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1 Phone For What You Want "Over the Top" By An American Soldier Who Went ARTHUR GUY EMPEY Machine Gunner Serein in France (Cepyrlgtit, IU1T, by Artbar Quj low) SYNOPSIS. Our delivery service its maintained for yenir benefit and il; is up to you to use it freely. .Don't take the time to eonie down town for minor : .... t lmreliases. Just phone MAIN 562 Our service is prompt ami efficient I and no extra charge is made for de ivery. When you have a prescription to he filled or have urgent need for drugs, phone us and note how promptly our messenger will arrive at your home. SERVICE IS THE THING LA GRANDE PHARMACY Adolph Newlin, Mgr. Quick Delivery . . - Phone Main 40 La Grande, Oregon CHAPTER I-Firod by the news of the sinking of the Luvltanla by a German submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri can, leaven hlM office In Jersey City and KX'B to KngUnd whore he enlists tn the BrltlHh army, CIIAPTKH II-After a period of train ing, Kinpey volunteers for Immediate serv ice and soon finds himself in rest billets 'somewhere in France,", where c nrsi , ennuie in the muchlne irunners duaout or tlie front-line trench I wrote two letters. . One to Pete's mother, . the TaUPthe stretcher beldrit. BVwmlnTr a hollo.w square Around the opening of the grave, the chaplain reud the burial service. .-, :. ; '. German mnohlne-gun' bullets' were "cracking" in the air above us, but Pele didn't mind, and neither did we. When the body was lowered into the grave the Aug having been removed, we clicked our heels together and ciutie to the salute. " I loft before the grave was filled In. I could not bear to see the dirt thrown on the blanket-covered face of my com rade. On the western front there ore no cofllns, un:' jug are lucky to get a blunlrt to protect you from the wet and the worms. Several of the sec tion stayed and decorated the grave wan white stones. That night, in the light of s lonely At ( makes the ucqualntunce of the ever-preB- j cut "cooties1 ! " CIIAPTKR III-Empe!' attends his first ehnreli 8orvleen Rt the front while a Ger- I man Fokker circles over the congresatlon. CHAPTER IV-Empey's command goes . Into the front-line trenches and Is under ' "15 ??r 110 nr8t time. , " cifApTKR 'V Empey learns to adopt the motto of the Brtlnh Tommy, "If you are going to get It, you'll get it, bo never i worry." CI1APTRR vr-Back In rest billets, Em- ' i pey Kets hla first experience as a mess I orueny,.-! . ! CHAPTER VIII. other to hU sweetheart. 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 Joking. To them Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, In the warmth of their merriment, my blues disappeared. One soon forgets on the western front. ..... . CHAPTER IX. The Little Wooden Crass. After remaining In rest billets for eight days, we received the unwelcome Odine'S tlint thp norr mnrnlnrwft would i i "go In" to "lake over." At six In th!aroun" nousty. over tne. aoor 01 morning our march started and, offer 8nrae ;VBH a 6 fin reaiiing -am Suicide Annex. I was in my first dugout and looked clde Annex." "One of the boys told me that this particular front trench ....ll,4 IC?..l..l.ln T-,l.. I. T .... T . , -4 ,.. . . HUB VUIIIMI OlllUUt XlLV-ll. XJUICI Ull I wus ro. 1 in the leading set of!T , . . .... i H i . - , x lemiieu mill. iiiui;iiiiiu (.uiiui'in unu. a long march down the dusty road, wo again arrived at reserve billets, Just a Reminder Buy If you are iu need of Woolen 'Apparel now is your time to ". get busy. your winter garments now at last year prices; Don't delay we assure you it is money profitably spent.' . ,." , fours. Tlie man on my left wits named "l'ete Walling," p cheery sort of fel low, lie laughed and joked all the way on the march, buoying up my drooping spirits. I could not figure nut anything attractive In again occupying the front line, but Pete Old not seem to mind, said it was till In a lifetime. My left h"J was blistered from the rub bing of my heavy marching boot. Pele noticed Hint I was