Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

for week he would be tied TO the wheel
OF timber. During these two-hour
periods Jim. would be Mt Bills feet, and,
no matter how much we coaxed him
with choice morsels Of food he would not
leave until Fill was united When Eiii
was loose, jim, world have r"thiaa to de
with him-just walked away in contempt.
Jim respected the kings regulations, and
had no use for dcfaulters.
At special meeting held by the
section, jim had the oath of allegiance rend
to him. He barkcd his consent, so We
solemnlv sworc him in as soldier oi the
Imperial British Army, fighting for king
and country. Jim made q better soldier
than anv one Of us, and died for his hlng
and country. Died without n whimper
OF complaint
From the village we made several trips
to the trenches; each time Jim accom-
panied us. The first time under fire he
put the stump of his tail between his
legs, but stuck To his pest When carry
ing on" If we neglected to give Jim some
thing to carry, ne would make such a
noise barking that we soon fixed him up.
Each day Jim would pick ont a diff
ferent man of the section to follow. lie
would stick To this man, eating and
sleeping with him, until the next dav,
and then it would be some one els s
turn When a man bad Jim with him,
it seemed as if his life were charmed
No matter what hr went through, h9
would come out safcls We looked upon
! Jim rs good luck sign, and, believe
; me, he WAS.
Whenever it came Ikey TIonnev's turn
4 4. Il
because jim would sit IN dignificd silence
listening To the icws-harp. Home.
claimed that jim had q soul for music
which was more than he would say about
the rest of US.
Once, at davbreak, we had to 90 over
the top in an attack \ man IN the sec
ton named Dalton was selected by jim
, as his mate IN this affair.
The crew of gun No. 2 were to stay
in the trench for overhead fire purposes
and, if necessary, to help rcpel a prob
able counter-attack bv the enemy. Eai-
; ton was very merry, and hadn't the least
fear or misgiving rs to his safctY, because
jun would he with him through it MI.
In the attack, Dalton, closely follow
ed by jim, had got about sixty yards
into No Mans Land, when Jim was hit IN
tue SInUloCu DN II uuittt. bot Ditl JhA
toppled over, and lay still Dalton turnec
! around, and, just as he did so, We saw hin
throw up his hands and fall lace forward
key Honney, who was No. 3 on ON
gun, seeing jun fall, scrambled over The
parapet, and, through that rain of shells
and bullets, raced to where Jim was, pick
ed him up, and, tucking him under hi;
arm, returned to our trench IN safety
If he had gone to rescue wounded mar
in this way he would have no doubt beer
awarded the Victoria Cross But ht
only brought IN poor bleeding, dying, Jim
ikey laid him on the fire step alongside
of our gun, but we could not attend e
| him, because we had important work to do
| So he died like a soldier, without lool
of reproach for our heartless treatment
Just watched our every movement unit
/ his lights burned out After the attack
what WAS LETT of our section gathereS
around jim s blood stained bcdy. Their,
wasn dry eye In the crowd.
Next day, We wrapped hum in small
Union Jack belonging to Happy, an,
+, laid him TO rest, Il soldier of the king
! We put a little wooden cross over hi
! grave winch read:
| Private Jim
Machine Gun Company
Killed in Action
| April 1C, 1911;
A Dog With Man Heart
| Although the section has lost lots {
! men, jim is never forgotten.