The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-10

loiu hhu lseeds. ana slhutud down o.
earth w here IA the daies. where It Is
guieter. They were Just starting tu
scr0pe on the snow land making Il
very poor Job o. SO when ! came to the
top OF the scsur there to look Mt a
weasel trap. | gave two Dutchmen
who'd forgotten their tanner a barrel
OF number ave apiece at thirty yards.
Afterwsrd told the rest TO put up
their hands"
And they kindly did It? Tame "
them"
I'm afraid. sir" said Captain Kettle
dryly. they believed I'd part Of the
British Army at my back. II was very
foggy. and they didn't seem accus-
toned 10 our moorland | Just sang
out IN h fog keep back there ont %
shot and hailed down TO the putchmen
that II they didn't march into that adit.
one-time. I'd NOV down the lot OF
them expect The cold and his moor.
land country nlpped them. They ran
To cover like a push of the old style
Dutch deck hands with "a brace ~
mates after them We'll then. A. ! say
sir. / fastened them up and went back
10 breakfast. Lady Kettle never likes
me 10 bee late
4 admire your taste In messengers
said caruforth with "A grin. You seem
To- have made a great impression on the
damsel In the leather breeks SOM
time during your shady past"
MY Great James! Has she been
talking
,Good heavens. man. don't juIhp
down my throat or hers like that. !
assure you shes been most discreet
| wish Ia had your chances. though
Win YOU ahead OF me. | don't get a
lIek IN
our Views about ladies', are very
different sir said Kettle with much
stiffness.
THANK the Lord. yes. I'm out for
fun You've Lady Kettle. Now. then.
business There's a ive-ton motor
lorry l3ad OF hydrogen cylinders, aud a
qnarter OF IL mile OF piping In case We
can't GET alongside. There's a ton and
"A half ~ petrol on another lorry.
There's q third inrry with n special
line in r.. y r. bombs fitted with the
Carnforth patent vanr. Eve never
contrit cd to get our fool air craft Of
leila TO take them up. and now the
chance TO advertise them. That's the
only cas- | came Now what's tn.
shems? Are you going to take your
Yep down 70 Hendon aud make "a pres
ent OF her To the British Army As
you haven't invited the authorities
here. ! mould say that is the corrslt
procedure"
u thought, SIR said Kettle with
some embarrassment. I'VE might de-
something on our own. You zee neither
Navy nor Army has any use for us
They say I've "a wooden leg. and they
say you're too-er-"
'Tum-tummy."
We'll / believe the brutes would
ven say that. So l thought We might
put ia a little trip without consulting
them. You see. sir. / know very littls
OF Europe, having spent Rs you know,
most OF my life at ssa. We'd q Preach
er who came 90 our chapel two Sun.
Jays sgo n he'd done what he called
thu Rhine tour ! didn't think much
OF IL myself. but ne kept dragging his
experiences Into his sermon. and the
congregation liked It It's rather "A
slur on ma, sir. but I may tell you IN
confidence that the collection wa thlr-
teen and two-pence up on my own
average. I've got 10 get level with that
somehow, or the whsrfedals Particular
Aethodists will want 20 know why /
am sticking on at their head. One OF
u notices IL. BY their Deeds ye shall
know them
ITS ne eevil Of n position" earn
forth agreed. I'm no preacher my
self. but as q politician 1 agree with
you. But l don't quite catch the
point"
Way, I was thinking, sir, wa might
do the Rhine Tour Dust a. the tripper
people advertise So In our own Yep.
and empty our ballast on anything IN
no ell-manufacturing line IS Wa
went along.
Our prescher was sreat on poetry, and
said the Rhine rseksd OF a.. / tell you.
sir. when lee occupied my pulpit he let
poetry about tho Rhine I'LL I fairly
wrfthsd. IL q other peoples, too. and
the swine never owned up. But let me
80 there and pump out some verse OF
own on ths spot. n I'll give my
crowd the squirms or know tho reason
why. Yes. hy James. They'll under
stand whose congregation they are by
the time I've finished shooting OF those
Rhine verses OF them. the mutinous
dogs. And now. II you please. we'll
lust run through the zspis engines and
her rising gear, The rest OF the CAD
setts can walt tai we're under way.
But I tell you beforehand. hs's a reg
ular bag Of tricks
Or Mary Brown was not discovered
tl they had loft tho gloom Of Eng
land behind them. and were heading
across a great saucer OF tho North Sea
IL Vas Kettle who found her Ga the