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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
NEW ROCKFORD "GIANT" TOO
TALL FOR ARMY; REJECTED

New Rockford, N. D., Oct. 3.-1n
spite of his plea that he could just nat
urally walk over the Bosches' trenches
"Lak Ay bane a tank" John A. Aason,
New Rockford's far-famed circus giant,
failed to pass the physical tests and
was rejected when examined for Sc
lect service by the Charleston, W. Va,
exemption board. Aason is eight feet
tall and weigh something like 300. He
is we'll known in Eddy county, where
his boyhood was spent, and he has
generally been regarded as a giant in
strength as we'll as stature.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
SARGENT COUNTY TEACHER
KILLED IN AN AUTO WREC

Hankinson, N. D., Oct. miss IDA
Hohaus, a graduate of the Valley City
state normal school, and teacher in
the Sargent county schools, was in
stantly killed near Nome, Barnes
county. when the auto in which she
was riding turned turtle. She was PIN
ned under the machine. John c. John
son, the driver, and to whom the young
girl was engaged, escaped with slight
injuries, as did the girls mother. Miss
Hohaus and Mr. Johnson were to nave
been married within few days.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04

Attended Funeral of Brother-in-L Law
Eldon White has returned from
Grand Rapids, Mich, where he attend
ed the funeral of his only sisters nus.
band, L. e. Van Drezer, who passed
away at the age of 81 years. He leaves
a wife and three daughters.
Many in this city will remember Mr.
Van Drezer. who with his family WIS.,
tied the White home in this city nve
years ago.
Mr.. Van Drezer had been engaged IN
the restaurant business in Grand Rap'
ids for twenty-eight years and was one
of the best known restaurant men IN
western Michigan. He was 33rd de-
gree Mason.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
TULIPS.

Tulips are one of the earliest flow
ers in the spring. The tulip bulbs are
planted in the fall, after light freezes
have checked vegetation Plant two or
three inches deep in we'll drained soil,
and when the surface soil begins to
freeze cover with a mulch Of straw
or manure, which should be removed
in the spring as soon as freezing wea-
ther is over Tulips are hardy in
North Dakota and make pretty flow
er for early spring.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
MANDAN PRESENTS HANLEY
WITH A FINE CHARGE

Mandan, N. d., Oct. Mot an Off
Ger reporting at Camp Greene, Char.
lotta, N. c., will be better mounted
than Major j. M. Hanley, district judge
of the Twelfth, and commander of the
Third Battalion, Second regiment.
When Major Hanley departed for camp
today he took with him his beautiful
charger, "Mandan," presented by cit
liens Of his home town.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04

r. e. Hopkins Shot While Hunting.
United States Commissioner Il. Il.
Hopkins was painfully, tho not SER
iously shot while hunting at Long
Lake, the first of the week. He had
secreted himself in the rushes and an
other hunter on the opposite side OF
the narrow lake shot towards him
The main charge missed him by mar
row margin but one shot pierced q
finger nail, imbedding itself in the
flesh beneath.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
CHICKEN THIEVES ARE At
WORK NEAR SCHAFER

Schafer, N. D., Oct. 1.-Full.grown
hens were wanted and we're picked by
the thieves who raided the hen mouse
on the A. X. Brown farm, Is miles east
Of here last week, getting 80 good
sized birds and leaving 60 young
chickens. Twenty-four birds were stol.
en- from the Ray Dodge farm, north OF
town, recently.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
YOUNG BRIDE NOT SATISFIED
WITH MARRIAGE, MOTHER SAYS

Fargo, N. D., Oct 1.-THE fact that
Mrs. Roy Walker, II, bride of few
months, was not satisfied with her
married life is admitted by her moth
er as possible reason for her disap-
pearance last Wednesday. A constant
search by police has been going on but
no trace of her has been found.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
Ro1d Tire Thief

