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!ThOrrC( STATESSUNrSal Oregon; Satcrday Morning, September 21, 1S23
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"All Qmetfe Wes:KoeiL,-
Sa v J)l fuV I
CHAPTEH TI
We bare to go up on wiring
fatigue. The motor lories roll ap
after dark. We climb la. It la a
-warm evening .and: the twilight
seems like a canopy under whose
belter we felt draws .together.
Even the stingy Tjaden gives me
a cigaret and then a light. .
We stand jammed In together,
shoulder to shoulder, there Is bo
room to sit. Bat we do not ezpeet
that. Mailer is in a good mood
for once; he Is wearing his new
boots. . ,
The engines drone, - the lorries
bump and rattle. The roads are
worn and fall of holes. We dare
not show a light so we larch
along and are often, almost pitch
ed out That does not worry us,
however. It can happen if It
likes; a broken; ; arm W better
than a hole In the jrats, and many
a man would be thankful enough
for such a chance of finding bis
way home again. .
Beside us stream the munition
columns In long files. They are
making the pace, they overtake
us going forward. We Joke -them
and they answer back.
A wall becomes visible, It be
longs to a house which lies on
the side of the road. I suddenly
prick op my ears. Am X deceived?
Again I hear distinctly the cackle
of geese. A glance at Katczinsky
a glance from him to me; ire
understand one another.
' "Kat, I shear Bome aspirants for
the frying pan over there." f
He nods. "It win be attended
to when we come i back. I have
their number."
' Of course Kat has their num
ber; He knows all about every leg
Our eyes peer out our feet
and our sticks feel front of nst restless. "The Tommjjee,. are. fir-
oeiore ney lane me weigm oi i ing, aireaay, says Kropp.-.--
the body. Suddenly the bne i The shelling can be heard dls
halts. I bump my face against I tinetiy. It is the English batter-
the roll of wire carried by the ties to the right of our section.
man in front and curse.
a radius of IS
They ' are : beginning an hour too
I soon. According to us they start
punctually at 10 o'clock. ..
POLLY AND HER PALS
of goose within
miles. . , - .
The lorries arrive at the artil
lery lines. The gun-emplacements
are. camouflaged with bushes
against aerial observation and
look like a kin1 of . military Feast
of tne Tabernacles. These branch
es might seem gay and cheerful
were not cannon embowered there.
The air becomes acrid with the
smoke of the guns and the fog.
The fumes of powder taste, bitter
on the tongue. The roar' of the
gung makes our lorry stagger, the
reverberation rolls raging, away
to the rear, everything . Quakes.
Our faces change imperceptibly.
We are not, indeed, in the front
line, but only in the reserves, yet
In every face can be read: This
is the front, now we are within
its embrace.
It is not fear. Men who have
been up as often as we have be
come thick skinned. Only the
young recruits are agitated. .Kat
explains to them: "That was a
12-lnch. You hear the explosion
first and afterwards comes the
sound of the gun.'
. But the ' hollow sound of the
firing does not reach us. It is
swallowed up in the general mur- j 'I'll f ft? TUP TftTf Ps7
mar of the front. Kat listens: 1 1 1 ,rf 1 "n V 1 1 ,r,lv
"There'll be . a bombardment to
night."
We all listen.
What's rot themf says UtiO-
er, -their clocks must be f astT -;..
Therell be a "bombardment.
I tell you. I - eaa feel it my
bones.- Kat shrugs his shoulders.
Three shells, laa4 beside ua.
The burst of flame shoots across
the foe. the fragments howl ana
drone. We shiver and are glad to
think that we shall be back In
the huts early In the morning. -
Our faces are neither paler nor
more - uuanea uu uuii
are aot .mor tense ; nor more
mbby--and;.:Tet'i:'- they-;? are
changed. "We feel that In our
blood a .conua has . shot home.
That Is no figure of speech; It is
f act. ' .Tt' Is -the v front, the con
sciousness of the . front; that
makes this eontaet. The moment
that the first shells whistle over
and the air Is. rent with the ex
plosions., there Is suddenly In our
veins,' In our hands. In 'our .eyes.
a tense watching, a . profound
growth.' a strange sharpening of
the senses. .The body with one
bound Is In full readiness. -
It often" seems to me as
though It ' were - the vibrating.
shuddering' air that with a noise
less leap springs upon us; or as
though the front Itself emitted
aa s electric current which awak
ened unknown nerve centers.
Every time it Is the same. We
start out for the front plain sol
diers, either cheerful ..or gloomy;
then come the first gun-emplace
ments and every word of our
speech has a new ring. ' .
When Kat stands In front of
the hut and says: "Therell be a
bombardment, that - is merely
his own opinion; but if he says it
here, then the sentence, has the
sharpness of a bayonet inthe
moonlight; It cuts clean through
the thought. It thrusts nearer and
speaks . to this : unknown. . thing
that is awakened In us, a dark
meaning "there'll be a -bom
bardment. Perhaps it 1 our- in
ner and -most secret life that
shivers and falls on guard.
