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THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRI8
At
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MIIKiWEiW
MACHiNC MA,NG IN fMfCf
The British nre of wood, while the
German nre Iron. My., heart ...stopped
beating; by mistake I hud crawled
back to the German lines.
I turned slowly about and my tunic
caught on the wire and made a loud
ripping noise.
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EMPEY HAS NARROW ESCAPE WHILE ON PATROL DUTY
IN NO MAN'S LAND.
Synopsis. Fired by the sinking of -the Lusitania, with the loss of
American lives, Arthur Guy Empey, an American living in Jersey City,
goes to England and eniists as a private In the British army. After a
short experience as a recruiting officer in London, he Is sent to train
ing quarters in France, where he first hears the sound of big guns and
makes the acquaintance of "cooties." After a brief period of training
Enipey's company Is sent into the front-line trenches, where he takes
his first turn on the fire step while the bullets whiz overhead. Empey
learns, as comrade falls, that death lurks always in the trenches.
Chaplain distinguishes himself by rescuing wounded men under hot
fire. With pick and shovel Empey has experience as a trench digger
In No Man's Land. Exciting experience on listening post detail. Ex
citing work on observation post duty.
CHAPTER XVI Continued.
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Quite a contrast to Wilson was an
other character In our brigade named
Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" on
account of his age. He was fifty-seven,
although looking forty. "Old Scotty"
had been born in the Northwest and
had served in the Northwest Mounted
police. He was a typical cowpuncher
and Indian fighter and was a dead shot
with the rifle, and took no pains to
disguise this fact from us. He used to
take care of his rifle as If It were a
baby. In his spare moments you could
always see him cleaning It or polish
ing the stock. Woe betide the man
who by mistake happened to get hold
Of this rifle; he soon found out his
error. Scott was as deaf as a mule,
and It was amusing at parade to watch
him In the manual of arms, slyly
glancing out of the corner of his eye
at the man next to him to see what
the order was. How he passed the
floftor was a mystery to us; he must
have bluffed his way through, because
he certainly was Independent Beside
him the Fourth of July looked like
Good Friday. He wore at the time a
large sombrero, had a Mexican stock
saddle over his shoulder, la lariat , on
his :arm, and a "forty-five" hanging
trout his pip. Dumping thll paraEher
nafla on the floor he went up to the
t recruiting oflicer and shcuted: "I'm
irom America, west of tjhe Rockies,
and want to join your d1 d army.
I've got no use for a German and can
Shoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned me down ; said I was deaf and
so I am. I don't hanker to ship In with
ft d d mud-crunching outfit, but the
cavalry's full, so I guess this regi
ment's better than none, so trot out
.your papers and I'll sign 'em." He told
them he was forty and slipped by. I
was on recruiting service at the time
he applied for enlistment.
It was Old Scotty's great ambition
to be a sniper or "body 'snatcher," as
Mr. Atkins calls It. The day that he
was detailed as brigade sniper he cele
brated his appointment by blowing the
whole platoon to fags.
Being a Yank, Old Scotty took a lik
ing to me and used to spin some great
yarns about the plains, and the whole
platoon would drink these In and ask
for more. Ananias was a rookie com
pared with him..
The ex-plainsman and discipline
could not agree, but the officers all
liked him, even If he was hard to man
age, so when he was detailed as a
sniper a sigh of relief went up from
the officers' mess.
Old Scotty had the freedom of the
brigade. He used to draw two or
three days' rations and disappear with
his glass, range finder and rifle, and we
would see or hear no more of him
until suddenly he would reappear
with a couple of notches added to
those already on the butt of his rifle.
Every time he got a German It meant
another notch. He was proud of these
Botches.
But after a few months Father
Rheumatism got him and he was sent
to Blighty ; the air in the wake of his
stretcher was blue with curses. Old
Scotty surely could swear ; some of his
outbursts actually burned you.
'No doubt, at this writing, he Is
"somewhere In Blighty" pussy footing
It on a bridge or along the wall of
some munition plant with the "G. R."
or Home Defense corps.
wire, when we walked Into a Boche
covering party nearly thirty strong,
Then the music started, the fiddler ren
dered his bill, and we paid.
Fighting in the dark with a bayonet
is not very pleasant. The Germans
took it on the run, but our officer was
no novice at the game and didn't fol
low them. He gave the order "down
on the ground, hug It close."
Just In time, too, because a volley
skimmed over our heads. Then In low
tones we were told to separate and
crawl back to our trenches, each man
on his own.
