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CHAPTER XXVI Continued ; Right now I cnn see the butt of that pin trembling. The Seottle mode a complete turn In the nlr. hit the ground, rolling over twice, ench time clawing at the enrth. nnil then re nmlneil still, about four feet from me. In a sort of sitting position. I called to him. "Are you hurt badly. Jock?" hut no answer. He was dend. A dark red smudge was coming through his tunic right under the heart. The blood ran down his bare knees, making n horrible sight. On his right side ho carried his water bottle. I was crazy for a drink and tried to reach this, but for the life of me could not negotiate that four feet. Then I became unconscious. When I woke up I was In an advanced first-nld post. I asked the doctor If we had taken the trench. "We took the trench and the wood beyond, all right," he said, "and you fellows did yout bit; but, my lad, that was thirty six hours ngo. You were lying In No Man's Land In that bally hole Tor a day and n half. It's a wonder you are alive." He also told me that out of the twenty that were In the raiding party, seven teen were killed. The officer died of wounds In- crawling back to our trench and I was severely wounded, but one fellow returned without n scratch, with out any prisoners. No doubt this chap was the one who had sneezed and im properly cut the barbed wire. In the officlnl communique our treuch raid was described as follows : "All quiet on tlie western front, ex cepting in the neighborhood of Goni .niecourt wood, where one of our raid ing parties penetrated into the German lines." It is needless to say that we had no use for ogr nersundcrs or come-a.longs, as we brought back no prisoners, and until I die Old Pepper's words, "Per sonally I don't believe that that part of the German trench Is occupied," will always come to me when I hear some fellow trying to get away with a fishy statement I will Judge It accordingly. CHAPTER XXVII. Blighty. From this first-aid post, after inocu lating me with antitetanus serum to prevent lockjaw, I was put Into an am bulance and sent to a temporary hos pital behind the lines. To reach this hospital we had to go along a road about live miles In length. This road was under shell Are, for now and then a flare would light up the sky a tre mendous explosion and then the road seemed to tremble. We did not mind, though no doubt some of us wished that a shell would hit us und end our misery. Personally, I was not particu lar. It was nothing but bump, Jolt, rat tle, and bang. K Several times the driver would turn around and give us a "Cheero, mates, we'll soon be there" fine fellows, those ambulance drivers, a lot of them go West, too. We gradually drew out of the Ore zone and pulled up In front of an Im mense dugout. Stretcher-bearers car ried me down a number of steps and placed me on a white table In a brightly lighted room. A sergeant of the Royal Army Med ical corps removed my bandages and cut off my tunic. Then the doctor, with his sleeves rolled up, took charge. He winked at me and I winked back, and then he asked, "How do you feel, smashed up a bit?" I answered: "I'm all right, but I'd give a quid for a drink of Bass." He nodded to the sergeant, who dis appeared, and I'll be darned If ho didn't return with a glass of ale. I could only open my mouth about a quarter of an Inch, but I got away with every drop of thut ale. It tasted Just like Mighty, and thnt Is heaven to Tommy. The doctor said something to an or derly, the only word I could catch was "chloroform," then they put some kind of an arrangement over my noso and mouth and It was um for dreumland. When I opened my eyes I was lying on : stretcher, In a low wooden building. Everywhere I looked I suw rows of Tommies on stretchers, somo dead to the world, und the rest with fits In their mouths. The innln topic of their conversation wus Wlghty. Nearly ull had u grin on tlteir faciis, except those who didn't hnvii I'UOiish tnro Ml 1 fc'rtn with, I md hi it .ANAMEfiKMSOLKTR who went; MIIilKiWmPtY MACHINE GUNflDERYIfiG fN FRANCE" ,UlS7 OY arm: grinned with my right eye, the other was bandaged. Stretcher-bearers came in and be gan to carry the Tommies outside. You could hear the chug of the