Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12

code 10 me, but / was fed up ana
didn't bother with il. Then he SEM
o. =. and was all attention. for TINS
was a call used between us when
meant that something important was
on. was all ears in an instant. Th"n
Cassell turned loose.
You blankcty blank dud, ] have
been trying TO raise you for hittci'
minutes. What's the matter. are you
asleep (Just as if anyone couid
have slept in that Internal racket
Never mind framing nasty answer
Just listen
Are you game for putting some
thing over on the Boches and Old Pep
per all in one?'
Il answered that | was game enough
when il came 10 putting 1t over th'
Boches. but confessed that ] had i
mention of Old Peppers name.
He came back with. It's so absurd
~ easy and simple that there Is no
chance Of the old heather rumPling H.
Anyway. il we're caught, I'll take the
blame.
Under these conditions l told him.
10 spit out his scheme. II was so dar-
ing and simple that IL took my breath
away. This is what he proposed:
If the Boches should use that road
again. to send by the tap system the
target and range. | had previously
told him about our captain talking ON
loud, as IL he were sending through
orders. Well. il this happened, j was
10 send the dope TO Cassell and nc
would transmit ii 10 the battery COM
mandcr as officially coming through
the observation post. Then the hat
terry would open up. Afterwards. dur
ing the investigation. Casscll would
swear he received il direct. They
would have TO believe him. because II
was impossible from his post in the
battery dugout to know that the road
was being used at that time by the
Germans. And also II was Impossible
for him TO give the target. range ana
degrees. You know Il battery chart Is
not passed around among the men like
4 newspaper from Blighty. From him
tho investigation would go to the OH
scrvatiOn post. and the observing Off
Ger could truthfully swear that | had
not sent the message by phone. anu
that no orders To fire had been issued
10y him. The investigators would then
hr up i'm the air. We wonld he safe. the
lSochcS would receive good hashinS'
and We would get our own back Oh
old Pepper. 1t WAS too good to be true.
-lcrruilv fell in with the scheme.
and told Casscll | was his meat.
Then | waited with beating heart
and watched the captain like hawk.
He was beginning to iidgct again
and was drumming OH the sandbags
with his feet. Vt last. turning 10 me-
he said:
Wilson. this army is blankety
blank washout. What's the use or nav.
ing artillery il il is not allowed TO fire
TIL" government at home ought TO he
hanged with some of their red tape
It's through them that "" nave no
shells.
81 answered. Yes. sir, ana startcu
sending TINS OPINION over tne wire 10
asset. puI lhc caPtaih ih'erruP'e"
me with:
k""p those ihirrnal nneers sun;
NAT the hlhttcr' seltlhs inc heiN Nes =
When I'm talking to you. pay aucn-
ton
My heart sank. SlIpposing nc hau
runillrd that tapping. then all would
u" mp with our plan. stopped drum
ming with my fingers ana said:
beg your pardon. sir, Just haii'
with me.
"'And d--T'silly one. too. he an
sw"rrd. turning 10 ms glasses again
and ] knew | was safe. He mad no'
tllnblcd to the meaning OF that tap
ping.
All at once, wltnout turning Touno'
he exclaimed: --------.-----s'
"'Well, or all the nerve I've ever run
across, this takes the cake. Those
--- - Bochcs are using that road
again. Blind my eyes, this time it is a
whole brigade of them. transports and
all. What Il ycof. 'bMFWYPPPJJJ
40 The bcggars know that we
Won't fire. \ d----tI shame. | call It.
OH, n,si for q chance 10 turn ID 23S
Iuos,. ON Them
81 wns trembling with excitement
From rrpra,rd stolen glanccs at the
,.,,t.in,, r,n~c chart that road with
its ,.,n",. was hurnrd into my mind
"oyCr tho wire | tanned. ID 23S bat
ferry Tnrnnt IL Hunce 8. 900, 3 degrees
3u minutes. left, salvo, fire.. Cassell
O. K.'d nv message, and with the re-
rcivcr pressed against my ear, wait
ed and listened. In a couple OF min
u,cs very family over the wire came
the voice Of our battery commander
issuing the order: ID 23S battery,
S1Ivo. Fire.
Then n roar through the receiver
as the four guns belched forth, u
s,r.nminr and whistling overhead and
The shells were on their way.
"'rha coptnin mmped as If he were
shot. and let out n great big expressive
.d-n. and eagerly turned his glasses
i'm the direction OF the German road
| also strained my eyes watching that
target. Four black clouds OF dust rose
up right in the middle Of the German
column. Four direct hits-another
record for ID 23S.
THE shells kept on whistling over
head and | had counted twcnty-four
of them when the firing suddenly
ceased. When the smoke and dust
clouds lifted the destruction on that
road was awful. Overturned limbers
and guns. wagons smashed up. troops
fleeing in all directions. The road and
roadside were spotted all over with
little field gray dots. the toll of oui
guns.
The captain. In his excitement. had
Slipped off the sandbag, and was on
his knees in the mud. the glass still at
his eye. He was muttering 10 himself
and slapping his thigh with his Olsen
gagged hand. At every slap DIS
round juicy cuss word would escape
from his lips followed by:
Good! Fire. Marvellous. i'rett!
Work. Direct hits all
Then he turned to me and shouted:
Wilson. what do you think or IL