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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1918-03-08, Page 7',MAW ••• r coats a life more expensive, it rou wash yours with Wet, which ie seen y, fleecy and. tours that way and to this: kee---pure essence Su/dor every gallon eamylather—a few Etes garment and stir oi enough for your the, coat ---the diet or three relays of eillst a few minutes'. he :most expert .arger towns there is a ittper- 4similation,- but in the small ind rural districts each rat*. its narrow fixed little world„ unicipal election a new erort .uee people appears one day, and organized no one knows Chey overturn the customary ties and set up a new Slav slant, which at once changes ales of the streets and pub. - the municipal ordinances fa = Then everything German * el and in a few years the facet region is changed. • 300,000 Czechs in Vienna, itt =Prising that disorder,y not on, collies in Lie hour ic stress. s Not a German Ideal. eat, elderly woman stopped a a the book department of I" ad demanded in a voice wittt German accent a book suitable IridaI couple and costing not hall 25 cents. The clerk se - Fleury van Dykes "The Path -- Peace," and suggested that It be the propel boak for the. oepee. The customer took one - the title, threw up her hands claimed: "Aeh, Gott, nor' : Walter Scott In Cuba. e was a theatrical company on ..er above. But there the volts ns was subdued. Knights and : of the Mira, their thoughts Dt of rhetoric, but register. te- Eavana did not mean a pleasure, or a dream of the world that., it a background of glaring sun - "What was the play'?" wait f an actor of mammoth frame, Iging bleeps. "The Heart of tian," was the somewhat estate-- ;reielYe "The Heart of Mid- i" No romance of old Spain. .,-ea or Andalusia, of tiuttexing as and vigilant duennas, but breeks, and kilts, and kirks or iotiand—the pathetic romance. aed Jeannie Dean. By deft the necessary changes were - Vrought. Th.e cunning of the was to transform the low- hills trection of Regla into a like - Arthur's Seat. Some narrows e -way street of Havana or o was to be dressed up, and. es were to see the Cannon -- "And when our propertYeau gh with that part Of the Morro are going to use," broke is panyes manager, "Lord BYrone ote the book, you know"—blre egistered" Pride as he impart- iterazy information—"hineselt" et tell it from Edinburgh ems- Elarper's Magazine. • ant:Iran Cry Rot FLETCHER'S a&STORIA ARC WORK WHILE YOU SiereEP • For Sick l4eadache, Semi Stomach, Siuggth Liver and Bowels— 'rake Cascarate tonight. Thrred Tongue Bad Taste, Wive tion, Sallow Skin and 3Sliserable 'Head- aches eome from a .torpid liver ami elogged bowels, which' eauae your stem - see o beeome lined with undigested, food, which sours and ferments like gar- bage in &swill barrel. Thatle the first step to Untold misery—indigestion, foul gese„s, bad breath, yellow skin, mental fears, everything that ' is horrible and nauseating. A Oseeeret to -night will give your eonstipated bowels a, thorough eleansing e.nci straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep -- a 10 -cent box front your druggist will keep you feeling good for menthe. LEGAL. It. S. HAYS. Barrister, Solicitor,Conveyancer and Notary Public. Solicitor for the minion Bank. Office in rear of t.he o - 'minion Bank, ,Seaforth. Money to loam J. M. BEST. Barrister, Solicitor, Conveya er ad Notary Public. Office upsil s hes Over Walker's Furniture Store, Mean Seaforth. est PROTIDFOOT, KILLORAN. AND COOKE. Barristers, Solicit:oil, Notaries Pub.. lie, etc. Money to lend, In Seaforth on Mendsiy of each. week. Office in Kidd Block W. Promifoot, ICC., J. L. !Moran, He J. De Cooke.- . VETERINARY. F. RARBURN, V.S. Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- ant College and honorary member of the MedicallAisociation of ihe Ontario Veterinary College. Treats diseases of OR domestic animals by the MOSt Mod- ' 11112 principles. Dentistry and Milk Fey.. sr a specialty. Office opposite Dick's Hotel, Main Street, Seaforth. Al )r- 41. left at the hotel will. ro tvo 1 Peelleit attention. Night calls re 3 IV. •1 St the offim RE a postcard to us now and by return, mail a copy of our strated 80 -page catalogue of Flower and Field Seeds, eds, Grains, Bulbs. Small .3,arden Tools, Etc. TAL—We wilt also send you ckage (*due 15e) of our -choice tterfly Flower ne of the airiest and (lairdfers imaginable, especially to bordering beds of taller re' those of a heavier growth - is germinate quickly and to bloom in a few weeks .ving. The florescencs is to completely obscure the naliee the plant a veritable of the most delicate and bloom. The Butterfly mse in late winter and early .