CAPE MAT COUHTY TIMES. BEA IHLE CITY. H. J.

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<0 ANAMmCAN SOLDIER MIO WENT * 0 AMI GUY MY MACHINE GUNNDl.XRYWG IN MiKt * I Om7 nr |

EMPEY HEARS THE STORY OF THE TOMMY WHO HAD A BROAD STREAK OF YELLOW.

by th<> rtaktac of the Lusitania, with the loaa of ADOrtran Bto*. Arthur 0«r Kmpej, nn American llrlng In Jrraey Clt>. cor , t (, Kurland and rollata aa a prirate In the Britlah armr. After a abort ♦-xpwlentw aa a rocrulUnt oOcer In London, he ia sent to training quarter* In France, where he firat bear* the aoond of l>l« pin* and ,kes the acquaintance of “cootie*." After a brief period of training Kmpey'a company la sent Into the front-line trenches, where he takes his flr«t turn on the fire atep while the bullet* whU orerhead. topey learn*, a* comrade fall*, that death lurk* alwaya In the trenches. Chaplain dlutlnculahe* hlm**If by rescuing wounded men under hot e. With pick and shorel Kmpey hna eipcrteoce as a trench digger No Man's Land. Ladling experience oti llatenlng post detail. Hunting work on ohaerratlon po*’ «Uity. Back In rest billet* Kmpey write* and Mage* a successful piny. Once more In the front trenches. Kmpev goer "over the top" In a srceeaaful but coally attack oa the hnnan line*. Koon afterward* Kmpey and hi* comrade* repulse a . i. rtnlned gas attack launched by the German*. HI* next experience as a member of a firing squad which execute* a sentence of death.

CHAPTER XXIV—Continued. —21— ftir Knndmg at “attention" for 1 s«. med a week, though in reality ould not liavc been over five tnin- . ue lieanl n lour whi*pering In our md f<xilstcp» on the atone flagof the courtyanL ur offleer rcapp» , nrerl and la a low. firm voice, ordered: llsmt—Turn!” . 'e turned about. In the gray light town, n few yard* In front of me. I Id make out a brick wall. Against wall waa n dart: form with a white arc pinned on Its broart. Wc were posed to aim at thl* square. To the it of the form I noticed a white spot 1 he wall. Thl* would be my target. Ready! Aim! Fire!" hi- dark form sank Into a huddled p. My bullet aped on l'« way. nnd the whitish spot on the wall; I Id see the splinters fly. Some one • had received the rifle containing blank cartridge, but my wind was ease, there was no blood of nmy oa my bands. Order—Arms! About—Turn! PIU Stand—a ear." stack* were re-formed. ■Quick — March' BUbt — Wheel !" 1 we left the scene of execution be-

d u*.

I was now daylight. After m-rch-nhout five minute*, ue were ill*an! with the following Instructions m the officer In command: •Return, alone, to your re*p-ctivc a panics, and remember, no talking •ut thl* affair, or else II will go hard h the guilty oues." Ve needed no urging »° C 1 »way. I not recognise any of the men on firing squad; even the olUcci was a »nger to me. The victim’* relation* and friend* In ghty will never know that ho wa» leeutn*; they will be under the lma that he died doing hi* bit far Ing and countryla the public casualty lists hi* name rill up;>rnr under the caption “Acdrntally Killed." or "Died." The day after the execution I revived order* to report hack to the In-, and to keep a Mill tongue In my

Kvrcutlon* are a |«art of the day's vork. but the part we hated most of dl. 1 think—certainly the saddest. The Srltlnh war department 1* thought by inny people to ho compo*ed of rigid •gulntinn* all wound around with red Ispe. Rut it has a heart, and one of Ihc evidence* of this l« the considerate way In which an executbv 1* concealed and reported to the roUtlre of the un■rtunatr man. Tliry never know the truth. He I* listed In the bulletin* as among the "acrldentBlIy killed." In the last ten years 1 have several times read stories in roagatlne* of coward* changing, n a charge, to beI used to laugh at It. It aeetnrd <nty ice *tot>-writer*, but I Men aren't made that way. Hut over In Pranet- I learned once that the streak of yellow can turn all white, picked up the story, bit by hit. from 'be Captain of the company, the *entrie* who guarded Ihc |*>or fellow. n» "ell a* fnira my own ohservnlloos. At lirst I did no* realise the whole of hi* *ry. but after a week of Investigation It Mood out aa dear in tuy mind the mountains of tuy native VVe*t in Hie spring sunshine. It impressed me *« iimrh that I wrote It all down In rest billot, on *cra|>* of odd paper. The Incidents nr*-, e* 1 Bay. every bit

