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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-10-20
BEL AIR NOTES,

Mr.. and Mrs. c. 7. Wright left on
Saturday for Staunton, Va. where they
win visit their daughter. Mrs. John L.
Irwin.
Mrs. e. H. D. Pue and daughter.
Miss Clara, have gone to Baltimore for
the winter.
Miss Peggy Neal. Of Philadelphia. has
returned to her home after visiting Miss
Rush Williams.
Rev. and Mrs. A. b. Hallock are at
tending q meeting Of the Synod In
Washington, d. C.
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10 HEAD OF
HoIstein and Guernsey Cows

several Of them will be fresh by day Of sale,
baiancs are coming fresh In early winter. Pure
Pred dsg9sey Bull, years OLD. . yeafling
Heifers and several Calves. 80 acres Of Crop
Abou, 30 tons Of Mixed Hay and 100 barrels
Of White Corn. Kick Of Straw. . II. p, !. N. c.
Gasoline Engine. mounted; q inch Feed Grinder,
two horse Wagons. ~ foot Hay Carriage. MIX
Wagon Break Cart. Buggy. Manure Spreader.
Grain Drill, No. " Oliver Plows, Q Buckeye
and Oliver Cultiyators, Milwaukee Binder.
Moving Machine. Hay Rake, Hoosier Corn
Planter i7-tooth Spring Harrow. Spiketooth
Harrow, Hereples Stump Fuller, Grindslone,
lot Of Double Trees. Tools and other articles; Q
sets ofWag0n Har ness. Express Harness. Buggy
Harness, lot Of Double Lines, Brides, Hafnes.
also is five gallon MIX Cans. All machinery,
implements. harness. ETC.. are In excellent con-
dillon.
Dining Room Table. Buffet, China Cupboard.
Ice Box, Singer Sewing Machine. Lard Press.
Butter Churn, Washing Machine and 50 esE
Every article Will be offered without reserve
as the owner win remove from the County.
TERMS or SALE
All sums Of sI0and under cash. on sums over
that amount credit Of 10 months viii be gwen,
purchaser giving their notes with approved
security. bearing Interest from date Of sale.
settle place Of the sale is within easy walk
ing dissanee from s'epney sisti e GO nov,p
Fl. NJ. Thoupeon. Auoioneer.
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Mr.. Thomas Healy died early Tuesday
morning at his home In Havre de-
Grace Of heart disease from which he
had been suffering for some time. He
10 survived by two sons. John who lives
near Philadelphia, and Thomas Of this
city and two daughters. Misses Mary
and Anna. the latter being member
Of our High School faculty.
MISS sALLIE woRTHINGToN.
Miss Sallie Worthington, daughter of
the late Henry and Elizabeth W. Worth
Ington, died at the home Of her sister,
Mrs. Henry O. Russell, In Philadelphia.
on Friday last, aged " years. She had
been confirmed invalid for seven or
eight years. Miss Worthington was
widely connected In Hartford where abe
frequently visited In former years. and
was well known for her cheerful dis.
position and bright conversational
powers.
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Local e41fars.
"A marriage license was issued In
Baltimore on Wednesday to Mr.. Alonzo
Mitchell and Miss Mary e. Anthony.
! both Of Calvary.
Rally Day will be observed at
Smiths Chapel Sunday School, Sunday
October END. beginning at Q o'clock.
Miranda Holiday, died in Balti-
more on last Thursdsy. The remains
were brought 70 Bel Air on Sunday
where intermsit was made.
The Darlington postofiice has been
ranked Is third class Office, and here
sitter will be presidential appointment.
Mr.. e. s. Worthington 10 the present
sncumbent.
The fret In the series of Lyceum
Course entertainments was given In
Highland Hall on Thursday evening.
the Schubert Concert Co. being the
evenings attraction.
-ar. W. Beatty Harlan has arrang-
Cd for the enlargement and general inn
provemsnt Of his Harryman building on
Main street, and has rented 1t for
moving picture hall.
Mr.. Charles W. Cairnes, son Of Mr..
George A. Cairnes, OF Jsrrettsvile, 10
p.uen. ~ NJ on,oa 49, sa ~. . ~.
1880 ,
- =" a ~
Rain on THURSDAY competed our
Faiiston friends 70 arrange ior US iur
tnsr eohunuauon on tooay 1roAyl
- s 49,.
.e'
-Er. :. 3. rerry' Oh Emmor'on eH-
poets 70 return next week. from Dus'
mess trip IN Norm Carohna Ano virginia
WIN . ne" osSch VI piospeeu,e "o'"o
pu's y $3.50 -
-Msssrs. W. a. Wnee'er q oVh naVs
purchased the Denan property ,oea.eo
..-.- ...,, .o,.;.tin1 -
their present property consisting Oh
oas /" 800 $50
The directors OF the hariord bank,
Of Bel Air, on Monday declared an
extra Ave per cent dividend payable
November LIST. ana voted substantial
-. p''s "
pN Il
the young ia%es Oh .ne ne ,.m
cnureh OF !aessonvh'e. ns'eilnole
county, will hoio On oyster supper
.y "o 80 S e . ~ ~.
49,. ~ -''' " 's
~
james johnson ana onaries lewis
'two colored youths. were neia iof 'ns
grand jury Dy 'usuce " " Martin, "
Aberdeen. aite. = nesr,ns upon 'h
1919 = '
-,
Bel Ar M. r Sns,se' nes 2. w.
hindiey, rastor. SUNDAY, oc.oDer g.
Bel sunday oenooi, Az aho rlssca
my A n NJ, Esenhs '.,
NJ Csfme,.eanaAy o'"o'' ~
We 20 70 press We 'earn Va 1
osetn OF mr. inomas turner. u' uo
tractor OF near mAaonns' mss I"A
psth Turner, tormeriy Oh ne' AR Du'
now OF washington " w. uSush
tsr Oh tne deeeaseo'
Mrs. Bette Maxwell Is thoroughly
rsnovatisg and undermining the Cover
residence on broadway wnich sne re-
cent'y purchased ano VIII move ~ ~ 81
early day when comp's'e II VIII Dc IN
every Wsy an s''f''uV' "'''
The demurrer to q protest against
the transfer Of the license issued to the
late John Irwin for the conduct OF Q
saloon, ct Fork, BY Edward J. FEN VINO
rsceauy purchased tne ploperS was
heard ana suossa'ned Dy 'uugs duncan
on TUESDAY.
Mr.. Il. A. Morris, OF Freeland,
Baltimore county, this season, picked
and hauled sos bushels Of tomatoes of
Of u acres. The tomatoes were de-
Hazard tel D Coloan fformerlv of i
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OBITUARY.
ARTHUR HANDY.

