The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-03

flight n may have been uur hundred
feet high Then 10 began to descend.
end over end and slowly
Run said ,omc one ~ me
/ do not know what &, the German
word for run but / got the idea
We all ran hard down the trench.
pushing each other aud scrnmbliug
and laughing Soon we rume to am
jingle these angle projections against
e|nfiladiug nrr only u few yards apart
and we iummrd against each other
and under the shoulder NJ the trench
wall Still ! was running lguornurly
! had run merely because it seemed
good 10 run Just outside the emhnnk
mcut aud In the rcur the mine cyplod
ed with a nasty little thump II sent
Il cloud " dirt into the air The
ground ylhrutcd.
Panic When Truth Wa Realized.
Then we knew what had happened.
But-we must seem SET NJ fools-wc
didn't fully comprehend We had not
noted that the Germans had fired
-four times We did not know that 10y
the rules Of the game the English must
return four shots We thought that
] single mine wa. just un Isolated cpl.
sOde, and Went ON with our pryiur
mud pccring | had my face glued Ia
"a portfolio, watching with fascinated
interest a long line of drnd men drapcd
I'm unnatural attitude, over the hnrbcd
wire, when the second went Of be
hind me. After that | watched more
closely ! was rewarded hy seeing
the third mine mount slowing into m,
mir. twisting and turning. Experience
Ind taught the soldiers how to close
rs estimate lis probable landing place
only those nearest II ran. The 9th
crs told cach other jokes about the
newspaper men There was n period
NJ rest, during which no mines were
! thrown had secured u large wood
en- pcrIsropc aud was trying 10 find
the English trench on ~ mirror.
Duck goo shouted Captain Kliewel
~ the general staff. who was our OF
flclnl chapcrone
That isn't what ne said IN German
But | understood perfectly I saw d
hole that had been cNcayated In the
wall NJ the trench and leaped for II
An Italian and IA Greek journallsI
were already IN that hole At the mo
ment It seemed to me that they werO
rather grateful TO me for completed,
covering them Later | heard In,
Italian complain that "lc gros Ameri
CAIN had almost crushed them.
looked over my shoulder Another
mine was high I'm the air, directly
over us. II seemed to me certain tina
# would fall at u feet in the trench
! was not frightened / did not hav,
time to be.
Harry West suydam " the Brook
lyn Eagle had been standing by M
side on the observation platform look
Ing through a periscope. II was
small pefiscope " green steel Whel
| next saw him he had turned TOWARD
the trench. He was still clasplng hi
periscopc. as thought a. though h
were about 10 climb t. OSWALD
Schuette Of the Chicago Daily New.
was dashing wildly mp and down I'M
trench shouting orders 10 various pee
pie who were paying no attention +
him whatever The Swedish Journal
ist had found Il hollow In the bank an
was crouched In H. Arthur Ruhl wa
making with digntfied haste towart
the nearest trench angle some distanc
away Cyril Brown NJ the New Yor
Times was standing stockstil lookin
ny at the twister.
A joke 70 German Soldiers.
II fell within fifteen feet NJ us. Tn
explosion Jared us considerably.
had not been inclined to attach niue
Importance 10 the trench mines her,
tofore. hut | revised my opinion.
was all over I'm a minute Laurhlu
men filled the trenches stepppc
down from my observation platforl
$ TO find Capt Kllewer picking up ma
. n hundred scattered cigarettes
Herr Corey punched me In n
Q back said he.
Likely | did have no defense.
preserve a scattered recollection thu
e the Spanish journalist, who N a yer
I small and very dapper man, had
some time In the past second been Q
the ground, sQuirming like an e.