The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-02-12
SLEEPY BR|TOh
DEFENDS WHOLE
VILLAGE ALONE
Wounded Sergeant Changes His
Opinion Respecting Recruit
Called His Lcrdship."
NOTED FOR HIS LAZlNESS
Promise Of Good Nights Rest Leads
Him to Distinguish Himself in
Charge on villace-Defends Bed
Against Whole Regiment.

London.-"Never again will | Judge
a man by his appearance" said a
wounded sergeant, when asked for
his most thrilling battle experience.
When We started for the front we
had in our company a man whom I
simply could not stand. He was tall.
we'll built, rather good looking, with
light hair and mustache, and most aw-
fully lazy. There was no mistake
about the had wealthy parents. a
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
would succumb after the first days
march. Not q bit of 1t. It is true he
looked tired at the start, but he looked
NO more SO at the finish. But when we
reached the place where we we're to
rest for the night, he calmly unwound
his puttees. underneath which be wore
real silk socks. We felt a bit upset.
Silk socks for q soldier are clearly
against army regulations.
Manicures His Nails.
But this was nothing to what fol-
lowed. He got out a nice leather
box, opened It, extracted some sort OF
instrument and proceeded to manicure
his nails.
"All the boys gathered around him
to watch the performance: but | put
an end to it by promising him four
days in the ordinary which be was
to undergo after the taking Of Ber-
lin, for, you see we could not very
we'll spare the man Just then.
We were finally placed in the
trenches. His lordship' did everything
ungrudgingly. but he could no sleep
without q pillow. 80 he paid four
packets OF cigarettes . day to . tat
fellow and rested his head on the lat
ter's stomach. But we began to re-
spect him from the day when he laid
low 16 Germans with IS cartridges. It
was some shooting and he did It a.
nonchaIantly ~ II he we're in a rife
gallery
We'll, We left the trenches-thaf
10 some Of Us did, and some did not
and even then one day We we're Or
dered to take by assault a village &C.
cuDted BY . Bavarian regiment.
First In Dash for Bed.
To give added courage to the men,
U captain said. 'You zee these
houses? There are beds in them and
these beds are for your use il We take
the village. Take my word for h,
We did not lose any time, and il | did
mot hustle then, ! never hustled in m
my Life. was among the first "a
reach the nearest h0use-at least /
thought ! YVES, but when I dashed II
I found his Iordshipy calmly stretched
cut on : Bod previously occupied by
: German o1teeT, whom he had thrown
out Of the window.
We thought hat We could have :
good nights rest, hut about three
o'clock in the morning We we're told to
Get ~. ~ . German regiment vas
marching against Us. awoke nv
mem, and AL rose without 4 murmur
III except his Iordshin.'
Get up | shouted
He opened one eye, looked at me
and satd, Not on your life
What do you meant was chot-
Ing with anger. We must retreat. :
whole German regiment 10 about To
attack ua.
II y y the whole German army.
will not give up my bed to them, Il
answered with come heat-th@ drst
time saw him get hot about anything
Ct an
Hsido oesmaao or
II order you 1 GfaSte1 10 "a but
- shut hts eye. turned o. the ofler
side and slept added eight days 70
hds 'solitary.' and = ] could Dot ve,y