HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1918-03-01, Page 7HIEN YOUR SKIN
WITH LEMON MICE
r lotion for a few centst4
t, freckles, sallowness.
has the lemons and any
toilet counter will supply
e °Imes of orehard white
Ltse Squeeze the juice of
1)118 into a. bottle, then pun
'd white and shake', welL
. quarter pint of the very
n whitener and complexiome
Ma. 14.1188age thia- fra-
lotion daily into the face,
ka hands and just see haw
sallownas, redness ant •
;appear and how smooth'
r the skin beeomea. Year
e and the beautiful read*
vou.
MARCII„1,, OV3
IF YOUR CHILD IS CROSS,
FEVERISH, CONSTIPATED
-
Look, Motheri if tongue it etiatedi
cleanse little bow,ele with "Calk
/Arnie Syrup of Fiala"
owagmeweem.....
lifotiters eaii reed easy after. giving
"Oslifornia Syrup of Pigs," bemuse in
a few &ours all the clogged -up waste,
sour bile -and fermenting food gently
tams out of the bowels, and you have
a well, playful child again.
Sic* k children needn't he coaxed to
take *is harmless "fruit Lenitive."
Wiens of mothers keep it handy bee
cause :they know its aotionmn the stone
aeh, liver and bowels is- prompt and sure.
Ask your draggist for a bottle of
"Cmlifornia Syrup of Figs," whieh con-
tains directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups.
LEGAL.
R. S. HAYS.
Barrister, Solicitor,Conveyancer and
Notary Public. Solicitor for the Do-
minion Bank. Office in Tear of the te.
minion Bank, Seaforth. Money to
loan.
J. M. BEST.
Barrister, Solicitor'Convey* er
and Notary Public. Office ups' )'143
over Walker's Furniture Store, Mbi
Street, Seaforth.
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PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN AND
COOKE.
Barristers, 'Solicitors, Notaries Pub.
lie, etc.. ;Money to lend. In Seaforth
on Monday of each week Office in
Kidd Block W. Ploudfoot, K. C., J.
tillortun H. J. D. Cooke.
VETERINARY.
F. HARBURN, V.S.
Honor graduate of Ottani° Veterin-
ary College, and honorary member of
the Medical Association of the Ontario
Veterinary College. Treats dismiss of
altdomestic animals by the most mod -
len principles. Dentistry and Milk Foo-
te/ a specialty. Office opposite Dick's
Rotel Maui Street, Seaforth. - Al- o-
dors left at the hotel will ref tve
prompt attention. Night calls re :div-
ed at the office.
,JOHN GRIEVZ, V. S.
Honor greduate of Ontario Vete in-
ory College. All diseases ol domestic
ausimalt treated. Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet
winery Dentistry a specialty. Office
and residence on Goclerich street, one
door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea -
forth.
MEDICAL.
DR. W.J. GLANFIELD, MA., Mel.,
Physician, Etc. Honor Graduate
of University of Toronto, six years'
experience. Brueefield, Ontario.
DR. GEORGE HETheiMANN.
Osteopathic Physician of Goderi IL
Specialist in women's and children's
diseases, rhetunatisra, acute, chronic
and nervous disorders; eye ear, nose
and throat. Consultation free. Office
In the Royal Hotel, Seaforth, Tues-
days and Fridays, 8 a. -m. till 1 p.m.
C. 3. W HARN, ed D C. M
425 Richmond Street, London, 0 et
Specialist, Surgery and Genito-Ur e-
ery liseases of men and women.
••••••._
Dr: ALEXANDER MOIR
Physician and Surgeon
Mee and Residence, Main Str t,
Phone 70 Hensa
es...•••••.masorag. boa.
DR. J. W. PECK
Graduate of Faculty of Medici_ ?,
McGill University, Montreal; Member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
et Ontario;Licentiate of Medical Coun-
cil of Canada; Post -Graduate Member
of Resident Medial Staff of General
Hospital, Montreal, 191445; Office, 2
doors east of Post Office. Phone 56,
Mansell, Ontario.
DR. F. J. BURROWS •
Office and residence, Goderich street
east of the Methodist church, Seaforth.
Phone 46. Coroner for the County of
Huron.
DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY
J. G. Scott, graduate Of Victoria and
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ann Arbor, and member of the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, of
Ontario.
C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin-
ity University, and gold medallist of
Trinity Medical College; member of
the College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario.
