Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14

and stopped to listen. he heard the
sound plainly. In fact he could heal
| the boots that made it swishing
| through the grass. He waited until
| the sentry reached the end of his
post and turned back. With utmost
caution, then. he hurried along fol
many yards, stopped. scarcely breath
| ing, and waited while the soldier
came and went again.
| Thus he proceeded. Two more wire
webs ripped his clothing and haggled
| his flesh; three more sentries pa
trolled the path he took. Out of the
brush he worked, into the open strip,
not four hundred yards from the
ridge, where low bushes and heavy
| grasses grew thiekly. He crawled a
short way into this and then sat up,
| looking about boldly.
Jimmy laughed crafty. Wari This
was it, This was that for which he
| had worked and waited and deserted
and broken from the guardhousei
He wanted just one thing now. He
wanted to gain the top and see what
was there. Then-well, they could
shoot and shoot and shoot. He cared
not. The information he might get
would help no one. But this was
war;
Jimmy got up and ran. 1t was "a
crazy thing to do. He realized that,
and wondered if he was crazy. Then
he tripped and fell and was content
to lie still again. He became peni-
tent-more sane. He heard the tramp
of feet and sensed the presence of
humans. They passed close to him.
! He could even hear the men breathe.
| 1t was a small squad, evidently Il
change of guard. The sound of their
marching was sufficient to cover any
noise he might make, so Jimmy start
| ed on
| Worming like a snake. keeping his
] body tight against the ground, stop
| ping only when a shaft of briliance
swept over him. Lieutenant Crogan,
scout extraordinary, worked his way
! forward For a long time he encoun-
! tered no ENGAGEMENTS. Finally he
showed his head and shoulders into
thonged wire; rather than risk rising,
he scraped away the earth and
cTawled underneath
1t was the last one. A dark hump
rose before him. and when he raised
his head he could see it running in
both directions, like long welt,
across the hilltop. He crawled to it,
touched fresh earth, and knew that he
was before the trenches, No men
were there. He made sure of it. Then
he crawled up to the top of the en-
bankment and slipped down inside,
sheltered from the searchlight. He
crawled along the trench cautiously.
He was in the heart of the enemy's
! stronghold
The return; it was agony. Jimmy
wanted 20 run and dance and sing.
/ He worked carelessly through the
i first few yards of grass. Then n
/ swoop of the light brought him to
/ himself and he went cautiously. Thea
/ he laughed and looked to the east,
where the yellow moon glowed on the
/ horizon
But the laugh died. To the left he
/ heard a shot. Then a shout. Then
i silence. After a moment he distin-
suished footsteps descending the hill
/ hurriedly. He stood still and reeked
cold sweat. vaguely aware that he had
! been acting as though in dream
/ The searchlight riyeted itself on d
/ group of men in uniform. They We're
/ clustered informally about some cen
/ trail object evidently of expressing
/ interest,
I'm glad it wasn't me-" said
! Jimmy half aloud. A sob was in his
! voice.
/ lrT-ha and