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the narrow entrances into the
trenches.
Hale strikes his spade into the
back of a gigantic Frenchman and
throws the first hand grenade; we
duck behind a breastwork for few
seconds, then the whole section Of
trench before us is empty.
The next throw whizzes obliquely
over the corner and clears a pas
sage; as we run past We toss hand
fuls down the dugouts, the earth
shudders, it crashes; duly and
stifed, we stumble over Jumps Of
flesh, over yielding bodies; J. fall
into an open belly on which lies a
clean new officers cap.
The fight ceases. We lose touch
with the enemy. We can not stay
here long, but must retire under
cover of our artillery to our own
position.
No sooner do we know this than
we dive into the nearest cugout, and
with the utmost haze, seize on
whatever provisions we can see, es-
pecially the tins of corned beef and
butter, before we clear out.
We get back pretty we'll. There
has been no further attack by the
enemy. We lie for an hour painting
and resting before anyone speaks.
We are played out so completely
that in spite of our great hunger, we
do not think of the provisions. Then
gradually we become something like
men again.
The corned beef over there is
famous along the whole front Oc-
casionally it has been the chief rea-
son for a flying raid on T II part,
for our nourishment is generally
bad; we have a constant hunger.
We bagged five tins altogether.
The fellows over there are well
looked after; it seems luxury to
us with our hunger-p angs, our tur-
nip jam, and meat so scarce that
we simply grab at it.
Hale has scored thin loaf of
white French bread, and stuck it
in behind his belt like a spade. 1t
is bit bloody at one corner, but
that can be cut off.
1t is a good thing we have some
thing decent to eat at last; we still
have a use for all our strength.
Enough to eat is just as valuable
as a good dugout; it can save our
lives; that is the reason we are so
greedy for it.
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Tjaden has captured two water
bottles full of cognac. We pass
them around.
The evening benediction begins.
Night comes, out of the craters rise
the mists. 1t looks as though the
holes were bull of ghostly secrets.
The white vapour creeps painfully
round before it ventures to steal
away over the edge. Then long
streaks stretch from crater to era
ter.
It is chilly, I am on sentry and
stare into the darkness. My
strength is exhausted as always af-
ter an attack, and so it is hard for
me to be alone with my thoughts.
They are not properly thoughts;
they are memories which in my
weakness turn homeward and
strangely move me.
The parachute lights shoot up
wards-and I see picture, a sum-
mer evening, am in the cathedral
cloister and look at the tall rose
trees that bloom in the middle of
the cloister garden where the monks
lie buried.
Around the walls are the stone
carvings of the Stations of the
Gross. No one is there. A great
quietness rules in this poisoning
quadrangle, the sun lies warm on
the heavy grey stones, place my
hand upon them and feel the
warmth.
At the right hand corner the
green cathedral spire ascends into
the pale blue sky of the evening.
Between the glowing columns of
the cloister is the cool darkness that
only churches have, and I stand
there and wonder whether, when I
am 20, shall have experienced the
bewildering emotions of love.
The image is alarmingly near; it
touches me before it dissolves in
the light of the next star-shell.
I lay hold of my rifle to see that
it is in trim. The barrel is wet,
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start after the one who escapes
and wonder whether to shoot him
in the leg-then it shrieks again, I
fling myself down and when stand
UP the walls of the trench is plaS-
tered with smoking splinters, Jumps
of flesh and bits of uniform. I
scramble back.
The first recruit seems actually to
have gone insane. He butts his
head against the wall like a goat,
We must try tonight to take him to
the rear. Meanwhile, we bind him,
but in such way that in case Of
attack he can be released at once.
Kat suggests a game of skat: it is
easier when a man has something
to do. But 1t is no use, we listen
for every explosion that comes close,
miscount the tricks, and fail to fol-
low suit. We have to give it up.
We sit as though in a kissing
boiler that is being belaboured from
without on all sides.
Night again. We are deadened by
the strain-a deadly tension that
scrapes along ones spine like a
capped knife. Our legs refuse to
move. our hands tremble, our bod
les are a thin skin stretched pain
fully over repressed madness, over
an almost irresistible, bursting roar.
We have neither flesh nor muscles
any longer, we dare not look at one
another for fear of some incalcu-
liable thing. So we shut our teeth
it viii end-it will end-perhaps we
will come through.
