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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1917-5-24, Page 6L THE HERO OF THE "BUFFS" E. M. PLEDGE 1 When James Gently, familiarly bardment ' the rain of shells. the odor rattled "Jimmy" by bis friends, took an ertiy opportunity of offering him- self for the service of his King and country. those who knew him lest were most amazed. There were twenty whom his friends could have c ted on their fingers tui' bout a peeress that would have been far more likely than Jimmy; hut it was he, and not either of the twenty eligibles,w'bu4Hret joined the colon. The amazement was caused by Jimmy's constitutional dislike of work. From the time when as a echoulboy he preferred to watch a game than to exert hitnselt to parti- cipate in it. to the moment when be beNmme private iu the "Buffs," his study had been to love and follow idle - leek rather than work, and indolence bad become hie chief characterietlr. But wheu be heard the call of bis country he seemed to wake from weep. The blood leaped in his veins. hie pulses throbbed, and Jimmy en- it was an open secret that there were list ed ! store's of ammunition in these great Huth Carter, who had always chant wagons and lollies that were to be plotted him saheb others had accused sent tol•werd next day to a certain him of idleness, was from home when section where supplies were running the call el. tiiii rd JiWwy, and the news short. All had gone well. without a of his great decision u!net her on her hitch, and no epecial,diln$er was an - return. Ruth stood smite .till when ticipated, but Jimmy felf�oddly rest - she realized the With. and ber hear, less, with ei try reuse alert. what a gave a few curious thumps which him imle thing it would 1w if any acm- seemed to half sti e' her. lien she drlit 4apiHrnrd and the waiting .pc. draw herself proud up. and 1. oked Ilan a rte defrauded 6f supplies ! the wtsiid—her world—susigl{ iu the as, the Hublog of steel—these combine to produce what, in order to gauge their unspeakable terrors, must he seen and beard. There are part of the price of war. Jimmy did not keep • diary of the daily drama in which be had his part. There was no leisure for diaries, and no room or safety for them in the war -sone. The only diary he kept was in his heart. and be wrote down things he told himself he would repeat to Ruth some day—if he ever went hone. There were times when sone of the boys near hi,u did sublime acts of which they did not catch the beauty ; hut Jimmy sissy, and his whole nature thrilled. lie saes not conscious of add- ing to the catalogue himself. It was left for others to discover his bravery. In the trenches and out fora few hours' leave ; marching with a column to a new positioh in t"e theatre of war ; here and there, always busy, al- ways Writ, Jimmy found himself one cold night on high, bore ground, "somewhere in France,"hold off with a few others to watch and guard a transport. It was a transport of pe - either value, Jimmy knew, and indeed -r,. - *we, r,. yg1r. - *r TIIl SIGNAL - GODERICH, ONTARIO end looked at h to happen."I OINK moRE wATER Jimmy toroe,ihie companion. "It isn't a soldier's dot y to forsake bis poet or ruu wham he sees danger, chummy," he said yulekly. "You are aside of better tau tben that, Tom. It's coming and we malt do our bit sharp and well if we ever did. it's the time of our liver, old coati, and we'll do our duty. 1 can't think why they haven't aeon the beggar and why we've bad no orders ; but whet we've got to do is just our level best. Tont, slip off, and step it faster than you ever did in all your life abd get to the first officers dugout and tell what you know. Keep lu the shade of the wag- on*. lee our one and ouly chance." 'What are you going to do, Jim- w"Stand by' say guns," said James Gently, grimly. "It's no time to pick and choose.,' "But what can you do ?" "Run these wagon* into that exca- vation. Do you know what's in 'eco P Shells, powd. r, and further on petrol." Tow Hunter's face blanched under the tan. "You'�•e never run a motor iu your life, Juuwy. You'll kid yourself," be said. "Tin gong to run one now,"' re- torted Joon*. eetLiPg his teeth. "A ruin can tally ue killed or die once and best ter bins to be et hie e live comes." n idle while he talked. ve them was still n - den by tele lowering could be distinctly m Hurter was uu 1 goers 11's duty when 1 tie bad not The et visible, grey clo heard an longer ace tical. .liwwy gave him a nod, andTt sped away, keeping by the heavy