The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-13

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 ssSNSSNSSSS%ANSSUS SSUSSN~SSAsS~SASesN fHe transport from 4rHc.:. He was of duty, and saw him watching me closely as I rolled the pill. Finally he sidled up.
 Say" he asked. you're Jane, aint you?"
 What are you doin'-kiddin' mel" asked him.
 q guess you're kiddin' me" he an- swered. 'T begged 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 If he couldn't But what you're doing on this Joy ride is none of my business, sis. Don't be afraid I'll tip you off. I'm in the navy, and what the army does ain't my affair so long as we get you over there all o. K"
 I didn't admit I was girl, but be knew. He was a nice boy, who had come from Iowa originally, and l got real we'll 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. l saw him only the other night here ill H0bOken.
 "Wen," he remarked, "it's hard luck Al Frhn pt hnp two RlrlA aboard could roll them better than you and slipped through all right"
 More power to them if they did" l answered. "I 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.
 was pretty happy and contented TOT the next couple Of days. and l guess ] became too sure of myself. Most or the boys were getting over their sea- sickness bv this time, and the ineV- Itable 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 not and colds" and they made plenty or 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 cOpped big pot. Just then the submarine alarm sounded. We knew we were near the danger zone.
 Hurry up!' shouted one of the play CTS as we all broke away from our places.
 The winner calmly collected the pot.
 They may shoot me, and l will tell the world sO," he announced, before will leave this sugar for blooming Dutchman to put a torpedo into. That would be just my luck. If 1t ever rains soup l will be caught with fork" It was another drill alarm, so the calamitist returned to the game only to be taken" for his roll.
 Ut would have been better for me If we had been torpedoed." he said after he had beer cleaned.
 And don't think the doughboy Is @ piker. Many a time I've seen Sl,0OO In a single pot.
 Besides craps, the men sang and played Black Jack, favorite card game of campaigners and one in which they win and lose big. It wasn't long before a few of them had all the non' ey. The youngsters wrote letters until I thought some of them would never be able to handle a gTl on account of writer's cramp. One young fellow didn't slight a girl in the state Of Tex as, and suppose he told each she was the only one. He'ought to get lots of mail lover there"
 Because of the breaks In the sleep on account of submarine drills and for other reasons l am ordered not to dis- cuss some of the boys slept in the day time a good deal. There were not many duties aboard ship, and the ofi' cers let all hands take 1t as easy as they could. They knew there would be plenty to do in France.
 That is why the American soldier k fighting for his captain and not tf make the world safe for democracy He knows his captain as the fellow who looks out for him. speak Of th' regular, the neat, soIdierly looking fel low you can always tell from guards man. when I say this. And don0 mean that as a reflection. Soldering Il the regulars business.
 In the daytime l saw little of my husband, but with the aid of Cupit Private Smithers I sneaked uE to hi berth often at night. He still insisted he would report me. The old timer who knew me covered me up, and al the men were very decent. WheneVe