• altiablA premiums Fiflowly HUNTER SEED CO. UM c • JOHN GRIEVE, V.S. _ • - Honor graduate of Ontario Ve in fry College. All aiseases ol dom�stic aimaIs treated. Calls promptly at- tended to and charges moderate. Vet- Ininary Dentistry a specialty. Office and residence on Goderich street, one door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea - forth. MEDICAL. DR. W.J. GLANFIELD, M.A., M.B. Physician, Etc. Honor Graduate of University of Toronto, six years' experience. Brucefield, Ontario.. DR. GEORGE HEILEMANN. Osteopathic Physician bt. Godeii L flpecialist in womcrea and children- s diseases, rheumatism, acute, chronic and neryous disorders; eye ear, nose and throat. Consultation free. Office Ln the Royal Hotel, Seaforth, Tues- days and Fridays, 8 a.m. till 1 p.m. • ' C. J. W. HARN, M.D.C.M. 425 Richmond Street, London, 0 Specialist, Surgery and Genito-Ur e- ery liseases of men and women. Dr, ALEXANDER MOIR • Physician and Surgeon Dike and Residence, Main' Str t, s Phone 70 Hensa . • DR. .T. W. PECK Graduate of Faculty of Medic,,_ t, McGill University, Montreal; Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario;Licentiate of Medical Coun- cil of Canada; Post -Graduate Member a Resident Medical Staff ott. General Hospital, Montreal, 1914-15; Office, 2 doors east of Post Office. Phone 66, Heiman, Ontario. • DR. F. J. BURROWS Office and residence, Goderich street e ast of the Methodist church, Seaforth. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Huron. DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY. 3. G. Scott, graduate of Victoria and College of Physicians -.and 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. 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 Ophthahnie Hospital, London, 'England, University Hospital, London/ England. Office—Back of Dominion Sank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5, Night Oats answered from residence, Vic- toria street, Seaforth ' • AUCTIONEERS e-• -see THOMAS BROWN. Licensed auctioneer for the cove les erle Huron and Perth. Correspond 40 seri te for sale dates can be onetis y eating up Phone 97, Sant wit The Izpositor Ofilee, eliarges A- gnate and satisfaction tilatanteed. R. T. LUXER likeimed Auctioneer for the County Slow galas attended te in all pais ef the County. Bev a Jesse ea - Wow in XimiteLs and laulcabile- Ansi Taw, lawsuit* Pimp xo. anivi4, mow moans Order; left at The'llunee lar Otitak-lhatell, . . s ai��t����iu�E��: ,Ii/4610 By'The Top ARTHUR GUY ESP= ees. _ net" hillaille111111111111111111111111111111111111M111111111111111111111110M4111111ffieflieheled 7 VP,. I ..... (Continued from our last issue.) CHAPTER VII Rations Just 'before dozing off, Mr. Lance - Corporal butted, In In Tommy's eyes, a Lance -Corporal is one degree below a Private. In !the Corporal's eyes, he is one degree • above a general. . „ •I ' He order me to go with him and help ; hire draw the next day's rations, ale° I told me to take my waterproof, ' Bach evening, f,rom each platoon ar machine gun section, a Tmuce-Corporal and Private goes to the Quartermaster -Sergeant at -the Company stores, and draws rations for the following day.. ° • 1111Josteto See St. 3-o etI feel 1lutist tell you of haute, t r have received f wonderful medieine, Trill. I have been a sufferer or many . years front Violent Headd hes, and exited get no permanent rel ef. A. ftiend advised me to ta e 'Fruit - ti ' d I di RJN KAPOStroR ,...................,,,,,...................._ .., . mediate reail He luid his hand on my t shoulder, as Men in a comomnication trench have to keep_ en touch With eaelt i I other. We heid• jest climbed .oyer a i ee bashed -in part of the trench when in ! - our rear 4 man tripped over a loose , signal wire, and let out an oath. As ; usual; Pete- reified to his help. To I reach the falleh. entre he had t*tross 1 this bashed -in part o A, billion cracked in the -ear-anal ducked.. Then a moan - from the rear. . Mee heart stood: stille I went Weir' area Pete was Lying on 1 the =ground; by the aid of my flash- • • i ) light; I saw ethat he had his hand he great. pressed to his right breast. The fin- . oin your a-tivese success; and now I am en of Headaches, thanke splendid medicine". - MRS: ALEX.ANDE • eac, a box,6 for $2.50, tri ettall dealers or sent on price, postpaid, by P • Limited, Ottawa, •gm% were covered with blood. I flashed the light on his face, and in its glow a grayish -blue color was stealing over his countenance. Pete I•looked up at me arid said: "Well, Yank, they've done me in. I can feel myeelf going West." • His voice was th great getting fainter and I had to kneel rely free down to gte the words. ..., Then he gave me a message to write home to his to your mother and his sweetheart, and I, like a great Ing boob, cried hke a baby. I was losing my first friend of the trenches. Word was passed to the rear for a SHAW. size 25c. - eceipt of .t.e_eatee stretcher. He died before it arrived. Two of 'us put the body .on the stret- cher and carried it to the nearest first fiaiediar record post, aPete's where tpeed,sectnearmta,okninuanbroef-, rank and regiment from his identity disk, this to be used in the Casualty Lists and notification to his family. We left' Pete there, but 'it broke our hearts to do se The doctor inforhied up that we ',could bury. hen- the next morning. That afternoon, five of the boys cif our section myself included went to the httie.riotea village in the rear and fromdeiertedegardene of the Plena chateaux. ga-atered grass iand! &Avers. From these we made a • • h e The "Quarter," as the Quarterrn,asecomes to gambling with ., When the issue finish ter -Sergeant is called,. receives daily• Poralesits down and write from the Orderly"' Room (Captain's /1.0/110; ita if they . fice) a slip showing the number is ifs ps Ier of Parliane I I hcanno entitled to rations, so -there s nohied eraeseerree to the Io chance. of putting anythieg, over on , hicoos where he Wont, hav m. Many arguments take place rations, between the "Qarter" and the platoon At ;the different French Non -Com, but the former always i4 the village, civil * I flush he invests in a tin o Then I spread the waterproof sheet apricots. His par is °ray TdmialY buesfreasnhd egatSistil out. TommY says the "Quarter" gee his job because he was a burglar m andpaa. • / ery Occasionally ter,s Batman dinnited., the, xatis*ta on a clay, twenty-four cents, o on the &mind, while the Queeteralase it. The Cornoral was Smoking a 'fag. I carried the rations 1Welf .to.thebillet. The Corporal wee OM *Wring a fag. How I envied him. But when: the is- sue coininenced my envy died, and I 'realized that the first requisite of a non-commissioned offteed on active service is diplomacy. There were nine- teenenen in our, section, and they soon formed a semi -circle around us after the Corporal had called out, "Rations The Quarte -measter-Sergeant had hour. Just imagine, a cen for being under fiii%—not m of getting rich out there. When he goes into the (front line), Tommys men tumble. He modes in hitt what the government calls or irem rations. They ar Wised tolbe opened of starvation. They co tin of bully beef, four bisc tin which contains tea, Oxo cubes (concentrated These are only to be u rations. the Cox- a. letter get some have .Flying to • issue *In* centime, bread hen he is or. a shining •a cent an an hour. h chance wreath. - - While the boy e were making this wreath, I ' sat under a shot -scarred apple tree and carved out the fellowing verees on a little wooden shield which we nailed on Pete's cross, re trench "True to his God; true to Britain, taktee a Mine his. duty to the last have**lack Just die moieenanse to be wee' etten emergency. On the Roll of Honor of heroes not sup. - _ -. minty -dies passect— at of met Passed to their God, enshrined in glory ts, a little Entering life of eternaarest, Sugar and One more chapter ,in England's story f talalets).4 Of her sons doing their best. when the• given a slip to the • Corporal on which Rt e you oldsenemy ier mate so true establishes a I, curt 'n. of shell • was written a list of the rations. Bite? Never forgotten. by. us below; fire on the cornmunicatio ting on the floor, using a wooden boa 4rencheso Knovt that we are thinking of you; . on thee preventing the ea ng in of ae a.table, the iseue commenced Ere to our rest we are bidden to go. rations, or when in an at k, a body the left of the Corporal the