tr tiepinwagons, averting their shelter' g *Made, and Jimmy turned up the did of his khaki tutus, and looked at be great engine wait r stood. For abs t three twcoude he Shell*, and-grenades.td-grenades, all were at paused. It was tr a that he bed never fade. hand to provide 'mem of rerrisale In 1 driven an engine of any soft --only "Jimmy will do souteLhing great !' return Ion\ the enemy's 'insoles -Itemise 1 teen the iliiveissinwatched totem at she said d'i'm ivrly "awe has fire. Another half slay and the smell- thein woo k.. Was it't si clear d y to come, and he', 11101111310 show everyunr needed sup...eeeuuu---��`ies would be at their do what he had told 'Tom be should he's a man. Other pet•ple will hear of deetin afore. Another half-day ? Yes, do ? to mortise it wee ot. If lbirtyls• Jimm bui the night as barely through. , weut wising he nig t be severely\ y punished for his de or attempt, Friend* smiled indulgently, "OQh, ul ( and J'iinio aria hie gaze skywal• othing hou h bill motive wawa absolutely D ome shook thrix hilt ! "Oh. ut enures erre lowering grey clouds covering g Well, *lien. he quiet pay the Huth would Pay that ! She would be three parts of the sky, and the lints good. °eat.en'to speak a good wood f, r Jim- elesceet moon looked pale and sickly. price. The Hoye et the scene of Mil - my. The. two are friends, w,nl set'." No aircraft had leen sighted fur Italy activity where the fighting was with a little quiet emphasis which was twelve hours or more and it seemed fiercest were watching for these eelp- e ittnificent. presumption for him to lean the sky pike; verbatim their very lives de- A(t.er Jimmy had gone Ruth grew for what -heti not been 't tlicielly sig- Wended open getting the transport unsettled. nee began to read text w►lled ; equally did it neem to savor of through. Was it wouh while fur biw books upon nursing, and joined a Red preniutp,iee for hie, w su•ain'his cats to take the risk :• He decided it was. CJr,we awbnlarice stare. Lacer she 01- tor the all -familiar drone end thrub of The sonuds in the distant clods drew feted herselt as a nurse to tine the vowelises sit a hostile inachi te, neater. ,Timmy sprang to the driver's .•t,•. A. D." - '1'o search for such was beyand his seat on the ;peat engine. ,He scanned The regiment Jimmy, had joined scope of ditty, but. for all that, jimmy the sky in vain for the flesh of the WAS con'•picuous for i1e smart work wail straining every nerve of sight and Searchlights. Surely they had been and for the thoroughness with which heating to the exclusion cf all other too long,lniet. He thought of Ruth the men dill their duty. Jimmy. when thoughts. He crept round to the fur- Carter, and wondered if she ever sent through his course of training. had trier side alter a time. where Toni a thought to him. Theca he shut his won the approval of men and t tt•:ers Hunter was standing, and spoke bur -eyes and breathed a prayer for the •like• As soon as his training wise tacitly but with caution : 1 strength to do his deity, for the guid- cowplete he and his coluredes were "Do you hear ei ytbiug up youder, iug Hash of the searchlight, for help despatched to the front. He could Tum.,•• and wisdom. Whet' he looked up have bad week-end",leave but be re- The coiorede addressed as Toni said, again a long white sword of quivering fined. He bad no parent and no re- "No," and said it carelessly with very light„was eweeping the heavens. His [olives. He thought of Ruth Carter, crest prayer! The woswer was there ! Clear but he put the th,aughL aside, He had d u mistakable. stakable Jimmy felt that so right ei expect that she would care.ro Ghe went t” the tront. The woods are so easily written. e'1 readily spoken. They glide so Detour -r- I that they haven't heard. "Do you mean a Zepp and all this � Vengeance pursuing its prey. A few from the tongue, but the reality is a 1 stuff about Y" exclaims dd Tom Hunter, moments and it had found what it totally ditferetit clatter. The fact is a' beginning to grasp the possibilities of • sought. There, held in its white, piti- "M word, Jimmy, `lees rays. hung a huge fiery Zeppelin little in . "Wait," whispered Jimmy, "you an wait. There's something bent on mis- God had bent it. Like a restless, living chief overhead and I'm just wondering' spirit it quivered and searched and what orders will come. It can't be I inovetl now in one direction and again in wnother ally how the pen and patriotically ! 