Theo. Miller of Granville reports the
theft of new casing and rim from the
rear of his auto which stood under the
bright lights on Main street Saturday
evening. A dose of buckshot would be
too good for some of the petty thieves
who are getting in their work.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
FOUR OLSON BOYS BID FARE
WELL TO SOLDIER BROTHER

Four brothers from Ryder motored
to Minot last Saturday to see their
soldier brother, Lee Olson, member
of Co. D., depart for the South Caro-
lima camp. The Ryder brothers are S.
A. Ten. Clarence and Dewey Olson.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
BIG BEAR KILLED BY
POSSE OF MOORETON MEN

Hankinson, N. D., Oct. children
returning home from school reported
to their elders that they had seen a
big black bear roaming near Mooreton.
Armed with motley display of wea-
pons, the whole town turned out to
meet the invader The bruin was fin.
ally rounded up and killed. It weighed
25O pounds. There has been much
speculation as to where 1t came from.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
Jack Law Charged With sedition

Jack Law Charged With Sedition
Jack Law, one of the l. w. w. lead
ers, who has been ordered arrested
by the government on the charge of Sc
dition, was in Minot during the I. w.
w. troubles four years ago, leading the
fight of the I. w. WIS for free speech.
He has been working Of late at Pitts
burg, Pa.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04

Will Hold Naturalization Terms
Judge Leighton will hold special
naturalization terms next week as fol
lows: Mohall, Monday; Bowbells,
Tuesday; Crosby, Wednesday; Minot,
Thursday.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-04
licensed to Wed,

Licensed to Wed.
Erwin Ross, 26; Marie R. EMS, II.
Albert Arnestad, %; Rachel Allie,
1S.
Leon H. Gessner, z3; Nellie NJ Ha-
ley, %.
Pat Bowling, 40; Mrs. Edna War
rem, 29.
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New Court Reporter

w. e. Grantham of Chicago has &C
cepted the position of court reporter
in Judge X. E. Leighton's court. Mr
Grantham is an experienced court re-
porter
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ualties from that raid; eleven were
killed. There was only one British SOL
dier and one French gendnrme klllN
among the military; the remainder
were all civilians. 4 military tnnerhi
was given them all. aud II was oAe Oh
the most solemn and impressive cere'
monies | ever witnessed. British sol
dlcrs carried orT poor chap ana French
soldiers carried the Frcnchnnn. Tue
civilians were carried 10y their own
townsmcn,
Each coffin was wrapped In the ma
tionnl flag, and escorts and firing parties
of each Of the three nations were IN
attendance. The Belgian Old Guard.
the old veterans, turned ont with their
band and IN dress unirlrm. During
the service IN the church, and Ia fac:
untll the whole funeral was over, three
ncroplancs, one rclgldr. one Frenc1
and one English. circlcd back aud forth
over the city The streets were lined
with soldiers all with reversed arms
and the band played the dead march
all the way to the cemetery,
This wa, only the FIRST ot many raids
on us In this town. and many II poor
civilian who had harmed no one met
his death IN this way
II It Is still standing there is very
near the front nt Niamcrtmrhc not far
from ropcrlughe. chateau where one
OF our divisions had their headquarters.
the corps headquarters being at inprr'
lnghe. II was a beautiful plac" built
on the old style. with enormous grounds
aud mont all around IT,
While sitting on n table IN room In
this chateau first heard one of onr
really big guns fred. | knew that these
guns had been placed lnJhc grounds OF
tie ,aatenu mcwhgre bu, n, the Tins
| never ,hourhi Tor u moment what
was likrly To- harpra when ,hcr went
into action. was talking to one Of
the fellows about mn air raid that we
had jrst pulled OF
Suddenly and without the slightest
warning came tLi. ,crrInc explosion
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CHAPTER VI.
Bomb Thre~inl PsriIou, Work.

