The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-10-31


was hard not to laugh. Also 1t seemed
funny to me, because / did not rightly
know just what they were giving me
the medal for-though 1t was for one
of two things--and / do not know to
this day. But / thought 1t would not
be polite to ask. so let II go Mt that.
There were twelve other naval OIL
GERS who we're present and they and
all the other people did lot of cheer
ing and vived me to fare-you-well.
1t was great stuff, altogether, md
should have liked to get medal every
day.
One day / received letter from
man who had been in my company In
the Foreign Legion and with whom
had been pretty chummy. His letter
was partly in French and partly in
English. 1t was all about who Ind
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. was wishing he had said
something about Brown. whom l had
not heard from and who knew would
visit me il he had the chance.
But two or three days later | got
| another letter from the same man and
| when I opened It out tumbled a photo
graph. At first all l saw was that 1t
with bnyonets, but when l looked nj
| 1t closely l saw It was Brown.
tainted then, just like girl.
When / came 10 could hardly make
| myself think about It, Two of my
| pals gonel IT hurt me- so much to
think of 1t TINT l crushed the letter
up In my hand, but later on l could
read parts of 1t. 1t said they had
found Brown this way near Dlymude
about two days after he had been re-
ported missing. So three of us went
over and two stnved there. 1t seems
very strange to me that both OF my
pals should be crucifled and If / were
superstitiOus ! do not know what
would think about 1t. 1t 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 Il fight.
/ often think of them both and about
the things we did together. but lately
have tried not to think about them
much because 1t Is very sad to think
what torture they must have had to
stnnd. 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 Of games
together, mostly with dice, and had a
great time generally. After ] became
convalescent he argued with me that
l had seen enough, and though l really
did think s1,-however much dlsliked
what had seen-he got my discharge
from the service on account of phys
ical inability to discharge the usual
duties. After l had been at the hos
pital for little over month was
discharged from 1t, after little party
in my ward with everyone taking part
and all the horns blowing and all the
records except my favorite dlrge
played one after another.
Sherlock arranged everything for
me-my passage to New York, cloth
ing, etc. l ran UP to st. Nazaire and
saw my grandmother, lonfed around
q while and also visited Lyons.
After short time l returned to
Brest and got my passage on the
Georgia for New York. l 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 l 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
| ITO BE CONTINUED.)