Mr.. Arthur Handy. formerly Of Har-
ford county, but for the past 30 years
Of Texarkana. died at HE home on Sat-
urday. Mr.. Handy was the youngest
son Of the late James W. Handy, of
Calvary. and is survived by widow
and one daughter.
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TERMS or SALE.
Public Sale

The undersigned, having sold his farm. locat-
ed a. btepney Station. Baltimore & Ohio X, r.,
and having decided TO give up farming. wilfsell
on the premiaes.
On Wednesday, Nov. l, 1916
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Public Sale

The nnderbigned, intending 70 move 70 the
near Fern Cliff Station, on the road from Jar
rettsyille to the Rocks. known 81 the Wysone
property. on
Wednesday, Nov. LIST, 1916
Al 10 o'clock. A. NJ, sharp. the
Following PERSONAL PROPERTY. to witt
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. William Hipkins and son Howard
have returned to their home neal
Scarboro after . visit to relatives In
Wilmington. Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rush Street and
family have moved to Bel Air for the
winter and will occupy Mrs. e. H. d.
Pue's attractive little residence on
Broadway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cbas. Y. Thomas and
daughter. Miss Elizabeth s. Thomas.
Of Darlington. are spending the winter
In Baltimore. Miss Roberta Worthing-
ton 10 with them.
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LAND TRANSFERS TO OCTOBER IA.

