The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05

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.fGHAtsr and soldier OF fortune.
eoo1ompsd 10 death once In
- Irsvolstion and has been
sssnslsss timss'
I'm nunAN NErEoRiTE
~ Gerald Brandon.
M regiment, resting after Al
otrenuoua week In the trenches,
Wss encamped At Mineealors, a.
village some fifteen kilomsters1
n the iioe. I was on guard duty,
despite the fact that there was
10nnger Of an enemy surprise, was
, mach on the "Qui-vive" lest | be
~ mapping by the sdjutant Of the
"a q crusiy old diseiplinarian who
h IN for me and who would b1ye
t11eomed the chance Of reporting me
1axity OF vigilance.
nv ineessah booming OF our heavy
Mn, ensconsed in the woods be
~ Is and the trenches, made II more
11icuk for me.
4 sudden, | heard something slosh
DouGh the air and bit the. ground In
vieiaity. II was no shell or bomb
ouew this by the sound II made
DeouA ths air and the fiat dull thud
u Impact
fifst instructive oct was to scan
ny for / sign Of hostile aircraft.
611hing doing. Ny second act was 10
= ny rife barrel to summon IN,
ohbQriag sentinels who. however,
blresdy hurryins up, having
~ the peculiar noise,
1lsl Leaves Mysterious Corpse.
V6>wsak over the ground carefully
~ " found Il; q huge limp mas,
broken fleshl out Of which started
1eed wide-open eyes above q blood
1ained blond mustaeh a Ia kaiser.
4 teehs, BY the sacred name Of
3 uktle good mani But how had
~ hsr7 An accident TO his
oegeplsasa Thsn where was be
VI vishsd Up the body and car
~ \ b tAs sPstit Poste," where
~ tAs officer Of the guard a.
eoeeasr, We held 4 sort Of i'm
ogouDtu inquest. The deeper We
~ Into ths evidence the more
Ioo13o1 We were % TO how the
49, had net he death.
Val not ven q member Of the
11eio0. corps. II we we're to believe
uailorm and the papers which we
- 10 his pocket. but a captain Of
stfuasian guard and in active com.
- Of . company.
Nhst then had he been doing up In
sir fifteen kilometers " our
~ VT pondered over the mystery
alarm vas given outside. and our
Dki-aircraft guns began pounding away
plane which, regardless OF the
eIIs which burst all around Il, came
wArds as in a mastery spiral dive.
4 approached we recognized it as
french machine aud ceased firing.
Have You SEEN ny Boche7".
IN seFopIanc landed, and We
~ around II, waiting for the
= 70 Get down, ~butfnstead he yelled
sxeifedIy.
Have YOU seen my boehei Has
me Z knifef Cut these straps and
out. What Is the matter with you
Can't you see that ! am tied here?
me loose, / sayl">
3fost sviators love their machines,
puever saw applet so attached to
, Aeroplsne as was that onc. II would
eve taken a Houdini to set him free
1thout using a knife.
We escorted the pilot TO our officer
the guard, who satisfied himself as
y his identity. file was Lieutenant
eciseau, the famous Acct
Leoiseau strobe over ID the corner
Nhefe the body Of the Prussian officer
" huddled in a shapeiess heap.
An. the sacred pigl So you found
N, did your Well, he got his dessert.
pologife for dropping him so near the
- he might have fallen on some good
kgenchman, but could not help myself.
y yourselves in my place. | could not
And il another second" By this time
re wa a group OF officers present
neng them the commandment.
Csrosity Not To B, Trifled with.
Eor Gods sake, voting man, do no,
n with curiosity" the commandanI
commanded, half sntreated. "Wha
qol6 YOU not stand another second
= II yod are responsible for that car,
!, u least tell US what you did with
aeroplanei"
Int then ! had to 90 back to m,
u, for the old adiutant caught m,
with q glance that Threatened
sguardhousts A few days later
FEVER, ! read Lcoiseau's story in
NJ newspaper. This is what he told
left the hangar on a bombing ex
3ki0n early In the evening. Splendit
sf, moor humming rhythmically
1T r. ! croved the German line
cau0ht icrl fraction ofa seeonc
beSm Of ! searchiisht, bit
- one wing, did the fallins
6scp Of five hundred meters
)abed ~ smother thousand q lit.
gt1heS on, leaving the imminou.
u sweep biindIy in search OF m,
shells burst harmlessly wher,
NJ WIS.
wae ihe only incident. ar
&pufteart flying very high
~ motor .sd volplaned
Wifhin five hundred meters
~ noise.
NJ ysfds were brilliantly
very bssy ] dropped my
~ tewels becomeA irregular
oumfosfabk and the longer
1nde1ists the Morse you feel