We could see the flashes of their
rifles In the darkness, but the bullets
were going over our heads.
We lost three men killed and one
wounded In the arm. If It hadn't been
for -our officer's quick thinking the
whole patrol would have probably
been wiped out
After about twenty minutes' wait we
went out again and discovered that
the Germans had a wiring party work
ing on their barbed wire. We returned
to our trenches unobserved with the
information and our machine guns Im
mediately got busy.
The next night four men were sent
out to go over and examine the Ger
man barbed wire and see If they had
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A Hidden Gun.
CHAPTER XVII. !'
Out In Front i
After tea Lieutenant Stores of our
section came into the dugout and in
formed me that I was "for" a reconnoi
tering patrol and would carry six Mills
bombs.
At 11 :30 that night twelve men, our
lieutenant and myself went out in
front on a patrol In No Man's Land.
We cruised around In the dark for
about two hours, just knocking about
looking for trouble, on the lookout for
Boche working parties to see what
they were doing.
Around two in the morning we were
carefully picking our way about thirty
yards in front of the German barbed
cut lanes through It; If so, this pres
aged an early morning attack on our
trenches.
Of course I had to be one of the four
selected for the Job. It was just like
sending a fellow to the undertaker's
to order his own coffin.
At ten o'clock we started out, armed
with three bombs, a bayonet and re
volver. After getting into No Man's
Land we separated. Crawling four or
five feet at a time, ducking star shells,
with strays cracking overhead, I
reached their wire. I scouted along
this inch by inch, scarcely breathing.
I could hear them talking in their
trench, my heart was pounding against
my ribs. One false move or the least
noise from me meant discovery and
almost certain death.
After covering my sector I quietly
crawled back. I had gotten about half
way when I noticed that my revolver
was missing. It was pitch dark. I
turned about to see If I could find it ;
It couldn't be far away, because about
three or four minutes previously I had
felt the butt in the holster. I crawled
around in circles and at last found it,
then started on my way back to our
trenches, as I thought.
Tretty soon I reached barbed wire,
and was just going to give the pass
word when something told me not to.
I put out my hand and touched one of
the barbed wire stakes. It was Iron.
A sharp challenge rang out.
sprang to my feet, ducking low, and
ran madly buck toward our lines. The
Germans started firing.' The bullets
were biting all around me, when bangl
I ran smash into our wire, and a sharp
challenge, '"Alt, who comes there?"
rang out. I gasped out the password,
and, groping my way through the lane
In the wire, tearing my hands and
uniform, I tumbled Into our trench and
was safe, but I was a nervous wreck
for an hour, until a drink of rum
brought me round.
CHAPTER XVIII. "jjL1,
Staged Under Fire.
Three days after the Incident Just re
lated our company was relieved from
the front line and carried. We stayed
In reserve billets for about two weeks
when we received the welcome news
that our division would go back of the
line "to rest billets." We would re
main in these billets for at least two
months, this In order to be restored to
our full strength by drafts of recruits
from Blighty.
Everyone was happy and contented
at these tidings; all you could hear
around the billets was whistling and
singing. The day after the receipt of
the order we hiked for five days, mak
ing an average of about twelve kilos
per day until we arrived at the small
town of O' .
It took us about three days to get
settled, and from then on our cushy
time started. We would parade from
8:45 In the morning until 12 noon.
Then except for an occasional biUef
or brigade guard we were on our own,
For the first four or five afternoons l
spent my time In bringing up to date
my neglected correspondence.
Tommy loves to be amused, and be
ing a Yank, they turned to me for
something new in this line. I taught
them how to pitch horseshoes, and this
game made a great hit for about ten
days. Then Tommy turned to Amer
ica for a new diversion. I was up in
the air until a happy thought came to
me. Why not write a sketch and break
Tommy in as an actor?
One evening after "lights out," when
you are not supposed to talk, I Impart
ed my scheme In whispers to the sec
tion. They eagerly accepted the Idea
of forming a stock company and
could hardly wait until the morning
for further details. .
After parade, the next afternoon I
was almost mobbed. Everyone In the
section wanted a part In the proposed
sketch. When I Informed them that It
would take at least ten days Of hard
work to write the plot, they were bit
terly disappointed. I immediately got
busy, made a desk out of biscuit tins
In the corner of the billet, and put iip
a sign "Empey & Wallace Theatrical
Co."' About twenty of the section,
upon reading this sign, immediately
applied for the position of office boy.
