The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1919, Page 15

The First Night in the Trenches and an Experience as a Sacrifice Gunner CHAPTER IL. ytre ‘ive me teen 4000. Is that yo Burt?) You are my ind I had just learned from for Canada’s first overseas and I had called up to in- one ¢ that enlistments: day quire it he were goin) We et at the exhibition ground and, taking French arranged to im * eave of the office, L ha d to We camp where the recruiting was going o jek in 1p Burt on the way farewell and was standing on the platform waiting for the train that would take us to Valcartier ng gathering place of soldiers that Canada has ever known eh LeMay pike “honor division of Canada's expedi things military may be gledned from fionary forces. the following: Chatting with Burt, be — We reecived orders to leave for. Eog- ried ree ¢ ith tw sud on the Mth day of September eer sent 6 ee d : fi the MH. 1 was detailed on a gun limber nll highs i my sul of the First Battery, station, and called attention (0 it the artillery s the arm of the ser- One of the girls w my 1 io Which 1 wae aesienedy TmtNeE immediately — scented — trouble ' ing about 4.40 in the afternoon, in tor- skipped across to the other side Of rents of rain, we headed for the city the depot, intend to board the of Quebe 7 train from the other side when it To prevent in some measure the rata came in; I was not going to have My (rickling down my neck, £ took foldiering interfered with if L could rubber sheet, used to the RoMen, help it led the two corners together, making Mtanding in the shelter of a pillar Tq sort of cape of it, and put it round Gid not notice two husky recruits in iny neck. khaki behind me. “Is your pame ~Afier reaching England and while ant?” they 4. The we were unloading the guns I had an Colonel wants to see you nce, wecident that landed m the hor- they inforwed me, and they ebed pital, A derrick and cable w as used me back to lift our pets from the vessel's hold As I approached, my Was swing them up act » side of the talking stly and energetically tO poat and over on t » dock. In my the Colonel and 1 could pla duty [L wag stat on the dock, 1 was the object of the conversa’ catching hold of the guns and wagons 1 waited as they were swung out and the derrick, and pulling the of a m to the dock, While gun the cable skidded and the gun “ am of age coming on top of me, caught me part “Stand t 1 the jy under it, knocking me unconscious Colonel. 1 vided Luckily the weight of the gun did not my arms across MY fall on me in its entirety; if it had 1 chest. i Mould not be telling this story; tt and to attention, da you! caught me on the hip, disiocating the Don't you know how to stand to at- hip bone. [was removed to the ship's tention?” I shifted my feet a hospital and was under the dc uneasily, wondering how he care till morning, and from t me_to stand went to a hospital in Plymouth (ity Put th he geth: he ix weeks, From there | was re~ snorted. [ did 80. “Keep your toes moved to a fleld generai hospital in "he half and half Salisbury Plain, where L tarried an d. 1 spread my toes apart, FT additional ten days. had my arms folded. Almost After my release from the hospital “purple in the face with his viole due the effects of the acetdent he roared those ¢ ed hands Plymouth, L set to work looking after of yours down!” and hi abbed my our horses and performing general wrists and flop m down. battery work, fter my narrow es- “Young lady, you'll have to take th e from the gun wheel, the fall into matter up at Valcartier: there ix no the hold of the vessel and the close time to do anything now. You can s d had on the deck, | was go.” this to me. I turned on my t wonder whether I My sister, in spite of her tear r to get to France could not keep b the sm t here ( heard (he remarkable again kissed her good-by 2 man Whose lot was destined Tt was about noon next day wher woven with mine to a degre 1 reached Valeartier ar Aye, laddie, they came on thiek at month of solid) work 1 n i was one time there er before exper nly Sandy MacFar- ry man in that company, and for two « hours Pauline Furlong’ s Talks on Health and Beauty Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publisuing Co. (The Knowing How to Dress Is Half ihe Problem of ‘oo Much Weight. 