To me the front is a mystert
ous whirlpool. Though ! am in
still water far away from Its .cen
ter, I feel the.wWrl of the vortex
UCUXi JUS UVW1J, JIICOJOHW1J.
inescapably into itself."
From the earth, from the air,
sustaining forces pour into us
mostly from, the earth. To no
man does the earth mean so much
as to the soldier. When- he press
es himself dowa I upon her Ions
and powerfully, when he buries
hla face and limbs deep in her
from the rear or ueaia oy sneu
fire, then she la his only friend.
U protner, . us motner; - sne
stifles' his terror and his cries la
her silence and her security; she
shelters tp and . gives him a
new lease of ten seconds of life.
receives him" and often forever.
Earth! Earth! Earth! , .
Earth, with thy folds, and hol
lows and holes. Into which a man
may fling himself and crouch
down! . In -the spasm of terror
under the hailing of annihilation.
In the bellowing 'death of : explo
sions, O Earth, thougrantest us
the great resisting surge of new-
won - life.'- Our being, almost ut
terly carried away by the fury of
the , storm, breaks , back through
our hands from thee, and we. thy
redeemed ones, bury ourselves m
thee, and through the 'long min
utes In' a mute hgbny -of hope, bite
Into theer with our lips! ;. ;
At the sound of the. first dron-
grammar. Then-he hastily correct
ed himself. -I mean-they're not
attending to their singing lesson.
They seem to be," Hania saio. :
"Yes. tier seem to be, but I
can't get more than a. peeli Out of
them. . Peeping isn't singing, you
know. Anybody can peep, he said,
putting so much emphasis on the
word peep that he fairly aereecn
d It - :
The poor llttlo birds; were terri
bly rrightned.7They: tried. to fly
out of the cage, but of course they
could not get;through-the jbara.
So they fluttered wildly, scatter
ing the seed shells and. the grains
of sand that covered the bottom.
ow see here. Mr. Canary be
gan, after they -bad settled . down
on the long perch again, "you can
all learn to singHn five minutes
(To be continued)-
GOOD-NIGHT
STORES
By Max .IreO
Knarf Gives the Young Canaries
A Real Singing Lesson - '
Oh, Yes!
The sounds of considerable ex
citement were coming from the
canary cage ahd Mij. Flor, Hanid,
Yam and Knarf the " five little
shadow-children with the turned
about names hurried into ' the
parlor to see what was the matter.
It turned out to be Mr.' Canary
chirping at the top of his voice at
the four young canaries, who were
standing in a line on a perch In
front of him. They all looked badly
frightened .and every, now and
then cast anxious glances' in the
direction of the little door, which
however, remained tightly shut.
Thelr names, you remember, were
Do-re, Mi-fa, Sol-la and Tl-do. .
; "Come, come," "their father was
telling them. "You're not attend
Ing at all." And he ruffled his
feathers Just to show how angry
he was. .
What arent they .attending
to?" Knarf wanted to know.
"They're not attending to noth
ing." he replied, forgetting: an his
Willi
rows! Why to yon PEEPt"
i Tho little eanarie could only
shnfffe about la the most pitiful
discomfort They would have hid
den' themselves under the seea-oox
had there onlv been room enough.
Angrier and angrier grew Mr. Can
ary. ; ; : . . . : " -
Why. he cried. --'. his voice
throb binr - with rage, . "even tne
shadow-children eaa aingl . -
The - shadow-children snooa
their heads all except Knarf, who
smiled proudly. ,..-
. "Certainly we caa sing.r u
said. "We dont Just peep like you
do." ...
: "Of course not, Mr. Canary re
marked. 'You sing very welI7 don't
you?:X': 'v :' ; .
"Oh yes, very welL?
: "Thaffr because you've always
attended to your singing lessons.
never taken a sinking- lesson in
his Ide. The canary beamed at
him.
; Youro a very, very clever little .
shadow-boy, ever so much more
clever than my Children. I want
you to show them how well .yon
sing, Just to make them ashamed
of themselTes.' '
' Knarf smiled. "What shall I slag
themT - ' .:" ' -
5 -Anything,? said Mr. Canary..
' lHanid aneV the others tried to
stop Knarf. fWhy, you cant aing a
note! thoy whispered..
-Now; children, listen carefully
and you'll hear how well you can
sing if you only attend," said Mr.
Canary. The children all listened
and to their astonishment,' this Is
what they heard; ;i ;
Squa-aw-wk, gr-r -!i
For Knarf. you see, couian t
Knarf nodded although he hd sing at art no. npt M aut.
MWkal ShaO.l Sing Them?'
if you only do exactly as I do.
Just watch me carefully." He
opened his mouth a little and In
stantly began to sing. It was the
sweetest song Imaginable, full of
chirrups and warbles and long
trills. It looked Bo easy that the
shadow-children gased at each
other In surprise.
. "It looks as easy, aa pie,". MU
said.: . ; -
"It's much easier than pie." Mr.