rations were piled. They consisted of the fol- of troops has been cut cff from, its Next morning the veheie section went lowing: ,- - base of .supplies, . . • over te say Good bee to Pete, and laid Six loaves of fresh bread, each loaf . The rations are bro ght no ' at him away to *rest, ' of different sizeperhaps onout f night, by the Company Transport; • After each one had a leak at the , e o the six being as flat as a pancake, the This is a section of the company in face of the dead, a Corporal of the result of an Army Service Cores mail charge' of the Quarter- aster Sere Rt A., M. C. sewed up the remains in, placing a box of bully beef on it dur_ geant, composed of nienk mules . and a blanket Then Placing two heave Mg transportation limbers (two wheeled wa ons), .which ropes across the stretcher (to be used . , Three tins of jam, one apple, and the other two - plum. Seventeen Bermuda onions, all dif- ferent sizes. A niece of cheese in the shape of a Two one -pound tins of butter. ' ' termaster-Sergeant iiP°ev the fronteline trench. H we . 1 A handful of raisins. . vtoolunantederifnghatvoe dnuev sior. : A tin of bisciuts, or as ToranlY cal.ls, them "Jaw -breakers." • . A bottle of mustard pickles. - The Company Sergean The "Wily beef," spuds, condensed I milk, fresh meat, bacon, and "Macon- ochie Rations" (a can filled with meat vegetables, and greasy water), ' had been turned over to the Company cook to make stew for next day's dinner. He also alicived the tea,; sugar, salt, pepper and flour. , Scratching his head the Corp. stud - id the slip issued to him by the Quar- ter.. Then in a slow; Mystified voice he read out, "No. 1 Section, 19 men, Bread, loaves, six." He looked puzz- led and. soliloquizing in a musing voice: • "Six loaves, nineteen men. Let's see, that's three in a, loaf for fifteen men,—Well td make it even, four of you'll have to muck in on one loaf." The- four that got stuck made a howl, but to no avail. The bread was dished -out. Pretty sodn from a. far tomer of the billet; three indignant Tommies accosted .the Corporal with, "What , do You: tall this, a leaf_ of bread? Looks more like a sniping plate." The Corporal answered: "Well, chin% blame ine, i didn't bake it, somebody's got to get it, so shill, up until I dist.' out these blinkin' rations." Then the Corporal started on the :lam.. • "Sara, three tins—apple one, plum two. Nineteen men, three tins. • Six in. a tin, makes twelve for two tins, Seven in the „remaining tin." He passed -around the jam, and there was another riot. Stiene didn't like apple, while others who received plum. were eartial to apples After a while ' differenees were adjusted and the is-, sue went on. • . "Bermuda onfons,- seventeen." The Corporal. avoided a row by say- ing that he did not wanteur onion, and 1 said they _make you.7 breath smell, so guessed I wined do without one too. The Corporal looked hit gratitude. "Cheese; pounds two." The Corporal borrowed .a jeckkelife (corporals are always berrowieg), and sliced the cheese,— each slicing bring- ing 'forth a pert remark from the on- lookers as to the Corpoears- eyesight. supplies Tommy's wear while in the m lowering the body into the grave), front line. They are con antly under we lifted Pete onto the stretcher, and shell fire. The rations re unloaded reverently covered him with a large at the entrance to the cconmunication Union Jack, the &wale, bad died for. trenches and are "carried in" by men The Chaplain led the way, then . The Quer- came the officer& of the, section, fol - r goes into slowed by two men 'cam** A Wreath. doesn't have huniediately -after eante poor Pete on eard of, one the fiagstersonideeteetektellitereiedi "bY four seedietie was $ the four. -Major sorts Behind the stretcher ha columns of em in. fours, came the remainder of the sect consist of tion. ' eat, biscuits, To ,get to. the cemetery,- we had to pass through_ the Ii e shell -destroyed village, where troops were hurrying to and feo. • ' As the funeral procession passed, these troops came to the "attention," and smartly saluted the dead. . _ Poor Pete was receiving the only dge. d e • ' detailed for that pur s "Raisinta ounces, eight" • By this time the Corporal's nerves had gone West, and in deePair, he said that the rains were to be turned over over to . the cook for "duff" (plum pudding). This decision elicited a lit- tle "grousing," but quiet was finally teetered: "Biscuits, tins, one." With his liorrowed.. iacklosife, th.e Corporal opened a tin of biscuits, and told eireryone to help themselves,— nobody responded to this invitation. Tommy is "fed up" with biscuits. "Sutter, tins, two." "Nine in one, ten in the other." Another rumpus. • "Pickles, mustard, bottles, one," Nineteen names were put in a steel helmet, the last one out winning the pickles. On the next issue there were only eighteen naraes, as the -winner is eliminated until every man in the sec- tion has won, a bottle. The raffle- is closely watched, be- cause T94-nny is suspicious when It I Obildreu Cr FOR PISMIEWS CA.STC)FtIA ” 'the rations, and sends t • Tonuny's trench ratio all the bully beef he can cheese, tinned butter ,ese etenes sev- • enteen men te a tin), jai, lade, and occasionally fr obrread (ten to a loaf.) When it is possible, he geesetea and stew. N'Ithen things are qu* is behaving like a gent seldom happens, Tommy has the op- salute a private is entitled to "some- poreunity of making des ert. This \wbere in France.' "tren,eli pudding," It i made from Now and again a shell from the broken. biscuits, condensed mille jam, German-Iines would go -whistling. over and a little water slightly flav- the village to burst in our artillery °red with mud—put into a canteen lines in the. rear. - and cooked over a little spirit- stove When we reached the cemetery, we ker." • halted in front of an open grave, and "dely adver- laid the stretcher beside Forming necesSity for a hollow square around the opening es. Gullible of, the grave, the Chaplain read the them to the burial service. ly upon re- German machine. gun bullets -were em over the "cracking" in the air above us, but Tomany falls Pete didn't mead,' and neither did we. he cooker in When the body was lowered into d discomfort the grave, the hag having been remov- e& weclickedOUX- heels together, and in a tin and came to the salute. •• r the flames I left before the grave was filled ht. onurty decides I could not bear to see the dirt thrown dent (glue- on the blanket -covered face of my conirade. On the Western Front there are DO coffins, and you are lucky to get a blanket to protect you from the wet and the worms. Several of the. section stayedeand decorated the grave with white stones. That• night, in the light of a lonely candle in the machineegunners.dugout, of the front line trench, I wrote two letters. One to Pete's mother, the other to his sweetheartt. While doing this I cursed the Prussian War -God with all my heart,. and I think that St. (Peter noted same. , The machine gunners in the dugout were laughing and joke*. To theme Pete was unknown.. Pretty soon, in the warmth of their merriment, my blues disappeered. One on forgets on the Western front. t, and Fritz eman, which known as. "Tommy's co (A firm in Blighty tises these cookers as a the men in the trenc people buy thein, -ship • Tommies, vele), immedi ceipt of same throw t parapet. SoMetimes a • for the Ad., and uses a dugout to the digust • , of the other occupants).1 • This mess is stirrd u allowed to simmer ov front the cooker until that! it has reached a s dike) consistency. • He tkes his bayo- net and by means of the hanclle car- ries the mess up in the front trench to cool. After it has cooled off he tries to eat it, G4mera1ly one or tw'o Torn- mies in a section have qast-iron stom- • achs and the tin is soon' emptied, Once I tasted triech, puddIng, • but only once. • - In addition. to the regular 'ration issue Tommy uses another channel to enlarge his memi. . ' In the English papers a "Lonely Soldier" column is run. This 'is for the soldiers at the front who are sup- posed o be without friends or rela- tives.'They write to 1he papers and their names are publis ed. Girls and. women in England answer them, and .send out parcels of fcOdstuffs, cigar- ettes, candy, etc. •I have keown a "lonely" soldier to receive as many as five parcels and eleven letters in one week. CHAPTER VIII. The Little Wooden Cross. After remaining in rest billets for eight days, we received the unwelcome tidings that the rieet morning we would "go in" to "take over." At six in the morning our narch started. and, after a long march down the dusty road, we again arrived at re- serve billets. • I was No. 1 in the leading set of 4's. The man on my left was named "Fete