The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-03-06


"A man bit betw cen the llnes,~ said
the corporal. you've got to bring him
In. You can see him from this loop
hole"
Mark stepped upon the sentry's plat
form and saw. indlstinct In the dark
ness. a huddled form about halfway
to the German trenches.
Then he heard Kellerman's voice at
his side.
"a man Of the --th got hit," he said.
"Brins him In, Weston. Make q quick
Job Of II. Corporal Baines, you'll take
charge. You two will be ready to take
out your stretcher In case anything
happens" he added to the two others.
The corpornl led the way. crouching.
toward the gap In the wires. They
passed two llnes. traversed diagonal
lane. and emerged beyond the third
into .he open. The body Of the wound.
cd man. which had disappeared. camo
into light. black patch under the
| stars.
Get down" whispered the corporal.
, They flung themselves to the ground,
and proceeded to wriggle forward, un-
der his directions, pushing the stretch.
er as noiselessly as possible across
the rough ground. Suddenly the man
with Mark uttered nm evc'o~"t'~-.
"what the DEVILS he sent us on this
Job for7" he demanded truculently.
"Shut up. you fool" whispered the
corporal honrsely.
| "That amt the man. He's been
there these past three days. Dutch
man he Is; every listening post party
knows him. What's the good Of bring
Ing him ini He ain't got no head to
him."
"whet You talking aboutf" snarIed
the corporal. "That's the man the Ma.
jor said, and there ain't no other In
sight. Tchtw
They flattened themselves az a
rocket burst into the air above the
German lines.
Then the machine guns burst forth
''Rat-tat-tat-tati" |" sang the bullets over.
head.
They swished through the grass and
ipattered on the ground. No answer
came from the section OF the Amcri.
can line Immediately behind the de-
tenders. but on each side there came
answering volleys. making the air ar
inferno Of cracking death. Then
gradually. the alarm subsidized. The
rocket showers died down.
"Now, boysi" whispered the corpo
raj.
They crawled onward. The huddlet
form came into clear view. The bod.
seemed to be already blending with
the earth, melting into formlessness
and there was no need to wondel
whether this was Of dead or wounded
man.
The corporal swore.
II told you sol" mumbIed Mark
companion. II told you 10. What's h'
sent ~ here for. the foolr
His words ended In q gurgie. From
| behind the shelter Of the corpse leape'
dve men. Noiselessly they iung them
selves upon the party Of three. Mar
felt q pistol at his temple.
Surrender I" Kissed a voice In hi
ear.
In a flash he realized the trap. Tn
, three were unarmed, noncombatants
, Il was q counter-raid--and Kellermal
! had known that the enemy were abroa
that night and suspected their render
, vous.
He saw his two companions bein
! dragged. unresistins. toward the Gel
man lines. Three men were wit
them; besides his immediate antagt
mist there was only one other ngur
in the immediate vicinity, and that on
Lhad half turned away.
Il And the thought Of the Internal tra
/, goaded Mark to madness. Al his caI
|, tor, never suspecting resistance ON hi
part. let the muscle Of the pistol drooI
!. Mark drew back his hand and struc
|. upward with all his might
He felt the burn Of the powder Z
! I the discharged bullet sped under HI
chin. he heard the startled CRY Of d
,, Germans: and then furious outburi
, Of machine-gun Hre came from u
trenches opposite. Two Very lighl
went up. revealing the two strugglir
men to the sentries on either side.
Mark saw q powerful man. . %
/. geant. hs thought, with close-croppe
yellow hair and the body Of Q He
cules. The man dashed at him. stril
+ ing madly with his bare nsts. The tw
. fought amid hailstorm Of bulletA
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