Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-19

cannot trust any of them over}ong.
 At one point of the line the trenches were about thirty-two yards apart. This sounds horrible, but in fact it was easy, because neither side could shell the enemy's front line trench for fear shells would drop into their own This eliminated artillery fire.
 In these trenches when up against the Prussians and Bavarians, Tommy had a hot time of it, but when the Saxons took over" it was a picnic;, they would yell across that they were Saxons and would not fire. Both aides would sit on the parape+ and carry on
 a conversation. This generally con
 sisted of Tommy telling them how much he loved the Kaiser. while the Saxpns informed Tommy that King
 George was particular friend of theirs and hoped that he was doing nicely.
 When the Saxons were to be re- lieved by Prussians or Bavarians, they
 would yell this information across No
 Mans Land and Tommy would i'm
 mediateay tumble into his trench and
 keep his head down.
 |, If an English regiment was to, be relieved by the wild Irish, Tommy would tell the Saxons, and immediately a volley of Bonner und Blitzens' | could be heard, and it was Fritz's turn
 to get crick in his back from stoop- 1 ing, and the people in Berlin would close their windows.
 Usually when an Irishman takes, over a trench, just before stand i down" in the morning, he sticks his rife over the top aimed in the direc- l ton of Berlin and engages in what is known as the mad minute" This
 consists of firing fifteen shots. in minute :. He is not aiming at any thing in paricular-just sends over
 each shot with prayer, hoping that
 one of his strays' will get some poor unsuspecting Fritz in the napper hundreds of yards beysind the lines.
 It generally does; that's the reason the Boche's hate the man from Erin's S. Isle
 The Saxons, though better than the
 Prussians and Bavarians, have a
 nasty trait of treachery in their
 makeup
 I At one point of the line where the
 trenches were very close, a stake was | driven into Ire ground midway be- tween the hostile lines. At night when
 it was his surp, Tommy would crawl
 to this stake and attach some London papers to it, while at the foot he
 would place tins Of bully beef. flags
 sweets and other delicacies that he
 had received from Blighty in the ever looked for parcel Later on Fritz !, would come out and get these luxur- ies.
 The next night Tommy would go 7 out to see what Fritz had put into , his stocking. The donation generally l consisted of a paper from Berlin, tell
 ing who was winning the war, some , timed sausages, cigar and occasion : ally little beer; but a funny thing, } Tommy never returned with the beer r unless it was inside of him. His
 platoon got whiff of his breath one 2 night and the offending Tommy lost } his job. One night young English ser l geant crawled to the stake and as he tried to detach the German paper a 7 bomb exploded and mangled him hor- r ribly. Fritz had set his trap anG T gained another victum, which was only : one more black mark against him 1T the book of this war. From that time : on diplomatic relations were severed r Returning to Tommy I think hi : lspirft is best shown in the question! |. he asked. It is new. Who is going tt : win?" but always How long will il ] take"
 IT To Be Continued Tomorrow.