Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-11-30

comes within striking distance you
jump as il you were falling on foot
ball, and If you are lucky you will have
chicken for dinner.
was out one day in motor with
a staff captain and Dave Smith, the
heavyweight champion, whom | bump
ed against during my first days in the
army. We had been up to a brigade
headquarters aud were on return trip.
| had taken shorter way coming
back. and it was along very narrow
road. Dave was sitting In the front
with me, and the captain was in the
tonneau. We were bowling along at
fairly good pace. and l had visions
OF being back in time for dinner.
| noticed n few cavalrymen away
ahead of us. but they were SO far ahead
didn't pay much attention to them.
The first that | knew we were striking
anything out of the ordinary was when
Dave grabbed my rifle out OF the buck
ct and began firing over the wind
shield. Then | took another look and
saw the cavalrymen were Germans.
and there were seven of them.
The road was so narrow that there
wasn't ghost OF a chance to turn
around, and figured that IL we rushed
them we could blur our way through,
whereas IL we stopped they would see
that they outnumbered us two to one
and the chances were we would get the
worst Of it. was so excited ! was
trembling all over, and the captain was
shouting orders at the top of his voice.
Dave was the only cool man In the
car, and he was sending shot after shot
at them as calmly as If he were on
rifle range. He shouted to me: go
like hi! Crowd 'em off the roadv
When they saw how we were gain.
ing three of them left the road and hit
out across country. | thought Dave
must have hit the other fellow, for he
simply put the spurs to his horse and
stuck right TO the middle of the road
He didn't attempt to fire at us at all
He was just going for all he was worth.
When | saw this | started after him
in earnest, and he didn't have chance
In the world. That car had done seven.
ty-eight miles an hour on her test, and
such speed as that AS we got closer
TO him Dave quit firing for 1t would
have been murder to shoot a man in a
trap such as he was In. He kept TO the
center of the road, though. and he
wouldn't give an inch
7 was blowing that old siren for all
II was worth, aud | opened the cut-out
to make all the noise could, trying
10 scare his horse Off the road. and the
animal wanted to get out of the way.
too, but the rider held him In.
At last Dave said I'm make him
move" and he sent bullet so close
III bet he could have kissed 1t as Il
went by. He gave way then all right
and as he did | pulled up alongside OF
him. AS we came up he pulled re-
yolver and fred two shots, which Just
went over my head. Dave leaned over
and caught him by the belt He yank.
ed him clear OF the saddle and slung
him into the back OF the car. He land
ed on top OF the captain, and those two
were so mixed up you couldn't tell one
from the other.
stopped the car as quickly as
could. and we soon had him Saying
Uncle" though he fought like a wild.
cat for few minutes. The captain
got the worst Of II, for he had beau.
tiful skinner" and the skin of his
knuckles, When we searched him we
found thirty-three English ten shilling
notes on him He had taken them
from some Of our fellows, OF course,
but what made us mad was that the
captain would not allow us to keep
them
He said II would not be honest. but
noticed that when We handed him over