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v CHAPTER lV The Light. that Failed THE PRINCE UNDER FIRE m A little further along a brigade FRANCE If‘ oﬂlcer came rushing out, e1 g h“; by

——-- the roadside, . "Yaw Highness" he said '11 have a M93989 "hm the Army Commander for you!" He handed the Prince e, mas/ace. I do not knnow what it was hm the Princesiriiied, new“ w the oﬂlcer, who seemed on the point of saying‘ something more-and rode oni - ' ' 1 followed. By now we had passed our own artillery and guns were thundering behind us. ‘shells were bursting only a. short distance before us, while s. little further on a black linc c! smoke and recurringjrequent ipuﬂs denoted the hell which we knew Simply biit aiiznificantly as "the Line." I rmii one incident veiv vividly in s little‘ further and cw}. shells the Yards, socior- Iiaavv fishiin: dropped in a. field by the road side- had been‘ prwordlhs in this salient a, field which looked like an enor- mr several weeks. the last few cavi ‘mous nut-meg grater, a field which

Wales slips tether .wlth Woodhsll in llot Pursuit-Runaway Horse in No

. Man‘! 14ml Tamed by World's Most rublicised HorseninnmWocdhall slds the Prince and Gencral (Iowans in Entertaining French Girls at, Secret Whoopee .Pls'ty .0n"G:neral -llaig‘s Private Train.

‘The Prince's ‘ilife ‘in France was a series o! kindly aoisto Tommies, of adventures which led him into con- stant dansrr. of pleas 0n his part to be with the boys in the trenches and -ot "words" with Divisional‘ and Army Corps Conunandi: i’

Here you are Your H‘; l" The ofllcer tendered a box. »"No it doesn't matter, thanks," iii-id the Prince oooly “I'll just edge g light from this chap if I may?"

His leaned forward and. accepted the oismtte. to the great delight of tir- arivate aha his friends.

The Prince to the Rescue

At Brigade Headquarters. we found "W" the "ﬁtment thePrinco had sought was relieved during the mom- ius so all the dangers were riinYin vain. I know what would happen. Tiilf.” evening just before dinner 1 was asked to appear at the General Coimnanding Officer's room. I crit- ered.. General Plumer looked up, he was surrounded by three or four Stat! oﬂlcers, ho and two others were look ing at a map, a. fourth was taking notes as the General rapped. out comments. He looked up

"Is this that detective?" he asked, then went back to his map. rivc minutu elapsed and I stood there. Then the Prince entered. The Gen- eral looked up. the Prince saluted. All the other officers stood to atten- tion. General Plume: spoke!‘

"I shall be free in a. few minutes!" "Quite right siri" replied the Prince. I looked-I an-i afraid fur- tively-at the Prince. He smiled a little smile C-il-EBHY and after a. glance to see the generals head was well down over the map, gave me a. wlnkl The Prince's wink was as good as a double brandy to mei

_ "Very well then" exclaimed the general presently, looking up. "Get me the draft quickly. Two oihoeia departed, his Chief of Staff remained with him:

"Now Detective Woodhull!" said the‘ general. "I have sent for ycu because I see by your record that you are an eircellent oilloor and have been highly approved by those than . which there is none higher. I thought you might‘ have some reason to give me that. might save my altern- ative of ordering a court martial for you for deliberate disobedience of orders."

"I beg your pardon Sir, but. I miust

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ruuat go no further than hem, no more than two_ yards to the right of there. ualysysnianc a hsiipest ponsitlou X and so on. I have got quite heed to it."

"And of course" said the Field Ma-rahsl with a sly twinkle, “You have always kept i-igcurously to your instructions haven't you?"

"Well" said the Prince licsliitingly "I have endeavoured tolf.

lyforaf‘ * lnChief in the field.

i When Haig was not. moving from one section ioanother he hadhis train shunted into s. siding and there it remained niituuie time‘ came to move again.

There were a. series o! little step- ladders spanning the distance from the footboard to the ground. ‘Ihe Prince, when he arrived. found the Field Marshal out, but. several mem- bers of the staﬂ came. forward to show the Prince over the traln:

"No no," protested the- Prince. “Don't let me interrupt your work. and finally it was Sergeant Secrett, I-lalgk right hand man, who showed the Prince over the train. when he had seen all he turned to these!-

tzzs of British Royalty

“Jolly fine place you've got here!" he said. A jolly sight better than many of the billets I've had to scratch about in, 1 give you my wordi" -

1 remember , waving the Prince fora short constitutional next. morning and on:the return we met the Commander in Chief taking his usual ten minutes walking exercise beloresbreakfsst. The Prince and the Field Marshal greeted each other cordially, then tho laughingiy:

"Well, wvhst exactly are the length of the leading strings to-day Sir?"

"mild-iii! Win05?" Nlwﬂied Hail. raising his eye-brows.

"Yea" replied the Prince. "I

always get my card marked, as the fellows on the race course aay,1

Prince asked

The Field Marshal laughed "I have made no order," he said. "Then he spoke gravely. “After all,

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Ilia l short diitance ~b=hinzl prior to the day of which I write had been particularly, heavy. and the casualties" were enormous.

