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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA
FACE PERILS TO
“An easy job yours,” sakl Fenton to
him on the afternoon of the second
'•ay.
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Carrollton, Ga. Douglasvillc. Ga.
Life of Stretcher Bearers at the
Front Is Not an Easy
One.
PRIVATE FENTON ENVIES THEM
But He Changes His Mind After Trip
to No Man’s Land as Volunteer
in Place of Slain
Bearer.
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By PATRICK MAC GILL.
(Special Correspondent of the Chicago
Daily News.)
London.—The battalion was resting
in a village far behind the trenches
and Fenton, newly out, discovered that
a rest Is a period of sweat and hard
labor. Then, the month being May, the
• -mi slnuie as only the sun of France
can shine, and of course Fenton roast
ed. lie got up in the morning at six
o’clock, brigade time, and formed up
with the other men outside his billet,
These nu n were g'-m rally inclined to
li ke a. gloomy view of things at that
hour, and vowed that brigade time
skipped two hours at night and found
them again when on parade. That was
the beginning of a day which might he
called fairly strenuous, and Fenton,
who was si ill new to things, wondered
wluit it was all for—since it wasn’t
fighting — and whether everybody
worked as hard as he did.
Now, among others who lived in his
billet there were two men, and these
men seemed to labor little. They had
no bayonets to burnish, no rifles to :
clean, no ammunition to carry. When 1
other men went out they stopped in
side, and they were in when Fenton
returned from parade. Once when lie ,
was engaged in a inLraic attack on a
wood he came across these two men
In company with several others and all
were lying In the shade of the trees
smoking cigarettes and listening to an
address which the M. O. was deliver
ing. Fenton had been hard at work
all morning. Ills legs were tired, his
shoulders ached, the sweat poured
down his face in tiny rivulets. He had
no time to lie In the shade. How ho
envied the stretcher bearers I
They Had an Easy Life.
It was Fenton’s first spell In the
firing line and the trench in which he
found himself was a comparatively
quiet one, but In bad repair; so no end
of work had to bo done there. Para
pets had to be built, saps had to be
strengthened, wire entanglements had
to be laid, and so on. In addition to
tasks like these, there were ration
fatigues, water fatigues, and fatigues
for carrying up ammunition and Fen
ton was a good, willing worker, and
while lie labored he watched the two
stretcher bearers and decided that
they hdd a very quiet life. One of them
was a tliicHDuf man of medium height
who seemed to be always laughing and
smoking cigarettes. His name was
Rogers.
“Not so bad,” said Rogers with a
smile. “Next time there’s u vacancy
I'll let you know.”
On the following day the British at
tacked, captured a German trench and
held It. Some men, a few of the most
reckless spirits, went a bit beyond the
trench, but were forced to fall back
gain leaving a number of wounded be
hind them on the ground. It was then
lmt Fenton, ensconced in the trench,
saw tin* stretcher bearers at work. 1
saw them going out into the open field
■if danger, tending the wounded and
carrying them in, not only to the
trench, but hack to the dressing sta
tion at the rear.
The way was one of peril, hut the
men, knowing tlHr duty, never liesl-
:ated. Once, twice, three times, Fen-
on saw Rogers and his mate pass
.-.cross the trench carrying the limp
figures of the wounded on their
-tretchers. And Rogers always bore
m his face a good-natured smile. He
■oeemed to bo enjoying Ills job.
When darkness fell Rogers came in
to the trench, blit his mate was not
with him.
Wanted a Volunteer!
Rogers seemed to ne very weary, on
the way out lie came to a halt several
times and once, even, he sat down.
“I’m a hit tired,” he said. “But I’ll
soon buck up. This man’s the last;
then I’ll have a rest.”
They reached the wounded man and
In the dark it was Impossible to dis
tinguish his features. He was breath
ing heavily and his face looked very
white.
“He’s unconscious,” said Rogers.
“He’s on the stretcher; my mate help
ed me on with him, then he got lilt.”
“Is he dead, your mate?” asked Fen
ton.
Rogers pointed at something dark
which lay on the earth near the
stretcher.
“My mate,” lie said in a low voice.
Then. “You take the head, Fenton,
and I’ll take the legs; they’re lighter,
and* I’m a bit weak.”
The journey was tortuous. The bul
lets whistled round the men’s legs and
once or twice the handles of the
stretcher slipped from Rogers’ hands.
Then both men would halt for a sec
ond, draw breath, and without speak
ing a word continue their journey.
They got into the dressing station
about midnight, and then Fenton dis
covered two things which caused him
his mouth in wonder. The
oper
“I’ve lost him,” he said, “and I want luan on the stretcher was a German,
somebody to take his place, a volun- /pj ley j ini | risked their lives to succor
i:eor. There’s only one more wounded thc enemy> And Rogers was wounded,
man out: in the front now, so I want to , when his mate got killed, lie, liiiuself,
get him in. Who’ll come with me?” i m <] got hit in the shoulder with a
“I’ll go.” said Fenton, and he went. • shrapnel bullet.
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Bears Kill Pigs and Poultry.
Nelson,* B. C.—Black bears arej’nld-
Ing the farming districts In this Vicin
ity. One big bear entered a pigsty,
killed a porker and ate part of the
Carcase. Pigs and poultry havetbeon
missed by many farmer*
—ihen come inio your Kome
piLTH MEANS DISEASE and flies are born In filth, feed on filth
•.today in an outhouse, stableyard or in garbage, may bring distress to
your family later on in the summer. They may bring typhoid fever,
summer complaint, consumption, malaria, or perhaps infantile paralysis.
The fly is almost the exclusive conveyor of diarrhoea and dysentery
among children and babies.
Cats Filth and Destroys the Fly Eggs
This wonderful Lye eats up filth and leaves absolutely nothing for flies
to feed on or breed in. Just Bprinkle it once or twice a week in the
privy or outhouse. It does the work. Encourage your neighbor to
clean his out-house also, because what’s good for yours is good for his.
FED DEVIL LYE is also simply wonderful for making soap, con
ditioning hogs, and for making compost for fertilizer.
RED DEVIL LYE is sold by all grocers. Demand 10c. cans. One dime can
contains more than two nickel cans. Sand Postal For Ffee Booklet.
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