limping and offered to carry my rifle, but by tills time I had learned the ethics of the march In the lirltlsh army and courteously refused his offer. We hud gotten half-way through the 'communication trench, Peto In my im mediate rear. He bad ills band on my shoulder, as men In n communication trench have to do to keep In touch with bombers are' known as the "Suicide Club." . , : That dugout was muddy. The men slept In mud, washed in mud, ate mud, and dreamed mud. I had never before realized that so much discomfort and misery could be eontnlncd In those three little letters, M O D. The floor of the dugout was an Inch deep in 1 water. Outside It was raining cats and j dogs, and thin rivulets were trickling i down the steps. From the air shaft immediately above mo '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 wero cut Into the earth, ! I but at that time were muddy and slip- $1.08, $2.49, $2,98, $3.49 ............. 39c, 49c $2.49, $2.98, $3.98 $1.49, $1.98, $2.98 ................... $6.90, $7.90, $8.90 .. $4.98, $5.90, $6.90 ' ; 69c, 79c ...98c, $1.25 ChildrenVfwo Picx Garments . ....... . v. .-. .-.V.' . ". 39c, 49c, 59c Meu's Wool Shirts. McuVj Wool Sox . . . . . ........... Men's Wool Unions . . Men's Wool Two Piece Carnienta. Men's Mackinaw Coats . ..... Men's Mackinaw Shirts . . ... . . .". . Boy's Fleeced Unions. . ........ Bov's Wool Unions.". AT LAST! Direct Prom New York Style Centers -the Coats long delayed , arrived -Coday Ladies' & Men's Rub bers at prices you can afford to pay. si, JP ' I Hovs' and I Incorporated A prices you I I i Formerly the United Store NOW THAT THE WEATHER PERMITS, ALLOW . THE LITTLE FOLKS TO GET OUTSIDE ON A nt.rh nllinn Win mA 4tot- ,ll.l,nt .t. n i,n.,n,I.in r,...f f ,.J.., ..,' P?''.v. A man linU to be very careful In our roar a man tripped over a loose! Gls? ,,p w0""l "8Tt th" Ch,,,.teS' KIDDIE KAE - ... NEWLIN BOOK , STATIONERY CO I signal wire, and let out an oath. As i usual, Polo rushed to his help. To j reach the fallen man he hnd to, cross ! this ba:hed-ln part. A bullet cracked In the air and I diKk'-d. Then a moan from the rear. My heart stood still. I went back and Peto was lying on the ground, liy the aid of my flashlight I saw that lie hnd his hand pressed to Ills right breast. The fingers were cov ered wllh blood. I flashed tlie light on his face and in its glow a grayish- ! blue color was stealing over ills coun ! tcnanre. Pete looked tip at me and j said: "Well, Yank, they've done me In. I I can feel myself going West." Ills j voice was getting falntor and I had to i kneel down to get his words. Then he The air was foul, and you could cut ' the smoke from Tommy's fags with a knife. It was cold. The walls and roof were supported with heavy square cut timbers, while the entrance was strengthened with sandbags. Nails hnd been driven into these timbers. On , each nail hung a miscellaneous assort-; meut of equipment. The lighting nr-; rangements were superb one candle In a redector made from an ammuul-' tlon tin. My teeth' were chattering I from the cold, and the drip from the j alrshnft did not help matters much. ! While I svns sitting bemoaning my i fate and wishing for the flreslda at I home, the fellow next to me, who was ! writing a letter, looked up and lnno Quality, and Economy Go Hand in Hand at the Real Cash Store The Genuine Hooverized Every thing that's Good to Eat at Saving Prices. War B'ead m s a e . A- t. .1 t 4 A -IL .4. -(1. . 