Walling," a cheery sore of fellow. He laughed ane joked all the way on the march; buoyed up my drooping spirits. I could not figure out anything at- tractive in again occupying the front line, but Pete did not seem to mind, said it was all in .a lifetime. My left heel was blistered from the rub- bing of my heavy marching boot. Pete noticed that I was limping and offered to carry, my rifle, but by this time I had learned the ethics of the march in the British Army and courteously refused his offer. We had 'gotten half -way through the communication trench, Pete in my im- ,•••,•••••,, CHApTER IX. Suicide Annex. I was in. me first dugout and looked around , curiously. Oyer the door of same was a ditle sign, reading, "Sui- cide Annex." One of the shays told me that this particular front trench was called "Suicide Ditch." Later on I learned that machtne gunners and bombers are known as the "Suicide Club." • ; That dugout was muddy. The men slept m mud, washed in mud, ate mud, and dreamed mud. I had never before realized that so much discomfort and misery could be contained in those three little letters. M U D .The floor of the dugout was an ineh deep in wat- er. Outside it was raining cats and dogs,7and thin rivulets were trickling down the steps. From the airsbaft immediately above me came a drip, drip, drip. Suicide Annex was a hole eight feet -wide, ten feet long, and six feet high.. It was about. twenty feet below the fire trench.; at least there were twenty steps leading down to it .These steps were cut into the earth, but at that tune were muddy . and slippery. A man had to be very care - fel or elite he would' "shoot the "chutes." . The air was foul, and you • :Could tut the smoke frees Tommy's • .1 ••• S.0.8141114114494...i, is bigger for the raoney. There are no premiums for the wrappers now during mar time, so of course we give you full value in. the :way of a bigger bar of the /same good old Comfort Soap—the housewife's favorite. ' • You can't beat it as a' work saver in the home—you can't beat it for splendid economy, The new bigger Comfort imr-zget il PUGSLEY,, DINGMAN* & CO, ,LIMITED TORONTO- figs with a &safe. It was cold. The wails • and roof were supported ,with hea square -cut timbers, while the en ce was strengthened with sand- bags e Nails had been driven into th• timbers, On each nail himg a mise llaneous assortment of equip - merit The lighting arrangements were superb—one candle in a reflector mad from an ammunition tin. My teet • 'were chattering' from the cold, and he drip.from the airshaft dad not help matters much. .-While 1 was 't - ting bemoaning my fate, and wishMg for he fireside at home, the fellow next to me, who was writing a letter, look up and innocently asked, "Say, Yan ; how do you spell `conflagation?' ooked at hen in contempt, and ans ered that I did not Ireow. F em the darkness in One of the cor- ners came a thin, *Ping voice singing one If' the popular trench ditties en- - titl "Pa k, up your Troubles in our Old : Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile. Eire' now and the the singer would stop to Cough.. Cough, Cough, but was a good illustration_ of Tom- my cheerfulness under such, condi- tion, • A machine-gutt Icer entered the dug ut and gave me a hard look. sne ked past hint, sliding, and slipping and reached my section of the front- line trench where I was greeted by the Ser bent, who asked me, "Where in 'ell aye you been?" • - I made no answer, but sat on .he mi dy fire step, shivering with the cold and with the rain beating in my fac . About half an hour later I tea etip with another fellow and wen ove reli tion de sig mo re tre at on guard with my head sticking the top. At ten o'clock I was ved and resumed my sitting posi- on the fire step. The rain Bud.: y stoppedaand we all breathed a of relief. We prayed for the ing and the rum issue., CHAPTER X. • "The Day's Work." ‘sk'. VV. the seotry as t'o his observations in No Man's Land. The sentre is not al- lowed to relax his watch for a secondi If he is questioned from the trench or asked ' orders, he replies without turning Und or taking his eyes from, the expise of dirt it front of Mtn. The remainder of the occupants of his traverse either sit on. the fire step, with bayonets fitted, ready ler any emergency, or if lucky, and a dugout happens to be in the near vicinity of the traverse, and if the