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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.
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ant:Iran Cry
Rot FLETCHER'S
a&STORIA
ARC
WORK
WHILE YOU SiereEP
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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
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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
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• 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.
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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'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
•
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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
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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)
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wh
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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
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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