The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-24

Dere MabuI
Well Mabul I'm up again but I feel
terrlbel week. | guess | wont change
from the Pioneers TO the Navy, | thot
mabe would and the officer what
know said he could fix It but ! just
found out today he aint no officer.
Hes Just q marine and hes workin his
way acrost. Some of these guys GER
tainly shot the bull mabul when a
| lello gets sick he has TO clean mp If
he messes the place but ! fooled them
| I crpwlod In another rellos bunk
| and he had to do the cleanin. Pretty
| cute ei Mabul. | found out that the
! Sgt. knew there wasn't no crows up In
! the crows nest lie sent another tcllo
up He thot he put one over on me but
| guess | was the one what did the
putin over. And ! found out they
alnt no dogs on the ship neither.
They call sailor Il sea dog after he
makes couple trips. II don't take
me long to get wise to their talk.
Snappy that's me all over Mubul. !
hope you don't never get seaslck al
tho II might do you good once just
TO try It and then YOU could talk
about II afterwards, The Sgt. told me
today fellow what gets sick once
gets SEX three times before he gets
acrost You feel like YOU was bringing
up everything YOU ate for IA couple OF
years know the last thing | brot up
was that mince pie your mother sent
me for Christmas. | tbot at first was
dyin and when the doe came he gave
me couple OF those o. d. pills like
he gave mr when | sprained my ankle
on the rifle range and the time got
that pebel in ms eye. They always
give fello the came pills ! saved
them this time Mabul ana when we
get oyar I'll send them TO you and
maybe they can do some good for
your old mans liver. just found out
that the fellos up In the crows nest
are lokin for submarines and the one
what sees one first gets $1,000 |
asst the captain II could look and he
said go ahead there's the ocean so |
guess III get the 80 alright and then
III have some coin to spend In Paris
and maybe | can send YOU couple
OF picture postal cards like | did at
Wadsworth. Tell your mother used
that big sock she sent me with nc
heel In 1t to put on my head at night
A lot OF the fellos have them. The
Sgt. says there to wear under our
steel lizards what ever they are. |
aint seen no submarine yet. ! guess
there pretty hard To see, They have !
a perryscope like broom they stick |
out OF the water aud then they sneek |
mp on the ship and tar-peter II. ge2 |
that's something like saltpeter lit
tie over your head Mabul. III tel! !
YOU more about IL after | find out
how II happens. When II does We
have 10 go TO part of the deck
fello who fixed out the plan made II
so that 10 get there YOU have to crawl
thru the bottom of the ship and up
over the mast before you reach your
place and when you get there all the
places are taken. The Sgt. says they
fix II that way so as 10 give the ship
aIap TO Of ffaaa IN utNl II haa !
big pillos what we rap around us so
we wont get hurt when we jump In
he water | fixed II up with the guy
borrowed the fifty cents from that
II he gets on the raft first he will
save me seat and If | get on first
III save him one But believe me
Iumpin. guess ! forgot to tell you
va done wear those canvas legR'ns
no more. We got puttys now. They
'all them that because there putty
Iard to get on | guess. They aint
lothin but II long strip of cloth
about four inches wide and when you
'u' 'H'h WI SOu b'bih ul sOuI SHOto
md wrap them around till you get il
III used up and then II YOU find they
lint reaching high enough and you
;ot to unwind them and do 1t all over
gain And when you do get them on
md start going anyplace they slide
lown around your shoes again The
'gt. says they use them to lasso the
luns with. Pretty good idea eh Mabul
Well the Lieutenant found out
wasn't In my own bunk when | got
Eek and now | have to do X. r.
gain and carry up all the slops from
he kitchen TO the garbage shoots so
wont get a chance to look for the
and get the so and | CUES
wont send the postals. He says to
uit now
Yours till they tar-peter