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THE MELLETTE COUNTY PIONEER.

two snipers to each company and bo* him In the trenches, because our out- cause they took more chances with fits were nowhere near each other, but their lives than the ordinary privates whenever we were In billets at the MDDftQfMK MOTHERS they were allowed more privileges. same time, we were together as much When it was at all possible our snipers as possible. were allowed dry quarters, the best of Brown was a funny card and I never TO BE food, HI UN, and they did not have to follow saw anyone else much like him. A Should Read Mrs. Span's the usual routine, but came and went big, tall, red-headed, dopey-looking feh MtH MOll3 as they pleased. low, never saying much and slow In Letter Published by playground in the foreign district- slothing la front-linq a lot about how fast I could run, so ostrich on this great os- the trenches—- !lfe and death to him. When daylight saw Brown take his station with I offered her assistance, and in order to not even to remove socks, k I had my turn as the runner, which them trich farm—every ostrich every- unless for catches a man in a shell hole or at a ••Silence!” is com- where.” gain a better knowledge of the com- Inspection. Nor would they you suited me all right. But every time about the first let listening post out in No Man’s Land mand a gun gets going “Yes, go munity gave out printed slips to the as much as your shirt, I got to a listening post and started crew when It Is on,” said Mrs. Ostrich. unbutton unless he does not dare to crawl back to his forgot is children on which they were to write Inspection to think about what I do into action, but I all about It “This very interesting.” there was an of identifica- trench before nightfall, and then is would if their names, ages and places of birth, the Fritz should come and and shouted out and asked Brown how “We are all queer,” continued Mr. tion disks. We wore a disk at the time that emergency ration comes over wondered and the same of their fathers and his how good a he got to be a gunner. But he only Ostrich, “because w*e are feathered wrist and another around the neck. handy. a runner he was, I took mothers. She told all the youngsters In Also, the stores failed to long said, grinned and looked dopey, as usual. like birds and yet we cannot fly. We Too know the gag about the disks, of said, breath and "Feet, do your explicitly that they must bring pa- reach us sometimes, as 1 have duty." Then I came to and expected to get • run instead, and we’re good runners. the eourse: If your arm Is blown off they And I was strong on duty. pers back with them in the and we had tp use the emergency call down from the officer, but he only But it’s queer to be dressed like afternoon. can tell who you are by the neck disk; After I had done my stunt in the a When returned rations. grinned and so did the crew. II bird and act like an animal.” the children one M your head 4s blown off, they do not front-line and reserve trenches I went little fellow stood forlornly at the Sometimes we received raw meat seems they had It all framed to spring “It Is queer,” said Mrs. Ostrich, •are who you are. back with my company to billets, but gate. To all invitations to enter he and fried it in our dngoutt v We built on me, and they expected I would be “but I don't mind such queerness.” V' In the reserve trenches you 'can had only been there for a day or two shook his head stubbornly. One of the surprised. “Not in the least,” said make yourself more comfortable, but