The Brussels Post, 1918-4-11, Page 6,
THE S GN OF On the dee, before the "push" eng.1-
ewers have planted rowe of plain 'THE TRUTH ABOUT
white pots, painted white, a few
the edge of No Man's Land. They are THE "W.A.A.C.'S"
THE RED TRIANGLE yards apart leading from the rear to
to geld() the walking wounded. Eyes -„—
I
nothing beyond the fact that there
were khaki girl', in Frame', began to
listen and repent, ellen it was public.
, ly announced that a committee of six
women were journeying to France in
I order to investigate the absent state-
' blurred with blood and suffering that n sient ,
Y. M. C. A. 1PFORD8 CHEER AND , might 1.d followt' BY 1111-D A M. UWE, BRITISH Iv ,i,it •
()se the Ma Carl the I Leery lover of truth and juetlee,
COMFORT TO THE ARMY. /trail of flume painted posts; bodies too etiititESPoNDENT, everyone whu admires the work of wo-
1 weak from shell shock or gas to eland men in this war, should condemn and
— aleny the malicious pro -German elle-
!alone can find there a momentarY _go. .
When Our Men Go "Over the Tor I support. Question Whether \Yemen's Army Has , Thom, .ti., not the hove foundation'
' gatione that Mee gained currency, age the phone bell rang, I answered
if and found 'that it WILS neighbor
Trail or Painted Posts.
and Return by the Trail of the I Made Good Answered by One t for therm. I know on absolute an- Joues. After greetings were overlie
1 The men who have lust an arra, the 'thorny (veneer:hip forbids figures) told me his business.
Walking Wounded. ; men who have lost an eye, the men Who Knows.
, that the number- of Warms sent home ! "The void snap caught me napping,"
who carry in their shoulders or Melo-
a eauate ea One a the proudest moments of my . for insubordination, inefficiency, or for he said, "and the water in my auto -
mens or lege the enemy'
bits of his shells; the bleeding, stag. recent sojourn in Prance wile when any other cause, is infinitesimal. After mobile cooling system is frown, I
gering men, following the trail of the the khaki girls of the Women's Army . all, it would be phenomenal if, among ofiened the drain -cock to let the wa-
painted posts, StOP tit the Sign 0£ the marched into their camps at the Brit. thousands of girls, a few did not reach , ter out last night but it wouldn't run,
, the high standard set. so I left Pa The radiator is full, ea -
Red Triangle then The Y. 1.1. C. A. isle Base. '
dugout lies nearest the guns, nearer The unfettered query of them who No other fighting country in the I can't pour in any hot water to melt
than doctor or hospital. After their watched their entry was, "Will they world can boast of a force of khaki it loose, and the engine is so cold it
;women in the war zone releasing sol- wen't start. Nothing's broken yet,
ordeal their first experience is that make good?"
somebody does care. At the dugout' There were cooks, elerieal workers,. diers for the greater job, efficiently but it is turning colder and Inn afraid
food and drink is given with cheery motor drivers—all trades and callings ' and consistently doing work as near, to leave it another night."
words, and bandages, applied under amongst their ranks, recruited from the actual fighting line as the authori- ' "I'm going by your place in a little
•of , .3 - but unlike the eke will allow them. Few people at while," I said, "and I'll see if I can
ki I finished dinner 111, few \\melee
Long lines of grim visaged men are
marching in darkness silently up t
the front line trenches. It be early
morning. Word has been passed that
"a show" would "come off" at dawn,
that the infantry would "go over" at
daybreak. All preparatory work Mee
been completed. The barrage was
"laid down" at sunset. Its thunder
has driven reason from the neighbor-
hood, its destruction made sodden the
ground with the blood of men. Pain
nre, are re -adjusted. Thousand', o
carpete the sector and agony rides on lives are snatched from death at these great army of men, every girl \veering home realize the grit and courage of . help you, In the meentfrae you heat
the misty wind., a kettle of water."
girls and the valuable assistance'
'stations. and bite of heroism and self- the khaki cloth in those. ranks ‘1118 a ...the"
No drums keep these men in step. .. certified efficient worker in her partite they are rendering.
eacrifice enacted that make men cry. I it is only a little way to junes's
And sometimes the dugouts are shell-, ular line, and a carefully selected can- ! It will soon be a year since they • house and I was there in tt few ma
They pass out of camp; they plies ...