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HL NG RHEUMATISM, SCIATICA AND‘ "! t alp en <m NEURALGIA—MIts. KOON. Ihe I Brant yeas : “not answer medical questio ive t ' some persons sulter so unnecessarily without getling any result that I greatly eliminating dandruff, ’ iy@behind a,wee bank, your kn shiting them off, how we plugged them! ‘They died like flies!) And then puir Sandy got his un? thet s thing let me ve dot tan honorable re at, 6 grabbed Sandy's pitt ed on to the main body, wi’ th bullets buzzin' ke bees around me Ou my way back [loaded both rifles as quick as [could and dropped every too gain to let them hae it, and 1 was carefu’ not to waste a damn it; every bullet told. The speaker Was Scotty Henderson, late of the Seaforth Highlanders, as he informed us, pd he was relating his experiences during the world memorable retreat. at Mons, when Hritain’s little regular army, denor ted by His Majesty Wilh im The contemptible little sh amy." was practleally wiped out In th use We listened, open . wonderful exploits of a otch fighting man. “Were you anded?"” asked Lawrence, “Ay Idie, you're damned right Twa ! he rolled up b trouser leg and xhibited a large, | 1 funny looking wound v burn,” said Lawre " burn,” said s K that burned me as it grazed my leg it how did you come to get into » Canadian un sked another. “Well, you see, after I was wounded n the leg and got my honorable dis- eha is soon as IT was well, T want ed to do my bit again, and knowing that you laddies get t r pay than a the British Army, L thowsht F would two birds wi’ the onegtone—et money and get into the g n, So LT ups and goes to th nel and says I, ‘Colonel, I'd lik t into the game again! ‘Wel iys he, ‘I hac en nd an’ The Day of Rest (Tus Roon >) i NEEDS = TORN OFF HEAT THE no room in my command, Some FRESH AIR} for IT'S SUFFOCATING | WITH THE WINDOW CLOSED! | Must any but I do want a it just happen ok by ‘trade, more d that WE WERE TO BE THE SACRIFICE GUN, one too, and to i him so, and say e Well, you're Just th man - wat und he signed me up there and then and here I am. vad round 1 He was a good cook and 23 of these ex Is, bunt ‘oud of it too; we had no 1 wo of the batterie mui raft the way our m hard at th a ach time the vated thea fs Peddie 1 spoke it would first be shoved Hrvctad: them so that —_—— vio the hole and the brush and sand- {tl Peale ee Rb ' CHAPTER U. igs removed, and as quickly t che! 7 € “ wa it the camouflage was | ARRIVED in France early in Feb: 1 When the battery arrived at ruary, 1915, and for three weeks ‘The color of the sandbags was a Knated point, proceeded we were put into the hands of 'USty gray id this, in conjunction |" oaeeaR 4 peed? SOE TK an imperial: batte: the W with the brushwood, prevented th y we had derived fr inate \ eS ee ee ar spot taking on a dark appearance, (0M. covering them w wicks. They had taken part in the wi next to white, ix the most eas- and brushwood Hattle of Mons, and the tales of the hable to an airplane; the | was in cha f the gun aad veterans of this world's memorabi is are always on the lookout for (stalled it in a hedge, The only ¢ etreat, told in their own modest way pots, watching nin vere to fire Was when the enems gave om my first clear impre ” ntly to discover if any signs of ac ' through and when our men s to what the boys of the imperial ity are there, and immediately any treating were on « line even with army really had endured for eivili smacking of life appe the and we could not fire until we go on in that eampaiga, rct Jocation is wired. to. their orders from the officer commandin, The tuition given us by se wa renches and the place is whirlwinded from headquarters. riors could not be excelled. ‘They t th showers of death and destruc he idea of a sacrifice gun is thi us to Fleurbaix, where their batterics tion. If the enemy broke thorugh were located on the outskirts of th At the er f 10 dava we left or both flanks, pushing our men ba town, in cellars in the back part of a Meteren, viving there Feb, 28 It we had to wait for orders from the building destroyed by German fire. was on the way f Meteren that commandin Meer or from he There they had sk y transformed | received my battle christening; the quart be firing. All the. an the ¢ with a emony Was performed by a bevy nition carried was fifty shel ove two of them flying was all we vould » those di HOME PAGE Monday, February 10 Tao Mucn) AIR IN THIS REGINALD “GRANT. six airplanes Conyright, 1919 ¥ The Proas 1 ‘ fe New York Evening World ) By Maurice Ketten Tao HoT WiTH THE WINDoW CLOSED | ULL HAVE To TURN OFF THe NEAT Roon t ¢ \ Too Coro! | Must HAVE ) COME HEAT ) adi lay tin ' the gun was covered with » ier means of conceal. nt to keep it from the ever wateh- eye of the enemy, At night the ew cons of two men, one on hh side the gun, and three more 4 fuined building a hundred yards rea the