MACHINE
' tYNOMIS.
CHAPTER i-F1rTbr th mwi of th
linking of th Lu.Msnls br 0rmn
submarine, Arthur Guy Empy, an Amsrt
M, Hirrt hit offlr la Jersey City and
toM to Enland whers h soUsta In the
British army.
CHAPTER n-Aftr a Period of train-
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ks and won flndi hlmwjlf In rut billet
"somewhere In Franc,'' where b first
malm the acquaints no of the ever-pree-
: CHAPTER ni-Empoy attend! hli first
church aenrtces at the front while a Ger
man Fokker circle over the confregatloa.
CHAPTER IV-Empey'i command foes
Into th front-line trenchet and la unaer
Are for the Brat Urn.
CHAPTER V-Empey learns to adopt
the motto of the Brtlsh Tommy, "If you
are iroln to tret It, you'll let It. so never
"CHAPTER VI Back n reel biinui, Em-
orderly.
CHAPTER VII-Empey learns how th
British soldier are fed.
CHAPTER TITT-Back In th front-line
trench, Empey see hi first friend of the
tranche "go West"
CHAPTER IX Empty malt Ws first
Malt to a dugout In "Suicide Ditch."
CHAPTER X-Empey learn what con
stitutes a "day's work" In th front-line
trench.
CHAPTER XI-Empey goes "Over th
top" for th drat tiro In a charge on the
German trenches and la wounded by a
bayonet thru .
R XIT-Empey Join Oie "sul
as the bombing souad la called.
CHAPTER Xuf-EacFTo'mmy tU an
official bath.
CHAPTER XIV-Empey helps dlf an
advanced trench under German Are.
CHAPTER XV-On "Ustenlnf post" tt
No Man's Land.' - ' ' '
CHAPTER XVI-Two artillerymen "put
one over" on Old Pepper, their regimental
command .
CHAPTER XVH-Empey 'hMijrrow -
cape while, on pe-iroi ouiy m
Chapter xvm-8ck hi ret wiiets
ESv wrVd stacta farce comply.
.. ten Ine Saxotis, and Immediately t vol-
' lev nf "TVinntt. nnfl RHtvbna" rnnuM
be heard and It Was Fritz' turn to get
a crick In his back from stooping, and
the people in Berlin would dose tbelr
windows, : r.
Usually when an Irishman takes over
a trench, just before "stand down" in
the moraine, he sticks his rifle over
the top, aimed In the direction of Ber
lin, and engages In what is known as
, firing fifteen shots in a minute. He
It not aiming at anything In particular
Just sends over each shot with a
. prayer, hoping that one of his stray
will get some poor unsuspecting Frits
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in ine nanper nunarens or vaniB oe-
liind the lines. It generally does; that's
' the reason the Bocb.es hate the man
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The Saxons, though better than the
Prussians and Bavarians, have a nasty
trait of treachery in their makeup.
', At one point of the line where the
trenches "ere very close, a stake was
4.iven Into the ground midway be
tween the hostile lines. At night when
it was his turn, Tommy would crawl
to this itake and attach some London
papers to it, while at the foot he would
f luce tins of bully beet, fags, sweets,
and other delicacies that he had re
ceived from Blighty in the ever looked
for parcel Later on Fritz would come
gut and get these luxuries.
The next night Tommy would go out
to see what Frlti put Into his stocking.
The donation generally consisted of a
paper from Berlin, telling who was
winning the war, some tinned sausages,
cigars, and occasionally a little beer,
but a funny thing, Tommy never re
turned with the beer unless it was In
side of him. His p!atoon.got a whiff of
his breath one night and the offending
Tommy lost his Job,
One night a young English sergeant
crawled to the stake and as he tried to
detach the German paper a bomb ex
ploded and mangled blm horribly. Fritz
hod set a trap and gained another vic
tim which was only one more black
mark against him in the book of this
war. From that time on diplomatic re
lations were severed.
Returning to Tommy, I think his
spirit is best shown in the questions he
asks.' It Is never "who Is going to win"
but always "bow long will it taker
CHAPTER XX. ,
. ! "Chats With Fritz."
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the'recelpts of our theatrical venture,
and had forgotten all about the war,
when an order came through that our
brigade would again take over their
sector of the line.
The day that these orders were la
wt our captain assembled the jcoiri
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pany ana astea ror volunteers To go (o
the Machine Gun school it St Omar.
I volunteered and was accepted.
