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back" I got the cue Immediately. Ny
turn came next
do you know what straw boss is p
I said: Sure"
He said: "All right, you're a straw
I had not the least idea of what he
was talking about, but made up my
mind that 1t would not take me long to
picking out straw bosses. asked one
Of the men In my gang what were the
duties of straw boss. He had been
over with horses before, and told me
of the gang to feed the horses and to
draw and keep careful check of the
straw; hay. oats and bran. Having
ured. would be regular pie Tor me- ne rs
In about an hour and a halls time
Pinero had selected his straw bosses
and divided the men into gangs. and
assigned us to our quarters on the ship.
These quarters were between decks and
very much crowded; the stencil was
awful. Iron hunks, three deep. with
the sides of the ship. The atmosphere
in that dirty hole turned my stomach
and was longing for the fresh air of
juice running out of the corner Of his
mouth. turned to me and asked: do
the graybacks bother you much.
matey% 4 Snyder ran >. through me as
out that as soon as got them. which I
knew in a very short time would occur
they certainly would bother me, but l
to retain their respect and my author
ity as straw boss.
~
One old fellow in my gang was a
trouble maker. He must have been
about forty years old and looked as
hard as-nails. He was having an argu-
ment with a pastyfaced looking speci-
men of humanity. about twenty-six
years old. To me this man appeared
to be in the last stages Of consumption.
I told the old fellow to cut out his ar
alone. Upon hearing this he squirted
a well directed stream of tobacco Juice
through his front teeth. which landed
on my shoe. 1 inwardly admired and
respected his accuracy. I saw my au-
thority waning and knew that I would
have to answer this insult quickly. !
took two or three quick steps forward
and swung on his Jaw with my fist.
His head went up against the iron
bunk with sickening sound and. he
crumpled up and fell on the deck. the
blood pouring from the cut in his head.
I felt sick and faint. thinking that he
had been killed. but 1t would not do to
show these signs of weakness on my
part, SO without even moving toward
him I ordered one Of the men to look
him over and see II he was all right
He soon came around. From that time
on he was the most faithful man in
the section and greatly respected me
The rest of the men growled and num-
bled and 1 thought was in for a ter
rible beating. Lying close at hand wal
an iron spike about eighteen inches
long. Grasping this, turned to the
rest, trying to be as tough as I pos.
sibly could:
IF any of the rest of you buns think
they are boss around here. start some
thing, and I will sink this into theii
head" Although I was quailing under.
meath. still got away with II. and from
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swer. My heart warmed to DOC"
Casey and I slipped away unobserved.
The next morning the doctor fixed me
up with court plaster and l was in
stalled as assistant veterinarian at $40
for the trip. I was to sleep in Doc"
Casey's stateroom. where he had his
medicine stock, but before entering the
room doc" told me. Take this bucket
of water: put few drops of creosote
in 1t. and go aft on the hatch and take
a good bath, and throw your under
wear away"
1 asked him what for. He answered:
when you take your shirt off. take a
good look at it and you'll see why"
I began to feel itchy all over, but MI
nutely followed his instructions.
Upon taking my shirt off, one look
rail 1t went. Doc loaned me a white
suit and took charge of my outer
clothing. What he did with them I
don't know. but that afternoon he re-
a size smaller. but were clean. 1 was
satisfied. So was Doc.
Five days out we ran into squall
and our work was cut out for us. We
even had horses on the decks in wood
en- stalls. The ship was lurching and
pitching, and huge seas would burst
over the gunwales.
Several of the wooden stalls gave
way, and the horses were loose on the
deck. With every lurch of the ship a
couple of horses would fall, and, kick
ing and snorting, would slide down the
inclined deck. hitting against winches
and the hatchway, scraping their hide
off. It was worth mans life to get
into that mess.
Then / had more or less respect for
the foreman and second foreman. Into
the midst of that struggling and kick
ing bunch Of horses they went, assist
ed by Doc Casey. Four of the horses
received broken legs, and Pinero, in
stead of shooting them. cut their
threats with sharp dagger he car
ried.
One of the negroes from the lower
hold staggered to the upper deck with
his face blanched almost white and his
eyes popping out Of his head. Between
gasps he informed us that whole sec
ton of stalls, twenty-four in all, had
carried away between decks and that
the horses were loose. He said three,
negroes of his gang were caught in this
stampede.
