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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-Flreo) by the mi of tlx
linking o( the Uisltanla by German
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri
oan, laavea hi office la Jersey City and
pee to England where he enlists In the
British army.
CHAPTER II-After a period of train
bc. Empty volunteers for Immediate serv
lea and soon finds himself In rest btlletl
"somewhere In Franca," where ha first
makes the acquaintance of tha erer-pre-
CM AFTER ni-Etnpar attend! hli tint
church service at tha front while a Ger
man Fokkar circlet over tha congregation.
CHAPTER IV Kmpey'i command goee
Into tha front-Una trenches and la unoer
Ore tor tha flrat time.
CHAPTER V-Empey learni to adopt
tha motto of tha Brtlah Tommy, "It you
are going to gat It, you'll gat It, to never
CHAPTER VI-Back ta real biiiaia. Em
pty rata hla Drat axperlanc aa a mata
orderly.
CHAPTER vn-Empay learne how tha
British soldiers art fed. . .
CHAPTER TITT Back In tha front-Una
trench. Empay seea hla firtt friend ot tha
tranchaa "go Wert."
CHAPTER IX-Empey makes hit first
Ttatt to a dugout In "Suictd Ditch."
CHAPTER X-Empey 1 tarns what con.
atltutta a "day's work" In tha front-Una
trench.
CHAPTER XI-Empay foaa "orer tha
top" for tha first time In a charge on tha
German trenchaa and la wounded by a
bayonet thru
R Xn-Empy Joins tha "sul
a Ui born hla squad Is called.
CHAPTER XIU-Each" Tommy fata a
official bath.
CHAPTER XIV-Empey htlpt dig aa
advanced trench under German fire.
CHAPTER XV-On "UsUnlnf post" la
No Man's Land. .
CHAPTER XVI-Two artUlerynjan "put
one over" on Old Pepper, their regimental
eomronw
"ne Germans' ranit have kiown
bout these orders, (or even In the day
their transports and troops nsed to
expose themselves as If they were on
parade. This sure got op our nose,
sitting there day after day, with fine
targets In front of us bat unable to
send over a shell. We heartily cussed
Old Pepper, his orders, the govern
ment, the people at home, and every
thing in general But the Boches
didn't mind cussing, and got very care
less. Bllme me, they were bally In
sulting. Used to, when using a certain
road, throw their caps Into the air as
a taunt at our helplessness.
"CasseU had been a telegrapher In
civil life and joined up when war was
declared. As for me, I knew Morse,
learned It at the signalers' school back
In 1910. With an officer In the obser
vation post, we could not carry on the
kind of conversation that's usual be
tween two mates, so we used the
Morse code. To send, one of us would
tap the transmitter with his finger
nails, and the one on the other end
would get It through the receiver.
Many an hour was whlled away In this
manner passing compliments back and
forth.
"In the observation post the officer
used to sit for hours with a powerful
pair of field glasses to his eyes.
Through a cleverly concealed loophole
be would scan the ground behind the
Jerman trenches, looking for targets
and finding many. This officer, Cap
tain A by name, had a habit of
talking out loud to himself. Some
times he would vent his opinion, same
as a common private does when he's
wrought up. Once upon a time the
captain had been on Old Pepper's staff,
so he could cuss and blind in the most
approved style. Got to be sort of a
habit with him.
"About six thousand yards from us,
behind the German lines, was a road
In plain view of our post For the last
three days Fritz had brought compa
nies of troops down this road In broad
daylight They were never shelled.
Whenever this happened the captain
would froth at the mouth and let out
a volume of Old Pepper's religion
which used to make me love him.
"Every battery has a range chart on
which distinctive landmarks are noted,
with the range for each. These land
marks are called targets, and are num
bered. On our battery's chart, that
road was called Target 17, Range
6000, 8 degrees 80 minutes left D 238
battery consisted of four '4.5' howit
zers, and fired a 35-pound H. E. shell.
As you know, H. E. means 'high ex
plosive.' I don't like bumming up my
own battery, but we had a record in
the division for direct hits, and our
boys were just pining away for a
chance to exhibit their skill in the
eyes of Frits,
"On the afternoon of the fourth day
of Fritz" contemptuous use of the road
mentioned the captain and I were at
out, v qwjJ. Frit wea giraior
Ing us pretfy'rougn, Jihl like he's doing
now. The shells were playing leap
frog all through that orchard.
"I was carrying on a conversation
In our tap' code with CasseU at the
other end. It ran something like this:
"'Say, CasseU, how would you Uke
to be In the saloon bar of the King
Arms dowa Kje lime with a bottle of
Bass In front of you, and that blonde
barmaid waiting to fill 'em up again?
