Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-07
CHAPTER xVl-continued.

"Cassell had fancy for that par
tlcuar blonde. The answer came back
In the shape Of yolley OF cusses, |
changed the subject.
after a while our tnlk yeered
round to the way the Boches had been
exposing themselves on the roud down
on the chart MS Target II. What he
said about those BoChes would never
have passed the reichStug, though !
believe II would have gone through
our censor easily enough.
THE bursting shells were making
such din that packed up talking
and took to watching the captain lie
was tidgetIng Sound on an old sand.
bag with the glass TO his eye. Ocya'
sionally he would let out grunt, and
make some remark couldn't hear or
account OF the noise, but ! guessed
what II was all right Fritz was get
ting fresh again on that roud,
"Cassell had been sending In the nap
code to me, hut | was fed up and
didn't bother with IT, Then he sent
O. s. and | was all attention, for this
was a call used between US which
meant that something important was
on. was an ears in m instant. Then
Cassell turned haSc
"'You hlank4y blank dud, | have
been trying 20 raise sou for fifteen
minutes. What's the matter are you
asleep7 Dust as If anyone could
have slept in that Internal racketD
Never mind framing a nasty answer
Just listen
"'Are you game for putting some.
thing over on the Boches and Old Pep
per all in onc?'
81 answered that I was game enough
when It came to putting 1t over the
Boches but confessed that had a
weakening Of the spine, even at the
mention Of old Peppers name.
"Ele came back with It's SO absurd.
ly easy and simple that there is no
chance Of the old heather rumhling II.
Anyway, II we're caught, I'll take the
blame.
Under these condition ] told him to
spit out his scheme Il was So during
ard simple that It took my breath
away This is what be- proposed.
III the Boches should use that road
again. to send by the tap system the
target and range hud previously
told him about eur captain talking ont
loud as II be were sending through
orders. Well If this happened. | Wu>
to send the dope 10 Cavse.l and be-
would transmit il 10 the battery com.
mander as officially coming through
the observation post Then the bar
terry would open ~ Afterwards dur
Ing the investigation, CasSell would
swear he received IL direct. they
would have to relieve him, because 1t
was impossible from his post in the
battery dugout 10 know that the road
was being used II that time hy the
Germans. And also # was impossible
for him to give the target, range and
degrees. You know battery chart is
not passed around among the men like
a newspaper from BllGhty. From him
the investigation would go to the ob.
servat0n post, and the observing oni.
Ger could truthfuly swear that | had
not sent the message by phone and
that no orders to fire had been issued
by him. The investigators would then
be up In the air We would be safe, the
Boches would receive a good bashlng,
and we would get our own back on Old
Pepper. It was too good to be true.
gleefully fell In with the scheme,
and told Cassell was his meat.
Then | waited with beating heart
and watched the captain like a hawk.
He was beginning to fidget again
and was drumming on the sandbags
with his feet. At last, turning to me,
he said:
Wilson, this army Is a blankety
blank washout. What's the use of hav-
Ing artillery If It is not allowed to fire?
The government at home ought to be
hanged with some of their red tame.
rs through them that we have no
shells.
i answered, Yes, sir and started
snding this opinion over the wire to
aStolI, but the captain interrupted
with:
A,eep those Internal fingers still.
rs the matter getting the neryesY
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