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SQUEEGMli?i!f TIRES
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Black Ttead
Red Sides
GRANTS
209 6th St
"Over the Top"
By An Amerloio Soldier
Who Went
AROR GUY EMPEY
! n Maihlnt Cunnii Stttlng In France
SYNOPSIS. ,
CHAPTKR l-Klrr.l by tt-e news of tha
linking o( llm LuiiRnln hr a Clim
utimarliii-, Anhur liny l-impi-v, an Atiinrt
Mil. Iave I l iidl In Jriv I'llv and
awe to Kimliind where he nllte In the
Drltltli army. ,
CHAPTIR II Aftr a prlo.l of Ue'n
Inf. Ktnpey vnlunteei for immediate .
r ami vixin fltnle hlinvlf In rval bill-in
'-aomi-whi-ro In Krnin-e." here he nrai
tnaki-a acquaintance of the ever-pn-e-lit
"rniillra."
CHAPTKR III-Kmpev attends hli firm 1
hurrh eervlee nt tlm front while llwr
nan Fokker circle over the fongretatloii.
CHAPTKR IV-Kinney's command go"
Into lh front-line Irt'ticliai and la under
Are fur tha first lima. !
CHAPTKR V-Kmpey Iraina to adopt1
tha motto of tha Urlbh Tommy, "If run
ra suing to get It, you'll Rat It, so navar
worry." ,
CHAPTKR VI-Hack In real blllali. Fm. I
pav lata hla first exporlence aa a raaaa,
orderly. I
CHAPTER VH-Empey trarns how tha
Brltlih enldlnre ara fad. I
CHAPTKR VIlt-Bnck In tha front-Una
Kneh, Kmpey araa hla first frliwd of tha
nchaa "go Wait." 1
CHAPTKR IX-Empey mnk his first i
Visit to dugout In "Suicide Ditch."
C CHAPTER X-Kmpey learnt what eon
flutes a "day's work" In tha frout-llna
anrh. 1
CHAPTER XT-Em pay goes "ovar tha
:top" for tha flrat tlma In a chart ontha
German trrni'has and It wo'indad by a
'bayonet thruat. , 1
CHAPTER XII-Emney Jolna tha "sill
Ids club" as tha bombing equad Is called.
CHAPTER XIII-Eaoh Tommy gstt an
afflclal bath.
.MiiMKon IV VmMW hAlna iVm an'
advanced trench under (Jorman lira.
CHAPTER "XV-On "lletenlng pott" In
Wo Man'a band.
CHAPTER XVI-Two artillerymen pm
one over" on Old Pepper, thalr ruglinontul
commander.
CHAPTKR XVII-Empey has narrow as
caps while on patrol duty In No Man
Land. ,
CHAPTER XVIII Pack In rest billets
Empay wrltna sn.t stages a farce comedy.
CHAPTER XIX-Boldlers hnv many
ways to amuaa themselves while "on their
own."
CHAPTER XX Empey volunteers for
mnctilne gun service and goes buck Into
the front-line tranche
CHAPTKR XXI-Empey again goes
"over tha top" In a charge which cost his
company II killed and fl wounded.
They marched ten kilns, full puck,
to u little dilapidated village, mid tin;
sound nf tlm gun grew louder, con
gluntly louder.
The village, win full of soldiers who
tnrnt'd mit to Inspect tho new draft,
tho ini'it who wore shortly to bo tholr
mates In tho tri'iichcs, for they wore
going "up tho lino" on tho morrow, to
"tulio over" Ihelr certain nector of
trenchoR, . '
Tho tlrnft wns pnrnded In front of
battnllon hondqunrtrrg nnd the men
wuro hhhI Kited to ronipnnlos.
WE like to sell Diamond Tires! We
finrl lhnt when ona of our customers
tries ona Diamond, ho
.ait around." He's sold
Satisfied customers like that keep us in
business!
