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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-08-12
Der Grbe in der Verbannufl9
Noutan po, gsntanee 81. Sc &laitrier. :
@nsFiiden BON s. ~. BON 2s::

iu11ge Mann, ser ii6 10 eifrig nit ser
rmgebertren MetaQmaiie 5u idaffen
madte> itieg 1utr no6 mebr in ibrer
Mdtung.
SD fann ni@t einmal sic &an6
reid)em," iagte ooer pielmebr idrie
er; bon 10 feinen 0a1en 6arf i9
MIDI gar nidt anriibren laiien. @ir
mollen inns aber ni6t lange in 6ieler
@oae n1fbalteM oenn tper 6os nibt
gelpob1d lit, batte nl1r gu bal6 fem
&ophpeb; i6 modte MIR, oaB &iloa
ettpas fir MIDI tb1t."
u@ier ettpas fir Did tbun?" rief
Tie bertpunbert mts.
v&omm', u1t6 t6 min es Sir 3ei=
gen. Mae, sic fiibren Mrs. 8lafe.
SO, 6a iin6 mir idon. @rinnere Dih,
gu perlprobit, feline 5ragen 5u itel-
len, alio tbne m1r> mas i9 Sir ieBt
lagen per6e."
Siloa mdte 5uitimmen6. Ser mabr-
baft beta11ben6e 2drm, BEL Sem mar
lein eigenes @ort faum peritan1, un6
Ser ltmita1r0, oaB ale Mrbeiter 1i6
nel1gierig beran0ra1gten, mo9te lie
etmos berlegen. Mls aber stephan
ibr 5eigte> poS lie gu tbun bate, 90
gerte tie nidt larrge> ion0ern erfaBte
ber5baft Sen gldn5enoen @riff un6
orebte Sen @ebel in ser ibr a11gegebe=
men &idtung; oo6 fonnte iie ii6 Ell
mes leiien S9reies nidt entbalten,
als Sic e%igenartige Mai6ine Dor ibr
anfing, einen gan5 ion6erbar iurret1=
Sen 2out bon ii6 gu geben. IS mnbte
lpobl oqeS in 0ronung fem, 6adte iie,
6ena bon alien Seite1 eri9ouen 8ei=
fo(lsrufe, un6 ite begann gu obnen,
ooB oieie &11n6gebung in irgen6 elmer
ge5iebung gu Stepbon itan6. Sod
mm ibr crit pie6er tpobl, als man
lt6 IN FREEZER 2uft nn6 a1ts Dem Sc.
reide Ser gerduf9bouen Sransmiiio=
men befan6."
u@s tbut mir lei6, 6oB id nidt
nit Sir in sic @ta6t 5uridfebren
fann," ladte Stepban. vg8arlt Du
nidt itol5 auf mi6?"
u@etpiB gu lieblt tpirflid iebr nett
aus; 6ieies @lau 1tebt Dir por5ig>
lid!!"
ga BORT Gu's, steeuie. sSebt ober
ma6'> 0ob gu mie6er 5u Deiner ge.
ltebten G~pnamomaidine fommit un6
iiberlalie mir 6ie Dmen."
St uno MrS. 8lofe botten tnabren6
oes Sbees, SEN er ibner porieben
lieB, Die nnterbaltung git fiibren,
oenm @il6a mar duBerit idtpeigiam
uno 10 in @e0anfen berlunfen, 6aB lie
arffubr, alS lie BON Mr. MeaGen5ie
angere6et tp1r6e.
~Naroon, id babe nidt 5ugeb0rt, "
er1pt6erte lie err0tben6. u@as mill
len sic MIR bon muir 6enfen?"
Sos meroe i6 fir mild bebalten,
tpetl uer" nidt 90 1T, unit Sic gu per=
tbeioigen" ladte Maden5ie. rMber
i6 mol1te mir iagen, Sire Mutter bot
mir beriproden, naditen 9omeritag
mein @ait 5u fem; i6 bobe file gu
meiner @eburtstogsfeier gelaoen.