I accepted the twenty applicants, and
sent them on scouting parties through
out the deserted French village. These
parties were to search all the attics for
discarded civilian clothes, and any
thing that we could use In the props
of our proposed company.
About five that night they returned
covered with grime and dust, but load
ed down with a miscellaneous assort
ment of everything under the sun.
They must have thought that I was
going to start a department store,
judging from he different things they
brought back from their pillage.
After eight days' constant writing I
completed a two-act farce comedy
which I called "The Diamond Palace
Saloon." Upon the suggestion of one
of the boys in the section I sent a proof
of the program to a printing house in
London. Then I assigned the different
parts and started rehearsing. David
Belasco would have thrown up his
hands In despair at the material which
I had to use. Just imagine trying to
teach a Tommy, with a strong cockney
accent, to Impersonate a Bowery tough
or a Southern negro.
Adjacent to our billet was an open
field. We got busy at one end of it and
constructed a stage. We secured the
lumber for the stage by demolishing
an old wooden shack In the rear of
our billet. i
The first scene was supposed to rep
resent a street on the Bowery in New
York, while the scene of the second
act was the interior of the Diamond
Palace saloon, also on the Bowery.
In the play I took the part of Abe
Switch, a farmer, who had come from
Pumpkinville Center, Tenn., to make
his first visit to New York.
In the first scene Abe Switch meets
the proprietor of the Diamond Palace
saloon, a ramshackle affair which to
the owner was a financial loss.
The proprietor's name was Tom
Twistem, his bartender being named
Fillem Up.
After meeting Abe, Tom and Fillem
Up persuaded him to buy the place,
praising it to the skies and telling
wondrous tales of the money taken
over the bar.
BOY-
SCOUTS
(Conduct.! by National Council of the
Hoy Scouts of AmorloM
BOY SCOUTS AND RELIGION
Scouting presents greater opportuni
ties for the development of the boy re
ligiously than does any other nioye
n.m.t instituted solely for the hoys. Its
aim to develop the hoy physically, men
tally and morally Is being realized very
widely.
mu n,nmmit lms been developed
on such broad lines us to embrace all
classes, all creeds, and at tho same
time to allow the greatest possible In
dependence to individual organiza
tions, officers and boys.
The Bov Scouts of America maintain
that no boy can grow Into the best
kind of citizenship without recogniz
ing his obligation to God. As an or-
gnnlzeu uouy, inereiorc, n iwisui-
the religious element in the training of
a boy, but it is absolutely nonsectarian
In its attitude toward that religious
training. If he be a Roman Catholic
boy scout, the church of which he is a
member is the best channel for his
training. If he be a Hebrew boy, then
the synagogue will train him in the
faith of his fathers. If he be a Protes
tant, no matter to what denomination
of Protestantism he may belong, tho
church of which he Is an adherent or
a member should be the proper organi
zation to give him an education In the
things that pertain to his allegiance to
God.
And again, the observance of the
scout lnw, the tremendous collective
volume of "dally good turns," and the
creation of better feeling among mil
lions of scouts of our own and other
lands constitute a latent but powerful
and rapidly growing factor for univer
sal good will and peace.
ALL-WHITE GOWN!
Sheer Organdies, Swisses and
Linens Aro Used.
PERSHING'S COUSIN A SCOUT.
Dr. James E. Pershing, a scout
master of Troop No. 1 of Oklahoma
City, has been chosen to act as scout
executive there. Dr. Pershing Is a
cousin of General Pershing of the
United States army.
Dr. Pershing has gone to National
headquarters in New York with this
letter from his local scout council :
"Make possible to him every avenue
of education that will be of help to
him In better preparing him for the
office, the duties of which he is to take
up. He has had many years of prac
tical education, gained from actual ex
perience In the work with boys, and
what he will probably need from your
office most Is that help that will more
particularly apply to the duties of a
scout executive.
'He Is coming to your city for this
direct training at the instance of some
of our most prominent business men
and they will appreciate your efforts
in his behalf. They have every con
fidence In him and feel that he has the
making In him of the best scout execu
tive in our country."
Amonn the Naw Mterll Arietta,
With Textur Between Goor-
0tto nt' CreP9 d9 Chine,
Ii Favored.
