The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-10-17

Disappointed Through Failure Il
See y Boats.
However, these optimists were doom.
ed TO appointment. for our ship did
not see a German porpoIse" the whole
voyage. nor did We hear gun frcd.
Since returning to the United States
In have heard Of the attack on some OF
the ships of the transport feet. but u
was not on the part OF II we were with
II would have been impossible for us
to have been attacked and not to have
known OF II. As say. lots Of the boys
were disappointed because they could
not write home to the folks about the
narrow escape from the subs. and the
Idoughboys are great letter writerA
Perhaps some Of them did, anyway, 20
as to let those at home know they
weren't missing anything.
By this time felt almost like q SOL
der and had learned to smoke tailor
made cigarettes. although ! had tried
Il only once before this trip as an ex-
pertinent when was at school and had
abandoned Il after q couple Of puts.
In the privacy Of my bunk devoted
q whole lot Of time to trying to roll
them with as much carelessness and
real economy Of tobacco as are shown
10y the u. 8. soldier. ! had acquired
the "makin's" and spent hours at the
task
About the third or fourth day out
felt I was pretty proficient and got out
my brown papers and tobacco on deck
and went to II. Near me was a sailor
of one Of our biggest battleships who
was In the gun crew assigned to defend
the transport from attack. He was
OF duty. and I saw him watching me
closely as ! rolled the pill. Finally be
sided up.
Say" he asked, you're Jane, amt
your
"what are you doin'-kiddin' NOR !
asked him.
II guess you're kiddin' me-" he an
swered. II pegged you BY the way
you wrap up one Of those pills. No re-
cruit is SO raw he can't roll one better
than that They wouldn't let him In
the army II he couldn't. But what
you're doing on this Joy ride IL none Of
my business, sis. Don't be afraid III
tip you OF. I'm In the navy. and what
the army does amt my affair SO long
as we get you over there all o. r."
| I didn't admit I was q girl. but he
knew. He was a nice boy. who had
come from Iowa originally. and I got
real well acquainted with him later.
He was one of the few people on the
transport on the way back, a sad and
lonesome trip for me, and we became
quite chummy. saw him only the
other night here in Hoboken.
| "Well," he remarked, cts hard luck
they got you. The other two girls
| aboard could roll them better than you
and slipped through all right"
more power to them II they did"
answered. Il hope they made It."
OF course there were no more girls
on board. He was trying to kid me
and get my goat
Life on Shipboard.
Twas pretty happy and contented for
the next couple Of days. and guess !
became too sure Of myself. Most OF
the boys were getting over their sea-
sickness by this time. and the inev-
liable crap game that follows the army
was in progress. You could hear the
| men calling for Little joe and Jim
my Hicks" after they got out the "hot
and colds" and they made plenty OF
noise.
| The officers were not very strict
aboard ship and let the crap game run
with all the noise necessary to the sue
cessful playing Of this national pas
time. One Of the boys had been In par
ticularly hard luck and had only thin
dime left to put up for future margin
when he COPIED q big pot. Just then
the submarine alarm sounded. We
knew we were near the danger zone.
Hurry upv' shouted one Of the play
ers as we all broke away from our
places.
The winner calmly collected the pot.
They may shoot me. and will tell
| the world So" he announced, before
| Will leaNe tniS sugar IOI UlOoIuluS
Dutchman to put torpedo into. That
would he just my luck. If 1t ever rains
soup will be caught with fork"
1t was another drill alarm. so the
calamitist returned to the game only
to he taken" for his roll
1T would have been better for me II
we had been torpedOed," he said after
he had beer cleaned.
And don't think the doughboy Ia a
piker. Many a time I've seen $1,000 In
II single pot.
Besides craps. the men sang and
played Black Jack. favorite card
tame of campaigners and one in which
they win and lose big. II wasn't long
before a few of them had all the mon
ey. The youngsters wrote letters until
I thought some of them would never be
able to handle gun on account Of
writer's cramp. One young fellow
didn't slight gil In the state of Tex.
no mud I cunposa ha told M oh aha IN =