South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-25
WHILE UNDER FIRE
BURIES COMRADES
Young Soldier of GirIiSh Ap-
pearanCe and Name AWeS
German Rifles Into Silence
by Bravery.

PARIS, June 25.-Marie Louise
that was what his fellow ZCuaVes
called him. because he was "a young
ster and SO pink and white and usual
IS SO timId OF speech lie was
swearing quietly 10 himself and point
ins TO tine space OF 500 yards between
the two trench lines.
IN this space where were dead cat
tie, a pit or two three French sol
diers bodies and lot Of slain Ger
mans.
1t is disgusting" growled Marie
Louise. I'VE can not leave them
there. Has anybody brick or two %
The zOuaves laughed. Marie was
always asking for something or 9TH
CT. tie wanted TO borrow hair
brush the first night he slept IN d
trench.
III had been wet for three days and
the zouaves had taken a few bricks
from the village behind them to keep
their feet dry. Before they realized
what Marie Louise was doing he had
cTaWied with his bricks isOm the
trench and wriggled out through the
broken wire. pushing the bricks in
front OF him as "A protection.
lie worked slowly but he was a
bad target, and the Germans did not
get him They were a little puzzled,
too. because ne was all alone They
were watching TO see what he would
so and that disturbed their aim lie
wrigSled on, pushing his bricks in
front OF him, till he reached the first
OF the dead Frenchmen and managed
TO bury him in shallow grave. lie
had taken a spade with him and the
ground was soft.
Germans Stop Firing.
The other two bodies were much
nearer the German trench less than
100 yards from ?. The Germans al
most stopped firing The French
could see them with their heads to-
gether. talking about it.
While they talked Marie Louise
buried the second body. The Ger
mans stopped firing altogether Both
sides were frightehed into silence.
The French had stopped calling to
Marie Louise 10 come back.
Then quietly as If he were all
alone. the zouave stood uP straight
and stretched himself. He shoulder
cd his spade and walked quietly 10
the third body He spat on his hands
and, steadily, as though he were dig
ging in his garden. he went on with
his work. Marie Louise buried the
man, picked up a bit of wood, broke
II in two. found a nail. and made a
cross. Then he fumbled in his pOCk-
cts and looked about the ground.
turning this way and that. as though
he had lost something. a French
man from the trench shouted a cry
OF warning. As Marie Louise threw
himself on his face, the bullets
whistled again and one of his feet
kicked up.
But he wasn't dead He wriggled
and crawled to his trench. stood up
again under a rain Of twittering bull
let's. laughed saluted the German
trcuc1 and tumbled headlong on top
of tomrades.
kiss me- he protested. II
am girl, If my name is Marie
Louise Besides / have something in
my heel"
But the bullet had only carried
away a bit of leather.
"Why did you turn round and look
like that2" some one asked nim 1T
was your turning around like that
which made them fire"
Marie Louise ChuCkled. Il had
some red cloth from NJ trouser
strap, he said. and / wanted a bit
Of white and a bit of blue to put on
the cross To make a tricolor for the
grave"