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OLGA E e ’ 7 5 re - and had been given @ namber, and by Major Anderson. Bully old iu Word o/ the Foe’s Blow at England : =: = Instructed wo mark thie number on He welamieered to catty iy ann v > ra : rere 0 ae Me ae ee tiuet the mark tirs a Ca na da Town sat a 1 tnoculated, and again examined fur — It wasn't very lon before another i . i overseas service. ‘Through some very haystack came in view and again wi To Sudden Action x 1 ry ‘i x ’ fino work, Teacaped the examination, eouldn’t resist the temptation. Th Sil but could’ not get out of the fnocula- time we made our goal, and there we tion, We were promised three shots slept until carly moruing, Thue 1 in the arm, but after the first I re- Passed my first night on English was more than enough soil. Two days later we landed The story of Private Peat has been screened into a special Paramount- : f n bullets could not be camp, after visiting Devizes, Laving- Arteraft picture, now being shown at leading theatres. t, and when Il got one tom and Salisbury City om the way, T didn't change my mind, Laughlin wore the major’s coat, : Tt was during the third week of by thie device got through where (Copyright, Gromet & Dunlap.) camp life that we had our first re- otherwise we sho have o view. We gave the salute to the pinched. - CHAPTER I. Fee pees Duke of Connaught, who was accon’ Aftor the firet two days tn Ena- 66 HLL." said old Bil, “{ know what war is . + + Fve panted by Sir Sam Hushes, Aiter land it begun to rain, and it kept through it with the Boers, and here's one chicken they'll not thin, review wo were told, that w. aining ail the time we were the: | - mix’ expect to ve Franc: e ople round abeut th catch to go through this one. wenn nike ea PM Ge amas never barore , | Ken Mitchell stirred his cup of tea thoughtfully. “If 1 ‘The following days we spent on ihe hoger | ney seen herp a t ] ; a ‘ Hfle rast * this must be characteristic o fe was old enough, beys,” said he, “I'd go. Look at young Gor ce ae a a nomae ta nay trends the world over. In Western Cad don McLellan; he's only seventeen and he's enlisted.” Deere. ot wre that wwe were leay, wnen strangers come and it aime That got me It was then that 1 made up my mind I was going whether tee we ee re reel, Sets aril ee Devine bean the: Hike a 4 next day arrived we rt ever ha z seon the like 4 4; lasted three months, as they said it would, or five years, a8 I thought it Naveg ft Nat ae me poy = a haat been he gwar would, knowing @ little bit of the country we were up against, leaving. a uix diftercat ange to eay {hey began to Issue passes ‘ a erie at sitting around the supper table at Mrs, Harrison's in Syn- that | would start for France within The Rative-born | Englishmen e / a . hi t hour, t t get leave, and the dicate Avenue, Simonton, Alberta, War had been declared ten days before, he ee oil to be eube fe the same Gane nent. | At inst my tire aed there bad been a call for 1,200 men from our city, Six hundred were old camp. poe eet thik, 5S a.ready with the cotors. diireut Sapinaee Soarded the mel Geomitien too big & fuss over us. H Now, to throw up a nice, prosperous business and take @ chance at The comment of ee war ware fas nd er and eae something you're not eure of gotting into after al, is some risk, and quite os, = i pak tes indy ef —_ certain @ majority of the men ‘hdd Cf he McLellans’ for years and a Ae > ody o' ; more money than was really good for an undertaking ae well, But I tind lived at t And that was about richt Physi- them. As one . young © han wo, knew young Gordon and ‘aera epi Sticoll hontoe ari Cally, Se Ware Barter Tey Se Mal Aaa eG treaned i . reason wh 0. h oY ig ‘ “ ere Do e na akon i: C bat ahr ti rey wis 8 . ‘ ONE, shoe SHORT — Allin alle there wern no better shots Ue ba we Wer ine view poeta ra on Major Farquarhson's veranda, ° on earth, Equipped to