night is ouiet, they are perndtted to go to the same and try and snatch a few winks of) sleep. Little sleeping is done t gener- ally the men sit arouid, smoking fags and seeing who can tell, the biggest HEART- WU BA WOULD WAKEN UP IN• DIMES& There is nothing that brings with it ,such fear of impending death as to wake up in the night with the heart _poxes 'ding and thumping. This uncertain and ir- regular heart action causes the greatest dig' tress of both mind and body. Milburnei -Heart and Nerve Pills Strengthen ami invigorate the heart, 80 that it beat 'S strong and regular, and he. Som'of them perhaps, with their tone up the nervous system go that the eapee of so .znech anxiety becomes a feet in water, would write home syni- liatleemg with the "governor" because tillAr. Archie Besaimont, Edgett's Land - was laid up with a cold, contracted ing Ntie„ wiettes:_uHave been bothered . with my heart and -nerve* for about six work in Woolwich Arsenal. • If a nun years, eallSed by overwork and worry. shquld manage to doze off,likely as not My heart was so bad I would waken up he would wake with a start as the eeveral times during the night in great iaram3:, cola feet of a rot pissed eyes% elistreee, and my heartehunapmg. About his face,' Of the next relief stepped 1 s, year f ago A I took three haste of Mil - on his stomach while stumbling on bore'ili,sitrta srnireartaenadNe:iNerve vePill,ep s, aeillsdthy•are their way to relieve the. sentries M I helped me a greet dela!' the trench. mib Just try to sleep with a belt- fun.of 50e. per box it all dealers or mailed ammunition around you, /our rifle bolt direet on receipt otTriee by The T. Mile biting into your ribs,entrenching tool bum e°" lamited' l'.°r°nt° Out. handle sticking into the small of your back. with a tin hat fee a pillow; and feeling very damp and coal, with "cooties" boring for oil in your arm its, the foul from the stench of grimy bo ies and smoke from a juicy pipe being whiffed into your nostrils up about six in the morning, wasbe.s up, answers roll call, ife inspected- by his platoon officer, and hes breakfast. At 8.45 he parades. (drills) with -his ' then you Will not wonder why Toni' cc:414411'Y or goes on fatigue according occasionally takes a turn m the trench,erseh have been read out for a rest e bythe Orderly Srgeant the night previous. • While in a front line trench orders Between. 11.30 and noon he is dis- forbid Tonurty from rem.oiring * his missed, has his dinner, and is "on hie boots, puttees clothing, orequipmentfor the remainder of the day, order and niobolize their forces; The cooties , take advantage of tahnids lenoIne's'a he has clicked for a digging or working party., and soit goes on-froin Tommy swears vengeance on them. day to day, ilWays aleoping the loop and mutters to himself "just Wait aild looking forward 1 to Peace and until I hit rest billets and am able to get my own back." Just before daylight the 'men 'turn to" and tumble out of the dugouts, man the fire seep until it gets light, was fast learning' that there is a or the welcome order "stand down" is ar routine about the work of the given. Sometimes before stand down ches, although it is ',sadly upbet1 is ordered, the conunand "five rounds 'flies by t e Geemans. of e keel ork in the. fire trench rapid" is passed along the trench. This the war and what will happen to Blighty. . • Sometimele when engaged in a cootie - hunt you think. Strange to say, but it is a real fact -while Tommy is engaged in searching his shirt, serious thoughts come to WM. Many a time, when performing this operation. I have tried, to figure -out the outcome • means that each man must rest his ,...,,,, co ence at sundown. Tommy is hke- , . . rifle en the top and fire as rapidly '`" My theughts generally ran in- till* a b glar, he works atsnight. as possible :five shote Mend toward le the Other sits at his feet, ready sort of gets the jump on_ the other channel; e earth by a Tommy interrtipting with 3 st at it begies to get dark, the the German treziches, and then duck 'Will I emerge safely from the next• , d "stand to" is passed from tra- e to traverse, and the men. 