The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-10-18

At"f@~%h%*N~ ~ NNE%@#*f& w. A~~N~~ e~ArN&N
az tu1apsAx ever tho saesea FreseA
Nmdhsss thsy arrived ns the sSStalas
bare IT EsDen-
At this alaer th~y we're pat thrcaga
week's rigid rsintng In trsaeA var
fare Go tho ussxnsng sf sas eighth
dag sAsy passass NJ tea e'eloee, SD
wore haspsexed sass passed bs Ge@sgas
H. thea vxTs nearrhea to Tine guar
tsrsnasssy'A to draw tAear gas hesnasts
and trsAeh eqrspmens.
Az four In tsas sfsxrneea they wsrs
ag2ia aaxsied Into cattle s3r& TAgs
tssse she ssurn@y fast@st sws SAy&
They eissaoayksd az the sawn Of Fr~
sens and could hsW distant dull
bocnlax, WITH knees skakaag. lAay3
asked The sergeant what the ncsse WA
and sassiy Arcpped wh~a the sxxgeani
replied In q somewhat bored t0aes
Oh, thesn.s the guns sp the line.
Wen be sp there In \ couple o days
or so Dcar wosry. uy lAddis. yeefi
s%s more Of 'exn than You waat before
you grt 'one TO Brightly again. that h
IL you're lucky enoagh 10 set bach
Now Lend q hand there unlamdsn' them
cars. aud quit that eyvrlassin' sAaktn'.
believe yer searssi." The last with
contssaptaeas snser.
They marched ses kfios. full pack.
TO little dtlapsdasssi village. and ths
sessad eA the guns yTw~ .ssadsr- con-
stzntiy boulder.
The village was full Of soldissv Via
turned cat to Inspect the new dsaff.
the snsn who we're shortly to bs their
mates 10 tho breaches. foe thsy we're
going ~us The line" On this morrow. %
take over their cevtxin sector al
trenches.
The draft vas parsdsd 10 front Of
satsalien headoa&rssTs and the nsa
were assigned to companies-
Lioyd vas the oaiy man assigned 10
d company. Perhaps the cfGesr In
charge Of the draft had sosasshlns to
Do with II. for ~ called Lloyd asits
aud said:
''Ilosd. yos ere goang to new coss-
rany. No sas kaS~s you Your bed
will be rs you make II. 70 for 6od's
sHsss heas~ spasAss ,hs = maAn.. 4 thsak
you have tho stuif In yen. my boy. 10
gocd.by and the best Of luck TO yea"
The next day the baitalion took ave.
thsss pert al the breaches. II happsaed
20 b. a very quiet day. Ths artillery
behiaA the lines vas still. sxrspk for
an occasional shell sant over 10 lot The
Germans knew he gunnsrs were not
asleep
In the darkness. In stmgis Me. the
company slowly wended their way
down tho Communication treRch - the
front lias No enc noticed Lsyd's
white and drawn face.
Afssr they had relieved the casspany
In the breaches. Laayd. with tws Of IL
ctd ccnpsny nasa. WAS put % guard il
one Of the trsversrs. Not \ shot was
fred frea the German i!nss. snd -
one paid sny attsnuoa to Aih
crouched on the arsAg step
On the nrYt ttns In. . nsw recruit b
no, required u stand with his hesA
"over the TOP" He oaiy ~si,s II cot
while the older men keep watch.
Al about tee o'clock. oil Of 4 sudden
he thought hell had broken loose, and
cruuched aud shivered up agains, the
parsres. Snrsls Afxrt<4 ssaswssHxc xxAa
Tina gined. right In their trench. when In
fact they were landing about 4 huh
dred yards In rear Of them. In the 500
end lines
One Of the older men on guard. turp
Ing TO his maze. said
There Kces Fritz with those d----~1
trench mertars again. It's about time
eur artillery ',Aped' them. and sent
over few. Well. hi BE- %
where's tina; Alghter Of draft man
wnne tot Theirs his rife lcanins
against the psrap~,. He MUS. have
legged It Just keep your eye peeled
Dick. while report II tn the ss~ssank
wonder II the fccl kAcws he can b
shot for saeh tricks a ieavtn' ID
paasy
lcyd had goas when The tr~ncA
norsars sSeoei ~. 4 nadAeains ~
ror sstssd htn and hs wasted to sun
TO ges away iron that AAFrseas 4sA
anywhere 10 safety. - quietly sraAk.
fns srouaA ne sSavsrsA he cans TO TIA
entrance II q csanvaicatisa trspoA
and ran madiy md eliAily Down n
rnnr,ng .ato tfxvsrses, ssnnsnas tate
muddy holes. anl failing full isnstA
ever trvneh srids
Grcclns b',sd,y. with - arma
stretched cut In frcut o< him. he q
last cane ~ of thu treach Into III
village. q what Used to b . vtllasA
before The 0efnAn ARTILLERY rassa Il
Mixed with bio sssr. b had . -
csltas ssrt 4 eaanlaG waieh Win
persd to Nh T. avs1A I'll sentxtsS -
cause II thsy saw him 10 wsv!c u
cent hacA to at swtaa dessruetisn b
ne frsat HaA a,d perhaps - kttae1
O. MANNED. ns sAsaxhs saads In
sA~dd<.. ~ cold swvat cssninx e&t n
tssAs ~ - fAes.
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