"CasseU had a fnncy for that par
ticular blonde. The answer came back
In the shape of a volley of cusses, I
changed the subject
"After a while our talk veered
round to the way the Boches had been
exposing tvmWres on the road down
on the chart as Target 17. What he
said about those Boches would never
have passed the relrhstag, though I
believe It would have gone through
our censor easily enough.
"The bursting shells were making
such a din that I packed up talking
and tnnk to watching the captain. He
was fidgeting around on an old sand
bag with the glass to his eye. Occa
sionally he would let out a grunt, and
make some remark I couldn't hear on
account of the noise, but I guessed
what It was all right. Frits was get
ting fresh again on that rnyd.
. "CasseU bad been sending In the tap
code' to me, but I was fed up and
didn't bother with It Then he sent
O. S and I was all attention, for this
was a call used between us which
meant that something Important was
on. I was all ears In an Instant Then
Cassell turned loose.
"'You blankety blank dud, I have
been trying to raise you for fifteen
minutes. What's the matter, are you
asleepf (Just as If anyone could
have slept In that Infernal racket!)
'Never mind framing a nasty answer.
Just listen.'
"'Are you game for putting some
thing over on the Boches and Old Pep
per all In oner
1 answered that I was game enough
when It came to putting It over the
Boches, but confessed that I had a
weakening of the spine, even at the
mention of Old Pepper's name,
"He came back with, It's so absurd
ly easy and simple that there Is no
chance of tha old heathen rumbling It
Anyway, If we're caught I'll take the
blame.
"Under these condition 1 told him to
spit out his scheme. It wss so daring
and' simple that It took my breath
away. This Is what he proposed:
"If the Boches should use that road
again, to send by the tap system the
target and range. I had previously
told him about our captain talking out
loud as If he were sending through
orders. Well, If this happened, I was
to send the dope to CasseU and be
would transmit it to the battery com
mander as officially coming through
the observation post Then the bat
tery would open up. Afterwards, dar
ing the Investigation, CasseU .would
me win:
"Keep thost Infernal fingers ttllL
What's the matter, getting the nerves
When I'm talking to you, pay itten
Mob.'
"My heart tank. Supposing he bad
rambled that tapping, then all would
be op with our plan. I stopped drum
ming with my fingers and Mid S
" Be your pardon, sir, just habit
with me,'
" 'And t d d silly one, too,' be an
swered, turning to his glasses again,
and I knew I was safe. He had not
tumbled to the meaning ot that tap
ping.
"All at once, without turning round,
he exclaimed:
" Well, of all the nerve r tver run
serosa, this takes the cake. Those
Boches are using that road
again. Blind my eyes, this time it Is
whole brigade of them, transports and
all. What a pretty target for our
'4'a.' The beggars know that we
wont Art. A d d shame, I call It
Oh, just for a chance to turn D 238
loose on them.'
"I was trembling with excitement
From repeated stolen glances at the
captain's range chart, that road with
Its range was burned Into my mind,
"Over the wire! tapped. D 238 bat
tery. Target 17, Range 6000, 8 degrees
SO minutes, left, salvo, fire.' CasseU
O. K.'d my message, and with the re
ceiver pressed against my ear, I wait
ed and listened. In a couple of min
utes tery faintly over the wire came
the voice of our battery commander
Issuing the order: D 238 battery.
Salvo I FlreT
"Then roar through the receiver
aa the four guns belched forth,
screaming and whtstUng overhead, and
the shells were on their way. "
"The captain Jumped as If he were
hot and let out a great big expressive
d, and eagerly turned bis glasses
In the direction of the German road.
I also strained my eyes watching that
target. Four black clouds of dust rose
up right In the middle of the Oerman
column. Four direct hits another
record for D 238.
"The shells kept on whistling over
head, and I had counted twenty-four
of them whea the firing suddenly
ceased. When the smoke and dust
clouds tiffed the destruction on that
road was awful. Overturned Umbers
and guns, wagons smashed up, troops
fleeing In all directions. The road and
roadside were spotted all over with
little field gray dots, the toll of our
guns.
"The captain, In his excitement had
slipped off the sandbag, and was on
his knees In the mud, the glass still at
his eye. He was muttering to himself
and slapping his thigh with his disen
gaged hand. At every slap a big
round Juicy cuss word would escape
from his lips followed by:
"Good! Fine I Marvelous! Pretty
Work I Direct hits ah7
, Then he turned to me and shouted :
"Wilson, what do you think of It?
