El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-08

haythen- He doesn't pity his brother.
] He envies him All iv his own ambi-
tion is TO get back into a thrench. He
[ says Grogan's threnches weren't half
I as comfortable as tn kaisers-
/ His brother writes to him that tn
! trenches he's in three days out iv six
! has a nice bOord flure an there's
I coy little dugout where tn boys go
I in whin they knock off wurruk an set
| beside a hot stove an play checkers.
] smoke seegar, or take a drink Tn
/ gOvernmint feeds him. pays him fine
] wages, he has a SCOT iv betther clothes
] thin he iver wore in his life. an he's
/ guaranteed a job as long as tn car an
] tn kaiser don't speak, which he hopes
will be a long time.
He wuddent care much if they niver
made up The wife is provided fr an
| he don't have to go home to tell her
/ where he's been more thin wanst
month. 1t is thrue that ivry three days
he is stint firm tn trenches an made to
take bath an change his clothes But
this is soon over an f'r tn rest " tn
week he lives in a nObleman's chatOO
with his feet on a marble top table,
playin a melojeon-"
9TH other Levinslzy, me fellow citi-
zen, had tn same kind iv a job, On'y
there was no floorin' an no dugOut he
paid fr his own clothes an food. an
niver had tn fun iv shootin' at tn
Rooshyans in tn adjoinin' thrench-
NO wan liver STINT him package "
cough dhrops with a PHOTOGRAPH IN IN
box. When he was discharged no cheer
in crowds followed him home pinnin
roses on his pickaXe, an whin he come
down with rhoomatism he wasn't car
ried TO a hospital to be fed wine jelly
firm a spoon be a debbytante- but had
to report to gang boss that wud make
a PrOoshyan sergeant look like sister
iv charity.
9Th dangers fv war? Why, me boy.
a shell firm a Krupp gun don't amount
to anything to a man that's used to
blasts iv dynamite started be Eye
Italian who's thinkin' iv somethin' else,
an I'd be less afraid " a baynit charge
thin ] Wud be iv hOldin' a drill with q
cross-eyed Swede swingin' tn sledge-
TIL mOrtal1tleS IN LeFlnSkyS army
ARE larger thin in Won Hindenburg's.
VT ivry morning this bOuld volunteer.
his counthry's pride, was awakened by
tn revelly sounded on III alarm clock
an hurried to tn threnches an was
glad iv tn chance. An now he's sad
he can't get back
"Aunyhow. there are bright omens In
tn sky r. tn unemployed It IS cloudin'
up. A cheerful northeast wind is
BLOWN in firm tn lake carryin' mes
sage OF hope to tn marrow iv their
bones We're pretty sure to have I
heavy snowfall tonight. an there'n be I
wurruk an food tomorrah f'r all who !
can find burlap to wrap around their /
feet.
4AaIA NV I'll Jul E7AbA Jus -A---l- y"
can climate that frOwns its blessing |
down upon tn poor, so that whin I
nanny iv our fellow citizens are gettin' /
ready to 90 to Poland fr a meal, tn /
American relief fund, tn storm clouds I
iv winter opens its threasury; tn snow /
descinds. an tn fOrchnit freeman winds /
a potato sack around his slippers. puts 1
a newspaper on his chest ties his old 4
hat over his ears with a towel berries I
a shovel firm a retired coal HEAVIER, an +
goes out TO battle with tn ilimints-
An that night there's a chunk " /
coal in tn stove. a piece iv ham is
singin' in tn fryin' pan, an hundreds
Nv families ARE grateful that hiven is
so far firm thin that they look in
threstin' enough to help.
.'Whatu happen 10 these sojers whin
tn war is OVER asked Mr. Hennessy.
Il don't know" said Mr. Dooley. 1T
will be tur-rble-f'r thin to face tn /
hardships iv peace But I suppose
whin their country calls thin back
to tn battle fr life they will respond
like pathrites."
OOOk for ~Mr. DOOIey'ss next story in
the June Hearst'sD