The Washington times., 1916-12-18
A Communication From Archy, the
:. Xers Libre Cockr0ach.


Job again and glad of II ! have been
sailing
up and down the coast for weeks on
board a british
cruiser nm inch or two outside
the three mile line 1 will tell all one
evening dropped into a goulash down
near the
water front for a bite TO
eat and warm bath while wasthore
a forid
man with side whiskers entered the
rcstaursnt dressed In
the uniform OF a butler In the engiish
navy hist said the naval butler TO
german waiter hist said tho german
waiter In reply
Is the pork pie built already said
the man In buffers uniform ja ia sara
the german waiter and set huge
pork pie on the
tables some words passed In german
when 1 crawlcd into
the pork pie through one OF the air.
holes and settled down on what i
though was a large
hard cylindrical chunk of pork for
nap something
told me parlous times were imminent
and II were to play
heros part 4 would need sleep but !
always sleep warily when ! walked
we were in a garolenc launch cleaviug
the waters OF the
ocean the norid man in the buffers
uniform sat in the stern
ana hssssd the ope pors p,s b. 20 MIS- bosom
porthol,, OF the pie and saw q search.
iIKht
sweeping sky. and sea the butler or.
dered the crew OF his
launch TO send up some rockets In re-
a. few % minute. we were picked UP by
an english cruiser IL
is cuthbert with the pork pie the
voice and on every side.
rang shouts OF IN. Die the pie the
captains pie has come at last and n
once 10 the
captains mess room where the captain
enifs f'I.lsp ana FORK oSs' In hand ana servis,,e
tucked A..
tain that ~ there was
BERT would @
md it for me the butler bowed and
Mi the
ships officers pulled up their chairs
10 the
table with a rAsping sound you may
serve IL honest
snsne sns ,ss butler broke
MAIDEN mechanism for
Immediately something right under
me ,,sg began ,,rs 70 tick took tick took whs,
: that noise captain said the lar
hoard mate only the patient rot
clicking on tho knots saia 'ho o'''''
AZ needs oiling again but ., .,.
cuthbert said the captain ""'
nervous and what means thAt husn
upon
your face ..t.,., M,
AIN euthbert / am
subject to sudden st,achs OF .r.
'"". seon
srrs.s .sas,aS tss, ss butler he :. a tsu,on spy
german MEASLES ,s
hn ha cried the false butler the chip
Is doomed there i.a clock WORK bomb
{. no, 'e 'eu,Ssert it Is frisdrich and he
leaped
through a port into the sea his
blonde side whiskers
which were false falling on a. he
mockigy laaghte, from 9 The ,,,,,s 1ssan a'
long strokes your snip u noomod my
god said the
senior boatswain what shaii We 90
stop the -.
clock ordered the captain but ! had
already done 80 49,.
braced my mead nshihst Tue nou'
hand ana my teet
against the minute mana ana stopped
the mechanism the captain
drew his sword ana prled on all the
top crust sentiemen
he said yon,dsr yS,n eoekroaeh has saved
let US throw the pie. overheard and
steam rapiuIy aWss lIou
advised the ssI.S .n. san,nn
gallant eoskroaeh
must hot perish sratituue is
tradition OF ,as .oo -
pritisn navy mouiu sooner perish
with Mi 'han ,, 49,
uose'' n" e H"o 'ho strain
se'ts ,oo. .,,. A.
worse on me W my ioot silpped she
anu AZ wa ''' ''aus o' sweat
s,,, 80, so,.hi. IA and st,,o., A,,,.
me- somsthing o''"uea
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