engines in the waiting ambulances. I was put Into an ambulance with three others and away wo wont for an clghtecu-mllo ride. I was on n bottom stretcher. Tho lad right across from me was smashed up something horrible. Right above mo was a man from the Koynl Irish ritles, while across from him was a Scotchman. We had gone about three miles when I heard the death-rattle In tho throat of the man opposite, lie had gone to rest across the Great Divide. I think at the time I envied htm. The man of the Koynl Irish rifles had had his left foot blown off. tho Jolting of the ambulance over tho rough road hud loosened up the band ages on his foot, and had started it bleeding again. This blood ran down the side of the stretcher and started dripping. I was lying on my back, too wenk to move, and the dripping of this blood got me In my unbnnduged right eye. 1 closed my eye and pretty soon could not open the lid; the blood had congealed and closed It, as If It were glued down. An English girl dressed In khnkl wns driving the nmbulunce, whllo besldtf her on the sent wns a corporal of the R. A. M. C. They kept up a running conversation about' llllghty which al most wrecked my nerves; pretty soon from the stretcher above me, tho Irishman became aware of the fact that the bandage from his foot had be come loose; it must have pained him horribly, because he yelled In a loud voice : "If you don't stop this bloody death wagon and fix this d bandage on my foot, I will get out and walk." The girl on the seat turned around nnd In a sympathetic voice asked, "Poor fellow, are you very badly wounded ?" The Irishman, at this question, let out n howl of Indignation and an swered, "Am I very bndly wounded, what bloody check; no, I'm not wound ed, I've only been kicked by n cannry bird." The ambulance Immediately stopped, and tho corporal came to the rear nnd fixed him up, und also washed out my right eye. I was too weak to thank him, but It was a great relief. Then I must have become unconscious, be cause when I regained ray senses, tho ambulance was at a standstill, nnd my stretcher was being removed from It. It was night, lanterns were Hushing here nnd there, and I could see stretcher-bearers hurrying to and fro. Then I wus curried Into a hospital train. The Inside of this train looked like heaven to me, Just pure white, nnd we met our first Red Cross nurses; we thought they were angels. And they were. Nice little soft bunks and clean, white sheets. A Red Cross nurse sat beside me during the whole ride which lasted three hours. She was holding my wrist; I thought I had made a hit, and tried to tell her how I got wounded, but she would put her finger to her lips and say, "Yes, I know, but you mustn't talk now, try to go to sleep, It'll do you good, doctor's orders." Later on I learned that she wus taking my pulse every few minutes, as I wns very wenk from the loss of blood and they ex pected me to snuff It, but I didn't. From the train we went Into ambu lances for a short ride to the hospital ship Panama. Another palace and more angelfc. I don't remember tho trip actoss the channel. I opened my eyes; I wus being car ried on a stretcher through lanes of people, some cheering,' some waving flags, and others crying. The Hugs were Union Jacks, I was In Southampton ISllghty nt Inst. My stretcher wus strewn with flowers, cigarettes, und chocolntes. Tears started to run down my cheek from my good eye. I like u booby wns crying. Can you bent It? Then Into another hospital train, i flvo-hour ride to I'ulgnton, another iiiu bulunce ride, and I hen I wus cnrrlei. Into Munsey ward of the American Women's War hospital mid put Into n real bed, This real bed watt loo much for my unstrung imrvim nnd I fainted. When I niiiH' In. ii pri'liy Itud Cro nurse wns beading over inc. bathing my forehead with cold water, then she left and the ward orderly placed a ncreon around my bod, and guvo mo n much-needed bath and clean pajamas. Then the screen was removed mid n bowl of steaming coup wus given mo. It lusted delicious. $ Heforo finishing my soup tho nurso came baok to usk mo my notiut and number. Shu put this Information down In a little book ami thou asked: "Where do you coma from?" I an swered : "From tho big town behind