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BOSTON SUNDAY POST, APRIL 7, 1918 39 BOSTON BALL TELLS OF HER TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS Beatrice Roberts, Now Actress, Gives Graphic Description of Pitfalls That Await Aspirants for Crown of Mary Pickford ss Y', A' You have to be versatile to get along in the movies, says A hit of action in character by Beatrice Roberts, who was Miss Roberts. the pert sort of newsie she man- adjudged the most beautiful girl in Greater Boston at ages to appear is of her ability in this line. the 1916 movie ball. "You can't go to New York and the evening gown, 1 still Dy making me angry, for just bit my ump right into the says Miss remember it. That gown left me just lip, not too hard, for beauty is an Roberts.

"You don get in that nearer the bottom of my pocket- asset jou know, and got myself into And to judge from her own stor.v of! ''nt it was a beauty. I what the way really is. she's right; i Her First Appointment it isn a I'ase jumping It is nioi'e i wji.s lirighi and eaiiy, mv rector told tTie to eotne the next like the ground gaining methods of a powii inigged to me as though it 'iihetenl evening gown. "That jol) lust a whole lot of its at- Miss Beatrice Roberts. Boston girl, who tells of the trials of breaking into the movies.

while in you and you may get a part, same tiling want. like a lot of dogs fighting for a bone. The, dog who i can trample down the most other dogs my beautiful gown as best I could unaided. ni.ade good, as an extra. The di- But parts are few and liard to gel.

Life in a Studio "The daily grind starts at about in tile morning. You roll out of crah. only moie so. Cimrra Nod vou to look just as the director says. Roberts po.se.

Beatrice tracfioa right I-'or a $.7 llie fust lesson you learn is that i almost. 1 have hurried. No- mg one day I liad spent 7 for a extra work is all that you can liope for body else of the lot luaried at all on to wear and in orocr to earn another for ever and ever so long, and not too that particui.nr morning several tit least 17 more I for the very next day. tJelting info much of that. Kxtra work means a hours waiting in a stuffy room.

1 was movies began to look more dmicult. for a day only. Sometimes fold to a move on' and get dressed! got the gown, and flie 5 in luck 'he scene lias to be. taken and made-up. t'tid that was all in that studio for the oxer and then you make two days "That dressing It was my first over again, lu I weary trudging from studio to that The trials of a Boston girl breaking into the movies.

the nub of this story. And it may be said, at the beginning, is not gold work out of one. The pay ranges from real experience in the magic land of atVidioywaiting for hours Al.r/i to .7 a da.v and it doesn't cover tim movies. I tliought evervhodv would wliiin. every iob meant they look very prosperous, real gilded offspring of hami 1 succeeded.

I soon found out warclrolie alreadv bought. And Come back in morning with an Uiat unbappily such was far from the I kept on." evening gown! Tluit was fine advice ciise. Ixver.c one, of score or so life isn't a hit like magazine to a girl hunting for work in New of in that extra dres.sing room Roberts says, it 1 prosperity lolling in ihe lap of idleness, these movie stars and costume bank in actresses as we see them in the magazines, but take it from Beatrice Roberts of Winthrop, who two years ago won the get.s tlie bone, and usually it much of a hone at that. "When the movie business is dull there are other sideline johs tliat. vou can your hard bed in a dingy theatrical lodg- get if you have the looks and the style ing house and malie yourself look as i to hold them.

A'ou can pose for fashion prosperous as possible, and start in on i A ou get an occasional chance 'c do model work for various artists, tho rounds. rom studio to studio, some of them are, real jobs. maPi -ire tlial's Um only way. Maybe tliere won't mere pretences." be nny job for you tiiat da.v. Maybe it I''aslilnn work isn't so bad.

according is raining or snowing, if matter. Miss Rolierts. It pavs jr; an appoint- ment, and you don have to provide If you want to get work tiiere is only clothes. And for vviiat is called spe- the one way. waiting in line until a ciai posing you get as high as S.A a job.

director selcci." vou. wi'at special posing consists of i.s best ihe glory, you average illustrated bv a passing glance at the about 1,5 a vvek as an extra and you advertising sections of the leading have to I'e lucky to do tliat well. in magazines. onlcr to live decently and provide Rut once the rnovie germ get." vou vou that directors to think ean'i quit. Miss Roberts Vun- grow all bave to bave iin dreds and hundreds of girls whom she in New A'ork who had not the It i'-n't all pood looks, this movie acting.

