Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-10-26

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OF course be thought II was on the
level and didn't realize what | had de-
cided-had no hint of II, In fact.
| No sooner was he out of sight than l
began to do some very tallahustling
went to a lady barber and told her
wanted my hair cropped close to my
| bead, soldier style. had an unusually
good head OF hair, long. uxurlant and
black. The barber almost wept when
insisted 1t had to 60 She cut 1t 80 !
| could part It on the side. The only
time during the operation had a pang
Of regret was when she began shaving
my neck. The razor made me realize
was In for something mighty big.
had a good laugh when took my first
peek I'm the mirror at myself as a boy
l wasn't bad The lady barber did not
| laugh. The sight Of such a sacrilege
! seemed to make her sad. She told me
most folks wanted to grow bair-not
lose Il.
/ After the hair cut It did not take me
very long to jump into my uniform. |
| have spent much Of my life on ranch,
where | wore riding breeches or bib
overalls, so the clothes were familiar
! to me and did not feel strange was
I right at home In them. ! never was
! happier I'm my life than when ! took
stock of my makeup, sure enough sol
: dier and said to myself-very posi-.
/ lively:
I'm going with John and the troop"
left the house Just as 1t was. II
oil m 70 n N
like this Reluctantly. | had promised
my husband would 20 to his family
! in Kentucky and remain there until his
| return. Instead OF this. found myself
| In an automobile speeding for Douglas
where the troops were even then en-
training With me was fluffy" my
bulldog. That was the only hurt, leav
ing Tuffy would have tried to get
her enlisted I'm X company rs mascot
only they do not allow dogs.
Everything was confusion around the
| station. Soldiers and civilians were
hurrying here and there. Girls were
/ bidding their sweethearts clinging
| goodbys. Mothers and fathers. sisters
and brothers. fricnds-every one was
there to give godspeed. The soldiers
themselves seemed TO be In the best OF
spirits. They laughed and Joked and
| acted like men who were going away
on big holiday. although there was
strain Of seriousness through II all that
made a lump rise in your throat every
now and then.
did not iingcr long outside the train
for fear | might be recognized. though
| II was difficult to single out any strange
soldier. because there were so many
raw rockies who had just enlisted and
had not had time to get acquainted
| much figured that the cook cai
would be the safest place because
there could he busy doing something
and II would be easier for me to get by
unnoticcd SO when the cooks came
along ! fell In with them and went into
the car They thought ] was new
one and never paid any attention to
me OF course, my long connection
with the army helped me. since knew
the regulations and customs better thar
most OF the rockies
Dog Almost Betrays Her
TulfI almost spilled the beans foi
me. She had given the chauffeur who
was TO take care OF her while ! was
gone the slip and gone out on a still
hunt for me- You can fool a man but
| you cannot fool a dog The minute she
spied me she came on the run, with o
yelp and leap Quite a lot of the Older
men knew my dog. and ! thought ey
cry minute they would notice her VIC
| I no hat
away. Sue seemed to regard this as al
invitation and burked happily ! grew
cross and pushed her aside ordering
her home She stood and looked at me
I'm q surprised way. ! could not seem
toe familiar with her and play my part
I had to treat her as a strange dog AZ
was boarding the train she came
after me with bound ! pushed heI
away from the steps and walked up
Poor Tuffy. she wanted to be a soldier
the worst way | hated TO leave her
She was the only one to say goodby to
me. and ! had to treat her as a stran'
ger.
There were some nervous moments
before that train pulled out. | kept In
the background as much as | could
After what seemed to me years there
came a tense moment and chorus OF
'goodby, good luck, God bless you
The cars began TO move We were on
our way to join Pershing
Look out there rookie, or the hrsi
thing you know you'll be fixing NEST
OF pigs knuckles and sauerkraut FOL
some Germans"
One OF the old boys from the camp q
man In my husbands company whom
knew, was speaking II was the fra
time ! had been directly addressed