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WEB EMPEY AND HIS COMPANY 60 "OVER THE TOP" IN COSTLY BUT SUCCESSFUL ATTACK. Synopsis. Fired by the sinking of the Lusitania, with tho loss of American lives, Arthur Guy Empey, an American living in Jersey City, goes to England and enlists 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 Empey'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. Back in rest billets Empey writes and stages a successful play. CHAPTER XXI. 17 About Turn. The next evening we were relieved by the th brigade, and once again returned to rest billets. Upon arriving at these billets we were given twenty four hours in which to clean up. I had Just finished getting the mud from my uniform when the orderly sergeant In formed me that my name was In orders to leave, and that I was to report to the orderly room in the morning for or ders, transportation and rations. I nearly had a fit, hustled about packing up, filling my pack with sou Tenirs such as shell heads, dud bombs, nose caps, shrapnel balls, and a Prus sian guardsman's helmet. In fact, be fore I turned in that night, I had every thing ready to report 'at the orderly room at nine the next morning. I was the envy of the whole section, swanking around, telling of the good time I was going to have, the places I would visit, and the real, old English beer I intended to guzzle. Sort of ntfed it Into them, because they all 3o it, and now that It was my turn, I took pains to get my own back. At nine I reported to the captain, re ceiving my travel order and pass. He asked me how much money I wanted to draw. I glibly answered, "Three hundred francs, sir;" he just as glibly handed me one hundred. Beporting at brigade headauarters. with my pack weighing a ton, I waited, with forty others, for the adjutant to Inspect ns. After an hour's wait, he vui i must nave Deen sore because he wasn't going with us. The quartermaster sergeant issued os two days' rations, in a little white canvas ration bag, which we tied to our belts. Then two motor lorries came along and we piled in, laughing, joking, and In the best of spirits. We even loved " - "tic Acciiiiy nappy. Our journey to seven days' bliss in ESghtyJiad commenced. The ride in the lorry lasted about two hours; by this time we were cov ered with fine, white dust from the road, but didn't mind, even if we were nearly choking. At the railroad station at F we reported to an officer, who had a white band around his arm, which read "R. T-.O." (Royal Transportation Officer). To txs this officer was Santa Claus. The sergeant In phar?P shnwoH him " O w v UiUl onr orders; he glanced through them -and said: "Make yourselves comfort able on the platform and don't leave; the train is liable to be along In five minutes or five hours." It came in five hours, a string of eleven match boxes on big, high wheels, drawn by a dinky little engine wtth the "con." These match boxes were cattle cars, on the sides of which was painted the old familiar sign, Homines 40, Chevaux 8." The R. T. O. stuck us all Into one car. We didn't care; it was as good as a Pullman to us. Two days we spent on that train, bnmping, stopping, jerking ahead, and sometimes sliding back. At three sta tions we stopped long enough to make some tea, but were unable to wash, so when we arrived at B -. where we were to embark for Blighty, we were as black as Turcos and, with our un fch&ven faces, we looked like a lot of tramps. Though tired OUt. WO TOpro kappy. . - We had packed up, preparatory to Retraining, when a R; T. O. held up his laad for us to stop where we were and came over. This is what he said : Bays, I'm sorry, but orders have just been received cancelling all leave. If Jtm bad been three hours earlier you ' would have gotten away, just stay In that train, as it is going back. Rations will be Issuedlto you for your return Journey., to your respective stations ISeastly rotten, I know." Then he left" JL deaft silence resulted. Then men .started to curse, threw their rifles on the floor of the car ; others said noth ing. seemed to be stupefied, while some had the tears running down their rhks. Jt was a bitter disappointment to all. MB" WHO WENT " M11MJYIMY MACHINE GUN Ji ER , JERYJNG IN fRANCt J9f70Y ARTHUR CUY EflPFy How we blinded at the engineer of that train; it was all his fault (so we reasoned) ; why hadn't he speeded up a little or been on time, then we would have gotten off before the order ar rived? Now It was no Blighty