'n"! : We make War Bread fresh every dav. I'A'ei'v M'onday and Wednesday regular War linns. Try our Liberty -Bread. We also have tlie most complete line ol' .lloiiie-nuidc I'ies, Cake', Doughnuts, Snails, Coffee Cakes and Cookies in the city. : ' ' t . All made according to (!overiiiiiei:f; regulations. DUTLf. BAKERY 3 1 7 North Fir St. Just Across the Track gave me n message to write home to; c'Hy "Say.. Yank, how do you his niolher and his sweetheart, and 1,1 spell 'conllagration'?" like a great big boob, cried like a baby. I Umkml at him in contempt and an I was losing my first friend of the ! swered that I did not know, trenches. I From the darkness In one of the cor- Woid was passed to tho rear for a came a thin," piping voice' singing stretcher. He died before it arrived. ' e of the popular trench ditties en Two of us put (lie body on the! titled: stretcher null cnrrleil It to the nearest i "Pack up your Troubles in your Old Kit fciiiuni.i aim (.niiKti it to tne ntaiiscj Hng, and Smile, Smile, Smile." llist-nld post, where the doctor took; Kvory now and theu the singer an ofllclal record of Pole's name, num-! ...nl,i,i tn .n,,h .,,,, ,,,, . her, rank and regiment from bis Iden tity disk, this to be used in the cas ualty lists und notification to his family. . Wo left Pete there, but It broke our hcat ls tn do so. The doctor informed us that wo could bury, lit tit the next morning. That afternoon five of the boys of our section, myself included. wont to tho little ruined village In the It. was a good Illustration of Tommy's cheerfulness under such conditions. A machine-gun ollicer entered the dugout and gave me a hard look. I sneaked past hint, sliding and slipping, and readied my section of the front line trench, where I was greeted by the sergeant, who asked me, "Where in 'nvo you been!" I made no answer, but snt on the rear and from tho deserted gardens oC ,.,,, . ... ,,,' .,i, fl,B the FiYiioh chateaux gathered grass ,,, .',, .,,,, ,., .,, , ,,. face. About half an hour later I teamed tip with another fellow an went on guard with my head sticking over the top. At ten o'clock I wns relieved and resumed my' sitting posi tion on tho tire step. The rain sud denly stopped and we all breathed a sigh of -relief. We prayed for the morn ing and the rum issue. and Dowers. From those wo made wren I h. , Willie the boys were making this wreath. 1 sal unuor a shot-scarred apple tree and carved out the follow ing versos on n Mltle wooden shield which we nulled on Pete's cross. Trim tn lili Oral; trim to rtrltaln, Oiiliit; t Is duty to the limt, - - Just on.- more tmme to tie written On tin. Hot! of Honor ot heroes passed Carnation Milk, can 12c Wesson Oil, Small 35c Vocalic Flour . , , lap .Jack pfctf Wesson Oil, rued; ... 70c Cottole'nc, small c, Cottolene, nied ............... . 98c Cottolene, large . $2.4-r Crisco, small . 32c Crisco, liicd. : ;. . , .-'; . ; 50c Crisco, large . . . . '....;...... $1.00 Bob White Soap, 10 bars. 45c Silk Soap, 10 bars 45c It's Easy to Buy Thrift Stamps if You Pay Cash at the Real Cash Store. J'ork and Beans, can Standard . . Ovstei: J Olympia . 41 her Cold Dust, large Citrus Powder, large pkg Babbitt's Lve .Finest Table Molasses, No. 10 ean- $1.00 .Finest Table Molasses, No. 5 can 52e 10c 14c 33c 33c 263 28c 13c HOOVERIZED OCERY Across the Track--Next Door to Stillvell's Cash Market PHONE MAIN 32 CHAPTER X. PHOPRRTV OWNEKS AND HEAL Whimplng ..tir.ii. .-. ,. ESTATE COS, . . GJvo Clminhui'htin'i. t'mij-.h linii "' k'dy to keep tlie ctingh looac anil e:;- . I am propnrod to clean wall ; pectorat Ion easy. 11 Is oxeollcai. paper and llard-finlsbed Kalsonilne !a(Iv, Walls by n new process that 1 can I positively guarantee to give perfect satisfaction for about ono-tliitd the i cost of new work. Call Phone Rod i 3Ko2, and ask for I.arcom, and I Cussed to llietr Ood. enshrined in slory, lOnterlnff Itt'o of eterunt rest. Gnu mule elmtitor tn tOtmltind'a story OC ln-r Boas dolna their best. noon v. iieti opjer :nnio up r-i'ii tne, by the orderly, sergeant the night pre rear lh?,t ho bad ;.6en granted seven i vious. days' It-ave for Bli :lit.v, and wi ald be i Between 11:30 and noon ho Is dls roliovr l at llvo o'clock to proceed to ' missed, has his dinner and Is "on his England. , own" for tlie remainder of the day. lie was tickled to death at those unless he has clicked for a dlecinii or hltinir Into vour ribs, lutrenchlns tool ! v..!come tidings and regaled his more working party, and so It goes.on from ; handle sticking Into the small of your ' Jr ,, ss on. ions mates ncsitte nun on tay ro nay. always "looping the