DR. H. HUGH ROSS.
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago;
Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London,
Ragland, University Hospital, London,
Ragland. Office—Back of Dominion
Bulk, Seaforth. Phone No. 5, Night
answered from residence, Vic -
Urfa street, Seeforth.
AMTIONEERS - • THOMAS BROWN.
Licensed auctioneer for the eall lee
et Beton and Perth. Correspond ize
• agements for sale dates can be
map by calling up Phone 97, deaf ilk
or The liapositor Mee. Merges 1
Mato and satisfaction guaranteed.
R. T. LUKER
tassomed Airtioneer for the Omit
d Mures. Melee attended, to al
virte of the Csuaty. Sav a yam' ex -
imams in Mainitota amid Baskoishe-
*aft Tarns reaseaabila Mae X..
ilksetar, Centralia P.O., 2. Z.
No. 2. Oran left at The Rum Ix-
weillisr Ogee, indeed', peep* at-
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The Top
By
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
(Continued from our last issue.)
how a amid tell from such a die-
F
*tame .beauHe -the plane 'seemed like a
little .b ack Speck in the .aky. I ex- _
pregeed , mytddubt as to whether it ,
was lisk ,, .French,, or ,..{.4erniari. '
With ok of 'eentenal* he further
hewn Me that , the :allied anti -able
trait- .13 lis ewhen exploding . einitted
white a eke- while,the.430tiMan ,shells
gave. 'forth'elilaek • :0100ige,Aindi,‘-as he
P* - ItlU
'It intittebe etiaiklleotand nTe*TaleS" Ceorosered
4
Use
and I
their ha
not sir
other p
your 'we
uP the Ji
inun
One sunny clay in the front line weight
trench, I saw three officers sitting- Just
outside of their dugout ("cooties" are we were
no respecters of rank; I have even mega*
noticed a suspicious uneasinesii about ea wan
a certain well-known general), one of i hom
them was a major, two of them Were 1 I don'
exploring their shirts, paying no ate no
tention to the occasional sthells wlaich where
passed overhead.. The major was galore.
writing a letter; every now and then . Take
he would lay aside his writing -pad, All
search his shirt for a few minutes, get
an inspiration, and then resume writ-
I wan.t
h. ThY
ing . At last he finished his letter and when aye
eapomeraus are., tang, '111111101illit illeeteket His
'ow our batteries are not off
naPPerSandourOWnaplanrees,eanertditillian-Y ;
e of adytiee don't chuck
ht' abbot until Youive been a
e mid learnt something."
• • lately quit "chuckiiig nig I
ut" from that time on. I
ore reaching reserve billets
arehing along, laUghing, and..
e of Torn,ray's treacle ditties:
to go home, I want to go t
•
want to go to the trenches
re,
sages and whizz -bangs are 1
over the fsea, where the
4 can't get at me,
don't want to die, -
o go home"—
ead. came a swish through
gave it to his "runner." I WM% cue- . the air •aapidly, followed by three
lolls to see whether he was writing to • 'others, T about twoliundred yards
an insect firm, soe when the runner to our le,t' in a large field,, four col -
passed' me I engaged him in conVersit- *tins of 1,) k earth and anitike, rose
tion and got a glimpse at the address into the i and the eliensid trembled
on the envelope. It was addressed to from "th epnit,the, 'explosion of
Miss Alice Somebody, in London. The four Ge n five_itinefee, ,or ocoaL,
'turner" informed me that Miss Some. boxes. le ohm Imbue. wok ern_
body Was the makes sweetheart and iereediately.
Rowed j;;;;;wo s,
that he wrote to her every day. Just I rang out- mthe head of our coltunn.
tShort one
iinagine it, writing a love letter &r-
ing a "cootie" hunt, but such is the
creed of the trenches. 1 .
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NMEMIN*NaMORNO
CHAPTER III.
Go To Church
Up'cin enlistment we had identity
disks Issued to us. 'These Were small
.disks of red fibre 'worn around the
melt by means of a string. Most of
Tommie s also used a little metal disk
Which they wore around their left
wrist by means of chain. They had
previously figured,. out that if their
heads were blown off, the disk on the
left wrist would identify them. If
they lost their left arm the disk a-
round the neck would serve the pur-
pose, but if their head and leftaria
were blown off, no -one would are
who they were, so it did not matter.
