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PA0H0 BRNT KUM.RTIN, BKND, ONKGON, THUHMDAYt MAY no, 101ft "Over the Top By An American Soldier Who Went ARTHUR GUY EMPEY Afachtne Gunner Strctng In Franc (OopjtltbU UlT.br ArUinrOuj lm) CHAPTER XVII. Out In Front After ten Lieutenant Stores of our ectlon cnine Into the dugout nnd In formed me thnt I was "for" n reeonnnl lorltifT patrol and would carry six Mills bombs. At 11 :30 thnt night twelve mn, our lieutenant nnd myself wont out In front on n patrol in No Man's Lnnd. We cruised around In the dark for nbout two hours, just knocking about looking for trouble, on the lookout for Itocho working parties to see what they were doing. Around two In the morning wo were carefully picking our wny nbout thirty yards In front of the German barbed wire, when we wnlkcd Into n Hoche covering party nenrly thirty strong. Then the music started, the fiddler ren dered his bill, nnd we pntd. Fighting In the dark with n bayonet Is not very pleasant. The Germans took It on the run, but our officer was no novice at the game nnd didn't fol low them. He gave the order "down on the ground, hug It close." Just In time, too, because n 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 sec 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 wn't we ncnt out again nnd discovered thnt the Germans had n wiring party work ing on their barbed wire. Wo 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 CHAPTER XVIII. 8taged Under Fire. Three doys after the incident Just re lated our company was relieved from the front lino nnd carried. Wo stayed In reserve billets for about two weeks when wo received the welcome news thnt our division would go hack of the Hub "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 llllghty. Everyone was happy and contented at these tidings; nil you could hear around the billets was whistling and singing. The day after the receipt of the order we hiked for the 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, nnd from then on our cushy time started. We would parade from 8:45 In the morning until 12 noon. Then except for nn occnslonul billet or brigade guard wo were on our own. For the first four or flvo afternoons I spent my time In bringing up to duto my neglected correspondence. Tommy loves to be amused, nnd be ing n Yank, they turned to me for something new in this line. I tnught them how to pitch horseshoes, nnd this game made a great hit for nbout 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 nud 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 formlog a stock compauy und them, arm In nrin, leavo to take pos session of this wonderful palace which Abo has Just paid ?0,000 for. (Cur tain.) In the second act the curtain rises on the Interior of the Diamond 1'alaeo saloon, and the nudleiico gets Its first shock. The saloon looks like n pig pen, two tramps lying drunk on the floor, and the bartender In a dirty shirt with his sleeves rolled up, asleep with his head on the bar. Enter Abe, Sambo nnd Ikey, und the fun commences. One of the characters In the second act was named llroadway Kate, and I had an nwful Job to break In one of the Tommies to net and talk like a woman. Another character wns Alkali Ike, nn Arizona cowboy, who Just before the close of the play comes Into the saloon nnd wrecks It with his revolver. We had eleven three-hour rehearsal before I thought It udvlsablu to. pre sent the sketch to the public. The whole brigade was crasy to witness the. first performance. Thl performance wns scheduled for Ftlduj night nnd everyone wns full of antici pation; when bang I orders camr through that the brigade would move at two thnt afternoon. Cursing and blinding wns the order of things upon tho receipt of Una order, but v moved. Thnt night we renched the little vil lage of S and again went Into resl billets. We were to be there twe weeks. Our company Immediately gol busy nnd scoured the village for a suitable place In which to present out production. Then wo received anothei shock. A rlvnl company wns already vstob llbhed In the village. They cnllct SAVINGS STAMP E JUNE 2! s phksidknt wn.ij ahk people OP OHKGON TO PLEDGE THKIH 9 17,000,000 QUOTA IN HALF AN iiouh. i i UK i i WtsMMMM K?&fettXaSl(klG?t3! 1 1.1 J I i At f- m'i&l "Vk fel y3g$J!iC&?J!