So"S
T SOON found the reason for Tom
my's absence, for NJ soon as left
the car aud started out on foot !
was continually leing stopped and ask
ed who ! was. what | was, whore dll
come from. what was I do!n. ant
what was | going To do. Bellg OF
special duty. I had pas In M pos
session which bore the French staml
IS well ~ the British This pms.
would take me anywhere In France o
Belgium, aud fash of II. couples
with the words special Guty," permit
ted me 10 ~ where pleased. Had :
Lcen without II woull have Teen NJ
rested about every ten minutes
The dcfcnscs IN Paris a-iiust hOs'll
aircraft attack were a revelation I
ne never saw Anything NOR,
thorough In my lie IN. ~ the more
-eutureSornc Germans who care g.
make an attempt ngains, Paris are e.
FOR hot reception.
Two days after my arrival the oliccf
whom ! was to tale back ~ the front
said he was ready to start and o. IRE
rnrc the,Car Tor the return journey o.
the morrow Th, ride ba.k was mn
eycntful. but vlru W. arrived We
found that the hpa'GUlrtcr. were po
ing In be- moved north n"ru~s the Eel
CLAN frontier the nest t1y W. wcg,
To take over The job ot holding the
town Of .o'cringhc. VIII the French
had been occupying. We v0'' ''"n
/ taking over more front l'mn We h..
trcn holllus previously.
. " this time the roads vtfc In 'e-
r'hlc condition. They ARE made -. col
llsoncs Ia The middle. hUt o'tAIi SIC
/, nohing hul mud 81 after fru
days rain n one slips oil the ,;un', u,
rrG, himself IN regular qG3gulrI
AID viii sink IN over the axle.
, We took ro?cfnghr fruw the Frcnrh
aud while We were Moylng In the
were moving ou;. aud the two lines ri
transport. each going over IN same
rpnd, resulted In sonc tine mivups
Eventually We arrived nl right rul
found that this place was much bette.
than Ilnschruuck, which We had loft
, lIlachrouck was the Junction of so'c.
railroad lines aud consequently pupu
lar target Tor German aircraft
There was every facility f"r quarter
iug the men aud h.r>cs. good uille,
FOR the stag, aud we were much urarc,
the firing line ut ropcfinghe. In N,
car | have made the run from ouI
trenches 10 roprringhc IN less tna'
'wcnly minutes. ~ You can see that w
were not very far behind the actun
nghting
Thcpcople in roperInghc. while the,
lni seen British troops before, hn'
never hal them In the town for an,
lery,h OF time aud they seemed to h
ver, glad io see us. We had sevcri
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wouldn't get back this moruu-. Oh
well. cc,t Ia gurrrc. do with me wha,
you Will"
However, he was German. n proai
many ~ our enemy could speak Ih
kings language.
We knew tia, sooner or later thcs,
acroplnnos were going 10 take go1a
stltI crack ut us. and We were cNlcct
ing II every day. The FIRST mir raA oh
ropcrlnghc came about n month uflrr
we had taken the town over. had u
new eur, aud had been out with II Tor
trial run. When got back e. rupcr.
mghc mu into tlv Grand pla aud
stopped IN front NJ the general billet
where the corps aud guards were lh
Ing had the engine stIll running aud
vas Just sitting IN the driving seat
listening 10 II.
!, was n cloudy day, aud remember
hearing au acroplanc. but Thought II
was one NJ our own, for one VI our
flying grounds was clo'c by. suddenly
tauhc shot down through the clouds.
aud second or 81 later there was a
deascnlng explosion. followed ly twd
,thcr In quick succession. The first
pomb landed about thirty yards nwar
from whore was, and the pieces hc.
IN nc md ne.
Altogether there were forty.sIx tue.
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A M)iitn'S GRATITUDE
Many a,thsi In SARA Will ir-
pr! l,'o NJ 'UIIunlOg

