Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-12
LkNORECIES CABBAGE PATCH.
liy Belly Stone

hiily and wooded territory which was
known 10 be full of prusSian cavalry.
I'm the evening while the vans were bc-
ing drawn up i'm a hollow square in a
sheltered place near a brock the hatall-
ion marched slowly ~ 10 The crest Of The
hill and prepared 10 camp there. Sen
tries were posted all around along the
roads ana paths. while the majority Of
the men took pnS>cssi0n If the outbuild
ing> Of a farm. half ruined IN German
shells.
The kitchl. quad quickly got the fires
started and tly pots ready while others
went down tu the river for water for the
soup.
BE sure 10 hand u> out something real
good" said Corporal Michut 90 the reSer
visit Thomas who in his quality Of butch
cr hal been unanimously chosen "a cut
up and serve the meat.
II ann sorry a. saw. corporal. that the
stock today H. rather poor. That H. TO
say. We have meat. tor there il plenty of
il in the old bus. but we have absolutely
10 vegetables. Not wy much az \ lcck
and | would give my whole fortune. 4
matter at three sous ana Il paper VI tOIrac
co. for half 4 peek of potatoes
III risk il said the trumpeter. Lau-
drceicS. "A little while ago caught
sight Of 4 field II cabbage which the 30
cheS somehow must have overlooked. b.
fore they evacuated this place. I'll bring
yon back u couple a. heads I'm no time"
Now look here. Lauarcrir>.' said the
corporal Just one word NJ good advice.
II Nuu have any sense lcit in that dare
devil head " YOURS Won will stay away
from that cabbage patch am told that
the Rpclcs are in force IN the wood lust
hcVond IL and We can't afford 10 lose
Won"
\ fear. CORPORAL: | an ~ mantle
piece clock. thpy won't carry me on
Perhaps not. hut they might slfuot
ynn.''
shoot ~ me Won mean They are 50
clumsy with their guns"
Don't give them a chance. Accidents
will happen. YOU know.
But LaudrecirS was stubborn and r.
fused ~ listen. 80 Il few moments later
he went out all alone after carefully cN
amining his havonct. a. soon ~ he had
PASSED the outpost. he began To- sneak
along The edge Of the wood towards the
cabbage patch. Fortunately the niuht
" l~ 'tlIN. ar" lNF HtNttN Ntl~ IlfNtAttA tfA
hind the clouds but unfortunately for
him. some ~ the Germans had started on
a similar crrand from their clnmp ia the
wool.
Al the very moment when Lludrcci Y
stopped Ia pick ont the choicest head uf
cabbage he found himself facing the III
gantic Ihlan> who. n soon ~ thcv re-
covered from their surprise. prepared 10
attack the foulharlv Frcnchman. I.au-
drccicS. however. was too quick for them.
IN one bound hc lcapri forward and run
wing his fore head into one Germans 80
lar DlrNuS he sent one German SPRAYING
un his back amon. the cabbage. The
other was about 10 cry out. but his ont
cry was >ifipd III his throat ~ Laudrc
cicS' blyouct. The cry. however. had
enough VA raise a general alarm
Lalslrccic~ saw that there was time On
run back 90 hc rushed into the wood
hoping 60 find a place where hc might
hide until dawn. only IN ind that H. had
fallen from the frying pan into the fire.
IA enemy seemed a. ~ hidden behind "a
cry tree. Rrandishing his hlyonct. he
succeeded ln ke ping them ut aud ran
straight ahead.
After running FIR about five minutes
hc reached Il clearing where 4 whole com
panv was camping. evidently The color
company. for living on two stacks of ri
files hc espicd thc German cr!orS rolled
MP and guarded IN i sentry. Then i tru
n mad idea entered his head: H. made \
rush for the standard. picked IL Nv. kick.
al ever the sentry. Who lid MOI act Y
chance a. fire u shot I'M his confusion am
"a my Ia. mont trtft a.. -..H e lsf
wind. \ roar of voices Snuafcd behind
nm aS thr surprised Germans realized
what h1d happened. anl III the first con
fusion they fred VII one another.
Fighting likg u lion. his uniform m tai
trrS. h> head bare. LaudrccicS reached
The cdsc 81 thc wood. and sped across the
the French oGtp0>tS. followed ~ a hail
few hundred meters separating him from
NJ bullets every one vt which missed him
Nu>pcctlng the presence ~ 4 strong
French force. the Germans Grrtrl not fnl
low him into thcopen especially aS the
! rcnch ScntricS opened 4 brisk fire a.
their direction.
M the meantime. LaudrrricS. carving
the captured cuiurS and two splendid
heads III cabbage came back AZ his com
shouting I've won my bet, I've
won my bet
And th military mrlll.' said his
captain> voice close III him. -Do Won
Know. my hoy. that You have behaved
Ike q hero Come along now let n try
~ patch Won up. You are all covered
with blood
why. captain said LludrecicS with
laugh. while hc Wrollrd the captured
ri H. harry worth while since II
not my blood. hnt theirs
~LinGr"'icS had performed his feat
without getting q single scratch.
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