Suddenly the nearer explosions
cease. The Smelling continues, but
it has lifted and falls behind us, our
trench is free. We seize the hand
grenades, pitch them out in front of
the dugout and Jump after them.
The bombardment has stopped and
a heavy barTage now falls behind
us The attack has come.
No one would believe that in this
bowling waste there still could be
men; but steel helmets now appear
on all sides of the trench, and fifty
yards from us machine gun is
already in position and barking.
The wire entanglements are torn
to pieces. Yet they offer some OBJ
stacle. We see the storm troops
coming. Our artillery opens fire.
Machine guns rattle, rifles crack
The charge works its way across.
Hale and Kropp begin with the
hand grenades. They throw as fast
as they can, others pass them, the
handles with the strings already
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earth, with a greasy shine under the
suns rays; the earth is the back
ground of this restless, gloomy
world Of automatons, our gasping
is the scratching of a quill, our
lips are dry, our heads are de-
bauChed with stupor-thuS we stag
ger forward, and into our pierced
and shattered souls boreS the tor
turing image of the brown earth
with the greasy sun and the con-
vulced and dead soldiers, who lie
there-it can't be helped-why cry
and clutch at our legs as we spring
away over them.
We have lost all feeling for one
another. We can hardly control
ourselves when our hunted glance
lights on the form of some other
man.
We are insensible, dead men, who
through some dreadful magic, are
still able to run and to kill.
A young Frenchman lags behind,
he is overtaken, he puts up his
hands, in one he still holds his
revolver-does he mean to shoot or
give himself up?-a blow from a
spade cleaves through his face.
A second sees it and tries to run
farther; a bayonet jabs into his
back. He leaps in the air, his arms
thrown wide, his mouth wide open
yelling: he Staggers, in his back the
bayonet quivers.
A third throws away his rifle,
covers down with his hands before
his eyes. He is left behind with a
few prisoners to carry off the
wounded.
Suddenly in the pursuit we reach
the enemy line.
We are so close on the heels of
our retreating enemies that we
reach it almost at the same time
as they. In this way we suffer few
casualties.
A machine gun banks, but is
silenced whit a bomb. Nevertheless,
the couple Of seconds has suff1ced
to give us five stomach wounds.
With the butt of his rifle, Kat
sn1ashes to pulp the face of one of
the unWounded machine gunnerS.
We bayonet the others before
they have time to get out their
bombs Then thirstily we drink the
water they have for cooling the gun.
Everywhere wire cutters are snap
ping, planks are thrown across the
entanglements, we jump through
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CHAPTER XIII Continued

CHAPTER XIII Continued
We wait and wait. By midday
what I expected happens. One OF
the recruits has a fit. I have been
watching him for a long time
grinding his teeth and opening and
shutting his fists
These hunted, protruding eyes, we
know them too well. During the
last few hours he has had merely
the appearance Of calm. He had
COLLAPSED like a rotten tree.
Now he stands up, stealthily
creeps across the floor, hesitates a
moment and then glides towards the
door. I intercept him and say;
where are you going?"
IN be back in a minute, says
he. and tries to push me.
wait a bit. The Smelling VIII
stop soon"
He listens and for moment his
eve becomes clear. Then again he
has the glowering eyes Of a mad dog
He is silent, he shoves me aside.
one minute lad I say. Kat
notices. Just as the recruit shakes
me of, Kat jumps in and we hold
him.
Then he begins to rave: Leave
me alone. let me go out, I will go
outl"
He won't listen to anything and
hits out his mouth is wet anc pours
out words, half Choked, meaningless
words. It is a case of clausrapho-
bia. he feels as though he Is suffo-
eating here and wants to get out
at any price.
II we let him go, he would run
about everywhere regardless OF
cover. He is not the first.
Though he raves and his eyes roll,
1t can't be helped, and we have to
give him a hiding to bring him to
his senses. We do it quickly and
mercilessly. and at last he sits down
quietly. The others have turned
pale: let's hope it deterS them.
This bOmbardment is too much
for the poor devils, they who have
Deen SenJ SAld4BIlL lOAl a lCSl Wv
ing-depot into a barrage that is
enough to turn an old soldiers hair
grey.