upon lilra for support. He had no good poaltlon to lose, and there wo* no sweetheart to tell him with her Up* to go. while her eyes pleaded for him to May. Every time he *av. a recruiting seegrant he'd slink around the corner out of night, with a terrible fear gnawing at hi* heart. When passing the big recruiting posters, and on his w»y to business and hack he imssod many, he would pull down his cap ami look the other way from that awful finger pointing nt him. under the caption. “Your King and Country Need You:” or the baring eye* of Kitchener, which burned Into hi* very soul, causing him to Mindder. Then the Zeppelin raids—during them, he used to crouch In a come, of his boarding-house cellar, whimpering like a whipped puppy and calling upon the Lord to protect him. Even his landlady despised him, although she hod to admit that he war, “good pay." He very seldom read the paper*, but one momentous morning the landlady put the morning paper at hi* place before he came down to breakfast. Taking hi* seat he read the flaring headline. "Conucriplton Bill Passed." and nearly fainted. Excusing himself, he stumbled upstairs to his bedroom, with the horror of It gnawing into his

vitals.

Having saved up a few pounds, he decided not to leave the house, nnd to sluun slckm <. an he Mayed In his room and had th. landlady serve bis meals

there.

Every time there was a knock at the door he trembled all over. Imagining It was a jiollcenuin who had come to take him away to the army. One morning his fears were realised. Sure enough, there stood a policeman with the fatal paper. Taking It In hi* trembling hand he read that be. Albert Lloyd, wo* ordered to report himself to the nearest recruiting station for physical examination. He reported immediately. because he was afraid to disobey. The doctor looked with approval upon Lloyd's six feet of physical perfection. and thought what a . fine guardsman he would moke, but examined his heart twice before he pa»»**1 him at “physically flt;" It was beating

so fast.

From the recruiting depot Lloyd was taken, with many others. In charge of a sergeant, to the training depot at Aldershot. where he was given an outfit of khaki, and drew his other equipment. He made a flue-looking soldier. except f** the slight shrinking In hi* •boulders and the hunted look In hl»

were huddled Into cattl* car*. OA th* I aide of each appeared la white letter*. “Honjme* dO. Chevaux 8." After hour* of bumping over the uneven French roadbed* they arrived at the training baas of Bouen. At this place they were put through a week's rigid training In trench warfare. On th* morning of the eighth day they ponded at ten o'clock, and were inspected and pa**ed by General H—. then were marched to the quortennaater's. to draw their gas helmet* end trench equipment. At four In the afternoon they were again hustled Into cattle car*. This time the Jeumey lasted two day*. They disembarked at the town of Fre* vent and conld hear a distant dull booming. With knee* shaking. Lloyd asked the sergeant what the noise was. and nearly dropped when the sergeant replied fn a somewhat bored tone: “Oh. them's the guns up the line. WeB be up there In a couple o' day* or so. Don't worry, my laddie, you'll aee more of 'em than you want before you get 'ome to Blighty again, that U. If you're lucky enough to get back. Now lend a hand there unloadin' them car*, and quit that everlastin' ihakla*. I believe yer scared.” The last with a contemptuous sneer. They marched ten kilo*, full pack, to a Uttl? dilapidated village, nod the sound of the gun* grew louder. <onatsqtly louder. The village wa* foil of aoldier* who turned out to Inspect the new draft, the men who were shortly to be .their ma'es In the trenches, for they were going “up the line” on the morrow, to “take over" their certain sector of

trenches.

The draft was paraded In front of battalion headquarters nnd the men j were assigned to companies Lloyd was the only man a«*lgned to , D company. Perhaps the offleer In 1 charge of the draft had something to do with It. for he called L'oyd aside

and said:

“Lloyd, you arc going to a n.-w company. No one know* you. Your bed will be as you make It. so for God's : sake, brace up and lie a man. I think you have the stuff in you. my boy. no good-by and the best of luck to you." | The next day the battalion took over their port of the trendies. It happened to be a very quiet day. The artillery behind the line* waa Mill, except for an occasional shell sent over to let the Germans know the gunner* were not

asleep.

Wear Sealskins, Latest Request

POULTRY •TOTS-

New York.—The American government I* Interest'-d In the exploitation of sealskin. That la a sentence pregnant with Mgntn Tince. It tneon* one thing: to Hopveritc on the other furs use the kind which the Pariflc coast produce*, write* a leading fash-

ion correspondent.

