Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-12-13
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CHAPTER xIII-contlnued.

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Coming back along the same road we
halted to let another convoy of mules
go past, and an officer of the Royal
naval division came up and began
talking to our officers He was telling
them how he and his men had landed
at tx" beach, and how they had TO
wade ashore through barbed wire.
"And, you know" he said in a sur
prised way. as if he himself could
hardly believe 1t, "the beggarS were
actually firing on usw That Is just
like the Limeys, though. Their idea
is not to appear excited about any
thing at any time, but to act as though
they were playing Understanding
around on a lawn with paddles in their
hands, half asleep. The Line7s are
certainly cool under fire, Though, and
l think that because the Anzacs did
so well at Gallipoli people have not
given enough credit to the British
regulars and r. N. DIS, who were
there too, and did their share of the
work, and did it as well as any men
could
After a while this officer started on
his way again, and as he cut across
the road a French officer came up.
The Limey wore a mOnOcle, which
caused the French officer to stare at
him q minute before he saluted. After
the EngIishman had passed him the
Frenchman took large French penny
out of his pocket, screwed it into his
eye and turned toward us so that we
could see it, but the Limey could not.
That was not the right thing to do,
especially before enlisted men, so our
officers did not laugh, but the men did
and so loud that Limey turned around
and caught sight of the FrenchmaE
He started back toward him and
thought sure there would be fight
or that, more likely, the Limey would
report him. Our officers should have
placed the Frenchman under arrest
at that.
The Frenchman expected trouble
too, for he pulled up very straight anf
stiff, but he left the penny in his eye
The Limey came up to him, halted
few PAGES off and, without saying
"a word, took the monocle out of his
eye, twibbIed it three or four feet in
sthe air and caught it in his other eye
when it came down.
do that, you Brighter" he said and
faced about and was on his way down
the road. They had it on the French
man after that.
This Philippe Pierre, Of whom
have spoken, told me story about
two Limey officers that / hardly be
lieved, yet Philippe swore it was the
truth. He had been in America before
the war, and he said he had seen one
of the officers that the story is about
many times in New York.
He said there were two Limey Off
GERS going along the road arguing
about the German shells which tht
Turks were using. One of the officers
said they were no good because they
did not burst. Just about that time
a shell came along and they pickeC
themselves up quite distance from
where they had been standing. An
other shell whizzed by and landed fla
on the side Of the road. The Officer
walked over, 6ug it out of the ground
and took away the detonator and FUSE
to prove that they did not explode
The only thing that would make
me believe that story is that Philippe
Pierre said they were Limey officers
No one but Limey would remem
Der such an argument after being
knocked galley west by a shell con
.cussion. / do not doubt that Limel
would do it If it could be done, though