LAND ThANSFEhS 10 OCTObEk IL.
Mamie Harris to George Harris,
acres, 9Th district, IS.
John 7. Hopkins and wife to John
Harris and wife. s acres. End district,
IS.
w. Beatty Harlan and j. Edwin
Webster. trustees, TO Harry and Richard
Cullum, 70 acres, lst district. $40.
w. Beatty Harlan and J. Edwin
Webster to George A. Cullum, one-fifth
acre. LIST district. $40.
0leita Harvard ct al. to Trustees Of
Thomas Run N. Z. Church, IL acres,
3rd district. %.
!. W. Thompson ct a., to T. Benton
Daugherty. % acres. 9Th district, $40.
Welzetta Sitter and husband to Caro-
line H. Broumel and husband, lot In
Bel Air, $500.
Jacob q. Stively ct al, to Charles A.
Andrew, lot In Darlington. $40.
W. Worthington Hopkins to W. Earl
and v. Clyde Carroll. 4 acres. End dis
trict, IS.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
This ID 10 give notice that the subscribers have
obtained from the Orphans Court Of Hartford
County. Nd. letters OF administration on the
estate Of
HESTER J. WARD.
late. OF Hartford County. deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are hereby
notified 70 exhibit tho same. with the legal
vouchers thereof.
On or before the End day Of April, 1917
or they may otherwise BY law be excluded from
all benefits Of said estate. All persons indebted
TO said estate are requested 10 make Immediate
payment.
Of October. 1915,
MAMIE NJ, McCOMMONs,
CHARLES 4. McC0MMoNs,
Administrators.
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Stock Farming implements

Hay, Straw, Corn, Fodder, and n
small lot OF Household Furni-
ture, as followsi
Pair Mules. y years old. weight about 800
pounds Borfei Horse. II years old. weight
foai: Gray Mare. years old. weight about 1900
pounds. this Is a splendid family horse; Pair
Mules. yrs old. thoroughly broken and geniiej
blothef. fs ",s s asd All Ss soS used
TO hard work.
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s hoIstsin and Jersey Cows,

all giving good now Of milk; ! YearIing Heller,
2 slS months old Heifers, Guernsey Bull. 2
horse Wagon, broad tread Surrey, nearly new
Top buggy. lp good condition. MILK wagon, 2
sets Work Harness. Brides. fialters, Wagon
ne,s, Wheat Drill. Corn Drill, Oliver Chilled
Pillow. Springiooth Harrow, Double and Single
Trees. Scythes, MattockA, Etc; Fodder by the
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BY an approaching eutomoDiie ana ran
into companion with such force that
4 he was thrown 70 the ground and dis
located his shoulder.
The RENOVATION Of the Bel Air n {.
y. Church 10 now under way. The
building viii be painted on the inside,
tho walls Of the interior frescoed and
decorated, and o new carpet laid. Mr..
Otto Du Brau, Of Baltimore, 10 the
contractor. Until the work 10 complet-
M cd al services will be conducted In the
Sunday School room.
The Committees Of the Military Aid
Association 90 successfully organized
when Company d went to the Border,
70 render suitable assistance TO depen-
dent wives and near relatives will hold
its final meeting in the Company's
Armory on next Thursday afternoon at
O'Clock. The triumphant return Of
the Company 10 looked for at any time.
Mr.. Winfield s. Bsyless on Monday
nlsd his resignation ss assessor for the
End district. and Mr.. Oakley p. Gilbert
wss appointed by the County Commits
sIoners to suceeed him. Mr.. J. Duncan
Aimony was appointed assessor for the
zfh District. vice James P. Luckey,
resigned. and Mr.. Franklin /. Wheeler
was appointed for the 9Th District, vice
william B. Rigdon, resigned.
"A wealthy householder In Hartford
has notified his housekesper that hs
cannot longer afford to have cold slax
served On bic table. having just paid
twsnty-ssvsn cents for one head Of
cabbage. and potatoes ct fifty cents PEI
psck must be more sparingiy used. A
n Bel Air householder when settling re
N Gently with his butcher for lamb chop
n ~ thlrty-fve eents was reminded tina
hsrssftsf they will be thiriy-eight cent
Per pound.
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No Smoking Allowed.

