Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-23
CHAPTER xVl--continued.
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CHAPTER xvl--continued.
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"Cassell had n fancy for that par
ycular blonde. The answer came back
In the shape of a volley of cusses.
changed the subject. Il
"After a while our talk veered
round to the way the Boches had been
exposing themselves on the road down
on the chart as Target II. what ne
said about those Eoches would never
have passed the %reichstag, though
believe it would have gone through
our censor easily enough.
"The bursting shells were making
such a din that I packed up talking
and took to watching the captain. lie
was fidgetlng around on an old sand-
bag with the glass to his eye. occa.
sionally he would let out a grunt' anu
make some remark I couldn't hear on
account Of the noise, but suessen
what It was all right. Fritz was get
ting fresh again on that road.
"Cassell had been sending in the tap
code to me, but I was fed up aho
didn't bother with it. Then he sent
o. S., and / was all attention, for inns
was a call used between US when
meant that something important was
or. I was all ears in an instant. lhen
Cassell turned loose.
"'You blankety blank dud' l nave
been trying to raise you for hlteen
minutes, What's the matter, are you
asleepT Dust as II anyone couia
have slept in that Internal RACKET.
Never mind framing q nasty answer
Just listen
".Are o game for putting some
thing over on the Boches and Ola rep
per oil in oneT
~ answered that I was game enough
when 1t came to putting 1t over !he
Boches. but confessed that l a U
weakening of the spine, aver ut INT
mention Of Old Peppers name.
HE came back with. IT'S SO ABSURD
" easy and simple that there Is NJ
chance Of the old henthen rumpiins II
Anyway, II we're caught III take ~
blame ...
"tJnder these condition ! told him I
spit out his scheme. 1t was SO oarin
and simple that It took my orea'
away. This is what he proposed:
III the Boches should use that 0
again, to send by the tap system IN
target and range. I had previousl
told him about our captain talking OF
ioud as II he we're sending throue
orders. Well, If this happened. ! W.
to send the dope to Cassell ana Z
would transmit it to the battery col
mander as officially coming throul
the observation post. Then the "a
terry would open up. Afterwards, du
tng the investigation. Cassell you
wear he received It direct IN
. would have to relieve him. because
was impossible from his post In t
battery dugout to know that the 70
was being used at that time by I
Germans. And also it was imposs''
Tor him to give the target, range a
degrees. You know q battery chart
NOT passed around among the men II
newspaper from Blighty. From n
the investigation would 60 to the
s~cryation post, and the observing {
Ger could truthfully swear that !
not sent the message by phone, {
that no orders to fire had been ISIS,
by him. The investigators would Il
be M in the air, we would be safe.
Bochcs would receive q good BASH
and we would get u own bnck on
Pepper. 1t was too good to be Il
I eieefully fell in with the sche
and told Cassell I was his meat.
"rhen I waited with beating HI
and watched the captain like a no
"Hc was beginning to fidgct ~
and was drumming on the sandl
With his feet. At last, turning to
he said:
"'Wilson, this army IL a blnnl
blank washout. What's the use OF
1ng artillery II It II not allowed to
The government at home ought t
hanged with some Of their red
It's through them that we have
Shells.'
II answered, Yes, SIR and stl
sending this opinion over the vii
Cassell, but the captain intsrrr
NE with:
s.Keep those infernal fingers
What's the matter, getuns The nsl