We're glad to tell you that the Diamond
Tires we've sold we piling up thousands
of miles without a "come-back." And what's
more, they cost less than most tires. Don't
you agree that Diamonds must bo a pretty
good proposition?
Diamond Tube are In a data by
themselves. Made from husky, lively
rubber that b remarkably long-lived.
PASS HARDWARE CO.
Grants Pass, Ore.
Lloyd til til only man tlitned to
D company. Perhaps the olllccr In
charge of the draft had something to
do with It, for be culled Lloyd anldo
and suld:
"Lloyd, you are golns to a new com
pany. No one knows you. Your bed
will be aa you ninke It, so for ()0's
siike, brnre up nnd he a initu, I think
you have the stulT In you, my buy, so
good-hy und the boot nf luck to you."
The next diiy tho linttnllon took over
their purt of the Irem lien. It linpiwned
to be a very quiet luy. Tho ttrtlllory
behind the lines wuh xtlll, except for
an occiialonttl shell Nent over to lot the
Oernuina know the Runners were not
asleep.
In the darkness. In single file, the
company slowly wended tholr way
down the communication trench to the
front line. No 0110 noticed Lloyd's
white and drawn face.
After they had relieved the company
In the trenches, Lloyd, with two of the
old company men, was put on gnnrd In
one of tho traverses. Not a shot was
Bred from the German lines, and no
one paid any attention to him
crouched on the firing step.
On the first time In, a new recruit la
not required to stand with hla head
"over the top," He only "sits It out,"
while tho older men keep watch..
At about ten o'clock, all of a sudden,
he thought hell bad broken loose, and
crouched nnd shivered up agnlnnt the
parapet Shells started bursting, aa he
Imagined, right In their trench, when In
fact they were lauding about hun
dred ynrda In rear of them. In the sec
ond lines.
One of the older men on guard, tam
ing to hit tnnte, said :
"There goes Frlta with those d d
trench mortnrt again. It'a about time
our artillery 'taped' them, and sen!
over a few. Well, I'll be d d,
where'i that blighter of a draft man
gone to? There's his rifle leaning
ngatnst Ibo parapet. lie must have
legged It. Jtmt keep your eye peeled,
Dick, while I report It to the sergeant.
I wonder If the fool knows he can bo
shot for such tricks as leuvln' IiIn
postr
Lloyd hud gone. When the trench
mortnrs opened up, n mnddoiilni; ter
ror selr.ed him and be wanted to run,
to get nwuy from that horrible (tin.
anywhere to safety. So quietly anenk
Ing around the traverse, he came to the
entrance of a communication trench,
nnd ran madly nnd blindly down It,
running Into traverses, stumbling Into
muddy holes, and falling full length
over trench grids.
Groping blindly, with his arms
stretched out In front of him, he at
last came out of the trench Into the
Village, or what used to be a village,
before the Gerronn artillery, rased It.
Mixed with hla fear, he had a pe
culiar aort of cunning, which whis
pered to him to avoid all sentries, be
cause If they saw him he would be
wants Diamonds
"for keeps
sent buck to that awful d'rur(lon ii.
the front line, and pcrhapM be kille
or mulmcd. The thought lmide lilm
shudiler, the cold sweat coming out li
beads on hla face.
On his left, In the darkness, he coulo
mako out the shadowy forms of treex
crawling on his hunds and knees, stop
ping and crouching with fear nt each
shell-hurst, he finally reached an oh
orchard and cowered at the base of n
shot-scarred apple tree.
lie rciimliiod there all night, listen
Ing to the sound of the guns nnd ever
praying, praying that his uhoIoks lift
would tie spared.
Aa dttwn begun to break, he could
discern little dark objects protruding
from the ground all about him. Curl
oslty mastered his fear and he crawled
to one of the objects, and there, In tin
nncertnln light, he read on a little
wooden cross: '
"He. II. a Whraton, No. 1070, 1st
London Regt. R. F. Killed In action
April 20, 1016. R. I. P." (Rest In
Peace).