From Tit-Bits.
"a custom lothsome to the eye, hate
full to the nosef harmful to the brain,
dangerous to the lungs, and in the black,
sinking fume thereof nearest resem-
bling the horrible Stigian smoke of the
pit that is bottomelesse.'
So on one occasion. wrote James ],
who hated smoking more than he hated
anything else which recalls the fact that
Swinburne the poet detested tobacco so
much that he forgave James ! for being
knave tyrant and coward, because he
esiit the throat of the blackguard Raleigh
who invented this filthy smoking"
Gladstone and William Penn hated to-
haeco like poison, while Wellington
abominated smoking to such degree,
and was so annoyed bX the increase of
cigar smoking among officers of the
army, that in the early forties he issued
a general order mo. SD which contained
a paragraph which would have delighted
the heart of James l. 1t ran thus
1.-The ommander-in-chef has been in
formed that the practice of smoking by
the us of pipes, cigars, or cheroots, has
become prevalent among the officers of
the army, which is not only in itself
species of intoXication occasioned by the
fumes of tobacco, but undoubtedly occa-
sions drinking and tipping by those who
acquire the habit
Both Queen Victoria and the Prince
Consort detested smoking, so tobacco was
taboo wherever the court was. Son the
other hand, many royal ladies of Europe,
contemporaries of Queen Victoria and her
son, have had the reputation of being
confirmed smokers. Among them may be
named Carmen sylvia the poetess
Queen of Roumania; the Dowager Gar
ina of Russia; the late Empress of Aus
tria; King Alfonso's mother, formerly
Queen Regent of Spain; the Dowager
Queen Margherita Of Italy, and ex-Queen
Amelie of Portugal" says Mr.. g. L. APP
pedson, in his book, 1.-The Social History
of Shaking" Martin Seeker. 1T is, OF
course, we'll known that Austrian and
Russian ladies generally are fond of ci-
garette smoking. On Russian railways it
is not unusual to find compartment la
beled For ladies who do not SMOKE
Among men of letters and artists who
ignored the social prejudices iii regard
to smoking which Queen Victoria fostered
was Sir John Millais He is said to have
smoked clay pipe in his carriage dur
ing the first jubilee procession of the
Queen. William Morris was a pipe smo-
ker; so was Rossetti, while Carlyle, as
everyone knows, was a great smoker
The story is famliar--it may be true
that one evening he and Tennyson sat in
in solemn silence, smoking for hours, one
on each side Of the fireplace and that
when the visitor rose to go, CARLYLE, as
he babe him goodnight, said; Man AL
fred we haze had a graund nicht come
again soon.''
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Feeding the Armies
Iarshall. in Leslle's.