the minute, the boys of the Furst Canadian Déw- wit,” 1 said. where 1 would meet bim and see him iy keen as Hunting dogs, we were “it” sion, did not make such a tremendous Bili bad just declared his ee alone when he game home to, lunch \ iaeece es ‘ balleve tae, if tby Had All BES BOS 8 TONAL Wituent Liunt balers Chir evan, It was nyt rather positively, 6o 1 was @ Dit sur” Excuse me, stor,’ said wheo \nae EAT Ine sgt hd soou Tr Se enya Whee ¢ x had long before they even criticised as 1 in bis old he appeared, “but I'm sure you would HEARS OP WHAT TH® Ghanian idiers f = and looking at it from a din- prised when he replied rere CONG ane around, he ave , you only knew my bin N F CHAPTE. do not them, Mever familiar draw! " HAPTER I. ™ soldiers “All right, but you'll have to pass yell?" snapped the Major. Chapelou, in Nortuern Ontario, where 4s our camp was not quito ready we got a lot of ne +s issn Gian Ch a in co beet ee i the doctor frst. I'm pretty sure 1 ‘ou see, sir, my two brothers have We had our iirst parade of the trip. bad to stay in the cars avocher night é : lined, good-looking nF Aa ca pote certain been killed by the Germans in Bel There was @ tremendous, o fl assure you, when ‘ompany to | Lsisdigabloneerapins abet okbasnah dar... Tommy, Of course [ wilt ads can ee ys gium, and my mother and sisters mic a us here, @ great concourse bs s of Sept. 1 we marched he fined rather th the ald of the Motheriand mit that we were @ { , about you vent there, 1 inust go over to avenge people to welcome these stalwarts of into Valcartier. Such a & ht; tents e second ¢ Judging fro right, but as far as ) Ken Mitchel! looked up at that and, them.” i POD Le Owe cone ee up i ae good everywhere one Hooked; ‘all around “rene Ge wo a Ey Hai - epee Gencorned, we did net amiling at me, said: “L can imagine — | ghivered, I quaked in my shoes. ae 66 possible, And oe eee marquees, We were final- Reveille at 6.30 A prea gg epee ncn by name. The military authoelfles ‘ig im this world, but | Would the Major speak to me in geant, who was very proud of himse in our quarters and told exercise, then one hour t peop re y pleased could not understand bow tt waethat almost anything a h? 1 did not then know as himseif—majes- that we were to be known as the 9th when we got tea at our coming, to put it mildly. a major or a captain and a privete i can't imagine Peat a soldier” as bon jour. called us to attention. | Battalion, loist, Eamonton Fusiliers Peek aloe of ue rs My flat night on English sol! T @ould go on leave together, eat to H Pat . hi en,” . left, © second day we were in ote ‘a he athar general c “Well, well eee about teh Toe ok, was with me To my Bach's feat, of course, the bugle sounded the assembly, Of gg bei ia i ball never forget. After Uhree weeks fitter and io. Seneral che SHE | y. Of toweth 1 replied, and with that the supper great r oe mele Rote tial un es possibility. course I did not know an. “assem- form companina, | Fry on ship coming over, we were all Tuc Baglish people, Ldare say, tad A came to al me Bin and I went over Gort to me this afternoon; I will ABs yetaBt, SerReeh?) FOURS Pipi froin & meee et Sed endian t Fe en ae eat the butts, fole Dretty stiff, The night we landed tn read a lot about the wild and woeDy t » ‘ere wa . Fre i in for © parad lowed until 6.30, and you, It England we shed West, but now in many instances to the 101st barracks, but there W4S pass you.’ ‘No,’ answered = the sergeant, followed. Jowed untll V ord e marc many miles, 7) 0) oO ng, ap word had just August 23, 1914, saw old Bill Bill “trom the left” The crowd roared rhat ! aid . pork and beans, bread ang emule tis hat: Weed hey ‘had it browrht, right home to nothing do ag, aH HORN recrults Ravenscroft-and me enlisted for (No and the anrgeant raved Vinal ved what a mobi, ‘There, was a Be Fa copeared OHNO ROT and aa n result my feet wermaw(ully Piceadily and. the ‘strand, With It was Aug, 22, 1914, before trouble. captain straightened us out, but t oclsnel, He made & speech © Walther officers, sor non-coms 80Fe So, when we finally arrived at band of young Canadians on pass, 1 ) tbe office ‘was opened again, and on Not many days passed before we sergoant to this day has never for- to us. He told us we were Mie eee 4 ‘Will wl the men who have ea knew very much at (he start, but they Salisbury Plain and were immediately 40" sted ouce in giving Nelson's 1 that day we took another shot at our boarded the train at Edmonton for gotten the incident. “You are a fine body of men,” said former i y er at were & ch of good scouts, And ordered to march across the Plain Monument, in Trafalcar Siaare the 4 oa boardeurney to Valcartier, ‘The first “ North Bay passed, then Ottawa, he. Sue wa Ree unOreenited, Commanaed. the c rest We were all very enthusiastic, ther@ gnomes ten miles to Pond Fi 1 “ones over” with monoele in my lett | CK doctor gave me the “once over” feeliiig of pride came over me, ait t apNarth Bay, Divtest we arrived at Rad we have no non-pommiasioned 7AM eN hed un! itary no doubt about that nN we bo a farm, I eye. A few hours later this same | doctor gave toe i feeling of Bride, caine Oe gon tas Valeartior,. Bo far the ite of @ sol Officers, ave Chad any, former, mi FF gun to realize that if we would put knew I shouldn't be able to de it, and crowd commandeered a burdy-gusdy. we Pinch too small around the eventful Thursday night, Aug, 21, dier had been anything but a pleas- 4 to Rin, “What's a mon- Snything, bi was eager fOF Sir shoulders to the wheel and work confided my troubles to Hill and an and It was sure funny to seo three chest,” was the verdict. eventful cn chousands of, paop's, ant one, My body was black and A officer?” Teurevyou have” sald Bul “wel hard we Jd certalnly see BCTVIC® other fellow named Laughlin, After Canadian Highlanders turning <Ble | “Oh, Doc, have a heart!” We. awand neighbors, lined the roud- blue frém lying on, the has to see If [really moant gust stay here and maybe well bE OLN. time the majority of { We had gone about four miles we By Ce ca, | } pe chal ania: Swe DAY many side as we marched to the station. a as eager, 8 ¢ ‘eergeants.” y thi je the ma, a8 “a nics, Of Course, too! these Cpe epee Dave the Teiy sld6 AR Oe vor two ot us wore: tie: many to lenve the\train at OF made sergeanta.” | oe us stayed! received our Uniforms and our badges came to an inviting haystack; it was ttle pronks good-natiredty; andae Tike you.” ‘That was disappointinent khaki uniform; the pest were in tne r — ——_—_—_—— - {too much for us and all three of us ogi eet ae os foe Noe, 201 : t and reported to oldest and poorest duds. A haphos- finned’ auto? tines i of the treatment handed out to ! eel ; TN not try to pase with- have been Heed) for anything bw uw ac ack we were caugiit (To Re Continued.) loya pd did ared this i a a ORS put me, soldiers, At | hered t That night—Aug. 22-1 slept very from remarks ard as we . . . . e. 1 trode cp my mind that I marched silently along to the waiting r soing to the wi 4 go | woul sop train, | vas going to te War AE AO timing “on ‘mat same Aueuat mist, not < - a lgina ashion esigns } nad evolved many plans and adopt- Imonton but from every ne as T HAVE a LIGHT The ia x UT i on } Pane. 1 counted on my appearance town in Canada men we: ‘OLD IN HY. NO 2 re our, NOSE F h bet me through. I am short and marching to Valcartier, AND Cold CH S| GAS LOG. Toun ON THE or (<} Vv ening or S slight. I'm dark and curly haired. We travelled fast and without event U (LS THIS FLAT IS 4 fal q ean pass for a Frenchman, an of importance, There were enthusias. | ARE RUNNING? SFL Gas LOG } an an a Belgian, or at a pinch a tic receptions at each town that We cates ‘i passed through, There was Melville | UP AY BACK pen You ome ressmakers had my story and my plan ready and there was Rivers, and there wee Eicon IN, UGHT ITI " ‘ | nad ext day 1 act out to have Waterous, where the townstoli aes . : By Mildred Lodewick another try. At 12.30 I was seated clave the day & public holiday, Copyright. 