Here Miss Roberts with a hit of camouflage in character. income of at Ica.sl a week. Of canrse, it can lie done on less, but it doesn't liolp V'our appearances ami slightest chance of success. Hut they stav- on. getting what joli.s they distinction of being the most beautiful girl at the annual York where everv cent has double duty wa.s^ read.r to Movie BaS contest in the Boston Arena, it is no rosy pathway.

1 to do. However, it was a cltance at, moment I came in it i.s apoparancos you arc selling all the gradually drifting awa.v.' one by one! They all helped some director will see something worth meet all kinds of people. Kverv one of tiieni i.s fighting for the disappearing frtxn view by various by- hs. "if you are really in luck," added Miss Rolierts, get a job doing atmos- nlicre work in a stock company. That means a week, at least.

And you nia.v win a part if you have ability aivd manage to makr the director realize it. "to ttin' into tiu- movies ca.sy?" Roberts shook her head. "It isn't It's hai'fl vvoi'K. It takes a. long, long time an-; pleniv of money and vvardrolie, it takes and perseverance.

And ma.v lie oil won't gel any nearer than heuig an exira. i know, for I've learned inv lesson, and now I'm going to the teal niov ieland, time I ni going with a contract." Whitney the Raider I blazes yer hack soon?" not i tvn Vvliat we have np our sleeve, one of my dugout to snatch a few winks of our ofllcer.s was saying. "In fact, sleep. It wa.s itnpo.sslhle to sleep. The Trails a German in No The Dramatic Drive, Thrilling End and His Exciting Experience at Vimy Ridge a licarlrcnding.

bm. flraniiUic -tliat plunge into' "Hit's not 'enryl" mimicked the C.rcat bv Whitncv's vm'ung pal. I I 1 1 II Canadas wot 'as lost their bally "bcatilc oniv a voiith. lie not aitainen inajontv. "Riyme hif 'ere hisnt a pair iiof lost He boastful, a I w'ill lie, but be was sheep hull the way frum Canada," the Tx MiM 1 1 sentry informed someone who harl cnmr I nvate Whitney tlie thrilling episonc one of the on tho dent- of todav's iiT'talnicnt liis remarkable of stories of I hin.

uanada. Tnmmy went .1 .1 Inn. papa and mama 'as just hern adxeiuurc in and out oi the trenches over llicrc. awsking hif yer been found. '1 he man begins with an absorbing talc of how he and come bin and 'ave a bobby tike have given one look and iet it go at "'''eattlc were lov-t itt 1 aiirl tbcv tnilofl fbo i ome that.

now the si i tcc of the great eauic were 10 AO Aian as iraiie 1 inc tootprints that mouth of yours, vou," was threatened, 10,000 of US Ot a patrol at nigllt in the snow And he by a vtvid ordered the captain, who had come mi uatrhed that oncruning flier as we had recital of the part tliat he and battalion plaved in the takincr of into the trench, and we were never one before I 1 I- spared more of the sarcasm. Fritz had spo Itnv Kldge that Ulltorgcttable teat of of the We reported ourselves to the captain was no (iouhf. in so suiiremely confident that If is im- t.es.yible to take the tl.ige that no auch tiling as its capture has penetrated his fh'ck head. the scope and strength and surprise, of the attack He never finished liis little discourse. A dot in the sky had been ob.served.