'get There is a great rivalry between the (with the emphasis on the "duck"). attack? If I do, will I skin thro gle the followingeone, and so on? . The first relief, consisting .of opposing fo your mind is Viandering into the hi Irces to get their rapid „ one man looking over the -tole, in this instance, men to a traverse, mount the fire fire off first, because the eerie. bird, catches the worm)...._ 1.1m it is likely to be rudely brought to eery Messages or ,to inform - the -fellow, catching him .unawares "What's geed for eheamatism ?" , on officer of .any report made by We had a Sergeant in our battalion_ .Then you have something else to named Warren. He was oit duty with think of. "Nill you etnne out of -*a° ' i his platoon in the fire trench one af- war crippled and tied into knots with 1 ternoon when orders came up from the rheurnatun, caused by the wet and mud ' mar that he had been granted seven lof the trenches and dugouts? Tott give it up as a bad job and generat* ; days' leave for Blighty, and would saunter over to the nearest estaminet be relieved at five o'elock to proceeds i ;to drown your moody forebodings in - welcome tidings and regaled his more 'to Engalnd. game of "House' You can hear the a glass of sickening French beer, or to He was tickled to death at these ' try your luck at the always present it .1 the fire stets With the good times in or less envie* ates; beside him on sing -song voice of a. Tonfiny droning 0 out the numbers as, he extracts the the for hhn. H figured it out that little squares ofeeartiboard Trom the This Is the Rev. A. D. MeLeod's • on two days' time he would arrive at ag e pinion of Zam-Buk. This, clergy... Waterloo Station, London, and then— bbetween lidsrfeet an, who lives at Harcourt, N.B.,. seven days' bliss! •(To be Continued Next Week) wo ve bus tw ste wh pia • Ring to the proprietors, remarks At about five minutes to Eve he pon the unusual popularity which started to fidget with his rifle, and am-Buk enjoys in the banns of then suddenly springing up on the fire e people of his parish. He says: fattp with a muttered, "1/11 send over di -I know of nothing that can couple of souvenirs -to Fritz, so that ompare with et. Having charge he'll miss me when I leave," he stuck f an extensive MISE/1011, overhis rifle over the top and fired two hich I travel. -constantly, • I meet shots, when "crack" went a bullet and ith many slek and afflicted people, he tumbled off the step, fell into the ne, 1° have been amazed at the Mud at the bottom of the trench, and ood Which Zam-Bult is doing daily. • have learned, as an absolute fact, hat for kad ulcers, old wounds, czema and skin diseases of all Inds the healing powers of Za,m- uk are simply marvellous. For ae painful ailments piles, also, it Is lexcellent. Many a doctor's bill is saved by the use of Zam-Bult." Ivor cuts, burns ,and scalds Zam- ilk is equally good. Nothing ends ',In and heals so quickly, 50ot ox, • 3 for $1.:0. All?dealeis or ene-Buk . Co., Toronto. Send, lc. tamp for free trial box. Is 1 lay still in a huddled heap with a bullet hole in his forehead. - At about the time he expected to ! arrive at Waterloo' Station helms laid ' to rest in a little cemetery behind the He had In tbe trenchegone t c'eaninignelleteY: tell, —it is not safe to plan very far ahead.. After "stand down" the men sit on the fire 'step or.repair to their respest- ive dugolits and wait for the iiirres- sue to materialize, Immediately fol- lowing the rum comes breakfast, brought up frons the rear. Sleeping is then in order unless- some special work turns up. •- Around 12.80 dinner shows tire When this is eaten. the men try to amuse themselves until- "tea" appears at about four o'clock, then 'stand to" and they eery on as before- - While in rest billets TOMMY getliie t YES! MAGICALLY! CORNS LIFT OUT WITH FINGERSI - t You simply say to the drug stare man, "Give me a quarter of an ottn.ce of freezone." This voli cost very little but Is sufficient to remove every hard or soft corn from one's feet. A few drop* of this new ether com- pound applied directly epon a tender, aching corn should relieve the sore- _ nessinstantly, aid soon the entire corn, root and all, dries up sad can, be lifted out with the fingers.' This new way to rid one's feet of corns was introduced bya Cincinnati man, who says that, while freezone 20 sticky, it -dries be a moment, and *ha- ply 'shrivels up' the corn without In- asmisg-oorskin. revenirrit"in. g the 8141"uild- ivtissue e Don't let fatber die of hafectioneor, kockfaer from whittling at bia tors" - by#ezpstilee out aseeeid make him tTJj