.0-n one side of the disk was inscribe4
your d rank, name, number, and hat-,
tailors, while on the other was stamped
your religion.
O. of E., meaning Church of' Eng-
land; R C., Roman Catholic; W., Wes-
leyan; ik., Presbyterian; but if you
happened to be an atheist they le t it
blank, end ilia handed you . a ick
and shoeel. On my disk was staniped
C 'of EL This is how I got it: jTh.e
Lieutenant who enlisted me asked lny•
religion. I was not sure of the re-
ligion of the British Army, so ',an-
swered. "Oh, any old thing," and he,
promptly put down ,C. of E.
Now, just imagine my hard 1
Out of five religions was- unl
enough to pick the only one ev
church parade , was compulsory.
The next morning was Sunda
ick.
city ,
ere
was sitting' in the billet writing hOme,
to my sister telling her of myon -J
si.
derful , exploits while under fire- all
recruits do this., The Sergeant -M jor
,put his head in the door of the b llet
and shouted.: "C. of E. outside 1 for
church parade!"
,sked, "Ern ey,
I kept on writing. Turning to tDrae,
in a loud voice, he a
aren't you C. of E.?'
I_ answered, "Yep.?'
In an angry tone, he conaman ed,
"Dou't you 'yep' nee. Say, es,
Sergeant-Major."'
I did so. Somewhat mollified, he
ordered, "Outside for church parakle."
I looked up and answered, "P am
not going to church this morning. '
He said, "Oh, vs, you are!"
I answered, "Oh, no, Pin not
But f went.
We lined up outside with rifles and
bayonets, 120 rounds of ammunition,
wearing' our tin hats and the mAreh
to church began. After marching
about five kilos, we turned off the ioad
into an open field. At one mini of,the sticking ov
field the chaplain was standing in a eyes teeing
"NO_ Man's
there were
these were u
(machine- gu
step for o
to rain. W
-theywere e
rain' trickled
was not lon
cold. How
never know,
occurrence d
This was to take 'up' "artillerY forma-
tion," W • lidded into small squads
and went''to the,, fields on the right
,and ief't o he road, and crouchedon
the grown . No other shells followed
this salvo It was our first baptism
by shell 1r . From the waist .up
I was all e husiasm, but from there
down, eve hing was missing. I
thought I s ould die with fright
After aw ile, we re-formed into
coluirms off eet and proceeded on our
way. '
About 1jv that night, we reached
the ruined , lage of H-- and I got
'Iner first si of the awful destruction
caused, bve an Kultur.
. 'Marchin own the main street we
came to tI, heart of the 'village, and
took up qui rs in shell -proof cellars
(shell prof until hit by a shell).
Shelhewer onstantly whistling over
the village nd busting in our rear,
searehing ' • our artillery.
These ee rs were cold, damp, and
smelly, and • veiTun with large rats—
big black fe ows. Most of the Tom-
mies slept 1 'th their overcoats over
their faces. I did not. In the middle
of the night1 woke up in terror. The
cold, clamie eet of a rat had passed
over my fAC I immediately smoth-
ered m.yself, i my overcoat, but could
not sleep fo the rest of that night.
Next even ng we took over, our
sector of th line. In single file we
wended oue way through a zigzag
eammunicati trench, tax inches deep.
with muci. '' hit- trench wee called
`Whiskey est." On our way up -
to the fro
of berating I
ii,
the sky a i
menth slap
on our righ
would travel,. se hack and forth with cold. I was soaked with sweat
Pen. ROISERT NEWTON.
Little Bras d'Or, C. B.
was a terrible sufferer from
Dys.papsia and ConstOation for years.
I had pain after eating, belching gas,
constant headaches, and did not sleep
well at night. rioat soanuch weigh*
--going from 185 pounds to 146
pounds—that 1 became alarmed and
saw several doctors who, however,
did me no good. Finally, agriend
told me to try '.Fruit-a-tives'.
In a week, there.was itnprovement.
The constipation was corrected; and
soon I was free Of pain, headaches
and that miseralble feeling that
aecompanietAelPeptila. i�nUnuod
to take this aplendid fruit medicine
and now ,am well; strong and
vigorous". ROBERT NEWTO'.
50c. a box,6 for $2.50, trial size 25e.
At all dealers or sent postpaid on
reiseipt of price by Fruit-a-iiTOS
Limitedi Ottawa.