The foreman mustered most of the
men. and dividing them into three
groups, in charge of himself, the second
foreman and Doc Casey, they went be-
low. I followed. An awful sight met
my eyes.
The ship was lurching in a horrible
manner. All could see was, one min
ute a pile of kicking horses. smashed
up planks and the three negroes piled
up in one corner Of the compartment,
and then. with q lurch Of the ship, they
would slide into the other. Nothing
could be done by us. 1t was madness
to attempt anything. The three ne
groeS were dead.
That night and the following day was
a perfect hell on the ship for men and
horses. The ship rode through the
squall and when 1t became calm we all
got busy. Out of the twenty-four
horses between decks we had to shoot
seventeen on account Of injuries. Be-
sides the seventeen, three had died from
broken necks. The four remaining
horses were still alive, but hardly had
square foot of hide left. They were a
pitiful sight.
The next day the three negroes were
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THE second Of q serieA of
twelve articles by the author
of &Over the Top.o The remain
ing articles Will tell of MIR. EN-
pegs experiences during his sew
trenches of the British army in
France.
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that time on I was boss of my section.
Now every man was smoking or
chewing tobacco. Pretty soon the hold
became thick with smoke, and ! was
gasping for breath. when the voice of
the foreman came down the companion
way:
Turn out on deck and give hand
pretty - quick"
We needed no second invitation and
lined up on the deck. I looked over the
rail: On the dock were hundreds OF the
flesh have ever laid eyes on. These
horses were in groups OF ten or twelve,
being held by horsemen from the New
Jersey stockyards. A lot Of the men
who had shipped as horsemen had neS r
led a horse in their life, and it was pitt
full to see their fear.
The foreman let out a volley of oaths
for them to move quickly. and they de-
cided to accept the lesser evil and take
a chance with the horses.
Then the work of loading COM
menced.
have been in a cavalry regiment
when hurry-up orders were received to
entrain for the Mexican border and
helped to load eleven hundred horses Da
trains. The confusion on that dock was
indescribable. The horses were loaded
detailed on the after runway. The fore
man was leaning over the rail. glazing
down upon US. and now and then Civ
ing instructions mixed with horrible
oaths. He had a huge marlin spike in
his hand. On the dock was the second
foreman, in his large sombrero, a red
neckerchief around his neck. wearing n
blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up to
the elbows, and in his right hand a
coiled lariat. 1t did ones heart good to
see him rope the horses which br&:e
loose. Upon watching his first perform
ance I knew / was correct when I fig
III Il Nnvf t.
his veins.
A bleary-eyed drunk was trying to
lead a horse by the halter up our run.
He was looking back at the horse, at
the same time Juggling and jerking on
the halter. You could see the white in
the horses eyes, and I knew right
away, from my experience with horses.
that this was bad one, or. as we would
term in the cavalry, an OUTLAW" The
drunk was cursing and swearing md
kicking up at the horses head. The
foreman saw this and directed his bar
rage at the offender.
How in - do you expect to lead a
horse while looking at him? Turn
your back to him. you bum. You are
blocking the whole run. Turn your
back to him. say. You can't lead him
that way. If / come down there to you.
T. soon show you how to get~him
aboard"
The bleary-eyed one became bewil-
dered and in his excitement lost his
footing on the slippery runway and fell
underneath the horse. at the same time
loosening his hold on the halter chain.
The horse jerked his head loose, reared
up. turned around and made break
for the dock. The man on the gang
way tried to scramble out of the way.
The horse. in wheeling. let fly with
both heels and caught him below the
right ear with his near hind foot. With
a piercing shrek the drunk clasped
both hands to his head. fell over back
ward and rolled down to the foot of the
gangplank and lay there in crumpled
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Horses for + France

edges Of the scar seemed to grow white.
HIS nose was broken and he had huge.
on the rail Of the ship. It looked like a
ham; and inwardly ! figured out what
would happen to me II that ham-lilxe fist
ever came In contact with the point Of my
Jaw. As we passed him he showered US
with a few complimentary remarks, such
as of all the scum I have seen. this
bunch of lubbers is the worst, and this Is
what they give me to take thirteen hun
dred horses over to Bordeaux" Later on
/ found this individual was foreman Of the
horse gang.
=
We were ordered aft and sat on the
after hatch. The fellow on my right
was a huge. blue-gummed negro. He
was continually scratching himself. I
bumped into the fellow sitting on my
left. After a good look at him eased
back again in the direction Of the
negro. / don't think he had taken a
bath since escaping from the cradle.
