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He stood there, thinking he was alone; was he alone? Had they gone, or were they waiting for him to make h1s move into the night? The night, the dark, the dark dirty hot masses of the night. They were around him; he sensed them. But where?
The cool breeze started to blow once more, the cooling refreshing breeze that made him come to life once more. Then there was a move- m e n t in t h e brush b e h i n d him; he turned with a quick jerk. There stand- ing before him was one of them. His enemy's eyes were green like eat's eyes; they were death, staring death. And it began again; he had heard it so many times before: "Shoot or be shot; kill or be killed." As if by in- stinct his whole body grew tense, his fingers tightened on the cold steel, and there was the sharp, ear-splitting chatter of the automatic rifle. The figure in front of him staggered back, and his body was one burning mass of pain as he fell to the ground. And then the enemy was dead.
He knew that they would get him if he did not move and move fast. He dropped to his knees and then fell flat on the ground. As he did, he heard them coming at him, yelling, screaming; he thought that all hell would fall apart any moment. He lay there quietlv and listened to them as they kept on coming. It seemed to take them three hours to get to the little clearing where he lay.
The oncoming death and noise stopped-silence, d e a d silence. Where, where were they; why didn't they show themselves? His heart pounded, his head seemed to be ready to burst if the silence was not broken.
He started to move, slowly, inch by inch, foot by foot; moving, not stopping for anything. He crawled straigh~ into the jaws of death, the death of him or of his enemy. Certain death for one or the other, maybe both.
He neared a slope in the ground: i~ must have been near a stream or ditch.
The voice, the voice kept repeat- ing itself, again and again, "Shoot or be shot; kill or be killed;" his head was going to split open for the voice droned on and on, louder, louder, louder-everytime louder.
He rose to his knees, then to his feet, slowly, very slowly. He moved toward the openi ng in the ground. There in the ditch were five of them, crouched like cats ready to pounce
on their prey. Now the hunted be- came the hunter.
Bishops Tee Off
At three-five every afternoon there
is a mad rush for the sign-out sheet made by certain individua ls. They arc the members of the V. E. S. golf team. For the past few years our young " Hogans" have been showing their wares on the links of the Oakwood Country Club. This year's team has been practicing most of the fall and winter and give every indication of being a top class outfit.
Returning from last year's team will be Senator McCormick, Ned Baber, "Soggy Sam" Russell, and Billy Ca r- roll. Willie May also is back with the advantage of a year's experience. Newcomers include "Lus h" McKee, " Head " Rollins, " Tiny" Tims, John Ervin and "Red" Trichel. The team will feel keenly the loss of such play- ers as Jimmy Davidson, Paul Fulton, Colies Coleman and Bill Stephenson. However, with McCormick , Baber, Russell, Carroll, McKee and Rollins fo rming a strong nucleus, this year's team should give a good account of itself in every meet.
Two meets have been scheduled with Woodberry Forest and another duo with Jefferson High of Roano ke. Other possible opponents are Hali- fax and George Washington of Dan- ville.
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The next morning he was found by the others, sprawled and blood-cov- ered on the ground. He was dying but not dead; he was happy, because he had shot and killed his enemy.
-John Brady.
What's New In The Library This month we are going to con- tinue to talk about the new books in the library. The books are infinite
in their variety.
Kon-Tiki is the story of a recent
experiment in which scientists, on a raft which depended completely on the ocean currents, sailed to the South Seas. This is a very interesting book to those who have an adven- turous spirit. Arctic Adventures is an- other exciting adventure but with the scene changed from the tropics to the frozen North. Turning to sports we find a book for aspiring Ben Hogans and McCormicks, A Treasury of Golf Humor. To those who like baseball there is Baseball's Greatest Hitters. Tbis book, by the sports- writer, Tom Meany, tells the careers of the best from Cobb through Wil- lans. Those interested in science will find Man, Time, and Fossils, by Ruth Moore, interesting; while those with biographical tastes will be interested in Michelangelo, by Ripley, or a book full of rollicking humor, W. C. Fields, His Fortunes and Follies by Robert Lewis Taylor. For those who have read Shakespeare's Henry V, Henry V and the Invasion of France will afford an interesting reading. When you get tired of old world adventure you may turn to the new world with Drums A l o n a t h e Mo- hawk by Walter D. Edmonds or Muskets Along the Chickahominy by F i n n e y . A m e r i c a n s Be f o r e C o l u m b u s is also another good book. For those
who like poetry there is Evangeline by Longfellow, the story of two lovers who are separated and spend their lives searching for each other. Poetical Works by Goldsmith or Browning's Poems and Plays are other good books.
The list of books that are new in the library is growing day by day. In the next issue we will review a few more of them, but hope that we will never catch up to this growing list.
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