The Arizona copper camp., 1918-11-09

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The Swiss Certainly Treated Me Well.
French refugees in SWitzerland.s It
was dinner, and much appreciated
by one guest, at least. I need not men
tion his name, but he ate SO much that
ne felt ashamed afterward.
do not think he got in bad for it,
though, for afterward Mr.. and Mrs.
Mccormick each gave him a valuable
present, which he needed badly. After
the dinner Mrs Mccormick made lit
tie patriotic speech in which she said
that the Huns would never trample on
the United States flag, and some other
things that made all the Americans
there very proud, especially Mr.. Keene
and myself. So you see was having
q great time.
But was having little trouble, all
the time, for this reason: there were
quite q few Germans interned in Zu-
rich. and they went about in uniform.
Now, when I saw one of these birds
and remembered what had been hap
pening to me just short time before
my hands began to itch. Believe me,
it was not "good morning. that L
said to them. l enjoyed it all right;
they were not in squads and had no
arms, so it was hand to hand, and pie
for me.
+ But Mr. Keene did not like it, j
/ guess, for he called me to his Office
, one morning and bawled me out for a
while, and I promised to be good
''You're supposed to be neutral he
said. And I said, 'sYes, and when
was torpedoed and taken prisoner, I
/ wds supposed to be neutral, too" But
F., said 1 would not look for trouble any
more, and started back to the hotel
But no sooner was / underway than
a Hun private came along ana began
TO laugh at me- My hands itched
/ again, and could not help but slam
him q few. We went round and round ,
for while, and then the Hun re-
+ versed and went down instead. IIr.
+ Keene saw us, or heard about it, so he /
told me had better go to Berne.
So off went, with my passport. But
the same thing happened in Berne.
tried very hard, but just could not
keep my hands off the Germans. So
/ guess everybody thought it was good
thing to tell me goQd-by-anyway
was shipped into France, going direct
TO st. Nazaire and from there to
Brest.
made short trip to Hull, England,
with a letter from a man at Branden-
! burg to his wife. She was not at home,
but 7 left the letter and returned to
France. I was in France altogether
about three weeks, and then went to
Barcelona, Spain.
Then L took passage for the States
on the G. Lopez y Lopez, a Spanish
merchantmen. We had mostly ''Spigs"
on board, which is navy slang for
! Spaniards. Almost every one OF them
1 had q large family Of children and a
raft Of pets. We sailed down through
Valencia, Almeria, Malaga, Cadiz and
Las Palmas in the Canary islands.
When we left Las Palmas we had a
regular menagerie aboard--parrots
canary birds, dogs, monkeys and va
rious beasts. The steerage Of that
boat was some sight, believe me.
We had boat drill all the way across,
OF course, and from the way those
Spigs rushed about knew that if a
submarine got us tho only thing that
would be saved would be monkeys. But
we did not even have false alarm all
the way over.
I arrived in New York during the
month of July, 1917-two years and a
half from the time 1 decided to 20
abroad to the war zone to get some ex-
citement. I got it, and no mistake.
New York harbOr and the old statue of
liberty looked mighty good to he, you
can bet
SO here I am, and sometimes I have
to pinch myself to be sure Of it. ] GER
tainly enjoy the food and warmth I
get here, and except for an occasional
pro-German Z have no trouble with
anybody. My wounds break open once
/ in while, and / an often bothered
inside, on account Of the gas I swal-
lowed. They say I cannot get back
7 into the service. It is tough to be
knocked out before our own boys get
into the scrap.
But do not know. 1 am twenty
three year old, and probably have 4
OF to live for yet. I ought to SCI
tie down and be quiet Tor a while, but
comfortable as I Qn, I think wiz
\ have to go to sea again. think Of it
hlQny times; and each time it is hazdeI
/ % stay ashore.
THE END.