Jt was a flier, ttrdinarilv we would very ground trembled. "Well, what do you think? my fat old luil "I lack shouted at me a.s he lanie in. iiad fallen on my no.se. but did not com- oT pity for a Hun unt.l that moment pletu the act. for a l.um of Fritzics The Fritz that aroused tho novel ren- were out of a dugout a little sr.tion within me was dead-chained to to my left.

the machine gun. I'Mrthcr on to my left I saw flashes on and into the hottest op- cf some ritle My bunch, how- "rm thinking that be pushing up I ever, liad no tiglit left in them. Ttieir the d.ai.Hies liefore this little scrap is liaiids literally flew up and with af- ovcr." 1 replied. linn in Ihe conviction i ft'ikhted voices they shouted "Kame- thaf. was due for the (Ireat Adven-I rad." feeling that grips every sol- i 1 motioned them to go hack to our dier now and then before action.

"Me, too!" said "lipck." "I've liad it before, but never llkp this." old called the turn on himself that morning. liarlved wire wrapped BV PRIVATh-: P. WHiTXPA' of Pioxfon, (. ANADIAX BATTALION. "Sea.tie I went over thi.s night familiar nbierls In now-storm.

The kid moved quuker ''Whert thanI and he plunged Lioldly out into No Land I sight of him for a moment. Rut, he was waiting ai the opening in the barbed wire and we crawled through together We had been detailed for patrol duty and warr.ed to keep a hatp lookout. Our orders were to cover as inueii ground as we could and under no cor- eumstuntes permit a tlertnan raiding partv to get h.v u.s without giving the alarm It wa. an ideal night for a surprise eitack. The falling not only oh- e''jred on, but furri; bed a.

carpet for feet Fritz sent up i. I ght.s, hii' they if any light on Vo The k.d and walked bo'F with little fear of being exposed ibern. vep been SO diffieult to be alert, so quieting was the effe' mow. The gha tly of the ground wa covererj, the of rnaclilne gun" and eerned tjiireal. 1 alorig hel, in a ve liable trance Then I hun.ped into the and came to Fofitfi ie gelling Honi a ng pc tion are we, said voicing niy tlioughts me.

kid. I arri thinkirig that we are lost," was otily reply that couhi make. "Well, we he very far from our owri line, he commented front addeii "Yes, it would noi. and we larted off I wa now In the lead. Ifitlierto 1 had felt the cold, i)Ut anxiety of our predica ment, and the acceleration of our jiace cau.sed a warm glow to start within me.

The snowstorm wa" dwindling away. I uji and coulil make out a. star in the hi-avens Underfoot the going was Worse. And with each ilep the disquleflng sensation of beirig h)Sf Increasifl. jim nros.sed rny vi non a little to and he told us that we were more than a half-mile 'OUt of our ttie trenches of the Irish fluards, He telephoned our own rompanv One of the tJuards recruited from us down as far as our own trerirhe.s.

We reported with chattering teeth and after the regular morning turned in for a snooze, warrncft by an tinus- u.ally pootl breakfast, that had been thoughtfully arranged for ns. i That day passed withotit incident that is. without any extraordinary ac- 1 catne, nearer and nearer. Then far dowti the line our anti-aircraft guns began stiittiiig. A stream of sunliglit hrolve through clouds.

It fell directly upon tlie flying machine. from the exploding shells of our guns enveloped him, one shell got him. I did not nee If strike, nut I did see one to of bin machine rriiinple. Over I over the plane foppleil, 1 could see the did npotted us. Of hat thore riie nature of the huge gathering must iiuzzled liiin, since our own airciaft had up to That time most efliclenfly any flevman planes from ing over tho line for he was obviously determined to solve th Later I beani that he inunt have cro.ssed un-i hn ak we were ordered to stand-lo and der the, cover tif a clotnl tianiv.

itself around him a few hours later and 1 witnessed in the Stadium at I'anihridgc I ii (iettinK An Air Spj vve could see our own planes heading for the solitary Hoche. On he It would be funny if we walked into our part or that of Uritz. Rut whole battullon wa.s buzzing with conjecture. Homething liig was in the making, and our guesses were inatiy and wild. We got the first iiilvliiig at supper that night, when the chaiis who brought I the mess in told of the preparations for a grand attack going on the rear of the line.

out a pocket edition of this whole country back there," explained tho corporal. "Our lines and f'Vltz'rt have been plotted nut by the engineers exactly a.s they Ktand today even got the shell holes marked fire break out on the uninjured wing. A few seconds later it rashed onto tlie groiiml. If was Ihe flr.st time th.at I had ever seen an anti-airerafl gun get an enemy pia and I had probahl.v wltne.s.sed moro than a hundred wt- fr. I'll Is out 1 igh here ere at a iialf liie fliieifiiill of 'I be patrol looked and friO footpi til oir ine I a'id 'I y.Ilia 'I and ftackcil, lut eo nh toge'iier liiey that was difb''ult to dnscern how many liic part'.

