Excerpt: ...he asked, as he beamed upon them. "I should call it a holy terror," grinned Frank. "What the Huns will call it won't be fit for publication," laughed Billy. "I guess they've already exhausted the German vocabulary," chuckled Stone. "But just wait until this beauty of mine goes climbing over their trenches and smashing their pill boxes and tearing away their entanglements. Then they'll know what they're up against." "I only wish we could see you while you're doing it," remarked Tom. "Likely enough you will," ...
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Excerpt: ...he asked, as he beamed upon them. "I should call it a holy terror," grinned Frank. "What the Huns will call it won't be fit for publication," laughed Billy. "I guess they've already exhausted the German vocabulary," chuckled Stone. "But just wait until this beauty of mine goes climbing over their trenches and smashing their pill boxes and tearing away their entanglements. Then they'll know what they're up against." "I only wish we could see you while you're doing it," remarked Tom. "Likely enough you will," replied Stone. "From things I've picked up here and there I think the infantry will be right alongside of us in the next big jamboree. Don't you fellows make any mistake about it, there's going to be one of the biggest stunts of the war pulled off in the course of the next few days. Mithridates with his elephants won't be a circumstance to us with our tanks. There sure is bound to be some lovely fighting." "Let it come!" exclaimed Tom. "And come quickly," chimed in Frank. "The only thing I'm sorry for is that you're in the Canadian contingent," said Bart. "I want to see you leading the way in a U. S. A. tank." "You may yet," replied Stone. "Uncle Sam will soon be sending over his tanks, and you bet when they do come they'll be lallapaloozers with all the modern improvements, and then some! And the minute that happens I'm going to apply to be transferred to the United States army. These Canadians are among the finest men in the world and they're doing magnificent fighting, but still I'll feel more natural when I'm fighting under the Stars and Stripes." "Well, that won't be long now," replied Frank. "Our men and our guns and our tanks and everything else we need to lick the Kaiser will be coming in droves pretty soon. And then watch our smoke." "Right you are," agreed Stone enthusiastically. Then as a trumpet rang out he added: "That's the signal for a rehearsal, fellows, and I'll have to get on the job. We're going to put our machines through...
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children, juvenile, military, boys, series books, world war I. Fine in good jacket. Hardcover in orange cloth with spine lettered in gilt. 214 pp. A tight, bright example. In original color illustrated dust jacket, mostly bright but with a long closed tear front panel left side and a small chip above foot of spine and also at head of spine. An early reprint (1920) with this title listed second of six "Army Boys" books on front flap of jacket ("On German Soil" is last).