The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-23

. 90 ~ 80 ~. H''''' =f' Nv ~ AlN WI i' ~
N the IIussars and hc hn. an Amcri
can mother From these Two facts II
(, safe Do dcdurc that his father i- q
/ count nt least Iut bis friends Will
not permit me to gu ANY further
/ Ihc~" German officers are almost su-
/ prr-liiiuu, about keeping their name,
out N print
/ lie Is slender / know, and he look,
u- though he were tImd uuc expects
him 10 blush when be- 1cak, lie
avoids that possibility IS spcnkiug
. rnrcly lie is eighteen or nineteen or
thrrrnhouts just Kid and was
completely disrcgnrdel about head
. quarters Now and then hr got some
little job 10 do few men tu order
about or something HE TINT but the
rrn work was iutrustrd to his elders.
one night be- was sentrd quite NJ the
foot ~ the dinner table at the staff
mess
Il think the French aud English
are planning an attack. snid the
chief of staff anyluu~ly 81 have ub
served
lie told what he had observed The
! old general looked at him under low
cred bruwS The thing might be- >rri
Gus.
Where will they attack he asked
4 wish knew" said the chief NJ
staff
They sat there and talked No one
paid ANY attention tu the slim little
hid nt the cnd ~ the table Dinner
ended The chief NJ staff and the gen
crnl walked away. heads bent, ham
mcrug at the problem. The little "
ficrr boy walked ont into the dark
ness
That day he had ridden by the body
Of an English officer who had been
killed between the lines lie had not
ed Ia u casual sort N way that IN,
dead man had been Young and slender
aud blond like himself. He had
thought no more about II at the time
Dead men ARE unrcgnrded items al
the front There had been stall
on the front NJ the dead muu's blouse
he recalled. us though he had beer
shot from behind This is no suggcs
tion that his men had been trcnchcr
ous bullets 20 every which way it
, war
In the Enemy's Lines.
The hoy ~ nineteen went ont he
tween the lines. aud In the dnrkncs,
stripped the body NJ the dead ufficr'
aud donncd the clothes Tint stnii
upon the breast had stlffcned 80 lha
II felt rough Ia his fingers lie rub
bed mud uron Il, aS though II wer,
only the dcflemcnt " the earth II,
read the mans notebook by the ligh
NJ his pocket flash. Then he rode I'm
to the cucmys lines He first cam,
to the camp N the French
Pm hst, he said simply. Beer
( out on a scout. don't YOU know Whcr,
a are my headquarters"
He speaks English perfectly Fo
years he has visited England regularl.
< with his American mother. They shoe
I on certain lords grouse moor II
I Scotland The lord Is a close frlcn,
$ NJ Sir Edward Grcys. But that I
beside the point lie speaks Freucl
y quite as we'll one continually find
L youngsters NJ that sort here
II "Out ON scout the French laughed
g 'and lost How drull F."
D. lie was hungry he said. although h
u hnd lust risen from table The Frcnr
II provided him with an excellent mef
al aud better company lie ntc until Ii
e could not eat any more Mennwhll
ID he gosslpcd with his hosts They tol
lc him all he wanted to know Then i
., rode on toward the English hcadQua
II ters
"Ih hungry he said To the first a
! ficcr he met what chance some col
!, meat aud whisky
q The other mnu wns not NJ nll su
nj plcious The English uniform wor
No by the Hdyrnturer dlsurmed suspicion
II hut he was friendly aud warm heur
,s ed
pr "Rirhto" said he. "rhls way +,
m the chow" And then he snid
NJ Whats your nnmc2 Your Ia,
seems familiar. hut | can't place 80
m, Yet thought ! knew ull the office
Ia. In YOUR regiment
y For second the KIDS ,elfposSc
y, sion left him The name he had ren
II, In that dead mans notebook los n
- Hight NJ his little electric torch. 20
IN ped into his mind BEFORE he cnu
M check the Impulse he replied
,ol Wallace Just Joined
NJ Al His Third Dinner.
n The error might have hcen fnti
Rut by the luck the daring sometim
,lr meet with the other had never m
~ the dcnd Wallace lie had heard
him, however ns yOungstrr NJ prol
= isc lie Chatted freely as they tai
ed at their ment The Young Germi
of made his third dinner " the nlgl
he Surrcptltlonsly he let out his belt Il
by fore he began
se Here, you chaps snid the Englls
Its man Want you 10 know Wallace
m the Slepney Greens or whatey
"a regiment Il was, You've heard Of /