It it said that Hie dyes and the preparation of fur for costume usage ore exceptionally good The Mory goes that quite a degree of sharp Irritation hn.i been canted among certain group* of individuals concerning the dyeing knowledge that St. Louis ha* made her own. Whatever the outcome of the

1 the symbols of luxury; hut soon BREEDING POULTRY IN YARDS French women took It up for Its I beauty and again we have soft felt bats : ||or* Difficult Than Keeping Small with blue and row pink, black and

thickly curled oMrich plumes

floating around the crown and drop-

ping down on the shoulder.

One of the new bits of millinery shows a hat that ha* a Joffre blue plume pulled around over the left shoulder like a curl, and one gets a quick, flashing backward gllmpae of those women of royal France who hunted through the forests with a plnme down their back and a falcon In

their band.

New Suits Show Peltry. The American designer*, a* well as those In France, are taking time by the forelock and exhibiting autumn gowns that may be bought at the presmt moment and worn at summer reBoris cool enough to make fur endur-

able.

To the outsider, the very thought of peltry lu our hot. humid climate during Jnly and August. Is depressing; but there are thousands who are not so easily depressed by a clrcumstanre over which they have full control. They want fur: they Uke to wear It. -nd It pleases them to make a piquant contrast between their costume and the

I thermometer.

Therefore, the designers will let

them have their way. They not pnly give them separate pieces of fur. but gowns trimmed with It. capes Ixirdered

with It and blouses heaped with It. Mind yon. they are not stingy obont

fur on these new clothe*. There Is not

tiny fringe of It on a chiffon ruffle.

_j In other flay*, but It Is used la a bold nnd lavish manner, such a* 20Inch bands, medieval sleeve* nnd huge

girdles with bow* nt the hack. It does not take superfine reckoning realize that the American sealskin Is

Designers of clothe* have already started October fashion*, and here It . one of them. It is a suit of green

lo the darkness, la slng.e file, the duvetyn# wlth a bIg collar of aqulrrel. company slpwly wended their way |t |# embroidered In aqulrrel-gray down the communication trench to the chen ,„ e ^ -he v ,id e double-breasted

front line. No one noticed Lloyd s j wl | ltcoat i s 0 f gray silk,

white and drawn face. . t . .w After they hod relieved the company : irritation, the fact remains that the In the trenches. Lloyd, with two of the | fur people say that women have notbo>d company men. waa put on guard In ■ tng to fear from the grade, the quality one of the traverses. Not a shot was | or the coloration of the fur that will

fired from the German line*, and no bear the American label,

one paid nny attention to him Everyone does no' know the extracrouched on the firing step. | ordinary situation which was developOn the firat time In. a new recruit D ed In the for trade before the war not required io stand with hi* hea I , broke. The almpleM piece °fAmeri“overthe top." He only “sits it out.- ! can peltry that on American girl wore

while the older men keep watch. 1 bed probably made a

! r ir.

0rrf 5.nl- 1. n.r ot ih™. 1. Hr *0 | Jo>n>rr „

ond lines. ^ tinent. drop It Into varioos p'aces. well

One of the o.der men on guard, turn- | an j unknowa , .nd sell It to

his mate.

known ond unknown, and

American woman.

Such was the fate of a piece of fur. Today our peltry stays at home. We | can catch a 'coon In Georgia, an opos- j *um in Alabama, trap a mink In New i England, get together all the cats ond rats the nation doe* not need, and turn I •hem out between St Louis. New York. Chicago and San Francisco Into a mot-

'ey array of admirable furs. Will Push Native Sealakins.

Fostering thl* condition Is the Amerlean government Our native sealskin will be pushed to the limit of exploitation aa a fashionable fur. and there I* no reaaou for women to linger

a all 1 t

a the

At the training depot H »•«•** DO, take long to find out a roan * character, and Lloyd wa* prcmptly dubbed -windy.” in the English enny "windy

means cowardly.

The Mnallest recruit In the barrack* looked on him with contempt, and wa* not Mow to show It In many way*. Lloyd waa a good soldlrr. learned quickly, obeyed every order promptly, j never groused at the hardest fatigue*. I He wa* afraid to. He lived In deadly j fear of the offleer* and "noocoma" over

him. They also despi sed him.