After this affair, the sticky, close
atmosphere works more than ever
on our nerves. We sit as if in our
graves waiting only to be closed in.
Suddenly it hOWls and flashes ter
rihcally. the dugout cracks in all its
Joints under a direct hit, fortunately
only a light one that the concrete
blocks are able to Withstand. 1t
rings metallically, the walls reel
rifles, helmets, earth mud and dust
fly everywhere. Sulphur fumes
pour in.
If we were in one of those light
dugouts that they have been build
ing lately instead of this deep one,
not one of us would now be alive.
But the effect is bad enough even
so. The recruit starts to rave again
and two others follow suit. One
jumps up and rusheS out, we have
trouble with the other two.
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pulled. Hale throws seventy-five
yards, Kropp sixty, it has been
measured, the distance is impor-
tant. The enemy as they run can
not do much before they are within
forty yards.
We recognize the distorted faces.
the smooth helmets; they are
French. They already have suffered
heavily when they reach the rem
nantS of the barbed-wire entangle-
ments. A whole line has gone down
before our machine guns; then vre
have a lot of stoppages and they
come nearer.
I see one of them, his face up
turned, fall into a wire cradle. His
body collapses, his hands remain
suspended as though he we're pray
ing. Then his body drops clean
away and only his hands with the
Stumps of his arms, shot of, now
hang in the wire.
The moment we are about to re-
treat three faces rise up from the
ground in front of us. Under one OF
the helmets a dark pointed beard
and two eyes that are fastened on
me. I raise my hand but I can
not throw into those strange eyes;
for one mad moment the whole
slaughter Whirls like a circus round
me, and these two eyes that are
alone motionless; then the head
rises up, a hand, a movement, and
my hand grenade flies through the
air and into him.
We make for the rear, pull wire
cradles into the trench and leave
bombs behind us with the string
pulled, which ensure us a fiery re-
treat. The machine guns are al
ready firing from the next position.
We have become wild beasts. We
do not fight, we defend ourselves
against humiliation. 1t is not
against men that we fling our
bombs, who do we know of men
in this moment when death with
hands and helmets is hunting us
doWn-now, for the first time in
three days we can see his face, now,
for the first time in three days we
oppose him; we feel mad anger.
No longer do we lie helpless, wait
ing on the Scaffold. We can de-
stroy and kill, to save ourselves, to
save ourselves and be revenged.
We crouch behind every corner,
behind every barrier of barbed
wire, and hurl heaps of explosives
at the feet of the advancing enemy
before we run.
The blast of the hand grenades
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impinges powerfully on our arms
and legs; crouching like cats we run
on, overwhelmed by this wave that
bears us along, that fills us with
ferocity, turning us into thugs, into
murderers, into God only knows
what devils; this wave that multi
plies our strength with fear and
madness and greed of life, seek
ing and fighting for nothing but our
.deliverance.
If your own father came over
with them you would not hesitate
to fling a bomb into him.
The forward trenches have been
abandoned. Are they still trenches?
They are blown to pieces, annihilated
there are only broken bits of
trenches, holes linked by tracks,
nests of craters, that is all. But
the enemy's casualties increase.
They did not count ON SO much re-
SiStanCe.
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CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XIV
Ut is nearly noon. The sun blazes
Il hotly, the sweat stings in our
eyes, we wipe it off on our sleeves,
and often blood with it, At last
we reach a trench that is in a some
what better condition.
1t is manned and ready for the
counter-attack. 1t relieves us. Our
guns open in full blast and cut off
the enemy attack.
The lines behind us stop. They
can advance no farther. The attack
is crushed by our artillery. We
watch. The fire lifts hundred
yards and we break forward.
Beside me a lance-corporal has
his head torn off. He runs a few
steps more while the blood spoutS
from his neck like a fountain.
It does not come quite to hand
to-hand fighting; they are driven
back. We arrive once again at our
shattered trench and pass on be-
yond it.
Oh, this turning back again! We
yearn to creep in and disappear
reach the shelter of the reserves and
but instead we must turn around
and plunge again into the horror
If we were not automata at that
moment we would continue lying
there, exhausted, and without will.
But we are swept forward again,
powerless, madly savage and rag
ing; we will kill, for they still are
our mortal enemies; their rifles and
bombs are aimed at us, and if we
do not destroy them, they will de-
Stroy us.