sic fommen 6o6 aud, nidt? Sour
mir bier, ionit 11ieman6."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-08-12
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u@os mag bas rltr fein?" brumm-
tie ser Director Dor iid fin, inoem er
Elm amf 1einem Ghreibtiide liegen'
oes Badet nmorebte un6 na4 Dem
gntfernen Der erften @iue bie Morte
las: Gin @eburtstagsgeidem, bon
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-08-12

CUR S1lg1ng Der Sbltl0 an. Mar
cine Sdan6e, 6ie bo6fabren0en 2au=
men zines 6a1mme1 8uri@en 10 aus
5ubeuten, aberi iagte ct, es iei audi
2br @unid, un6 10 telegrapbirte i6
nad @6ottlan6. Sd iagte mi6tS,
oaB eS Sic grfi1l6ung bes Sungen lit,
periteben Sic? Sd bin 5tpor Elm
Gdptte, aber 10 6u1nm BIN ib 6oh
nidt. @s fam sic Mnttport, i6 ioue
es unter bortbeilbaften 8e0ingungen
anfal1fen un6 ieBt lit a0es abgemabt.
ginen Saufen @el0 bdtte er berauS-
i6lagen fonner1, menr Ell ge1uoIt bit
tie, 10 uber lit er beute MIR ein armer,
aber FREEZER Mann. SSh gratl1lire ST.
men, liebe @il6a. Mrs. 8lafe, BORT
am a11oeren @r1e 6eS Salons lit elm
@emal6e, SOS nns bei6e i1rtereiiirer
miro" un6 obne nod mebr @orte
5u maderl geleitete er tie in Sen ent.
ferntel item @infel 6es &a11meS, no er,
oes 8iloes gang pergeiien6, 1nodmols
eingeben6 Mnes er5dblte.
SD boffe, Sic per6en MIDI nidt
miboeriteben, Mr. Maden5ie> aber eS
mar mir borigen Montag cine groBe
6reuoe, alS i6 iab, tpie gang an6ers
@tepbm bel ieiner Mrbett mar. Sft
botte i6 befiirdtet, er iei unpractif6
un6 raumeriih un6 tpenn er 6as ge-
tpeien pare, bdtte i6 fir 6ie 8ufunft
beioer gefiirdtet. 9o6 ielbit obne
feline @rfin6ung bat er mir on ienem
Sage 6en @in6rud genra9t, 6aB er
iib 6orauf beri teben miro, SEN @anrpf
6eS 2ebens m1f3unebmem:" Gin @emf=
ger begleitete lire @orte, 6enn sic
@rtmerung an tire etgene tribe gr-
fabrung in 6ielem borten Sample
tpar ertpadt; ibr @atte tpar biel 51
iebr &'iinitler gemeien> als BOB er
obne bobe Brotection 6o11ern6e CT
folge bactte baben fonre1; un6 na6-
oem eS linn ni6t gelunger tpar, fir
6ron nm6 &in6 Elm geniigen6es Git
fommen 5u erorbeiten, beriagten feline
&rafte nn6 Elm friiber SOD raffte i'm
peg.
80, Ser Sunge lit braa1dbor &C.
mug! Seben sic MIR an, mas er ge=
ma6t bat, um 6ie i1tnger 2eute bon
Sen @eriu@uneen ser @roBitaot fern.
5nbolten. @r iagt 5tpar, es iei SSoe's
Soee, aber MIR fam mani 1ridt 10
let6t ettpas bormodem."
~g8ie i6on babem Sic gebolfen.
5tepban er5dblte mir geitern Mben6,
6aB @ie m@t n11r 6os @lopier &c,
fdenff, ion6ern n1@ Elm paiienoez
2oeol gemietbet baben. l1n6 51 leiner
neberraihung urr6 TINT 6as MouB
boa5mmo6en, boben sic au6 nod
etn 8iuaro 6a3ugegeben."
~@ieio bat i'm Sos iiberral@tS
WaS iolte i6 6enn on6ers NIT mel.
trem @e16e %anfangen, o1s beIfen, pr
i6 fann? l1no 6ies lit eit 10 groBor.
tiger 10 practiider Blon, 6aB id
boffe> nob mebr tbun 511 fonnen, ebe
meine lette @tun6e fommt. @lauber
Sic nidt," fiigte er NIT fomiid)em
@rnfte bin511, uiipir f0nnten 6em @eG.
1rer foger, ct iolle iebt ierbiren? gS
lit i6ot bole 3ebn Mi1n1ter iiber Sit
8eit."
0na Nit1pr NOR tn2enna ,,1nA q,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-08-12

u@os lit es, Stepbon? = Sb!
&ilba moor 1prodlos.
