Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-23
HEAR STRANGE VOICE
NEAR ANCIENT CHATEAU
ltunyon Describes Place as Cross Be-
tween Avenue Residence and
Colorado State Capitol.
LANKUs HANK IS FOUND
Baseball Star From Ohio Was tho
Author Of Qucrulous Tones us Hc
Sat i'm Luxurious Chamber OF tho
House on tho Rhine.
by DAMON RUNYoN.

occurAT1oS. cobLBNz.. december @s q
IGa awH " We dppGeashed the
Rhine marveling as we drew near at
its splcndor.
1t is n sort of cross between Sena-
tor clark's Fifth Avenue house and
the Colorado state Capitol. sot in
Erounds that suggest Golden Gate Park
to see stately duchesses walking about
among the trees followed by trains
or or ladies in whiting. AS VIC came on
the lee sid. Of the gorge pile we
became aware of a auorulous voice
lifting itself from the premises
All" We thought the duke is bawl-
ms out his vaSSalS.' 1T amt right -
Nc voice was saying. IT'S shame ;
For no apparent reason then. We
quite some months. The old Rhine,
slugeing it's lcthnreic way between ill.,,
Itoricd hills suddenly faded from view.
tslt again the heat Of broiling sum
ncr'S day. There popped before our
mn, , oyc little picture of a tail,
William Klein and mumblng in vii.
l'am.s car; 1T ain, right: Bill. lis
Connection between that scene and
ne voice from the chateau was immc-
diatnay established in our rccollor,ion.
nov we wcro not mistaken.
We entered tho chateau and gaspcd
r n,rcon Few min, minutes 3, its inward mag
ness 70 tho luxurious chamber whore
sat the Junior color sergeant Of the
ono HUNDRED and Sixty-sixth Infantry
iicnry Gowdy. otherwise Lankus Hank.
Aro they any better than mc?" Henry
was saying. Now do they make any
Now then why the - can they snatch
off my othes-espccially a good
counterpanc: It's fine way TO run
non DIAMOND HERO
or BED COVERINGS
The one time hero of worlds So
RES was sitting on the edge of a mag
nincent carved bedstcad which seemed
skinny army blanket and a haif-Shcl-
ter tent lie was obviously low in
hts mind; but otherwise the slime old
Hank. He was addressing his plain
tlNc remarks TO man who seemed
most sympathetic and who turned out
to be his BUDDY, George Forester.
Ired and Sixty sixth. Not since a
hceiins glimpse OF him in the perilous
DAYS o. the Argonne had we seen
"Oh. hello." he said. extending one
Of his hands which wrung the base
ball bat !, With deadly effect for the
was also one of the same hands which
carried the American flag over the
khIHc lie was 100 depressed, how
ever. to rise TO either of the two feet
on which he recently trudged 500 kilo-
meters to get TO Germany.
I'm talking about officers" he said.
You see this bed Well. me and
George here and several other fell
lows are billcted here and when We
first got in 1t, this bed had lot OF bed
clothes omit; big. fat sort of silk com
forts. thick blankets and lace coun-
terpnnc. | hear 1t took several hun
dred Won several hundred years TO
make that counterpart. Ii was q: pin
pin ] never did see such a bed 1t
made me sleep just to look at it, After
sleeping with them cows. rooming with
them pigs and horses back in the
French billcts ii was like Christmas
every night to me. That big Joint
across the river there belongs to tho
i!uSches OF st. Louis. and I could lay
In my bed mornings and look ut il and
wonder why them St. Louis clubs don't
do no better