The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-19

Won could let rs have some blue bunt-
ing
Get to blazes down from there"
yelled the skipper, in a justifiable
rage.
Yes. SIR meeisly replied Lieutenant
William So-an-So. and. going aft.
leaned against the ral for long. long
minutes.
Tried First. Officer.
The deck steward came past by and
by. taking in rugs and closing up for
the night.
Say, steward who's next in charge
when the captains busy7'
The first officer, sir
Where is the first officer"
In his room, SIR" replied the deck
steward, and hurried away.
A good observer with an excellent
memory. was Lieutenant Bill. He
recalled having seen the words first
Officer over a door somewhere and
he went prowling about the boat un-
Ill he found that door. He knocked.
Who in blazes is there" came a
voice Ike the crack of n gun
Lieutenant William So-an-So; a.
a passenger, sir"
What in blazes do you want?''
Well. sir" said Lieutenant BILL
clearing his throat. we're getting up
a little entertainment. and If you could
let have some blue bunting"
Also Peevsh.
Get to blazes away from that door,"
yelled the first officer. frantic for
every second of his four-hour sleep.
In the bright and cheerful morning,
we found Lieutenant Tiill leaning
against the aft rail with his chin in
both hands. A beautiful blue sky that
morning, with just a few pearl tinted
clouds moving lazily along the horizon.
and the waves We're Kidding and
tumbling in IL thousand h,les of jade
and emerald, and delicate white lace
tringed their crest: but Lieutenant Bill
saw none OF these things, nor felt the
tang of the crisp, cool air as it blew
against his checks. He was far. far
away.
Good morning. Props, we. hailed
him. How are the costumes COMING
on?"
Lieutenant Bill drew himself SLOWLY
back from far. far away and sighed
and smoothed his off ear.
They'll be there he said. He
smoothed the other ear. and knottet
his brows, II don't know where IT
get them, but they'll be there"
OF such is our pet passion. Wher
the II beautiful wavelets pranced or
the scene led by woHd famous enty.
moloeist and six foM two English
man with monocle. they wore brigh
blue filets around their heads wer.
decked with blue bows and streamcrs
fiuttered bright blue pillows. and wer,
draped in shining whitc--for this wa
n camouflaged ocean, with the foam
beneath. Neptune wore n prope
crown cut out Of linen collars, and .
proper trident made of the broom
stock. and proper whiskers combe.
from a flaSon ropes end. which, witt
the addition of a red bathrobe and
life presereer. made him intansel,
realistic. The two beautiful mer
maids, unprecedented by the leanes
and lankiest men on the boat. wor,
flowing flaxen tresses of the same ma
teriai as Septune's whiskers, and Solo
mon In all his glory was not NOR
magnificently arrayed than the othe
principals. But the triumph of achev
ing the impossible was in the blue dec
orations of the wavelets, and for thi
we especially shook Lieutenant William
So-an-So BY the honest hand, and wit
Inoist-eyed gratitude complimente
him and asked him how he'd done it.
Made Blue Bunting.
Last minute stuff" he confessed
with a grin. Il stole the sheets OF
my bunk, and stood over the ship
painter while he painted them blu,
] cut them into strips myself"
You see, it had never crossed Lieu
tenant Bills mind that we couldr.
have blue f!lets and things, it ha
only become Il part Of his system this
he was to produce blue FLEETS an
things: ana he made good. He'll d.
any place.
Now we go to Lieutenant Tor
He's an American, too, but he's
the artillery branch of the BIRTHS
army. Been in service year and
half. So strongly imbued with Il
idea that the world should he mao
safe for eiviiza ton that he couldn
wait for America to get into the wa
Trying now for his transfer to II
American army, however; feels TIL
that's where he belongs. Lieutena
Tom has been wounded three times
action. He's just been mended agai
and by the time this gets into pri
will have exchanged his nice. SO
featherbed at an expensive hotel
Paris for the rougher accommodate
Of the front, where he'll have 10 Graz
the ice to get his shaving water. Lie
tenant Tom Is an extremely mode
young man. and il took eight or ten
us, sitting around on the chairs a,
chaise -longe and bed and floor of
coy little apartment, TO coax him in
telling about the last wound of h
This is how he described that thrill
moment Of his life:
sThe order came TO go over the I.
Samebody from the artillery had to
along On observation. so they sal
Here's Tom. He's just been on lea