1018. ty The Pres Publishing Co, (The Now York Fvening Workt) . i : Distinctive Frock Easy to Make | : : women who . ; | have never For oo a ornings | noted the fact that ‘ Jin any gathering By Pauline Furlong | there are always one Copyright, 1918 be The Prese Publishing Co, The New York Evening World). or two women who eee | stand out among all - the rest, While one may not be able to tell why this Is, they are aware that these }women appear dis ) ‘ tnetive and attract | ee DONT WORRY. An Roasting! ie admiriog game \ Popt § | THE a SCORCHED ) THAT GAS Log of all, I wonder how | OPI 2 . | THE TIP oF MY Nose IS SONE ls ) many women ever 4 MAY BE IT'LL HELP P SME take themselves to | Zz : MY COLD / SOMETHING taxk and try to Yrs ‘ be te Nae) - 7 BURNING fathom the r 2 }. Jenin iayy : f \ st are not the ad- I " a mired ones, First d AYA of all, a well dressed WAU A Al jWornam is never (AM rotten up in @ hurry ; \r | Her frock or sult * | with ompanying A » e 5 hat been cous it each a o- FIG.2 — i | tme it te donned it in dune so with care that go with the usud y find it difficult to restrain their desire to master costume are selec the more advanced movaments, but slow and persistent practise of and arrar exercises at frequent intervals will always bring about better res alts | h ah net ae ie melhee: AOI TAP RAY UADIAREARE ae | Jo VourR \ SOMETHING NORE THAN Next Time \ ANY HOW It Ina fact that half effects. | HN, U ( MY BATHROBE IS You SITON A \IT TOOK THE} | of the well dressed Then, too, etrenuous exercises should at all times i shin dd — ie, CHILL OFF MY w ‘eo attractive HROBE IS - RNING GAS Lact USE — | i ye uvoided by women past middle life and those who| RURN ro : URNING Var 1 GS BACK ray b are not robust and strong, even if they are young, so it ING! ( ——__Y eatn s always a safe plan to practise the exercises with) | \._ to-day easy gentle movements, no matter what your age or : ie simple but highly physical condition ; < ndividus é trom yh Continuing with our towel exercises, 1 am giving a TEMES pew one to-day, and like the others it may be practised Pe nee five minutes or longer each day alone or combined with those previously pesok Ik dxtended io shown. ‘Start this exercise by standing with the feet together, arms ex: doen a: anne 4 tended in front of the body and the towel grasped by its ends. which te finished in Bring the arins up ‘digh over the head and then back, rubbing the towel diagonally across first the right shoulder blade and then over the left one. Thi a splendid arm exercise and also benefits muscles In shoulders and upper back confines this front seetion, which at a ts made of the dress matertal, Mental workers especially need some physical activity, and those who 3 A the sides is held to the skirt by five|which would be exceedingly effestive are forced to perform tiresome and uninteresting work will find that the fur butions, At the waist line the}in soft brown duvetyn, The sleeves elt appe ag [BDO manipulation of @ nar- practise of even these simple towel exercises for about ten minutes a day sams belt appeare, érawn to the beck eRe 8 Cte Oras the sash fae, THIS DRESS IS SIMPLY TAILORED, WITH, OUT BEING SEVERE. a deep tuck effect, with pockets Ine @. serted on the stitched line, No belt|plete the neck a broad turn-over " Jand tying with jong ends weightod will etimulate the blood supply to the brain and induce not only better | fatter encireling the waist, te we . | | with fur balls, .t bolds the back of}nigher up ‘the sleeve with @ Sur vork,#but tntroduse variation into an otherwise monotonous lite, \ iat i the Ast ip @ blouse) effect, To gom- jburton, nent di ef _ it 2 z LQNhy ass Liar