The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-26

Ing moment % his life:
Calls \ SLOW
The order came To no over tn
top. somebody from tho artiilor,
had 10 go along on observation. y.
they said Here's Tom. He's JUS
been on leave. Hes fresh 80 20
H. I took sir mrn with mo. ans
followed tho first wave"
"whoop!nE and yelling and dash
Ing nadly forward. suppos,-' in
i~rrupted the latest American ar
rival. war railroad man.
Well. no. corrected the lcftrnant
STRENGTHENING his leg cautiously
Its the Hlowrn, thing there IL; NJ
excitement about f. You see. ",
followed a creeping barraEe. Tn.
ground IL all laid out In imaginary
squares. and q platoon OF rix guns
has To drop ~ shells on that squar.
n two or thr~e Of tho guns are Out
of commission. tho rest OF them have
10 divide II up. but Is shells must
drop on that square. which makes
II pretty certain that there woa't be
a living thing left on top OF the
ground. Then the guns arc trained
on the rext square ahead. and the
infantry follows up 10 hunt the
bochsa out of tho pill boxes
what timc wac this. dawn came
from on. who eravcd picture.
Barrare. Pass Over
NO. shout seven thirty con
sidsr~d the Ieftenant. We'll.
about nine thirty. after I'D sent
back two observers and q couple
Of pigeons, the enemy's barraEe
came forward TO meet ours. and
she'll dropped bei1hid me. and
got me. In the hip. Ny light
wsnf out for minute, but Z
came g. right away. lay there
seven hours In the mud. but u
didn't hurt very much. was
pretty comfortable. In that time
two harrages passed right over
me. cur own and tho cncJny's.
At about five o'clock the sfrrteh.
erbcarers found ms. Say. they're
the brave fellows
That's the way he told u. No
lannon's rcd glare. no ear.bur~t.
inx din. no pandenonium tearing
Loose. no fierce. struggling flE.
urrs amid the rolling smoke. like
weird demons let out 81 he'll, no
straining forward until tho blood
veins seemed bursting In tho
temples. no mortal gasp NJ the
fragment struck him, no frcn.
riej effort 10 preserve conscious
ness n he slid into tho dim
shadows % oliviobn. no taking
us In on his probably vivid pic.
lures Of home and mother. and
tho boys on Main ST.. and the
girl mt the garden gate. no seven
long hours Of agonixed torture
while the battle ragged around
him and death dealing shells
were dropping on every hand.
No fireworks. no dranatics, no
urid word pictures of any sort. and
10 thrill; particularly no thrilll You
wouldn't think sentiment or poetry
vas in that man. would your
Quit" Can't unsi~rxtand
But what's the big iden about 30.
ng back into III" inquired n gentle.
nan OF the commercial contingent
You've done your bit. You could
ult with credit right now"
Leftensnt Tom Strengthened up
boxing at the gentleman OF tho com.
1ercial contingent with wonder in
liz soft brown eyes.
"Quit?' said he. why tho boche
mt licked. We can't quit. any OF
=. until humanity IL safe"
And Lieutenant Ell talks exnctly like
rftenant Tom. lie has "a fine med. |
al practice at home. nice wife. n
eautiful little daughter. and his IA
her didn't want him TO come.
Look here. Bill." said his fathcr. |
what's your idea in going7 You're
DING better than any OF US ever AK. I
ectcd. 80 why don't you stay right I
ere and hold your practice7"
We'll. father" said Lieutenant Bin. |
very man must be true 10 himself" |
There you are. The Americans |
no came over here are fighting |
18th exactly that sort OF thought in
lind
And II isn't bunk" because
iey're risklng their lives for IL:
ore than their lives-everythinR
ley hold dear.
Real AItruist
This II the biggest collection Of
sinon.pure altruists ever brought
together In our RICH ideaIism
lies the answer TO the French
mans deep regard for MS, his
trust In us, his supreme conf.
dence' The bond Of sympathy
between us Is the poetry In us
both. How's that?