The Robesonian., 1918-08-19

called he picks 1t out Of the ones
picked from the bag and says, Fright"
II the count is right he shouts, blouse
correct. pay the lucky gentleman. and
sell him q card for the next school,.
The "lucky gentleman" generally buys
one unless he has miser trace IN
his veins.
Then another collection Is made,
school formed, and they carry on with
the game.
The caller-out has many nicknames
for the numbers such as "Kelly's Eye
for one, Legs Eleven" for eleven,
of the house" meaning ninety.
The game is honest and quite en-
1oyable. Sometimes you have fourteen
numbers on your card covered and |
you are waiting for the fifteenth to be
called. In an imploring voice you call
out, "Come on, Watkins, chum, I'm
sweating on 'Kelly's Eye"
Watkins generally replies, "Well.
keep out of draft, you'll catch cold"
Another game is "Pontoon," played
"Black Jack" or 'Twenty-one."
= A card game called 'Brag" is also
popular. Using casino deck, the
dealer deals each player three cards.
It is similar to our poker, except for
the fact that you only use three cards
and cannot draw. The deck is never
shuffled until a man shows three of
kind or "prile' as it is called. The
value of the hands are, high card,
pair, a run, flush or three of kind
or "prile." The limit is generally a
penny, so it Is hard to win a fortune.
The next in popularity is a card
game called "Nap." It is well named.
Every time played it went to sleep.
| Whist and solo whist are played by
the highbrows of the company.
When the gamblers tire of all other
games they try Banker and Broker" :"
sGerman snipers get paid rewards
for killing the English"
f. eagerly asked, "What are theyf"
He answered;
For killing or wounding an English
private, the sniper gets one mark. Fol-
killing or wounding an English officer
he gets five marks, but IL he kills Red
Cap or English general the sniper gets
twenty-one days tied to the wheel Of q
timber as punishment for his careless.
!, ne3sr
r. Then he paused, waiting for me to
bite, I suppose.
bit all right and asked him why the
sniper was punished for killing an
English general. With q smile he re
piled:
/ "Well. you see, If all the English gen.
erals were killed, there would be nc
one left to make costly Mistakes"
I shut him up, he was getting toe
fresh for prisoner. After while he
winked at me and winked back, thez
the escort came to take the prisoners
to the rear. shook hands and wished
him 'The best of luck and safe jour
ney to Blighty."
), liked that prisoner, he was a fine
fellow, had an Iron Cross, too. I ad
i, vised him to keep it out Of sight, OF
some Tommy would be sending it home
!, to his girl in Blighty as souvenir.
)! One dark and rainy night while OF
guard we were looking over the toI
from the fire step Of our front-line
), trench, when we heard q noise imme
diately in front of our barbed wire
The sentry next to me challenged
Halt, who comes there?' and brought
his rifle to the aim. His challenge was
. answered in German. A captain in the
next traverse climbed upon the sand
. bagged parapet to investigates brave
but foolhardy deed-"Crack" went s
bullet and he tumbled back into tht
, trench with hole through his stomach
, and died few minutes later. A lance
. corporal in the next platoon was so en-
r ragged at the captains death that hi
chucked Mills bomb in the direction
of the noise with the shouted warnin.
to us: Duck your nappers, my lucky
. lads" A sharp dynamite report, q fare
In front of us, and then silence.
We Immediately sent up two sta1
, shells, and in their light could see two
dark forms lying on the ground clos,
, to our wire. A sergeant and foul
, stretcher-bearers went out in front ant
J, soon returned, carrying two lin,
? bodies. Down In the 6fugout, In tn,
, flickering light of three candles, W,
saw that they were two German off
GERS, One'a captain and the other a,
"unterofazier," rank one grade highe
than sergeant general, but below tn
grade Of lieutenant.
The captains face had been almos
completely torn away by the bomb
: explosion. The unterof11zfer was alive
= breathing with difficulty. In few mir
utes he opened his eyes and blinked /
the glare Of the candles.
. ! The pair had evidently been drinl
=, Ing heavily, for the alcohol fumes wer
. sickening and completely pervaded tn
- dugout. I turned away in DISCUS
- - hating to see man cross the Great D
vide full of booze.
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