The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-16

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Ehonc with an artists enjoyment OF
his work Down under cover 81 the
ridge were his guns. the keys OF the
Instrument that he played by calls
over the wire Their barking was q
symphony to his earsH errors OF or
chestration were errors IN aim. He
talked as he watched his lively Yea
lures reflective OF his impressions.
"Oh pretty! Right into their tuni-
mics Right In the nosel La, Ia, la
But that's om-and SOS that! Tell
Battery G they're fifty yards over. Oh.
beadyeyed gods and shiny little fishes
two smacks in the same spot!
Humph Tell Battery c that the
trouble with that gun is worn riding;
that's why It's going short. Elevate IL
for another hundred yards-but II
ought not to wear out SO soon. I'd like
to kick the maker or the Inspector. The
fellows In y n will accuse us OF mat
tention. It's time TO drop shell on
them 70 show we're perfectly impartial
in our layors. la. la. la Oh, what
pretty smack congratulations!
y II was the position OF Fracasse's
company anu the pretty smack the
one that broke one mans Srm and
crushed anothers head
The God with usi" song was singu-
LARRY suited TO the great, bulr voice or
ts composer. born To the red and be.
come Captain stransby Ia the red
business of war II was he who ied
the thunder Of its verses.
4 certainly like that song. he said.
Well he might II had made him ia
nous throughout the nation There's
Jehovah and birthstone in IL. Now
ven have our own
but we're always losing positions'"
complained one OF the men. Little
by little they are getting possession.
"They say the offensive always
wins" said another
Five against three They count
ON numbers, said Lieutenant Tom
Fragini
There you so, Toni Any other
pessimists or anarchists want to be
heard?" called out Stransky Just
how long, at the present rate, viii III
take them to get the whole range
There's q limit 10 the number OF even
five millions"
Then the telephone In The redoubt
brought s0mo news The staff begged
20 inform the army that the oncmy's
casualties In the last three days had
been two hundred thousand Immedi-
ately everybody was talking az once
In stransky's parliament as he some
times called that company Of which
Dee was. In the final analysis. unlimited
monarch
How do they know
DO YOU think irs fake E"
That sums UP 10 pretty near 4 mil
lion"
MY God Think o. il milion!"
Were whiting thcm down."
"lt doesn't make any difference
whether parow or Lanstron IS chief
Of stafrl"
They're payingW
Paying for our fellows that they've
killed Paving FOR being in the
wrong"
Strausky. his eyes drawing inward
i'm their characteristic slant, was well
pleased with his company, and the
scattered explanatory badinage kept
on until IL was interrupted by the ar
rival Of the mail Partow and Ian
stron, understanding their machine as
human In It's elements, had chosen
that the army should hear from home.
"Hows this!" exclaimed one man.
reading from a newspaper They're
going TO put up statue OF Partow In
the capital It's 10 show him az he
died, dropped forward on the map, and
In front of his desk field OF bayonets.
ON one face OF the base will be his
name Two OF tho other faces will
have God with u.s. and Not for
theirs. hut for oursl' The legend on
the fourth face the war is 10 decide"
Victory! victoryt cried those
who had listened to the announcement.
Stransky was thinking that they
had TO do moro than hold the Grays
Before lie should see his girl they had
20 take back the lost territory. He
carried two pictures Of Minna in his
mind one when she had struck him
in the face as lie tried 20 kiss her
and the other as he said sood.by at
the kitchen door. There was not much
encouragement I'm either
but when she gets better acquaint-
ed with me there's no tellingl" he kept
thinking Il was lighting out OF Gus
eedness at first Now I'm lighting for
her and 20 keep what IS oursl'
CHAPTER XIX.