Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-01-19
MISSING
A Story Of the Pan-Earo-
pean War.

YpeeA Hundreds Of Thousands Of Ger
mans met hundreds Of thousands Of
! French, English and Belgians: tens Of
thousands OF men In both armies vere
killed or mutilated. and there VA
nothing gained o. lost Whatever OF
romance there may have been In was
during past ages was denied those who
participated In this latter day strus.
gle. The leader. instead Of waving his
sword and calling On bib men to fol
low him. either marched doggedly
against the machinery Of death that
had been perfected under the inf1u-
ence Of q developed civilization OF
stood waiting to be cut down By the
same marvellous contrivances.
Curious, ID It not, that the came In
genuity which produced the printing
press brought forth the rapid Dire gum
For weeks Lieutenant Adolph Ire
hwney. a young Englishman who had
left home to enter the great contest
a. Q soldier. faced death. not In bat.
tie, but In q succession Of battles. the
one following the other In rapid sue
cession- II had become simply an &C
dive waiting for death. Why the bolts
had not already taken him he did not
know.
There was one reason why Trelav.
pey did not cling to life with the to
nactty of other men. The younger son
Of q British peer, q match bad been
made for him with a girl OF bis own
social standing BE had but just re-
turned from the honeymoon when the
war broke out At the same time .
secret had been impaired to him A
woman who bad wanted but had lost
him took revenge upon him by telling
him that bis bride, at the instigation
of her parents. bad broken with mar
whom she loved to marry him.
Trelawney was tn London at the
time, and. holding q commission In the
army. he Joined his regiment without
seeing bis bride before leaving for
France. Several weeks passed. dur
ing which the letters he received from
her were all that husband could wish
But they were turned to bitterness BY
the belief that they were forgeries Of
feeling. The young officer glanced
through them. then tore them into bits
After one OF the unsuccessful at
tempts OF the Germans to break the
British lines q force sailed forth In
pursuit. A number Of jack1es from
the feet bad been landed and took part
In the fight. occupying a position on
the nank Of Trelawney's regiment
The enemy were followed for awhile;
then they turned and drove back the
allies 1t was during this struggle
that the missile tnte had prepared for
Trela whey struck him. He was left
on field where neither allies nor Ger
mans could give bin succor. for By
this time both sides were back In their
trenches and any one standing Oh the
field would be q target for thousand
rifles.
Trelawney was knocked senseless
When he came tn himself he lay In q
pool OF bis own blood His head rested
on the dead body OF sergeant OF his
regiment. and leg Of midshipnan
was thrown over his own person. His
head being thus raised. the lieutenant
could see the heaps OF dead and dying
about hin They reminded BIN OF
swaths OF grain that had been cut by
Q scythe.
Feeling something tickling the back
Of bis hand. he looked aud saw an
ant crawling over It
Singular be muttered This In
sect with brain to plan. inhab iting
different sphere. is no more concerned
In this death storm which has passed
over II than that dead leaf blown along
BY the wind"
The leg OF the midshlpman was bur
densome. and Trela whey made move
20 get rid of It. he was unable to do
80. but bis effort brought low moan
from the sailor Then he opened bis
syes and looked l'relawney In the
faca.
.Wheee are you hitY' asked Trelaw
ney.
The sailor pot bis hand to bis right
ode.
Luckily It's not the left. You'll prob
ably come out al right think I'm
doos for"
The two lay there near each other
for Q period which seemed to both In
tsrminable The midshipman held his
own while the lieutenant grew weaker
- say" said the latter. I'm Trelaw.
nsy Of the til infantry. II yon &c,
out Of this and back to England nnd
my wife and tell her about me. shall
probably be burned. and she won't
know what has become Of me. You
can say positively that I'm dead. for
know ! shall be dead pretty soon
and say that II there IL any man who
win make her happy as her husband
Il b ny Wish that she marry him with
out waiting for proof that she b u
widow
"I'u do II II ! get back" was the re
ny. "but neither Of N will do that"
This brief dialogue was spoken with
difficulty. especially BY Trelawney
After the midshipman bad made the
promise. with much effort be raised
himself on an elbow to get q view OF
the surroundings.
''There's q truce" be said They're
cunning With spades and fuel to burn
or to 0ury u.s."
he glanced at Trelawney and saw
that he had closed bis eyes and gave
no sign Of life.
He was right" unused the sailor
Hell either be burned or buried and
that pretty soon. Not much ume b
spare for the dead There'll be new
crop before long. Hope they won't BE-
gin before they get me. Here comes
q Red Cross man"
At Q country place IN England .
bride whose husband was lighting In
France sat trying to pass the hours
embroiderins. She bad tried reading.
but though her eyes passed over the
words. her mind refused to receive
them. She had therefore resorted to