&5 posuc infoftviTMri Preparlna tho "Chow." .L J (llVi- A Hidden Gun. rut 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 elected for the Job. It wns Just .like tending a fellow to the undertaker's to order Ills own coffin. At ten o'clock we started out, armed Mith three bombs, a bayonet and re volver. After getting Into No Man's Umd we separated. Crawling four or Eve feet at a time, ducking stur 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 ugulnst could hardly wnlt until tho morning for further details. After pnrnde, the next afternoon I was nlmost .mobbed. Everyone In tho section wanted a part In the projosed sketch. When I Informed them that It would take at least ten days of hard work to write the plot, thej: were bit terly disappointed. I immediately got busy, made a desk out of biscuit tins In the corner of the billet, and put up ;n sign "Empey & Wallace Theatrical 'Co." About twenty of the section, upon rending this sign, Immediately applied for the position of olllce boy. 1 1 accepted the twenty applicants, nnd sent them on scouting parties 'through out the deserted French village. These parties were to search all the utiles for discarded civilian clothes, und any thing thnt we could use In the props of our proposed company. About five thnt night they returned covered with grlmo and dust, but load ed down with u miscellaneous assort ment of everything under the sun. They must have thought that I was going to start a department store, Judging from the different thlngH they brought back from their pillage. After eight days' constunt writing I completed a two-act farce comedy which I called "The Diamond I'nlaco Saloon." Upon the suggestion of one of the boys In tho section I sent n proof of the program to a printing house in London. Then I assigned the different parts and started rehearsing. David Kelusco would have thrown up his bands In despair nt tho muteriat which I had to use. Just Imagine trying to teuch a Tommy, with a strong cockney , t. IhemseUei "The Bow 1 put on n ski-tell entitled, ' What Hopes?" The wore slonnl concert party. We hoped they all would be soon In llllghty to give us u chance. lids company charged an admission of a franc per head, and that night our company went en masse to nee their performance. It really was good. I had a sinking sensation when I thought of running my sketch In op position to It. In one of their scenes they had n soubrette called Flossie. The soldier that took this part wns clever and made n line-appearing and chic girt. We Immediately fell In love with her until two days" nfter, while wo were on a march, we passed Flossie with "her" sleeves rolled up and the sweat pouring from "her" face unloading shells from a motor lorry. As our section passed her I yelled out: "Hello, Flossie; llllghty What Hopes?" Her reply mude our love dlo out Instantly. "Ah. go to h1 1" This brought quite a lough from the marching column directed at me, and I Instnntly made up my mind that our sketch should Immediately run In op position to "llllghty Whut Hopes?" When wo returned to our billet from the march, Curley Wulluce, my the atrical partner, came running over to mo and said he had found u swanky place In which to produce our show. After taking off my equipment, and followed by the rest of the section, I went over to the building he had picked nnfr. It nriiH n monstrous horn with u accent, to impersonate a Dowery tough I r,,ntfonn nt ono en(, whlch would make or u Southern negro. (Jea, BtnKe: The cllon got right Adjacent to our billet was an open on the Job, and before night had that field. We got busy at one end of it nnd I nlnco rlcced out In unnk-nlc ordpr. (From Monday's Dally.) President Wilson Is going to ask tho pooplo of Oregon to pledge their $17,000,000 war savings stamp quota In half an hour on tho afternoon of Friday, Juno 28. Plans for the. utOHt Intensive "push" of all tho war financing ef forts to dnto, tho campaign to bo national In Its scope, are now In tho hands of the Oregon war savings stamp committee. These plans will be outlined to tho county chairmen, their committeemen and all war sav ings stamp workers in tho state nt an all-day convention to ho hold at tho Elks' temple, Portland, next Wednesday, May 20. It Is expected that 250 or 300 volunteor war stamp workers from nil parts of tho ntnto will bo prcsont, and It Is likely thnt Governor Wlthycomho will make the addresses of welcome. At this con vention plans for national "pledge" day, June 28, to bo set aside as such by presidential proclamation, will ho outlined and work of organiza tion throughout tho statu will bo launched. The Idea of pledging all tho people of tho state to purchase enough war savings stnmps during the rest of tho year to assure tho state's quota has been carried out successfully In Ne braska, and It was at the recent meet ing at Omaha attended by state war I stamp workers from all western states und by Frank