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Price $3.00 per esâ€"Must reside six months in iree years, cultivate 50 acres a house worth $300. i of cultivation is subject â€" to D. CAMERON, Treasurer. AND FARRELL interest Ets of British soldiers filing at double guick time across a pontoon bridge. As if timing our arrival to a second, the firing began anew. The British line paused a moment, and we heard an indistinct command. We could pliainly see the men getting ready for their sprint under fire, with a space of twenty feet between each. Then came the dash. I grew faint as I saw many of them fall into the river below. Once over the bridge, they raced up the hill, and far away on its crest we saw the Germans begin their advance. The English fell filat on their stomâ€" achs and began firing. They worked their guns so quickly that Dr. Souchon said they must be hot in their hands. The Germans came with a rush. 1 sat there petrified. It seemed as if 1 could not endure the sight., when all at ouce the doctor said in a voice he tried to make calm, "What do you make out over there?" pointing to a spot on the horizon. The sun came out brilliantly for a second, and we saw plainly a deâ€" tachment of French cavailry: At the same moment a French aeroplane swept into view, and there was a glitâ€" ter as of tinsel waved in the sun. It was an artillery signal for range, and an instant later we, heard the peculiar bark of the French 75. The Germans had heard it too. They began falling back. the doctor make cal over there horizon. _ for a seco door was open. On the polished floor were scattered a deck of cards, half a dozen empty champagne bottles and even a few filled ones. <â€"A table was overturned; cigars and cigarette ends were! all over the place. A tapestry chair lay upside down with its back broken and hanging by the cloth. A china cabinet had evidently been smashed with a chair. Knives, forks and plates were lying in confusion, with half eaten food scattered everyâ€" where. The doctor said quietly, "I1 think we had better go." The road was empty of troops, so we made up for lost time. Half an bhour later we found the place for which we had been searching. It was a large country bhouse standâ€" ing in a little clump of trees. The door was open. On the polished foor were scattered a deck of cards, half a dozen empty champagne bottles and even a few filled ones. â€"A table was Lbot and destruction had gone hand in hand. What couldn‘t be taken must be destroyed. o 32 I was so tired that I dumbly wonderâ€" ed whether I should succumb, as the men from the front had, to overmasâ€" tering sleep when weâ€"the orderly and Iâ€"came to the last man.,. We were surâ€" prised to find bhe was an Englishman. We bhad started to undress him when he roused up and said: "Where is my captain? They have left himâ€"I know they have left him. They thought he was dead or dying, and they bhave left him out in the cold and the dark. Do not touch me. I am going to find him." And before we could stop him he hbhad juraped up, struggled to his feet and was halfway down the ward. We were after him like a flash and in a moment had overâ€" taken him, but our combined efforts did not serve to stop him, and before we realized what was happening ‘he had dragged us to the outside door. â€"Sudâ€" denly a door opposite opened, and Coloâ€" nel 8. stood silhouetted against the "What is it, my man?‘ Something in his calm, cool manner implied auâ€" thority, and this is the story the solâ€" dier vehemently poured forth: "I am a lieutenant in the â€"â€" Sikh regiment. This morning at 3 o‘clock we were awakened by a night attack. An incessant artillery fire began, and shells came thick on top of one anothâ€" er. First they were quite close to us, then next to us, then upon us, and with that there came that hideous singâ€" ing sound of the bullets. Short red flames burst out. The searchlight threw its terrible pale gleam across the horizon, and the screaming shrapnel fell like bail on the ground around us. Everywhere was the ceaseless erack of the rifle, the bursting of shells and the roar of high explosives. Far away somewhere up the line came the clatter of the machine guns getting into acâ€" tion. My God! Our Indians fought like devils. but we. were .surrounded. nel . light. opyright, 1915, by the Bobbsâ€"Merrili:â€"Ca, selzing a rine to encol lbe‘ard above the din 0 reply, *Surrender, be said this be fell. I catch him, and then | until I found myself must go back there to parapet The las bayonet bhearing catch him, and then 1 knew no more until I found myself here. Now I must go back there to find him. I know just where he is. It cannot be far." I thought, as he was talking, it must hawe been just the moment that French cavalry appeared on the crest of the hill and the Germans fell back, otherâ€" wise he and his beloved captain would be lying on the battlefiecld in the ene my‘s lines or, by rare good luck, in the enemy‘s hospital. The boy was not uadly wounded, and the doctor decided o tet him go out with the brancardiers imd search for his captain. It was a moonlight night, and as this young subaltern, accompanied by the surgeon, went down the graveled walk through the garden I followed them. The last I saw of him was as he swung himself into a waiting motor with sevyâ€" eral of the stretcher bearers and was off tqward the battlefield where they had fought so desperately