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KT FOURTEEN MONTHS
AT THE FRONT
Continued from firt-t
Quality Counts
lug the l.i.- t e i-.ugcmcift were light, as
penny a day lejs than that of the white
they lost only four kllkd and nineteen
soldier.
wounded, Lut forty-two died from ex-
The Sikh places caste at»ove every- 1 po.au re.
tiling. lie will not drink from any- j
thing that has been used by a white* ‘■One poor devil tpils me that he has
three brothers and fifteen colisins In
nmn, for if he did he would lose caste.
bis battalion
T u o of his brother*
if he hnppens to lie eating and a white ,
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dUpatdi 1 ih <1 lioen delivered.
My officer told me afterward tliat the
French general t" whom he had band
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ed the dispatch Imd taken the uudulile man s sh a d o w falls across the Sikh a i j stopped
u bullet, hut the other one
njilltalre olT his own breast and pinned food he will starve rather than touch it | drowned right by his side in the
It on that of this young dispatch rider again.
trenches, and he wus unable to aid
The Indians got along very well with ! him.
He was also Inter awarded the Victoria
tile
French
people,
and
some
of
them
cross and given a commission. It la
‘ A lot came in on their hands and
things like this that make one proud to could even talk a little broken French knee«, and many came drugging them
The
suffering
nmong
the
Indians
(lur
belong to such an army.
ing the firat winter was terrible, but selves on their stomach» through the
they bore It all fairly cheerfully and mud. It «a s terrible.”
CHAPTER III.
One of the saddest things 1 have
did their duty well. They are not
ever seen is the lust roll call of a reg
Chrittmm* In the Trench*».
trench fighters, though, and cannot
OON after this 1 received orders play the waiting game. They want to iment which baa been cut to pieces.
to proceed by automobile to Airl get out at the enemy, and tlie officers I saw one regiment go into action for
and wait for instructions. Aire have their work cut out to keep them the first time.
1 watched them go up singing and
was at that time the headquarter» of In the trenches for very long.
shouting
and in high spirits generally.
the Indian contingent, and 1 was nnx
The Germans certainly did not like
lous to see the Indians in action. After tlie Indians a little hit. The Indians’ They were 1,100 strong going into ac
two days’ waiting there 1 got orders to belief regarding no quarter is not es tion, hut two days later they came
out, and there were only twenty-three
go to BoeschepiK? and rei*>rt myself for pecinlly nice to think about, and their
of them to suswer the last roll call.
duty to Lieutenant McNulty.
Boe- natural Instincts are hard to control
It was a heartbreaking sight and im
scheppe was not far away, so 1 started They have a weakness for cutting off
possible to forget.
at once and arrived before dark. 1 cars and heads uad keeping other little
One day I went to some trenches our
found Lieutenant McNulty without any souvenirs. The G?rin:dus know this
division had just taken over. The wa
trouble, and he told me to report to
ter was above our knees, and there was
him again the next morning, as he and naturally it puts the fear of death
also about a foot of soft mud.* In feel
luto
them.
would not want me that day.
ing nround for a firmer foothold my
I found a cafe where there was room | •
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s
foot struck something more solid than
for me, and 1 made myself comfortable
I spent Christmas day of 1011 In the tlie ground around me. 1 started
The place was full of Indian troops, and trem hea Just south of Ypres. Christ
stamping and kicking about, hut 1
I was very much Interested In them, as mas evo wus a beautiful night. and the
couldn’t seem to make It give way. Be
they were the first T hud seen In France. Germans who held tlie trenches oppo
ing curious, one of my comrades and I
That night I went around the village site left us very much ulone tlie entire
dug down with intrenching tools.
to see all there was to lie seen, und un evening. We didn't bother them either.
What we unearthed was the body of a
intentionally I stayed out after 8
There was a beautiful mocn, and dead Frenchman. Heaven only knows
o’clock. I was making my way hack to with everything so quiet and peaceful
how long he had been there, but he
my billet aon g the middle of the road. It was hard to realize that there was
wns as black as a derby hat.