tho Slatuo of Liberty;" upon hearing this she started Jumping up und down, clapping her hands, and calling out to three nurses across tho ward: "Come hero, girls at last wo havo got a real llvo Yankee with us." They catno over and besieged mo with questions, until tho doctor ar rived. Upon learning that I wns an American ho almost crushed tuy hand In his grip of welcome. They also wero Americans, and wero glad to boo mo. t Tho doctor very tenderly removed my bandages and told mo, after view ing my wounds, that ho would havo to take mo to tho operating theater Im mediately. Personally I dhln't enro what was done with me. In a fow minutes, four orderlies who looked llko undertakers dressed In white, brought n stretcher to my bed and placing me on It carried mo out of tho ward, across a courtyard to tho operating room or "pictures," ns Tom my calls It. I don't remember having tho nnes thestlc applied. When I came to I wns ngnln lying In a bed In Mumoy ward. One of the nurses had dn ped a largo Amerlcnn flog over the head of tho bed, and clasped In my hand was n smaller flag, and It umdo me feel good all over to again see the "Stars and Stripes." At thnt time 1 wondered when the boys In tho trenches would see tho emblem of tho "land of the free and tho homo of tho bravo" besldo them, doing Its bit In this great war of civi lization. My wounds were very painful, and several times nt night 1 would dream thnt myriads of khakl-clothed figures would pass my bed nnd each would stop, bend over me, nnd whisper, "Tho best of luck, mute." Soaked with perspiration I would nwnko with a cry. and tho night nurso would come over and hold my hand. This awakening got to bo n habit with mo until thnt pnrtlcular nurso was transferred to another wnrd. In three weeks' time, owing to tho careful treatment recetved, I was nblo to sit up nnd get' my benrings. Our ward contained soventy-flvo patients, 00 per cent of which wero surgical cases. At the head of each bed hung a tcmperaturo chart and diagnosis sheet. Across this sheet would bo written "G. S. W." or "3. W" tho for mer meaning gun shot wound nnd tho Inttcr shell wound. Tho "S. W." pre dominated, especially among tho Koynl Field artillery and Koyul engineers. About forty different regiments wero represented, and many arguments en sued os to the respective fighting abil ity of each regiment. Tho rlvnlry wus wonderful. A Jock arguing with nn Idshmnn, then a strong Cockney ac cent would butt In In favor of a Lou- STORY OF A FAMOUS STATUE Bronze Piece, Work of Leopardl, Cause of Quarrel Resulting In lb) Being Badly Disfigured. ,. Another statue that has been con veyed by sea and landed safely In Rome Is the great equestrian one of tho famous General Colleonl. which stood on Its lofty pedestal In the Cam po of SS. Giovanni e Paolo. Kuskln says of It : "I do not believe there Is a moro glorious work of sculpture ex isting In the world' This stntuo Is. of course, of bronze, nnd wns mod eled by the Florentlno sculptor nnd painter Andrea Verrocchlo In 1181, as sisted by his moro famous pupil. Leon ardo da Vinci, Kev. Alexander Rob ertson writes In tho Christian Herald. After Verrocchlo's death, It was cost In bronze by Leopardl. There Is n story told to tho effect thut when Leopardl had finished his work, ho quarreled with the republic over It. As ho could not como to n settlement, ho knocked off tho horse'H bend and escaped to Florence. The republic ordered him to return, but ho refused, saying: "I lmve knocked off tho horse's heud, It Is true, but I ran put It nn again; but If I como to Venice and you tnko off my head, .oil could not put It on nguln." Tho (public fnrgnvo him, assured him of ds life und rownrd, and ho returned ml finished his work. Concentrate! The weakest living creature, by con--titrating on a slnglo object, can nc mipllsh something; wliereus tho irongost, by dispersing his attention vor rniiiiy things, may full to ucvom- High Notes. Now York's most vnliinblo plnco of iiiiiusmnwit Is tho Metropolitan opera lioiiso (initially ruted iih worth III,- H7n,'MM), don regiment, neforo long n Welsh man, followed by n member of n York shire regiment, nnd, perhaps, it Cnuu dliiu Intrude themselves and Ihe argu ment waxes Imid and furlnur I'l'i