No Man's Land

nity, and disappeared into some secret place with the skipper. After some delay and a slight commotion, various flags were hoisted, and he majestically appeared again. It seemed that

he distinguished gentleman was now

men," he remarked geniall

?" asked a d

er compassionately. "A great action has taken place in the North Sea; we have lost

h, does it?" murmured a gra

thentic?" Draycott tur

thing in it if it's in

s one. "It is precisely that fact that m

hat even intelligent Scorps-as the inhabitants of the place are known-were impressed. Strangely enough, exactly the same detailed lists,

sonal future that counted. A naval battle-yes, perhaps; nineteen ships down-the German fleet as well; fif

ave. The one huddled form lying motionless in the shell-hole, with its staring, sightless eyes; the one small, but supreme sacrifice: that is the thing which hits-hits harder than the Lusitania, or any other of the gigantic panels of the war. The pin-pricks we feel; the sledge hammer merely stuns. And the d