base hospitals and canteen, airdrome , ed.; two Red Triangle men went out didate for the great experiment. ; first stepped on French soil, and their nutes and he had the hot water ready.
and supply depots. They bend low me together in one recently. But it is t No one but a woman knows how'
, advent has released thousands of men . I took the kettle of water out to his
they march through the section of big part of the game and they ask no much greater sacrifice a girl makes ; behind the line for more importaht garage, raised the hood and slowly
gun pits. They glance up expectantly sympathy—not even pay. They ask when she leaves ber home than does !work. !poured the water over the carburetor
as the shells roar overhead, and pause only to be allowed to stand just behind her brother in similar circumstances. t I crossed the Channel with some of and intake manifold.
as one goes wild tearing a hole twenty the front line with cheer and chocolate Home is the spot where a man re-! these girls on their first leave, and ,
; "Now you get in the car and °per -
feet deep near them. By three they for the men "going over," and at the turns; it is a woman's instinctive abide the experience had produced a broader • ate the self-starter," I said.
file into their third line of defense and dugouts just behind to meet the men ing place, lie knows little of those minded, finer, more reliable type of . He did this and in a few seconds the
sig-zag their way, through communi- gift than those who left England, Out; corning back. terrors of the unknown that face the engine was running, even though a
cation trenches, past the second line., The organization you know here, the ' average • girl when she premeditates
/ of the Women's Army is being mould- ilittee irregularly. We let the en -
up to the border of 'No Man's Land. ed the national type of women that !
Y.M.C.A., goes with your boy from a long. departure from the home roof, gine run for a few minutes antlgthen
Here they rest, the last stop un the , the time he leaves the farm home . without the unconscious sympathy, , this country wants. now and for the 1 I opened the drain -cock to let the wa-
righethrough the whole gamut of war-; support, and protection of the home! 1 ter out as it melted, but it refused to
road to Hell. future. These are the girls who,
The wire had been cut: a last in- I through the coming years, will be able come out, . By inserting a small wire
fare. In those dark, lonely minutes people.
spection has been made. Nothing re- . before he -goes over the top" his last . That 1111S one reason why one felt to say in very truth, "I, too, did neY in the drain -cock I found that sedi-
mains to be done. Dawn is awaited, contact with the world is given by the' such pride in the grit of these girls !hit." and records will prove it. ment had collected and this prevented
every man facing death or worse with Red Triangle men, they give him the who not only left their home, but So when the next wind blows a , the flow of Water, The use of an unnecessarily rich
what fortitmie he ran summon. There hem good-bye and the cheer that you' cheerfully left their country for the Watie whisper your way, just nail it'
, "If you had used this wire last mixture (gasoline and air) is another I was too old to work any more the
is no light tee whieb em read poeket good and hard! , adopted son, much to his grief,' could
would ghe your all to give. land of war, donning the garb of sac- I night," I said to Jones, "you wouldn't cause for excessive gasoline consump- !
testament. The lag: good byes have ' 'I' •t might d
ri ice in order that they, too, 0 Rumor rations would be the next not support him, and had to let him go
Comfort For Those at Home. •have had this trouble." tion. Carbon in the motor is still ,
beer, written. All eon:forts sent ItY their bit. "1 see." said Jones, "but what I another cause, into the workhouse. Two years ago
loved ones at henee. whirl have given And as the men hobble back with , _ 1"young" Jones applied to us for an al-
e heme teeeh te life in billet, have weinele that would kill most of us out ,
zertain amount of hardship, camp die- THEIR HORSES. scions, reviving under the administra- !lament, and he worked it with great
Camp life at the best necessitates a
beet. :a?; I ehe-- a Even the little trink- right the Red Triangle men are with , , success till he was called up. What
et, leekee. II er er wateh, has lost its 'chem. They are guarding your boy.
freedom. These girls event to a new — tion of the rescuers, heard; d
an- as the i was to happen to his allotment? The
ipline naturally restricts individual
fond sentiments. There is nothing but even better than you could guard him. •
life in a strange country, and time Affectionate Treatment Shown Them bearers hesitated—for the Devil's , happy thought struck him that if the
misery...ere, evidence that anyeney They are with him in camp here and . by British and French Cavalrymen. master was in a state where a min- , old man came out of the workhouse
has proved the success of the venture ute's delay might be of life -and -death
in foreign city, protecting; and guiding ' Scattered through the Lehigh andand worked it, it might produce
their efficiency and value to the Army. The English have always been noted Importance—he rose to his elbow:' .
enough for his support.
