The Jasper news., 1918-12-12

French refugees in Switzerland. II
was a dinner, and much appreciated
by one guest, at least. need not mem
he felt ashamed afterward.
do not think he got In bad for 1t,
though, for afterward Mr.. and Mrs.
Mccormick each gave him valuable
present, which he needed badly. After
the dinner Mrs. Mccormick made lit
tie patriotic speech, in which she said
that the Huns would never trample on
the United States flag, and some other
things that made all the Americans
there very proud, especially Mr.. Keene
and myself. So you see I was having
great time.
But i was having little trouble, all
the time, for this reason: there were
quite few Germans informed in Zu-
rich, and they went about In uniform.
Now, when / saw one of these birds
and remembered what had been hap
penlng to me just short time before
my hands began to Itch. Believe me.
1t was not good morning" that I
said to them. / enjoyed 1t all right
they were not In squads and had no
arms, so 1t was hand to hand, and pie
for me.
But Mr.. Keene did not like It,
guess, for he called me to his office
one morning and bawled me out for
while. and l promised to be good.
you're supposed to be neutral" he
said. And 1 said, Eyes, and when
was torpedoed and taken prisoner,
was supposed to be neutral, too" But
said would not look for trouble any
more, and started back to the hotel.
But no sooner was underway than
Hun private came along and began
to laugh at me. My hands itched
again, and 1 could not help but slam
him few. We went round and round
| for q while, and then the Hun re-
versed and went down instead. Mr..
| Keene saw us, or heard about 1t, so he
told me had better go to Berne.
| So off went, with my passport. But
the same thing happened in Berne.
tried very hard, but / just could not
keep my hands Off the Germans. So
guess everybody thought 1t was good
thing to tell me good-by-anyway
was shipped into France, going direct
to st. Nazaire and from there to
Brest.
made short trip to Hull, England,
with letter from man at Branden-
burg to his wife. She was not at home,
but I left the letter and returned to
France. i was In France altogether
about three weeks, and then went to
Barcelona. Spain.
Then 1 took passage for the States
on the G. Lopez y Lopez, Spanish
merchantmen. We had mostly "Spigs''
on board, which Is navy slang for
Spaniards. Almost every one Of them
had large family of children and q
raft of pets. We sailed down through
Valencia, Almeria, Malaga, Cadlz and
Las Palmas in the Canary Islands
When we left Las Palmas we had O
regular menagerle aboard-parrots
canary birds, dogs, monkeys and va
rious beasts. The steerage of that
boat was some sight, believe me.
We had boat drill all the way across
of course and from the way those
Spigs rushed about I knew that II @
submarine got US the only thing that
would be saved would be monkeys. But
we did not even have false alarm all
the way over.
arrived In New York during the
month of July, 1917--two years and 0
half from the time decided to &c
abroad to the war zone to get some ex
element. l got 1t, and no mistake
New York barbor and the old Statue o.
Liberty looked mighty good to me, you
can bet.
So here / am, and sometimes have
to pinch myself to be sure Of 1t. Ger
tainly enjoy the food and warmth
get here, and except for an occasiona
pro-German l have no trouble witt
anybody. My wounds break open once
} In while. and ! nm often bothered
inside, on account of the gas / swai
lowed. They say ] cannot get bacl
Into the service. 1t is tough to b.
knocked out before our own boys ge
, into the scrap.
But do not know. / am twenty
three years old, and probably have I
lot to live for yet ought to set
tie down ard be quiet for while, blu
comfortable as ! am, think / vii
have to go to sea again. l think Of i
, many times, and each time 1t is harde
to stay ashore.
THE END.
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!, Should Think He Was.
/ The temperance advocate who de