Sixteen men from our brigade left
for the course In machine gunnery.
This course lasted two weeks and we
rejoined our unit and were assigned to
the brigade machine gun company. It
almost broke my heart to leavt my
company mates,
The gun we used wai the Tickers,
Light .303, water cooled.
I was still a member of the Suicide
club, having Jumped from the frying
pan Into the fire. I was assigned to
section 1, gun No. 2, and the first time
"lnH took position In the front-line
trench.
During the day our gun would be
dismounted on the fire step ready for
Instant use. We shared a dugout with
the Lewis gunners. At "stand to" we
wonld mount our gun on the parapet
and go on watch beside It until "stnnd
down" In the morning. Then the gun
would be dismounted and again placed
In readiness on the fire step.
We did eight days In the front-line
trench without anything unusual hap
pening outside of the ordinary trench
routine. On the night that we were to
"carry out," a bombing raid against the
German lines was pulled off. This raid
ing party consisted of sixty company
men, sixteen bombers, and four Lewis
machine guns with their crews. '
The raid took the Booties by surprise
and was a complete success, the party
bringing back twenty-one prlsouers.
The Germans must tare been awful
ly sore, because tnef ' turned loose a
barrage of shrapnel, with a few "Min
nies" and "whizz bangs" intermixed.
The shells were dropping Into, our front
line like hailstones. - - '
To get even we could have left the
prisoners In the fire trench, In charge
of the men on guard and let them click
Fritz's strafelng but Tommy does not
treat prisoners that way. ? -
Five of them were brought Into my
dugout and turned over to me so that
they would be safe from the German
fire.
In the candlelight, they looked very
much shaken, nerves gone and chalky
faces, with the exception of one, a
great big fellow. He' looked very much
at ease. I liked him from the start
I got out the mm Jar and gave each
a nip. and passed around some fags,
the old reliable Woodbines. . The other
prisoners looked their gratitude, but
the big fellow said In English, "Thank
you, sir, the rum is excellent and I ap
preciate it also your kindness." '
He told me his name was Carl
Schmidt of the Sixty-sixth Bavarian
Light Infantry; that he bud lived six
years In New York (knew the city bet
ter than I did), had been to Conev
Island and many of our ball games. He
was a regular fan. I couldn't make him
believe that Hans Wagner wasn't the
best ball player In the world.
From New York he bad gone to Lon
don, where be worked as a waiter In
the Hotel Russell. Just before the war
be went home to Germany to see his
parents, the wat came and he was con
scripted. He told me he was very sorry to
hear that London was In ruins from
the Zeppelin raids. I could not con
vince him otherwise, for hadn't he seen
moving pictures in one of the German
cities of St, Paul's cathedral In ruins.
I changed the subject because he
was so stubborn in bis belief, i It wn
my Intention to try and pump him for
Information as to the methods of the
German snipers, who had been caus
ing us trouble In the last few days.
I broached the subject and he shut
up like a clam. ' After a few mlurues
he very Innocently said:
"German snipers get paid rewards
for killing the English." - -
I eagerly asked, "What are theyf
He answered :
"For killing or wounding an English
private, the sniper gets one mark. For
killing or wounding an English officer
he gets five marks, but if he kills a Red
Cap or English general, the sniper gets
twenty-one days tied to the wheel of a
limber, as punishment for his careless
ness." ,
Then he paused, waiting for me to
bite, I suppose.
I bit all right and asked him why the
sniper was punished for killing an
English general. With a smile be re
plied;
eii, yuu new, n u lira emgnun VH
erals were killed, there would be no
one left to make costly mistakes."
I snut him tip, he was getting too
freb for a prisoner. After a while ht
winked at me and I winked bark, then
the escort came to take the prisoners
to th rear. I shook hands and wished
him "The best of lurk and safe Jour
ney to Blighty."
I liked that prisoner, ha was tine
fellow, had an Iron Croaa, too. I ad
vised him to keep It out of sight or
some Tommy would be sending It horns
to his girl In Blighty as a souvenir.
One dark and rainy night while on
guard ws wars looking over the top
from th fir step of our front-line
trench, when ws heard a noise Imme
diately In front of our barbed wire.
