East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-18

I Majors presence, achieved flight OF
lprofane eloquence which would have
made a river boss green with envy. Sud
ldenly, however, the young firebrand be
came aware Of the strange silence Of
the two other men, and he turned round
and noticed his commanding officer.
The Major knew that the moment was
enc in which firm poIiteness wasrneces.
sary. He looked at the cook. "Have you
got some brown soap?" he inquired.
'sYes. sir"
s'Bring it along here and also a. basin
iof water" said the Major. 'rve heard
Day speaking. and after his flow of
dirty language his mouth will need a
iittIe rinsing.''
The soap and water was procured. and
at the Majors command the groom and
cook placed DAILY on the ground and
washed his mouth %with brown eoap and
water. When the job was completed the
Major looked at the delinquent.
"If 1 ever hear you use such language
again the same rinsing process will be
repeated = he said. and left the room.
"If ] ever get a chance now III he
even with the Major-you mark my
words.'' said DSly when the three were
left to themselves.
It was night in the trenches month
later. a dark. cold night and very quiet.
Hardly rifle shot idisturbed the peace
of the sector in. which Major Rs
battalion was stationed. About mid
night the Major was in dugout, sitting
over a brazier and reading New York
newspaper which had just come with
the post. Suddenly he heard the sound
Of a bursting bomb, then another This
was followed By gToans, stamping and
shrieking. The trench outside was in an
uproar The Major seized his revolver
and rushed to the door. to find the pas
sage out obstructed by two swayins fig
ares locked in mad embrace
'sYou'n only get in here over my body
ore Of the men exclaimed. The voice was
Days. and the other man was Ger
man. A party of the enemy had crepi
over silently in the darkness with the
intention of raiding the trench
Even as the Major got to the door the
two men fell to the ground, DAILY on, TOP
and the German underneath. both roll
ing over, clawing and kicking They were
fighting grimly, silently, without arms
and using hand and foot in the struggle,
"Quit it now, you damned heiney.
DAILY suddenly exclaimed as he Srippeu
the Germans throat IF you don't III
pull your throat out Of you.
AT tbis point Major r. kuelt down
and pressed the muzzle Of his revolver
against the Germans forehead Inc man =
looked up, saw the officer and made mn
effort to hold up both hands as a sign
of surrender. @Kameradf he gursica-
Mercy Kamerad J"
saThe kicks left him, DAILY" said the
Major. Just pull him into the dugont
and keep him there till come hack
with these words the Major rushed OIL
along the trench to see how matters We're
progressing. Ten minutes later he came
back.
'.They,re all chased out Of it. Daly'
be said, fixing his glance on the young
soldier, then on the German prisoner
who was sitting on the floor rubbing
throat that was red and raw. You We
saved my life If you hadn't been there
at the moment should have had q boira
flung in on me, and then you wonid I've
had no officer 10 wash your mouth "lth
bsosvs. soap and wateTF
Il deserred III u,st," sid DAILY with
lsok- 4 had letter f-oiai
nv father to-day and he tells me that
you saved his fife AZ one time, sir 50 y
saw tBat-taa, --eae COY siamnered ane /
was unable to Z, ish his sentence
sYou smoke. DaiyT said the officer
pulling a Cigarette case from his pocket.
HHave one of these. and then IL you feei
fit you can take this prisoner down toi
the rear as soon ~ y0u are ready.