Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-17
horrors Ola Quiet Night Among Rats OF No A0n,c ~

W lamp. No real dug-outs Of any sor
d; are possible In this region: remove
~ ShoVrllul Of mud ana the hole I'm
J. instantly with water.
~ CUR hoSts warned as OF the dlscom
g Iorts ana dangers or tho islands. Il
~ WnIun we retortcd that We had com,
~ ~ 'ne way from tho other end Of the
70 IIhc 10 experience the wettcst sectni
s on tho British front-a compl,mon,
ihuch appreciated, for an officer llltos
u 10 Dc lold he Is holding n bad spot.
tno HilHthfy modcsty always prevents
! nun irom saying 50 himself While
= w" TOOK orr our trench boots, useless
mere ana put on rubber thigh boots
s "n. WATERPROOF oilskins, we were told
VI thc impending attempt 10 "catch n
Bocho' ana refused permission ia
go along. But the major commnnd-
ing fclcntcd ana said we might go
1It IN the rear Of the hunting party.
'HIlke some passenger liners. we de-
cHHed 10 carry guns for defensive pur
poses onIy they were wicked looking
automatics-thO Informed that non.
. coHnatdhlS have little status i'm no
( mans land, that IL you meet someone
/ you d"ht know it's etiquette to shoot
nun or STICK something in him first
ana ASK hitcrWard who he is "You
hpt"u thlhk your going unarmcd will
h'Ip you II the Boche catches Won" n
captain chccrlully remarked "Uo'U
shoot You for not being in unirorn, {"
a young lieutenant led us n,,,
we two reporters followed him dou,r
"A communication ditch for a ii,,n
way; he answered n shorn cb,tin,,,,,
with the countcrsipn and y,o ,,''r,, - 1''
a bit Of first line ON the odpo Of t,,n
island district. We stood ON the fro
SleP watching the German flares 20
up and trying not TO duck ,vhn, fi,o
loapcd from a norsistcn, ~, |,' ti'c
sniper's rifle not three hundred f"nt
away and bullets sang ovnr oI,r ho'ds
Meanwhile our escort romu.rtod n
thr absolute quiet In tu,. lrlti., IN
not flare went up. not a shot y,,,s
ilrcd. This won't do-thcy'II krnv
Wc'ro up 10 sometime" he said and
dispatched a corporal. who stirrod a ,
Few Lewis machinc-puns ana .,,t,''.
into activity to Iul tho on"m,'s p',. pvs' !
plcions.
The ART nr po.i,o
Wo r,It,.d m ,
which e',d,i,,i "" u"Wh the dltch, .
,tcpncd out mo '','rr " ,',,., ~ an ehd' ana !,
1 pitch-dnri. ricl,, "'l'r' II was y
stars. iust ripht fn,. ~ mo MOON or
,risas - ~ ri"i'ouS enter
,ccn obr,d 'Pi'"iE .1rh or Two was
sidc wbisncrod .nI p"troi' our g
,ctuollv snvy ~, ~ .mlS ..n was All q
Keen aLenI,,,nL "UVHe huht a
Iarcs 20 mn Ior', ,ii "hch thelr q
bullet. ani d"m,t d"m ,i, uuGh or your get V
Sc floundnrcd oho,,t "tN' f NE went on. n
.ften mmblinp int" o ,oi lphg uinc, Il
ull of water and ma Vu, ,,b Ii'clI -h0IeS "
,ur waists "frnogi,i,',, wien Ieached IL
GESTURE We ,ich, %a III Whatever e'
nd strenk of finbt ',o'', ""rnener @ a mss al
star sboII u,ns batc Warning that -
ruso nf diro,,tta ~. w "uiS 81 All
1,no iron, ,I,,' ''"n ieit me- no sound
Groat r,,ts 50 scp. p'o,, p.,,,,''i,..., oi -.
irections ono trioL - 'uUu' III an
h.nt ft, -" up my
ONE creatures escano drn,,.,,, t,u.''
1ch q n,ornes apu ".owhlhs IN b
hcy All in"Ecd Eomn;3 Ho,anHi Understand
cncrations Of thcn hn, ',,'S Wcil-ieu II
uman flesh ana ali Jt, i"''c''cu on
nom undcr our Zoo, n we saw
'ampcrng along the parapets 'pf'iIS, Of mo- y
lahdS ana gliding thru the marshes
II, IN the OPEN n
Nit'I an hours Wallowing about we
.IShed an island constructed en-
'vH VI tHcuSahns or bags filled with
IT, 'l'l or SAND stacked up upon ground
VI" enough 10 bear the burden even
j" "IES'ng Is impossible. The bags
re plled INTO breastworks eight feet
i,h I'CIhS the enemy. few ma
,@lnc @ suhhers and bombers were on
''ru' was surprised To learn that
"du Travelled circutous course
ia were only four hundred yards
ll' our starting point. ITS hope
's TO Try To find the patrol" said
! SuIde' put something has hap
hSu' or the Boches wouldn't be IA
'uIhE UP so many flares. Wen
icy some OF our men; they'll be com.
+; p"IN To thc islands h
we lett thc welcome shelter and "
'uEhed on thru the bog. so close at
point To the German wire that it
llu ne seen, a dark shadow in the a
lh'l' even when no flares were
'!'hE' once fancied, In the light
Star smell, that saw a notion
FORM crouchlng on the German
pet hut II may have been a
'uoW, EyeS ana nerves play tricks
thclr owners in no mans land.
Had To Put Tn Hands
II tho ncxt leland oo,,o a..
| odventuro Of Tho rirh, M s,,y oliy 81
was leading nv nS,,',IiI'' nc oiii-
4. was last I Lo,rd ,ha ,,'. Wa'
y whisner "Wbo ara Wv ,',,i pS, %, e''lp up
de's m,ittercd coun,orsi,, @ ou,