The sentry next to ni challenged,
"Halt who comes there r snd brought
his rills to the aim. Ills challenge was
answered In German. A captain Id the
next traverse climbed upon th sand
bagged parapet to Investigate brave
but foolhardy deed "Crack" went a
bullet and he tumbled bark Into the
trench with a hole through his stomach
and died a few minutes later. A lance
corporal In the next platoon was so en
raged at th captain's death that he
chucked a Mills bomb In the direction
of the noise with the snouted warning
to us : "Duck your Dappers, my lurky
lads." A sharp dynamite report a liar
In front of us, and then silence.
Ws Immediately sent np two star
shells, and In their light could see two
dark forms lying on the ground close
to our wire, A sergeant and four
stretcher-bearers went out In front and
soon returned,1 carrying two limp
bodies. Down In the dugout In the
flickering light of three candles, ws
saw that they were two German offi
cers, one' a captain and the other an
"unterofflzler," t rank one grade higher
than a sergeant general, but below the
grade of lieutenant
The captain's face) had been almost
completely torn away by the -bomb's
explosion. The unterofflzler wns alive,
breathing with difficulty. In a few min
utes be opened his eyes and blinked in
the glare ot the candles.
The pair bad evidently been drink
ing heavily, for the alcohol fumes were
sickening and completely pervaded the
dugout I turned away In disgust
tinting to see a man cross the Oreat Di
vide full of booze. ,
One of our officers could speak Ger
man and he questioned the dying man.
In a faint voice. Interrupted by fre
quent hiccoughs, the unteroffliler told
his story.
There had been drinking bout
among the officers (q ne of the Ger
man dugouts, the maw beverage being
champagie; With shrunken leer be
Informed us that champagne was plen
tiful on tbelr side and that It did not
cost them anything either. About seven
that night the conversation had turned
to the "contemptible" English, and the
captain bad made a wager that he
would hang his can on the English
barbed wire to show his contempt for
the English sentries. The wager was
accepted. At eLght o'clock the captain
snd be had crept out Into No Man's
Land to carry out this wager.
They bad . gotten about halfway
across when the drink took effect and
the captain fell asleep. After about
two hours of vain attempts the unter
offliler had at last succeeded In wak
ing the captain, reminded him of his
bet, and warned blm that he would be
the laughing stock of the officers' mess
If be did not accomplish his object, but
the captain was trembling all over and
Insisted on returning to the German
lines. In the darkness they lost their
bearings and crawled toward the Eng
lish trenches. They reached the barbed
wire and were suddenly challenged by
our sentry. Being too drunk to realize
that the challenge was In English, the
captain refused to crawl back. Finally
the unterofflzler convinced his superior
that they were In front of the English
wire. Realizing this too late, the cap
tain drew his revolver and with a mut
tered curse flred blindly toward our
trench. His bullet no doubt killed our
captain.
Then the bomb came over and there
he was, dying and a good Job too, we
thought The captain dead? Well, bis
men wouldn't weep at the news.
Without giving us any further Infor
mation the unterofflzler died. .
We searched the bodies for Identifi
cation disks but tbey had left every
thing behind before starting on their
foolhardy errund.- . "
Next afternoon we burled them In
our little cemetery apart from the
graves of the Tommies. If you ever
go into that cemetery you will see two
little wooden crosses In the corner of
the cemetery set away from the rest
They read:
Captain
German Army
Died 1916
Unknown
R. L P.
i Unterofflzler ,
! German Army
I k - Died 1916 "
i., ' Unknown ,
B. L P.
Ch if i fen,
; About Turn.
i.The next evenlnu we w.ere removed
t tii uriKiKie, ami once agn'.n
returned to rest Mitels. ln arriving
at these billet we were given twenty
four hours In which to rlemi up. I had
Just finished getting the mini from my
uniform when the orderly sergeant In
formed me that my nnm wns In order
to leave, and that I was to reiort to
the orderly room In the morning for or
dera, transportation and rations,
i nenrly had a lit, hustled itmut
parking up, tilling my pack with sou
venir such a shell heads, dud ImiiiiIis,
nose raps, shrapnel balls, and s Prus
sian guardsman's helmet In fact, he
fore I turned In that night I bnd every
thing ready to report at the orderly
room at nine the next morning.
I was the envy nf th whole section,
swanking around, telling nf th good
time I was going to have, the places I
would visit, and the real, o'd English
beer I Intended to guiale, Brt of
rubbed It Into them, because they all
do It, and now that It was my turn, I
took pains to get my own bark.