$50 1rirnm 6o@ en6li6 8ernunf
an, gu @igeniinn! gu bdt 9ein
m~ertbboues @utem meggegeben, uno
es miro eirige 3eit pergeben, Biz gu
es in Deinem Sa6e gu elmer @tel=
lung gebradt baben mirlt. l1no mes=
balb lollteit gu martem? Die Sugeno
fliebt idnen getuug, nn6 iebt itebit
SOU in ser 8liitbe Ser Sabre. I1es,
mas i6 bobe, miro zines Sages Sir
geb0ren, un6 iomit lit Dos na1r etn
@oriduB. Grei Sabre bait 9u es mir
obgei6lagen, aber beute liegen 6ie
|Dinge einmnI an6erS.
uS9 beritebe nidt," itammelte
6ieie.
uDies," iagte Stepban, in6em er
etnen @tretfen Hapier bobbielt, lit
cine @reoitampeiiung un6 beoeutet,
BOB fiinftauien6 &fun6 ouf met1
gonto einge5ablt mor6en iin6. Sd
fomn es ni9t onnebmen."
uStepbm," iagte &iloa ionft, ~i6
meire, gu iolltelt es anpebmen, OBJ
pobl ib tpeiB, mie urra1genebm Sir
Ser Be0attfe lit, @el6 a%n5unebmen.
Mber 6enfe an i'm, er ber6ient e."
v@ltt gefagt, meme 2iebe. sic mer=
oen ibu in 31tfunft i9on ri9tig 5u
leiten beriteben. Sted' i'm Elm, Stee=
ME- un6 bore jebt sic lebte Ne1igfeit.
Mr. Sobn Gulp un6 Somilie meroen
Dor @r6e 6es Monats bier fem. Sd
CLAUDE er fommt nit Ser 8aciftc an6
Oriental Sine, aber er bat mir tpe6er
SEN @eg ro9 Die gera11e 3eit ange=
geben. ST. erportete i'm erit in 6rei
Sabren 5mridf. = @enn iebt sic So
men ibre @dntel umnebmen mollen,
10 fonnen mir gum Concert aufbre=
den. Sos @piel, tpel9es Gle beute
Mben6 boren tper6en, WeiB @il6a, miro
Sbren groBen @trtuoien bier in Sen
S6otten 1te1en."
Ser groBe Goa1 mar iiberfiiut.
&ein @1aB tpar mebr Mbrig u1t6 Msrs.
Gore oie gletdgiltig umberblidte
um6 na6 ettpoigen 8efonnten aus=
idoltte, batte en6lid ieman6en er,
ipabt, ser ibr le%bbafteites Snterei1e
madrief. Sic tpar6te ii9 5n ibrer
5odter.
~sieb 111r> 2eno, lit 6as nidt ser
iurge Gulp, Ser BORT bereimfommt?
SSa, er lit es 1n6 ser alte @riesgram
Maden5ie init linn. Sb babe tie in
lebter 3eit 5iemIih oft mitiommer
ousgeben geieben, es farn olio an Ser
aldermen @eididte, Sic gu BON Sen
6obersbam's geb0rt boit, ni@t bel
@abres fem. Sd finoe, es tpar iebr
tboridt BON Dir, i'm 10 fdneu fallen
5u 1afien, benin ielbit per1 es tpabr
mare, 10 itebt er 6o6 gut nit Maden=
5ie u116 Ser lit, tpie feline 9anosleute
bebntpten, ein idperreider Monn.
Sd claude fa1t, iie fontme1t cuff Sic
Blabe gu, bier Dor uns, 6ann bait gu
cine quite @elegenbeit, Sic 8efonnt-
ibaft at errel1ern. Mber tper iir6
oenn sic 5tpei NIT ibnen? Sd mnBte
tidt, 6aB Maden5ie b%erbeiratbet lit.
Mltmo6tide 2el1te> bei6e; go1t5 ,tr-
m0elide @eniden. OF, ober iieb MIR
SOS Golfer bon oem MGodet, @oI6-
topaie, claude i@ iogor. Sum, 2e1to,
ergreife 6en M11genbltd.