When It dawned on him that he tint!
been biding all night In a cemetery
his reason seemed to leave him, and a
mad desire to be free from It all mndt
him rush madly away, falling over lit
tie wooden crosses, smnshlng some an!
trampling others under his feet.
In hla flight he came to an old
French dugout, half caved In and par
tlnlly tilled with slimy and filthy wa
ter. 1 '
Like a fox being chased by tht
hounds, he ducked Into this hole, and
threw himself on a pile of old emptj
sandbags, wet and mildewed. Then
unconsciousness.
On the next day, he came to; far
distant voices sounded In hla ears.
Opening his eyes, In the entrance of
the dugout he saw a corporal and two
men with fixed bayonets.
The corporal was addressing htm
"Get np, you white-livered blighter!
Curse you and the day you ever Joined
I) company, spoiling their fine rec
ord! It'll he you up against the wall,
nnd a good job too. Got. hold of him,
men. and If he makes a break, give him
the bayonet, nnd send It home, the cow
ardly Miienk. Comn on, you, move,
we've been looking for you long
enough."
Lloyd, trembling nnd weakened by
hla long fast, tottered out. assisted by
a soldier on each side of htm.
They took hltu before the captain,
but could get nothing out of him but:
"For find's sake, sir, don't have me
shot, don't hnve me shot I"
The captain, utterly disgusted with
him, sent him under escort to division,
headquarters for trial by (tiurt-mar-tlnl.
chnrced with desertion under fire.
They nhoot deserters In France.
lining his trial, Lloyd sat as one
dazed, and could put nothing forward
In his defense, only an occasional
"Don't hnve me shot I" .
IV
Ills sentence was passed t "To be
shot at 8 :'.W o'clock In Die morning of
Way 1H. 11)1(1." Tlda meant that he
hsd only one more day to live.
He did not mil in- the awfulness of
his sviilenoe; hi brain teemed para-
lyn-d. lie knew nothing of hla trip,
under guard, In a motor lorry to the
sandbagged guardroom In the village,
where ho was duinpod on Die floor slid
left, while a sentry with fixed hsyo
nel tiiieod 1111 a. ul down In front of Ihe
entrnnre. '
Kully beef, water and blscnlta were
left ImhIiIh him for his snpiier.
The sentry, seeing Hint he ate noth
ing, came ItHdo nnd sliiMik him by the
Kliuiililer, saying I it a kind voice:
'Cbii-rii, laddie, better eat some
thing. You'll feel belter. Don't give
lip hoH. You'll be pardoned before
morning. know I be wny they run
tlue things. HnJ'-C "nly trying to
ocare yiitt, (lint's all. Come now, tliul's
n s'Hid bid. en 1 something. It'll make
the world look different to you."
The good hcurted sentry knew he
was lying nlx.ut the pardon. Ho knew
iioili!ng short of a mlrin lu could sav
1 In- poor bid.
Lloyd II -ICIiimI eagerly to his sentry's
wiiri, und believed llicm. A look of
hope ciiine Into bin eve, and he raveii-
niily tile the nieiil hoalile blin.
In nhout nil hour's time, the chap
lain -auio to see lilin. but Lloyd would
have noli, nt him. lie wanted no par
still : ho wan to be pardoned.
The artillery behind the lines sud
denly iim-iiYi up with everything they
bad. An loteiihi- bombardment nf tho
i-liclny's IIiiih hud commenced. The
roar of the guns was deafening.
loyd's fe.irs ruuie back with a ru-b.
und he cowered on the earthen floor
with his liiimM over his face.