Susquehanna valleys of the United for their love of animals, especially thereflash, and the Black Dev.But where was Old Jones to live?
States are many mountains of anthra- dogs Mid horses. Not mere good, but il'was ah '1
cite coal—hundreds of them, in fact, affectionate, treatment Is officially re- ' s craning head fell back with a thud.:
_ There was no money for rent. A sole..
Ho who had fired sank bacic, too, ex- tion however, has been found. Old
men gradually gave place to the and composed of the pure stuff. One, cognized as the due of horses in the
'misted by the effort. '
Waaes; at windows where one had at Scranton, though by no means the English army, French cavalrymen , "Rest easy, my captain," he called ' Jones lives on the allotment in a little
dear ones in the active naval or null- been used to seeing a cloeely cropped biggest, was estimated not long ago are not, like their allies, definitely in- 'hut of mud and sticks, grows his own
eerm!s• DIs'sr-wte'l scmis, erYmg f"r ; tary offensive. They are hieing hard- head bending over books, the bright to contain 15,000,000 tons. faintly. "It is done, your Devil Is food, cooks it on his own kitchener,
lack ,,,i* it. tiee seethed. When light be- strutted to "make much" of their I gone. I do not know where I have ,
hi and and peril but their needs are be- , locks of the Waacs appeared; in ota- These mountains were hunt by hu- horses; but more than a few little in and lives on it.
gine to gray the eky. thee, men. who's'? ing cared for by men who w-ould roll-,! , sent him—but if there is a heaven for I
love of rieht Le greater than love of ces -where one was accustomed to be man bands. They are mainly of coal- cidents of the great war show clearly Back to Mother Earth.
Y questioned Ly a soldier, an intelligent dust, though containing a good deal good horses, I think in spite of his
life, v ho beve left behind them all that they do so, nevertheless. I Yes, I call this a remanee—a ro-
er du it than anything else, backed I.,
.aa Med Women (melte began to of lump coal. In atelier days, when 1 'name he is there!"
the.. war: deat. ell earth and v:ho aro Mr. Herbert Ward relates that once, i mance because Old Jones is probably
en tmee nization the sole perpoee a eiri resided
want to know its what good mitering
flint little hit of water on the pipe
did?"
"It warmed the gasoline
so it
would vaporize easily," I replied, "and
sin+ treatment, will usually assure
easystarting. You ran a great risk
in letting that water stand in your
car, however, and you ought to Wt it
most be expecting. 1111.1 to tell you of
tion with allotments., you might al.
out. the next time you come in from
"rho Mystery of the Ten -Rod Plot -
a drive and while the engine is Still
tors," "Allotment; Alice; or the Girl
hot, This will assure every drop of
Who Took the Wrong Turnip," and
water drying out. If you don't want ee
sensational -Sounding yarns, says
to do this, use an anti -freeze solution," ""er
—P.T.H,
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Greater Gasoline Mileage.
A woman driver complains that she
gots only about two thirds as much
mileage from a gallon of "gas" as her
friends who have the same kind of
car, and wishes to know how to in-
crease it.
A book .might be \mitten on this
subject, but here are a few practical
helps: First test the compression
by turning the motor over by hand. A
ear that seems to be a gasoline eater,
frequently has poor compression,
that the baby had never been born.
which indicates that the valves need
Something touched the heart of Old
grinding, or that poor oil is being
ROMANCES OF
THE ALLOTMEN
IMAGEDIES AND COMEMES OF
LIFE.
Intern oven in the Digging of Polatoea
and the Sowing of
'reclaim
In speaking of "romnece" in enema -
the superintendent of the British 1, a -
cant Land and Allotment Society.
The romances of the allotment, how-
ever, are of an essentially "human"
type, Indeed, the story of Old Jones,
the only man I know who artually
lives on his allotment, has a typically
Thomas Hardy flavor about it.
A Flash of Sympathy.
