Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-06-30

from the regular army.
Never before was a man spoken
better of to his back than was he,
for it was true, the paymaster was
once more with us.
The next day, with proper dignity
BETTING man of such an honorable
commission, he lay before our eyes,
shiny pieces of ten, mingled
among rare coins of larger and
smaller denominations. Having ar
ranged the pay for Co. b he departed,
leaving our SIS per with our own
captain.
Immediately, as our names were
called from the roster" we fell in
single file according to our ranking.
Then from pure JOY OF once more
knowing that our pockets would hold
the real 'rhino" and we could be
care free from worry of how we
could pay for our restaurant bill,
we commenced the famous payday
dance of Co. b.
This dance, Snake slide" as it
may be more properly and wildly
termed, originated In Co. B, and |
think that parts of it were undoubt-
eddy filched from the famous dance
of the Mexican Senioritas that the
tan M hnr1or
But irrespective of it's origin, it Is
still remaining fact that when one
sees its execution for the first time
they are sure to have bad dreams for
some time thereafter.
Eventually everything was ready
to pay, and at the command of at
tention," we ceased our competition
of those barbaric Hawaiian maidens,
and falling in formation rank, pro-
ceeded toward the pay table.
Answering here" and saluting as
our names were called, we moved to
the table and received our money.
Once more we formed in single
rank-but this time our faces wore
an expression OF worry rather than
pleasure. Why? Cause we were
headed for the eanteen company
store) and as we began comparing
notes, we found we all had Just right
to look worried
You see our barber bill, laundry
and canteen are all deducted at the
pay table, and when you only get
$500 one can readily see where the
long end of said pay remains. Per-
sonally, when | moved my tagging
footsteps from in front of the can
teen, l had in my possession the
noble sum of As cents. In other
my own, left $14.55 in care of our
Top" to be distributed as he saw fit
among the three places l just men,
toned.
| was not alone however in my
downheartedness, for very shortly /
found that Friend Bessecker, instead
of having As cents left, still owed
the canteen somewhat more than !
was lucky enough to escape with.
Some few of the boys seemed luck
Ter than we, for very shortly through
the din of loud voices proclaimed
their eternal distrust toward money
l heard the one word, bones" float
high above all competition.
With this one magic word, quiet
seemed to reign supreme for some
few seconds till its source could be
discovered, then with howls of fran
tic delight, most everyone made a
frantic rush to where these little
bits" of ivory were beginning to roll
merrily along.
Come babes "Ohl Bones" l
say a seven" Don't fail me" I'm
trustin you, little fellows, II say!
A four and trey" until finally one
lucky mortal-or is the lucky per-
son mortal?--departs downward with
all the spare change the company af-
fords.
| am surprised there isn't more
gambling than what goes on, for
outside of few, the boys hardly
ever endulge. But you know when
you only have few cents left and see
some fellow walk by and rattle sew
eral good hard dollars in his pocket
you naturally have that bunch that
you can take some of 1t away from
him. But it has been my sad expert
ence to find that 1t is usually the
other fellow who comes out lucky.
Why should we worry about sc
small thing as money, when the
Fourth of July and its celebration Is
only few days hence?
The people of st. Maries are going
to give Co. B one grand and glorious
little celebration
The main event OF the day will be
baseball game between the towr
and Co. B. Believe me, II the towr