1f. saws like the sword f test to every man, to know and deter- mine "what manner of man be is." The thunder of the machine and field guns, and the almost ceaseless bone the p„ettion. y we'd better run while there's time. I that writhed and struggled to hide We shan't have much time after it's itself from view. happened, I'm thinking—if it's going I James Bently saw it and he caught G8eaz4v5.00f in IZOVC cafia) MOST centrally located town 1n Nova Scotia with vi a poputotion of between eight and,.nlne thou- sand, meeting place of railroads and home of targe manufacturing industries, Truro Is also a place of beauty and a Joy to the visitor in Its tree -shaded street,. its parks of winding pathways and waterfalls, its surroundings of rich and beautiful farm land's. Here ht the just -don et the Canadian Pacific and Do- minion Atlaatic Railways, the home of a huge and ever-growing wool industry with a name nationally known, a condensed milk plant, hat and cap factories, lssachtae shops and wood factories --all on a Targe scale and all prosperous. But here too are fine churches, nermal and agricultural colleges!, baadaome public buildings, In beautiful settings of greed lawns and shrubbery, on streets shaded by rows of spread- , law maples. Truro is a unique and most happy com- bination of material prosperity and aesthetic charm. Settled fret by the Acadian French, and later by atardy colonists from New England, and hardy sol- diers who had fought and won under Cornwallis and 'Wolfe, Truro Is rich in 1ti historical aesoctatlons. Quick to realize the richness of the Boll here --washed e. It was by the tides of Cohenuld. terminus of the fickle Fundy—the French Adtslans built their dykes,' erected a chapel, and settled, With the passing of the years, the tiny settlement grew and grew, becoming sot Daly a cornmuslty of rich farts, hut also a rest- ing plane in the Nag trek from Port Royal to louts - burg or Quebec. And thou came the erpulston of the Acadian, their (tomes were burned, their flocks drives off and their suds made waste. Even to this day, /items of farm - las or kitchen utensils are turned rep by the plow, treasures hastily burled there by the le4moch Acadtans la the hope that some day they might return, reclaim them. and live again those happy and peaceful days n dear to the habitant farmer. Tears passed by and there name such men is Ale+:- ttmder Miller, 'Matthew Taylor, Capt. willlem 0111r, lellakim Tupper. Charles McKay, Adam Dickey, James Gourley ',Munson Moore. iamas Downey, Joshua Lamb Jame* whldden. sad Charles Dickson from New England, cant. John Morrison and Col. Jonathan Hlaneherd from New Hampshire; Dr. John "atria ttom Philadelphia, and soldiers from Bnglaad, Scot. land and freland--atosit and hardy pioneers were they all. So strongly were they In sympathy with the American Revolution that when two jnctires of the peace tendered them the oath of all.gianee le 1777. but five were willing to take R. Yet their descendants by the hundreds are now giving their blood and their lives In the great battle being waged for civilization_ NOleas delightful that the lawns and groves of the town itself, than the aatursl park with its paths wending in and out amoag treat of fir, spruce and pine, Its miniature clifs, Its bridges over bustling and tatehling rapids, its sparkling waterfalls* and Its rustle benched' overlooking them all—no les dellgbt- ful,than all these are the driveways hrorgh a cora- try oratry picturesque In rambling farm ' 1. hinge horns, spreading fields of hay and oats • n a'ar off the waters of Cobegnld, muddy from reel • over the long Acts, mid dotted with ships, limb n and hound lar month to the iTnited States or a oGreet Britain. (harmed with its hereon,. and oohed wit its opal brews., the seeker alter rest and pears will find la Truro a pines be seine to attain and &rate 1 KIDNEYS BOTHER )Bat leas meat and take Salts for Hardt lobe or Bladder trouble — leatraliaes acids. Vrie acid to meat excites the kidneys, they become overworked; get sluggish. ache, and feel like lumps of lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is irri- tated, and you may be obliged to seek re - bet two or three tams during the night. When the kidneys clog you must beip them flush off the body's urinous waste or you'll be • real sick person shortly. At 'first you feel a dull tniaery in the kid- ney region, you suffer from backache, sick headache, dizzinessstomach gets sour, tongue coated Ind you feel rheu- matid twinges when the weather is bad. Fit ler meat, drink lots of water; also get from any pharmacist