Right then my uppermost thought was
how I could duck this trip to France.
The general conversation among the
horse gang was: when do we eatr'
We must have sat there about twenty
minutes when the second foreman came
aft took fifteen guesses at his ma
tionality, and at last came to the con-
clusion that he was a cross between a
Chinaman and a Mexican. He was thin,
about six feet tall and wore huge
sombrero. His skin was tanned the
color of leather. Every time he smiled
had the impression that the next min
ute he would plant a stiietto in my
back. His name was Pinero. His intro
duction to US was very brief: Get up
of of that blankety blank hatch and
line up against the rail-"
We did as ordered. Then he command
ed: "All the niggers line up alongside
of the port rail" I guess lot of them
did not know what he meant by the
port rail- because they looked very
much bewildered. With an oath he
snapped out: You blankety blank
idiots. The port rail is that rail over
there. Come on. Move or I'll soon move
you" He looked well able to do this,
and the negroes promptly shufiied over
to the place designated He quickly
divided us into squads of twelve men,
then ordered: "All of you who are de-
seters from the Army or who have seen
service in the cavalry step out in
front" Four others besides myself
stepped out. The first man he came to
he informed: You're a straw boss. Do
you know what a straw boss is?' This
man meekly answered. mo, sir" With
another oath the second foreman said:
All right. you're not a straw boss: fall
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Just then the second foreman rushed
over. gave the negro a push out of the
way and. grabbing the heels of the dead
man. pulled him away from the run. I
turned away, sickened with disgust
The foreman then took an empty oat
sack and spread 1t over the bloody head.
Just then the changing bell Of an am
bulance was heard and white-clothed
doctor. followed by two men with a
stretcher. pushed their way through the
crowd of horses and horsemen.. They
were accompanied by a policeman. The
body was put into the ambulance and
taken away. while the police officer
went on board the ship.
The pasty-faced doctor was holding
onto the rail of the runway and cough
ing. I thought each gasp would be his
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heap. the blood pouring from his nose.
mouth and the wound below his ear.
Upon hearing this shrek several Of
the men leading their horses in their
was a mad stampede on the dock.
The pasty-faced horseman. whom
had helped out a little while before In
the argument about his bunk was
to a horse. He turned his horse loose
and rushed to the bloody mass which
was twitching with convulsive shud-
ders. The foreman. on seeing this &C.
cident. snapped out long string of
curses, which almost froze my heart:
What did 1 tell you? Didn't + tell
you not to look at him? know you
would get it. and a damned good job.
too. blocking that run with your fool
tricks"
Then he noticed the pasty-faced
horseman STOPPING over the bleeding
Get i'm by the heels, you cross be-
tween a corpse and mummy. and drag
him out of the way. We've bloody well
got to get this ship loaded to catch the
The pa1e-faced man kept on with his
examination without paying any atten-
ton to the foreman's instructions. The
foreman got blue in the face and
dubbed over with rage.
DO you hear what I tell you? Get
i'm out of the way. This ship has got
to be loaded or III go down there and
pOuHu SOIHe OUeuienCe INTO you
The man still paid no attention. The
foreman was speechless. In a few sec
onds the STOPPING man Strengthened up.
and. looking the foreman straight in the
eye. calmly replied: Hes dead" This
did not seem to feaze the foreman
the least and he beloved out: How
do you know he is dead?" The man
answered simply: I'm doctor" Then
the foreman once again exploded: "A
doctor! Blawst my headlights. doc
tor! Well. If you're a doctor. what are
You doing on horse ship? You ought
to be rolling pills for the high-brows."
The. doctor never took his piercing
look from the eye of the foreman. The
foreman was now like an enraged bull.
Splitting all over himself. he clustered
out: We'll. if he's dead. there Is no
doctor that can do him any good A
couple O. you black skunks over there
addressing two negroes who were al
most blanched to a blush white and
who were trembling nearby get ahold
of him and drag i'm out of the way"
One of the negroes. with leering grin.
replid: II shippd on this here ship to
handle bosses. and don't allow nohow
that it's my work to tote corpses
around"
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ut was 1914, and the great worlds
war was on, and here was / in the
United States and neutral. For thir-
q teen years had been soldering. but
had never been under fire. In my imagi-
nation I could hear the guns booming
on the western front. I admit / was a
trifie afraid; nevertheless I had a great
desire to get into the mix-up. How
could I get over? I planned out many
ways, but none of them were practical.
