Anderson Union High School - Aurora Yearbook (Anderson, CA)

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sternly and began to tell him what he could and couldnt do and where he could and couldn't After Jimmy meekly promised to do what he was told, he was turned loose. 'lfherc was hardly any danger then, for a truce of a few hours had been declared and this line of entrenchments was some distance in the rear of the firing line. .limmy wandered around but was not satisfied. He managed to interview the officer who had sentenced him to what he thought was worse than a prison. 'lfhe officer finally ag'reed to let -limmy go forward toward the firing line at his own risk. After jimmy had left, the officer turned to one of his under ofn- cers and smiled, for he recognized in .limmy an irrepressible Irishman. That kid will never stop until he is killed or has learned all there is to learn, laughed the officer. Meanwhile jimmy had arrived at the front. The truce was still on, so Qlimmy wandered around without danger. -lust as the truce was over and an artillery duel was beginning, Jimmy. while making his way back to the nearest trench, stumbled over something. Turning he found he had caught his foot on the edge of a board that had been covered by mud. Not thinking anything about it, jimmy hurried on. 'lfhe Allies were massing their men not far from -limmy. They were going to attack a hill not far off which the Germans held. Suddenly the signal was given and thousands of brave men sprang from their trenches to die for their country if necessary. On they went, now they were half way there. Suddenly with an ear-splitting shriek several sixteen-inch shells burst near them. On went the infantry undaunted. More shrieks and the huge shells hit nearer. A second later and more shells burst in the middle of the charging infantry. Again and again those terrible guns miles away dealt out their terrible death. Of the thousands of men that had started only a few hundred returned. Gosh, glad I didn't with them. muttered Jimmy to himself. A little later and the cavalry was being massed for an attack on the place where the infantry had failed. Again the signal was given and again thousands of brave men swept for- ward. Again sixteen-inch shells began to shriek and roar as they burst nearer and nearer the charging cavalry. Suddenly the shells began bursting in the midst of the advancing horsemen. Above the roar of the shells could be heard groans and the blood-curdling screams of mortally wounded men and horses. -Iimmy stared, 'fascinated fle could hardly believe his eyes and ears. lt couldn't be, he told himself, and yet it was true. for it was happening before his eyes. Tliousands of men were being killed in a wave of fire. In a few minutes the cavalry was totally destroyed. lt's uncanny how those gunners miles away get the range so perfectly, they must have a spy hidden, an officer exclaimed to jimmy. A spy, said jimmy to himself, that's it. The thought of a man's mur- dering his fellow men in such a cold-blooded way sent a wave of anger through jimmy. Suddenly he thought of the board he had stumbled over. After the last charge there had come a lull in the fighting. This is the time, -limmy said to himself, and made his way slowly to the place where he had stumbled, ffiuding the board. he knelt down and heard a very faint ticking sound. Trt'r1zz'y-flzrve

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-I X . f f' 2 'I - -- if 'i l 'Wi 1 'N X ' f - 1 as 'PQ .,, 16' ia, '2.if'-'fd ff' Uhr German img Prize Story. By ROX'CIiCilf'l' JXNDIZRSON, '17, jimmy McCan. the star reporter of a popular New 'York magazine, had become what he longed to be, a war correspondent. At this particular minute he was dismounting from his motorcycle with which he had been provided for fast traveling. Hang the thing, wonder what ails it now, muttered jimmy. He had been having exceedingly bad luck. He had left the camp of the reserves that morning for the Allies' firing line. The only knowledge he had of his iron steed was how to turn on and 06 the gasoline. jimmy circled around his steed but could see nothing wrong. 'He finally lay down on his back with his head under the machine and began turning and twisting every little thing he could find. After much language and time he twisted the right thing. But jimmy didn't know his steed was ready to travel until about a half an hour after he had fixed it. During this time he had sworn he would not stop until he had murdered the man that had sent him such a junk wagon. At length jimmy got started and in trying to break a few records somehow ran his steed into a rock and was sent dying into a bank of clay. liut this happened several miles nearer the firing line, so jimmy only cussed a few min- utes and went on. But in going on he took most of the clay bank with him. Soon the clay began to harden and Jimmy became unbearably uncomfortable. His store of expletives had run out and so he was denied the pleasure of relieving his feel- ings in that manner. Jimmy was gritty and stuck to his machine, for the simple reason he couldn't get off, until he reached the first line of entrenclunents. There he was pulled off his affectionate steed, at the same time losing part of his trousers. and was led before the officer in charge. The officer, after he had looked over Jimmy's passports, regarded him Twenty-two

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So thats it. muttered jimmy. He went north a short distance and, on digging down a few inches, found a telegraph wire. lle quickly cut the wire and to the end going towards the fierxnan lines fastened a long piece. With this in his hand he hurried back to the trenches. XVhile attaching a sender and getting' his wire ready for use, -llllllllj' related what he had found. 'l'he officers agreed to ,linnny's plan, which was innnecliately carried out. Taking up the sender, hlinnny began ticking his lllCSS3Q'C. Another charge, same range. Immediately a shriek was heard and a shell burst where the cavalry had been destroyed. Over to west four, ticked Jiinmy. Soon another shell lmurst much nearer the place where Jimmy had stumbled. Over west two, was the next message. There was a shriek, a roar, and, when the smoke cleared, a great hole yawned there. Such was the fate of a German Spy. Twenty-follr'