Na,v strong man and many a
h.alhy " ,mlu has mach Tor winch To
thank NO her The care taken curing
cir ra dluod brought them past the
d lager point ana made them healthy
m.a and wom-a Thou lands of chill
dren are bothered with incontineHce Of
urine. anc inability TO retain 1t is Oft
times called a habit. 1t is not always
the children's fault-in many cases the
difficulty lies with the kidneys, and
can be readily righted. A Marion
mother tells how she went about it.
Mrs. G. ". Patterson, Elm & Gum
streets, Marion, says: "A member of
my family was troubled with weak
condition of the kidaevs. This caused
considerable distress when suffering
with colds. as the kidney secretions
come too frequent in passage at
these times. | had often heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills and got box at
Haynes & raylor's Drug Store. One
box cured the complaint in short or
der. lean certainly recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills to any mother who has
children suffering from weak kidneys.
Price 60 cents at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Patterson recommends. Foster
Mlburn Co., Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
rs
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and then was told that | was To 80
TO Paris TO get an officer who was wait
ins FOR me there. on course was tie
lighted. for hadn't been In any large
city for long time.
Paris Is more than 20 miles from
where We were then. aud my orders
were 10 make 1t In one day. While II
was long Journey. felt that 1t would
be well worth II. 50 set ou; with
Hight heart At l.lllers | hit the main
parIs road. and II was glorious. There
Is no speed limit for dispatch car.
and you bet | was flying my blue AMI
white fag that day Straight down
through St Venant. St Pol poullcls
and Amiens | few, aud about G.3O |
came TO the outskirts OF Paris ! was
surprised on entering the capital Ia
end ~ few British soldiers. knew
that we had several permanent bases
n the vicinity. and expected to hno
the place swarming with Tommies.
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them are close enough TO the front to
be under fire. and they are as brave as
the men when il comes to facing dam
ger.
During an aeroplane raid last fall I
had a chance to watch some OF the
nurses. We had about thirty German
acroplanes over our encampment drop
ping bombs. As they went back TO
their own lines they flew over hos
pital located In an open field. There
were huge red crosses painted on the
top Of every tent, so II would seem
that any mistake as TO the nature OF
the camp would be impossible. Never
theless us the taubes passed over they
dropped several bombs In the hospital
and killed quite number OF the poor
chaps who were already wounded. The
nurses worked as hard as they could
trying to quiet the rest Of the men,
and II Is no easy task, for, while n SOL
dler may face almost anything when
he Is well, II Is very different matter
when he is lying helpless, wounded and
IN pain, on IA StrctCher.
was very much interested to learn
low a mans mail was taken care OF
when anything had happened TO him.
II seemed 10 me that the chance of his
letters being returned before his people
could be notified was very great. On
gSk!ng about this | found tina, when a
man has been killed his letters are
marked KILLED" but instead of be-
ing sent directly TO his people they are
returned 10 the war Office and are sent
from there. after the casualty has been
made known, to his relatives. In this
way many people are saved great
deal Of premature worry and uncasi'
ness.
| shall never forget the time ] saw
the Royal Horse artillery 20 into action
for a more thrilling sight would he
hard TO imagine. was out alone In
tho car, and had been doing putro
duty. I went rather closer to our mr.
ing line than intended TO, but decided
TO push on until | struck the route
rationale" so l would have good road
all the rest Of the way back to camp.
I had 10 go through the village oi
Diekebusch, and ms came TO the cross
roads Just outside the village a sentry
stopped me and said I could not go on
n seems that some Germans had got a
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wing below, and under that Is Mort
tie Ia Champ d'llunneur," II was Il
most thoushtful thing for those poor
peasants II do.
IL was In village called OutrastecHe,
quite near rradcllcs, that | first saw
the lrgce OF Wales lie was with Sir
John French. and they were review
ing bricade that hadn't been In the
country very long He Is nice look
ing fellow, hut very boyish In appear
ance lie Is liked by the men and
quite often win 20 and sit among them
aud talk 10 them.
Soon after this received orders 10
prepare for a two day journey In the
ear. | didn't know where was 10 20
until the night before was TO start.
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of the 0vns Had just Been Fired.
that lifted me on the table and dumped
mo halfway Scroas the room. The
whole place rocked. aud every window
In tho house was broken. We rushed
out TO see what had happencd and
found that one ~ these guns had just
been fired. mention this merely to
show what damage the conclusion
alone will do.
During the tlmc the Divisional bead.
quarters was IN this chateau the strict.
est rules were enforced regarding Lccp-
Ing under cover aud showing no sigul
of activity around the place. To- lopk
