Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs

aid the corporal, with a smile, "for it

ean?" asked Fr

perplexed and somewhat ruefu

of the guns and supplies that the Heinies have promised to surrender. They're slow about it, and have been making all kinds of excuses

he place?"

ob I only gathered that it's a good way off. He told me to pick out men that I could rely on, and I thought

, and the boys looked at each other. Frank was tho

ck," gro

mouthful!" s

dollar to a doughnut that they were planning t

, I'm glad

ng bells

g F

torted Tom. "You'r

ne to waste," grumbled t

misery," gibed Bart. "Th

over to Coblenz this afternoon and have another look at that place where they

ome back unless there's an earthqu

the whole place wiped off the map. That is," he corrected himself

to write a letter to the girls telling them all about it. Then, ho! for the mountains and the

ank. "The corp is a hustler, and he'll ha

ey came to a part of the barrack grounds wh

tried to keep up with the other, who looked like a professional man of some kind. The former was evi

something," remar

ow at him with his cane. The other dodged and the cane was lifted again, but before

ch changed however to a look of apprehensi

have been an apology or an expla

" said Frank curtly. "If you had actually h

hile had hobbled away. Frank handed back the cane, turn

ity," commented Bart.

s hurry or w

, and in a short time were fully

e a group of their comrades selected from the old Thirty-seventh bent on the same errand as the

Bart whispered jokingly to Frank, as they stoo

eed Frank, drawing his

er weather as I've eve

snow storm were com

the sharp command.

nant riding ahead on horseback and two motor t

rly level. After two miles had been traversed the line of mar

ing. But they were warmly clad and the pace at which they marched kept them comfortable enough

persed with farmhouses at longer and longer intervals. The country became wilder, and as the path wound upward, the

led through them. There was no sign of human life or habitation to, be seen. For all t

as at the command of the lieutenant t

he world," returned Billy, gazing about

ious to get his men over the ridge and at their destination before the sh

t first and then more rapidly, and the ground was soon covered. The wind too had increased in i

path, and even this was soon obliterated by t

not bear his weight upon his foot, which gave way under him. His comrades, who had laughed at fi

s of Tom and Billy, while Frank, on his knees, vigorously rubbed and manipulate

n?" inquired W

ith his rubbing. "I can feel that the foot's all

me on after us then as soon as you c

walk, although he limped a trifle. They picked

one that they had been traveling, and they turned into this side trail, strain

ng in order to save their breath, when Frank put

exclaimed, peering ahead, although he could not se

d deal faster than they were when

hold of some seven-l

o

ed Billy. "Make it snappy now, and

no footprints to be seen, but that meant nothing, for the

uld through the snow that clogged and clung to their feet, an

hered around him. "There's no use kidding ourselves any longer.

have caught up to them at the rate we've been going. We're up against it for fair, and the question is

ecidedly, "and that is to right about face a

ting dark now by the minute, and it'll

d even forlorn hopes have a way of winning out sometimes. We can't stand here and be frozen to

th a speed that under other condition

e bleak wilderness of snow. Soon they had all lost the path they were following and found themselves floundering through the woods among the tree trunks. There wa

he declared, with a forced la

ess I'm a Jonah, I picked out the wrong momen

Billy cheerily, "and pulled

crape as we have out of a lot of others. At the worst, it's only a matter of having to wait till daylight. We

aid Tom, who was always inclined

o do. It may not get us anywhere, but at least it will keep the blood circulating. Then too, there

put in Bart. "I'm good at stumbl

ughed and f

we're going, but we'r

y began to tr

munched some food as they went along. It was

illy, and at the picture that he

d no signs of letting up, though the

hem back to their destruction. They were young and hardy, but their physical strength was sorely tested by the battle wi

en blacker than the darkness which was everywhere around them. He rubbed his eyes

"There's a building of some kind

d with a joyful shout m