Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-05

on. II seemed closer and really was.
Da,or Thoro ~" ,,as ,",' oo,,,Iotn !" ,, si,on"" .s
the major stopped and motioned that we
gather around him. Crowdng as best
we could In the trench's width near
HIM he whispered
"Jere re aro Irs ouIv 0ftv.Gvc
yards o,,, 10 ,hoir ,ine vi,l, ,bni- ,,ir.
and ours botwoe, 'rbig rn,,m,,ica,or
disappearing In the rog loads Ia our
LISTENING nos, n, mi, ,s,i,, r,.. onI,.
twenty vards from ,boirs rbnsc hoys
IN tbat nost orc ns,ro, t,,,.,,i,I t,r,,,.o
,h,n ws ,ro ~ 4, ,,,,s 'i,.,,' 49,,
crouch and yisi ,tbor, hn, ,,o ho,,or no,
In This mis-, &"
stood for n u,iru,c ,r,,.. bi., ,bi.-
nered "cnuc nm " anotbc,. ,,o,r,.,,,,,,,i,.,,
.,,,.in,, ,,.i,i, 80 -, -, ,
stonncd hut 4 ,,,toLoI a., ,t,, n.
crowded INST ne thini,i,,, ,.h,,i,,r 90,
no, bis r,,,o, ,.,. i1a,,,i,,I a. i.
IJc ma. d.aros, friend ,,,,,a,,.r ,,,,, ,,,,t,
I,a ,,,,, ,,,i,t ,,.h,,,, i -, -
,,e,,,t,s ta',, D '.''. Nv" ''EIt
',,,,,,,,,,i a., ,,ia..,..' -. ,,, -"
ts oo' w p'e''c IVY 'nousht' Tor nc
N,
chons On, ,,o"a ,.,,. ,., 'noS' ,,'
.""lo 'ut t'''' 'Ncl p''h Wl''F ,u"A
ehJoy inc sensation Tor m'hut"
on HOME GRoI'Np
,,,.,., a.,
'r'" ,' "i'' Nl'"'',' loohiHE on
NV '., in'S'' '"I""th "hI'h W" '"uId
see notuihE' ANA now we are doubly
s"u LOT "l'crWaru lhc MAYOR told us
We had stopped AZ the identical spot
ana before the identical listening post
mat had bocn iaidod fifteen hours bc-
fore, and where two Of our boys had
ono taken nrIsoncr ,rho ,n,,'n ra., '''. ',
come into our trenches "a. nor rrst al
vices given us bv tho int,llircnrn os,tion
but had cleaned mn the listouiuo moot ,,,,i
the squad in the communicative tror,,,
leading 10 4, ur,l,,. ,,,,,.,,i,, 80 ,..'- -
estiuated tn nr,nuut ., a.. "H
77-caIiber VI
A nttlc rur,h.r o, i..
tbc lin, u,idonoi q, ,.ht, I,',' VIZ '
we found n,,r ngsnci,,ts, |'.' "E', ~
Roforc tbcr, ,,,, - -, ',,,''h ~ w
sroeh dc,,,i,a -, " So sun rr"''',
dsnniishcd ,,,a '''n ,rI Wr'eI III ". II nad
lcngth nr t,,oI,o ron, ,I ,"'t'A ITr
rnuid .o' h,,, 49, ""' wy S"hd we
"tJerc ,I,o,, ,ra " ,,..i,, .,-...,,-
10 u.b.ro n ho"t,a '',.., va .I'J"t u''s
nur hoys Lo o,,,o ,,, Hrt ,,. '"''' OF
buried back In v.itb ,,i,,n,.
funeral Bcyond hnro ,bc tr,,,,,, g. 80!
bad for "A long snou Nvc,i 49,, -, ,i,a
ton 10 the renr n,ietiy ,,,t,ta,,t - ~
ing and keeniny tbirtv ,,,d,, ,,,,,,., ~.
II they get anv of MS i, wnn,, pi al, 80
us. Wen make for thnt wood oyc. t,orE
and through /. To tho uoint whore Mia
trench connects. ssvinr nbnut p, lii
meter and "A half of .yhqnl,'s marc t,u
lead And don't sneak aloud pottor ,,ot
speak at all"
,... -.
Wv FIX lliE Tor
with the word he climbed ont. in a
moment another Of us. and in another.
myself as the third man. could see my
two companions footing it ahead of
me and was careful not to cncroach
upon their distance. although | did not
tarry on the way. Suddenly. the ma jor
stopped and beckoned. We gathered
about him. group OF nine, a nice little
target for the boche If he only knew it,
They cant see US nor hear us"
whispered the major. And that despite
the fog is less thick. See that ridge over
there You can Just make IL out against
the niA. Thats the boche line"
we stood Tor thirty seconds, gazing
AT an apparently Innocent mass Of
brown-gray matter that could not be
shaped into any comparative form, and
moyed on. "Onc at "A time, of course"
said the major, same reason" We
made the woods and passed through
them, "A group of SCARED and mutilated
trees raising naked branches into the
fog, presently climbing down into the
nHh IA in ct s.V,l hnr