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rather pitiably to live up to one's;
expectations.
It seemed to nut that
1 lien, ' quite apart from their real; Sweet orAhurain�c� t'reAaili NT
■. Jas. NORMAN HALL,. ■■
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v CHAPTER X..---(Cont'd.,) anything below me waist. ' I think
"Jamie," he said, "take my place at ''I'm 'urt down there."
sentry for a few minutes, °will you? Weworked as swiftly andas caret
I've Jost m water -bottle. It's 'era fully as we could. We' knew that he
in the dugout somew'ere. I'll be only was badly wounded, for the earth was
a minute." sea ed with blood;, but when we saw,
I went out to the. gun position • a we. turned away • sick with horror
few yards away, and immediately Fortunately, he lost consciousnes
afterward the .Germans began a while we were trying , to: disentangl
bombardment of our line. One's ear him from th fallen timbers,; and h
become exact in distinguishingt e . died on the wto
0 h Way the field dressing
size Of shells : by the. sound which • station. Of. the seven lads in th make in travelling through.•the dugout, •' three were killed outright
air; and it is possible to judge the three died within half an hour, and
direction' and the probable place of one escaped with a crushed foot which
their fall. Two of us stood by the had: to be amputated' at the field hos
machine gun. We heard at the same' pital.
time sounds which meant danger, What ,had happened . to our .little
• possibly ''death.. It. was the awful group was happening to `others along
whistling roar of a high' explosive. the entire line. Americans. may
We dropped to the floor of the trench have .read of the bombardment 'which
at once. The explosion;'bliekened-our took place that autumn morning. The
• -faces --with-lyddite--end-llalf=.blinde ispatches, I Iselieve `-describe nt with,
us. The duggut: which I had left less, the usual ofieial berevity, giving � , y,g gall
than a •moment. ago Was a mass of the information really necessary_ from
wreckage. '' Seven of our comrades the'point. of view of the, general pub-
• were inside.. y lac,
One of them crawled' out', pulling "Along the Loos -La Bassee sector
himself ams f
witho
along one athere rm. The. h was e a a lively, artillery action
other arm, was' terribly crushed and We .demolished some, earthworks in
one leg was hanging by a tendon. and the vicinity of ,Hulluch. • Some of
a few shreds: of flesh. ' , Our trenches near Hill 70 were .dam=
"My God, boys! Look wot they aged."
did to me!" •
He -kept saying it `oref" and: over
while' we.cut the cords• from.. our
bandoliers, tied' them about his' leg
and arm and twisted thein up to stop
the flow of blood. He was i fine, -
healthy Iad. A moment .before he had
been telling us,sv'hat he' was going to
do when we went home on furlough.
Now Iris. face was the color of ashes,
his voice 'greew -weaker an weaker,
and he died while *re were working
wokng
over him...' +
Highs explosive, shells were burst-
ing all along the line. Great masses
of earth and chalk. were blown in on_
top of men seekifng protection where
there
.was none. The ground: -rocked
like ` so much pasteboard. I heard
frantic cries for "Picks and' shovels!"
"Stretcher-bearers! "Stretclier-bearers
Tire RECORDINGEYE,
Hlxhest .The Development said Printing oil,
selves, or which they were in no way,. market prices Mid. We supply cans, Military Aerial Photographs.
responsible; but doubtless it had al-p1ky sxplrests chargee, end remit daily„ Somewhere its England there is sR
ways been there, waiting to be called Mutuual Dalry 4 Creamery Co. school for photographers forth at just such crucial" times. 74tri Fond it. West. . Toronto p gr'aphers where men
During the afternoon I heard for ... are trained in the intricate work of.de-
the dist time the hysterical cry of .*conceivable horrors. I hoard of veloping and printing and interpreting
moan whose_ nerve had given wale Hai many .instance& of nervous breakdown. lha mints rrr serial . rilotograioh • et.
picked up an arm and threw it far out' but I witnessed 'surprisingly few of which depend so many of the problems
in front of the trenches, shouting as them. Men were uften badly shaken that determine the activities of the
he did so Ina way that tnade one e
bleed run cold. Then he Jett down -
and started crying and•moaning. He
was taken baek to the rear, one of the
saddest of casualties in a war of in
and trembled from head to foot. Usu troops at the front. The negatives ob-
ally they pulled themselves together. tanned by the .army airmen are differ -
under the taunts of their leo suacspt- ent from all others. Their delieate
able comrades. • ,6
(To be continued.) traceries are so lacking in contrasts
<------- that in the developing bath the plate
seem* to contain nothing at st11. But
what there is on it --hair-like lines,
microscopic dots, clear, transparent
arena and faint patches like breath on
a n irror: must be coaxed forth and
yet not overdeveloped. Nor is `print-
ing the plates easy: Bromide enlarge.