*a.
in a low voice. ` The reply came back
instantly from the dark forms:
"Shut your blinkin' mouth, you
blooming idiot; do you want us to
click it from the Voches?"
Later we learned that the word, "No,
challenging or firing, wiring party
outinfirente":11ed been L.iven, .f,o the
sel0X7:4a,our-zight, but he had failed
, to ee itedown the trench. An officer
c
ha overheard liur challenge and the
reply, and , immediately put the of-
fending senteer ender arrest. The
t sentry clicked twentyone days on the
wheel, that isehe received twenty-one
day's Field 13unishrnent, No. 1, or.
4eruciiiidon," as Tommy terms it.
This consists of being spread-eagled
on the wheel of a limber two hours a
day for twenty-one days regardless
of the Aweather. During this period,
your rations consist of ebully beef,
biscuts. and water. '
A few months later I met this sentry
and he confided to me that since being
"crucified," he hes never failed to pass
the word down the trench' when so or-
dered. In view of the offence, the a-
bove punishment was very light, in.
that failing to pass the word down a
.trench may mean the loss of ;many
lives, and the spoiling of some import- .
! ant enterprise in No Man's Land. '
CHAPTER VI 1
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, FLOATING SPECKS
'1' BEFORE EYES
BOTH CURED BY
ULIA.LIVER
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coated tongue,
totnhwie es,lugmgviesehtenlivtabta,
eleanneytheetim
breath, clean away all waete and poison-
ous niatter from the system, and prevent
se well a:s cure-all sickness arising from
a disordered condition of the stomach,
liver and bowels.
Mrs. Joseph H. Therieau, Saulnete
• N.S., writes:—"I was troubled
with a sour at omach, and took five vials
of Mil urns Laxa-laver Pills, and tley
curedi.
My mother also used them for floating
specks before the eyes. They cured her
also aft er heving taken -four vials. 'We
both highly re:online:1d them to all
sufferers from Jiver troubles."
M ;Thum Is I axa-Liver Pills art 25e.
per at all dealers or mailed direct on.,
reeeipt of priee bv The T. MilburntCo.,
Linaited, Toronto, Ont.
i that I had been detailed as mess or -
"Back of the Line"
a hand.. I helped him m.ake the
derly and to report to cook to give
Goiag down the commiNicetion trench I him
lasted four -days, and then we were ' fire, carry water froth an old well,
relieved by the-- Wide. i
aingelown the eommanication trench.
we were in- a merry mood, although
we were cold and wet, and every bone
in ovii bodies ached. It makes a lot
of .diffOrence whether you are "goitig'
in" or "coming Out"
• At the end of the conntrunieation
trend', limbers were waiting on the
road for. us. I -thought we were going
i to ride back to rest billets, but soon
;found //out that the only 'tithe. an In-
-leanman rides is when he is-
, wBligh ye(.1'aThnclesise b°1ingerfsc4ca"titrCibascr QUC.rr.
ree,erve. anommition and rations. Our
march to rest billets was thoroughly,
'enjoyed by me. It seemed as if I were
On furlough, and was 'earl behind
- everything that was disagreeable and
The allowance was one slice per man..
'horrible, Every recruit feels this way
The late ones received very mean
after being 'relieved from the trenches.
slices. As each Tommy got his
We marched 8 kilos and then halted
share, he immediately disappeared m:
they would be Testing "seinewhere in
numication trench to the ,rear. Soot( in front of a -French estaminett The
Captain gave the gorder to ' turn out
of thenrmade a,rush to the cook -
to the billet. Pretty soon abet* M-
on each side of the road and wait his tee'n
France" with a little wooden cross
over their heads. They had done their return. Pretty soon he came back tuasde,. eTteese rryinelieesg .tstellyuginpledce 1),1
bit for Kine and Counary, had died and told B Company to occupy billets
the bacon grease which was stewing
117. 118.. and 119. Billet 11.7 was an
without firing a shot, but their sere over the fire. The last min invariably
old et.able which had preitiously been
vices were appreciated, neverthelessi. lost out. I was the last roam
Later on, I found out their names. occupied by cows. About four feet in
They belonged to our draft , front of the -entrance was a huge ma- After breakfast, our section carried
I was dazed and motionless. Sude nure pile, and the odor from it was ' their equipment in to a field adjoining
denly a -shovel was pushed into my anything but pleasant. Using my the billet and gut busy removing the
hands, and a rough but kindly voice flashlight I stumbled throngh the trench mud therefromi because at 845
door. Just before entering I observ- aan., they had to fall in for Inspection
said:
"Here, my lad, lend a hand 'clearing ed a white sign reading: "Sitting, 50°, and parade, and woe betide the man
the trench, but keep your head idoeire lying 20," but at the tiene,i its sig.. who was unshaven, or had mud on his
and look OUt for aniPere• One Of the nifieanee did not strike Me. Next imiform. Cleanliness is next to God-
Fritz's is a daisy and he'll get you if moraing I asked the Sergeant-Major 'Mess in the British Army, and Old.