four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, eombined with Lithia, and has been used for generations to clean clogged kidneys' and stimulate them to normal activity, alas) to neutralize the acids in urine, so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder weakness. lad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in- jure; makes a delightful effervescent Lithia-oo,tterdrink which everyone should take nee and then to keep the kidneys clean and active. Dnitgiats here say they sell lots oflJad Salta to folks wee believe in overcoming kidney trouble +11 i'r it is .,ply- trout•le. • . his breath with it gasp. Heaven was helping him. B. fore him was the black, yawning tunnel, which beck- oned to him was a bsven of hope. Aleve biro gleamed the ,panorama of cloud t td light; hrolibiug under a now hand was the engine.The moment wee *u ane, He gave the magic touch and the huge machinery he was handling be- gan 10 u+ove. Kaels-•aesond increased You will find relief in Zam-Buk I It sues the burning, stinging pain, stops bleeding and brings use. Perseverance, with Zals- Buk. -leans cure. Why not prove this 7 au LrNQe . swag Mane.— the speed There was • blur before his eyes. He felt rather than saw that he had elided Into the dark tunnel. The engine seemed to stop automatic- ally, without any ooneclous effort on his pact. There was the reverberation in his erre of sums terrific explosion. re if the very earth were being rent asunder. The upbeeval reamed to lift him from bis seat, and that the last thing of which be was couectous war a sudden movement which flung him 1'recihless to the ground. Tbeu for a while be knew nu wore. It might have been a year or only Hee minutes before he opened his eyes. Bending over him were Tom Hunter and one of the (Mesta "What's the meaning of this ?" asked Jimmy, "What's been going on ? Where ant I 2" "A few German attentions, my boy." said Toni. "1 rather think there's a broken kg bete," and be tried to help Jimmy sit up. Ah !" Jimmy groaned a little. "I say, Toto, is the stuff all safe—the transport ?" It was nut Tum who answered this time, '•AII Pare, and we've you to thank for it, Bendy," sad the officer. "You did a clever bit on your owu ac- count, and you'll bear of tib. again." Jimmy saluted. "Well, sir, if I ve broke rules I must face the puuish- went. But 1 couldn't bear to think MI the ammunition should be lost, and the poor chaps yonder needing it for their very lives." The officer smiled slightly. "There'll be no puuishwent for you this time. say turn. 1 mean you will hear et this bit of work bringing you same - thing dilietent from disgrace and punishweut. The bomb fell just where the transport venous were standing, and if you hadn't faun them in here everything must have been lost. 1'he regiment will be proud of you and your night's work, Bantly." J. y'e face glowed. It is true that 5- fainted again when ambulance wen lifted hint on the stretcher to carry him to the field hospital, but what did that 'natter? He had heard his bit of pewee. The next. time Jimmy woke to cOn- eriousuess be was lying on one of the beds which he had often seer/ bt paver tried beiote. A Held hospital ii nut the most comfortable piece in th armlet for a wick man, but the com- parative peace and order and clranli- nrea aft uek joy to his soul. He raised' his head's hair and gazed round and *trove to think why he was there. And he looked at his surrounding,. He saw a woman's slight figure is nurse's uniform bending over another poor mutilated wreck of a man on a bed near, and as be looked she turned her free. She finished what she was doing then went to Jinituy. She did not speak : hut, gazing up,be saw her eyes were shining gloriously. Something seemed to rise in his throat. He tried to cry out but could not. Surely he was not in the Held hospital. but in the familiar English town where he had lived and worked—no, not worked hut idled—before the war. At last he found his voice and understood, "Ruth Carter ! Ruth—Ruth !" She leaned down and spoke softly. "Jimmy, I've heard all about it— what you've done. 1 said you would do something great. and you have. I knew you would. You've Lound your- self." Great ! No, no ; there's a mistake. I only did what any man would have ti ied to do. Ruth, why are you here?" She laughed softly and nodded ber head. "1 bad to come to look after you, Jimmy." "You name - to look after me," breathed Jimmy Oh. truth, do you care as much as tut ? 1 couldn't have believed It.' . 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