The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-02-12
SLEEPY BR|TON
DEFENDS WHOLE
VILLAGE ALONE
Wounded Sergeant Changes His
! Opinion Respecting Recruit
Called "His Lordship."
NOTED FOR HIS LAzlNEss
Promise o. Good N'sht's Rest Leads
Him to olstlnsvlsh Himssit In
Charge on vliiass--osfsnds Bed
Against Whole Regiment.

London.-"Never again will 1 judge
. man by his appearance" said =
wounded sergeant. when asked for
his most thrilling battle experience.
when We started for the front we
had In our company . man whom
simply could not stand. He was tall.
well built. rather good looking. with
light hair and mustache, and most sw.
fully lazy. There was no mistake
about the had wealthy parents. .
man who had never travelled without
q valet
On the moment Of his arrival In
our midst We named him his lord.
ship" and bets we're made that he
vould succunb after the nrst days
march. Not . BIT Of II. Il 10 true he
Looked tired ct the start. but he looked
no moro % st the finish. But when We
reached the place where We were to
rest for he night. he calmly unwound
his puttees. underneath which be wore
real silk socks. We felt bit upset.
8ilk socks for . soldier are clearly
against army regulations.
alsaleUrss HE Nails.
but this was nothing TO what fol-
lowed. He got out . nicc leather
boz. opened II. extracted some sort Of
instrument and proceeded to manicure
hts nails.
An the boys gathered around him
TO watch the performance: but I put
an end 10 II By promising him four
days II the Ordinary which be was
to undergo after the taking OF Der.
lin. Tor. you see. We could not very
well spare the man Just then.
we were finally placed In the
trenches. His lordship' did everything
angrudsinsly. but he could not sleep
without . pillow. 10 he paid four
packets Of cigarettes . day to . fat
fellow and rested his head on the lat.
tsr's stomach. hut we began to re-
spect him from the day when he laid
low Is Germans with u cartridges. II
WAS some shooting. and he did Il ~
nonchalantly - II he were In . rife
gallery
We'll, We left the trenches-that
10 some OF ~ did. and some did not
and even then one day we were or.
dered to take by assault . village &C.
cupied BY . Bavarian regiment
First In 0ssh for BED.
ITO give added courage TO the men.
our captain said: You rec these
houses2 There are beds In them. and
these beds are for your use n we take
the village Take my word for II.
We did not lose any time, and Il I did
not hustle then. ! never hustled In ell
my life was among the nrst 70
reach the nearest house--at least ]
thought ! Was. but when ! dashed n
I found his iordship' calmly stretched
out on . bed previously occupied By
Q German oficer. whom he had thrown
out OF the window.
We thought hat We could have Q
good nisht's rest, but about three
O'Clock n the morning we were told 10
get up. ~ . German regiment was
marching against US. ! awoks ny
men. and all rose without = murmus.
ali except his iordship'
Get up,' I shouted
"Hs opened one eye. looked at me
and said. Not on your life
what do you meanr ! Was chok-
ing with anger We must retreat. .
whole German regiment IL about 10
attack us.
~ u ID the whole German army.
! WITH not give up my bed 10 them. 10
answered with some hcat--the nrst
tine saw him get hot abo,t aaythias
q atl.
: hs,es osemsas on.
- or1ee you-' atAstsl 70 @. but
= ahne III sye. tufas1 On ths che
~ - sleSe. s1dsl elsAt days b
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