The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-09
A Day With the Fighting Seventh.
81 CHAPTER

II NdS q udt anu otciihs hiohes
The river was raging in its fury
and nothing disturbed the silence
but the steady gaIrgling of sipe
water as il ran into the sewers only
TO be hurled again into the bosom
of the mighty river by a million
gallon-a-minute pump.
All was Quiet al the kernels
quarters. except the kernel. who was
telling his admiring subordinates
how he had just saved another day.
with the aid OF the newspaper cor
respondents and photographers adm
the moving picture man. But silence
was not to prevail. for was it not 50
that Capt. Whiskers was enroute
post-haste to headquarters with news
of dire import,
The kernel had just reached tho
most thrilling part of his hair-rais-
ing narrative and the officers were
applauding their very loudest when
Capt. Whiskers burst into the room
We say he burst because his sus-
pender buttons flew off
Il have the honor to report, sir,
he said. saluiing the kernel. thai
the war correspondents are ready t.
telegraph their stories of the day to
Chicago"
Anal" exclaimed the colonel
Those fellows didn't show me what
they have transcribed ! will have
them quartered and hung up e
dry."
But. kernel" the captain ex
planned, they have given you credi'
for anything that happened today
even TO the cleaning of the ST 'eets
which was done by the men Of th'
lowly Fourth and Co. X The Rib
correspondent even has dispatched t
Chicago another picture of you I'll
caught you as you were picking you
teeth.
IT'S well. the kernel said Blu
constantly remind those CORE spon
dents that If there is any saving 4
be done around here ! am going t
do ii myself If they try to kicl
lover the traces, deprive them OF thei
uniforms and then leave them to th
mercy of the indignant populate,'
| CHAPTER II.
/ Ia ra, Ia ra, ia ra. Ia ra
| Day has just dawned. The bugla
lis bugling TO beat the band and tn
soldiefs are bestiring. All is still
Iquiet, even auieter than befor2, be
cause the naughty kernel is abet
suddenly the air Is rent with bout
Iof warning The wireless mes
senger has just received a messae
from villa Ridge, reporting tn
breaking Of the levee there Th
kernel is awakened by the noise. Fl
arises, dons his uniform and armin
himself with a toothpick. wall
slowly 10 his office and inquiries til
cause of the excitement Nothin
could alarm the kernel, not even a
alarm clock
II have the honor to report, sir,
his orderly said, saIuting
| Report It quick" the kernel con
Imanded
1.-THE levee has broke at Win
Ridge and we can't find the war col
respondents.
Send out the guard. scouf ever
inch OF the city and get them on TIL
job, or | will reduce you to the ran
of bootblaek. The kernel was Ell
iraged.
/ CHAPTER LII.
Fifteen minutes had elapsed whe
the correspondents, having been Ii
lcated. returned from the Will
| Riasef iudusu uuWH with pictures.
I'VE have the honor to repor
sir. )" said the chief correspondent
that. Won have just succeeded /
saving 1909 people from death in th
lefty OF Villa Ridge, We have jul
completed arrangements TO photo
graph YOU in the act of holding bac
the food with one hand as yolt rel
eue the men. women and chiidre
with the other. A hole has bee
made in the levee and all you'll ha,
to do Is hold your hand over
while the stan photographers clio
| their cameras
| An hour later we find the kern.
holding his hand over lare
creyasse in the ievee. The creyass
is 100 feet long and so feet dee,
With the other hand. the colonel
rescuing women and children an
even men. as fast as he can reat
| them. He had saved the day all b
| himself and pictures were immed
| iatelT sent to Chicago for publiea
ton in the newspapers.
CHAPTER Nv.
Returning to headquarters, tn
kernel found his stan runnin