loop" back, with a tin hat lor a pillow nna ; Of a rat passed over Ills face, or the text relief stopped on ' his stomach wliile stumbling on their way to relieve the sentries in the trench. ' .lust try to sleep with a belt full of , ' nminimitioh around you, your rllle bolt j tne tire stop with the good times In anil looking forward to peace and ';:ore f.,r hlin. . He figured .It out tha! Blighty. in two days' time ! would arrive nt 1 Sometimes, while enraged in n I'm mot s when tn La Ot amli should see tlie l'oitalilo i-iuii bin at Child's Auto Livery, l.e:te nana will gladly call und glvo esllsmilo solicitor will call later In tin on work. . n-2B-r.tlseiir.nn. .t-'Mf. UcKt, you soldier, mate so true, ' 1 Never forgotten by us tielnw: Know tliut we lire ililnkln:: of you, . , l-:r,i to our rent we are b'.oden to go. Next morning the whole section went over to say good-by to Pele, and laid li I in away to rest. After each one hnd n look at the face of the dead, a coipornl of the It. A. vtater.oo station, L union, and thou seven days' bliss! ! At i'bont live minutes to live he ; started to fidget w lilt his rljle, nni! i then suddenly springing up on the Art 'cootie'- hunt, you think. Strange to say. but It Is n fact, while Tommy Is searching- his shirt serious thoughts conie to him. Jinny o time, when per forming this operation. I hnv tHml Early C AND Cauliflowe il n ami Now Ready at the Greenhouses. Cherrys FI oriscs 'The Day's Work." i foeliug very dump and cold, with I wns fast learning that there Is a' ''cooties" boring for oil In your ann regulnr routine about the work of the pits, the air foul from the stench of trenches, although It is badly upset at grimy human bodies and smoke from u times by the tierinans, juicy pipe being whiffed Into your nos- Tlie riol work In the fire trench Oils, then you will not wonder why commences at sundown. Tommy Is Tommy occasionally takes a turn In like a burglar, he works ot night. j the treuch for n rest. .lost as It begins to get dark the . Willie In a front-line trench orders wonl "stand to" is passed from trav- forbid Tommy from removing his erso to traverse, and tlie men get busy, boois. puttees, clothing or equipment. The first relief, consisting of two men The "cnotlns" mfci. nilvniitniro of rii: M. ('. sewed tip the remains In a hlnn- to traverse, mount the fire step, one order und mobilize their forces, and tiim,i,i rr ti-o t f.ot i,n ,t, , m,,,i n,,nok' If 1 wl" I km through the kit. Then placing two heavy ropes . ionkiir over tlin ton. while the i. .il , iiiur ine ii ucj.1 following one. nnd soon? While ... ... - .- - j n - -in me no ii il iii ino m: . linn v i.i iii-i ciia in inc. ii-.-i, i.-uvi.. iiiii.t stop with -ii muttered, 'Vtl send over to figure out the ootcome of the war a couple of souvenirs to Pritz so thai "im want will happen to me. he'll n lss me when I leave." he stuck j My thoughts generally ran In this ins rn. cover the top and u.-ed two shots , clmnnei : when "crack" went a Ktilol and be ! Will I emerce safelv from tho nsvt across the stretchi r (to he used la low erlng the body Into the grave), we lilt- ,m,!sl,,,,,a r tn Inform the nlalnon olfl. oil Pete onto the stretcher, and rev- cer of any rp,,0rt made by the sentry i ri ntly covered him with a large union a lo ,ls ohserviitlons In No Man's Jack, the ling be bad died for. Lnati. The sentry Is not allowed to The cliiipliiln led tlie way. then came tin. niUi-eis of the Miction, followed bv relax his watch for a second, u ne is two of the men carrying K'wrenth. Ini- iiuostioned from the trench or asked welcome order "stand down" Is given. . In the trenches one can never toll mcdintolj niter came poor Pete on the llagilniped stretcher, carried by four soldiers, 1 wns one of the four. Be hind the stretcher. In column of fonts, came the remainder of the section. To got to the cemetery, we hnd to pass through the little sheli'deslroyed village, whore troops were hurrying to ami fro. As the funeral procession passed those troops nunc to the "attention" and smartly