The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-26
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fighter" said the officer. who picked
IuD his diplomatic English in Ger
|many's London embassy, but his cas-.
Iual speech in America.
What. that nice little old man"
l exclaimed.
won the title in the China war-before
the. walls OF Picking. In the last rev
weeks he's been renewing his youth
nm bv Duanburg, and now the Rus.
SLAMS believe OF him all that was ever
said of him in China. $3.50
Titles for BombproofA
At the entrance OF line OF BOND
nroofs which burrow into . ridge com:
handing a point to the west OF Lake
Mjadsiel stood a sign which read Ne
ger-Dorf," which took to be the sol
diers facetious way OF contertng upon
their underground dwellings . name
that would find it's equivalent IN our
"Darky Town"
The inhabitants of Negro Dof ran
much to jokes. A group OF them ma
named their section OF the Line oomo'
proofs 'Vialla Sorgenfrer VIVA care.
free} others had lettered IN purpole INK
on a huge tamper which they had COP,
structed out of a block of beechwood
the words "Langsam aber Sicher,
which means slow but sure.
From the bowels OF one OF the GAL
lel.ies Of the bombproot came the
screeching OF a gramophone which was
doing the best it could by German
ballad called "Unter der .Frieden-
some" A soldier was accompanying
the gramophone on q mandolin.
"Darky Town" Cory Place;
In another corner four dAchshunds
we're being petted to death by two d.
fcers, who spoke baby talk to them
and gave them food-and wouo nave
given them tobacco, too, II the oacns'
hunds had been smokers.
Logs we're cracking IN the nLfptce
the soldiers had built into tne rest'
room for officers, and hot drin nn nen
simmering, and the gramopnone con-
tinued 10 screech and splitter concern
ing the sunshine Of peace.
Altogether, in spite OF the weather
and the mud, Darby Town would nave
been coy place except lot us sSn
surrounding. Within cgunshot Jay 20
teninsel, so named for the fearful loss;
es which the Russians have sunereo
there, and up from the shore OF tne
mainland rolled soggy fields which naa
been so cut up by the artllery tnae
their aspect prompted mealause
German correspondent to remaik taas
in peace Time Tue HussldAe P!o ~ 49,
wooden plows and IN war ume VIII
shells.
In the evening this same German
was writing about a Russian fisher.
man living by Lake Miadsiol who had
lost his life in guiding an o1icets
patrol through an intricate part OF me
country. And he turned of this: He
had wished to earn the cross OF 81.
George; today he is lying nenea Id
another cross. He dleo eiaaiy .ho
bravely for Russia. Fine people OF 1e
old breed these civilian heroes arc
good talk Of Darky Town that a tall
blond young officer appeared on - iaH
tors and said. won Schwanenflug
which was sufficient introduction.
WIEN y hem it ca came my turn to give ny
name / added the words from chi
caqo" At that young Won Schwan-
!. enfImp WIN was a Saxon and human,
friendly soul, pricked UP bis ears ana
said, $50 am j. in a way"
YES" he said, my grandlatner:
suhle. married one OF the rays OF
IShicaro, IF YOU ever see any OF that
FAMILY again, present my greetings,
p1 Nnd in honor of his ancestors. Lieut..
Won Schwanenflug drew from recess
IN the wall of the bombproof a bottle
If cordial strong enough to tan leather
y nd canable of producing exhilaration
aftar one had recovered breath.
Rut NV deepest feeling was that !
was a long way from home.