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{BY LIEUTE. SLEATH.1 Robert William, entered his friend's dugout and rudely tumbled him off the narrow clay ledge on which he was sleep- iag. Wake up!" he said shortly.

Henry James rose from the floor, glared sourly at the intruder, and began to take off his tunic and roll up his shirt-sleeves.

Peace! said Robert William imperi- ously. I've come to tell you about your leave." he added hurriedly, as Henry James still came at him..

Henry James paused irresolutely Leave?" he muttered.. Why, I'm not lue for it for nearly six weeks yet."

I know, said his friend, imperturb

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ably. Banle."

Henry Janes put up his fists again and advanced once more to the attack

1 have, honestly. It's a certainty," protested Robert William, nevertheless hacking nervously towards the door. (Henry James had been champion henvy weight at school.) "Think of the syea mores budding in Hyde Park.”

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Henry James unrolled his sleeves and pm on his tune. I'll give you, just five minutes, you blighter he said, And if you cannot justify your waken. ing up a tired here like myself, I'll take off my tanic again.

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Robert Wiliam dramatically Hung down song papers on the table," sending the acetylen Jany toltering weakly against the wall, and the two sat down together to examine them

They were typical specimens of the English public schoolboy office, Trosis featured and clean limbed, with power to lond and command written all over theis. They were the best of friends, and had been so from the very early period when. they had begun their school career. toge ther. They had turned up at the school at the same hour, dowered with a lengthy list of high-sounding christian names, votive symbols to a lengthy list of uncles. and great uncles, They had been sub- jected to the same acute inquisition by horde of laughing comrades-to-be What are your names? they were asked, and the long * sonorous - prefixes had been declaimed by each. With the true icono clastic instinct of the English schoolboy against all forms of swank, the inquisi tors and chosen the two most common of their Litles and solemnly christened their newcomers afresh.

The pair of them stood the trial gamely, but after it Was ever they had turned and

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judges, receiving a mighty drubbing but | winning a whole-hearted and lasting respect. And their friendship dated from the moment that Robert William and Henry James came into the world us such. Robert William smoothed out an aero- plane

photograph of the sector.

***Here are the Germany trenches opposite," he said,Note the unbroken stretch of entanglements. Here is a later photograph. Do you see those two little black lines edged with white leading under the German wire? These are Saps leading out to bombing or listening posts still to be constructed. In this third photograph the posts have come into existence. Your note they have been built to cover the space between them, which is one of the weakest points of Fritz's dring-line."

“That five minutes is nearly through," reminded Henry James grimly.

His friend went on without noticing the interruption. You see this white smear letween the past as though someone had drawn his finger aeruss the wet negative? That is the sign of footprints. It means that the space between is being patrolled. Now do you sue?

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don't. And you have half-a-minut»

This is a quiet hit of the tinued Robert William unconsciously accelerating the rate of his words.

Tho General wants prisoners. He has pro mised ten days leave to anyone bringing in one. There are our prisoners, and

Henry James was trying to rise, buckle on his revolver, and reach for his knob- kerry all at the same time

The two left the ring line and crawled towards the German position. Ten yards from the entanglements they paused, and, searching carefully around them, they Found a shell-hole into which they slid.

According to Robert William's calcuta- tion the track of the German patrol skirted the edge of their hiding place The harsh voices of German soldiers pasa ing down the trench came quite clearly to their ears. They could even detect the slow footsteps of the German N.CO. charged with firing. Vevey

Various portions of his line, from

tell when

light was going to be fired by the pauses in his ponderous stride. But to such sounds they gave seant attention, All their

eir hearing powers were concentrated on the catching the first muddy swish which would tell them of the approach of the German patrol...

At last it came. They saw the forms of two Germans looming foam unhitched his

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darkness. Robert knobkerrs anil prepared to spring- Henry James held him down just in time. A voice hailed the patrol from the Ger- man trench. In the dim light of a dis tant starsholl they saw three men

on the parapet, evidently officer's party asking the patrol information. The Germans walked. by the shell-hole unharmed, while the two British officers crouched down in its depth. Another period of waiting and the approached agein. This time the

trench was silent, with either to warn or protect

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awished up from the German took full count in the mud. Hobert William

s knobkerry disposed of the other equally effectively The Ger mans awoke to the feel of the cold revolver muzzles at their necks. Like wise, then they rose in silence, and led the way to the British line.

Two days later, Robert William and Henry James went down the line by leave train, the scent of Hyde Park's budding sycamores almost in their nostrils.

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