for us. That return Journey was misery to us ; I just can't describe It. . When we got back to rest billets, we found that our brigade was in the trenches (another agreeable surprise) and that an attack was contemplated. Seventeen of the forty-one will never get another chance to go on leave; they were killed in the attack. Just think if that train had been on time, those seventeen would still be alive. I hate to tell you how I was kidded by the boys when I got back, but it was good and plenty. Our machine gun company took over their part of the line at seven o'clock, the night after I returned from my near leave. At 3:30 the following morning three waves went over and captured the first and second German trenches. The machine gunners went over with the fourth wave to consolidate the cap tured line or "dig In," as Tommy calls It. Crossing No Man's Land without clicking any casualties, we came to the German trench and mounted our guns on the parados of same. I never saw such a mess in my life bunches of twisted barbed wire lying about, shell holes everywhere, trench all bashed in, parapets gone, and dead bodies, why, that ditch was full of them, theirs and ours. It was a regu lar morgue. Some were mangled hor ribly from our shell fire, while others were wholly or partly buried in the mud, the result of shell explosions cav ing in the walls , of the trench. One dead German wris lying on his back, with a rifle sticking straight up In the air, the bayonet of which was burled to the hilt in his chest. Across his feet lay a dead English soldier with a bul let hole In his forehead. Thls Tommy must have been killed just as he ran his bayonet through the German. Rifles and equipment were scattered about, and occasionally a steel helmet could be seen sticking out of the mud. At one point, just in the entrance to a communication trench, was a stretch- r. On this stretcher a German was lying with a white bandage around his knee, near tn him 1v n f tho stretcher-bearers, the red cross on his arm covered with mud and his helmet filled with blood and brains. Close by, sitting up against the wall of the trench, with head resting on his chest, was the other stretcher-bearer. He seemed to be alive, the posture was so natural and easy; but when I got closer I could see a large, jagged hole In his temple. The three must have been killed by the same shell-burst. The dugouts were all smashed in and knocked about, big square-cut timbers splintered into bits, walls caved in and entrances choked. Tommy, after taking a trench, learns to his sorrow that the hardest part of me worn: is to noia It. In our case this proved to be so. The German artillery and machine guns had us taped (ranged) for fair ; it was worth your life to expose your- an instant. iw minute mat tne Germans were tne only sufferers : we - . i were clicking casualties so fast that you needed an adding machine to keep uut mem. Did you ever see one of the steam shovels at work on the Panama canal? veu, u wouia iook nice a hen scratch- uiuug&iue oi a xommy "uiccinff in" wuue unaer nre. iou couldn't see day light through the clouds of dirt from his shovel. After losing three out of six men of our crew we managed to set up our machine gun. One of the legs of the tripod was resting on the chest of a half-burled body. When the gun was firinff. it Mve th ln iZl ' . , . v me oody was breathing. This was caused nV tho ovnnnrliTn ..1 1 x 1 KTZri ' about thr ,t 7r:fc" "ZZZT: toot.. was torT &Tk" m ww roiui. . We knew It was a German by the black leather boot. One of our crew used that foot to hang extra bandoliers of ammunition on. This man always was a handy fellow; made use of little points that the ordinary person would overlook. The Germans made three counter attacks, which we repulsed, but not without heavy loss on pur side. They also suffered severely irom our shell and machine-gun fire. The ground was spotted with their dead and dying. The. next day things were somewhat quieter, but not quiet enough to bury the dead. We lived, ate and slept In that trench with the unburied dead for six days. It was awful to watch their faces be come swollen and discolored. " Towards the last the stench was fierce. What got on my nerves the most was that foot sticking out of the dirt It seemed to me, at night, in the moon light, to be trying to twist around. Several times this impression was so strong that I went to it and grasped it in both hands, to see if I could feel a movement. I told this