Vbont F' vard' tbe trail a bi.g hell hole and ran parallel t' 'I hev re go.ng t'l w.i!k ngtii into the Vo listantrig safrl 1 I ought flia' far in, but fefrairied -'niUh lili I-le trail fnllowed It straight nut aoly iar'ls aron.d another hole ami agai-' Iiuf 'fhreo forii)' hmrneil wiitioui warn rig, arK) m-rve rnped, but 11 le or I i.ould aet we tiiem as a frorr the battalion ije We showed Hiem the trail relieved UK irrrnetllalely the Job t'gcking it, It Wii on grounds ami not Wiiercupon fie" and I started to retrace our st'-p ffinnnt which way It wa fiu-n that atar if I ong cl Ion Mill I pici V- J- n. I I 1,1 dawn on me that we tinning to it I fidrlcd ami we kejit on. tine tlie poiu ami the barbed w.ie attached to if was sunirlenf. They I Fritz at ir. the sticky snow foolishly at one another.

at least we know where we I whispered to the boy. I limi oui what he said in nt that inornent a. in almo: 111 a line with us. We flaltencil out It wa a protest of the of fore we could reach him the rest. over the ilehl at its end had thought that the preliminarv Bor all I could see were frightened hombardmeiif reaehed it height an I Britzier.

Tliere wa." no need of sending hour or two later. Imt before "''th them as guard. They the very bottom of I lade.s Aotild bave been handled by a parly of seemed to drop out. before dav-i'Btle boys, desperately anxious the.v to get nml under. Where moKl of them lame from was puzzling.

Tlie.v simply swarmed uit from tiovvhi'fe like rabbits out of their Imles. on! was flio word, and vvitli the second line cleaned we st.arted ahead for the third line, Halfwa.v over Fritz o.ame out to meet us in a counter aflatk. I droppcil into a shell hole and hegati blazing awa.v'. it was far fiom a really efficient counter attack, but at that Fritz out- numltorcd us i-'or a vvhihv it was battle Hul wlum be ttnally canio in on us and vve got our bayonets working sniooihl.v ou bis anatomy be wilted aud broke. We surged forward Fritz made little if auy tfori to liohi his fliird line and we jumped iti.

t)iir objeidive for the da.v was gained, relaxed. Tlieti 1 that the position thus far. Fritz m.ade us pay dearly for every wc gained. Now 1 could not keep tr.aidv of what was hafipemng. Fritz drove m- back.

We slid into shell lioles full of green, cold water. We cravvlofl out again. His mai'hine guns kept up a nasiy fire. It was hard to get at them. They ppat at us from shell holes, from concrete shelters.

(due by one we wouhl put them out of aotioii. Slovviv hut F'ritz gave the svvanned wav. tear and they lied. I went down to l.elp my pals on the left, but they up the.r Frifzies I.miking back toward llr.st line. I tliouglii of the last football game that jifc cros.se»l my vi a little to, 0 wittiest the Mgl.i I gave a sigh of relief and.

'game, as far a.s 1 could learn, is tempts to push F'ritz off of Vimy officer coneluded his talk. We AVe were too thrilled by Ihe prospect louiigcfi alsiul tlie miniature battlefield to give expression to Ihe cheer that 1 calling each attention to ordln.trlly would have been aroused I Fritz line long familiar to us "And, best of all, if going to be next inoining we had more in- an job," the we re- ennttnued, Then we loafed 1 heii came Ihe chert until evening and that night marched "It's the toughest joVi that theu the whi.slles blew. I went over with the first wave. 1 Alongside of ttie was a bomber nanied gone in for the fir.st I time Ihe night before, amj that morn-, ing, wliile 1 stowing awa.v m.v i emergency ratintip. extra lionib.s aud 1 shells he struck up a conv er.sation.

