The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-04-05
France at Night
BY Mordaunt Hall

LOT nine miles hut our rIcelleni chnut
fcur solved the problem, lie bent the
mudruardH. took careful measurements
aud then drove over In safety with not
half an inch tu spare
Guns hoomrd along the line II was an
unusually busy and brilliant night Same.
times We caught sight II the EunnorH
stripped To their waists, showing IN tho
charge aud then awaiting the sienal Ia
fire The Etuund trcmhlrd aud II s'cmcd
to me that the she'll might strike our ,ar,
~ We waited for tho miSsilr 60 b" let
loose And II occurs to you cvrry time
you hear these guns that they have bcrn
eeasclssaly carrying on 'ur yrata To- meet
ths barbarian We ultimately reached a
more or less peaceful stretch and thcn
entered puukirk the northern town of
france which la ahrllcd from the Germau
lines aud which thrt would 80 dearly
love To- occupy An old Woman 10 = trs.
taurant isnucd forth from a rear room Ne
Nc entered
Dat at The Front
"Nous arons talm," said the e-.-
mandcr
"I:h. helm. vous allies hirn u,seE~'
said tho woman. who then hsst"nrd -
pr-pArr bcrfslraLs and polal'se Tor
,ara .cf Four hunrry meu W. h'd
bottle of hrcr. en- not Tar distaa'
hcastD nhrl exploded
Encore lr. bochrs nirn nous rtotNE7.
said the old woman, who had been a.
sisted b. . Younger woman 30 tho ptcpara
lion ot tho meal
Aud we were ready Tor bed when the
time came
SsSI morning Ne arose early and ""n'
out to look At thr srapanra In tho shy
saw senplanr turning amt twisting.
dropping tail downward head down aud
then rtEhtins iGsrlt apparently a"' looping
the leoS ideas vrntufrd cummrndatian
iot this pilots exploits to an officer
Pretty good yorHsatcr," said h1
wen saon be able 10 bet him have go
a, the iinn "
To mr the younEstrr srctnsd past
master Ia the ~ lus art
Later 10 the day uty interval was rrH.
,frd on several hatsrs pashtos thrit waJ
through thc canal manned hy soldirFs In
khakl They wrfr mru II the / W t
Inland Water Transport
The nrs' dar tho commander had 'hs
u ffius ~ rne ~ thu big
land guns nt The tie4he. following which
wr bath wrnt over to ~ observation post
and Watched bursting uriiish shells IN
tho German linrs The Germans were
comparatively silent which means Hnt-
thlnF but silence 10 the average civilian.
The eammnndrr had a chr, wtih Polly.
a famous gun. hirh sruI tnEth a tpissllo
At her opposite number knuwa on tho
tlriish side ~ Peanut"
II vas By M mruns comfortable feel
ing chen ~ walked through the front
line trenches the third aay and heard the
crark Of rifies ard ihs distant nniss ~ hls
guna W. were k,ld that German snissr
was hasys and 10 add haste 20 our foot
.trpa sc heard tie haus-siHa ~ German
trench uortarM eSpinding NJ Hh ehr"m
fnrfuhlc distnnsk T'h-sn are thr Min
uira." sroffct nj until they hit the mark
from tho German lines eighty yards
mnshir shut TO the green tbousht
how quickly IL could have been rnu, and
wondered what was happening that In
stnni in thr German fire line. while h'
sh Tammcs scnt nyer plum pnddt' o..
'rcnrh mortar missiles from our a'i'
The tine ~ame when wr had 10 hs.t''
back tn England THE romnoudnt had
not worn ar ovrtcoat all he tlmr He
had hrrn quite comfortable. hn, did hope
hat hc cnnil get mn EXTRA covering aboard
he DESTROYER whirh Wnn tn Intr ~ hack
o ENGLAND We wrut ou hoHrl the war
,hIp and were given duffle ronis, nnd in
cry short rimr Ne Wrrr III m EnFiIah
nat conat port. the commander ready t"
.ctrrn 10 hiA ship. glad Of what hc had
rcn Of the war on land