Vandorllp, chair man of tho national war savings "stamps committee, thnt It was do elded to mnko tho Nebraska plan tho model for tho rest of the stntos. llrlofly, tho plan Is to hold meet ings In overy school district In tho city nud state on tho afternoon of Juno 28. Pledge cards, of a form ap proved at Washington, will bo dis tributed for signatures, and tho citi zens of -each and every district wilt bo expected to pledgo that district's quota, which will he predetermined on tho basis of J 20 per capita neces sary to put the state's obligation "over." In tho mcantlmo nud subsequently tho campaign of education nlong lines of thrift nnd tho sale of war stnmps as now established will bo carried on. Tho Idea of "pledgo day" Is to drive home to tho men and women of tho state the realiza tion that tho war savings stamp cause Is Just as vital and essential as tho Liberty bond efforts, and so to stlihulato their Interest as to make suro of Oregon's share of the $2, 000,000,000 expected by tho country. YES, the construction of our new store building has mixed things up a good deal BUT we are still I able to serve you in all YOUR HARDWARE NEEDS The biggest stock in town. Now is the time to buy your Seed, Lawn Mowers, Garden Hose, Fishing Tackle and Paints. We have them all and a lot else besides. Bend Hardware Company MM T LEAVE F y AHK CALLED TO AIM'EAH HE KOH IXK'AIj WAR llOAItl) IN TIIIH CITY O.V THURSDAY, MAY .'10. M I OF DRESSINGS HUHGHttl, IlltKHHING DI.'PAHT,. .MKNT OK IIEND CIIAPTKIt HE.VDK OUT TWO ItOXIM FOH TDK MONTH. wns how were tho men to reach these hoxes, hut to Ikey this was u inero de tull. Ho got long ropes nnd tied ono end iround each rafter nnd then tied a lot of knots In the ropes. These ropes would tuke the place of stairways. We figured out that the rafters would seat about forty men and sold that number of tickets accordingly. When the ticketholders for the hoxes got n glimpse of the rafters und were Informed that they hnd to use the rope stairway, there was u howl of Indlgnu (Ion. but we had their money and told them that if they did not like It they could write to the management later und their money would be refunded; hut under these conditions they would not be allowed to witness the perform ance that night. After n little grousing they accepted the sltuntlon with tho promise that If In. uliitiif u-nu pittim tlinir niirfiilfll V r .... .... rV....U...n , " - WJ" -.. w. .-..-. , IIIIIIU IJkKril WMV .1. II1I1II.-IU W.I.I.. IIIU .,...., .... V.. .. V ....... . my ribs. Ono false move or the least constructed a stuge. Wo secured tho rri, Prt ilnv wns Sundnv and after would let us know nbout It during tho noise from me meant discovery nnd j lumber for tho stuge by demolishing ! cnurcn parade we put all our time on performance. almost certain deutb. jan old wooden shack in the rear of lB ,,.,, rehearsal, nnd It went line. Everything went lovely and It was a After covering my sector I quietly jour billet. I j n)n,j,j four or five largo signs an- howling hucccsh, until Alkali Uto rip- crawled buck. I hud gotten nbout half '-The first scene was supposed to rep- ) nomit.nB (jmt our Compnny would open I peared on the scene with his revolver -vvny wnen i nouceu mar my revolver -".-. u nm-vi uu , uunnji m ,.-n - un .i..,. t.veninK n he King George the . loimeu wiin uiiiiik ciirirwgcs. jieiiinu (From Monday's' Dally.) Mambors of tho May draft from Deschutes county nro to ho mobilized hero on Thursday, May 30, Decora tion day, nnd will leave for Fort Mc Dowell, California, on tho morning following, tho draft hoard announced this morning, following an order from tho adjutant general to this effect. Tho man had been sum moned to appear before tho board tomorrow, May 28, and wore sched uled to have loft tho following day. Plans for a send-off for tho boys woro started at the regular mooting of tho Commercial club last Wednes day and it Is expected that tho com mittee will have an announcement of their plans by tomorrow. Tho members of tho draft who leavo on Friday morn I in? tiro as fol lows: Ernest D, Fuller, Alvlit 11. Chrlstenson, Gus N, Nyatrom, Mag nus Elnen, Moso Vlau, Clias. N Kotzman, Oscar H. Itrson, John A. Webber, llond; William ilponcor, Milllcnn; Ivor, Hundrlckuou, Heattla; Oscar J. Johnson; Wm. E, Formnn, Tho Dalles; Ingwold A. Johnson, Portland; Chns. F, Fisher, Koplah, Wash.; Fred E. Fotty, Seattle; Ver non M. Plondl, Portland; Vlncoiuo Ilorgognl, Portland; Oarema Tozzl, Portland. (From Baturda's Dally.) Tho monthly shipment for May of work from tho surgical dressing de partment of Hand chapter, Including work dnnu by