to the man who had used it for a hatrack just before I lay down for a little nap, as things were quiet, and I needed a rest pretty badly. When I woke up the foot was gone. He had cut it off with our chain saw out of the spare parts' box, and had plastered the stump over with mud. During the next two or three days, before we were relieved, I missed that foot dreadfully; seemed as if I had suddenly lost a chum. I think the worst thing of all was to watch the rats, at night, and some times, in the day, run over and play about among the dead. Near our gun, right across the para pet, could be seen the body of a Ger man lieutenant, the head and arms of which were hanging into our trench. The man who had cut off the foot used to sit and carry on a one-sided conver sation with this officer, used to argue and point out why Germany was in the wrong. During all of this monologue I never heard him say anything out of the way anything that would have hurt the officer's feelings had he been alive. He was square ail right; wouldn't even take advantage of a dead man in an argument To civilians this must seem dread ful, but out here one gets so used to awful sights that it makes no Impres sion. In passing a butcher shop you are not shocked by seeing a dead tur key hanging from a hook. Well, in France, a dead body is looked upon from the same angle. But, nevertheless, when our six days were up, we were tickled to death to be relieved. Our machine gun company lost seventeen killed and thirty-one wound ed in that little local affair of 'straightening the line" while the other companies clicked it worse than we did. After the attack we went into re serve billets for six days, and on the seventh once again we were in rest bil lets, i CHAPTER XXII. Punishments and Machlne-Gun Stunts.! Soon after my arrival in France; in! fact, from my enlistment, I had found! that In the British army discipline Is! very strict. One has to be -very care-! f ul In order to stay on the narrow path 1 of government virtue. j There are about seven million ways ' DreakInS the king's regulations ; to Keep one you nave to break another. The worst punishment is death by a firing squad, or "up against the wall," as Tommy calls it This Is for desertion, cowardice, mu- tIny SlvIn8 Information to the enemy, looting, rape, roDDing the dead, forcing a safeguard, striking a superior, etc. Then comes the punishment of sixty- four days in the front-line trench with out relief. During this time you have to engage in all raids, working parties in No Man's Land, and every hazardous undertaking that comes along. If you live througn th sixty-four days you " mueea lUCKy. Empey and his comrades make the deadly machine guns per form all kinds of tricks to the discomfiture of Fritz. The next installment tells how the Ger man gunners are fooled. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Got Their "Lively Time." A famous lion-tamer tells of a queer Christmas present he once received. It was a consignment from n frionH abroad of three hnn five alligators, "With Jim's best wishes for a livelv time" Th llnn.tnmof .n his wife eot the livelv tim rtoair He savs: "I shall never forget how annoyed I was when, during the night, two of the alllerflrnrs hrnfco nnt nf thai Ka i our nearoom nnrt hpcnn o-minrino. t could not find the matches, and T nrt & my wife remained on ton of tho W canopy till morning. Luckily, my wife never thoueht of th thin tho rled me. I was nfmM th oiii might call on the boa-constrictors to wish them a Merry Christmas, and so watte them nn tnni" Amusement for Children. For the children, before they are old enough to use scissors, tearing paper is an engaging occupation. Tear a piece of old newspaper Into an oblong shape ; it may be any size, about two hv fo 1 -iTISkriAa ...111 .... .T" .W1" sa7 aiding this m me middle it will make n Uttlo Am! n fM In thl1n t i ?P a one d6wMor a chair. Tnm vuo ytcue lurnea .en "" a table. The child ?.lear ' trees, a ball, doll uanies ann mnnv aka t,i v ' VVUb BUAJIIU OH iapea xMFROVED UNIfOSn INTERNATIONAL SlMfSfflOOL v lesson (By REV. r. o. niivv!