Old hetes is now found about, eighty
years of age; but for the beginning of
his tale we must go back half a cen-
tury. It happened at a "pub." He
was standing by a woman with a baby,
and the woman was expressing a wish
used, or, in the case of an old car,
that new piston rings are needed,
Jones—who was Young Jones then. He
turned to the woman, and said: "I'll
_ give you ,a quartern of gin for the
When cmpression Is our the explo
And the woman, closed with the
sions tootle cylinder arc weak, and kid."
the throttle must be opened consid-
erably more to secure the desired
power. This wastes gasoline.
bargain.
Old Seines looked after that baby,
brought it up, and provided for it. But
evil days followed, and when Old Jones
best thing.
MOUNTAINS OP ANTHRACITE.
It Is Now Found Necessary to Utilize
Coal Dust.
cares.
Assurance That Someone Cares.
As the suspense of these last min-
time—the meet. trying man can endure
—reaches the point where body and
mind can stand no more, eenifort
him teat he 'nue be a iettet man, They
' are with him on transport and battle- I The Girl Beneath the Khalci.
'ship alike. Wherever he may be,' Buildings that had been staffed by
there they are also.
Here ismomfort for you who have
appear in the eamps, and the camps the simply of anthracite was deemed accompanying an ambulance sent in, the only man who has mei playedthe
the temps were not worth sorting out of cavalry, whose horse was standing ea.. .e.
WHY THE CLINKERS IN COAL? part of Robinson' Crusoe in the very
began to sit up and take notice of the inexhaustible, such material was look- haste to bring in a wounded officer, he I
palatable meals that trained hands ed upon as refuse and east aside, Even !feund the injured man to be an officer I heart of London.
r ared in we lot
That Has Troubled Many Men get fond of their allotments —
net, to ing, their elaker. are given mi.
aence that itet only eemeLedy deee
carr, but Had all tare and appreciate.
They are made ready to obey the fate -
fel melee thee will eerel them 'ewer."
They nre noide 0110!' again Into ealme,
determined men.
Men hi dull green antforme, as tired
and worn as they, eireulate aeons;
them. A het drink end Lit of choeo-
late etioee them te, feteret the meld, the
Itneeehme noel mei wine. in the
trench, theweight of equipment and
ether physieel diecomfert a A cheery,
whispered word of enereiragement. ate
erm el met the shoulder, a warm hand-
elasp and ellen.., awl the cry of the seal
enswered. So are they made ready.
The sign of the Red Triangle proves
we d,i rare and are with them in the
'flour of saerillee.
Cheeolate and Words of Cheer.
Only for a moment are the Red TM -
angle men—the arothere of the men
in khaei—at the side of eaeh soldier,
for ti ey are few in number. But it is
eno - ai—enough to make victory cer-
tain. Enough to turn the half-hearted
efforts of nerve -wrecked twinge into . in the desired position for punching. in the morning for the day's work. i ducted for coal that dining formai
an invineible smash by nien resolved The punch is controlled by a punch! aline was not one .of those inemet- years was carried off by floods or
that right AMA prevail., lever. i ons sen pa
tithat es everything in I ' lost overboard from the barges. From
At damn they "go over" and are vie- . Plates from one-quarter to one-, form, and learns little of the real life the Susquehanna alone 100,000 tons
torious. And on their heele, before , eighth of an inch thick, and up to of the girls. Their camps were on have been recovered by this gleans in
minter barrage cuts of communica- 80 by 8 feet in size are handled, The I either side of the one in which I was a twelvemonth.
--
tion, go the Red Triangle men, their , tables are built with roller bearings, stationed, and over several months I --ae—
thocalate and encouraging words help.;
which is to meet the needs of men.
me--
- PREPARING SHIP PLATES.
Heavy Steel Plates !Baldly Handled by The Waaee made steady but persist- when it paid better to mine fresh stuff , near him as he lay on the ground.
ent impede into all branches of work, in big pieces. I "Before being placed in the ambu-
t Steel Punch Roller.