Looking nt it from a fnnhlon point of
view, one realizes that after nil there
Is really nothing more ueeojinng man
white, and summer is to npo docidml
i.romlnonco clven to tho aii-wnite con
tumo, snya a comnpoiident. There la
a smart morning costume of simple
tailored Mouse and nklrt, usually of
linen or one of the new cotton ma
t..ri,iitf- thon for afternoon one
chnnces to u more elaborate hand
mailt) frilly blouse of batiste, with
Just a bit of lino lace, and completes
t KtiMtMiibl' bv a nklrt of silk or
satin: and for tho summer evening
frock nothing Is lovelier or more sut-
Isfactmy than whlto net or point
d'esnrlt.
Tho charm of summer frocks lien
not so much in anything slartllugly new
or conspicuous, but rather In exquisite
daintiness. Sheer organdies, mimmory
looking Swisses and delicate nets anil
georgettes are all fashioned Into the
most adorable gowns, and an they are
usually put together with the finest of
handwork, the result Is always tlistlnc
tlvo. Among tho new materials none
Is more beautiful than Arlette crepe,
Tho texture Is Just between georgette
crepe and crepe do chine, and there
Is a cross weave that gives character
without in any way detracting from Its
filmy, delicate look. Tho range of col
ors Is very wide, and it may be fash'
loned Into the simplest of morning
frocks or the most elaborate of evening
creations. In dark shades It Is ad
mlrnbly adapted for street wear as It
Is so delightfully cool.
Foulard and georgette offer unllmlt
ed possibilities for combining different
materials in Interesting ways, and they
are so summery and cool-looking even
in dark colors that they make Ideal
frocks for warm days.
What could bo more attractive for
summer wear than the shirtwaist
frocks of crepe do chine or georgette
made in the simplest fashion with
tucks and beautiful collars and cuffs
to give an air of Immaculate freshness
so essential at all times?
A very pretty model is of liberty
blue georgette; It has bands of blue
and white foulard put on In a very
effective way. The collar and waist
coat are of white organdie, beautifully
embroidered nd an odd touch Is given
by the bow and ends of lighter blue
ribbon. Completing the costume is a
hat, very chic and quite unusual. It Is
made of dark Wue taffeta and for trim
ming has a plaited frill of white batiste.
POLKA DOT LOUNGING GOWN
SCOUT LEADERS NOT EXEMPT.
Empey stages his play under
difficulties but with great suc
cess. The next installment tells
about it.
This question has come up several
times. Recently the chief scout execu
tive received a teWrara from the pres
ident of a local council, as follows:
"Scout executive called to the colors.
In your opinion would he not be able
to serve his country better as scou
executive thnn as a private soldier'
If so, please use your Influence to have
him transferred to class B or C. There
is no other man available that can car
ry on the work at this time."
Mr. James E. West replied as fol
lows :
"Sincerely regret inability to do as
you request. We have followed policy
of not asking special consideration of
any scout official, regardless of local
conditions. Paramount need at this
moment -Is men who can serve, and
the danger of establishing precedents
is so great that It would prove embar
rassing to government for us to make
a request for any special consideration."
THE BOY SCOUT.
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For the glrli who are following thi
brother' lead In helping the landirl
and doing tcout work this coitJ
h been designed. It consliti of 1 1
ton khaki wlt and aklrt Th ikl
la circular and opena all tho way del
the front. It la held In place by t
pender atrapa.
cording edges the coat and sleevci
goes around the top of the hero.
A smart basque frock is made
gray madras or chanihray, wlthuli
linen collar, cuffs and gllet effect. Tt
is tight around the waist, coming wf
down In front, trimly. White unl
sleeves come down under the lt
which are full and flaring at the If
torn. The neck is one of the qi
high, round ones like the Eton A
boy's. A little black tie finishes
and tiny buttons come all the w
down the front of the basque.
A dross of yellow gingham wltl
plaid gingham knife plaiting Is ex
lent. The blouse falls full over 1 1
which shows only In tho front and
der the belt slip the ends of the c
lnr, which form a deep fichu. Till:
coatlike In effect, with a deep turn!
at the bottom of the blouse. The pin
knife plaiting edges the collur
cuffs and turns smartly up at f
blouse hem and around the skirt.
When we stop to think about it
readily acknowledge that there
nothing which so makes or mars
out ensemble so much as the app
nnce of tho neck.
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. iauiiiiuinu icaiure or this
quisite lounging gown Is the profusion
of polka dots with which it is adorned.
The makers have employed wisteria
silk to convey the full effect of thlr
original design. Wool embroidery la
used on the overblouse of polka-dotted
satin.