only a few hours before. L felt widlly excited. Something of that strange thrill, terrible and tragic, that had been ever present within me when I had first begun nursing and that had vanished through the curse or the blessing of getting used to things again seized me. There is some thing within us, and stronger than oUur wills, which adapts us to every change of cireumstance so quickly that we sometimes resent the adaption. I had found that one cannot continue to be surprised or glad or even sorry above a certain level. War is like loud arfl sensational music, the effects of which thrill an audience only about three minutes. I had grown to believe that I had seen so much of the hideous and ghastly that comes into every nurses life at a receiving hospital that my caâ€" pacity for great excitement had been exhausted. But out there alone under the calm bright moon, the air heayy with perfume of garden flowers, someâ€" thing of it all stirred and quickened my heart to its very depths. I forgot that my limbs ached with fatigue, forâ€" got how ardently I had been longing for bed, and stood there wistfully gaz ing down the road, as if ‘expecting some dear one. I do not know how long I stood there, but I suddenly became conscious of a fast approaching motor. In a seeâ€" ond it was at the gate, and I heard & voice that sounded strangely familiar. It was the little lieutenant, supporting in his arms his captain. I remember dimly thinking that war revived one‘s faith again in miracles. "Quick, nurse!" he said to me. "I won‘t believe he is dead, although I can‘t find any pulse." © He was carried into the hospital and immediately into the outer room of the operating theater, where the strong lights were switched on. For a mo ment I was dazzled, half blinded by their brilliancy, and it was only after I had unbuttoned his uniform and bared his breast, that all might be ready for the hypodermic of ether and camphorated oil that Dr. Souchon genâ€" erally gave, that, as I leaned over him, I recognized the white and finely chisâ€" eled face of Captain Frazer, the Engâ€" lishman who had helped me rescue the Austrian officer that night on the Lusiâ€" 1 V The doctor‘s quick and businesslike voice brought me abruptly back to "A serious abdominal wound with internal hemorrhage," he was saying as he made a hasty examination. "This is the kind of case," bhe conâ€" tinued, "about which one might say, thepefsonmusthaveamissionmml- fill, as by all the laws of nature this man ought to have been dead hours In the confusion of the moment we had all forgotten the indomitable courâ€" age of the boyish lieutenant, and it was only when we heard a thud and something fall limply to the floor that we remembered him. He had fainted, An orderly and a doctor picked him up and carried him out, while I reâ€" mained to help Dr. Souchon with the operation. "He is so nearly done for, nurse," the doctor said, "I think we had betâ€" ter try the new anaesthetic, scopolaâ€" mine, if you feel sure of yourself in giving it." "I won‘t fail you, doctor," I answerâ€" ed. Father had used it for nearly a year before his death, and I had ofâ€" ten given it for him. During the next hour, as the doctor performed the intricate operation with the utmest. SENL L warzoes with â€"= o uy waas avie J\fifi])eu o tne et and fought on until the end. last thing I remember@@uring the net charge that followed was ng a German officer call out to captain, ‘Englishmen, surrender!® ng a rifle to encourage his men, I 1 above the din of battle his cool , *Surrender, be, dâ€"â€"" As he this he fell. I reached out to BLE N E A.V SF §+ THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBYT, ONTARIO L d BLBL* | 2 inded. by |z aly after |2 rm and | > mgmbe];:: 'therand'f: hon genâ€" |> ver him, |5 ely chisâ€" |< the FEngâ€" |# escue the |> the Lus+ |< stnesslike |2 back to |= md with | > SEVEN YEARS wor seven years, L SUui from Severe Headaches an I had belching gas from bitter stuff would come mouth after eating, while. bitter stuff would come up into my mouth after eating, while at times‘I had nausea and vomiting, and had chronic Constipation. Iwent to several doctors and wrote to a specialist in Boston but without benefit. Itried many remedies but nothing did me good. Fixaily, & friend advised " Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives". I took this grand fruit medicine and it made me well. I am grateful to "Fruitâ€"aâ€" tives", and to everyone who has miseâ€" rable health withConstipation and Indiâ€" gestion and Bad Stomach, I say take " Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives ", and you will get well". wesdgnt of weariness and with a prayâ€" er on my lips for the patient. When it was all over the doctor turned to his assistant and said: "Sew him up. I will see him in the morning. I do not mind telling you I am pretty much all in, but I think we have made a good job of it, and I wouldn‘t be at all surprised if he pulls through." Then glancing back and speaking to me as he passed through the door he said, "You‘d better look at his plaque and see who that chap is." "He is Captain Frazer," I said. "Captain Frazer! Of what regiâ€" ment?‘ he asked. pric« "I do not know that," I answered, suddenly realizing bow little I did know. â€" "Where shall we put him?