Do6 511 Schemes groBtem Merger
morf 5tepbon rid}t ei1en 81id nod,
6iei Ter @idtung. Ser @in3tge, ser iie
mt5uieber iib %tpiirbtgte, tpar ser ulte
Matn, aber Elm fre11n6lider 8Itf tpar
es ridt.
u@os gtbt es 6ent 5u Iarben,
muc?" fraete STEPHAN, ith borbelt-
gen6. Sic fihern ia 10 lt1tig, als
ob es tptrfIih efpos @Mtes tpGire.
sd 6et1tfe MIR an Dos alte Sprih.
mort: ugeiier berfeblt oIs peripieltl"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-08-12

|9tepban's ni6t geringem @taurrer1
erpies iid Madensie BON riifbalt=
loier &eiterfeit. Matirli6 itedte er
cine {ebr ernite Miene a1f, iolange
Sic &ellner int &arme. morer, bod
iobalb iie oie 5biire binter li@ bat=
TEN, ging bas 2od)en uno SAer5en
pie6er meiter. Mls Damn Ser Ma6-
tii6 ierpirt u1ro man li6 gom5 auein
iiberloiien tpar, iebte Ser Seitgeber
plobli1 cine 1ebr ernite Wtiene m1f.
SD meine," begam er in etmas
beleioigtem Some, ~es 1T 6od .iebr
traurig, tpenn 10 Elm armer otter &erl
nieman6en bot, Ser linn gum @e-
burtstag grotulirt, nadoem er nod
oa5r logor einen 6eitldmaus gege=
ben bat!"
Mnes lodte ber5lid un6 &il6a
meinte iher5en6: SD claude iiber<
bo11pt ri6t an 6ieien Sbren @ebnrts=
tag."
uDa bort ii@ bo6 Mues a1f! Mi6t
einmol 6as fatut man boben!"
uMber id %gratulire Sbnen, menn
Sic es tpiini1en." @tt 6teien 8orten
erbob iie ii@ ibneu, i6loag lire Mr=
me Inn ietnen SAILS un6 lebnte tire
gliiben6e @onge o1 fem @eii6t. Ser
bette treneite 6renn6, Ser 6as tparm<
tie 9er5 11nter leinem rauben Menbe=
rem trdgt."
Sort, BORT" REF Der quite Site
ent5iidt, in6em er lire 8an6e ergriff.
uSSett laiie i6 sic mibt los> Big Sic
mir periproden baben, STR 2eben
lang 10 bon mir gu 6enfen. l1no nod
@ines," = er erbob iid un6 bebielt
@il6o neben ii6 = ui6 piu, 6aB SIR
ale mir SOS gebt, pas i6 bon gud)
perlange, ia?"
ugos berltebt ii6, @ac!" @tepban
itan6 neben linn a1f Ser anoeren Sci
tie un6 legte feline &an6 liebebon ouf
6es Mn6eren sdulter. u8as midi
betrifft, 10 f0nnte i@ Sbmen ni@ts
obidlogen, nn6 i6 glaabe, i@ BORT
6ag a119 bon SEN Mn6eren iogen.
glio, tpas tpoGen @ie?"
SD tpuBte idom," begatn ct, ~bab
niemor6 an Elm @eburtstagsge.
idenf fir mild 6enft, un6 10 m1Bte
i9 es eben ielbit %beiorgen. 9as %
1T fir Sic, mein biibides &tno, un1
6as fir SIRE quite mutter. Uni
gu, @teenie, Iebtre sizes ub, tpenn gu
6en M11tb 6a5u bait."
@r beobo9tete Sil6a, tpte tie 6as
feline @qitder al1spodte, mn6 Gadelte
OBJ ibres gm5iide1ts, als lie Dos Col
Tier erb1idte, in 6eiien Steinen itd
Strablen goIoenen 2i6tes mie II
ebenio bielen @aiiertropfen broden
u8en, tpenm Steenie nod nit lei:
men 6ingern um5ugeben beritebt
nad6em er ii@ 10 piel nit 9pnamoS
uno oerg1ei9en abgeben bat, fanr
er es Sb1re1t umlege1. 8 - er if
bod nidt 10 gar ungeididt, uie id
gla1tbte. IS fiebt mirflt6 biibi6 aus
meine 2iebe."
&iloo tparf id,iidtern einen Slid
in SEN groben @piege1 un6 ittmmte
ibm i6IieBIi6 a1td BEL. SIRE San
festporte tpur6en 6ur6 6en 6relt6ett.
ruff ibrer M11ttcr 1tnterbroden.
u@ie lief, tpie a1 fmerl am bon SD:
men, Mr Maden5ie! Ser, Sen i'd
borigen @eibnodten berlor, mor go1a
gettnlt 10 mte 01e1er."
vSebt perftebe i@," rtef Si16a
utpesbaB er MIDI 10 biel iiber ben Der.