Ilolillug up his hag of bomits, he asked. seriously: "If I get hit witli this bunch of babies will they go mv luiv," I ld liitn. "A'ou witri't care wliethe.r tlie.y do or not, if you get hit. 1 1 heard the whizz of a sludi as I got down off tlie parapet. I cst i net i vel.v I leaped a wav, and as 1 did on the parapet, got ttie falling snow F'or tlie fraction of a second 1 lliouglit I j.i of hla slgtiificani qu.tstion, Imi tlie husi- f.i,ivere.l with cdd.

but not for long. m'Hs at liand was loo prcs.siug to Le attack" was wastcfl on memories, anti I was off. pas.se down tbe line. Fritz came on' 1 Ahead of me was objective, that steadiness. could not 1 not see because of Ihe acctiratelv how mauv there low-hanging smoke Rut I knew ery 1 counter attack.

Things were I little nook ami crook it as I knew swiftlv. the lines In the palm my band Overliead I saw one of our airmen fiv- I went on at an easy pace with just rtropping bombs on the A wounded machine gunner rolled over, took a shot at me and missed. I shot him. The ground ran downhill, i started forward on trot late did I see the muzzle of a machine gun not more than a dozen feet ton of steel seemed to tear through my right arm just above the elbow. Kverything went black for a few seconds, When my head cleared 1 found myself in a big shell hole.

The shock hail thrown mo there. Uuriously enough, I did not worry about the vvoutKlcd arm, even though thought at the moment it would have to he amputated, hadl.v it been by Hie machine gun With more or lo.ss clumsitiess I tuanagefi to ctit my sleeve and adimd a tirst- aiil dressing witb luy left hand. I tried dome Ri '1 i)-s I'iice. vva a xi.sli situation 1 cursed my on 1 spot. ff)f the want somcHTiiit: I I started to crawl I'ri! 1 liad a flfvzen vards I gave anotlier look at F'ritz.

Flverv I had to hear the of fij.s rifle flie fting of a iniilet. 'I'licii I hiokp out into rifie was no longer pointed my dii'ceiion. The truth dawned a Hash of lightning l-'orget I ing the snipers, I went on of '-liell-hole still laughing. Kvi- dentlv 'he snijicrs wore busy for I was not bothered hv tliem. Stid I my way in the reetion of tlie Red station.

the mo.st surprise the da.v live mimites later. Ili.it I never will he aide to forget, it was pii'faoed by wild shootin.c from a. small in the ground ahead of me, not quite large enough h(- called a shell hole. 1 made a detour of the firlnc aiisoliiloly unable to reason out its cause. Stilt it continued.

As closed in on the flank of the tircr 1 sa'w that he a Ittawing ne.arer I vv.is startled to recognize "Seattle let up on It. is out of rsTige." I veiled at Ivtn. He turned his head the Hutis. FlI them The murderers. I' them.

I'll sliovv 'em to away my harness, hut 111 vain. and over again he had soaked through m.v a ii.v»)ne ha.s as iti ibis Ihe porul resunierl. self-coiiHcious of Hm rnanuer iri whh'h we hung bis a blgger Job Iban the French liad whcn they sfopped F'rUz at Hw Mame idght inri 'dl'rec'ted off rlghl llrlng I tiNire golng out shortly to battallon of Toinmle.H carne. In to re lleve and we, weni hiiek by tho familiar "durk were ianijed at the of the that broughl ub up tlm moHt fheafre tliat the worM has ever seeri, We weie tu tnkn Vliiiy Hldge before un wa a uiliiiature nptdel of the all lln- surroiind Ing grotiiul There was tn he In the playirig of the luoet huniitle role Lac.h man wa to the greale' part of days in famlllarlzlng Idm self wlth the leriaiii hack of Frltz at Ttie moment were ofT lights riiade ohJectB In No M.m' more pialli, but atlll we to oue location Filtza llKiils were IncreaHlng In fie- we were welter wflt- a tbe lili Lili VaI Ion. A mit'dii-.