‘ said the orderly. "There is no place," I answered. "Well, this man must have perfect aguiet and good care," the assistant surgeon said, "or"â€" and he shrugged his shoulders meaningly. For several weeks two of the nurses had been sharing my room on the third floor. They were on night duty just then, so I hurriedly sought them, exâ€" plained the situation and asked if they thought we could manage some way for a night or two. "Of course," they both said. "We‘d do a great deal to save any man‘s life, but all the more since he is your friend." b0c. a box, 6 A t dealers or se "Oh, well, never mind," one of them interrupted, "don‘t keep the poor man on the operating table any longer, no matter whose friend he is or isn‘t We are not going to bed tonight at all, at all," she laughed, "and tomorrow we will manage somehow â€" but â€" what about you?" "Oh, no," I hastened to explgin, "he â€"heâ€"isn‘t exactly a friend"â€" i uhn t t t t t t nb t t h t /d "Oh, IH find a place," I said. 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ALBERT VARNER Confectioner XLBERT V AI s, L suliered terriDi} laches and Indigestion is from the stomach TORTURE May T 1, 191 LNEK. terribly The place I really found was a litâ€" tle cot in my own roomâ€"that is, Capâ€" tain Frazer‘s roomâ€"for the present. Somehow I could not bear to think of leaving him alone. In case of a hemâ€" orrhage in this condition I knew it would be all over with him. An bour later, when I went back to the room, the sun had come up, and once again that long, monotonous roll of artillery filled the air. From my window, owing to the clearness of the day, I could see the city, with its old square church towers and red roofs. From time to time all this was blotted out in a cloud of smoke and red dust caused by the falling of bricks and tiles. Turning wearily away from the winâ€" dow, I went slowly over to the bed and gazed long and earnestly at the handsome, fine face and the strong, athletic body, gracefully outlined unâ€" der the course linen sheet. There he lay, a splendid specimen of God‘s handâ€" iwork, helpless, finished, perhaps dyâ€" ingâ€"and this was war!l He was so white and still I gently felt for the pulse. It was jerky and intermittent. I decided that the doctor had better see him. I am afraid my touch, alâ€" though I tried to make it light, must have disturbed him, for he opened his eyes and looked at me, it seemed for minutes, with a quizzical, rather worâ€" ried expression. Then slowly from his face and his eyes the drawn, set look of pain disappeared, and he smiled up at me and said with a little of the ring in his voice that I remembered so well, "Why, you are the little girl from the boat!" and then relapsed into that dark borderland that lies between life and death. A distinguished officer, General M., had been wounded. Gossip said it was the work of a spy. However it may have been, this gallant soldier had reâ€" ceived a very painful and serious inâ€" jury, and there was great anxiety among the staff. But all this was as nothing when the word went round that General Joffre himself was comâ€" ing to pay his wounded general a visit, There was much speculation among the nurses as to whether we would be able to catch a glimpse of him. I decided that in all probability there would be very little chance of my having even a peep, although I had been detailed as one of the nurses on the case. Great was my surprise when an orderly came to fetch me, saying that the doctor wanted to speak to me in General M.‘s room and added in a breathless whisper, "General Joffre himself is there." When I went in they were discussing some phase of the case, and the doctor said: "Here is the nurse. She will be able to tell us.‘" The patient insisted on having General Jofifre shown his wound. It was a childish wish, but then fever often plays strange tricks with us. To humor him the doctor beâ€" gan loosening some of the bandages. As he was doing so I had a minute in which to look at the celebrated genâ€" eral." I saw a man of moderate height, broad of shoulders and wide of girth. His gray mustache and overhanging brows gave his face something of sternness, but somehow I felt that his severe calmness was rather a poseâ€"a maskâ€"he had adopted. I remembered that some one had said of him that he was the "master of his fate and the captain of his soul.‘"‘ He looked it. "Ah, general," said the wounded man, looking up at him, "if I had been as strict with myself as you have, as moderate in smoking and drinking and kept those good, early hours that you keep I should be much more likely to pull through quickly." "My dear boy," the general replied, "*you are all right, and it is just a quesâ€" tion of a few weeks‘ care and patience â€"patience," he repeated, with sincere tenderness in his voice, for the woundâ€" ed man had been with him during many campaigns in Africa and Madaâ€" gascar. It was getting late when he left the room and he had many kilometers to go, but he insisted on walking through the hospital saying a word to each of the men there, alluding to them as "mes braves petits soldats." In one of the beds there was a Scotchman. The general spoke to him and said, "You are one of the men that Germans call ‘holâ€" lenweiber‘ " (laddies from hel). Quick as a flash the Scot answered: ‘"‘That‘s a great compliment, sir. It shows that they think we fight like devils," at which the general laughed good humorâ€" edly. ers‘ ward. Some way they came to know that I was from America, which made them eager to chat with meâ€"in