The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-29

maj as the oolulerS 1nree ana lney
are true
Asked to give an account of himself.
Arthur Guy Empey, author of lover the
Top" replied:
Pretty hard things you ask of me-
that writing a sketch of my life, sort
of delicate matter in my opinion.
well, here goes:
II was born in the eighties closer to
the bottom than the top. When 1 first
opened my eyes, breathed the air of the
Rockies.
ut is with pride that l state that l
am pure, unadulterated American My
rowing started at the early age of four
This was in Cheyenne, Wyo. 1 took it
into my head to explore the sand hills.
and after frantic 12-hour search by
my parents, was brought back to the
fold.
From Cheyenne my family went to
Virginia; from Virginia to Canada,
thence to New York
I'm New York l went through public
school, then to high school, The most
worthy thing 1 did in high school was
to make left halfback on the football
team. While in high school, l took
notion to go to sea.
Later l joined the Forty Seventh
regiment of Brooklyn and became SER
geant From the Forty-seventh | went
into the navy and was lucky enough
to be on the rookie battleship' Mis-
souri,, or Misery as we called her,
when she rammed the Illinois and
nearly foundered her in Guantanamo
Bay. Cuba. Then she went on the tar
get range off Pensacola in the Gulf
of Mexico. and had an explosion in her
after turret which killed "a men, |
barely escaped with my life.
From the navy 1 entered in the
Twelfth United States cavalry and was
promoted to the rank of sergeant
major. We gave exhibitions of rough
riding at the jamestown exposition
After the Twelfth cavalry 1 Joined the
Eleventh United States cavalry and did
duty with them on the Mexican Dor
der during the trouble in 1911. Was
discharged in San Antonio, Tex Re-
turned to New York | started In bust
ness for myself. During my stay in
New York | served three years as SER
geant of mounted scouts in the
Fourth regiment of New Jersey. Upon
expiration of my term of service
joined the mounted scouts of the Sew
enty-f1rSt regiment, N G.. n. Y In 1915
thought l would take peep al
France, SO l shipped on the horse ship
La Gascogne as assistant veterinarian
and after ducking the submarines we
landed 1900 horses for the French ar
NAAtCiy dl ioOl ocduAs rance. IteIuTnGI
on the Rochambeau to New York
zone day while walking down
Broadway l heard German pass the
remark about the Americans being too
proud to fight, so l went to London
and Joined the British army, where |
served as bomber and machine gunner
until l was discharged on account of
wounds received in the battle of ths
Somme. or big push These wounds
NV hn M A,-
trance of three bullets into or through
my anatomy-one in left side of face
two through left shoulder. Then back
to New York. In a few days l expect
to be in the American army fighting
against Germany. 1 want it understood
that l am no relation to the composer
who wrote L Didn't Raise My Boy to
Be Soldier
THE MAN IN EVENING CLOTHES"
By John Reed Scott G. P. Putnam's +
Sons, publishers. New York city
The Man in Evening Clothes" John
Reed Scott's new story, like his CAB
of the Sleeping Horse" tale of SEN
sational developments in the diplo-
matte and social set of Washington.
The hero. man well connected but
with inadequate funds. who has the
entree to the most exclusive circles.
finds his expensive tastes outstripping
his limited income. One evening, re-
turning to his apartment, he discovers
in his clothes a pearl of great price
which, worn by his hostess had, he
infers, become separated from its set
ting and had happily lodged in his
waistcoat. Callously, deciding that the
chance of discovery is slight and that
under all circumstances he would be
above suspicion. he resolves to retain
the pearl. The ease with which he has
acquired this treasure prompts him to
attempt deliberately to purloin Other
gems from the houses where he is en-
tertained. Henceforth. while paying
clever compliments to his several host
esses and apparently attentive only
to their attractions, he is always
scheming for the favorable moment to
rob them. His career of crime present
ly crosses that of the Man in Evening
Clothes, a master criminal who, ac-
quainted intimately with his rivals
double life, tries to bend him, through
threats of exposure, to his own pur-
poses, and that at a time when the
hero has resolved to lead a better
life under the spell of the lady whose
family jewels are coveted by the Man
in Evening Clothes. A story full Of
surprises and thrilling situations.
BILLIE BOY AND r.
(AND OTHER CHILD VERSE FOR
ADULT READERS). BY Will P. Sny-
der. Sherman, French & Co, publishers.
6 Beacon street, Boston,
Not since the days of Eugene Field
has there beeen any one special writer on
child life so able to take his place as
Will T. Snyder, who has the same happy
faculty of being able to transport grown
ups from this matter of fact, carebound
world to the fairyland of childhood His
verses leave a smile in the heart. In them
will be found the sunshine and the
shdows of childhood faithfully picturd by
one who has lived and felt all the joys