Iorene11 Sting al1sgefrogt 'bot! Sif
6enten aber oltd an Mles," fugte fit
geger i'm getpenoet bin3u. Sc lit 81
gut bon Sbnen!"
.@enn sic mir 6a,fbar fem mol
len, oom foin1,en sic ia Sen ii1nger
Motn sort, Ser mir 10 tpitbenoe
Blide 31tptrft, beidaftigett."
rsSsdd farm es nid)tt u1ttebrner, Mac
id fa1t midt."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-20
GLASS Of SALTS IF
YOUR KIDNEYS HURT
BAT less meat if you feel Backachy or
have Bladder trouble-Salts
fine for Kidneys

Meat forms uric acid which excites
and overworks the kidneys in their efforts
to filter it from the system. Regular eat
ers of meat must flush the kidneys occa-
sionally. You must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
acids, waste and poison, else you feel
dull misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains in the back or sick headache, diz-
ziness, your stomach sours, tongue is
coated and when the weather is bad you
have rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment; the channels
often get irritated, obliging you to get
up two or three times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take table
spoonful in glass of water before break
fast for few days and your kidneys will
then act fine and bladder disorders dis
appear. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com.
bined with Gthia and has been used for
generations to clean and stimulate slug
gish kidneys and stop bladder irritation.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; harmless and
makes a delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then, thus avoiding
serious kidney and bladder diseases.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-20

Milwaukee, Aug. 15.-The famous
Sheboygan band of sixty-fve pieces
will be the star musical organization
at the 1915 State Fair. This band will
play in front of the grand stand for
the first four days of the fair This
band was at the 1914 State Fair and
proved such a decided hit that it is
given the stellar role among the 1915
bands.
AS indicated by the accompanying
schedule, there will be more bands at
this years fair than ever played at q
Wisconsin State Fair.
The aim in the entire arrangement
of this years fair is to have something
doing every minute of every day, and
to send patrons of the fair home salts
fed that the 1915 State Fair was the
best they had ever seen in every re-
spect.
In addition to the bands announced.
there will be an orchestra Of nine
pieces in the Stock Judging Building.
similar orchestra in the Dairy Build
ing and two orchestras in the Machin-
cry Hall, where the great automobile
show will be held
Still another band will be a ladies'
band of twelve pieces which will be-
seen among the eighteen free attrac-
tons to be shown at three different
locations on the grounds each day.
Some Of the Midway attractions also
will have bands, so that the State Fair
this year will be a gigantic carnival Of
music, as well as the greatest exposi-
ton and show Wisconsin ever has
presented.
One of the memorable incidents of
each days program will be parade
of all free and paid attractions and all
bands on the grounds, This parade
will take place each morning at II
o'clock. It will rival the famous Ring
ling Brothers parade.
All of the bands playing at this
years fair will bring big delegations
from their home towns and cities, as
all are promoting special trains to the
fair
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-20
Pleasure Motoring en- Marked Roads

(By A. ID. CampDell)
A few days ago | made on drive on
what will be the yellow Circle route.
Portions of the route were marked
and it was pleasure to reach
them AS soon as we got on the
marked roads all questions of di-
rection We're dismissed-all We had
to do was to look when we came to
cross roads to see whether the
marking indicated a turn.
A part of the trip was made in
the night, but that did not matter,
for we could see the markings from
the car. But it WAS when we came
to the unmarked portions after dark
that our troubles began We knew
but where on this little earth of
ours that turn was We did not
know. When we thought we were
nearing it we stopped and went to
farm house. Two savage dogs, or
that acted as if they were savage,
greeted us and when We got to the
farmer the information obtained was
SO vague that we stopped again and
once again for directions. Three
stops were made and time was lost
in which we could have gone five
or ten miles. Then came more
StODc-aDd aoCraya tiOn
Then we came to another stretch
of marked roads-and unlOaded our
burdens for awhile. But this trouble
will soon be over. Soon the motor
list can go from one end of the
state to another over the best roads
without asking a question Or get
ting off the route The Wisconsin
Advancement association asks all
communities to get action in the
marking of it's system of through
routes When this is done we shall
prepare a schedule of secondary
roads which will be marked by num-
Der and go on the map. Marathon
county is setting an example for
other counties by marking twelve
lines of secondary roads. Others
should follow and We will be able
| to travel in Wisconsin without the
annoyance of finding the roads
and losing them.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-20
FACT
Local Evidence

Evidence that can be verified.
