Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-12

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beneath 1t and beneath that the war
cross. He kissed me OH both cheeks,
Of course. which was taking advantage
Of cripple. But it is the usual thing
with the French. as you know-I mean
the kissing, not the meanness to
cripples.
When he had pinned the medal ON
he said he thanked me from the bot
tom Of his heart for the French people,
and also thanked oil the Americans
who had come over from their own
land to help a country with which
most Of them were not connected. He
said It was war in which many ma.
tions were taking part, but in which
there were just two ideas, freedom
and desp0tism, and lot more thi:.gs
that cannot remember. He fiyz. shed
by saying that he wished he GOULD dec
crate all of us.
OF course 1t was great stuff for me-
and thought l was the real thing
sure enough, but I could not help
thinking of the remark I have heard
here in the States-"I thank you and
the whole family thanks you" And it
was hard not to laugh. Also it seemed
funny to me, because I did not rightly
know just what they were giving me
the medal for-though it was for one
of two things-and I do not know to
this day. But thought 1t would not
be. polite to ask, SO let it go at ,hat.
There were twelve other naval off,
GERS who We're present and they and
all the other people did lot of cheer.
ing and vived me to fare-yo,l-well.
It, was great stuff, altogether, and
should have liked to get medal every
dry.
One day received a letter from a
man who had been in my company in
the Foreign Legion and with whom I
had been pretty chummy. His letter
was partly in French and partly in
English. It was all about who had
been killed and who had been wound
ed. He also mentioned Murray's
death, which he had heard about, and
about my receiving the Croix de
Guerre. I was wishing he had said
something about Brown, whom had
not heard from and who knew would
visit me IL he had the chance.
! But two or three days later I got
another letter from the same man and
when I opened lit out tumbled a photo
graph. At first all Isaw was that It
was the photograph Of man crucified
with bay0nets. but when looked at
it closely I saw it was Brown. ]
tainted then, just like a girl.
When came to I could hardly make
myself think about 1t. Two of my
pals gone! 1t hurt me SO much to
think Of 1t that l crushed the letter
up in my hand. but later on I could
read parts of it. It said they had
found Brown this way near Dixmude
about two days after he had been re-
ported missing. So three Of us went
over and two stayed there. It seems
very strange to me that both Of my
pals should be crucified and If were
superstitious do not know what l
would think about 1t. It made me
sick and kept me from recovering as
fast as would have done otherwise.
Both Brown and Murray were good
pals and very good men in fight.
; often think Of them both and about
the things we did together. but lately
I Lave tried not to think about them
much because 1t is very sad to think
what torture they must have had to
stand. They were both Of great credit
to this country.
The American consul visited me
quite often and got to calling him
Sherlock because he asked SO many
questions. We played lots CT games
together, mostly with dice, and had a
great time generally. After l became
convalescent he argued with me that
I had seen enough, and though really
did think so-howeyer much disliked
what ! had seen-he got my discharge
from the service on account of phys
zeal inability to discharge the usual
duties. After I had been at the hos.
pital for q little over a, month I was
discharged from it, after little party
in my ward with everyone taking part
and all the horns blowing and nll the
records except my favorite dirge
played one after another.
Sherlock arranged everything for
me-my passage to New York, cloth
ing, etc. ran mp to st. Nazaire and
saw my grandmother, loafed around
while and also visited Lyons.
After short time returned to
Brest and got my passage ON the
Georgia for New York. I had three
trunks with me full OF. things had
picked up around Europe and had
been keeping with my grandmother.
Among my belongings were several
things I should like to show by pho
tographs In this book. but no one but
mermaids can see them now, for down
to the locker Of Davy Jones they went
:. To Be CoNTINUED.)
shrlnes 70 Foxes.
There are numberless shrines IN
Japan dedicated to foxes. The badger
Is another animal feared by the super
stitious japanese mind. It is believed.