patients In the boils start howli.. for them to settle (lielr dispute outside and iho ward Is In an' uprnnr. The hend sister comes along and with a wnvo of the hand completely routs tho doughty warriors and ngnln silence reigns supreme, Wednesday and Sunday of each week wero visiting days and wero looked forward to by tho men, because thej meant parcels containing fruit, sweets or fags. When a patient hod ii regular visitor, lib was goMernlly kept well supplied with theso delicacies, Great Jealousy Is shown among tho men as to their visitors nnd many word wars ensue after tho visitors leave. When a man Is sent to n convales cent homo, ho generally turns over his steady visitor to tho man In the 1iext bed. Most visitors havo autograph alliums and boro Tommy to death by asking him to wrlto tho particulars of his wounding In same. Several' Tommies try to duck this unpleasant Job by tell ing tho visitors that they cannot write, but this never phases tho owner of tho album ; ho or she. generally she, offers to wrlto It for thorn nnd Tommy Is stung Into tolling his experiences. Tho questions asked Tommy by visi tors would mako a clover Joko book to a military mnn. Somo kindly looking old lady will stop at your bed and In a sympathetic volco 'address you: "You poor boy, wounded 'iy thoo terrible Germans. You must he. suffering frightful pain. A bullet, did you say? Well, tell me, I have always wanted to know, did It hurt worse going In or criming out?" (TO J1K CONTINUUD.) VELOCITY OF BIG SHELLS Geometer Uses Problem of How Long Time Is Required for Stone to Fall to Center of Earth, Studying tho velocity of shells nnd bullets fired In tho war led Maurice Sauger, n French geometer, to turn to tho old question of the time It would tnko a stono to fall to tho center of the earth. His conclusion was thnt It would tako about 20 minutes 31 sec onds. Gnssonddl. who gnvo tho subject much thought In tho last century, mnilo the tlmo 20 minutes even. Mersonno on tho other hnnri contended that six hours would be required. Sauger says that as tho stono ap proached the center of tho earth It would bo drawn downward by the core of tho earth nnd upward by the shell which It hnri olreody penetrated. Tho rnto at which tho density of tho earth vnrles or Increases us wo penetrate to greater depths Is unknown. Sanger's formuln Is based upon considerations of tho moment of Inertia of the earth, as calculated from the precession of tho equinoxes, which agree, with ob servations on tho density of tho earth conducted In mine shafts. If n shaft were driven right tliroiiich tho earth tin; stone would appear at tho Antipodes after .'IS minutes !!0 seconds and then return to Its starting point, nt which It would make Its reappear nnco at tho cud of 1 hour 17 tnlnups. The Feminine Ending. There Is quite u cnmpiilgn nfont ngnlnst tho use of the feminine termi nation "ess" In words which oro purely Kngllsh, and It Is to be hoped that It will succeed In putting an end to such a concoction as "conductress," which Is endeavoring to creep In, In splto of the very cold shoulder given of late to "authoress" and "poetess." It Is ugly for ono thing, mid for another, It Is luid English. "Ess" fihould bo lidded only to a word which Is a direct Importation from tho French language. For In stance, thero Is no objection to "ab bess" or "duchess;" those words are correct, and hnvo long been sanctioned. It might ho said that sanction for "poetess" Is to bo found In such a mus ter of Kngllsh ns Dryden, for ho speaks of Mrs. Anno Kllllgrow ns a poetess. The best rejily to this Is thut, for onee. Dryden was wrong, both In Ids esti mate of the lady's literary powers, und In the form of the word which he used to express thut estlmnte. Christian Sctenco Monitor. Instinct Stronger Than Reacon. That oven In man Instinct Is some times stronger than reason Is Illus trated: by the following Incllents Thero had been shluped on n M'smIs slppl river steamboat a box with it ghss cover, containing a very nctlvo ruMlt snake. Whenever nnyono npproueli-d tho box tho serpent would strike the cover. Tho owner of the reptllo chal lenged anyone to hold his finger on tho gluss und let the ni tiler strike ut It. Thero was, no danger, nnd It seemed an