The Washington times., 1931-10-29
CHAPTER is

ChAFIGN 10
We walked away-we could
not bear to see Seelig at that
moment. Ludwig crawled in
under his greatcoats once more.
Only Albert remained. Seelig
stared at the corpse. The
moon came out from behind a
cloud and shone down upon it.
The fat body stopped forward.
The sergeant major stood there
and peered down into the pallid
face below. upon which the
uncomfortable expression Of hor-
ror was frozen to a stiffness
that almost screamed.
Better say the prayer now
and get back" said Albert
coldly.
The sergeant major wiped his
forehead. ~ can't" he mur.
INJURED. The horror had caught
him. We had all had that
experience; for weeks together
q man might feel nothing.
Then suddenly there would
come some new, unforeseen
thing and it would break him
down. With green face he
stumbled off to the dugout.
He imagined they pelted you
with jujubes up here" said
Tjaden dryly.
The rain fell more heavily.
The sergeant major did not re-
turn. At last we fetched Lud-
wig Breyer from under his
overcoats once again. In a
quiet voice he repeated a
Paternoster.
We passed the dead down.
We'll lent a hand below, taking
them from us. I noticed that
he was trembling. Almost in
audibly he was whispering:
"You shall be avenged" again
and again. I looked at him,
astonished.
A Stiff Job
whats got you?" I asked
him. These aren't the first,
you know. You'll have your
work cut out avenging them
all" Then he said no more.
When we had packed in the
first rows, Valentin and Jupp
came stumbling up with a
stretcher.
This bloke's alive STILL" said
Jupp, setting down the stretch
er.
Kosole gave it a glance. mot
for long, though" said he.
1--WE might wait for him."
The man on the stretcher
choked and gasped .intermit-
tently. At each breath the
blood ran down over his chin.
ANY use carrying him out?"
asked Jupp.
He'd only die just the
same" said Albert, pointing to
the blood.
We turned him over on his
side and Max We'll attended to
him, while we went on with
our work. Valentin was help
ing me now. We passed Glaser
down. Just think of his wife,"
murmured Valentin.
Look out, here comes Schro-
der" Jupp called to us, as he
let the waterproof slide.
"Shut your mouth" hissed
Broger.
Kosole still had the body in
his arms. "Who?" he asked
uncomprehending.
"Schroder," repeatd Jupp,
supposing Ferdinand knew.
Don't be funny, you fool! He
was captured" growled Kosole
angrily.
"It is, Ferdinand" said Albert
Trosske, who was standing
nearby.
We held our breath. Kosole
gathered up the body and
climbed out. He took his torch
from his pocket and Shone it
upon the corpse. He stopped
down close over what was left
Of the face and examined it.
Thank heaven, the sergeant
majors gone," whispered Karl.
Murder Expected
We stood motionless through
the next seconds. Kosole
Strengthened himself UP. "Give's
q shovel" said he sharply. I
handed him one. We expected
bloody murder. But KoSole
merely began to dig. Allowing
none to help him, he made a
grave for Schroeder apart. He
placed him in it himself. He
was too stricken to think of
Seelig.
BY dawn both graves. we're
finished. The wounded man
had died in the meantime, so
we put him in with the rest.
After tFeading the ground firm,
we set up the crosses. With
copying pencil, Kosole wrote
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