At nln I reported to th captain, re
ceiving my travel order and pass. He
asked m how much money I wanted
to draw, I glibly answered, Three
liunilml francs, air;" he Just as glibly
handed me one hundred,
' Reporting at brigade headquarters,
villi my park weighing a ton, I waited,
with forty other, for the adjutant to
Inspect os. After an hour's wait, he
came out ; must hav been sort because
he wasn't going with us.
The quartermaster sergeant Issued
us two days' rations. In a tittle whit
canvas ration bag, which w tied to
our belts.
Then two motor lorries ram along
and we piled In, laughing, joking, and
In the best of spirits. We even loved
the Germans, we wer feeling so happy.
Our Journey to seven days' bliss In
Blighty had commented.
Th ride In th lorry lasted about
two hours; by this time we wer cov
ered with fine, white dust from the
road, but didn't mind, even If we wer
nearly choking.
At th railroad station at T w
reported to an officer, who had s white
band around his arm, which read "It
T. O." (Royal Transportation Offlrer),
To us this officer waa Santa Cuius.
. The sergeant In charge showed him
our orders; he glanced through thera
and said: "Make yourselves comfort
able on the ulatf-m and dou'l leajre:
y 1 Trains into Monmouth '
L've Portland 71.5, a in, Gerllnger 10:20, InoVpend'ce 10.32, Monm'th 10:50
Salem .!, " " " " " "
"" - " 1.40, pm ....Dallas 2 ;45 J:I0
,8.45, " Gerlinger 4:24, Independence 4 :S7, Monmouth 4:55
" " 6.00, " " 1 8:45, . " 6:57, " 7:10
" .Portland 180. Connect with above
" Corvallit 6.45, a m Independence 7;.V..., Arrive Monmouth 7:45
" , " 1.16,'pm, " 2:14 2:30
" Dallas 7.00, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25
Airlie 8.30, s m and 3:45, pm. Arrives Monmouth9:05 a m and 4:13 p m
Leave Independence, 6.50 am, 7.35, 8.45, 10.35, 12.20, t.30, p m, 2.20, 3 50,
4.40, 7.00
Trains out of Monmouth
L've Monmouth 7:05 a m. Independence 7:35, Gerlinger 7:49, Ar Salem 8:30
, " Same as abovs . .' Portland 11.10
" Monmouth 1:45, pm, " 2:14. " 2:27, Salem 3:10
' " Sam as above Portland 5:50
" Monmouth 4:05, " . 4:40, " 4:55. Salem 5:30
" ' 85, am Dallas 10:00 llrtX)
" " 4;30, p tn ' 4:45, " 5:35
" ". ;05, a m, Independence 10:32, f'orvallis 11:20
" 4;55,pm, " 6:57, " 7:45
" " . 7;25 s m and 3;10 p m. Arrives Airlie 8 a m and 3;40 pm
Leave Monmouth 7.06, k m, 8.15 9.06, 10.50, 12.30, M, 1,45, p m, 2.35, 4.15,
4.65, 7.10
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First National Bank
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Paid Capital, ' $30,000.00
Surplus & Undivided Profits, $18,000.00
Established ... - 1889.
Ira C. Powell, President; J. B. V. Bltler, Vice Pres.
Emma M. Parker, Assistant Cashier
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Interest paid on time deposits.
DIRECTORS
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me train is iiarti to os siong in nvs
minutes or flvs hours."
It came In fir hours, airing of
eleven match boles on big, high
wheels, drawn by a dinky Utile engln
with th "con." The match boxes
wer cntlls cars, on th sides of which
waa painted ths old familiar sign,
"Homines 40, Chevaux 8."
Tb It T. 0. stuck us all luto on
car. W didn't car; It waa as good
as a Pullman to us.
Two days w spent on that train,
bumping, stopping, Jerking atirud, and
sometimes sliding back. At Hire sta
tions w stopped long enough to uiaks
some tea, but wers unable to wash, ao
when w arrived at H , where ws
were to embark for Blighty, ws wer
ss blsck ss Turcos snd, with our un
shaven fscea, w looked Ilk a lot of
tramps. Though tired oot ws wers
happy.
We had parked up, preparatory to
detraining, when a R. T. O. held up hi
hand for us to stop where ws wer
and ram over. This Is whst be suld :
vgrSj j
0sd Bodies lvrywhr.
"Boys, I'm sorry, but orders have Just
been received cancelling all leave. If
you had Iteen three houra earlier you
would have gotten away. Just stay In
tbnt.troln. as It Is goiiigjiack. jtp'yts.
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POWELL
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