poo( pair fighlers we I al I lie uti.i iiiv water hottie a K'aidlv iiiiplv ruin a o.i» tbe bottie kept ii.s t.ií Wlth gltiger We both tbat in dani- wiUmiit any defl- ktifiw l'-flge lociiilon we weie pi lly i i A werit up we i oui two chapn in a. llHtenlitg tioHt 1 away. I tuuched f.ii Iba and a finger 011 hlH mouth. Then we 011 ullenfly thern nnd IhroUKh Hn- hii wlre We ilghf up lo the psrupst heing A "Tin 1 1 cp (I er Hn- patxpet and a volco ha 1 into jdaces on Ihe line the unconcealed pleasure of hr 111 lievi-d This wa.s file night of 7 tli. hefoie midnight vve were jumped out of the dtigouts and the to where a lioavy action was No one knew whether we were on the or what there.

Our oriiers wem to hilte a.s fast as we could, and In the we llkul of into Ihe com- the of the pend" and across hill and to ilcHtiiiatloii. We Hlumhhiig ahuig for fully two inlles and wondering what If all alioul and where we were going I In- suifiiorFi when the head the coluiiiM Then an ahniil face, and we started hack Hie oad we h.a»! Just ma fixing firmly In his mlrnl his "hneH." so F.arly morning saw us hack in Ihe apeak. tremdies inuie Hie wi.ser as to wdiy we We were to g.i over In wave.s, been out again FIrat, the nfleinen and boitibers, Hien, HeemlriKly a hundm'l thouf respee.tlvely, the aupports, the thunder bolt.s aounded bark up and the erilrenehora. I am sure of of iia that night, and we knew that the nt the four plan, but 1 bave met many a Canadian vetaran of Vlniy who by all that he holy that went over In three. Coma and non-ronia pointed out the nt Ihe terialn and tnado plsln h.ty»»nd the a oiiiii wtiiil iMiin hii'l to do VA Hie hllnktiij Is 111 Hn- nn to attack waa on Nothing like It III liilctiHlly had ever been heard I will luit atleiripl to Hint terrible, contlnuoua roar of arflU lery lire, the Ntniple roaaon (hat It Is my ability.

I'fT'til lo of I hell waa Hun- tnldiilglil I wciil into an oecasuuial glancc to tight or left was not a single Hirill 1 in Hull of Land for Hie spectacle of that of shelinre haltering down all opposition was not idle by any means, but his shell.s eoming througli were ua effecHve us pop.guns in coinpansoii. The barrugc was ab.solutely As we of Ihe front wave reached first line II lifted as as liffH a Mlreani of w.afer into the air with a 1 went over what was left parapet. HIm treiu'h was an unrecognizable I1H-SH and hatterod aiifl no aemlihi nee its original makeup was left I eros.sed and went on without effort Mack of the Ireni'li Ihe wii'ked TlnniMands of lia.I aiifl re Ihe grnuiid. With dltficulty I Kept up with Ihe ule. Several limes I had to ainl 1111 sltell holes Rul 111 a suiprlalngly shot I lime we aeeond line, Agatii that barrage fire lifted It tlhl not seem human meet no oppoHitlon.

Rut opposlihm was inipossl- hle under that concent ration of artillery fire. The line tip better Hum Hie first. It had been haltered was falling a bags In I'lonl Ihe tr'Mich I llfli'd iiiy hniiil to vvip'- oil a fiaUe that vanciiig mass. The F'lyiiig ftil work at imy Rulge. got cluiiice to cross bavoiH'lM with us, liis third line was construcl.si that it furiiislied us ui bully plai'c in vvhicli to make a stand.

