The faint boom of the pounding surf 
on Plymouth Beach beat dreamily 
against my ear-drums, the light faded 
and dusk settled. At home my wife 
would be turning on the lights and pre¬ 
paring supper. It seemed more lonely 
than ever since the decoys had gone, 
and neither Tom or I were in any mood 
for conversation. The guns in our 
hands mocked us; how useless they 
were now. The water crept slowly to 
our knees. Tom broke the silence: 
“We’ll swim for it at the last,” he ven¬ 
tured almost in a whisper, yet he knew 
there was no hope. Darkness came, 
but a big moon shed a faint light 
through the heavy cloud banks. We 
loaded and fired our guns in rapid suc¬ 
cession hoping against hope that it 
might be of some avail. Tom removed 
his heavy hip boots, I did the same. 
When the water reached waist-high 
Tom began to mutter something under 
his breath. My eyes filled with tears, 
I knew he was praying. Good old Tom, 
he cared more about me than he did 
himself. “God, Frank!” he exclaimed, 
I cant stand this!” and he began 
swimming away. I caught him by the 
shoulder and pulled him back. “Oh, 
don’t, don’t, Tom!” I begged, “wait just 
a minute more,” the words dying with 
a sob in my throat. “Hark!” THE 
SOUND OF OARS, and in another 
moment we were being pulled into a 
boat, the two gunners had received our 
message after all. 
WERE YOU AT PERRY? 
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sentiment than any match on the pro¬ 
gram. To the winner in addition to 
the customary medal goes a personal 
letter from the President of the United 
States. The high rifleman from each 
branch of the service and to the high 
civilian go special trophies presented 
by the various organizations repre¬ 
sented and to the high 100 men “The 
President’s Hundred” go special bronze 
brassards carrying the President’s 
four - starred flag in enamel and the 
embossed lettering, “U. S. President’s 
Hundred, 1923.” The Match was won 
by Lieutenant Conradt of the Marines. 
Emulating the example set by Gor¬ 
don of the Navy in winning the Navy 
Match earlier in the program Sergeant 
E. J. Blade of the Marines won the 
Marine Corps Match on Friday. The 
Match calls for 2 sighters and 20 
record shots at 600 yards and the same 
number at 1,000 yards. It represents 
a hard grind calling for the closest 
holding and crafty wind-doping. Blade 
dropped but two shots out of the black 
in the entire course. Sergeant O. R. 
Marvin of the Engineers was the only 
one to approach Blade’s 198. Marvin 
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