at Il from the outside one would never
dram that un the Inside several g-u-
erals aud their stats were working
tremendous aghtlng machine. NJ
autos. motorblkcs. bicycles or horses
were allowed within the gates. aud
when n man went ~ he had 10 keep
under the trees all the way. At night.
while the place was brilliantly lighted
On the inside. not even gllmmrr
showed from the road ] guess u wa,
about the most quietly condu, ted head
quarters on the whole front
Nlnmcriinghr l. 80 close 10 the Gtlrs
line that I, 1, cniy matter II a couiic
n minutes lcforc 90 ncrupauc can hc
right over the place. ~ course our
corps headquarters Ut ropcrlnghr was
blrLcr. but was not 50 near the frunt
After those blk guns u ours wcut
INTO action there II was ouly matter
~ a Few days brforc shells bclan ~
drop In ou the r'H e. happened 10 b"
on the uthc- st'c ~ NilWortHsa'
when the h.mhardmcut cummcu 'i.
aud hal to run through II on my way
hack.
As usual. one of the nst place, to go
wns the church. aud as passed hy :
caught GLIMPSE ~ the cdilyc mulus
and tile priests working fcyrUsh.y tty-
Ing 10 save some ~ tie cmtrnt, ~
usual too tie people were ne panic.
aud the road was crowded with i'cm.
One u'ght Vus called aud warned
fur special duty th' next day hadn't
the slightest idea IN the wogli What It
would lc but IN confess That wpt
surprised when found uui wn,
wanted 10y n colonel whi had been scut
out from El.'lud tu lind the grave ~
Prince NgrH." NJ Haiicuhc'p Ne
resting Il,.r was thought IN lc IN ~
Mcnin churoh,nri. aud I was To ruIic
the colonel NJ there and va, rMrrd 10
his DISPOSAL wtl the grave was uui
Nov. ~" Nruiu p'urrh'nd Vut
never pleasing proposition nri froA
what cuull src II vas going p 90
fnr from pleasant this rWr "llcllrf'
corner vuV luH oYUoJ'c o.. ,h"r .
aud very urhcil hy spot rdt .
Maurice hJd lr.p NNlrl rear Yir.
while hrhiiug fur the English AMI hrr
ricdly hu',,d IN The ,'tr hyirl Vli .
had been ~ constantly shulci tut 70
was feared his !. Us bll lrw ubI.tr.
atcd. English royalty vay an & 20, 1,
know if his rrmaIn' were stlll m tr.rl.
We went ~ IN the Porte de- Ncul.
IN NprcS. IN the ,ug aud de- drd Z,
leave II there ~ II was mt ulvl 81 o.,
tv let ear stnnd very hug ,n ~,
Mcnln road As We wcit ~ the .iiIl
] ! warned the officer 10 hc care ~ ~
tLcr- were plenty of snlrcrs about
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artillery Hal Dten sent IOr, anu l ledI0@
cd that they were ON their way even
then.
decided to wait around and see
what happened, SO pulled in to the
side If the road. had hardly stopped
when | heard a rush aud rattle tat
sounded Ike IN old fivvcr IN the dis
taNcc. Around the curve dashed eight
horses on the dead gullop, pulling AZ
eighteen FOUNDER lehind them. They
dashed hy. but about fifty yards ahead
oe he they swung around and trained
that gun on the church,
There was mo.cnts pause, and
Then she spoke. Und away went steeple,
GyrmanS machine gun and ALL The
hr,, >.ut had been Il direct hit, and 1t
cuu'Cu't have been letter if they had
tr.,i thousand years.
Il was the very next day after this
even; that got into as tight Il fix as |
eve care Ia find myself. was order
ed To take three officers TO place call
ell NpmmcI. | had been there before
and from what had seen then wasn't
eager about making the trip again
We started of about o'clock and
expected to lie back hy .. | noticed as
| came to the KENNEL road that there
were two Scu,rieS ON duty there, but
rs they ouly Saluted the officers aud
diG.'t say ANYTHING thought no more
about 1t. Now, KENNEL lies at the foot
of hill and is tucked In between
: Mount Noir and Mount KENNEL IL
would be a cozy little place In peace
time, but 1t is an awful trap to get
caught in when there is II war on.
sent the car W the hill as fast she
could 60, and II was long climb rs
we went over the brow and started on
the down grade we ran right under the
nose Of the German artillery observers.
This road was officially closed, ana
those sentrieS should have stopped us.
Well It scared me so that l went
down that hill so fast those officers
must have thought they were In para
chute As we entered the village the
shells commenced to drop in on u.s. ana
we ran for the nearest shelter which
happened TO be brewery
There wasn't much left OF the place
anyway, us 1t had been In German
hands, and We had shelled them out OF
II. and when we had taken II they hau
shelled US out OF II. Anyway, we lett
the car ana crawleu INTO the cellar. IL
was wet and hlthy, put II looked JUST
like heaven to me that day
We lay there IN all TINS MIN hour
after hour. while the shells lteraily
poured NJ all arouhu US lney TER
tainly wasted lot OF eood ammunition
trying 10 Eet US put the Uest OF IL was
that they dldh succeed ohe ol Tue
o.lcers reiharRed uurihs tho!heits
siiehce that the crown prince OF 'er'
many must nave uade DIS heauluar
ters IN the pace wheh II was III yer.
man hands Ahother om'er rep'eu
that ne W'sheu Inc crO"h pr'h'e WIS
there now
we iay tnere tlii the hre Iet up
which II ciu aosut ocioch' was
worrying ABOUT sel'!hs path' anu
was also wondering "nat nau become
Vi 'he 'ai. ~ was eo"e ", n'-"'
just us wen Mss ouise''e es soo'''' W.
our cn"uees VI se''i''s o'' V" 'oo'
"ou,u oe s''h.
"hei' tue hre lau aoa'eu we '"nie
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CONTINUED from last week.
CHAPTER v.
Tho nMad Maior.r

