The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-10-25

room, bu. be hardly acticwd theta
While waitlag thSrs, the voice Of ths
s~ntry, staging To iow tone. came ~
hsia- lie .as slnxing the chorus Of shs
Popular sreaeA dirty:
J vast 10 SO hsrns ~nnt 10 80 hsrn&
aaa't vast TO 50 TO the tssaeass ~
Where ,ha "whixshsngs' aaA 's&asAxssr-
sDaF gabors
Tahs ina rYsF the ssa. where ths AtkwxnAn4
sshS g~s ~ rae,
IA. tHy. saas ~aat 10 aisi Want " ~
a0sns.
Lloyd listened 10 the words VITA .
strange interest. and wondered what
kind Of hanas he would 20 TO across
the Great Divide. II weald bs the ouly
home ~ had ever known,
Suddenly thsrs came Z crest rushing
thsoash lhe air. q hlsadiug, . cAafss-
lag report, ind the ssndhas walls Il
the suaEdreosn torplsa over, aud tAss
-~biaekness.
when Lloyd recovered conscioe>
ncss, h. was iyinx On his night ssaA
facing what used to b. the entrance u
the Euardreom, Now. II was ealy
tumble Of rent aud sorn ssndbaSs uxs
head seemed bursting. lie slowly res
on bis elbow. and there 10 the sast Ia
dawn was breaking. But what vSs
sisat msrgled shape lying sv<s ,hess
among ,ks sandSsgst Slowly drIxgino
himself 10 IL. hs saw the body Of he
sre,ry. oae look WAS enough TO know
tha, he WAS dead, The soldiers lead
was missing - TIE s~Hsr. had ssa Ais
wtsh gu,ifci Nc had gone hcsnA"
lie was safe ut last fron the -whlss
bangs" and the Ai!smand.
Like Aaw,a u cana 70 Lleyd that IN
was free. free 10 81 "ovsr the toy
with his company. Free 10 die Ike
true Briton Sighting for his king and
country. A great glRdnea and warmth
came over him. Carefully stsppsns
over the body Of the seniry. he started
on a mad race down the raiaed street
OF the village. iamld the bursting si.stlA
mindtns them not, lodging through a.
hroaad harrying plateons 90 their way
TO also 80 "ossr the top" Comlag 10
a communication trsach he could not
get through. II was blocked With laugh
ing, cheering and earsinx soltisrA
Climbing out az the trench. he RAJ
wildly aleng the top. never needing thu
rain ~ maehiuegan bullets aud xheilA
not even bearing the shouts Of the a
fceys, telling him 20 get back into the
trench. lie vas going 10 Join bis eosp
pany who were 10 the front line. lie
was going ~ eght with them. He. the
dssplssd coward, had come into mi
own.
While hs whs racing along jumping
over trenches crowded win sStdIsr>,
ringing cheer broke ont all along M
from, line. and his heart sank He
knew be YVES too late. His campsny
had gone over Brt still, he ran maaly
II" @NHAA tAthu tHflAt INV ee"N ass
with them.
Meanwhile his company had sess
"uvs.." They. With the other cora
panies had taken the first and secord /
Getnan breaches. sni had rushst |
s,etdily On TO the third line. u caaa
pany. lad by their captain, the ore wAs !
had cent lloyd to division headausr |
scrs for trial. charged with desertirn
hsd pushed steadily forward Until thsJ |
found themselves far In sdvsncr N I
the res, of the attacking ferce. "Bomh /
Ing out" ,rcnch after trench. and ussna
their hsyonets, they came 10 Gervnas |
communication trvnch, which ended III !
\ htlaisap, aud then the eapsain- and /.
what was ten u NJ men. knew they
wess IN . trap~s<They would not ~
tire. II company never retired. and
they we're r. company Right In fsAnt
N them they eenlA zee hnRtresls M
Germans preparing 10 rush theirs With |
eosnb mad hsyone: They would have
some chance II ANNEXATION and hosnty
could reach them from the r~Ar TheN
svrply was exhausted. snd the mrs
r~alissd II would be case oe dytns
~ hravsly a. possible, or making . rus |
for II. But d Apmrsny would ne !
run. 1, was assist their traditiens
sna principles.
The Germans would have 10 aeivaasS
across a. open spaes Of three TO fsss
hunared yards before they could ~ I
within bombing distance Of the trsnrA
and .hsn II would e~ all their own wsy |
TuEaias to his cumrany. the crpsxls
said:
~Men. IN eA@ a wctrS West r. !
AZ, We are cat ~ ammunition aaA
bombs snd the BocA%s have ~ Ia
srsr. They viii hasnh u cut. ous
bayccses are useless here. We YIN
havr tn SO ever aaA meet them, and |
!ts . csss cf thirty 70 onc. 10 xet .
every thrust kors. ana die Ike ia
men ef II eesxlgaay shessd whH /
give the ~c~a. feitew No., and up anA ,
at them. Give then D.! Lard II I
We enly had . rsAssAlns qua we eSrld
wipe them eatl Hsee they coDe, set /
rva1y. uen-~