The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-24
SOMEWHERE
Where It Gets Cold as the Devil and
They Have Blizzards Twice
a Week

They Have BlizZards Twice
Week
Some Time During Cold Weather.
Dear Dad and Brother: have made
a great discovery and as a last resort
am turning to you both in a vain
effort to see if you can possibly bor-
row $4,000 for me in order that / may
further my propaganda and thereby
become extremely wealthy. ! have
discovered that Il one breeds bed
bugs with lightning bugs that he can
get up in the dark and find the beg
bugs without turning on the light and
getting cussed ont and probably run
for "shoot" before the commanding
officer the next morning for having
his lights burning after taps. Who
would have ever thought that would
derive so much benefit by going into
the Marine Corps and becoming a
full-fedged "sea- going leather-neck."
But feel that if can make out and
get the thing started that by such
thing / will be declared enormously
great as one Of the benefactors of
and the uplifting of the human race,
for TO have to roll from ones bed In
the cold dark hours Of the night,
silently reach across to where ones
bayonet hangs and pulling it from
the scabbard jump from your bed,
lighting the lantern quickly and make
a wild dash under the mattress and
just as you are about to run the little
despoiler of beautiful sleep and
dreams through with your goodly
weepon have sentry yell out, eOut
with the lights; what yuh tink dis
am" and have to turn away, blowing
out your light and shed bitter tears
of disappointment TO think of the VIC
tory and heroism to follow, that might
have been yours. The only difficulty
that expect to experience will be the
fact that some of them may forget to
light their tail light at night, but I
propose to pass strict ordinance to
that effect and have it enforced The
only drawback will be the funds.
We have just emerged from another
of those billiards. although it was not
as severe as the other. My tent stood
the strain of this one as / saw fit to
haul a piledriving machine down
there the other afternoon and sink a
few various and sundry tent stakes.
The only thing that has in the least
been disturbing to my peace of mind
is the mere fact that one of these So
called sea-going leather-necks went
and showed a loaded magazine into
one of the machine guns while it was
in the company street and before he
could get the darn thing stopped shot
thirteen perfectly good holes in about
half of the tents in that particular
company and finally through the COM
panytmess hall and then into the gulf.
The brig for FIVE years for him, even
though he did not touch anyone at
all, but it was just sheer luck that he
did not for he might have killed half
of the company had they happened to
be in their tents for one of those bull
lets go through a couple dozen with
out even thinking about stopping. No
thanks we have no machine guns in
the Headquarters company.
By the way, was chasing down
the field the other day myself, jab-
bing imaginary kaisers with my bay
onet and leaping one hurdle after an
other, ETC., when / made an effort to
take the high hurdle which is only
supposed TO be taken with a light
marching pack and not the 80-pound,
heavy marching pack had on, and
10 and behold found when Iarrived
at the heighth of my leap that had
miscalculated about one inch more
effort. Ny toe caught the top of the
hurdle and I proceeded TO dig a
trench for the reinforcements bring