i what it memit. He nonchalantly an- Pepper must have been personally
you're not. catefel." ,
, acquainted with St. Peter.
rising on My belly ,ont the bottom mitered: ,
line an oecasiopal flare of the trench, I filledsandbagsWith "That's some of the work of the Our drill consisted of dose i or -
the sticky mud; they were dragged to
vleny tear b3r 'the other men, and the
world of rebuilding the parpapet was
on. The harder I Worked. the better
I felt. Although the weather was
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of digging. three still, muddy forms on
stretchers were carried down the cone-
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and fry the bae,,on. Lids of dales are
used to cook the bacon in. After
breakfast Was cooked, I tarried a dixle
of hot tea and the lid fiell of bacon to
our section, and told theCorporal thiet
breakfast was ready. •He looked at
me in conteMpt, and , then shout
"Breakfast *Up, tomand get it!"
iminediately got wigs to the trench
parlance, and never again informed
that "Breakfast was served."
It didn't takelong fel, the Tommies
to answer this call. ,}talf dressed,
they elined up with their canteens
and I dished out the tea. Each Toni -
my carried in his hand a thick slice
of bread" which had been issued with
the rations the night before. Then
, 1 had the pleasure of seeing them dig
into the bacon with their dirty fingers,
hrapnel would light up
we could hear the frag-
g the ground above us
and left. Then, a Fritz
hirs,nitityepeem
eiy7
Prentice
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bullets made
overhead. Theebo'
A piece of s ell had gone through his
shrapnel -prof helmet. I felt sick
and weak.
In about thirty minutes we reached
the front line. It was dark as pitch.
Every now end then a German star
shell would Pierce the blackness Out
in front with its silvery light, 1 wias
trembling all over, and felt very lone-
ly and afrai •g All orders were given
in whispers. The company we re-
lieved filed • ast us and disappeared
into the blac ess of :the communica-
tion trench i ading to the rear. As
they passed they whispered, "The
best o luck tes."
I eat on t fire step of the trench
with the re i of the men. In each
traverse tw of the older men had
been put on guard with their heads
1the top, and with their
; pierce the blackness in
Land." In this trench
Only two dugouts, and
e by Lewis and Vickers,
s, it was the fire
Pretty soon it started
ut on atir "macks," but
much protection. 'The
own our backs, and it
efore we were wet and
assed that night I will
beit without any unusual
er" or machine gun. The Occasionally a bullet would crack
a sharp craeking noise . overhead, and a machine gun would
I kick up the mud on the bashed -in
front • of me named parapet. At each creek I would duck
pled up without a word. , and shield my face with my arm. One
of the older rnen noticed this action of
mine, and whispered:
"Don't duck at the crack of a bul-
let, Yank; the danger has passed,—
you never hear the one that wings
you. Always remember that if you
are 'going to get it, you'll get it, so
never worry." .
This made a great impression on
me at the time, and from then on, I
adopted his niotto, "If you're going
to get it, you'll get it."
It helped Or wonderfully. I used
it so often afterwards that some of
ray mates dnbbed me, "If you're going
to get it, you'll get it."
After an hour's hard work, all my
nervousness left me, and I was laugh-
ing and joking with the rest.
At one e'clock, dinner came up in
the form of a dixie of hot stew.
I looked for my canteen. It fell
off the fire step, and was half buried
in the mud. The man on my left not-
iced this and told the Corporal, dish-
soing out this,
rations, to put my share
in. his' mess tin. Then he whispered
' to InYeAlways take care of your mess
o tin, mate."
I 'had learned 'another maxim of
the trenches.
