Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-28
CHAPTER w.
Peggy Crosses "No Mans Land"
work, Peggy" shouted
Rillv Relpium as the fat

Peggy Crosses mo Mans Land"
kfIOOD work, Peggy" shouted
u Billy Belgium as the ia
~ German sergeant, boil
hands high in the air, danced aroun'
to avoid the sharp bayonet witt
which Peggy threatened to Jab hin
again.
Good work." cried Homer am
Carrie Pigeon, hopping up an'
down in their joy.
The eyes of the German soldier
bulged out as they saw the quicl
and threatening punishment of thei
sergeant. They bulged \ bit farthe
when they saw the queer jubiliflca
ton of the Birds. And they bulget
farthest of all VIXEN Billy Belgium
swinging the machine gun menac
ingly back and forth, warned then
or unseen dangers. IS
"You are surrounded by an Amer
lean phantom army" he shouted il
a gruff tone. But he wisely did no
tell them that the phantom army
consisted of only two persons, him
self and Peggy. IF you resist OF
try to escape, you will be strucl
down at once. John, search the
prisoner in front of you"
Peggy looked around to see whom
Billy was talking to. He mo
toned that he meant her. Step
ping forward, she quickly searched
the Hun nearest her, securing
a big knife. "Now, Pete,
shouted Billy, and Peggy, acting as
Pete, searched another man down
the line. And so it went on, Billy
calling a different name, until the
Germans must have thought whole
company of phantoms was in the
she'll hole. They looked decidedly
scared, and very we'll content tc
stand meekly still with their hands
in the air. As Peggy searched each
one, he trembled and muttered "Ka'
merad! KameradF' until she wanted
to laugh. y
After a few hops in the dance o.
joy, Homer and Carrie Pigeor
searched out loaf of black brea(
among the Germans supplies and
ate it eagerly.
"We haven't had a thing to eat in
two days." they explained as soor
as they had a few bites. you know
they don't feed army pigeons when
they are on duty. That's so they
will fly straight back to headquar-
tiers where they know food is wait.
ing
Neither have Ben nor Bill had
any food" exclaimed Peggy, re-
Numbering the plight of the young
soldiers. "I'll send them a note
telling them we have captured this
shell hole and that we will send
supplies right away"
In the pocket of Peggy's khaki
suit was a notebook and a pencil. In
moment she had Scrubbed this
note:
Billy Belgium and I have cap
tured the machine gun nest and ~
German with their supplies. II
you'll promise not to shoot, we'll
send food to you. Your Good
Fairy"
This note she fastened in the
ring on Homer Pigeons leg, and
the two Birds darted over the top
headed for the refuge of the Ameri-
can soldiers.
In remarkably quick time the Pig
cons came back with a reply, which
said:
"We don't believe in fairies-un-
less they bring US food. Ben, and
Bill"
Peggy though fast. She wouldn't
dare let the German prisoners take
food to Ben and Bill. Billy Bel
GUM couldn't 60, as he had to
guard the prisoners. Homer and
Carrie Pigeon couldn't carry more
than scraps. She'd have to go her
self.
Gathering up a loaf of bread, a
couple of sausages and a canteen OF
water, she darted up the side of the
she'll hole and across No Mans
Land toward the shell hole at the
top of the hill. On the way she
discovered that she and Billy had
by no means captured all the Ger
mans in the forest, for bullets
tipped all about her. The Germans
couldn't see her, but they could see
the supplies she carried and they
were so nervous and suspicious that
they blazed away at these without
waiting to figure out what it was
about.
The bullets flew so thick that
Peggy spurted fast, and when She