and never a grumble as to the hours But the time came, a few years lance," says Mr. Ward, "he insisted on
Punehing mere than four thousand or conditions—often a sigh, perhaps, ago, when It paid to go after these , patting his horseeto whom he was
Melee in heavy plates during a nine- for the -lay that should send them lumps, and then the mountains were much attached. When the motor am -
hear working day is a modern acme- home, often a homesick moment, but attacked by hydraulic method, power- I bulance started away, the horse paw-
pliehment. It could not hare been many an hour of hearty laughter, ful hone -streams being directed ed and whinnied; then he broke loose
done so recently as a year or two ago.They adapted themselves to the new against thein, with an arrangement of from the attendant and started to gale
Plates for building .ships must have , conditions as cheerfully as their sluices to carry the dust into the I lop .after his master."
many holes so that they can be rivet- brothers, husbands and sweethearts. rivers, while the heavier lumps were ; Another helper at the front tells a
ed together into a finiehed vessel. The ' I have seen these girls at work, caught and saved. 'more tragic tale, Searching the field
great expaneion in steel shipbuilding'seen the excellent conditions under To -day, however, every ton of the !for wounded after an action, his party
officers, both gravely
indueteles has made the rapid hand- whieh they live in their camps, the coal dust is worth money, means have ! came upon two of
ling of plates at numbing machines a capable administrators that superin- ing been found for utilizing it profit-' wounded, and one unconscious, lying
real necessity. The plate punch roller tend their welfare; seen their smiling ably. It is burned under boilers, made against their prostrate horses, one of
has made this rapid handling possible, faces in the front rows of the anal.C. into briquettes (now used for all sorts , which was dead and the other dying,
and it 'le in use in many of the new A. huts on concert nights, heard their of purposes, from firing the kitchen The dying horse was well-known as
plate shops. voices mingling with those of the boys stove to running locomotives), and tho finest in the regiment; a magnifi-
, The plate is laid on the table and as they joined together in the ehor- thrown into cement kilns with an air- cent, jet-black creature, of fiery yet
the operator, from his seat, moves the usee. I have seen them in the churches, blast to produce an intense heat. affectionate temper and remarkable
table backward and forward with the their trim young figures entering the Thus the mountains are steadily speed and endurance. Because of his
!aid of an operatIng lever at his right church tent for early morning Com- dwindling, millions of tons of good color and spirit, he had been named
hand. At his left hand is another 'minion, or cheerfully tramping home fuel being derived from them annn- Diable Noir—Blaek Devil.
lever, which can be operated to move through the mud at the end of their allen And meanwhile, in the rivers, As the conscioue officer was tender.
extensive fishing operations are con- ly lifted to a stretcher, Black Devil,
the plate sideways, thereby placing it dam and just as blithely setting out
feeling the comforting contact of his
master's form removed, shuddered,
struggled and, with a great effort,
reared his head from the ground and
turned piteous and terrified eyes to-
ward bine Tears rushed to the wound-
ed man's eyes, and lee begged his bear-
ers not to carry him away at once.
"MY poor Devil! My poor Devil! Do
not look at me like that.'" he cried
brokenly, "All eight we have lain to-
gether, and you suffered, and I could
not shoot you—but now, here are
/ grew to lcnow them and their life Keep Rabbits.
ing officers to bring order into the : And the Jokesmiths Dodged. / across the waters intimately, and to One pair of rabbits in one year
newly won positions, and making bear- I admire the courage and deportment of would increase to 2,484 in twelve
able the long hours of emu:elation and They were discussing that joke i
about getting cloven off an elephant, , '
these workers in the war zone, months at the rate of six young ones
holding of the captured tern cry be And then I returned home, to find per month, which is a very conserve-
- 9" k h '
fore relief, arrives. . , that the only inexhaustible stockoffive lett° some young families num-
But creeping, devastating barrage, 3° es
! ' k mith for the fourth time. “Ycm , anything in Blighty was rumor,
,
, • friends. Put me down and find a gun
, climb down." "Wrong! ' "You grease' baring as high as thirteen. This is —put me down) No, my revolver was
from sundown to :wimp, hag not sl.pro-German Whispers. also allowing •for the elimination of smashed when I was hit; you must put
lensed every enemy machine gun.
his sides and slide down." "Wrong!"
Some of those who "go over" fall , "You take a ladder and get downer, And that dangerous element, in surplus male bunnies as soon BEI they me down and search a little. It will
.. ' t" " ' 11 • • h ' fiitting round for a fresh tune, had are big enough to eat. Rabbits can be but a minute --put me down, I toll
you. I cannot leave my poor Devil in
his torment!"