It was us dark ns pitch, and I eoiUdn't u war on. During the evening the Ger
At this time the Dickehuseh-Holle-
*ee a yard In front of me. Suddenly I mans started singing, and I heard
beke road was alive with snipers. In
bumped luto something, and quicker some of the most beautiful music I ,
some way they would get through our
than a flash two hands closed around ever listened to In my life. The song I
Hues and secrete themselves along the
luy throat My mouth Just naturally might start Just opposite us. and It
road, where they could pick off individ
opened wide, and I yelled “ Friend!” would t>e taken up all along the line,
uals without much fear of being seen
the loudest I ever yelled In my life.
und soon It would seem as If all the I noticed that there was one place In
Then a light shone in my face, and I Germans In Belgium were singing.
particular where we always heard a
saw It was a great big Sikh on sentry When they hud finished we would ap
bullet puss too close to be comfortable.
go. As soon ns he saw my uniform it plaud with all our might, and then we
It was a little wooden bridge, and 1
was all right, hut I was shivering for would give them a song In return.
don't think I ever crossed It without
half an hour, and I vowed I'd never go
A regiment In tlie trenches started hearing one whine past me,
prowling nround at night again as long •*My Old Kentucky Home.” The men
Ore day I rode up with a second lieu
us I remained w ithin the Indian lines.
were getting well along with it when tenant o f the Royal Engineers. As we
The Indians are I lie most religious some one In the German trenches join
crossed the bridge a bullet whizzed be
people I ever saw They seem to live ed the singing In just as good Fngllsh
only for their religion, and all their no ns any o f us could speak. It was beau tween us. but when I looked at the offi
cer he did not appear to have noticed
tiful. hut It made me awfully home ft. so I didn't aay anything. About
sick. After they had finished the same three hours later we were coming back
German voice sang "Dancing Around," the same way. <Just before we came to
i r^v. n-
and, believe mo, that fellow could sing tlie bridge he said:
j ragtime, lie was applauded uproari
“ That blasted sniper has potted at
ously, and then we sung some more
me -»nee too often. We’ll leave the
| popular songs for them, anil so It went
road here and sneak down opposite
1 £ V r f sàr*+ y r* ¿TT ’ ,
j until the wee small hours of the morn- that bridge* under cover of the trees
' big.
Let us see If we can find the blighter
During the night a couple of our We'll wait until he pots at somebody
! chaps crawled up almost to the Ger- else, and you keep your ears stretched
, man parapet, and with them they took and try to locate where the report
wm I a phonograph and a record. They comes from."
) wound up the machine, put on the rec-
We tethered our horses to n tree and
I ord and attached a piece of string to crept clpwn to a pol.it Just about op
'the starting lever. Then they crawled poslte the bridge. After n few min
. M
, hack, unwinding the string ns they | utes an empty transport wagon came
came. Tlio next morning they pulled along As this hit the bridge 1 dis
K
1 the string, and it started tlie machine j tinctlj heard the crack of a rifle, but
y I
, ■
> ' playing the song which « a s so popu it came from behind and to the right
lar In Kiiglatul «t that time, ‘‘ When We i
Wind Fp the Watch on the lthlne." of us. We heard the bullet ting over
Von can bet that that phonograph was our heads and saw the driver duels and
put the whip to his horses.
filled full o f lead In short order.
During the few weeks directly after i ________ Continued Next Week,
Christmas I was In the trenches Just
south of Ypres most of the time. When j
on duty in tlie daytime it was not so
| hud, but the nights were awful. The
Th* G urkhas Pr*y to Their K oork r«*. ! Germans had the advantage’ over us 1
! In ilint their trenches were on higher 1
M ost M u rderou s L o o k in g K n .lo
ground, and they drained all the water 1
tlons are governed by It. Their belief down into’ our own. We had only I
in wurfare Is to a-k no quarter and to buckets to bail with, and It was very j
give none. They w ill tight until the Iasi slow work, as well as dangerous J
gasp.
Then, too, the cold weather Increased j
The Gurkhas pray to their k orkree our troubles.
the most murderous looking knife 1
1 notice In my diary, which I kept Dining Room run on Family Sty 1«
ever saw. They never draw that knife from time to time, that 1 entered an !
unless they spill blood, and If you Incident which shows our state. I will ;
Meals 35c.
want to Noe one of the weapons you quote you Just what 1 wrote:
must let them cut your Huger before
“ Dec. 127. 1914. — Was talking with >
you may look at it. Tin - e G u r k h a s are two boys of the Loyal Scots today |
aup|H>sed to lie the ta-st lighters of any They have just come down from the
of tln> Indian troops, and In re munition llollebeke trenches, and they are In ter-
of tills fact tlnur i iy i-> Jit
I hah 1 rildo condition. Their casualties dur-
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