-". u. u, Teatiher of English Bible in th Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1918. Western Newapapcr Union.) -LESSON FOR JUNE 16 THE SON OF GOD GIVING HIS LIFE 'Us A RANSOM FOR MANY. LESSON TEXT Mark 15:1-47. GOLDEN TEXT Truly this man was the Son of God. Mark 15:39. DEVdTIONAL. READING Isaiah 52:13- 53:12. M I ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR ! TEACHERS Matthew 27:32-61; X,uke 23:26 i 56: John 19:16-42. j PRIMARY SAND JUNIOR TOPIC-Jesui ! fives Ws life for others, i INTERMEDIATE TOPIC The suffering j Savior. I SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Christ j dying Fr our sins. j The 'grand climax of the year's les ! sons thus far is reached In this one. If the significance of the crucifixion Is not apprehended, all the lessons thus far are' meaningless. It Is not a mat ter of tenrnlng lessons taught by a great teacher, or imitating the example of a great- and good man, but of ap prehending the vicarious atonement made by the world's Redeemer. Christ saves, by his ethics, but by his shed blood. His death was purposeful and absolutely voluntary. I. 'Jeshi Arraigned Before Pilate (vv. 1-15). j In the? early morning, after the mock trial hefpre the'high priest, they bound Jesus and delivered him to Pilate. They act freely in this according to the evil; desires of their own hearts. II. Jeaus Crowned wTth Thorns (vv. 10-29). ; Knowing that Jesus had been con demned';, for claiming to be Israel's king, tb;y 1n mockery crown him with a wreatf of thorns, and salute him "King of , the Jews." Not only this, but ihey. snicjite him on the head and spit upon hin and went through a process of mockj-jjV'orship. The crown of thorns typifies i fhe curse which he bore for man's sir). Ul. Jefus Crucified (w. 21-41). 1. Led. way to the place of crucifix ion (vv.Jn-23). At flrsthey compelled him to bear his own iffoss, but when physical weak ness maifp. .this impossible, they com pelled Simon the Cyrenian to bear Jt for him. U It is beautiful to note that the son oj this Cyredlan who bore the cross of Jesus came to believe on him (Romans 16:13). Because of the scourging and cruel indignities heaped upon him; they actually were obliged to bear hljn to Golgotha. His face was marked by the thorns and cruel blows, so that there was "no form or comeli ness". (Isa; 53:2). -All, this he endured for us. He, drank this bitter cup to its very dregs? and refused to drink the "wine inifgled with myrrh," which would have deadened his pain. He went all the. way in his sufferings. 2. Gambling for the clothing of the Lord (vv. i, 25). Having galled him to the cross they gambled f 6 the seamless robe under the very crss where he was dying, and in their heartless cruelty they sat .iown to watch him die (Matt. 27:36). 3. The superscription (v. 26). It was customary to place over the victim on"Uhe Cross the -name and crime of the offender. Though Pilate ;lid this infinockery to vex the Jews, the title was "absolutely true. He was Indeed their King. They had long looked, for him, and now when he came they crucified him. Though he wore a ?rovn of thorns in derision, he will -oine agaiq wearing a crown of glory, and beforehim all shall bow. God hasten the 'day 1 4. Between two thieves (vv. 27, 28). This added to his shame. His identi fication with; two robbers was the ful fillment of '.the Scripture "Numbered 'vith the transgressors." . 5. The dying Savior reviled (w. 29 82). ' - This revjiing was engaged in by he passers-by, the chief priests and :he thieves1 who were crucified with him. In this nameless agony and shltme they 'taunted him by bidding him come-lov,n from the cross, and de risively saying, "He saved others, him self he cannot save." They uncon sciously uttered a great truth. He could not , save himself and others, so he chose todie to save others. Halle lujah, what1 Saviour I 6. Darknesf upon the land (v. 33). This was t noonday. So shocking was this crime that nature threw around the Son of God a shroud to hide him from thYj gaze of a Godless com-, pany. r -: . 7. The Cryffrom the Cross (vv. 34 37). I What awfuj .anguish when God laid the world's sihs upon his beloved Son! When the price was fully paid. Jesus dismissed hlsf spirit. No one took his life; he gave It up. His death was un like that of aSy other. v 8. The rentiveil (v. 38). v i This symbolized the giving up of his life (Heb. 10f20). 9. The centurion's confession (v. 39). 