One morning about three months * after his enlUimcnt Lloyd* company ' was paraded, and the name* picked out for the next draft to France were rend. When his name was called, he did not step out smartly, two pa'''"' *° •l"’ front, end answer ehe.-rf .ily. "Here. Mr." a. the others did. He Ju*t faint-

ed In the rank* nnd was <■«! rack* amid the sneer* of the re* That night wu* an agony of u

sleep. Just

"There goes Fritz with those d d trench mortar* again. IF* about time our artillery taped' them, ond sent over a few. Well. Ill he d d. where's that blighter of a draft man gone to? There's hi* rifle leaning against the parapet. He muM hare legged It. Juat keep your eye pcW«. Dirk, while I report It to the aerftnt. I wonder If the fool know* he cut. he shot for snch trick* aa leavin' hi*

poot?"

Lloyd had gone. When the treneti mortar* opened up, a maddening ter-

ror seized him and he wanted to run.

to get owsy from that horrible din. " r nb ., KO vernmen; In It* doanywhere to safety. So quietly «>««- > ^ to th e*e skins sold In a Meady

Ing around the traverse, he came to the f>(lllloa

entrance of a communication trenrU. Th(> jvaaon for the enthusiasm on i and ran madly and blindly down IL ; ^ ^ of , h „ majority 0 t women for | running Into traverse*, stumbling into i ^ ^ ^ pI1 , h!e fur. is its effect . muddy hole*, and falling fuU length , ur)on |h(l hnmnn face and ‘igtire. It Is I over trench grid*. | Angularly attractive to find, and boo-. Groping blindly, with hi* " rra * j U falls Into supple fold*; It brlugs oat stretched out In front of him. be at . ^ a compi.Mon. Raccoon, last came otF. of the trench into '«e j 0 p 0) „„j ra skunk and all the otb * longvillage. or what used to he a village, j f 0r s ar c stylish, one admit*, but before the German artillery raz.-l It. ! thry Bre not becoming- Silver foxes Mixed with his fear, he had * pe- arr jrareful enough In their undulamliar sort of cunning, which »hl*- i tlo0 s and the hair* arc soft enough to pc red to him to avoid all sen trie* he- j k(Hfp a WOOU i n > 1 fare gentle and ferncau*- if they *aw him he would be | j n | 0e- h U t when * rtlff-halred fur Is put aer.i hack to that awful destruction In , BJCalMt the chin, the feature* are hardthe front line, and perhnp* In- killed BI though o cold wind had passed

or maimed. The thought made him ; OTef

shudder, the cold sweat coming out la | p^a is augmenting the use of aeal- . -H- — t.1. t.<-~ ! ,*!„ (- k prs are mode with IS and 20-

Inch border* of It: skirt* are made with floating panel* of It lined with

CPraparwd by the I'nlted Plate* Depart-

ment of Agriculture.)

The average ci'y family will, per-

haps, do best by keeping hens for eggs alone, but a considerable degree of success can be attained In breeding poultry In back yards and In many

Instances It may be desirable. By breeding poultry la meant mat-

ing a male and one or more females to reproduce the parent type; hatching the young, and so rearing them that they will attain the full development of good typical specimen* of their race. In a small way this can be done In qnlte a limited space. It U more difficult than keeping a small flock of hens for egg* for the table, or growing a few chickens for the table In the same space, but with regular attention and good care very satisfactory insults are obtained. Good work under adverse conditions often give* better results than poor work under good

conditions.

The smallest breeding pen for work on this scale and with only one ranting should have a male and two females. With two hen*, the pen win provide eggs for hatching at the rate of a sitting every week or ten day*, thus making It possible to set all eggs while the germs are strong. If n small flock Is kept also for eggs for the table, bens from that flock ror.y be used tv hatch nnd brood the chicken*. If the laying hens lay eggs of a different color from those laid by the breeding hen*, all may be kept together. Th- layer* may not produce aa many eggs while fed as breeder*

should be, hut there Is a saving In about the only fnr that can bo u*od In space and work, nnd the net result thl* generous fashion. The Mlff-halred may be as good as If more eggs wera

1—-Its cnnnnt be manipulated Into piece* secured.

of a garment: they must remain n* Rations for breeding Mock differ separate entitles used a* accessories. from laying rations In that much Imitates Medieval Coat of Mall. I smaller proportions of commercial nnlWe are not only going to embellish | mol foods are used, ond special atteo-

our bodies with loft furs as a protest

protection against the lack of coal

and hot water In zero winters, but we , delightedly find that the de*'goers nre giving to the world a new material that looks exactly Uke a coat of mall- | Women will have Jerkins of It with , sealskin sleeves, or they will have long I tunics of It, girdled at the waist with Indian red s'!k and guttering In the There will be short skirts of sealskin sometimes worn under the«e long Jerkins or coats of mall, and there will be evening gown* built of this silver

nnd gold cont of mall doth.