merits have to be made very rapidly,
for all of ahem, labelled and number-
ed, mustt'he ready at the front within
WHEN RESOLUTIONS TOTTER an hour after the relates are exposed:
Isn't it fennyhow good resolutions 'morning when Igot up with a head- over the enemy's lanae. Thee generalf
' g staff must know how the 'ether .aide of
fade away when the sun strikes them? ache and symptoms of a cold, ;and one No `Man's Land looks all the time for
Just like some of the dyed stuffs we're boy wailed, as en every morning:. the comparison . of to -day's Photo -
getting
breakfast* o C t I after eakfa ,
now. Ater the children an waituntil s , graphs. with yesterdays may reveal
have been, put to bed and the pan to .clean my teeth, mother?"vital secrete. In any. case the photo-
cakes set and the kitchen door locked And. the, ether one got half dressed, graphs !oust be perfect. The students
and the knitting gotten out, and you as on every morning,; and then march- must,learn how to read views made
can sit down with peace reigning ed around and around. .in a circle in perhaps when the camera is ten thou-
Within, if not abroad thep's the time his room singing and swinging his '
you resolve firmly, and let us hope
prayerfully, to -make a better job of it
to -morrow. That's '--when yo% admit.
that you're a scolder and a nagger,
and that it's 'all your fault when
things. go wrong, beeause the mother
makes the home atmosphere. And
you promise yourself fervex.tl' -not to
scold the children again, ever,. no mat-
ter what they do.. . And not to say,.
"Don't," And to keep a cheery tone
in your voice and not to "yelp" when
father spills the gravy on the brand
clean table cloth. And not once to feel
sorry.for yourself when. you Pee your
neighbors going by, all gaily dressed,
to some afternoon. party or lecture
or concert, while you sit home and
s tend the' baby= -
e Lamplight 'is ' surely the time for
e making'resolutions. For there Is some-
he thing about "the cold, gray dawn of
the morning after," that.chases them
all alway. I "do hereby. :_,resolve",
every evening of my life. But . the
▪ , next morning -+well, that's another
story. The mornings usually begin
with the thought expressed by one of
the boys.
."One more day of this awful life!
Get to get up and clean my teeth and
may- hair!" Though I vary -
phrasing by going over the breakfast
and the beds, and the baby's 'bath, and
the picking up, andTn`u`rrynng the chit
dren 'off toschool, and darning, and;
"oh,Well; you alld thesame'things.
o
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,g
• So why ge over them?
Last night I resolved even more
strenuously than ever. -But this
Uaniagedl" It .was guarded-admris
sten. Our 'line was 'a shambles of
loose earth and splintered -logs. At
some places it was difficult to see just
where the trench had been Had the
Germans .launched a 'counter-attack,
immediately after the bombardment,
weshould have had difficulty in- hold=
ing the ' position. But it wasonly
what Tommy called"a big 'ap'orth • o''
'ate," ` No attempt Was made to for-
low up the advantage,and we at once
set to work rebuilding. The loose
earth had to be put intosandbags, the
parapets mended,the holes, blasted
out by shells,.filled in.
The worst of was' that we could
not get away from the sight of the
mangled bodies of our comrades.
