--As it is for most of us.] [Illustration: A Matter of Moment. "What was that, Bill?" "Trench mortar." "Ours or theirs?"] [Illustration: The Saint. That indiscriminating orb, the moon, gives Private Scattergood a saintly appearance, sadly out of keeping with his thoughts. He's filling 100 sandbags at 11 p.m.] [Illustration: Those Tubular Trenches. "Is this right for 'eadquarters?" "Yes, change at Oxford Circus."] [Illustration: "Of course, personally I dont think there is anyone there" "Nor do I" Thinking it over subsequently in Boulogne,--an impression of overcrowding predominates in recollections of "straighthing" that bit of the line. "We Look Before----And After."] [Illustration: Con Moto Perpetuo. "OUR BERT" (going on leave--having asked a question, and having listened to three minutes' unintelligible eloquence): "And 'ow does the chorus go?"] [Illustration: Real Sympathy. "I wish you'd get something for that ---- cough of yours. That's the second time you've blown the blinkin' candle out!"] [Illustration: Entanglements. "Come on, Bert, it's safer in the trenches."] [Illustration: "How long have you got Fred?" "LEAVE."] [Illustration: There are times when Private Lightfoot feels absolutely convinced that it's going to be a War of Exhaustion.] [Illustration: Chat on 'Change. "You owes me two francs and I owes you one that's got into the lining of me coat; that makes it right, don't it?"] [Illustration: General Sir Frampton Prendergasp R.S.V.P. P.T.O. SOS a rising and successful general, who is plotting an offensive The General . . . Cyrus Moffat Nancy Prendergasp, his daughter, who has gone in for nursing, unknown to her father. She is in love with ---- Featuring Miss Sybil Fane DICK MANVERS a lance Corporal in the pay department, who, after extensive & painful researches, has invented a new bomb "DICK" Steven Fairbrother Dick shows his new bomb to the General who decides to use it in the offensive But is overheard and seen by Captain ADRIAN BLACK an unscrupulous adventurer in the pay of a powerful Government That night he is seen by Nancy substituting PLUM & APPLE for The new explosive END OF PART I PART II WILL FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY Flanders Film Mfg Co--Milwaukee, Wisconsin. U.S.A.] [Illustration: The Offensive begins. The new bomb is found to be equally explosive in spite of Captain Black's dark deed Nancy, who fears disaster, steals her Father's private Howitzer and races to the Offensive Black throws every obstacle in her way "Dont you know me Dick?" The General, who has been doing a bit on his own, becomes the unwilling witness of a touching scene The General having heard their story, orders the arrest of Captain Black How Dick Manvers Got His Star.