The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04

his throat. and bent him TO the ground
I had 10 be perfectly quiet about what L
did. got one knee on his chest. and
with the grip on his throat squeezed the
life out OF him Then ! gave the warn
ting. and In Ave minutes we we're In a he'll
of fight with No Afridis that my
friends sncexing had led right up TO us"
How did you feel when You were kill
Ing your man-squeamishs
mo. WAS used To EN-: | knew wha;
they were and II was lust the same as
putting your foe, an a rat. The first man
ever killed outside OF volley firing WAS
one who'd beer takins shots nj me for
two days from behind a tree There
was wind. so | aimed at his tree and
toward evening | got him The next
morning I went out to hook At him. He
was living hy the tree. The bullet had
gone through. his open mouth.
when the enemy aren't trying - poi
son your grub by means Of the traitors
they have In every camp. or when they
aren't popping at you from thu hlllsihes
on the march they're always rolling
stones. In the Khybc- pass you cross
narrow shelves with the prsctrice az an
ore hand and the ,hou.and.faat drop into
the valley on the other Then the boui
siers come railing down. Maybe you can
som. black heads above yeu leaning
. over the elf and maybe Yea can't. MS
no satisfaction. anyhow. for you cant
shoot You can only hug the wall and
hope the ihlngsl 80 over your head
There's no let up 10 that sort Of worry.
Ing ard the army hates H. One night
remember there were three 81 as stationed
up on hillside. "a sergeant and two PR
Yates. One Of us wanted To smoke. AMI
after bit 81 discussion We all III up. It's
against the rules generally speaking. hHt
the non commissioned officers can Use
their own Judgment ahae. n. Pretty soon
q rock came bounding down pretty close.
So ". selected a piece 90 rock acssut as
big as that tab you're sitting ca. which
was fast Tn the earth and oysraung a
little. and We lay Down with our shoulders
nestled UP under H. whea the stones
came dewn they III; that rock and took a
leap OF in The air over our heads. Pretty
soan the gsnS below gog mad and yelled
Co US. Put sat that light
ssnsa you stop smoking
Me- replied Mackenzie. grinu.nS.
'sWhsn Ii comes 10 rghtins an Afghan
man 10 man. which ss better. the soldier
or tie trshesnsanf
The soldier, because he knows hls bay
oret drill The Afghans are Ivns tail,
xh.ntas slnewv aevils. ard they're quick
be: .Osv rvlv en- their strength. az course,
yea ,ton't TANK ~ eayoref drtl; It's any
way to stab. yah ana ges your bayonet
into him bat you can guard n gSsess deal
better than he can even Il yen dasat SICK
g. regular science.
The hardest nEhtgi ever was III was
enc of that Mind. II eriy lasted tss3r
hears. IL was IN that same swat valley,
We'd bvsn sesea days without eRtsr, tS-
sssss sufsse ysstssn Ea4Nr ~ the Essassk&ns
that Was making th8 army ssrs- The AZ.
saans aSs the water. ssrvsEa fAaE Mas
caught AuA bottled gg ~ fGsz hssn Nails
81 the sand There we're sss ~ them ard
about 80 ~ as and h&H the srnsy with
cramps n SIS Stomach. II Ne done ssse
thoes wells teSssy. said MAJ. MasfhssT~
zen s~~ went have strength "a a. s. se-
rsssrrex 50 ~a tgsok en- ! shAns for
sss tia. water Gght
IL Was a ESQ. burning E3Ala. xats a
ssma 81 ssgs hrasn en .s and a Jungle Or
tac sssssAs First. We eensose Ss-s9vesa cat
IL a iank thin isAe--fasn we saaas1 cy
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