Fact is what we want.
Opinion is not enough.
Opinions differ.
Here's a Ladysmith fact
You can test it.
L. j. Winters, retired carpenter,
706 E. Fritz Ave, Ladysmith, Wis,
says: Several years ago l was in
bad shape from kidney complaint and
had no idea what brought it on, but
l do know that I kept getting worse
and worse. My back ached and the
misery was just as bad when I lay
down as when l was up moving
around. Mornings I was so stiff and
lame when | first got up that it was
hard for me to bend over to get my
matism, but when my back kept on
aching and my kidneys began to act
bad, l knew thai my kidneys were
causing the suffering. | had to pass
the kidney secretions every little
while and at night I had to get up
several times. The secretions were
stringy and unnatural The doctor
said my kidneys were badly dis0r
dered, but his medicine did me no
good. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me
and I haven't had any kidney trouble
since. A statement, telling about my
experience has been published in the
local papers before and it still holds
good"
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr. Winters had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-20
ANOTHER LETTER FROM BELGIUM
News-Budget's War Correspondent
Writes of Further Fighting in
the Trenches

Somewhere in Belgium, July 27, 1915
Friend Bella few lines of the
old stuff while my cigar holds out,
to give you an idea of what a hot
time really is, somewhere"
We had been in the trenches prob
ably six days-that is, the Battalion
had been. We snipers (''Indians")
had been any old place where the
shooting was good-in the trenches,
in old houses, out in mo mans
land" or any place.
On the day the sap mine holding
three tons of American explosives
was to go up from under the Kai-
ser's trench, our Battalion was re-
lieved in favor of the Middlesex Reg
iment-English troops. The snipers
and bombers stayed for the big
show
All day long, whenever one Of us
blokes would pass down the line,
we would get the same old query,
"When's the mine going up, jock
Tiresome
At 600 p. m. of that bonny day,
we received our instructions and
peacefully meandered along the fir
ing line to the spot opposite the
big works"
There were three of us 'murderers'
and the Lieutenant climbed over the
sand-bags behind the trench and laid
low waiting the explosion which was
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due at 200 p. M On the dot. Our
position was to be the shelEshat-
tered house about $50 yards from
the German trench on our front and
about 200 yards from the Germans
on our right. You understand this
particular spot is in right angle
and subject to a crsss-fire.
One of our Corporals was wounded
while in the doorway Of this house
the day before.
All right. l says to the Lieutenant,
Sir, wouldn't it be better to get
over under that tree before the show
opens, and then make a quick run
for the house?" He says, NAY, nay,
Pauline, Wen stay here" and III eX-
plain what happened.
You see we thought that the house
might topple down when the German
went up, and it would not be the
safest place in the world.
At the appointed hour and second,
the earth heaved and shook as in
gigantic earthquake We heard no
explosion, but l will never forget it.
When she went up l turned
around and stood up, a perfect tar
get for the German snipers on our
right had they been on the job. But,
evidently, they were looking too.
will never forget how that cloud of
smoke, debris, men, sand-bags, and
everything looked going up. l
thought that junk never would
stop going up, but l always claimed
that what goes up must come down.
Then it started to fall Lordy!
And l started to run toward the
house. Just started and that was
all l got tangled up in a lot of
barbed wire-likewise the Lieuten-
ant did-and we fell
My hands were never so small as
they were at that moment and in
the next twenty seconds, as I
spread them out all over the top
and back of my defenseless head. |
thought | was "for it" sure / was
not scared of bullets nor shellfire.
can joke at both, but that debris
coming down was the limit.
How many chunks of mud hit
me, l don't know quit counting
know big one, and it must have
been softer than my head or it
would have killed me, landed square
and gave me headache which last
ed all night.
Another chunk kicked me in the
J ribs on the starboard side, and then
my troubles were over. l uncoiled
myself from the wire, carromed off
the Lieutenant who was also after
his rifle We found both guns
clogged with mud, and made a quick
scoot through a hail storm of bull
lets. to the house.
Made our hazardous way over and
between broken timbers to the top
floor and over to the shel[hole in