Wc liim up. Hie mass Througli the snow I looked down on file Douai jilaius, ami couhl just make out the villages l''arhus, Vimy and Vlm.v below us ou the eastern of the i idgc, 'I'he olehr.ited tind Hill 14 unlakcn They fell on the dav. Meanwhile vve our lines and that the Irish to the right of ns had Htrnugh with a wild. daHi far ahead of our haHalioii. the wtiue our artiller.v liad not ita (Icvaslaling downiioiii.

l-'rltz's wric now liecomiiiK steadier, and iilgiif came on vve were to Rut it was not to sleep With Ihe I'omtng niorniiig vve hatl an excellent breakfast. CominunUatlon otir rear and aiul during the night grub and ani- iiiunlHon hiought up. Fritz dug himself In and the job was to juiNh him off tho ridge alto- li'cr. It was still snowing when (he In- roar of oiir artillery an Ihe advance F'lflv out II I- an oini'iiii had rh a Ha'llng I could not roach it. Then began to plan a gotavvav- to the field station, tho fiag of which I had noted Ih.af nmniing.

had been hit about 1 o'clock ill the afternoon as ne.ir as 1 can ro- tnemher. Hut someone had come up from my rear directly in front of the and plat'ed machine guns that were now blazing awa.v at F'ritz a result my po.siilon waa soon to he unteiialile. F'-)r F'rifz loses no time in atfadviiig our machine guns. Ho lost time on this oeeasjon I erawled awav into a smaller liole vvliere the chances of gelling a hit wore less, homh.s and shells meneed bursting arotitul tlie machine guns. new liole deep hut narrow I lav there thinking Tiiep it dawned on me Hiat had carried along my perfeellv good, but useless gun and i as wondered at the sub consi'lousness of mv action, a young lad of Ihe gtiards vvi'i't by.

He was hit badly, proltahly in the spine. I judged from walk. I hailed him he 11 vv.is for going on, hul I pointed out Hte ('anger and urged hint to wait until our hatl carried and out of range. He came into Hie hole. We cut off each oHiet liaruess We and fairly coinfortal'Ie, Iinpaf him, hrvvvever, and wlHi i oiih on, slai't for Rliglit.V.’’ he Again my judg I'leiit I followi'd We had liardly w.ilUed Al vards awav from the hole when spotted tts And for the next AKi vaidn vve tan the gauntlet fire.

The yoting.sler vvoakeiied ut 111 reach of safety he wu' hit hv' a bullet aud went vvest. 1 closer, knoehng down beside liim. I him. "It's uit'. you pal.

Not .1 sign of recognition from alHe. He raved on. Shot after shot tired. I placed a hand hi-s. It was burning hot Now 1 could hi.s fiujhed cl and glassy I'vcs.

'I'he was delirious. It was pitiful 1 could not aid lum. His hlood-sfalnerl clotlies and condition showed otily toe plainl.v Hial he hufl been hurt mortalb He resenli'd my touch. Then he funi hh (t vaguolv around for ammunition. I fool, awa.v gun and handed him niir.e, 'I'lic feci of inv gun to gL'e him fresh trength.

laved again and hcfvvei'n his at tlm llun fired tile rifie, 'I'lieu Hte firing simpl.v I lieki'd, tried to struggle hl.s fee tell the rest of Hie The hoy went out vvitli a whisper of defiance at the eneniv. I covered him be.st could aid wont oil toward tlie Red flag flapping in the diisU the oneoming night. wonnded men Joined me I'rilr was tmltinc over a bom with In' as our little part.v, passed sleep A shell lilt Hie eni lianknn'iil. Tliaf- all I lemeniber. Aftcvvvard 1 war t- t'uil Iliey from Ri'd t'rosM, when Hiey giit vve were ali in Hie earth Inp hurt as a re.siiil itf course.

I went ilirongli the usual pro. ediire before getting hack lo Rllghlv 'i'hat I was to be up and doing to d.tv is due to Hie miraculous skill of the medicos and Hie vvoiiderful care of the 1 daslied (or the safety of a liole Rinl JUHt got into It when I suffered' I leached Halifax In sliocU. Directly acroHS Hie hole to be blown out of tny in was a F'ritz, sitting down with his 1 the imspltal by the big explosion back propped up against tbe siile of Rut my and no' hole Retvveen Ids legs In 1 kIclHng Ihe of luck to rifie and his iivrhi tiainl -ci it; t.f H'l' 'Mb 1 Rsli ilioti i liiggei. 1 f.iiu ied I could .1 our r- iln'ie loiU.