fact, so eager that it was only with difficulty I prevented it interfering with my work, «One especiallyâ€"he was, I should think, about thirtyâ€"five years oldâ€"a noncommisioned officer of the landwehr who had risen to a liew tenancy. He did not look at all like a typical German officer, nor were his mental processes that of{this class. Of course his patriotism did not permit him to harbor any doubt of his coun try‘s ultimate success, but neither did he hide his desire for an early peace. For the last few days I had been doâ€" ing extra work in the German prisonâ€" "You know," he said to us as we changed his dressings and gave him his treatment, "Germany does not as pire to reduce France to vassalage," and when the orderly said something about Alsaceâ€"Lorraine he answered that there might be some sort of an exchange arrangedâ€"France take back Alsaceâ€"Lorraire and Germany receive compensation in colonies. "We are so misunderstood," he repeated constantâ€" ly. "Germany did not want war now â€"now or at any timeâ€"but realized when she saw France‘s three years‘ military service in full swing and when Russia had built her endless system of strategic railroads, with the help of French money, that Germany would be between the upper and nether mill gtones." * been running high, and he was conâ€" stantly delirious. Now and then he would utter words and disconnected sentences that made no sense at all, but often he talked for hours, relating experience after experience, sometimes with a clearness and sanity that were uncanny. When I entered the room he was in the midst of such a dissertaâ€" tion. "We all have our pet aversion in action, old man, haven‘t we?‘ he said. "Now, there is Cecil Loring, who hateg the thing that makes the least noise. You know we all used to laugh at him as he bobbed every bullet! And, then, there was Shaneâ€"Listerâ€"he was devilâ€" ishly shaken by high explosives. Just the other day Barry said to me: ‘Ian,, my boy, you remember that day when we were talking to the observation officer standing on a haystack and the moment after we left it a shell struck it? That was a close call. Things like that go to my head!" And then in acâ€" tion when the bullets are singing and all hell seems let loose he insists that he feels drunkâ€"as drunk as if he had been at it all night. It may be a form of funk, he says, but it‘s truth. Why, I am laughing all the time at absoluteâ€" ly nothing, clean lifted out of myself, exhilarated. I feel as if I were treadâ€" ing on air, but‘"â€"and here Captain Frazer dropped his voice in a most conâ€" fidential manner and looked up at me with burning eyesâ€""as for me, I do not mind telling you when it is all over I have that sickening dropping sensaâ€" tionâ€"you know, as if you were made of lead and were sinking down. And then is when I like my tea. Who‘s makins tea? Give me a cupâ€"no, E Sitting up suddenly he called out: "Put out that brazier, you fool; the smoke will give the range. Use a can= dle." Then he laughed, that peculiar, disagreeable laugh of the delirious, a# he said, "By jove, that is an ingenious idea!"" and he began talking about vas» eline and jam jars. His speech became unintelligible, and it was not until long@ after that I came to know how the men use vaseline tins and empty Jan® jars filled with lumps of ham fat and a rifle rag as an improvised stove om® which to make their tea. _ mean musful." When he became unusually excited I had to sit there by the hour, day or night, and hold his hand. The warmtlh of mine or something of the electricity} that passes from one being to another seemed to calm him until finally he would drift off to sleep. Today I sat beside him and, speaking in a low voice, tried to quiet him. He drifted off to sleep, but only for a few minâ€" utes; then he began talking about his own regimentâ€"the Ludhiana Sikhs, with one of the finest records, both for bravery and loyalty, of any of the digâ€" tinguished regiments of the Indian army. This was a dangerous subject for him, as he was extremely prou® of his men and inyarigBly began to fight over s0Ome of the fierce battles im which they had been engaged. Takâ€" ing his temperature and finding it very: high, I decided to give him an extr& alcohol sponge. An hour later, as the chill purple folds of night shut down, he fell asleep. This had been going on for some weeks now. He had grown weaker, of course, every day and less able to withstand the ravages of fever. When the doctor came to see how he was he shook his head gravely and said: *"Unless we can keep that fever down for the next twentyâ€"four hours our man is done for." § All day I had given him alcohot sponges as often as I dared, and we had kept the saline solution going evâ€" ery hour, but I was becoming frightâ€" ened, and when Dr. Souchon came in the evening I asked him to leave me some nitroglycerin. He Had Grown Weaker Every Day and Less Able to Withstand the Fever. "And won‘t you come as often as possible tonight, doctor?" I pleaded, for I realized this was the crisis and that we had only a fighting chance to win. *"I will come as often as I can," he answered, "but wounded are arriving constantly. I hear an ambulance now," and be turned to go. Stopping WDENESDAY, JULY 5, 1916 Captain Frazer‘s Delirium. T the first moment possible I bhurried upstairs to see how Captain Frazer was getting on. For days his temperature had CHAPTER VI. «99