The ofcer who had been urtcon-
wounded. The road from Ilell--the g. . ,
prominent success of live on hay and get alofinale
ng vary cheap -
trail of the walking wounded --is line down." Na,"anot quite. You; lighted on the
I the Waace, and strung together a few ly. They provide five pounds of meat;
heartbreakingly hard to travel as was don't get down off an elephant; you
inharmonious notes. Folk who knew when fell grown.
the road in. , get it off a goose."
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Householders This Winter.
fond in a way "outsiciers"'never sus-
pect. With sonic allotment; are al -
Among Among coal -users during the Pre" most a ruling passion. There is the
Isent winter there has been much Qom. pathetic ruse of Juhn II. John II. got
:Plaint of an undue proportion of slate his allotment from us at the very start
' and other incombustible 'natter in of the movetnent, ten years age, He
their fuel. was another old man. Every spare
given me
&goociltoelttnfrs,o,nsnhy:vteh 0 alewxany:. :
I
moment he had, he put in on his plot.
He talked, thought, lived allotments.
,
1
: cAerated ontentsloifouhsieshofltdue,nVelienssehepttittn!,, wtilliye ,
Cross, he slipped, and was venously on to a tram at Charing
, are they passing off on me such poor: injured, As soon as he was well
; coal this year, I wonder?" ! enough, off be hobbled to his beloved
1 But it is not the coal dealer's fault : vegetables --before he wile well enough
/ at all. The ILS. Government, by a i in fact. For he had a relapse, The
, mmeonstt, ueneftotriituenparticee mefieeteaolcie proofilujeutdiogn- ,
, his bed on no account. But one t
I hy
doctor ordered that he should leave
1 mically speaking, be properly sorted, straight to the allotment. And there
'was attilt% alit.% 1 tube,: otteitepilietwe'oua lnda :elle, ereeosnuolt; his daughter missed hint, She knew
.
where to look for him. She went
'and cleaned. Hence the exasperating ' she found niee_meee.
slate and overplus of clinkers deliver- The Right Stuff.
ed to the householder's asapit,
Some time ago before we ciceamt
Here is a question merely of one 'that women took the a 11otment 1move-
family's discomfort. But in the ag-
gregate the loss is enormous,
meet seriously, an elderly lady, who
In 1917 the United States produced had seen better days, applied to us
60,000,000 mora tons .of coal than in for an exceedingly rough piece of land.
She was very frail; and in view of this
the twelvemonth immediately previ-
a.nd the fact that the land in question
ons. But the percentage of income -
was very difficult to work, we refused.
bustible matter in the fuel was more
than twice as large as in 1916. Then she told us how desperately she
needed it. She was one of four °Icier -
This means that about two-tleteds of
ly ladies living together, and she the increase was ash—in other words,
waste.
The transportation of this wasto re-
quired the use of about 600,000 cars,
the sole support.
In the end wo relented, And that
frail, spirited old lady has made an
which were thereby withdrawn from amazing success of her venture, and
other employments for wake they more than kept the wolf fromthe
were sorely needed, door.
But this is not all. The inclusion
of more ash with coal diminishes its
fuel value to the extent of 1% per
cent, for every 1 per cent, of ash,
There is a reduction of efficiency in
addition to the direct loss.
1,ESSAGES BY SHELL.
One of the New De(elopinents of
Trench Warfare.
Transmission of urgent orders to
troops in the first line mid the send-
ing of interesting infeemetion to the
rear by projectile is nee or the new
developments of trench warfare! ae.
cording to the monthly review, La
Science et La Vie, of Paris
One of the instruments employed
for this purpose by • the .Germans
was captured in a recent successful
attack made by the French at
ronvillierg. It consistfd of a tin vyi-
hider. about 15 inches long and an inch
and a quarter in diameter, alrs the
mouth of which 714 place,1 a box con-
taining the message, .
The cylinder and meesage box are
placed in the grenade -thrower, Which
launches it in. much the same way all
aerial torpedoes and grenades ar,
fired from a trench mortar.
The extreme range of these new
engines is abed 1,800 yerde, which
is generally eufiltient to :ewe ihn •,;()iv,
of French eurtain lire.
The utility Of such a evetem became
apparent with the development or
barrage fire, that made the tarrying
po A
Of :::1570111 despatch bearers
ways hazardous and frequently MI -