The citizen., 1915-07-09
trench you see 10 your front-

nov A-cA ! AGSN 2oCGk NOCGcESE-
Because % s life given over 10 cen
siderable extent 70 natural history
pursuits which hsd carried NE into
the wilderness on many occasions, !
said that / thought ! knew 3 little
something OF the forest and Of signs
and seasons Then The Of5eer asked
ne 70 let him know II ! discovered
2nything that looked unusual as we
wslked through tAs lights and shades
OF the birch forest,
put al ny senses 10 work and
tried 10 detect some symptom tha,
everything Sss rot Just As il should
be n an ordinary wood sensed
nothing oct Of he ordinary. and was
Just sbcat 70 say 50 Ehea ny knee
struck something hard zRd looked
down. w2s staring straight into he
mGEzle O. : auge naval gun smplace6
n e. angle OF about thirty degrees
\ WeiLcea=ezieo GEn.
This gun ~aS u a underground
house For : distance OF a lezs-
40 feet hack q the uuE-le the gun
AS sAnoads5 sita green growth
which completely concealed il The
house had : root. bgt green things
Eere euowing upon It and there vas
absolutely nothing 20 tell that under
the cover saS gun pi,- We entered
The house By means Of some concealed
steps and there we found detach
meas Of men ready 20 make the gLE
SPEAK when . returning air soon-
should give the guaners directions s.
% tuss where 70 :et ! shsl drop
Il vas zaIls / S2s u This gun pi;
thz. rapid ariag ~as heard ~ the ex-
trsne s3ga q the ~oo6- The e@1-
2eazd,ng wss from French batter.
engaged n driving 01 German aerc-
plane which gne1esi.oa2bly MS seek-
1lE % Locale this big Gun which had
caused trouble = the German lines.
but vaoSe position IL enemy Ao1
seen unable exzctly - determine
TIE next DAY tron = rock rising 81
,1oSt sheer % : height q nearly seTen
hundred Sast looked through the
Gear 4lr t0~ari Metz. kae capital G.
German Lorraine. Rasch s.lh is cir
cling fo-trsssss Is The prize mast GOV
ee5 5y the French TIE artillery q
the rzpl bic enpi2ced on ridge =
he -.sat and I-tle \ advance Of
.zlS position azS succeeded u reach
NJ sita IS sA=-,s c2e Of tae u-os5
.1-Enidzb.s 5o-ts standing guard Oye-
Netz Weea tze French break down,
= tSay ar break 60NE- The 1eteaseS
e Na-x. - amy 1ll spring from the
z1cea5 ard advance toward The Ger
Eaz goz1 u Is zEciu5l- Metz how
evs- vhi.e really only : .e~ miles
zSzy : : long says o.. because D
.<ez2 --s oggs-ECSt E'-..2cR lines and
t1z cl-y . desire Les : German army.
z1d .5ga- here ca lis -as within
- next few days o. Eeeks. o. peE-
Azgs erez months, thsEe 5 sure "a
uo1e 6gc11E ot : G2z--Ig - fierce zs
d EZt - cher lighting along this
s3-zi.e ne -1to - class siIA things
tz1=
Views the szsaeSels
F-cE ~A=re : stool -he-e : : bird :
eys Fss2 q : great battlefield We
2z5e Al ezr.y s.z-T L o.5s- % b
able % Climb IEIs 1esl-s-.lke rock 6e-
lure zAa sca zzs hisk This hill 5
called Go1ssoa, ard - = crown
there : : cAzg=. 5al-t z The sleTe1ts
century ard sAic1 sZo15s : fair and
oonz-z16Irg marx Tor he zae1ys az
il.lzry. he Germs for some rea-
=. o ctae- eSss le11 I1is pinnacle
alone tor TIE -2-a .szrt. On occasions
t1es ss1d s1=.1S Over i. aad today
Ezz cze - TIE ocseSicos 4 smell
passed oTs- ~ head Ehile ! vas
climbing tae Cock I heard is ~kiz-
E.2g distinctly. and lstI1ctiFs.y
enoceaei- zZeA % tke z1EssusaI o
TIE French army o5es- ~eo stood -
NJ s.6= The taing 81 bszr. he
szl5. -aeYer hits yo- ll's hall
-1e pass yoz s=fo-s yoc lear the
s1gad-
L Climbing tie al, q Noasson
tAs-s ara uszy r-zc=S E4er= o1e IS
4-A-- - l-z--&-=
al rs Gi5c1l-, d. -Z1n.1g Ezs Dore
thzn t.5czit. s-5 - LAD 20 IN b.
.Esea -1a coTe.@a poIats On this
iii Ez vera Eita-1 rZ2gs. 2os only O.
shell Gre bg- q snail RTE IRE. ard
IL 5oGrosy p sid 1oEa had IL IN
pleasant Moments
Whe1 Azlt-Ezy 60En tbs RocE of
sIu-:son ces cz-1o1z1izs grs~ ioZts--
he c-uta as thzi : le- battery zz6
opsz=3- Cae 1eza zez-zE . = shsn
,k= g--s zai1z lad been numbering
e=.ors Ne s0oke5 down 1roz the hill
Si5e = he T.lsgs o P1of-Z-A0Gssc1
@licA - Nesting = or feet Into
he ri-lEge ne SELLS ss-e pounding
Al tA2t - co1l1 sss Ezs clouds OF
DIST --d sa-oze Ei2gse5 2s - kneE
El-A -eo-t2-. stu2e fragments and
h groG1G Es3zs.z- - plaster
sno-: sreas,s-s Soace.
Ws reached eae 9uc. ot he hill En-
ts.ea . military automobile. sn3 Rs-s