tled away as fast as he could scuttle. Irving's f

erous sort of trap. It is the game of the "apex" to retreat and induce a lone enemy scout to follow him if possible. A short distance on toward the boche trenches, perhaps twenty or thirty feet apart, the distance depending upon the darkness of the night, are two more Heinies,

e moved away twenty or thirty feet from the scene of his v

ther component parts of the man-trap had heard the crack of Private Ellis's club on the head of the "apex" of the "pyra

was Irving's next thought. "No doubt they'll carry that fel

e rapidly, if possible, than "the turtle" had

here?" he aske

Lieut. Tourtelle replied in, I

his right hand. "There are several boches 200 yards in that

a hail of steel-jacketed messages. Cries and groans from several quarters of the arc swept by the guns indicated the effectiveness of the f

the Heinies were able to collect their wits and concentrate an answering fire upon the pit

machine gun of the enemy got busy just before the scouts leaped back into their trench. Again we are m

his feet and supporting him thus. But his efforts

ighted dugout. There speedy first-aid remedies brought the wounded soldi

of stretcher bearers, and in a short time Lieut. To

who reported it to Lieut. Osborne. Then followed an examination, which proved that the young American's shoulder was discolored and swollen as a result of the