Did you ever see the like of It In your
life? D n fine work, I call It'
"Pretty soon a look of wonder stole
over his face and he exclaimed :
"'But who In h 1 gave them the
order to lire. Range and everything
correct, too, I know I dldnt Wilson,
did I give you any order for the bat
tery to open up? Of course I didn't
did IT
"I answered very emphatically, "No,
sir, you gave no command. Nothing
went through this pqst I am abso
lutely ewtaln on that point sir.'
"Of course nothing went through,'
he replied. Then his face fell, and be
muttered out loud: '
"But by Jove, wait till Old Pep
per gets wind of this, There'll be fur
flying.'
Just then Bombardier Cassell cut In
on the wire:
" 'General's compliments to Captain
A . He directs that officer and slg'
would have to relieve him, because It,
was Impossible from bis post In the
battery dugout to know that the road
was being used at that time" by the
Germans. And also It was Impossible
for him to give the target range and
degrees. Ton know a 'battery chart Is
not passed around among the men Uke
a newspaper from Blighty. From him
the Investigation would go to the ob
servation post, and the observing offi
cer could truthfully swear that I had
not sent the message by 'phone, and
that no orders to fire had been issued
by blm. The Investigators would then
be up in the air, we would be safe, the
Boches would receive a good bashing,
and we would get our own back on Old
Pepper. It was too good to be true.
I gleefully fell in with the scheme,
and told Cassell I was his meat
"Then I waited with beating heart
and watched the captain like a hawk.
"He was beginning to fidget again
and was drumming on the sandbags
with his feet At last, turning to me,
he said:
"'Wilson, this army Is a blankety
blank washout What's the use of hav
ing artillery If It Is not allowed to fire?
The government at home ought to be
hanged with some of their red tape.
It's through them that we have no
shells.'
"I answered, 'Yes, sir,' and started
sending this opinion over the wire to
ol hut tha captain Interrupted
swear he received It direct Tbeyj naer report at the double'to brigade
ttmild hava tn poltovA him hananao If . . i-
headquarters as soon as relieved. Re
lief now on the way.'
"In an -undertone to me, TCeep a
brass front, Wilson, and for God's
sake, stick.' I answered with, 'Rely on
me, mate,' but I was trembling all over.
"I gave the general's message to the
captain, and started packing up.
"The relief arrived, and as we left
the pout the captain said:
" 'Now for the fireworks, and I know
they'll be good and plenty.' They were.
"When we arrived at the" gun pits
the battery commander, the sergeant
major and CasseU were waiting for us.
We fell In line and the funeral march
to brigade headijjiarterji. started.
Continued next week
8Ute Development
The world cry for greater production
of foodstuffs should find a ready re
sponse In Oregon. At this time at
never before should encouragement
be given Irrigation, drainage and tha
reclamation ot logged oft lands. Our
state must awake to Its duties and
opportunities.
L. J. Simpson, In his campaign for
the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor, has been dwelling a great deal
on the question ot state development,
with the object of producing more and
manufacturing our raw materials into
finished products at home.
Trains into Monmouth
L've Portland 71.8, a m, Gerllngor 10:20, IndemlY. 10.S2, Monm'th 10:6
" Salem .!. ' "
" " 1.40, pm Dallas 2:45 " 8:10
" " 8.45, " Gerllngor 4:24, Independence 4:37, Monmouth 4:55
" " 8.00, " " 8:45, " 8:67, " 7:19
" Portland 8.30, Connects with above
" Corvallia 6.45, a m Independence 7:85..., Arrive Monmouth 7:45
" " 1.15, pm " 2:14 " 2:80
" Dallas 7.00, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25
Airlie 8.30, a m and 8:45, pm. Arrives Monmouth 9:06 a m and 4:13 p m
Leave Independence, 6.50 am, 7.35, 8.45, 10.85, 12.20, 1.80, p m, 2.20, 8.60,
4.40, 7.00
Trains out of Monmouth
L've Monmouth 7:05 a m, Independence 7:35, Gerlinger 7:40, Ar Salem B;S0
" Same as above . Portland 11.10
" Monmouth 1:45, pm, " 2:14, " 2:27, Salem 8:10
" Same as above Portland 5:50
" Monmouth 4:05, " 4:40, " 4:56, Salem 6:80
" " 9:05, a m Dallas 10:00 " U)0
" " 4;30, p m " 4:46, " 5:36
" " 9;06, am, Independence 10:32, Corvallls 11 SO
" " 4;55. pm, " 6:67, " 7:45
" " 7;25 a m and 8;10 p m. Arrives Airlie 8 a m end 8,40 m
Leave Monmouth 7.05, a m, 8.15 9.06, 10.60, 12.30, M, 1.45, p m, 2.86, 4.16,
4.56, 7.1)
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