easy thing to do. First ono and then another tried It, but when tho sniiko gnvo -Its vicious spring tho linger wns liivarlulily drawn hack with a Jerk. Instinct was stronger than reason and will coiiihlned. Sweden Is iiiiiiiiifiii'tiirliig n wood pulp iniiterliil used ns n stibsllltilu for utisorhitnt collwi. , F DniKRiHt Says Ladles arc Using Recipe of Siiko Ten and Sulphur. Hair thut loses Its color nnd lustro,' or whou It fndua, turns gray, dull nnd lifeless, In civusod by iv laok or auipiiur In tho hair. Our grandmother umdo up a mlxturu of Sngu Tun and Hiilphur to keep hor lookH dark and bountiful, and thousands of woman and tnon who valuo that ovon color, that boautlful dark shntlo of hair which In no at tractive, uho only this old-tlma roclpo. Nowadays wo got this famous mix ture Improved by tho addition of other Ingredients by nuking at any drug storo for n botllo of "Wyoth'a Sngo and Sulphur Compound," which dark ens thu hnlr so naturally, no ovonly, that nobody can possibly toll It has been applied. You Just dampen a spongu or soft briisli with It and draw this through your hair, taking una sumll Htrnnri nt a tlmo. lly morning tho gray hair disappear: hut what delights tho Indies with Wyoth's Hugo and Sulphur Compound la that, besides bountifully darkening tho hnlr aftor a fow applications, It also brings hack tho gloss and lustro and gives It an appearance of abundnuco. Wyoth's Sago and Sulphur Com pound Is a delightful toilet roqulslto to Impart color and a youthful npponr nnco to tho hair. It In not Intondod for tho cure, mitigation or prevention of disease. Adv. ' . INVKBT 1100 In Alaska Bynrtlcatn II. for cold locations nnd lenur: imrfuctty snfa nnil lil ir profits nurot. WleatlltiK, Lyon lllrtg., Bcnttlo. Sootho Daby Rashes That Itch and burn with hot baths of Cutlcurn Soap followed by gentlo anointings of Cutlcurn Ointment. Nothing better. For free snmplos ad dress, "Cutlcurn, Dept. X. Hoston." Sold by druggists nnd by mall. Soap 28, Ointment S3 nnd W). Adv. SUFFERING CATS! GIVE THIS MAN THE GOLD MEDAL No humbug! Any corn, whothor bard, soft or botwoon tho toes, will loosen right up and lift out without a pnrtlclo of pain or soreness. This drug In called froozono and la a compound of othor discovered by a Cincinnati man. Ask at any drug storo for a small bottlo of froozono, which will coat but a trtflo, but In sufficient to rid ono'a foot of ovory corn or callous. Put a fow drops directly upon any tondor, aching corn or callous. In stantly tho aoroness disappears and shortly tho corn or callous will looson and can bo lifted off with tho fingers., This drug froozono doesn't eat out tho corns or callouaos but shrivels thorn without ovon Irritating tho sur rounding skin. Just think! No pain at all; no soro noss qr 'smarting whon applying it or afterwards. ' If your druggist don't havo froozono havo him ordor It for you. Adr. Trust Provldonce. Do worl' Is llko n railroad onglno, an' sotnatlmoB Jumps do track; but Provldouco ain't gwlno tor lot It stay In do ditch too long, ' HOW MRS. BOYD AVOIDED AN OPERATION Canton, Ohio, -"I suffered from n female troublo which caused mo much nutrcring, and two doctors decided that I would havo to go Ui rough nn operation before i could got well. "Mymothor, who had boea helped by LydlaE.Pinkhanfl Vogotablo Com pound, advised mo to try it beforo sub mitting to nn opera tion. It relieved tno from ray troubles bo I can do my house work without any difficulty. I advlso any woman who Is aflllcted with female troubles to givo Lydia E. I'inkham's Vogutablo Com pound n trinl and it will do as much for them." Mrs. Maihb Boyd, 1421 Cth St, N. E., Canton, Ohio. .Sometimes thero are serious condi tions whero a hospital operation is tho only altornatlvo, but on the other hand so many women havo been cured by this fnmous root nnd herb remedy, Lydia E. l'inkham'B Vegotobla Compound, of tor doctors havo said that an operation wan necessary every woman who wnntn to avoid nn operation should givo It u fair trial beforo submitting to uuch n trying ordeal. If complications exist, write to Lydia E. I'lnkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,, for advice, Thu rosdlt of many yours experience is ut'your Hurvicu. DLKS HAVE GRAY HAIR NW