The sun., 1918-10-17

crawled Into the thick underbr,fsh in the
gathering night. avoiding the open for
est trails because the Boche knew too
well all the woods paths and enfiladed
them. But 40 dense was the under
growth that McKeogh, when he came 10
a path at daybreak, decided, because of
the need for speed. TO risk everything in
dash along the trail.
Almost Immediately, upon turning a
bend. they came face TO face with two
German officers. One called Kane
rad !! and Munson yelled over Nc
keogh's shoulder 'Kamerad he'll - and
the three American lads levelled at the
Germans McKeoeh rested his auto
matte revolver on the branch of a bush
Tor steadiness and fred at the first Ger
man officer. trying to hit him in the
mouth
And did your" the reporter asked
hckeosh yesterday.
Bollet Hits Between Eyes.
No" he said. The bullet went high.
at least little bit. Ii hit the first Ger
man between the eyes and he died in
stantly OF headache. The other turned
and disappeared into the underbrush.
We stopped only TO take a snapshot Of
tho dead officer-Tve got the negative
with me-and to search him for any
thing that might be useful to the In
te.igence Division.
Then the three OF us ducked back
INTO the underground and followed the
compass Some time. forget exactly
when, we almost stumbled into n funk
hole--a sort of individual trench-with
the heads OF two or three Germans
showing near the edge Of the hole. We
separated little to try to crawl around
the hole. but had crawled only a little
way when we came on another Hun
funk hole.
Spread out and beat it, said to
hunson and Hirschkowitz, or some
thing like that. And Just about
mad started when, zowie, there was
nothing but air beneath my feet and I
sprawled to the bottom Of a third funk
hole.
II landed on something soft and
opened my eyes to find that my legs
were straddling the neck and shoulders
OF Hun. Standing right in front Of
me. within touching distance, was an
other German soldier, and all three Of
US. the Germans and myself for a Sec
ond were too surprised to speak. don't
know German. but somehow / thought
of Weber and Fields. and the only thing
1 could think Of TO say was. Colt! Was
list losT
Kills Two More Germans.
WAS list Ios?' the German soldier
standing opposite me repeated in n
dazed sort OF way. and for moment we
stared at each other. the Hun beneath
mo- sputterlng all the time and trying to
heave me Off his neck and shoulders.
Then | guess my brain functioned an
instant quicker than the brain Of the
Heirie staring at me. for l got out my
automatic and plunked him twice
the face. He dropped with a
grunt and then I shot downward be-
tween my legs into the back Of the
German was straddllng and killed him.
Il scrambled out of the hole then and
ran hell bent through the brush. At the
top OF an incline where the woods were
a little more open 1 stumbled over a
root or rock and slithered headIong
down long incline. At the bottom was
a pile Of leaves. i burrowed in them
AND lay there. all in. until 4 o'clock in
the morning. II was about Z 80 O'Clock
In the morning when reached the quar-
ters OF the Colonel who was to receive
my dispatches telling that we needed
help.
when did you eat last the Colonel
,elped at me as tried to tell him
everything ut once. and told him my
asst food YVES some days before. two
lays. I think. He wouldn't let me talk
my more then. but" planked me down
,efore plate OF wheat cakes and coffee
n his quarters, and every time tried
o talk he'd jump me.
Shut up he'd yell That's the way
With you new young officers from civil
life. you don't learn how to obey orders.
distinctly tell you to shut up and you
lont. Shut up and eat
Praise for His Compa Mons.
Then when he'd seen my dispatches
md everything was going shipshape l
'raced him again. He turned on me
Ike bulldog. but when he saw I was
ull OF grub he listened, So told him
hat all ] wanted TO say was that Hirsch-
,owitz and Munson were a couple OF
lamn fine kids and ought to he recon-
ne nded for the d. 8. c. or something.
lon't know where they are now. but
wherever they are I'm for them, hook.
Inc and sinker.
IAN right said the Colonel to me.
and now listen: I've got another detail
or you ! pretty near groaned> because
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