O, little boy scout! so slim and trim,
In khaki suit and campaign hat,
Tou're helping to win the great world war
And doing better than most at that.
You've a packet of war stamps put
In a handkerchief box for a rainy day,
And a garden spaded to plant with
greens.
Corn, potatoes and lima beans.
But, little boy scout, there's more to do;
Open your ears and peel your eyes.
For the sake of the flag you love and
serve
Follow the trail of the Teuton spies.
Over the country and through the town
Watch and listen and track them down.
And for every one you land in the pen
You'll save the lives of a thousand men.
jviXiNiNA iKVUNU, in New York Sun.
GOOD TURNS BY SCOUTS:
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Used Vast Amount of Wire
It has been estimated that the wire
In the cores and sheathing of the
world's submarine cables that have
been made since they were first used
in 1857, would reach from the earth
to the moon.
The boys In Troop No. 2 of Glens
Falls, N. Y., got busy with their scout
axes on old packing boxes and supplied
fuel for many homes In the city.
It took the assistance of all the boy
scouts of Netcong, N. J., to help the
firemen subdue a stubborn forest Are
that threatened a group of houses.
"Christian Geisler saved the life of
a baby who had fallen into a eewer.
Was lowered into It on a rope by fire
man." This is the modest report of a
Cincinnati scoutmaster.
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WEAR GINGHAMS DURING WAR
Paris Takes to the Material Which la
Popular With Many In
America.
Now we may know that this Is war
time. If we have not had It brought
home to us before, we are realizing it
"uw. ror j, ranee has taken to ging
hambravely to gingham for the dura
t on of the war, notes a fashion critic.
We wore ginghams last summer and
wear them this summer. It doesn't so
much matter what we wear. But
Paris in gingham is a different mat
terand we bring out our last sum
mer frocks with a new kind of feeling
and look them over to see what can bo
done to make them Just a little more
Frenchy and complete.
In the first place bits of darker
color black, or a deeper shade of the
same help a great deal. Big hats go
with them, sometlmos m,v t
ham too nnd a durnl)lo of
sol is not amiss to finish the effect
A Pretty suit is mnde of chcck fl b ;
and white, with a white lawn gllet
and a plain blue 8 J
Wte seam cording. It is cut higher
in front than in back, showing he
Plainly, and the wwte belt Hi
way the tie Crosses and comes down
won If? a T n eIther sl(le' banging
held in Tla fU"' bUt "ewhat
ntld in at the hem. The white seam
MODISH IDEAS
Organdie or batiste folds are In g
oral usa for trimming purposes
cotton and silk dresses.
Hats of gingham are mentioned I
the little girls. They nre usually
the mushroom or noke shapes.
Filet lace trimming and hand
broidery nre prominent on sheer m
voile and oreandie summer dresses.
For dressy wear the newest W
satin slipper has a narrow collar
tho way round, of cut Jet and
Perhaps the most modish coat coif
Is the one which Is rather wide, soff
draped and merging into long rcn
or an elongated vest front.
Black velvet handbags are to
used this summer with the. Has1'
lrnceno TJinai. nnw bllL'S alSO COBie
very dark brown and blue, with 1
rlno frames. , I
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xnere are many sieevc . I
atmo nt nlll fllsllIOHS thttt f
quaint and pretty, while others J
new ideas smartly carried out In
materials.
Db.t, th Decline,
PnrVofo bnvo irone the dOWBWf
taA for them
time ago. They stid appear on ir
of muslin, silk or satin and in c j
ola I)..hnno thpV Br6 DOt Quf
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so usual aa tney were i
for that very reason they are mo
fpr-tivo An thev are empnassf
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not merely piacea wu -.v...
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; rn some oi 1
new suits they are emphasized i
band of fur at the top, and on
t,oir -cM-a thov nre aulte ow
in shane and size. Of course, tne i
calico frocks have pockets, so
. ... ...j. r,i-im anew
tnem, but tnoy are quuc v -
bound off. ns befits calico V?,' f
a bit of the same material, cut w
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ne necessity ol b- of
seeds when making BaramJ'matJ
this idea: Use any desired nw f
for an apron with a piaiu
on dress. Make a large y-- fr(
i u.,i t-ha nnron anu i
" ? Sew thtf I-
uuo Miue to mo utile - ffl
vunous-sizeu pocKem. : ,.gt m
of heavy cotton cloth will .
years and be greatly api
the user.