The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-11

D-u me. gef your heels tOgefner
when speakl Come In hereF
-Casseii started to say. Yes SIR
"But Old Pepper roared. 'Shut upr
-Cassell came ont In i've minutes
He said nothing. but as he passed me:
he put his tongue into his cheek and
winked. theu.s turning TO the closed
door. he stuck his thumb to his nose
md left.
'Then the sergeant majors turn
came. He didn't come out our why.
Judging BY the roaring. Old Pepper
must have eaten him.
-wnen the door opened and the gem,
eral beckoned to me. my knees started
10 play Home. Sweet Home against
each other.
| NY interview was very short.
-Old Pepper giared at me when !
entered, and then let loose.
-'Of course you don't know anything
about II. You're just like the rest.
Ought to have a nursing bottle around
your neck and nipple In your teeth.
SoldIers-by gad. you turn my stoni-
ach to look st you Win this war.
when England sends out such samples
as have in my brigadei Not likely
Now. SIR. tell me what you don't know
about this affair. Speak up. out with
It Don't be gaping at me like nsh.
| Spit II ont
II stammered. sir. I know absolute
y nothing
"'That's easy to see.' he roared;
that stupid face tells me that Shut
up. Get but; but / think you are
ID liar just the same. Back to
your battery
Il saiuted and made my exit.
THAT night the captain sent for rs.
With fear and trembling we went to
his dugout- He WINS alone. After sa-
iuting we stood at attention in front
OF him and waited His say was short
Don't you two ever get It Into your
heads that Morse Is a dead language.
I've known It for years The two Of
you had better get rid Of that nervous
habit Of tapping transmitters; it's dam
gerous That's ALL
I'VE saluted. and were just going out
the door of the dugout when the cap
tain called up back and said:
"'Smoke Goidfiakesf Yes7 Well.
there are two tins Of them on my table.
Go bnck to the battery. and keep your
-~agues between your teetn- under-
standf
I'VE understood.
'For five weeks afterwards our bat
tery did nothing but extra fatigues-
We were satisfied and so were the
men. It was worth II TO put one over
on Old Pepper. to say nothing of the
Injury caused to Fritz feelings
When Wilson had finished his story
looked up and the dueout was
tammed. An artillery captain and two
of'cers had also entered and stayed
for the anish- Wilson spat out an
enormous qutd OF tobacco looked up
sav tho csptnin. and got N red as n
cnrnasion. The eaptain smiled and
left. wiison whispered to me:
sBtin,e me. Yank. ] see where click
for erucinx1on. That captain Is the
same one that ehucked us Goldnakes
In his dueout and here I have been
'chuckine me weight about In his
herring"
Wilson never clicked his erucifixicu.
Quite a contrast to Wilson was nn-
other character in our brigade named
Scott: we called him ''Old Scotty" on
account Of his nee. He was fifty-scven.
although looking forty. '-oid Seotty"
had been born In the Northwest and
had served In the Northwest Mounted
police. He was a typical cowpuncher
and Indian fighter and was q dead shot
with the rifie. and took no pains TO
disguise this fact from us. He used to
take care Of hia rife as n IL were a
baby. In hts spare moments you could
always see him cleaning Il or polish
ing the stock. Woe betide the man
who By mistake happened to get hold
Of this rifie; he soon found out his
error Scott was as deaf as a mule.
and II was amusing at parnde to watch
him in the manual of arms. slyiy
gianclng out of the corner OF his eye
at the man NEXT to him to see what
the order was. How he passed the
doctor was n mystery to US: he must
have bfuffed his way through, becnuse
he certainly was independent. Beside
him the Fourth of July looked like
Good Friday. He wore Mt the time n
large sombrero. had a Mexican stock
saddle over his shoulder. a inriat on
his arm, and '-forsy-fiye'' hanging
rom his hip. Dumping this parapher.
aaiia on the door he went up to tht
recruiting officer and shouted: "ru.
rom America, west of the Rockies.
and want to join your d--d army.
I've got no use for n German and can
shoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned rue down: said was deaf aud
20 am. don't hankcr 10 ship in with
. d-d mud-crunching outfit. but the