Arms and legs stuck out of the wreck"-
• age, and'on every side we saw, dis-
this way, for God's sake!"The voices torted human faces,
sounded as weak and futile as the . the facesm'e mad
we ..had .known, with whom we tad
squeaking of rats' in a thunderstorm, lived and shared• hardships and dan-
When .the bombardment began, all gears for months past, Those who, have
off-duty 'men were ordered into the never lived through experiences' -'of
deepest of the shell -proof dugouts, this sort cannot possibly know the
where they:were really quite ••safe..horror of them. It is not in the
• But those English lads ewere not heat of battle that men .lose their rea
cowards. Orders or no orders, they son,. Battle frenzy is, perhaps, a
came out to the rescue of their cam-, temporary madness.,,, The real dan-
rades.'. They worked :without_ _a
thought of :their own danger. I ger comes when the strain is "relaxed,
telt, actuall_y. happy,,fdr.r wst :xvitnrss Men lock about them _ and ' sge ;the
ing splendid heroic things, It 'was'odnes: of their comrades torn .to pieces
an eznorienett which &arra repel a nn.n_..4s though th®v_!Ia1.1... n, }lahko ant
and unshakable fano in Vs fellows. `I uuu:he ecl ayfiends ' One tanks of
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u The 'ful• and sacred thing. The .si -t
ruins Of our machine-gun dugout. The g sight of
roof still held• in one place. There' it dismembered or disemboweled,
•" we found Mac, his •head split in two trampled in the bottom of a trench,
as though it has been done with ansmeared with blood .:and : filth,is • so
axe. Gardner's •head was blown conn- revolting as to be hardly enduable.
pietan y. oft and hie body was so terribly And yet, we had to endure it. We
mangled that we diel, not know until. could not escape -it. Whichever way
..afar' who he was. Preston was - we l000kcd, there were the•dead. Worse
ing on his back with a great jags, even than the • sight ' of dead men
• blood-stained hole 'through -hie- tunic. were thegroans and entreaties • of
Bert Power was
'so badly hurt that .we 'those' lying wounded in the trenches'
exhausted . ours supplyof field dress-: waitingto be taken back to :the -dress
.logs in bandaging him,- We found ingf-stations.._,' _
little Charlie Harrison .lying; close to "I'm shot through the stomach,
the side of• the' wall, gazing at his matey! Can't you get Me back to
crushed: foot with a look of incredulity the ambulance? Ain't they some
and horror pitiful to see. Oneof the wayyou can ' get me ' back out o'
filen gave' him first aid with all the 'this?"
deftness paid tenderness of a -woman. i "Stick it, old lad! ,----You won't -'ave
The 'rest of us dug hurriedly into a long to wite. They'll' be some of the
great cheap of •earth at the other end Red Cross along 'ere in a jiffy now."
of the shelter; We. quickly uncovers'' "Give me: 'a lift, boys, cant you?
ed Walter, a Iad who had kept us Look at My leg! Do you think it'll
laughing at his drollery on many a 'ave to come off?.. Maybe they could
rainy night. The earthhad been save it if 1 could get to 'ospital -ire
heaped loosely on_ him and he: was still time! • ' Won't, some of you give me
.conscious. • • • j a -lift? I can 'obble along with a
"Good old boys,' he said' weakly; "1 little 'alp." .
was about -done for." • I , "Don't you fret,, sonny! You're
In our haste we 'dislodged another.:a-go'le to *ride .back in a stretcher
heap of ••earth which - completely: presently. Keep yer courage up a
buried him again, and it seemed a little w'ile longer."
.l.ifet'nenie before we were able to' re-' Some of the men, in their suffering,
move it. I have never seen a finer •''forgot every one but themselves, and
.dislIDlay of pure '4lr'a
grit than lter's:' f it was not strange that they should.
' "Easy nowt" he said. "Can't feel . Others, with 'more iron 'in their_ na-
---• a _• �• -�-•••---• I tures, endured /earful agony in sil-
FE.T1
r enee, During timetable half-hours.
filled with danger and death, many of
grer11ZE`I
my gross ynisjedgi-iietits • of character
ONTARIO Fgf`l R.IZRRC, LIMITE=D were made clear toine.,' Men whom
WEST TORONTOCANADAno one had credited' with heroic
i qualities' revealed th ani, r Othersrail-
waist around by one button.
• And the baby cried,
,Arid thefurnace fire was out,
Andthe milk /was frozen,
And the pan -cakes had refused to
get light.
And I forgot the salt in the oat
'meal, and it was wheatles sday and I
had to make corn _meal muffins,: be-
cause they wouldn't eat the cakes, and
the coffee didn't percolate long enough
and I was too cross to put it back on
again, and husband was.. too tired . to
talk, and I dropped a spoon and broke
mY .Pet coup,.
Well, what's the use? You all know
r
' o o
whatIidd.. And u know wwhee my
'good resolutions went to,. I even shook
the poor' babyy because he cried, and,
quitenaturally, made him cry harder.