gun, Our shifte ” on and four off, The purpose pa Toby the saeritice gun urpr he whi ruil View and expos ling as many of wh th and ling they have retired, we knowing all (he While that there is not one ehan Na thousand that the men conne:ted either death or ¢ Our orde ho circumstances to leave # long as a shell rem ened H d nd i inteered to ta ft mn gun on the fics t it ok we heard fa piece brushwo tr in one nt, neu there? epeated the challens 1 anew We made wa y through “lige, un just about to fire in the direction of the qd, when som yelle Where's the Durham Light Infantey vin We ordered them to advance nul within ten feet Who are yout Durham Lueht Infantey “ fy were, but they spoke Kaglish What are you doing out here wan Well.” one of them answered, “we t Ne a stroll and got lost, and we want to find our Way back.” We directed) them, when they were ight of in the darkness w At et later [thought 1 alt ing of a tw you hear th ies Yes." T wh w ened intently and heard it rain, this time a little closer, We Hn ped up, " Who goes the No answer, Bane! Blaisdel vnd these same fellows called, “Don't hoot! We're looking for the Du om We emerged through the edge Agnir y asked us the way and ‘ directed ther nd saw th irted on their way to th Once more we took our places on the gun between the wheels and w hardly settled down when a sniper pened on us from the rear, tak ne a chip out the wheel to my Mt. In glancing back over my Ider T noticed In the pitehy black Original Fashion Designs - . For The Evening World’s * Home Dressmakers By Mildred Lode wick 1019, by The Preas Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World aA A Trig and Practical Velour or Serge Frock. Copyright HOUGH we often @ 7 hear women say that their clothes are the least of their worries, the woman does not live, if she is in mental and physical health, who will not refuse to wear clothes hat are o fashion if there wny pos sible way to avoid them. Bor the w nited means t safest way to avoid wn cloth sud ‘ ul to thir 1 long defor But when Y expen an njoy haviwg the heeds and hoin vin frock ne n be wort nt i ‘ julsition Iam offering a d ft t on and . n les of . apa the 3 THIS rt frock " brick red © revers would i nh, or, af gray \ dark red i t tiny cufts draw i © front of it and ; ' the revers, ‘Phe ned bY # slush fintshe a bil ike @ Prengh buttoa- FROCK WOULD BE SMART FOR ness the flush of a rifle simulta: ously with the report, and it seemed to come from @ haystack about 200 yards to our right look back for a minute and you arkness in for a few then another flar e botn ytenily exclaimed Blaisdell tl with ani for us to do but tod ; ne 1 and we va a confirmed ¢ mnvictions that w were ein at from this pa When our watch was up E magagy® ny way to the ruin oceupted by Our clief, woke them and told thea ite p their eyes open for the, bay ack and make themselves as smai * mid, Shortly after they 1 n. He tolé f party had t every of the way te Hialsdell entered, th pen rut a filttal r » haystack was by a bulle at kn (off a chip of brick just wove the doorway. tend wa ainly i iow | hoped Nien i ) the mornlf rabbe © phone dd galled Ci nrorming then from the stock. would bé te nto imme Our Neht mm Calg winmed into @ tin and sql ween a vy of sand bags t dl for a table hot yot taken wateh, was ing per, declaring "tbe py nip " n't be poy We lad been seated about theese quarters of an bour when a gus ” m owing, © OUT i door, Une a ‘i eT did 0, aun at ye ne vn heard a report om the max before. Ye owed the & Blaisdell ta?%e light the ambled for nb natehe ind we were both, “ t moment: our * > stone dead with ae nitleman in the ‘haystack .,wemea senile © haystack Wag Wainer, ati Just before daylight we had a eat from the O, ©, accompanied by three or row he h phoned ug h was coming. He we all particu am ars regarding my viols message Se Under cover of the hedge we got- toi, within fifty yards of the stack and oa everybody was convinced of the e inty of the information Thad give! r, af We watched, two more fashdab om the stack. Not a particle subt was left and the officer ory +4 dered a bomb thrown into the hay. oM® stack ” (To Re Continued.) he. oo s a “ SPRING WEAR. hole, The skirt benefits also by ™ these arrows, whic mark the belt nning of a shaped lower section. .2y hat is wider at the hip lin nat oo om, and is faced back at the ™’ n with satt like the revers,.i% with deep pockets concealed undere 4x The only trimming the back of thie ock bousts is a line across the belt ike one in the fy d the fotr ing at the hip of the lower skirt’ see-: j ton to the upper,