The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-15
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6E1IN 7EhE TO-DAY
In the summer Of 1914,
MARK SABRE finds that he is es-
trang d from human sympathy and
understanding with the sole excep-
ton of afif f t
LADY MONA iTYBAR,, an old sweet
heart, now unhappily married.
Sabre's@ @pi'6zaic and snobbish wife.
MAEEL,, fails to understand her nus
bands poetic and whimsical tenn
peram ent.y In business he is un-
dermined Vby jealous associates in
the firflf ofa Fortune, East and Sa-
bre and a promised partnership is
diverted from him ito2sa @
TW,YNING. at5At1 this point Nona's
life wlthtTybar BECOMES intolerable
and she asks Sabre to take her
Observation-Disclosures and Sabre
= rusltls to secure a commission. He
speaks,it ito B. Colonel Rattray Of the
Plnks. yrsiiiE ets,1eIu, VI.
go oNaWITH the STORY
'"Eh? Into what?"" ugdiuE sa
''The war!". It, was easier after
the plunge. 81 see in the papers that
civilians are being 4given commits
sions by recommendation. Can you
get ma a commission 2, :',;,,ta. g..
i Colonel .RattraY showed surprise.
''Well, don't know. 4 might. I've
rIo doubt I could, If you're eligible.
How old are you, sabre?"
Thirty six" .s
Colonel Rattray said doubtfully,
Come on UP to the Mess in the
morning and III get our doctor to have
a look at you. Then we'll see what
can be DONE All right, eh?"
III
He said nothing to Mabel of his
intention. 1t was just precisely the
sort of thing he could not possibly
discuss with Mabel. Mabel would
say, "Whyever should you?" and of
all imaginable ordeals the idea of ex-
posing before Mabel his feelings about
England he would tell her
when it was done, if IT, came off.
And his thought was, when few
hours later he was walking slowly
away from his interview with Major
Earnshaw, the doctor at the bar
racks, "Thank God, never said any
thing to Mabel about it."
Major Earnshaw had very pleas
antly chad a 60, at this heart OF
yours" Withdrawn his stethoscope
and shaken his head 1t was mo go;
absolutely none, Sabre" pa -
well, but that's for commission
I'll go into the ranks
you can't possibly go in as you
are-now. The standards will prob
ably b., reduced, but they'll have to
be reduced goodish long way before
you'll get in. | don't mind telling
YOU
Then came another of the frightfu,
undoings of his emotions.
The occasion was that Of his meet
ing with Harkness outside the
County Times office. Hardness was
captain of the battalion that haG
gone out who had been left behini
owing to some illness. The British
Expeditionary Force had been in &C
Sabre said, .4News? Anything
about the Pinks?"
darkness nodded. He seemed tc
be swallowing. Then he said, Eyes
the regiment Pretty bad"
Sabre said, Anyone" and also
stopped.
r4Arkness, looked, not at Sabre, but
straight across the top of his head
and began. an appalling. and as it
seemed to Sabre, an endless recita-
tive. "The Colonel's killed. Bruce is
killed. Otway's killed"
"Otway =. ;"
"Cottar's killed. Bullen's killed
Endless! The names struck Sabre
like successive blows. We're they
never going to end?
"Carmichaels killed. My young
brothers." his voice cracked
KILLED. Skies is killed"
"sikes killed and youl
brother ;"
Hardness said in a very thin
scueaking voice. Yes. the regiment
pretty well-The regiments" HI
looked full at Sabre and said in &
very loud. defiant, voice, Il bet the!
We're magnificent. BY God. bet yor
they were magnificent, Oh, my God