East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-20
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uniforms, that we were English and there
fore naturally TO be dcspised.
TlHeshng fbe Grain.
7 Ialf a dozen prisoners were working a
ihrrshinr muchine on a farm. and Us my
companion and strslied into thc yard %
watch them they eazrd a as rather Suiicn.
iy. ! stood and observed them. payinE
particular atteGtion 10 ono big, uukcupl
mnn who was standiug on top of tho nsa.
chine. Sudd,uly. ithout Warning nt ant
sort. be- broke out ia German directed At
mo. "Nou won't laugh wheu Ne st tht
upper hand" Aud uot satisfied With say
us it once De- had tn rcp0lt it IN nssurc
lius.lf that ncrfetly understood. "Ncu
won't laugh when We get The upper hand. :
turned 60 one of the prisoners standing
Il .hc foot of the machine. who looked a.
ne and lnughed. lie then explained the
REASON for the unexpected outbreak on tn"
part of the other prisoner. IL periec,
Easlish he said 10 me .--.Dau't mind him !:
he thinks BE- works too hard After that
ae asked me II ! had a newspaper II
there were auysAmerirans IN the trenches
how many American soldiers had becu sent
ever 20 France aud finally he put the
universal question. "Ilow long viii the
war lnstG"
With frankness that was equalled
uly by bis own replied that ] had no
GrWspaper. thnt there were ten thonsnnd
Amoricans IN the lines and that only two
mifiicn soldiers had beer sent TO France
% that date. hut that the other five million
would be- over just as soon as the vessels
could find time to carry soldiers INSTEAD
u ammunition. l don. think he believed
me, bur ] hope be told Il ul 60 that uEly
Fritz On top ~ the tlreshng machine.
When the Foreign Legion went "ovcr the
top" in tho Lass hig Biisck ~ Ncrdun they
took Dot os ground that the Boches had
10 eyacuutr in n hurry. ln fact. they got
out of that section 50 fast that when the
boys from the Legion cot 10 one of the vi
lages they conid find only one prisoner To-
take. To use the words ~ the BronklynI
boy who found the lone Fritzie I'VE topk
the village at nghtfatl and found only one
Grrmnn IN the place, who was badly
wounded aud he was as mad ~ a bull, for
his friends had taken his watch and money
and he was left 10 81 X the bucket"
THIS same boy from brooklyn had been
decorated for capturing thirty Fritzies
single handed IN previous attack. Nol
wonder that German ou the thrrshinF ma
eiine lookesi ~ mad nt me. ! bet be was
one ~ that captured thirty.
Frlizio usually spends most ~ bis time
"a the country seeing that the French
crops and roads get The proper attenfi
and usually he is guarded by a couple of
pailus who are too old TO he la active
service. Hometimes be is marched
through q small town, where a large cfuwd
u children follow AZ q distance. Thoue4a |
tnis Is not customary. Il happens that he
sometimes ge.s a view of the big city, |
Paris
/ was going un 10 The Care ~. Lazare
pne afternoon during my permission" or
leave, when my attention was attracted 10
a crowd e0miaR FROM the railroad station.
There was evidently aomeihpg unusual
guing on, 20 ] stepped and waited fof the
lrooesslon 90 reach flie place that ! had
picked out % q reviewing stand, ! am
llad ! eioas q good point of vantage, Tor