The Grenada sentinel., 1918-12-13
THE GRENADA SENTINEL

Nan can do NEST { thing. from patch
In up busted matrimonies to puttin'
lee In the family refrig. Carl Wall /
burger wac busted Up whsH he heard
he was a-goln' to lose: the little house
he. an his frau had most paid for.
cause they couldn't dig up the interest.
The Red Cross Man wrote to somebody
an one day Carl was a-snilin' ali over
hlS Dutch phis, cause he'd got a letter
sayin' he could pay the interest when :
he'd cracked Kaiser Bill's strong box.
Carl's United States IL he is Dutch. He
wuzn't arOun' when they picked his
name. Motors don't go dead when he's
given them the once over"
.''Therc's that Rcd Cross on that UNI
brclla."
"Bet y'ur neck. The NJ. Ps WIZ get
tim their kukus dried up, standin' out
in the sun keepin' the trucks from
a-gettin' jammcd ut the crossin's. The
Red Cross Man got umbrellas an put
'em on those platforms, an now the
nj. Ps ain't afraid o loosin' their think
boxes an are all scrappin for a shady
crossin' job. He's always dOin' some
thin for the boys. Last winter, when
sand blankets, an sweaters, an lnuf-
flers, an gloves, an sOx to keep us
warm. They say he worked four days
an nights fore he got us warm and
feelin' timber. Last Xmas he give us
dandy boxes of stuff, candy an the
makins, an lot of stuff. Made US
feel like ole Santa hadn't passed US
up but had come a-slidin' down our
tent pole"
Helped Him Out Then.
''Whcre'd yOu learn to know him?"
'IIin and he got real chulnniy last
spring when / WIZ in the hospital aft
er that propeller blade mussed me up
some. He'd come aroun' TO see me
most every day. Always had some
thin to say that made me feel better.
Why, the nurse'd get SO she'd bring
me that damned hospital cocktail when
he WIZ there; cause she knOwed I'd
take it without cussin'."
"a cocktail. an you cussin'? Quit
your kiddin'!"
"There you go again, shown what
you don't know. Mike, my boy, hos
pital cocktail is just plain straight
castor oil, without any water as q
chaser. Take it from me an stay
away from them does at the hos
ptal or you'll get one o them cock
tails. The nurse tOle me they most
run out of the burned stuff one day,
an the next batch had got tied up with
red tape an couldn't get in. She said
the patients wuZ all a-gettinS sick,
cause they get well to keep from get
tin them cocktails, but the Red Cross
Man went out an bought hogshead
or two and the patients began TO get
we'll again, sos they could do without
their tOddy- She tole me | mustn't hold
1t agin the Red Cross Man tho, cause
the docs tole him to get it, an that
he gave right smart nicer things to the
i hospital than them burned cocktails
1t makes me cuss to think about 'em.
Well, wuz aEtelIin' you how me and
him got chummy. He saw l couldn't
write, account my bum wing, an he
i asked me if didn't want him to write
my letters. / had him write to moth
er, an, after we'd got acquainted, l
asked him to write to Nellie, my best
girl back home. 1 reckon he thought
wuz some mush OH her all right, but
he never said nOthin'; just put it down
Like | tOle him. He looked funny
arOun' the eyes sometimes, but l
reckon he wuz happy cause We wuz
writin' to my Nellie. When the docs
lets me go, l wun't good for nOthin'
an wanted to go home till got strong,
but didn't have the coin for the fare
all the way up to Indiana. But darn
my cats, that Red Cross Man got me
leave an then loaned me the cash to
go.
Paying Back Loan.
"He didn't charge me no interest
neither | got it most all paid back
now, but he amt pushin' me none for
1t. Nell says she's a-gOin' to kiss the
Red Cross Man first chance she gets.
/, We'll. | reckon he's the only bird about
this post she's got my o. X. to kiss If
sizes got the nerve. The Red Cross
Man says he can stand it, if she can.
I That's his quarters over there with the
red roof and the sign out in front. He's
| got card in the door that says, Come
, In an you don't have to stand at a'ten-
shun when you talk to him. He pushes
out Il chair passes the smokes, an
first thing you know you're tellin' him
all about yourself and all your trOu-
bles. 1t don't make no diff what's got