The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-18


On. yes. very brave men. but imbe-
Gle, al, mon bieu, II H. incredibls how
imbecile they would be. Not they alone
mean olt al young troops They are
20 AFRAID OF being afraid that they would
take no Precaution. h. have seen II. In
spain 1 have seen a battalion OF con-
scrirts attack battery OF ten pieces
- they went. an, 50 calamity, and pres
entity the hillside looked, from where
] stood. Ike-how do YOU say 4, n, -.
/ hsh "a raspberry tart. and where was
oar fine battalion OF Conscriptse Then
I u, all together IN rush. shouting and
yelling. but what will shouting d.
against a mitraille and there was our
second battalion I'D out on the hillside
And then he toot-chsseurs Of the Qua. q
old soldiers. were told 10 take the bat
Z terry. and there was nothing fine about
their advance. no colu.-.n. no shoutlD.r
heoouy killed. Just "a Few scattered lines
or tirailleurs and pelotons OF support
fenced and tho Spanish runners cut TO
pieces. War must he learned. my young
friend Just the same as the farming OF
Pooh said /. not to be outcrowed
by foreigner. If We had thirty thous-
ana men on the line OF the hill yonder
you had your boats behind you"
ON the line Of the hill?' said he. with
llaHh OK MS eyes ulug the ridge. Yes.
~ your man know his business he would
nave ms leit about your house. his CEN
lfe ON Iorricmuir. and his right over
near the doctors house. with his trail
leurs pushed out thickly in front Ills
morse. OF course would try to cut us up
as we deployed on the beach. But once
let US FORM, and We should soon know
what 10 do. There's the weak point
there az the gap. 1 would sweep IL with
my guns. then roll On my cavalry. push
nv infantry ON in grand columns and
that wing would find itself up in tho
. tecrs be-
Close at the heels OF your hindmost
man. said l. and We both burst out into
the hearty laugh with which such dis
. cussions usually ended.
Sometimes. when he talked. I thought
ne was joking. and al other times II was
: not quite 50 easy TO say. 1 well remem-
was sitting In the Kitchen with my
father. Jim and me. after the women
mad gone 20 bed. he began about Scot
3 land and its relation to England.
You uesd 20 have your own king and
your own laws made az Ediu burgh. said
ne. does II not IAN you with rage and
despair when YOU think that 10 all comes
20 you from London now
Jim took his pipe from his mouth.
~ was We who put our king over the
English, so if there's any rage 90 should
have been over yuudcr." said hs
This was clearly news 10 the stranger.
and u silenced him for n moment
We'll. btu your laws are made down
there. and surely that is not good" he
said. at last.
no. 1t would be wen TO have a par
lament back In Edinburgh" said my
rather; but am kept So busy with the
sheep that / have little enough time ~
think Of such things."
1t l. Tor fine young mon Ike YOU two
10 think OF it, said DE lapp. when "a
country j. injured 10 is 10 It's young men
3 that 1t looks TO aVenEe IT,"
Aye. the English take too much upon
, themselves sometimes" said Jim.
We'll. n there are many of that way
81 timing about why We should not
form them into hlttaliOns and march
/ them upon LONDON" cried Toe Lapp.
THAI would b. 20 rare little picnic
said /. laughing. and who would lead
lie jumped up. bowing. with his hand
on his heart in his queer fashion. III
YOU would allow mo 10 have tho hon
D. orr he cried. and then seeing that W..
( were all laughing. he h' gan Co laugh
also but am sure that there was re-
ally no thought Of Joke in his mind.
could never make out what his aEe
could be, nor could Jim TTpr-crOft eth.
Or Sometime we thought that DO
was an n.dlsn man that looked Young.
man VINO looked old His brown sim
'.'se-cropred hair needed uo ,roppine
' y. Ihe Top where b. thinned away. 90 "a
-HinlhE curve. tils skin. too. was inter
-e't'd h} thousand unc wrinkles
facing and lnterlacinE. and was All
burned as ! have already said. by the
Yet he was as nrhs ne "a hoy and No.
i- h~ i"uEh as wIHIrnuus. walking all
ofN over tho hills. or rowing on fI.
Mllh'ut turning hair ON tha
W hole. We Thought that Pc might be- fl
"f %. though DO Was hard to SEQ how I.
. could have seen 300 much OF IIf. in tho
a4.s. and th"r he surprised ur.
az, h no, ne'.n saving Thar ] was just On.
/ ana im said chat hn was 90.
J Then ! am tho most ola ~ tb,
| three said De Lapr
We laughed at th.7 frr bv our rock
.I,,hhE Do might almost have been our
But not by $50 much" said no. arch
| inF hi- hrows i wac rins-and- twenty