TIME nurses in the hospitals are
worshiped and adored by the
soldiers, and surely this is as it
should be, for they are suffering al
most as much as the men, and yet they
keep cheerful and supply the tender
wonanly sympathy which means so
much ghen in physical anguish. They
are awonderful body OF women, and
their work is appreciated. Some Of
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wide. aud 10y the time We gst to tn
bottom of the hill we Wore dong aboTt
tlfiy miles an hour, and couldn't s"'
very much either, Tor of course ! dill
not use any lights
didn't know what was waiting f..
US nt the top of the hill, but ! a.
know that If there was anything 'her
we were going right through 1t, eycn
II we didn't ~ any farther The rld!'
ulons pnrt uf II was that wc wont right
through aud never sawN thing ANsa.
iutely nothing happcaci, hn. ! don't
ever want to feel again the way | irli
riinv ~ that hill
"hn' afcr this | learned la, The
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lsn't Il Sol

A husband usually hangs around III,
house too much or not enough to salts.
fy his wife.
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,cr ht.u JM f.
Ui'r O.. i..,f. '..,,I '.v
mmc - H>J .o. t..r t.l.ti}pe''
To clo ,unir". Spvr 'r,t ut Il Bl,
afIernuo. uHt. 1T u.gll t'r Germans
.rtircd, aud We caulcd u little farther
rn AMI waited for u.. main body 10
rome up. Our casualties numbered only
,bout twenty dead, and We buried them
n the churchyard before we left.
passed trourh rradelles about two
months later. and went into the
rhurchynrd where those chaps were
buried. The people Of the village have
act little white crosses at the head OF
eoch grave. On each cross arc the name,
number and regiment Of the soldier