But rill not through with resolu-
•tions even yet. " Some days. I manage'
to keep them fairly well. And I'm go-
ing to keep right on mating them and and
breaking them until the, resk a , g
gradually dwindle away and cases to.
be,
But the chief reason for my deter
urination to keep on is the thought
that we're all here to build character,
and, that if the things I have been
iven-to-•do-hada-t-been=the-Ise
to bring mine out, I wouldn't- ha ve
been 'set at "this particular job.
Sp I'ni
46ing to 'resolve again and
yet again, not to scold nor nag,. nor
e. And i f I break m• resoluta ii,
rage, f
0
g Y ►
get up and try again, : knowing
that "though I fail, I shall not be ut=.
terly cast down," •
Food Control Corner
• To satisfy' the needs "of ' Great
Britain and her allies. the North
American continent 'must raise 250,-
000,000 bushels more wheat this year
than in 1917:
No •ons in .tho Royal Household of
Great Britain is 'allowed to exceed the
rations. ,Meat is seldom served at
the family table,. -the King and Queen
rarely butter andbread and jai
n.
y eat_ , J m
often constitute the tea meal
I
Mr. Arnold Bennett, the famous
English novelist, writes: "We - shall
not in future get ae roach as we want
or as much 'as we . d
e
ne There is and
there will be a serious shortage, . .
Submarinesare hot the original cause
of the *portage . . The_shortage
is ' a world shortage .... French
food supply is 'down by 40 per cent..
If we do not help France,: France col-
lapses, and we alright' just its- well. put
the- shutters up 'at the' War Office .and }.
!implore Hindenburg to behave chival
iso-iialto-El faIlen.foes.i'
It is lliipeF tIVC''t�}At�n'-Cp1ICnteIS'.3--�3 `
Professor Elford of .' the Poultry
Div;sioii" of the Experimental Farm in
a lecture before the-- Ottawa Poultry
Association, told how ,household. waste
could be utilized as feed for chickens.
With a flock of twelve pullets' in his
own backyard he produced eggs as a
cost of 251 cents each, feeding -table
waste, as 'compared to a cost. of 3%
cents at the Experimental Fern' from
hens fed . on regular chicken deed.
Tablescraps in Canada, he asserted,
Would produce five and a quarter mil-
lion eggs worth over 13,000,-000. He
urged ''city people 'to set eggs this
spring and rear chickens. P g
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FRENCH FLYER
DOWNED 15 BUNS
LIEUT. SOULIER, VETERAN AT
" AGE Or TWENTY. r b•
Tells of Exciting /tattle and Hazard., .
one Escape`When Attacked by
Eight Huns.
Lieutenant Constant Soulier, a
French ace, with tlfte;,en German air-
planes to his credit, has comer to
America to assist inthe theoretical
and practical instruction of flyers, of
the United States forces, 'preparatory
to their service. abroad.
Although .continually `. under, fire
whenever . going over the German
trendhes, and shot clown three, times,
luckily within his own lines, Lieuten-
an Soulier waswounlied only once:.
Friends insisted his was a charmed
life,' They laughed heartily, he said,
when an explosive bullet finally got.
him
in the. heel.July1
on 7 last.
,
Only Twenty, but a Veteran.
Lieutenant, Soulier • is only twenty
years old, but a veteran, For more
than two years he has been in the
French Flying Corps, and of late hes
been. attached lo die Twenty-sixth
squadron. Hes has fought in battles .
in many sectors, and whenasked for
a statementof his experiences. was at
first loath to talk. The Sky blue ant.'
form of the young aviation officer was
adorned by a row ofinedals, telling of
his bravery and success. His stdry
was brief and to the point.
"Yes, it is true, I brought down
fifteen 'German airplanes," he said,.'
"but they got me three times, and I
had some exciting'times when up in •
The air...
"It ie my firm belief that the fight-
ing in . the air will win this war, and
all of us must unite to gain the mai- :`
tery and hold it inthis new and most
iiiiportent branch of the service. So
much depends upon` the airplane and.
control of the air.
"Five of the German planes fell
within the enemy lines, but these were
wrecks, and I know ,they were'worth-
less junk and the flyers out of the
fighting . forevsr. Three- machines
came down in No Man's Land, and •
these, too, were completely done form
Attacked,ity Eight Huns.
",My niost hazardous escape? ' It .•
carries one back to the days of knight-
hood and challenge to single bombat.'
One•'.bright, :morulng an :enemy•. am :