The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-07-25

upon nm for support. He had no good
position to lose, and there was no
sweetheart to tell him with her lips
to 80. while her eyes pleaded for him
to stay.
Every time he saw a recruiting ser.
gennt he'd stink around the corner ont
or sight. with n terrible fear gnnwiny
at his heart. When passing the big re-
crultinE posters, and on his way to
business and back he passed many, he
would pull down his cap and look the
other way from that awful finger
pointing ut him, under the caption
our King and Country Need You:"
or the boring eyes OF Kitchener, which
burned into his very soul, causing him
to shuddcr
lheh the Zeppelin rnids--durlnu
them, he used to crouch In II corner OF
ms h"ar'linghouse cellar, whilnpcrinp
IKE whipped puppy and calling upon
the Lord to protect him.
even his lnndlndy dcspised him, al
though she had to admit that he wns
good pay"
lie very seldom read the papers, but
one HomcntouS morning the lnndlndy
/ put the morning paper ut his place be-
fore he came down to breakfast TAX
| ing his seat he read the tlnring head-
llnr. transcription Bill Passed" and
nearly tainted. EXcusing himself, he
stumbled upstairs to his bedroom
with the horror OF 1t gnawng into his
vituls.
Having saved up a few pounds, he
decided not to leave the house. and to
sham sickness, so he stayed In his room
and had the landludy serve his mcn,s
there.
Every time there was knock at the
door he trenlblrd all over imagining it
was a policeman who had come to take
him away to the army.
one morning his fears were realized
Sure enough. there stood Il policeman
with the fatal paper Taking it in his
trembling hand he read that he, Albert
LLOYD. was ordered to report himself
10 the nearest recruiting station for
physical examination. lie reported i'm.
mcdintely. because he was afraid to
disobcy.
The doctor looked with approval
upon Lloyds six feet OF physical per-
iccti"h, and thought what fine
suhrdsmnn he would make, but exam
med his heart twice before he posscd
nm us physically fit ;" 1t was beating
so fast.
FROM the recruiting depot LLOYD was
taken. with many others, in charge OF
Il sergeant, to the training depot at AL |
derShot, where he was given nm outft
OF khaki, and drew his other coujp.
ih"ht lie made Il tinelookinp soldier
cNc'pt Tor the slight shrinking in his
shoulders and the hunted look in his
eyes.
AT the training depot it does not
take long to find out Il mans chnructer
ana Lloyd was promptly dubbed
"Winoi.' In the English army "windy"
means cOwardly
The smallest recruit In the barracks
looked ON him with contempt ana vo.
not slow to show it in many ways.
i1"Sd was good soldier, learned
quickly, obeyed every order promptly.
never grouscd nt the hardest fntigues,
ne was afraid to. He lived in dendly
ie"r OF the officers and "noncoms" over
MN. Ihey also despised him.
one morning about three months
arter MS enlistment Lloyd's companv
was parnded, and the names picked omt
for the next draft to France wero roon
When his name was called, he did not
step out smartly, two PAGES to tho
front, and answer chcerfully, Here
sir" rs the others did. He Just flint.
cd In the ranks and was carried IN hor
racks amid the sneers Of the rest.
That night was an agony of misery
to him. He could not sleep. Just cried
and whimpered inahis bunk, because
on the morrow the draft was to sui
for France, where he would see death
on all sides, and perhaps be killed him.
SER On the steamer, crossing the
chahhel' he would have jumped over.
noard TO escape. but was afraid of
drowning.
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