One day while walking down Green
wich street. New York. I passed an
employment agency. Staring me in the
face was q great flaring sign: Horses
for France" Under this Men Wanted"
Here was my chance
Upon returning to my office I i'm
phone with two prominent men in New
York who / knew to be distinctly pro-
ally. After outlining my desire, an APP
pointment was made for me to meet
certain gentleman at the Hotel Astor
1T 4 o'clock that afternoon. 1 met him.
He introduced me to a Frenchman. At
that time in my eyes a Frenchman was
q hero, a man to be looked up to,
man fighting in the great cause. But
now a Frenchman to me is more than
hero. After being introduced went
up into the Frenchmans room and talk
ed over the matter of horses for France
for about twenty minutes.
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These menus 10 not aim TO make
Thanksgiving fast" day. because
that Is hardly the Idea OF the Food
Administration. In asking the people
OF the United States to eat wisely
without waste"
IL IL not necessary that any one
should BE- deprived OF the needfui
amount OF food As matter Of
fact. u II very much Ike the situa.
ton in the old fairy story. when IN.
old peddlcr called TO Aladdln's wife.
New Lamps for Old" We are call.
ing 10 the citizens Of the United
states. New Food for Ola" but in
this case they viii find that to
which they have become accustomed.
Briefly. we should try In all our
recipes TO uss other cereals In place
u n part OF the wheat flour. ryrupa.
faolasaes. and honey. aH well as
dried fruits should furnish swecten.
Ing wherever possible. thus sparing
the sugar: butter should be replaced
In all recipes with other fats. whip
ped cream desserts 80 common In
the past must be given up for the
cream. and Il should be used 70 pro.
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por,ant hospital starfa was oft-n
asked By both physicians and lay
men. Doctor. what do you recon-
mend 20 renew the supply OF iron In
the blood OF people in a weak. ner-
sous. rundown state While know
ing that iron deficiency was the
cause OF this dsbtiitsted condition.
and that iron must be supplied be
fore renewed strength could bp OBJ
tanned. I nevertheless always hest
tatcd about giving an opinion This
waa simply because Of my lack Or
confidence In the ordinary forms OF
metallic iron salts. with which there
has been 50 much dissa,isfaction-
formula OF Nurated Iron 7 realized
that here At last was organic iron
the only kind 7 could conscientiouHly
recommend. prepared in such n way
with other Ingredients as 20 be cas-
lily aHsimilated. and calculated 70 act
as a quick rcvitalizer Of the blood.
and q true strength builder. Its
administration in a number OF stub
born cases whore other tOntcs had
utterly failed only served 20 con-
vince me absolutely Of its remark
able and unusual power. when 7
personally took IL I found the rapid
ity with which my energy and en-
duranc~ increased most surprising
In my opinion the widespread use
OF Nuxated Iron 10 bound 20 make
nation OF stronger men. lovslier
women and healthier children"
on this same subject Or. Beyea
says. AS physician ! have al
ways been opposed TO prescribing
Advertised remedies. and for Is
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Concert Violinist
Grooms Mules Now
in American Army

~ thtfcu ifcSS iseTScn hUC
HOUSTON. Tex. Nov. 23.--From
concert platform TO cwrying horses.
From the Chair Of the Violin in tho
Peoria. H., Conservatory OF Music,
and engagements at $500 night, 10
camp stool. khaki, and $50 a
month as a private In Headquarters
troop OF tho 33rd division OF the
United States army.
That is the remarkable metamor.
phosis OF Sol Cohen. 20. pupil OF Jene
V. Hubny, formerly first violinlst In
the Cincinnati symphony orchestra
and society pet and musical lion OF
Chicago and Peoria.
Four times Cohen volunteered,
but was rejected as being physically
unfit. He set to work 10 build up
his physical condition, and on the
fifth application, was accepted.
Because he loves America better
than his violin" Sol Cohen currios
army horses or walks "A guard post
nj $50 month.
II believe I'll make good soldier"
he said today
"Of course, ! shall play for the
boys here and In the trenches over
there. III he happy II | make their
days Of war less arduous."
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Let tho wind blow. what do you
care7 Your blood enriched by the
wonderful Stuart's Calcium WATERS
drives away the pimples and
blotches. the eczema and eruptions.
tho new. firm skin CLOVIS with the
health that protects from wind and
weather. These waters contain no
poisonous drug OF any kind. are per
fectly harmless and can be taken
with absolute freedom, and they
work almost like magic. Calcium
sulflde. their principal ingredient. is
the greatest blood cleanser known to
science.
