Williams news., 1918-11-29

~vThat's easy oSsee,' he roared that stupid face tells me that. Shut up. Get out; but think you are d-d liar just the same. Back to your battery r~
 q saluted and made my exit.
 'aThat night the captain sent for us. With fear and trembling we went to his dugout. He1wass alone. After sa- luting we stood at attention in front of him and waited. His say was short. >' ~' Don't you two ever get it into your heads that Morse is a dead language. I've known it for years. The two of you had better get rid of. that nervous habit of tapping trarsmitters {: it's dan gerous. That's a1l.' F f.'~We saluted. and were Just going out the door of the dngout when the cap tain called up back and said::a iAiAt -a. Smoke Goidfakas7 " Yss7 i Well, there are two tins of them on my table. Go back to the battery, and keep your tongues between your teeth. Under stand?
 eve understood.
 "FOr five. weeks afterwards our bat. tery cid nothing but extra fatigues We were satisfied and so were the men, It was worth 1t to put one over m Old Pepper, to say nothing of the injury caused to Fritz feelings"
 When Wilson had finished his story I looked up and the dugout was jammed. An artillery captain and two officers had also entered and stayed for the finish. Wilson spat out ar enormous quid of tobacco, looked up saw the captain, and got as red as $ carnation. The captain smiled anC left. Wilson whispered to me:
 "Blime me, Yank I see where click for crucifxion. That captain is the same one that chucked us Goldfakes in his dugout and here I have been 'chucking me weight about in his hearing"
 Wilson never clicked his crucifixion
 Quite contrast to Wilson was an I other character in our brigade named Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" on account of his age. He was fifty-seven, although looking forty. "Old Scotty"' had been born in the Northwest and had served in the Northwest Mounted police. He was 8 typical cowpunchef and Indian fighter and was dead shot with the rife, and took no pains to disguise this fact from us. He used to take care of his rife as if it were 8 baby. In his spare moments you could always see him cleaning it or polish ing the, stock. Woe betide the man who by mistake happened to get hold of this rifle; he soon found out his error. Y Scott was as deaf as a mule, and it was amusing at parade to watch him in the manual of arms. slyly glancfng out of the corner of his eye at the man next to him to see what the order was. How he passed the doctor was a mystery to us; he must have bluffed his way through, because he certainly was independent. Beside him the Fourth of July looked like Good Friday. He wore at the time a large sombrero, had Mexican stock saddle over his shoulder, a lariat on his arm, and 'forty-five" hanging from his hip. Dumping this parapher- nalia on the floor he went up to the recruiting officer and shouted: 'Tm from America, west of the Rockies, and want to join your d-d, army. I've got no use for German and can shoot some. At Scotland Yard they turned me down; said I was deaf and
 
 a d-d mud-crunching outfit. but the cavalry's- full. so; I guess this .regi- ment's better than none. so trot out your papers and I'll sign 'em.' He told them he was forty and slipped by. was on recruiting service at the time he applied for enlistment.
 It was Old Scotty,s great ambition to be a snfper or "body snatcher.. as MT. Atkins calls it. The day that he was 1etpiled as brigade sniper he cele- brated his appointment by blowing tha whole platoon to flags.
 Being Tank. Old Seotty took fix ing to me and used to spin some great yarus about the plains. and the whole platoon would drink, these in and ask for more. Ananias was q rookie com pared with him. x...
 The ex-plainsnan and discipline could not agree: but the officers all liked him. even if hs was hard to man. age.:5 SOL when he was detailed as g snapers q sigh of:reiief went up iron, the officers mess. s...s. ffr:,-c ,...5s.,.l T. Old Seotty had the freedom of the brigade. He used .to4.draw two Q, .... 4Rans ..sk- <<e~ :. e- >s kTcshn Cor%JnrtSNA si. ,s-- Ae.