That stew tasted fine. I was as
hungry as a bean We had seconds
arrived.' or another helping, because three of
and down" was passed the men had "gone west," killed by the
and the sentries got explosion of a German trench mortar,
• re step. Pretty soon, and we ate their. share, but still I was
e came along, and it was hungry, so I filled in with bully beef
It warmed our chilled ' and biscuits. Then I drained my
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t tiew life into us. Then water bottle. Later on I learned an-
ication trenches came
ts, filled with steam-
ed two wooden stakes
dies, and were car -
I filled my canteen
limber. We formed, a semi-eircl .a-
round him . Over head there wa a
black speck circling round and ro d
in the sky. This was a Ge n
Fokker. The Chaplain had a boo in
his left hand --left eye on the book—
right eye oe the aeroplane. We T m-
mies were Ineky, we had no 'books; so
had both eyes on the aeroplane. •.
After • church parade we W,ere
marched back to our billets:and play-
ed football all afternoon.
CHAPTER IV.
"Into the Trench."
,The n:ext, morning, the draft Was in-
spected y Our General, and we w
-I
assigned t� different companies.
boys in. the Brigade had nickna
this general Old Pepper, and he c
tainly earned the sobriquet. I ,
assigned to 'Et Company with, another
t 1 it from. snY
and deank t
Amercian named Stewart.
,,, fore I was
For the next ten days We "rested
fire step.
repairing roads for the Vienchins,
drilling, and digging, bombing tr ne My ambit
Onemorning we -were informed t tern, Front,
was in a fro
re
he
The word
along the 1*
down off th
the ram iss
a Godsend.
bodies and 1)
from the co
dixies or ir
ingitea, whi
through the
ried by two
ches.
were back i
we were going up the line, and
march began.
It took us three dans to reach *e -
serve billets—each day's march bid g-
ing the sound of the guns nearer aid
nearer. At night, way off in the dT
Id ee their flashes 'Thi
U1'
tance we Nu s
ligthed uddthe sky with a red' gl 'e.
Against ithe horizon we could s
numerous observation balloons
"sausag'e' 'as they are called.. i.
On the afternoon of the third &Yds
anarch„ witnessed my first aeropla e
being shelled. A thrill ran throu h
me and I razed in awe. The ae -
nlane was makin.g wide circles in tie
air, while little puffs of white smo e
were burstine all around it. Th e
puffs appeared like tiny balls of cot
ton while after each burst could be
heard a dull "plop." The Sergea4t
of my platoon informed us that it was
a German aeroplane and I wonder "d
s-
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Mu
I must h
hours, not
results fro
lows, but t
cold, evet,
Suddenly
and a thun
I opened m
over -with
picking the
tom of th
my left
completely
tossed -up
lay till. I
face, and a
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lips.
sle
on
t-1.
and
.Te
other maxim of the front line,— go
spariegly with your water," The bully
beef made nee thirsty, and by tea time
I was dying for a drink, but my pride
• would not allow me to ask my mates
t tea without taking for water. I was fast learning the
It was not long be- , ethics of the trenches.
p in the mud on the That night I was put on guard with
an older man. We stood on the fire
ad been attained! I step with our heads over the top, peer -
ie trench on the Wes- ing out into No Man's Land. It was
oh, how I wished I nervous work for me, but the other
sey City. fellow seemed to take it as part of
the night's routine.
Then something shot past my face.
My heart stopped beating, and I duck-
ed my head below the parapet. A soft
chuckle from my,mate brought me to
my senses, and I feebly asked, "For
CHA
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ve sl
the
cle
e sl
nd sh
the
TER* V.
s and Shells
pt for two or three
efreshing kind that
sheets and soft pil-
p that comes from
er exhaustion.
seemea to sna
•'erclap burst in my ears.
eyes, --I was splashed alle1
ticky Mud, and men were
nselve,s up from the bot -
trench. The parapet on
toppled into the trench,
blocking it with a- wall of
rth. ;The man on my left
rubbed the mud from lily
awfu sight met my gaze
shed to a Pulp and
6.I
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his steel elraet
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as full of brains
"Minnie" (-trench
ed in the next tra-
diggininto the
a frenzy of haste.
arne up the trench
ter a few minutes
God's sake, what was that?
He answered, "Only a rat taking
a promenade along the sandbags."
I felt very sheepish.
About every twenty' minutes the
sentry in the next traverse would fire
a star shell from his flare pistol. The
"plop" would give me a start of fright.
