New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
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loves her. He tells his mother thi! , but does not tell her which one because he wants her to treat them :; both alike.
 Over in France he is wounded fir ! bis first big battle and sent 10 the 1 hospital. He is discharged again and sent to the front and put in charge of a detail to clean out an enemy pill box.
 NOW BEGIN THE STORY CHAPTER XVI t{ai Jim Elwell been equipped with a larger experience with Ger man pill boxes he would have been ,ry discreet about peekilig over the shelter of the little raVine where they lay and would have been very careful about exposing his anato- my,
 He saw something that didn't look so good. But he didn't see it quickly enough. It was stream of fire and smoke. But machine gun bullets travel just about as fast as light does for a distance of half a mile, so Jim felt what he saw as soon as he saw it.
 lFe felt it iu the left shoulder, the sam place he had felt it the other time. He felt, too, that the thing was getting to be a doggone habit with him. So he sat down-quickly.
 Serves me damn well right" was his emphatic remark to the others as they rushed over to him. T ought 10 have had better sense than to do thing like that an go pokin' my head right at them. Here, John.' he said 10 Powell, "help me off with my coat. I'm goin' down to the heavens sake don't any of you fel- lows try what I did. I'm playin' in luck: I didn't get it in my darn fool head"
 John Powell was looking at him oueerly. Jim noticed that his face had suddenly gone greenish white.
 What's the matter, John"' he asked quickly.
 "Oh-nothin'. Goodby. Jim.'
 Jim ignored his last remark. Just keep under cover, that's all"
 Leaving his coat behind him, he started under cover of the sloping bank down to the little creek. He made his way without difficulty. for the wound this time was mere scratch, and paused on the bank 10 wash the furrow made by the bullet with water. Then he succeeded after q fashion in binding it up.
 His rough first aid surgery. ovcr, he filled his cantoen, took long drink-for his throat was parchcd and stinging-filled if up again and strengthened up io climb back up the slope 10 the little nest"
 But he didn't start-iust then. A crashing roar that shook the hillside also shook him off his feet and back wards into tn" shallow creek. A blndine light farcd before his eyes and the creek ped seemed 10 trcm- ble beneath him.
 What seemed an age later, when his dazed brain finally began to function again. h" Crawled out and looked up the hillside.
 What he saw gave him another shock. but one that pulled him 10 his feet and then loft him stunned with it's awfulness. Where the machine" gun nest had hoen was now a hole in which a box car could have been hidden from sight.
 "Nv God," he Easred, 'I guess Johns hunch was right"
 He started up the hillside and then stopped short, his eyes riretcd on something almost at his feet.
 What he saw was the manglod body of John Powell. The face, half blown away, hung by few bloody cords. The legs were gone entirely, torn off at the hips.
 Jim grew sick at heart And as he stood looking down at the fearful sight. the chill of cold horror clutch ing at his heart, there came 10 his mind the promise he had made that morning to his new huldy who had looked so much like him.
 The letters John Powell had asked him to mail. And thvy were sewod inside the poor fellows coat.
 i've got to do it," he muttered thickly. and I suppose I might as well take off his coat and wear 1t