and stuft last night dried | my mouth up.” y | “Here you are.” Stanhope impatiently poured some water into & mug and| handed it to the other. Then he walked over to the steps and stood looking up | into the trench. There was a medley | of noisé now—rifle fire. uncertain and | spasmodic; the determined, relentless, “tap-tap” of machine-guns; the heavy, deep, resounding boom of Minenwerfer; the short explosion of rifle grenades; shrapnel which burst in white clouds above the trenches. This might not be ! | him by the shoulder and shook him. | "“What the devil's the matter with you" STAR WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, UNE 24 1930. the prelude to the German offensive but it was very seldom they had a “morning hate” on anything like this scale. A shell burst along the trench to the left, and it was followed by the call for stretcher bearers. That was Hibbert's platoon. Damn the fellow! He must get up o his men. Hibbert was atill at the table, sipping his water slowly and_deliberately. “Come on, man. Buck up!” “There's no appalling hurry, is there?" “No hurry! Why d'you think the others have gone up?"” “What? ‘Trotter and Raleigh?" He | spoke as though he were talking in his | sleep, so much so that Stanhope took “Wake up, man!" he said sharply. | Hibbert put the mug down slowly, but | he did not move. “The longer you stay here,” Stanhope | told him, “the harder it'll be to go up.” | ‘That stirred him. “Good Lord!" he protested. don't think I'm—o" “I don't think. I know! You're just wasting as much time as you can.” “Well, damn it all, it's no good going up till T feel fit.. That champagne’s made my mouth feel like a bit of blot- ting paper. Let's just have another spot of water.” “You Stanhope waited impatiently while Hibbert took up the earthenware bottle and poured himself out another drink. The poor miserable devil's hand trem- bled so that much of the liquid missed | the table. “Here, drink this too, and then clear out. I've no more time to waste. bert’s mug and thrust it into the other's hand. Just them Mason appeared, his gray flannel shirt and braces hidden by | his tunic and equipment. He looked 80 unusually spick and span that one | might have thought he was going on leave. “I've made up the fire to last a good | three hours” he announced, “if you don’t mind me popping down about 9 o'clock jest to 'ave a look at it.” “All right, Mason.” Stanhope glanced from Hibbert to Mason and back again. | | “One second.” he ordered the latter. | “Just give this message to the signalers. | If their telephone wire’s cut they'd | better send it down by runner. 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