I never got used to this noise dining
my service in the trenches.
1. would watch the are described by
the star shell, and then stare into
No Man's Land waiting for it to burst.
In its luried light the barbed wire and
stakes would be silhouetted against
its light like a latticed window. Then
darkness.
Pl
I Once, out in front of 'our wire, I
heard a noise and saw dark forins
,moving. My rifle was lying' across the
sandbagged parapet. I reached for
it, and was taking aim to fire, when
my inate grapsed my arm, and whie-
pered, "Don't fire." He Challenged
R. A. M 0 (Royal Armyt 'Medical dell formation which lasted until noon.
Corps). It Simply 'means that in case . Poring thistime welled two ten -min -
of an attack, this billet Will accom- ute breaks for reit, and no sooner the
moda,te fifty wounded who are able to word, "Fall out for ten minutes," was
sit up and take notice, or twenty given, than each Tomray got out a fag
stretcher eases." - 1, and lighted it,
It was not long after thisthat I was 1 Fags are issued every Sunday
one of the "20 lying."
„i morning, and you generally get he -
soon Int the hay and Was fast 1 tween twenty and fort.Y. The brand
asleep, even my friends, the "cooties" generally is "Woodbine' Soneetimes
failed to disturb me. I we are looky, and get "Goldflakes,'
The next morning at aboat six o'- "Players," or "Red Hussars." Occas -
clock I was awakened by t e Lance- &dimity an issue of "Life Rays" come
Corporal of our section, info*ming me Along. Then the older 'Pommies bre-
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mediately get busy on the recruits,
and trade these for Woodbines or Gold.
flakes. A recruit only has. to be stuck
once in this manner and then he teases
to be a recruit. There is a reasent
Tommy is a great cigarette smoker.
He smokes under all conditions, excep
when unconscious or when he is re-
connoitering in No Man."0 Land at
night., Then, for obvious resume, he
does not tare to have a lighted eigare
ette bis mouth.
Streteher-beare earry fags for the
wounded Tommie,. When a stretcher,
bearer a.nives alongside of a Twiny
who has been hit, the following eon-.
versation usually takes place—Stret-
cher-beerer, "Want a fag? Where
are you hit?" Tommy looks up and
answers., "Yes. In the leg,"
After- dismissal from. parade, we
returned to our billets, and I had. to
get busy immediately with the dinner
issue.. Dinner consisted of stew made
f.rorn fresh beef, a couple of spuds,
bully beef, .Maconochie ratione and
water, —plenty Zif water, There is -
great competition among the men. ti
spear with their forks the two lonely
Potatoes.
After dinrier I tried -to wash out the
dixies with told wat9r and a rag, and
learned another' marlin of the trenches
—"It can't be done." I slyly watched
one of the older men from another
section., and was horrified to eee him
throw into his dixie s four or five dou-
ble handfuls of mud. Then he poured
in some water, and with his bands
scoured the dixie inside and out. I
thought he was taking an awful Trak,
Sppposing the cook should have seen
'WI After half an hour of unsuc-
cessful efforts, I returned my dale
to the eobk shack, being careful to Put
on the . Cover and returned to the
billet: Pretty soon the took poked
his- head in the door and gh.outed:
"HeY,' Yank, come hate -Mid eleari
your dixie!" protesteld,,that I had
Wasted iiikalfehOur on it already' and.
had used op ray esily remakeing shirt
in the attanmt. With a look of ills -
dojo, 'he exclaimed: "Blow me, your
shirt! Why in !ell didn't you use
mar'
Without a etord in reply I'got busy
with the mud; and-eoon my dixie was
briglet and shininee
Moist Of the afternoon was spent by
the men writing letters home:- I used
my spare -time to chop wood for the
cook, and go with the Quarter -Master
to draw coal. I got back just in time
to issue our third meal, which con-
sisted of hot tea. I rinsed out my
dixie and returned it to the oda-
house, and went back to the billet
with an exhilarated feeling that my
day's labor Was done. I had fallen
asleep on the 'straw *hen once again
the cook appeared in the door of the
billet with: ‘‘Bliane met you Yanks are
lazy,. Who 'ell's &going to draw the
water for the morin' tea? Do you
think I'm &Rein' to? Well, I'm not."
and he left. I filled the 'dixie with
water from an old squeaking welleaud
once again lay down in the striq.
(TO be Continued Next Week'
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