No matter how bad your skin may
be, stuart's Calcium WATERS will
quickly work wonders with II. It's
good. bye TO blackheads, pimples.
acne, bolls. rash. eczema, and n
dirty "fillod-up" complexion. You
can get Stuart's Calcium Waters Mt
any drug store at 80 cents box.
and you viii be positively delighted
with their wonderful effect.
For a free trial package. use the
coupon below.
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,nero1s patients have absolutely
convinced me that II IL n remedy
Of most extraordinary merit ana
one which should be generally pre-
scrfbed BY all physicians. Notwith-
standing the fact that ] am nearing
INV goth birthday. a short course OF
Nuxated Iron has made me feel IKE
a new man. Friends any: What
have you been doing to yourself. you
look 80 well and foil OF life In my
opinion there il nothing like organic
Iron-SuNated fron--to put youth
fui strength and power into the
veins Of the weak, run rown, infirm
or aged"
DIR. Ferdinand King says. I'm my
recent talks 70 physicians on the
grave and serious consequences OF
ron deficiency in the blood of
emphasized the fact that doctors
should prescribe more organic iron
--Nuxated Iron--for their nervous.
rundown. weak. haRgard-l looking
The skin OF the auaemic man or
woman Is pale. the flesh flabby. the
muscles lack tone, the brain fags
and the memory falls. and often
they become weak. nervous, irritn-
bic, dependent and melancholy.
Of women the roses 20 Yrofn their
cheeks"
Or. \. J. Newman. former Police
Surgeon Of Chicago, and former
House Surgeon Jefferson Park Hos
pita1 Chicago. says; 1T has been
my particular duty during the past
six years 20 assist In keeping Chi
cago'r 3. 900 bluecoats In good health
aud perfect fighting trim. no that
they would be physically equipped
TO Withstand all manner Of storms
and the ravoReR Of natures ele-
ments Recently 7 waH prompted
through m indOrEcment ~ NuxAted
iron by DR. Schuyler g. IoquoE. ViH-
ting Surgeon st. Elizabeth'r Hos
plfai. New York. to give W y trial
This remedy has proven. through my
own tests OF N 20 excel any prepare
ton / have ever used for creating
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added 20 the sAiar.
FILM PUDDING

one cupfui dried bread crumbs,
\ cupful vegetable oil or hardened
vegetable fat. cupful corn syrup.
cupful seeded raisins cupful cur
rants. a cupful finely cut citron, "A
cupful finely cut figH. teaspoon
full candied lemon peel. tablespoon
salt. y teespoonful cinnamon. =
isaapoonful cloves, a teaspoonfui
ginger !. cupful fruit juice. cup
fui -four.
Mix In the order given and add
enough cold water TO make stiff
mixture Turn into well creased
pudding mold or into two smaller
molds. filing the molds only two
thirds full Cover the mold tightly
and place In boiling water and boil
6 to hours Remove the pudding
from the mold when 6oid This
may be made two weeks before
Thanksgiving. but must be rchoa;cd
by boiling ! hour JUS; before scrv-
ing. Serve with pudding sauce.
CRANBERRY ICE
Make the cranberry ice by using
cupful corn syrup. eupful water.
cupfuis OF cranberry pulp and liquid
and tahicspoonfuls lemon juice.
CRANBERRY SAUCE
swcctcn the cranberry sauce with
corn syrup instead % sugar
BAKED RABBIT
Prepare and skewer rabbit for
roasting. Make stuffirg Of bread
crumbs. softened with milk. season
cd with parsley. marioram thyme,
nutmeg. salt and pepper. and with
Y cupful shortening added TO other
ingredients. stuff the rabbit and
sew up Drcdge with flour and
shortening and haste frequently.
Roast hour. Serve with parsley
sauce.
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HONEY SALAD DRESSING

Two egg yolks. Ia cupfui strain
ID honey. la ouptui vinegar. pinch
Of salt. whites ~ eggs.
Beat cgR yolks slightly. add the
honey. sal, and vinegar. Cook In
double boiler until II thickcns
Beat with egw beaier as Il thick
ems I'm boiler 80 that II will be
smooth. Cool slightly. Fold in
the siifny beaten whites. Garnish
with canned rcd cherry when Il f.