saluted the dead. Poor l'ete was receiving the only sa lute a private is entitled to "some where In franco." Now and again n shell from the Gor man lines would go whistling over the village to hurst In our artillery lines In the rear. When we reached the cemetery we halted hi front of an opeu grave, nnd Mowing one. nnd so on? While vour mutters to himself, "Just wait until I ,till In a huddled hem. with n tuiiio't wannermg into the future It hit rest billets and am able to get my hole hiXohoa " ,lk'ljr ' Tay "ro,"!ht ,0 enrt" " At about The Z he expec.cl to nr- Z"' "V,W" ; dust before daylight the men "turn rive at Water station he 'was laid ; " "! rheumatism? lo" ood tumble out of the ilumnitu nnin . to rest In n llltln ..,i., .. l.i,i.i .1... ' "er you have something else to the tire step until It gels light, or the lines. lie had gone to Pdightv. ,hl"'; f' , 50,1 r"m! "t "f .. ... v. i. un,, ,i.-w ,Iilu Knots W illi rheumatism, caused by the wet and mud "f trenches nnd degouts? Yon give It up as n bad Job i nd generally saunter crer to the nearest estamlnet his orders, lie replies without turning sometimes before "stand down" Is or- It is not safe to plan very far ahead. around or taking his eyes frotrt the ex- derod. the ootmnnnd "live rounds rap-1 After "stand down" the men sit on pause of tlb-t In front of him. The ro- id" is passed along the trench. This the tire stop or repair to their respec- ..... I...I..B o,n .,...., nt 1,1a .i.- liionna thnf iifieti Minn ntnnl i-dbI l.ia tva (liion.a nnd ,,-itlf c.-. .. I.-. iiioiiiiii-i oi lot- ,MiiBni. in n i,,..- ...... . .. , ...v ....p...., . .-. ,,,i in,- i un ii- - , ilmieii K erse either sit on the tire step, with rllle on the top ami lire as rapidly as sue" to materialize. .Immediately fol- ,, . , , , ""ot.y forebodings In n bayonets lived, rndy for any enter- possible live shots aimed toward the lowing the rum comes breakfast, gi-ncy, or If lucky, and a dugout Imp- Herman trenches, and then duck (wirh brought up from the rear. Sleeping Is pens to be In the near vicinity of the tlie emphasis on the "duck"). There is then In ortler unless some special work traverse, nnd If (lie night Is quiet, they n groat rivalry between the opposing turns up. are permitted to go to same and try forces to get their rapid fire all off Around 12:30 dinner shows up. ii. ol snatch a few w inks of sleep. Li'tlo first, because the early bird, in this In- When this Is eaten the men try to sleeping Is done; generally the men sit stance, catches the worm sort of gets 'amuse themselves until "tea" appears around, smoking fags and seeing who tlie Jump on the other fellow, telling , nt about four o'clock, then "stand to" can toll the biggest lie. Some of them, him unawares, ! and they carry on as before. perhaps w ith their feet in water, would We had n sergeant In our battalion , While In rest billets Tommy gct3 up glass of sickening Krench beer or to try your luck nt the nhvnys present gn:ne of "house." Yon can hear the singsong voice of a Tommy dinning out tlie numbers as he extracts the ll't'.c squares of cardboard from the lg between his feet. MONEY. Oood attention, careful work. write home sympathizing with the named Warren. He was on duty with about six In the morning, washes up. ' Quick service will please you with 'governor'' hocaiiM' he Was laid up his platoon in the lire trench one after- answers roll rail, Is Inspected by his one finishing and nevelooing of wlili a odd, contracted by getting his platoon otlicer. nnd bus breakfast. At i films. Our stock of all Kodak ma- fcet wet on his way to work III Wool- - he parades (drills) with his com- itet ial is very complete. We will be wlch aisoimi. if i man should manage "WAS-SAVIXGS STAMPS mark . pany or pn,,, on fatigue according to jph iisod to convince you of this nt to dure . it', likely as not ho would wake an epoch rrwir NATIONAL LIFE." the orders which have ben read out silverihotn's Family Drug J'tnre. wilh a start ns th; dummy, cold feet .. Secretary ' MeArtoo. ! ' d 3-2-tf I ' i