In contrast to these glittering nnd sumptnow fabrics of a day when men ha . to wear armor as a constant protection from the danger thruM of an enemy, nre the new conts of leather. They shimmer and shine In the rain; they protect one from the cold; they will be used as Jerkin*, at short Jacket* over thick, woolen skirts when the

autumn comes.

This fashion has been Molen of It* glory In October by smart women al-

beads o

Poultry Raising Under Such Conditions While Profitable, Require* More Attention Than Where Greater Space Is Available. tloo la given 'o supplying green feed regularly and abundantly. Heavy egg production Is not desired. The object Is to have the birds In perfect phj**cal condition and at the height o* vitality, that they may more surely transmit these qualities to their off-

spring.

The greatest dlfflculty in back-yard

breeding Is rearing the young birds to secure their best development. As growing birds are more susceptible to adverse conditions than mature bird*, and birds In close confinement are leas rugged than those at liberty, the backyard breeder must give the most scrupulous attention to every detail of the care of his young chicken*. Shortcomings which might have no had copsequences with the adult birds, _ ot with young chicken* under more favorable conditions, may have very smocs 111 effect* upon hi* young Mock. However. by looking property after all their went* and taking care not to overcrowd them In any way. floe specimens may be grown In yards where the space allowance Is not more than

! aa to SO square feet per bird.

I to har-

Empey learn* that a Mreak of yellow sometime* can turn all white. He tell* the unusual •tory in the nsst Installment.

1 and

.xjsrriNUKD i

to him. He

and

on tl.frtu"

■red l

ink. I

Best Material for Splint*

Ivanlsed wire netting la claimed • much superior lo wood a« » maI for surgical splint*. R '• ig. light In weight. non-al>«»rbent

easily Merilizod. and. unllki ~ P'.asler. gives free ventllatl*

s-riil that 11 car I e**lly be prr**« sh oe I" lie bound clo*eI) upol

chiffon: medieval culra*se« of heavy I embrolder.il satin that show a glint of silk and metal In the design have long.

; (ijediernl sleeves of American sealskin j r >ndy advancing the ld*-a In sport which flare over the knurkbu. j oantry costume* for bad day*. The sealskin sarque will ome back j p ar i* wore tln-se coats all during o Itb th- ostrich feather. These have j u„. ^.rlnc because of the

always been associated In the mind*

remember the day* of old.

Thl* frock is In medieval effect and

it built of green cloth and black satin, j

MAKING BEST USE OF GRAIN

fox on the skirt, and a collar of ihi* fox at the back of the blouse. All Old Hena and Poorly Developed

Chickens Should Be Culled Out

end Sold for Meat.

[ when the height of Ml** to a fashl. | able w Husn was a summer In Sara l togs, a pair of drop aoUuire earring* wood i ■ abort, uutrimmed sealskin

i The I «nd a h.

r the drofl '

on all side*, ami jH-rti«l*» be klRt j M-lf. On th* at earner. erusMi 1 channel, he would have Jumpe<!

Arriving In France.

be nod the real 1

Daily Thought. in nobler fwllng thi.n thl*. of »*• rail..!! for one higher iban himself. .-11% III the l.reest Of man. It l» to , hour and ot *H ^ m mart Lh*.—Cart*!*.

Tie

the pTil early *t

The *

have led i

with two or

ting ostrich plume*. I earring* will not re- . but the ostrich feather n cont will come out on [•atb of fashion in the

. ,. ... . the t'nllrd Sutra Departstunt rain I meat of Agriculture.)

1 the fact that she wa* la the open If efforts were made to dispose of more than ever before. They are of all hens when their best laying days .. il and light brown, of dark blue and were over a Urge quantity of poultry I,lack, and they are ruiten.il with meat would be placed on the market, leather-covered bottoo*. Usually there 1 All poorly developed chicken* should are pockets and a Umr girdle rut ( be culled out and sold for meat. also, from 0 strip of leather. Thl* I* not | nil* would allow the poultry keeper fastened by a buckle, but In Urn I to make the best rae of hi* groin by medieval manner of one end of the f -edlng It to younger nnd more pn»-

th.mg Mlptied over and over the other. ; ductlve fowls.

I Copyright. W«. by the M.ciur. Newapa-

per Byndloau.)

a that demanded by those who ma.

money In munitions and had to aoend brio.

Soft Pile Fabric*.

Very decorative silk or wool embrold- . ery app'-ars oo cauls of soft pile fg-

Feather Pulling Habit.

Feather polling Is a vlee peculiar to fowl* In confinement nnd Is due almost entirely to enforced idleness, though a lack of animal food in the ration may Intensify the trouble.