Canary said. Then he turned to the
young birds: "Now then, sing!"!
- They opened their mouths. In-j
stead of singing, they Just peeped.
Where were the chirrups, the 1
warbles and the trills? Mr. Can
ary glared at them.
Is that singing?" he cried. "Is
that the way. von attend to my les
sons? Are you canaries or spar-
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just srx LETTERS) that begta with the letters 6BB.
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n 1 A JV. . .stent or compass. Also retired, as from dan!
gen recoiled, as In t earT -t;
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- tempered.
Keen: .sharp; cunning: clever la praetieel afo
fairs. . " -
A sharp, shrill outcry; -scream
Absolution. -
Sharp and pleretng. as a sound.
A slander. lobster-Uke crustacean. Also, a puny ,
or 1 nsl gnlflcant person. . - . ,
A place of peculiar sanctity. Also, a receptacle
for sacred relics. .
To draw taceihen contraet: diminish; shrivel. tf
To withdraw; recott; flinch; juaU. v
To confess and absolve. ' ;V-
A garment for the dead. Also, to envelop; viu?
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and received absolution.
Drawn together: constricted; shriveled. BeooUed)
or withdrawn.
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seientifie wordi that voale otUai roed taste, and taoae plarale of aanna; and lnrnl
Terbf. that era fomee by the addltloa ef s er as are pnrpoaely- exclude from
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By CLIFF STERRETlj
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By RUSS WESTOVER
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CAUSES. OF EPILEPSY
STILL DEFY SCIENCE
Dr. Copeland. Giying Some Thoughts on This Strange
Malady, Calls Attention to the Growing Belief
v, that a Body Infection May Be Responsible. -
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, IL D.
United 8Utes Senator from New York.
yomer CoMSiissfoiwr ef HesKA, VewTerk OUy.
IN the letters coming te my desk are many relating to the varieu
diseases ef the mind and nervous system. Many people ask me
abevt epuepsy and what can be done for Its relief.
- .When I was n bey hi the lower grades I had a schoolmate named
WflUe. He meed to have fits. The poor little
chap weald let ent a yell, fall en the floor in a
convulsion, froth at the month and bite his
tongue.
Even in that remote day I expected to be a
doctor. The teacher -knew this so she always
assignea me ie ue cuty ex taxing care ox wuiie.
ue .was my urn patient I , ,
1 don't knew who told me to do ft hot the
tint step of my treatment always was to keen
the teeth separateeV-eo as to prevent. biting ef.
the tongue. I kept a wooden clothes pin for;
this, purpose and my first eixort. was to get ft
between his teeth. Aside from washing his face.
ana preventing Ais narnung aimseiz la ats con-
uisive eiiora, , recau ooing nouung eise, u
faet that s about all a real doctor could do.
v Epilepsy is one of the mysterious diseases.
Its eanses are obsenre. It is auite nrobahle that
an uuecuen ox some sort may be the root ef the trouble. '
It is wise for the enflentie ta be eiven a thenneli nhvaleal nm.
-Ination. - Every effort must be made to discover and remove every
possible source of infection. The progress made in the euro of fnac-
uuwu inwniiy uj (xiung na ec Doaye
powaae iboom ae keptta mind in
dealtn with the epileptic The seed
leal precession le eomlna; mere' aad
more to recognize the serious effect
upon the system which fonm m
abaorpUoa tafeetkme found la the!
aa.W - " . - .
iwnna. ineees. generauve et
tana aad particularly the Intestines,
-it la expected that these poisons
, oastantly absorbed ay the blood
net have serioue effects upon the
erreue sytem. Any poison, whether
a comes from within or without the
tody, tf taken ta repeated doses is
" wate unpleasant symptoma.
: tt "ar wett be that epilepsy mar be
.-Branded anon such a dhrturbaaee.
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FAnswcrs to Health acn
are. W. W. O. Q.What
an offenetre dlscharae from
and throat? , - t
leas noticeable by applying hot and
cold compresses' to the face, alter
nately, for tea-minutes, night
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MOLLT. a What should a girl
agea , e n. s lacnee tan weicnT X
What do you advise for pimples?.
- A-8he' should weigh about lit
pounds, x. Oorrect the diet by cut-
Ung down oa sugars, starches) and
eotree.. ssat simple food. Bend sett-
addressed stamped envelope for fur-
taer patncoiare and repeat
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catarrh. For further rtuataf-a
elf-adaarcssed stamped envelope and
repeat your euestion..
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A;--Tea. For 'particulars send a
sett-addressed, stamped envelope and
repeat your euestloa.
Un.J.J OWbat eaa be done
i for enlarged pores?
U-What causes brown spots oa
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Av This dlstase la very obstinate
, aad does not readily yield to treat-
ment. - Indiscretion fat diet
bring en' an acute attack. Oeast
patios - should be corrected. The"
medical treatment must be directed
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a matter ef self-control as regards
the diet. Exercise Is. of coarse, es
sentia. Par details send a eCf-ad-dressed,
stamped envelope aad re-
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