Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-12-26

liufHef was busted ~ whom Ne hrnifl
30 WINS ll-R0ln' 10 lose the lltiio house
no M hlg frnu hnd mort pnId for.
ause they couldn't dig 30 tlle interest
fha Red Gross Man wrote 10 somebody
IN one day Carl WIS n.smIlIn' all over
sis Dutc:I rhia, cause he'd got letter
ayln' he could pny the interest when
ned cracked Kaiser IIlll's strong box,
CARTS United sinfes n he II Dutch. lie
wfizn't nrour' when they pIcled hlg
nnme. Motors don't 20 dcfd when he's
given them The once over"
~rhcro's that Red Cross on that nm.
orolla."
Bet y'ur neck. Tho NJ. rs vTz yet.
tin their kulius dried up, standln' our
In the sun kccpln the trucks from
a-gettln' Jammed 1T the crosslns. The
Red Cross Man rot umbrellas an put
'em on those platforms, an now the
NJ. Ps amt afraid o. loosin' their think
boxes nm are al scrappln' for a shady
2rossln' Job. He's always dom some
hin for the boys. Last winter. when
we most frozc stiff, he got fifteen thou
and blankets. an sweaters, an muf-
ilcrs, an gloves, an sox to keep us
warm. They say he worked four days
an nights fore he got us worn and
feelin timber. Last Xmas he give US
dandy boxes Of stuff, candy an the
maain's, an lot OF stuff. Made Us
feel like ole Santa hadn't passed w
UP but had come a-slidin' down our
tent pole"
Helped Him Out Then.
"Where'd you learn to know himf"
"HiIn and me got real chumniy LAST
spring when ! WIZ in the hospital aft
er that propeller blade Inussed me VI
some. He'd come aroun' to see me
most every day. Always had some
din to say that made me fee, better
Way, the nursed get so she'd bring
me that damned hospital cocktail when
he WIZ there, cause she knowed 70
luke 1t without cussin'."
"a cocktail, an you cussin'? Quit
your kidd.n'!"
''Thcre you 60 again, showin' what
you don't know. Mike, my boy, hos
pital cocktail is just plain straight
castor oil, without any water as
chaser. Take it from me an stay
away from them docs at the hos
pital or you'll get one o. them cock
tails. The nurse tole me they most
run out of the burned stuff one day,
an the next batch had got tied up with
red tape an couldn't get in. She said
the patients wuz all a-gettin' sick,
cause they get well to keep from get
tin them cocktails, but the Red Cross
Man went out an bought hogshead
or two and the patients began to get
well again, SOS they could do without
their toddy. She tolc me mustn't hold
1t agin the Red Cross Man tho, cause
the does tole hiru to get it, an that
he give right smart nicer things to the
hospital than them burned cocktails
1t makes me cuss to think about 'em.
Wei, I wuz a-tellin' you how me and
him got. chuminy He saw / couldn't
write account my BUM wing, an he
asked me IL / didn't want him to write
my letters. had him write to moth
er, an. after we'd got acquainted, I
asked him to write to Nellie, my best
girl back home. Ireckon he thought /
wuz some mush on her all right, but
he never said nothin'; just put it down
like / toe him. He looked funny
aroun' the eyes sometimes, but !
reckon he wuz happy canss we wuz
writin' to my Nellie. When the docs
let's me go, wun't good for nothin'
an wanted to go home TIL I got strong,
but didn't have the coin for the fare
all the way up to Indiana. But darn
my cats, that Red Cross Man got me a
leave an then loaned me the cash to |
go.
Paying Back Loan.
Tile didn't charge me no interest
neither. / got it most all paid back
now, but he amt pushin' me none for
it. Nell says she's a-goin' to kiss the
Red Cross Maj first chance she gets.
Well, reckon he's the only bird about |
this post she's got my O. X. to kiss II |
she's got the nerve. The Red Cross |
Man says he can stand it, If she can |
That's his quarters over there with the |
red roof and the sign out In front. He's
got card in the door that says, Come |
In an you don't have to stand at a'ten-
shun when you talk to him. He pushes
out chair, passes the smokes, an
FIRST thing you know you're tellin' him
ali about yourself and all your t:ou-
hles. 1t don't make no diff what's got
your goat, he'll sure find somethin' 10
make you feel better or forget 1t. II
you ever get the blues, or the willies. /
60 see him; he's better than six does
sn' ten hospital cocktails-darn 'em.
Here he comes back again. Bean
helpin' some bird in the 73rd, ! I
reckon. He's goin' to stop"
Hello, Thompson. how's the shout
aer?'
"Fine. sir. Gettin' limbered up all
right"
who's your buddie2"
'Mlke O'Conner, sir. Just in with
the 195th."
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