10. The lingering group of women (vv. 40, 41). They who ad lovingly ministered to him In life were waiting to see where they cfuild bury his precious body. i ' IV. Christ's jBurJal (vr. 42-47). . Loving hands now take the precious body ; and lay-li In Joseph's new tomb. This man who i did not consent to the foul treatment;: of the Lord now risks his reputatlon,ahd by his action makes a. bold confession of the Lord. The sinless Son of : God 14 placed In a new touit - Taffeta Coats, and Others y" - No matter what else In the way of wraps Is offered fori midsummer, we are always sure of the taffeta coat. It Is so practical and so pretty that It cannot be banlslied entirely it comes along as Inevitably as the Fourth of July or the bathing suit; Here it Is as Interpreted for this sum mer in taffeta, with bandings of vel vet. It is as graceful and easy as' the popular cape and at least as little trouble to manage. In colors these silk coats are best hi dark shades deep blue, brown and green proving full of style. There is always black, of course, depending upon smartness of the design to rescue It from being commonplace. The lus ter of taffeta makes It a wonderful me dium for colors. Very much less familiar are new summer coats of wool velours and silk Jersey and of silk Jersey' with big sat Lovely Extravagances June weddings make a bright paren thesis In the grave story of war times. Just as many lovely brides grace just as many beautiful bridal processions this June as In Junes gone by and the joy they radiate Is more than ever welcome. No one expects the bride to curtail any of her privileges, on her great day. It comes but once In a life time and she is entitled to make the most of it. The pomp and circumstance of war is not to be compared to it. Society countenances the pretty ex travagances of the wedding pageant and styles play Into the hands of those who plan them. Mallnes and georgette crepe make the mere than ever pic turesque hats for bridesmaids. Some of these have veils of -mallnes extend ed Into scarfs that swathe the throat and partly cover the face. Special thought has been bestowed on the ma tron of honor the most dignified mil linery featuring her, position. In a procession where : there were two flower girls, small soft hats of narrow, val lace, trimmed with little rose buds were allowed them. In this company the matron of honor wore a wide brimmed hat of sand-colored mallnes anoV pale-gold lace,; with a' full short mantle of mallnes to match with collar of gold lace. The bridesmaids rejoiced in wide hats of pihk georgette crepe with big, soft poppies ! made of the same material, set about the crown. ' For brides who decide against the conventional white satin' and long veil, pretty hats of white mallnes and small white flowers have beeniprovided with in collars. In the combinations of silk and wool the body of the coat that portion about the shoulder and sleeve is of the silk, often extended below the waist, forming a long waist effect Collars which are ample are of the velours and cuffs to match them. Those who are . looking for something new might consider the silk Jersey or wool and jersey combinations. Pongee, like taffeta, we have always with us in aristocratic coats. They are among those present this year. Very handsome models are entirely of pongee and others of pongee and black satin, the satin used in collars and cuffs and In wide borders at the bot tom of the garment Very handsome long capes of black satin lined with colored satin have scored a success, and some very dressy capes are in light colors finished with deep silk fringes. of Wedding Pageants long ends of mallnes falling from the back to be wrapped about the neck and shoulders. For these simpler wed dings organdie dresses and organdie hats give the bridesmaids every chance fbr; lovely color and quaint design in their frocks and millinery. Organdie and net, or organdie and lace combined make fascinating wedding gowns. There are many ways of draping the veil. One very good way is to gather the tulle Into a band of silver lace to form a close-fitting cap; another is ar ranged In a larger cap with double frill about the face as shown in the picture, and a third presents the veil falling from a coronet of fine lace, wired to hold It in position. Shades Are Interesting. It Is interesting to note the different effects materials have In the various shades. Brilliant, clear colors are good looking for dull materials. By a dull material Is meant one which does not show up In the high lights. Reds and bright blues look well, for instance, lr v crepe or homespun, and have a total ly different effect when matched ex actly in the same shade of satin or velvet. Quite the reverse is the case with browns or blacks, for satin or velvet Is almost a necessity to keep these colors from looking dull and eomber. t Li,
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