Martin Marshall, in Leslies
Soldiers in war must be well fed no
matter what happens to the population
at home With all that we read in
newspapers about the suffering multitudes
of Germany. nobody intimates that the
German soldiers are hungry.
The Importance of the commissary de-
partment has long been recognized and
the best fed army is usually the most
cheerful and courageous. The German
general staff is probably the most sys-
tematic and abundant provider of viands
in the world but the British are not
far behind Only the other day a con-
tract was awarded to a Canadian pack
ing house for 600,000000 one-pound cans
of beef stew for the British Tommies.
Men who have been along the British
front say that not even the impossibility
of getting drink causes as much
grumbling as does the rack OF strawberry
jam. The issue of jam is an institution in
the British service. All the armies use
a vast quantity of chocolate in one form
or another-usually highly sweetened.
Coffee is the soldiers drink the world
around, but the Britisher substitutes tea
on many occasions, and the habit is said
to be spreading to his French comrades.
Russian soldiers are inveterate tea drink
ers, as is everybody in Russia.
The Germans have shown the greatest
ingenuity in replenishing their food
stores. 1t is said that they were even
able to trade the Turks ammunition for
foodstuffs, although Turkey was short of
eatables before the road was opened from
Berlin to Constantinople. In all the vast
area of territory that the Germans have
taken they have not missed anything in
the form of food. Northern France has
contributed it's quota Being a fine fruit
country it has helped to make up the
equivalent of the English JAM Even
Servia,. impoverished by three wars, con-
tributed 10000 pigs to Germany's depleted
stock.
Men leading active lives, largely in
the open air, are usually big eaters and
soldiers ON duty must be in the best
of health therefore army rationS must
be liberal in size as we'll as varied
in composition The consumption of food
in war time is therefore increased, and
much is wasted. That is one reason
why the prices of food have scared In
all the European countries, though an
other reason may we'll be that the
average people have more money to
spend now than they did before the
war.
When we consider the vast quantities
of food taken for army use-When we re-
member that there is only one standard
1aulOn IOf all SolulelS VI any Id
and that the poorest laborer who has
responded to his countrys call is just as
we'll fed as the dukes son who has shout
dered rifle-if any such thing has hap
pened-and that this average or universal
ration is far above the average ration
of all the population in times of peace,
both in quantity and quality we do
not have to be possessed of vivid imagi-
nations to picture what is going to hap
pen to food prices if the war lasts
year or two longer.
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Gruhhers' Grub
From London IDEAS

M a.sa1.1ll Aue's'
ss1f ,,,,,ol 20 ~ 80
tho food 10 800 :. ~ - "a
for+i,,ey ,,,1 s,,sstai,1;,,r,, 90 - =,
nents No. e. ~ "us 49,; 81 l,se
lie aaieo+ I,e aieo 'iie plies - su,,eu ~
o,,Iy throo a,,1,5.. . -. ~ ~
b.cor ri+to,,+ 49,. NS.1r,. 49,. CIV
tba no, a. 10 49, 800 - osel ~ pas
nass th.+ a,,an,, 49, ~ $50 ens.,;t ~
IL +odaS eitnsr eooa $3.50. a., -
ata,,+ - $1,000.
Tbe ecian+ifio foaa ,,.o,,,xo,,s;r
,,i,,so,s s,,t.S;st - e,-s ~,
il.ss5 In -, -!D,i. ~ 90. u 'ie
III, :; soi;etts1.,, ~ ptoo 1850 -
r.,,ast;o,, a,as,, -. ,,,. 800
eai,,i,,o 200 20 $3.50 49, -.
ond 900 81 80 $500, - 49, 800
tbs, dazar, o,,,loas !, au sa
e1idorca tha,a ,,,o,,,s+s - 40
sffacti,sa,, fre,,, az ,,tIa 81 s,,l1
inc. &c fro,,,, hale q cronr,
Sunnose . observation-disclosures 10 ax;st ~,
f1,, i1,sas1 ;4, = - ~,
sor, tends no ,,lo,,la ,.or,,iro -, d;.ost :,
fo,,r.no,,nd LOT nov die,, ~ oht.i, an
reedf,,I nitroeer b,,+ a,ra,, allor1i,,e he
did So M ,nesn a.stroro,,ic te
uo,,ld he ass;n,ils tine ty,ice tbe oacess.,.v
.n,o,,nt ~ ,a,ho,, -, roo+ e.i,,;,,. snod
ana tha+ wo11d ,,e,a, ID a. s,1 r. ~, ~
l,ar hand he tad tho ta,,ar ~ 70 cl-la
~ -, ~ ai.,,+ a,o,d,,,oi - -, ,,,,,t
No ua1,ld of+ai, ~ oo.raot ,ro,,ort;o,, -
20 rhon h,t u.o,,ld -. st1,, axceed On er.i,s
of nitrogen otberw;se nroteid ar fIesb-
forming FOOD and would coo, no IN tho
visiting terms with eout n he did not
die Of anonlexv first
9rbere are many wavs bowaver of oh
tanning the resnec+;ve nronortions If car
bon and nitropan from foods witch still
remain az a modest nrice or course tbe
selection must denend mon the natnre
Of the occ,,nat;on followed Thus II q
man works hv tho sweat of his brow
he NAV take dozen ~. even "a ounces
Of nure carbon hvdratas into his system
daily and he all the better for # while
effecting az the same time a nlea sing re-
auction in tho hptcber's b;lI r. he adds
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ENGLISH HOMES CHANGING
HANDS IN. GREAT NUMBERS