The brown earth, the torn, blasted
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Had Is Years of
Stomach Agony
With 1t, Had Kidney Trouble and
Back Ache. Receivers Health.

After years of torture from stom-
sch and kidney trouble, Mr.. John F.
Bott, 625 w. Chestnut St., Free
port, H., suddenly shook of all his
ailments and recovered his health.
His letter explains it, as follows:
For IS years, had stomach trou-
bic and kidney weakness. After eat
ing, I would bloat with gas and suf-
fer intense pain, followed by sick
headache. My kidney trouble dis
turbed my sleep, and my back ached
so terribly 1 could hardly drag my
self home from work, and I was
ready TO drop the minute I got in
size the door. I couldn't sleep, and
all day long I felt weak. dizzy, and
lazy. Medicines seemed unable to
help me, and life was nothing but
misery to me until started taking
Viuna. In short order, I was a
changed man. can now eat big,
hearty meals with no gas, no pains.
and no headache. My kidneys
seem to be fine again, and wake
up every morning feeling rested and
ready for work. The awful back
ache is gone, and I can now enjoy
walking to and from the shop.
feel stronger and better each day,
and it is wonderful to know that
my long illness is over at last"
There must be something differ
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about a medicine which has prompt
~ ended so many severe cases of
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pains and rheumatism. Try one
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the moisture with my fingers.
Ito Be Continued

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AUCTION SALES.
ADAM A WEscHLER x SON, Auctioneers


ADAM A wEsCfILER u SON. Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF NO. 1885 NINTH ST.
BY virtue Of deed of trust duly recorded
in Liber No. $685.. folio 800 ct SEQ, of the
land records of the District of Columbia
and at request of party secured thereby,
undersigned trustees will offer for sale by
public auction, in front of the premises, on
WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF
JANUARY. 1929, AT THREE PM, the fol-
lowing described land and premises. situate
in the District Of Columbia, to wit: Lot IS
in square 401, as per plat recorded in Llber
W. B., NJ. folio 5. of the surveyors office
Of said District, excepting the rear 2 inches
by the, width Of said lot and o subject c tho to
front BY 80 feet for alley privilege in favor
of the owners Of property adjoining said
Terms of sale one-third of purchase
money to be paid in cash, balance in two
equal InstallmentS, represented by promis-
sorry notes of purchaser. payable in one and
two years, with interest at per cent per
annum from day of sale. payable semi-an-
nually, secured by deed of trust upon prop
erty old or all cash, at option of purchaser.
A d'posit of $3.50 required Of purchaser at
sale. All eonveyancing, recording and no:
tarial fees at cost of purchaser. Terms OF
sale to be complied with within thirty days
from ssle. otherwise trustees reserve right
faulting purchaser. after five days advertise
ment of such resale in some newspaper pub
lished in Washington, d. c.
GEO. r. LINKINS,
LUTHER w. LINK1NS.
ja5-d&dS.eXSu Trustees.
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AUCTION SALES.
TnMnRn0W
ADAM A. wEsoHLER son, AucsiOneeTs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE I'M
PROVED REAL ESTATE, BEING THE

ADAM A. WESCHbrft u SUM- AuctioneefS'
TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE IN;
P69yEP REAI br EsKATE BEINd si THE
ATE NO, SOB D STREET NORTHWEST.
BY virtue of two certain deeds Of trus rvs
any 5sr sd ss Les folio Nc e sea-. ioS
land records of the District of Columbia;
ha The nasrned the Eagy will Osr
premises or MsPNEsP,A S,5 THE II r NINTH
PA Fiji Y o ScEoAEf PM ays' the following
described land and premises. sitnate in the
nam5efed Of IS III tG VT Ae
ian's, subdivision OF part of square num-
bered 49, as PEI pat recorded in the ofi1;e
in Liber II at folio IT'S: beginning on d.
street, ,26ia feet west OF the southeast corner
81 81 e wa ifq Moss
and 500 d. street northwest and running
thence west on D. street 26 a feet to th os
q said west wall 4525 fset: thence vest
east t eet thenoe south t' IS feet to the
Terms Of sale, ons.third of the purchase ,s
spectively, with interest, at six. tsl pc:
upon The property sold, or all cash at option
81 at e Of 81 sale Al
ancing. recording and notarial fees at cost
with within twenty days from day Of sale.
otherwise the trustees reserve the right to
resell the property at the risk and cost of
the defaulting purchaser after five DAYS
advertisement of such resale in some news
paper published in the city of Washngtol.
d. c.
