The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-27


explained the sergeant, 81 wis on out
post duty one night, an / met the
! German officer comm DOT shell
hole wi the revolver in his hann' HI
wanted to speak tae me, but he dinna
get timel | found the revolver or
the grun' beside him, an gold watch
in his waistcoat pooch! It's a cham
pion timekeeper, Harryw
A Greenock chap gave me two SOU
venirs. They're no. up to much,' he
apologized "Jist a German field cap
an two-bladed knife. It's all he was
worth when | wis feenished wi him."
got German water bottle from
K. o. S. B. warrior whom | met in
my travels. "The night | done this
fellow in was the best | spent since
left Aud Reekie," he said; "abso-
utely the best The bottle wis fu' O.
beer, an never washed my mustache
for three days. 1t wis good beer~
At the headquarters of Scottish
brigade one evening | gave concert
TO over twelve thousand men-gallant
Highlanders and Lowlanders-a af-
ter the program concluded | had tea
with the general in command But
| couldn't settle myself to eat "me
usual" All the pipers were skirlin'
ootside the windows serenading me.
"The Drunken Piper" was the tune
kept dirlin' my feet to, and "a Scot
land seemed to be hoochin' ootside.
| could nae mair sit quiet than the
rest o. the party, so | let DOT a wheen
hoochs maseP tae ease my feelings
an applaud the musicians. Draw,
Draw lads, every mothers son.
Before | left the colonel called for
three cheers for Harry Lauder and |
the lusty lungs of 1900 Scotties rent |
the air. felt overpowered, aye, an
prood, prood to be among the lads a.
ma ain dear country. Then a young
Argyll and Sutherland private came
over. "The boys want the "Hoose
Mang the Heather again, Harry" he
said, "afore we gang AVA"
And never while life lasts will |
'orget the chorus, taken up in every
part of the neighborhood Thousands
If men, each with a big Scottish
leart, a big English, Welsh or Irish
leart, poured such volume, such a
ong from their inmost souls, with
heir faces turned towards the home
and across the sea. What a message
o the auld folksl 1t was not a song
hey sung-it was hymn Such will
always consider the simple verses
-ah, could you only have heard your
oved sons, husbands and sweethearts
they were singing to you.
l reached my chateau at II p. M,
nd found the officer in command, all
he staff, hundreds of soldiers, and a
ew villagers waiting for me. They
a concert-there was no
rgument against it.
My stake was the steps of the cha
eau, and there | was perched with
no motor car acetylene lamps stuck
n either side of my head. No other
ght illumined the scene. In front
nd in the shadowy darkness | could
lmly make out sea of blurred faces.
hat was all. | peered into the in
'nse gloom. | could only imperfect
r distinguish the shapes of brave
EN- and brave women. Aye, the las
es of France have nobly done their
lty. The choruses were all Justify
lined in that night between II and
o'clock. 1t was the strangest con-
mt ever took part in.
| went to bed, worn and tired, tho
1t weary in spirit. But didn't sleep
ell. | had to be up with the lark
I'd off to Albert. My boys grave is
ere
On the way l met a company of
1.-THE, lean, tanned and
yhters to the backbone. You could
e it in the poise of them, the stuck
It chin, the square jaw and the devil
e care CLINT in their eyes. Sons
e Motherland is proud of.
was gazing at the most wonderful
,ure in France as the Colonials
arched up. 1t is a figure of the :
rgin Mary holding the child Jesus
her arms. The statue is not stand
e as it did before the outbreak of
e war. A German gun altered the
sition. The figure lies at an angle
fully 90 degrees holding out the
FAINT. 1t seems impossible that it
uld keep from smashing on to the
ound, 1t is a wonderful sight.
The French people believe that it
II fall on the day of victory. They
We that feeling strong and firm.
hen we have battered the Huns to
rlin, then, and not till then, will the
ltue-of its own accord-fall to the
ound.
Up came the Colonials, smart, ath-
lie, energetic and good to look up
Concert, boys?" | asked. :
Certainly, Harry" laughed one :
up down the ranks a bit. Heard
Il in Motherwell % years ago. Give
'Calliganr"
Now, when a Motherwell man makes
strange request like that and pulls
tx the veil of time a quarter o.
ltury, an you never expectin' it
IL, it makes you think, an whites
kes you talk. We talked.
Now | am coming to Albert-and
thoughts were busy What might
se been; the bright dreams o.
ghter future. ave get off here"
d the officer very quietly, and
cent why, A wee bit off the Ba-
lme Road saw rows an rows o.
lite crosses. l followed the officer.
Sy an by | stood at the spot where