The seniry, veelnj bin iioMtlon. came
In and tried In cheer him by talking to
him:
"Never mind thorn guns. boy. they
won't hurt you. . They sre ours. We
are gUIng the Ilorhos a doe of their
Hs Betrsyed His Country.
own medicine. Our hoys ore going over
the top at dnwn of the morning to take
their trenches. We'll give 'em n taste
of cold steel with tholr sausages and
beer. You Just sit tight now until they
relieve you. I'll hnve to go now, lad,
as It's nearly time for my relief, and I
don't want them to see me a-tulkln'
with you. So long, laddie, cheero."
With this, the sentry resumed Ihe
pacing of his post In about ten min
utes' time he waa relieved, and a D
company man took his place.
Looking Into the guardhouse, the
sentry noticed the cowering attitude of
Lloyd, nnd, with a sneer, said to bliu :
"Instead of whimpering In that cor
ner, you ought to be saying your i.ray
era. It's bally conscripts like yon
what's spollln' our record. We've been
nut here' nigh onto eighteen months,
und you're the first man to desert his
pest; The whole battalion Is laughln'
and pokln' Am at D company, bad
luck to you I but yoo wont get another
c itinee to disgrace aa - They'll put
your lights out in the mornln'."
After listening to this tirade. Lloyd,
In a faltering voice, asked : "They are
not going to shoot me, are they! Why,
the other sentry said they'd pardon
me. For God's sake don't tell me I'm
to be shot I" and his voice died away in
t sob.
"Of course, they're going to shoot
you. The other sentry was Jest a-kld-dln'
you. Jest like old Smith. Always
a-tryln' to cheer some one. You ain't
got no' more chance o' belu' pardoned
than I have of gottin' to be colonel of
my bntt.' " . . ,
When the fact that nil hope waa
gone finally entered Lloyd's brain, a
cnlm seemed fo settle over him, and
rising to his knees, with hla arms
stretched out to heaven, be prayed, and
nil of his soul entered Into the prayer.
"O. good and merciful God, give me
strength to die like a manl Deliver
me from this coward's death. Give me
n chance to die like my mates In the
lighting line, to 'die fighting for my
country. I ask this of thee."
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A peace, hitherto unknown, came to
him, and he crouched and cowered no
more, but calmly waited the dawn,
ready to go to his death. The shells
were bursting ell around the guard
room, but he hardly noticed them.
While waiting there, the voice of the
sentry, singing In a low tone, came to
blm. lie was singing the chorus of the
populnr trench ditty:
1 want to go home, I want to go home.
I don't want to go to tha trenches no
. mora.
Where the "whlssbangs" and "sausagef
roar galora
Take m over tha sea, when the Allemand
can't get at ma
Oh, my, I don't want to die I I want to go
home.
Lloyd listened to the words with a
strange Interest, and wondered what
kind of a home he would go to across
the Great Divide. It would be the only
home he had ever known.
Suddenly there came a great rushing
through the air, a blinding, a deafen
ing report, and the sandbag walls of
the guardroom toppled over, and then
blackness.
When Lloyd recovered conscious
ness, he was lying on his right side,
facing what used to be the entrance of
the guardroom.' Now, It was only a
Jumble of rent and torn sandbags. His
head seemed bursting. He slowly rose
on his elbow, and there In the east the
dawn was breaking. But what was
that mangled shape lying over there
among the sandbags? Slowly dragging
himself to It. he saw the body of the
sentry. One look was enough to know
that he was dead. The soldier's head
was missing. The sentry had had his
wish gratified. He had "gone home."
He was safe at Inst from the "whlxs
bnngs" and the Allemand. ;
(To. Be Continued)
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Tuesday, Thursday, Satardr
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Train 1 lv. Grants Past- 1 : 00 p. at.
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All Overt
Billy and his mother had been to ta
movies one afternoon to see "Jack, the
Glnnt Killer." During supper a dis
cussion arose between his two elder
brothers as to whether they should ge
or not. Billy listened awhite and
spoke up! "There ain't no use
boys talking 'bout goin' to that show
tonight Jack killed the glnnt take
afternoon"