The Prince went dovm to visit a clearing hospital. lie had been in- structcd not to proceed. further. But after he had visited the hospital he led-mad there that ‘ ... regiment of which he was Honorary Colonel was incite line or at- the reserve line. When he came out of the hospital, instead c-t turning back towards Div- isional Headquarters be led oiI in the direction of the line.

Just previous b0 this incident I had been very ;srr.a.rtly taken to task bl’ dozier-iii Plllfnerffol‘ permitting the Prince to get into danger so I deter- mined ln this case to make an effort to stop him: instructions are that you are not to pass this point." -

The Prince frowned:

"Come yourself, then you can set me an ex- alnplol" l-lo exclaimed ending up within impish grin.

We ‘secured mounts but I deter-f

mined u; have mother chat and see if I could not prevail upon huh to turn back, knowing pci-iicctly yell what was tvaiiiig for me at Head- quarters ' thcugh- n: power on earth coilld stop the Prince ‘when he made uphls mind: '

“Your Highness." I finally pleaded. "Last wcek you Know what ha-aiwhrd- It will be much worse this time 1 shall certainly be recalled if 1 do not fin] mean; o! preventing Your l-ligh-

,nesl going further." ‘rho Prln o

“That will be an excellent exerois for you Woodhellcome along and you can while away the time thinking out ways-o! stopping mc. Come aloha! 3y 39y wg were well within tilt shell swept ‘area. Bhells were falllnl NI- ularly a mile to the‘ right and awsY. "ll on the left could be heard the const- sat rumble of artillery.

A mile further along the road and

we were in the can!“ "m" T-"P

- pert ended hi...” depot and only horse and foot. traffic was nwiifﬂ hem. that point av t3!” ""1"" ‘ tﬁeftliilllilft benches. A _ j, uted and two

‘Prince of Walu aha Gbnerll sh- William Paullinglnapcctlng troirps the lines in France, 1915. 7 Y - f

had exchanged its vcrdure fortlie truck-marked" vesture o! More. An-

‘mcni. of "Aussies" waiting to go up

[was tlcklish enough "anyway without \

"Your Highness," I told him. "the fuiiich I wished a thousand time‘: in

‘the horses’ yearly horrors cf the riding school and along-and obey ordcrs f

i The Prince's horse gsllopad over

other shall! Right here was a regi-

the line, carrying full kit and extra bandollers ‘of rifle ammuniticn. WTICII they re g-nlsed the Prince a mighty shout one up, they got on their feet and aimed with voices which combated valiantly with tho thunder of~guns. The Priiice was so busy paying. attention to them ind acknowledging their cheers that hi! horse, increasln ly frightened}; the din and the cheering, got out‘of oon- trol and bolted. . . ‘ I could have wept! The position

having the Prince in the midst of shell-fire on that frantic black hem

hell, ii" there is one. I galloped after the Prince but all the

tfl memories c! John Gilpin‘s ride ‘could not compare with that jaunt!

\Sf'lCIn'hC'lE5 across wide gaps, over a broken icnce. beck again to the side .fi~om which it had come-it was fren-

Lnterrupt," said the Prince. "Your Highness will forgive

dealt with him."

but I insisted. After all I am a

tain and he is not."

“It is the breach of thosc—"

the last order l"

as he looked at the Prince.

responsibility. Just

ota. bulletin that the enemy answered for youi

sonal desires."

ikzled. My animal was well-twine’! lbut It jibbed three times at wide heaps and at the fence It caught a hoof in the ivirc and I was shot hi‘ tcn feet clear! _ '

I picked myself up, rcmmouniea‘, and again took up the pursuit. hilanyoi the Australians were now in full cry alter the. Prince and they had the pleasure oiwaiohinz H15 ROY“ Hilli- nesgsubduc and contrsl that nervo- maddcned animal.

I have sometimes heard the Prince's iwiscmanship criticised, following his several in the hunting field. I wish critics could have seen that pedestal positively wvvrb horsemanshipi within sound of tho Ypr-cs guns; thbt well-remembered afternoon. - i

When he rode back past the Aus- tralians they raked the. skies with chair tumultuouo chaoﬂlii’ Ind aliﬂlll-i of approval ' '

He's s digger!“ "God for Y9 Prince!" “ldy hat‘! of! Prince!" and many other iervsiit aha sooutsnewe menu greeting "ihlnt. "the 1 Prince m: out a clgﬂattafhliiﬁotinlilic hid no matches, \ with a iilhiaiiclcttttu out an i f annod siiy-ascs-ioiulir~~~

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ently arranged. study ‘for tho field

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said the general “but I sent for this oilloar. I will gladly hear what you have to say when I have suitably

"Ahi yes" said the Prince, I know. But the two things are involved. I I definitely ordered the detective to follow me to-day. Ho remonstrated

"I gave him, personally, vei-ypieclse and definite orders" said the general.

"Pray forgive my "rude interrup- tion, said the Prince softly “but un- less my recent reading is completely amiss, Sir, the Kings Regulations state specifically that a. good soldier must obey the hast order, I gave him

General Plumer readjusted his monocle and buried his chin in his hand. The eyes seemed stern to ma but they were twinkling. I think the General was shilling behind his hand

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-_"You may go!" announced the general as he dismissed mc so I left.

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