JESSE HEISKELL.
Ills Eye st. NV
ALEXANDER MUNCASTER.
462 Louisiana Ave.
de29-dScds, eXSu8hol Trustees.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE I'M
PRoyEDSREAL ESTATE 2ll7 STREET

BY virtue OF a certain deed of trust dated
MAJ 10. 1928. and recorded May %. 1923.
as instrument No. ia. of the land records Of
the District of Columbia. and ct the re-
quest of the parties secured thereby. the
UNDERSIGNED trustees will offer for sale by
public auction. in front OF the premises, on
TUESDAY. THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JAN
VARY. 1929. AT THREE O'CLOCK PM,
the following described lard and premises.
situate in the District of Columbia. to wit:
Lot 81 in Thomas E. Waggaman. trustees.
subdivision Of part of square 81. as per
plat recorded in Liber "a, folio "a. OF the
records of the office Of the surveyor of the
District Of Columbia. Also lots 80 to 81
Inclusive. in Wilton Muirhcad's subdivision
Of lots in square 81, as per plat recorded in
Liber Is. folio 49, of the Aforesaid survey
or's office records
Terms of sale: The above property will be
sold subject to prior deed of trust for
0O.00 at six 49, per cent, due on or
before May 10. 1881. balance all cash or
terms to be announced at time of sale.
deposit Of $4,000 required OF purchaser at
revenue stamps and notarial fees at cost of
with within ten days from day of sale.
resell the property at the risk and cost OF
the defaulting purchaser. after five days
advertisement of such resale in Some news
paper published In the City OF Washing
ton. D. C.
SPOTTSWOOD WHITE.
THEODORE d. PFVSER,
JULIUS /. PEYSER, Trustees.
Attorney for the holder of the notes.
'a4-d&dse3Su
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FORD PLAN STUDIED.
Manufacturer Would Give Egypt
Road if Duty Is Waived.

CAIRO. Egypt, January Pl.-The
newspaper SiasSa yesterday said that
the Egyptian government Is examining
a proposal of Henry Ford that he con-
struct at his own expense a macad-
amized road of $50 kilometers' length
(about l55 miles, anywhere In Egyp:
and undertake its upkeep in exchange
for which the Egyptian government
would allow Ford cars to enter Egypt
duty free. An per cent ad valorem
duty is paid now on Ford cars imported
here, pending enforcement of the new
tariff measures in 1880.
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THos J, OWEN & SON. AUcTIoNEERs.

DETACHED sTUCCoS PWE sL+REET
K kSSeeTMRwr 6 a'4s TiIDEN STREE
BY virtue Of certain deed Of trust ,s,t da NS
September 30, 1926. being tnstrumens tSs
1885, recorded December >, 1875, amS,MS s,,, sne
land records of the District OF Coiumptaj;
ana at the request OF the party Sc, SSSu seiI
thereby. the undersigned trustees VIII s sen
at public auction, in front Of Lns PtsninrSssS;
81 81 JMMN NRNsYYA .b. 1873. Al Pour O'CLOCK
sas st as IN the District Of SOlum1lSs s and
thirsy.sx cas- il Harry Jones srDdiYy sI%a
wood Heshts per plat recorded &c tSe re In
or tSs' Of the ONCE Of the surveyor Of the he
District OF Columbia. being now deslgnatcQ
for the purpose of taxation and Assessment.
as lot numbered thirty-six 1881 N square
numbered twenty-five hundred ana t1lrIy-
Ave (2235); subject to covenants ana re-
trust 1 for $500. further. particulars o., Of
which will be announced at time OF SAFE; Ins
purchase price above said trust 20 &c para
In cash. A deposit Of $4,000 REQUIRED; con
veyancing. recording, etc., at pnIcna.s,e ~;
cost Terms to be complied with witnln
thirty Gays, otherwise deposit torfeiied an99
the property nay be advertised ana resoiu
at the discretion of the trustees:
CHARLES K. MALLORY.
ja5-d&ds,exSu trustees.