Rlstors and Hndtnond auxiliaries, was made the 23rd nud Included tho following dressing: Ono box containing 210 absorbent pad or cotton, slzo 12x21 Inches. Ono box containing 810 absorb ent pnds of cotton, 8x12 Inches, In addition to this monthly allot ment a largo enso of miscellaneous dressings was shipped nt tho snmo tlrno and worn as follows: Thirty guuzo roll, throo yard by four and a half Indies, 300 sponged, 180 guuzo compresses, 0x0; 580 gauzo compresses, 4x4; 1C0 folded gauze strips, 6x3; r.fi abdominal bandages of muslin, 129 head band ages or muslin, 100 ncultutua band ages of muslin, 54 T bandages of muslin, 20 triangular bandages of muslin, 12 substitute handkerchiefs, 4C rest pillows. Boo J, Ryan & Co., for farm land loons. Adv. Something to sell? Advortlao Tho liulletln's classified column. In wub missing. It was pitch dark. "I iiork, while the scene of tho second turned about to see If I could find It : i act wns tho interior of tho Diamond It couldn't ho far uwuy, becuuse nbout ', Pnlace saloon, also on tho Howery, three or four minutes previously I bad felt the butt in the holster, I crawled tirouud la circles und nt lust found '.t, then started on my wuy buck to our trenches, us I thought. Pretty soon I reached barbed wire, and wus Just going to give the pass word when something told'me not to. 1 put out my hand und touched one of tho barbed wire stakes. It wus iron. The Ilrltlsli are of wood, while the German are 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 mude u loud ripping noise. A sharp challenge rang out. I Kpraug to my feet, ducking low, and nm madly buck toward our lines. Tho Germans sturted firlug. The bullets were biting all around me, when bang I lrun wuiisli Into our wire, mid a slinrp. In the ploy I took tho part of Abo Switch, u farmer, who had come from Pumpklnvllle Center, Term., to make his first visit to New York. In the first scene Abe Switch mectr the' proprietor of the Diamond Palace , Fifth theater, on the corner of Ammo , street und Sandbag terrace. General admission wus one-half franc. First ten rows In orchestra ono franc, and boxes two francs. ISy this time our printed programs had returned from London, and I further announced that ! on the night of the first performance a program would bo given free of the bar on n shelf was u long line of bottles. AlKtill Ike wiih supposed ti start on the left of this line nnd break six of the bottles by firing nt them with his revolver. Ilehlud these bottles n piece of painted canvas was supposed to represent the buck of the bar, at each shot from Alkali's pistol u man behind the scenes would hit one of the' saloon, a ramshackle affair which to i charge to men holding tickets costing a bottles with his entrenching tool the owner was a financial loss. The proprietor's namo wus Tom Twlstem, his bartender being named Flllem Vn, AfTer meeting Abe, Tom and Flllem Up persuaded him to buy the pluce, praising it to tho skies ami telling wondrous tales of the money taken over the bar. While they nro talking, nn old Jew anmed Ikey Cohensteln comes ulong, and Abe engages him for cashier. After engaging Ikey they meet nn old Southern negro called Sumbo,, and jpon the suggestion of Ikey ho Is en aged as porter. Then the three of franc or over. Wo hud un orchestra of seven men and, seven different Instruments. This orchestra was excellent, while they were not pluylnif. The performance wus scheduled to start at 0 p. m. At 0:lfi there was n mob In front of our ono entrance and it looked like a big night. Wo had two boxes each uc commodutlng four people, and these we Immediately sold out. Then n brilliant Idea came to Ikey Coheiistcln. Why not uso the rafters overheud, cull them boxes, and charge two francs for n scat on them? The only difficulty handle und smash It, to give tho Im pression that Alkali was a good shot. Alkali Ike started In nnd iilmed nt the right of tho lino of bottles Instead of the left, and the poor boob behind tho scenes sturted brcuklng tho bottles uu tut- i. ii, ..... in. -ii. tho boxholders turned loose; but outside of this little fiasco the performance was a huge sue iesw, ami wo decided to run It for u w eek. New troops wero constantly coming through, and for six performances wo had tho "8. It, O." sign suspended out-sldo. HERE IN BEND EVERYDAY on the job to Rive yon efficient service nt the shortest notice. Here to see thnt you et u cor rect fitting in the kind of glasses you need, here to stay and hack up every bit of work I do. DR. C. H. FRANCIS With MYHON II. HYMONS, O'Kuno Uulldlntr OPTICIAN OPTOMETRIST a ' ir V A (To Do Continued.)