The Khaki Boys Over the Top Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam

't stop! Sl

nt in immediate charge of the detachment

rd!" was yelled

d be nothing left whole on earth again; in all that riot of

t!" cried Jimmy i

ratched yet.

a blast, but Jimmy knew what his chum wanted to

y's

on

him being blown back-his

thoughts like these. He had a glimpse of Bob Dalton and Franz Sch

! Everyone! They're turni

and only just in time. Over them swept

n!" commanded

to lie. The upraised earth would offer some protection against the forward sweeping lead,

hes they wondered, with sorrow in their hearts, if

mused Jimmy, as he frantically scraped the earth into a sort of long mound in front of hi

of it to make my new readers acquainted with the main characters of th

mmy, Roger, Bob and Iggy. To introduce them more formally I will say that Jimmy's correct name was James Sumner Blaise, a

en a "cub" reporter on a newspaper, and, like Roger, was an orphan. Though Ignace was no orphan, possessing both fathe

anz Schnitzel, who, though possessed of a German name, was, nevertheless, a loyal "United Stateser," as Iggy called it. Franz had a

second book of the series, "The Khaki Boys On the Way," we find our youthful heroes sailing for France after a series of adventures, one a startling one,

ey expected to get across safely, as many thousands did, they were disappointed, for they were attacked by a U-Boat. Many on board the transpo

mp to Paris, and in that beautiful city they met some other friends, the Twinkle Twins, otherwise John and Gerald Twinkleton, who had joined the aviation bran

gue, was able to give advance notice of a raid he overheard the Huns planning. The raid wa

e ground, temporarily disabled, stood off an attack of Germans and among others he killed Adolph von Kreitzen, known as the "tiger man.

aki Boys still together after many strenuous happenings. They had

s which might be their last, they thought, for they had orders to take their places in the front line trenches to a

re had followed the fierce rush in the gray dawn of t

he 509th infantry to which our friends were attached. "This is only a temporary ch

a barrage fire-a veritable rain of bullets that would keep the Germans from advancing, and which would also cause them to

nd of earth between them and the Huns. And then, for some reason or other, the savage fire

odge?" called Jimmy t

yes. How

ne ear-just a scratch.

ou se

place-in a shell hole

thing o

r. If I get a chance, I'm going back to see. L

called to the lieutenant in charge

grim answer. "We were told to hal

sapproval at this, but t

"If there is, now's your chance to get some f

ly, and these took advantage of the lull in

he lieutenant crawled near him-for no on

, and see what happene

anything ha

eemed to be falling toward some sort of shell crater. If we're going to b

e and let you." He knew of the pact of friendship existing among the

May Sergeant Ba

if we get the orde

l, yes

lling him of the permission received, Jimmy Blaise start

Jimmy to Roger. "The shell must have landed right

y!" murmu