The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

Suddenly a shot was fired at him
from an old barn. II grazed his cheek,
and Jimmy rushed into the barn.
1t was half full Of moldy hay. A
German was upon the other side Of
the central mass. Round and round
the hay they lodged, Jimmy after the
German, then the German after Jimmy,
each trying to get a point of vantage
from which to shoot down the other.
Painting, exhausted, they halted, one
on either side Of the haystack. Jimmy
waited. Presently he saw the rife
barrel Of the German begin to pro-
trude through a loose part of the stack.
Quietly he lodged. and the discharge
Of the powder blackened his tunic as
the bullet sped across the barn and
buried itself In the opposite wall.
With a yell, the German sprang
round the stack. Jimmy was waiting
for that. He let his dubbed rife fall.
The German started back, but it
struck him on the foot, and he howled
with pain as he retired into the OBJ
security the other side of the hay.
They waited. Night was already
falling, the sounds of the fighting be-
came less audible. 1t was quite dark
inside the barn. Jimmy listened as a
cat listens for a mouse. Suddenly the
German called from behind the hay:
"Kamerad! Pardon! Surrender to
me and you shall not be harmed. You
see, my friend, we shall wait here all
night unless you surrender"
That's all very WELL" answered
Jimmy, but suppose you surrender to
me-"
I'VE are not allowed to surrender"
answered the German plaintively.
you had better surrender. Think it
over! l will wait ten minutes!"
Jimmy could see the tip of the Ger
mans bayonet. 1t was moving, not
up and down, but backward and for
ward in a ann which seemed
somehow familiar to Jimmy. The
movements were unconscious, and it
was evident that the fellow was labor
ing under strong emotion.
He spoke again. Suppose we both
come out into the open," he said. ~
shall count a hundred. While l am
counting you will turn your back and
walk away. When l have finished
counting a hundred l will call, and we
will both fire"
Nothing doing" said Jimmy.
The German uttered an oath and
leaped from behind the haystack. Jim
my was just in time to parry the lev
eled blade. He struck it up and drew
back for a lunge. Then he looked into
his opponents face, and the recogni-
ton was mutual.
KATE! The d%elicatessen mani" he
cried.
Jimmy Penderby!" cried Katz.
Gosh! What are you doing here, Mr..
Penderby?"
"Oh, just looking round said jim
my. Say, knew it was you, Katz,
from the way you used that bayonet.
Are you going to surrender?"
Il daren't," said Katz. MY wife
said l must bring back an iron cross -
tOul NiAC IL crazy DeCduSe you We
inherited ten thousand dollars" said
Jimmy, and"
WHAT" yelled KATE. ut must be
my uncle Simon. never thought he'd
last out the year. Mr.. Penderby, take
me to your camp, and hurry! Hurry
and don't let any of those shells hit
me before / see the color of it."
Safe in the camp of the DICTIONARIES
Katz recovered all his animation.
Mr.. Penderby," he implored, you
didn't tell me how you knew it was me
behind the hay. BY my bayonet, you
know"
"Oh, yes" said Jimmy. 81 suppose
a man gets the tricks of his trade
Katz. You see, a bayonet isn't fol
using like a ham-slicing machine"
Copyright, 1915, by w. G. Chapmau)