The mere economic effect of the loss of
hundreds of thousands of young men in
the prime of life and vigor is almost in
calculable. We may safely assume that
by November we had lost through the
war about tenth of all the wealth we
possessed before.
The present public expenditure of the
government is believed to be about equal
to the whole of the private incomes Of
the inhabitants of the United Kingdom
put together. The figures of other COM
batants are too small, because a very
large part of their expenditures has been
net not by loans, but by debasing cur
rency
1--WE are now adding to the national
debt every five six weeks what we
added during the three years of the
Boer war. We spend as much in a
minute as we then spent in half an hour
IF Alfred the Great had lived till now
and had throughout his long life of more
than 1000 years burned one five-pound
Bank of England note every hour of the
day and night, he would not have de-
stroyed nearly as much money as is be-
ing added every fortnight to the national
debt"
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FARMERS PROSPEROUS

They show German farmers, with whom
the French prisoners were taken to work,
in a prosperous and contended state,
with good crops and normal stocks of
cattle, swine, poultry, etc In particular
it was noted that horses for farm labor
have not fallen off seriously through the
military requirement for artillery and
cavalry horses. But in the entire time
this officer was in the German prison
camp, going daily through the surround
ing agricultural country. he did not see
one automobile used for private purposes,
although there were hundreds of mill
tary automobiles. In general, his obser-
vatiors. as an expert military observer,
were that the internal conditions of Ger
many, particularly the farming regions,
were not as had been painted: that there
was little evidence of internal exhaus-
ton and considerable evidence of pro-
longed means of resistance.
Meantime, pending his observations and
the routine of prison duties, the officer
had noted the daily coming and going
of a large dumpcart, used for carrying
away horse manure from the cavalry
stables to the nearby fields The sides of
the cart We're high and rigid, and the
tail piece was removable to let the con-
tents slide out. 1t occurred to the Of
ficer that if he could be carried out in
load of manure, and be deposited I'M
We q HuiiS hCdP ~ tHC lAiSiuo' Hc ing III
work his way to freedom. And SO, with
companion, he tried it.
BURIED BY MANURE
There was the difficulty first of getting
in the cart, SO that when it was drawn
up early in the morning for the manure
to be thrown aboard, the two men would
be underneath. But this part they man
aged and they were lying in the cart
under a thin covering of straw when
the morning cleaning began. Soon the
big clods of manure descended in show
ers over the sides of the cart, and gradu-
ally the officer and his companion were
pinned down under a smoking, sweating
sinking pile Of manure, six feet Deep
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with two German troops on top as it
rolled off to the fields.
Here there was another danger beyond
that of suffocation and stencil; that
when the cart was dumped the top con-
tents would go out first and the bottom
with the prisoners would come out on
top. But the slide was even, top and
bottom going out together in a crash
which left the French officer and his
companion buried under the dung-heap N
the midst of the field.
The rest was waiting for the favorable
moment of darkness to let the two men
dig their way out and get into the near
est wood. They were well away that
night, and after extreme privation from
hunger and exposure came in sight of
the Dutch boundary only to find senti-
nels posted at regular intervals along the
frontier to bar exit or entry There was
rush at the nearest sentry, with the
hope that in the struggle one of the pris-
oners would get by. And as they Sprang
forward in desperation they found them
selves graphing, not live sentry, but a
figure of wood, roughly ia shioned out of
about it, topped by a German helmet,
with gun across the shoulder. The
whole line of frontier sentinels was seen
to be these figures in German uniforms
at shoulder arms.
The French officer and his companion
gained Dutch soil, and were later back
i'll France, eager to take their place at
Verdun.